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[Jirachi's Wish]

TEEN | ADULT

Name: Urban Rockfist

Gender: Male

Pokemon: Aggron

Stage: Adult

Player: Lirilei

Artist: Orpheus Solon

This journal belongs to Lirilei, no posting without permission.

[Lirilei]

Updates:
8/13/2012 - Urban's on the scene
9/29/2013 - Urban is an adult!
1/5/2015 - Picked in the breeding event to be a parent. Oh shit.

Urban Rockfist

Name: Urban Rockfist
Pronunciation

Gender: Male

Age: Adult

Weight: Muscular but heavy

Height: 6'11

Sexuality & Status: Bi & married to Solange

Hair Color: White

Eye Color: Blue

Type(s): Steel/Rock

Moves Known: Iron Tail, Double Edge, Protect, Take Down, Brick Break, Strength

Nature: Ornery, Cantankerous, Rowdy, Protective

Likes: Fighting, weapons, kicking ass, sex

Dislikes: "Dumb asses", Reese

Personality: He's the quiet type until you piss him off then he's very in your face full of swearing and not so idle threats. He also tends to talk/swear a lot if he's agitated about something. Has a soft spot for Jayme, mostly because he likes the guy but in a non-sexual way. Mostly.

[Lirilei]

Miscellaneous:

Family - Solange - Heeeeeeeey sexy lady! C'mere hot momma! Damned fine piece o'ass! (Wife)
Hawke & Casey - My biting crazy twins
Dream - My brother in law
Quinn - My sort of brother in law?
Fayth - My niece

Friends - Jayme - Might as well be family at this point.
Cameron - Ex-boyfriend
Zevian - A hot piece of ass I wouldn't have minded tapping, but damn is the dude crazy as fuck. Hot. But crazy!
Ghede - I don't know if I trust the fucker...but he did the kid a good turn so for now I gotta trust him.

Foes - Reese - Ex-boss to him and Jayme

Plots -

Possessions - A varying array of weaponry...mostly of the bladed persuasion but many types.
Multiple guitars
Other things we're probably better off not knowing about....



Songs Urban likes -


Three Days Grace - Pain
Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Saliva - Always
Skillet - Comatose
Skillet - Open Wounds
Shinedown - 45
Sick puppies - you're going down

[Lirilei]

Plots

Get roped into helping Kyran get a lunar wing for Jayme.

Deal with kids always biting things/people

[Lirilei]

Paranoid Delusions? Or is somebody watching me?



"Urban, can you turn your music down a little? I can't think?"

I looked up from my work, because contrary to popular belief I did do more than stand around looking fucking terrifyingly fabulous all day, I actually had paper work to do, notes I kept on shit. Tonight was no different, except perhaps my music was up louder than usual.

"Fuck whatever Jayme." I leaned over and turned the volume down a little on my stereo...not much, but enough. It was down! The look the guy gave me told me it wasn't down enough and I flipped my charge off before grabbing my headphones and plugging them in. "Someone comes barging in and shoots your ass it's your fuckin' fault since I have these shit things on and can't hear."

"I think it anyone got in here to shoot someone it'd be one of your neighbors, for that racket. Honestly how they haven't had you arrested yet..." "Because my neighbors are scared to fuckin' piss me off Jayme." I rolled my eyes and continued to work on the slight report I'd been working on, one ear phone in, the other hanging. I didn't like having my senses totally deprived.

Especially not when I'd had a nagging feeling a lot lately. It didn't matter where we were, it constantly felt like someone, or something was watching us. No. Not us. Jayme and I didn't like that one bit. I was fucking paranoid, on edge more than usual, and snapping at the kid more than was usual. I'm a dick sure, but not totally heartless. Usually.

Still, I felt the most uneasy when we were near dark alleys, or really anywhere with a large swath of darkness. I was really starting to hate the shadows. I didn't know who was busy making eyes at the kid, but it was pissing me off something fierce.

Which was why we were here. I was working, I also could flip on all my lights and while he could bitch at me, it was my place to do what I wanted with, so he couldn't do much about me having the lights on. It was easier that way really. No shadows, no uneasy feelings. It was that fuckin' simple.

I finished my notes and tossed my notebook down earphone yanked out, and I reached for one of the guitars. "Sit that sweet ass of yours down, and lets get to work on your lesson." I couldn't help the grin at the blush that brought to his cheeks. it was too bad the guy couldn't find anyone that could look past the whole 'Dude in a dress' thing he had going on.

I'd have made a move on him, but seeing as I was in charge of his safety, I didn't think doing anything to cause any sort of strain between us was a wise idea. Though I admit I had some damn good day dreams involving us once in awhile. Especially first thing in the morning.

I let my thoughts trail off a moment while Jayme got settled, and I handed him the guitar that he had a preference for using, and we got to work. He'd come a long way, and I knew he had it in him to get better. I knew I couldn't ask him outright to stay the night, but maybe if I tired him out enough he'd be too tired to go. Easier to keep an eye on him here I figured, or hoped anyhow.

After all, I didn't know how to bring up the fact that things were constantly coming up missing, or being moved around. Set in the strangest damn spots, making me wonder if I'd been more exhausted than realized when I put it up, or if I was losing my mind. I was puzzled as to what was going on, but I was extra vigilant these days, to the point Jayme was getting slightly burnt out on such close quarters with me. Oh well, this was for his safety, not my gratification in the end.

It did leave me wondering though. Was it just paranoia, which was essential in my line of work..getting the best of me? Or was someone truly watching me? Or perhaps Jayme? I just didn't have those answers yet, and I wasn't willing to risk the kids life on it.

[Lirilei]

A change of pace[/b]

Things had been interesting around the club for awhile now. It was discovered all the issues in the place was from some fucking ghost haunting the place, and living in Jayme's room. But he did the kid a good turn, and made it so a camera that cock sucker Reese had put in the kids' room wasn't functional.

Like the kid I didn't know if I trusted Ghede, but over all I had no reason not to. He didn't try anything with him, and while he was about as crude and crass as I was, I wasn't complaining. He was interesting to talk with once Jayme was asleep for the night.

I'd gotten used to his randomly popping up in the dark and started keeping an eye on the shadows for him. So when I was at my place one day, the kid showering in peace in my bathroom I was surprised when there was a knock on my door. No one ever came to my door, they knew better.

So I was surprised to see Ghede standing there...looking quite a bit taller than he had last time I saw him and more human at that.

Of course I let him in and warned the kid we had company before I dropped to sit, looking at Ghede though he waited till Jayme was dried and dressed and had joined us.

It was interesting to hear about how he'd found a star and grown, how he was now alive and hearing about the pain he went through, it made me glad I was asleep when my own initial transformation occurred. Jayme looked a little pale after hearing about it all and I rolled my eyes. Wuss.

Still Ghede looked relatively pleased by it all and I supposed I couldn't blame him after going from being dead to alive and all. He'd managed to find some clothes, not that they were in the best shape but still he was dressed.

And as foul mouthed as ever. He raided my booze, not that I cared and drank a bit. It was the smoking in my place I put my foot down on. Not happening I hated the smell of that shit.

It was going to be interesting to see him as he grew, and I found myself looking forward to it.

[Lirilei]

The best offense is an...Iron Defense?


"Iron Defense. Pfft. Like I want to learn a shit move like that."

There was a low grumble from him as he let the teen he played bodyguard to talk to him, and basically plead with him to learn the move.

There'd been some issues at the club lately, and the Aggron was already dealing with a few bandaged up wounds. So he could see where the kid was coming from, but damn...did he HAVE to have such a good point about such a damned stupid move?

Finally Urban threw up a hand in exasperation. "Alright kid, alright. I'll get the move learned. Shit." very exasperated really. But when it came down to it, it wasn't such a time consuming move to learn.

He'd gone to a local training center and sparred with a couple others who knew the move, and he managed to learn it from them. It was useful he discovered when one of them had attempted to attack and he pulled it off, a shit eating grin on his face.

Okay, so maybe it wasn't as stupid a move as he'd thought....

[Lirilei]

Living on the (Stone) Edge

TM shopping, not something Urban did too often, but it was something he felt he needed to do in light of all the crap that had been going on at the club lately. Patrons had been progressively more stupid, and aggressive, requiring more strength and ass kicking outta him. So, learning something new, was for the best. It would keep him one step ahead of the assholes.

"Shit. Shit. Know it. Knew it...shit..." he muttered as he went down the line of things and then his eyes landed on a new one and he read over the description. "Perfect."

He threw the money on the counter and stalked out with his newly acquired skill and went through the whole watching process and grinned. "The user stabs the foe with a sharpened stone. It has a high critical-hit ratio." he repeated the description with a grin. "Hell, not like that's hard. I carry knives on me as is, and have had to use them. So a stone, sure why not. Good for outdoor battles."

He couldn't wait till some asshole tried something stupid again.

[Lirilei]

I look fucking AMAZING!


Urban recalled being an Aggron quite well, as well as remembered how he'd been when he'd first changed and turned into the humanoid hybrid thing. It was his transformation into amazing, ass kicking teen that he loved for so many reasons.

Of course there was the fact he'd grown up spectacularly. He knew he had, and he wasn't about to be modest about it. He saw the looks he got from men and women alike, and he didn't turn away any of them. Oh no. Urban learned quickly he liked sex, and he was pretty damn good at it.

