Disclaimer: If I owned Pokémon, Dawn would have Chimchar and Buizel. Team Rocket would actually use the common sense they have and Meowth would know more than two attacks. But I don't own it, so we all know the obvious answer.
Pokémon belong's to Satoshi Taijiri. I only own Pokémon Pearl and the games before it, also my OC's and the plot of this story.
A/N: I wasn't able to retrieve any of my lost documents sadly, so I had to start from scratch and I'm ready to continue the fic's I started and I apologize for the long wait guys, I hope you all can forgive me. And thank you for all the reviews and alerts I got, I hope you all like this chapter!
I also want to thank FrostDeman, who C2'd me! I've never gotten one of thoes before and I have no clue what it is, but it made me supah happy so I thank you! Sorry it took so long. I planned to have this out last week, but my dad's internet has been erratic for the past 2 month's now and it then officially died on us and Tech Suppot took forever to come and fix the problem. I'm really sorry, but I hope you enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 4:
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Enter Sparx! The non-electrical Pikachu. WTF!?
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"Flamethrower Archy!"
"Crap, I thought we saw the last of him" Lisa thought with narrowed eyes, before said eyes widened at the flame that was heading towards her
She ducked swiftly as a column of fire shot past her, managing to burn the tip of her tail "Holy Sh--!" the Meowth shot up and looked at her throbbing appendage, her tail tip, the brown part was glowing red
"Lisa! Are you alright?" the Pikachu, Sparx, beside her asked concerned as he glanced at her glowing tail
"My tail is glowing red and my ass feels like its on fire" she hissed glaring at him as they ran down the street and running into a nearby alleyway "Do I look okay!"
"Uhhh no"
Lisa had to resist the urge to smack her forehead as she glowered at the Pikachu that sat before her. The had just met each other only hours ago and he had already gotten her into so much trouble.
(Earlier that Afternoon)
Lisa had successfully made it through 202 and entered Jubilife City, it was huge and buzzing with life and Pokémon as well. Casually she strolled through the city, taking in sites and buildings, unaware of the strange looks most people gave her.
So many sights, sounds and smells. She's never been to a city this big before. It intrigued her, Lisa continued down the sidewalk of Jubilife, glancing up at trainers and other people, they kept staring at her she noted.
"What. Its like these people never seen a cat before" she thought frowning
"Woah, look at this Archy it's a Meowth!" Lisa froze and turned towards the voice, it was a young boy, he wore a simple green shirt and a blue backwards cap with blue pants and white sneakers, beside him was a puppy with bright orange fur with black stripes. Its belly, tail, and fluff on top of its head are a cream color. It was a Growlithe known as Archy, yipped happily as it stared Lisa down.
"Let's capture it!" the boy cried pulling out a Pokeball
"Oh crap, this brat want's to capture me" Lisa's eyes widened and she turned to run but the dog leapt in front of her and blocked her path
"Tackle, Archy!" Archy charged at Lisa with blinding speed and knocked her back a few feet, she fell on her back but quickly stood up "Bastard" she hissed glaring at Archy who smirked in reply "Use Ember!" Archy opened it's mouth and a barrage of fire pellets hit Lisa in the chest, she fell back with a cry as ember pelted her, the tiny flames burning her fur.
"I wonder why the Meowth isn't fighting back" A spectator, from the small crowd that had formed to watch the battle, murmured as they watched Meowth battle the Growlithe
"It's cause I don't wanna fight, you asshole!" she growled from her spot on the ground, but the person just assumed she was growling at Archy "Stupid people! They don't understand" (1)
"Finish this with Bite" Lisa snapped into action and quickly got up and lept backwards "fine, if it's a fight you want, then I'll fight" she thought as she continued to evade the snapping jaws of Archy "Ember!" Archy opened it's mouth to let loose Ember, but was stopped when Lisa scratched it on it's nose, three claw marks appeared on the dog's black nose as it howled in pain and staggered back slightly shaking it's head back and forth to stop the pain.
