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Chapter 11: Opposites Attract!

It was time for the battle and Kenny and Paul were both fired up. Dawn sweatdropped. Cress sent out his Panpour. She took out her pokedex, but it didn't have any data on it. Dawn

frowned. Bianca waved her arms around from the stands. "Oh! Oh! Oh! Dawn! Dawn! Use my pokedex! Here catch!" She threw it toward Dawn, who barely managed to catch it. "Panpour,

the Spray Pokémon. Panpour lived in forests long ago, but developed a body that makes it easy to live near water. It can store water in the tufts on its head." Dawn smiled. "I see.

Alright Piplup, get in there." Dawn released Piplup from her arms. He puffed up his chest. "Piplup." Cilan smiled. "It's evaluating time!"

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Iris and Axew sweatdropped. "It's annoying time." "Axew." He ran to Piplup. "Piplup seems very similar to Ash's oshawot in personality. I can tell that its very good at battling and enjoys

helping others. All in all it has been well raised and very well groomed. Like five star meal! Très bien Dawn." Dawn smiled. Piplup puffed his chest again but fell over. Dawn laughed. "Thanks

Cilan. But shouldn't you focus on your battle with Paul?" Cilan sweatdropped and ran to his part of the feild. After eveyone had sent out their pokemon the battle begun. Chili, Cilan, and Cress

all ordered the same move. "Use Dig!" Dawn sweatdropped, but she smiled. "Piplup use Whirlpool, then jump on it!" Piplup did as told. As a result, Panpour's attack missed. "Piplup,

stay inside the whirlpool and use Bubblebeam!" The spinning of the whirlpool caused the bubbles to move all around the gym, and with increasing speed, causing some damage to

Panpour. "Now Piplup! Use the spin of the whirlpool and use Peck!" Piplup had its beak glow white and increase in size, using the spinning of the whirlpool to power it up. Panpour took

some serious damage. "Panpour use Double Team." Cress ordered calmly. Panpour made several copies of itself. "Now use Scratch." The tip of Panpour's paws glowed. They all headed

toward Piplup. Dawn frowned. "Piplup use Bide!" Piplup began to glow as it took in all the attacks. "Let loose!" Piplup shouted its name and a flash of light crashed onto the copies and

real Panpour, giving so much damage that it could barely manage to get up. The fangirls frowned.

'n'

"Cilan, Chili, and Cress! Show us your best!" Ruby frowned. Iris looked at her. "Ruby, why don't you turn into Dawn with her cheering outfit on?" Ruby smiled. 'I have a better idea.' "Yip

Yap!" She made a few copies of herself. They all flipped backwards, and turned into cheering Dawn. "Go Paul, Dawn, and Kenny! Teach them what you know! Come on now! Its time to

give us a show!" The fan girls glared. Paul grinned. "Torterra use Giga Drain!" Torterra sent glowing vine toward Pansage as it sucked away some of its energy. "Pan!" Cilan snapped his

fingers. "Use Focus Punch on the head." Pansage's paw began to glow white, as he slammed his fist on Torterra's head. Kenny sweatdropped.

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He pointed to the field. "Empoleon use Drill Peck!" Empoleon spun with amazing speed and slammed Pansear with his beak. "Pansear!" Pansear struggled to get up. "All right Empoleon!

Let's finish this! Use Hydro Cannon!" Upon compact, Pansear had fainted. Katie smiled. "Pansear can't battle! Empoleon and Kenny win!" Dawn grinned. "Piplup use Hydro Pump with

Peck!" Piplup shot a forceful Hydro Pump before jumping into it and Pecking Panpour to the wall. Panpour was seen with swirls in its eyes. "Panpour can't battle! Piplup and Dawn win!"

Katie cheered. Paul delivered the final blow to Pansage with Frenzy Plant. "Pansage can't battle! Torterra and Paul win! Victory goes to the challengers!" They all returned their

pokemon. The three gym leaders walked up to the trio and handed them three badges. They all smiled and held the badges up! "Alright! We got!... The Trio Badge!" Paul then sweatdropped.

He folded his arms. "Looks like you guys are rubbing off on me more than I thought." They all laughed.

