The deal with Jigglypuff
Today the trio were at Neon Town. Selina wasn't happy staying there because of all the noise and cranky people. "Urgh what's up with this town?" asked James "it's too lively and you hear people arguing with each other all the time". "You're telling me," said Meowth "I could barely sleep thanks to the bright lights and noise". "This town is one of those places that runs 24 hours a day and people here never get to sleep much" said Selina. "I suggest we leave this place now," said James "I can't take anymore of this". "Good idea James let's hurry on out of here now before we run into any trouble" said Selina. She remembered what the cranky people were like in the song of Jigglypuff episode and she didn't want to go near there.
After getting out of the town the trio safely made it to a forest. "Okay so where are we going now?" said James. "I need to check out what's near from here and I've got just the thing to help us" said Selina. She took out a mini laptop out from a handbag she had been carrying. "That's one of the new mini laptops that were released not long ago" said James. "Where'd you get that?" asked Meowth. "From a computer shop; they had a special sale on this" said Selina.
Before Selina could say anything, they heard a nice soothing song in the air. "What's that?" asked James. "Oh-oh that's a Jigglypuff singing," said Selina "cover your ears boys or we'll be put to sleep". The trio covered their ears tightly till the singing stopped. Once the singing stopped Selina got up and said she was going to catch the Jigglypuff. James and Meowth followed her. 'I've got a feeling this Jigglypuff is the one from the anime who doesn't understand that its singing is supposed to put anyone to sleep' she thought.
Selina was right because she, James and Meowth saw the gang asleep and the wild Jigglypuff just marked the gang's faces with a pen marker. 'I knew it' Selina thought. She walked up to the Jigglypuff. "What happened here?" she asked Jigglypuff. Jigglypuff spoke. "What's it saying Meowth?" asked James. "It's saying everyone fell asleep after it sang, and its upset they did that" answered Meowth. "There's no need to get upset Jigglypuff," said Selina "your move sing is supposed to put everyone to sleep. Your song is actually a lullaby that has the ability to put anyone to sleep. Here I'll prove it to you". Selina got out her mini laptop and showed Jigglypuff a video of other wild Jigglypuffs using the attack sing to put other pokemon to sleep. "There you see Jigglypuff," said Selina "the same thing happens to any pokemon that knows the move sing like yourself". Jigglypuff was surprised by that and spoke again. "Jigglypuff is saying it never knew that," said Meowth "I guess this Jigglypuff doesn't know much about itself". Jigglypuff spoke again, but with a bit of a disappointed voice. "Now Jigglypuff is saying it would like to sing again, but it doesn't want to put the audience to sleep again" said Meowth. "Well that's no problem Jigglypuff," said Selina "you just have to sing more gently. I mean my friends and I heard you sing and we were a bit far away from you. So you were singing a bit high and loud. But if you sing soft and gentle you might be able to sing without putting anyone to sing".
At that moment the gang woke up and noticed their faces covered in pen markers. "What happened?" said Misty, noticing Selina, James and Meowth. Team Rocket was wearing normal clothes like before so again the gang didn't notice they were Team Rocket. Selina explained what had happened. "Oh yes that's right I forgot that sing is a lullaby" said Brock. 'Typical' thought Selina. "So what do we do now with Jigglypuff?" asked Misty, feeling sorry for Jigglypuff. "I was about to show Jigglypuff how to sing gently before you kids woke up;" said Selina "if Jigglypuff sang gently people or pokemon may be able to listen to the song without falling asleep". "Sounds like a good idea to me" agreed Brock.
First Selina sang loud and high to demonstrate how Jigglypuff was singing. (Selina can sing just to let you readers know) Then Selina sang soft and gentle; so gentle even Jigglypuff barely heard it. "You see now Jigglypuff, try to sing gently like I did" said Selina. Jigglypuff tried to sing gently, but at first it still sang a bit high. "You're still singing a bit loud," said Selina, trying not to go to sleep, "you need to do it more gently". Jigglypuff tried again and again and again until at last it finally learned how to sing gently. "There you've got it now" said Selina. Jigglypuff sang the song again, but gently this time, and this time no one fell asleep. Jigglypuff was happy at last. "You know Jigglypuff your lullaby actually makes people feel better after they've had a sleep," said Selina "and I know a certain town that can do with your lullaby". "Do you mean Neon town miss?" asked Brock. "Yes my friend here and I actually stayed there last night and it was dreadful with all the cranky people" said Selina.