"Take Down!" Archy stopped shaking and growled threateningly at Lisa, before charging at full speeds towards the scratch cat, who was once again knocked back from the force, but this tackle was different she mused, it hurt a helluva lot more "and I think I heard a rib crack" she groaned, at her position she was lying face-first in the street, lifting her head up slowly, she could barely register the next attack before it was too late "Body Slam!"
Pain. Mind-numbing pain. She felt like she just got the wind knocked out of her when Archy slammed all it's body weight onto her back, crushing it, now she was sure she heard a rib crack. Lisa opened her mouth and let out a strangled cry, she felt like her lungs were being crushed and she couldn't breath. Lisa then felt Archy get off her and she could breath normally again, rolling over on her side the scratch cat groaned as her eyes fluttered open and closed "God. Do Pokémon have to go through this everyday" she was on the verge of unconsciousness.
"Haha, Good job Archy! Pokeball go!"
"Is this it?" Lisa thought weakly as she saw the Pokeball nearing "I'm gonna be stuck as somebody's pet and I'll be a cat forever. Mew's probably laughing its ass off at me right now" Lisa closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable to happen.
"What! Where'd that Swift come from" Lisa's eye flew open. Someone had saved her? You mean she wasn't gonna be some brat's pet! Thank Mew! (But don't tell Mew I said that)
"It's a Pikachu!" the boy had shouted. Indeed a Pikachu was standing before her, with its short, yellow fur and brown horizontal stripes on its back, black-tipped ears, along with an unusual shaped tail, which resembled a lightning bolt.
"Get up!" the Pikachu barked, it's back was facing her and was growling at Archy "I can't, I think that stupid mutt broke something" Lisa said softly as the 'stupid mutt' snarled at Lisa and Pikachu "Take Down on Pikachu Archy!"
Lisa couldn't help it, she tried to stay awake but the pain was too much to handle, unbearable, with a soft groan Lisa shut her eyes and let fatigue take over.
"Oh This is just great" Pikachu murmured, before it dodged the oncoming attack, by leaping over Archy, delivering a powerful Mega Kick to it's side. Archy yelped as it was sent flying across the street, Pikachu then turned towards Lisa, whom he saw was unconscious and cursed "Shit, she fainted" Pikachu looked towards Archy, who fainted, its trainer by it's side cursing the Pikachu, who rolled his eyes before turning towards Lisa and grabbing both her arms, slinging the cat on it's back, her body hung limply from his and he dashed through the crowd, aware of the people staring as he continued to run through the streets of Jubilife City, ignoring the confused looks of the humans that wondered why a Pikachu was running through the streets with an unconscious Meowth on its back. (2)
Cutting through an alley Pikachu had made it to a small house, entering through the doggy door, a sweet smell wafted through his nose, Pikachu smacked it's lips and smiled softly and scanned the room; it was a nice cozy house with white walls and a few pictures hanging up, a blue couch was pushed against the wall to the far left and a reading lamp sat to the right of it and a coffee table infront of it, there were some steps off to the far right that led up some steps and there was a kitchen up ahead. Placing Lisa on the couch, Pikachu ran into the kitchen as a young woman of the age 15 stared at the yellow mouse.
"Hey Sparx, your back early" The girl had fire red hair cut short, falling just above her shoulders. She was wearing a sky blue tanktop with some red kapri's and white flipflops, her green eyes twinkled brightly as she smiled at Sparx, said Pikachu gave the woman, Ariana, a frown "What's wrong Sparx" Sparx beckoned Ariana to follow him to the living room and she gasped upon noticing the fainted Lisa on the couch.
"Oh Gosh! What happened" she ran towards the Meowth and inspected her wounds "Sparx, go get my medical kit from the cabinet, I'll help your friend" Sparx nodded and ran off
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Warmth.
