Yay! Gomen, this took so long. I have been ultra busy lately. My muses must think it's
muse mating season because all of a sudden I have ten ongoing series. I will try to post to
this list more often. Stuff just kept happening. Enough of my babbling. On with the fic.
I own none of these characters. Nintendo does. Please don't sue.
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"Trapped" Chapter 3
Shigeru softly brushed a finger over Satoshi's bottom lip before he realized he was being
watched by Pikachu. She was studying him curiously. He swiftly removed his hand and lay
back against the cave wall. A bright blush was very evident on his face.
"Pika?" *whispered*
Shigeru bit down hard on his bottom lip and mentally kicked himself for having been so
stupid.
Pikachu continued to stare at him as if waiting for an answer.
Shigeru's lip split from the pressure and blood dripped down his chin. He looked down in
attempt to hide his expression from Pikachu and blood dripped onto Satoshi. Satoshi's hand
fluttered to wipe his face and it met Shigeru's, grasping it against his chest. Shigeru
struggled to free himself of Satoshi's slumbering grasp as Pikachu continued to stare at
him.
At this point Shigeru determined that he had to get away from these two and now. So, he
flew back into jerk mode. Shigeru ripped his hand away from Satoshi, and Satoshi's eyes flew
open from the roughness.
"Wha... what happen..."
"Stay on your own side of the cave, Satoshi! Imagine going and getting yourself hurt and
expecting *me* to save you! You haven't changed a bit from when we were kids!"
With that, Shigeru got up and positioned himself on the other side of a large pile of rocks.
"What was *that* about?"
"Pika. Pikapi... Pikachu chu pi! Pii!!!"
Pikachu attempted to explain while making dramatic hand gestures the likes of which were
totally lost on Satoshi's semiconscious form.
Shigeru lay against the rock pile and squinted his eyes tightly in an effort to dam the
oncoming tears, but his efforts were to no avail. Soon, tears covered his cheeks and weak
sobs escaped his lips.
#Oh Gods, I am so stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!!!#
Satoshi was starting to once again loose consciousness despite Pikachu's attempted
explanations that were turning into incoherent rambling when he swore he heard a sniffle.
"Shi-Shigeru? Is that you?"
His question received no response.
"Shigeru? ...Shigeru?!"
Again, no answer was sent.
"Shigeru, are you still there?!"
This time Satoshi's voice sounded terrified, and Shigeru gathered himself together as best
he could to form an answer.
"I'm right here, baka."
"Shigeru, I-I didn't mean to do whatever I did to make you mad. Please don't leave. If you
do, at least take Pikachu with you. I don't want her to die in this cave too."
"W-what kind of jerk do you t-think I am?! Not even Team Rocket would leave a fellow
pokemon trainer alone and hurt in a cave to d-die. ...N-no matter what kind of a baka he is!
Besides, I c-c-couldn't leave if I t-tried. The cave is pretty well sealed off."
Satoshi raised an eyebrow at Shigeru's slight stutter.
"Is everything ok, Shigeru?"
"What do you mean, Satoshi?! Of course nothing is ok! I am stuck in this stupid cave with
the likes of you!"
Satoshi frowned. He hated it when Shigeru made fun of him, and he was just trying to help.
Pikachu squinted suspiciously before looking down at Satoshi.
"Pika?"
"Hmmm..."
Pikachu eyed Satoshi and, determining he would be ok for the moment, took off around the
pile of boulders.
She arrived to see Shigeru curled in fetal position with tears marking his cheeks. She took
him by total surprise as he abruptly sat up, wiping his face on his sleeve.
"Satoshi!!! Call your pikachu!"
"W-What?!"
"Can't you keep this thing in a pokeball like a normal trainer? She is very poorly
trained!"
"Shut up, Shigeru! I don't need this..." Satoshi was cut off mid-sentence by a series of
severe sounding coughs.
"Look, Shigeru, just find us a way out of here because I would rather die than spend another
minute listening to you dis on me and Pikachu!"
Satoshi's words hurt, bad. Pikachu watched in facination as Shigeru bit his lip and another
tear escaped from his left eye and dribbled down his cheek. She stepped closer to Shigeru.
"Pika?" *whispered*
"Just... go *away*." *whispered*
Satoshi began to cough roughly once again, and Pikachu nuzzled Shigeru's canteen.
"I get the picture." *whispered*
Shigeru wiped his eyes, picked up the canteen, and walked over to where Satoshi lay.
Shigeru's eyes widened as he saw the little droplets of blood that now stained Satoshi's
hands from covering his mouth. Shigeru sat down next to him and opened the canteen.
"Drink this."
"Hai. Arigato."
Shigeru gently poured water from the canteen into Satoshi's mouth.
"Shigeru?"
"Shhh... Don't talk. Just rest."
"Shigeru, have you been crying?"
TBC... Of course!
Laters, plude