"(Let us go!)" Pikachu angrily shouted.
"No can do, Pikachu." Meowth clapped his hands together. "Hey! Dat rhymed."
"We have the Pikachu!" Jessie cheered.
"With a free bonus, too!" James added.
"Now da boss will be extra happy!"
Buneary started punching her cage in an attempt to escape, which failed miserably.
"Ah, watching them squirm makes me feel so much better!" Jessie smiled. "No longer do we have to deal with our losses in the past."
"Victory is within our reach at last!" James shouted. Then the three Team Rocket Members all hugged each other tightly.
"We're giving all 'da people of Sinnoh a white flag to cast!"
Pikachu was already boiling with anger just listening to them. Electricity started sparking from his cheeks.
"Save your energy! 'Dis mech is a hundred percent thunder proof." Meowth told Pikachu, which caused the electricity to disappear.
"Wait a minute, I've just got a brilliant idea!" Jessie clicked her fingers. "The twerpette is over there, isn't she? We could get that Piplup too!"
"Why bother?" James asked. "I say we scramble while we can."
"Most of the twerps are sleeping, and their greatest asset is currently in our possession." Jessie clenched her fist. "I say it's a free snag!"
James also clenched his fist and smiled. "Then it's decided!" He looked over at Meowth, who was operating the claws of the mech. "Move that Buneary into the cage where Pikachu is! We need to free some space for that fat penguin."
Pikachu slammed into the cage door violently. "(HEY!)" he shouted. "(Don't you dare say that about Piplup!)"
James simply smirked and looked away while Meowth used the claw to grab Buneary and get her out of her cage. The other claw opened Pikachu's cage, but before Pikachu could do anything, the claw carrying Buneary tossed the bunny into the cage.
The bunny had hit Pikachu when she was thrown in, so he flew back and slammed into the back of the cage. When he regained conscious he felt something pressed against his lips.
...Oh no.
He opened his eyes to see Buneary right in front of him. She opened her eyes at the same time, and they stared at each other for a moment. It took them both a second to realise that their lips were pressed together, after which they immediately separated.
A huge blush appeared on both of their faces. Buneary had pulled her fluff over her face, while Pikachu started scratching his head awkwardly.
They both stood there for a while, unable to process what had just happened. But they finally came to their senses once the mech started moving. Pikachu shook his head and slammed into the cage door again.
Team Rocket couldn't care less about the two in that cage. All that mattered is that they were in a cage, and were unable to escape. Once the mech had gotten behind the same trees Pikachu and Buneary used to watch Dawn, the three Rocket members starting laughing maniacally.
Jessie started speaking while sounding very grand. "Once we catch that tubby penguin, our mission is complete! All we have to do after that is to take them to the boss and..."
"we'll be getting the promotions we deserve!" James cheered happily.
"Now, quit 'yer yacking and start snagging!" Meowth shouted in a positive tone.
Pikachu couldn't take it anymore. He was about to release a Thunderbolt out of anger. But then he realised that Buneary was also in the same cage now, so he would only be doing damage to her. He let out a loud sigh and started tapping his foot while thinking. What could he do to stop them? He didn't want them to win, but at the same time he didn't want to hurt Buneary...
Ah screw it! If he couldn't use Thunderbolt, his other moves are the next best option. His tail turned into steel and he swung it at the cage door. Again, it didn't work, but it did shake violently and made a loud noise.
It could work, but it would take too long. They needed to get out of here now.
Pikachu began scanning the cage door to try and find anything that could help them. His thoughts were distracted by Buneary, who was approaching him.
"(All cages have locks, right?)" Buneary asked. Her voice was more quiet and slow than usual, but Pikachu didn't think anything of it and nodded in response.
Buneary then looked at the cage door curiously. "(Then maybe we can unlock it to escape from this..?)"
The first thing Pikachu tried was sticking his hands through the space between the bars to try and find the lock. Once he found it, he became aware of something. "(We need a key to put in the lock.)" He told her. "(But we don't have the key...)"
Then Pikachu recalled something he saw in a movie he watched with Ash. There was a character that had a small metal object and put it in a lock to unlock it.
Would this work?
Without thinking twice about it, Pikachu slipped his tail through the space between the bars and manoeuvred the tip next to the lock. Once he had it in place, he used Iron Tail and moved the tip into the lock slowly, so that he wouldn't alert Team Rocket.
But now that he was at this stage, he didn't know what to do next.
Sure he saw them do this in a movie, but he didn't know how exactly they did it. What was he supposed to do now, jiggle his tail around?
It probably wouldn't work, but Pikachu was all out of options at this rate. So he decided to start jiggling his tail whilst the tip was inside the lock.
After a few seconds, there was a loud clinking noise and the door moved slightly. A bright smile appeared on the two Pokemon's faces.
"We're all set! Now let's get 'dat Piplup!" Meowth happily announced, reaching for a lever in front of him. Before he could pull it, James stopped him.
