A/N: So, Meowth has a funny accent. I'm going to try and write that accent. Hopefully it comes out okay.

Anyway, I would just like to say: I am aware that the people that named Pokémon moves are kind of stupid. I know that Thunder is not the bright electric stuff that comes from storms, but you know. It's called thunder, thunder shock, thunder bolt, ETC. Not my fault.


"Don't even bother! This net is made of steel cables! The only thing that could break this net is a-" Jessie started.

"A Raticate?" Cassidy interrupted, throwing the Pokéball she was holding.

"How'd she know?" James asked.

"It doesn't matta! Just keep dat Raticate off da net!" Meowth yelled.

"Raticate, use Hyper Fang!" Cassidy said as the Raticate landed on the top of the net.

Before Raticate could do any damage to the net, it was sent flying back to the blimp.

"What happened, un?" Deidara asked.

"I guess one of the Pein used Psychic." Konan muttered.

"Time for plan B!" Butch said, running into the blimp.

"Plan B?" Konan asked.

Before anyone could really think, a large platform began to rise out of the top of the blimp.

"Use Thunder!" Cassidy yelled.

"Thunder? What kind of Pokémon is up there?" Itachi asked.

"I can't see. It's too far away." Konan said.

Nagato and Yahiko crept up to the bird's head, trying to get a better view of it.

"Please don't fall." Deidara muttered. "That's the last thing we need right now, un."

A few seconds later, Sai came flying downward on his bird, just missing Deidara.

"Watch where you're going, un!"

"Get down!" Sai yelled. "Get down now!"

Deidara sent his bird down with Sai's, and was led into a small underground cave. Deidara turned as an ear-splitting crack was heard. Black shafts of lightning flew across the field outside, leaving scars in the ground.

"What… What's doing that?" Konan asked.

"I've never seen a Pokémon like it before." Sai muttered.

"Konan would you please get your squirtle to wash this sludge off my face? I don't like being blinded, especially in a situation like this." Itachi said impatiently.

Konan let her Squirtle out and nodded at Itachi. Squirtle sent a slightly-too-powerful watergun at Itachi's face. While it did get the sludge off, it also managed to knock him down.

"Now use Sacred Fire!" Cassidy yelled.

The group watched in awe as black flames spread across the field, burning everything in its path. Yahiko seemed mesmerized by the flames, shocked by what was happening. Nagato shook him a few times to snap him out of it. Yahiko rushed up to the mouth of the cave, stopping just before he reached the fire.

"Squirtle, put the fire out!" Konan said.

Try as he might, Squirtle couldn't put it out. The water seemed to have no effect, simply passing through them. Suddenly, the fire disappeared just as quickly as it had spread.

"Are you crazy? You probably just killed them!" Jessie screamed. "Do you know how long we spent setting up that trap?"

"We only need one Pein. Besides, there's more in other places." Cassidy said.

"We spent a whole week burying those steel cables for the net!" James yelled. "We got attacked more than I'd like to remember!"

"And they sent Me-owth to fight! It wasn't pretty!" Meowth chimed in.

"Get over yourselves. We have what we came for… So, goodbye." Butch said.

"Damn you, Bill!" James yelled.

"IT'S BUTCH!"

"Shut up and let's go." Cassidy said.

Yahiko stood at the entrance to the cave, unable to move. What he saw before him was a burned field, with Pein, Fein, Yahiko, and Yahiko-san spread across it like a battlefield. He looked up at the blimp, where one Pein was attempting to fight off a Cloyster, a Raticate, and a Tentecruel. However, this wasn't going so well for the Pein, since it was already injured from the Thunder and Sacred Fire.

"What kind of Pokémon… could do this?" Konan asked.

"Those moves weren't normal… Thunder shouldn't be black." Itachi said.

Yahiko continued to watch the Pein in the blimp, hoping it would somehow be able to win. Yahiko's hope was crushed after a few seconds when the Pein finally collapsed. Cassidy and Butch laughed before dragging him inside.

"Ya… Hiko…" Yahiko whispered.

"W-we should help the Pein up there." Deidara suggested.

"It's too late." Sai muttered, watching the blimp float away.

"We're just gonna let it go?" Konan yelled.

"Perhaps this is better. We can save it later. They won't hurt it."

"They just completely wiped out a whole nest! You think they won't hurt one more?"

"They need that one for something. They aren't going to kill it immediately."


"Now what?" Jessie asked.

"We gotta go afta Cassidy and Butch's blimp and get dat Pein back!" Meowth proposed.

"Maybe there's still one we can catch down there?" James asked.

"They're all dead!" Jessie yelled.

"No they're not. A lot of them are moving."

"We have to get the strongest one we can. Make sure it can survive the trip."


"Hey, about the Sacred Fire, un… Was that normal?"

