Rin: Okay! So like huge and I mean huge shout out to dumbrunette1234 and Nutellagirl for reviewing. I swear I was not gonna wait this long to update but work kept me busy, my laptop literally died. I dropped and cracked my phone so all I had was my tablet, and I hate using it to type on. Also along with all of that I had some serious writer's block like it was super bad I had no idea what to do, and quite honestly, this was supposed to be typed up and posted for christmas but yeah… that didn't work out . sorry guys. On another note, I had a seizure a while ago. I barely remember any of it if I'm honest but I evidently scared the daylights out of my mom, Yuki, and my younger brother (dad was at work). Anywho I had an E.E.G. appointment and learned that the seizure was a result to my old antidepressants that failed to be refilled ontime, so I had technically stopped taking my antidepressants. Also found out the antidepressants I was taking has a side effect to cause seizures but it's a rare case and I just SO happen to be that rare case. On a brighter note I switched antidepressants and have been doing very well with them but I am however still very busy with work and will definitely try to make it up to you all for being M.I.A by typing up hopefully two chapters (if all goes to plan ..) Anyway enjoy the chapter lovelies I love you all!
Disclaimer: The Harmony Sisters do NOT own Pokemon. We only own our ocs
Dawn's POV
After a good night's rest we ate breakfast, turned in our key, and headed out. On our way out we heard a girlish scream. Kairi, Mira and I whipped around and saw a girl with beautiful long platinum blond hair run toward us. I glanced at her with an eyebrow raised. The girl had a sparkly gold tube top, black skinny jeans, flashy gold dangle earrings and black high heeled shoes. Her hair was tied up in a high ponytail and she had makeup that looked to be done by a professional. Overall she was a pretty girl almost as if she were a model or some sort of celebrity.
"Oh my gosh it's Paul Shinji!" she gushed clinging onto Paul while batting her long fake lashes. I glared at her, my face twisting in a scowl,while Paul looked rather disturbed.
"And just who are you?" I snapped. The blonde ignored my question completely and was still clinging to Paul smiling flirtingly up at him.
"The name's Cecilia, and I'm your future girlfriend!" she said happily smiling at him completely ignoring my existence. Paul finally got the clingy blond off of him before he glared at her.
"Not interested." He stated boredly causing the girl to swoon.
"Oh Paul, you're so cool!" she squealed. I rolled my eyes and glanced at Kairi and Mira the two stood off to the side looking just as annoyed as I felt. Mira had a frown on her face with her arms crossed while Kairi had a glare that could make Paul's glares seem like smiles compared to the glare that she had directed toward the obnoxious blond.
"Look, I don't have time to deal with you" he snapped causing the girl to pout.
"You could, if you ditched the band of losers here" she said running a manicured finger down his chest trying to be seductive.
"Look you over sized Mr. Mime, he said hit the road!" Kairi snapped Paul and I looked at her with wide eyes. Cecilia attempted to glare at Kairi but it didn't seem to phase her at all as she glanced up at her with an emotionless face.
"Can it, you runt you're just jealous" she snapped flipping her ponytail. Kairi's lips formed a smirk as she looked Cecelia up and down mockingly.
"Of you? Please, at least I don't need to cake my face with makeup and wear revealing clothing to make myself feel better about myself." she said with a scoff. Cecelia raised her manicured hand ready to strike Kairi who stood her ground giving Cecilia a calm expressionless face. Like a rampaging Rydon protecting its young, I stood in front of Kairi grabbing at Cecilia's wrist before her hand could make contact.
"Touch her. I dare you" I snarled. Cecilia's blue eyes widened before she huffed and snatched her hand back.
"I hope you come see me wipe the competition at the Hearthome contest Paul!" She said with a wink and walked off completely ignoring my threat.
"I hope we never meet again" I muttered angrily.
"For once Troublesome, I agree with you" Paul muttered and we continued our walk to Hearthome.
