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Orange could sense Aqua's presence, the air carried her scent. His heart was racing. What was she doing here? She could get herself killed! His only thought at the moment was that he had to find a way to warn her about Topaz's 'kill any stowaway on sight' policy without giving her away. Sweat gathered on his forehead before an idea appeared in his head.
"Go, Draco!" He called out his Salamence.
Topaz grinned at the threatening pokemon. If he was scared, he hid it well, "If you want to go out big, then I must entertain you. Let's go Tyranitar!"
The Tyranitar stepped forward and the two threatening pokemon glared at each other while their trainers just smiled. Orange took in a deep breath and tried not to look back for a chance to see her. "If I win and become part of this ship, will I be able to bring anyone I want on the ship? Life at sea can get lonely."
Topaz threw his head back and laughed, "Only if you share her. I'm sorry buddy, but no. Anyway, your little lassie didn't show up on the deck, what makes you think that she will join now?"
Orange shrugged, "Aqua is a confusing woman. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if she snuck onto this ship thinking that she could protect me. If I ever do meet her again, I want to know if maybe I could kidnap her and bring her onto the ship. I know how you don't like stowaways and your kill on sight policy is a little harsh."
"The answer is that no, women aren't strong enough to take on life at sea. Let's get on with the battle. The rules are that we don't break the ship. Tyranitar use Ice fang!"
Topaz's dinosaur-like pokemon breathed out frosty air and Orange could see its fang turned icy. The green pokemon was covered in spikes and had dominating claws. There are also two blue diamond-shaped pieces of armor that cover the creature's belly and back. Despite its tough appearance, Topaz's Tyranitar was agile and proved it when he launched forward with more speed then Orange thought it would have.
"Quick, dodge it and counter with Double edge!"
Orange's dragon type Pokémon spread out its red wings and soared into the air, barely dodging the Tyranitar's attack. The Salamence was mainly blue except for its grey belly and red marking on its red marking on its head. The Salamence had three spiky extensions splayed from the sides of its face. The dragon pokemon rushed down from the air and slammed into the armour pokemon with great force with a yellow trail of energy trailed behind it. The attack hit dead on and sent the enemy pokemon back.
"Shake it off Tyranitar and use Crunch then Ice Fang!"
His Salamence launched himself forward and dug its fang into the Salamence's body. Its fangs turned into ice which caused the pokemon to scream out in pain.
"Draco use Incinerate to escape!" Orange ordered. Intense heat radiated from the dragon pokemon which cause the armour pokemon to let go. "Now use rest!"
Salamence swayed a little before falling onto the Tyranitar, snoring softly. Tyranitar tried to get up but it was hard with two hundred pounds holding you down.
"That's a dirty trick!" Topaz laughed, "You'll make an awesome pirate!"
"It isn't a dirty trick, its strategy!" Orange retorted while laughing. But below his breath he urged his pokemon to wake up.
"Better luck next time. Tyranitar kick him off and then use fling!" It obeyed by thrusting up his legs and kicking off the large pokemon so he could get up. Then he grasped the enemy pokemon, throwing it into the air. The still sleeping pokemon was several feet into the air before plummeting back towards the ground. "Don't let him make him my ship! Use Fire Blast!"
Tyranitar released a powerful steam of fire shaped like a star. Orange swore and could see the damage his pokemon was taking as he was being thrown into the air again and again. Orange contained a cheer when his Salamence eyes shot open.
"Giga Impact, Draco!" The Salamence twisted its body around and crashed into the pokemon. Topaz didn't order his pokemon to dodge since he knew this would be Orange's finishing move. This would be a judge of Orange's full power.
"Come on Orange!" Aqua cheered and jumped into the air. Luckily Turquoise pulled her down before anyone noticed, mostly because they were so engrossed in the battle. He looked back at the battle and did some mental calculations.
