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Who: Ken Hidaka (

usedfuryswipes) and Aya Fujimiya (

secret_sword
Where: Middle of Route 29 (again. KEN LIKES IT HERE OKAY.)
When: About a day after Aya's arrival
Summary: Meeting up with Aya in the middle of a rainstorm. Great idea or GREATEST idea?
Rating: G, PG at highest.

Ken skidded to a stop underneath a tree, leaning over to catch his breath. He had an umbrella--but it hadn't done all that much good, with the wind driving the water against him and splashing through giant unavoidable puddles, getting splashed by some of the stupid fish lying around--ones that he remembered were pretty weak, but damn could they kick up some water. Ken was wet, he was muddy, and he wasn't happy.

Well, about the being wet and muddy anyway. Why weren't there any damn houses on this road anyway?

Ratty made a discontented squeak as some water trickled down Ken's hood, wetting the Rattata's head and ears. "Sorry, bud." Occupational hazard, Ken supposed.

He'd wait here for a little bit, then continue. The ground was still wet, even under the tree--it was impossible for it not to be, it'd been raining for nearly a solid week--but at least there wasn't a lot of it dropping on his head.

Ugh. Of course it had to be raining.

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Aya kept his head low as he moved down the road. It was obvious by now that he was soaked but it wasn't like he really had another choice in the matter. The one thing he could say was that the Eevee he'd tucked away was dry. He was nuzzling his chest currently from within the coat.

Shaking his hair from his face, he looked ahead and saw a figure under a tree. The person looked familiar but it was hard to tell.

The next time he ended up across the universe, he was going to wear a coat with a hood on it.

Walking closer, he soon realized that was indeed Ken. A little relieved but not exactly showing it (he was wet and miserable), he made his way over to him, getting under the tree and shaking the water from his hair as best he could.

Well, it wasn't exactly the most dramatic reunion. Downright quiet, really--but there wasn't much need to say anything anyway.

"Well, it could be nicer." Way to state the obvious, Ken. Both of them were drenched to the bone, Ken thought he probably looked like a drowned cat himself. He'd thought about his plan of action on the way here, and it was late--the two of them weren't getting back to Cherrygrove tonight, Ken was sure.

"Hold on a minute," Ken said, weighing Ran's Pokeball in his hand. The recently-evolved Kirlia--which Ken wasn't going to refer to by name quite yet, because he didn't know how Aya would react to having his namesake look strangely like a ballerina--came out in a flash of light when he tossed the capsule.

"Can you use Confusion to dry out the ground a little?" Ken asked--it had worked with the snow when he went to get Youji, who knew--it might work this time around too. Ran nodded, eyes glowing an eerie blue, before a shimmering cloud of glowing water separated from the muck, floated a few feet away, and dropped with a splash. "Great, thanks."

At least he had a decent amount of practice setting up the tent, and he'd stopped long enough on the way out of town to grab a tarp to put down underneath too. They could probably both use the extra barrier between them and the still-damp ground.

Aya watched what Ken did and blinked when the result was a somewhat dry piece of ground. Honestly he wasn't sure how Confusion meant drying the ground a little but one thing was for certain...he was confused by it. It seemed that the recently named Cu was interested too since he popped his head out to look.

Tilting his head, the Eevee made a little noise as he watched what was going on.

"You will have to explain how something called Confusion dries the ground like that," Aya said as he moved over to help his friend how ever he could. The sooner he got out of the rain, the happier he'd be. Though he generally didn't mind it, he also had a certain fondness for being dry.

And Ken happened to look just as drowned as he did.

"He's a Psychic type. He kinda just...moved the water over there. With his mind." You've seen Nagi stop bullets, surely you can infer from there, Aya. "...honestly I wasn't sure it'd work. But he moved a bunch of snow when I went to get Youji, so I thought it might be worth a shot. Better than sleeping in a foot of mud."

At least Ken had thought ahead for once, and the tent he bought months ago was large and well put together, with a good rain cover that extended out from the door, forming a small roof that would keep water from drenching them if they stepped out for a moment, so long as they stayed underneath it.

Ken managed to hold off from sneezing until he got the last tent peg in the ground, and moved off to find a few rocks to hold them down tighter, just in case. "There should be extra clothes in your bag--if they stayed dry anyway. I brought some extras, but they'll fit weird on you."

Now if only it was dry enough to start a fire. Ken could feel himself shivering. At least he had the camp heater, and Omi the Furret made a great fuzzy not-so-little space heater all on his own.

Well, that made more sense. Stepping into the tent, he let Cu out from under his coat and just barely managed to keep himself from shivering as he went to grab the extra clothes he'd seen before. They were dry enough so he decided to put them on. At least then he'd stand a chance of warming up faster.

It didn't help that he felt congested though.

"You're prepared, I see." Despite the tone of voice, it was obvious that he meant that as a compliment. Stripping his coat and shirt off, he frowned at how wet they were before pulling the other on. He was grateful that it didn't look ridiculous on him.

