From: Neo2K (neomenasor@aol.comREMOVE) Subject: [PW!] Hurtful Memories Return Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/04/22 Neo walked around the darkened S.S. Anne, for what reason, he didn't know. Eevee was at his side, sniffing around the hall. *Meanwhile* Rigel sat on a chair by the large window in her suite. Neo was still nowhere to be found and she was all alone. She started to remember the woman she had seen earlier. She stared at the stars, her eyes filled with tears as she quitly murmured, "Mommy.." *Elsewhere (Tedious, no?)* Arcturus stood over Hotaru, his mind filled with pain. He remembered all the terrible years he had spent in school. As he stood over a quaking Hotaru, concentrating his mind to form a psionic blade, a memory came to him. *10 years ago* A 13 year old Arcturus sat on his raised chair in Art class. The teacher, a tall and willowly woman of about 30, was teaching them how to create sunset images with watercolors. Arcturus wasn't paying attention, instead, he was staring down at the table, deep in thought. He was in constant anguish at his height deformity, and the fact he had a large bald head didn't help either. No one except his parents loved him, and that was the only thing keeping him from going over the edge. His thoughts were brought back to reality by the loud crack of the teachers ruler on the table in front of him. "Mr. Duran....pay attention" "Yes Ma'am....." he stared up at the blackboard, paying attention to nothing in particular. He looked at his classmates at his table. They all had stayed on the other sides of the table, keeping their distance from Arcturus. No student in the school would be caught dead with Arcturus, and if they were..they would be chided for the reminder of their school days. Arcturus was almost put to sleep by the teacher's mindless droning. Until he noticed....her. Hotaru was the single most beautiful girl that Arcturus had ever seen. Arcturus felt a strange feeling when he laid eyes on her, a feeling that made him feel warm and content. Arcturus sighed, he knew that they could never be together. The teacher's droning stopped, "Alright...now each of you must go get a brush and some paints and will follow my instructions. I need to get sometihng in the lounge. I'll be back in a minute." Arcturus wasn't afraid, it would just be another class that he would fail. He jumped out of his chair and went to get his supplies. When he reached the table, he realized he couldn't reach it. He started to curse under his breath until a gentle and kind voice called to him, "Here...you'll need these. Arcturus looked up to see Hotaru handing him a brush and paints. Arcturus suppressed a smile and said, "Thank you" As he walked back, some boys on a table started to laugh. As Arcturus walked past, he was tripped. He fell flat on his face, and the paint splattered all over him. He growled loudly as the usual laughing occured, but this time..something different happened. The boy who tripped him stopped laughing when he saw Arcturus. Arcturus stood, paint splattered all over his clothes, eyes glowing a bright green. The boy had no idea what to make of this, but soon he had to think about something else. His chair was pulled out from under him and he fell on the hard floor. Arcturus grabbed him by his collar, "You should apologize for that." The boy spit in his face, Arcturus got mad, "Wrong answer" Then, Arcturus grabbed one of the boy's paints and he dumped it into his hair. He would have continued with more physical punishment until... "Arcturus! Stop that at once!" the teacher stood in the doorway, with a shocked look on her face. She strided over and picked up Arcturus by his collar, "You're coming to the Principal's!" The teacher walked out, and the class remained in shock *Present* Arcturus extended a long blue psionic blade from his wrist. He raised his hand high above his head, ready to kill Hotaru. He stood in his moment of indecision. Hotaru peeked out at Arcturus, still shaking. However, Arcturus's hatred overcame the love he used to have for Hotaru, and issued forth a loud and definatly not human screech. He prepared to shove the energy blade through her heart, but then Neo smashed in Arcturus, knocking the Skraxx down. Neo held Arcturus down as he looked back at Hotaru, "Run, lady!" Hotaru got up and began to run. Neo got up and ran as well, as he ran, Arcturus roared in fury. Neo and Hotaru stopped in the halls of the ship. Neo looked over at Hotaru, "Are you okay?" Hotaru nodded, "Yeah..I'm fine". Neo smiled, "Well, that's good. This yours?" He pointed to a Rapidash that calmly trotted out from behind a corner. Hotaru smiled widely, "Yes....thank you." Neo nodded, "I gotta go. My friend's all alone in my room and she's probably lonely. C'mon Eevee" Neo and Eevee ran down the corridor. Hotaru thought for a moment, "Wait....that's Rigel's friend! Stupid! I should've remembered sooner! How couldn't I have realized it with that armor he wears!" TBC. *Neo J. Menasor* Supreme Commander of the Flying Grape Tree Devot follower of Gen Masho Rajura Mick Foley is a GOD!!!!!!!! Jerichoholic #93854 Follower of Dreadite ALL HAIL GIGAHAND! The Covenent of Primus, it's a COOKBOOK! *******