Ash, Misty, and Becky continued to travel through the eight main gyms of
Kanto. Ash continued to trade with the leaders. Sabrina was especially
happy when Ash arrived and hurried him off to trade Kadabra, who evolved
the same as Graveler had. Haunter was traded as well, after an elongated
talk convincing him to be captured, which he eventually agreed to when
Sabrina psychically promised to allow him to break her bond with Alakazam
and create one with him if she didn't release him from the Pokèball once
the trade was completed.
Becky was amazed at how difficult Alakazam was to even weaken, and only managed to acquire a marsh badge when Haunter battled for her. She continued to journey, defeating Aya and Blaine, who had rebuilt his gym inside the volcano, and headed to Viridian to finish the path Ash had followed. Again the gym leader was out and Becky was allowed to fight Butch and Cassidy for the earth badge. She nearly lost, but with her technique she'd developed with Flareon, she managed to defeat their Kingler.
The trio traveled once again to indigo, ready to compete again. Becky arrived in Indigo Stadium before being defeated, but Misty only managed to defeat her opponents on the ice, grass, and water fields. This time she controlled herself until she and Ash arrived back at their condo. "I can't even manage to get to Indigo Stadium." She cried. Ash comforted her as Togepi and her other Pokèmon joined him.
Once Becky had been defeated she approached the couple. "I think I want to head to Cianwood." She said and blushed when both grinned knowingly. "I miss seeing TJ but I think Chuck can help me train and I think I can help him become a better strategist."
"Alright then Becky. We'll see you next year." Ash said and patted her shoulder. "Have fun in Cianwood."
"Thanks A, uh Tom, Misty. It was fun traveling with the two of you. Though I think you intentionally made the battles in Saffron and Pewter tougher." She admonished.
"I didn't know about Graveler being ready to evolve, and I wasn't the one who forced me to trade with Sabrina. She dragged me away before you could even challenge her. She probably saw that Kadabra would evolve and you would challenge her. She couldn't have seen Haunter battling for you though." He answered with a smile.
"She couldn't have foreseen us coming either." A female voice called from behind the trio.
They turned and saw Jessie and James standing behind them.
"Where's Meowth?" Ash asked, looking to Pikachu who had been with Becky as she battled.
"There." James answered simply and pointed behind them.
They turned and saw Meowth searching through Misty's bag. "What are you doing?" Misty growled.
Meowth gave a cry and pulled his head from inside the bag. "I got Meowsie." He cried.
"What do you want with her?" Ash asked, holding the command to attack from Pikachu.
"You'll see." He said and called out the female Meowth.
"Meow, meowth?" Meowsie asked when she formed. Ash, Misty, and Becky never called her out. The only time she was out of her Pokèball was when Meowsty was out, usually only at night since Ash didn't use her in battles much.
"Hello Meowsie." Meowth said courteously.
"Meow?" She asked, turning to look at him.
"I wants to ask yous to come back with me to Team Rocket. I miss yous Meowsie."
"Meow? Meow meowth." She answered.
"Alright then. If dat's the way you feel." Meowth answered and turned to the five trainers. "Twerp, will yous let me travel wit yous?" He asked.
The five were shocked for a minute until Jessie broke the silence. "You're just leaving James and me?" She asked.
"Yes. I want to be with Meowsie." He answered.
"Be careful Ash. This may be another trick from them." Misty whispered. Pikachu nodded his agreement from her shoulder.
"I know." Ash answered and turned to Meowth. "How do I know this isn't just another attempt to get Pikachu?" He asked.
"Meowth's honor." Meowth said, crossing his heart with a claw and holding his other paw in the air.
Ash looked about and saw his skeptical look echoed in his companions' eyes. He grinned as an idea formed in his head. Becky and Misty were slightly frightened of the grin and the short chuckle that accompanied it.
"Becky, would you mind traveling with us to Pallet?" He asked, grin still firmly imprinted on his face.
Becky only gave Pikachu a worried look before nodding. Ash chuckled again and the girls noticed that even Team Rocket was beginning to get unnerved by it.
"Good. Meowth, Jessie and James will join us. We'll find the real reason there." He said, turning and walking away. The other seven looked about before following the boy, more worried about his mental state than what he was planning.
****
A few days later, thanks to Team Rocket's balloon, the group arrived in Pallet. None of them had managed to coax an explanation from him, and that grin almost never left his face. Misty and Becky prepared to drag Ash to his grandfather's lab when they landed and were surprised when he ordered Team Rocket follow him to the exact place. Now completely confused about what he was doing, Misty and Becky exchanged glances and followed.
Once they arrived at the lab, surprising Tracy, who nearly called out his Scyther at the sight of Jessie and James. "It's alright Tracy." Ash said, indicating for him to replace the Pokèball to his pocket. "Could you have Professor Oak meet us in the health lab?"
Tracy noticed the others' looks and simply nodded as he left the room.
"Come on you guys, a little longer and we'll have our answer." Ash said and led them through the building.
When they arrived at the lab they wanted, Professor Oak was already waiting. "Hello Ash, Misty, Bec. ." He trailed off when Jessie entered the room. "You're not getting the Pokèmon here!" He yelled and moved towards the door.
"It's okay Professor, I brought them here. I want to ask Meowth some questions and I think you have something I need if I want to believe him." Ash said and pulled the professor into a corner, leaving the others confused and looking about the room at the various instruments lying in their containers.
Meowth shuddered as he imagined Ash or Professor Oak using them on him. He only was scared further as the professor left, saying something about 'what you need is in another room. We don't have much use for it since we normally can't understand Pokèmon.'.
