Wedding War
Spoiler Warning: This scene takes place immediately after the Epilogue of Stand by You. It is the last thing for this universe/storyline I am posting before I add the official sequel, which will be called Heroine and is coming by next week (first week of June 2016). Please finish Stand by You or else you will probably be like, wtf is goin' on? Sorry it is sorta long, it just had to be this way. Thank you and please review if you have the timeJ
Characters: Basically everyone that I ever mentioned in this story
Rating: K+
AN: Disclaimer- I don't own Pokémon.
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There was no denying that the entire site was a disaster.
Just a few moments ago everything was so peaceful. It was the perfect day: all their plans worked out accordingly, the weather was good, no one was missing or hurt, and everyone, even the people that sorta despised the couple, was glad to be there, even if it was just for the vacation and free food. But their lives weren't perfect.
Now smoke and poisonous gas filled the air. Thunderbolts and shadowballs collided. Chairs, instruments, and even people and Pokémon were being lifted and thrown by psychic attacks. Though the battlers were mostly calm, cool and collected, the cries of a few small children could still be heard among all the crashing and banging.
"You said you were afraid this was going to happen?" A young dragon master accused Giovanni. "As in, you knew there was a possibility, and you didn't warn us?!"
"Calm, down, Iris, we have bigger problems", said Cilan as he tugged her hand, pulling her away from the Rocket boss and his fiancé, just in time to avoid her getting hit with a fireball.
"Yeah, what is up with that?" asked Sakura, who happened to overhear Iris' accusation.
"I didn't want to overwhelm everyone, especially since there was only a slight possibility", he explained. "But you can blame me later, down we have to stop these people".
On the other side of the clearing, Ash and Misty were using Pikachu, Greninja, Articuno, and Azuril to battle two large Charizard.
"Do you still want our wedding to be just like this?" Ash joked after Pikachu and Articuno knocked out one of the Charizard. "Though it might be more difficult to battle with those heels you mentioned".
"So you were listening", Misty replied. She released Corsola and ordered it to use spike cannon on an incoming Golbat. "I thought you were spacing out".
"Nah, I was just ignoring you for fun", he admitted.
"If you want to play games, then bring it on", Misty responded after defeating the Golbat. She caught it in a Pokeball for good measure. Ash looked at her quizzically.
"I could use one of these", she explained.
She was about to continue but a mega Charizard came out of nowhere and almost singed them to the bone. They adopted one of Team Rocket's classic fearhugs, and then, after recovering from embarrassment, they agreed to never admit that the trio had left that impression on them. After defeating the Mega Charizard, Ash caught it and they were joined by Ritchie, Casey, Paul, and a two members of the Elite four of Johto. Together the seven of them took on an entire herd of Venasaur, this time using the Pokémon they just captured to fight for them.
Jessiebelle had an entire league of bodyguards protecting her. This was beneficial for her sake, since Jessie was about ready to rip her throat out with her fresh manicure. Instead her, the baby, James, Lucy, Meowth, Logan, and Lily were under a powerful shield that Acorn and Aliyah had generated and Wobbufet was helping to reinforce.
"Jess, yous gotta get her outta here", Meowth told Jessie.
"For the fourth time Meowth, I KNOW!" Jessie yelled irritably.
"AHHHHHHH!" Annastasia wailed, making everyone sigh. "Mommy! Papa! Help!"
"Shh, it's ok Anna-chan", James said softy, rubbing her little foot.
"I say we do this. You stay here with the kids. Meowth, James, and I will go help fight", Lucy suggested.
"Purr pur?" Logan asked his mother. "Does this mean you are leaving?"
"Yes", she confirmed.
"Oh, and just leave me here to babysit?" Jessie complained. "No, I want to KILL her!"
"I'm not going to leave Jessie and Annastasia her alone, Lucy", James replied.
"And I don't wanna leave them either", said Meowth, looking at the little Meowth and Purrloin babies.
"Meowth, Lucy is right. We all just can't sit here. And if memory serves, Lucy taught you shadowball a few months back," said James. "You two are good fighters, go on. We will make sure nothing happens to them".
Meowth stared Jessie and James in the eyes. They were his only friends for a long, long time. Jessie's expression softened.
"Remember that time you took Annastasia to help me?" she asked.