He also enjoyed fighting and training. So, to say he was over joyed to grow from child to teen was an understatement. It had to be said that as much as he enjoyed sex, he was careful about it taking every necessary precaution, and he didn't drink or do drugs or anything, so no matter how much someone might try to convince him other wise, he amazingly stuck by the 'No condom, no sex' rule, and it served him well. He knew most assumed he screwed without care. Not so. He was proud of his body and wasn't about to risk his health in his favorite indulgence.

Even now, his day off was spent working out, and here he was in the shower thinking back over his life and all he'd worked to do and become. Stepping out he dried, and stood facing his mirror. Oh sure, he had some scars from various fights, and what not but they only added to it all.

A grin crossed his lips as he took in his naked body. "I look fucking AMAZING!" and nothing and no one would convince him other wise.

[Lirilei]

Ice cream, bullies and swear words, oh my! (Urban/Cam/Brenny im rp)

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Urban had caught wind that an old friend was in town again...had set down some roots, and he decided he needed to investigate this rumor he'd heard. He was still healing from a recent mugging he'd dealt with, so he imagined the 'friend' he was looking into would pester him about it. Still it couldn't be helped, he had to know. He made his way to where he'd been told Cameron was living and leaned lightly against the gate post, watching the shiny Zebstrika teen doing yardwork, his back to him. Good. When Cam turned he smiled automatically...only to glower some upon seeing Urban. "What do you want." "So you really came back huh?" "Not for you if thats what you're thinking." Urban smirked a little as the quiet of the neighborhood was broken by his laughter.

A dollar! He had a whole dollar! A dollar was a lot of money, Brenny was sure of it. He was having a rather loud argument with the icecream man because of it. "But I want that one," he protested, pointing to the large red icecream with a gumball in the middle displayed on the truck. "It should be enough! Its enough for an icecream!" The man inside the truck was beginning to lose his patience. "You're twenty five cents short," he explained.

Urban and Cam had been in the middle of their little back and forth when they heard a loud arguing sound coming from not too far away. The ice cream truck had been droning on for a bit, and was starting to annoy both teens at this point. Urban looked over his shoulder at the truck. "Ugh wish it would go already!" the jangling was nerve jarring. Cam could hear a bit better what was happening and leaned the rake he'd been using against his tree, and stepped out from the yard, shirt being snagged and tugged on as he went, though it was left undone and approached the truck. "What's going on here? We can hear the arguing all the way over there." which was drowning out their own arguing darn it!

"He won't let me buy ice cream!" Brenny gave a sniffle, rubbing at one eye with his tightly clenched fist. "He says it isn't enough, but that's not fair! I got most of the money! I'm just twenty five cents short!" Didn't the ice cream man understand that he was used to getting what he wanted? And for free? "Can I borrow twenty five cents, please? I want this one!" He pointed to the ice cream in question. "I'll hug you, if you do!" His hugs were worth so much more than a quarter. Really.

Cam listened to the boy with a sympathetic smile, and looked at where he pointed. "Well kiddo they charge that much so they're able to keep in stock of ice cream. Wouldn't do any good if they charged less, then couldn't afford to restock and ran out entirely now would it?" he patted the boy on the head, and looked at the side of the truck. "We'll take one of those, and one of these for my friend over there." he pointed to the one Brenny wanted, and another, and fished out the money and paid the ice cream man. "You keep your dollar...and here's a quarter for next time too." he smiled at the boy as he handed him both his ice cream and the quarter.

Brenny's eyes widened at the older boy's kindness. He beamed at him, taking his ice cream and new quarter. "Thank you!" he said, moving to wrap his arms around Cam. "You're so nice! No one's ever bought me ice cream before! Yay! Now we're friends!" He pulled away. Maybe it was better to introduce himself after hugging? "My name's Brenny."

Cam couldn't help a low chuckle at the boys wide-eyed response. "You're very welcome." he gave a hug in return. "I'm Cam, it's nice to meet you Brenny. Do you want to come sit over here and eat? I have a bench under the tree in my yard, so it will be shady and your ice cream won't melt so quickly." he was walking back that way and as he neared Urban held out the ice cream. "I recall this being your favorite. You should sit down as well, you look like you need it." there was a snort as he took the ice cream and sat. "Thanks Cam." "Yep."

"Okay! I'll come sit, so it won't melt!" Brenny glanced towards Urban and offered him a smile, as well. "Hi!" he said, waving to him. "You're hurt. Maybe I can help..." he moved towards the boy, awkwardly. He had heard that celebi could heal injures with some sort of ability, but he wasn't sure what ability that was, or even if he knew how to use it. He sat onto the bench, looking up into the tree. "It's a nice tree," he commented, studying it. "What kind is it?"

The bench was more than big enough all three could have sat down, though Cam rebuttoned his shirt and picked his rake back up to continue his yard work. "The tree? It's a royal empress tree. It's a big tree isn't it?" Urban for his part looked at Brenny curiously. "Help how? and I'm Urban, nice to meetya kid."

"A royal empress tree," Brenny repeated. "Oooh. We didn't have any of those in my forest! I like them! Maybe I'll have to plant one there..." He opened the wrapper covering his icecream and removed it. He took a lick, and then glanced to Urban. "Well, I don't know if I can, really. I know I can fix up plants." He'd never needed to do more than fix tree wounds left by the teddiursa in the woods. They liked to mark trees with scratches--something Brenny didn't appreciate. "Nice to meet you too, Urban!"

"I liked it when I bought the house, I've planted a few more in the back but they're not as big as this one is since it's older." Urban was slowly eating his icecream and raised a brow. "You can fix plants?" "He's a Celebi you blind bat of an Aggron." Cam chuckled some. "Oh, so he is." "We'll excuse your lack of noticing to having only one eye uncovered." "Mighty generous of you." Cam was chuckling again as he went about finishing his work in the yard while those two ate their cold treats.

"They're pretty. Maybe Daddy will let me get one," he said with a nod. He paused, beaming at Urban. "I fix plants," he agreed. "I can make forests florish and dead plants come back to life." He paused again, and then said, "I'm sure there's all sorts of stuff you can do that I can't! We didn't have any aggron in the forest, I don't think."

"They're pretty easy to grow really. At least I've not had any problems with the ones I've been growing." and he wasn't even a plant type! Urban was looking at Brenny and gave a wry laugh. "Doubt you can fix me then kid, but thanks. I'll be fine before long. I looked a lot worse than this before." well he had!

"You shouldn't get hurt like that," Brenny said, shaking his head. He frowned, finishing his ice cream. "What happened? Did someone hit you?" he asked, fretting. Someone had hit Urban? But he seemed so nice! He couldn't imagine anyone hitting him. "You should tell someone, if they did. They'll get into big trouble."

"Not my plans to get hurt kid let me tell you, but yes someone hit me. A lot of someones." a lot, a lot. And stabbed, and kicked...he left it at hit though. Urban couldn't help but smile. "Trust me, I've told the police they're looking for the guys that did this. Hopefully they find them." Cam snorted. "Must've been a lot of them to take you down." "There was actually. Was some street gang that cornered me in an alley." Cam had the grace to look embarrassed at the dig he'd made at Urban not knowing the whole story. He'd get it later.

Brenny finished his ice cream and put the stick in his pocket. He moved to hug Urban. "I'm sorry bullies hit you," he said. "If you ever need help, my Daddy's very strong! And I can help too. I'm fast. I'm good at hiding and moving out of the way quickly. That could confuse them, so you could get away easier!" He looked up at the teenager fretfully. "You and Cam can protect each other too. That's what friends do. They take care of each other."

The kid was adorable, and it was that reason Urban's usual bout of swearing at all times hadn't yet surfaced. Cam was impressed, he didn't think Urban had it in him not to cuss his heart out. "I'll be fine, my lesson was learned. So don't you go worrying about me kid." he gave a smile and hugged him back. Cam looked at Urban, who returned the look. Were they friends? It was hard to say. Only time would really tell Cam supposed.

"Promise?" Brenny asked, tilting his head slightly. "You promise you'll be safe? Why were they after you? Were they just being bullies?" the boy frowned. He hated that thought, that someone would bully someone else just for the sake of bullying that someone. "I'll be your friend, Urban," he decided. "Then if they bully you, they have to bully me and my friends too! I saw on television that if you stand up to a bully, they go away. Because they're meanies, but they're really just scared and lonely and sad."

"I can't promise that kiddo. My job is to protect someone else at the cost of my own safety. I'm whats called a bodyguard. As for why, it was a large group of people, and they stole my money and phone and things. They did it to be mean, though I don't think they're scared and lonely. More like mean and angry." Cam crouched in front of Brenny. "As you get older, you'll learn that sometimes, people are mean just because they think it's fun, and thats the only reason. For now...stay innocent." it was sweet.

"That's not right," Brenny said, shaking his head. "You shouldn't endanger yourself for money like that. Maybe if you care about the person... I'd do that for my sister. But she's gone. She left me in the woods, and that's when my Daddy found me." He'd looked for her for months before Connie had appeared, but Brenny didn't like describing being cold, hungry, and alone. "Maybe find a safer job! You're too nice to get hurt often." He hesitated at Cam's words, frowning slightly. People were mean because they thought it was fun? But...how could being mean be fun? Wasn't being nice more fun? "But... Don't they know that if they were nice, they'd have a lot more fun?"

Cam couldn't help but laugh. "Urban's usually not very nice. He's also very big and good at his job. I've seen the person he guards, and Urban's being there is very necessary." "That and I do care about the kid, I look at him like a little brother. Sorry to hear about your sister though." "As for the whole nice/mean/fun thing, got me. Some people just suck."