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Unfortunately, Nurse Joy was to occupied to help the pokemon. Iris smiled. "Don't worry, I'll take care of them. But I'll need some Sitrus and Oran berries. Maybe one of our pokemon can

get them." Ruby bounced. "Yip Yap! Yip Yap!" Dawn smiled. "You wanna do it?" Ruby nodded. Iris took out a basket and some pictures. She showed them to Ruby. "These are the

ones we need. When you find them, put them in the basket. Don't bother any wild pokemon, alright?" Ruby nodded. "You want Ace to go with you?" Paul asked. Ruby shook her head.

"Yip!" She took the basket in her mouth and ran off.

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Ruby looked at all the bushes she passed. She saw Cheri berries, Pecha berries, but no Sitrus or Oran berries. She sighed. Her hat almost flew off her head from the wind. "Man. This is

hopeless. How are Mommy and Daddy's pokemon gonna feel better? Where are the berries Auntie Iris needed?" She said. She heard a rustle in the bushes. "Who's there?" Out of the

bushes came... Meowth? "Hey cool it human. I didn't do anyting." His eyes were closed when he said this. Ruby growled. "Who are you calling a human? I'm a pokemon!" Meowth opened

his eyes and saw Ruby. "You can talk?" Ruby growled. "Yeah, what of it?" Meowth looked at her. "But I'm supposed to be the only pokemon who can talk!" Ruby sighed. She grabbed the

basket and walked past him. Meowth looked at her. "Hey, where you going Zorua?" Ruby glared at him. "My name is Ruby, not 'Zorua'. I have better things to do than to mess with some

weirdo wild pokemon." Meowth glared. "What cha mean; better tings to do? Aren't you a wild pokemon? Hey! Ruby!" He chased after her. A vein popped on Ruby's head. "As in I need to

find berries for my parents' pokemon. They really need it! So unless you want to help me find them, I suggest you go away." Man, someone has her mother's additude. Meowth glared at her.

"Fine then. What are the berries you want?" Ruby thought for a minute. "Auntie Iris said I need Oran and Sitrus berries." Meowth flinched. "Iris? You mean da girl who has an axew chillin' out

in her hair?" Ruby nodded. "Yeah! Are you friends with her?" Meowth sweatdropped. "Let say we ain't on good terms. So Sitrus and Oran berries? I saw some this way." Ruby followed him,

and low-and-behold, there were several berries! Ruby smiled. Meowth climbed up into the tree and dropped the berries. Ruby ran and caught them in the basket. "Thanks! This should be

enough!" Meowth climbed down the tree. "So, what's your name anyway? I've never seen a pokemon like you before." Ruby asked. "Simple. I'm a meowth named Meowth." Ruby gasped.

"Then you're the talking meowth Auntie warned me about! But you seem pretty nice. Why would she warn me about you?" Meowth sweatdropped. "I don't know. But shouldn't you get

those berries to your pals?" Ruby sweatdropped. "Oh right!" She grabbed the basket but couldn't lift it. The berries were weighing it down. Meowth laughed. "Can't you carry dat thing?"

Ruby struggled. "These berries are making the basket really heavy for someone as small as me." Somehow, she managed to get the basket on her back. She began to tilt backwards. "Whoa!

Whooa!" She almost fell when Meowth placed his paws on her basket, supporting her slightly. "Thanks Meowth." Meowth shrugged. They walked toward the the direction of the city, when;

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"GROOOOOAAARRR!" Meowth and Ruby dared to turn around. There, standing behind them was a beartic. Ruby shrieked. "W-what is that?" Meowth stuttered. "I-it's a beartic!"

Beartic growled. Ruby growled back. "Sorry to say. But my friends need these berries! You can't have them! I don't care how big you are!" Beartic roared. Ruby sweatdropped. "Ok I

admit, I'm small. But that doesn't mean I can't fight! Have a piece of my Shadow Ball!" She shot the attack toward it, but Beartic slashed through it. A vein popped on Ruby's head. She smiled,

"Meowth, I have an idea. Take the berries off of my back first." So Meowth took the basket and watched her. She faced to Beartic. Beartic growled. "Yes I've come back for more. I've

had my turn, you go for it." Beartic roared before firing an Ice Beam! Ruby ran toward the attack before jumping and using Dawn's spinning move to dodge. She landed in front of Beartic.

