| The second stop on Pikachu's World Tour was the Forbidden Temple, in China. Pikachu Investigators observed as Pikachu waved to estatic fans, and even gave a speech about how glad he was to be in China (translated by Sokiko Yujijo). He was presented a traditional Chinese sharwong, and many thank-yous from his screaming fans. The photograph below was taken after Pikachu's speech, as the fans were beginning to clear the area, which was when I ran into a boy who had black hair which stuck straight out to the sides, and stood at aproximatly 5 feet 2 inches. He was wearing a red and white baseball cap with a green "L" shape in the cener. A gold-trimmed blue and white jacket covered a black t-shirt, and the upturned legs of faded blue jeans overlaped the tops of worn-out sneakers. The green and yellow straps of a school-sized backpack were slung over his shoulders. He looked strangely flat for his surroundings, like Pikachu, and was wearing a white veil over the bottom half of his face. P.I: Excuse me, sir. Would you happen to be Ash Ketchum? Ash: Uhhhhhh . . . (looks around) yeah, I'm Ash. P.I: Why are you wearing a veil? Ash: So nobody recognizes me. I guess it didn't work very well, though. P.I: Do you have a moment for a short interview? Ash: Uh, yeah, guess so. P.I: Okay . . . tell me, how are you feeling about Pikachu's World Tour? Ash: I'm kinda nervous. I mean, all these people, and little Pikachu. I'm afraid that someone might try to pika-nap him, or somethin'. Not that I should be nervous. I mean, our security team is only, like, Mario and- oops! P.I: Thank-you for your time, Mr. Ketchum. Wait a second . . . your security team is only like who? Ash? Ash? Where'd you go? Ash took off after revealing that the security here may also be made up of Nintendo celebrities. Hmmmmmmm . . . I decide to watch what happens |
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