"Kairi, next time something like that happens please stay out of it I can handle a psycho fangirl" Paul spoke up turning his dark eyes toward Kairi.
"Whatever." she muttered trying to walk ahead.
"Don't whatever me young lady. You could have got hurt you don't know what that girl was capable of" he said sternly
"Oh please dad, she was a total wimp I could totally handle her! I'm yours and mom's kid after all," she said smiling Paul just let out a sigh and shook his head.
"Kairi the point is, it wasn't your place to step in." Paul said softly, gazing down at Kairi with a look that just seemed to ask if she finally understood now.
"Okay, I get it I won't do anything next time." she said sighing Paul gave her a warning look.
"I said Okay!" she snapped and kept walking. Paul just shook his head and followed behind with Mira holding his hand. We walked for awhile Mira wound up piggy backing on Paul's back after complaining she was tired and fell asleep. We had gotten pretty far and I'm sure we would have gone even farther if it weren't for the fact we all tumbled down into another hole and laughter was heard from above us.
Kairi's POV
"Ugh not again" I groaned out and then laughter was heard.
"Prepare for trouble!" a female voice said.
"And make it double!" a male voice said.
"Here's our mission, so you better listen!" the male said
"To protect the world from devastation!" the female said
"To blight all people in every nation!" the male continued
"...To denounce the evils of truth and love!" the female said sounding slightly irritated and almost challenged the male to continue.
"...To extend our wrath to the stars above!" the male said sounding just as irritated and challenging.
"Jennifer!" the owner of the female voice shouted proudly
" and Daniel of course!" the owner of the male voice said with an air of arrogance to his tone
"...Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!" Jennifer continued her irritated tone still in place
"...Surrender to us now or you will surely lose the fight!" Daniel said back sounding angry now
"Arf! Arf! That's right!" said a cheerful energetic voice.
"Ugh! How did I get stuck with you as a partner! You ruin the motto every time!" Jennifer yelled
"No! You ruin the motto every time! My parents have it right, your parents are the screw ups!" Daniel yelled back.
"Masters! Please don't fight Arf Arf!" the energetic voice said with a whine
"Oh dear Arceus...how did you idiots get here!" I shouted and glared at the three figures above us. One was a girl with long periwinkle hair held up in a high ponytail and bright emerald green eyes. She had a black t-shirt under her white team rocket uniform and a white skirt with black boots. The other was a boy with long golden hair held back in a low ponytail and brown eyes. He held an air of arrogance in his stance and smirked down at us. He wore the same black shirt under a white team rocket uniform with matching white pants and black boots. The third figure was a tiny dog like Pokemon with fluffy orange fur with black stripes along its back and legs. The fur on its muzzle, chest, belly, and tail was cream-colored, as well as the tuft of fur on top of its head. It's coat was longer on its chest and tail. It's tail was happily wagging away as it sat obediently. Its eyes were gray with a black nose, and large, round ears. Its fore paws had two visible claws, while its hind paws had three toes each.
"Good to see you brat" Daniel sneered.
"We were following you and your pwecious wittle sister and got sent here too" Jennifer said mockingly while crossing her arms rolling her emerald eyes in annoyance.
"And we want in on saving our home so we will call a truce, but only this once" Daniel said smirking.
"And Why would I help you after all the times you were after Luxray! Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it Jennifer" I ended with a sneer.
"Hey! Don't talk to her like that only I can talk to her like that!" Daniel snapped Jennifer glared at him.
"Can it, you twit or you'll join them in the hole!" She snapped angrily
"Masters...please don't fight" a Growlithe said with a whine.
"You know, you guys are really pathetic if you think you could even bring team rocket's name back we all know they have mostly died down after your parents Jennifer." I said crossing my arms
"Do you want out of that hole or not!" Jennifer snapped I glanced to mom and dad who looked confused and saw that Dad was clutching Mira so she wouldn't have gotten hurt from the fall and judging by the angry look on her face she was not happy about being woken up.
