"She is not yours, you do NOT call her cute or anything of such ignorance!" Ghetsis hissed at Archie with menace.

Vicki rolled her eyes for a moment and pulled me to sit down at the table. As I was being shoved down into a chair by my best friend I observed the two men in a silent war. Archie was not a man to be talked down to, it was obvious that there was aggression building in his frame but he held it back. I glanced back at Vicki for a moment, her messy dark brown hair accommodated for her sarcastic smirk. She just seemed to not give a crap about anything, or she was just really amused by Ghetsis and Archie.

Ghetsis was very frazzled about just a simple word, he even seemed to have ruffled the black overcoat he threw on this morning. On the other hand Archie glared with pure malice and sarcasm as if to ask 'what are you going to do about it?' either way it wasn't going to end well. Cyrus plodded down the staircase along with Lysandre and the two froze into place upon seeing the display. The tired looking man Cyrus gave an eye roll at their immaturity, and Lysandre just simply raised a brow in interest.

"Yer' going to get all frazzled over a word?" Archie spat back at him with attitude.

Ghetsis got close to his face as he gritted his teeth, "You dare challenge me?"

"Britney doesn't need to be bossed around by some weirdo with a possession complex!" The Team Aqua leader snapped at him.

Ghetsis in a mad fury tackled him to the ground and I nearly spat out my tea, what were they doing? As if to be two cats clawing at each other they fought with furious kicks and punches. By this time the entire lot of everyone was in the kitchen, even Giovanni. We all observed unable to think of a logical solution for the two most aggressive men in this house excluding Giovanni who only exploded in spurts. Lysandre let out a small chuckle while taking his tea as well, as much as I hated to see it the sight was amusing.

Giovanni began to laugh as well, "Okay enough, you're making a fool of yourselves. Besides I have news for everyone and it's important."

The two broke away for a few moments but continued to give each other nasty glares, they certainly were not going to get along now. Vicki and I knew that Giovanni was serious though so we laid our eyes on him with full attention. Once everyone was crowded around him he began to shuffle some papers in his hands. He snatched up a pen from the junk drawer and tapped it against his chin in silence for a little while glancing around to make sure we were paying attention.

Giovanni placed the papers promptly onto the table and began to speak, "This house is disgusting, it needs to be cleaned and I'm not wasting money on maids so we are dividing up chores for everyone."

"Seriously, you quieted everyone down for a list of chores! You're so BORING!" Vicki hissed in annoyance while leaning back.

The Team Rocket leader snapped a glare at her, "We wouldn't have to talk about it if you weren't all so god damn messy!"

N raised his hand for a moment to defend himself but a daring stare from Giovanni quieted him down. There was a lot of guilty faces in the room, it wasn't often that we ever cleaned up after ourselves and we probably should have. It's surprising that a lot of them aren't really all that tidy, probably because they have people to do it for them at home. The only legitimately tidy people were Cyrus, Giovanni, and sometimes N. Vicki and I occasionally cleaned up as well, our rooms were tidy but we really didn't bother with other chores.

"Alright, so let's make up a list hm?" Giovanni started as he clicked the pen to write, "N you're on bathrooms."

"What, that's not even fair!" N protested for once in his life.

Giovanni rolled his eyes, "Too bad you're doing it. Okay, so I want to put a certain SOMEONE on pool cleaning because they use it too much..."

Archie lowered himself like a puppy slinking away from getting into the garbage. Everyone knew it was him who had used the pool the most, it wasn't even a question it was undeniably in his nature. Besides him though a few of us did use it quite often too, we just weren't going to volunteer to clean.

"Britney are you okay to do the dishes?" Giovanni pointed towards me.

I leaned back on my chair awkwardly, "Nah, give me something tough. I'll mow the lawn."

"Really? That's a really difficult job, it's like a jungle out there!" Giovanni asked in surprise.

"I think you doubt me too much, I want to prove my worth somehow. Besides I used to do all the hard work in the house with my father all the time, I was the tomboy and our mother refused to do it..." I claimed shrugging my shoulders.

