Episode 11, Saved by the Bulbasaur!

Episode 11 in my Fan Fiction series about the Pokémon journey of Ash and Angie. Involves some MorpheusShipping (Ash and Angie liking each other) and even some RocketShipping (Jessie x James) so if you don't like that idea, stop reading here. The rest, I hope you enjoy this fan-fiction.

This morning, Ash and his friends had left early, to travel along Route 8, leading to Saffron City. Ash wanted to challenge the Saffron City Gym. After walking for about an hour, everyone agreed it was time for a break.

"Hey Ash. How about a little training between one of your Pokémon and my Bulbasaur?" Angie asked.

"Okay. I'll choose Grotle then. That way our Pokémon can't get really hurt as they are both Grass-types." Ash answered.

"Sounds good to me, let's go!" Angie said.

Although this was a friendly battle, Angie looked full of fighting spirit and so was Ash. Even though they were more than friends now, when it came to battles, their rivalry was still as fierce as ever.

"Bulbasaur, come out!" Angie said as she made her new friend appear.

"Grotle, time for action!" Ash reacted. "Since you have just met Bulbasaur, we'll let you go first."

"Okay, but don't expect us to hold back," Angie warned Ash.

"Neither will we," Ash replied.

"Bulbasaur, do Razor Leaf!" Angie commanded.

"Withdraw!" was Ash's reaction.

The sharp leaves that Angie's Bulbasaur sent towards Grotle bounced off on it's large shield, not even scratching it.

"Is that the best you can do?" Ash asked, mocking her. "Now it's our turn, Grotle, do Bite!"

"Bulbasaur, use your Vine Whip to lift Grotle up in the air," was Angie's response to this.

Although Bulbasaur was no large Pokémon, it was very strong, and lifted the much larger Grotle up with relative ease.

"Throw Grotle to the ground!" Angie shouted.

The large Pokémon hit the ground with a mighty crash, but managed to get up again. Ash was worried about Grotle for a moment, but he quickly saw that Grotle still looked fit to fight.

"Bulbasaur, do that same move again!" Angie commanded.

"This time we will be prepared," Ash said, as Grotle was again lifted in the air. "Do Energy Ball!"

Bulbasaur had no chance to defend itself against this attack, and was blown away a few meters as the powerful Energy Ball hit it. Grotle was freed from the grasp of Bulbasaur's Vine Whip, and landed on the ground, on it's feet. Bulbasaur was able to get on it's feet again, but looked a bit affected by that last attack.

"Bulbasaur, return!" Angie said, as she opened it's Poké Ball.

"Good call, Angie, better luck next time," Ash said.

"I see that we need some more training," Angie said a little disappointed.

"Yeah, don't forget you only have Bulbasaur less than a day. And the way you used that Vine Whip on Grotle was a nice touch," Ash tried to cheer her up a little.

"Thanks! And I guess you're right. It takes time to get stronger," Angie admitted.

"Shall we move on guys?" Tracey asked.

"Right! Grotle, come back!" Ash said.

So they moved on, with Pikachu and Shinx running ahead a little of them. Angie was just about to warn the two playful Pokémon, not to stray ahead too much, when a big hand came from the side of the path, grabbing both Pokémon.

"Hey, what is the meaning of this?" Ash yelled.

"Yeah, let my Shinx go!" Angie added.

Then they heard two familiar voices.

"To protect the world from devastation," Jessie said.

"To unite all peoples within our nation", James continued.

"To denounce the evils of truth and love," Jessie spoke again.

"To extend our reach to the stars above," James added

"Jessie," Jessie introduced herself.

"Jessie..." James repeated..

"No James, that's not your line!" Jessie said, a bit irritated.

"I know Jessie, but I just realized what a beautiful voice you have. When you say your lines, it is so full of passion, so strong," James explained why he stopped saying their motto.

"Oh, do you really think so James? Thank you," Jessie said, at a much more friendly tone than usual as she looked at her partner with a bit dreamy eyes, "You know how to make a woman feel appreciated."

"Can someone give me a bucket please?" Meowth said. "We're here to steal Pikachu, remember that?!"

"That's right!" Jessie and James said at the same time.

"Hey, now you're stealing my line!" Meowth said, panicking a little.

"Sorry, Meowth," his partners apologized.

"Can we finish our motto now?" Meowth said, annoyed.

"Okay, yes...errrm.. Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light," Jessie continued

"Surrender now or prepare to fight," James said.

"Meowth! That's right!" Meowth concluded the motto, while at the same time using it's claws to cut loose the belt Ash had around his waist, holding his Poké Balls.

"Hey, my Pokémon!" Ash yelled.

"Yeah, we did some analyzing about what keeps going wrong when we try to steal Pikachu. And we came up with one thing. As long as you have some Pokémon at your disposal, we end up blasting away. So we decided to steal all your Pokémon at once, and since that sketching-twerp has no Pokémon at all, and we now even have that Shinx of your girlfriend, there is nothing you can do to stop us," Meowth finished his long explanation.

"Precisely," James agreed.

"So, say goodbye to Pikachu," Jessie said, as she sticked out her tongue at Ash and his friends.

Ash clenched his fists in anger, since he was powerless to do something. Then Angie put her hand on his arm, and turned Ash around so he faced her. She winked at him, as she showed him her Poké Ball with... Bulbasaur!

"Ooooh...Team Rocket?" Angie asked.

"Now what!" Jessie said, "Can't you see we're gloating over stealing your Pokémon?!"

"Well, it seems like you forgot one," Angie said.

"We.....forgot one? But that's impossible!" James said, while counting all the Poké Balls.

"Bulbasaur, do Razor Leaf!" Angie shouted.

"B...Bulbasaur?" Jessie asked.

A stream of sharp leaves hit Jessie, James and Meowth, causing the last one to drop the remote control that he had used to operate the mechanical claws that grabbed Pikachu and Shinx. Ash raced forward to get it, but found Jessie's Seviper blocking his path.

"Bulbasaur, do Vine Whip on Seviper!" Angie commanded, coming to his aid.

"Thanks, Ange!" Ash said, as he could now grab the remote control, and freed Pikachu and Shinx.

"Oh no!" Jessie and James yelled.

"Pikachu, do Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded.

"Shinx, help Pikachu and do Spark!" Angie added.

The combined attacks caused a big explosion, sending the three villains flying upwards at great speed.

"Some fine plan, Meowth!" Jessie said at an angry tone.

"Hey, don't look at me!" Meowth said, "How was I to know that girl caught a new Pokémon?"

"Anyway, looks like we're blasting off again...." James added.

"Meowwwwth!"

"So, they will think twice before they come back, I guess," Angie said.

"I wouldn't be too sure of that," Ash remarked, "they don't give up that easily."

"Well, we're ready for them, right Bulbasaur?" Angie said as she caressed her Pokémon to praise it for it's hard work.

"Yeah, you were great, Bulbasaur!" Ash also praised it.

Ash gathered his Poké Balls, and they continued their journey, heading for Saffron City, where Ash was hoping to get his second badge. But that would have to wait till tomorrow...

My 14th fan-fiction story. I apologize for any typing errors, or grammatically not 100% correct sentences, as I am not a native English speaker or writer. I tried to make this story as close to the Pokemon series as possible, so that the characters will react roughly the same in this fictional story as they do in the series. Comments are always welcome, please use the review function of

Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own any trademarks of Pokémon. Any similarities to the works of others is purely accidental, and not meant as an infringement on anyone's achievements.