"Fine! But one sketchy move and I'll sick Luxray on you!" I snapped and grabbed hold of the end of the rope that Jennifer tossed down and began climbing Daniel helped me up and then I tossed the rope back down and helped Daniel and Jennifer get everyone out of the hole.
"So who are they?" mom asked I sighed and motioned to Jennifer
"This is Jennifer, Jessie and James's daughter and he…" I said and motioned to Daniel
"This is Daniel, Cassidy and Butch's son" I said with an eye roll mom looked like a mix of wanting to laugh and being in shock
"After saying they were just partners" She said with a laugh
"What's funny is that their children are working together and their parents can't stand each other." I said with a snicker
"Can we shut up about our family problems and get moving" Jennifer said crossing her arms.
"First of all you two need to change clothes we can't draw any attention to you two" I snapped Jennifer's eyes seem to light up with excitement at the thought of dressing in different clothes
And Daniel seemed to match that enthusiasm.
"Go in the woods and change we won't leave without you as tempting as it is to do it" I said scowling. The two nodded and walked off in different directions. We waited for what seemed like forever and Daniel was the first to come out. He had on a black leather jacket with a grey shirt underneath and jeans with black boots. On Top of his head was brown tinted fedora he smirked over at me and winked, causing me to shiver with disgust. He was much older than me and thought he was a lady magnet.
"Back off Daniel unless you wanna wind up in jail" I said with an eye roll.
"Yeah, back off of my daughter" dad growled out standing protectively between us anger was evident in his dark onyx eyes. Daniel just shrugged dad off and moved to wait for Jennifer. Jennifer soon came out wearing a light sky blue shirt and black leather skirt with black leather boots, in her ponytail was a black bow. She did a small twirl and smiled at Daniel.
"I know, I know, I'm absolutely breathtaking aren't I?" she said smiling a cocky smile. I rolled my eyes.
"Alright well let's get out of here we've already wasted too much time waiting on you two." I snapped dad seemed just as irritated as I was and nodded in agreement and gave a warning glare to the two young adults.
"If any harm and I mean any harm comes to my family consider yourselves answering to me" he growled out in a threatening tone making the two nod their heads quickly.
"Yay! Yay! More people! Arf Arf!" Daniel and Jennifer's Growlithe said wagging its tail happily.
"Ugh we are such a joke…" Jennifer said face palming as she glared down at the happy puppy like Pokemon.
"Yes you are, now let's move" I snapped and we began our walk once more. We kept walking till Jennifer began to complain she was hungry.
"Well, it is lunch time…" Mom said and glanced at dad for his opinion.
"Let's go ahead and set up to eat lunch and then we can head out" Dad said. And we began our usual routine to get lunch set up. Once it was all done we sat around and ate Ramen.
"Ugh are you kidding me! This is peasant food!" Jennifer snapped glaring at her Ramen.
"Well it's either that or starve." mom snapped having had enough with Jennifer throughout the entire walk Jennifer complained about something or got in a fight with Daniel and mom was quickly becoming irritated. This comment however, seemed to be the breaking point for her as she gave a hateful glare toward Jennifer. Jennifer quickly shut up and ate her Ramen with no other complaints and even helped clean up so we could get on the road quicker. Once we were back on the path we continued our walk in silence. I was more than positive that mom had scared Jennifer. Along the way Mira rode on my back giving dad a break. Some time during our walk, mom and dad were talking amongst themselves, Daniel was carrying Jennifer on his back, who was sleeping peacefully, Mira was still nestled on my back only she too, had fallen asleep. I glanced up at the sky noticing the multiple shades of orange, red and yellow in the darkening sky.
"Paul, it's gonna be getting dark soon we should start making camp" mom spoke up glancing toward dad with concern. Dad nodded and let out a sigh.
"You're right, I just think we should try to keep going." dad said with a bit of frustration. I felt bad for him. The man was already stressed out and then he had to deal with three more members to the group that weren't exactly great to have.
