Author's note: Gomen ne. I seem to have forgotten all those disclaimers. Well
here they are: I do not own Pokemon or Sailor Moon but I TRULY wish I did. A) I
would be really rich. B) I wouldn't have to worry about writing disclaimers
every single time I post a chapter. Ummm... okay... back to the wonderful (cough
cough) program...
*****************************************
The next day, the team headed out towards Saffron City, known as the
Golden City of Commerce and more importantly, the original headquarters of Team
Rocket. Usagi sighed as she took out her single Boulder Badge, admiring its
pretty color.
"And I thought I was here for badges - who knew that I was going to save
the world from evil instead?" She commented.
Rei couldn't resist a retort. "It's not that glamorous, you know. For one
thing, Rocket pokemon are stronger than normal ones, and we have to rely on our
own energy because they are mostly resistant to attacks powered by a normal
pokemon."
"We basically power our own energy into our special pokemon to fuel their
attacks, right?" Ami added.
"I guess you could say that." The raven-haired girl answered. "However..."
"Yes?"
"Well..." Rei continued, hesitating a bit, "I'm not sure, but there is a
prophecy about the legendary pokemon, nine in all, which have powers stronger
than any other pokemon. I believe that they would be able to also fight off Team
Rocket."
Usagi digested that information. "But, don't they have trainers?"
Rei shook her head. "That's why I'm not so sure about them. If they did
have their rightful trainers, the nine combined with the power of their trainers
are capable of changing the balance of the world. They alone can decide the fate
of humans and pokemon alike."
"Wow..." Was all Usagi could voice.
"However, Team Rocket is also searching for these nine legendary pokemon.
If they should capture them first... then the world would fall into their evil
hands and pokemon would serve no more than to be slaves. The delicate balance
between humans an pokemon would be forever broken." Rei looked sadly at the
ground, in deep thought.
"Let's get on and stop Team Rocket then!" Impatient would be the best word
describing Usagi's behaviour.
"It's not that easy, Usagi," Ami warned, ever so cautious, " Team Rocket
is a giant organization. We have to plan out a more detailed plan."
"Besides, Team Rocket is only one of the larger known associations. There
are many more corrupted organizations like Team Rocket that we don't know about."
Rei added.
"Hmmm... " Ami pondered. "If we took out Team Rocket, then we would be
taking out a great chunk of this impending evil. However... we're just three
people... not enough against so many. I think we should go and search for the
legendary pokemon to help us. Then we at least have a chance."
"And if Team Rocket shows its face in the process, we're gonna kick its
butt." The raven-haired girl held up a fist to emphasize her point."
Usagi blinked. Well... at least they had found a mission now. "Well girls,
lets HIT THE TOAD!!!" She shouted, rather over-enthusiastically.
There was a big pause... then....
"Ummm... Usagi... isn't it hit the ROAD?" Ami finally added after telling
herself a couple of times "I will not laugh". Rei wasn't as successful.
"Road... toad...shmoad.... Same thing..." Usagi waved a hand airily, as if
the change would have made no difference whatsoever. Usagi was just eager to get
going with the mission. She could finally use her pokemon and save the world
from... huh? She then realized that Ami and Rei weren't following her anymore,
and looked back.
"Uhh... girls... what's so funny?" Usagi was even more lost when both of
them began to laugh even harder.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unknown to the three girls, someone - make that some three - were looking
at them, watching and judging their very actions. A graceful and gentle
turquoise-haired girl perhaps a couple years older than Usagi held a beautifully
ornate mirror in which reflected not her own reflection but the reflections of
her objective - in this case, what Usagi, Ami and Rei were doing. The other one
was a taller blond, her hair cut short until it more than subtly suggested that
her appearance resembled that of a boy's, made even more so with her blazer, tie
and all. Behind both the girls stood an older woman, physically drawing near the
age of her mid-twenties. She stood, her darker skin blending half against the
shadows as she too pondered the scenes through the mirror. Even though the other
two murmured and consulted each other, she stood, quite a bit away by herself,
in silent thought.
