Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or any of the characters except my OCs.
"I won't hesitate to kill you." Topaz's words echoed in Crimson's mind. He should have known that he couldn't gain Topaz's confidence so easily. Nevertheless, that was the least of his worry.
"We're here!" He looked up to see Aqua leaning against the rail, pointing to the shore. "Look Orange, that's Undella town! Imagine all the new pokemon we can meet."
"We're here on a mission." Turquoise told her in expressionless voice. "Be serious about this."
"It's a resort area." She retorted, "And we have to pretend to be vacationers so we have to have fun so they'll believe us. Now put on a smile and pretend to have more fun than a rock sitting in the sun. Loosen up little brother."
"I'm the older one." Turquoise rolled his eyes. "I have the documents to prove it. Father likes to be very precise when it comes to records and documents. I was born eighteen minutes before you and I will not continue arguing this point."
"Drop anchors." Topaz ordered and a member of the crew nodded before going to do as he was told. "Crimson, Amethysts, Orange, Aqua, Turquoise, Aries and Beautifly, come with me and we'll go to shore. I have an appointment so the rest of you go and get supplies. Beautifly, wait at the entrance of the pokemart for me when you're done."
"Okay." She nodded as he helped her onto the small row boat. "Who are you going to meet?"
"Just an old friend to make some inquires," was his cryptic reply.
When they reach the shore, Aries jump onto the beach and buried her slipper feet in the amber sand. Small houses lined the beach and a market was off to the side. There was a flight of stairs that led up to a cliff but she couldn't really see what was at the top. She turned to look back at the little row boat and saw that they were still busy. She decided that none of them would have notice if she were to slip away. Curiosity only killed cats didn't it?
She raced up to the stairs and climbed the steps, taking them two at a time. As she reached the top, the wind blew at her hair and she had replaced her hairband to keep her hair out of her face. The top of the cliff was grassy and lead to a forest. A little ball of fluff passed by, it was a pokemon she never saw before but it was the cutest little thing she ever saw.
It was a furry, gray-colored pokemon, with white fur around it arranged so that it looked like a scarf. It had large ears and even larger brown eyes. It had a round body and was no taller than her knee. Its tail was long, fluffy and incredibly white in color. Her Furret twitched her nose and Aries guessed that it was a normal type. Turquoise was always telling her that she needed more pokemon than the four she carried with her so she decided that she would catch the adorable little pokemon.
"Fluffy use Follow Me." Aries ordered and her Furret jumped in front of the pokemon. Fluffy waved her tail which got the pokemon's attention. While the pokemon was watching Fluffy, Aries called out an attack. "Fluffy use Grass Knot."
The Furret eyes glowed and vines spurted from the ground, wrapping around the pokemon's short legs. "Now use Flamethrower."
The pokemon flinched and Aries couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor thing. She grabbed the little pokemon and saved it away from the fire. She looked down at the pokemon's large brown eyes and was lost. The pokemon often let out a 'cinccino' so she thought it was a Cincinno. A roar cut through the air and she whirled around, tightening her grip on her new pokemon. A pokemon burst out of the forest and by the way fire occasionally burst from his body. Fluffy's Flamethrower must have hit the much larger pokemon and the pokemon looked angrier than Turquoise did when she spilled coffee on his notes.
The pokemon was looked as if a pile of trash that was partially falling out of a garbage bag. Its head was a garbage bag and they had little fangs in their mouths. The horrid pokemon had two rather long arms made of garbage and resembled a pipe, and fingers also made up of piping material. The thing was twice her size and the smell it was emitting was bad enough to knock her out.
"Look Mr. Bully, I'm sorry about hurting you but it was an accident and you have no right to came barging out like a big meanie." Aries badgered and thrust her finger into his gut. The pokemon roared as if he didn't understand her. She stumbled back but was able to keep her footing.
"Fluffy use Flamethrower!" Aries ordered when she decided that the lump of a pokemon wouldn't listen to him. The Furret leapt over her head and blow out fire to attack the heap of garbage. She continued to throw out attacks but the rotten thing never backed down. The white pokemon wiggled out of her arms and slapped the garbage pokemon, or Garbodor as it kept calling out, in the face with its tail.
The large pokemon looked more annoyed than hurt by the pokemon's attack. The lump of garbage grabbed the white pokemon and threw it to the ground. Aries caught it before it could hit the ground.
"I don't like bullies like you!" Aries took out a pokeball, "It's time for my secret weapon. Go-"
Before she could throw out her strongest pokemon, she felt the ground shake beneath her feet. She jumped back since she could guess what was causing the small earthquake. As she guessed, a large Arggon burst out from underground, throwing the garbage pokemon off its feet. She put back her pokeball, not wanting Turquoise to see it since she knew it would anger him.
"What are you doing here?" Turquoise's hard sea coloured eyes sent daggers through her as he climbed out of the hole.
"I wanted to go exploring." She replied, innocent as a Flaffy. "Look at this cutie I found. I think it's a normal type and look how adorable it is. It keeps repeating 'cinccino' so I'm guessing the natives calls it as such. I just have to capture it!"