He doesn't seem mean," Brenny said, shaking his head at Cam. "Maybe he just pretends to be! So he can seem tough! A lot of people do that. I saw it on television. ...You haven't seen a pink celebi, have you? Maybe she joined one of the bully groups! She got mad at me because I was interested in humans."

Cam smirked at Urban, the kid had figured him out pretty quick. "He can get very mean when he needs to, especially to keep safe the person he watches over." "Pink celebi? Nope...only pink anything I see is the dresses Jayme wears. but he's a teddiursa." "Neither have I sorry."

Brenny's eyes flew open wide. "A boy wears dresses?!" he demanded in disbelief. He wrinkled his nose. "Why would he do that? Dresses are for girls."

"Long story short, he grew up that way. He was abandoned by his parents when he found a star, and the only way he could survive was by wearing dresses. He's been in them so long that it's all he's comfortable in. If you saw him though, you'd think he was a girl. He looks and sounds like one." Urban's explanation was calm, and patient. He knew it was something the kid wasn't likely to understand.

"Abandoned?" Brenny repeated, a line creasing his forehead in his confusion. "But why?" How could someone abandon someone else? He supposed, in a way, that was what his sister had done. She had simply vanished one day. The celebi boy had assumed it was because she had gotten lost when it'd happened; he'd searched for her throughout the forest. Now he figured, she had been upset with him. He had, after all, shown a large amount of interest in the human who had provided him with that pencil and tablet. "Oh... That makes sense. I found my star after meeting with my Daddy, so he kept me warm and safe! But before then..." he winced at the memory. "That's sad. His parents should have still wanted him. No matter how he looks, he's still their baby."

"Yeah abandoned. He lived on the streets and was all alone, and hungry and scared. The only thing he could find to wear was a dress...and suddenly people started to give him food, and stuff. So he realized he'd be better off wearing it." he gave a sad sort of smile. "Apparently, he was too different...scary...and they didn't want him with them anymore. That's why I do my best to keep him safe, he's gone through enough in life without more bad things happening."

"So you're kind of like his Daddy," Brenny beamed, nodding in understanding. "You protect him and look after him! See Cam, I told you he wasn't mean. Only nice people do nice things for others. Mean people wouldn't care so much."

"Nope, not at all like his dad. He's a teenager too. I'm just a lot bigger and stronger than he is. I'm his friend." he looked ready to say something but Cam shut him up with a look. "Brenny, you'll learn that just because someone protects and looks after someone, doesn't make them their dad." "That's just fucking weird kid." and there went the swearing. Which had Cam reaching out and idly smacking Urban upside the back of his head. "Language around the kid." "Meh."

"But it's kind of like it," Brenny protested. "Or like being a big brother!" That was two people, he'd met then, that didn't like being compared to a daddy. He wondered, briefly, if not all daddies were as good or nice as his Daddy. Was a daddy a bad thing, sometimes? He wasn't sure. He'd have to ask Connie, later. "You don't have to be mean," he frowned up at Urban. "I'm not weird! I'm still learning stuff."

"Well you can't go around calling everyone a daddy. That is whats weird." Cam swatted Urban's knee. "Hush. Can't you see he's still young? You didn't know everything either I'm betting mister." Urban remained silent, amazingly. "He's sort of like a big brother though, yes. He's even said he views Jayme as a younger brother. Though we're all about the same age. Also...I wouldn't repeat that word he said. It's a naughty word, and will get you in trouble."

Brennen stuck his tongue out at Urban. He blew a raspberry. "I didn't say you were a daddy, I said you were kinda like one!" He nodded in understanding in Cam's direction. "There are a lot of naughty words," he observed. "I'm not allowed to say any of them. I think Mei would be very upset. She's my pet."

"And I'm saying you're so fu" "Urban! Drop it!" there was a slight sizzle sound from the shiny Zebstrika, a crackle of electricity down his mane, and the look he shot Urban was a very dark one. Cam took a very deep breath, and held it a moment, letting it out slowly. "Ignore him. He's a brat sometimes. As for Mei, it's probably best not to upset your pet." he could see both Brenny, and Urban were sort of a mess from the ice cream and he got to his feet them and turned the hose on bringing it back. "Now, go on and wash your hands and face. Both of you. You're a mess."

Brenny nodded, going over to the hose. He glanced at Urban. "So what were you going to say before you got mad?" he asked in a whisper. "Were you making fun of me?"

Urban glanced over his shoulder at Cam, who was standing there staring off into space, and he knew that look. It was the other teen trying to get his temper under control. "Doesn't matter kid. Lets just drop the subject, gets washed up and you head on your way home before either of us manage to really make him mad."

"Can we still be friends? I'm sorry I made you guys mad. I didn't mean to," Brenny said, washing his face. "Did I get it all?" he asked.

"You didn't make him mad, I did. and don't worry about huh? As for friends, sure why not." he smiled and reached out with a wet hand to wipe some ice cream off the other. "There, now it's all gone." he finished washing himself up, glad to see Cam moving again, taking their trash and putting it in his trash can for pick up another day.

"I think you guys are good friends. He must care about you, to buy you an ice cream! Maybe he even loves you!" the boy beamed at Urban, before wandering off towards home. Maybe they loved each other, but it didn't seem like they knew it yet. Or maybe they couldn't tell yet. Brenny was sure he could fix that. Someday.

"We used to date a long time ago kid. We're better off as just friends. I think he bought it to be nice." He watched Cam say goodbye to Brenny as he left and turned the hose off before wandering back towards the bench to continue their earlier conversation shaking his head some. That kid had a lot to learn about!

[Lirilei]

Beach Day (Urban, Cam, Mei, Phee, Niall, Brenny)

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Urban sighed. Why was he at the beach? Oh yes...because Cam had asked him to go to the beach with him...and seeing as he was working on that whole...friendship thing with Cam so there they were...sun, sand, blue water...and babes as far as the eye could see! He was knee deep in the water at the moment, Cam was out on a surfboard and he admitted it...he was admiring the other. He couldn't surf.

Not far off in the water was Phee, or Lyre as she was attempting today...and listening intently to the names people used for one another. Nothing was striking her fancy. A sigh escaped her and she dove under the water and swam deeper for a few moments to enjoy the cooler depths.

In the sand was Mei...who was staring at Brenny curiously. "And whats the point of sand? Its getting in my fur..." she was less than impressed by it really as she poked a foot at it.

"I don't know!" Brenny chirped cheerfully, "But it's fun! See? If I get it wet, it goes up like this!" The celebi boy demonstrated by patting sand down into his pail with his shovel, and turned it upside down. He waited ten seconds, ten pulled it up off of the molded sand. "Yay!" he exclaimed. "See, it's a sand castle! I made it for you, Mei! Now you have a castle and you can be a princess!" Girls liked to be princesses, didn't they?

Niall was not so far away from Phee. After his initial reaction to having been transformed, he had found that hands could be as useful as flippers. It had taken him several days to adjust, and now, for the first time he was exploring the beach in his new form. He had been watching the Manaphy carefully for a long while from the shore. What was she doing? She seemed kind of bored, he figured. Maybe she was? He waved her over. He'd never seen a manaphy before! What was she doing there?

Fun? This was fun? It was gritty and annoying... still she was semi fascinated by the sand keeping its shape when wet, and she settled in the shade being thrown by someone's large umbrella more than happy for it and tried to mimic what was done...but forgetting to wet the sand and it falling to a pile. "Guess it's a good thing one of us can build castles." she laughed in amusement.

Urban decided to swim and moved further into the water and ducked under enjoying the feel of the cool water. Cam for his part wiped out and came up laughing and swam back to shore to have another go of it.

Phee was surprised to see someone else under the water like she was...and at the motion to come closer she did, glad she'd left her boots, and other what not on shore in her backpack. They would have weighed her down a whole lot. She paused by the boy, looking at him curiously.

Brenny giggled at her attempt, shaking his head. "No no, silly," he said, "you have to get it wet first!" He went to the water and filled up his pail, bringing it back over to Mei. "I saw Cam, I think!" he told her excitedly. "The boy who gave me the money for icecream! He's swimming, just there!" he pointed towards the waves, but was surprised to find that the boy had come up onto the shore. "Cam, Cam!" he called to him, waving. "Come make sand castles with us! It's fun! I'm teaching Mei to make them!"

"Want to play?" Niall asked, tilting his head slightly. He wasn't used to playing with others; he had a habit of attempting to ignore that others existed, when his sister was around. But since she wasn't--and he lacked an alternative form of entertainment, he figured he might as well find someone to talk to. "We could look for shells," he said, gesturing to his empty pail. "My trainer likes to put them up on a shelf."

"Ohhh..." she sounded sheepish at that and was in the middle of getting up to get water in the small pail when Brenny got all excited and caused her to look where he was pointing...only to blink at the teen boy coming over towards them and jabbing his surfboard into the sand and settling. "Sandcastles huh? That looks like fun. Sure, I'll help for a little bit. Nice to meet you Mei, I'm Cam." "Hi Cam, Brenny's told me a lot about you."

"Play?" she looked at him blankly. "How do we play? I've not played since I changed..." she looked so lost at the idea! "Shells is a good thing to look for though. We can dive down and get some from the bottom!" well, why not?

"Yay! Good. I think Mei's learning well," he said, and then lowered his voice, leaning closer to the teen's ear, "She forgot water though. If you help me teach her, I think she'll be happy!" He paused and glanced to where he had first seen Cam. "Where's Urban?" he asked. "Is he with you? Maybe he'll want to make sandcastles too!"