"Damnit!" He rushed forward, followed by his Aggron who was hiding in the shadows. "Aggron use Superpower to knock them both into the air. As high as possible!"
Both Topaz and Orange twisted around in shock to see Turquiose. His Aggron glowed blue and sent both pokemon into the air with a powerful punch.
"What are you doing here Turquoise?" Orange seemed panicked, but the crew was already closing in on him with their swords drawn.
"Unless you all have water pokemon to ride on, I suggest you listen to me!" Turquoise yelled in a serious voice, "Orange that Giga Impact would've sent Draco through every level of the Wind Warrior! What were you thinking Topaz? Even if your Tyranitar was there to catch Draco, the potential energy is too much for him. Now, both of you call your pokemon back into their pokeballs."
Topaz was the first one to call back his pokemon. Nothing was worth damaging his precious ship. Orange soon followed Topaz's example. A blanket of silence enwrapped them as Topaz and Turquoise glared at each other, measuring the other person. Turquoise took his eye off the sea captain when the crew crept closer to him.
They stopped when Topaz lifted his hand, signalling to the crew to stop. He walked over to Turquoise and they stood eye to eye. Turquoise stiffened when he saw a grin spread on Topaz's face since no warmth reached his eyes.
"Welcome to the crew." He grabbed Turquoise hand and shook it firmly, "You too Orange. Man I'm hungry. By the way our chef died on our last raid so you're going to have to cook for yourselves."
The two men just stared after him as he walked back towards the galley. He stopped when Turquoise spoke up, "What happened to the kill all stowaways on sight policy?"
"I know what's best for my ship." He answered simply, "Not one person what I saw except you so you have brains."
"Y-You knew then." Orange stuttered. From the first moment he meet the sea captain, he never consider that there was more beneath his roguish attitude.
"My father wouldn't leave his ship to an idiot. A gigantic Aggron is hard to hide and I wanted to test your strength. Anyway I was a little disappointed when no one on my crew figured it out. I'll have to put aside my 'kill stowaways on sight' policy for now. This crew needs your brains and Orange's brawns. Make yourself at home, Turquoise Oak."
He walked away before anyone could question him farther. Turquoise eyed the man suspiciously. How could he have known his name before he voiced it? The two men looked at each other for a moment before Orange shrugged it off and Turquoise turned to deal with his meddling sister. The two made their way to the crates the two women were hiding behind.
"I know you're there Aqua." Orange knocked on the wood. "You can come out now."
"You were great Orange!" She jumped up and hugged him, "I never knew you were that strong! I just wish we got to see who would've won. Gah, why wasn't the one that jumped down and go all Mr. Know-It-All-Scientist on him? Then I would've been the one to join the ship."
"Because you're not a scientist and wouldn't know the first thing about science." Turquiose stated with a matter of fact tone, "Anyway he said he didn't believe in a woman's ability it sea so he wouldn't consider having as part of the crew."
"That's not fair!" Aqua huffed and declared with stars in her eyes, "I will bring us into a new era where women are equal!"
"If anyone can do it then it's you little sister." Aqua glared at him from the corner of her eye. Did her brother have to give her that degrading pat on her head, and worst he did in front of Orange who only laughed in response.
"Well it's time to go home little sister."
"What we're not going home!" Aqua declared, "I want to go on an adventure too!"
"It's too dangerous!" Turquoise argued.
"Come on buddy," Orange patted his shoulder, "The more the merrier and Aqua is more than powerful enough."
"Talk some sense into them Aries!"
"Why can't we go on a pirate raid? My mother and father fell in love on one." Aries smiled at him with that smile he couldn't seem to say no to. Was he the only sane one of the group? They were all in their little fairy tale dream and worst his father and Aries's father as well was going to have his head for putting their daughter in danger.
"Well it's settled then. It's three against one so we're going on a journey!"
"There's one problem," Turquoise interrupted Aqua's and Aries's happy dance, "Where are you going to stay? No women on the ship remember. Topaz will have your head if he found out you two were here and then he'll fog us for helping you."
