"Phew~ That was great!!"
The battle ended. Zinnia put away her Salamence with a happy look.
She was very satisfied. Fighting a strong enemy in a Pokémon battle was wonderful!
"Caitlin, let's have a full-team battle when we get the chance!"
Zinnia spoke to Caitlin. She looked forward to it. The only bad thing was that Caitlin was not yet a Champion level trainer. If she were, the fight would be even better!
"I will work hard."
Caitlin understood what Zinnia meant. She answered with a smile.
"Mm-hm! By the way, while we were battling earlier, did something fall from the building?"
Zinnia walked toward some green plants. She sounded confused.
"It seems so, Zinnia. I am a bit tired, so I will go back to rest first."
Caitlin nodded. She did not care about the object. She had worked very hard during the battle. Now that the fight was over, she was very tired.
Also, the battle with Zinnia taught her many things. She needed to think about what she had learned.
"No problem. You go ahead. I'll look for it."
Zinnia still had a lot of energy. Her body was naturally strong, unlike Caitlin's. Also, Caitlin had to use her psychic powers to help her Pokémon. That made Caitlin more tired.
Caitlin went into the villa through the back door.
"I remember it landing around here, right? Found it! Eh?"
Zinnia moved a leaf. She was surprised to see a shoe upside down in the dirt. Why was there a shoe?
"It probably fell from that room. Huh, why is it so wet? And this smell..."
Zinnia picked up the black shoe. It was a high heel. Zinnia looked inside and saw some strange liquid.
Most importantly, Zinnia smelled something on the shoe.
Emmm...
Zinnia made a face. She did not know how to describe the smell. It was very strange to her.
"That room... should be Courtney's? Strange, does she even wear high heels? And why did her shoe fall out?"
Zinnia looked up at the closed window on the second floor. She was very confused. She threw the black high heel back into the plants.
The wet spots in the shoe and the strange smell confused her. But she did not worry about it. It was not her business.
"That feels better."
Damian walked out of Courtney's room. He felt good.
Courtney was a lot to handle. She was very helpful. The noises she made during their time together were very exciting.
Even Damian, who had a lot of experience, felt very excited.
The meeting was very intense. A shoe actually flew out of the window. Luckily, Caitlin and Zinnia were fighting and did not see it.
Also, Courtney fainted once. It was her first time, so that was normal.
Damian wanted to go downstairs and rest. Then he saw Caitlin.
"Caitlin, you're back."
"Yes. Zinnia is very strong. I am currently not her match."
"I saw. But I believe you will definitely surpass her in the future, Caitlin."
Damian smiled and encouraged Caitlin.
"Mm~"
Caitlin smiled a little. She looked at Damian.
"You must be tired after the battle, right? Go rest first. I'll call you when it's time to eat."
Damian was concerned about her. Mega Evolution takes a lot of energy from a trainer. Caitlin also used psychic power to help.
Caitlin was stronger now, but she was still tired.
"Alright. Sorry to trouble you, Damian."
"With our relationship, you're still saying things like that to me."
Damian laughed.
Caitlin's smile grew bigger. She walked upstairs. But when she passed Damian, her nose moved.
Caitlin did not stop. She acted like everything was fine, but her eyes changed.
On Damian's body... there was the perfume of another woman!!!
Caitlin bit her lip. She felt many different things. She wondered who did this!
She was not happy anymore.
She thought, "I only went to fight for a short time, and someone stole Damian!"
She thought it was too much.
The next day.
"Damian, I heard there is a Pokémon Contest in Lilycove City tomorrow."
Caitlin ate her breakfast. She was very elegant. She had found out the truth.
The woman from yesterday was Courtney!
Caitlin knew it. She thought Courtney wanted Damian's body.
She did not expect Courtney to find a chance so quickly. It was annoying.
But she thought it was okay. Courtney was not a threat to her. Courtney was not as good as her.
Caitlin told herself that Courtney was only satisfying Damian's needs for now. She told herself she did not care.
"Why does Caitlin seem to have a problem with me today?" Courtney thought.
Courtney was drinking soup. She looked away. Caitlin was looking at her very hard. Courtney was confused.
Then Courtney stopped thinking about it. Her face turned red. She looked at Damian secretly.
Caitlin's look became even colder.
"A Pokémon Contest? Is Caitlin interested in that?" Damian thought about it.
He did not care about Pokémon Contests. He thought they just tried to make moves look pretty.
