Turn 05: Waiting for Someone to Not Show Up

Location: Nimbasa City

Time: 8:18 PM August 6th

Condition: Night

Walking in front of the Nimbasa City Theme Park was Kyouhei. He found a bench and sat down. It was a little cold but not really anything that noticeable, he was after all wearing a jacket. He took out the pink x-transceiver that he had found on the ground a couple of days ago. He went to history and called the first number. He waited patiently until it connected.

"Hello?" He heard the voice of Ruri coming from the transceiver. "Who is it?"

"This is Kyouhei, I'm assuming your Ruri-san, right?" Kyouhei deduced.

"Yes." She responded simply.

"I'm calling about your x-transceiver that I have." Kyouhei started. He had timed it perfectly from when she called him last night and told him she had a break "I'm here in front of the park if you're on your break."

"Oh," Kyouhei could hear a twinge of disappointment in her voice. "I'm sorry, again my schedule's hectic, I don't know when I'm getting another break long enough to get out there."

"How about I just come by your work and give it to you." Kyouhei suggested.

"Sorry, my boss doesn't allow people behind the fence unless there working here. He doesn't like visitors without appointments." She explained.

"Okay." Kyouhei said. "Well if that's that, I'll just hang up."

"WAIT!" Ruri protested rather loudly forcing Kyouhei froze in place. "I'm sorry, that came out louder than I thought it would."

"I'd say." Kyouhei rubbed his right ear.

"I'm having a quick dinner break right now, would you mind if we talked a bit?" Ruri asked.

"Talked?" Kyouhei seemed taken by surprised. He looked at the time. "I've got nothing pressing right now."

"That's great news." Her voice seemed to turn a little more chipper. "So Kyouhei-san, are you a boy or a girl?"

Kyouhei almost fell out of his seat at the question. "First Professor Juniper and now you. Can no one on earth tell if I'm a boy or girl?"

"What did you say?" Ruri asked innocently.

"Nothing." He didn't realize he said that out loud. "I'm a boy."

"Okay, just making sure." Ruri let him know. "Not having any visual is so annoying sometimes."

"You can say that again." Kyouhei told her. How am I supposed to know whether she's worth hitting on if I can't at least see her face? He wondered inwardly. "So what exactly is it that you do that makes your schedule so hectic?"

"Um." She thought about it for a second. "I'm… a maid."

"A maid?" Kyouhei asked. Most maids are cute right? Ah whatever, my mom says I should more friends anyways. "And you stay up all night working? That sounds pretty extreme for a maid job. How old are you again?"

"Fourteen." Ruri told him.

"You have a fulltime job and you're only fourteen? Talk about slavery." Kyouhei commented. Of course I'm fourteen and I'm an SS Ranked member of the International Police. He shrugged inwardly. "How do you stand it?"

"Well I think it can be quiet exciting sometimes." Ruri explained. "I get to meet a whole lot of unique and interesting people."

"Does the guy you're working for have a lot of people over?" Kyouhei asked. Many words come to mind when I think of working as a maid, exciting is certainly not one of them.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that. He's a sponsor so I get to meet all kinds of people when he has them over." She explained. "Directors, artists, animators, actors, it's pretty cool. I've even met Brycen-Sama."

"That does sound pretty cool." Kyouhei admitted. I'm a member of the international police, why don't I ever get to meet anyone cool like that?

"I also get to meet some pretty cool and rare pokémon." Ruri continued. "One time this guy brought over an Florges all the way from Kalos. It was so beautiful."

"Wow," Was all Kyouhei could say in response.

"By the way, what kind of pokémon do you like the best?" Ruri asked.

"Hmm." Kyouhei thought. "I really like strong pokémon, waters are really good against a lot of hard to beat types plus most of them can use ice-type attacks too so they can take on flying and dragon pokémon really easy. But I really like flying pokémon cause their just so fun and free."

"Ah ha ha," Ruri gave a polite laugh. She obviously didn't quite understand Kyouhei method of thinking. "You sound kind of like my dad."

