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Commentator: Oo, we've got another review! And it's from Kamen Rider Leonite:

Eh, having the Team Rocket trio is cool, but its a shame that they are rarely every effective. Although I do question why send Jessie, James and Mewoth, when you could have sent Cassidy and Butch, who are supposed to be better.

Yes, well, Cassidy and Butch were later sent as assassins, although they also failed. It was just as bad because- ah, I don't want to say too much at this point. Anyway, let's read the next chapter, 'Kenboushou Canyon'.


Just when Ash had escaped the Indigo Fortress, and Yamaru had halted the War Machines, Team Rocket, hiding amongst a nearby orchard in their latest vehicle, hovered after the young Pokemon Trainer.


Across the Kanto region, a War Machine invaded every city, every town, and every village. The inhabitants tried to fight back, but no weapon could weaken the hull. Not even any of the Pokemon Trainers and Pokemon Masters' Pokemon attacks worked, and the only response they got were the release of missiles from the War Machines that rendered the towns defeated. They were then occupied by troops that came out of the tanks, forcing the population to bow before their undisputed Boss. Through the chaos and war Kanto emerged as the empire of Eric Yamaru.


Ash did not know how long he had been running for. It felt like days, but he had to keep running (Only being able to take a few short breaks), for something was chasing him. Ash had been forced to abandon any Pokeball that fell out of his pocket by the hovercraft, so now he only had two left as he rested on top of a rock and panted. Maybe if he passed the borders of Johto, he thought, Ash could escape Yamaru's sphere of influence? He then heard a mechanical sound that undoubtedly belonged to his pursuer. Frightened, he turned his head around to see the craft and started to run again. It now got closer to him than ever before, so close that he could hear one of the drivers calling him.

"Where are you going, twerp? There's nowhere to run to!" called a familiar voice.

Ash turned his head again and could see that the three drivers of the hovercraft machine were Team Rocket.

"What? You three?" Ash asked in astonishment.

"Yes!" Replied Jessie gleefully, "The Boss has offered us a chance to prove ourselves after long years of failure!"

"He's given us the job of assassinating you!" James explained.

"There's a $600 weekly income involved!" Meowth added.

Ash couldn't believe it when he heard it. Sure he and Team Rocket were enemies, but he didn't think even they were capable of killing him! Just when Ash couldn't believe that these guys would go as far as killing him, Jessie at the control panel behind the cannon unleashed a ball of energy that nearly hit Ash, and left a crater from where it actually landed. Another bolt was unleashed, and another and another. Fortunately Ash dodged them all, but during the shooting, another Pokeball fell off his belt. Still concerned with outrunning the hovercraft, Ash did not notice that he was heading for a canyon. After a couple of more bolts, Ash lost his footing. He screamed as he fell to the ground below, arms and legs helplessly flailing as he land with a crunch, and knew no more.

Team Rocket hovered over the cliff to see what became of Ash. They saw his still body crumpled on another Cliffside about a dozen feet below them.

"Do you think he's dead?" James asked.

"Well, let's make sure, shall we?" Meowth suggested.

The three agents grinned maliciously. Jessie checked that the cannon was aligned with the target

"Goodbye, Ash!" She shouted.

"And good riddance," Meowth added.

Jessie pressed the button. Instead of a large bolt shooting out, however, a strange pumping noise was coming from within the hovercraft, making the latter continually expand and shrink. Team Rocket looked at the machine curiously.

"What's going on?" asked Jessie "Why isn't the machine working?"

James looked at a monitor on the hull of the hovercraft-like machine's bulk.

"Ah!" he shrieked. "Something's wrong with the pumps. The machine's gonna blow!"

All three idiots then shrieked.


Even from a distance, Nyasuu's voice could still be heard.

"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO CHECK THE PUMPS BEFORE WE LEFT!"

The Hovercraft then exploded, engulfing the surrounding rock.


Hours passed before three woken heads rose out of the rock pile, each with a rock on their head.

"Ohh," James groaned, "I feel as though an explosion caught us in the impact."

"An explosion did catch us in the impact you dunderhead," Jessie snapped.

