Stepping out into the sunlit streets again, I shielded my eyes with one hand until they adjusted; the other still in Kakashi's grip.
"Danny?" I heard off to my right, and turned to see the two people I ditched a few hours ago running up the road to greet me.
"Oh... hey Lia. Sorry about the whole 'you're crazy and I'm running for it' thing."
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I turned to face Lia properly as she caught up to me, her face bright red like she'd just run a marathon. Tamahome just grinned behind her as she doubled over with her hands on her knees, huffing for breath dramatically.
"You ok, Lia?" I finally asked, after we all stood for a few moments in silence. She just waved a hand above her head, as Tamahome rolled his eyes, grabbing her arm and helping her straighten up.
"Sorry… I don't do well with running. And we had to run pretty hard just to catch up with you after you took off on us." She apologized, tossing me my helmet.
"Wow, you must be faster than you look." Kakashi commented, eying me with another of his masked grins. I just shook my head as I hooked my helmet around my wrist, having nowhere better to put it at the moment.
"Not fast, I just have a different mode of transportation. You'll see. Lia, Tamahome, this is Kakashi by the way." I explained, and Lia's eyes lit up in a way that was quickly becoming familiar to me. She launched herself at Kakashi, arms wide open, squealing.
Kakashi's one visible eye widened almost imperceptibly as he tried to sidestep Lia. She had been expecting that however, or so it seemed, and latched onto his arm tightly, squealing and bouncing.
Tamahome, who had been mostly quiet up until now, sighed, prying his trainer off Kakashi with a grunt. She just whimpered, dangling in his grip, her arms outstretched in that grabby motion that little kids always used when they wanted something out of their reach.
"No." He said, latching onto the back of her shirt, effectively keeping her on a short leash. She hung her head, pouting and giving us all a teary eyed look. While I just stood there, shaking my head, Kakashi edged over to me, furtively tugging on my sleeve.
"Ne, Danny? Food?" He grinned that crescent eyed grin, trying to tug me away from the pair standing next to us.
"I've got to get those supplies the professor was talking about first, and then we can get food, I promise." I said apologetically, and Lia perked up in Tamahome's arms.
"C'mon, I know where you need to go, and then we can go to the moonlight café for lunch, my treat!" She declared, tugging us all up the road, listing off what I'd need as we stumbled along behind her.
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"Alright, you've got food, medical supplies, clothes, sleeping bags, tents, empty capsules, am I forgetting anything Tama-kun?" Lia mumbled, marching down the middle of the street, completely oblivious to the dirty looks thrown at her by a few trainers who had to jump out of her way or be run over.
"Yea, to look where you're going baka trainer." Tamahome groaned, pushing her in the shoulder and causing her to spin out of the way of a group of Bishounen and trainers walking their way.
"Hehe…um, gomen!" She apologized, bowing at them before continuing her trek up the street.
"No, I think we can survive off that, what do you think Kakashi?" I said after thinking a moment, looking to Kakashi for his opinion.
The scarecrow just shrugged, smiling that infuriating, masked smile. "I can survive off nothing, that is luxurious to me, Danny." He replied, sounding like he was reminding a small child of something entirely too obvious.
"That's good enough for me. To the Moonlight Café!" Lia cried, once again pulling us to our destination.
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Our destination turned out to be a tiny diner smack in the middle of the city, no bigger than a studio apartment. Lia, however, didn't seem to care or notice, bouncing over to sit at the counter, smiling cheerfully.
"Can I get a grilled cheese, tomato soup and a glass of milk?" She asked the girl behind the counter, a red headed lady that looked a lot like Kim Possible.
"Sure! No prob. And you?" She smiled brightly, turning to look at the rest of us patiently.
"The same as her, please." Tamahome grunted, jerking his thumb in Lia's direction as he strode over to the counter to sit next to his trainer.
"Can do, and how about you two?" The Kim look alike said, writing down the orders on a notepad.
I stared up at the overhead menu for a moment, taking in the oversized pictures of food. Just like back on earth, they were brightly colored, perfectly arranged, and very obviously not what you were going to actually be eating.
"Um… A grilled cheese and a coke?" I finally said, at a loss for what to eat.
"Maah, how about a bowl of chili and a peanut butter and syrup sandwich and a glass of milk?" Kakashi asked, and Kim nodded, smiling and turning to trot behind the wall into the kitchen. After a few moments, she came back out, balancing a large tray with all the items on it against her shoulder.
