To Love's End

It was nighttime. But opposed to the symbolic nature of night being the time when evil is most persistent, fear is increasing at each breathe one fretfully takes, and when all one wants to do is close their eyes and dream away all the "monsters in the closet," this night was practically day, with no fear in their eyes; just each other in their arms…

Jessie had brought James, Meowth, and Growlie back to hers and Cassidy's apartment. It was twelve o'clock on the dot; Cassidy and what's-his-face were sound asleep in Cassidy's room. Meowth went straight for the Poke'T.V. and planted himself right on the couch to begin observing some of his favourite shows. Jessie and James headed to sleep in Jessie's room. Growlie, not knowing whether to follow his master or stay with his "enemy" ended up hesitatingly starting the fireplace near Meowth with an Ember attack and curling up beside the newly-made fire.

Jessie dove straight to her bed after changing into her blue undershirt and PJ shorts. James followed suit, taking off his jacket from his suit leaving him in his white undershirt and blue pants.

Jessie faced the window. So did James. He wrapped his arms around her and put his face to the back of her neck, breathing in her intoxicating perfume. He closed his eyes but could not fall asleep. Being reunited with the woman he loves was all too exciting for him; how could he sleep when all he wanted was to be with her?

"Jess? Are you awake?" She turned in his arms to face him.

"I am now. Why?" James knew better than to mess with Jessie whilst she was sleeping but he couldn't resist her. He could see her sneering at him, her eyes narrowed.

"I just wanted to talk."

"James, we talked all day." Jessie was getting annoyed, she just wanted to sleep.

"But I wanted to talk about something else." Jessie had moved onto her back, which made James get on top of Jessie. His emerald eyes were hovering above her sapphire ones; his lips were mere inches above hers.

"I thought you wanted to talk," Jessie smirked.

"I do….just getting comfortable, that's all."

"What about, then?" She sighed.

"I just want you to know…" he bit his lip. James was wondering if he should tell Jessie his true reason for coming to get her: Love. Jessie was just under the assumption that James and Meowth only came back to get her so the trio could be together again, as best friends. (A/N: "'cause they're the three best friends that anyone could have, and they'll never ever ever leave each other…." Sorry, if you've seen the Hangover, you'll get it…I just had to say it 'cause that's honestly what I thought of when I wrote that last part. Sorry.) James continued:

"….that I won't ever leave you again. I only left in the first place to get my parents to understand me for once and to finally rid myself of that…that Jessiebelle. And now, I'm here for you. Forever. And even if you don't want me here…..well too bad for you, I'm staying. So prepare for trouble."

With that, James leaned onto her lips with his. Jessie wrapped her arms around James and returned his passionate kiss.

"I'm fine with that, but only if you make it double." Jessie remarked and pulled him in for another kiss.

Jessie and Cassidy went to their coffee shop the following day. So much had occurred in just two days that the two women were completely overwhelmed.

Butch had proposed to Cassidy and she accepted. And James had come back for Jessie. James had talked about getting a house for him, Jessie, Meowth, and Growlie to live in. However, Jessie and Cassidy had a problem of that they shared: what about the Madam and the flower business?

Madam Chancey had given the two a job, a job that they turned into a family business. After all, the Madam renamed her business as Madam's and Daughters'. She had given Jessie and Cassidy a family when they were alone. They couldn't just leave her after all the Madam had done for them.

Jessie and Cassidy were contemplating this ordeal amidst coffee.

"I don't want to quit."

"Neither do I."

More silence passed between them when Butch, James, Meowth, and Growlie came up with lunch for all six of them. After an almost silent lunch (come on, it was awkward because these two former Team Rocket teams had once despised another…the non-silence came from Meowth's constant chewing), James asked Jessie to accompany him on a walk. They left, heading for Viridian Forest. Meowth and Growlie discreetly followed them not wanting to be left with Cassidy and Butch.

They were in the forest when James pulled Jessie over to sit with him against a tree.

"Why'd you drag me to the forest?" Jessie was puzzled.

"To ask you a question." James was looking anxious. He pulled a hand into his pocket.

"What?"

He put his arms around her into another embrace. He laid his chin on her head and took her left hand in his.

"I love you." He nervously spat out. "Marry me?" He was waiting to get smacked with either a fan or a mallet.