"The Sacred Fire was fine." Sai said. "It's always a strange color."

"Black, un?"

"It can be. Does anyone have a piece of paper?" Sai asked.

"Here…" Konan muttered, turning a sheet of her cloak into paper.

Sai took the paper and released Rattata from one of the pokéballs on his belt. After scribbling a quick note on the paper, he put it in the Rattata's mouth, and sent it off.

"What Pokémon can even learn sacred fire?" Konan yelled.

"I'm not positive, but one of the great bird Pokémon may be able to do that." Sai said.

"I doubt they had one." Itachi pointed out. "It's much too powerful."

"There's very few other Pokémon that can learn Sacred Fire."

"Like what?" Konan asked.

"Fe… in…"

Yahiko looked back down at the ground to see a Fein trying to push itself back up. The group ran up to it to see if there was anything they could do.

"Do any of you know healing moves?" Sai asked.

Nobody said anything, which Sai took as a 'no'.

"Alright, then… I guess we'll have to wait for the medics to get here… In the mean time, I must return to my mission."

"Y-you're just going to… leave us here? Leave them here? How could you just leave?" Konan demanded.

"My mission takes priority, and I have already sent for help. Now, please excuse me."

"Where exactly are you going?" Itachi asked.

"Well, I would tell you that it's top secret, but there would be no point in that. You can easily see where I'm going, no matter how I try and hide it." Sai replied, walking back down into the cave they had taken shelter in.

Konan glared at Sai until he was no longer visible. She returned Squirtle to its Pokéball and looked back down at the Fein who had finally managed to push itself up into a sitting position.

"Hey, should we be worried that the other Team Rocket balloon is still up there, un?" Deidara asked.

"If they try anything, we can easily take them out." Itachi said.

Yahiko and Fein stared at each other, both dazed by what had just happened. Other Pokémon began pushing themselves back up and tending to their wounds.

"How long do you think it'll take for help to get here, un?"

"Probably not long." Konan said. "We're not that far from-"

BANG!

Lightning flashed across the sky, clouds forming out of thin air. It was only a matter of seconds before rain began falling. Yahiko groaned as the rain hit his skin, visibly angry that a storm had come on. However, the other Pokémon seemed to welcome the rain, exposing their burns to the cool water.

"Leave it to Leader-sama to wreck a perfectly nice day." Deidara muttered.

"Stop complaining." Konan snapped, putting her cloak up as an umbrella. "And why the hell do you keep calling them 'leader-sama'?"

"Oh, uh… I-It's a habit, un."

"Where did that come from?"

Deidara remained silent, unsure of how to reply. Luckily, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny came dashing through the bushes before Konan could question him further.

"We heard something had- Oh my god!" Nurse Joy yelled.

"W-what happened?" Officer Jenny asked.

"Team Rocket happened." Konan said.

Nurse Joy pulled a large amount of pokéballs out of her bag, all of them containing Sakura, Sakura-Chan, or Chansey.

"Go, heal as many as you can!" Nurse Joy instructed.

The Pokémon took off immediately, spreading across the field. Officer Jenny looked up at the Team Rocket balloon.

"They did this?" She yelled.

"Huh? Oh, not them, un." Deidara said. "It was a couple of others."

"Did you get their names?"

"Butch and Cassidy." Itachi said.

"Description, please."

While the group was busy being interrogated, Nagato and Yahiko were busy attempting to help the Fein next to them. They managed to get it on its feet, and walked it over to Nurse Joy.

"This one seems to be in decent shape." Nurse Joy muttered, looking over Fein. "It looks like this one got away with minor injuries. It's probably just a bit shaken."

Yahiko and Nagato smiled, relieved that the Fein was going to be okay. However, this didn't quite help the fact that there were still a lot of other injured Pokémon lying around.

Actually, things got worse. The Fein pulled itself out of Yahiko and Nagato's grasp, confident that it could stand on its own. After a few seconds of wobbling around, the Fein was suddenly plucked up off its feet by a giant mechanical claw. Nagato and Yahiko looked up to see that the claw was attached to the bottom of Team Rocket's balloon.

"H-hey! HEY! Put that Fein back right now!" Officer Jenny yelled.

"No way! We gotta nab a Pokémon or else the boss will kill us!" Meowth replied.

"Hey, isn't that a shiny Pokémon?" James asked, pointing down at Nagato.

"It is! Let's get that one, too!" Jessie said.

"Are you sure we can, Jessie? Won't that push our luck? I think we should leave now, before we get caught."

"Nonsense, James. Just get it!"

"A-alright…"

After the Fein had been thrown into the basket and properly restrained by Jessie's Ekans, the claw came back down and grabbed Nagato and Yahiko.

"Would ya look at dat? We got two of 'em!" Meowth said.