Meowth quickly recalled the memory. Back then Meowth had only known one attack. In the midst of an ambush not unlike the one they were currently under, Jessie had to completely surrender every last ounce of trust and give Annastasia over to Meowth so that the two of them could hide while she helped James. Now he had to do the same for her.
"Ok", he decided.
He and Lucy rubbed heads with the kittens (as cat-types tended to do) and then exited the safe little bubble to go fight beside the others.
James let the Swablu that Giovanni had given Annastasia for her first birthday out of its ball. Jessie let out her new Ninetales, Growly's mate, as well as Growly himself. Jessie also released Lillipup. The sight of the familiar Pokémon helped to calm all three of them. A few moments later they heard an extra loud boom and the shield that was protecting them started to crack. Then they saw their two Mew and Wobbufet faint from exhaustion as the shield finally exploded.
They both screamed and scrambled to their feet. James returned Annastasia's Pokémon and ordered Growly to use Firespin on their assailants, who were coming at them with a hoard of random Pokémon. Lily and Logan hid behind James and Annastasia was safe in her mother's arms. Jessie ordered Ninetales to use firespin as well while she tried to return Wobbufet and Acorn, but it didn't work.
"James!" she cried. "They won't return!"
James tried to return Aliyah but it was no use. The fainted Pokémon would not go into their own Pokeballs A Team Firestar grunt took a master ball and captured all three of them. The couple gasped in horror.
"Our boss will be very happy to se that we captured these", the grunt teased, putting the three masterballs in a rucksack.
"No! Ninetales, Gourgeist, Frillish, Serviper, Swoobat, and Yanmega, do whatever it takes to get those balls back!" Jessie ordered, releasing her Pokémon.
"Jess, be careful, if the Mega ball gets them…." He stopped, remembering that they had Wobbufet too. That blue Pokémon was really annoying, but he had been part of their family for so long. He couldn't go. It would be too big of a loss.
James sighed and then released Amoongus, Yamask, and Raichu, reminding them to be extra mindful of the mega balls as they attacked their opponents. He noticed an electric bolt and psybeam nearly hitting the child that was in Jessie's arms, and it didn't take long for him to noticed that they were aiming for her.
"Run Jessie!" James yelled, dragging her away from the scene.
"James…..what?" Jessie started.
"Keep fighting for us, and be careful!" he told his Pokémon as he continued to run with Jessie and the baby by his side.
"Where are we running to?" she demanded.
"Anywhere", he gasped, the panic starting to rise in his chest.
"James, this is stupid, what if…" Jessie stopped talking when a clan of Firestar grunts jumped out in front of them.
James reached for his Pokémon. Luckily he and Jessie were allowed to carry extra Pokémon now, and he still had Carnivine, Cacturne, Inkay, Chimecho, Mime Jr., Swablu, and Lillipup on his person. Unfortunately, neither of them saw the person behind them, and the two of them were knocked out cold by the familiar scent of a Vileplume stun spore.
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Cynthia, Delia, and Giovanni had become the leaders of the wedding party that was currently fighting for their lives. It was clear that Team Firestar had recovered somehow, and there was no telling how or why. They had new weapons, helicopters, planes, Pokémon, and recruits, all seeming to have come out of nowhere. Though Giovanni and his spies suspected another uprising, they did not anticipate this scale. Things were starting to die down, and a few helicopters had already left the scene, but there were still agents on the ground fighting.
"Does this mean we are winning?" Bonnie asked Serena as she watched some enemies' retreat.
The two young women were covered in dirt, dust, scratches, and bruises. Their hair was disheveled and their clothing ripped and singed. They thought they were the only ones like that at first, until they looked around to see that all the guests were looking and feeling the same way.
"I don't know. I mean, we did capture a lot of their Pokémon", said Butch.
A lot of people started to get angry at his commented.
"They took my Raticade!" Bianca cried.
"They knocked out my entire team and stole my Macargo!" a boy named Egan raged.
"I can't find my Metang anywhere!" A guy named Morrison complained.
"And they took half our Golbat", said one of the Team Rocket grunts.
"And one of our best Venasaur", Cassidy informed him.
"Stop complaining, this isn't over yet", Giovanni scolded as another attack was aimed in their direction.