Jessie felt a ring being placed onto her finger. But she didn't feel ready to smack James with anything. Instead she pulled her head out from underneath his and kissed him.

"I love you, too. But…"

James's heart felt like it was being crushed by a Snorlax.

"But you can't leave Madam Chancey?" He knew why Jessie wouldn't leave. It was a bit out of her character to care for someone other than herself, but James understood why.

But an idea as marvelous and mighty as a Moltres (LOL!) struck his brain like a jolt from Ash's Pikachu!

"I won't give up." He pulled her closer. "So I have an idea that I know will most definitely work!"

"If it does, then I might just marry you."

And she did marry him…

He talked to Butch and Cassidy to find out that they were in the same predicament. James said that they could get a place to live in Viridian City and Botch himself could work in place of Jessie at the Emporium. Biff agreed.

As for him and Jessie, James was able to procure a piece of land near Viridian Forest. His father gave James his inheritance and helped him acquire the land (which was actually one of James's father's many pieces of land that he owned throughout the entire Kanto Region). There, James, Jessie, Meowth, Growlie, Seviper, Dustox, Cacnea, and Chimecho would live together, forever.

James had a simple (yet luxurious) plantation style house built that overlooked a small lake. On the other side of the lake was the forest. There was also a fantastic garden on the grounds. James had also caught a few Grass Poke'mon to assist the garden. This garden was to avail Madam Chancey's business. So in the end, Jessie and Cassidy never left the Madam, but merely made her Emporium even grander (and not to mention greener) then before!

Now, it was a month later since the day James had proposed to Jessie.

They were sitting on a bench by the lake, looking out at the sunset with Meowth. Well, it looks like that wasn't their last sunset when they had left each other nearly two months ago, but that now, they had many more to view together.

Jessie was falling asleep in James's chest, while Meowth had already fallen asleep on her lap. James saw something drinking at the other side of the lake.

"Look!" James practically yelled, causing Jessie and Meowth to jump from their slumbers.

"What James!" Jessie said as she smacked him, but not too hard since they were married now.

"It's a Weezing and an Arbok drinking at the bottom of the lake! Odd, isn't it? That an Arbok and Weezing are traveling together?"

Jessie stared across the lake at the two Poke'mon. "Very odd." Jessie said and started to cry. She had an Arbok once, and James had a Weezing.

James wrapped his arms around her. "I wonder what our old friends are doing right now."

"Youse idiots! Dat is yours Arbok and Weezing!" Meowth laughed.

"WHAT!" The two humans both screamed.

"Morons…" Meowth said under his breath, but too bad Jessie heard him and kicked him, causing him to roll down the hill and into the lake.

"Arbok!"

"Weezing!"

Jessie and James both called to their old friends.

On the other side of the lake, Arbok and Weezing abruptly stopped drinking the water and looked up to where the voices were coming from.

"Char?"

"Weezing?"

They soon spotted their former masters. To hell with that! They were still their masters! And always would be!

Arbok slipped into the lake and began sprinting towards Jessie while Weezing just hovered over the lake onwards to James. The two Poke'mon jumped into Jessie's and James's extended arms.

"Arbok! You're alright!"

"Weezing you too!"

Tears were in everybody's eyes as they all embraced into one massive group hug.

"What about the Ekans and Koffing that you were helping?" James asked.

"Weeze."

"He said dat all da Ekans and Koffing all evolved in tah odah Arboks and Weezings so day isn't needed tah protect dem anymore. So day are just traveling around togedah since dey don't know whats tah do," Meowth translated as he got out of the lake. He eyed Jessie and was about to Furry Swipe her face but decided to just continue on translating since he missed Arbok and Weezing, too. "But now dat day found youse twos idiots, day wanna be your Poke'mons agains." He wrung out his soaking tail and joined the group hug.

"Of course you two can!" Jessie said with tears of joy running down her cheeks.

They were all together again. But although Team Rocket may have ended, Jessie, James, and Meowth's friendship and love will remain forever strong!

Fin.

Well, it's over! I almost cried because I was listening to some epic music that totally fit in with the context and theme, like right now, I'm listening to "Stand By Me" (the Lion King version though! ^-^). I hope you all enjoyed it! I know I did! And if you want more Rocketshipping stories, I will have at least 2 more up soon! Thanks for reading!