That's what Lisa felt when she woke up. "Did I get captured" was her first thought, she sat up slowly and opened her eyes, only to notice she was on a couch "I never knew this is what the inside of a Pokeball looked like... its kinda homey"
"Finally, your awake" Lisa froze and turned to the voice, it was that Pikachu from before he was standing on a coffee table grinning at her, ears twitching.
"Where am I" she asked narrowing her eyes at him
"At a friends" he explained "I bought you here and she managed to heal you"
"Oh. Why'd you help me back there"
Sparx's grin if possible, became wider "I'm not really sure" a bead of sweat fell down the back of Lisa's head "Okaay"
"Well, thanks for the help, but I've got to get going" she murmured stretching and hopping off the couch, Sparx's grin disappeared as he lept off the coffee table and fell in step beside Lisa "Hey wait a minute! Where are you going?"
"None of your business" she spat glancing around the room looking for a possible exit
"Hey Sparx, I'm back how's your fri--" Ariana had stepped in from the kitchen and blinked at Lisa who was looking for the door "Meowth! You're up" she smiled softly "You were in pretty bad shape, that must've been one rough battle, it's a good thing Sparx found ya" Ariana then looked back towards the kitchen "Your welcome to stay Meowth, I've got some food if your hungry"
Lisa blinked before shaking her head, even though her stomach was practically cursing her for not eating "I don't have time for this! I need to get going!"
Ariana seemed to understand and with a small nod she walked towards the front door, motioning for Sparx and Lisa to follow, causing the latter to stare at Ariana with confusion, but followed none the less "You want to leave right?" Ariana went to open the door "Please be careful Meowth" she gave a soft smile "don't hurt yourself now" Lisa glanced at Arianna for a moment, before she shot off quickly, as though a pack of Houndour were on her tail.
Sparx watched as Lisa disappeared down the narrow alleyway and out to the open streets of Jubilife City, a look of confusion etched on his face "What a strange Meowth" he murmured to himself, before glancing at Arianna, who grinned at him "You hungry Sparx?" said Pikachu nodded and hopped on the girls shoulder as she shut the front door and then headed towards the kitchen.
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Lisa frowned as her stomach growled, her movements were sluggish as she dragged her paws against the pavement "Maybe I should've ate something before I left" groaning Lisa continued to drag herself through the streets "me and my pride" she snorted "It's gonna be the death of me someday, I swear."
Our favorite Human turned Pokémon continued to trudge halfheartedly through the streets of Jubilife, hunger eating away at her subconscience as she began to hallucinate. One thing became two and that two turned into many, white and black dots became to cloud her vision as the hunger pains increased. Lisa began to stagger, clutching a nearby wall she groaned and brought a paw up to her head, she felt faint as her eyelid's drooped
"Hey! Meowth"
Looking up, said Meowth saw 5 pairs of Sparx dashing towards her "Sp-Sparx" she rasped reaching out to grab the mouse, but fatigue and hunger overwhelmed her and she wound up collapsing in his arms "Meowth!" was the last thing she heard before everthing went dark.
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"Lisa. Lisa, wake up" Erica's gentle voice murmured softly as she lightly shook her daughter's shoulder "Urgh five more minutes mom" she groaned turning over in her bed and clutching her fluffly pillow tightly, snuggling it for warmth...
Wait a minute... Mom! Fluffy pillow! Lisa's eyes flew open as she shot up from her bed, and looked around to see she was back in her room, with her Mother smiling at her, Lisa gasped "M-Mom"
"What's wrong sweetie"
Lisa blinked confusedly and looked away thoughtfully "I...I just had a very strange dream" Erica looked at her daughter and inquired curiously "Oh, and what was it about"
"I dreamed I had made this Mew angry, and it turned me into a Meowth, and... and then I had to get to Fullmoon Island before the night of the red moon, otherwise I'd stay a Meowth forever and I'd never see you again, because I had to go on a journey and I got into a fight in Jubilife City... I never knew being a Pokémon was so hard" she frowned when her mother burst into a fit of giggles.
