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Heh. Well tell your friend not to use a weapon on someone else's Pokémon, or else you end up in hiding from the police for two weeks.

But when you say purple cat, you mean like a Purrloin? I hope it claws his face a little, since your friend went through so much trouble to catch it.

[Upon hearing that, Yumi gained a whole new level of respect for the girl.]

Woah. I mean, I'm pretty sure she'll make sure to remember that.

I guess so, I didn't really check. [She scratches at the bandaid on her cheek.] I hope so too. Even Shino had the same idea.

[Okay, she couldn't help but be a little proud.]

Yeah, something in the rules about not stabbing rampaging level ninety-some Machamps in the eye.

But anyway, the only purple cat I've ever seen is a Purrloin. Mine evolved not too long ago, lemme try t'find her...

[Whoops, she abandons the 'gear, revealing a baby Riolu and Oshawott that had been sitting behind her, both of whom make a race for the abandoned 'gear. Hello, small person on the screen!]

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[Yumi was eyeing the two baby pokemon when she noticed one of them was an Oshawott.]

Say, you're an otter like Ulrich here. [She turns the pokegear to her side, revealing an Oshawott and a Cleffa that were apparently bonding with each other.] Hey Ulrich, look its your double here!

[While Hopper was waving the the duo, Ulrich looked away, not really willing to greet the new faces.]

[The Oshawott lets out a soft chittering sound of delight and grabs the 'gear in both paws. Have a giant Oshawott face until Tenten comes back!]

Senko! [Senko is nudged away by Tenten's foot, finally revealing the Riolu again peeking curiously over her shoulder, quickly replaced by Tenten grabbing the 'gear and turning it to show her three-foot-high Liepard.]

This's Jaju! Nii-san named her for me, but I can't remember what it means in Korean.

[The sight of the Liepard kind of threw Yumi off a bit before her Cleffa thought it was a good idea to jump into Yumi's lap, causing and 'Oof!' to come out of her mouth.] Hopper, stay.

That's an impressive cat I gotta say, haha... [Not awkward at all.] By Nii-san, did you mean Joonhae?

That's what Purrloin evolves into.

[Tenten settles back on the ground, beckoning for the Oshawott and the Riolu to come over to her lap, giving Yumi a nod and a smile.]

Yeah, Joonhee-niisan. We got here around the same time, travelled together... You know him?

[Yumi gave a pat on her Cleffa's head while Ulrich was hidden in the corner, eyeing the other Oshawott.]

We've spoke briefly a while ago when my Tentacool hatched. He seemed like a nice guy.

[A beat.]

Did you have any siblings back home?

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[Senko seems perfectly willing to be eyed, settling comfortably in Tenten's lap and lazily batting at the Liepard's tail. Her Riolu snuggles in close beneath her hand, letting out a small growl/bark of contentment.]

He's a great guy, I was really lucky to meet someone like him. Even if he is kind of a sissy when it comes to workouts.

[She paused herself, then shrugged.]

Nah. Or, well, maybe I did, but I never knew them. I had my teammates, though. They were all the family I ever needed.

[Hopper was watching the scene with content while Ulrich grew strangely jealous of the interactions with their trainer. Being a little grumpy pants, the Oshawott waddled to go sulk somewhere else, catching Yumi's attention. Yumi frowned and motioned the Cleffa to go after him, which Hopper happily agreed to.]

Hm...workouts you say? How intense would you say they were?

[Yumi gave a smile as she thought of her own friends back home. It gave her a warm feeling....that eventually became a sad feeling of nostalgia.]

I know that feeling.

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Well, back home they were more intense, because Gai-sensei is insane, but here I try to keep my pushups in the hundreds and only run for a couple miles. None of this 'walking around the village on my hands' crap.

[She tilts her head and smiles.]

Did you have a team at home, Yumi-san?

[That earned a stare Tenten cause what.]

[That stare turned into a nostalgic smile as she thinks up of all the memories she's had with her friends.]

Not necessary a "team" but we were our own group of friends. They were practically my only friends at the school I attended and we're been through so much for us to break apart- [A snap of fingers] -just like that. I had to make sure they don't do anything ridiculous and stupid but they always had my back when the time comes.

[Way to pour your heart out, Yumi.]

[Best not to ask and just move on, Yumi, yes.]

