Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the characters

So there might be some confusion about me and oldrivalshipping. I said that it wasn't my favourite but that doesn't mean I don't like it. I fully support this shipping but it's not my OTP like mangaquestshippnig and specialshipping. I love Blue and Green together, I wouldn't even write them if I didn't like them.

"Who is Aqua's father?" Green demanded as he grabbed her arms. His hold wasn't painful but it was firm enough to show him how angry he was. Blue saw the determined flame in his hard green eyes and her mind began to race. She knew that she would have to lie to him. This wasn't the way to tell him the truth.

"He's died!" Blue said with more heart then she thought she could. In her mind, she saw him walk away on their wedding day and the pain came back in waves. That day, the fantasy she had about him truly did die, so it wasn't entirely a lie. "He died and if you tell Aqua, I'll rip off your dick and shove it up a place you don't want to know."

Green looked into her eyes and for a moment he thought that he would see past her lie. "Did you love him?"

Blue thought his voice was shaky and unsure but was sure she misheard it. She knew Green wasn't the type to second guess himself. She wrapped her arms around herself and looked into her eyes. Yes she did love Aqua father but she didn't any more.

"He broke my heart when he left," Blue heart clenched when she almost said that it was Green. "And he never gave me the chance to call him a bastard. I loved him and he left. I couldn't do anything to make him stay. And now I live for my daughter. In fact, I love him so much that I won't love anyone ever again."

Green was silent for a moment as he went over the new facts in his mind. He didn't know what made him ask if she loved Aqua's father but her answer didn't settle well with him. Though, the last part sounded a little force to him. She must've been hiding her pain over this man's death so she must be adverse for having another man under her roof. He knew that he wouldn't tell Aqua about her father's death either. The girl must've thought of her father as a hero, no doubt Blue's doing. He remembered the hopeful look in the little girl's eyes that morning.

"Aqua's father doesn't matter," Blue looked worriedly at the door, afraid that Aqua might over hear them. "Aqua was the one thing that I lived for after he left. I'm going to protect her with my life because she saved mine."

"I know," Green said softly. He looked over at his bag that he barely unpacked. "I want to protect her too. What are we going to do?"

"The obvious answer is to kick you out," Blue sighed. "But I can't just leave you out on the streets."

"I should leave. I never should've come in the first place and it was foolish of me to think that-" Green cut off sharply and his face became void of emotions. "But I can't just leave now that this man is after you. I know that we left on bad terms but I still want to help you. I'll help you find this man but it seems as if I'll only put Aqua and you in more danger."

"If you want to stay," Blue hesitated. "I know a place you can stay."

Blue moved before Green could answer. She went into Aqua's room across the hall. She sat on the edge of the bed and gathered her into her arms. Aqua woke up, rubbing her eyes, oblivious of the fear in Blue's eyes. She leaned her head against Blue's shoulder, her head heavy from sleep. Even though Blue could see that, she whispered to her daughter.

"I have to go out for a while," Blue told the child's softly. Green leaned his shoulder against the doorframe and watched the two.

"Where are you going Momma?"

"You don't need to know. But I'm calling Wally to watch you and I want you to be asleep by the time I get back. I'll only be gone for half an hour but I don't want you to be home alone. As well, there's a few more ground rules. I don't want you going anywhere alone from now on. You go directly from and to school with no exceptions. Don't go off with anyone and don't open any of the packages even if you think it's one of your books."

"Momma," Aqua wined softly but Blue cut her off.

"Do it for me, baby."

Green watch Blue put Aqua back to bed. They were a family that adjusted to not having a male figure in the house. They were so happy together that they didn't need another person in their life. He shook his head when the image of him as a part of their family. He wondered what it would be like to have someone to live for, to have a home to go back to.

"Let's go," Blue nudged at his arm. He followed her and she greeted a man at the door. There, she led him to her car and gestured for him to enter. Thought out the ride, she hadn't said a word to her and he began to worry. It was obvious that she didn't want to help him but something was compelling her to do so.

They stopped in front of a small building and he raised a brow at how run down and empty it looked. He saw that the word 'Helpers' was engraved above the door. He didn't know why she hesitated before she let him in and his worried doubled. At first glance, they entered a comfortable little hall that led to a little greeting room. Beside the sunniest of the room, a cold eerie feeling made him stare at the door at the far end of the wall.

He made a mental note to look into it before Blue dragged him up the stairs. There wasn't much else beside a small office and a little bathroom. Blue pulled several blankets out of a closet and placed it onto the couch, which he judged would be his bed for the night. All through this, she didn't say a word. He was usually a very patient man but her silence began to build on him.

"What is this Blue?" Green demanded. His tone more harsh than he meant it to but he remembered how she would never hesitate to tell him anything in the past. Blue's shoulders slumped and she turned to him with tired eyes and sat on the couch. He wanted to comfort her and take away the weight that was no doubt weighing on her shoulders. "Is this illegal?"