While the two gangs battled, and exhausted Meowth and Lucy were reunited with their kittens. They fled the scene and hid in the woods. Luckily no one followed them.
"Good to see yous are safe", Meowth told the young Pokémon as they squeezed into a family hug.
"Where are Jessie, James, and Annastasia? They were supposed to be with you," Lucy asked worriedly.
"Nyyyyyy Nya nyy", said Lily.
"Purrrrrrrrloin", said Logan.
"Yere sayin' yous don't know?" Meowth repeated.
"Uh Oh," he and Lucy said in unison.
Sakura ran up to them. Brock, May, Tracey, Iris, and Dawn followed her. They looked frantic.
"We can't find Ash and Misty anywhere", said Brock.
"Well, we gotta look for people too", Meowth responded.
"Who?" asked Dawn.
"Just de three most important people here", he answered "Other than us, of course".
"You mean you can't find Jessie or James?" asked Tracey.
Meowth and Lucy nodded and the others cursed and threw their heads back in frustration.
"Who is the third person?" asked Sakura.
Realization bloomed on her face before anyone even answered.
They exited the woods and reentered the battlefield. They searched around and asked the others if they saw any of their missing friends, but no one had seen them.
"Let's get Delia and Giovanni", said Brock, leading them towards the center of the field, where the boss and a few others were taking on some opponents.
"We can't find Misty, Ash, Jessie, James, or Annastasia", Brock called to them.
"What? Are you sure?" a frantic Delia asked.
"Look around. They aren't out here fighting. They were supposed to be watching Lily and Logan. Lily and Logan said that someone took them away", Lucy explained.
"And Ash and Misty wouldn't just run away during a battle like this", May added.
"Shit" Giovanni cursed.
"Sir, we can send our Pokémon after those planes", a Team Rocket agent named Proton suggested.
"Do it", he ordered.
"Yes sir!" a bunch of agents responded.
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After Jessie and James were immobilized, Jessie's much-hated doppelganger took the baby from Jessie's arms and promptly delivered the child to their leader, who was waiting inside one of the helicopters.
"Perfect", said Lisa, taking the child in her arms. "Just what we need".
"I know", the young woman responded, sitting down next to her long time friend and business partner.
James and Jessie were roughly dragged to a cell that was conveniently located at the bottom of one of the gang's jets. When they woke up, they found that they had company.
"What going on?! Where are we?!" Jessie demanded. Tears were streaming down her face as she nearly strangled a speechless Misty.
"Let go of her!" Ash and James yelled simultaneously they wrested her away the innocent victim of her confusion and rage.
"What do you think you are doing!" Misty screamed back after Jessie finally released her.
The familiar sound of Misty's snippy voice snapped her out of it and a spell of silence fell over them.
"Sorry", Jessie mumbled after a few moments.
"We need to stay calm", James started, though his voice was filled with extreme panic and guilt. Jessie wasn't the only one to wake up and notice that someone very important was missing.
"And not try to kill one another", Misty added.
"First of all, how long were we out?" asked James. "When I got up, You two were already awake".
"I woke up first, then Ash a few minutes later. About five minutes passed then you got up at the same time", Misty explained.
"None of us have any Pokémon and we haven't seen or heard one person since we got here", Ash continued.
"Well, its clear that were are moving. Like in a car or boat or something", said James.
"I bet its one of those jets we saw", said Misty.
"That would make sense", he responded.
"Yeah, because that is just about the only thing that does right now", Ash added sadly.
"Jess, you alright?" James asked as he put a hand on her shoulder. "You aren't talking".
"Of course I am not alright", she responded, refusing to look him in the eyes. "This was supposed to be the best day of our lives".
"It's going to be okay", James responded, pulling Jessie onto his lap. Ash and Misty turned around in an attempt to give them some privacy. "We have been through worse in the past".
"Have we though? Think about, James. Our baby is either missing, dead, or still in the hands of people who want to hurt her, all our Pokémon are gone, we have no idea where we are or where we are going, we are probably going to be killed and/or tortured, we have no idea if our family and friends are ok, and what was supposed to be the happiest day of our lives was just destroyed", she cried. "And they have two of the most powerful Pokémon on their side, and they are going to use it to take over the world and make it a horrible place".
James was speechless, but he cried silently with her. They agreed that in situations like this, one of them had to be strong for the other.