"They are not yet aware that their true powers and are restricted to the
planetary elements." The sandy-haired woman, Haruka's, words were short and cut
to the point, her troubled blue-grey eyes scanning the horizon. "Yet, they begin
to suspect the true problem-at-hand. Team Rocket is only a pawn in the real
conflict. What really matters is that the balance between humans and pokemon are
fading, leading our world to chaos."
"If the bond between humans and pokemon is broken, then the very elements
will rebel, and the eternal chaos and destruction of the world will begin."
The graceful teal-haired Michiru sighed as she restated the truth.
The tall blond woman turned, her hair tousled in the wind as her cloudy
eyes reflected the trouble that would come. "This is the beginning, then."
Her partner nodded, never taking her eyes off the glistening sheen of her
mirror. "The conflict shall start. The legendary pokemon have to be found at all
costs. They are the only catalysts we have to help preserve the balance."
Almost at one with the shadows, the elder, dark-green haired woman shifted her
stance until her reserved burgundy eyes fell upon the younger pair. "We will
begin our mission and let them continue theirs."
Haruka sighed, giving a half-smile of ironic regret. "I can't believe we
too have such a great part in this battle to come."
For a moment, the older of the trio, Setsuna, hesitated, as if pondering
whether to ignore such a blatant comment. Yet, like always, she was there to reason.
"It was a measure of destiny, as we were destined to be here."
"Chaos. Evil. Death. Silence. They all stand in our way." Michiru was
perplexed by the many conflicts.
"Our destiny is waiting. We will succeed."
And like one, they nodded, agreeing, knowing.
***************
"Seel, use your headbutt attack!"
Ami had no clue why she was doing this. Upon arriving at the infamous
Vermilion city, the country's port city, Ami had accidentally bumped into a rather
rude and rough-mannered brunette, who had then let the best of her temper control
her. As a result, they were now deeply engaged in a pokemon battle, both
trainers unwilling to admit their wrong. After all, Ami thought, all she had
done was simply accidentally bumped into her - it wasn't as if she had done it
on purpose. Unknown to her, the hot-tempered pony-tailed brunette was thinking
the same.
"Mareep, thundershock that screwed Seel!" The tall brunette commanded,
quite gruffly.
Ami mentally flinched at the girl's choice of language and watched as her
Seel charged with its headbutt, hitting the Mareep square in the back and smiled
with satisfaction as the impact made the electric sheep-like pokemon lose its
balance and completely mis-aim its thundershock. Since electric type pokemon had
a natural advantage over water and ice types, Ami made a mental note not to use
power but strategy.
The brunette was getting annoyed now. This was the third time that that
stupid girl had used the same strategy to stop her Mareep from getting the
better of her Seel. A sense of pride was at stake and she was not going to lose
it.
"Use your Supreme Thunder!" She roared and her pokemon immediately charged
up its hidden power, electric sparks flying everywhere. The brunette smiled in
satisfaction, her ponytail bobbing a bit from her nod. Very few pokemon ever
survived under her special attack.
Ami's eyes widened as she realized that this attack was not normal one.
She immediately whipped out her mini-data computer (which she had worked on as a
collaborated project with Professor Oak) and scanned what it was doing. Strange
results flashed on the small screen, and she knew it was time to counter before
it could get any worse.
"Seel, use Mercury Bubbles, now!" The blue-haired girl seriously hoped that it
did what she thought it did or else the battle was about to end very soon. She
began to concentrate hard, channeling the energy within her to her pokemon,
forming the attack into the wanted strategy.
The Mareep sparkled with charged energy and it suddenly released it, oddly
resembling the lightning that had chased Usagi and Ami in Cerulean. Ami's Seel
(Mercury), sensing a potential KO, immediately released its own attack. From its
mouth spurted a multitude of icy blue bubbles that grew and expanded until only
a thick fog surrounded the sea-lion pokemon's general area. Confused, the Mareep
realized that it had seriously lost its attack accuracy, as the Seel was nowhere
to be seen in the large cloud of mist.
"Wow..." Usagi, a spectator, exclaimed. "That must be both their special
attacks."
"But Ami's is more defensive than offensive." Rei mused. "And it works
well too."
Usagi turned to Rei. "I wonder what's your 'special attack', Rei."