"Oh really? Is your old man a sports enthusiast?" Kyouhei asked a little shocked that he could be comparable to someone so old.

"Yeah, Otōsan used to be a big-time trainer back in his day. Though I don't think he'd be able to keep up with trainers of today with all the crazy stuff they do. Or at least that's what he tells me." Ruri explained.

"Yeah, I see myself as more an enthusiast then an actual trainer as well. So I guess you're sort of right." Kyouhei muttered, being rather disappointed in himself. "What about you Ruri-san, what kind of pokémon do you like?"

"Oh, one of my favorites is lilipup, it's so small and cute." Ruri began. "I personally have a teddiursa, it's just like a teddy bear, I almost want to give it a big hug every single time I see it."

"Uh huh." Kyouhei obviously didn't get Ruri's thinking either. "Sounds like you like normal types."

"My little sister also has a purrloin and she named it Azu-nya." Ruri continued. "Isn't that just the cutest nickname?"

"Yeah, I prefer more practical sounding names. Like Mako and Riley. You know names that kind of fit how you feel about them." Kyouhei told her.

"Those are nice names, I guess." Ruri said. "Riley sounds really western though."

"I know right, it just sounds so cool when you shout it out loud." Kyouhei explained. "Come on; shout it as loud as you can."

"Wah—what?" Ruri obviously didn't like where this was going. "I'm kind of in the middle of mixed company."

"It doesn't matter just tell them I threatened your teddiursa or something." Kyouhei suggested.

"You wouldn't really do something like that would you?" Ruri asked.

"Heck no." Kyouhei brushed off her question. "It's just something you tell people as an excuse for doing something stupid, criminals do it all the time. Come on; just try it out, if you're nervous I'll shout it with you."

"Oh—Okay." Ruri obviously wasn't sure about this plan of Kyouhei's but she was going to go along with it anyways.

"On three?" Kyouhei suggested.

"Right." Ruri timidly agreed.

"One,"

"Two,"

"Three,"

"RILEY!" Kyouhei and Ruri both shouted at the same time as loud as they could. Kyouhei could hear Ruri laughing on the other side.

"What'd I tell you?" Kyouhei said.

"No, no." Ruri could hardly speak without laughing. "When we shouted, a sleeping stoutland just jumped right to the ceiling. Now it's hanging there like a Swoobat, no joke."

"Oh really?" Kyouhei started to laugh a little at the thought of that image for a second. "Stoutland just learned fly."

Ruri started laughing even harder when he said that. Kyouhei was laughing pretty hard too. The laughing met a sudden halt when he heard Ruri gasp. "What?" Kyouhei was concerned.

"Ohmigosh, I just realized my break was over ten minutes ago." Ruri seemed like she was in a panic. "It's been really nice talking to you. Have a great day bye!"

"Bye." Was all Kyouhei could throw in there before she quickly clicked the end button. "What a strange girl. Pity the sucker who falls for her."

Ruri a girl with pink hair and blue eyes ran over to a changing room threw on her maid outfit and hopped right out into a nearby stage. She stopped, in front of her stood a tall man in a coat and wearing an artist's beret. Ruri was panting from how fast she was moving. After regaining her breath she slapped her hands together, closed her eyes and bowed as if praying. "I'm really, really, really sorry for being late Director-sama. I swear it won't happen again."

"Since this is your first time late I'll let you off easy." The director told her before poking her on the forehead. "But don't make a habit of this, alright?"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Ruri was almost shouting.

"Now go take your position." He waved her off. "If we don't get this scene done tonight it won't be ready in time for the episode's release. Oh and the guys down at Sunrise Inc. wanted me to remind you to get those lyrics down."

"Right, thank you Director-sama." Ruri saluted him before heading to the stage. As she headed up she held her empty stomach. She then moaned quietly to herself, "I forgot to actually eat my dinner."

Author's notes: Oh poor Ruri chan, I hope she gets a break soon. Don't forget to rate and review please!