Sounds like you guys were really close, huh...? I'm sorry, I know it's hard to be away from home, but sometimes it's nice to talk about it, right? I mean, sure, I've got Sasuke, but Obito-kun isn't even part of my generation and Naruto-kun and Shino-kun are supposed to be younger than me.

[A sigh.]

Do you ever wonder if it'd be better off for us to go home, or for our friends to come here...?

[Close doesn't even begin to describe their friendship, Tenten, but she'll save that for later.]

So they came from different timelines? [Strange but if the Supercomputer was able to rewind time back home, it shouldn't be totally weird to the girl.]

Honestly? [She ponder for a bit, trying to think the answer through.] For me, I'd rather go home. I mean it would be nice if our friends would come with us on this crazy adventure...but I'm needed back home. I can't abandon everyone there for my own needs. [Leave them at the mercy of an evil computer program? Nope.]

How about you? What are your thoughts?

I guess you could say that they're from my future, yeah. Shino-kun won't tell me anything about it, though.

[She tilts her head and thinks about it, letting out a small sigh.]

I think... I don't know. I mean, we're at war back home, the leader of our village was killed, one of my teammates is in intensive care and might have to give up being a ninja. If I could take everyone away from that and bring them here, I would. Even without ninjutsu, even with Team Rocket, I can't help but think we're a little better off. I mean, Sasuke and I wouldn't even be remotely as close as we are right now if we were back home, and I'd never have meet Joonhee-niisan, or you, or...

[She waves a hand with a bit of a frown.]

You know what I mean?

Yes, I do.

I haven't even been through as much as you did but I see where you're going. Sometimes I'd like to get away from everything and bring everyone I ever cared about with me to some different world too but... I just can't do that. [She's not feeling guilty for being partly responsible for everything that's happened back home, nope.]

I'm pretty sure more of your friends will come here over time though. Especially your teammates.

Maybe... so far we've only had one person from each team show up, except Naruto-kun and Sasuke. And Sasuke had been here for months before any of us showed up. I don't know...

[She shakes her head again and hugs the Riolu a little closer.]

Anyway, you said you went to school with all of your friends? What's that like? Nii-san told me a little bit about what school is like where he's from. ...Where are you from?

Just give it time. The people I've met when I came here said they've waited even years before someone they knew came here. [As much as she wants to avoid that.]

Well, I lived in France with my family but we originally came from Japan. We moved when I was a little girl.

As for school, it's a boarding school rather than a public school. All of my friends live there but I usually head home when it gets dark. If you want to know how the classes are, the teachers are strict and won't hesitate to call you out if you're messing around. I'm a fairly good student there and some of the teachers there kind of like me, especially the gym teacher.

Mm, maybe... but France... Is that near Japan and Korea?

[She waves a hand, that's not as important.]

So you guys lived in the same place you went to school...? That must have been kind of fun, if you ever got to stay over. Or was it you lived outside the school, and the others stayed there...? I'm sorry, I don't think we have anything like that.

And what's a gym teacher teach?

Oh haha, I wish. It's a thousands miles away from those countries.

Everyone but me who attended the school lived there. I lived not too far away from the school and there were no other schools in the area so principal there was willing to let me go there. [She gave a shrug.] It's really expensive to get a dorm there so you had to be practically rich to go there. Plus, they're pretty strict on curfew according to my friends.

Well, gym teachers teach gym. [A beat.] They're basically in charge of keeping us in shape and making sure we stay active. Jim, the gym teacher, is in charge of a lot of stuff back home, like being watchdog at night and the sports stuff like soccer and Pencak Silat.

Huuh...

[Yeah, normal school still seemed kind of foreign to her. Gym made sense, though, if she thought of it like training. Which meant that it's not all that accurate at all.]

Pencak Silat? Oh, wait, no, I know how these schools work! You were studying to become something, right?

[Tenten, that's university. No.]

Not really, no. We're studying basic knowledge to get us ready for those kinds of schools or something.

Some people take stuff like sports for fun or to be a professional at it.. Others might take martial arts like Pencak Silat for self-defense and a way to get into shape. [A beat.] Though its been a while since I've actually sparred with someone.

Martial arts...?

...

.....

Sparring?

Um....yeah.

You know like fighting?

Really? I didn't know you could fight! I've never heard of that style before though, I'd like to see it!

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