I'm back again with the next update, and thanks for the reviews! I also found out that the voice actors for the dubbed Pokemon episodes are being replaced for the ninth season! Anyway, this chapter is based from the episode "The Heartbreak of Brock"; don't own Pokemon, have fun!

Chapter 11: Heartbreaks

"So where are we now?" Angelina asked. She and Jeremy have traveled all day through the Johto Region toward their next destination: Olivine City, for Angelina's first concert as Crystalline. They were looking for a place to spend the night as it was now getting late.

"Mariott Town," Jeremy said, looking through his PokeGear. "My Uncle Tom and his daughter Temacu live out this way."

"Oh really?" Angelina said. "Let me guess, is Temacu still obsessed about getting married?"

"Probably, but who knows," Jeremy replied.

"Well now, isn't this a surprise." a voice from behind the two trainers interupted. They saw a middle-aged brown-haired man wearing a blue shirt and tan pants with a white lab coat.

"Yeah, hey Uncle Tom," Jeremy smiled. "You remember Angelina from April's wedding right? We're traveling together to Olivine City."

"Nice to see you both again." Professor Sutari said. "I'm sure Temacu will be delighted if you'd stay with us tonight. Let's go get her, she's off somewhere in the park."

The three didn't have far to walk as they found a girl with a yellow bow in her turquoise-blue hair and wearing a red outfit with a pleited skirt, an orange bow, puffy sleeves, knee-high off-white socks and dark red shoes. She had her arm around a boy with slanted eyes, spiky brown hair, and a dark complexion wearing a green vest over an orange shirt. Next to them was a young messy black-haired boy wearing a red-and-white league hat with a Pikachu on his shoulder, and then a red-haired girl carrying a Togepi.

"Oh wow! It's Jeremy and Angelina!" Temacu exclaimed and hugs them excitedly. "Long time no see, guys! I'm glad you're here. You too, Daddy. I'd like you all to meet Brock."

"Very nice to meet you." Professor Sutari said, then notices the blue tent pitched up. "Does that tent belong to you?"

"Yes, sir. There's no Pokemon Center here, so we're gonna camp out." Ash proclaimed.

"I have an idea. Brock, why don't you come and stay at our house?" Temacu asked, then turns to her father. "Can they, Daddy? Please, can they stay?"

"Sure, that's a fine idea. You're more than welcomed to stay with us." Professor Sutari offered.

Ash bowed his head. "Thank you very much, sir."

"This is great, isn't it?" Misty said to Brock, but she noticed his dazed expression. "Hey Brock, what's the matter? Looks like you're in a daze." She waves a hand in front of his face, then flicks him on the nose. "Snap outta it!"

Brock shakes his head. "Wha? Eh! Ah!"

"Isn't this exciting?" Temacu asked, grabbing the guy's hands in hers. "C'mon, let's go!" she pulled him with her down the street.

Misty sighs, "Brock's gonna spend the night in a daze!"

Angelina just stared in confusion, but shrugged it off and followed the others to Professor Sutari's mansion where they find a lot of Pokemon playing and eating.

"Wow, you sure have a lot of Pokemon." Ash awed.

"That's because my father does his Pokemon research here." Temacu replied, she had her arms latched around Brock's left arm.

"So this is really a Pokemon laboratory?" Misty asked.

"I suppose you can call it that," Professor Sutari said. "Unfortunately, I have some work to do, but please, make yourselves at home."

In a couple hours, Ash and friends along with Jeremy and Angelina are seated at a table eating the dinner that Temacu had prepared whilst thinking of Brock the whole time, which overwhelemed Angelina than what she was currently feeling. They were out on the balcony talking over tea and lemonade later that evening.

"Brock is great! He can do practically anything! He cooks, he cleans, he sews, and even makes his own Pokemon food." Misty explained.

"Wow! You sound like the perfect guy, Brock!" Temacu exclaimed, then holds her hands together and smiles. "The wedding I have planned is perfect, too…. I'm wearing a perfect pink wedding dress, and the perfect guy's next to me. Together we climb up a long, long stairway; at the top, our wedding cake awaits us. It's perfect." She sighs dreamily and was starry-eyed. "Wouldn't it be, Brock?"

"Too perfect if you ask me," Angelina muttered, watching the group with narrowed eyes.

