Chapter: 9
After Seto finished his project—with Minun's help of course—he fed the little Pokémon in his office so that everyone didn't see it. He watched little Minun eat and said, "How did you get filthy?"
Minun paused, looked up, and replied, "Minun. Mi. Mi. Nun. Minun."
Seto sighed knowing that he couldn't understand it. Once it finished eating, he picked up the little Pokémon, and carried it to the bathroom.
Minun looked comfortable in his arms as he held it.
"Huh." Seto muttered, a little surprised. "You're a boy. Not much of a surprise. It would be a little odd to see a girl with the coloring you have."
Minun let loose harmless static on the brunet CEO causing his hair to stand up.
"Would you quit that?" Seto hissed as he set the little guy on the counter. He smoothed out his hair. "That's really annoying."
"Minun!" He cheered. "Minun! Mi!"
Seto sighed. He turned on the sink, plugged it, and let the sink fill with water.
Minun was chanting away, like he was singing.
Seto really wanted the little Pokémon to stop but he soon found himself whistling with Minun. He stopped whistling and turned off the water, only to be splashed by Minun who jumped into the sink very willingly.
Minun splashed playfully as he laughed.
Seto held back the urge to smile. He cleaned Minun and saw that the little Pokémon had much lighter blue ears than he had thought. He heard someone in the doorway and he looked up.
Joey and Tristan stood in the doorway, staring at the CEO. They were snickering as smiles cracked their faces.
Seto gave them both a death glare as he hissed, "Don't. You. Dare."
Joey and Tristan could no longer contain themselves and burst into a very loud roar of laughter.
Seto threw a soap bar at them.
It hit Joey in the head, knocking him back slightly and a bump was on his forehead. He stopped laughing, but Tristan didn't. He eventually hit Tristan, making him stop too. Joey rubbed the welt and said, "Geez Moneybags. For a guy stuck at a computer for a really long time, you've got an arm." He held the bar in his hand as he stared at it. "That actually hurt for a thing of soap."
"Next was going to be a bottle." Seto growled. "NOW GET OUT!"
Joey and Tristan bolted as fast as they could.
Seto snorted and was splashed in the face by little Minun. He looked back the bunny Pokémon and splashed water at it with his finger. "Cute." He murmured.
Minun laughed and played in the water some more.
A half smile cracked Seto's face. Once the little Pokémon was finished playing and all clean, he drained the sink, picked the little guy up, and dried him off with a towel. He was shocked slightly by Minun and smoothed out his hair—since it stood up on him again.
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"It's so cute!" Téa cried once she saw Minun with Seto. She picked the little Pokémon up and hugged it. "Cutie!"
Minun leapt out of Téa's arms and into Seto's. He clung to the CEO's shirt as he stared at Téa with big, scared eyes.
Téa just stared at Seto and the little bunny Pokémon. "I think he likes Kaiba." She muttered. A big, wide smile played across her lips. Her shoulders trembled as she tried not to laugh.
Atem was trying to hold back his laughter. "Kaiba doesn't look very intimidating with the little guy in his arms." He whispered to Yugi who was also trying to hold back his laughter. "Does he?"
Yugi shook his head.
"It is adorable." Mokuba said as he gently scratched Minun's cheek, which he liked. He had to smooth out his hair after Minun let loose a harmless static that made it stand up. He had a bright smile on his face. "That was cool."
Seto smoothed out his hair too and sighed. Great. He thought bitterly. This is all I need. I knew everyone would start laughing.
Shika rolled her eyes. "Why would you get attached to Minun?" She snapped.
"I'm not." Seto hissed.
"Why would you get attached to Elektra, your Plusle?" Asked Sabrina bitterly.
Shika quickly looked down and said nothing.
"I don't get it." Ash muttered.
"Minun is everything Kaiba isn't." Joey told Ash. A big smile crossed his lips. "Minun is a cute, little bunny!" That being said, Téa stopped trying to hold back her laughter because it had completely vanished.
Atem, Yugi, and Seto looked down as they pinched the brink of their noses and shook their heads. "Joey." Atem and Yugi muttered.
"Please tell me we still have the chainsaw." Seto murmured to Mokuba. "I'm going to butcher the Mutt."
Mokuba sighed. He looked at Minun. "Have you come up with a name yet?"
"If he's not attached to Minun," Shika mumbled bitterly, "then I see no reason why he should name him."
"I see no reason why he shouldn't, Shika." Kali protested softly.
Misty shrugged. "I guess it is appropriate." She said. "Minun is Plusle's counterpart, just as Kaiba is Shika's."
Shika and Seto snarled and shouted, "I'm nothing like—!" They broke off and looked at each other with surprise.
Kali and Mokuba looked at each other with grins playing across their lips, as if to say, "They are exactly alike and so are we." They chuckled in unison. They ran off to the backyard to play with the Pokémon outside.
Elektra and Minun followed them.