"Dad...I'm tired and actually getting a little hungry…" I said looking up at dad tiredly. Dad let out a sigh and lifted his hand to plop it on my head, then ruffled my hair smirking.
"Alright, we'll stop and set up camp." he said softly. I smiled up at him only to scowl when Jennifer made it known that she was now awake.
"Thank Arceus!" Jennifer said and shut up instantly at the warning look she got from mom.
"You know, not everyone grew up rich you ungrateful Ekans." Daniel muttered bitterly. Jennifer was about to snap back but decided to be silent instead. We set up camp and waited for mom and dad to finish cooking. Mira and found places for us to sit to have dinner. We let out all our Pokemon and served them their dinner as well while we waited. Soon we all were sitting around and eating dinner, while discussing what the plans were for sleeping arrangements. Dad and Daniel would share a tent while mom and Mira would share one and Jennifer and I shared one with her Growlithe.
After dinner we all pitched in to clean up and then took turns to get ready for bed. Jennifer and I laid in our sleeping bags our tent door zipped up securely. The night was quiet the only sounds were the soft chirps of the Kricketune and the Kricketot.
"Hey...can..can we talk?" Jennifer suddenly asked, sounding insecure.
"I'd rather not but sure." I said with my eyes closed.
"Have you ever...felt like you were doing something just to make others happy?" she asked I opened my eyes and looked at her. Jennifer was staring up at the ceiling of our tent a frown on her face. I sat up to get a better look at her.
"Why ask something like that?" I asked feeling awkward. She sat up too and sighed.
"I...didn't willingly join Team Rocket…" She whispered
"Your mom or dad force you?" I asked part of me already knew the answer but I wanted to know for sure.
"I'm nothing more than a deposit for my parent's debt to Giovanni, " She said resting her chin on her knee with sadness in her eyes.
"What about Daniel?" I asked, my previous sleepiness was gone at this point.
"Similar boat, but his situation is because his parents were the favorites of Giovanni, so he's just more or less keeping the family business." she said quietly.
"Why not just...run away?" I asked, she gave me a sour look.
"Yeah that'd work out great especially on me. Giovanni would hunt me down and do Arceus knows what to me." she snapped. I frowned not sure what to say next.
"Honestly, neither one of you should be forced to do what you don't want to do. Have you thought about trying to pay off the debt yourself or asking Daniel for help since his family is so well off?" I asked hesitantly. Jennifer looked down sadly.
"I thought about it but, mom hated Cassidy and dad hated Butch so much that I don't think they'd help even if it was their own son asking for the money. They were already upset when they found out that I would be working with Daniel," she said running a hand through her hair. I could tell she was stressed and upset with just the look in her eyes but it quickly went away and she glared at me.
"This stays between us got it, and also just cause we talked doesn't mean we are friends. When this is all over we'll be enemies again" She snapped and laid down her back facing me. I rolled my eyes and laid back down as well and turned my back to her.
"Whatever you say." I muttered and let sleep overtake me.
Ryuu's POV
After Ben and Cassia walked off to help Uncle Ash and Uncle Brock, Sayuri and I decided to let Celebi out for a bit. The green pixie like Pokemon flew around us happily.
"I'm sorry Celebi for keeping you cooped up all the time" Sayuri said sadly. Celebi seemed to understand Sayuri since it flew straight into her arms nuzzling her gently before flying toward me for the food I snuck for it. Once Celebi was satisfied it dove back into its hiding place in Sayuri's bag.
"We should go before they send a search party" I said gently grabbing Sayuri's hand. I noticed a small blush on her face accompanied with a small, shy smile.
"Yeah, let's go" She said softly lightly squeezing my hand and matching my pace as I lead her back to camp.
"Oh ho ho, there's the love birds" Rai said with a smirk and a flick of his hair. I scowled at him
"Shut up Rai we were just talking" I snapped glaring at him he only seemed to smirk more from my irritation but dropped the subject and went to sit with Sarina. I rolled my eyes and gently pulled Sayuri along to take our seats to eat dinner. Dinner was silent for awhile until Ash spoke up.
