Top of the World

SUMMARY: "You may think this may be a temporary thing for you, Biff, but this will forever be a reality to face every freaking day of your freaking life. Once you start, you can never quit. It's like an addiction. One that never breaks, because when you think it's getting crappy, it gets exciting and you get hooked on it all over again. Sure, it has it's consequences, but I'm willing to take a chance and be the hero. Or, in this case, the villain." It's Cassidy and Butch, the duo that everyone loves— er, hates. But this is a story that centers on them and only them. From start to finish, the moment they met to the moment they said goodbye. And then the stuff in between the years that they thought wouldn't matter in the years to come. A secret love affair; the truth about Cassidy's past revealed; the missions that tested their friendship; the people that they met; this is the story of two very different people, striving to make a change in the world before them. It's the story of Team Rocket and trials of love, life, truth, and the pursuit of happiness.

-Chapter One- January 9th, 1997

A young woman by the name of Cassidy fidgeted with her backpack while waiting for the drill sergeant, Viper, to arrive. It was a cold evening at the Team Rocket Academy, and she had forgot to bring a jacket from home. It was odd, being away from the large city of Saffron and being in the mountains... for Palkia's sake, it was the mountains! It was so...so...so unlike Cassidy to be up here. Regardless, she was glad to be here. The Team Rocket scout had told her if she didn't, she would regret not coming here in the years to come.

She cursed herself for bringing such a heavy bag! In the midst of her fixing the strap of her bag, the drill sergeant, Viper, tapped her shoulder. She jumped and muttered under her breath, "Shit!" She looked up and saw Viper glaring at her, visibly mad at her language. He said, "At least you were quiet. But I do not appreciate swearing." Cassidy rolled her eyes and muttered, "Asshole." Luckily, Viper ignored her. Cassidy stared into the distance, trying to ignore Viper as much as she could. But, really. Who could ignore the six-foot-four man towering over Cassidy's five-foot-five figure? Viper looked to the Team Rocket building, then back to Cassidy. "I'll be back. Don't do anything stupid," He warned. She laughed, "Stupid? Define stupid, Mr. Viper." She challenged.

Cassidy smirked and turned around to see the sun already setting. She thought to herself, Maybe he's getting my partner..? She turned back around and saw Viper walking towards her with a woman flanked to his side. She sported the red Team Rocket training jersey, signifying that she was indeed a trainee, just like Cassidy herself. Once she approached, she saw that the woman had vibrant red hair that was curled at the end. Her eyes were a dark blue, and by the way she was staring at Cassidy was as if she recognized her. Cassidy, apparently, didn't. She stuck out her hand to the woman to be civil, but already, Cassidy had a deep disliking to her.

The woman laughed and turned around. The first word that rang in her head was, bitch. "Oh, Cassie-Cass, you don't remember me? Just think, Cass," the woman then turned and gave a malicious smile, "It's Jessie-Jess. 'Member?" Cassidy already clenched her teeth at the sound of her voice. It's Jessie, all right. "Oh Cassidy, still the same as always. Glameow got your tongue, darling?"

"Oh Jessie, you never changed," Cassidy smiled, "You're still a bitch, as always." Jessie turned her head raised her eyebrows. "Oh? Is that so? Can't say the same for you. What happened to you? You got so old, I mean seriously. You need to change your hair, as well. You've had that style since PokeTech."

"At least my hairstyle still looks good. And I thought your old hairstyle was bad. How's your mom?" Cassidy grinned, knowing she touched sensitive ground by mentioning her mother.

"Alive and still working in Team Rocket," Jessie said. Cassidy rolled her eyes, "No. I meant your real mom. The elite officer? The one who disappeared? Giovanni's little whore." At this, Jessie pounced on Cassidy, making Cassidy scream. Jessie slapped her three times, before Cassidy rolled over and punched her square in the nose. Jessie screamed and pulled Cassidy's hair, to which the other responded with pulling the other's hair as well. In unison, they said, "...Ow...ow...ow. Let go, let go, let go!" This caused both of them to pull on each others' hair even harder. "Take it back, you bitch!" Jessie screamed.

"Not unless you do first! Take it back!" Cassidy yelled back. Jessie stared at her and barked, "Take what back?" Cassidy exasperated and screamed, "I don't know!"

Meanwhile, another drill sergeant arrived where Viper was standing and Jessie and Cassidy were... er... fighting. The other sergeant had arrived with two boys, both of which were at approximately the same height and had almost the same build. One of them, the one with turquoise-greenish hair, whispered to the other, "Damn. That's kinda hot... I hope the blond one's my partner. She's winning."

"Nah dude. The other one's sexier. Look at that! Did you see that. She's beating the shit out of your blondie." The other guy said.

The other drill sergeant, however, panicked when he saw the two girls fighting, "Viper? What the hell are you doing? Why are just standing there? Do something, dammit!" Viper looked at the other and smirked. "Kobra, do you not see this? This is not only hot, but this is actually a pretty good fight. We haven't had girls as tough as these two since, like Domino came to the academy. Plus, it's hot to see two hot girls fighting like this."

Kobra sweatdropped and murmured, "Careful, your hormones are showing..." Viper laughed, "Oh, that's not the only thing that's gonna be showing if this fight escalates, bud."

Kobra ignored his comment and blew from the whistle hanging from his neck. "ENOUGH!" Jessie and Cassidy, however, disregarded the sergeant. Kobra rolled up his sleeves and pushed the two girls apart from each other. "Damn, you guys are strong." Cassidy stopped trying to get at Jessie and Jessie stopped trying to fight Cassidy. Kobra let go of them. Cassidy lunged at Jessie, to which Kobra screamed, "HEY, hey, hey. Enough."

"Just warning her, sir. No harm done." Cassidy spat.

Kobra sighed and said, "What's your name, red-head?"

"Jessie, sir."

"What about you, blondie?"

"Cassidy."

"Jessie, James. James, Jessie. You guys are partners, blah blah blah. Go see Viper he's your consultant. Butch, Cassidy. Cassidy, Butch. Congrats. You guys are partners. I'm your consultant, meet me at the training course at exactly seven o'clock tomorrow morning." Kobra said in a bored manner. All four trainees sweatdropped as he left.

"I swear, I don't get paid enough for this..." Kobra muttered to Viper, as they headed towards the academy building.

As he left, the boy, James asked Cassidy and Jessie, "So, uh. What was the fight about?"

Jessie crossed her arms and glared at Cassidy, "Oh, nothing. Just Cassidy being a bitch as usual. Good luck, Hutch, handling her. You'll need it."

"It's BUTCH!" Butch corrected, "And- ow! Cassidy, that was my arm!"

"Yeah, well that was my hand, Biff. Your point? Let's go before Medusa here turns you into stone with her ugly face." Cassidy pulled Butch into the dormitory buildings, where they headed to their room. James, however, stood confused, "Wait, who's Medusa?"

Jessie sighed and did the same to James, mumbling under her breath, "It's a good thing you're cute, James."

-A/N: Eh, I could've done better. Whatever. Review please!

How is it? I'm a new writer to Pokemon, so I don't exactly how great it is. Just warning you, T for Teen. 'Cos I have a cursing habit in writing. Plus, violence and mentions of sex. This is my experiment on frame writing, which means this story will constantly go back and forth to Cassidy's Team Rocket days and Olivia's time. In one point it will come together, but I'm not going to spoil it for you readers. :)

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