Me: All right-here's the 411: I don't own Pokemon, neither do I own "He drives me crazy" from a certain CD which I own. Hopefully, you all know which one I mean.

Ash: I'm pretty sure we do. Right, Pikachu?

Pikachu: Pika! (Right!)

(Chikorita pops out of her Pokeball and snuggles against Ash's cheek)

Chikorita: Chikori! (Ash!)

Ash: Waa-not now, Chikorita!

Me: (laughs) I'm gonna get to the story before one of you two "love" each other to death! Till next time.

Ash: WAIIIIIIIIT!

Pokemon: The Best of the Best

Chapter IV-Ash Drives Me Crazy!

"Listen, Ash-you'd better hold on! Don't forget-you still owe me a new bike!" –Misty, Attack of the prehistoric Pokemon!

"You're a very lucky guy, Ash." –Rudy, Misty meets her match

During our previous adventure, Ash was training twice as hard in order to prepare himself for the upcoming Johto League Championship, which was occurring the next day. His old friend Richie stopped by, and his Charizard, Zippo, gave Chikorita quite a workout! But, Mewtwo stepped in and attacked Misty with a poisonous dart. Now, with Misty's life on the line, Ash must make a decision-go with Mewtwo to face Lawrence III to save Misty's life…

(Theme song; Fanfare starts as Misty says the name of the episode)

Misty: Ash drives me crazy!

Pikachu's cheeks sparked up as he prepared to fire a powerful Thunderbolt attack at the Psychic Pokemon; Richie pulled out his Pokedex and aimed it at Mewtwo.

"Pokemon unknown. No available data."

"But this was just updated! How can that be?"

"Ask Gary about this." Ash muttered cynically before focusing his attention back at Mewtwo. "Why are you here, and not whoever has control of you?" A second later, Ash gasped as Mewtwo used his psychic powers to constrict his throat and lift him off the floor!

"Ash!" Richie yelled out.

"Pika pi! Pika…CHUUUUUUU!!!!!" Pikachu let loose his Thunderbolt attack, knowing what Mewtwo would do. However, he didn't even see the attack coming and grunted slightly as it hit him! That did relinquish his hold on Ash, which caused him to drop back to the tiled floor in one piece.

"Pi pikachu, pika pi?!"

With a groan, Ash had to force himself to stay upright. "I'm okay, Pikachu."

"You've obviously trained your Pikachu well. He actually caused me some damage. But, to correct your oversight, nobody has 'control of me!' Even though Lawrence thinks he does, in reality, he doesn't."

"Who? I never met any Lawrence." Ash protested.

"I beg to differ. You were involved in the prophecy that mentions you as the Chosen One, am I right?" Mewtwo questioned calmly.

"Yeah, but-ahh! You mean that collector guy's Lawrence?" Ash yelped out.
"Lawrence III, but yes, he is one and the same. Now, the reason why I am here-the collector plans to use me to bring the 3 Legendary Pokemon to his hideaway, which can in turn bring in Lugia. Then, he will attempt to use his controller-the device he thinks has gained control of my mind-to claim Lugia and the 3 Legendary Birds for his own and use them to destroy you. To keep you occupied, he sent me to poison you with a rare virus, but the 2nd Chosen One was affected instead."

"'Second?' You mean Misty's a Chosen One, too?"

"Chosen Ones? What do you mean, Ash?" Richie finally asked, perplexed by the entire situation.

"I'll tell you later. Is there a cure?" Mewtwo offered Ash a rare grin and nodded.

"Of course, but it is as rare as the poison that entered Misty's bloodstream. In fact, I have it here, now." A second later, a vial with green liquid appeared in Ash's hand.

"Thanks, Mewtwo! For once, we owe you one. Pikachu, use Agility to get this to Misty and the others right now!" Ash insisted.

"Pika!" A moment later, Pikachu vanished, almost as if he was never there at all.

"Since you and your Pokemon will be battling against 4 extremely dangerous and high-level Pokemon, you will need a Psychic-type to combat against them, and to aid with your own team's abilities. There's word that a Psychic Pokemon abides near the Johto League-Espeon. I assume you've heard of one of Eevee's two rare evolutions." Ash nodded.

"Yeah-Umbreon. In fact, Gary has an Umbreon."

"That is a Dark-type. Espeon is a Psychic-type."

Ash decided to get right to the point. "So, where's Lawrence's base?"

"Below the Johto League's stadium. Exactly where you need to go in order to claim your Psychic Pokemon."