"Alright then, Vicki are you good for dishes? I would ask you to help Britney but there's too much to be done" The Team Rocket leader wondered with a sigh.

Vicki nodded in her usual way, "Yeah that's fine!"

Giovanni nodded as well then moved onto the others, "Cyrus I'm going to need you doing the technical work we have some broken things that need to be fixed can you do that?"

The blue haired male sighed, "Sure..."

"Next I think I'll assign Lysandre to kitchen cleaning, vacuuming to Ghetsis, dusting to Maxie... Oh and Colress I need you to help Cyrus that's the most difficult job. Also everyone is in charge of their own rooms for gods sake I better not see a rotting banana in your closet again Archie!" Giovanni declared the rest.

"It's not my fault we were having a banana war and I couldn't find the last banana!" The Team Aqua leader yelled in defense.

I gazed at Archie with a raised eyebrow, what the heck was a banana war? He grinned back at me with a shrug, obviously he didn't have a clue either. In seconds everyone was getting ready to do their chores while Lysandre and I were finishing our tea ever so much slower than everyone else. I awkwardly sipped next to him in silence, he seemed kind of grumpy that he has to clean so I didn't want to bother him. However he was also a bit chatty so if he needed to say anything, he'd probably say it.

As I predicted he spoke up after a long sip of tea, "What is Giovanni doing then?"

I giggled at the mention of what he'd be up to, "He's probably going to nap or something dumb!"

"How rude and lazy, why can't he help with the difficult work he's ripped?" Lysandre's eyes widened before he let out a laugh.

Before we could continue our chatter the very man Giovanni popped in our conversation, "I'm actually going to be supervising because I can't trust half of you to actually do the job right..."

Lysandre and I recoiled away from his words, that man always had a way of making things menacing without even yelling. When he was out of sight I sipped once more and the red head and I exchanged glances. As if in synch with each other we both burst out into laughter after we finished our tea. The man being quite the gentleman pushed in my seat for me as well, I just hoped it was in good nature instead of sucking up to me for some reason.

Parting ways I changed into some easier to move in, a pair of cut up jean shorts and a longer white T-shirt that I kept lying around. I took a look in the mirror for a moment and tied up my hair in side ponytail. Unfortunately though with the type of hair cut I had I couldn't tie back the bangs as well, but I enjoyed having them over my forehead. Trotting back downstairs I exited into the backyard and took a deep breath inwards. The warm sun pelted down onto my skin, it was finally becoming nice and warm again.

The scent of pollen flowed through the air and the sweet smell put me at a more comfortable ease. Giovanni however wasn't kidding when he claimed it was like a jungle out there, the grass was as tall as my knees and a few weeds sprouted up as well. I sighed deeply at the work ahead of me but accepted it quickly with the pull of the lawnmower that sat near the shed. I wondered how it even got this long in such a short time, but then I remembered Archie always using the garden hose spraying everyone and everything.

Speaking of the waterborne man I glanced over to see him cleaning out the contents of the pool with a frustrated expression on his mug. I giggled to myself lightly, he indeed was an entertaining person observing him was always a way to entertain yourself. With that I snagged the shovel and rake as well for when I needed to pile up the grass, I began mowing over a huge patch of grass. Only a few minutes through the heat of the sun was bothering me, it was going to be a long day.

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With the last of the grass mowed I threw the moist piles up into the garbage bag. It took nearly the entire day to finish and I was completely exhausted, I dropped to the ground on with my legs spread out across me. Taking a gaze around at the lawn it seemed nice and neat like it should have been, but then I noticed Archie had been watching this entire time over in a lawn chair. He probably finished his work hours ago but I was too focused to pay attention, who knows how long he was sitting there.

Twisting my shirt I approached him, "How long were you staring at me?"

He burst into laughter, "Quite a few hours, I first just wanted to pray ye' but then you didn't notice so I just watched."

"Oh wonderful, I got a salty sailor creepily watching me while I work" I chuckled at him while rolling my eyes.

Archie shook his head and stretched out his arms, "Ye' could have asked for help right? You are very strong for a tiny girl like yourself though."

"Hey what do you mean tiny?" I grumbled at being called little.