"C'mon guys, we'll figure a way out", said Ash, turning to face them. "Don't give up 'till it's over".
"We are like an elite four of a different breed", Misty contributed. "We have faced sinking ships, being lost at sea, being trapped on a deserted island, burning buildings, haunted houses, war zones, and some of the world's most powerful Pokémon, always with the odds against us".
"Maybe we can pick the lock with something", Ash suggested. "James, aren't you good at that sort of thing?"
"Yes, but take a look at these locks", he responded, gesturing towards the restraints.
"I don't get it", Ash responded.
"If we try to break these locks, then it will set of an explosive, killing us all", Misty explained.
"How do you know?" asked Ash.
"TV", she answered.
"Well how do we know that this is real?" he questioned.
"It looks real to me", James responded. "Besides, do you really want to take that chance?"
"I guess you are right", Ash replied.
The four of them heard a crash. It sounded like there were people fighting. They got excited, thinking someone had come to rescue them. They started yelling, trying to grab the attention of whoever may have caused the ruckus above them. Then it stopped.
"I wonder…." Misty started. She decided to drop the thought and slump to the floor.
The three of them joined her. They soundlessly agreed that it was just too depressing to talk at a time like this.
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Acorn and Aliyah were forced out of the Mega balls and into their original Mew form. Team Firestar agents placed them in thick glass chamber that they war unable to escape from. They locked the door with a key and put the rest of the mega balls in a cargo hold in the back of the helicopter. Lisa was still holding the infant, who was wailing in her arms.
"Can't you get her to shut up?" Jessiebelle snapped, turning to one of her lackeys.
One of the female lackeys stepped forward and tried to calm the infant, but it didn't work.
"I don't understand why you are keeping that thing alive", the man called Danny replied. "Just shoot it. Its no use to us now".
"This baby is our back-up plan", Lisa explained. "If those fools escape somehow, they are still going to come back for her".
"You think they will escape?" he asked incredulously.
"I am not going to underestimate them the way I did last time", she answered.
"I don't think you understand. These people are real pests, and we can't take chances now", Jessiebelle added.
"Meeeeewwwwww", Acorn and Aliyah cried together. They tried to use their telepathy to reach their masters, but no attacks worked inside the chamber. So they just cried and wished for someone to help them.
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Off in the distant Seafoam Islands, Mewtwo and his family of cloned Pokémon were eating a meal together when a disturbing thought entered the leader's mind.
"Nya Nyyyy", the Meowth clone chanted, noticing the uncomfortable look on his friend's face.
"I am fine", Mewtwo told Meowth.
"Pory Vaporeon", said the Vaporeon clone.
"Its those Mew twins. I sense that they are in distress", Mewtwo informed them.
"Pikachu?" asked the Pikachu clone.
"I am not sure what is going on, but I can sense where they are", Mewtwo responded. "We need to help them. They are trapped and in danger. I can feel their aura. Ash's too".
"Blassstoiiisssee", said Blastiose.
"Yes, I want you to come with me", Mewtwo told him.
The Pokémon all agreed to help. Mewtwo used his psychic abilities to make them all invisible and they flew towards Kalos, where a group of people and Pokémon were praying for their help.
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"I am going to go insane!" Jessie screamed, kicking the bars with all her might. It had been about fifteen minutes since she first woke up in the cell, and the finality of their capture was causing her to panic. "Let me out of here and give me back my child or so help me I will…..!"
Jessie was interrupted by another loud bang. There were more screams. This time they felt themselves falling.
"It feels like were are descending, quickly", James said worriedly.
"We are going to crash!" Ash cried.
"No! I wont let us!" Jessie screeched.
"Oh, and how are you going to stop it?" Ash responded.
"I'm not read to die!" James whined. "There are so many things in life I still haven't gotten to do!"
The ground shook and everyone yelled even louder.
"STOP IT!" Misty yelled over them, forcing them all to stop panicking. "Talking like that isn't going to help us".
"She's right", Ash mumbled.
"Do you have a better idea?" Jessie asked sarcastically.
"Yes", she answered, pointing to a small Oddish. "We can ask it to get the key for us".
"But we are still going to crash", said James.
"No, if you haven't noticed, the plane isn't moving anymore", Misty pointed out.
