Disclaimers: I do NOT own Pokémon! This is just fanmade.
WARNING: This will be an Egoshipping (GaryxMisty) story. If you don't like this pairing I suggest you stop reading right now.
Shattered
Chapter five: Fighting
Team Aqua headquarters: (Misty's POV)
A faint beeping sound made Misty stir. The last thing she could remember was going outside to go towards Mt. Pyre. Everything went black after that. Her memories were just a blur and as she tried to think about what had happened, nothing came to her. Except for the horrible dreams of her past. She'd woken up because of them, because of her nightmares. She'd wanted to scream but she felt she couldn't move her body. Only a slight movement already took all of her energy.
She laid still for a while and tried to remember anything she could. Kai. Where was he? More importantly, where was she right now? Did she know the place she was in? Yes, she was sure of it. She recognized the scent around here and the beeping sound was familiar to her as well.
"How is she, doctor?"
A frown was plastered on her face. She knew his voice. But why was he speaking to a doctor?
"She is waking up, admin Sapphire. It seems she's finally recovering."
Recovering? Recovering from what? What were they saying? Was she in the hospital? Why would she be here? Had something happened to her? Impossible. She was undefeatable. Nothing or no one could've hurt her so bad she'd end up in the hospital.
"You can go now," she heard Kai whisper. "I would like to have a talk with her when she wakes up. I shall call you when I leave. The tests can start then, if that is alright with you?"
"Of course, admin," the doctor answered. A few seconds later she heard a door close and someone scraping a chair over the floor. It was a horrible sound.
"Be st-" she tried to say, but she couldn't find her voice. Why was everything so damn hard. "Wha- hapd to-"
"Misty, stay quiet," Kai answered. "I will give you all the answers you need later on. For now, I just want to say some things to you. Your body and mind were in a state of shock the past few days. You've been lying in the hospital for three days now and you will be fine in a week or so. The doctor will run some tests later today."
Misty let out a deep sigh. She still wondered what had happened to her but she was pretty sure she could trust him on this one. He would not want to have her killed. Part of her knew that, but she could not recall why she was so sure of this.
"Misty?" Kai whispered.
She nodded once, still too tired to speak. Her eyes had opened for a split second but she needed to close them again. Everything around her was too bright. The lights, the white walls, even Kai's eyes that were looking down on her. Her headache didn't help either.
"What's my name?"
She raised one of her eyebrows at him. Was he seriously doubting her mental ability right now? "Kai," she answered.
"And you love to fight with me, don't you?"
He was probably smirking at her. Too curious, she opened her eyes. Oh yes, he was smirking. Somehow he seemed to be relieved as well. But what for? All these questions just made her headache worse.
"I do," she whispered before falling asleep again, dreaming of Togepis and gym battles. Of the people she'd lost and the people that had stopped looking for her.
That night in Gary's bedroom: (Gary's POV)
A knock on the door woke up the brunette and his Umbreon sniffed in the air once before retreating into his pokéball. At first Gary was not sure what was happening until he heard someone at the other side shout at him.
"Admin Sapphire, the doctor wants you to come to the hospital immediately. Something is happening to admin Emerald!"
"Misty," he whispered, realizing what was wrong. He jumped out of bed, not caring he was wearing nothing but his green pyjama bottoms and the blonde female grunt that was waiting for him had to hide her blush when he almost bumped into her with his chest. Although he was slightly flattered, he did not have the time or need to talk to this girl. He needed to see Misty right away.
"Thank you," he said to the grunt, avoiding her gaze. "You can go back to your duties now. If something comes up, do not disturb me until I am back in my room."
The grunt nodded shyly, giggled and kept watching his back as he ran towards the hospital. He had no idea what could be wrong with Misty but when he arrived in the room he saw several nurses holding her hands onto the bed while strapping her legs onto it.
"Stop!" he shouted at them. Almost all of them jumped out of surprise and when they all kept still he noticed Misty's struggling, sweat pouring down her face. "What are you doing? That is your admin lying there. Help her instead of forcing her into something!"
