Of course, not everything I did at that age with my family was training. Both my parents and both Uncles were determined to give me a healthy childhood, if not a normal one, and that meant plenty of interaction with other children and activities that were just for fun. Of course, that wasn't exactly easy for any of them to arrange for me. Mostly, this was done when Daddy and my Uncles arranged to 'drop by' and join whatever outings Mommy was taking me on, showing up in disguise that we immediately saw through, but was good enough to fool anyone else. I still remember my favorite outing, though...
Coco's eyes were wide as she stared out from under her motorcycle helmet, strapped in tight to the sidecar of Carmelita's motorcycle. It had been a year since she'd been adopted by Sly and Carmelita, and they considered that to be her birthday now, making her five years old. As such, they had decided on a special celebration, and Carmelita had arranged to get that day and the two on either side of it off, so she'd have a full three days to spend with Coco. The first day had been spent just the two of them enjoying themselves together as mother and daughter, playing games, watching movies, and sewing together. Today, however...today they were going to the carnival.
Carmelita had provided a good amount of change for the various attractions, intending to let her fully enjoy herself. At the end of the carnival, they'd be meeting up with Sly and the others, as Murray had apparently spent all of the previous day baking her the perfect cake. Carmelita supposed that, as fond as Murray was of sweets, he probably knew quite a bit about baking by now. If not, they could always buy a cake after watching whatever chaos would ensue with the one Murray made. But for now, the carnival.
Carmelita had gone for more relaxed attire for this trip, with tight fitting black pants and a black jacket over a tight fitting white shirt for riding the motorcycle, comfortable in it for walking around in. Of course, the outfit was bound to get her hit on at some point by any single teenagers at the carnival, but she figured the nightstick hanging from her belt would tell them she would hit back.
She smiled softly to herself as she watched Coco rush from one booth to the next, eager to try anything and everything to win prizes. She didn't do too well at the shooting gallery as she still struggled with holding a gun, but Carmelita was happy to win her a plushy there, taking it from the hippo running the stand when it was handed over. Of course, then Coco wanted to win her a plushy, and went straight to the dart booth.
...Carmelita would never figure out how Coco was able to pop 25 balloons with three darts, and neither would the poor booth turtle...
After that, Coco clutched her pony plushy tightly as she scampered around the carnival. It was of approximately the right size and color for her to use as a body double, and Carmelita was certain it would be used that way at some point. Carmelita, meanwhile, stared oddly at the raccoon plushy that Coco had won for her. She had a hard time believing it was coincidence that it was wearing a blue vest.
She was just putting that out of her mind as Coco ran up to her, tugging on the nightstick to get her attention. "Mommy! Mommy! I got you something!"
Carmelita chuckled softly. "Oh?"
"This way!" Coco promptly began tugging Carmelita along behind her.
Carmelita rolled her eyes and allowed herself to be led, only to pause as she saw Coco was tugging her towards a kissing booth. "Seriously?" she demanded irritably.
"Bought you a kiss!" Coco squealed happily.
Carmelita stared at Coco for a time, then smirked. While she wouldn't normally go for something like this, getting to watch Sly squirm when they met up later by telling him Coco had arranged for her to kiss someone else would be worth it. Smirking, she walked up to the booth and leaned towards the raccoon there-
Her eyes narrowed as she remembered other details she'd seen. "...really, Sly?" she growled out. "A kissing booth? That's your idea of good cover at a carnival?"
Sly chuckled, his brown jacket and pants hiding much of his physique. "What gave me away?" he asked softly.
"Murray running the shooting gallery and Bentley running the dart booth," Carmelita responded. "The first three booths we stop at just happen to have you three running them?"
Sly smirked as Coco burst into giggles. "Our shift ends in a few minutes. We'll be joining you."
"You mean you actually got a job here for the day?" Carmelita asked, shocked.
"Anything for our little girl," Sly replied sincerely. He then lifted his hand, trailing one finger through the air in the direction of her face, miming stroking her cheek. "And you, Miss Fox. Now you wouldn't want to disappoint her, would you? She did pay a full dollar for the kiss."
Carmelita stared at the incorrigible thief for a time, thinking about their past interactions. For the past year, she'd spent more time in the ringtail's company than she'd ever thought she would, and nearly all of it had been amicable, rather than hostile as it was the few times they'd crossed swords on cases. During that time, she'd gotten to know Sly and his Gang far more than she would have cared to if not for Coco. And she'd come to an odd conclusion.
She absolutely hated Sly Cooper the Master Thief, since he represented both her own failures in trying to fix the crime problem of the world and a world that law could not completely control. But Mr. Cooper, the father of Coco, was someone she could respect and even admire to a certain extent. And as much as she hated to admit it, Sly Cooper the civilian was someone she'd grown to like, and have certain thoughts about she felt she really shouldn't. Then again, getting as far in her career at 20 had meant sacrificing socialization when she was younger, meaning she'd never really dated...and now she technically had a kid with him. Certain thoughts were inevitable, and as much as she fought admitting it, he was easy on the eyes.
Her eyes lit up as she suddenly realized the opportunity Coco had given her, both to indulge her own desires and make Sly lose some of his confident swagger, all without actually giving anything away. As such, she reached past Sly's jacket, grabbed him by the tie he'd chosen to wear for some reason, and yanked him forward, locking lips with him, her tongue lunging past his lips as he gasped in shock.
She held the kiss for a full minute as she felt him start to run out of breath, before finally pulling back. "Think she's disappointed?" she breathed softly.
"Uh...I...uh..." Sly stammered out, completely poleaxed.