"What is so funny Mom"
"Silly Lisa! Your dreaming!"
"What!?" Lisa turned back towards her mom, only to find a very concerned Pikachu staring back at her
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"Uwah!" Lisa lashed out, claws drawn, on the unsuspecting Sparx
"Ouch! uht he eck was tha bor?"(What the heck was that for?) Sparx held his nose as he stared at Lisa, wondering what he did to deserve this, three red claw marks were found on his nose while Lisa's eyes widened and she looked at the Pikachu apologeticly "Sorry, you surprised me is all"
"It's alright, are you okay Meowth, you fainted earlier..." They were on the sidewalk, fourtunately this street was empty, so they didn't have to worry about any nosey humans
"I'll be fine and my names Lisa, not Meowth" Lisa murmured before glancing at Sparx critically "Why are you here, were you following me"
"Kinda" Sparx looked at Lisa momentarily, who glared, Sparx ignored it and pulled out an apple from behind him "Here, Ariana wanted you to have this"
"An apple. You kidding right" Sparx looked sheepish as Lisa blinked at the red fruit, before biting into it "No! That's for you to eat, this is what she wants you to have" Sparx turned once more and pulled out a necklace, seemingly out of thin air, it was a beige cat claw with thin brown string looped through its base, she stared at it for a few moment's, before putting it around her neck "What's this and where the hell did you pull this out from, I know you don't have pockets" she asked taking another bite of the apple, it wasn't much, but it would do for now.
"It's called the Quick Claw. Ariana said it boosts to attack power of normal type moves, she said it would suit you." Sparx explained grinning "I pulled it out from this bag" the yellow mouse stepped aside and revealed the brown cloth that was unwrapped and had an assortment of berries lying in a pile "Ariana gave it to me"
"Why, aren't you like her pet or something" Sparx blinked dumbly, before he started to snicker "no, I'm a wild Pikachu, what gave you that idea "You two seemed close" Lisa replied reaching over for an Oran berry
"Nope, she's just a nice human who gave me food and shelter."
"Oh, so why do you have all this food, you going somewhere"
"Yep. With you, to Fullmoon Island"
"Hmm, that's ni-- Wait. What! No the hell you aren't!"
"Why not!"
"Cause, I don't need tagalongs" Lisa growled and Sparx glared crossly "Hey, you might need me and my abilties"
Lisa snorted rolling her eyes "pfft as if, why would I need help from a Pikachu" Sparx was going to reply, but a familiar voice beat him to it
"Hey Archy, it's that Meowth and Pikachu from before!" the boy, we'll call him Anthony, who was trying to capture Lisa before was standing a few feet away with Archy, who was growling and glaring at Lisa itching for a battle and revenge for the scratch on his nose
"I'm going to capture you Meowth! You too Pikachu!" Anthony declared pointing at the Scratch Cat and Electric Mouse "Archy, let's go!"
The Growilthe barked and charged. The two darted off, leaving the pile of berries for some starving human or Pokémon, Lisa cried inwardly at the loss of food.
(Now, Back to the Beginning)
"I still can't believe that brat found us!"
"Yeah, well believe it. Now we need to come up with a plan to get that kid off our tails"
"We could stun the kid and the dog" Lisa suggested
"And how do you propose we do that" Sparx glanced at Lisa with a lowered gaze
"I dunno, don't you have some electric attack you could you to stun him... it's called Thunder Wave I think"
"I can't use electric attacks" the yellow mouse murmured
"What do you mean you can't use electrical attacks!" Lisa shouted ducking behind a trashcan
"I don't use electrical attacks. I hate them, that's why" Sparx replied shrugging as he leaned up against the wall beside Lisa
"But your an electric mouse for Mew's sake! That's like a fish not knowing how to swim" she muttered glancing around for Anthony and his Growlithe"Your electricity would so come in handy right now"
"Too bad for the fish then, and just because I don't use electrical attacks doesn't mean I can't fight!" he declared narrowing his eyes "I can't say the same for you though"
"Shut Up! Who asked you anyway!" Lisa growled, but she knew he was right, she doesn't even know how to use any attacks except for Bite, Scratch and Growl, but those came naturally.