Rei had a gleam of superiority to her eyes as she turned away from the
prodding Usagi. "Nah... not telling."
"Pleeeeeeeeaaaaassssse?" Usagi's voice now had a pathetic whine to it,
which only annoyed the raven-haired girl even more.
"Get out of my face, ODANGO ATAMA!" She screeched a bit too loudly.
Suddenly, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to the source of the
ruckus. Rei found herself turning an unhealthy shade of bright red, realizing
that she couldn't explain herself. It only made her angrier to see Usagi
smirking in the background.
Rei opened her mouth to make a verbal comeback when suddenly everything exploded
in smoke. It was stagnant and billowed with fumes that forced people to cough
uncontrollably. In the corner of her watery eyes, Rei could see shadowy figures
within the thick plume of smoke, strategically placing themselves around... oh
no...
"Ami..." She called weakly, wondering if the blue-haired girl could hear at all.
Ami, who had all her mental focus on her attack, was caught completely by
surprise. As she felt the impact of being at the receiving end of the
Smokescreen, she couldn't help but wonder who was attacking. And then it
clicked. She immediately turned to the brunette, her eyes pleading.
"I'm sorry for what I did." She managed to choke out. "But I need... your
help... to get out of this... mess." Her words were becoming harder to speak
out, smoke choking her every gasp for breath. How she longed for clean air!
The brunette nodded, controlling her coughs with sheer willpower. "I don't like
these intruders." Her fists clenched themselves tightly at that comment. "So
I'll do whatever it takes to get rid of 'em."
Ami nodded. She was about to take out her computer, when suddenly, shadowy
hands came out from nowhere, and grabbed her Seel, while another pair covered her
mouth and pulled her, effectively muffling her scream.
The brunette watched as more hands tried to grab her Mareep, but she
wasn't as slow as the other. With an amazing amount of strength for someone
toxicated by Smokescreen, she blindly performed a knifehand strike at the
almost-invisible opponent, smiling with pleasure as she heard and audible
"whooph". Like her trainer, the Mareep fought with amazing aggressiveness,
charging head down at its opponents and generally hoping for a direct hit. But,
even with their strength and physical prowess, they could not prevent the steady
streams of figures from attacking them, nor the oppressing weight of the
smokescreen, which was beginning to take toll on their bodies. Sooner or later,
they would have to give in...
"Cresent Beam!" A voice shouted from nowhere. A brilliant flash of light
errupted in front of the brunette, and she heard several voices curse from
behind her. Almost immediately, the smokescreen began to disappear, leaving
several figures wearing black, with a large "R" emblazoned on the chest of their
shirt.
"Team Rocket!" Rei hissed, angry. She took out a pokeball, ready for battle,
when the Rocket figures suddenly threw a smokebomb, leaving a stream of smoke
and some very baffled girls. They had disappeared.
The brunette looked anxiously for the blue-haired girl and her Seel that had
disappeared. Scanning everywhere only confirmed the sinking sensation in her
mind.
"Ami!" Usagi exclaimed, looking around for the first time, her eyes still a bit
blurry from the excess smoke. "She's gone!"
Rei frowned. "Team Rocket took her!"
"Who's Ami?" This voice was the same as the voice that had rescued with an
attack, and sounded perky and feminine. Everyone turned to see a blonde-haired
girl, the same age as them, with blue eyes and long hair that reminded everyone
else oddly of Usagi. She sported a red bow on her hair, and wore her hair down,
the only noticeable difference.
"Hi! I'm Minako!" The blonde exclaimed, smiling and waving at everyone. Beside
her was a Meowth, shaking its head in an exasperated manner.
Usagi greeted the newcomer with a brilliant smile of her own, making everyone
else again unnerved by the uncanniness of their similarity in appearance. "I'm
Usagi, and this is Rei (here she gestured) and that's... that's..." Usagi
realized that she didn't know the brunette's name.
The brunette, returning her pokemon, turned to smile faintly at Usagi. "I'm
Makoto."
Minako frowned. "Isn't Makoto a guy's na-"
"I know, I know." Makoto gestured, frustrated. "Its not my fault."