"Hey Angel, you okay?" Jeremy asked.

"Yeah, just wonderful," Angelina growled out, then sighs when Jeremy stared at her doubtfully. "Oh fine, the whole fiasco with Temacu chasing after Brock, and he's—"

"Getting a dose of his own medicine," Jeremy smirked, placing an assuring arm around his friend. "Don't worry bout it, Angel. Temacu's bound to get over her phase, unlike you, on the other hand."

Angelina looked embarrassed, "W-what are you talking about? Me? Yeah, sure." she rolled her eyes, yet her blushing face said otherwise.

Jeremy grinned, "Don't try to convince yourself, but-" he stopped when Misty dragged Brock away from the table and they started talking nearby.

"She's lobbing you one big softball after another and all you could do is step up to the plate, and take a swing and you'll make a home run everytime!" Misty encouraged.

"You think so?" Brock asked.

"Coincidentally," Jeremy said as he looks knowingly at Angelina, who was either thinking or just staring at her brother's male companion. "The advice would help." he grinned when the girl looked back annoyed with a raised eyebrow.

"Take it from me, it's a lot easier to like someone who likes you than to like someone who doesn't," Misty explained.

"Uh…. how do YOU know?" Brock asked, even Angelina and Jeremy were curious.

"Huh?" Misty blinked, looked away nervously. "Well th-that's.... what I've heard."

"Suuuure." Angelina and Jeremy share a knowing grin.

Later the next day, Professor Sutari shows Ash and friends around the house and his lab; eventually into the backyard where tons of Pokemon were playing.

"I have about fifty Pokemon now, but I plan to expand my laboratory so I'll be able to accommodate more than a hundred." Professor Sutari explained.

"That'd be great!" Ash said.

"With all those new Pokemon, it'd be nice to have a smart assistant." Temacu added.

"That's true. I'll need help." Professor Sutari agreed.

"Brock is a super fantastic Pokemon breeder, Daddy. I think he'd be the perfect person to help you manage the Pokemon Lab." Temacu informed, which she still had her arms latched to Brock's side.

Brock looked over at the turquoise-haired girl, confused. "Me? Perfect?"

"Don't you think it'd be great to spend everyday working side by side so we can get to know each other better and better?" Temacu asked hopefully.

"Uhh, maybe?"

"Excuse us," Misty growls, pulling Brock away by his ear and out of Temacu's arms. This left Angelina and Jeremy to watch them yet again out of curiousity. "What's wrong, Brock? You're still not stepping up to the plate!"

"Well actually, I've been thinking about this thing all night long." Brock replied, his finger rubbing his forehead.

"Just stop thinking and just start doing!" Misty encouraged, her fist in the air. "Get in there and swing at those pitches!"

"But maybe a relationship should start out with both people liking each other, maybe?" Brock said unsurely.

"SHE'S YOUR ONLY HOPE! FORCE YOURSELF TO LIKE HER!" Misty screamed.

"Look at this!" Temacu held up her Nidorina to a startled Misty and Brock. "I raised this Nidorina all by myself! If you had a Nidorino, we could match them up and raise them together!"

"That's a good idea, but I don't have a Nidorino," Brock explained nervously.

Temacu giggled, "Don't worry, Brock. I thought you might not have one, so I went ahead and raised a Nidorino, too! Come on out, Nidorino!"

"Nido-Nido!" a pinkish-red creature with a horn on its head appeared from the bushes and ran over, nuzzling with Nidorina.

"Aren't they cute? Isn't it nice to see love like that?" Temacu cooed over the Pokemon. "We could all learn a lesson from them, don't you think so, Brock?"

"Uh, maybe."

"The flirting's really getting nowhere real fast," Angelina muttered angrily with a clenched fist. "I'm- hey, what's going on?" she saw nets fly through the air and captured the Pokemon (excluding Togepi and Pichu).

"Hahaha, prepare for trouble," cries a female voice.

"And make it double!" adds a male voice.

A Meowth-shaped balloon appeared in the air, inside was a woman with long magenta hair and a man with short lavender-blue hair; both wearing traditional, loose fitting Asian clothing.

"To protect the word from devastation!"

"To unite all peoples within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie."

"James."

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."

"Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight!"

"Meowth! Dat's right!" a talking Meowth finished, dressed in his own little robes. "Hi-yah!"