"Agh!" Meowth said angrily at James as they pulled themselves out of the rubble, "I thought I told you to check the pumps before we left the Indigo Plateau so that something like this didn't happen!"

"Well excuse me if I had to go to the bathroom so I didn't get time to check them before we went off chasing Ash!" James said in his defence. Realization fell on all three heads.

"Hey, do you think we got him?" Asked Jessie. Team Rocket looked around the pile of rocks that were created by the implosion of their vehicle. They started to hurriedly scurry though the rocks, searching for a body. The last pile they went to they saw the unmistakable red cap of Ash Ketchum. Gleefully believing that the kid had been crushed or suffocated beneath the rubble, they lifted off the rocks just to make sure. However, there was nothing there but the rest of the cap.

"What? There's no twerp!" Jessie complained.

"But if he's not under any of the rocks, where did he go?" James inquired.

"Look!"

Meowth was pointing to a trail of footprints coming from the rubble. They followed the trail to the other side of the canyon, where they ended right at the wall. They all looked up.

"The trail ends here."

"He must have climbed up this cliff."

"He's probably hours gone for us to catch him now, and with no hovercraft and no weapon…"


"OH NOOOOOOO!"

Their cry could be heard far away.


"We failed again!" fretted Jessie, "And there's no way we can continue with the assassination without going back to the Indigo Citadel!"

"What will we tell the boss?" Asked James, scared.

"We'll tell him that we did the job."

The two humans looked at the talking Pokemon bewilderedly.

"What?" Asked Jessie.

"We'll tell him that we've killed Ash." Meowth repeated calmly.

"But Meowth, we didn't kill him!" Exclaimed James.

"But the Boss doesn't know that, and know one else saw what really happened. And Ash isn't gonna come back, so we can just lie that we did it."

Jesse and James looked at each other. Could this plan work? Well, it certainly did make sense. Both humans grinned.

"Wait, is he just going to believe us that we assassinated him?" James asked Meowth.

The latter looked down at where the pile of rubble was.

"I think we've got enough proof," he assured them.


Commentator: YOU LYING BUNCH OF BACK STABBING TREACHOROUS SCUM! ERIC SHOULD NEVER HAVE GIVEN YOU THREE THE TASK OF KILLING ASH KETCHUM! COS IF HE KNEW THAT YOU WOULD LIE TO HIM STRAIGHT AFTERWARDS HE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT HIRING YOU!

Professor: Sir, calm down. This happened years ago. It's all in the past, let it go.

Commentator: I DON'T CARE! IF THEY HAD DONE THE JOB PROPERLY THEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS UP TO NOW WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AND GYAAAAAAAAAAH!

(Pulls out the spiked hammer and aims it at statues of Team Rocket)

Commentator: YOU-(Smashes them) BACK STABBING (Smashes them again) TRECHEROUS (Smashes them again) SCUM! (continues to smash them until the statues are piles of rubble. The Commentator gasps)

Professor: Feel better now, Sir?

Commentator: A bit better, thanks Prof.

Sammy: Hey, Boss! You should relax some more! You'll live longer!

Commentator: I'LL GIVE YOU RELAX, SAMMY! Wait a minute. Sam! You're back!

Sammy: Huh? I was gone?

Commentator: I sent you to get the FMA Manga didn't I so that we could continue with the abridged commentary?

Sammy: Huh? Oh yeah, now I remember!

Commentator: So? Where is it?

Sammy: Huh? Oh right! Boss! I bring terrible news! Your son has been kidnapped!

Commentator: Huh? My son? What are you talking about, Sammy?

Professor: I believe that Samuel is referring to the FMA Manga, Sir. Given that you did refer to it as your child since you put a piece of your brain in it.

Commentator: Oh yeah. Wait a minute, what do you mean he's been kidnapped?

And so, Sammy tells the commentators everything he learnt in the pub.

Commentator: This is an outrage! Nobody steals my son and gets away with it! Come everyone! We've got to save my son! Oh, and before we go, interesting fact. Originally this chapter was called 'The Rise To Power', but given that it focused more on what happened in the canyon rather than Yamaru's rise to power, the name was changed. By the way Sammy, we got an interesting review from you...