"Ok, we've got the three milks and one coke," She started, setting the drinks down in front of us with straws, then started passing out the food "two orders of tomato soup, three grilled cheese, and the chili with the pb & s sandwich. Is there anything else I can help you with?" We all just shook our heads, already devouring the food as it was set in front of us. "Well then, if you need anything, feel free to shout, I'll be in the kitchen doing inventory with my trainer!" She said, taking the tray, placing the check on the counter and turning back to the kitchen.
The next 10 minutes were mostly spent in silence as we polished off our food. Well, Tamahome and Lia polished off their food, Kakashi had finished in the blink of an eye, and I had finished my sandwich in about 2 minutes and was just nursing my coke at that point, waiting for the others to finish up.
However, I perked up when I heard the door open, turning to see just who else had decided to eat here, since up till now it had been empty.
Coming up to the counter was a group of three. The first, an Inuzuka Kiba, dropped into the seat next to Kakashi, and hollered, "Oi! Oneesan!" To Kim, who was just coming out of the kitchen. She hurried over, while the other two, both girls, took their seats. The girl sitting next to Kiba was his teammate, Hyuuga Hinata, who just shook her head at his outburst. The last of their group, who sighed and flicked Kiba's ear as she passed him had to be their trainer. She looked to be about my age, with shoulder length brown hair and grey eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses.
"Itai! Violet nee-chan!" Kiba whined, crossing his arms and pouting in an almost Naruto-esque fashion.
"C'mon Kiba, I know that didn't hurt." The girl, Violet, replied, "Besides, you shouldn't just yell for people like that."
"Neechan, I wasn't being mean or anything, Hinata knows that, ne, Hinata-Chan?" Hinata just blushed, looking between Kiba and Violet.
"Ano…ano…can I have a chef salad and a glass of water please?" She blurted out, ducking her head and poking her fingers together nervously.
Kim blinked, apparently not expecting her to order, but nodded, scribbling the order down on her notepad.
"Same." Violet nodded, and Kiba made gagging noises.
"Blah…rabbit food." He wrinkled his nose up, but Hinata and Violet just smiled as if this was a routine they went through every time that sat down to eat, "Gimme a burger and fries with a coke please one-chan!"
Away Kim went to the kitchen again, leaving our two groups alone. For a few moments everybody was quiet, but that didn't last.
"Oi, Kakashi!" Kiba elbowed Kakashi in the ribs, grinning.
"Yes?" Kakashi asked, turning to look at the other bishounen with a flat look on his face.
"Ain't you one of the border guards? What're ya doin here?" He asked loudly, swiveling on his stool to face the scarecrow.
"I was up until a month ago. Now I'm traveling with Danny-san." He nodded, eying the loud boy with something akin to amusement, "And you? I don't think I've ever seen an Inuzuka without their dog before."
"Akamaru? Vi-chan's been carryin' him. He seems to like riding on her head." Kiba laughed, jerking his thumb in his trainer's direction.
"Arf!" Akamaru agreed, popping up on top of their trainers head with a doggy smile.
"Awww, puppy!" Lia cooed, twisting off her seat and running over to Violet, who just laughed as Akamaru jumped off her head and into the other girl's arms.
"Hi, I'm Danny." I said, figuring I might as well start the introductions, "And I guess you guys already know this is Kakashi."
Violet held out her hand, and I shook it. "I'm Violet, and this is Kiba and Hinata. And Akamaru."
"And I'm Lia!" Lia cried, popping up between us with Akamaru perched on her head.
"Hey, what about me?" Tamahome pointed out, tapping his trainer's shoulder with a frown.
"Oh, and that's Mr. Whines a lot… I mean, Tamahome!" Lia laughed, hugging her Bishounen with a grin.
"It's nice to meet you all. Have you guys been here long? I was thinking about going up against the gym fighter, but I haven't heard of anybody else taking the challenge yet." Violet asked, taking Akamaru back into her arms.
"No, I was headed this way to do the same, but I ran into her along the way, and we've gotten kinda sidetracked." Lia said, petting Akamaru once more before sitting back down to her food.
Kim was setting Violet's food down as we were all talking, and perked up at the sound of the gym trainer. "My trainer went up against him. Poor Shego was knocked flat in no time! I'd make sure your bishis are trained real well before you go up against him." She told us with a horribly serious look on her face, jerking her head back to the kitchen when she mentioned Shego.