"We play... well... I don't know. I don't think I've tried to play since I changed either. I didn't figure it would be so different. We can still play chasing games and have swimming races," Niall began thoughtfully. "We could do that!" he agreed immediately. "I'm not sure I can hold my breath that long now, though..." But maybe! Maybe he had kept that ability!


"Urban is here...somewhere. I went surfing..." he turned to look out towards the water. "Oh, there he is. Why don't we let him swim a bit, and then maybe he will." maybe. He didn't know. "You two going to go swimming?" "Swimming?" Mei didn't know how.

"I didn't think I could hold my breath that long either, but I still can, so maybe you can too. If nothing else I can always go down and find some for you. The prettiest ones are always down there." so much for her acting big and bad and tough. She was in her element, and in a happy mood really. "I'm Lyre...." and here she wrinkled her nose. "I really don't like that name. I'm Phee. For now. Till I find a really good name!"

"Oooh, he's swimming!" Brenny had caught sight of Urban when Cam had turned to look for him. He'd followed the older boy's gaze. "Okay, we can let him swim for a while," he agreed. He hesitated, before adding, "I can't swim." He had never gotten the chance to try. He had been hatched in the late autumn of the year before, and had only been just discovering the world outside his egg when winter had struck full force. "Can you teach me?" he asked, hopefully. "Mei, do you like swimming?"

"I just changed," Niall said, frowning slightly as he glanced at his hands. "I'm still not used to it," it had taken a while to get used to walking up right. And to having legs, hands; being so big. "You think I'd be able to?" he asked, smiling slightly. It was nice to think some things hadn't changed. "Alright, I'll try. We can find her some really nice ones." And if he couldn't, the manaphy was nice enough to help him. "I'm Niall," he said. "Lyre's a pretty name, but if you don't like it, I'll call you by the name you gave me. Nice to meet you, Phee!"

"I don't know how to swim either. Never had a place to swim where I lived." Cam listened to the two of them and smiled. "I sure can teach you to swim. Why don't I start with you Brenny? I bet I can get Urban to help you Mei." "No its okay. I can sit in the shallow water and watch." and cool down!

"I changed not that long ago. I've been traveling around but I missed the water and decided to come back today for awhile." and she was glad she had! She felt so much better being in the water, more energized. "Okay on three we'll go down, and you can see if you can stay down or not." she grinned began to count. "One, two, three!" under she went then, breathing just as easily underwater as above.

Brenny beamed at Cam and nodded. "Okay!" he agreed. "We can start with me! I want to be a good swimmer. Then I can surprise Daddy! He'll be so impressed," the boy was delighted at the prospect of learning something new. He looked forward to showing his father how much he'd learned today. "Can you teach me now, and we can make sandcastles after?" he asked. "It'll be fun!" He hesitated and glanced at Mei. "Don't you want to learn to swim?" he asked. "You can show Daddy after! I'm sure he'll be proud of you too!"

"I've never left the beach," Niall said, shaking his head slightly. "My trainer lives there," he pointed towards a small cottage. "With her mate and my sister. She changed too. We both did. We were looking for shells for Iona, she's my trainer, and we found stars instead. They were very pretty, so we picked them up to take them--" he hadn't noticed the manaphy girl begin to count, until she hit three. He took a breath and dived under, a second too late. He held his breath for a long moment, afraid of what would happen if he didn't. When he couldn't hold it any longer, he let it go and found he was breathing under water just as he had been able to before. He pointed to the sandy bottom. "There! I saw something!"

"Sure lets go into the water now and we can do sandcastles later." Cam eased to his feet and held his hand out to Brenny, looking back at Mei. "Maybe later. I dunno...the water is sorta...unnerving." she'd never been to an ocean before! "Alright Mei. You sit in the water and watch and maybe later we'll try."

"Ohhh how neat. I got tired of every one telling me I was cute, and sweet and helpful...I'm trying to prove I'm not!" and doing a poor job of it in this moment. She listened to him talking until she went under, and waited patiently for him to figure out if he could breathe under the water or not. Seeing he could, she grinned and swam deeper. "Where?"

Brenny took Cam's hand, beaming at the older boy. "You're so nice," he said. He meant it, too. Cam was almost as nice as his Daddy was! He was sure if they met, they would become friends. "Is it scary?" he asked, once they reached the water's edge. "You won't let me drown, will you?"

"You are cute," Niall said, flashing Phee a small smile. "But I won't call you sweet or helpful. I don't like being called those things either." Cute wasn't such a bad thing, though. His trainer called him cute regularly. "Cute, though," he began, "I think it's a way for people to say 'I like you'. My trainer tells me I'm cute. It means she loves me."

Cam squeezed that hand gently as he made it to the waters edge and watched Mei settle in the shallow water, looking like she was cooling down some, and spotted Urban and waved him over. "Hey, mind helping my new friend Mei learn to swim?" Urban looked down at the tiny (to him!) pokemon. "Sure, why not. Hey kid." he gave Brenny a smile and moved towards Mei then, while came gave a gentle laugh. "I won't let you drown, and it can be scary, but fun. When you get good at swimming you can do other things like diving, and surfboarding."

Phee looked ready to protest till Niall explained the sentiments behind it and she looked thoughtful. "Huh. I never thought of it like that before. I'm still learning about this sort of stuff. I never had a trainer after all." she gave him a bright smile, and found a pretty shell with some green inside. "How's this?"

"Yay, Urban!" was the celebi boy's response to Urban's greeting. "Mei gets to learn to swim too!" And even if the mienfoo seemed afraid now, Brenny was sure Urban could help. "Let's go!" Brenny was reassured by Cam's words. The water could be scary, but it would be fun? And fun was always a good thing. "You'll teach me how to dive and surfboard, too?" he asked. "If I get good enough? It might take a while, but I'll be good at it, and then you can teach me!"

Niall nodded in understanding "I'm learning too," he said. "I hadn't had a trainer until the week before I changed. Aoife and I were playing in the water, and I got caught in a net. So Iona saved me! She cut me out of it. I don't know what would've happened if she--" he paused, glancing at the shell. "Oooh, that's perfect!" he exclaimed, moving to the sand to hopefully uncover more.

Urban gave a smile to Brenny, and looked to Mei and after the other two walked off, sat down to talk to her a little so she relaxed. Wouldn't do to go rushing into this. Cam smiled at Brenny and nodded. "It'll take time, but once you're good enough yes I'll teach you, and your dad too if he'd like." well it didn't hurt to offer he knew. "Alright, into the water we go, I'm going to help you lay on your stomach in the water. My hands will be on your chest and stomach..." and Cam began to carefully explain the swimming process.

"Oooh...well thats good she saved you! I hate those nets." she huffed some, and handed him the shell while sweeping sand off of others, a few broken ones pushed away and a really pretty white one pulled up. "Looks like you! All pretty and white!" yes...she'd just called him pretty in a round about way.

"Oooh. Daddy might like that!" Brenny exclaimed, delighted. "I'll tell him you offered! I don't know if he can swim or not. I never asked him! Oooh, I can ask him tonight! I'll tell him you're teaching me!" He followed Cam into the water, and cautiously allowed him to help him lay onto his stomach. "You won't let me drown?" he asked, watching the waves move around them. "You promise?"

Niall flashed Phee a bright smile. "Thank you for helping me," he said. "I'll introduce you to my trainer sometime. I bet she'd let you visit. She's really nice!" He beamed. There were two things he truly loved to speak about. One was his sister. The other was his trainer. He was equally possessive of both of them, and loved them dearly. He blushed at the compliment, taking the shell. "I wonder if I'll find one cute and blue like you!"

"Well I can always teach him if he doesn't know how." he was used to teaching people things, and he was between jobs with that whole body guarding thing, and his school was lacking students at the moment. So his time was his own really. "I won't let you drown I promise." Cam was sooo patient!

"I'd really like that Niall. I like meeting new people...and hearing their names. Maybe one day I'll find a name I like. I named myself...and it's too similar to Manaphy." and she frowned some. Though there was a blink and a slight blush at his words, a sort of shy smile given. "Oh...well...uhm...I can help you find one." she didn't know anything about relationships...crushes...or any of that. So that she was blushing at him calling her cute was...unexpected! She didn't know how to react!

Brenny felt himself relax. Cam was really good at this, he thought. He was good at reassuring him that he would be safe, even when he was afraid. "Okay. What do I do now?" he asked, instinctively beginning to kick his legs to avoid being washed away by the waves.

"I can help name you, maybe!" Niall said, concentrating. He'd never named anyone before. It would be a new experience. "Maybe Laura? That's kind of like Lyre, though... I don't know. Something pretty. Something that suits you. I don't know if any name ever could, though. A name certainly couldn't hope to be as pretty as you are!" He moved to pick up a shell. His smile widened as he swept the sand off it. "Look, Phee! It is blue, just like you! It's a snail shell! See, it spirals. It's for you!"

"That's perfect Brenny, you kick your legs like that. You also need to move your arms which helps pull you through the water as well." he held the boy firmly so he wouldn't feel in danger of slipping and coached him. He noticed Urban now doing similar with Mei a little ways away and smiled at the Mienfoo listening to Urban's instructions, though it sounded like there might be some squabbling there too. Still, he'd let them work it out.

Oh was she ever a mass of mixed emotions...he was so sweet really, and made her feel things she hadn't ever before...but there was uncertainty too. Did she like him too? Maybe...she didn't know. He was so nice though, that maybe it wouldn't hurt to find out right? Right! If nothing else they could be friends... "Help would be really nice. I dunno...I've gone by Grant, Merit, Lyre, Lynx, Bob..." and she began to rattle off the names...only to blink in surprise at the shell and took it from him carefully. "Oh wow this is so pretty! Thank you Niall!" she would have hugged him, had she known about hugs!

