Revenge
Heavy breathing.
"What have I done?"
Gasps.
"What has she done?"
Wheezes.
"What has he done?"
Laughter.
"I'll get them both for this. How could Kasumi turn upon me... how could Shigeru lead her to it? I'll straighten things out, though.... Oh, yes I will... heheh..."
A shadow cast partially over Satoshi's body and he looked to his left.
"...Heheh... come here, Pikachu...."
"Pika?"
*
Kenji sat in his chair at the control panel, looking ragged and edgy. "I... I can't believe I'm traveling with him still. It's unbearable. I don't know who's side I should take.. Maybe I should quit, but if I do I'll really mess up Satoshi. He already can't take Kasumi. Ah, what do I do?"
Kenji suddenly heard hard footsteps until seeing Satoshi charge into the room with Pikachu on his shoulder.
"I'm taking one of the mini shuttles," he announced quickly.
"What?!" Kenji shouted. "Satoshi, it's been weeks since you haven't gotten out of your room, don't just bust out and fly...." he had already left. Kenji could see the small shuttle launching off into the space on the monitor. "...away."
Kenji sighed and looked up. What could he be doing with that shuttle? Yes, of course... he was going to go back to Shigeru's ship, but why? He usually doesn't go back there until at least five months have passed by. Maybe there was another reason?
"Oh no!" Kenji exclaimed.
*
"Are you ticklish here?"
"No."
"How about here?"
"No."
".... How about here?"
"No."
"Here?"
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Shigeru bust out laughing as Kasumi tickled him on the belly. Kasumi smiled and decided to stop his torture. She laid down in his lap and looked up at him.
"Where are you ticklish?" he asked.
"I don't want to say."
"Well, I'll find out one way or another!" he said playfully and began to trickle his hands down Kasumi's sides, making her giggle loudly.
After their small tickling fiesta. Kasumi stood up and headed back to her room. When she sat down on her bed, she heard a small beeping sound coming from under the side of her shirt close to wear Shigeru had been tickling her. She found a small round communicator that the PIKA-GALAXY had.
"Kasumi? Kasumi, are you there?!"
"Kenji? Kenji, I found one of the communicators in my shirt," she said.
"I dropped it in a few weeks ago while you and Satoshi were fighting. Kasumi, I need to warn you."
"Warn me about what?" she asked and started to worry a little.
"It's Satoshi," he said and Kasumi's eyes widened. "I think he's coming to get you and Shigeru."
"What?!"
"Kasumi, when he found out you joined Shigeru, he got really upset."
"Really upset?"
"Really upset. He didn't come out of his room for over three weeks!"
"You're still talking about Satoshi?!"
"Yes! Kasumi, watch out, he just went out with the mini shuttle just a few minutes ago. You got to warn Shigeru. Warn the whole ship!"
"Yes... yes, okay," said Kasumi and she waited until she heard Kenji turn off the communicator. "Oh my... Satoshi... what's happened to him?"
"Heheh... I know what's happened to him," said a raspy voice.
"Nn? Satoshi?!"
Satoshi emerged from where the shadow hit one of the corners. He grabbed Kasumi from behind, wrapping his left arm over her arms and body, and his right over her mouth so nobody could hear her screaming.
"Now Shigeru will know what it's like," said Satoshi, "for a dear, dear friend to be stolen away. And you, Kasumi," he continued and cocked his neck so his head was beside hers, and he could see how scared she was, "let's play a little game."
*
Shigeru sat in his bed. He had his cloak off and sat silently with a book in his hand.
"Ibuiiii!" said Ibui and it jumped up onto his bed. He tilted the book down a little and petted it, but he noticed a piece of paper in its mouth.
"Nn? What's this?" He wondered and took the paper away from his pokemon. "It's a note!"
Dear Bastard,
Now you know, you baka. You lose.
Time to give up and surrender.
-Satoshi
Shigeru's eyes narrowed. "I know? Know what?" He got up from his bed and walked down the hall instinctively. "What's that guy up to now...?"
He went into Kasumi's room with Shigeru closely following, but he didn't find her.