Later, Ash found himself explaining his situation to Brock, who told him that Misty was recovering well from her assault.

"Are you sure about this? Don't you remember the advice she's given you time and time again-"

"Yeah, I do-'Ash, be careful! It's too dangerous!' Has that ever stopped me before?" Ash retorted.

"True, but she'll kill you when she catches up to you."

"Tell her to take a number. See you later, Brocko." Noon came, and when Brock told her that Ash had left to go take on Lawrence alone-purposely leaving out the part about Richie-Misty whacked him with her mallet!

"What's wrong with him?! Has he lost his mind? He'll get lost out there without me-I mean us! Why does he have to do everything his own way?"

He wanders off, he's just lost without me; doesn't matter what I say

I try to give advice, I tell him twice-he won't listen

Gotta do it his own way

Chorus: He drives me crazy-all of the time!

He drives me crazy-he drives me outta my mind!

So, why do I worry 'bout him, why do I care? I don't know why I let it faze me, but he drives me crazy…

"I'm out of it for a few hours, and he's off on a new adventure without us! The least he could've done was tell me." Misty cried with a worried expression on her face.

"Ash figured if he did, you'd want to go with him and Richie, and he wants you to rest up." Brock insisted.

Misty's eyes narrowed at that second. "I must be losing my hearing, because I just heard you say Richie!" Brock ended up back on the ground with a second lump on his head growing next to his first one due to Misty's mallet.

"How dare he take Richie, but not me! That kid's gonna drive me crazy!" Misty yelled angrily, with a tinge of worry in her voice.

"Calm down, Misty. You'll wake Togepi." Brock warned. Ash had left Misty's baby Pokemon next to Misty's bedside, a blanket covered his sleeping posture.

"Ash did this? That's sweet…" For a moment, she thought of the nice things Ash had done for not only her, but for his Pokemon and, literally the world. "…,but that's not gonna stop me from bashing his head in when I find him!" At that instant, Misty jumped out of bed and grabbed her clothes.

He's here and there, everywhere, just looking, always finding something new

I know he's kinda strange, he'll never change

Oh, tell me-what's a girl supposed to do?

Chorus: He drives me crazy-all of the time!

He drives me crazy-he drives me outta my mind!

So, why do I worry 'bout him, why do I care? I don't know why I let it faze me, but he drives me crazy…

While changing her clothes, Misty silently ranted to herself, ignoring the tears falling down her cheeks.

"Just go then, like you let Charizard go! See if I care about you, Ash Ketchum! If I were you, I wouldn't come back here. The next time I see you, I'll bash your head in from here to the Indigo Stadium!" Finally done, she headed out to Brock-who was packed and ready to go-and hugged him, finally acknowledging the tears cascading down her face.

"Why am I crying over Ash? The last time I did this was at Lavender Town, but he wasn't risking himself for me then-he was just trying to catch a Pokemon!"

"I think you know why you're crying. Just admit it-if not to Ash, then to me-you like Ash!"

Misty finally wiped her tears away and looked up to Brock with a sincere look.

"I don't like Ash…I love him!"

Just go off in your own direction and see if anybody cares!

Just don't come running back to me, Ash Ketchum!

He'll be wishing he had listened then, 'cause I've told him time and time again!

Chorus: He drives me crazy-all of the time!

He drives me crazy-he drives me outta my mind!

So, why do I worry 'bout him, why do I care? I don't know why I let it faze me…

He drives me crazy…(repeat until fade out)

Ash, Pikachu, Richie and Sparky headed off toward the Johto stadium, where the two of them would be battling the next day for a Johto League trophy-in separate battles.

"Remind me again why you didn't tell Misty about this yourself?"

"If I did, she would've wanted to come with us, and I don't want her to get hurt because of me. Besides, this is my fight!"

"This is not your fight, Ash Ketchum!" Ash groaned as he, Richie, Pikachu and Sparky turned to see Misty and Brock, both riding atop Onix's Brock's Rock Pokemon and undoubtedly, his strongest.

"Pikachu pi!" Ash eyed Pikachu with an irritated look, but forced himself to look back at Misty.

"What are you doing here? I thought you'd be resting at the hospital."

"You don't even tell me Mewtwo comes in on you and Richie, picks you up and nearly chokes you, and you're off on another adventure without me?! We're in this together, Ash! From what Brock told me about that prophecy, there are 2 Chosen Ones. Not 1-2! Whatever's going to happen, we're there making it happen." Ash took notice that Misty's voice had grown softer and she was gazing into his eyes. He was vaguely aware that Brock had recalled Onix.