"Did you think to weaken it?" Turquoise shoved his hands into his pockets.
"Of course but I couldn't bring myself to hurt him." Turquoise picked up the thing and told her that it was a girl. She crossed her arms at his smug remark, "I think that she likes me since she tried to protect me so I think that it'll be willing to join our family. Isn't that right?"
The little pokemon in her arms cheered and held up her hand as if it was a sign of her acceptance. "Now, what should I name you? You look like that creature from this play called The Milky Way. I think it was called a chinchilla only with a scarf, so I'll nickname you Chilla."
"Do have any other pokemon beside normal types?" Turquoise asked but Aries only laugh nervously. She couldn't allow him to discover her secret pokemon.
"You didn't have to save me. I had it all under control." Aries told him with a wide smile. If it was Aqua, she would have snapped at him. When she saw that Turquoise didn't look too impress so she decided to show him how powerful she was.
"Celestial punch!" She called out and hit him squarely in the chest with her fist. It was the same as punching a brick wall and he didn't even flinch or moved. She rubbed her hand and glared at him from the corner of her eye. "Owwie, at least you didn't hurt me on purpose or I would've hurt you for being a bully."
Turquoise had to admire her. The only thing that really bothered Aries was people who pried on the weaker thought he didn't know why she felt so strongly. He sighed when he saw the way she was rubbing her hand.
"Let me see." He grabbed her hand before she could protest and massaged her hand in a hypnotising way. "It doesn't seem like any bones are broken but you should get Orange to look at it anyway. It wasn't that effective because you didn't make a proper fist. Curl your front fingers and put your thumb here under the knuckles. Now tighten your hand."
She smiled and something shifted in his chest. "I don't know why your father didn't teach you to fight sooner."
"My father taught me to battle like a pro and my mother taught me the most important lesson a girl can learn: how to use your cunning." She gave him a sly smile and Turquoise couldn't resist kissing her knuckles.
"I'm taking Aqua to the market, anyone want to come?" Orange asked and Crimson notice that Amethysts flinched.
"It's alright. I'll just do some practising on the WindWarrior." Amethysts ran off before anyone could argue or ask any questions. Crimson rubbed his temple before going after her.
"What do you think of that?" Orange asked Aqua as they watch Amethysts and Crimson walked away.
"I think that he's doing a great job of convincing himself that he's not in love with her. Too damn of a good attempt which means more work for us to convenience him that he's in love with her. How much work should it take to make a storm?"
"That's just cruel, you know that?" Orange laugh, "But I guess that it won't scare Amethysts too much. Storms are created when a high and low pressure meet so that wouldn't be too hard with Geot and Diamond. Pikachu can summon some lightning for us."
"That's great!" Aqua clapped her hands before running off towards the stalls. Orange smiled and followed her. When he saw her eye some of the jewellery, he reached over her shoulder and plucked a handful of ribbons from the stand. He grabbed her notebook from her pocket and slipped the ribbon into a page before handing it back to her. He paid for it and led her away from the stalls.
"Thanks, how did you know that I needed some markers to mark where each shipping is?"
"I saw how you always flip so that you can find the shipping you want." Orange shrugged and went to the next stall to find the materials Topaz ordered them to gather. "Do you think that this net is better or the other one?"
"Definitely that one!" Aqua beamed and Orange felt something tug at his heart. Them he realized that something else was tugging at his shirt. He looked down and saw a little boy.
"Hey little guy, what are you doing here?" Aqua knelt in front of him. She looked up when a shadow loomed over her. She turned when someone pulled the boy away from her.
"Thanks for finding my little brother." A man said and took her hand. Aqua didn't know what he was going to do until he leaned down and kissed her hand. "What may I call you?"
"Her name is Aqua." Orange stepped between them, "And mine is Orange. If you're really gentlemen, you would've told us your name before you asked ours."
"I remember asking the lady's name, not yours." The man rolled his eyes, "And my name is Jonathan."
"Can I ask you what you are doing here?" Aqua was astonished at Orange's hard tone. He was always so laidback but now there was a deadly glint in his eyes.
"I live in this town and I was shopping when my brother got away from me."
"That's really responsible of you." Orange said sarcastically. Jon looked confused and didn't know how to react to Orange's cold atmosphere.
"Sorry, I didn't know I was invading in anyone's territory." Orange glared turned hard and Jon knew that it was the wrong thing to say.
"Aqua isn't anyone's 'territory' and no woman should be. My parents taught me that both men and women are equal."
"Were your parents as prone to delusion thoughts as well?" Orange moved so fast, they didn't see him move. He twisted the man's arm around his back, kicked his legs from under him and forced him to his knees. After seeing Aqua smirk and Jonathan's wide eyes, Orange let the man go.
"Never question my parents and if you dare make a move towards Aqua again you won't be able to make another move using your legs." Orange turned to march away but Sparky turned and shocked the man. "Sparky parents' belonged to my parents you insult both of us."