Some of the nurses looked at him with a surprised expression, some with shame. "But admin, she has been screaming for half an hour, can't keep her calm unless we-", one of them said but Gary's look made her stop speaking.
"Leave this room, right now!" he said with a stern voice.
Quietly, they all left the room and Gary walked over to Misty who started to scream now. Her orange shirt and grey shorts seemed to stick to her body as she was sweating like a Grumpig. When he laid his hand onto her forehead he immediately realized she had a fever. Where was the doctor when he needed him?
"Misty," he said to her, taking one of her hands in his. "You are alright. Wake up, Misty."
But she wouldn't wake up, she could only scream and struggle against his grip. Sometimes she'd scream someone's name but he wouldn't recognize it. Until she said his name. Ash. It was then he realized what was happening. Mack's illusions were still having an effect on her, in her dreams. Something needed to be done to drift them away. But what?
"That's it!" he said to himself a few seconds later. "Come on Misty, we're going for a little trip."
He let go of her hand and took her in his arms. She felt small and even her powerful punch from yesterday, she'd lost. Her kicks and punches in his stomach, ribs and face didn't do anything to him. She was powerless, helpless. Never, had he seen her like this. It was as if she'd fallen into some sort of dark dream that drained all the power from her body.
While running towards the training room, he felt her sweat now dripping onto his chest. She wasn't looking too good. Several grunts gave him weird looks as he ran past them, but he didn't care. Not until Shelly almost walked into him and gaped at him.
"What do you think you're doing?" she shouted. "Why are you running around with a sick person? And wear some clothes, for Mew's sake!"
"Will. Explain. Later." he answered before running past her. He was almost there. He only hoped the Pokémon would not be out on a mission and would have the same abilities as his own Pokémon. It just had to. Else Misty could stay in this state for days. He had seen the illusion powers of a Zoroark back in Unova. He would not let the same thing happen to the young woman in his arms. He refused to.
With one of his feet, he kicked open the door of the training room, waking some of the Pokémon as he almost fell into the room. A Starmie seemed to have noticed them and swam to the edge of the pool, making sounds as it recognized its parent's trainer.
"Can you find me an Alakzam?" he asked the Pokémon and the Starmie darted of in another direction, the darkness surrounding him. Shelly had now arrived by Gary's side, Matt's Azumarill accompanying her.
"What are you planning?" she asked suspiciously. "You're not going to kill her, are you?"
Gary tried to catch his breath before answering. Why was this woman so concerned about Misty. She hadn't even visited her in the hospital. He knew because he'd asked the doctor who visited. No one had visited the auburn haired woman but him.
"Mack's illusions still have their effect on her mind," he answered as an Alakzam now approached them, the Starmie following it closely. "I thought Alakzam could fix that. We'll see in a bit."
"Ala! Zam!" the psychic Pokémon said to Gary who explained everything to the Pokémon. It nodded once and closed it eyes, sensing for the illusions in Misty's head.
"And?" Gary asked. "Can you help her?"
The Alakzam opened its eyes again and looked into Gary's, hitting him with such mental force that he fell on the ground, Misty still struggling in his arms. He could see it, everything that was going on in her mind. The trip towards Slateport when she'd left home. Her sisters laughing at her, Ash leaving. Her Togetic that flew away, her mother dying. The back of an older man who left the gym, the letter that arrived a few years later to tell he was dead. He could see it all. Such horrible things.
"Help her," he said once the Alakzam stopped showing him the images.
It nodded once and closed its eyes again, laying one of his paws onto Misty's head. A faint purple glow appeared around her and the struggling stopped. So did the screams. Shelly stood by and watched her friend turn to normal again.
"What did he do?" she whispered once Misty fell into a peaceful sleep, part of her resting against Gary's chest, part of her leaning against the wall. "It's impossible for Pokémon to heal people, right? Only Chanceys and Audino's are used in hospitals. How did you know he would be able to heal her?"