Try as he might, Nagato couldn't quite wiggle out of the claw. He began to panic, tears filling his eyes. After a loud sob, Yahiko turned to him as best he could. Nagato cried harder as Yahiko grabbed the front of his shirt and glared at him. Yahiko growled before punching Nagato across the face. That managed to shut him up. Yahiko nodded at him, and began to wiggle out of the claw's grasp.

"Hey! He's getting out! James, hurry up and get them up here!" Jessie growled.

"I'm trying, Jessie! Stop distracting me!"

Yahiko finally managed to squirm out of the claw, pulling himself up onto the arm that attached it to the balloon. He began to dash up the arm to save Fein, who was currently struggling against Ekans.

"James, we don't need that one. Just shake it off." Jessie said.

James pushed the joystick in every possible direction, sending the arm out of control. Yahiko clung to it, determined not to fall off. Eventually, James stopped moving the arm to see if he had successfully thrown Yahiko off. Yahiko jumped back up and continued running up the arm.

"Just let it come up here. It's so small; we can just wrestle it down when it gets here!" Meowth pointed out.

"Good point." James said, smiling at the thought. The Rocket trio stayed put, waiting for Yahiko to reach them. Their smiles faded as Yahiko faded into a bright light, still rushing at them.

"What attack is that?" Jessie asked.

"I… I don't think that's an attack." Meowth muttered.

Jessie screamed when she realized what was happening. The light disappeared, leaving a grown Yahiko-san rushing up at them. James ducked under Yahiko-san's punch, leaving Ekans to take the hit. After pushing Ekans off Fein, he picked her up. Team Rocket backed into a corner to avoid angering the Yahiko-san further. He growled at them and jumped back down to the ground. Fein rushed back to the Nurse Joy to avoid being captured again.

"D-did Yahiko just evolve?" Deidara asked.

"Yes! That was amazing!" Konan yelled.

"We still need to get Nagato." Itachi pointed out.

However, Yahiko-san was going to take care of that. He jumped back up to the Meowth balloon, and punched a hole through it. Nagato's eyes widened as the balloon began flying out of control, taking the arm with it. Thankfully, Yahiko came down to Nagato and yanked the claw open. Konan ran over to catch her falling Pokémon. The group watched the balloon take off into space, Team rocket screaming the whole way.

"Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

Yahiko-san landed next to Konan and Nagato, helping them up. Konan seemed a bit surprised that Yahiko-san was actually taller than her. He stood about as tall as most of the Pein, give or take a few inches.

"Hey… We're done treating the Pokémon in the field, so we're going to take them back to the Pokémon center… Would you mind helping us?" Nurse Joy asked.

"Oh, of course not." Konan said, putting Nagato back in his Pokéball. "Deidara, how about some birds?"

"Again, I'm way ahead of you, un." Deidara said, spitting out a group of clay birds.

"Wait!"

The group looked over to see Sai running out of the cave.

"Did you finish your mission?" Konan asked.

"Actually, I'd like some help. Deidara, you can make explosives, right?"

"H-how'd you know, un?"

"Your pokédex entry."

"Oh."

"Could you help me destroy this cave?"

"Why would you need to do that?"

"It's to prevent criminals from using it as a hideout."

"Why would they?"

"It was a hideout at one point. Now it's abandoned, but they could return at any time."

Deidara followed Sai back into the cave to discover that he was correct. The walls were lined with what looked like prison cells, and an occasional locked door.

"I just need you to blow the place up."

"That's what I do best, un!" Deidara laughed, clay spiders falling from his hands.

The two of them dashed out of the cave to detonate the bombs.

"KATSU!"

Deidara covered his face as a debris-filled gust came flying out of the mouth of the cave.

"Thank you for your help. Now, would you like a ride back to Pewter City?"

"I think we need to go back to the Viridian City Pokémon center first."

"Well, yes. But after that?"

"That'd be great, un!"


"Well… We couldn't save all of them…" Nurse Joy announced. "But a lot of them will be fine. We'll probably release them back into the wild in a few weeks."

"That's good, I guess…" Konan said.

"It's the best we could really hope for." Sai pointed out.

"So… Can we get going now, un?"

"Yeah. Bye, Yahiko-san." Konan said, waving to the Pokémon. "Thanks for the help."

However, the Yahiko-san had a different idea. He grabbed one of the empty pokéballs off her belt and pushed the button a few times. Konan watched happily as he was sucked into the Pokéball.

"Well, you got a Pokémon out of all that, un. That's an upside."

"Plus it's the Pokémon you were looking for, right?" Itachi asked.

"Yeah! Alright! Let's go get that second gym badge!" Konan yelled, rushing out the door.

"Slow down, Cerulean isn't going anywhere." Itachi sighed, following her out.


A/N: Wow, that was kind of a long chapter. I guess. So, I'll see you next time!