Meanwhile, Rei was wondering if she was the only sane person of the four. "Hi
guys? How can you talk so nicely and sweetly when one of our FRIENDS is
MISSING?" She all but screamed the last two sentences.
Usagi 'eeped' and fell quiet. "Sorry", she turned to Minako and Makoto. "Gotta
run. Duty calls."
"Wait." Minako interrupted. "Where are you going?"
"To save Ami from Team Rocket." Usagi replied, as if it was the most obvious
thing in the world.
"I'm coming with you." Makoto's decision was firm, and Usagi jerked a bit at the
suddenness of that choice.
"Then, I guess I'll come too!" Minako sounded cheerful about the whole thing.
"After all, I'm Minako the Great!" Here, she flashed a smile, and held her hand
up in a v-sign. Her Meowth sweatdropped.
Rei and Usagi exchanged glances.
"Its nice of you guys to offer..." Rei began, "But you don't really know us, and
we don't want you to get involved."
"I think it involves us a lot." Makoto answered. "From what I saw, Team Rocket
was after both Ami and I because we used a special attack, one that was channeled from our
own energy. Even Minako has this ability, and most likely you guys too. Therefore, we're connected to the same purpose."
Rei was at a loss of words. "But..."
"Look. We made this choice. Its ours, not yours." Minako said. "Besides, I have
a feeling that this wasn't by accident that all of us met, each with an ability
to call upon power to aid a pokemon. Notice how no one else can do that? Don't
you think, then, that it's sorta kinda rare that all FIVE of us just happened to
be here?" The last point was emphasized so that no one missed out on its
significance.
Finally, Rei gave in, sighing. "Fine with me."
And Usagi smiled. "Let's go!" With the four of them together, she finally felt
like it all belonged. Now, just to rescue Ami...
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Credits as always, go out to Myst_Lady and anyone who has the patience to read and review this fic! Thanks a lot for your support!
Zoo says:
Getting captured is not cool. If you can avoid it, avoid getting captured.
Eevee muse: (facefault) That's not a moral!
Zoo: It isn't, but Ami follows it ^-^ (promptly ducks flames from Ami lovers)
here they are: I do not own Pokemon or Sailor Moon but I TRULY wish I did. A) I
would be really rich. B) I wouldn't have to worry about writing disclaimers
every single time I post a chapter. Ummm... okay... back to the wonderful (cough
cough) program...
*****************************************
The next day, the team headed out towards Saffron City, known as the
Golden City of Commerce and more importantly, the original headquarters of Team
Rocket. Usagi sighed as she took out her single Boulder Badge, admiring its
pretty color.
"And I thought I was here for badges - who knew that I was going to save
the world from evil instead?" She commented.
Rei couldn't resist a retort. "It's not that glamorous, you know. For one
thing, Rocket pokemon are stronger than normal ones, and we have to rely on our
own energy because they are mostly resistant to attacks powered by a normal
pokemon."
"We basically power our own energy into our special pokemon to fuel their
attacks, right?" Ami added.
"I guess you could say that." The raven-haired girl answered. "However..."
"Yes?"
"Well..." Rei continued, hesitating a bit, "I'm not sure, but there is a
prophecy about the legendary pokemon, nine in all, which have powers stronger
than any other pokemon. I believe that they would be able to also fight off Team
Rocket."
Usagi digested that information. "But, don't they have trainers?"
Rei shook her head. "That's why I'm not so sure about them. If they did
have their rightful trainers, the nine combined with the power of their trainers
are capable of changing the balance of the world. They alone can decide the fate
of humans and pokemon alike."
"Wow..." Was all Usagi could voice.
"However, Team Rocket is also searching for these nine legendary pokemon.
If they should capture them first... then the world would fall into their evil
hands and pokemon would serve no more than to be slaves. The delicate balance
between humans an pokemon would be forever broken." Rei looked sadly at the
ground, in deep thought.
"Let's get on and stop Team Rocket then!" Impatient would be the best word
describing Usagi's behaviour.
"It's not that easy, Usagi," Ami warned, ever so cautious, " Team Rocket
is a giant organization. We have to plan out a more detailed plan."
