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7: Lunch and Team Rocket Again?Kari had won the battle, and Ash wasn't taking it so well. "This stinks, I was so close!"
"Uh correction Ash, you weren't anywhere near winning." Misty pointed out, that made Ash feel really glum.
"You really had to push it Misty." said Brock. "Let's have some lunch, that'll cheer anyone up."
"Yea, especially when Brock cooks!" said Ash, who looked like he had forgotten his loss a little.
"Why don't you three join us? " ask Brock.
"Well I am getting hungry." said Kari.
"Me too," said Davis.
"Absol…"
"Then let's make lunch!" said Brock. Brock set up a pot on top of a steady fire and started adding ingredients. Davis brought out his Houndoom.
" Since, lunch won't be ready for a while. I'm to go take a walk with my Houndoom. Maybe catch some Pokémon I've missed when I last went through here," he said.
"Ok, just be back by about 30 minutes from now." said Brock. "I think it'll be ready by then."
"Don't worry, I will, I can't do much on an empty stomach." Davis left into the forest with his Houndoom following him.
"So your first pokémon was a Charmander?" asked Ash.
"Yea it was" said Kari.
"Then you're from Kanto right?"
"Yes, I live in Viridian City."
"Well I live in Pallet Town."
"Really? But I'm kinda wondering how you got a Pikachu."
"Oh, cause it was the only one left when I got there. But it wouldn't matter, cause I still got a Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle, later."
"You're lucky, I haven't ran into any while I was in Kanto. Did you make it to the Indigo Plateau?"
"Of course I did! And I made it in the Top 16!"
"You did? So did I! I'm in the 10th spot."
"Really? Awesome! How did you do it?"
"They can keep going on for hours." said Misty, cuddling Togepi. Pikachu was fast asleep on a soft patch of sand when suddenly a net that was shot from above. Pikachu was caught and was being pull upwards.
" Pika Pi!" yelled Pikachu.
"Pikachu!" Ash got up and ran to Pikachu, but Pikachu was already too high to reach
"What's going on?" asked Kari.
"Oh, it can't be those three again." said Misty.
"What three?" asked Kari. Someone was laughing just above them. There, floated a hot-air ballon, with the balloon in the shape of a Meowth. It slowly drifted upwards and inside the blimp, was a woman, a man, and a Meowth. Pikachu was being held in the man's hand.
"To protect the world from devastation!" said the woman.
"To unite all people within our nation." said the man.
"To denounce the evil of truth and love." said the woman.
"To extend our reach to the stars above." said the man.
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light" said Jessie
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!" said James as they held hands.
"Meowth, that's right!" said the Meowth.
"Wobuffet!" A Wobuffet had come out from the lady's poke ball.
"uh….ok." said Kari confused.
"Don't they ever get tired of that motto?" said an irritated Misty.
"Hey, give me back my Pikachu!" yelled Ash.
"No way twerps, we're sending this Pikachu straight to the boss!" said Jessie.
"Yea, and there's nothing you can do about it!" said Meowth.
"Why you…"
"A talking Meowth? Now that's something you don't see everyday! Davis would love to have one of those. Where is he anyway?" said Kari, looking around
"Absol…" Aven looks up towards the blimp.
"Hey, what kind of Pokémon is that?" said James, as he pointed at Aven.
"I don't know, maybe it's a legendary pokémon!" said Meowth.
"Let's catch it too!" Jessie brought a missile shooter and aim it at Aven. "And fire!" a net was shot out of the shooter.
"Oh no, Aven watch out!" said Kari.
"Absol!" Aven slipped and was caught into the net. He was being pulled up towards the blimp.
"Aven!"
"hahaha! Now we have two pokémon for the boss!" said Jessie.
"He'll give us a promotion for sure!" said James.
"Blaziken!" A Blaziken appeared behind them and burned the rope that was pulling Aven up. Aven fell back to the ground, landing on all fours.
"Wah! Hey our Pokemon got cutted from us!" said Meowth.
"What Pokemon is that?!" said Brock. Ash took out his Pokedex.
"Blaziken, The Blaze Pokemon- No further information at this time."
"Another one from Hoenn?" said Ash.
"Blaziken, hit them with a Flamethrower!" came a voice from behind Kari. Kari turns around to see a man, the same one she had seen the other night.
"Blaziken!" Blaziken spitted fire at Team Rocket's blimp and it slowly got hotter and hotter.
"Why does this always happens to us!" said Jessie.
" All these failures are making me steam!" screamed Meowth. Their blimp exploded. The rope that was connected to Pikachu and the blimp ripped.
"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!" all three said.
"Wobuffet!" And they all disappeared into the distant skies. Pikachu fell back down and Ash caught him.
"Welcome back Pikachu!" Ash said happily giving him a hug.
"Pika, pika!" said Pikachu. Ash turned to the man. "Thank you sir, for saving Absol and Pikachu." The man look to Ash and laughed.
"I didn't do it to save your pathetic Pokémon." he said. "I did it to get rid of Team Rocket, so that only Team Magma shall have control of that Absol." He look the everyone else, and to Aven. Kari could now see his face. He had his hood up so it was hard to tell most of his facial details, but Kari could see he had a stern look on his face , and golden-blonde hair. He was wearing a pair of shades.
"What!" yelled Ash, angry to hear Pikachu was pathetic.
"Team Magma?" said Brock
"You're not getting Aven!" Kari ran over to Aven to protect him. Aven had gotten out of the net and hid behind Kari, growling.
"Just try and stop me, Blaziken!"
"Blaziken!" Blaziken charged at Kari. Then a Crobat appeared and tackled into Blaziken. "Blaz!" Blaziken backed off.
"What?" The man looks to see where the Crobat had come from.
"If you want to get that Absol, you'll have to get through us!" said Brock, as he, Ash, and Misty went over and stood around Aven, each had a poke ball ready to call out their pokémon.
"Absol…" Aven was ready to send a psychic blast at the man. Though he was amazed to see so many people were protecting him.
"Grrr…" The man seem to be calculating the situation. Four against one, and that Absol too, he had no chance. "I'll have to stand down for now. But once you've let your guard down, I capture that Absol." He called back his Blaziken and ran into the forest without a back glance.
There was a silence for moment. Everyone started to relax. Kari looked to Aven.
"Seems like everyone wants you Aven." said Kari.
"…Yes, so it seems…" Aven looks away. There was something Aven was hiding.
"When I've let my guard down, ha! Yea right," said Kari angrily. Then came another rustle. Everyone became tensed again. Then it turned out to be Davis with his Houndoom.
"Well I'm back, saw some weird guy in red back there though. Is lunch ready? Huh?" Davis hadn't notice that everyone were giving Davis a threatening look, their poke balls ready to be thrown. He stepped back from them shocked. "Did I miss something? Or are you all angry about something?" asked Davis, nervously. Houndoom growled. Everyone relaxed again.
"Sorry about that Davis." said Kari.
"We thought it was that man again." said Brock going back to his lunch in progress. Davis blinked.
"Man?"
"We'll explain over lunch," said Misty.
"Speaking of lunch, is it ready yet Brock?" groaned Ash.
Featured Pokémon:
Absol, Pikachu, Togepi, Houndoom, BlazikenDebuting Pokémon:
Meowth, Wobuffet, CrobatDisclaimer:
I don't own Pokémon. Just the characters and their Pokémon.Preview: Farewells and Arriving at Olivine City
Well it's time to say goodbye to Ash and the gang as they go their separate ways as our heroes continue onwards to Olivine City. To Be continued…
R&R please! Yami Veedragon
