A hundred thousand apologies for my extreme tardiness.
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I won't distract you further so Read&Enjoy!
I don't own pokemon.
~Smooth Criminal~
CHAPTER 4: That day pt.1
Green.-
"So maybe you aren't as soft or stupid as I thought"
I grinned to myself and closed my eyes "Of course not"
"You don't know who you are dealing with girl." I growled.
'And it seems neither do I…'
After a brief pause I heard the sound of something heavy hitting the ground, and as I opened my eyes I found her panting on her knees. I panicked for a second but found that Scizer had the pokeball in his grip.
I watched her as she panted her lungs out on her arms and knees. A slight sting of guilt hit me and I almost felt the urge to go and help her.
" Oh… I know, I do know who I'm dealing with."
That was until she opened her mouth.
I remain indifferent, as I know she probably doesn't have the slightest idea of who I am.
Her eyes and most of her face are covered by her messy brown hair but I can feel all the weight of her hatred in the glare that lies behind.
After panting a couple of seconds more she added "You are Green Oak, important and young pokemon researcher. One, or maybe the best pokemon trainer there is. You have contributed quite a lot in the scientific world for such a young age."
I flinched, how could she know all of this? I didn't expect someone like her to know about me. She looks like a mere street thief.
"It is such a shame that being the renowned professor Oak's grandson has overshadowed such excellent development." She spat despiteful.
It felt like a stab, direct to my pride.
"Second place winner in the pokemon tournament, only beaten by Red Aka."
With a slight mocking giggling she continued "Red also happened to decline the title of Viridian's city Gymleader… so instead you took it."
Even that… it is nearly impossible.
Slowly she lifted her head up and I could see that her eyes had moistened up a bit from being choked. A small wicked smile crossed her lips
" How…"
She left a pause lingering in the tight air, and then looking from below her long eyelashes she added "How does it feel, to be second place with him around… always?"
I grit my teeth as a burning heat rises up to my cheeks and a throbbing headache collapses my brain.
The nerve of that girl…
I crouched in front of her, glaring daggers at her blue puffy wet eyes.
"Sci-"
I stopped myself before the word even got to slip from my mouth completely. I have to think through this.
Why would she say that? Other than upset me…
What's the point?
What would possibly be the freaking point of upsetting me? She is a thief… a street thief. They have to be canny and outsmart in one way or another… outsmart.
I squint my eyes slightly, her smile and her eyes, she is expecting something to happen and her facade seems to be dropping…. that's it.
I grin and all color in her face is drained. I stand up and go to where Scizer is watching expectantly. I take the pokeball from Scizer's pincer and twirl it in my hand "This is what you wanted to get to, isn't it?"
I hear her scoff and then watch as she sits on the dirt.
"Well played handsome" Blue replied with a tired grin.
I shoved the pokeball in the inside pocket of my suit jacket and went to lean on a tree facing Blue.
"You should rest, tomorrow… tomorrow we'll..."
I sighed and ran a hand through my hair; I haven't thought about it just yet.
"Tomorrow… what?" Blue asked expectant.
Silence. She is right, today we rest and tomorrow… what?
"I will figure out something, now rest, I'll watch out for cops"
She looked at me disbelievingly for a couple of seconds and then with and awkward expression she rested her head on a big flat rock and closed her eyes.
I sighed and rested my head on the tree behind me. This is going to be a long, long night.
Earlier that day…
"No, don't worry. I've got this…"
"Well, you were the one who chose me, weren't you? Don't start doubting me now."
Blue was standing in the middle of a deserted ally; wearing black knee boots and an unbuttoned brown glamorous coat, below it a simple black dress. Her hair up in a tight bun and her eyes hidden by big round black sunglasses.
"Kay, kay, I know… MEW of course not! For what are you taking me? An amateur?" With a huff she ended the call and shoved the blue device in her pocket, taking out a white and red ball.
In a flash of red light a yellow creature appeared before her "Abra take me to Viridian city."