Brenny followed Cam's instructions, moving his arms against the water awkwardly. "Like this?" he asked. "But we're not moving," he observed. He glanced over to Urban and Mei, and smiled brightly. So she had decided to learn how to swim, after all! He'd have to tell his Daddy about that, too!

"Bob?" Niall repeated, grinning. "Some of those are boys names, and you're much too pretty to wear any of those," he said, shaking his head. "Maybe Mary, or Hope," he began rattling off names he'd heard before, either on the beach or at home. "You need something pretty." He moved to hug her when she took the snail shell and admired it. "You're welcome!" he said, flashing the girl a smile. He wasn't usually generous--but she was pretty, and a girl. Like Aoife!


"No we're not. I'm standing still. In a moment I'll walk into slightly deeper water so you can kick and paddle against the water and feel it pulling at you. Don't worry if it's hard. It will get easier as you get better."

He saw Urban was already at that step with Mei, who was faring well enough, though he admitted it was probably difficult to learn to swim like a human as a pokemon. "Hey Urban, keep her shallow!" "Sure Cam."

"There's a difference?" she blinked in surprise. She didn't realize there was a difference in girls and boys names. This brought another frown to her face. But no one had ever told her before. The fact her clothing choice made her look like a boy didn't enter her mind. The hug was new and made her eyes widen in shock, a whisper coming from her. "What was that? That...that thing you did with your arms?" how stunned she was! The shell was looked at again and she carefully put it into a pocket of her shorts so she wouldn't lose it. She wanted to keep it! Maybe see if she couldn't make it into a necklace!

"I'll try," Brenny promised, continuing to kick and paddle. He wasn't sure if he understood the concept, but he would try! "Mei's older than me," he confided in Cam. "She's closer to Daddy's age, she said she remembers being young like me many, many, many years ago." The boy's eyes widened with each 'many', as if to prove his point. "She's very smart! She likes being my pet, I think."

"Older than you huh? That has to be sort of interesting for all of you." he smiled and moved into the water to let Brenny kick and paddle against it then, watching and Urban did move to more shallow water for Mei, an approving nod given before he looked back to Brenny. "I'm glad she's happy there with you both."

"Ohh...no ones ever told me there's a difference before. I've just listened to names and tried them out...none seem to fit though." she frowned some and let out a sigh one bare foot kicking at the sand and uncovering some more shells. "A hug? I didn't know...never seen one...or hand one...or done one." how puzzled she sounded! But she was smiling anyhow, and did hug him back, even if it was kind of awkwardly.

"It is! She's smaller than I am, so it's hard to remember she's all grown up. I tried to buy her a doll when we met a bully, but she said she was too old for dolls. So I told her she could get something else. She's very good at playing catch!" He kicked and paddled against the water, attempting to keep afloat. "Yay, I'm doing it!" he exclaimed. Apparently the celebi boy had forgotten that he was being supported by Cam's hands.

"Well, now you have," Niall said with a nod. He had a feeling there were many things the girl hadn't experienced yet. He was willing to teach her, he supposed--but there were many things he hadn't experienced, either. "We can learn together," he said with a smile. "We can learn all about everything." He thought for a long moment. "You could be named after a flower," he said. "Lilac or Daffodil--" he wrinkled his nose. "Nah, that's a weird name. "Maybe Rose or Juniper..."

"Well thats good she can play catch really well. I'm sure in time you'll remember she's older than she looks." he gave the boy an indulgent smile at his cheering and lowered his arms a little so Brenny was more in the water. "Turn your head to the side so you can breathe while swimming..."

"That sounds like a really good idea!" she beamed at Niall then, though look at her blink. "Really? After a flower? Flowers can be names?" as he listed some off her eyes widened. "Oh, that one! Rose! I love roses, they're so pretty! I didn't know that could be a name though. but maybe not for a first name...I dunno...is there something like a second name?" she didn't know about middle names!

Brenny turned his head to the side as instructed, kicking and padding against the water. He wasn't sure about this. It had been much easier when Cam had been supporting him more. This was...kind of scary.

"Yeah, flowers can be names," Niall assured his new friend. "They're used as names a lot. I've heard them on the beach, when I was a seel too." He hesitated, frowning in confusion. "I don't know about second names," he began. "I don't have one, I'm just Niall. But I think my trainers have second names... I don't know."

"You're doing really good Brenny!" Cam's voice was full of encouragement for the boy and he made sure to keep him afloat well as he continued to walk so he'd feel like he was swimming. Mei was coming back up from under the water looking furious and stomped out of the water and up onto the beach yelling at the Aggron, who was yelling back, which made Cam sigh. "Looks like they're not getting along. Shall we go see whats going on?"

"Well then I like Rose a lot...so that's an all the time name now yay!" she beamed a moment, looking thoughtful. "I saw some books the other day...and there was a name I kinda liked on one..." she looked thoughtful...and then pieced the two together. "Armitage Rose...?" she looked at him curiously, wondering his thoughts on the name choice.

"Uh-oh," Brenny said, following Cam's gaze. He winced at the sight. "Sometimes Mei can be bossy," he said, in vague defense of Urban. But he'd seen that Urban could be bossy and rude--and Mei didn't seem to like rude people. She certainly hadn't appreciated Zevian's behavior. "Let's go see. Maybe we can fix it!"

Niall struggled pronouncing the name Phee suggested, and eventually shook his head. The name defeated him. "I can't say that," he complained. "Ami--Am--Arm--ugh! I'll just call you Rosie," he beamed at her. "See, it's pretty and it's not hard to pronounce."

Cam moved back to shallower water with Brenny and helped him back to his feet. "Good idea on checking on them. Urban can be a jerk...and you'll learn older people can be bossy." he gave a light chuckle and got close enough to hear an exasperated ..."........dropped me, twice!" "Just once. The other time you slipped." "I so did not slip!" "Yeah what ever. Are you done now? Or are you still being a drama queen?" "I'm done. I don't want you near me." she huffed and coughed some more, spitting out more sea water looking very unhappy. "Oh boy..." Cam sighed.

Phee frowned. Oh how she frowned. It was too hard? There was a full fledged pout on her lips then, and she of all things sat on the ocean bottom with a sigh, looking lost in thought. "Okay...so I won't go by Armitage...I want people to be able to say my name...but I still like Rose..." she was trying hard to come up with a suitable name! She looked up at him with wide eyes, looking hopeful that this was a doable thing.

Brenny hurried to Mei's side. He scooped her up, frowning in concern. "He dropped you?" he demanded, glancing up at Urban. "You dropped my pet into the ocean?!" His frown became a scowl. "But I thought I could trust you. I thought you were good at protecting people. You can't even protect a little pokemon?" He cuddled Mei close to his chest. "I'll take care of you," he promised. "You don't have to learn to swim with him. You don't have to learn at all, if you don't want to."

"No, it's pretty!" Niall said, frowning slightly. He'd upset her? Oh, this was awful! He moved to sit down next to her, leaning over to put an arm around her shoulders. "Just because I can't say it yet doesn't mean I won't be able to," he said. "I'm still learning things, just like you. Maybe I'll learn to say it. But until then, can I call you Rose?"

"She shouldn't have bitten me!" "I didn't bite you." Mei was honestly really upset at this point. He'd been rough from the start, and she'd accidentally scratched him, but not bitten him. Of all things she struggled out of Brenny's arms...and took off running, looking like she might cry. The look on Cam's face spoke of bad, baaaad things to come for the Aggron and Urban knew it. He couldn't help a grin though. He always did manage to piss Cam off royally...to constantly make him lose his temper. That was one reason they couldn't date. Cam gave Urban a withering look. "You're such an enormous jerk words don't even begin to describe it. Come on Brenny, lets go find her."

She was surprised by the arm on her shoulder, but merely leaned against him and sniffled. She'd never been sad or upset before! It was possible she was crying though in the water like this it was impossible to tell. But there.....his words brought a soft smile to her lips and she gave a soft nod. "I'd like that Niall..."

Brenny was astonished when Mei lept from his arms. He was distressed further when she took off. He sent a glare Urban's way, and stalked over to him. He kicked him in the shin before taking off after Mei. How was he going to fix this one? He'd show Urban later. Failing to protect his pet. Endangering her. Dropping her in the ocean and making her so upset. He'd show Urban! Oh yes. "Mei, come back!" he called after her. "It's okay, I won't let him hurt you!"

Niall was relieved when Phee smiled. He returned the smile and swept a hand over the sand in front of them. He picked up a shell. "Here," he said, holding it up for her to see. "It'll remind you of today," he said. "It doesn't really look like a rose--and it's not blue like you, but I know it's as special as you are. Look!" he gasped, holding it up into a ray of sunshine that had trickled down beneath the surface of the water. "Look!" he said again, gesturing to the inside of the shell. It was shiny on the inside. "I knew it was special!" he declared. "Just like you!"

Cam watched them run and he couldn't help but follow Brenny's example and kicked Urban. "You are such an asshole Urban!" Urban muttered and rubbed both shins watching as Cam took off after the other two. Mei had very simply run a short distance away and under a pier, hiding in the shaded area and behind a pylon and dropped to sit with a sigh looking dejected.

Well didn't she already have one shell to remind her of today? Maybe two was okay though...especially when it sparkled. "Oh wow Niall! How pretty!" she sounded so excited and she hugged him (and better than before!) before taking it. "Thank you I love it!" she was all smiled again now.