"I should have figured!" Ash yelled.

"What are you wearing those costumes for?!" Misty demanded.

"Because we feel like it, twerp," Jessie replied tartly.

"Huh? I tort we were getting jobs at a Mongolian barbecue?" Meowth asked.

"What do you want? What are you planning to do with my Pokemon?" Professor Sutari demanded.

"We're planning to take them away." Jessie explained.

"And as a bonus, we're taking Pikachu, too." James added.

"Let's take'em away!" Meowth cheered.

"You're so not!" Angelina said as her brother sent out his Totodile while Jessie summoned her Arbok; Totodile then knocks down Arbok with a Water Gun.

"I have an idea," James grinned, tossing out a Pokeball. "Weezing! Use your Smokescreen!" the two-headed gas Pokemon appeared and covered the area with thick purple-black smoke.

"Pikachu, where are you?" Ash called.

"Th-they're g-getting away!" Angelina cried, she was on the ground having a coughing fit.

"Poliwhirl, Bubble this Smokescreen away!" Misty ordered; her water Pokemon blows away the smoke, but Team Rocket had left and their balloon was flying off.

"Hey, come back here! Bring back Pikachu!" Ash demanded, but then he looked down and saw the Pokemon still there. "Huh?"

"Pika! Chaaa!" Pikachu jumps into his trainer's arms.

"Pikachu!" Ash laughs happily.

"C'mon Angel, you're okay," Jeremy said, helping up the girl. "Team Rocket is gone now."

"Ha, all my Pokemon are here. Every single one." Professor Sutari confirmed.

"That's good news." Misty said in relief. "Team Rocket didn't get away with anything."

"Ahh! They got Temacu!" Brock yelled, and everyone gasped in shock.

"Team Rocket took my baby?" Professor Sutari asked.

In less than half an hour, a search party had formed in front of the Sutari mansion along with Ash and friends.

"My poor baby." Professor Sutari said distraughtly. "Where could they have taken her?"

"Don't you worry. We'll bring your daughter back, sir." Ash insisted. "We'll have the whole town out looking for her."

"We'll search the whole city!" yelled one man.

"We'll do whatever it takes to find her!" said another man, holding up a rake.

"I'm very grateful to you all," Professor Sutari said appreciatively.

Misty looked over at Brock angrily, "Don't just stand there, go look for her!"

"Yeah, good idea."

Angelina watched from her spot next to Jeremy, she sighed, 'It's not fare he can't he be left alone to decide what he really wants.'

While Ash and friends searched for Temacu in the forest with a couple people from town, Angelina and Jeremy stayed with Professor Sutari at the mansion.

"Oh Temacu. Where can you be? Where can you be?" Professor Sutari sat on a giant love seat, grieving with his head in his hands. Suddenly, the doorbell rings and he gets up. "I don't want visitors now!"

Angelina and Jeremy share hopeful and worried expressions following right behind the professor as he opened the door. There stood Temacu with a blue-haired man wearing glasses and a dark blue suit, a young woman with magenta hair in a bun wearing glasses and a dark red suit-dress, and a Meowth.

"It's Team Rocket," Jeremy whispered. "I can see right through their disguises."

"Why did they return with Temacu?" Angelina asked. "Something's not right."

"Hi Daddy, hey you two! I'm back home!" Temacu smiled, waving to her father and her two friends.

"Wha? Temacu! I can't believe it's you!" Professor Sutari exclaimed. "Who are these nice people?"

"Daddy, I want you to meet James." Temacu said, her arms were latched to the man's left arm.

"Yes, he's your daughter's new fiancé." Jessie informed. "I'm maid of honor."

"Say WHAT?!" Angelina and Jeremy yelled.

"But how did this all happen?" Professor Sutari asked.

"It was just like a romance novel…. We were minding our own business when we heard the cry of a beautiful young damsel in distress. When we ran to see what was the matter, we saw that horrible Team Rocket had kidnapped your poor daughter." Jessie explained. "Instantly, James sprung into action; he knocked Team Rocket around like they were made of cardboard. Your daughter was saved! Then, they met…. It was perfect, beautiful, like something someone with an overactive imagination would dream up in her unfulfilled fantasies!"

"And we're looking straight at her," Jeremy muttered, he and Angelina stared annoyedly. "Someone who's not right in the head would believe that."