Shika ducked her head and tried to hide the shy smile that had formed. She looked up at Seto through her bangs and saw that his head was down too. I wonder if he's smiling too. She thought. Minun and him do make a pretty cute couple…kinda like Elektra and me.
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That evening Seto and Shika made dinner and everyone made small talk—including the Pokémon. They ate outside with all the Pokémon. Elektra sat in Shika's lap while Minun sat in Seto's. Téa could help but say how cute it looked, but kept growing quiet once Seto and Shika shot death glares in her direction.
Sabrina suddenly sensed happiness coming from Seto and Shika and it threw her off guard. She blushed as she stared at them with wide eyes.
Seto and Shika finally got annoyed by her and snapped, "What?!"
Sabrina looked down at the table. "Nothing." She answered. "Sorry."
Elektra and Minun let loose harmless static and made the black haired beauty's and the brunet CEO's hair stand up.
The corners of their mouths twitched as they looked at each other from the corner of their eyes. Everyone thought they were going to burst into laughter, but were relieved to see that they stopped and smoothed out their hair. "How many times does that make today?" Asked Mokuba.
Seto held his hand up and put a finger down for each incident that Minun made his hair stand up as he mumbled each one. "5 for me." He answered. "Once for Shika that I know of."
"Once today." Shika said.
Kali and Mokuba looked at each other, snickered with big, wild grins, and murmured, "Cute."
It was the first time everyone saw Seto and Shika blush with embarrassment instead of their cheeks flushing with anger and it made Téa cry out, "Now THAT'S ADORABLE!"
Suddenly, there was a bunch of smoke that surrounded everyone and they all coughed and choked as they covered their mouths and pinched their eyes shut tight. "Sm-Smoke Screen." Shika gagged. "Tatsu! Horus! Quick! Blow the smoke away!"
Tatsu the Charizard and Horus the Xatu flew into the air and flapped their wings hard, clearing the smoke.
Jessie, James, and Meowth stood with Pikachu, Elektra, Minun, and Thora the Pichu in cages. "Prepare for—" Jessie began.
"Just cut to the chase." Shika interrupted as everyone shot to his or her feet.
Jessie's eyebrow twitched. "How dare you interrupt me?!" She shouted. "I wasn't finished!"
"I've heard that junk before." Shika hissed. "I do NOT want to hear it again."
"Kadabra!" Shouted Sabrina. "Psychic!"
Kadabra's eyes glowed but not the cages that held the electric type Pokémon. His eyes stopped glowing as he stared at Team Rocket with surprise.
Jessie laughed. "Nice try Gym Leader!" She mocked.
"But these cages are completely Poké-proof." Meowth added.
"No one can break them!" James concluded.
Sabrina snarled.
Kali stared at them with surprise. "But how did you manage to make cages Poké-proof without the proper materials?" She asked.
Jessie, James, and Meowth sweat dropped. "Uh…" They muttered.
"Details aren't important." Seto said.
"But that was a good question." Atem murmured and Yugi nodded in agreement.
"Enough of this." Jessie hissed. "Arbok! Poison Sting!"
"Char-bok!" Arbok cried and shot its attack from its mouth.
"Psychic Horus!" Shika ordered.
Horus' eyes glowed and stopped Poison Sting dead in its tracks. He then sent the attack back at Team Rocket.
"Weezing!" James shouted. "Slug Attack!"
"Weezing. Wee." It said and shot Slug at Horus.
"Kadabra!" Yelled Sabrina. "Stop it with Psychic!"
Kadabra jumped between Horus and the oncoming attack. His eyes glowed and stopped Slug in its tracks. He then sent it back at Weezing, which sent the Pokémon back into James.
The cages flew out of Team Rocket's hands and were caught by Téa, Ash, Seto, and Kali. They set the electric Pokémon free. "Now!" Called Ash. "Pikachu! Thunder Bolt 'em!"
"Pi…ka!" Pikachu cried as he squeezed his cheek pouches. "CHU!" He shot Thunder Bolt at Team Rocket.
"Psybeam!" Sabrina called and Kadabra complied.
"Shadow Ball!" Shika ordered and Horus did as he was told.
All three attacks hit Team Rocket, causing a big explosion and sent them flying. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" The trio shouted and disappeared in a distant sparkle in the sky.
Shika snorted as she returned all of her Pokémon—except Elektra—back to their rightful pokéballs. "That was boring." She scoffed.
"At least Pikachu, Elektra, Thora, and Minun are safe." Sabrina said. "You should be glad for that at least, Shika."
Shika rolled her eyes. She and the others got the plates cleaned and she and Seto put them away.
Once everyone had finally settled down, they all went to sleep. Fortunately, they all agreed to look for Palkia's tablet in the morning before they turned in for the night.
dragonchild247: Well, that was a little interesting near the end. I know I had Shika and Kaiba go against their normal personalities, but I'm trying to show that they're slowly changing. Palkia's tablet will show up in the next chapter. *yawn* Please review and I'm going to bed. Good night folks.
