Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.


The following day, every female member had finished their workout and was present in the locker room. Every girl had taken up a shower, so Jessie knew that there would be a lack of warm water for her to use. She sighed heavily and waited for a shower to open up. Jessie could smell her own body odor mix in the air with everyone else's, which in return, disgusted her. She hated that Giovanni had a need for his agents to come back and train. She didn't even know why he needed them to work out this much. Finally, a shower was available, so Jessie took her well deserved shower. She lathered up the soap in her hands and began to wash her body. Of course, since she was the third one to use this shower, the water went cold within minutes. She was annoyed, but washed her hair anyway because she wouldn't have felt clean enough if she didn't get the sweat off of her scalp. She showered as fast as she could and then shut it off. She wrapped the towel around her body and proceeded to walk out of the shower area.

Jessie was then stopped at the sound of Domino's peppy voice. "Okay, if you're really a girl, then take off your towels, or else," she said the last part in a threatening tone. Most of the girls did, a few didn't seeing that this was completely ridiculous. Jessie was one of the ones who thought Domino had gone insane. She just merely rolled her eyes and began to open her locker to take her clothes out. "Jessie, I heard there was a tranny around here. Do you know who it is?" Domino approached her slowly, with a smirk that Jessie wanted to slap off her face.

"No, I don't," Jessie dismissed and opened up her locker, and proceeded to take out her clothes.

"It isn't you, is it?" Domino asked with an accusing voice.

"Of course it isn't," Jessie said and began to put on her bra quickly. She was really holding back her anger, which served to be a challenge.

"So you're totally sure you don't know who it is?" Domino took a few steps closer towards her.

"I already told you that I don't know who she is," Jessie replied as calmly as she could, and simply put her shirt on.

"I bet it's you. I have my suspicions."

"Trust me, it isn't," Jessie said and put on her underwear while still covering herself up with her towel. She then pulled her skirt on. She shoved her dirty clothes into her gym bag as fast as she could so that she didn't have to smell her sweat anymore.

"I feel like it is you. That's what the guys say," Domino sneered.

"They obviously don't know what they're talking about," she said and put her gym bag over her shoulder. "Someone just started a rumor," she shrugged, adjusting the gym bag strap on her shoulder. "I wouldn't make a big deal about it."

"Look, I know you know who it is. I know it isn't you, but I know that you know." Domino whispered harshly as she pushed Jessie up against the lockers. Most of the people had left the locker room by now so the girls weren't gathered around to watch the scene. Jessie looked into Domino's eyes.

"I don't know, now let go of me!" Jessie yelled and spit in Domino's face. She was then punched in the stomach and fell over in pain. She clutched her stomach to protect it from any further damage.

"Tell me now," Domino hissed and gave Jessie a few more kicks on her side.

"Even if I did know, why do you want to know so much?" Jessie asked in between breaths.

"I want to get rid of that freak. She, he…or it shouldn't be here. It's a disgrace to humans. It's fucking sick."

"First of all," Jessie hissed, "The person is a she, not a he or it."

"Whatever you call it, it's still repulsive no matter what way you look at it," Domino replied.

"Whatever," Jessie said, not wanting to fight anymore. However, as she was going to stand up, she was punched in the stomach again. She coughed and then threw up on the floor. Her throat burned as the vomit came up and splattered on the floor. The smell of her own puke was about to make her sick all over again. Luckily, she was able to control it and keep the stomach acids down.

"If you won't tell me, I'll have to assume the worst that you're helping the freak. And you won't like what else I will do to you if you don't confess," Domino whispered angrily.

"Do whatever you want to me," Jessie said as she spit on the ground to get rid of the revolting taste in her mouth. "I think you have too much time on your hands."

"You don't seem to understand that this…thing needs to be eliminated, and furth-" She stopped abruptly in the middle of a sentence. Domino's look of anger seemed to disappear. She smiled evilly and pushed Jessie back down onto the floor as she tried to get back up.

"I know who it is. I figured it out," Domino said more to herself than Jessie. She ran off and out of the locker room. Jessie sat back up and managed to get on one of the metal benches. She held her stomach and tried not to look at the contents that she had released onto the floor earlier. She began distract herself from the smell of half digested food and began to wonder if Domino really knew who the person was. She couldn't have though, because it wasn't obvious to anyone. Was Domino simply trying to trick Jessie into telling her? She began to rub her head in frustration and in disgust. She hated how people could be so judgmental and obsessed with people who were different. She didn't know how a person could focus on something that wasn't even his or her business.

