Arriving in a new region was always stressful for Shinji. Disembarking from the ship among a line of overly crowded people almost always turned his mood sour. Not that it was ever sweet to begin with... Throw in Shuus almost incessant need to procrastinate and a random group of fangirls and you had a recipe for disaster.
Making their way through the port, they quickly found themselves in the middle of the city square. There were people as far as the eye could see, dressed in strange attire. While the men mostly wore linen tunics over long pants and stitched boots, the women all wore some variety of wool chemises and dresses. It looked like everyone was a midevil peasant which made Shinji strangely uncomfortable. Two people however stood out from the crowd.
Shuu seemed to have noticed them too and spoke up in a joking manner. "Shinji, those girls have been following us since we left the ship."
"I know." Stopping in his tracks, the older man turned to glare at the two women in question. They weren't even trying to hide the fact that they were basically stalking him and Shinji felt physically ill at the thought of it. "It's annoying me."
"Maybe they're fans?" Shuu reasoned. As a popular coordinator in multiple regions, Shuu was used to dealing with overzealous fans. But Shinji had gained a reputation for being... well for being an asshole, so he wasn't as used to the attention.
"I heard them squealing and saying something about an autograph so yes, I'm assuming they're your fans." After a quick pause he added in a frustrated tone, "I'm not going to be dealing with this crap the whole way."
"Hey man, I cant help it if the ladies love me." Although he was just joking, Shuu could tell by the dark look on Shinjis face that he was already reaching his limit, and they had only just arrived!
"Get rid of them before I leave you here!" With that sentence, he knew he was right in his assumption. But what Shinji said next kind of pissed him off. "I don't need you to travel through the region Shuu."
"Geez, I dont think that was rude enough. Wanna try again, see if you can make me cry like when we were kids?" The bitter sarcasm dripping from Shuus voice was unnerving to Shinji, but he met the green headed man with a look that would put fear into Arceus himself. Rolling his eyes and deciding it was too early for them to be fighting, Shuu turned and began to walk towards the girls. "Calm down, I'm going. Jerk."
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"I couldn't help but notice you ladies following me." As Shuu walked up to two young women of around 20 years old, he took a moment to examine their appearance.
The first girl had long, curly bubblegum pink hair and matching pink eyes. She wore magenta colored short style overalls over a pale yellow tee shirt and matching yellow *monverse shoes. She had pale skin and only two pokeballs on her belt, so he figured she was relatively new. More than likely, she was simply a fan and an autograph and photo would probably make her happy.
The second girl looked slightly older, maybe twenty two. She had blood red eyes and jet black hair that sat just below her ears. Her bangs framed her makeup covered face, her black lipstick matching her nails and smoky eyeshadow.
She wore a pair of platform shoes on top of a pair of black fishnets. A very short tattered black skirt sat low on her waist while her black bandu was covered by a leather jacket. Her silver studded belt held 4 pokeballs so he decided she was the one he needed to watch. She looked skilled and like she wasn't going to be so easily distracted.
Satisfied with his assessment and having formulated a plan, he continued. "Should I be worried?" His ears were immediately assaulted by the sound of high pitched giggling which, thankfully, stopped as suddenly as it began.
Unfortunately, it was replaced by an even more obnoxious high pitched voice."No way! We'd never do anything to hurt you!We're like, you're biggest fans!" The girl with the pink hair lunged at him during her rant going in for a hug.
But Shuu, being the gentleman he is, simply side stepped causing her to miss and fall face first on the ground. "Is that so?"
The dark haired girl just rolled her eyes as if indifferent to his presence and he wondered if she was actually a fan, or just humoring the younger looking girl.
"Its true!" Jumping up like she didn't just nearly break her face, and completely ignoring the other girls embarrassment, the overly hyper girl beamed as she bowed in respect. "I'm Kairi So and she's Nami So."
Just fans. Good, I can get rid of them quickly and meet back up with Shinji before he really does leave me behind! "Well Kairi and Nami, would you like an autograph? I'm kind of in a hurry right now."
"Um," Nami asked nervously. Which surprised Shuu, based on her looks he figured she would've been more confident and assertive. "Wasn't that Shinji Tadashi you were with?"
Crap she's not my fan, Shinji hates fans! "Yes it was. Why, are you a fan of his?" Please say no! Please say no! Please say no!
"Fan is an understatement..." Kairi said before what he assumed was her older sister had a chance to say anything. "She LOVES him! She's got all of his battle trainer cards, and all of his battles on tape and-"
"Kairi! Shut up!" Nami was now red with embarrassment and Shuu was panicking despite his calm exterior.
Crap! What do I do? I cant take her to meet Shinji, hell tear her a new one before he kicks my ass and abandons me here. No I've gotta get her as far away from him as possible. "Sorry Nami, but Shinjis not one for fan-signings."
"Oh. That's alright." Looking down dejectedly, Nami took only a moment to be upset before she looked over at her sister and smiled softly. Turning back to Shuu she cleared her throat and forced a wide smile. "Do you think we could get a picture with you to post on our pokegram?"
"No problem." Another squeal could be keard from Kairi as Nami pulled up her camera app. After taking over a dozen pictures in different poses, Shuu decided he had done his duty as an international idol and it was time to wrap it up." Sorry to rush you ladies but I've gotta get going now."
"Aww already?" Kairi was very obviously upset, but Nami was quick to console her. "He's probably gotta get beck to getting ready for some big contest or something."
"Will we get to see you again?" Near tears Kairi managed a smile and a bow. Not wanting to stretch the conversation, Shuu simply bowed back before walking off with a half hearted wave and flick of his hair.
"Its possible. If not I appreciate your support as fans. Travel safe ladies."
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Hey yall. So I originally wanted to add more but it made the chapter near 5k words. So I figured this was as good a place as any to stop it. I'd also like to thank everyone for the votes, comments, follows, and shares this story is getting!
Until next time monsters...
