Hello everyone! Sorry that I did not update last week! So here is chapter four. I think this chapter came out okay and I am please with it for the most part. Now I wrote half of it when I was sick, and the other half at like midnight... Anyway reviews are appreciated and I will try to get chapter 5 up tomorrow! I have started a blog about this story so check it out here: You can ask me questions about the story there or any comments you might have. I am also taking requests for one shots or a quick song fic. I will do them fore Pokemon, Fairy Tail, and Soul Eater. You can either send me the shipping you want, the storyline, and/or the song and I will try to post it within a week of it being sent to me! You can e-mail me at karirinasan ! Okay, enjoy!
~Chapter 4: A king, a hero, a gym leader, and a thief walk into a bar…~
I laid on my stomach and sighed heavily. We had been in Kanto a few weeks now, arriving in late spring and it was now early summer, and I still felt that I knew almost nothing about N. Well, that wasn't fair to say. I knew that his mother died when he was a young boy and that Ghetsis abused him. I knew that he was raised by Anthena and Concordia and was surrounded by Pokémon that were abused, so he grew up trying to make the world a better place for Pokémon. But all this I knew before he left me a year ago. I now knew that he preferred vanilla over chocolate, liked sweet treats over sour, played the violin, he can heal Pokémon (though he becomes very tired after), loves to learn about the history of everything, loves being outdoors, loves reading more than math, and is the world's biggest cuddler.
That is what we were doing at the moment, actually. We were lying in my bed in the hotel room we were sharing in Celadon City. N had his arms wrapped around my waist and was burying his head in-between my shoulder blades, nuzzling me every now and then.
"Touko, what is the matter?" he asked into my back.
"Nothing," I said moving closer to him.
"You are lying, that is the third time you have sighed in the last ten minutes." N flipped me over so I way lying on my back. "You are homesick?" His big gray eyes looked at me methodically, searching for the answer.
"Yeah, a little." It wasn't a lie. I did miss my friends and family. I knew that when N was ready he would tell me everything; I just needed to be patient.
"I am sorry," N said, and he meant it. "I know you just talked to them on the telephone earlier today, but you must miss them dearly. If you like, we can return to Unova now."
My heart swelled at his offer. I know that he didn't want to go. He had this plan that involved us traveling to all the regions. We would first start off in Kanto, then head to Johto this fall, spend the winter in sunny Hoenn, and end with a trip to Sinnoh in the spring before returning home to Unova. He was trying to make up for the time we were separate, and trying to prove that he cared for me. But he didn't need to.
"No, I want to be here. I like spending time with you away from any responsibility I may have. I do miss them a little but I'm on vacation with my boyfriend, I couldn't be happier." I said smiling and sitting up.
N looked relieved and laid his head on my lap. "Good," he said smiling. I smiled down at him and ran my fingers through his long green hair. "I want you to be happy"
"I am. A little bored is all."
"Then let us go out. Let us go dancing!" N sat up excitedly and pulled me onto his lap. "I was talking to Bianca for a little earlier, and she told me about how all of you would go every once and a while. She told me how much you love to dance."
"I…I don't know, N," I said playing with the front of his shirt.
"Please, I have never been out dancing before. I have had dance lessons growing up, but I have never had the chance to put them to use." N pleaded with me.
I smiled and imagined N trying to waltz in the middle of a club. "Fine, I'll go. But I'm going to warn you now, the dancing at the club won't be like anything you were taught."
"That is not dancing!" N proclaimed loudly to be heard over the din of the club.
"I warned you." I said laughing. All over the dance floor there were people pressing up against one another, swaying their hips, moving their arms, and grinding up against anything that moved.
"And the music, it is so loud!"
I just shrugged. "C'mon, let's get something to drink." I pulled N to the bar and ordered two waters.
"Well, I am appalled." N announced after we had gotten our drinks. "I had asked the receptionist at the desk for a nice place for us to go dancing, and she sends us here!" N looked warily around the club. "Though I am glad you made me change before we left." When I had emerged from the bathroom at the hotel, N was in a pair of black pants and a black button up shirt with a white tie, and in the process of putting on cuff links. I was in sleeveless black turtleneck, a dark green skirt with a slip up the side and had pulled my hair up into its trademark ponytail. Upon seeing his choice in clothing I immediately made him change, too much protest on N's part. He was now in jeans and had kept the black button up shirt, though now it was open over a dark green shirt.
"This is actually a pretty nice club." I said taking a sip of my water. "Much nice than to most of the ones I've been to."
N looked at me, analyzing my answer. "And you have 'danced' like that?" He asked, gesturing to the dance floor.
"Yeah," I said, shrugging again. N looked horrified. "Oh, it's not that bad. I mean, you might get a few gropers in there, but it's not too bad." N opened his mouth to say something but I continued on. "It's not like I liked that part. I liked being with my friends and being a free spirit. Now it seems kind of scary." I moved closer to N and wrapped an arm around his waist, the top of my head reached the middle of his neck, and I looked up at him. "Let's go back to the hotel or catch a movie or something. I don't want you to be uncomfortable."
Before N could answer a strong hand grabbed my shoulder and spun me around. "Blue, what do you think-Oh! Sorry!" A familiar looking boy about my age, with hard green eyes and brown hair was holding onto my shoulder. He was in a purple tee shirt, jeans, and wore a pendant around his neck. He dropped his arm and took a step back. "Sorry! I thought you were my girlfriend."
"Green Oak what do you think you are doing!" A very pretty girl walked up to him. Her tone of voice sounded angry, but she was smirking. I noticed she was in a similar outfit to mine, but her skirt was black and her top was green. She was also wearing her hair in a ponytail. "I go to use the bathroom for 5 minutes and come back to find you trying to pick up another girl. Though I do admit she has great style." The girl winked at me as she playfully shoved her boyfriend. "Sorry about the dolt here!" The girl said to me as the boy muttered 'pesky girl'. "I'm Blue and this is Green!"
