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“Prepare for trouble!” an all too familiar voice shouted.
“And make it double!” the second half of the duo followed.
Misty was sitting under a tree looking at a map of Castelia city in the Unova region. Pikachu was on her lap. She didn’t even bother to look up. Pikachu didn’t pay them mind either.
An awkward silence came after the two did their dramatic poses with no response from the now teenage girl. Teenage being around 14. But still officially a teen.
Misty had grown her hair out just a bit. She kept it in an orange ponytail. Without the Pokeball-themed band, it’d reach her freckled shoulder blades.
“Uhm! Excuse us!” Jessie snarled.
Misty looked up in unison with Pikachu, “Huh?”
Team Rocket had both their arms crossed in disgust. Even still, Misty wasn’t entirely phased.
“Not now losers. I’m planning a date with Ash.”
“What did you call us?” Jessie argued, “We’re here to capture Pikachu, and,”
James cut his teammate off, “A date with the twerp? Haven’t you two gone on three this month already? You don’t want to smother him now.”
Misty groaned, “I know! But the one we had last week was just a Ferris wheel ride and Iris was with us. It was more of a ‘friends hanging out’ type of thing.”
“Oh. I see. You want to romance him a bit,” James questioned taking a seat. “Well, I’m not exactly the one to talk to about stuff like that.”
James meet eye contact with Pikachu. He proceeded to scratch the rodent’s ear which Pikachu allowed.
Misty rolled her shoulders getting her back off the tree trunk for a second.
Misty sighed, “It’s okay. Your advice about ‘conversating without arguing’ has been a lifesaver. I’m just trying to think of a place here that both of us will like.”
“Have you two gone to the gym?” James asked observing the map. “You’re both competitive.”
Shivers went up her spine, “Ew! No! He’s a bug-type trainer!”
“Still not over bugs I see?” James slipped out a notepad. He very subtly wrote that bit of information down.
“Oh, what’s this?” Misty asked herself but James looked to see. “You think Ash would like a massage from Castelia Street?”
James put away his note before responding.
“Hmm. The twerp does seem to like being more active than laying down. Although, it might be a good change of pace from your other dates.”
“Yeah, plus he has that back injury from the Sinnoh region. I think that might be right up his alley.” Misty took a closer look, “Oh wait. It’s for Pokémon only.”
That piece of info caught Pikachu’s attention.
Jessie was just standing there with her jaw open. Like there was a shiny Pokémon that had run away. And the shock was just settling in.
“You two are not serious?” Jessie finally spoke up.
Misty & James looked at her like nothing was the matter. Like there wasn’t a prized Pikachu sitting next to a member of Team Rocket. Like James wasn’t chatting about a 14-year-old’s love life. Like this guy hadn’t stalked her and her boyfriend for years and now they’re acting like they’ve borrowed money and play mini golf on Saturdays.
“What’s wrong Jess?” James asked.
Infuriated, Jessie stormed up to the two taking the map out of Misty’s hands.
“Hey!” Misty stood up trying to snatch it back.
However, Jessie was still taller than her and had longer arms keeping her at bay. Even Pikachu thought it was funny.
“Look here!” Jessie said with her finger on one point. “There’s a café called ‘Café Sonata’ on Narrow Street. A mellow atmosphere for you and a live band for him. Food in case you two want small talk and couples go there all the time so you two can make out until you get kicked out.”
Misty blushed taking back the map. While the two did exchange an ‘I love you’ every other day, kissing wasn’t their forte. She and Ash had kissed, but Jessie joking about it was a bit much.
“I’ll keep it in mind. Thank you.” Misty huffed.
“You’re welcome!” Jessie huffed back. She grabbed James’s ear. Like a fish on a line, James was pulled where Jessie wanted to go. Away from Misty.
“Ow! Ow! OW!” James pleaded being dragged, “What did I do?”
Jessie nearly shouted, “You’re sending emails to our target’s ‘waifu’ and you have the nerve to ask me such an idiotic question?”
“But you gave her advice too!”
At this point, Jessie & James were out of hearing range for Misty. Pikachu could hear them but didn’t really care. It was at that moment Misty realized what she had been doing.
“I’ve been taking romance advice from Team Rocket?”
Pikachu climbed onto her shoulder giving her the signal to probably leave before the incompetent thieves came back.
She walked away, “I guess we all do crazy things for love.”
Meanwhile, under a trap hole in the park where Misty was leaving, Meowth began to play on a handheld game.
“What’s taken those two so long? They improvising the motto ‘er something?”
END