Soul - Material Girl

I shivered once more under the rain as we reached Goldenrod; "Wow. It's so beautiful!"

He did nothing but roll his eyes at me, I paid no mind, he'd been like it the whole journey. However, I did turn to him; "Silver, why are you being so moody?"

He glared down at me from his freakishly tall height; "because I lost to you again." The way he spat at me would usually make me feel down, but I was far too cheerful that I was getting a coat to take offence.

"You can't say I'm the only one you've lost to?" I replied, trying to look on the bright side, and failing ever so slightly. He looked away, slightly ashamed I think; "No. Just you."

"Wow!" I squealed, perhaps a little to happily; "That's amazing!" I babbled, excited to actually get some conversation out of him. He grunted at me, and pointed to a shop; "that's a clothes shop."

I nodded back to him; "yeah, but can't we go to the department store?"

"I couldn't care less." He insisted, but it just made me smirk. He loved the attention really. I wandered along the busy paths, being bumped into by so many people that I had to walk right on the curb of the path. Silver walked behind me, and I could feel his glare on the back of my head.

I turned one more corner to see the hugest building I'd ever seen. I waited for Silver to catch up in his sauntering walk, but was shoved into the road suddenly. I flinched away from the honking of a horn and managed to jump aside in time for the small car to speed past. Water splashed up my legs as it drove past, and I made it worse by jumping into a puddle. It may have been a tiny car, but it was going at enough speed to have caused me a lot of damage. My heart was racing, and I hadn't realised only mere seconds had passed as a hand snatched at my wrist and yanked me back on the path. I turned my head to look at Silver with a murderous and protected glare on his face. People around him were staring.

"Are you mad? Do you want to get run over!" He hissed loudly, angrily enough for people to continue away in embarrassment. I blushed and looked down at our contact; "I didn't mean to, I was pushed accidentally."

He shoved my hand away for it to hit my hip. I shivered at the cold water that had covered me. He shook his head in disappointment; "Let's just get the coat and then I can go."

I sighed and watched him turn towards the remaining crowd. They parted under his harsh, cold eyes. I apologised to them, and hurried past to follow him into the large building.

"Welcome! May I help you?" A sweet looking woman smiled a sickeningly beautiful smile. She eyed me and Silver happily. I nodded and wandered over to her, but Silver answered for us; "No, we can find them ourselves." He continued walking without any manners to the perfectly polite assistant. I turned and apologised to her and she waved her hand; "I get it a lot, boyfriends don't like being in here." She giggled, assuming our relationship was like most boys and girls who came in here. I didn't bother correcting her, that would be embarrassing, I smiled and nodded, then hurried up the stairs to follow him.

"You can say thank you, you know." I muttered, walking just behind him.

He snorted back at me; "so could you."

I rose an eyebrow; "For?"

"Saving your life a third time." He growled, clearly talking about the car incident.

"I jumped out of the way myself." I retorted, but then paused; "But thank you." I decided arguing would get me nowhere, may as well just set a good example. He nodded slightly, not looking back at me as I tripped up another step. We came into the women's section of the store, and he finally turned to me and gestured to the clothes; "Go."

I grinned, no amount of Silver's foul mood could bring me down when it came to shopping. I took out a pokeball and released Flo for another female's opinion. We set off right away.

"What about this one?" I pulled out a blue rain coat with a white lace bottom, Flo smiled, but Silver cut in; "It's not warm enough."

I sighed and shoved it back. If he was paying, I guess he had a say in this. "Well what do you approve of?" I waved along the rack of coats. He shrugged and shuffled off, uninterested. Flo sighed and continued flicking through herself.

Green... Pink... Orange... I didn't like them. I pulled out a brown one but Flo didn't like it. Sighing with anger, I spun on my heels and searched for something else. I wanted a long coat so it would look like I was wearing tights, but I didn't want it to drown me in material, I wanted to move easily in it. I pulled out another blue one, that might have matched my dungarees, but once again, Flo shook her head.

"Will you hurry up?" I got frequently from an irritated Silver who had honourably stuck around to keep his end of the deal. Maybe he had changed from the boy who had stolen his first pokemon.