She was right. Though it was a quick landing, they had indeed made it safely to the ground. "We have to work quickly though, they are probably going to come to get us any moment".
"James, you handle this", said Jessie, pushing him forward.
"Hey little guy", James said sweetly.
"Odd ish?" the Pokémon inquired.
"We need your help. Can you find the key that goes to this lock? James asked, pointing to the lock.
"Odd odd Oddish", the Pokémon responded, nodding up and down. It ran off, and the four trainers sighed in relief.
"I wonder why it was just roaming around here", Ash commented.
"That was Bonnie's Oddish", said Misty. "Team Firestar must have captured it. I bet they didn't bother locking it since it is such a small Pokémon and not very powerful".
"I didn't know she had an Oddish", said Ash.
"She just got it last week and she showed my before the wedding started", she explained.
A few moments later Oddish returned with the key. The four trainers didn't realize that little Oddish had used stun spore to knock out the guards, then searched for the keys. He planned on explaining things later.
"That was quick, thank you", said Misty as she scooped the little blue Pokémon up in her arms.
They ran out of the plane, only to be met with more chaos. They were on some kind of island. All their friends, families, and allies were there, fighting with Team Firestar.
"Ash! You are alright!" yelled Serena, who was the first to notice him. She ran over and pulled him and Misty into a hug.
"Uhh, Serena, it looks like this isn't a very good time", said Ash, observing the turmoil in front of him.
"Right" she responded, letting go of them and returning to the battle. Ash and Misty ran up to Giovanni, who sent agents to investigate the jet in which they were transported.
"We have to find Annastasia and our Pokémon too", said Jessie, grabbing James by the hand. They followed Giovanni back into the plane.
"I am glad you two are all right. We figured they would bring you here", the boss told them.
"They have Annastasia", James cried.
"Do you know who took her?" he asked.
"No, they knocked us out first", Jessie explained. "They took her while we were out".
"Then we will search everywhere", he assured them.
"Oh, thank god you are okay", Delia said when she noticed Jessie and James.
"We are not okay, they took our baby", Jessie informed her.
"We are already on it", Giovanni responded when Delia looked at him anxiously.
"Ok, don't worry, we'll get her back", said Delia, hugging the two of them closer.
After all that they have been through, Giovanni and Delia had become like parents to the two misfits. Something about they two of them, both together and separate, made Jessie and James happy that they were always on their side, even though they hadn't always been in the past.
"Mom!" Ash called.
"Ash!" She responded, letting go of Jessie and James to hold her real son.
"Glad you are here", said Giovanni. He tossed Ash and Misty a bunch of Pokeballs. "All your Pokémon should be there. A grunt just found them, and they have your names on them. Just open them to make sure".
Misty and Ash released the Pokémon, and sure enough, everyone was accounted for, even Pikachu, who never went into his ball. They had been locked in, and the poor Pokémon had no way of getting out on their own. Giovanni also tossed James some of his Pokémon, but Jessie's Pokémon along with the ones that James released to battle were still missing.
"At least we got some back, now we just have to find the rest", James said optimistically, even though he had never felt worse in his entire life.
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"What is this?!" Jessiebelle screeched as she looked out the window. Her helicopter was trying to land, but the landing area was covered with trainers and agents battling Pokémon.
"They must have followed us", said Dave.
"I can see that", she snapped. "They should have been defeated by now".
"It turns out their were more skilled trainers at the wedding that we anticipated", said Mark.
"They must have gotten a tip-off. Dammit", Lisa replied nastily.
"What should we do, Boss?" asked Dave.
"Get the pilot of this thing to land us on a different island", Lisa instructed.
"Yes sir", Dave and Mark said together as they left to go pass on her orders.
"You don't know what to do next, do you?" Danny asked Lisa, though he already knew the answer.
"No", she responded curtly.
"Ahhhhhhhh!" Annastasia cried. She had taken a break, but was now ready to start back up.
"Maybe I should just shoot this kid", Lisa mused.
They helicopter shook violently and Lisa and Jessiebelle were thrown out of their seats. Thankfully Annastasia was left unharmed, but the crash was enough to provoke louder tears.
"What is going on here?" Jessiebelle yelled to her lackeys, who just re-entered the space in which she was sitting.
