Why they call me cold...

[Keran Jaxsom]

It had been awhile since he had seen pokemon wonder around freely. This was not his home, he could tell becuse there was no stench of decaying bodys and burned homes, of those who did not listen to team rocket. as he stood there his large beast of an arcanine nuzzled his hand lightly as it said its name in a whimpering tone. the tall slender nineteen year old Saphrien looked at him and patted him on the head. he was waiting for the new recrute that he was to take on a training mission here in a dimension so much like his own that it brought back painfull memories.

"Ark....Sniff him out..." he said in a gental but strong voice. his long blue hair was half tied back in a pony tail the rest hung in his face and cascaded down to his knees. his red eyes looked around him people often confused his eyes as a demon mark thinking him from a dimension where they run free but it was not. his arcanine surged forward sniffing at the ground its thick red coat seemed to shimmer under the dapled sun in the forest.

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi was lost horribly hopelessly lost. He had msicalculated on his first jump and now didn't know where in the world he was. He brushed an annoying blue butterfly that wouldn't stop saying "Free!" out of his face and asked Kazemeiun the same question. Are you sure we're in the right place? Of course. The briefing said that there would be tons of cute critters running around. Well the cute part is right. They make me want to barf. Oh don't be so stingy Kiyoshi. Stingy? Is that what you call it?

The various pokemon would normally have avoided a random human cavorting about the woods but this one was differnt. Most humans didn't stand in one place and glare at things attached to their hips. They slowly made their way foreward...

[Keran Jaxsom]

Ark seemed to suddenly pick up a sent and Saphrien nodded jummping onto the large creatures back the creature was nearly taller then him and much bulkier it then ran forward like a shot its black eyes watching the ground as it sniffed from time to time suddenly both being broke into a clearing there stood a man saphrien dismounted and glared slightly despite his higth he was still slightly shorter then the other man.

"You missed the jump area..." he said coldly. his arcanine sat next to him and seemed to be looking around Saphrien put a hand on the creatures sholder and it looked at him inteligantly. "You need to be more carefull." the teen said.

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi glared at the newcomer; how dare he speak to him that way. Calm down Kiyoshi this man is your mentor. Kiyoshi snorted and glared back at the teen, "I suppose I shall get better with time." The words sounded forced, because they were. Kiyoshi loathed admitting he was wrong to this man who had almost no power of his own.

He shooed a curious rat-like thing away with a scruff of his boot and stared at the man, "So tell me what we're doing here. The quicker I can get out of here the better."

[Keran Jaxsom]

"...you have to learn teamwork...with someone other then your sword there" Saphrien said his arcanine looked sideways at the other man. its lips cruling into a snarl. "Ark quit it" Saphrien demanded of his creature it stopped then stood up.

"You'll need a pokemon...here...some how i think well be here a long time Ark...." he sighed as he tossed a pokeball to the other person. ark said its name slowly it was like a low growling roar.

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi snatched the white and red ball out of the air and inspected it. He snorted back at Ark and addressed, "I suggest you keep your...dog on a tighter leash lest it force my hand. And what," He held out the pokeball, "Do you expect me to do with this? Play catch with these things?"

[Keran Jaxsom]

In a blink of an eye the teen was behind him with kiyoshi's sword in one hand and a small dagger in the other pressed up to the mans neck his eyes flashed red. he was quicker then he looked.

"You threaten Ark again...And i will kill you I dont care what happens to me for it" he growled lightly then pushed the sword back into the mans hand but he did not let the knife off of his neck.

"That ball you have in your hand is an advance catching system...you will catch a pokemon and you will treat it as your team mate...." he glowered takeing his knife form the others neck again and pushing it into its sheath hidden under his black leather jacket. he then walked back over to ark and bauried his face into his fur.

[nerdotron]

The Soul Reaper stiffened when the teen pressed his knife and half of Kazemeiun to his neck. So the teen had pwer after all. More power than Kiyoshi had while Kazemeiun was still merely twin swords anyway... That was unexpected What are you talking about I knew it was coming the whole time. So you let him remove you from your scabbard? Touche.

Kiyoshi sighed. He had to admit he was intrigued by this man. He had next to no spiritual pressure yet was able to get the better of him. Perhaps he could play along for a little while... "Fine. How does one go about catching a....pokemon?"

(In the future, please remember that if you attempt to use another Soul Reapers zanpakto(sword) it will be heavy and unweildly for you since the blade is like a person's fingerprint. Each one is different. Thank you.)

[Keran Jaxsom]

(allright but he dident place the sword to his neck he only took it with the scabberd to make sure that he wouldent use it on him. I figured the sword was tied to the belt like allmost all samurai style swords.)

Saphrien looked up from Arks fur then over his sholder at the other man he stood up tall again but still he was not as tall as him.

"You need to weaken it....I'll help you with they becuse you cant do anything unless you already have a pokemon" he said coldly arcanine nuzzled his cheek slightly and he reached on and absentmindedly stroked it's fur his hands sinking into the thick fur as it ran through his fingures. "Just pick a type..." he muttered lightly.

