An nicely dressed man, wearing a plain white shirt under a red vest, and clean dress shoes and pants. His eyes we're squinted, though he could still see very well. He also had a nice and clean hair cut, one that was quite averge among the males of his age. The man was walking on the sidewalk, whistling a happy tune.
He was minding his own buisness, when suddenly, a child accidently bumped into him. The man was fine and unscathe, the boy however fell onto the ground on his bottom.
The boy had a green and white shirt with long sleeves. He wore short, grey pants and black and white shoes. He wore a red beanie on his head and had a couple of strands of pink died hair under it. Hanging on the side of his pants was a yellow P.E.T. with a sheep like insignia.
"Oh, are you okay?" Asked the concerned man.
"Yeah I'm fine mister. I'm the one who should be sorry, I didn't see where I was going. Anyway I gotta go, bye and sorry." Replied the small boy.
"Eh? What's the rush little guy?" The man asked him.
"There's a net battle tournament going on way over there." The child said as he pointed towards the direction he was heading to.
"I see...do you have good chips boy?" He asked the kid.
"Yeah, the best!" The boy said confidently. The there was a coughing sound coming from the boy's P.E.T.
"...Well...they're pretty good." He said in a more polite manner.
"I see...well then. Good luck!" The man happily said.
"Thanks mister. Bye!"
"Oh, wait boy. Would you like a battle chip?" The man asked before the kid left.
"Um...mom says I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers." He said in an innocent tone.
"You ain't suppos' to talk to 'em either." Said a rough voice from within the boy's device
"Ah. Where are my manners? My name is Aroki Steel, pleased to meet you..."
"Uh, my name's Kevin. Nice to meet you too"
The two shook hands.
"There, now that we know each other. Will you take my gift that might help you with the competition?" Aroki asked him.
"Well...I guess you're not a stranger now." Kevin said as he reached for the battle chip
"KEVIN!" Shouted the voice.
"Aw, come on Sheepman.exe. Mr.Aroki seems like a nice guy. And he is giving us a free chip for the tournament." Kevin pleaded.
"He's suspicious! I don't trust him one bit! He's probably trying to give ya an illegal chip that might getcha in trouble!" The navi shouted loudly.
"But Sheep Man" The boy said in a sad tone as he took out his P.E.T. and stared at the screen.
"Oh, don't worry. This chip is perfectly legal. It may be a bit new so you might not recognize it though." The man informed the navi.
"Come on, Sheep Man" His eyes began to water.
"Hmm. Ya still suspicious...but I don't like seeing Kevin cry...so I guess we can give this chip a try."
"YEAH! Thanks Sheep Man!" The boy was suddenly happy.
"But dis is da only time I go soft on ya. Got it kid!" SheepMan warned him.
"Okay"
The boy took the chip and went on his way to the tournament.
"Oh, boy! I should tell you, that chip is very strong! I recommend you only use it when you really need to!" Aroki shouted at the lad as he ran off.
"'K mister, I will"
And as quickly as the boy appeared, he was gone from the man's sight.
"Ah, what a nice little boy...It's shame I'm just using him for research."
The man slightly opened his eyes to reveal crazed, blue pupils. He had a lazy eye, and showed a crooked smile.
"Mr.Steel, by research. Are you referring the gathering of information about the copy chip and it's effects? Or that thing you like to do on your free time?" Asked an electronic voice.
"Now Scope Man, who said you can't mix pleasure with buisness?" Aroki laughed maniacly.
"Why do I have to have such a sick operator like you, Mr.Steel."
"Oh shut it! There's nothing wrong with looking. Now let's follow that boy to this tournament. There might be a chance we find this operator who made gave Mr.Samson a copy of that dreaded program. These guys tend to be where the biggest crowd is...or so I hear."
Keeping his distance, Aroki began to stalk Kevin all the way to the tournament area.