"Thanks for not telling," Jessie heard Cassidy come up behind her. She sat down next to Jessie. She realized that she and Cassidy were the only ones left in the locker room. Jessie was honestly surprised people didn't stay to watch her be humiliated. She would have thought that Domino's posse would have stuck around to maybe have a few laughs at Jessie's expense.

"I kept my promise, didn't I?" Jessie tried to smile, but with the pain from working out all day and Domino's punches in her stomach were hurting her more than she thought possible. Usually, she could take a few hard hits. Jessie began to wonder why she didn't fight back, and why she let Domino have the upper hand.

"I can't believe you didn't tell her…" Cassidy said in a small voice.

"It's none of my business," Jessie shrugged.

"You could have told. Then you wouldn't have been hurt," Cassidy looked down at her feet.

"Did you want me to say something then?" Jessie asked, slightly angry, but her voice sounded more tired.

"No," Cassidy said. "But I wish you said that you were the one…she'll find me…"

"I've got to go," Jessie got up and tried not to stumble as she walked out of the locker room, leaving Cassidy there by herself. She didn't really want another fight to happen, and she certainly didn't want Cassidy to start jeering at her any time soon.

Jessie walked through the corridor of the third floor in the Rocket base which was the floor her room was on. Someone had on top of her, so she had fallen onto the floor. Most people were in the cafeteria so Jessie was alone; even if she screamed no one would hear her anyway. She forced herself to remain from screaming. Of course, Domino was the one to push her onto the floor. She was in a dominating position and pinned down Jessie's wrists wither her hands. "I know it's Cassidy," she sneered. "It has to be, I know it is."

"And why are you telling me this? You do realize that I hate her and she hates me," Jessie said as she glared at the blonde on top of her. She wondered why Domino actually cared so much. She really needed to get a life.

"I'm not an idiot," Domino said and sprinted down the stairs. Jessie rolled her eyes and walked into her room. She noticed that James and Meowth weren't there, so she searched for a note. Those two would always leave notes for her to find when they went somewhere without telling her where they would be. She found the said note on her bed, which basically stated that the two had gone down to the cafeteria for dinner. She decided that dinner didn't sound too bad considering she had just lost her lunch, so she began walking to the cafeteria. She felt a bruise forming on her stomach. She was glad that she was wearing a shirt that covered her stomach or she'd be receiving questions that she would rather not answer. After all, admitting her defeat against Domino would make good joking material for the other girls.

She entered the cafeteria and immediately found James and Meowth sitting at a small table in the corner. She sat down next to James and noticed that he had gotten her dinner. It wasn't really anything special, just some chicken and rice, but she ate it anyway. It was the best food that she could get; when she thought about that, it was pretty sad. The chicken was cold, and the rice had gone stale.

"Jess, how come you were so late?" James asked as he chewed on the chicken.

"It takes time to look this good," Jessie responded, not wanting to relive the events from earlier that day. James and Meowth didn't question her because it was a typical vanity answer from her even though she looked tired and a bit troubled. She was glad she was able to think of something on the spot. She really should have been an actress the more she thought about it. Lying came naturally to her for some reason. It was amongst her many talents.

"Everyone listen up! I have our answer to the gossip going on around here!" Domino shouted. Everyone became silent. People dropped their forks and completely froze on the spot. Domino took the chance to stand up on a table. "I bet you're all wondering, just who is the freak among us…who's the tranny…or as I like to put it, chick with a dick."

"Who is it?" someone asked from her table.

"I bet it's…" People began to laugh, so the other girl's guess wasn't heard. Jessie stayed silent and paled. Was Domino really going to humiliate Cassidy? The two were supposed to be best friends. Most of the time, the two hung out after work outs and went man hunting, as they liked to call it. But Jessie knew from experience that friends were the most dangerous people one would ever know. An uproar began of people discussing this left and right. Even James and Meowth were laughing and guessing who this person was, not really realizing how serious Domino was, or how serious the actual subject was.

"Silence!" Domino shouted. "Now, the tranny here is someone who we had all once loved and respected. She's a tough girl and gets her job done. Well, now we know why she's a tough girl. I present to you, the tranny, Cassidy!" People began to gasp and shout to Domino about her being a liar. Jessie was glad that people didn't believe the blonde bimbo. However, Domino took out a bottle of pills. "These are her hormones! Take a look!" She threw them down at the people below her.

