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Chapter 11

(Touko's POV)

All I could do was just stare at N in shock. W-we were about to..to.. And then he just-

My face became flushed when I realised how embarrassing this was, for the both of us honestly..

I smacked my palm against my forehead. Ugh! What is wrong with me? Why didn't I do something before it got this out of hand?! Seriously! I have got to be the biggest idiot.. Still, had he actually passed out this time?

I held my nose and tiptoed towards him, careful to step over the mess on the floor.

"N!" I called out.

He didn't reply.

"N!" I said a bit louder tapping my fingers on his cheek.

His eyes were shut tight and his breathing was a bit uneven. But he didn't even budge.

Yeah, he was out like a light..

What should I do now? Escaping was definitely still the first thing on my mind. But somehow.. I felt guilty just leaving N like this. What if someone found him in here? That would be beyond humiliating..

I should just stick to my original plan.. There was no way I could sneak out of this castle without getting caught by someone. I needed to get N to let me outside if I ever planned on getting away.

For now, I should probably get him to bed. I held my nose and walked over to the side of the sofa. Eugh! I'm not taking the blame for this mess either.

With all my strength, I pulled N up by his arms. I struggled to get him on his feet but my legs buckled under his weight and he collapsed backwards onto me, both of us hitting the floor hard.

Uff! Geez he weighs a freaking ton! I shoved him off me and sat up to catch my breath.

I don't know if I can do this by myself. I'm definitely going to regret this, but I need someone to help me..

...

"And what exactly were the two of you doing in Zinzolin's game room?"

My face flushed like mad.

I couldn't actually tell him what went on!

"W-we were just uh.. p-playing billiards, and having a few drinks.. a-and then N got pretty sick."

Ghetsis turned up his nose and gazed at me with calculating eyes. "Is that so.."

Shit! I can't fool him! There's no way he doesn't suspect something.

I forced a small smile and nodded.

He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "That boy certainly knows how to cause everyone grief. And Zinzolin is a fool for leaving the door unlocked. I'll send the servants to escort him back to his room."

I nodded and quickly turned to leave. I was so glad that was over. I thought being around N was uncomfortable, but Ghetsis made me uneasy with just a look.. At least this was all taken care of. I needed some sleep..

"Just a moment."

I froze in place and looked back at Ghetsis. What did he want?

He stood from his desk and slowly approached me. I was backed against the wall as he towered over me.

"I think there are a few things we need to discuss." He reached his arm past my face closed the door. I gulped and stared up at him.

"For whatever reason it may be, my son has become quite.. fixated on you." He groused, giving me a one over.

"He has made it extremely clear that he wishes for you to be held within the castle. And I have agreed to it.."

"But make no mistake; Whatever ridiculous things my son is interested in would not make the slightest difference to me. However, this situation is a peculiar one."

I could feel my chest rising and falling rapidly as he leaned in closer. I inhaled sharply when his cold fingers crept up my collar bone.

"Had it been under different circumstances, whether you were here or any other place on Earth would undoubtedly be the least of my concerns."

He chuckled. "But believe me, my dear. I'm nowhere near naive enough to believe you would simply accept defeat quietly as Team Plasma reigned supreme."

My heart was pounding in my ears. I squeezed my eyes shut when he rubbed his knuckles against my jaw.

"And if you all had your precious Pokemon, you and your little friends would be working away to stop the liberation movement as we speak. Not that you'd even be much of a threat. Still.. I'm not willing to risk anything that might result in our plans being.. interrupted."

His expression turned deadly. "That is why I am going to make it perfectly clear to you right now. You are not to leave this castle. And if you're foolish enough to think of planning something, don't even dream for a second that you'll get it past me. It'll be the last thing you ever do."

"Do not cross me. Do not get in my way. Am I understood?" His words dripped with venom as hand closed around my throat.

I managed to choke out a "yes" under his tightening grip.

He sent me a chilling smile and released me. I dropped to the floor and gasped for air.

"Get out of my office." He spat.

I quickly got to my feet and ran out of the room as fast as possible.

"Huff Huff.. Man.. Huff.. that was horrible. Note to self, never go to N's creepy dad for anything ever again!" I said to myself as I stumbled back to N's room.

"He's the worst isn't he?"

I jumped and whipped around. "Zorua!"

For fuck's sake! Does everyone in this place insist on sneaking up on me!

Zorua cocked his head to the side. "Where is N? I thought he was with you. Are you trying to run away again?"

"Wha-? No! N got sick and he passed out. I needed someone to help me move him to his bed, but I couldn't do it by myself.." I explained.

His blue eyes widened and he burst out into laughter. "So you asked Ghetsis? Hahaha! You really are a special kind of stupid!"

"Well what else was I supposed to do?!" I shouted back at him.