In a matter of seconds Blue had teleported successfully into the very center of Viridian city, the market. Walking past lots of colorful stands of fruit, veggies, spices and whatnot, Blue made her way to the new museum in which the new rare gem 'Calypso's eye' would be displayed. Her new target… well, technically not hers.
At the entrance, lots of guards stood safekeeping the Museum's collection display.
"Your invitation?" the chubbiest asked.
Blue simply handed him the colorful piece of paper and waited "Okay, you can come in"
With her head held high and the click clack of her boots she made her way into the museum. At the entrance she had to pass through a metal detector, and she being Blue, passed without any problems.
She saw it coming, she knew too well, so taking advantage of the fact that she was wearing a dress she said "It's just my bellybutton piercing"
The male guard cocked an eyebrow, skeptical.
"Wanna see it to prove it?" she said as she grabbed the hem of her dress, a seductive smile spreading on her lips. The guard blushed and let her in.
'Men, they are so easy to handle.'
With a bored glance she looked at her surroundings.
'It may be slightly decorated but it bores me the same' Blue thought.
There weren't a lot of people. A couple of reporters here and there, some guards at left and right and lots, lots of strangers sprawled over the room.
People, people everywhere.
So many of them and the only one she was searching for was: Green Oak.
She checked the hour on her watch: 5:53 p.m.
'Time to camouflage in the crowd.'
On the other side of the room was Green Oak. Next to his grandfather he awaited, like everyone else, the beginning of the exposition and the main event. The display of Calypso's eye.
The rare jewel that was found by a high tech submarine in the depths of Kanto's south sea. Researchers deny the possibility of being the mythological Arceus pearl, the gem people believe that transformed simple pokemon into the legendaries today are known.
Whatever it is or does the three renowned researchers, Green Oak, Samuel Oak, and Richard Brown are about to find out. They were told about this discovery two weeks ago by Kanto's scientific council.
The tree of them stood next to each other, Samuel and Richard chatting while Green was merely standing and looking around.
He looked dazzling in his black suit; his hair messy in a kind of dreamy neat way.
"Green, Green Oak" a reporter yelled from the center of the room, running towards him when he spotted him.
The blonde guy, about his age or younger, stopped before him and shook his hand "Hello, I'm Kevin Blackwood, reporter of Kanto's diary 'The digglet'"
He had a recorder in one hand and a notebook in his suit pocket.
"Can I interview you?" he asked warily.
"Sure, but make it quick, the display is about to start."
With a smile he nodded and pressing a red button on his recorder he started the interview.
"If my sources are correct you, Mr. Oak, and Mr. Brown are the ones assigned to research this rare gem, Calypso's eye, am I right?"
"Yes, we were assigned this research just a few couple of weeks ago." he answered with a slight nod.
"Mr. Green Oak, your popularity has been rising lately due to your major participation in the science and research world, adding to the fact that you are Professor's Samuel Oak grandson. Though you are the youngest in the group, which makes you lack of experience years. Doesn't that intimidate you? You have been chosen over other many popular and renowned professors, so if you were trustworthy enough for being assigned such a research there is a lot of pressure and expectative on you… how do feel about this?"
This was it.
No matter how much hard he worked to show that he was important because of who he was and what he was capable of, there were always fools questioning his achievements. This kind of questions, fishy and all calculated, were the ones that 'sold' newspapers. Polemic and questioning.
But they couldn't get past him, he always saw through them, revealing their true intentions.
Green closed his eyes calmly and lazily smirked "If what you are implying is that I was chosen for being Samuel Oak's grandson then you and your sources are all wrong."
The reporter's eyes grew slightly wide and his grip on the recorder slightly tightened. Green opened his eyes and calmly, yet coldly, stared at 'Kevin'.
"This is not something that happened from one day to another. I've been working for it for a really long time, that's what brought me to where I am now. Not a simple family relation. Though maybe you are right…"
This caught the reporter's attention; he was giving him the reason? After all of that?