Everyone agreed to Selina's idea so they all went back to Neon Town. The people there were just as cranky as ever. "These people could really do with Jigglypuff's lullaby" said Misty. "You kids wait here," said Selina "my friend and I will go find an outdoor stage". She remembered what Team Rocket did during the song of Jigglypuff episode. "What are you planning Jessie?" asked James. "We need a truck; the type that holds stages" said Selina. "Leave that to me" said James, and he went off. "Tell me Jessie are we going to nick anything from the people here while they are asleep?" asked Meowth. "We won't be nicking any pokemon," answered Selina "what we will be nicking is money from the people in the gambling places and once they all wake up we'll do a bit of big shopping". "And grab food too I'm getting hungry" said Meowth. "Okay," said Selina "but we need ear plugs and ear muffs to block the singing. Remember Jigglypuff's singing is very strong".
It wasn't long till James found a stage on a truck. He set up the volume speakers very high and had a microphone set up. The trio got back to the gang and Misty helped Jigglypuff up onto the stage and onto a high stool to get to the microphone. "Okay Jigglypuff do your thing" said Misty. The trio quickly placed ear plugs in their ears and placed ear muffs over the ears. Then Jigglypuff began singing. Everyone in Neon Town heard the lullaby and fell asleep. Thanks to the ear plugs and ear muffs the trio stayed awake.
After everyone in Neon Town fell asleep, Selina went up to Jigglypuff. "You see Jigglypuff I told you your lullaby was useful at getting people to sleep," she said "these people haven't slept for a long time. So you did good there. You know Jigglypuff I can do with a pokemon like you. What do you say? Want to come with me?" Jigglypuff started at Selina and nodded yes. So Selina caught Jigglypuff in a pokeball. "I still can't believe this Jigglypuff didn't know much about itself" said Meowth. 'You don't know that much about yourself either Meowth' thought Selina. "Well there are pokemon who are clever and they are some who are not," said Selina "now come on boys, we have shopping to do. These people won't be up for hours".
While all of Neon Town was asleep the trio helped themselves to nearly all the winnings the people won in all the casinos. "We must have taken millions worth of money here" said James. "With this much money we can buy as much as we want" said Meowth. "With this we can get our house finished" said Selina. "With this we won't have to worry about our savings for a while" said James. Selina did feel a bit bad from stealing the money from people, but she wasn't really doing what real burglars did; hurt and terrorize people to get what they want. "Come on boys," said Selina "the people will wake up soon so we better get back to those kids before anyone notices us". James and Meowth agreed. "Good thing you did catch Jigglypuff Jessie" said James. "Jigglypuff will be of good use to me in the future" said Selina.
It wasn't long till everyone in Neon Town woke up, even the gang woke up. Thanks to the sleep they had, the people lost all of their crankiness. "It's as I said," Selina said to the gang "the people here needed Jigglypuff's lullaby". "Hey where is Jigglypuff?" asked Misty. "I captured it," said Selina, showing the pokeball, "Jigglypuff wanted to come with me". "Ah I was hoping to catch it myself," said Misty "so I hope you will take good care of it miss". "Not to worry, I'll take good care of it" said Selina.
Because everyone was now feeling refreshed and good people didn't notice that the money they won from casino games had been stolen. Their crankiness made them not keep track on their winnings. So there were no reports of stolen money and so forth. So while the gang went on their way, the trio had a good shop up around Neon Town; they bought food, things to put in their new house and Selina bought some new jewellery she liked. "That's enough shopping now," said Selina at last "we need to get back onto the road now. We still have more places to go around Kanto". James and Meowth understood.
So Selina caught the Jigglypuff and the trio left Neon Town happy with their new riches.
I'm only having Selina steal so much in this chapter. I still think it's very silly that nobody told Jigglypuff that its song is supposed to put people to sleep.