"You could have gotten some grunts, Anthea, Concordia, The Shadow Triad.. even a blindfolded Bidoof would have been better help than him!" He cackled.

I mentally smacked myself for my poor judgement. "Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking.. I've just had a really long day." I sighed.

"Tell me about it! I've just been wandering around this place for hours waiting for N to come back." He exclaimed hopping in circles. "Now we finally can do something fun!"

"Well he can't really play right now, Zorua! He needs to get some rest!" I told him.

Zorua flattened his ears and looked down. "Oh.. Well maybe he'll want to tomorrow. Probably not though.." He sighed and started to leave.

I felt kind of sorry for Zorua. He actually enjoyed N's company, yet he always lost it to me.

"Zorua wait a second!" I blurted out.

He slowly turned and faced me. I didn't really want to do this, but..

"We could.. do something together if you'd like." I said sheepishly.

He narrowed his eyes for a moment, but his face lit up with excitement in seconds. "Really?!"

"S-sure, but just for a little while okay! I still need to get some slee-"

"Yahoo! Let's go!" He cheered and tugged me along by the hem of my dress.

"Zorua wait!" Geez he was strong for being so small!

"This is gonna be so much fun! First we're gonna play in the laundry chutes! There like giant slides! Wait till you see them! Then we're gonna play hide and seek in the library! And then we're gonna build a fort and have a water balloon fight!"

He continued babbling on and on about all the things he wanted to do.

I rubbed my temples. Why do I always have to try and do the right thing? If karma really exists, I better have a miracle on the way..

...

A splash of icy water hit my face, jolting me awake. "Haha! You're gonna have to do better than that if you wanna win!"

I looked around and quickly remembered what was happening. I had been up all night doing ridiculous things with Zorua.. I must have dozed off.

I pushed the pillow 'walls' of my fort down and stepped out. Zorua jumped out, ready to attack with another balloon. I sighed and held up my hands.

"You surrendering already? All right! I win!" He cheered. "Okay! Now we have to get the-"

"Zorua listen!" I cut in. "I can't stay here forever playing with you! The sun's come up already! I'm drained!"

"Aww.. But!"

"But nothing! I'm going to bed!" I said sternly. His smile faded, and he gave me that look again. Like a kicked puppy. Ugh! Why do I have to be so lighthearted!

"Look, if I knew someone else who could play with you, I'd gladly find them for you! But N and I need to rest okay?"

"Well none of the other humans here are nice to me at all.. The only other Pokemon in the castle is being held in the dungeon.." He muttered.

I snapped to attention. "Wait! There's really other Pokemon here? I thought you made that up!"

Zorua laughed nervously. "Heh, well I sort of did.. Only one of your Pokemon was captured in the forest near the castle. I'm not sure which, though. The others got away."

"Zorua you have to take me to them! Please! You trust me at least a little bit now, right? I pleaded.

He pondered for a moment. "Hmm.. Well okay. I guess that'd be alright."

"Oh thank you! Thank you so much!" I cried and scooped him up in my arms.

"Okay! Okay! Now let me go!" He struggled from my grip. "C'mon I'll show you where it is!"

We passed through several rooms and entered the basement through a latch. We descended the long stairway down into the cold prison. I shivered as we walked along the stone walls, passing row after row of iron bars.

My mind started racing as we got closer. Musharna could use her dream mist to help me escape! Serperior could use his Frenzy Plant to stop anyone from catching me. Darmanitan is pretty strong too.. I might actually be able to plan something really good now!

We stopped at a cell in the very back of the dungeon. Zorua turned to me. "Here it is."

I ran to the cell and gripped the bars. My face dropped.

"Chiii~"

C-Cinccino! Are you kidding me! Of my whole team, it just had to be this one!? The one foot tall Normal type!

The fluffy chinchilla Pokemon trotted to the bars and licked my nose. "Chi! Chi!"

"Haha hey! Well I take it you must have really missed me huh!" I smiled and stroked her scarf-like mane. I guess escaping was out of the question for now..

Still, I was glad to have her here. It was extremely comforting seeing one of my friends again.

Zorua stood behind me. His face was frozen in an expression I couldn't quite determine.

"Thank you, Zorua. I'm really grateful for this." I sniffled and patted his head.

He turned his face and pouted. "Y-yeah. Whatever.."

"Chii!"

"Hehe. Cinccino says thank you too!" I giggled. Zorua gasped and tugged my dress. "O-okay Touko, let's get outta here now!"

"W-wait a minute! We just got here! Zorua!"

I frowned. I heard Cinccino crying softly as we left the dungeon. What had come over him so suddenly?

...

Zorua hadn't said a word the whole way back to N's room. He was never usually this quiet.. I was really curious why he had run out of the prison so quickly.

"Hey, Zorua.." I started.

He didn't answer or even look back.