"So how far are we from the next Pokemon Center Brock?" Ash asked his mouth still full of food. Sayuri face palmed and looked away in shame at her father's behavior evidently all the beatings Uncle Ash took from Aunt Misty sure whipped him into shape with his manners later on in life.
"Daddy! Don't talk with your mouth full!" Sayuri said with a look of disgust on her face. Uncle Ash swallowed and smiled sheepishly.
"Haha sorry Sayuri!" Uncle Ash said scratching the back of his head. Uncle Brock just sighed, shaking his head.
"We are about a day's worth away from the nearest one." He said with another sigh.
"It's fine we are fine guys so don't worry so much!" Ren said noticing all of the grim facial expressions.
"Yeah no use crying over spilt milk let's finish our delicious meal, clean up then head to bed" Rose chimed in smiling. Though Rose and Ren tried to keep us positive, it was no secret that we were all eager to get to a Pokemon Center. Once we all finished we all helped to clean everything up and headed to our respected tents. I glanced over at Rai who had already passed out in a deep sleep and rolled my eyes 'even smirks in his sleep' I let out a quiet sigh and climbed out of my tent sleep wasn't easy for me to obtain with everything going on. I jumped slightly when I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked down to see Sayu glance up at me with a worried look in her brown eyes.
"Couldn't sleep either huh?" she said softly I shook my head sighing for the umpteenth time and gave her a sheepish smile.
"That obvious?" I asked playfully causing her to grin.
"Only a little" She said wrapping her arms around my waist with her head resting on my chest. I let out a contented sigh as I wrapped my arms around her tiny frame and rested my chin atop her head.
"I'm just really worried about them and for all of us" I muttered. Sayu was probably the only one I'd ever admit anything to without having to worry about being judged or her spreading around that I did in fact have a more sensitive side than what I led on.
"I know, I am too but Kairi is a strong girl, I'm sure Mira and Kairi are just fine and with all of us together, I know we will be too." she said softly smiling up at me. I glanced down at her and rested my forehead against hers closing my eyes.
"What would I do without you Sayu?" I mumbled I felt her move and opened my eyes when I felt her warm hand rested on my cheek and then her lips were against my cheek in a feather light kiss.
"The same as me if I didn't have you" she said smiling her brown eyes sparkling from the moonlight. I smiled and kissed her forehead causing her cheeks to redden.
"Come on, we should definitely head to bed before Ren or Uncle Brock sees us and fusses at us." I said with a snicker. She laughed and nodded both of us walked to our separate tents. I did a small wave causing her to smile and do the same before she climbed into her tent. I climbed back in my tent and into my sleeping bag hoping that sleep would finally come to me. We had a long day ahead of us tomorrow.
Kairi's POV
"Kairi! Wake up!" Mira said shaking me awake I groaned and rolled over to face her and glanced sleepily up at her. She was wearing a long sleeved white blouse with polka dots on it and a red skirt with black shoes.
"What?" I whined. She crossed her arms and glared down at me.
"It's time to get up so we can eat and head out! We are supposedly pretty close to Hearthome." Mira said I let out a sigh and sat up yawning tiredly.
"Where's Jennifer?" I asked noticing she wasn't in the tent.
"She's been helping mom" Mira said obviously not happy, I couldn't say I blamed her I still didn't fully trust Jennifer or Daniel even after last night's talk.
"Whatever let me change." I said motioning for her to leave. She rolled her eyes and left the tent closing it behind her. I dug through my bag and pulled out a pair of blue jeans and a put on a black tank top and a black and white striped flannel with the sleeves rolled up. I tied the laces of my black converse quickly and then brushed my hair and packed up my stuff. I climbed out of the tent and saw everyone was doing something. Mom was cooking, Jennifer was setting a table, Daniel and dad were sitting down relaxing. I noticed that the tents were packed up except for mine and Jennifer's.
