Apologies for taking so long! Being busy, no motivation and working on other projects all contributed to this chapter being so late! We're reaching the end of this story, though. Maybe another three or four chapters and we're done! Hopefully, I can be a little bit more consistent. Enjoy! ^^

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Of the story? No. Of the Giovanni saga? Yes.

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''Meloetta'' Speech

'Meloetta' Thoughts

''Meloetta'' Telepathy

Adrenaline was surging through Ash's veins madly. The raven haired trainer knew that this next attack was going to decide everything. He had to make it count. Nonetheless, Ash's voice was even and collected as he spoke to his nearly defeated Meloetta. ''Let's show Giovanni what we're made of!'' he yelled confidently. There was no doubt in his mind that she couldn't this. Meloetta sensed this too, he knew, and that was the most important part: he believed in her.

''Meloetta!'' she cried in return, her fighting spirit not dwindled at all even though she could drop out of the sky any second now. Ash wasted no more time; his face turned into a big scowl as he eyed Giovanni venomously. The Team Rocket boss was still shocked after that flurry of punches and kicks Meloetta used with great success on Mewtwo. Ash had no idea what Mewtwo's condition was at the moment, seeing as dust covered the entire battlefield, but he wasn't going to risk anything.

He looked at his wrist and the Z-bracelet he'd gotten from Bill, praying that it would be enough to defeat Mewtwo. Activating his bracelet, it started to shine brilliantly. If Giovanni's face wasn't stunned before, it definitely was now. Ash remembered the movements to activate Meloetta's final attack like the back of his hand—he had practiced it a lot with Meloetta in case of a scenario like this.

The psychium-Z Meloetta was holding started to react to Ash's movement, channeling energy through the bracelet he was wearing. Giovanni's anxious shout to his downed Mewtwo was nothing but desperate; he knew something powerful was coming and he tried everything in his power to prevent it from happening. ''Mewtwo, do something, quickly! Use any attack on Meloetta to stop her!''

However, there was no response from his legendary pokemon. He could only watch helplessly as Meloetta got fully powered-up, a pink aura flaring to life around her while her eyes were as sharp as needles. A smirk had grown on her face, the raw power oozing from her body truly making her feel like an angel that had descended from the heavens above to bring holy judgment upon him.

''This is the extent of our power, Giovanni!'' Ash yelled at the top of his lungs. ''Meloetta, hit Mewtwo with your Z-move: Shattered-Psyche!''

Giovanni gasped in pure shock, all the hairs on his body standing up straight. The whole battlefield had been engulfed inside a sphere of pure psychic energy—Meloetta's energy. It was like Meloetta was all around him, observing, silently judging, and now, letting her presence be known very powerfully.

The Team Rocket leader wasn't sure what happened next; it was all so abstract his mind could barely comprehend, but it felt like Meloetta pulled Mewtwo's mind out of his body, like it was something physical that you could touch. It was a bright blue aura, growing in size steadily as Meloetta's psychic sphere stretched it around the battlefield with the pink, lightning-like fibers that connected to it.

As Mewtwo's mind was stretched, dark spots were revealed in the aura; hidden at first, but more kept appearing as Meloetta bend Mewtwo's mind to her will. Mewtwo's mind tried to escape her grasp when these rotten spots were suddenly laid so bare, struggling furiously against the chains of Meloetta's psychic energy, but it was a lost cause.

Ash's petite legendary focused her psychic on these spots, and then used Mewtwo's body as a battering ram, making him crash continuously against them until cracks started to appear like glass. Then, with a final shout, she broke through, shattering one of the dark spots in a million tiny pieces.

Immediately, Mewtwo let out a gut-wrenched cry as it happened, clutching his head like he was going crazy. With the attack done, both Meloetta's psychic sphere and Mewtwo's mind disappeared in harmless sparkles. All of this happened in a span of only ten seconds, and when Meloetta was done, she was unable to keep herself from battling any longer.

She let out a faint cry as her levitation cancelled and she fell out of the sky. Before she could reach the ground, Ash held her pokeball in his outstretched hand. ''Meloetta, return!'' he said quickly. A beam shot out that caught her just in time.

''You did well,'' Ash cooed once Meloetta was safely back inside. ''Take a long rest.'' He kissed her pokeball and then faced a very shocked Giovanni and a screaming Mewtwo.

''What did you do!?'' he demanded. It was like Mewtwo had lost his mind. But as suddenly as Mewtwo had started to scream in pain, as suddenly he stopped. He stood up straight in his normal robotic movements like Giovanni was used to. The Team Rocket boss got a glimmer of hope back. ''That's better, Mewtwo! Now, capture Ash Ketchum and hypnotize him so we can make him do to our bidding!''