"You worry too much brother." Aqua patted his shoulder, "We'll stay in your rooms tonight."
"Like hell!" He yelled back while Orange just laughed. He figured out Aqua's plan quickly and knew that she would require his help.
"Aqua, you can bunk with me and Aries will stay with you. It would be better to split to two up so that there's less of a chance for them to be discovered."
Turquoise scowled at him for a moment, "You better not do anything to her."
"Dude, she's like my sister!" Orange laughed but it was shaky which caused Turquoise and his partner pokemon to take a menacing step forward.
"So it's decided," Aqua grabbed Orange's hand and dragged him towards the lower decks, saving him from Turquoise's wrath.
Orange soon took the lead since she had no idea where they were going. He led her down the hall, looking around every corner to make sure that no one was there. When the finally reached his room at the end of the hall, Aqua jumped onto his bed and sighed in delight. "I call the bed!"
"Hey," Orange pushed her playfully so that she moved over enough so that he could sit on the edge. "This is my room too."
"Yeah but I called it first." She sat up and folded her legs under her. "It's your fault that you're slow."
"So I'm guessing you brought no clothes with you." When she didn't answer he walked over to his bag and threw various clothes on her. "I thought you would've done something rash like this and forget the obvious so I packed some of the clothes you left at my house when you and Aries had that fight."
He didn't go that much into detail since he knew that it was still a sensitive subject for her. He still remember that one night he opened the door to see Aqua crying at his door steps and barely had time to react when she launched herself into his arms. He held her until she cried herself to sleep and the next day she explained that she and Aries got into a fight about some guy that broke both their hearts.
"What were you thinking when you teleported on here anyways?" Orange changed the subject quickly because the thought of the guy that broke her heart made his blood boil. "I can protect myself."
"I know," She folded the clothes and hid them under the bed, "I just wanted to be there in case anything happened. Anyway, I want to go on an adventure too."
"So what are you planning now that we're here?" He lay next to her, taking the little notebook she was holding from her hands. He had seen the book many times before, Aqua recorded all her matchmaking missions in the book and gave each couple a shipping name. He flipped through the little book to the section labelled 'Innocentshipping' and then to the date. "So what do you have planned for our favourite couple?"
"I'm going to let fate take its course." She said simply, "And why are you in my bed?"
Orange laughed and hugged her, turning so that she was underneath him. "Scared beautiful? Think that I will ravish your little body."
"Oh please Orange!" She laughed and pushed at his chest, hoping that he couldn't feel her heart beat in her chest.
"We slept in the same bed before. What the difference of two five year olds and two mature adults sharing a bed?" He sat up when she pushed at him again and went to pick up her notebook. "Hey, who's Meddlingshipping?"
"No one!" She grabbed the book from him and tucked it in her pillow.
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"You can have the bed." Turquoise threw Aries's bag onto the chair, "I'll take a blanket and sleep on the floor."
"B-But that's not fair." Aries insisted.
"I'll keep my clothes in the trunk and you can hide yours under the bed." He went on as if he hadn't heard her saw anything. "I'll eat in here with you and bring you something to eat. Stay out of sight if someone comes in. People will usually know, even if they're pirates, they must have some manners. I'll turn the doorknob three times before entering if there's someone with me so you to hide."
Aries sighed, Turquoise wasn't one to take others opinion so she sat on the rocking chair in the corner. "Please, Turquoise I don't need any of this."
"I'm too tired to argue." He grabbed a blanket and pillow off the bed, "I'm going to sleep. Damn my head is fucking killing me."
He pulled the blanket over his head hoping to clear the raging head ache he had. He felt something shift next to him and saw a fury face and two large eyes soon followed by two large silver ones.
"It's not fair that you have to sleep on the floor." She yawned, "If you sleep the floor then so will I."