Pushing his hair from his face, he shifted so Cu could snuggle against him. "I'm fine, Cu. I'll warm up."

"Yeah, well, if I'm gonna have to camp out, I wanted to have decent shelter." Ken was a city boy, used to the comfort and convenience of a solid roof over his head. If he was going to be reduced to a tent, he wanted it to be a damn good one.

The small, lightweight tent heater he also produced from his bag would probably be even more welcome, something to ward off the damp and the cold. "I'd like to start a fire, but it's too wet for that." Maybe he'd add a camp stove to the traveling bag, for days like today. His bag was going to weigh a ton once he was done--it already did, really.

Ratty finally dislodged himself from Ken's shoulders, wiggling out of the jacket to jump down to the ground just before Ken shrugged off the wet thing himself. "Ugh, these are still going to be damp tomorrow." His waterproofed leather jacket would be fantastic to have right about now. Too bad it was back in London.

"There's not much we can do about that other than get these as dry as possible." He was going to see if he could help Ken carry any of this tomorrow though. There was no reason he had to be the only one carrying the heavy load.

And finally, Aya smiled a little. "As used to rain as I am, this is a bit much."

Still, the bit of dry was very welcome and he showed that by relaxing a little, scratching Cu's ears. Something the Eevee obviously appreciated since he was trilling happily. He gave him a smile before looking over at Ken.

"Yeah, just about. Here, give me your wet stuff and I'll wring it out a little." Outside, obviously, underneath the overhang. That way they'd have the bonus of not dripping water all over inside the tent.

That accomplished, Ken hung the wet things over one of the inside support poles and plopped himself down cross-legged on the ground. "So, this is Cu, huh?" Cute little guy. Downright adorable. Ken held out his hand for the little fox-like creature to give a sniff if he wanted.

Aya gladly handed over his wet clothes to Ken. If nothing else, it might help them dry faster. Stretching out on his side, he watched Cu wander over to Ken to sniff his hand curiously.

"I decided he needed a name. He seems to like it." He liked his real name too. Of course, Aya didn't volunteer his real name up since the pet name was the main one being used to begin with.

"He's been responding well to it anyway."

"Yeah, it's a bit weird just calling them by what all the rest of them are called. This is Ratty," Ken said, motioning toward the purple rat just finishing up a vigorous grooming session. Had to get all his fur lying straight again, you know.

"Omi's pretty big, so I'm not gonna let him out yet. And..." Well, Ran was still sitting out in one corner of the tent, meditating as he usually did when left alone. Ken flushed pale in embarrassment. "...that's Ran."

Yes, the one that looks like a prima ballerina is named after you.

His first reaction was to nod. Alright, so Ken had one named after Omi. Very well then.

And then Ken mentioned the name of the other.

He looked at it. Then back at Ken. Oh yes. An explanation was in order for that one. One that had better be a good one from the look on his face. No, Aya wasn't angry or annoyed. On the other hand, he wasn't thrilled by this either.

And so...he waited.

Somehow 'he acts like you' didn't seem like an adequate explanation, or one that would be particularly appreciated. And he couldn't exactly say that Ran looked less cute and girly before, because...well that just wasn't true.

Well, how the hell could he explain that one? It was only going to get worse, once he evolved again...

"...'Orchid' sounded stupid." ...great excuse there, Hidaka. He'll totally buy that one.

"You should know that isn't helping you."

And his face said he didn't believe it for a second. Aya knew Ken well enough to know when he was trying to cover his ass. Really, they knew each other too well to try hiding much of anything.

"Well it was worth a try."

Yeah, Ken had a stupid cheeky grin on his face. Before he sneezed, anyway. Three times in succession. Oh boy.

"You're sick."

Obviously. Aya sighed and ignored the fact that he wasn't feeling well either. Because he could push that aside, easily enough. It wasn't like he'd never done it before.

"Get some sleep."

"I feel fine." Ken rolled his eyes. "Thanks for that, though." Refreshing bluntness, as he could always expect from Aya.

Ken didn't carry a pillow anymore, not since Omi evolved--the Furret was like pillow and nest all in one stupidly long furry body, and Ken liked to leave them out to sleep anyway. He knew that he wouldn't appreciate being shoved in a tiny ball, he didn't want to make his Pokemon stay in them all the time either. So he pulled the third Pokeball off his belt, and opened it. Omi's long body materialized and filled a good part of the tent.

"You should sleep too, then. We can get going early in the morning and get back to where it's actually dry. Or if you want to eat first, there's a couple sandwiches in my bag." He brought them just for you.

"I'll sleep after I eat. Just sleep." This was, of course, said after Aya took a moment to stare at how big Omi was. That was...impressive. To say the least. Grabbing Ken's pack, he fished for the sandwiches and pulled one out so he could at least have something before he went to sleep.

Mostly because he didn't want to hear about him not getting something to eat. Turning away from Ken, he took bite then fed a little bit of the bread to Cu. At least with him facing this way, he could close his eyes for a moment.

He did hate congestion headaches.

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