However, Mewtwo didn't listen. His helmet was cracked heavily, but it was still placed firmly on his head, so Giovanni simply didn't understand why he disobeyed. ''Didn't you hear me, Mewtwo? Get me Ash Ketchum right now!''

''He won't listen to you anymore, Giovanni,'' Ash replied knowingly.

Giovanni gritted his teeth. ''And why not?'' he responded.

''Well, Meloetta and I quickly deducted we weren't ever able to beat Mewtwo. Luckily, we didn't have to beat Mewtwo; we only had to beat your control over Mewtwo. That control was forced upon him via the armor and the helmet, was it not? It suppressed his mind, but now, thanks to our Shattered-Psyche, we broke some of that control—enough for him to fight back and bring it to a stalemate.''

Giovanni gasped. ''So you're saying Mewtwo is a sitting Ducklett right now?'' He paused. ''But—that also means you've still failed, Ash Ketchum. He won't listen to you either.'' Giovanni began to laugh. ''Eventually, Mewtwo will grow tired of fighting off the helmet's control, and once that happens, I'll make you and Meloetta my little puppets.''

Ash chuckled and shook his head. ''You've forgotten one thing, Giovanni.''

''And what would that be?'' he countered.

''My Pikachu,'' Ash said with a growing smirk. ''Now Pikachu, use Iron Tail on Mewtwo's helmet!''

With growing horror Giovanni realized Ash's electric-type was nowhere to be found; he had distracted him long enough so that Pikachu could sneak away and deliver the final straw to break the helmet.

''No!'' Giovanni shouted loudly, quickly reaching for one of his other pokemon, but it was already too late. Pikachu was almost as fast as Meloetta. With deadly accuracy, he brought his hardened tail down on the idle Mewtwo, splitting the already damaged helmet perfectly in half.

It took a second for Mewtwo to regain his senses, but when he did, his face turned into a big snarl. With a simple thought, he shattered the rest of the armor and faced Giovanni, who was still in mid-throw. Unfortunately, Mewtwo caught the pokeball with his Psychic before it could open, and a second later, Giovanni was bound and completely immobilized as well.

''Mewtwo! Are you all right?'' Pikachu asked with concern in his voice.

''Never mind about me right now,'' he replied telepathically. ''Please help my little sister. She's been in constant pain because of that wretched armor this buffoon put on me.''

Pikachu nodded his head while Ash calmly walked to Mewtwo's side, a big smile of relief on his face.

''Mewtwo! I'm so glad you're safe!''

The legendary gave Ash a kind nod. ''Thanks to you, Meloetta and Pikachu I am. Honestly, I can't thank you enough for that.'' He levitated four familiar pokeballs over to the raven haired trainer that Giovanni took from him. ''I believe these are yours?''

''They are. Thank you.'' Ash's voice was layered with a thick blanket of emotion. It was obvious to Mewtwo he cared a lot about his pokemon.

Meanwhile, Pikachu had successfully broken through the glass containing Mew. She eyed Pikachu gratefully as he offered her a paw. ''Thank you,'' she cried, sniffling back tears.

''It's nothing, ma'am,'' Pikachu responded back respectfully. This resulted in Mew snorting and stifling a couple giggles. ''I'm just fifteen-thousand years old, you don't have to call me ma'am,'' she replied back jokingly, wiping away tears with her paws.

Pikachu grinned in response, watching as Mew tried to activate her levitate—without much result. ''Just take it easy. You've been contained for so long; it's going to take a while before you'll be able to float again, especially in your weakened state,'' Pikachu said, his paw still outstretched.

Mew pouted cutely, but took his paw anyway. ''Climb on my back, I'll carry you,'' Pikachu exclaimed. The faintest hint of pink appeared on Mew's cheeks; Pikachu had no idea how suave and smooth he was being right now, and if he did, he would've lost his composure immediately. Nonetheless, Mew climbed on his back slowly, shivering as she did so. ''You won't shock me, right?''

Pikachu's smile widened significantly. ''I would never shock you.''

Mew sighed. ''Good, that means I can do this.'' She brought her cheek against Pikachu's and nuzzled him. ''Thank you for saving me,'' she whispered sweetly. Now Pikachu had to keep a blush from appearing on his own cheeks, but he failed miserably. He didn't mind it that much, though; the affection was wholeheartedly appreciated. Contently, he brought Mew back to Ash and Mewtwo, who were watching the duo with amusement on their faces.

''Thanks for freeing me and my little sister, Pikachu.'' Mewtwo bowed respectfully. ''I see you're taking good care of her already.''

