Ship: Professor Yanagi & Kirihara Fandom: Prince of Tennis Major Tags: tags omitted Other Tags: tags omitted Word Count: 461 words
It isn’t exactly shippy and I’m sorry about that but I hope you enjoy it anyway!
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Kirihara stared at Professor Yanagi expectantly. Professor Yanagi stared back at him and then at the ‘brand new Pokemon that even the Pokedex doesn’t recognize!’
“Kirihara,” Professor Yanagi finally said when it became clear that staring alone would not get the message across. “That is not a Pokemon.”
“Huh?” Kirihara looked at the creature he’d found, then at Professor Yanagi. “Yes, it is.”
“No.” Professor Yanagi massaged his temple lightly with his forefingers. Why did this always happen to him? Professor Inui never had any students come back with problems like this! “That is not a Pokemon, else the Pokedex would have recognized it.”
“Are you saying it only counts as a Pokemon if the Pokedex can read it? That’s unfair. What if it’s so cool that the Pokedex doesn’t know how to deal with it?” Kirihara protested as he scooped up the creature into his arms and hugged it.
“It doesn’t have any special attacks and it won’t fit in a Pokeball, Kirihara. It’s not a Pokemon,” Professor Yanagi insisted.
“Maybe it just doesn’t like Pokeballs,” Kirihara said stubbornly. “Ash’s Pikachu is phobic of Pokeballs and nobody ever tells him that it’s not a real Pokemon!”
“That’s because Pikachu is very recognizably a Pokemon.” Professor Yanagi paused, then decided to go for broke. “Just as that is very recognizably a chicken.”
Kirihara’s expression shifted to one of confusion as he hugged the chicken to his chest more protectively.
“What’s a chicken?” He asked.
Ah. Right. As a city kid, Kirihara wouldn’t know anything about where his food actually came from.
“It’s what you eat,” Professor Yanagi said bluntly. “It’s -- meat. When it’s dead. When it’s alive, it looks like that.”
“Oh. So this is the brown stuff on top of spaghetti?” Kirihara asked with a thoughtful gleam in his eyes.
“Yes-- DON’T BITE IT,” Professor Yanagi shouted, cool shattered as Kirihara opened his mouth worryingly wide.
“I wasn’t going to bite it,” Kirihara said with a tone of injured innocence. “I just wanted to make a noise at it. If I make a noise, it makes a noise back and talks to me like a Pokemon does.”
Oh no. They were back on that track again?
Professor Yanagi sighed and said, attempting to sound calm once more, “Be that as it may, Kirihara, it is still not a Pokemon.”
“Couldn’t you build me a special Pokeball so I can carry it around with me? I mean, it came with me! I didn’t even need to fight it or anything. It’s my very first Pokemon!” Kirihara pleaded.
“It’s not a Pokemon!” Deep breaths, Professor Yanagi told himself. He had to take deep breaths and stay calm.
If he repeated it enough times, Kirihara would have to get the message.
FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 461 words
It isn’t exactly shippy and I’m sorry about that but I hope you enjoy it anyway!
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Kirihara stared at Professor Yanagi expectantly. Professor Yanagi stared back at him and then at the ‘brand new Pokemon that even the Pokedex doesn’t recognize!’
“Kirihara,” Professor Yanagi finally said when it became clear that staring alone would not get the message across. “That is not a Pokemon.”
“Huh?” Kirihara looked at the creature he’d found, then at Professor Yanagi. “Yes, it is.”
“No.” Professor Yanagi massaged his temple lightly with his forefingers. Why did this always happen to him? Professor Inui never had any students come back with problems like this! “That is not a Pokemon, else the Pokedex would have recognized it.”
“Are you saying it only counts as a Pokemon if the Pokedex can read it? That’s unfair. What if it’s so cool that the Pokedex doesn’t know how to deal with it?” Kirihara protested as he scooped up the creature into his arms and hugged it.
“It doesn’t have any special attacks and it won’t fit in a Pokeball, Kirihara. It’s not a Pokemon,” Professor Yanagi insisted.
“Maybe it just doesn’t like Pokeballs,” Kirihara said stubbornly. “Ash’s Pikachu is phobic of Pokeballs and nobody ever tells him that it’s not a real Pokemon!”
“That’s because Pikachu is very recognizably a Pokemon.” Professor Yanagi paused, then decided to go for broke. “Just as that is very recognizably a chicken.”
Kirihara’s expression shifted to one of confusion as he hugged the chicken to his chest more protectively.
“What’s a chicken?” He asked.
Ah. Right. As a city kid, Kirihara wouldn’t know anything about where his food actually came from.
“It’s what you eat,” Professor Yanagi said bluntly. “It’s -- meat. When it’s dead. When it’s alive, it looks like that.”
“Oh. So this is the brown stuff on top of spaghetti?” Kirihara asked with a thoughtful gleam in his eyes.
“Yes-- DON’T BITE IT,” Professor Yanagi shouted, cool shattered as Kirihara opened his mouth worryingly wide.
“I wasn’t going to bite it,” Kirihara said with a tone of injured innocence. “I just wanted to make a noise at it. If I make a noise, it makes a noise back and talks to me like a Pokemon does.”
Oh no. They were back on that track again?
Professor Yanagi sighed and said, attempting to sound calm once more, “Be that as it may, Kirihara, it is still not a Pokemon.”
“Couldn’t you build me a special Pokeball so I can carry it around with me? I mean, it came with me! I didn’t even need to fight it or anything. It’s my very first Pokemon!” Kirihara pleaded.
“It’s not a Pokemon!” Deep breaths, Professor Yanagi told himself. He had to take deep breaths and stay calm.
If he repeated it enough times, Kirihara would have to get the message.