"This is legit! It's got her name on the bottle!" someone gasped and threw the hormones on the floor, as if it was toxic. They scattered everywhere on the floor. Two people had found Cassidy in the crowd and held her in front of everyone. They dragged her on to the top of the table next to Domino. Cassidy began to yell and protest.

"Hey, what's the big idea?" Butch yelled and tried to get to Cassidy, but was held back by strong male agents. "Let her go! She's not a man!" he protested. "You're making all this shit up!" he defended his partner in crime.

"I swear on my life that she's a man," Domino said. "And I bet Jessie will too," she turned and looked at her, just smirking, showing that she had won.

"Jessie?" James questioned and looked at her. The cafeteria had gone silent again, people glancing at Jessie and Cassidy. James noticed that Jessie went pale and looked shocked. However, that moment vanished when she became enraged. Her face changed from ghostly white to the color of a Krabby. Two other men took Jessie and dragged her over to the front of everyone. "Jessie!" James yelled and tried to grab at her. However, he was also restrained.

"Now Jessie, I want you to tell everyone that Cassidy's a man," Domino said. Jessie was silent and didn't know what to say. She just tried to lunge at Domino, but it didn't work. Domino smirked at Jessie, then turned to Cassidy and proceeded to rip off her skirt and her underwear. Cassidy had tried to fight her off, but she just couldn't. She locked eyes with Jessie just before she was exposed.

Everyone gasped at the sight of something that shouldn't have been between Cassidy's legs. She had been humiliated again. She was unable to do anything to help herself. Her arms were held above her head and she just couldn't move. Cassidy made eye contact with Jessie again. It was as if she was screaming at her for help. "This is harassment!" one of the people watching screamed.

"You're sick!" another person shouted.

"What the fuck, Domino!" However, not everyone was yelling at Domino's behavior. Others were cheering for her and laughing at Cassidy. James could see that some people were serious and being jerks, but others looked as if they felt bad for Cassidy, but since Domino was doing this, then they would support her horrible act. Butch had relaxed and became repulsed at the fact he had almost fallen in love with the violet eyed girl. Jessie didn't really know what to do; her thoughts kept contradicting themselves.

The other day, Cassidy had made it apparent that she still hated her and didn't want her help. However, Jessie knew that the right thing to do would be to reenact what she had done in elementary school, and the numerous other times she had beat up bullies for James. She couldn't just stand there and watch Cassidy be treated like this even though part of her was saying that Cassidy deserved it because of all the pain she had put Jessie through. But then, she remembered the good times the two had together, and how well Cassidy had treated her. In her heart, she knew that she had to help Cassidy.

Somehow, she was able to break free from the man who had held her back. He didn't stand a chance considering she had gotten an adrenaline rush, plus she was angry. She should have warned him not to mess with her when her temper was kicking in. He had fallen back onto the floor because of the force Jessie had used to kick him in the stomach. She ripped her arms from his grip and immediately ran up onto the table Cassidy and Domino were on, along with the guy who restrained Cassidy. She kicked the man in the private areas as hard as she could and he no choice but to drop Cassidy. Jessie proceeded to give the man a few more kicks.

Meanwhile, Cassidy fell to the floor and was ashamed at what had just happened. She was unable to move from her spot. Jessie, on the other hand, tackled Domino to the floor and punched her in the face repeatedly. The crowd began to fear what was going on, so they dispersed and left the cafeteria or walked to the edge of the cafeteria and continued to watch.

"Fuck you!" Jessie said as Domino's face became smeared with her own blood. "I hate you, you bitch! Why would you even want to do that you sick fuck! You think this is funny? I'm going to destroy you!" she screamed at her. Jessie suddenly felt strong arms lift her off of the crying, bloody Domino. She continued to try and hurt the woman in front of her. She continued to make her arms flail to try and reach the girl on the floor.

"Jessie, please stop," she heard a soft voice. She noticed that James was the one to pick her up, so she began to relax and stop going after Domino.

"I'll meet you back at the room.," Jessie whispered. James nodded and gestured for Meowth to follow, despite Meowth's protests of wanting Jessie to come up with them to keep her out of trouble. He knew that this wasn't the time to ask Jessie his famous three lettered question. Jessie picked up Cassidy's underwear and skirt and handed them to her. Cassidy put them on quickly and could barely get up because of embarrassment, and she was crying too hard to do anything. "Come on; let's get you out of here," Jessie said and helped the sobbing girl up. Cassidy didn't even look up at her because she was too ashamed.