"Besides, Team Rocket is only one of the larger known associations. There
are many more corrupted organizations like Team Rocket that we don't know about."
Rei added.
"Hmmm... " Ami pondered. "If we took out Team Rocket, then we would be
taking out a great chunk of this impending evil. However... we're just three
people... not enough against so many. I think we should go and search for the
legendary pokemon to help us. Then we at least have a chance."
"And if Team Rocket shows its face in the process, we're gonna kick its
butt." The raven-haired girl held up a fist to emphasize her point."
Usagi blinked. Well... at least they had found a mission now. "Well girls,
lets HIT THE TOAD!!!" She shouted, rather over-enthusiastically.
There was a big pause... then....
"Ummm... Usagi... isn't it hit the ROAD?" Ami finally added after telling
herself a couple of times "I will not laugh". Rei wasn't as successful.
"Road... toad...shmoad.... Same thing..." Usagi waved a hand airily, as if
the change would have made no difference whatsoever. Usagi was just eager to get
going with the mission. She could finally use her pokemon and save the world
from... huh? She then realized that Ami and Rei weren't following her anymore,
and looked back.
"Uhh... girls... what's so funny?" Usagi was even more lost when both of
them began to laugh even harder.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unknown to the three girls, someone - make that some three - were looking
at them, watching and judging their very actions. A graceful and gentle
turquoise-haired girl perhaps a couple years older than Usagi held a beautifully
ornate mirror in which reflected not her own reflection but the reflections of
her objective - in this case, what Usagi, Ami and Rei were doing. The other one
was a taller blond, her hair cut short until it more than subtly suggested that
her appearance resembled that of a boy's, made even more so with her blazer, tie
and all. Behind both the girls stood an older woman, physically drawing near the
age of her mid-twenties. She stood, her darker skin blending half against the
shadows as she too pondered the scenes through the mirror. Even though the other
two murmured and consulted each other, she stood, quite a bit away by herself,
in silent thought.
"They are not yet aware that their true powers and are restricted to the
planetary elements." The sandy-haired woman, Haruka's, words were short and cut
to the point, her troubled blue-grey eyes scanning the horizon. "Yet, they begin
to suspect the true problem-at-hand. Team Rocket is only a pawn in the real
conflict. What really matters is that the balance between humans and pokemon are
fading, leading our world to chaos."
"If the bond between humans and pokemon is broken, then the very elements
will rebel, and the eternal chaos and destruction of the world will begin."
The graceful teal-haired Michiru sighed as she restated the truth.
The tall blond woman turned, her hair tousled in the wind as her cloudy
eyes reflected the trouble that would come. "This is the beginning, then."
Her partner nodded, never taking her eyes off the glistening sheen of her
mirror. "The conflict shall start. The legendary pokemon have to be found at all
costs. They are the only catalysts we have to help preserve the balance."
Almost at one with the shadows, the elder, dark-green haired woman shifted her
stance until her reserved burgundy eyes fell upon the younger pair. "We will
begin our mission and let them continue theirs."
Haruka sighed, giving a half-smile of ironic regret. "I can't believe we
too have such a great part in this battle to come."
For a moment, the older of the trio, Setsuna, hesitated, as if pondering
whether to ignore such a blatant comment. Yet, like always, she was there to reason.
"It was a measure of destiny, as we were destined to be here."
"Chaos. Evil. Death. Silence. They all stand in our way." Michiru was
perplexed by the many conflicts.
"Our destiny is waiting. We will succeed."
And like one, they nodded, agreeing, knowing.
***************
"Seel, use your headbutt attack!"
Ami had no clue why she was doing this. Upon arriving at the infamous
Vermilion city, the country's port city, Ami had accidentally bumped into a rather
rude and rough-mannered brunette, who had then let the best of her temper control
her. As a result, they were now deeply engaged in a pokemon battle, both
trainers unwilling to admit their wrong. After all, Ami thought, all she had
done was simply accidentally bumped into her - it wasn't as if she had done it
on purpose. Unknown to her, the hot-tempered pony-tailed brunette was thinking
the same.
"Mareep, thundershock that screwed Seel!" The tall brunette commanded,
quite gruffly.