"I am the youngest of the group. And of course I do lack years of experience… years of experience I'll never get if they don't give me the chance to prove my value and that I'm 'trustworthy' enough."
He crossed his arms and continued "So, no, I'm not intimidated, but determined to do this right. The pressure and the expectative have always been there for me, and I have dealt with it before. This is not something I can't manage."
"Does that answer your question?"
"Y-yes, well, I don't know… maybe? I- I think it doe-"
He was stammering confused, trying to regain control of the situation when he was interrupted by a monotone ringtone beeping from Green's wrist. As Green reached for his comunicator the beeping stopped and a couple of white letters flashed on the little screen.
'One missed call'
Green looked at the screen slightly curious as to who had called him; pressing a button the next words appeared on the screen: 'inexistent number'.
Green frowned, highly intrigued… who wouldn't? He just received a call from an inexistent number, just how freaky is that?
The more Green stared blankly at the screen, the more and more he attracted the reporter's attention. In a sigh 'Kevin' relaxed and came up with something to ease the tension.
"Look, man, you got it wrong; I didn't mean it like that. Sorry if I made you upset… so no hard feelings?"
Green was snapped out of his thoughts and lazily looked up at him. For a couple of seconds he stayed silent, going through his words.
Bitch, please, this is Green Oak you are talking to, not the catlady on drugs next door. He won't buy your crap.
"Yeah, it is okay, it's not like I'm mad or anything" Green replied with and indifferent smile as he turned around, wanting to get out of there.
"So if that's the case… can I ask you a couple of more questions?" the pitch in his voice raised as Green walked farther.
Green stopped and merely looked over his shoulder "Maybe later, I've got some matters to attend now"
And with that he walked away, getting lost in the crowd. The reporter sighed defeated and searched for someone else, to fill the gap left by Mr. Oak.
"Grandpa"
Green walked calmly towards the two professors. Professor Oak smiled and pat him on the back "Hey, Green, there you are"
"There is something wrong with my communicator"
Professor Oak looked at the device in Green's wrist and waved it off "Its okay, I'll check it later. The display is about to start"
And as if on cue a voice rang throughout the room hushing the whispers and chats in the crowd.
"Good evening and welcome, renowned professors and researchers, press, and special guests. The display is officially open."
There were claps and a couple of quiet 'finally' whispers.
This exposition was 'Sea' themed, special gems, treasures found in the deepness, and even some marine pokemon fossils. Though the main attraction was the newly discovered polemic gem, Calypso's eye, which is speculated to be the mythological Arceus's pearl.
Due to the value of all displayed in this special nonpublic exposition the display was only available that day to avoid possible theft attempts, after that, that building specially built for that event would just be another history and nature museum in kanto.
The big group was guided by a member of the scientific council, assigned to give them the tour; who explained history, named researches, and all of that stuff with a special microphone, telling ridiculous science jokes every once in a while.
"And this is a fossilized beedrill in amber, discovered three years ago in the Viridian forest. I would tell you another joke but all the good ones Argon!"
After a couple of lonely awkward seconds of only the guy's laugh everyone else understood and erupted into hysterical laugh.
'How pitiful' Blue and Green thought. They didn't even bother trying to seem as they laughed along with the crowd, they just stared and waited for the guy to continue.
After the crowd hushed a little the guy coughed and politely signaled them to turn to the next hall "This way please."
Everyone obeyed and entered the last display room in the museum; an enormous and spacious circular room. There were gasps and lots of pushes as everyone wanted to take a peek at the gem in the middle of the room.
"This is the final room, the main display…"
"Calypso's eye!"
Everyone clapped and whispered in excitement.
Blue and Green tried to push their way through the crowd, trying to actually see something. Green had lost from sight Professor Oak and Professor Brown so he decided to wait until the crowd dispersed. Blue was simply stuck, between a sweaty guy and a fat photographer.
After the crowd hushed a little bit, the tour guide continued.
