Rental Machamp WIP (Pokemon) (Patreon)

Being a gym leader, there were some things that were expected of Misty. Being polite to a majority of the trainers that come her way, giving them a fair challenge before either approving or denying their gym badge, and making sure that the gym was clean and safe for people to traverse. After some intense battles, that last bit tended to be a problem. Whether it was because of the gym getting trashed in the process of the battle, the trainer having failed and thrown a fit after not obtaining their badge, or it just being time to renovate and shake things up a bit.

Fortunately, it was rather easy to get things fixed thanks to the multiple pokemon rental services that were out there. Between things like having Machamps do the heavy lifting, Pikachus powering anything electronic during a power outage, or even just Clefable being a babysitter for a day. The possibilities were almost as limitless as the uses for the pokemon. However, while nothing went wrong when she used these rental services, Misty always tended to have some kind of negative interaction with a pokemon that she rented.

Right now, that negative interaction came from the Machamp that seemed to be eying her up and down every chance that it got. Between moving boxes and helping the others move some of the heavy beams that supported the roof, this particular Machamp would always find a way to make his way over to Misty. At first,  it was cute, seeing that a rental pokemon possibly remembered working for her in the past. But as the day went on and the work began to slow down because of this particular Machamp, it became clear that it was more than just him recognizing her for one reason or another.

It quickly became annoying when the other Machamps were unable to do the work they needed because this one seemed to always make an excuse for being around Misty. Even when the work was finally finished and it was time for him to be picked up, he instead made his way over to Misty and stayed by her side. And at this point, she was already annoyed and fed up with him causing her to have to wait a second day to have her gym renovated because he wanted to be clingy.

However, thanks to all of the time she had spent with Brock and Ash during their journey, she had known better than to try and push it away from her. Both because of her size compared to the pokemon and because she knew better than to do something that could potentially harm a pokemon outside of battle. Brock would never forgive her if he found out.