Title: Aerial Ace
Rating: T, mostly for Language
Genre: Undecided.
Summary: Sokudo's getting tired of Kowai's mood swings and temper tantrums. Something has to be done to keep that little Shedinja in line, and Sokudo knows just the thing.
Author's Comment: A story I'm writing mainly for the fun of it. It's a short little Two-Shot tale, so don't expect too much in length. I just thought it'd be a bit too long to be one of those single chapter fics. *shrug*

Chapter 1: Cuddle Session

"Damn it, what a long day..." Sokudo grunts as he opens the door to his house, his brother eagerly flying past him before he enters himself. Turning on the light, he closes the door and leans against the wall as best as his buzzing wings will allow, dropping his bag of items. Sighing wearily, he rubs a claw against his head in an attempt to rid a headache, growling a bit as Kowai floats closer.

"Brother, we're home now. Do you remember what that means?" the Shedinja chirps, shivering happily as it anticipates the treat lying ahead in the near future.

Glaring at the empty shell, Sokudo growls even louder before pushing past it to get into the kitchen. He tries not to pay any attention to his shed as he gets a glass of water, gulping it down easily. He hears Kowai follow after him, pacing impatiently as it waits for him to recuperate. Unlike him, it isn't exhausted by the day's activities, its Ghost-type nature working in its favor. Yes, today's missions were a bit more difficult than usual, but it can't understand its brother's weariness.

Placing the cup down, the Ninjask lands on the counter, groaning a bit as the headache actually seems to be getting worse. It is probably from the overly enthusiastic purrs coming from the Shedinja behind him. Well, he can put an end to that. "No Cuddle Session this time, Kowai. So fuck off!"

"Wha...?" Kowai trails off, its purrs indeed coming to a halt to be replaced with crestfallen whimpers. "But... Brother... I..."

"No," he hisses firmly. "I'm tired, I'm exhausted. I'm going to bed and NO! You're not allowed in my room to cuddle me in my sleep, ya creeper!"

The shed is silent for a moment, trying to understand this before it gives a soft growl. "But we had an agreement, brother! Two Cuddle Sessions a day! You need to give me my second one! Right now!"

"You're not honestly gonna throw some stupid temper tantrum over this, are you?!" the Ninjask retorts. "Get it through your head, Kowai! I. Can't. Cuddle. I'm. Too. Tired." He crosses his arms firmly. "Wait until the morning, or something. Maybe then I'll have the patience to give you your damn snuggles!"

"I need them NOW!" it snarls at him, more black mist beginning to seep from its body in its classic sign of rage. "I don't care how tired you are, Sokudo," -At this, the Ninjask stiffens, knowing that he's in deep shit now if Kowai's actually using his name- "A deal is a deal. I let you go outside on your own whenever you like, and I allow your stupid privacy in your stupid room. And all I ask is a simple cuddle every now and then! AND YOU'RE REFUSING ME?!"

"For fuck's sake!" Sokudo exclaims, his wide eyes staring at the angry ghost before him. He feels his fear beginning to grab hold of him, but he fights it back with the knowledge that the Shedinja won't harm him... Right? He has to be firm with it, assert himself as the dominant bug or else this thing will think it can get away with anything. "No means no, Kowai. I don't want to cuddle, and nothing is gonna change my mind so deal with it!"

He cringes as Kowai shrieks at him in rage, its body shuddering as if barely holding itself back from lashing out at him. It takes everything the cicada has to hold his ground, his terror obvious even as he stares it in the eye. Realizing that he isn't gonna budge from his position, the Shedinja feels a Shadow Ball beginning to form and Sokudo in turn feels his heart stop.

"Nonononono, Kowai! Remember? You're not supposed to hurt me! You SWORE!" he reminds it as he throws himself against the wall behind him, already casting his frantic gaze towards the door. But luckily, Kowai forces itself to dissipate the orb of dark energy, still snarling at him before turning away with a frustrated screech. Flying out the room, a loud slam of the door is heard and Sokudo flinches as something fragile in the hallway crashes to the floor from the slam.

