Neoshipping: Before Team Rocket

By: PiperSpoon13

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or the characters I just enjoy enhancing the back stories to my own twisted fancy

Summery: Butch and Cassidy and how they ended up wrapped up in the crime of team rocket.

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When they had said the 1st day would be brutal they weren't lying. After 5 obstacle courses Butch and I were pooped but it was only lunch. "Who do they think they starting us out so rough." Butch said as the server plopped the macaroni on his plate. I just went with the veggies. I didn't feel like mac and cheese. "I mean we aren't going to be perfect by the first day or the first week for that matter." he fumed on.

"Shut-up, you don't want them to hear you complaining." I said, under my breath, where only he could hear me. He did have a point though they we far too tough on the fist day. It was like Pierce and Harmony's training times ten. Maybe it's just because they were so much more intimidating, but they would yell if we couldn't keep up with the leader, who would run ahead of us. Another trainer would run behind us and about three would run with us calling us names and to 'run home to mommy'. There were a total of about 35 of us all between the ages of 12 and 17. Butch and I being 13 and 14 falling right in the median. A trainer had only gotten in my face once this morning because I couldn't push the foot ball dummy as fast as he thought I should. 'You're a puny little girl aren't you? Team Rocket doesn't have room for those that puny. Do you even weigh 100 pounds?" Actually I weighed 95 but I didn't need to know that "You never gonna beat that redhead at this rate." and that is what got my momentum. We were told we could quit or be dismissed any time for the next 3 weeks with no consequences at all. Our records would be shredded and all record of us will be destroyed. Two teams have already left, well one team and half of to others who where paired when they got here. Unfortunately not any of mine or Butch's roommates. Jessie's partner however left her and she got paired with some pansy, named James and told she would be dismissed if she scared him away.

I hope she does.

"Well at least we get class work for the next 4 hours." he says shoveling macaroni globs into his mouth. "Then we have another 3 hours of physical classes. Their trying to kill us, I tell you."

"If they hear you wining they might." I said, taking a bite of my salad.

"Your right it's still better than the streets or home and their food certainly better than tuna in a can." I couldn't help but laugh.

We went to class and was given a pre-test. The test was laughable; it was so freaking easy. Less than half the class then got put in an advance class, a total of 10, Jessie and her dingbat partner included. This class was not laughable at all like the basics.

The first 'activity' was disassembling an alarm but still keeping it all together or something like that. A female rocket in her late teens leaned over me. "Cut this wire" she said, it was the wrong one, she was telling me to cut the wrong one. They want us to fail, and they say one on one is better. I reached to cut the one which I knew was the one wire that would entirely shut down the alarm. "Boom!" she whispered in my ear. Than laughed and simply said "Good girl you went with you instincts." I looked at Butch, he was smiling. He must've not listened to his trainer either. Jessie however had black soot all over her face. It seemed that only four people managed not to be fooled. As I was putting up the alarm, I couldn't help but say "Hey Jessie I think you have something on you face." and sniggered back to my seat. She just glared at me but her partner started to giggle even though his face had black powder all over it too; she shoved him and he shushed up quickly.

"That was a dirty trick" Kayla said wiping her face with the towel they had provided.

"Life is filled with 'dirty tricks'. You just are going to have to out smart them." The head leader said. All the rockets helping us seemed to be agents. The one talking might have been their supervisor or something because he seemed to be talking to them too. "As criminals you will be running from the cops. There are no 'good cops' just bad ones you will be on probation if not behind bars. If your worth it the boss will bail you out by sending someone over or doing it himself if he's feeling that generous. But the worst thing you can do is talk to them, cops, not only will they stab you in the back but you would have stabbed the team in the back something that we don't forgive easily if at all." he now redirected his voice to strictly us. "If you can't deal with these facts you may quit now with now while you have no record or extensive knowledge about the team but if you leave you may not return if the cops find you youngsters and send you home. Well it's your problem but here we will guarantee you protection, as long as you prove worth which the ten of you are the most promising of this group. As of right now all of you are worthy of being on the team." The rest of the class seemed gloom. I was debating about leaving but the thought of loosing Butch. I had to stay here I was safe-r besides if I were to quit what would Jessie think. She'd think I ran home because I missed the life style. I would prove her right. No way, was I going to let that happen! I will be the better rocket; I will prove to her that I don't need the designer clothes and the big house. I will prove that anything she can do I can do better.