"Kasumi? Kasumi?! Where are you?!" he called out.
No answer.
Shigeru sucked in his breath. He ran down into the control panel and went over to one of his women.
"Yue, Where's Kasumi?"
The crew member immediately started switching around threw her files, checking the ship for any sign of the girl.
"She's nowhere on the ship, Sir," Yue replied.
"Nowhere?" he repeated.
She shook her head.
*
"Now then... for that little game we're going to play," Satoshi said with his back turned to Kasumi. Pikachu was on his shoulder obediently. "Every time I don't like what you say, Pikachu's going to give you a little shock. Got that?"
Kasumi stayed silent, staring at Satoshi with her arms tied to a chair.
"Answer me. Do you understand?"
Silence.
"Shock her!" he yelled and Pikachu zapped its electricity and she screamed.
"Y-yes," she answered timidly.
"So... why do you l-love Shigeru?" he asked.
A tear escaped Kasumi's eye. "I already told you before, Satoshi--"
"Shock her!"
Kasumi's eyes shut closed as the electricity burned through her veins. She continued. "I can go on adventures with him and have excitement. If I'm with you and Kenji, all I become is a nurse because you always have to take the spotlight--"
"Shock her!"
Kasumi closed her eyes again in pain. "When I'm with Shigeru, we can both share the surprise together."
"Y-you've become an outlaw... an outlaw like him," commented Satoshi, but it was almost interrogative.
"Well... umm...I can't join with him when he's dealing... eheh?"
"Shock her!"
Kasumi screamed this time.
"A wanted criminal," he said simply.
Kasumi swallowed when her throat started to get thick. "At first I didn't want to, but it seemed so... fulfilling, I couldn't really resist the robberies and... and..."
Kasumi trailed off when Satoshi stared at her strangely. "I never should have let you join me in the first place. You're messed up, Kasumi. I can't believe you've chosen an outlaw life over all we've been through. The war, Kasumi. Don't you think that was exciting enough? That one war for that whole year? Or I'm sure you were only entertained by half the universe dying while Shigeru and I were battling our brains out," Satoshi stepped up to Kasumi and looked at her straight in the eye. "I'll bet you enjoy all of that violence, don't you? You've turned into Shigeru. Haven't you? HAVEN'T YOU?!" he demanded out of her.
Kasumi swallowed hard again. "Sort of--"
"Shock her!"
Kasumi started to feel dizzy and her head drooped down slightly and she looked at the floor. "Yes, I have! B-but... Satoshi, it still doesn't mean we can't still be friends. Satoshi, I still like you.. you were so nice to me..." She looked up at him. "You were nice to m--"
"Stop this!" Satoshi pulled out his laser. "I won't listen to this any longer. I can't stand you, Kasumi, and so I leave you for your true destiny: the devil of hell. Goodb--"
The door opened behind them and a light shone through. Both Kenji and Shigeru ran through.
"Kasumi!" shouted Shigeru and he got to Kasumi. "Kasumi... y-you're so burnt... w-what has he been doing to you?"
Kasumi began to cry while he untied her arms. "He.... he..." she stuttered but couldn't answer. She only dug her face into Shigeru's chest and he put his arms around her, wrapping his cape along her back.
"Shhh..." he whispered silently.
Satoshi stared at the two, scared and shaking. His hand was twitching so much his gun dropped to the floor with a clap and he took one pivot back and heard a voice from behind by the door.
"True love; so beautiful," said Kenji, "The gentlest of care and the heart of gold so pure and warm. The soul of an outlaw is much deeper than that of the hero."
Pikachu jumped off of Satoshi's shoulder and onto the ground next to Kenji. He dropped to the ground with his arms limp at his sides. Satoshi buried his face in his hands and started to cry silently except for the deep gasps of air he took in the middle.
-End
Yes, that's the end of Heart to Ego. Sorry Satoshi-fans, I was kind of dissing him throughout the whole story... I really didn't mean to, I think Satoshi's a great guy. But I needed an antagonist and I didn't think it'd make sense if it were Kenji, so....