"Wait a minute." James started searching the controls in front of him, until he found a button labelled 'Stealth Mode' and pressed. "Now the snagging can begin!" The mech took two steps towards Dawn and Piplup, making no noise whatsoever.
In the middle of taking the third step, a loud banging noise rung through their ears. They saw the two captured Pokemon jump out of their cage.
"Drats! How'd they escape?!" Meowth gasped. James reached over to Meowth's controls and cranked one of the levers.
"No matter! We're still going to push forward!"
Dawn was very surprised by what she was seeing. Team Rocket, Pikachu and Buneary? At this point, Piplup had fully woken up and was about to fire a Bubble before Dawn stopped him.
As soon as they landed on the ground both Pikachu and Buneary had started sprinting towards Dawn, not taking a second to look back at the mech they were just stuck in. Pikachu came to a stop in front of Dawn while Buneary leaped towards her trainer and hugged her tightly.
"Okay Piplup! Now use Bubble!"
The mech received an onslaught of Bubbles smashing into it, which soaked it.
"Pikachu, you know what to do!" Dawn looked at the mouse in front of her, who smiled back in response. He then fired a bolt of electricity towards the mech.
The three who were inside the mech screamed in fear watching the Thunderbolt approach them. It got closer, and closer, and closer until... KABOOM!
There was a cloud of smoke covering the mech, and the three Rocket members shot up into the sky.
"How did they destroy it with a Thunderbolt? I thought you said it was thunder proof, Meowth!" Jessie had started angrily flailing her arms at Meowth.
"Yeah, but 'dat Piplup had drenched 'da robot in water!" Meowth argued in response. "And ya' know how water conducts electricity!"
"Well, why didn't you make it water proof too?!" Jessie shouted, grabbing the Pokemon and held it up to her face.
"Hey! If we could afford it, I would!" Meowth retorted. James had suddenly put his hand over his head sadly. "Ouch. That one hurt me personally."
"TEAM ROCKETS BLASTING OFF AGAIN!"
"(You forgot to use me!)" Wobbuffet added, suddenly emerging from its Pokeball.
Dawn had looked at the sparkle in the sky as Team Rocket disappeared. Afterwards, she had placed Buneary down on the ground and leaned down towards both of them.
"Why are the two of you not asleep right now?" Dawn asked them, puzzled. The two Pokemon looked at each other for a minute, before Pikachu suddenly started stretching his own face.
He curled the tip of his ears slightly and put his hands on his waist as if he were lifting something. He was trying to look like a Buneary, but it seemed like no-one knew what he was attempting to show them.
"You know what I think?" A familiar voice called out from nowhere. Then something had emerged from a bush nearby. They all turned to see Brock, smiling widely at them before hearts had suddenly appeared in his eyes.
He rushed towards them and leaned down towards Pikachu. "I think that these two were spending some alone time together to strengthen their relationship! Like a good couple would do!" He glared angrily at a pile of metal nearby, which was what remained of the mech. "Those guys are worse than criminals! Interrupting with romance is no laughing matter- AUGH!"
Brock had stopped talking mid-sentence and flopped onto the floor. A badge had fallen out of his pockets. Standing behind him was Croagunk, who immediately grabbed him by the legs and dragged him back to the Pokemon Center.
The trainer and all the Pokemon silently watched as Brock and Croagunk went towards the Pokemon Center and disappeared into the forest.
Pikachu and Buneary looked at each other before a moment, unsure of what to say. After a minute or so, Piplup broke the silence.
"(So what were you two doing, lurking around behind those trees?)" Before either of them could respond, he placed his flipper on his chest. "(You can trust me! I'm a hundred percent certified secret keeper!)" Neither of them said a word, which made Piplup angry.
"(Hey, come on now! You can trust me!)" Piplup desperately attempted to get something out of them, which resulted in no response. He started stomping around angrily, and he stepped on a badge on the floor. The penguin picked up the badge, looked at it for a second, then kicked it.
The badge flew all the way to other side of the lake. It bounced off a rock and flew back towards them, hitting Piplup's foot. Piplup yelped in pain, which made Buneary burst into laughter.
"(It's not funny!)" Piplup shouted. "(You find everything funny, don't you?!)" Buneary was too busy laughing, so she couldn't respond to him.
Pikachu watched the two Pokemon silently, not a single thing crossing his mind. He watched Piplup flail his arms around angrily, then looked at Buneary, who was still laughing.
'She looks so cute when she does that...' Pikachu thought to himself.
To be continued...
Hey! Now that's a record. 1875 words in one chapter? I'll be honest, wasn't expecting that either. Then again, I did promise that these chapters would be longer... starting with Chapter 5. Whoops.
Hope this word length satisfies you! Because if it doesn't, I'll... make these chapters even longer! Mwahaha!
Here's a mistake I made!
Mistake 1 - "Wait a minute." James started searching the controls in front of him, until he found a button labelled 'Stealth Mode' and pressed. "Now the snagging can be begin!"
(This is actually two mistakes but they're in the same paragraph so meh.)
That's all for now! Stay tuned!