"Time for my Double Team attack!" She made several copies of herself and surrounded it. They snickered the famous zorua snicker. They all ran around it with incredible speed! Beartic

watched each of them, trying to find the real Ruby. Ruby snickered again, she took advantage of its confusion and ran toward Meowth when it wasn't looking. Meowth looked at her. "Hey

nice strategy. I never woulda thought of dat." Ruby blushed and smiled. "Alright, its time to use Dig!" She dug a tunnel underground, pulled Meowth and the berries in and dug toward the

pokemon center. She dug until she smelled the city. She dug upward, Meowth poked his head around. He screamed when he saw... Beartic! "Ah! It followed us!" Ruby turned around. "Oh

my Arceus! Run for it!" They got the berries and ran for their lives! Meowth ran past Ruby but stopped when she fell. She tried to get up but couldn't. Beartic prepared a Sheer Cold attack!

'Dat's a one hit knock out move! If he hits Ruby, she'll faint!' Meowth ran toward Beartic "Taste my Fury Swipes!" With that, Meowth scratched Beartic's face, stopping the attack.

Meowth grinned. "Now I'll finally use my scary Night Slash attack!" (He does know this attack, he just hasn't used it. Revealed to be known in Jumping Rocket Ship) Meowth's claws turned

purple as he slashed at Beartic, driving it away. "Yeah! I'm da top cat around here! Don't you forget it!" He turned around to see Ruby on the ground. "Hey, can't you stand?" Ruby

tried once more but fell. "I think I sprained my paw..." Meowth sighed, he put Ruby in his back, and started walking. He carried the basket of berries in his mouth. Ruby smiled. "Thank you

Meowth. You're really nice." Meowth blushed. He looked at her. "Don't mention it. Seriously, don't." Ruby snickered. After an hour, Meowth finally found the pokemon center, with a

sleeping Ruby on his back. Dawn smiled.

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"Ruby!... And Meowth?" Meowth sweatdropped. "It's the blue twoipette!" Iris walked up to him. "What are you doing here?" Meowth scoffed. "Dat's my business not yours! But what is

your business is dat Ruby might have sprained her paw." Dawn glared at him. "What did you do to my poor Ruby?" Meowth shook his head. "I didn't do anyting! The only ting I did was save

her!" Paul and Kenny scoffed. "You help another pokemon? It's official, Arceus is gonna destroy the world." Meowth sweatdropped again. "Hey the purple and chestnut twoips are here

too?" Meowth felt Ruby shift. "Are we there yet Meowth?..." She opened her eyes to see a bunch of surprised faces looking at her. Cyndaquil slapped her paw to her head. Ruby

sweatdropped. Ace ran up to them. "Ruff!" She panicked. "Yip Yap!" Paul looked at her. "Ruby, did you just speak?" Ruby shook her head. Meowth looked at her. "You don't mean dat

they don't know you can talk?" Ruby yipped again with anime tears. Cyndaquil placed a paw on her head. "Cynda cyndaquil." Ruby frowned. "Yip..." Cyndaquil prepared her Flamethrower.

Meowth and Ruby shrieked. "Okay! Okay! You win! I'm talking! I'm Ruby the talking zorua! Just stop it!" Cyndaquil smiled and stopped. Dawn and Paul looked at her. "Ruby, why didn't you tell

us?" Paul asked. Ruby frowned. Dawn smiled. "I figured out she could talk when she was picking berries." They all looked at her. "You did?" Dawn nodded. "You see, from time to time,

Ruby would say something on accident. Each time I would ask her, she would just go 'Yip Yap!' So I figured I was hearing things. But then I figured if I kept on hearing her, then she must

be able to talk like a human. But yeah Ruby, why didn't you tell us." Ruby looked down, her ears flat against her head. "Big Sister Cyndaquil told me not to. But I also thought that you'd that

you would abandon me because you would think I was a freak pokemon." Meowth looked at her. "Hey, remember who's back you're on!" Ruby sweatdropped. "Sorry Meowth. I didn't

mean you." Katie was still trying to process what was happening. Cilan looked at Meowth.

'.'

"Meowth, where are Jessie and James?" Meowth shrugged. "How should I know? When you actually managed to blast us off, we got seperated. I've been lookin' for them for tree days! And

will someone get this kid off of me!" Dawn took Ruby off of him. Cilan looked at Meowth. "Why was Ruby on your back anyway?" Ruby and Meowth sweatdropped. "Well It goes like

this. I was chillin', resting from my search for Jessie and James. I was muchin' on some berries when I hear Ruby's voice. Some how I ended up helpin' her get these berries. She's having

trouble carrying the basket on her back so I help out. But then we hear a big roar! We turn around to see a Beartic! He was demanding dat we hand over the berries!" Ruby nodded.

