Shut Up and Kiss Me
My First Checkmate shipping! I don't own Pokémon just this idea!
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I noticed that my fist was beginning to dig a hole into the rock wall. Every time I lost to her, I punched the wall in the exact same spot after she was gone. Yes, after, because I wouldn't show her my weakness. But the way the spot was becoming lighter in tone, it would soon become obvious that I was punching it, thus showing...
Bah, I'm just thinking too much again. Let me think of something else.
Greed... Power... two aspects of the human mind that often mingle and intertwine with each other due to the reach power grants, and the wants greed needs. Two aspects that I have within me. I hunger for power, the power to take the name champion and dominate all with... wait, I'm doing it again.
They're not slaves for my power. They're my friends. That's what my Pokémon are. Friends...
But then what is she? An enemy? Or my friend? I've challenged her countless times, and I have still yet to confirm it. We used to be friends, then we became rivals, and then...
Looking at my watch and noticing the shadow on the wall, I realized it was that time again. One o'clock. "Right on time as always" I chuckled as I turned to face the captor of both my prize and... something more.
My heart.
"Well, I could hardly even think about missing whipping your ass for the umpteenth time" Touko laughed as she strolled happily into the cave, her beautiful hair flowing as infinitely as the blue sky shining through the cave mouth. Her eyes lit my soul... but one thing continued to push me away. That horrible, distasteful mouth of hers.
Oh how I wished to silence her, but with more than one way. I sighed as she continued to ramble on about kicking my ass and making me cry and so on and on and on. "Touko, do you ever open your lips for anything more than insults?" I asked her, seriousness abound in my voice as I waited for her to reply. Though... I couldn't help myself but wondering about those lips... those soft, pink lips... they glowed with natural color, and... oh geez, listen to myself!
"Oh, I don't know. Every once in a while I stop and say that you're handsome."
"Well, I-" suddenly my face flushed and my eyes widened. Did she really just say that?
"Well, only sometimes" Touko laughed and leaned in close to me. I could feel her breathe as she giggled unusually cutely, "I'd love to say that you're handsome now, but that would only make you blush more."
She was right. My face was so heated by both anger and embarrassment that I was practically sweating. My breathing was barely kept in check as I stood up straight and readjusted my glasses, "Keh, I don't need this. What I need is the champion's title. And once I beat you here, I'll challenge you again in front of the whole world. And I will win." I gritted my teeth and grinned, "I will win, Touko. And I will make you cry in front of the whole world."
"And why would you do that, Cheren?" Touko asked, her voice softening slightly at this threat.
"Because it will be justified revenge for all the pain you've caused to my friends and I." I growled, my teeth grinding loudly as I took hold of my starter's pokeball. Serperior... Today we're going to win...
Instinctively I returned my pokeball to my belt as I approached the menace to my ascension to fame, "Now then, what to do with you today..." I coughed, tracing my steps around her in a circle, letting the dust in the room build as Touko watched me with wary eyes.
"Why don't we just get to the battle already, Cheren?" She said with her own devilish grin. Obviously, my stalking around wasn't affecting her. Nothing I ever tried ever did anything to faze her. She was too hardcore for me.
She had always been that way ever since we were kids. If she wasn't champion, she'd probably be the leader of a biker gang.
I stopped in front of her, glaring her down. Our eyes locked, which always led to war between us, "It isn't so easy this time, Touko." I growled, grinding my teeth in anger once more, "You've insulted me far worse than usual. This is unforgivable."
"Calling you handsome is an insult?" Touko put a hand to her chin and looked up at the stone ceiling, as though trying to look contemplative.
"You just wait!" I finally shouted, the bull finally flying out of the pen, "You think you're so much higher than me, but just wait! I'll pry that title right out of your fingers. And just as your crying at my feet, groveling for the title back, I might just consider making you...!"
Suddenly, I froze. What I was just about to say would have probably sent Touko to her knees with bawls of laughter.