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi sighed and glanced around the clearing. His eyes roaved over each of the little animal things searching for a possible candidate. Then he saw it. A small little bird like thing with an overall rugged look to it. Its beak was curved slightly and it took adavantage of this; giving any creature who came to close to it a good sharp peck. Along with its shrill cry of "Spearow!" It kept all but the bravest pokemon away from its feeding ground.

"How about that bird thing?" Kiyoshi pointed at the fiesty little thing and waited to get this over with.

[Keran Jaxsom]

Saphrien looked at the sperrow and smirked slightly at him he would have a handfull with a sperrow but it was his choice. Saphrien shrugged slightly then looked at ark. "Ark bite attack..." he said darkly the creature swiftly took off and then grabbed the creature in its jaws holding it there.

"Throw the pokeball at it" saphrien said lightly.

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi shrugged and tossed the ball at the struggling bird. The ball slapped against bird openng after the contact the ball loosed a red light which surrounded the spearow and drew it into the pokeball. The ball settled to the ground and twitched once, twice, thrice and then lay still.

Kiyoshi stared slack jawed at the little ball. What in the world just happened? Thats what I'd like to know as well. Kyoshi pointed at the ball, "Um...what just happened?"

[Keran Jaxsom]

"The pokemon is beaing stored in the ball..." he said calmly as he picked it up the patted Ark on the head "Thank you ark" he said gently to the creature. he then tossed the ball at the other man.

"All you have to do to retrive it is say in this case sperrow go..."in his world only rocket members could use pokeballs it was why ark was not pokeball trained.

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi looked quizzical but Saphrien hadn't been wrong yet so... He held the ball out in his hand and said, "Spearow go." The ball popped open adna blinding white light shot out of it. Kiyoshi jumped and the ball shot out of his hands he fumbled with it as the spearow became more definetive. Then just as the spwearow had completly shaken off the white glow Kiyoshi dropped the ball right onot spearows head.

The spaerow squwaked in pain and turned upon the culrite and trainer or not he was going to pay. A flurry of pecks rained upon Kiyoshi's face. Kiyoshi held up one hand defensivly; covering his face while his other hand strayed toward one of Kazemeiun's blades. Don't even think about. I won't let you hurt your own creature. Kiyoshi growled. Fine, he would deal with this creature on his own. He slapped the spearow away with his defending arm and quickly closed the gap; leaping toward his quarry. Yet the Spearow was to quick. It flew into the sky and turned around heading toward its wayward trainer with a wing attack especially for him. Kiyoshi dodged at the last second and so the cahse went on. One scoring one or two hits on the other before they switched roles. What a way to start a partnership...

[Keran Jaxsom]

Saphrien shook his head as he watched the two then he let out a low short whistle the sperrow stopped and looked at him ark glared at the creature.

"You need to controll it..." Saphrien said slowly. the sperrow had stopped its pummling of its new owner for the time being

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi picked himself up of the ground where the spearow had been giving him a new version of face treatments: Beak de Pain. "Well if you would be so kind as to tell me how to treat this beas-" Careful Kiyoshi. We don't want anymore damge to your face now do we? Shut it you. With Kazemeiun laughing in his mind Kiyoshi continued. "Ahem, twll me how to control this...Spearow correctly? Before I'm forced to take drastic measures..." Kiyoshi glared at the bird beside him who responded with an eaqually evil leer and low growl of its name.

[Keran Jaxsom]

Saphrien shook his head lightly and walked up to the creature he crouched down infront of it and stroked the side of its face with a gental hand. he then looked at the trainee with a forwn.

"For one it is not a beast...as you where about to say...Pokemon are sentiant creatures they understand everything you say, these are not like those things you call dogs...stupid beasts those are" he glared lightly at kiyoshi as if it was his fault those creatures exsists "Pokemon are partners...they will treat you how you treat them." his voice seemed to lighten as he spoke. his father had told him this when he was a child and it still stuck a cord with the boy.

[nerdotron]

Kiyoshi's hand shook as he attempted to stop it from drawing Kazemeiun and smite the man right there. If what he said was true then with a few kind words and actions he could finish this "mission" and get back to the HQ and his bed in less than five minutes.

"Very well. Let me try it your way." Kiyoshi knelt before the Spearow and imitated Saphrien and stroked the creatures neck feathers. "Good Spearow. Now I will be your..Trainer was it? Yes Trainer from now on. I want us to be friends from now on so lets forget our past actions and start anew, how about it?" The Spearow cocked its head and considered the Soul Reaper. Kiyoshi inwardly sighed. His speech had sounded fake to him but perhaps it had work- The Spearow made its desision. It turned and bit the man's finger hard.

Kiyoshi yelped and the Spearow let go of his finger. And sothe chase began anew.

(btw, Kiyoshi will be keeping the Spearow, albiet grudgingly. Just to let you know. >>)

[Keran Jaxsom]

Saphrein sighed masaageing his temple slightly. this man would never get how to deal with a pokemon, it was bad enough he had chosen one of the most tempermental of all the creatures. he would have been better off with a pidgy they loved humans and where usefull when they evolved.

His arcanine nuzzled his neck slightly as he watched.