A/N : This is my first Pokemon fanfic and I just had to make it rocketshippy. I love rocketshippy stories and decided to make my own. Please R/R. It is REALLY appreciated! Thanks

disclaimer: No, I do not own Pokemon/characters except for Amy Lee or I would have made this fanfic a movie by now. lol


James had just quit Team Rocket, or gotten fired then quit. He had convinced Giovanni to give Jessie and Meowth a second chance. They wanted to quit with James but he told them he would be fine. Turned out he wasn't doing so fine after all. He had left Team Rocket yesterday and spent the night in a forest. He didn't care what forest he was in or where he went. All he knew was that he couldn't go home. He woke at seven in the morning and began walking on. He would often stop and just stare ahead thinking about which way he should go. Sometimes he would stop, close his eyes, and think about Jessie, the woman he loved. He would then think of going back to her. He could still see the tears threatening to fall out of her crystal blue eyes. James also remembered what she whispered as they hugged for one last time. "Never forget me." James repeated in the same whispered voice Jessie had when she told him. He had never told her he loved her and now thought he would never get that chance again. I blew it. I should have told her before I left. Now I'll never know what she thinks of me. But it might have brought her more pain than she already was in. I guess it was for the best, James thought to himself after he had decided to sit under a shady tree and rest. He checked his watch and found it was already eleven thirty. He took a bottle of water from his backpack and gulped half of it down. He put it in the side pocket and stood up. He then continued his walk wherever his feet took him.

After about fifteen minutes James heard something. It sounded like crying. He looked up ahead and saw a girl about a year or two younger than him sitting against a tree. Her knees were pulled up to her chest and was crying softy. James ran up and crouched down next to her. "Are you ok?" James asked gently. Then girl gasped. "Oh! N-not r-r-really." She said trying to wipe tears from her eyes and dry her face. She had waist long black hair with blood red streaks running through it and highlighting the tips. Her bangs came halfway into her eyes, which were a stormy gray. She had a black star painted on her left cheek and dangling black star earrings in her ears. A black star necklace matched her earrings and hung over a gray, slightly baggy shirt with 3 black stars in the shape of a triangle in the middle. The girl wore black cargo pants with a silver chain on either side and gray stars splattered on the bottom of the legs. The belt she wore was studded with stars and had a place where it looked like 6 pokeballs should go. She also had black Vans with a silver star on the outer sides. "What happened?" James asked, concerned. "I-I was p-pokenapped!" The girl wailed and burst into tears again. James cautiously put an arm around her shoulders. She leaned against him and began trying to get under control again. "The n-names Amy Lee." The girl said trying to sound like she was ok. "Ok, I'm James," James said, "Do you know who took your Pokemon? I could try and help you find them." James stood up and put a hand out to help Amy Lee up. She jumped up instead and hugged James tightly around the neck. James gasped slightly but Amy Lee didn't seem to notice. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou…" Amy Lee was saying over and over again n his ear. "By the way, what did the people who stole your Pokemon look like?" James asked loud enough for her to hear. Without letting go of James she said, "Well, there was a boy and a girl about a two years older than me. The girl had blonde hair and the boy had greenish hair." That sounds a lot like Butch and Cassidy. James thought. "They wore a shirt with an R on it. I know it stood for Team Rocket. Actually," Amy Lee pulled away from James a little to look at his shirt, "It looked just. Like. Yours." Amy Lee finished in a whisper. It suddenly hit her. She jumped away from James and backed against the tree. "ACK! You're just like them! Get away!" She yelled at him. "No wait! Please just let me explain!" James pleaded. "And why should I listen to you? HUH?! How do I know you aren't just lying to me?" Amy Lee questioned, her stormy eyes squinted suspiciously. Well, that was a change of attitude. Just like Jessie… James thought. "Well!?" Amy Lee said rather loudly. "Oh, right. As we go to find your Pokemon I'll explain everything. Then hopefully it will make since." James said. "Fine. But I'm watching you." Amy Lee agreed.

Before walking off into the forest with Amy Lee, James asked if he could be excused and walked behind a set of large tree. Amy Lee wondered what he was doing and tapped her foot impatiently. He came back a few minutes later in a complete change of clothes. A short sleeved black t-shirt and some blue jeans with sneakers. "I threw my uniform away ok? I'll explain why in a minute," James explained. He hadn't really thrown it away. It held far to many memories. Instead he stuffed to in a rather large side pocket of his backpack. "Ookkkk" Amy Lee said. "Ahem" James cleared his throat, getting ready to tell his alibi. This made Amy Lee giggle. Then her eyes widened. She hadn't giggled in a long time. But then again, no one had ever volunteered to help her in a long time either. It seemed her life had starting changing in the last couple of weeks. James had started walking and Amy Lee ran to catch up with him. He started telling his story as the walked deeper into the heart of the forest.