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Butch.

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Class was finally over and we had a 30 minute break before going back to the physical test again. At least they were letting us snack first. I grabbed a package of nuts. Cassidy, who seemed a bit quieter than her normal self picked a yellowish-green apple. "Cass are you sure you want to be here. Be criminals for God knows how long."

"We have no money and to find a job elsewhere means public records. Records your father will find us or worst mine. They haven't stopped looking for us or at least me. I found another ad for me in the paper. You know when we were reading the news. And most of all I'm not going to give Jessie the pleasure of finding out I couldn't handle her lifestyle. I couldn't handle not living the rich life." she finished taking a bite of her apple. We had walked outside to a court yard so I could finally smoke.

"Class wasn't so bad" I said changing the subject. "But I'm sure it'll get harder" Cassidy had now thrown the apple core on the ground so a Mankey will leave her alone

"We probably should get going we have to be back at the track in five minutes". I put my cigarette in the ash tray on top of the outside trash can. I looked around to see if any one was watching us, and snuck a kiss on Cassidy's cheek. She blushed a little and lightly shoved me. When someone grabbed my arm.

"Hey buddy!" a rocket in a white uniform said grabbing my arm. He was a big man one that might be on the football team it this place was High School. He was not smiling but seemed like he was about to beat the crud out of me.

"Uh…sorry sir but we really have to get going." I said awkwardly trying not to show how intimidated I was. All of the sudden the guy busted out laughing.

"I was just going to ask you for a light. Gosh your such a noob." I tossed him my lighter and he lit up his cigerate. "Thanks man, but you should really be careful about that."

We made it back the track with about a minute to spare. The purple team however was late and the dark red lipstick the girl, I think her name's Kayla, was wearing was faded. No need to guess why they were late. But it seemed that everyone but the trainers knew what was going on. Another girl who was wearing a light red suit passed her a compact, and she fixed it before any of them noticed. At least we weren't the only team restraining themselves from romance.

One of the first physical test that evening was climbing a very long rope without any gloves. I did it the quickest out of the guys(they had separated us just be fairish). The quickest of the girls was Kayla, the faded lipstick girl. Cassidy and Jessie had tied for second. I could tell it really irked them both. The two of them seemed to be substituting killing each other with competing with ever little thing. I had never seen such rivalry and a tie caused them to begin arguing. The trainers then have them race each other just to settle it. Cassidy came in first by milliseconds. The whole group was silent even the two of them who were exchanging hateful scowls. As soon as the class was dismissed Jessie took off; I think she may have been trying not to cry. Cassidy just sat seeming very pleased with herself. I'm not sure I like this competitive side of her very much.

After dinner we had 2 hours to study or work on whatever. "I'm going to the gym, you want to come." she said grabbing her half full tray. I followed her almost because she was starting to scare me a little. She had always ate like a pidgey but never had she been so set on anything since we ran off three years ago.

Once at the gym, I figure I might as well work out while keeping a close eye on her. Jessie was already there running vigorously on the treadmill her partner was on the weight machines and was now trapped under a dumb bell. I went over to him and lifted it back up to the rack. The boy looked oddly familiar, blue hair, green eyes. This was the same kid I used to bully. He looked up at me "Thanks." he said then he caught Jessie's warning looks. Cassidy was giving me some of her own. That is when James and I turned on each other. "I could've got it myself." he said hotly.

"Yes! You seemed like you were getting it just perfectly suffocating underneath the bar I said laying down on the one next to it with more weights just to spite him by lifting twice as much. So we were to be arch enemies as well; Good thing I bullied him before. Not that he remembers. He was probably bullied all though school anyway.