Shirou
To Shirou's surprise, the obviously-happy girl responded to his enthusiasm by pulling out a brochure from her bag. It was clear that, despite her young age, she was well-prepared for someone to purchase one of the exotic creatures.
Opening it up, he saw pictures of hundreds of odd creatures, many of which looked very similar to animals from his world. Many of them were clearly unsuitable, such as a few which looked far too worm-like for Sakura's comfort, but many others seemed like they might fit what his wife would like, at least visually. So, seeing a few that were seemingly suited, he took a look at the description, only to be forced to suppress a giggle at the very simplistic, obivously unprofessional wording.
"Cute fire fox. Very smart", said one, the description for what was, indeed, a cute (but rather pricy) fox-like creature called "Fennekin".
It was clear that, as good as the girl was at obtaining these "Pokemon" (presumably by breeding), she was no saleswoman. Still, that only made Shirou feel more sympathetic for her, because she was obviously trying, despite her young age, and the way she'd perked-up when he had actually expressed interest made it pretty obvious that she hadn't been having all that much success. He did have to wonder, though, where she found these things, or how she was feeding and looking after so many different creatures. After all, she didn't seem like the sort of person to mistreat the animals in her care, but there were a lot of them.
Keeping the very-cute fox in mind, thinking to ask what it meant by "fire fox", Shirou continued browsing. He came across another cute fox, this one brown. It was adorable, but also extremely expensive, more than any of the others he'd seen.
Hmm, I wonder what makes this one so pricy? he thought, curious.
Reading the description only confused him further.
"Cute brown fox that can evolve into an incredible eight different types of Pokemon", it said.
Evolve? he thought, confused.
Shirou was no expert in Biology, but he knew enough to know that evolution was a very long-term process, not something that would be relevant for a brochure selling exotic pets. Further, there seemed to be quite a few Pokemon which bore a resemblance to each other, as if one was a younger form, which was in itself confusing.
Looking on further, he found two such Pokemon, Pikachu and Pichu, their images both similar. Looking at the larger one first, he read the description.
"Electric mouse, can be tempermental ", it said.
Deciding it wasn't really what he was after, he moved on to the smaller one. Initially, it looked promising, but the description immediately put him off.
"Electric mouse, can be tempermental", it began, before adding, "hurts itself when it attacks".
Deciding very quickly that he could not live with sending a creature into battle that would harm itself, he moved on, seeing a pair of yellow mice-like creatures called "Plusle" and "Minun".
"Electric mice. They like each other, recommended to buy both", the text said.
Shirou was intrigued. Buying two would mean he and Sakura could look after one each and, whilst it meant extra cost, it was still no more expensive than the cute "fire fox", and was actually cheaper than the weird brown fox whose description was stiill confusing him. Still, he was worried that none of these would be able to fight. Looking further, he saw what looked like a cute dog with fearsome teeth, and a teddy bear with sharp claws. Both of those could, perhaps, fit the requirement for a strong fighter, and both were cheap. Then again, he could perhaps be misjudging the others. After all, if you were to look at Sakura or Rin, you would never be able to tell they were powerful fighters in their own right, even in battle.
Looking up from the pamphlet and at the girl, he began to ask questions.
"Plusle and Minun interest me, but there's not really any information about their fighting skill", he began, suspecting that the girl would know the names of the creatures she was selling. "I'm also interested in Fennekin, and possibly Eeeve, although it's a bit expensive. Maybe Poochenya and Teddiursa too, those look like they could fight"
"Oh, speaking of Eevee, what does this description mean?" he added, turning the pamphlet around and pointing to the expensive brown "fox". "I don't understand how a single animal can be said to evolve into many others."
"Also, where do you keep them all?" he asked, curious as to how a teenage girl could run such a large-scale breeding operation. "Would I be able to meet some of them before I make a choice?"