Ami mentally flinched at the girl's choice of language and watched as her
Seel charged with its headbutt, hitting the Mareep square in the back and smiled
with satisfaction as the impact made the electric sheep-like pokemon lose its
balance and completely mis-aim its thundershock. Since electric type pokemon had
a natural advantage over water and ice types, Ami made a mental note not to use
power but strategy.
The brunette was getting annoyed now. This was the third time that that
stupid girl had used the same strategy to stop her Mareep from getting the
better of her Seel. A sense of pride was at stake and she was not going to lose
it.
"Use your Supreme Thunder!" She roared and her pokemon immediately charged
up its hidden power, electric sparks flying everywhere. The brunette smiled in
satisfaction, her ponytail bobbing a bit from her nod. Very few pokemon ever
survived under her special attack.
Ami's eyes widened as she realized that this attack was not normal one.
She immediately whipped out her mini-data computer (which she had worked on as a
collaborated project with Professor Oak) and scanned what it was doing. Strange
results flashed on the small screen, and she knew it was time to counter before
it could get any worse.
"Seel, use Mercury Bubbles, now!" The blue-haired girl seriously hoped that it
did what she thought it did or else the battle was about to end very soon. She
began to concentrate hard, channeling the energy within her to her pokemon,
forming the attack into the wanted strategy.
The Mareep sparkled with charged energy and it suddenly released it, oddly
resembling the lightning that had chased Usagi and Ami in Cerulean. Ami's Seel
(Mercury), sensing a potential KO, immediately released its own attack. From its
mouth spurted a multitude of icy blue bubbles that grew and expanded until only
a thick fog surrounded the sea-lion pokemon's general area. Confused, the Mareep
realized that it had seriously lost its attack accuracy, as the Seel was nowhere
to be seen in the large cloud of mist.
"Wow..." Usagi, a spectator, exclaimed. "That must be both their special
attacks."
"But Ami's is more defensive than offensive." Rei mused. "And it works
well too."
Usagi turned to Rei. "I wonder what's your 'special attack', Rei."
Rei had a gleam of superiority to her eyes as she turned away from the
prodding Usagi. "Nah... not telling."
"Pleeeeeeeeaaaaassssse?" Usagi's voice now had a pathetic whine to it,
which only annoyed the raven-haired girl even more.
"Get out of my face, ODANGO ATAMA!" She screeched a bit too loudly.
Suddenly, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to the source of the
ruckus. Rei found herself turning an unhealthy shade of bright red, realizing
that she couldn't explain herself. It only made her angrier to see Usagi
smirking in the background.
Rei opened her mouth to make a verbal comeback when suddenly everything exploded
in smoke. It was stagnant and billowed with fumes that forced people to cough
uncontrollably. In the corner of her watery eyes, Rei could see shadowy figures
within the thick plume of smoke, strategically placing themselves around... oh
no...
"Ami..." She called weakly, wondering if the blue-haired girl could hear at all.
Ami, who had all her mental focus on her attack, was caught completely by
surprise. As she felt the impact of being at the receiving end of the
Smokescreen, she couldn't help but wonder who was attacking. And then it
clicked. She immediately turned to the brunette, her eyes pleading.
"I'm sorry for what I did." She managed to choke out. "But I need... your
help... to get out of this... mess." Her words were becoming harder to speak
out, smoke choking her every gasp for breath. How she longed for clean air!
The brunette nodded, controlling her coughs with sheer willpower. "I don't like
these intruders." Her fists clenched themselves tightly at that comment. "So
I'll do whatever it takes to get rid of 'em."
Ami nodded. She was about to take out her computer, when suddenly, shadowy
hands came out from nowhere, and grabbed her Seel, while another pair covered her
mouth and pulled her, effectively muffling her scream.
The brunette watched as more hands tried to grab her Mareep, but she
wasn't as slow as the other. With an amazing amount of strength for someone
toxicated by Smokescreen, she blindly performed a knifehand strike at the
almost-invisible opponent, smiling with pleasure as she heard and audible
"whooph". Like her trainer, the Mareep fought with amazing aggressiveness,
charging head down at its opponents and generally hoping for a direct hit. But,
even with their strength and physical prowess, they could not prevent the steady
streams of figures from attacking them, nor the oppressing weight of the
smokescreen, which was beginning to take toll on their bodies. Sooner or later,
they would have to give in...