"Uh…" Unfortunately for Ash and Misty, a wild Espeon appeared near them.

"Huh? An Espeon!" As Ash turned toward the Psychic Pokemon with Dexter, Misty fell over and hit the ground.

"Espeon: The Psychic Pokemon. When Eevee is shown unconditional friendship during the day, it will evolve into this Pokemon, who has tremendous Psychic power."

"All right, Pikachu, I choose-"

Chikorita popped out of Ash's Pokeball and pushed Pikachu out of the way, preparing herself to battle the Psychic-type.

"What do you know? Those twerps are gonna take on an Espeon!" Meowth whispered from his position in the bushes into a walkie-talkie.

"Are you serious? Isn't that a powerful Psychic Pokemon?" James asked from where he and Jessie were at in their balloon, only meters from Ash and his friends.

"That it is, Jimmy boy, and I'm sure we can use this to our advantage."

"Chikorita, use Tackle attack!"

"Chi-KO!" Chikorita landed the first attack, sending Espeon straight to the ground. A moment later, a beam of light appeared in Espeon's mouth and was sent toward the Grass Pokemon!

"That's a Psybeam!" Brock warned.

"Chikorita, avoid that attack! Hurry!" Ash yelled out. Chikorita barely moved out of the way of the attack. Ash and the others knew capturing Espeon wasn't going to be easy.

"Try a Razor Leaf attack." Ash advised. Nodding, Chikorita sent three razor-sharp leaves toward her target. Ash found out he was right in being cautious since Chikorita ended up hit by her own attack!

"Ahh! Chikorita, are you okay?"

The Grass-type struggled to get to her feet, fire blazing in her eyes. She wasn't about to lose to a Psychic Pokemon-especially not to an Espeon!

"Now…use your Vine Whip!" Ash growled.

"Chiko!" Chikorita replied with firing two leaves toward Espeon, who blocked them. Espeon, however, didn't notice two vines sneak up from behind and wrap around her waist! Chikorita smiled as she easily lifted the Psychic Pokemon up into the air.

"Good thinking, Chikorita." Ash complimented his Pokemon, who sent Pikachu and Misty a smug smile.

"It was a double-cross. Chikorita distracted Espeon by first using Razor Leaf and while it-"

"I think this Espeon may have two 'X' chromosomes, if it was human, Brock." Misty mumbled.

"Whatever. So, while she was distracted, Chikorita used Vine Whip and now Ash has a chance to go for the capture." Brock finished.

"Pokeball, GO!" Ash said, sending a Pokeball flying toward Espeon, who vanished inside of it. Once it hit the ground, it started shaking violently; Ash held his breath while he, Pikachu, Chikorita and the others waited to see if Ash would be victorious. A second or so later, the Pokeball pinged and grew silent.

Ash ran and picked up the Pokeball in one move. "I CAUGHT ESPEON!"

"Pikachu!"

"Chiko!" Ash turned to Brock and asked a silent question.

"Yeah, I sent Noctowl to Professor Oak before I told Misty." Ash sighed sadly as he looked up at the sky.

"See you soon, Noctowl…WAAAAAA!" Ash, Pikachu and Chikorita cried out as the ground collapsed from under their feet and the three of them were sent falling through an extremely long hole!

"ASH!" Misty made sure Togepi was safe inside her backpack, then jumped in after him!

"Come on, Sparky!" Before Brock could object, Richie and Sparky leaped in after Misty.

As Brock prepared to jump in, a voice called out to him.

"Hi, Brock! Wait-where'd Ash and Misty go? I just saw them a few minutes ago!"

"Casey?" Brock gaped in shock as the Johto League Pokemon trainer came up with her own Chikorita by her side.

"That's me! So, where's my former rival and his girl?"

"Down that hole. I was about to go after them." And before Brock could prove his point, Casey and Chikorita jumped down the hole!

"Casey! Just great-now I've got 2 girls to look after!" Brock exclaimed while leaping down after his friends.

"This isn't one of our holes. We'd be the ones fallin' in them by now." Meowth said as he, James and Jessie came up only moments after Ash and his friends had either fell in or jumped in.

"True, but if this isn't one of our carefully planned and messed up traps…" Jessie began.

"…It must be someone else's carefully laid trap! Let's go and see if the twerp needs our help! After we snag Pikachu!" James finished as Jessie and Meowth glared at him.

Will Team Rocket do the right thing and help Ash and his friends out of their latest predicament? Find out as The Best of the Best continues!