"Something has got a hold of us", said Dave.
"Like a psychic Pokémon or something, but a really strong one", Mark added.
"It can't be. This helicopter can withstand all Pokémon attacks. There is no way a Pokemon can be doing this", Lisa chided.
There was another jolt and once again everyone was thrown to the ground. The helicopter started to descend, seemingly out of its own will.
"Look up there!" Clement shouted, pointed to the sky.
Everyone looked up to see Mewtwo and a small army of Pokémon clones floating around a black helicopter. Mewtwo had used confusion to take control of the helicopter, and it was descending towards them.
"Everybody move!" Brock yelled as they helicopter came closer.
They all got out of the way just in time. The battle never really stopped, but Brock, Gary, Mondo, Rumika, Butch, Cassidy, Archer, and Domino ran into the helicopter the moment it landed.
"Go Luxray! Thundershock!" Rumika ordered when she saw Jessiebelle, Danny, Dave and Mark trying to get up off the ground.
"Shadowball Houndoom", Cassidy instructed, causing the three lackeys to escape.
"Is anyone else in here?" Brock asked Mondo and Gary, who were looked all over the place.
"Look Here!" yelled Domino, who was now outside the helicopter.
Mewtwo was holding Lisa and Annastasia up with his psychic power. Mewtwo ordered her to let go of the child but she refused.
"He can't attack unless she lets go of Annastasia", said Gary.
Lisa took out a knife and held it to Annastasia's throat, changing the game completely.
By now everyone was frozen and staring at the three figures: Mewtwo, Lisa, and Annastasia, dreading what might happen next.
"What kind of sick person hurts babies?" May yelled.
"Shut up, child", Lisa snapped. "Unless you want this child to die, you are going to unhand me immediately".
"That…..Pokémon…oh my god", said Jessie. Silent tears started to fall as she watched her vulnerable child cry from being mishandled in such a brutal way.
"STOP!" James yelled, running towards Mewtwo. "Please, don't hurt her. We will do anything you want".
"I'll negotiate. I'll trade the child for all of you", she responded. "I don't want anymore threats to my organization. Will all of you on my side, I will surely win. Surrender to me or the child dies".
"No deal", Ash yelled.
"There has to be another way", said James.
Everyone was so tense that no one anticipated the two Eevee boldly springing to Annastasia's rescue. Aliyah paralyzed the woman while Acorn used her confusion attack to return her to Jessie's arms.
"Acorn, Aliyah, you two are alright!" James cried happily.
"Veeee!" they screamed happily.
"Thank you", Jessie cried, wiping her tears and pulling them all close.
"How did you escape?" James asked.
"Woba Woba Wobbufet", said Wobbufet, wobbling into view. He was holding a key. Jessie and James' other Pokémon were beside him.
"He says dat he unlocked the cage they were being kept in", Meowth translated.
"Your are the greatest Pokémon ever", James told them.
"Wobba Wobbufet Wob", Wobbufet responded.
"Wobbufet says that they didn't lock him up because they thought he was a useless Pokémon, but you never really though he was useless", Lucy explained.
While Jessie and James had their little family reunion, Mewtwo and the clones helped the rest of their party defeat the rest of Team Firestar. Eventually, their opponents were left with no choice but to flee.
"They are getting away!" Max yelled as the planes started to take off.
"Its, okay, we have their leader, which is all that really matters", said Giovanni.
"I'd like to know how they got out of prison", Misty huffed.
"Me too", Iris agreed. "There is no way they got out legally".
"Well then it is time to send them back to where they came from, isn't it?" said Cynthia.
"Yes, and we should worry too much about the others we can track those planes", Mondo reminded them. "I made sure they were bugged".
"Good job, Mondo", said Delia.
" If they escaped from prison once, how do we know they aren't going to do it again?" Bonnie asked her big brother.
"I guess we will just have to wait and see", Clement responded.
They spent some time making sure that they had all their Pokémon. Thankfully everyone that Team Firestar had captured had been returned to their trainers, plus Team Rocket obtained a few new Pokémon of for themselves. No one was seriously hurt, not even James' near ninety-year-old grandparents, who had just battled alongside people 75 years younger than them. After a bunch of people came up to comfort Jessie and the baby, James pulled her aside.
"What should we do now?" Jessie asked.