"No," Blue answered him. "When I was just getting started with the shop, money was hard to find and I was working as a waitress to meet ends meet. It was a little far out of town but I had to support Aqua. I worked there for a while and made connection to everyone there. Then one day, this woman came in and asked for help. She was being stalked and needed a place to stay. I couldn't let her run forever and met with this stalker myself. You know how I am with people. I got him to leave her alone and she gave me a paycheck that was able to pay my bill for the next month as thanks. I didn't want the money at first but I had to think about Aqua. So I started this business that helps people with their problems. I work outside of the law so there's nothing that holds me back from helping them."

Green smiled at that. She was always strong willed and had a strong sense of justice after her experience with the Masked Man. He couldn't see why she wouldn't tell him about this. He could easily imagine her doing a job like this for no money at all. This place was secluded and unless the killer followed them, the killer wouldn't find them. Then why was she so nervous?

"Aqua doesn't know about this," Blue told him. "I try to separate this job from my family as much as possible. I've developed a lot of enemies in this job but I've been able to keep my family apart from it. I don't want you to go into that room on the first floor. I go into people's person life very often and it's not right for you to see that to. They trust me with their secrets so I have to keep them. As well, if anyone comes and knock on the door, don't open it. Only Wally and I have a key."

"Wally?" Green asked. He didn't know who he was but guessed that he was the man that blue had called to watch over Aqua. If she trusted the man with her daughter, this man must be something.

"His parents called me when he ran away one day. He was a sickle child with asthma and his parents worried about him often. When I found him, he fought me with everything me had to help him. He wanted a few more days of freedom. He was trapped under his parents love and I had to give him a chance to find himself without his parents' interference. So I hired him part time. His parents fought me at first but once they saw how much his health improved, they agreed to let him work for me full time."

Green smiled as he remembered all of the lost animals Blue would take in. She had a heart of gold that he always wondered how her past didn't tarnish her pure heart. Though she often did hide what she was truly feeling.

"Now that we've established the ground rules, I need to get home." Blue stood and thrust a pillow into his arms. She stopped at the door and glared at him, "And I will know if you do go into that room."

Green didn't wince when she slammed the door shut but the coldness in her voice was enough to have his stomach turning. He didn't really like the fact that he would be forced to stay here while Blue and Aqua were in danger. He watched her drive away and knew that he never felt more hopeless and alone. When her car was out of sight, he walked down the stairs.

If she was still the Blue he knew, then he should be able to get into the room easily. A voice in the back of his mind told him that it was wrong to go into the room not five minutes after she told him not to but he rationalized with himself that he was only trying to help her.

First, he ran his hand over the frame to see if there was any alarm. When he saw that there were none, he found two wires and went to work on the lock. She had taught him little tricks in their high school years when she constantly drag him off on one of her many antics. He shook his head, not wanting to remember their time together and feel the guilt again. The lock unlocked with a soft click and he reached to open the door. At the last moment he hesitated.

He knew he couldn't do this to Blue. He couldn't betray the little trust she had in him. If he wanted her to forgive him, betraying her wishes wouldn't be the best thing to do. It also didn't feel right after she gave him a place to stay when she could just have easily told him to go back to Washington. That in itself must mean that there was still a chance for them.

"Where's Green?" Aqua asked Blue the next morning. Blue rubbed her temple, not wanting to talk to anyone. She saw the fearful look in her daughter's eyes and knew that it was right thing. The little girl didn't need to think of Green as a father figure just yet.

"Green left," She told her daughter softly. "He went back home."

"Oh, but he said that he would help me with my science fair project." Aqua tried to hide her disappointment and went back to her homework. Her matchmaking would have to wait a little longer. She was sure that Green wasn't the type to just leave so he must come back. She liked to think that she had inherited her mother's gift for reading people.

"Bill will help you," Blue patted her head before she went off to serve the customers filling into the store. Blue recognized her regulars who came for breakfast and rushed to pull out the scorns they usually ordered. She tapped Aqua on the table and signalled for her to put away her books that littered one of the tables. Aqua waved her away and continues with the laser she was making. Once she had her hands on an invention, there was nothing that could stop her.

Blue went to seat the other customers and left Aqua to her project.

"What do you have their?" Aqua looked up to see a man looking over her shoulder at the wires she had assembled. She recognized him as the man that sometimes visited her mother's café. From what she could remember, he was a traveler and would stop for some coffee. He always made her nervous by the way he would look at her mother.

"Just something," She grabbed one of his textbook and tried to move away from him but he knelt beside her path. She fidgeted nervously and held her textbook closer to her. She knew that the man was only trying to get close to her mother through her.

"Is there something wrong?" Aqua brightened when she saw Green. She ducked under the man arms and clung onto his leg. Green put a protective hand on the back of her head and glared at the man, sizing him up.

"And who are you monsieur?" The man asked.

"Green Oak," Green answered. "And who are you?"

"My name is Alexander Mason," The man puffed his chest and matched Green's glare. Green looked down and saw Aqua's eyes fill with fear. She trembled slightly and he felt a huge wave of protectiveness over this little girl and took a dislike to the man immediately. The look he gave the man a look that had no question about how he felt about the man.

"What are you doing here?" The man asked.