"I know you all are excited but we still have a little part of the treasures collection of the 'Colossal'. I'm sure everybody knows about the famous words the Captain said."
There were some yes and noes and some oh noes!
Nah, just kidding, almost everyone said yes, though the guy pretty much waved it off and continued.
"Well here they are, he said: Not even Arceus can sink this ship. Though we all know what happened..." he said with a 'I-know-you-know' silly tone, waving his finger back and forth.
"Now, come this way please." He said, motioning to the wall on the left where many gems, photographs and stuff were displayed.
As everyone started walking with the guide to the treasure display Green and Blue took this as an opportunity and escaped from everyone else so they could see the polemic gem.
Green reached there first, watching with warily and calculating eyes the round blue gem. He didn't even notice that he had been drawing near to it, as if something in its very inside was hypnotizing.
On the other hand Blue had just managed to get from out of the crowd without raising suspicions or anything. He had locked her eyes on the target, there was he: Green Oak, conveniently positioned just in front of the 'about-to-be-stolen' gem.
'Perfect' Blue thought, a sided smile spreading across her lips. This was going to be easier than she imagined.
But as she started walking towards him a slight sweaty hand grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
'Please, let it not be the sweaty guy!' prayed Blue.
She turned around, only to face not 'sweaty guy' but 'stranger guy'.
Just what she needed… being noticed by someone other than Green. This could make everything go to waste.
"Hey, girl, are you by any chance made by Copper and Tellurium?" said the boy with a sly and confident smirk in his face.
Blue winked a couple of times; this totally got her out of her focus "Huh?"
"Yes, because you are CuTe" he added, laughing in a nasally way.
Blue cocked an eyebrow skeptically. Though she admired the guy's nerve and confidence to try this failed attempt at flirting, that didn't mean she was going to bear this nonsense when she was working. He just got her out of focus for this ridiculous flirting attempt.
That. Is. Unforgivable.
She smiled slyly and grabbed the guy by his tie getting closer to him "Good one Romeo"
She felt the guy tense under her touch and with a harsh tug tightened his tie to the point of nearly choking him "Why don't you save those for your mother?" she replied with a sweet hypocrite tone, an evil smile on her lips.
With that, she quickly released him before they draw any attention, and walked towards Green. Pressing a button on her pager-cellphone thing she sent an alert to her boss. He knew what to do.
Taking a glance over her shoulder she made sure the weirdo that had talked to her earlier wasn't following, watching her or something like that. Blue grinned slightly, he wasn't, and then as she turned her face back to the front she found herself crashing with Green's back.
No, that wasn't part of the plan.
"Uh, sorry" said Blue slightly jumpy; faking another voice.
"It's okay" replied Green unfazed, then watching the gem a little more and turning around to leave.
Blue thought of something quickly, she had to keep him with her for a while.
"This gem, it's quite interesting. The history behind it specially, the mythological one of course. Many believe this is the mythical Arceus's pearl."
This, somehow, caught Green's attention.
"Would I be right if I suppose you are one of that many?" he replied returning to her side.
Blue turned her head and smiled at him smugly "You'll be wrong."
"I said it's quite interesting, not that I believed in it. Call me crazy but… I have a hunch about this thing."
Green crossed his arms and looked at her skeptical "What would it be?"
"Brown… where is Green?" asked professor Oak to the man with black jet hair and deep blue eyes next to him.
"Maybe he lost us from sight with all of those pushes back there" suggested Brown in a relaxed way.
"You are right"
"Of course I am Oak. Hey Bill, come here!" Brown replied.
Bill had been working lately as Mr. Brown assistant helping him with important researches and stuff.
"What is it Mr. Brown? Asked Bill, a camera hanging from his neck.
"Go and find Green, would you?" asked Professor Oak, almost reading Brown's mind.
"Of course"
With that Bill walked through the crowd searching for Green, but it was not until he got out of the bunch of people that he spotted him in front of Calypso's eye with a strange and suspicious looking girl.