Brenny was having trouble finding Mei. He searched behind logs. He looked near the shore. He stuck his face in the water to see if she'd fallen in--only to yelp and realize his eyes were stinging from the salt. And realize that the ocean was possibly the worst tasting water ever. Why hadn't suicune visited here? The water definitely needed purified! Yuck! "Mei, Mei!" he called, hoping for an answer. Was this what it was like to lose a pet? Was Mei lost? Would she be gone forever? At the thought, the boy gave a sniffle. He had to find her! He just had to!

Finding the shell had been worth it, then, Niall decided, when he saw the girl smiling. "Let's go back to the surface," he said, gesturing upwards. "I'm getting tired--and my fingers are getting wrinkly," he wiggled his fingers in front of her.

It was too noisy to hear Brenny calling for her, too many people about making it impossible...and after a few minutes of calming down she looked out...only to realize she had no idea where anyone was anymore. Panic filled her as she realized that. Cam was keeping pace with Brenny, and they had moved away from the pier at this point. Urban was grumbling..mostly to himself...and making his way back to the car. He'd call a taxi maybe. He could see Cam and that brat in the distance...and he saw that damn pokemon looking around lost.

He couldn't help a small smirk. Until he noticed her wandering around lost...and someone kicking her and sending her flying. He heard a kid yell "Look! A pokemon! I'm gonna catch it!" and pull out one of those blasted balls. Urban dropped his gear and took off at a run, and scooped up the dazed Pokemon before the ball connected. "Heeeey! No fair give it back! That's mine!" "Like hell she is! She belongs to a kid I know." "WAAAH! Dad make him give it back!" the kids dad took one look at the glowering Aggron and shook his head. "No, no he's right...come along son..." "Smart move." the words were growled as he brought his fingers up to his lips and let out a loud, piercing whistle, and watched Cam's head shoot up and look around. "Brenny...c'mon I think Mei's been found."

Phee...or Rose as she was now going to be called by him giggled and nodded. "Wrinkly fingers!" she didn't have that problem really and wiggled her own webbed hands a bit before she was kicking for the surface, her head breaking the water and she breathing deep.

Brenny looked up. "Urban?" he asked, blinking. Urban had found Mei? Maybe he would forgive him for being mean, after all! The celebi boy ran towards the teenager. "Mei!" he cried, reaching his hands out to take her. "She's hurt?" he asked, fretting over the mienfoo. He studied her carefully, before his expression darkened. "What attacked her?" he demanded. "I'll--" he wasn't sure what he'd do. But he'd do something. They'd hurt his Mei. They'd hurt his pet! His friend! His--she was family! He glanced over at the kid with the pokeball. He scowled and sent--he wasn't sure what that was. Sparkling, rainbow hued leaves came from behind him and moved at a rapid pace towards the boy in question.

Niall followed Phee, grinning. It seemed she had the ability to stay under water for long periods of time without any wrinkly fingers. That was talent. He surfaced, glancing at the manaphy. "Race you to shore?" he asked.

"She was kicked as she went darting out. It stunned her. She'll be okay in a few minutes." Urban had been in the process of handing her off to the kid, when he let loose with his attack. Cam saw, and he did the only thing he could, he got between himself, and the human child arms thrown up to protect himself as best he could as the leaves attacked him instead. Mei came out of her daze about this time, and though she was still sort of stunned there was a clear "Brenny no, stop!" from her even as Cam held his ground against the leaves.

She grinned and nodded. "Okay race you!" she raced that way with a laugh, feet kicking as she started for the place she'd left her stuff. She knew he was bogged down with the pail though, so didn't want to make it too unfair to him.

Brenny stopped, eyes widening in horror. "I'm sorry!" he said at once. He hadn't meant to! He wouldn't have--he couldn't have--what had he done? "Urban, take care of Mei? I have to--" he didn't finish his sentence, hurrying to Cam instead. "Cam!" he cried, wrapping his arms around the teenager. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to, I never hurt people, I was just--Mei was hurt and that kid--and I just--" he sniffed. "I just--I just wanted to protect her!"

Niall chased after her, laughing as he swam. This was his element. He was momentarily distracted by noisy people--he wrinkled his nose at a particularly noisy bunch. Honestly, a kid with green hair? He'd have to tell Phee about that later. Green hair!

Urban kept a hold of Mei, who was sitting up a little and rubbing her head with a wince while Cam himself winced at the hug, and patted Brenny on the head. "It's okay Brenny...easy on the hugs though. That was some attack." he gave the boy a smile. "I think the day at the beach is about done. You two want a ride home?" he thought home sounded pretty good about then. "Urban, hand Mei to Brenny, and go get my things please?" Urban gave a nod, and uncharacteristically walked off without a word.

Phee was on the shore waiting while sitting in the shallow water, laughing some. "Yay you made it!" she'd missed the noisy group of people herself. She wiggled her feet and dug out her socks tugging them onto her wet feet, and then her boots. Before long she had her spiked bracelet back on, and the collar, and her chain back on her shorts...and looking very boyish.

"I don't know how I did it," Brenny said, frowning at the realization. "I don't know how I did it, I was just so upset... I wanted to protect Mei, and--" he concentrated, his forehead creasing as he did so. "I can't do it again," he complained. "I don't know. I was worried about Mei and--I didn't mean to hurt anyone!"

"It's okay Brenny...here in a few days you can come by my house, and we'll work on it together, see if you can't maybe do it again. If you did it once, you'll be able to do it again, it'll just take some practice is all. Like swimming." Cam watched Urban come back carrying the surfboard and his bag, stopping to get his own things. "Come on, my cars this way. I'll drive us all back."

[Lirilei]

Happy Father’s Day!
(with Tristan)

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Tristan had heard about "Father's Day" from children at the playground. He'd wondered for a long time, what to give Urban that he didn't already have. He already had Sol. He seemed happy enough with her, too--so what would make Urban even happier? It had to be something special. Something with meaning. A cake? The minun pondered the idea as he paced in front of their home. No, that wasn't nearly good enough. A stuffed animal? No, Papa had Momma to cuddle with. He didn't need a stuffed animal. A screwdriver? He didn't think he'd seen papa trying to fix things before. A book? No... A lamp...? This was too hard! The minun was almost in tears. What was he going to get Papa? He didn't have much time left. It was almost Father's Day! And--the minun froze, he'd spotted movement in a bush. "Hello?" he asked, blinking. He slowly made his way over there--and suddenly, found himself in the air. A long, black tail had coiled around him. "Do you want to play?" the shadow mew asked, tilting her head. "You seem unhappy."
Tristan paused, glancing back at his home. "We can play," he said. "But first, can I give you to my Papa? I want to give him the best present ever, and I think you're it!" The mew paused, blinking in thought. "Yes, I am the best present," she agreed. She was the best anything, after all. She was the best, period! "I will let you give me to your Papa." She put Tristan down, and allowed him to hold onto her tail as he led her inside. "Papa! I got you a Father's Day present!"

Urban was in the kitchen making a snack for himself and Tristan who he knew was playing out front. He'd been on babysitting duty for the day and didn't mind it so much honestly. He heard the door open and he called out "Your snack is almost ready Tris, have a seat at the table." and he came out then with a plate with fresh fruit on it, only to nearly drop it seeing him hanging onto...a cat? No...a Mew! ....what the..?

Tristan climbed onto his chair at the table, and took a piece of fruit and stuffed it into his mouth. "Papa, see, here's your Father's Day present! She said she's the best Father's Day present ever! Isn't she pretty? Can we keep her Papa? Can we, can we? Please? I found her out in the bush and I think she'll let us keep her! Please, Papa?" The minun set large brown eyes up at Urban hopefully. "I found her just for you!"

Oh the minun sure knew how to wrap Urban around his little finger honestly. Especially those large brown eyes and that hopeful expression. He was torn though...after all there was Solange to think about...but this was a Mew...who'd apparently decided to allow Tris to keep it....

"Alright Tristan we can keep her." The rest of the words hit him. "A fathers day present?" oh the surprise!

"Yep! I wanted to get my Papa the best Father's Day present ever!" the minun exclaimed, thrilled with with his father's answer. They could keep her! They could keep his Papa's present! "And I looked and looked, but I couldn't find any good enough. Because my Papa is the best papa ever and needs something special. But nothing was special enough..." the minun pouted. Honestly, shops needed to have more variety on their father's day gifts! "So I found her! And she likes us!" The mew in question wrapped herself around Urban's neck gently. "So I'm your present," she mused. "I wonder what you've done to deserve me."

Urban was very unsure of what to make of the Mew, especially the odd coloring, but here she was. He gave a light smile. "Well...I adopted Tristan here...and moved my girlfriend in...and got my friend away from his psychopath boss...normal things for me really as far as work is concerned." he didn't think he'd done anything special. but Tristan had different thoughts it seemed.

"Hmm..." Tania mused, playfully moving to rub her cheek against Urban's. "I suppose this is acceptable. The minun there seems to think you're quite special." Tristan interrupted, cheeks full of fruit, making him look like he'd just been to the dentist--or attempted to eat several socks. "I don't think he's special!" he exclaimed, mouth full. "He is special! He's the best Papa there ever was!"

"Don't talk with your mouth full Tris, you know you could choke." a gentle admonition as he reached up to lightly scratch the Mew's chin. "And do you have a name? Or do we need to think of one for you?" simply curious really, one never knew. "I'll have to find somewhere for you to sleep too. Maybe for tonight you can share Tristan's bed."