"A cup of coffee and I am here to help Aqua with her science fair project as a favour to her mother. We're old friends," Green eyes darted around to scan the customers, trying to see if there was any sign of the killer. He didn't want to anger him if the bastard was watching.

"I've never seen you here before."

"I can say the same thing," Green retorted. "I don't live in town and came back in for my grandfather's funeral. Do you have any more questions?"

"No," The man turned on his shoulder and stalked out. The tension went out of his body as he looked down to Aqua who looked up at him as if he was a hero. Her grin split her face as she pulled at his hands. She went over every part of her laser with great gestured and exaggerated expression. As a child would, she forgot all about the darkness from before at the prospect of a little light, a childhood light that he never really saw or Blue got to experience.

"It seems like you're on the right track so I don't see why you asked for my help yesterday since you have more than enough textbooks to help you. You're mother really spoil you with all these textbooks."

"No!" Aqua grabbed onto his leg. Since he wouldn't be living with them anymore, then she couldn't easily bring him and her mother together. But this will only be one more obstacle in the game of love. A game she was determined to win for her mother. She deserved to be happy and she herself deserved a father. No one could deny her that.

"I need your help!" Aqua stressed the words. Green saw the image of Blue asking him he same thing years before. She was acting just as her mother was back then. She was capable of doing it herself but felt the need to drag him into what she had planned and he was still helpless to her large blue eyes. How can he say no to a little girl that only wanted his help?

"Okay," Green sighed in surrender and Aqua threw her arms around him in glee.

"Thank you!" Aqua clapped. Green smiled and thought about all of the times he would spend with his grandfather at his lab. His grandfather had been a great stand in for his father and was another thing he regretted about leaving this small town. He had served his ties with his family and the only father he ever known. At least he had a father to lose unlike this little girl.

"Aqua?" He asked the child. She crooked her head to the side with curious blue eyes. "Have you ever been to the lab at the edge of town?"

"No but Momma told me a very smart and kind man once lived there. He used to visit me and Momma and give me candy. Auntie Daisy used to live there but she says that it's too sad and now she lives with Bill. I always wanted to go into a real lab but that place makes Momma sad too."

"If you want, I can take you there." Green offered before he could second guess his decision. He didn't know if he was ready to face the past but a part of him know that the sadness in him will only grow if he didn't face his past and leave it there. That was the reason he came back to the town he thought he could leave easily in his past.

"You're the best," Aqua quickly stopped herself when she almost called him her father. It was too soon for that but she could feel the connection they already have. It had to be more than just their love that connected them. He must care for her and her mother too.

"Coming!" Blue ran down the stairs to answer the knocking at the door. When she opened it, she groaned. Eric pushed his way into the house despite the fact that Blue tried to slam the door in his face. Why couldn't she attract normal man? Between Alexander and Eric, she was beyond ready for spinsterhood. Why had God cursed her so? The man couldn't at least make Green love her as well!

"Welcome even though I didn't invite you inside," Blue's voice was laced with sarcasm. "You better have a good reason for waking me at two in the morning!"

"Where's Green?" Eric snarled which made Blue jump a little. The Eric she knew was never like this. In fact he was always a gentleman to her. He was angry and Blue moved slowly as if she was approaching an angry animal. She put a gentle hand on his arm in hope to relieve some of the tension in him. It seemed to help him as he took a deep breath.

"He left town," It wasn't entirely a lie but she was sure that would be the answer that would calm him the most. "Is there a reason you're here anyways. You had me all worried."

"I'm sorry I worried you, my love." Eric cupped her cheeks but she pushed him away. He sighed when he saw the cold look she gave him. "We found Ms. Lin dead this morning. She didn't have a heart. Since someone sent you a hand earlier this week, I wanted to ask if you had anymore body parts sent to you."

Blue sucked in her breath. Ms. Lin was a local and known for her trusting spirit. Her home was always seen as bed and breakfast since she would let anyone in. she was also Aqua's school consular and helped Aqua through some tough times. Was this just a coincidence or did the killer chose her for a reason? Blue heart cried out for the now dead woman. To think that she held such a golden hear in her hands without knowing. How can something happen to such a sweet woman?

In the back of her mind, she knew that it was her fault.

"Have you received anything?" His voice broke through to her. "And don't lie to me Blue. If you withhold information from the police, you could be seen as an accomplice to the crime."

"I haven't gotten anything," Blue lied. She might not be interested in Eric romantically but she still saw him as a friend and didn't want him to get hurt like Ms. Lin. This would be something she would do on her own. She would find this killer on her own and bring him to justice her way, outside the law.

Green lay back on the lumpy couch. He couldn't sleep when so many things were going through his head. Being the only person that didn't know anything didn't settle well on him. There was only one way to find the truth Blue was so intent on keeping hidden from him.

He would have to go into that door.

I'm sorry this chapter suck! The beginning isn't as good as I wanted to make it and I know a lot of you wanted Blue to tell Green about Aqua but I wanted to build up their relationship more so that when it is revealed, it's that much more heart wrenching to him.

Review if you liked which I'm sure no one will. Why can't I write the words I want with the same emotion?