Gary caught his breath, still fighting the images in his head. He'd been able to read her mind for just a second. There were no happy memories. It was as if they were all locked up somewhere in her mind. She was hiding them.
"He used his Calm Mind," he answered. "And every Pokémon can heal or save a person if the right move is used. You just need to know which."
He stood up, taking Misty in his arms again. "Do you know the code of her bedroom?" he asked. "She doesn't need the hospital. Just let her rest in her own room. Those nurses do not know how to handle the sick. You better tell Archie about that."
Shelly watched him and did not answer. She didn't trust this man who knew so much and was good at everything. There was something going on with him, she was sure of it. Saving Misty when she was falling off a cliff would be impossible with only his Blastoise. Unless he'd saved her from the water. But there were no signs she had fallen into that ice cold water… Her temperature was pretty much fine when she got back to HQ…
"Fine," Gary said impatiently, "Alakzam come with me for a second. You can go back to sleep after that, alright?"
The Pokémon nodded, knowing what Gary meant and followed him back into the hallways. Shelly and the Azumarill kept standing in the doorway and watched them disappear, the red haired admin thinking of a way to find out more about this new male admin.
So, the Pokémon and the two admins walked through the building, several grunts still standing in the hallway and watching them. More of them had come out of their bedrooms to watch, but Gary ignored them all. His mind was racing about the things he'd seen. He had to find a solution to Misty's problem. She needed to remember the happy times again instead of fill her heart and mind with only bad memories.
"Use Telekinesis," Gary said to the Pokémon once they reached Misty's doorway. It opened and Gary stepped inside, the darkness surrounding him. He laid her down gently onto the bed and she immediately snuggled closer to her pillow. She'd be alright.
"Goodnight, Misty," he whispered.
As he turned around, the Alakzam was watching him intently, its eyes staring into his again. This time its mental force didn't make him tumble backwards but he just kept standing still, memories of Misty's travelling days blurring into one with his own. The hatching of her Togepi, the fight she had with Ash over a Totodile, the time when Ash took her bike, the tears that fell when Ash and Brock left, the challengers in her gym who lost and won, her mother picking roses with her, the day she got her Eevee, and the day she and Gary met.
"You know," he whispered to the Pokémon. It didn't respond to him anymore but just teleported back to the training room and closed the door, forcing Gary to stay with Misty until she woke up.
He walked over to the couch and kept watching Misty for a while, making sure she was alright. After that he went to sleep and dreamed about his travelling days and all the things that had happened these past few months. He had to get through to Misty, no matter what.
The next morning: (Misty's POV)
Misty woke up by the sound of a shower running. She opened her eyes for a split second and recognized the room as her own. Her headache had disappeared and she faintly remembered lying in the hospital. Her memories of the past few days were nothing but a blur but she knew that Kai would be the one to answer her questions. He had promised her that, hadn't he?
The shower stopped running and she heard the door open and close again. So someone really was showering. In her room.
She got up, her knees still a bit weak but she managed to get to the bathroom door without falling over. After taking a couple of breaths, she opened the door and was stunned to see Kai standing in front of her, a towel around his waist.
"What do you think you're doing?" she shouted at him. He was so not using her blue Tentacruel towel, was he? If he was then oh Mew, she'd rip it off his body. If he was wearing something underneath… It didn't seem like a good option right now.
"What does it look like, Red?" he asked her and she scoffed at him, crossing her arms in front of her chest. It had been years since someone had called her that. She didn't like the nickname at all.
"This is my bathroom, Kai. Go to your room and use your shower."
"I'm afraid that won't work since I don't know the code of your room. You see, I brought you in here with the use of an Alakzam after it had used its powers on you and well I-"
"You what?" she shouted, now walking into the bathroom and pointing her finger at his chest. "Who do you think you are, breaking into my room, using a Pokémon's powers on me?"
"I'm an admin," he smirked. "I can do anything I want, even to you."
"You!" she shouted at him before hurling herself at him, knocking both of them to the ground. "Now you tell me what has happened these past few days or I will kill you. Admin or not."
