From: Kanji Moder (kanji_moder@yahoo.com) Subject: [PW!] Strange surroundings, familiar faces Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2001-07-18 16:03:16 PST Where we last left off... Shikaku tried to put the moves on Mary, who in turn locked him out of the house because she was pissed off at him (Is it a possibility that he discovered hidden feelings? Well, actually, it's not.) Now what's he going to do for the rest of the month? Now for the story, "Strange surroundings, familiar faces". -- <Recap> "My god, calm down." He smiled. "You know, you're really pretty when you're angry." "..." She threw him off of her and ran inside, locking the door. "What the hell?" He looked at Murkrow and Corsola. "What the fuck are you looking at?" <End Recap> It was a cold night. Since Mary kicked Shikaku out, you would expect for him to sleep on a hammock of some kind, with at least a blanket to keep him warm. Things don't work like that at Mary's house. She let the Pokemon in when night fell, but Shikaku had to sleep on the ground. It's not an idea that was Greek to him, but usually there was a campfire or some sort of device used for warmth. It was hard for him to get any sleep, but the Sandman eventually paid him a visit. Early in the morning, Mary walked outside. Shikaku, who had been awake for an hour or so, stood up slowly and walked to her. "Hi." She looked up at the man with a severe case of bed head as she folded her arms in an attempt to keep herself warm. "Hello." Shikaku's voice was scratchy and tired as the words escaped his lips. "What's up on the training regimine today?" "You're going to show you what you're capable of physically." She thought about what she had just said, as a stern look appeared on her face. "If you take that sexually, I swear to god, I'm going to kick your ass." "Come on, give me more credit than that." He smiled weakly. "Look, about yesterday.." "I'm sorry. I overreacted." Mary's words were spoken quickly, and caught Shikaku off guard. "I was going to say that it was my fault. I should figure out by now that I'm not the authority on a woman's feelings." In turn, Shikaku's response surprised Mary. It left her with a slight smile on her face. "Thanks." She bit her lower lip. "Let's get started." It was a sunny day. The two took a walk through the woods as a conversation started between the two. After a 15 minute journey, Mary eventually led Shikaku to a flat. The only thing there, other than grass, were two rocks, about 100 meters apart. "Why are we stopping?" "You're gonna run between those two rocks, and I'm going to time you. You can stretch before you run, if you wish." Mary pulled a stop watch out of her pocket as Shikaku bent down to prepare himself.. After a minute or two, he stood back up. "Ok, ready." He walked slowly to the first rock. "You're going to run to the rock when I shoot this gun filled with blanks. Just so you know, my average time running this is 17.59 seconds." She ran to the other side as Shikaku got in the position. Soon after, she pulled the trigger and started timing. Shikaku ran. It was running. He just moved his feet faster than he'd normally move. He eventually got to the end and Mary stopped the timer. "..." Mary looked at the stop watch. "What?" Shikaku tried to look at the watch. "Do you mind running that again?" She looked at the watch as Shikaku walked back. Mary reset the stop watch and prepared to pulled the trigger on the gun. Shikaku, again, ran pretty hard. He got to the end and Mary stopped timing. "...hrm.." She looked at the watch again. "What is it? The watch isn't broken, is it?" "Er...no...let's go do something else now." She put the watch up. "I think we need to get the obstacle course out now." "...get it out?" He looked at Mary. "Hold on." Mary walked around the rock, and pushed it out of the way with some effort, and pulled a small root that was out of the ground. "You might want to stand near me." "Gladly." He took a few steps towards Mary as the ground started to shake. "What the fuck is that?" "You'll see." She grimaced as the ground in between the rocks split, revealing an extensive obstacle course. It looked much like one that an army would train on, equipped with all sorts of obstacles, and looked as if it was a multi-skill training course. "Wh..oh. Wow.." Shikaku stood at the edge of the canyon-like course as Mary jumped over the edge to the bottom, which was about 20 feet down. "C'mon down. I'm assuming you should be able to make it." She winked as Shikaku took a few steps back. Slowly, he braced himself, ran, and flipped down. "You're all show, aren't you?" "I like to please my audience." Shikaku looked around. "How the hell did you get this down here?" "Heh...the Karate King in Saffron built it for me." "He helped you? Does he know you're a Rocket?" "Let's just say we're family. I'll leave it at that." She took a look at Shikaku. "I think it's time to get started. You see that wall over there?" "The really fucking tall one?" Shikaku pointed towards a large climbing wall. "Scale it." "B..but..it's a flat wall. I can't climb it." "Just try it." Shikaku walked towards the wall. Looking to the top, he attempted to jump and climb the wall. No go. He fell backwards as Mary approached him. "You're going about this all wrong. Look at the wall." Shikaku stared long and hard. "Do you see anything?" "Uh..yeah. I see a wall. I also see us taking a break to get something to eat. I'm starving." "Oh god, shut up. Watch me climb the wall." Mary cracked her back and walked to the wall. She jumped up as high as she could, and clung to the wall. She used the cracks in the wall as a grip, and climbed up using her upper body. She reached the top quickly. "If you noticed, the wall is semi-slanted, and there are small crevices if you look for them. You try it now." He stood at the edge of the wall and looked for the crevices. The first one was a few feet above him. He jumped up and grabbed the edge of the crevice. Slowly pulling himself up, he repeated with the next crevice and eventually got to the top. "Can we go eat now? I'm still hungry." Two weeks later: The clanging of swords could be heard outside the cottage. Shikaku had Mary pinned against a wall. "I have you this time." "I bet you're wishing there were some restrictions to this, don't you?" She kicked him in the nuts and threw him off of her. "Now, come on! I didn't kick you that hard." "......yes, you did." Shikaku was on the ground, clutching his testicles in pain. "Guess I don't know my own strength, eh? Let's go inside, I think this is enough for today. You won that one." She winked at Shikaku as she went inside. He slowly got up and walked inside. "She knows exactly what she's doing," Shikaku thought. "It's aggravating, sometimes. Only two more weeks of it. I'm going to miss her." -- Kanji Moder - The ONLY damned Murkrow fan AIM - Kanji Moder E-mail - kanji_moder@yahoo.com 2 AAA Points (Thanks Andrew...I think?) 10 BBB Points Apparantly I had more, but I forgot I was in BBB. Whoops.