"Well, stunning him is out of the problem and it's not like you can do anything to Growlithe, so I guess I'll get rid of Archy and you find a way to lose the kid"
"Yeah, and then what" Sparx scratched his head and glanced around the area, his eyes widened and he grinned before pointing at a tall building "You see that building there, that's Jubilife's TV station, after you knock out the kid, meet me at that building, alright" Lisa nodded
"Where'd they go" the voice of Anthony had filled the alleyway as he and Archy walked side-by-side scanning every nook and cranny for the two mischevious Pokémon "can you sniff em out Archy?" Anthony asked the puppy, who yipped and sniffed around to catch their scent. Archy's eyes widened and he barked upon catching the scent of Sparx, whom was now standing on top of the trashcan he and Lisa were taking refuge behind.
"C'mon you stupid mutt!" Sparx turned around and patted his bottom a few times tauntingly "Catch me if you can!" Sparx sang sticking out his tongue, he hopped off the trash can and broke out into a full sprint. Archy succumbed to Sparx taunts and yapped loudly, chasing after the mouse.
"H-hey! Archy come back!" the Growlithe ignored it's trainer and followed the Pikachu who was throwing taunts over his shoulders "Are you serious!" Sparx laughed loudly as he turned a corner and disappeared from sight "A Snorelax run's faster than you" Growlite was not to far behind, growling out ways he would roast the mouse.
"Archy!" Anthony went to run after his companion, but Lisa had ran up and bit the boy's leg, causing him to yelp and glance down, trying to shake the cat off "lemme go you stupid cat" Lisa just bit harder, she also began to yank his pants with her teeth, this continued on for a good 2 minutes until Lisa heard a satisfying rip she had managed to rip part of his right pant leg off.
"You ripped my pants!" Anthony cried glaring at the cat, who spat out the blue fabric, looking up at the boy innocently before dashing off "Get back here you stupid Meowth!"
The chase was on. Anthony only saw red as he ran down the street chasing after Lisa, who ducked and dodged pedestrians and Pokémon alike that got in her way, Anthony just pushed past everyone and everything that got in his way, not bothering to apologize, random passerby's found it weird, to see a Meowth running from a boy in a green shirt with a backwards blue cap and blue jeans, with the right leg up to the knee missing.
"Stop it Meowth!" Lisa did not stop as she continued to run throught the streets, searching for a way to get the kid off her tail, scanning left and right as she ran, Lisa thought all hope was lost, until she found a street vendor, who was sitting on a blue sheet selling Pokédolls.
For Mew must've been smiling down on her, because Lisa spotted four Meowth dolls along with some Pikachu's, Jigglypuff's and Eevee doll. The cat grinned and ran to the vendors street shop and when he wasn't looking she tossed the doll in some random direction and sat next to the Meowth Pokédolls, which were sitting straight and stiff on their hind legs, their eyes closed and big grins on their faces.
They looked much like this: n--n (just picture that line in the middle as the mouth, cause the underdash or whatever the hell it's called won't stay)
"He-y Mister" Anthony almost ran by the vendor, when he spotted the dolls that loooked like Meowth "Have you seen a Meowth run by here" the man, who looked to be in his late 60's sat on the mat smiling "Nope, can't say I have"
"Alright, thank you sir" Anthony was almost fooled and was about to walk off, until he noticed, that one Meowth had a Quick Claw around it's neck "It's Meowth!" Anthony cried pointing at the cat, Lisa screeched before dashing off once more the vendor smiled, oblivious to what just happened "Come again" Anthony ran off after the cat "Get back here!"