"No you won't," he smirked at her, her hand around his neck. "You can not kill the one that has saved your life, Misty. Besides, you're too weak to do anything to me."
She let go of him and before she could ask another question she realized their position. "Oh for Mew's sake, put some clothes on will you! And if you don't, I'll kick you out right now!"
"Sorry babe, didn't bring any clothes. You really don't remember what happened last night, did you?" he purred at her, his face inches from hers. "Oh, is that a blush I see there. What are you imagining in your head? Is someone infatuated by me?"
"Kai!" she shouted again while standing up and stumbling towards the door. Attacking him had not been such a great idea after all. "I swear I will make you pay for this! Get out!"
"Yes, my lady," he obliged while walking towards her door. "Thanks for tonight, it was wonderful…"
She opened the door and he took some green pants from her couch before leaving. "See you at breakfast," he said to her as he intended to leave a kiss on her cheek.
"Make sure I don't poison it," she glared at him while taking a step back. Why was he acting so familiar with her? It just made her angry.
"You won't," he simply stated before walking towards his room.
Misty closed the door and she went back to her bathroom, still angry. She had no idea about the events of last night and she was sure Kai was just playing with her. "Cocky egomaniac who-"
She walked towards the hallway again, opened the door and screamed. "I want that towel back, Kai!"
Right before he turned the corner he waved at her with the back of his hand. "Come and get it, sugar."
That was the straw that broke the Camerupt's back.
Later in the cafeteria: (Misty's POV)
As Misty walked into the cafeteria, she was surprised to see Shelly and Matt at their table. It had been a week or so since the three of them could eat breakfast together and she was actually looking forward to it. Until a certain brown haired young man started walking by her side.
"So, do I have to bring your towel back tonight or would you rather come at my place?" he asked, several grunts who had heard him now turning their heads.
Misty only glared. "Admin Sapphire, I would appreciate it if you left your fantasies to yourself. As if you would be man enough for me."
Several of the grunts snickered and even Kai had a smile on his face. "You didn't seem to mind when I held you in my arms last night, it seems as if you really do like me. Or at least my bare chest."
Misty stopped in her tracks and glared at his back, her hand now resting on her gun. She really did want to shoot him right now. The grunts whispering around her did not help her to calm down either. It even seemed as if they were actually telling Kai was right.
"I challenge you to a battle right now!" she shouted at him. "You and me, one on one."
Kai stopped, turned around and smirked. "What are you going to do, sugar? You still need to rest a couple of days, remember? Besides, last night was tiring enough for me…"
"It will be you who needs rest," Misty answered before dashing towards him, a smile tugging at her lips. She'd show him who really was the strong one. But once she was close enough to hit him she got stopped by another male's voice.
"Children," Archie said. "Calm down. I still need my admins. You can take your battle outside, after you heal up Emerald. Jet, show the grunts your pokémon's new move in the training room after breakfast, alright?"
Jet nodded once, knowing that Archie actually meant he had to erase the grunt's memories of last night. The relationship between Kai and Misty had been questioned by all of them and even Archie had heard of the events.
"Emerald and Sapphire, have a talk about the past days, yes? I will be expecting both of you later tonight in order to assign you to another mission. A real one this time. I think Sapphire has proved to be worthy of his title."
"But," Misty interrupted, "he hasn't gone through all the test he-"
"You will understand in a while. Now go. I'll be expecting you after dinner. And train some more together the next couple of weeks. I want you and your Pokémon to be perfectly trained for this mission. Understood?"
Misty nodded once and Kai just shrugged while walking towards the buffet. He was hungry and he wouldn't let anyone disturb his meal. Well, maybe he'd let Misty do so but only if it was to fight with him.
"Tell me," she said to him as she nibbled on some toast five minutes later. Matt and Shelly had gone to the training room to prepare the Crobats and they were left alone at the table. "What happened that night?"