"Nope!" Coco proclaimed as she lowered a camera Carmelita hadn't noticed she was holding.
"You give me that camera, Coco!" Carmelita gasped out, her cheeks reddening as she took off after her.
Sly, for his part, slumped back in the booth with a goofy grin on his face. "...what a woman..."
When Mommy finally calmed down, all five of us gathered together to ride rides and enjoy other activities. The high point for the others was when I fell into Uncle Murray's pink cotton candy. For some reason, when I popped out of it I had the urge to call myself Pinkie Pie. I didn't act on it, though.
After that, we stayed for the fireworks...and then went out to dinner before enjoying the cake Murray had made. Best birthday ever.
I think Pinkie would have approved of Coco going with the cotton candy Pinkie gag. Cannot wait till Batmare/ Rarity meets master thief Coco.
I suspect you meant "calmed."
7603790 100% agreement here
7603790 Lets see... worlds greatest pony detective trained by the best vs a worlds greatest thief trained by the best...
yeah... yeah when they meet it might be interesting... if the stories ever have intersections, but if this one did? That would probably be pretty interesting indeed... especially considering how they'd react but somehow maybe end up as friends?
7603790 forget that, I can't wait until sly meets Bruce Wayne.
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That's what a majority of Tatsurou's stories are doing. My Little PWNY will be a crossover with the mane 6, Spike, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, Discord, Chrysalis, Shining Armor, Cadance, the CMC, Coco, Trixie, Princess Celestia, Nightmare Moon, Sombra, Big Mac, and Sunset Shimmer. That should be all of them and no I will not be adding those links in.
I am just going to go ahead and ask this because I am too lazy to read all of the comments.
What is this crossover?
Guess Coco could consider her disappointment kissed goodbye.
Coco certainly popped that booth's expectations.
Seems Sly had quite a brown out after that kiss.
7603879 Sly Cooper series with an adopted displaced Coco Pommel.
bow chicka wow wow
I'm ArchAngelGundam, and I approve this chapter.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
7603900 Ah, thanks for throwing me a bone.
My most beloved childhood game... wooohooo
Well now, that photo will go to the scrap book.
7604111 You may need to throw it back to him, or I think he's going to have trouble walking it off.
Still loving the *beep* out of this
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7604206 Don't worry, I'm just giving him a hand and I'll still have one left so no need to worry about that right.
Loved the chapter and the pinkie pie nit adorable
This killed me, hehehe!
Nice job!
7603856 or she could have threw them where they bounced off the balloons as they poped, I did that by accident at a fair one time.
Best Birthday Ever is right, Coco got the best family ever and this entire chapter was adorable and amazing. Keep up the good work
Irrepressible is a much better choice of word.
Irascible (adj.):
having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
synonyms: irritable, quick-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, testy, touchy, tetchy, edgy, crabby, petulant, waspish, dyspeptic, snappish
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Between coco shaping up to be Bullseye with Deadshot level precision and Rarity being able to take on a NMM lvl entity by herself...I'd say we'd have ourselves a rather badass encounter...
If Tats would stop playing Injustice and just use those Pwny-verse story crossovers he made...
7604953 Given her special talent, clothing making/stitching, REQUIRES excellent knowledge of geometry that would make sense.
my favorite part
7604672 how
Oh my!
I want to see Sly pissed off at something stupid like Carmelita getting demoted.
And then he's all like,"Fine! I'll PULL OFF THE GREATEST HEIST IN THE WORLD!"
A year Later:
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN PAPERWORK IS INVOLED IN THE FBI!? I THOUGHT ALL YOU GUYS DID WAS DRINK COFFEE!?"
...you know, that's actually fitting. You hardly see that kind of payback from her.
The moment I read the words "pony plushie", my mind went straight to this.
And now I'm caught up. Coco is just so adorably crafty, whether it's how she won the dart booth or when she recorded Carmelita kissing Sly.
7606445 Enough force to bounce and pop. And magic.
7607729 from a 20 plus feet away.
7605612 maybe make blueblood likable or Sunset Shimmer,maybe even Lyra? And why do I get the feeling that Batou would be fine with it?
Everytime i read the world geometry... i keep thinking of Hanzo from Overwatch
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Ghost in the Shell?
If she wasn't already in Three More Things, I'd say Sweetie Belle. For the whole SweetieBot thing.
7613609 ...Would Buttonmash work?
7613653 I could see it working.
But he might be a bit more appropriate for No Game, No Life.
And I doubt Tats wants us to clog up the comments on the stories he is writing about stories he probably likely will not write.
7603878 Also Gilda, Derpy and Moondancer. 26 characters altogether.
Until next time...
Anon e Mouse Jr.
...she remembers Pinkie Pie: even if it's only sub-consciously, that's both intriguing and downright terrifying at the same time...
7603864 huh: hadn't even thought of that...
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So I'm not the only one who instantly thought of
"Bloons" then? So much wasted time on that game...
You know, this bit where she sees right through the disguises, and the fact that she's having a lot more interaction with Sly makes me wonder...how are you going to handle the dance at Rajan's in the second game?
I love fun and heartwarming chapters like this one. They set you up so that it's extra shocking when it all blows up in your face.
7622358 ha, who needs monkey temples when you have a coco!
Uh, Tats? You DO realize that there are more species than...
You sneaky little...
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I have one of those!
Talent
hahahahahah LOL
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Or perhaps earth pony Magic
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Nope, she probably used some sowing needles to cheat
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...Carmelita would never figure out how Coco was able to pop 25 balloons with three darts, and neither would the poor booth turtle...
I was rereading it and had the same reaction as the first time, she cheated.