"Jeeze, losing this kid is hard" Lisa thought with a groan "Hey! Stop that Meowth!" she heard Anthony yell as people turned to watch the scene, not one person taking action, just staring, like the nosy people they were. Lisa ran down another alley-way, only this time it was a dead-end, she just stared at the wall, with her mouth parted slightly in disbelief.
"Oh for the love of g--"
"Meowth! I finally got you!" Anthony had shouted, cutting Lisa off as he appeared at the alleys exit, Anthony was panting softly and his appearance was disheveled, his hair, which was a light brown, poked out from under his cap "There's nowhere left for you to run Meowth" a triumphant grin was on his face as he pulled out a Pokéball and enlarged it "I've got you cornered."
As if on cue, Sparx had ran (well, more like was flung) into Anthony's back, right before the mouse hit the ground with a thud and quickly shooting up to shake a fist at his attacker and clutching his poor abused tail "Yeowch! You stupid Growlithe, I outta kick you in the head for that." You see, Archy had chased Sparx pretty much all over Jubilife, without a moments rest and when Sparx finally did manage to take a breather, the poor mouse was caught off guard when the dog practically popped out of nowhere and chomped onto his tail hard, before swinging him around a few times and flinging him into a nearby alley, which happened to be the same alley his trainer and Lisa was in.
"Archy!" Anthony had turned to see his faithful companion Growlite, running towards him and straight past the grumbling Sparx, yipping in excitement. Lisa took this moment of distraction to move herself closer to Sparx "I thought you said you were gonna loose the mutt" she hissed giving him a sideways glance as she kept an eye on Archy and Anthony "I thought you said you were gonna loose the kid" he hissed back
"Hey! I did the best I could, that damned kid is persistant"
"So's the mutt! What's your point"
Lisa huffed "I don't have time to argue. I'm wasting percious time."
Sparx rolled his eyes and sighed and motioned for Lisa to follow "C'mon" the quietly snuck out the alley while Archy and Anthony were preoccupied. They ran through Jubilife, Anthony and Archy either gave up chasing the two or they just didn't care anymore, Lisa and Sparx assumed as they continued to run for another 15 minutes before they reached the end of the city
"Finally, we can leave this place" the Meowth murmured glancing at Sparx "Your serious about leaving"
The mouse in question turned towards Lisa and grinned "Yep. I have a feeling that if I stay here, I'd die of boredom but I know that if I go with you, there'll never be a dull moment in my life. Plus I've always wanted to see other places besides Jubilife City."
"Then go find some trainer to travel with. leave me alone"
"Face it Lisa, your stuck with me" Sparx wrapped an arm around her shoulder
Lisa quickly peeled the arm off and growled towards the clouds "Mew, if your out there watching this, please, please strike me now" Sparx just replied with a laugh as they glanced at a sign that read: Now Leaving Jubilife City.
Yep. It was the start of a beautiful friendship.
I hated the way I ended this. It feels stupid and rushed, but I couldn't think of anything else and I didn't want to keep you all waiting any longer than you all had to, I've kept you guys waiting for 2 whole months and I feel horrible about it.
1: XD. I think all the time, that since Ash and People don't actually understand what the Pokémon are saying, unless they have the ability to speak human or vice cersa, I always assumed that they could be cursing them out or something... the thought amuses me.
2: Meowth weighs less than a Pikachu, plus their both the same size, so I think it's plausible.
Preview of Chapter 5
A Meowth+Pikachu equals?
"You do realize, that your a Meowth and I'm a Pikachu, so unless either of us find a way to sprout wings and fly or grow gills, there is no chance in Pokéhell we are making it over this water." Sparx explained giving Lisa a pointed stare, his eyes lidded cooly.
"So, how are we supposed to get across Mr. Smartass" Lisa snorted.