Author's note - This was a writing excercise for me to understand True Team Rocket a little better. Not technically a chapter, but it fits in the timeline. This won't be the last "on another track" I'll do, I like True Team Rocket a lot for some reason. Coming up with a suitable motto has something to do with it....
"Why did I ever get into this.... Why did I ever?" whined Jones, pushing his index fingers together.
A quick flash.
Jones is dressed in a dirty shirt and is reading from a stack of Pokemon magazines. Nearby is a TV showing an anime tape, though its on pause. He was lost in his own little world. Nearby he had a sketch pad that had very crude pictures, but looked like it was well used.
He was suddenly startled by a squeaky voice.
"Do you think this is your destiny, child of humanity?"
Jones put down the magazine. Sitting on his dresser was a small bird.
"A... a... a Natu!"
The bird hopped a couple steps and stared at him.
"You... You appear to only those who are Destined! Bringer of fortune!"
The Natu blinked twice.
"That is correct. I have come all the way from Alph Temple to assist you in finding your destiny. If you wish to follow your dreams, you must go to the National Park when your clock strikes three. "
......
There stood Jones, three in the morning in an empty park. He heard a swoosh sound from behind him.
"Don't move if you want to live, boy!" laughed a girl's voice from behind him.
Jones slowly turned around to face a young girl with blue hair and white bangs with a small "R" tatooed on her cheek. A Murkrow was perched on her shoulder.
"You got guts, I'll give you that much. But anything else you have now belongs to the one and only Team Rocket!"
His glasses almost fell to the ground.
......
Jones shook his head. Now wasn't the time for petty flashbacks. He looked at his gloves and the little crimson "R" on each of them. He looked up to see the person who had somehow become his partner. She stood there in the morning sun, staring at a strange figure on a hill, her blue hair blowing in the early breeze. A small smile had crossed her face. Her smile was wicked, mischevious, but her azure eyes were soft.
"There it is," she said,"the Temple of Alph. Who would have thought that chasing those kids would lead us here?"
Jones adjusted his glasses.
"This is the place that the Natu had claimed to come from to show us our destiny."
There was a silence.
"If it weren't for that bird, I would have taken everything from you. I wouldn't normally hang around a dork like you. But we had traveled together for too long for me to consider anything else happening... Its like we were meant to work together, like Natu had said. Whether I like you or not."
Jones shook a little and started cleaning his glasses.
"Casey, I told you this before... but I'll do anything to help your dreams come true!"
She waved her hand.
"Bah. You sicken me with mush unworthy of Team Rocket. Hurry up and make breakfast, or Natu will be cranky when he wakes up."
Jones nodded and foraged his backpack for the instant breakfasts they stocked. He didn't know if Casey had any regrets in this, but he kept thinking about the anime he left behind. But still, if he was still at home he wouldn't have the experiences that even anime could have given him - his dream to be part of a dramatic organization with a dramatic history.
It fell thanks to the traitors known as Jessie and James. Someday those two would be found by he and Casey. Team Rocket then would be avenged.
Someday, whether it be tommorow or years from now, they would meet Jessie and James. Natu had foreseen this as well.