"I saved you," he stated, playing with his empty glass. His mind was racing, she saw it. His eyes had that strange look when he was thinking, as if nothing in the world existed apart from him and his memories. "What do you remember?"
"I went to Mt. Pyre and then… I don't know. You were at the hostel with my Vaporeon, right? So how did you save me? From who or what?"
"Team Magma was at Mt. Pyre. Some grunts and their admin, Mack. You probably know him and his powers, Matt told me about it. He did something to your mind, he showed you illusions. And you believed them and followed him up onto the mountain. That's when he shoved you off the cliff. You fell but I was able to save you. Your Vaporeon and I followed you outside, it must've sensed danger."
"Then what did you do to me last night?"
"You woke up in the hospital yesterday after three days of sleep. Everything seemed to be fine until you started to struggle in your sleep. You were screaming pretty bad too. That's when I found out Mack's illusions must've been stronger than we suspected. I brought you to an Alakazam who used his Calm Mind on you. You seemed to be fine after that so I brought you back to your room. The Alakazam used his powers to open your door but closed it again before I could get out. Maybe he wanted me to look after you or something."
"You're lying," Misty answered as she got up from her chair. "There is no way all of that could've happened to me."
"Then go ask Shelly," Kai answered. "She was right there last night. By the way, those nurses you have around here aren't really well trained. We should do something about that after our mission."
"You already feel at home here, don't you?" she asked, cleaning her lips with a napkin. "I had never expected you to. You are too good to be part of this organization."
He raised an eyebrow at her, finishing his toast with one gulp. "What do you mean? Too good?"
"You and your Pokémon are well trained, you could easily search for another goal in life. And you are not pure evil like some of these people. I know you are. My Vaporeon wouldn't like you if you were," Misty answered, picking up her plate.
"Aren't you exactly the same?" he whispered to her back.
She acted as if she had not heard him and walked away, knowing that he was right.
Later that day, at Archie's quarters:
"In a few weeks, you will go to Mossdeep City and break into the Team Magma building. I want to know if they are creating a red orb or not. You shall not be seen, and if you are, make sure you get out there fast enough," Archie said to his two admins. Shelly was standing next to him, a worried expression in her eyes.
"Kai, I want to thank you. You've saved one of my admins and I'm very grateful for that. You can go now, Misty, I still need to talk to you."
Kai nodded once and left, but not before winking at Misty. What was he trying to do? Always teasing her, always laughing at her. She'd had enough of him already!
"Yes?" Misty asked as soon as Kai closed the door. "What's wrong?"
"I was wondering," Archie began as he took a cigar out of a brown little box on his desk. "Do you think we shouldn't trust Kai? Shelly has had her suspicions these past few days but I'm sure you will be able to judge him better since he has saved you. Well?"
Misty hesitated for a second. She didn't like Kai at all but he took care of her, and she took care of him in some weird way. Did she really want to give that up? Or was she just getting soft because of him? He was her equal in many ways, but he was also way better at things. She wasn't sure if she liked that.
"He doesn't seem dangerous to me, thanks for looking out for me Shelly," she said. "I have to go now, I still need to train some more with my Azumarill. I'll see you tomorrow."
Archie nodded and let her go. "Keep watching him, Shelly. I want to know who he is and how he got into this organization in the first place. He may seem like he's a perfect catch for our team but I doubt that his reasons for joining are sincere."
"Yes, Archie," Shelly answered. "I will continue my search to find his true identity. Tomorrow I'll be leaving for Sinnoh."
"Good, very good," Archie said.
One hour later at the training room: (Gary's POV)
"Blastoise use your Hydro Pump!" Gary shouted. His Pokémon barely missed its target. "Your Azumarill is pretty fast, Misty," he complimented her. "But not fast enough!"
"Don't get too full of yourself, Kai," she responded with a smirk. "Use Grass Knot!"
Gary was taken aback by this move and his Blastoise fainted only a second later. "Good job, buddy," he said to his pokéball.