But he thought it was a good idea to go. He could take Caitlin for a walk.
"If you want to go see it, Caitlin, I'll go with you."
"I am a bit curious. I heard about them in Sinnoh, but I never saw one."
Caitlin was very happy, though her voice was calm.
"Fine. Then you can't sleep late tomorrow. It starts at ten in the morning." Damian looked at the schedule on his phone.
"Mm~ I will try my best to wake up early."
Caitlin looked worried. She liked to sleep a lot. She was usually in a bad mood in the morning. She usually slept until she woke up naturally.
"That's good." Damian thought it was funny.
After breakfast, Damian and Caitlin went out. Courtney stayed home to rest. She said she felt sick.
Also, Damian was going to fight Team Magma today. Courtney did not want to go. Damian said it was okay.
Zinnia was still sleeping. She did not think she needed to help fight Team Magma. So she stayed in bed.
Damian and Caitlin went to the coast. Archie was waiting with his people. He was wearing a tight black uniform.
"You guy, you really like tight clothes that much."
Damian looked at Archie. His muscles were very clear. He looked like a bodybuilder.
"Haha! Wearing this makes it easy to fight! Lord Damian, let me introduce you. This is Matt. He wants to join Team Rocket too."
Archie was happy. He introduced the strong man next to him. Matt was even bigger than Archie. Matt was an Admin in Team Aqua before.
"Hello, Lord Damian." Matt greeted Damian quickly.
"Not bad. From now on, you will work with Archie." Damian was satisfied.
"It's too bad Amber was caught by Officer Jenny. I could not save him." Archie felt embarrassed.
Amber was caught at Mt. Chimney. Archie could not help. He knew he could not attack a police station.
"Let's go."
Damian nodded. He did not tell Archie that he was the one who hit Amber and gave him to the police.
"Let's move!"
Archie was excited. He wanted to fight Team Magma.
They used Water-type Pokémon to travel. Damian and Caitlin flew on Metagross.
The Team Magma base was on a small island. They arrived ten minutes later.
Inside the base, Maxie was in his office. He was looking at information.
He felt worried. Team Rocket was a surprise. He told the Hoenn League about them, but the League did nothing.
He thought they were useless.
"Mt. Pyre?"
Maxie found what he wanted. He was excited.
The Red Orb was on Mt. Pyre. An old couple had it.
If he got the Red Orb, he could control Groudon.
He wanted more land. He thought more land would be better for humans and Pokémon.
"I can't waste any more time. It's better to get the Red Orb soon!"
Maxie decided to go. He wanted to call his people.
BANG!
The door exploded. There was a lot of smoke.
Maxie hid. He looked at the door. He wondered what happened.
"Hey~ I already see you, Maxie. Get out here right now!"
Maxie heard a loud voice. He became angry.
"Archie, why are you here?"
Maxie moved his glasses. He looked at Archie. Archie walked in like he owned the place.
Maxie was confused. He did not think Team Aqua could get inside so fast.
"Smirk! I walked in! Maxie, you skinny monkey, Team Magma ends today! Hahahaha!"
Archie was very arrogant.
"Smirk~ You think you and Team Aqua can do that?" Maxie laughed.
"Of course! It was hard to fight you before. But I am not in Team Aqua anymore." Archie laughed.
Maxie was shocked.
"I am a member of Team Rocket now! Hahahaha! Lord Damian, you said I could fight Maxie alone, right?"
Archie smiled at Maxie. Then he asked Damian. He wanted to fight.
Maxie was surprised that Archie joined Team Rocket.
He saw the young man and the girl behind Archie.
"Wait, I..." Maxie wanted to speak, but he could not move.
"Of course. Do you mind if I record the fight?"
Damian had a camera. He was ready to film.
He wanted to film the fight between Archie and Maxie. He thought it would be funny for the public to see.
"Chuckle! No problem!" Archie looked scary.
"I took his Poké Balls. Now you two can fight."
Mewtwo used its power to take Maxie's Poké Balls. Then Maxie could move again.
Maxie was pale. He looked at Archie. Archie was coming closer.
Maxie was very surprised.
"Gulp~ Wait! Archie, calm down! We can talk."
Maxie moved away. He was scared. Archie felt good seeing Maxie afraid.
"Talking is useless. Now~ Maxie, let's have fun! Hahahaha!"
"Don't come over! Don't come over! Stay away from me! AHHHHHHH!"
Courtney: Lord Maxie, I hope you will be okay.