"Cresent Beam!" A voice shouted from nowhere. A brilliant flash of light
errupted in front of the brunette, and she heard several voices curse from
behind her. Almost immediately, the smokescreen began to disappear, leaving
several figures wearing black, with a large "R" emblazoned on the chest of their
shirt.
"Team Rocket!" Rei hissed, angry. She took out a pokeball, ready for battle,
when the Rocket figures suddenly threw a smokebomb, leaving a stream of smoke
and some very baffled girls. They had disappeared.
The brunette looked anxiously for the blue-haired girl and her Seel that had
disappeared. Scanning everywhere only confirmed the sinking sensation in her
mind.
"Ami!" Usagi exclaimed, looking around for the first time, her eyes still a bit
blurry from the excess smoke. "She's gone!"
Rei frowned. "Team Rocket took her!"
"Who's Ami?" This voice was the same as the voice that had rescued with an
attack, and sounded perky and feminine. Everyone turned to see a blonde-haired
girl, the same age as them, with blue eyes and long hair that reminded everyone
else oddly of Usagi. She sported a red bow on her hair, and wore her hair down,
the only noticeable difference.
"Hi! I'm Minako!" The blonde exclaimed, smiling and waving at everyone. Beside
her was a Meowth, shaking its head in an exasperated manner.
Usagi greeted the newcomer with a brilliant smile of her own, making everyone
else again unnerved by the uncanniness of their similarity in appearance. "I'm
Usagi, and this is Rei (here she gestured) and that's... that's..." Usagi
realized that she didn't know the brunette's name.
The brunette, returning her pokemon, turned to smile faintly at Usagi. "I'm
Makoto."
Minako frowned. "Isn't Makoto a guy's na-"
"I know, I know." Makoto gestured, frustrated. "Its not my fault."
Meanwhile, Rei was wondering if she was the only sane person of the four. "Hi
guys? How can you talk so nicely and sweetly when one of our FRIENDS is
MISSING?" She all but screamed the last two sentences.
Usagi 'eeped' and fell quiet. "Sorry", she turned to Minako and Makoto. "Gotta
run. Duty calls."
"Wait." Minako interrupted. "Where are you going?"
"To save Ami from Team Rocket." Usagi replied, as if it was the most obvious
thing in the world.
"I'm coming with you." Makoto's decision was firm, and Usagi jerked a bit at the
suddenness of that choice.
"Then, I guess I'll come too!" Minako sounded cheerful about the whole thing.
"After all, I'm Minako the Great!" Here, she flashed a smile, and held her hand
up in a v-sign. Her Meowth sweatdropped.
Rei and Usagi exchanged glances.
"Its nice of you guys to offer..." Rei began, "But you don't really know us, and
we don't want you to get involved."
"I think it involves us a lot." Makoto answered. "From what I saw, Team Rocket
was after both Ami and I because we used a special attack, one that was channeled from our
own energy. Even Minako has this ability, and most likely you guys too. Therefore, we're connected to the same purpose."
Rei was at a loss of words. "But..."
"Look. We made this choice. Its ours, not yours." Minako said. "Besides, I have
a feeling that this wasn't by accident that all of us met, each with an ability
to call upon power to aid a pokemon. Notice how no one else can do that? Don't
you think, then, that it's sorta kinda rare that all FIVE of us just happened to
be here?" The last point was emphasized so that no one missed out on its
significance.
Finally, Rei gave in, sighing. "Fine with me."
And Usagi smiled. "Let's go!" With the four of them together, she finally felt
like it all belonged. Now, just to rescue Ami...
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Credits as always, go out to Myst_Lady and anyone who has the patience to read and review this fic! Thanks a lot for your support!
Zoo says:
Getting captured is not cool. If you can avoid it, avoid getting captured.
Eevee muse: (facefault) That's not a moral!
Zoo: It isn't, but Ami follows it ^-^ (promptly ducks flames from Ami lovers)