"A wonderful story, Jessie." Professor Sutari said gratefully, while Angelina and Jeremy face-vaulted in shock. "You two must be very happy."

"We are," Temacu agreed.

"And where did that Meowth come from?" Professor Sutari asked, confused.

"Team Rocket abandoned this poor, ignorant Pokemon, so we took pity on it," Jessie smiled.

"How kind. There aren't many people like you." Professor Sutari noted.

"Oh, you don't know how right you are." Jessie laughed.

Temacu went to the kitchen to prepare a meal to celebrate her engagement while Angelina and Jeremy kept an eye on James in the dinning room and Professor Sutari went to find Jessie and Meowth, whom had disappeared to somewhere in the mansion.

"We know what's going on," Jeremy warned darkly. "You better come clean, or else."

James was backed into a corner of the room, staring nervously and wide eyed. "I…. I don't want to marry Temacu! Jessie forced me into this to steal the Pokemon! Don't hurt me, please!"

"You see, that wasn't so hard," Angelina sympathized, pulling back her best friend. "Okay James, just tell-"

"Dinner's ready!" Temacu announced, the table was set with different foods. "C'mon James, you can sit by me!"

Everyone sat down just as Professor Sutari brought in Jessie and Meowth. The two Rocket-members eagerly jump in and start on the dinner.

"Can I get you anything else?" Temacu asked.

"Oh hi, sweetcheeks!" Meowth waved, stuffing his face with rice and sushi.

Angelina sighed annoyedly, "Hello."

"Seconds please!" Jessie said promptly, holding up her bowl.

"What's going on here?" roars a new voice, and very familiar to Angelina and Jeremy when they saw Ash joined by his friends, Misty and Brock.

"Oh hi, guys! I'd like to introduce you to my darling fiancé, and my beautiful maid of honor!" Temacu greeted, she stood up and clasped herself to James' arm excitedly.

"Oh, it's a pleasure," Jessie said, also standing and bowing.

"The two of you look very familiar to me," Misty said suspiciously, walking up to Jessie and inspecting her very carefully. "Let's see now." she then pulled off the glasses, which released Jessie's long hair. "See, I knew you were Team Rocket!"

"Ahh, I lost Temacu!" Brock cried dismayedly.

"Brock, I thought you didn't like her?" Misty asked.

"I know; but if she's good enough for James, she's good enough for me," Brock replied sadly.

"Figures," Angelina rolled her eyes.

Misty looks over at James and growled, "You've done some low things, but this is the lowest. Tricking an innocent girl into getting engaged!"

"It wasn't me, it was her," James admitted, glancing to the girl latched to his right arm.

"James, the wedding party's over, let's get going," Jessie ordered, knocking over a bag as Pokeballs fell out.

"Ohh, Team Rocket's trying to steal all my Pokeballs!" Professor Sutari alerted.

"Thanks for the dinner!" Jessie gathers up the Pokeball into the bag and runs outside with her teammates; removing their disguises. "Thanks for the memories!"

"Hey, give back those Pokeballs!" Ash yelled, also running outside with his friends.

"Something's wrong! There must be a misunderstanding!" Temacu called; Angelina and Jeremy followed right behind her.

"Chikorita, I choose you!" Ash called on his grass-Pokemon.

"Come on out, Poliwhirl! I choose you!" Misty sends out her water-Pokemon.

"Quick Weezing! Use your Smokescreen!" James ordered.

"We won't fall for that trick again! Poliwhirl, use your Bubble!" Misty countered.

The two-headed purple gas Pokemon appeared and released dark smoke from its mouth, but it was blown away by a blast of Poliwhirl's bubbles.

"Get that Chikorita!" Jessie ordered her Arbok, but it was tackled by Ash's Pokemon and right into Jessie, whom drops the bag of stolen Pokeballs.

"Chikorita, stop Weezing with your Razor Leaf!" Ash commanded.

"Weezing, fight!" James yelled, but his Pokemon was struck by the stinging razor-sharp leaves that Chikorita unleashed.

"Don't worry! I'll fight them too, James!" Temacu jumped in front of the male Rocket and threw out a Pokeball. "Nidorina, Tackle Attack!"

Nidorina knocks down Poliwhirl, but water-Pokemon wasn't fazed and gets back up.