Okay. Something was definitely going on with him.

"Zorua!" I called again. "Hey! What's the matter? You're acting really weird all of a sudden!" He squeezed his eyes shut and stopped walking.

He gulped and spoke quietly. "Wh-who was Pokemon that back there?"

"Huh? Is that's what's been bothering you? That was just Cinccino.." I explained.

"Cinccino.." He echoed, and furrowed his brow.

"Yeah. She's super cute isn't she! And you guys are about the same size. Why don't you ask N if you two could play together? I'm sure he'd be okay with that."

His eyes went wide and he quickly shook his head. "N-no way! Not gonna happen!"

"What? Why not? She's really nice and I know you wou-" I stopped and smirked. "Wait a minute.." I knew what his deal was now. "Is it because-"

His eyes shot up at me. "Don't even say it! Th-that's not it at all!"

"Aw! Zorua that's so adorable! You have a little crush~" I teased.

"Shut up! You don't know anything!" He shouted.

"It's okay! You don't have to be so upset over it!" I tried to calm him down. He sat on the floor and hung his head.

We both sat in silence for a few minutes before he spoke again.

"I've only been around humans most of my life.. I haven't even seen another Pokemon in years. So it was a bit overwhelming.. And besides, there's no way I'd even know how to talk to a Pokemon like her. I'd make a fool out of myself for sure.." He whispered.

"Don't think like that.. You have to have more faith in yourself. I'll talk to N about it and see what he thinks. You guys will become fast friends and have a ton of fun together! I know you will!" I reassured him.

"You really think so?" He asked.

"I know so!"

He smiled softly. "Okay Touko. I owe you one."

I smiled back at him and raised a brow. "Stop being so nice, it's creeping me out. Gratitude from a little demon like you is like a poke in the eye.."

He smirked and turned up his nose. "Well I was hoping I wouldn't be stuck playing with an idiot like you for too long. You're horrible at water balloon wars! Seriously! A baby could throw better than you!"

Yeah. That's the Zorua I was used to.

We said goodnight and went our separate ways. I yawned as I headed towards N's bedroom. "Man I'm beat. Sharing a bed with N doesn't even sound slightly awful at this point."

The door suddenly yanked open before I could even grab the handle. "What the-?" An arm shot out and snatched my wrist, pulling me in.

The lights flicked on and I squinted my eyes.

"Where have you been?"

"N! You're awake!" I gasped. He stood with his arms folded and tapped his foot. He was wearing his bathrobe and his hair was damp.

"H-how long have you been up? You passed out last night and I had to have someone bring you to bed! And then I ran into Zorua, and he wanted to play all these ridiculous games.."

His seemed surprised. "I was wondering how I got here. All I can remember is having dinner with everyone, and then we had a few drinks.. The rest is a bit fuzzy."

I gulped. "You really don't remember anything else? Nothing at all?"

He thought for a moment and then shook his head. "No, nothing."

My face turned red. Well I certainly did! How could he just forget something like that! Though I guess it's probably better that way, honestly..

I flinched when I felt N wrap me in an embrace.

"W-what are you doing?"

He held me tighter and spoke softly. "Thank you Touko."

"Huh?"

"You took care of me last night. I didn't ever expect you to do something like that. I figured you would have tried to escape for sure. I was surprised you were still here honestly.." He whispered.

My heart was beating faster and faster. I quickly untangled myself from his arms. "Don't worry about it! I told you, you can trust me! I'm behaving. Remember our deal?"

He perked up. "Oh yeah! I forgot! Well you're doing really good so far Touko! I might just take you out some place tonight."

I perked up too. "N, I'd really love that!"

Yes! I knew I made the right decision last night! I finally had my chance. I just needed to milk this a little bit longer.

It was as if my inner self acted on her own before I could give it a second thought. I reached up and ran my hand down his cheek.

I put on the sweetest voice I could manage. "N, I.. I realised that being here with you hasn't really been that bad. I've never felt more alive my entire life before I met you. It's sort of exciting being in this place. It's like I've started a whole new chapter here, with you. We can do whatever we want now. Just the two of us."

He stared at me and covered my hand with his, keeping it in place.

"Touko.." He breathed.

I had him right where I wanted him.

I stood on the balls of my feet and wrapped my arms around his neck, staring into his eyes. I pressed my chest against his and he gasped.

"Kiss me." I whispered.

He leaned in and closed the gap between us. I twisted my hands into his hair and whispered his name. He lifted me up and carried me towards the bed.

I layed back and tugged him closer to me, kissing him deeply; My inner cheering me on the whole time. The tables had definitely turned.

He pulled back after a while and looked at me. A deep blush stained his face. "Pick any place you'd like. I'm taking you out tonight."

I smiled and kissed him again, letting out a soft sound of satisfaction.

This was too easy.


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