Snippet #2034032

Taru kicked a rock ahead of him as he walked down the path that would lead him to the awaiting route four. The little stone made a slight ruckus as it cleaved through the gravel, and rolled forward only to stop, where the boy would eventually catch up to it and kick it again. Despite the sense of adventure that this day should hold for him, Taru - ever lasting optimist as he was - had a frown on his face, his hands buried so deep into his jeans pockets that you'd almost think they'd come out again through the holes of his ankles. He kicked the rock ahead of him again. He walked in silence, apparently swallowed by his own thoughts. It was difficult to discern just what it was that he was thinking, but in reality he just felt really disappointed. It wasn't that he necessarily had to travel with the traveling buddy who had dropped out - it was just that, well, this was a terribly bad time for him to change his mind, you know? You only have a first day of your journey once, and Taru felt so silly having begun it alone. He.. just didn't see it coming. David had been so psyched for this. Then.. just announced that he was quitting. Before he even begun. He didn't even properly explain himself..

Taru wasn't angry with him or anything. He knew David, and that boy wasn't a fool, or an idiot. He probably had his reasons. But whatever they were, they were just so damn inconvenient. He kicked the stone again, then sighed and tilted his head backwards as he walked. He closed his eyes and turned them towards the light of the sun. The transparency of his eyelids turned his vision kind of red and meat-colored, and for a moment he just focused at the warmth against his skin. Weatherwise, the day was perfect. The sun hadn't stopped shining, and the world hadn't yet been destroyed by the approaching army of secret, evil ninja space Clefairies. He knew that he really needed to cheer up. This wasn't a good day to mope. "... Bah." he grunted and looked down just in time to see the stone again at his feet. He kicked it. Again. He felt sort of sorry for it. Poor stone. Getting kicked around like that. Like a.... stone.

That's right a little voice in his head told him cheerfully. The situation could be worse. He could have been a stone right now, getting kicked around by some mopy teenager who didn't have the guts to do anything on his own! What a sucky fate THAT would be. He stopped, looking down at the little clump of hard, gray matter at his feet. That's right, he was treating the stone like crap. He should cheer up, so that this poor stone didn't have to be kicked around by a mopy teenager anymore. It might have family! How rude of him to kick it round like that! The thought amused him, and a slight smile broke through his dimmed face. The stone probably didn't care about the difference, but as he gave it one last kick, at least it wasn't by a mopy teen. It was kicked by a mopy teen who had cheered up a little. "Goodbye, stone." he said happily as it made impact and sunk through the water. It was in a better place now... probably.

"Aaargh, dammit!" he said, stretching his hands out towards the sky in a stretch. "Enough of this already!" [color=#B80BF00]"Electrike!"[/color] Bless barked and ran up to his feet. She had been following him from behind for a while, stopping and sniffing at the many little things that interested him. Now, though, she returned her attention towards his trainer, hoping that he wouldn't be such a downer anymore. She carried a stick in her mouth, wagging her tail from side to side. Taru suddenly felt silly about the way that he had been acting. Like hell he had been alone. Bless never left, right? "Wanna throw it?" he said and bent down, resting his palms against his knees. "Rrrrr!", Bless growled playfully and shook the stick from side to side. Taru chuckled, happy to be back to his own, usual self. Bless was an even simpler being than he was, and he greatly respected her for it. The Electrike barked, and after a short tug of war over the stick - which Bless lost - Taru flung it through the air with as much force as he could gather. It landed in the water, and Bless jumped in after it. A short swim later, she was back on land and shook the excess water off her pelt. "... Trike!" she exclaimed, suddenly noticing that Taru, laughing his rear end off, was running as fast as he could down the path by the river. "Triiiiiike!" she howled, dropped the stick, and happily ran off after him with a speed that greatly surpassed that of her trainer.