"Consider... what, Cheren?" She can feel it. I know it; she can feel my sudden embarrassment.
"I might... consider..." What am I waiting for? The damn girl is psychic, I swear. She knows what I was about to say. So all I can think to myself is... Go on. Liberate my words for me. Make a fool out of me, just like you do every day.
"You know..." Touko sighed as she took her ponytail into her hands, stroking the knots out of it as she spoke, her voice hanging low and soft, "Maybe today I'll give you a special treat after our battle."
"A treat?" I adjusted my glasses again. After such a loud outburst, I was caught off guard by her gentle voice. I had never stopped to listen since she never shut up long enough, but... she really had a wonderful voice. Almost as spectacular as her very rare smile. Well, she smiled a lot, but very rarely did she ever really smile like a normal girl.
"Yes, a treat. How about I take you into the champions lounge, and we can chat like a civilized couple?"
At this I removed my glasses and rubbed my eyes. A couple she says. Now she was really getting to me. Now she perceived us as a duo in love. No, she didn't see that. She was only saying that to annoy me.
And as I placed my glasses back on the crook of my nose, I eyed her strolling towards me, swaying her hips like a little prep. Something I knew she wasn't. If I didn't know better, she was trying to seduce me. But I know her. She's just trying to play a little game. But I guess I can play along, I thought and smiled.
She moved in close again, letting her breath tease my nose. She smelled of strawberries, her favorite snack. I can only guess she ate them as leisure delights in her champion's lounge every day before challenging me.
"You know..." she breathed, "Sometimes, I have to admit, you'd look good without those glasses..."
"And why would I go without my glasses. This is absurd" I chuckled, sweat beginning to trickle down my brow and into my eyes. The cave wasn't hot despite it being summer... I was.
"Absurd?" She slowly removed herself from my personal bubble, "That's not a nice thing to say..." She teased as she strolled around me before taking a long step forward, walking away from me. But as she stepped, I could hear the clunk of her shoe against a rock, "Whoa!"
"Touko!" I shouted as I took her hand and brought my free arm under her, gently bringing her to the ground.
Her devious grin said it all. "You planned that" I accused, anger seething through me. So cliché!
"Oh my, how could I ever do that? You're so smart compared to me, Cheren. How could my measly brain ever contemplate such a dastardly plan? You speak of absurdities! I couldn't-"
That was it. Time for me to finally silence those lips I both loved and hated, "Just shut up and kiss me"
"Wha- what?" she cried before her words were engulfed by my kiss, my lips bearing down on hers, forcing dominance till she finally gave in, letting me win. I could feel it, the heat in my body. It wasn't just my love finally flowing out. It was vigilance. I finally won.
At first, it seemed endless as I gently bit her lip, causing her to shiver, but finally she broke the kiss, shoving me clean across the room onto my back, "Agh!" I cried in pain.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Touko groaned, the rage pouring out of her as she stood over me.
"Finally beating you at something" I growled with a grin. Now I had her.
A long silence filled the room, short of both of our growling. Neither of our eyes left their partnership with the other for what seemed like forever. Would she make the first move?
At last the silence was broken as Touko wiped her lips with the back of her hand and spit what remained of me on the ground, "That was a dirty trick."
"Well, you pulled one, I pulled one. Fair's fair, you know?" I laughed as I stood, brushing the dust off of my pants.
"Just shut up and pick your Pokémon!" She shouted, thrusting her first pokeball forward.
"Ooh, classy. Stealing my words and turning them into your own."
"What kind of battle do I get to ruin you with today?"
"How about a triple battle?" I suggested with a merciless grin.
"Triple? Only done one or two of those before..."
"What's wrong? You scared you might lose?"
"You speak of absurdities"
"Just shut up already" I sighed as I once more corrected my glasses.
And as I chose my three Pokémon, I knew, today, I had won a major battle in my war. Now I just had to take the war and close it in my favor. Here we go!