Twins of Unova

*Chapter 16: Shelter

"Come on!" The black grunt glared "let's have fun stealing Pokémon together, like we did before!" The white grunt frowned and turned away.

"I can't. I've learned the hard way that stealing from others is wrong!"

"Oh come on! It's too late to start acting all goody-two-shoes now!" The black grunt pushed the guy to the ground, close to the railing "people don't understand us! Don't they call you a villain who was plotting world domination? Even though you quit Team Plasma, people are still really cold to you, right? You might as well just come steal Pokémon with us and take over the world!" This wasn't what I wanted to go toward, but I can't just run pass this. A former grunt and a current grunt... An interesting sight.

"The people who are mean to you now will be groveling at your feet and saying how great you are!" The black grunt continued.

"I can't" the white grunt frowned "My lord N will be sad... I can't do that to him"

"Lord N..?" I gasped, almost forgetting about my cousin chasing after him. The black grunt continued on saying how N was a joke and a traitor, and that he disappeared and what not. I was about to comment on this before someone screamed behind us.

"Hey!" Hugh's voice screamed and ran through Nate and I. I lost balance and landed in his arms, getting caught quickly and brought into his embrace. I felt hot again and refused to look at him "start talking, you Team Plasma trash!" It seemed like Hugh tackled down the black grunt when we weren't looking.

"Ow... You're gonna pay for that! Oh yeah. Almost forgot... I'm not suppose to cause any trouble. I'll get you next time" the grunt glared and ran off with Hugh chasing him.

I pushed Nate off of me and approached the former grunt still on the floor and offered my hand. He looked at me surprised before taking my hand "I'm okay..." he smiled and rubbed his head once he got back on his feet "we were friends when we were both in Team Plasma, but that was two years ago. Team Plasma split into a group that follows Lord N, who just wants to save Pokémon, and a group that follows Ghetsis, who plans to take over the world" I smiled at this.

"I'm sure your lord was a great person. I'm glad you decided to stick to his side" the guy chuckled nervously and went a bit pink for some reason "My cousin was actually the one that fought him those years ago"

"Wow! Then let me offer you to hear the rest of the story in our shelter!" Shelter? "It's on a little hill next to the Pokémon gym. I have to go, but I look forward to meeting you again" he waved and walked away. I waved back and looked around, disappointed to know that that aura feeling I felt before had disappeared. I sighed disappointed and looked at my bare feet on the cold ground.

"Why did you run off like that? Did something happen?" Nate asked, holding my shoulder. I brushed him off and walked off "Where are you going?" I bit my lips and turned back at him following me.

"Will you stop?!" He stopped walking "Just stop it, okay? You job is to watch and protect, not care and pretend! So just stop" I turned away, feeling my heart beating out of control "Stop acting like you care about me... not too long ago you found me annoying and everything. I felt like you started being soft on me ever since you thought you saw Rosa in me" I looked down "I am not Rosa, so stop. Stop doing whatever it is you're doing. Yell at me, get angry, be annoyed by me, because I can't afford to let this carry on" I looked around "I thought I felt Rosa around here, but I guess I was wrong. Take me back to the hotel and look for her, okay?"

"Why are you acting like this? I know I accidentally saw Rosa in you when your hair was down, but can you blame me? It was an accident. I'm not trying to treat you like Rosa" I forced a smile.