Tristan swallowed, making a face at Urban. He still hadn't gotten the hang of all these manners he was supposed to learn. Blegh. Why did they exist, anyway? He felt they must have been made up to bother him. "Okay, Papa," he agreed reluctantly. The mew on Urban's shoulder began to purr as he scratched under her chin. Mmm... He was special after all. Anyone who could find that spot--yes, yes, this man was deserving of her presence. "I have been called many things," Tania mused. "Children shout 'Mew, mew!' when they see me, but I do not think that is my name... Once, a woman called me Tania, but I think she was looking for someone else. Tania, I like that. Can I have this name?"

Urban's fingers continued to scratch under her chin then moved up to scratch behind her ears as he moved to the kitchen to get Tristan something to drink, it being set down, and he bending to hug the Minun. "Thank you for the present Tris, she's perfect." he smiled warmly, and then looked to the Mew. "Tania it is then. I think thats a fine name for you."

[Lirilei]

Urban and Tristan's walk (Tristan's star finding)

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Urban had decided a walk was in order. It was a nice evening, a light breeze, not too hot or cold. Simply perfect. Solange was out and about for the evening dealing with something, so it was him and Tristan. So they had gone to the park and were slowly making their way back home and star gazing a bit.

"Look Papa!" Tristan pointed up towards the sky. He'd spotted a constellation. It looked somewhat like a cup used for baking, but the minun was sure that wasn't what it was called. The constellations all had strange names, like Perseus and Hercules. He'd seen those in a glow in the dark picture book at the library! "What's that one called? Oooh, and that one?" He pointed to three stars in a straight line. "And what's that?" he pointed to a particularly bright star. "It's bigger than the rest."

"Well lets see...that's the big dipper...and the little dipper...and..." Urban tried to recall the various names of the constellations as Tristan asked, but he was having a hard time of it. They'd never really caught his attention. "That one? I think thats the north star Tris." maybe? Or was that actually Venus? It looked like a star at times.

"Oooh, the big dipper and the little dipper," Tristan echoed Urban with a bright smile. "And the north star, yay! Which one do you think is prettiest, Papa? I like all of them! Do you think we can count all the stars? I think there's more than ten, do you, Papa? Ten is a very big number, but there's more stars than ten!"

"I think they're all nice in their own way. I know one of them is a planet, I just don't know which. We may have to look into a telescope sometime so we can watch the stars at home." why not? "Well, we can try counting them." he came up to a stop as they reached outside their home. "Lets lay on the grass and start counting. I bet there's a lot more than ten."

Tristan laid himself down on the grass, staring up at the stars. "Papa, one star's dying," he said, pointing. A star was falling from the sky. "Poor star," Tristan gave a sniffle, standing and attaching himself to his father's leg. "What is the star's family going to do now?" he wondered aloud. "Will they cry? Papa, can we help it? Let's send the star back into the sky so it can be with its Momma and Papa."

Urban had never really seen a falling star before..and certainly not anywhere near him. So for one to be falling near them was interesting. His hand reached down to brush Tristan’s head and he nodded. “Come on, lets go look. I don’t know if we can do anything though Tris, okay? But we can always try.”

The star fell right at Tristan's feet. It was silver and sparkled brightly. "Look Papa! We don't have to go looking for it, because it found us!" The minun pointed to the star excitedy. "Look look! It came to us because it knows we'll help it! Won't we? We'll help it back into the sky?"

"We'll certainly try son, why don't you pick it up and see if you can't get it to go back up. If either of us can it would be you." the boy was so sweet and pure hearted. So believing. So hopefully if it would work, he'd make it work.

"Okay!" Tristan bent to pick up the star. He stood with it in his hands. "Go home, little star. To your Momma and Papa now. Papa, it's not going!" But the minun wouldn't be able to see if the star got home or not--he fell backwards onto the grass, asleep before he touched the ground.

Urban caught Tristan as he fell wondering what had happened he'd looked away for a moment having heard a noise, and turned back to Tristan asleep and falling. Had he fallen asleep standing up? The Minun would be picked up and carried inside where he'd be carefully tucked into bed for the night.

[Lirilei]

Sleepy shadow Mew (Tania's star)

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Things had been interesting since Tania had arrived. Not bad interesting, just interesting. Tris was thrilled by her presence of course, and Sol had accepted her well enough. But man there were some days he thought dealing with the drunks and Reese was easier than Tania and Tristan! Still, he was content.

Today was no different. He was headed out to the store to get some stuff, and Tania had opted to come with and keep him company, which was fine.

Tania was in her usual perch, atop Urban's head. "You're very tall," she observed. "I can see many things from here. But from up there," she pointed to the sky, "You look small. I wonder why that is. Are you small to some things, and big to other things? Are you just big to me? Hm..." It was something she would have to ask Momma about. "Papa, will you buy me something at the store?" Tania loved buying things, but more than that, she liked being given things. They were usually cheap in price, too. She enjoyed ribbons and pretty things. "I want something blue today."

"I am very tall, its because I'm an Aggron." he chuckled softly. "I think from up there I look small because you're so high." was just a guess that really. "I can buy you something blue yes. What would you like today Tania?"

"I like blue today," Tania was agreeable. She thought about Urban's question before beaming. "Ribbons!" They were her favorite. She loved ribbons. But not so much when they were on her. Tristan so often liked to put ribbons on her tail.

"Blue is a good color." Urban smiled, and stepped into the store and picked up the things they needed back home, then detoured to the area with ribbons and began looking. "There's dark blue, light blue...medium blue...long ribbons...curly ribbons..."

"Straight ribbons!" the mew pointed to a pair of light blue ribbons. "Do you like these, Papa? Don't let Tristan take them, though! He likes to put them on my tail." She had once woken up with a tail full of ribbons. There had been about ten of them just tied there--but Tania hadn't been amused.

"Alright straight ribbons, and I'll do my best to keep them away from Tristan." he couldn't help the low chuckle from him as he put them in the cart and proceeded to pay for everything.

Tania beamed, still perched on Urban's head. "Wait, Papa!" Something had caught her eye near the cash register where they kept candy. "I want that!" she pointed to a large, silver shining star. "I like silver today, Papa. Buy that for me instead of the ribbons! Won't you?" She reached for the star hesitantly, almost reverently. "It's the prettiest thing I've ever seen, Papa."

There was a soft laugh from Urban as she changed her mind on what she wanted and left the ribbons there and nodded absently as he unloaded the things to pay for them. "Sure Tania, you can have the silver thing you see." he knew they were never expensive and thats why it didn't bother him. He put a couple of small things he'd picked up for Tris up as well, and pulled out his money turning to see what Tania had found.

"It's not just any silver thing, Papa," Tania corrected him, picking the star up. "See?" She showed it to him, waving it in front of his face. "It's a star! Isn't it--" she yawned, "Isn't it the prettiest thing you've ever--" the shadow mew fell against his head, having fallen asleep mid-sentence.

"A star?" oh look at his eyes widen a little as he saw what was being waved in front of his face. "It's very pretty..." he blinked as the shadow Mew fell asleep and reached up for her, cradling her gently in his arms. "Well...here we go again..."

[Lirilei]

Urban meets Dream

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It wasn’t often that Dream decided to make Solange’s life a living hell, but when he did she was sure as hell never to see it coming. This particular slight had happened over telling him, via the phone, that he wouldn’t be able to survive without his trainer to baby him through human life, something she had assured him she had figured out within the first few weeks. Naturally, he rose to the challenge, and tracked down her little apartment. Who knew it would be empty, for most of the day, with just the two of them….

That is, until Solange had snatched those little brats and slammed the door in his face. Dream hadn’t known what to do with himself after that. Did he leave? Stay? Most definitely stay, by the looks of the place. Snatching his MP3 player out of his designer bag, Dream slipped the ear buds in and set about trying to get the place clean. She could kill him later, but there was no way in hell he was going to wait around on her in this dump!

Urban had been at the club doing the usual, keeping an eye on Jayme, acting as a buffer for him around Zevian and Reese, and more than a little glad to hand the whole thing over to the other bodyguard that stuck around in the evenings. Apparently he preferred the night shift, even with it's abundance of noise from Zevian's room that was usually inhabeted by Ghede as well. Today had been a cluster fuck of a day really. Reese was his usual dick self and trying to corner Jayme, a few of the customers had been drunken fools and tried to harass not only Jayme but a few others so he'd had to deal with them. One had decided to throw his drink in Urban's face which didn't thrill him one bit, he preferred drinking the booze not wearing it. So once he got home he let himself into Sol's place quietly unsure if anyone was awake and immediately stripped off his shirt. It needed thrown in for a wash in a bad way. This left him with just those tight pants on, which he'd already popped the button on, letting them barely hang on his hips as he headed for the bathroom intent on showering before anything more.

Dream hadn’t heard the entry door opening, much like he hadn’t heard Urban stripping just a room away. The Ninetales had been too busy picking up socks from behind the couch, which as far as he was concerned, was something a lady should be shot for. When he straightened, though, Dream’s eyes widened. “Oh.” His tails fanned around his hips and the small of his back as he stepped out from around the furniture; one hand on the chair arm, and the over on his pelvic bone. It didn’t help matters much that a rather promiscuous song as pumping into his ears, and the longer he looked at the sweet treat in front of him the more he felt like usurping Solange entirely.

Slowly, Dream slipped the earphones out and sat them on the coffee table. “Well,” his voice, much like his name implied, was a long, drawn out husky murmur. “Solange mentioned having a boyfriend, but I didn’t expect you to look this irresistible.”