"Nothing, just cute, adorable, little" He replied with a devilish smirk on his face.

I pulled his bandana over his eyes playfully, "You creep, go back to swimming!"

He wrestled with fixing it for a few moments, "Hey, I have you know I work hard!"

"Oh I'm sure you do!" I giggled while beginning to walk inside.

The man chased after me leaped at my shoulders, "Where yah' going?"

"Inside, I'm tired of being out in the sun!" I responded with a nudge in his stomach.

"But it's so nice out, come on just hang out with me for a little won't you? Yer' always busy with Ghetsis it's annoying!" Archie pleaded in an odd way that seemed almost forceful.

"Don't be a baby, I'm tired I want to go inside" I scolded him while taking in a yawn.

He whimpered and gave me a puppy eyed look, "Please!"

I rolled my eyes and began to look through the window, "Okay fine! Wait look, Maxie and Vicki are hanging out."

The man scowled at the mention of Maxie, "I don't give a scamp for what he's doing!"

"Yeah but they look like their getting along!" I declared as if it was an amazing event.

"So what we get along really well?" Archie claimed putting stress on the word really.

I playfully smacked him on the head, "Oh be quiet! This is different."

I observed through the window the two of them conversing, Maxie seemed to always be smiling around her it was adorable. However I knew better that Vicki wasn't all that interested in him, but of course I could be wrong as well. Vicki threw an eraser at him and seemed to be laughing really loud, Maxie didn't seem annoyed either. I was glad that they were finally getting along, for the longest time Vicki had been so annoyed with him. I always knew she was really awesome and nice in her own way though, so of course she was now giving him attention after the whole weirdness subsided between them.

N came down as well and began to hang out with Vicki, she seemed to be drawn to him almost immediately. However I could notice the jealousy on Maxie's face, his smile turned into his usual frown but he still seemed talkative. They proceeded to hang out together gathered around the table while Vicki drew something on some paper. After that though it seemed to quiet down, it must have been a light occurrence. I wish everyone could get along like that.

"Awe, well it was nice while it lasted" I whimpered finally after a long silence.

Archie darted his head up, "What, I wasn't paying attention?"

I waved him off sarcastically, "Nothing that you would care about anyway."

"Oh, okay let's go do something I'm bored" Archie declared with a long sigh, "Want to watch a movie with me?"

"Sure why not, come on let's go inside" I responded to him with a tiny grin.

As soon as I stepped through the back door however I was not surprised to be greeted by a very jealous Ghetsis. It just so happened that as usual he was being nosy, and very possessive. I rolled past him quickly making my way over the the living room couch. I collapsed down with a deep sigh preparing to hear the lecture he had this time. As much as I liked Ghetsis, he could also be a huge butt and now was one of those times.

"What do you think you're doing? You're treading on dangerous territory!" He attacked Archie almost immediately, "When did I ever confirm it would be okay to talk to her like that? She does not belong to you, in fact she is more mine than yours, so take a giant step back before I slash your throat!"

I groaned in annoyance, "For the last time I don't belong to anyone!"

The Team Aqua leader smirked at my response towards Ghetsis, but of course this was not the best idea. Instead of bursting out on Archie however he made his way towards me and peered down deeply at me. Not in the sort of way he would kill someone, but in a strange way that I haven't seen before. My stomach churned nervously, was he going to do something terrible?

"A word if you will?" The green haired male asked sternly.

I gulped inwards with fear, "What exactly is it for?"

He sighed deeply and spoke in a stern but calm voice, "That question was rhetorical, a word NOW!"

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Authors Note: I love the ideas you've all gave me, I have definitely been paying attention. 57Dragonion I totally ship that, but we'll see who Vicki decides to love ;). I like the idea of giving some of the other villains some love interests, I might actually bring in another female character, more as a side than a main like Vicki and Britney though. Yeah that observation on Cyrus is pretty accurate X'D he's like I hate you all so much. Lysandre with a guitar, I'll have to see to that. Also I want to add that mail idea but I'm having a hard time fitting it in.

Okay so that's all, goodnight everyone and I hope you liked this chapter! If you have any ideas shout them I'll listen!