"I say we pick up were we left off", James suggested, handing her a rose. It was probably the only thing on-site that wasn't burned.
"I would like that very much", she responded.
Jessie and James told Delia about their desire to go back to Kalos and continue on with the wedding, and she immediately announced it to the group. Mewtwo and his family of clones disappeared. Jessiebelle, Lisa, Mark, Danny, and a few other Team Firestar grunts were taken back to prison by a few of Giovanni's most trusted agents. Delia and Giovanni also ordered planes to come pick the rest of them up, and they were escorted back to Kalos. It was a group effort to clean up the site, which was plagued with burnt grass, craters, overturned tables, chairs, and pews, broken instruments, and destroyed decorations. Eventually everything was back to looking almost like it did before, even the guests, who had cleaned up. Jessie had also called on Remy to deliver more food. Luckily their special wedding cake was left untouched, since they had left it in the hotel so that it didn't get too warm out in the sun during the wedding.
"I wish my dress didn't get burned", Serena said to Clement. "I really liked this one".
"I really liked this tie", he responded. "But, I guess it isn't the clothes that matter. And I think you look beautiful no matter what you wear".
"That is very sweet", Serena replied as the two of them took their seats next to Cilan and Iris.
James' pop-pop once again walked Jessie down the isle. This time, when she got to James, instead of exchanging vows, they skipped straight to the 'I now pronounce you….' and the kiss, which lasted an awkward 30 seconds. It probably would have gone on longer if it weren't for the fact that Misty called them out, followed by May, Dawn, and Iris. But Jessie got her vengeance later when the couple cut the cake and started pelting each other and their former 'enemies' with dark chocolate frosting.
"Hey! This stuff stains!" May cried.
"Yeah, what gives, I loved this dress!" Dawn complained.
"Piplup!" Piplup whined.
"But all of our dresses are destroyed anyways", Jessie said teasingly. "And no one calls me out on my wedding day!"
Later when Jessie got up to throw her bouquet of roses to the crowd, everyone laughed when it was caught by a very shy and red May.
"I guess that means it's the contest twerps that go first", James whispered to Jessie, who laughed, the two of them sharing this secret ship for a while now.
"Congrats you two. I knew it all along though", said Harley as he playfully smacked May and Drew on the backs.
"HARLEY!" May whined, running after him while Drew sighed and nonchalantly walked away.
"We still have our dance", James reminded Jessie as she fed Annastasia some vegetable mash that she had stashed in the car.
"James… I think everyone here is too tired for that", she responded with a half smile.
"No we're not", she heard a voice say.
Jessie and James looked towards the voice and saw a group of twerps watching them.
"It wouldn't be a fairy-tale wedding without the dance, right?" said Serena.
"I guess not", Jessie agreed.
"Yeah, you may not like to follow rules, but this is one tradition worth following, I think", said Iris.
James and Jessie nodded at the younger guests. Jessie wiped the food off of Annastasia's face and handed the baby to James' Nanny, who offered to hold her while they danced. James told Lucy and Meowth to get ready to play.
"But most of dose instruments are ruined", said Meowth. "How are weeze 'sposed to play de songs yous want?"
"You can do simpler version, anything is fine, really", he responded.
"Whatever you need", Lucy replied. She still had that soft spot for James.
Meowth and Lucy got their band of instrument-playing Pokémon together and together they managed to scrap together a piano, two guitars, and a violin. Everyone stopped talking when the music started to play.
"Time fere the weddin' dance!" Meowth announced.
"This is our moment", James whispered as he took her hand. They stepped forward and started to dance.
"It's about time we got some attention", Jessie responded.
As usual, they stole the show, and no one was going to interrupt them this time. After all, it was Jessie's dream to have a beautiful wedding during which she could show off. Shallow as it may sound, it was still just a simple desire. Its not like she ever got to have a party like this before, and she saw it was perhaps the most important day of her life. It wasn't until the second song picked up that anyone else dared to join them.
"I always wanted to dance at a wedding!" May squealed happily, pulling Drew along. "I think its okay for us to join in now…."
They ran passed Ash and Pikachu, who were still at the desert table, stuffing their faces with the leftover cookies and candies.
"Ash, aren't you going to ask me to dance?" Misty asked in a half-annoyed tone.