Urban was at the bathroom door, and the pants were half way down him exposing his ass utterly. It was that un familiar voice that had him tensing and turning, forgetting the fact his pants were down, and now falling to his ankles. He didn't even give a damn he had nothing on under them. The one thing he minded was being unarmed with an intruder in the apartment. He'd have to deal with the nine tales the old fashioned way.... Wait...he mentioned Solange. "You know Solange?" he raised a curious brow as he bent finally, not taking his eyes off the stranger and hiked his pants up into place and fastened them shut again. "Who are you?" his tone was wary, as he waited for a satisfactory answer before kicking some ass.

Something a little more than Dream’s ears were beginning to perk up. Just what kind of relationship did Solange have, if this man could just walk in looking that illegal? “Calm down killer, I’m not here to hurt you. At least, not yet.” Dream smiled and slipped around to sit on the coffee table, his eyes eating up every little inch of Urban. Forbidden fruits usually tasted the best, in his opinion, and with Solange involved this fruit would taste like liquid gold. “Solange is my sister, if you can even call us that close.” He twisted around, hiking one hip in the air before turning back around, holding a picture frame in his hand. “My name’s Dream, and I’m the Ninetales in the photo.” Dream held it up, showing his collar on the fire fox as well as around his own neck. Next to him stood a child sized Solange, her arm in a head lock around his neck. “So, who are you?” The way he sat, with one knee crossed over the other…he might as well of been naked from the start.

Urban was used to the kinds of looks Dream was giving him. In his younger days he'd enjoyed such looks and would have acted on them regardless of if he was dating. He'd done it to Cameron after all. Still he'd matured and grown smarter, and while Dream was very, very easy on the eyes...and his eyes did travel over the Ninetales sitting on the table looking amazing...they were back up to the others eyes looking...almost bored. "I'm Solange's boyfriend Urban, it's nice to meet you Dream." Urban stepped closer to the table and held his hand out to the other to shake it though he did glance at the photo and to Dream's neck to ensure he was telling the truth on that. There was a hint of relaxation to Urban as he saw the truth was indeed being told. "So where's Sol and the kids?" how easily he asked this.

Wha-? What exactly happened there? At first he had been basking in the general glow of being worshipped, and then…nothing. He couldn’t be a eunuch, he’d seen the goods, and the smallest flickers of doubt made Dream’s ears sway. Was he truly so desperate to ruin that Houndoom that he would try to seduce her boyfriend? No. Was he pissed now that it hadn’t worked? Hell yeah. Dream stood to take Urban’s hand in his, lingering in the touch for a moment longer than was necessary. “I’m glad to see that my baby sister is being so well provided for.” He looked around, and yes, while the place had been a trash heap, that had been from the kids. Then again….his eyes skirted over Urban once more; had he ever really meant the apartment? “They stepped out for a bit to pick up last minute groceries. I wanted to surprise her, and I didn’t think to bring any with me. I won’t be here for long, though; I wouldn’t want to put your family out. “

Urban could see the others ears flicker a little, and he wondered what was the cause of that. Did he make the other nervous? Well it was possible...he was several inches taller than the guy after all. Urban let his hand be taken, assuming it was for him to help himself up off the table more than anything. Though...what soft...warm hands he had! "I do my best for her and the kids. Though I'm thinking he need to move into my place soon...this one is just too small for all of us really." he sounded thoughtful. Though his place wouldn't accommodate them all either...not with Tania now. "You're no trouble Dream and as far as I'm concerned welcome to stay, though you'd probably have to have the couch." he ran a hand through his hair. "Oh, hey mind if I grab a quick shower real quick? Some jackass at work threw his drink in my face before I calmly showed his face the floor on the other side of the club door." he felt a tickle along his arm and looked down seeing it was a tail and couldn't help letting fingers slide over the fur momentarily. "Silky soft." a murmur from his lips, and a tiny part of him...oh how it wanted to do things with those tails, and the guy attached tot hem! But...he let his hand drop and smiled. "Don't worry about picking up, I'll do that once I'm out. Sorry about the mess, I imagine Tris got riled up and Tania loves to help out." a low chuckle from him, a warm smile on his lips as he looked down at Dream.

Scars had never been his selling point, but he couldn’t keep his eyes from drifting over them. How had he acquired so many, he wondered? And some even looked recent. “Raising a new family of…what, four now? I can understand your desire to spread out a little.” There is no way in hell he would stay in this small box with two rambunctious Pokemon toddling after him. Much like himself, they were cute for a distance, but the closer you go the more aggravating they became. “Thanks, but really, I wouldn’t want to cause any trouble. I’ve already paid for a room downtown, anyway.” Dream waved his hand vaguely towards the restroom before he slipped around Urban, more than one of his tails coiling around that muscled skin. “Go on, take your shower; it sounds like you’ve had a rough night, and I’m going to see what I can’t whip up for you to munch on.” Mmm, then he took the bait and those hands were on his tails. He paused, looking back over his shoulder with a partially innocent expression before Urban once again dropped the ball. He wanted him, that much was clear; all he had to do was reel him in. “I don’t mind helping out. They’re cute, but I imagine they’re a hand full. You must have your work cut out for you around here.”

Urban saw those curious eyes trailing over the scars, and he couldn't help giving a low rumble of amusement. "Long story short, some stupid fights when I was younger, some drunk fucks at previous jobs, a few sparring matches gone wrong, and being jumped by a street gang. I'll let you figure out which go where." there was a smirk and a wink as he turned towards the bathroom calling out as he went. "Nah they're not so bad really. It's nice to get off work and settle with the kids for awhile, and tuck them in before spending time with Solange. it's a nice wind down after dealing with my asshole boss." the door was partially shut and the sound of fabric dropping again could be heard. "Thanks...something to eat would be nice I'm starving." oh the ways that could be taken! The door was pushed further, almost utterly shut but not quite before the water was turned on and he was stepping in happy to wash the alcohol and such off of him. As he washed he couldn't help but thinking just how good looking Dream was. Very, very good looking.

“You’re a dangerous man, Urban.” Dream grinned, flashing a little fang. Fights, drunk fucks, matches and street gangs? He wouldn’t mind getting to know the man a little under the sheets, or anywhere else, really, but he was beginning to think he shouldn’t get too involved. Leave it to his dear “sister” to find the ruffians. When Urban went one way, he went the other and started pulling out what he could from the fridge. In almost an instant he was grimacing; did Solange every buy anything other than steak? “Sounds like you’ve got it made. Kids to love you, a boss to rag on, someone to share your bed…what more could a guy ask for, right?” Oh, possibly another guy, hmm? Something a little spicier, since he knew his sister was such a prude. He waited until the door was shut just enough to give into a shiver.
When he had thoroughly tenderized the meat, and set it on the mini-grll, Dream slipped through the living room to have a little peep into the bathroom. “….Do you need any help in there? I can give one hell of a massage; it would just melt all of your troubles away.”

"Ah I like danger and adventure. Though I've mostly mellowed out as of late." mostly. Funny what meeting Solange had done....and the addition of the kids had added to it. Urban was nice and clean at this point and just enjoying the hot shower on his back when he heard that voice just there in the bathroom and he pulled the curtain back with no shame, letting the other see him there fully naked and wet an amused smirk on his lips. "Is that so Dream?" the water was shut off then and he snatched his towel rubbing it over his hair enough so it was just damp, a quick wipe down and it was barely secured around his waist as he stepped out and towards the other, that same smirk on his lips, a dangerous glint in his eyes as he pulled the door open more, reaching out then to let long fingers brush over the Ninetail's cheek a moment before reaching back and getting a fistful of hair and giving a tug back on it as he stepped closer his voice low, and husky. "Your sister know you like hitting on her boyfriends? Something tells me she'd hit the roof if she knew." he didn't let go of that hair, tugging the other against him a moment, a smirk on his face. "Too bad....for you I mean. I'm a faithful man. Learned my lesson years ago." he let go of Dream with a laugh then and pushed past him. "Nice try though really. I know of a couple of guys at my work that would enjoy having you join in on their little sex games though. You into that whole bdsm scene? Bet you are huh?" words called out with a laugh as he went in search of clothes.

The moment he saw the look in Urban’s eyes he knew something was wrong. When his hair was tugged, he snarled, his skin meeting his flaring temper by rising several degrees. He was still trying to process the level of rejection when his body was pulled closer to the others, and he was forced to control one brain over the other. “Ex…excuse me? Are you turning me down for that stack of flea shit?!” Dream couldn’t keep the higher pitch out of his voice, much like he wiped that smile off his face in ten seconds flat to replace it with a permanent frown. When the other pushed past him, he stalked out of the bathroom, and clucked his tongue on a sharp laugh. “Whips really aren’t my thing, but you sure you do like being whipped well enough, huh? Tell me, Urban, do you have to be gagged when my sister tops you?”

Urban pulled on some pants and a clean shirt, his dirty stuff had been left to be washed and he yawned lazily at Dream's words unaffected by them and took the towel back into the bathroom and wandered past the angry Ninetails as if he wasn't there and into the kitchen. It was then he finally spoke, a laugh in his voice. "Someone's not used to rejection I see." oh the amusement! He peered out at him with another smirk. "Oh you know I just love a dominant woman. Takes a real man to submit to one you know...and she does this fantastic little thing with her mouth...what she does is..." he sounded ready to launch into an explanation then stopped laughing. "Well really, she's absofuckingloutely amazing and knows how to please a man right. Now, I gotta ask, cause I think Tania would love it...how do you get your tails so soft and silky?" and just like that the entire subject was changed, as if Urban was saying Dream wasn't worth the time or effort to even fantasize about for a moment or two.