''It's no problem, really,'' Pikachu responded humbly, though his blush reddened as Mew continued to nuzzle him and actually started to purr. ''She's still very weak, though.''

''I see. That means you've no choice but to stay with me, Mew. At least, until you're fully capable of taking care of yourself again,'' Mewtwo said.

''That's okay. I'm more than glad you're safe, big brother,'' Mew whispered back.

''As I am glad to see you safe.''

Mewtwo turned his attention back to Giovanni who was still bound psychically, fear practically dripping from his body.

''What are you going to do with him?'' Ash asked curiously. Mewtwo perked a brow. ''You know very well what I'm going to do with him. He caught your Meloetta, tortured my little sister for weeks and tried to use me to destroy you and your family and almost succeeded. Giovanni is going to have to pay for what he has done not only to us, but to all of Kanto.''

Surprisingly, the raven haired trainer nodded his head. ''I'm not going to stop you,'' he revealed.

''You're not?''

Ash shook his head. ''Maybe the old Ash would've done so back at the start of his journey, but I've changed. I've experienced how much wrong there is in the world. Sometimes, it is better off without some people on it.'' The raven haired trainer gave a weak smile as he put his hands in his pocket. ''Meloetta taught me that. She actually taught me a lot.''

As Ash tried to reminisce about all of the things his cute legendary taught him, only one thing kept appearing in his mind; that first, sweet kiss she gave to him at the start of their journey. It made Ash's smile widen. 'Yes,' he thought, 'she taught me the definition of love. To love like you love your family, but also to love as I love her.'

''You seem quite infatuated with your Meloetta,'' Mewtwo noted with a knowing smirk.

''I am,'' Ash admitted. ''I don't think I could live without her.'' He thought back at what Giovanni said about Meloetta; that she's from the future and probably knew him already—maybe for a very long time now. 'I wonder...' Ash shook his head after that; he would ask her when she was fully recovered.

''Well, take good care of her, Ash Ketchum.'' Mewtwo gave a nod to Mew. ''It is time that we shall go. I'll be taking Giovanni with me, so you will not ever have to worry about him again. But before I go, I have to thank you again, Ash. I owe you big time. If you're ever in trouble, feel free to call for me. I'll be able to hear you no matter where you are if your cry is entirely focused on me.'' Mewtwo bowed for him, which Ash reciprocated.

''Please thank Meloetta for me as well. As a final gift, I have something that may prove useful for you and Pikachu. Please accept it.'' In front of Mewtwo a similar shaped stone as Meloetta's Psychium-Z appeared, only this one was yellow. Ash took the item gratefully.

''That is a Pikashunium-Z. If you give it to your Pikachu, you'll see that his Thunderbolt will be… slightly more powerful. Please use it responsibly, as I know you will.''

''Thank you so much, Mewtwo. I promise I'll be careful.''

Mewtwo nodded kindly. ''Well, if you're ready to go then, Mew?''

''Almost, hang on.'' She nudged Pikachu. ''Could you tell Ash to come a little closer?'' When he did and he was at eye level with her, she nuzzled him and gave his nose a small lick. ''Thank you,'' she said appreciatively, ''I really can't thank you, Meloetta and Pikachu enough.''

Ash giggled and gave her a kind rub across the top of her head. ''Please take care, Mew, I hope to see you again sometime.''

Mew nodded and then turned to Pikachu for a final time. ''So, this is goodbye then, huh?'' Pikachu spoke, a little bit sadder than he would've liked to admit.

Mew giggled again, and then surprised him by kissing him softly on his cheek. ''It doesn't have to be,'' she responded sweetly. ''How'd you like if I visited you once I'm doing better… my hero?''

Pikachu grinned at her joking tone, but his eyes shone with excitement. ''I would like that very much.'' He nuzzled her and she nuzzled him back, until she eventually broke away so Mewtwo could levitate her from his back to his side.

''Until we may meet again, Ash Ketchum and Pikachu.'' And with a flash, Mewtwo, Giovanni and Mew were gone.

The raven haired trainer just stood there for a moment, until Pikachu climbed on his shoulder and nuzzled him.

''Chaa~''

Ash laughed. ''I love you too, Pikachu,'' he said. ''But do you know what else I love?''

''Food?'' he teased Ash.

Ash gave a smirk in return ''You know me so well.''

That's all folks! Giovanni is no longer a threat and Pikachu finally got a girl. :3 Whoo! Did you guys like it, love it, hate it? Please leave a review! All of them are welcomed! :D Next chapter the start of the league! Until then. ^^

~Syrup-Waffle