"Morning Kairi," Mom called I smiled and walked over to her and gave her a quick hug.
"Morning mom" I glanced at dad and smiled
"Morning dad" He smirked and stood from his spot and laid his hand on top of my head.
"Morning" He said in his usual monotone voice. Dad definitely looked less stressed out today. My guess was that he was probably relieved how close we actually were to Hearthome. I glanced around when I felt eyes on me and saw Daniel watching me and dad with sad eyes. After what I learned from Jennifer I felt bad for the male but hid my sympathy. Daniel was wearing black ripped up jeans and a grey shirt with a dark blue flannel tied around his waist. His long hair was left loose and not in its usual ponytail, and he had on black sneakers. I glanced and saw Jennifer finished setting the table. Jennifer was wearing a long sleeved black and white striped crop top and a black skirt with black ankle boots with her long periwinkle colored hair cascading down her left shoulder in a neat braid. She seemed happier today as she hummed a tune while she fixed certain things on the table. I offered a small wave before I went over to take our tent down and store it away. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Daniel walk over to me awkwardly
"Need some help?" I glanced at him and stood up straight
"No, I got it but thanks" I said finishing up dug through my bag letting out my Pokemon. I was instantly tackled to the ground by luxray and the rest of my Pokemon causing me to erupt in giggles. Once I sat up my Pokemon ran off to join mom and dad's Pokemon. Umbreon stayed at my side tilting its head.
"I'm fine Umbreon" I said gently petting his head and stood up. He still followed me even as I grabbed their bowls and filled them with their food.
"Alright guys come and get it!" I called to my Pokemon and saw mom and dad were doing the same for their Pokemon as well while Jennifer was moving the food to the table with Daniel. Once we made sure all the Pokemon had their food we sat around the table and ate in silence. Once we all finished we cleaned and packed everything up and returned our Pokemon. Umbreon and Luxray absolutely refused to go back in their Pokeballs and continued to stare down Jennifer and Daniel as we began walking once more.
"Kairi seriously get them to stop," Jennifer snapped. I glanced at her and smirked
"Why? Scared?" I asked smirk still on my lips. Jennifer scoffed and looked away.
"No, I just don't like being stared at!" she snapped.
"Actually, they are kinda scaring me though" Daniel piped in causing Jennifer to scowl and shove him aside.
"I'm not gonna say anything to them cause they can keep you in line so no funny business happens" I snapped and continued on ahead catching up to dad and Mira.
"But we called a truce!" Daniel whined
"Don't worry masters! I'll protect you! Arf Arf!" Growlithe said wagging its tail. Jennifer rolled her eyes.
"Hooray we're saved" she muttered sarcastically and walked ahead of Daniel and Growlithe.
"Hey dad how much farther are we from here to Hearthome?" I asked. Dad let out a relieved sigh.
"Not too far, we made enough progress despite all of our breaks" He said glancing at Jennifer with a scowl on his face.
"So how long will it be?" Mom asked. Dad's eyes softened as he gazed at her with a small smirk on his features.
"We'll more than likely make it there by dinner time if all goes to plan." he said placing his hand on her head affectionately. Mom smiled and nodded, causing dad to move his hand back to his side. Mira and I watched with wide eyes as mom boldly grabbed dad's hand but despite her boldness her face still turned a tomato berry red from embarrassment. I held back a grin seeing that dad didn't pull away but continued to hold her hand not bothering to make eye contact with her. 'Aww dad's embarrassed' I glanced over at Mira and as if reading my thoughts she had a look of absolute amusement. I brought my finger to my lips in a shushing motion not wanting to ruin mom and dad's moment. Mira seemed to understand and nodded her head before grabbing my own hand and walking side by side with me.
Rin: Ok so next update will HOPEFULLY be Friday at the earliest if not it will be later on in the week! it feels so good to be back you guys have no idea how much I missed writing.