Jessie led her to one of the private bathrooms in the hallway outside of the cafeteria. She locked it so they wouldn't be disturbed. Cassidy collapsed onto the ground and was hysterical. She shook because she was crying so hard, but she didn't utter a sound. Jessie knelt down next to her and just held her. "You'll be all right," Jessie whispered as she stroked her hair in a motherly fashion. "You'll be all right," Cassidy gripped Jessie's shirt in her hands until her knuckles turned white. She was probably afraid she'd be left alone. She hadn't been too nice to Jessie in the past, so she was afraid that she'd leave her. However, Jessie didn't have any intentions of leaving her.

One day, Cassidy went to school as usual. She wore her favorite purple dress and her golden hair was in pigtails. She was excited because it was the first day after the holiday break. She entered Jessie's classroom to meet her there as usual. However, Jessie wasn't there. Her best friend never missed a day of school and always got there earlier than most children. Cassidy didn't know why, but she felt as if something was wrong. She went up to her teacher. "Excuse me, but do you know where Jessie is?" the teacher gave her a saddened look and said, "Did you know that she had foster parents?"

"Yeah, I know," Cassidy said. "But where is she?" She wanted her question answered.

"Sometimes foster parents aren't very nice to the children they care for, so she was sent to go live with another family. I'm very sorry you had to find out this way, Cassidy," the teacher answered. This was when Cassidy began to feel completely alone and vulnerable.

Since she didn't have too many friends after the incident at recess and began neglecting the ones she had, she had to spend more time at her house and stop searching the streets for Jessie who tended to go hide in boxes in alleyways. Her father began to tell her she didn't belong in the family because she dressed like a girl when she was supposed to be his son. Her mother began to stop buying Cassidy the clothes she liked because her father stopped letting her buy them. Cassidy later found out that her father threatened to leave her mother with absolutely nothing, and just take off one night. Her mother was completely in love with him, for some weird reason, and began to obey him more and more as time went on.

Cassidy was forced to get her hair cut short, just like a boy's. She had to wear boy clothes and shoes. Her dresses and other various girl clothes were thrown out into the garbage. Her Barbies and dolls were tossed in the garbage and replaced with toy cars and some violent videogames that her father said were manly. He also began to call her C.J instead of Cassidy because he felt the name Cassidy would make "his son" feel like a girl again. C.J actually stood for her first name, Cassidy, and her middle name, Jaden. She felt like a whole new person, and she didn't like it one bit.

When Cassidy was about eleven, she was considered a boy, attended the same school, and lived in the same town that she had lived in her whole life. She had friends now, most of them were boys. She pretended to have the same interests so her parents and friends would accept her. However, they didn't accept who she truly was and it was tearing her up inside. She literally felt her heart breaking into pieces every time she looked in the mirror, gazing at her reflection.

One day, as she sat around playing with Lego's with the other boys, she heard someone announce there was a new student who had just entered to play in that room for indoor recess. "Her name is Jessica."

"Call me Jessie please," that voice was familiar to Cassidy, or C.J. She looked familiar too. Her red hair and those sapphire blue eyes reminded her of someone. Could it be Jessie, her old best friend that had left a year and a half ago? The girl approached C.J. "Cassie? Is that you?" she asked with the biggest smile on her face. "You look like a boy…" her smile dropped; she was probably confused. The other boys snickered.

"Don't call me Cassie. That's a girl's name," C.J. found himself saying, "I'm a boy. I've always been a boy, and I always will be," he crossed his arms, trying desperately to intimidate the younger girl.

"No, you're a girl," Jessie said, completely unfazed by his glare.

"I'm a boy," he stated. He noticed that his friends had wandered off to let him handle his own fight and get away from the strange girl.

"You're a girl," Jessie insisted.

"I am a boy!" C.J. yelled, "I'm a boy! Boy! Boy!" he yelled at her but then broke down in tears. "I'm a boy…"

"No you aren't. You're a girl," Jessie said and held her in her arms. Cassidy cried and cried and finally stopped.

"You don't get it, Jessie. I have to be a boy now. It's easier this way," she whispered so that no one else could hear her.

"Since when is it right to take the easy way out?" Jessie asked her. "I sure don't. I take the harder path in life because it makes me who I am, and it makes me what I want to be."

"Since I'm accepted," Cassidy sniffed.

"I always accepted you, Cassie. And I always will no matter what," she smiled, "and if you're going to be a boy, I'll respect your decision. But…" Jessie paused for a moment, waiting for her friend to respond.

"But what?" C.J. asked.

"I'm still gonna call you Cassie," Jessie smirked, and walked towards the girls her age that were dying to meet the new girl.