hi there readers i know that i haven't updated in a while. i've been working on my other stories and i didn't know what to do after the Wallace Cup. so it's 1:25 am friday august 6, 2010 and i am posting this chapter that just came to me as i was trying to fall asleep. Info: it takes place days after last chapter, she's won the Rainbow Badge, and remember the stuff that happened in Pewter City well it comes into play here.

I don't own pokemon

Chapter 14: Something Pulls Us Together

"Ethan I'm sorry but there are things that I can't tell you. I promise I'll come back safe." she told her friend under his heavy gaze.

"Lyra are you in trouble?" he asked.

"No, I swore not to talk about it." she said staring down at her feet. "I have to go Ethan. Don't worry about me worry about yourself."

"I'll try." he said. "Bye."

"Bye." she said. She closed her pokegear and held it tightly over her heart. A tap on her shoulder reminded her that she wasn't alone. "Why?"

"I have no control over it." a simple answer from a not so simple guy. "Come on we have to go."

"Go where? I'm going to need some answers. I was kidnapped from my bed in the middle of the night. I was forced to do something not knowing why. Worst of all I'm here with you." she snapped not meaning to. He forced her to turn around and forced her to look him in the eyes. "Say it, Lance."

"You're being ridiculous." he said. "Why do you suddenly want to kill me?"

"Because I...you...you're not my father so I don't have to answer to you!" she yelled at him causing people to stare at the two. "Lets get this over with so I can go back to my journey."

He gave her a curt nod, grabbed her wrist, and dragged her to a small building. He let the women take her while he walked away to go find his disguise. He grabbed a pair of faded blue jeans, a blue t-shirt, a black and grey plaid shirt, blue sneakers, a black jazz hat, and a studded belt. Once he was dressed he went over to where he had left his teenaged companion. The women were trying to pull her out of the dressing room.

"What's wrong?" he asked them

"She doesn't want to come out." they said together. "We don't think it has to do with the clothes. The hair maybe."

"Let me try." he said. He knocked on the door. "Lyra it's time to go."

"I said I'm not coming out." she snapped at him.

"I am going to break this door down and drag you out if you don't come out on your own." he snapped back. She slowly stepped out. She was wearing blue shorts, a black t-shirt, a blue and grey plaid shirt, and black sneakers. He saw nothing wrong with her appearance until he noticed her hair. It was half up and half down though that wasn't the problem the blue streaks were. "You look fine now let's go." she remained where she was standing. "What now?"

"We match." she sighed angrily.

"Well then we'll make a very convincing couple." he said grabbing her wrist and dragging her out. Once outside she wrenched her hand away from his grasp. "You're behaving like an immature child!"

"You're an arrogant deceiving son of a..." she never finished the sentence seeing as her lips were occupied with something else. Well since it was happening she gave into it and wrapped her arms around his neck. He broke away all to soon after she began to return the kiss. "What was that for!"

"To get you to stop yelling at me." he said and watched as her face fell. "You are my girlfriend after all."

"Let me remind you that I am not Ms. Tall Blond and Beautiful." she spat untangling herself from him. "This is business and there was no need for that."

"If we want to succeed then we have to be convincing." he said in a low voice that made her heart ache more.

"You love to break me." she said. "Why didn't they have your girlfriend help you?"

"This isn't just about protecting pokemon. Lyra there are things that you wouldn't understand." he said inching closer to her.

"Like what?" she asked. She hated the fact that she was crying. She didn't fight as he wiped away her tears. "Tell me."

"Like how this enemy is someone close to you and how this is about protecting you." he said.

"What does that mean?" she asked.

"You wouldn't understand." he sighed taking both of her hands in his.

"When you're with Cynthia do you feel complete?" she asked suddenly.

"In a way yes." he said shattering her heart into a trillion little pieces. "There are things that Cynthia lacks that only one other person has but I am in fact happy."

"Good for you." she said. "I'm happy too, though I wish I could see him more often." she said quickly without realizing the hole she dug.

"Who?" he asked immediately.

"Silver." she blurted.

"Well congratulations." he said tightening his hold on her hands.

Later...

Hand in hand they walked down the streets of Lilycove City. He listened as she talked about her fourth gym battle and how she got the Rainbow Badge. They walked down to the harbor and rented a boat.

"Was it necessary for us to be a pretend couple?" she asked him.

"I don't know." he said. "It gives me a reason to rip people's heads off if they come near you."

"Wouldn't you do that even if we weren't a fake couple?" she asked.

"I'm pretty sure I would." he answered pulling the boat into the old abandoned hideout that he hadn't seen in years. "This used to be Team Aqua's hideout, now a different evil uses it."

"Oh." she said.

Later...

Lyra stared into the brown eyes of the leader. She knew those eyes because they were her eyes...exactly. She knew he knew who she was by the way he avoided her gaze. Thinking back she realized that Lance had known too. He ordered everyone away. Once they were the only two left in the room he met her gaze.

"Daddy?" she cried.

"Lyra." he said.

"What's going on?" she asked. "Why are you restoring ancient pokemon and using them for evil?"

"Lyra, you wouldn't understand." he said.

"Don't use that as an excuse. I'm tired of people telling me that I won't understand because I might. Now tell me how come someone I admire, look up to, and love is involved in evil." she said through tear filled eyes. "How can a pokemon master become so corrupted?"

"To protect those I care about most." he said walking up to her. By the fact that she didn't say anything nor move away from him he knew she understood. He wrapped his arms around his daughter. "I love you and your mother, Ly."

"I love you too." she mumbled into his chest. She heard the door open. "Lance."

"Will you protect her." her father asked her 'boyfriend.'

"Yes always." was the last thing she heard before she fell unconscious.

Later...

She was waiting for him to be done with the report after all he was her ride back to Saffron City. She had called Silver and told him what happened and then did the unlikely, he asked her out. Inside she hurt but if Lance could be happy with Cynthia why couldn't she be happy too. She agreed to go out with him and he told her that he'd call her later.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked her.

"How no matter how much I try to get away from you there's always something that pulls us together." she said and he nodded. She was about to say something else but he cut her off by placing his lips gently on hers. The kiss was sweet unlike the last one which had been fierce. He broke away before it got to deep. "What was that for?"

"There doesn't need to be a reason other than because I care about you." he said and she knew that since they both belonged to someone else it was wrong. She decided that at the moment she didn't care about the rest of the world. "What?"

"I care about you too." she said shyly. He brought her into a warm embrace and kissed the top of her head.

"You have my promise that the G-men will do everything they can to get your father out of there." he said.

"Thank you." she said feeling bold. She stood on her tippy toes and lightly touched her lips to his only for a second. "Okay boyfriend this is where we breakup."

"Yeah can we still be friends though?"

"I'd love that." she said and they both laughed deciding that they'd wait for each other.

To be continued...

So what did you think. due to the fact that i wrote it at one in the morning later in the day i'll hate it or maybe not. so please review and tell me if it was good or not.