"It's fine! Mistakes happen! I'm Touko and this is N." I said introducing us.
"Oh! I know who you are!" Blue said excitedly. "Our friend Red has told us about you! He was very disappointed he never got to battle you."
"I was too," I said.
"Let us sit down to talk." N said, speaking up. "I believe I see some tables over in the corner."
We all agreed and walked over to a table. As soon as we sat down a waitress came over to take our orders for drinks. "I'll have Apritini," Blue said at once. "He'll have a Brass Mankey," she said referring to Green. "What about you guys?" Blue asked us.
Water for me," I said.
"I will have a Cerulean Cape Ice Tea," N said after quickly scrutinizing a menu that was on our table.
"Are you sure?" I asked N. "It might be better if you get water."
"I will be fine. It is just an ice tea." N said smiling.
I looked at him skeptically but didn't press it farther. I looked across the table at the couple before us, and I suddenly knew why Green looked familiar to me. "You're Daisy's brother," I said to Green.
"Yep, I was wondering when you would catch on. Daisy mentioned you to me after you had met. She really took a liking to you."
The four of us soon began to talk and our drinks soon arrived. About fifteen minutes later I could tell Blue was beginning to get bored, and a noticed mischievous glints appear in her eyes. "Hey, you guys want to play a game?" She asked slyly.
"I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH BLUE!"
"I know Green, now stop yelling."
"I love you too, Touko!" N said nuzzling into my hair. He wrapped his arms around my waist and began to kiss my neck.
Several rounds of drinks later, the four of us were walking through a park in the dead of night. Blue was supporting a very drunk Green very well, considering he was holding onto her so tight it looked like she could barely move. Meanwhile, an equally drunk N was leaning heavily on me. Blue, who had drunk more than either of the two boys, looked as though she was completely fine if not a bit tipsy.
"How the hell can you walk straight and carry him?" I asked totally amazed. Blue's little game had basically just involved them trying different drinks until they ran out of money. N and Green had been reluctant, but she had somehow convinced them to do it. She almost got me, but I had decided against it in the end. She was very persuasive, and just when it seemed like they had run out of money, she mysteriously had more.
"Girlfriend can hold her liquor." Blue said simply.
"Ah," I said simply. "N, stop that." I said as he nuzzled my neck and kissed it more.
"I'M SORRY IF I ACT LIKE A PRAT SOMETIMES BLUE! I JUST LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH AND DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU."
Blue looked amusedly at her boyfriend. "And how would you lose me? And don't yell, Green."
"To the police," Green said very solemnly. "You were taking money from people tonight at the club. I saw. You use to be a thief, remember?"
"I remember Green." Blue said laughing. "Hey, are you okay getting him back to your hotel?" Blue asked me.
"Yeah," I said. "It's only a couple blocks from here. What about you guys? Do you need a place to crash?"
"No, that's okay!" Blue said reaching into Green's pocket. "I'm just going to use a Pokémon to get us home. We live in Pallet Town, but it won't take long!"
"Uh-oh," Green said. "Daisy won't be happy is she sees us. She doesn't like it when I'm drunk."
"Well at least you've sobered up enough to realized your drunk." Blue said pulling out a pokéball from Green's pocket. An Abra appeared and wrapped itself lovingly around Blue's leg. "Ah, before we go here, have this." Blue said pulling a small, thin, square object from Green's pocket. "I think you might need this more than we will tonight." Blue said winking. I felt my face grow hot and before I could protest they had teleported away.
"Mm Touko, what's that?" N asked releasing me and looking at my hand .
"Nothing!" I said quickly closing my hand.
"You're lying. I wanna see it!" N said trying to look at my hand.
"It's nothing really," I said backing away.
"Then why can't I see it?" N asked, backing me into a tree.
"Because," I answered back lamely.
N smirked at me. "That's not a good reason, Touko." N lowered his head and kissed my cheek. "C'mon Touko, tell me." He whispered in my ear, nibbling my ear lobe. I gasped in surprised and N leaned into me, pinning me against the tree. He kissed along my jaw line and lifted up my legs to wrap around his waist. Once we were the same level he began to kiss me hard. N placed one hand on the back of my head, and the other began to caress my upper thigh. His tongue begged for entrance, and when I granted it I tasted alcohol.
I felt sick and pushed him away gently. "N, stop. You're drunk. Let's just go back to the hotel, okay?"
He looked like he wanted to protest, but he didn't. I knew he saw something in my face, something dark, something I didn't want him to see. He just lowered me to the ground and took my hand.
The next morning N woke up with a horrible headache. His head felt like Excadrills were trying to drill their way out of his head. Sitting up he noticed a sleeping Touko next to him. N vaguely remembered begging Touko to cuddle with him until he fell asleep. N got up quietly, and went to the bathroom to get a drink of water. On his way he noticed an envelope pushed under the door. He curiously picked it up and opened it. When he saw the contents, N froze in fear. Inside were picture, pictures of himself and Touko. Pictures of them at the museum in Pewter City, pictures of them on Cerulean Cape with Red and Misty, pictures of them talking with the funny little man named Mr. Pokémon in Lavender Town, and pictures of them last night at the club and in the park. N's face burned with shame upon seeing the last picture. How could he have acted so ungentlemanly like that? N looked over at Touko's sleeping face, peaceful and serene, and he carefully got his pokégear and made a call.
"Hello, Agent Looker? I apologize for calling so early, but we need to make a change of plans. Yes, they've made a move."