Turquoise grumbled something beneath his breath but tucked her head under his chin. He waited until her breathing evened out before lifting her from the ground and placing her on the bed. He was going to go back to sleep on the floor but Aries held onto his arm and he was force to lay next to her or wake her by moving. Even knowing that the feeling was silly, he couldn't help feeling as if Aqua finally did something right. Aries was right, he needed to get out of the lab and what better way than on an adventure?
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Moonstone sighed as she signed another document before taking the money from the younge trainer. She wouldnt admit it to herself but she missed that roguish smile that came in once every couple months but never really did anything but flirt and check up his Phampy. The adorable elephant pokemon was getting so stronge that she had to give him a everstone to keep him from evolving. She looked out the window and her heart skipped a beat.
"Missed me Beautifly?" Topaz asked with a lopsided grin. She just turned and went back to the documents she was working on.
"Don't call me that." She never really liked when he called her that since it was a reminder of how they first met. "I have a daycare to run."
"Don't be so serious Beautifly," he climbed through the window, "Come sail away with me and go on an adventure with me. HappyMoon Daycare can last a month or two without you."
"I have a business to run! I can't go off on an 'adventure' whenever the wind shifts."
The little Vulpix on her shoulder jumped onto Topaz's shoulder and rubbed her head in his cheek purring in delight at seeing her favourite visitor.
"Hey Pixie. At least one of you is glad to see me." Topaz patted the small fox-like pokemon that had a red-brown pelt, brown eyes and six orange tails. It had little orange bangs across its forehead that curled forwards. Vulpix had a cream underbelly, and brown feet with lighter-brown colored paw pads. He didn't know why she never evoled any of her pokemon with the one exception of her Blissey thought he had to admit the Vulpix was adorable.
"Let's go Pixie." She gathered her papers and went out front. The little fox pokemon odbeyed and followed her trainer.
Topaz's confidence never wavered and he followed her outside. He loved the sway of her hips, she had the most entrancing curves, not too big, but enough that he could hold them in his hands. He was never one for the overly busty kind of girl since they were often fake. She wasn't too tall ot short either, only reaching his chin at full height. But it wasn't only her body that held his intrest. It was her eyes, the light blue eyes clear as crystals or fresh rain. She had endless midnight hair that was tied loosely into two. She didn't dress provocatively, he liked that she knew who she was and wouldn't pretend to be anyone different. She was as serious as her mother but Topaz liked a challenge.
"So how is my Phampy?" He asked.
It took a moment for her to catch her breath since she made the mistake of looking into his eyes. His parents were right to name him Topaz since they stone had no definite colour just like his eyes. They varied from blue to green. with every shade in between.
"Phampy's doing great. Are you going to take him back now?"
"Then I wouldn't have a reason to visit you." He said cheekily which only made her roll her eyes.
She turned but then something caught her eye. She rushed past him and wrapped her arms around the man the just walked in,"Orange! What's the I occasion? Is Aqua here too?"
He knew the hug was plain friendship but Topaz couldn't help but feel jealouse. He watched the easy friendship when she and Orange talked. He clasped his hand on Orange's shoulder. "Come on Orange, we need your help to transport all the materials to the ship. See ya Beautifly."
When Orange got back to his cabin he was dead tired from carrying all the heavy crates. It was dark so wasn't really surprised to see that Aqua was already asleep. He reached over to Aqua's little book on little table next to the bed. The was a new entree: Happymoonshipping/ Topaz and Moonstone. Must find out their past since it seems that he visited her a lot from the way her Pixie reacted to her. Note: Topaz often calls her Beautifly must find reason behind it.
Orange grinned wondering how she snuck off of the ship. He put away the little book under her pillow, careful not to wake Aqua and blew out the candle. He had to remember to alwarn her not to take unnesscary risks by going off the boat or forgetting to douse the flame since it might cause a fire. Yawning, he lay down next to her and slept, lulled by her soft breathing and scent.
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