"I'll be done soon." I insisted. He growled something incoherently, and I turned around to stare at him, now at the end of my patience. "Will you quit it? It's not my fault you lost!"

"As a matter of fact it is. If you hadn't called me back and challenged me, I wouldn't be here right now stuck with you in the girl's department shopping for a coat because you're too stupid to have brought one in the first place!" He ranted, loud enough for a shop assistant to come over.

"Is everything alright?" She sweat dropped, realising we weren't paying attention as we glared at each other. Eventually Silver looked away, because I knew I could hold my stare longer, and muttered a; "yes we'll be done soon... Thank you."

I blinked rapidly, had he actually taken what I'd said to consideration? The young lady looked shocked too; "You're welcome..." She stuttered; "Don't hesitate to call me if you need assistance." He nodded politely back to her, and she blushed and hurried off.

"What are you doing staring at me? Find a damn coat!" He growled again, shoving my shoulder towards the rail again. I chuckled and rubbed where he'd pushed; "Alright alright, keep your wig on!" My eyes suddenly flashed to his hair, that was as usual, wet and plastered to his face. It was such a beautiful colour, and reminded me of my... I looked down to my shoes, and as if Flo could hear my thoughts, she was already tugging the arm of a red coat.

I wandered over and pulled it off. Silver snatched it from me; "That one's fine let's go."

It was a good job I liked it, because he was already striding for the counter. I looked to Flo and sighed, she did too. By the time I'd returned her, Silver was coming back and shoved a bag in my face.

"There, now I can go." He glowered at me, and it made me feel like the most useless creature on the planet. I looked at the bag stupidly, and he shook it at me. Seeing that I made no move, he threw it at me, and my reflexes caught it. By the time I'd looked up, he was halfway down the first flight of stairs.

Then I realised I hadn't thanked him.

"Silver!" I cried, running after him quickly, accidentally knocking into someone, but after a quick apology I was in the lift.

"Which floor madam?" A handsome man a little older than me asked. I smiled; "Ground floor please."

"Certainly, going down." He spoke very eloquently, and his navy blazer uniform was very flattering on him. He smiled at me gently, then looked away awkwardly under my stare. I needed to sort that...

The doors slid open, and Silver was there, passing me to head for the main exit. I looked to the lift attendee, and nodded to him; "Thank you!"

"You're welcome." He replied, and I was off again.

"Silver!" I yelled, gaining a few annoyed glances as I rushed past them loudly. He ignored me, but I was fast. I stopped in front of him, to his annoyance. "What?" He snapped, trying to side step me. I kept blocking him until he paid attention.

"I wanted to thank you."

"Fine, now move." He pushed me, but then I began striding beside him, having to power walk to keep up with his long legs.

"Well I was wondering when we can see each other again?" I asked rather bluntly, and realised the implications as soon as I'd said them. He stopped abruptly and frowned; "What?"

Thinking quick on my feet, I replied; "Well you want a rematch, don't you?"

He seemed to buy it, and I prayed he did. He hummed, then nodded; "Of course, that battle was a fluke."

"Sure it was." I retorted, playing on his competitiveness. His face went red with rage. Through gritted teeth, he said; "Well I'm staying in Goldenrod. I have some things I need to... Do."

I narrowed my eyes suspiciously, but let it fly. "Okay, well I'll probably head back after I've got more badges anyway. So I'll find you here then."

He nodded, turned and walked in the opposite direction to me. Sighing, I pulled the coat out of the bag. Seeing the reciept, I immediately felt guilty, but it was so nice I couldn't bring myself to take it back. I pulled the tags out and tried it on. It was snug around my waist, and pretty black buttons across the front, and slightly puffy shoulders covered by a pretty collar. It flared from the waist, then tucked in right at the bottom, ending at mid thigh. The sleeves too were bell bottomed, and I looked very classy.

All I needed was a new hat now. Sighing, I turned back to the department store and headed up all those stairs again.


Short, boring chapter. But! This is the middle of the fanfiction. Ish. Which means we're getting closer to the shippiness, and closer to the climaxy action! Woop!
Btw, I am trying to get out as many chapters as I can before November, as I will not be writing anything at all due to NaNoWriMo.