From a safe distance he took a couple of photos as he had been all day. These were memories, besides; he could sell some photographs to those newspapers that couldn't attend.
But that girl… he was sure he had seen her somewhere else. Where? Well, whoever she was, and whatever she was doing with Green… he really, really had bad feeling about her.
"Nah, a guy like you would immediately discard the idea" Blue replied crossing her arms too.
"Not exactly, depends on what you say..."
"Well, what if I said this doesn't look like a gem, but an egg?"
Green squinted his eyes and frowned "A pokemon egg?"
Blue sighed "No, an outer space alien egg… of course a pokemon egg. Just think about it, if you pay enough attention this 'gem' lacks distinctive mineral properties. And, no, I don't think it is justified by the fact that is a 'super rare and unique gem'. "
The both of them stayed silent, admiring the great mystery in front of them. Green pondered over her words, she could be right. But that was such a reckless and odd theory, fortunately he was open to new ideas and opinions.
Sadly, not everyone was like that. If anyone else in this room heard her talking like that… adding to the fact she was a young attractive woman. They would totally make fun of her, saying she had no idea what she was talking about. Prejudice still existed, even this supposedly 'modern' age.
"It's just my opinion of course, I don't really know, nor am I sure about this thing; it's just… the feeling it gives me. This isn't like any gem I've seen before."
Green sighed and closed her eyes calmly "You may be right. Even if it sounds odd… possibilities are infinite."
A smile of pure satisfaction curled up in Blue's lips as she stared at him. He was open to her, listened, and gave her some credit. Being honest, she expected him to be all proud and pompous.
"Thanks"
Fortunately, it seemed her fake voice was working as he hadn't notice or pointed anything until then.
"Are you sick? Your voice sounds weird."
Good attempt. Really good attempt, sadly, it wasn't good enough to trick Green.
Blue felt her heart slightly clenching, but no worries, she could get out of this. With a couple of coughs and clearing her throat she replied "Yes, sadly I am."
Green merely stared at her intensely, getting a little closer to her. She was panicking on the inside.
What?
What could he possibly be staring at? Did he discover she was the masked thief?
"Woah, whatever happened to personal space?" she asked backing away a little bit.
He stopped and frowned "Who are you? I haven't seen you before… let alone heard of you…"
"Amber" Blue said, as she looked over his shoulder at an Amber fossil.
Green pondered over it, he surely hadn't heard about her before. It could be a coincidence tough; after all, if she could get in she had to have an invitation.
Out of the Blue, Green averted his attention elsewhere, guided by some mysterious out-of-this-world force.
That awesome and kind of awkward time when you feel something odd, like someone has been looking at you for too long, you turn your head and, guess what?
"Hey, Bill" Green said as he waved hello at him.
You are right.
Bill snapped out of whatever he was thinking of and started walking towards the two.
"Green, you got lost in the crowd?" Bill asked with a smile.
"Yes, something like that. I couldn't see from where I was so I separated from the group."
Bill looked at 'Amber', who was trying to hide her face from him "And… she is?"
"Amber" Green said, gesturing at her.
"Well, it's a pleasure Miss." He said, his voice lacking something, confidence maybe.
Then turning to Green his voice returned to his usual tone "Green, we have to return with Professor Oak and Brown."
"Yes, go ahead. I'm going"
Hesitantly Bill returned where everybody else was as Green merely stood there and said to 'Amber' "Well, see you later"
Discretely she watched him leave, attractive, brilliant, interesting attitude. He was practically the perfect guy….
'There has to be something wrong with him.' Blue thought slightly squinting her eyes.
In theory there did was something wrong with him, he was her target.
'What a shame, he really looked like my type'
Blue returned with everyone else, remaining at the back, where she could be barely noticed.
"Hey, baby, you turn my software into hardwa-"
"If you appreciate your mouth and limbs you'll never finish that sentence" interrupted Blue, without even bothering turning around to see who it was.
The guy, partially freaked out, partially defeated, disappeared and left Blue alone. She sighed.