Taking a deep breath to calm his racing heart, he is nowhere near relieved as he can still hear his shed screaming outside and he hesitantly peeks out the window at it. It is Shadow Clawing a tree, splinters of the trunk beginning to litter the ground. After a few strikes of that, it begins ramming its own hollow body against it as if intent on knocking it down. It didn't really accomplish that, but those impacts did shake loose a Sentret, which tumbles from his nest to the earth below.

The little furball can't even reorientate himself before the rage-filled Shedinja grabs the Sentret in its black mist and turned its back on him. Sokudo couldn't help but gasp a little as the soul is sucked right out of that poor little mammal and into the husk's back. Although it quieted Kowai's piercing cries as a shudder of pleasure courses through its body, its anger is still very evident in its writhing black mist.

Silent and still for a brief minute, the Shedinja slowly turns its empty eyes to the window Sokudo is peering out from. The Ninjask can't keep back a soft squeak, an unpleasant chill creeping up his back. Backing away from the window, he gulps a bit, hugging his body as if fearing for his soul... which he is. Maybe he should rethink things a little bit...

After a few minutes, he hears the front door open again and his heart practically stops as the husk slowly floats into view by the kitchen doorway. It turns to him silently and stares, its black mist eerily still. Swallowing a bit, Sokudo feels his voice snag as he speaks up softly.

"O...Okay... How about that... C-Cuddle Session?"

Kowai doesn't respond to this for a bit before finally floating closer, still silent as it pushes itself firmly against his side as if making a point in its cuddle. Sokudo stumbles a bit, but he makes none of his previous objections as he tries to endure this contact with his psychotic shed. But even through his fear and terror, he knows that something has to be done about this...

"Hey, Kowai! I'm heading out for a bit!" Sokudo yells out into the house the very next morning as he flies towards the front door. Everything has calmed down by now, the Shedinja feeling a lot better after that bloody Cuddle Session. And although Sokudo went to bed with a cautious state of mind, today is looking up for the better as his fear has once more retreated to the back of his head, for he has settled for a solution to last night's little issue. All he needs now is to get away from that maniac! He didn't need to wait long after his announcement, only half-a-second really, before the other Pokemon's voice calls back, its tone anxious.

"Where are you going, brother?!"

Groaning a bit as he rolls his eyes, he turns around to see his husk floating by the hallway door, a few soft whimpers coming from it, its demeanor vastly different to the horror it presented not too long ago. This and these whimpers didn't bother him too much, as this reaction is typical every single time he tries to leave their house. Although it is part of their deal, that didn't mean Kowai had to like it. Needless to say, its clinginess got annoying after a while...

"I'm just gonna run a few errands. I'll be back soon."

"Can I come?" it asks hopefully.

"No!" Sokudo barks without the slightest bit of hesitation, glaring at his shed firmly. "You'll only slow me down! Besides, I don't need you stalking me twenty-four/seven. Remember our agreement? I gave you that damn Cuddle Session last night, so the least you could do is honor your side too!"

At this, the Shedinja reluctantly backs down, forcing its whimpers to cease as it stares at its brother. "When will you be back?"

"An hour or two at most." he replied with a shrug, not too certain on that rough estimate.

"I'll start looking for you by the third hour."

"Make it at the fourth."

"Three and a half."

"Fine! That works I guess..." He hates having time limits on his freedom, but he knows anxiety is not a good thing for Kowai to feel for too long, lest it causes some... life-threatening problems to everyone else, as demonstrated with that Sentret (he makes a mental note to do something with that body...). Sighing, he opens the door, stiffening as Kowai flies closer to cuddle with him again. Enduring this for about... five seconds tops, he pushes the shell away. "Yeah, yeah, enough of that. You can have another of your Cuddle Sessions when I get back. And also, don't make a mess. I swear every time I come back from somewhere, it looks like Rayquaza threw a party in here."

"Okay," Kowai chirps, noticeably more at ease after that brief cuddle, and the promise of more cuddles. "Good luck, brother."

Sokudo merely grunts before flying out the door, eager to get started on his real intention.