Aqua smirked and ran after Orange. She wrapped her arms around his muscular arm and said, "You know that he's not my type. I'm not into poets, I like men who can make me laugh, not cry."
"Know anyone like that?" Orange raised a brow. He was curious and oddly amused at her statement.
"One or two." She said with that tone he loved.
"It can't possibly be Turquoise. He has a pole up his butt thicker than Topaz's arm." Orange laughed and Aqua found herself laughing with him. Orange pulled out a pokeball and gave her a dazzling smile. "Let's create a storm."
Aqua nodded and pulled out her pokeball. When it started to rain they tried to stiffen their laughter but it only took one look at each other to start again. They both stopped laughing when a boy tugged at Orange's shirt.
"Can you teach me to fight like that?" He asked over the thunder Sparky summoned.
"Sure." Orange grinned and ruffled the boy's hair. Aqua sat back on a rock on the sandy beach and watch the Orange teach the boy a battle stance. She didn't even notice the rain since she was too distracted by watching Orange's rippling muscles as the water trailed down his arm. She looked up when something fell over her head. She looked up and saw that Orange had thrown his jacket over her head.
"Don't want you to get sick." He grinned down at her. They both looked up when they heard heavy stomps. Before neither of them could react, Crimson slammed his fist into Orange's face and grabbed Sparky from his shoulder. He left as quickly as he came and was muttering beneath his breath.
Orange grinned at Aqua while he rubbed his chin, "Took him faster than we thought."
"Hold the thing!" Crimson threw the electric mouse pokemon in front of Amethysts who jumped away from it and scurried further onto the bed, as if she could dissolve into the wall if she only tried hard enough. Crimson sighed and ran his hand through his hair. She was hiding under her blanket, just as she was when he left her.
He remembered how frightened he was when he found her. Crimson was worried about her since she ran from him when it started raining. He followed her of course and found her hiding beneath the covers in her room. When he touched her shoulder, she cried franticly, telling him about the time she chased into a pit by Orange's Pikachu. He didn't like the distraught look on her face so he went out to solve the problem. He went to find Orange.
Now here he was, standing there in front of her, holding the silly pokemon out to her. It was apparent that she was afraid of thunder. Did she have to have such a pathetic fear? There was nothing you can do about weather, so why fear it? It was the same with darkness, the unknown and death. You eventually learn to live with them.
Sighing, he took her arms and forced the little yellow mouse onto her lap. She screamed and fought him of course but he wasn't giving up anytime soon. The sound of thunder roared and she leaped into his arms in reaction. He didn't know what happened or what to do so he could only rubbed the back of her head. He looked down at Amethysts in his arms and felt something shift in his heart.
He shifted so that she sat against with her back against his chest and Sparky on her lap. He wrapped her arms around both her and the little pokemon. Amethysts was hyperventilating and Crimson tried to sooth her by rubbing her arms. It didn't help much but she leaned more into him and eventually calmed down enough to sleep.
Amethysts woke later and looked into large brown eyes. She screamed and jumped back at the sight of the little pokemon sitting beside her on her pillow. She hesitated when Sparky scurried curiously towards her. She flinched when he climbed onto her shoulder and pressed his nose to her cheek. She held her breath until the door to her room opened. She looked up to see Crimson as he carried a tray of food.
"He slept with you through the night and didn't hurt you so far so there's no reason for you to fear him." Crimson told her softly as he placed the tray on her bedside table. "Just pet him."
Amethysts hesitated but reached towards the little mouse and to her shock, the pokemon met her halfway. She petted the pokemon and her face lit up. She felt little pulses of electricity but it didn't hurt her as much as she feared. She pulled the electric pokemon onto her lap and hugged him.
Crimson smiled at the light illuminating her face.
"Let's go before we get soak!" Topaz grabbed Moonstone's hand and pulled her towards the tree.
"Don't you know that it's dangerous to stand under a tree during a thunder storm?" Moonstone called back over the rain. She quickened her steps to try to keep up with his long stride. He looked back at her and only grinned. He took off his jacket and held it over both of them to shield them from the rain.
"I'm sorry I didn't get to show you my surprise." Topaz steered her towards a hill away from the rain. When they reached the top, Topaz looked down towards the WindWarrior. "That's strange, the storm seems to be centered over only the town and there was no sign earlier that there would be a storm."
Moonstone looked up and saw to figures in the sky. She sighed, "Looks like Aqua and Orange are up to no good."
"I got to talk to them next time for ruining my surprise." Topaz ran his hand through his hair.
"What was your surprise anyway?"
"I wanted to thank you for what you did last night." He held up a basket, "I was going to take you for a picnic."
"You're sweet for a rake, you know that?" Moonstone couldn't help but smile and leaned towards him to kiss his cheek. He took advantage of it and stole a kiss from her. It was only supposed to be a chaste, teasing kiss but he couldn't help but sink into her.
"Let's go before I do something that I can't take back." Topaz said against her lips. "We'll have dinner on the WindWarrior instead."
Hope you enjoy this chapter. It was more for fun and romance and didn't have much to do with the actually plot line except Aries's secret pokemon. Any guesses?