"If thts wht y wnt", he answered incomprehensibly. Crumbles of chocolate chip cookies fell out of his mouth as he spoke.
"Pikaaa", Pikachu sighed as he shook his head in embarrassment.
"Come on you dope", Misty told him, wiping his face with a napkin while he tried to swallow what was already in his mouth.
"Okay, let's go", he said, offering to take her arm.
As they headed to the center of the clearing, Pikachu found Azuril, who blushed and then asked Pikachu for another dance.
"Pika!" the yellow Pokémon answered enthusiastically as he joined his best friend.
"I'm happy they finally got to do this", Rumika said to Linda as they watched the couples dance.
"You should be out there too", James' grandmother said to her.
"No, why don't you go? I'll hold her for a while. I need to sit" Rumika responded.
"That's so sweet. Are you sure?" James' grandfather asked.
"Positive", she replied, taking the baby from them.
"Rumi", Annastasia sighed happily.
James' grandparents joined everyone else while Rumika sat alone with the baby. After about twenty minutes, Mondo and Duplica sat down next to her.
"Hey, we thought you might want some company", said Duplica.
"Yeah, and a little break", Mondo added, offering to hold Annastasia for a while.
"Thanks you guys", Rumika told them as she handed him the child.
After about two hours, everyone started to leave. Jessie and James were the last to stop. After a brief kiss, they went to find Annastasia.
"Thank you for watching her for us", James said to Mondo, Rumika, and Duplica.
"It was no trouble. After all, she's an angel", Duplica said sweetly.
James smiled and took the little girl in his arms.
"Things are better, right?" Annastasia asked her parents as they said goodbye to their guests and walked towards the car.
"Yes, things are better", James assured her.
"For now, at least", said Jessie, stroking her thin blond hair.
"Anna-chan, the world is a scary place, but we are going to do our best to make it less so that you don't have to be afraid, okay?" James said to the child.
"Ok", she yawned.
"Dat kid looks tired", Meowth commented as he, Wobbufet, Lucy, Logan, and Lily, walked by them and climbed into the car.
"To say that she has had a long day would be an understatement", James replied.
"But you were right, we made it. As always", Jessie said to James.
"Wobba Wobbufet!" the Pokémon agreed.
As they drove away in their car, off to start their second honeymoon, they could hear the sound of tin-tuna cans banging against the pavement and a boatload of twerps, family members, and co-workers yelling 'good-bye' and 'good-luck'. As was tradition, flying Pokémon dropped birdseed down on them as they drove away.
"They are going to have an exciting life", said Delia.
"Yep. That kid of theirs….well, she doesn't know it yet, but she is in a whole lot of trouble", said Ash. "Dare I say, double trouble?"
Misty smacked him with a fan. "That's cheesy and lame!" she reprimanded.
"But its true", Richie laughed.
"Well, I guess our vacation officially starts now", said Cassidy, looking around at all the wedding scenery in the meadow. "I feel sorry for the porr sucker whose job it is to clean up all this junk".
"Jessie said that you could do it", said Giovanni.
"Ha-ha", said Butch.
"Oh shut up, Botch", she snapped. "Why do I have to do it?"
"Well, someone's gotta take care of it", said Dawn.
"The girl is right", Giovanni told her.
"Yeah, and the bride has spoken", Sakura added. "Which means that you have to listen".
"And that wasn't a request, its an assignment", said Giovanni before he dismissed himself and Delia.
"Fine, but I will get her back one day", Cassidy cursed under her breath.
"Misty, Pikachu, Azuril, Articuno, I say we go back to our hotel room and watch movies until we fall asleep", Ash suggested.
"Pikachu!" Pichu cheered.
"Yeah, and try to forget what Jessie and James are probably going to be doing the second they get back to their room", Misty added.
"Ew gross. For some reason I knew you were going to bring that up", Ash commented.
"Well, someone had to", she laughed seeing Ash's red face.
"Bye everyone!" Ash called as they waved goodbye.
Most of the wedding party had already left, off to enjoy their free vacation. Kalos really was beautiful this time of year, when there wasn't a wedding war to worry about. So although it was a stressful day, at least it was bound to be a happy night for all the 'good guys' involved. Except maybe Cassidy, but at least she had Butch around to help her do some of the heavy lifting.