Misty ordered her Azumarill back into her pokéball as well and picked up her purple sweater from the floor. They had been training an hour or so and Gary noticed she was still tired after the events of the past couple of days.
"We should stop for today," he said to her but she shook her head. "Misty, I mean it. I'm tired, you're tired. You won. Happy now? Or should I go and sit down on my knees and praise you, oh almighty admin?"
Instead of scoffing at him, she smiled a little. So did Gary. He loved to see her smile from time to time. It made him realize that what he was doing actually had a purpose. He had been doubting himself these past few weeks but somehow, he knew that everything would turn out well in the end. It just had to.
"You could just give me back my towel," she teased him as she walked past him. "And you better don't forget what you just said, I am an almighty admin you know."
"You just wait until I beat you again," he said as he followed her outside the training room. "I'm quite good at battling you know."
"Yes you are," Misty said, looking in his eyes. "I'm sure you're good at a lot of things."
Her finger traced his chest but Gary took her hand in his. "I'm not going to fall for that again, babe. I know you want to know if I can be distracted. That's why your hand is around your gun right now, isn't it. You want to prove that you are better than me."
She frowned at him and let go of her gun. "You really are getting better at this. But don't worry, I always have new tricks to test you and one day, you will fail. And when you fall back down and become a grunt again, I will be the one to laugh."
"Oh my dearest Misty," Gary said as he planted a kiss on her hand, "you will be the one to fall. For me."
This made her laugh, like she hadn't laughed in years. "You know," she said. "The day that that happens, will be the day my Swampert evolves into a Mudkip."
"That can be arranged," Gary answered while laying his arm around her shoulders. "So, my room or yours? Since you'll have to fight me for that towel?"
Misty ducked, and twisted Gary's arm. "Never underestimate me, pretty boy. You can't always win against me."
"I would seriously doubt that, babe," Gary answered. It was then that Misty's grip on him loosened and it seemed as if she was in a faraway place.
"Misty," he said to her. "Are you okay?"
"I-I- just remembered. Mack. What he did to me…," she whispered. "I was attacking their grunts and then he… He asked me if I wanted to swim."
A small sob now escaped her lips and she let go of him, running towards her quarters. Gary just stood still and didn't run after her. He knew she wanted to be alone. All he could do now, was hope she didn't remember his name. He would be dead if she did.
"Ah buddy, I guess we're not going to look after her tonight after all," he whispered to his pokéball. "She'll be alright I guess. We'll let her fight us tomorrow." A small glow appeared on his necklace and he smiled. "Let's go to bed."
As Gary left, he didn't see the red haired woman standing in the doorway behind him. She was sure she'd seen the necklace light up. There was something strange going on with this man, and she would find out what.
Once he arrived in his room, he took Misty's towel as he sat on his bed. His Umbreon joined him a few seconds later and Gary started to twist and turn the towel in his hands. Once he was lying flat on his back, the towel fell into his face and he noticed it had her scent on it.
"Am I still doing the right thing?" he whispered more to himself than to his Pokémon. Without getting an answer, he fell asleep and dreamt about Misty for the first time in his life.
He dreamt about the first time he'd seen her smile, about her laugh and about every time she'd teased him. And somehow, he felt happy inside. Because this was the answer to his question, he was doing the right thing.
The next morning when he woke up, he jumped in and out of the shower as fast as he could and almost ran towards her room with her towel in his hand. Just as he had placed his arm on one side of the door and had his smirk plastered on his face she opened the door, only to step back a few steps when she saw him.
"Morning, sunshine," he said. "Thought you wanted something back."
She frowned once and when she saw her Tentacruel towel, she immediately took it from his hands.
"Now, a thank you would be appropriate," he answered. Instead he got a kick in the stomach. Surprised, Gary fell down to the ground and clutched his stomach. "What was that for?" he asked as he got up.
"Being more cocky than I am," she simply stated. "And I've been wanting to do this since yesterday. I'm feeling better, buttercup, so you better get ready for a fight."
