Note: I do not own Pokémon or any of the famous characters mentioned.

This is my Pokémon fanfic. I hope Pokémon fans will enjoy it because this can be looked at as a HUGE series which won't end any time soon. This fanfic can basically be seen as an alternate reality of events which take place after the second movie. ENJOY!

Turning Over A New Leaf

Announcer: "It's been one week sinse the terrible global threat of the captivity of The Legendary Birds. Tracy has left Ash, Misty and Pikachu to visit his parents. Now, our heroes continue to explore The Orange Islands."

"Ash, are you all right?" asked a worried Misty. Her best friend wasn't looking as cheerful as usual.

"I'm okay Misty. It's just that what happened a week ago got me thinking." Ash responded. "If I was the one destined to stop the threat, I think I must be destined for more, like becoming the greatest trainer ever."

"I suppose you could be that optomistic." Misty responded, acting stubborn like she always did.

"I'm serious Misty. From now on, I won't rest until all 150 Pokémon are recorded within my Pokédex." said Ash, sounding as determined as ever.

"As always, I'll stand behind him no matter what. Of course, I won't tell him that." Misty secretly thought to herself.

"HEY!" a huge shout was heard behind them. When they turned they saw a very unexpected sight.

"Wait a second will ya?" it was Meowth. Behind him was Jessie and James who were, for once wearing normal clothes, not their T.R. uniforms.

"TEAM ROCKET!" shouted Ash in surprise. He was ready to fight and had a Pokéball in hand.

"Wait, we don't want any trouble." said James quickly.

"Yeah, we came by to tell you that we quit Team Rocket." added Jessie.

"WHAT!" yelled Ash and Misty while PIkachu cried...

"PI!"

"This is a trick, it has to be." commented Ash in disbelief.

"No, it isn't a trick." said James. "After what happened a week ago, Jess, Meowth and I thought about leaving the life of crime behind and starting over."

"I still don't believe you guys. There's no way your "big boss" would allow you two to quit." said Misty, still holding Togepi close to her.

"I was easy to quit because it's rumoured that da boss is dead." explained Meowth. "One of our bases exploded while he was inside. He hasn't been heard from since."

"So that marked the end of our ties with Team Rocket. We just stopped contacting them and stopped working with them." said James.

"Only problem is that we all want to form a group but we have no cause in mind." complained Jessie.

"HERE IS A CAUSE FOR YOU." a voice from above was heard as a net came down and trapped Jessie, James and Meowth. The net then rose to its point of origin and suspended below a familiar helicopter.

"What's going on?" asked Ash.

"Prepare for trouble." said a female voice.

"Make it double." added a well known male voice.

"To infect the world with devestation,"

"To blight all people in every nation,"

"To denounce to goodness of truth and love,"

"To extend our wrath to the stars above,"

"Cassidy,"

"Butch,"

"Giovanni," With that, Ash, Misty, Pikachu, Togepi, Jessie, James and Meowth immediately had shocked looks on their faces.

"Team Rocket, orbiting the earth at the speed of light."

"Surrender now or you'll surely lose the fight."

"THAT'S RIGHT." finished all three together.

"Let us down from here." shouted an enraged Jessie.

"There is no way we're going to release a bundle of traitors like you." said Butch.

"We thought you were dead Giovanni. How did you survive?" asked Ash.

"I thought you would ask that." said Giovanni. "An incompetant fool within my base dropped a burner on a flammable liquid. This resulted in a series of explosions within the base. Sensing the destruction of my base I had my Alakazam teleport me out safely."

"Darn it, we should have thought about that." said James.

"Now that I've finally been able to meet the "infamous" Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu,..." said Giovanni. "I think it's about time I found out just how rare that little mouse is."

"Bring it on." said Ash.

"Alright, go Rhydon." Giovanni tossed a Pokéball to release his large ground type Pokémon.

"Go make me proud Pikachu." shouted Ash.

"Ha, ha, ha this will be so easy I'll give you the first shot." laughed Giovanni.

"Big mistake! PIkachu, Thunderbolt ATTACK!" commanded Ash. Pikachu let loose a huge blast of electricity and aimed it right at Rhydon's horn. Pikachu's rare elecric power soon took its toll on Rhydon. When the blast subsided, Rhydon had already doubled over in a faint.

"WHAT!" shouted an extremely shocked Giovanni after he witnissed the unexpected result. "I now definetely need that Pikachu. No wonder those three fools were always after it. It's rare power is incredible." he thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Jessie had a plan. "Go, Arbok." she shouted. "Use your Poison Sting to get us out of this mess."

"Charbok." Arbok responded with an attack of fine needles with tore a hole in the net which allowed them to escape. The only problem now was the fact that they were now falling down towards the beach.

"AHHHHHHH!" they were now all screaming for their lives. Seeing this, Ash grabbed a Pokéball and threw it.

"Bulbasaur, use your Vine Whip to catch them." Bulbasaur emerged and although he was quite confused as to why he was catching "these guys" he did it anyway. The former Team Rocket landed safely onto the beach. Seeing this, Butch and Cassidy started to panic.

"What do we do now boss? This is definetely not what we thought would happen." complained Butch.

"Calm down, Bill, I'll think of something." Giovanni responded.

"IT'S NOT BILL, IT'S BUTCH." screamed Butch in a rage. Seeing this as a great distraction, James took this time to grab his trusty Roadster (his bazooka) and aim it at the helicopter. The sight of the Roadster shocked Ash and Misty.

"Luckily I still have one shot left." said James as he fired it. The helicopter immediately exploded sending the three occupants sailing into the sky.

"I refuse to be subjected to this nonsense." thought Giovanni as he grabbed a teleporter from his jacket pocket and pressed it, allowing him to teleport away in midair, leaving Butch and Cassidy to cry...

"Looks like we're blasting off!"... "(SFX) Ding"

"We sure showed dem." stated Meowth triumphantly.

"Yeah, we really rocked and socked them didn't we?"

"We actually work pretty well together." stated Ash.

"THAT'S IT!" shouted James as a big idea just entered his head. "Let's huddle." he suggested to Jessie and Meowth. After a little while, they got up and said,

"We give you the brand new Team Rock 'em Sock 'em." announced a very excited James.

(Author's note: Hey, it's James, what name would you expect him to come up with, The Avengers?)

"T.R.S. for short." chimed in Meowth.

"I like it." said Misty. "It really seems to suit you guys.

"And our goal will be to prevent all crimes against Pokémon, especially crimes by Team Rocket."

"So you guys are really going to be good huh?" asked Ash, with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, there are still a few things we have to work on but we'll soon have a new uniform and a new logo. It's going to be great." stated James.

"Well then I guess we should make our alliance official." said Ash, as he held out his hand. Misty, Pikachu, Jessie, James and Meowth all placed their hands on top of his. "To new beginnings." said Ash as they all raised their hands in celebration. Afterwards, Jessie, James and Meowth said their goodbyes to Ash and Misty.

Announcer: "Our heroes now have a new alliance with Jessie, James and Meowth, the new T.R.S. What new adventures await our heroes as their adventures continue? We'll just have to wait and find out."

Well, that's it for the first adventure in this series. I hope you liked it. There are going to alot more changes as this series rolls along, but I'm sure you all will love 'em all. Wait around for the next chapter and please review this one. See ya.