'Seriously, guys nowadays.'
Taking a look around she decided to check the hour in her watch.
7:42 p.m
The display ended at 8:00 p.m. sharp. At that hour the main display room would be closed and locked. The collections would be gone by tomorrow morning, the main display being the first to disappear, around 9:00 p.m to be exact.
The safety van, along with the guards that would take the jewel back to an unknown security place, would arrive around 8:30.
She had a 30 minute time range to do her thing.
'More than enough.' Blue thought smugly.
She would wait until 10 before everything ends, get in the bathroom, search for the things she hid two days ago, get changed and await hidden in the bathroom until it's time.
With a bored glance she tried to see over the crowd what was going on. It was nothing out of this world… just the guide babbling about things of the discovery of Calypso's eye she already knew. The submarine, the discovery, the excitement, Kanto's scientific council… blah, blah, blah.
Her pager vibrated, signaling it was time for her exit. Nobody noticed her absence, she made sure of that.
She walked and turned through corridors expertly. She knew this building from start to end. Blue strutted confidently through the museum; this was her pass to happiness.
When she reached the girl's bathroom her heart dropped to the pit of her stomach for a second. At the entrance, between the girl's and boy's bathroom stood the chubby guard from earlier.
She squinted her eyes behind those big glamorous sunglasses.
'We see each other again.'
"Hi, miss" saluted the guard with a nod.
Blue passed him by with a dry "Good evening sir" entered the door and locked it quietly.
Getting her ditty out as silently as possible she ordered it to transform into a tool that would help her lift the loose tile that covered the hole she did on the floor. The place where she hid all of her necessary equipment.
Careful not to make any noise she lifted the farthest tile below the granite sinks.
She quietly took her bag out and looked at it, hesitating to unzip it. This... this was the very last time she would need to do that, to wear that 'uniform' and that special mask.
Blue checked the hour: 7:52 p.m.
Then determined unzipped the bag slowly, took out her clothes two pokeballs and… the mask.
Blue grabbed it carefully in her hands, as if it was made of crystal, and held it close to her chest tightly. Tears welled up in her eyes and ditty, worried touched her from behind.
"Dit?"
Blue yelped loudly, and the mask fell to the floor. A loud clack echoing in the room. In the instant Blue panicked, her heart crashing harshly against her chest, she could felt it pounding on her throat, her ears, her head…
"Miss, is everything okay?"
The adrenaline rushed though her veins… she was in problems. In some serious problems.
*Edited, corrected mistakes 10/Aug/12 *
I had to divide it into two parts… I'M SO SORRY D:!
I think the end was very hurried as I just wanted to get it over with.
And Bill…sorry if it is OOC or something like that, it's been ages since I read the manga, without mentioning I just read until the end of Fire Red&Leaf Green.
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Anyways, I'm extremely sorry for the lack of updates, it's just that I ended up going on a surprise vacation trip out of the city, to a little town about 10 or 9 hours away from where I live. No cable, no laptop, no ipod (battery charges with computer), no INTERNETZ!
Though I had a pretty good time, experimenting with extreme sports, going sightseeing, and stuff… I felt guilty as I couldn't update before leaving.
And then I tried my best to finish it before Tuesday so I could write the next one today but... I couldn't find my USB in which I had the start of this chapter. I went nuts.
Then I found it after I stopped looking for it, and after I had already started the chapter with what I could remember.
AND THIS CHAPPIE… UGH… SO LONG… SO. MANY. THINGS.
TOOK ME SOOOO UNGODLY LONG.
I. MAY. DIE.
To make matters worse, I started school today. So please be a little patient.
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Announcement:
I'll finish soon a drabble I've been working on too, (as apologize for the lack of updates).
And, YUSH! You guessed it, it has Oldrival! Yay, Yay. Bounce, bounce. Hug, hug.
And also some other pairings like frantic and… better keep it as a secret. I'll submit it as a Frantic, because it is the longest drabble until now.