"Hey, don't fight us! We're trying to save you!" Misty yelled. "Poliwhirl, use your Water Gun on James!"

Poliwhirl released a blast of water from the spiral on its belly toward James.

"Look out!" Temacu shouted and pushed James out of the way, only to be knocked down by the water-forced attack.

"Oh my God, Temacu!" Angelina gasped as she watched Brock run up to Jeremy's unconscious cousin.

"Now you're gonna pay for what you did!" Ash yelled. "Chikorita, use Vine Whip!"

Chikorita uses its vines to wrap around Arbok and Weezing, both Pokemon are smacked into each other and thrown into Jessie and James.

"Poliwhirl, Water Gun!"

"Pikachu, use your Thunderbolt attack!"

Pikachu and Poliwhirl combined their attacks; the electricity spiraling around the water and struck Team Rocket into the sky.

Everyone returned back inside the mansion and Temacu was laying in a bed while a doctor tended to her.

"I know why this happened. My daughter and I recently attended my niece's wedding. Temacu was so excited and impressed by it, that all she's been able to think or talk about is weddings and getting married." Professor Sutari explained, nodding towards Angelina and Jeremy.

"Oh I remember now." Ash said, and laughs. "The one back in Sweet Valley Town! With all those people its no wonder we didn't meet there first."

"Yeah Ash," Angelina agreed, smiling embarrassingly. "You were too determined to leave in the morning for Ecruteak that Brock couldn't get a word in edge-wise till we found you fighting Team Rocket."

"I love her!" Brock cried, which everyone stared at him incredulously.

"You love her?" Professor Sutari asked.

"Oh please, not now," Angelina whispers hopefully with her eyes closed and her fingers crosses. Jeremy smirked at this.

"At first, I was too shocked and surprised to understand how I felt about her, but now I've decided to accept the love and affection your daughter has offered me." Brock proclaimed, just as Temacu opened her eyes.

"I'm glad to see you're awake. I was worried about you." The light-brown haired doctor said in relief.

"Yeah, me too." Brock added.

"Doctor!" Temacu gasped, starry eyed and take the man's hands into hers. "Doctor, I know we just met, but I strongly believe in love at first sight!" the doctor and Brock (along with the others) stare very confused and in shock. "I can see it now…. Me in a golden gown and you at my side."

"Temacu…." The doctor was speechless, then blushed. "My darling, I know this is sudden, but will you marry me?"

"Yes doctor!" Temacu said happily.

"Ahh! I can't…. believe…. She's gone…." Brock backed away in shock, then lowers his head in dejection.

"Brock, even a Pokemon breeder can't compete with a doctor." Misty said sympathetically.

Jeremy laughed; "Geas, I get another cousin-in-law!" he looked over at a relieved Angelina. "Maybe it's good he's still single. You may have a chance after all."

"Huh?" Angelina blinked, her face reddened a bit. "Uhm, well maybe."

Angelina and Jeremy stand outside waving goodbye to Professor Sutari, Temacu, and her newest fiancé shortly along with Ash and friends, whom are also departing for their journey.

"Another marriage, another heartbreak." Angelina concluded the past couple days' events, walking the dirt path and holding her Pichu.

"Look on the bright side," Jeremy said. "Brock's still single; you don't have to worry anymore."

"Yeah, that's right," Angelina smiled.

"Hey Brock!" Ash yelled.

"Wait! Wait for us!" Misty shouted.

"Huh?" Angelina and Jeremy turned around, Brock was running towards them with a grin full of hope and confidence. Ash and Misty were not too far behind.

"Wow, that didn't take long," Jeremy said.

Angelina giggled happily, "He's back to his flirting-self, Jeremy! Come on, let's go!"

Brock may have lost his love today, but he'll find more love along the way. Although, he may be closer than he thinks with Angelina's feelings being slowly hinted now-and-then. In the meantime, the journey through Johto rolls on.

§To Be Continued§

I really loved this episode when I saw it for the first time about four years ago, I was literally screaming at my TV when Brock wouldn't return his feelings to Temacu, but it was too hilarious when she fell for James, then kinda cute at the end when the doctor came in. So yeah, great episode; and an excellent way to work in my characters/ideas. Thanks for reading, comments welcomed! Next chapter will be up ASAP!