"Yeah! So I step up and told him that these berries are for my friends! I fire my Shadow Ball, but he slashed it... Then I came up with a plan! I dared him to attack first! He shoots an Ice

Beam! So I use the spinning technique Mommy taught me!" Meowth nodded. "Then she used Double Team! She and da copies ran around him and confused him. Than da real Ruby ran

over to me and used Dig! She dug us over here." Ruby smiled. "Then that mean Beartic appeared again, so we ran, but I fell and couldn't get up. Beartic prepared a Sheer Cold, then

Meowth used Fury Swipes to stop it! Then he used Night Slash, driving it away! Like a true hero!" Meowth blushed. Dawn and Iris grinned. "Hey Meowth? Are you blushing?" Meowth

blushed some more. "Blushing? I ain't blushin'! Anyway, I need to find Jessie and James." Ruby smiled. "Ill help you! I'll get you to your friends!" The group sweatdropped. "You will?" Ruby

jumped out of Dawn's arms and landed on three paws. She limped up to him. "Yeah! You saved me and carried me all the way here without a single complaint. I owe you." She said

sweetly. Meowth nodded. "You're a real pal! How 'bout we look tomorrow! I'm bushed." The group nodded. After Iris blended the berries and gave the juice to the pokemon, the group went

to their rooms, with the exception of Meowth who wasn't trusted after the stunt he pulled in Nimbasa City. He had to rest in the lobby.

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Ruby tossed and turned. "I can't sleep. Why can't Meowth sleep in one of the rooms?" She hopped out of the bed. "Ruff!" Ruby sweatdropped. "Shh! Come on Ace, be quiet! I'm just

going to check on Meowth." Ace grinned. "Arf!" Ruby blushed. "I'm just worried ok? Go back to sleep." Ace rolled his green eyes. The shiny lillipup went to sleep after mumbling a few

words. "Some how, I'm the youngest." She flipped before turning into Iris. She took the door nob and opened the door. She frowned when she saw that Meowth was still awake on the

couch, looking out the window. She walked toward him. "Meowth?" He looked at her. "What Ruby?" She did a flip and turned back into herself. She snickered. "How'd you know it was

me?" Meowth looked out of the window. "Your tail was stickin' out." Ruby blushed. She walked next to him. "The moon's pretty tonight. Isn't it?" Meowth nodded. He looked at Ruby,

her red eyes shining in the light of the moon. She looked at him, and smiled. He blushed. "I thought you couldn't stand on that paw." Ruby nodded. "Turns out my paw was just swolen.

Its all better now." She looked at him with curious eyes. "Meowth, what are your friends like?" Meowth sweatdropped. "Well... Jessie is sort of agressive, James is... James. They ain't da

greatest people, but I can't seem to live without them." Ruby smiled. "They sound nice. I can't wait to meet them." Meowth sweatdropped. "I wouldn't think dat if I were you." Ruby

looked at him. "Why?" Meowth frowned. "I can't lie to you after you've been so nice to me. Well, Jessie will try to capture you and give you to the boss." Ruby tilted her head. "Give me to

the boss? What do you mean?" Meowth looked out the window with guilty eyes. "I can't lie to you after you've been so nice to me."You already said that." He glared. "Ya see. I'm part of

Team Rocket. It's an evil corperation dat steals other people's pokemon and we're trying to take over da world." He looked at her, he was surprised to see her... smiling? "There are good

guys, and there are bad guys. Without one or the other, the world would be unbalanced. Look, I don't care that you're a bad guy. I know you're nice at heart." Man, only been a few weeks and

she sounds like an adult. Meowth frowned. "What makes you say dat?" Ruby smiled. "If you weren't nice, you wouldn't have helped me, right?" He blushed and nodded. He blushed harder

when she laid her head on his shoulder. Meowth smiled at her. She smiled back. "For a twoipette pokemon, you're not all dat bad. You're actually kinda cute." Ruby blushed. "You think I'm cute?

That's really nice." Meowth nodded. His whole face turned red when Ruby kissed him on the cheek. She then curled into ball and went to sleep. Meowth copied her actions. Falling asleep next to her.


A/N: I liked this chapter! Looks like Meowth has a soft spot for Ruby! What will become of this 'relationship' between the Scratch Cat and the Tricky Fox? Anyway,

about the chapter? Liked it? Hated it? Reviews critics and tips always appreciated! Well! I gots to go! Lates! *Does peace sign and pose cutely!* =^-^=