"Fight?" he asked, leaning against her door again. "Are we going to play hide and seek again? I hope you're going to wear that nice black outfit from last time, you looked absolutely delicious."
A growl escaped her lips as she hurled herself at him but this time he was able to catch her foot easily in his hand. "Misty, Misty. Such nice legs. You're not planning on hurting them are you? You know it's a shame Team Aqua doesn't have a skirt in their outfit. Your legs would be some fine meat."
Another blow, this time against his cheek.
"Guess you didn't see that one coming, did you pretty boy?" she smirked at him. "Guess I will have to teach you a lesson this time."
She swung her leg around, making sure Gary couldn't hold it anymore and landed on her feet. The distraction of his hurt cheek had been enough to get free of his hold.
"As I said before, don't underestimate me," she said before hitting his knee with hers. "Because I will make you crawl back to your quarters if you do."
"You'll have to catch me first," Gary laughed, not hurt by her last blows at all. "Let's see how good of a runner you are."
He darted of towards the main hallway and he hoped his plan would work. He was going to let her win this one because she needed this. She needed to know she was still stronger than him. But his plan would have to be good. She'd know immediately if he was letting her win or not. He'd put in a lot of effort and then lose in the end. That was the only way to deceive her.
As he reached the main hallway, loads of grunts were already up and ready to go the cafeteria. One girl let her toothbrush fall on the floor when she saw Misty jump for Gary's feet, tackling both of them to the ground.
"Come on pretty boy, I know you're stronger than me," she said to him. "Why don't you dare to hit a girl?" she asked him as she was sitting on his back, pinning his arms to the ground.
"I'd like to have permission first," he grunted before he got up, Misty still on his back. "Allow me to show you my strength."
He tried to turn his hands so he could grip onto Misty's wrists and once he had them in his, he swung her over his back so she stood right in front of him again.
She was clearly surprised but she was prepared when his fist went toward her chin. She easily avoided him and jumped back a few meters, allowing both of them to catch their breath.
"If you want to hit me, then hit me, don't try," she said to Gary and he only smirked at her.
"I'll wait until you grow impatient enough to tackle me," he answered, brushing off his hands. "Come on Emerald, I know you love to play with me."
As elegant as a Delcatty she jumped and landed right between his feet, knocking him over once she gripped both his calves with her hands. She crawled onto his chest and pinned him down with both his hands, Gary now completely out of breath.
"Giving up already, Sapphire?" she asked. "Do you want to show all those grunts that you are weaker than a girl?"
He smiled at her. "You know you only want me to continue because you like me," he purred. "Besides, you should really work on your strength because those small hands of yours," he began as he worked his way out of her grip, "don't have enough power to hold me."
He gripped her by the waist, stood up and swung her over his shoulder. "Now who's the almighty admin?"
Misty easily escaped his grip and landed on the ground again. "Come on pretty boy, I'm not done yet."
Both of them smirked as they charged for another fight and both of them kept avoiding kicks and punches for about five minutes until Gary fell over his own two feet. Misty's foot ended up on his chest and he raised his hands.
"You win this one, Emerald. But I'll get back at you next time," he said.
She smiled at him and put out her hand. "Deal. Now come on, you can't be lying on the floor the rest of the day."
He smiled back at her and got up, noticing only now all the gaping mouths of the grunts and Shelly.
"No-no one has ever been able to keep up to her speed," Shelly stammered. "That's impossible. You had no training whatsoever and still…"
"Just leave it," Misty said. "We're going out for a bite, care to join us?"
"No, I have to go on a mission later today," she answered. "Some other time."
Both Gary and Misty shrugged and walked off towards the cafeteria, several grunts staring at their backs.
"I will find out who you truly are, Kai," Shelly whispered. "And my first visit will be to Crasher Wake."
(A/N: OMG TWO UPDATES! Yes yes ^^ I hope you all like it and don't forget to leave a review!
Sorry for the late updates, I've been kinda struggling with everything but I'm fine right now, so more updates will come! I'm going to the UK tomorrow so no updates the following two weeks.)