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[Catching up always feels right - it's only every so often he gets to see Souji these days after all. Even if it's just catching lunch, a movie and checking out a few shops in the city -- hey, it's never bad to catch up with your best friend, right?]

[It's weird and nostalgic, but Yosuke finds himself constantly resisting the urge to step a little closer, to thread his fingers in Souji's hair... he couldn't. Because those things, as natural, as familiar as they'd seemed were just dreams. It felt like more, but it wasn't possible; hell, Souji himself would've said something otherwise, right?]

[But when they walk through the shopping district and his eyes catch a selection of Pokémon toys, he feels compelled. He lets out an awkward laugh, looking over at Souji.]

Brings back memories of being a kid, doesn't it? Hehe -- Pokémon. I didn't even realize they still made this stuff.

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[He's pretty quick to shake his head.]

It's cool, yeah... but...

I think it fits you more. [And as he blurts that out, he looks at it again, tilting his head. He doesn't say it out loud, but the word "Izanagi" echoes clearly in his mind. Give him a sec, and he'll backtrack.] Matching color schemes, you know?

[ Souji pulls the Skarmory back to himself, looking down at it and gives a small nod. ]

Maybe I'll take this one home then. It'll look nice on my shelf back at home. [ Still holding onto it, he looks around and notices a pink-coloured Pokemon. "Jiraiya the Slowpoke". He pokes over to it. ] How about that? It got a good smile like yours.

Dude... [He makes a face.] Are you saying that I look like some dumb, drooling... like, shoe-eating video game character?

[But he tenses when he says that. "Drooling?" "Shoe-eating?" Why... this feels so familiar, normal. Yosuke's hand grazes the Slowpoke, and he laughs a little.]

Something about it fits, for some reason.

[ "Dumb drooling" and "shoe-eating"? That sounds awfully... familiar, almost like the Jiraiya that he knows, but that just might be the characteristics of the Pokemon. He hasn't played the games or watched the show, he doesn't know. ]

Why, because you're used to having something eating at your things all the time? [ But Yosuke doesn't own any pets. It feels just right though. ]

Yeah. I mean, it wouldn't be a day if Jiraiya wasn't eating everything in--

[He stops short, catching what he's actually saying mid-sentence. There'd been no thought, the words were effortless and natural. There was no way that this feeling of familiarity was because it was supposed to be was it? His face pales slightly, grasping at the small toy.]

I-I mean... Argh, I don't even know what I mean...

[ And Souji freezes at that. Wait... Jiraiya eating everything? That sounds familiar. He slowly turns his head to Yosuke. ]

Wait, what about Jiraiya?

I... [His head tilts - Souji's expression is enough for him to really second guess his own train of thought.] I'm not sure.

I-I think it was something I had a dream about or something. I dunno.

What was your dream about?

[ Leaning a bit forward to pay close attention to everything. ]

Uh... [His shoulders tense slightly, as if he's embarrassed to even say it.] We -- you know, us and the rest of the gang -- we're, um... in a video game? Sorta. And we kind of bred Pokémon for a living or something.

Hhaha... it's really stupid, huh?

[ Then Souji goes straight back to tensing up, freezing. He feels his mouth growing dry and he doesn't say anything for half a minute, finding the right thing to say or if it's wise to say it. Then without even answering Yosuke's question, he says one of his own. ]

... Yu and Yuudai, was that in it?

[When he hears those names, Yosuke swears his heart isn't beating for a whole minute. His breath hitches, slightly, the flood of memories all falling into place. Everything suddenly feels like it makes sense in some way.]

[But if that's the case, that means--]

[He looks back down at the table, just in case.] It -- it was a dream, right?

[ Just by Yosuke's reaction is slowly starting to confirm Souji's suspicions. All of those dreams he has had, waking up and wondering if they're real, but never bringing it up to anyone because they have shown no signs of remember, it just hits him. Is it really real? ]

[ He tells himself to breathe properly and he clutches the Skarmory plushie in his hands a bit tighter. ] What else do you... "remember" of it-- of Johto?

[He has to stop and think. There was a lot of things that were slowly coming to him; details that were blurry coming into focus. The Centre, the Ice Path, the trains; fights, being tackled by his own Pokémon, and...]

[It's like a ton of bricks falling on him, and he looks up at Souji, eyes wide. His face is pale, color drained as he feels his stomach turning into knots.] You and I... uh...

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IC: Reminisce

/ATTACHES TO PRINCE

/NEVER LETS GO

KYAAAA

/SHOWERS IN HEARTS

/BATHES IN THEM??

WHAT A LOVELY BATH

IT'S A LITTLE BLOODY THOUGH--

BLOOD BUILDS CHARACTER

I GUESS SO

YOU'LL BE SO MANLY

THE MANLIEST

BE LIFTING WOMEN ONTO YOUR SHOULDERS AND HAVING AN EXPLOSION BEHIND YOU

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!