Blue's penis piercing.

Suddenly you know exactly what to wager, “If I win you have to get a piercing on your . . . “ you pause just letting your eyes wander to Blue’s crotch.

Blue takes a second to follow your gaze. He reflexively grabs his crotch, “Deal.” The slight squirm in Blue put a smile on your face, which is a rare occurrence while Blue is around.

You open your mouth to make fun of his discomfort when the stadium erupts in noise. “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO CRAG STADIUM. Tonight we have the Sirens in from Saffron to take on our hometown heroes THE PEWTER MINERS!!” You turn to the field seeing a well dressed man in the middle. He looks small all the way down there, but you can see him larger on the jumbotrons. He’s dressed in a fancy suit with Pewter Miner branded tie, “Let’s welcome tonight’s challengers the Saffron Sirens.” He raises his arm and the jumbotron changes to a gate where 5 ladies in matching uniforms emerge from the darkness. The crowd cheers them on and you join in making as much noise as you can. The team all hold up a pokeball releasing their pokemon. Steelix, Rhyperior, Corviknight, Tyrantrum, and Mamoswine appear on the field. You watch as the women climb onto their pokemon. The woman climbing onto the Rhyperior has the 58 on her back meaning that she must be Yuruki.

“And while no introductions are needed, I will anyway. THE PEWTER MINERS!!” On the opposite side of the field a group of 5 guys enter the spotlight. The noise in the stadium roars to a deafening tumult. The men wave as they pull out their own pokemon. Another Steelix, Tropius, Mudsdale, Hariyama, and a Metagross. The sight of the Metagross reminds you of the trainer from earlier, then you see him. The man who fucked you and Jack on route 3 in climbing on to the Metagross.

A surge of anger rushes through you, “See how could you beat that line up. Flores’s Steelix has superior reach. West’s Tropius has great maneuverability as their flyer. And Dean’s Metagross has a great offensive and defensive mix.” Blue continues to go on and on about the Miners but his voice drones out as you stare at the man from earlier. Turns out his name is Dean. If you hadn’t already picked a team to cheer for, you now know that you’d have never sided with the Miners.

The crowd cheers again and you’re broken out of your trance. A ball is flying in the air between the Mamoswine and the Hariyama. The two pokemon clash while their riders reach for the ball. You see the two Steelix guarding their respective goals. The Mamoswine’s rider pulls back with the ball, then the pokemon pushes the Hariyama away. She throws the ball up towards the Corviknight overhead. The two flyers chase each other through the air while everybody positions themselves on the ground. Tropius fires a magical leaf attack at the Corviknight. Corviknight rolls to protect its rider from the enemy attack, dropping the ball. The ball falls while Rhyperior is positioned directly below it. He pulls his arm back connecting a hammer arm to the ball. The ball bounces off the ground at a surprising speed rushing at the Miner’s Steelix. The goalie Steelix stretches to block the ball but it misses letting the ball pass by into the goal. The crowd cheers as the Sirens make the first score of the game.

“Lucky shot. They still don’t stand a chance,” Blue brushes off the early score.

“Sounds like you’re scared,” you tease at Blue.

“As if. Look the Miner’s are already on the attack.” You look up to see the Hariyama and Mudsdale slamming the ball back and forth between them. Right before the Siren’s Tyrantrum could intercept between them the Hariyama hits the ball into the air. The Tropius uses a mid-air stomp to fling the ball into the Siren goal flying past their Steelix. “See already tied back up.”

The match continued with the ball surviving a surprising amount of ****. The ball is replaced between goals but after some longer volleys the ball looks to be in rough shape. The score slowly rises both teams taking the lead throughout the night. You cheer with each Siren score. Finally watching the MPL in person is so much better in person, or maybe it was just the excitement of having a personal investment in the game.

You shiver as the crowd starts cheering on your earlier tormenter Dean. Even Blue joins in the cheering as Dean’s Metagross scores another goal. The ball is launched again and Yuruki’s Rhyperior clashes with Dean’s Metagross. Before either of them can touch the ball Dean is knocked off and falls to the ground. A whistle is blown and the action is stopped. A team of people run out onto the field to check on Dean. You look to the scoreboard, it reads 60 to 58 with a little less than 2 minutes left. “You worried yet?” Blue asks with a devilish grin. “Tell you what, if you blow me right now I’ll let you out of the deal. No piercings required.”

Your first gut reaction is to tell him to go fuck himself. But then you reconsider, your team is down by 2 points perhaps it would be safer to give up. Then again the Siren’s have been doing well all game and with Dean taking a fall, that could be just the advantage they need to clutch the victory.