"What about you?" Violet asked me, and I shook my head, still trying to get my mind around the idea of Kim and Shego working together, or at least Kim worrying about her instead of being distrustful and cautious of her.
"Oh, um, I'm new here, I just got out of the orientation center a couple of hours ago actually." I said, handing Kim my dishes with a smile and a quick 'thanks'.
"Oh, you're new? That's cool, you got a great bishounen here! I had a friend who had a Kakashi, he was one of the sweetest bishounen she had with her at the time.
"Yea, that sounds like me alright." Kakashi said proudly, and promptly fished a little orange book out of his hip pouch.
"Not in here please." I asked, putting a hand on his arm and guiding it back down to his hip, where he stored his book with a pout.
"So, you gonna stick around, or are you gonna head on out?" Violet asked as her bishounen ate, and I shook my head.
"Dunno, really. I don't think there's any reason for me to stay, got any suggestions on where to go?" I asked the two trainers.
Lia pulled out her dex, and it projected a map of what I could only guess was the local area, with a small, blinking star indicating our location.
"This is where we are, Sea Crest village. The forest to the west is fairly tame, but it also leads to the road to the next city, and you usually run into a lot of Naruto bishounen there. Or you can head east, onto the plains, that's D.N.Angel territory." Violet said, pointing out the areas she mentioned on the map with the handle of her fork.
"I'll probably head west…hey, wait a minute… my bike!" I groaned, sliding off my stool.
"Oh! The border guard said once you got your gear you could go get your bike back." Lia said, snapping her fingers and grinning sheepishly, "Sorry, I forgot."
"Don't worry about it, I'm gonna go get my bike and get moving. I guess you both are going to hang around here for a while?" I asked, feeling kind of disappointed. This place was messed up, and I was going to miss these two. I hadn't known either of them for more than a few hours, much much less in Violet's case, but they were familiar faces.
"Yea, but don't worry, we'll trade dex numbers, and you can call me any time you want, and I'll try and meet up with you somewhere along the way! I want a ride on that bike of yours." Lia promised, turning off the map and smiling.
"Same here, I'd like to meet up with you both again. There'll be a big tournament in Epoch city in a few months." Violet offered, holding out her own dex.
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10 minutes later, I was walking down the road with Kakashi, my dex in one hand as I finished entering my notes in it next to Lia and Violet's dex numbers, my bike stored safely in a previously empty capsule in my pocket.
"I'm gonna miss both of them." I commented, looking back towards the town we had just left wistfully.
"You'll see them again Danny-san." Kakashi said, hands shoved deep in his pockets as he walked.
"Yea…I sure hope so…"
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Bishi-dex
Inuzuka Kiba/Akamaru – Kiba is a shinobi from the Naruto series, from a clan of shinobi that bond with their dogs and fight with them in battle. He tends to be loud and brash, but is very protective of those he considers friends and family, like Akamaru, his white and brown puppy, or Hinata. Akamaru, in the case of Violet's Kiba, is still a puppy, and usually rides in Kiba's jacket or on top of his head, but once a Kiba evolves to the level of Sama, Akamaru grows to the size of a small horse, and can carry people on his back.
Hyuuga Hinata – a very quiet and shy kunoichi (female shinobi) from the Naruto series. She comes from the Hyuuga clan, who have the bloodline Byakugan, which is an optical jutsu. Their eyes are a pale grey, which make them look blind, but give them the ability to see 360 degrees around them, and also see the chakra points inside a human's body. Hinatas tend to stay quiet, and blush, stutter or poke their fingers together in a nervous fashion when put on the spot, but they are determined and protective, and shine when put under pressure.
A.N.
I am so sorry I haven't updated in so long. Between work and school and all the random drama, I've had this written up for about a month, but I just got around to proofreading it and posting it. I promise better updates from now on. I'm hoping to post one chapter every Friday if possible.
Also, Violet's character belongs to PeaceLoveOcelot, I hope that I portrayed her properly for you. Please let me know if you'd like me to change anything.
Once again, if you'd like to be a trainer, please send me an email at sontsunami without all the spaces, and let me know the name, appearance, age, how long in the bishi world, what bishis and how they interact. Please don't leave that info in a review, as the last time I wrote a story that let people create their own characters, it was removed because reviews aren't supposed to be used like that I guess.