Becky shrieked as Meowth jumped into her chest. "Don't let them hoit me. Don't let them hoit me." He cried.
She patted his head lightly. "I don't think he would hurt you." She said comfortingly. "But I don't know what he is doing."
The four trainers continued their looking about the room until Samuel returned with two boxes. Ash hurried to take one and set it beside the examination table.
"Meowth, would you lay on the table?" The professor asked as he and Ash began unpacking the equipment.
With a final glance to his teammates, Meowth complied and jumped when Ash loomed over him.
"What were you planning to do if Meowsie agreed to rejoin you?" He asked.
"I was gonna leave." Meowth answered.
Ash looked to his grandfather and nodded at the motion he made.
"Were you, or to the best of your knowledge Jessie and James, planning to attempt to steal Pikachu?" He asked.
"No, we planned out the whole operation. They would distract youse tree long enough for me ta find Meowsie and then I would ask her to rejoin us. Tat's all we was gonna do." Meowth answered, becoming anxious at Ash's glance to Samuel.
"Good." Ash responded with a grin. "One more. Do you plan to attempt to steal Pikachu later when your partners return?"
"No. All I want is ta spend time with Meowsie." Meowth answered in a panic.
Misty walked over and looked at the machine the Professor was looking at. "Calm down Meowth. We're not going to hurt you." She said with a grin. "Calm down and answer the question again."
The three other trainers looked at her confused, but made no move to join her by Professor Oak's side. Meowth slowly answered and Ash offered his hand to the cat.
"Welcome. You can come with us." He said.
Meowth looked over and saw the machine. "A lie detector?" He asked.
The professor nodded. "It's especially made to pick up the signs from the air. That way we don't need direct contact. These are rather hard to construct since they need such specific conditions. It's been here so long I doubt if it would work anywhere else." He explained.
"Ash, you're going to trust the answers Meowth gave? I've heard even the ones that do have direct contact aren't foolproof." Misty questioned.
"They may not be, but Meowth has proved himself trustworthy in the past and I think he is now too. We can trust him." Ash answered.
"What about us?" Jessie asked.
"What about our motto?" James added.
"Wobbuffet already tries to take my line. Now he can have it." Meowth answered.
"Wobbuffet." The Pokèmon called as he left his Pokèball.
"I guess." Jessie sighed and returned her Pokèmon to his ball.
She and James walked, slightly dejected, from the lab. "Team Rocket's trudging off again." They called, Jessie keeping a hold on Wobbuffet's Pokèball.
The three trainers helped Samuel pack the machine back into it's boxes and put them away. As they stepped outside, Becky sighed. "I guess I'll be off. See you next year at the competition." She said.
"Hold on." Ash called and took a Pokèball off his belt. "Charizard might be willing to fly you there." He suggested and tossed the dragon's Pokèball to the ground.
Charizard formed with a roar then looked between the three. "Um, Charizard." Becky said timidly, stepping back when the dragon focused on her. "Could you take me to Cianwood?" She continued at the urging of Ash.
The dragon turned and looked to his master before lowering himself to where she could climb on. She quickly complied and they were in the air in a matter of seconds. "Thank Ash. I'll send him back when I get there." Becky called as she faded from sight.
Ash turned back to Misty, who wore a disgusted look. "What?" He asked.
"You let Charizard take her to Cianwood while I had to deal with bugs and everything else in the forests." She said, voice approaching the level of yelling.
"Misty, calm down. I didn't say Charizard wouldn't take us from city to city, but we would have missed a lot, and I don't think Charizard would like taking all three of us. With just Becky, it's different. He's had one person riding for a long time, and if it were just the two of us, I would have suggested that path. I'm not sure he's ready to take three." Ash answered.
Misty and Meowth stood there for a moment in amazement. Then Misty smiled. "You're using your brain more." She teased.
"I use my brain plenty." He retorted and chased off after her as she took off down the road to the Ketchum residence, leaving Meowth to find his own way.
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Well, you can thank Mielikki for giving the inspiration for finishing this chapter the night 'of' Thursday after I posted the note. I'm moving back to my regular schedule for now as the 'evil chapters' begin. I think I got way to much need to finish these chapters and see your reactions. I passed the feelings through Ash. He will be less evil and more his normal, clueless self, when the next chapter comes out.
I know I really messed up Meowth's accent. If you can get it right and send it to me I'll be very appreciative and update.
I'm slowly looking through and editing past chapters and I've updated them. The changes are small, Politoed evolves into Politoed (guess who gives her the king's rock, hint: Ash has one), Ash catches a Larvitar. Small things that have no real effect on the story, and I'm guessing that Charizard returns for good too.
These are shown in the fifth season beginning. If you want to see it and other ending/openings/specials, go to http://www.anzwers.org/free/animeintro/pokemon.html and you can download them. However, all the downloads are in Japanese and the site has really slow download time. I have DSL and it took me about 1½ hours to download most of the openings and at least 30 minutes to get the endings.
As Snuffy:)Smiles pointed out, I told you the ages in chapter 2/3 were 12, but in my mind I was saying 14 (2.4.?) I've fixed that in case some of you were confused with them skipping two years. I've also adjusted Brock's age to 2 3/4 years ahead of Misty. Sorry for anyone that confused.
I'm trying to finish the next sequence of chapters before next week so I can tell you when the chapters will be out. I will try to schedule them so that it only takes four weeks for the entire thing.
Disclaimer: See Author Profile
Becky was amazed at how difficult Alakazam was to even weaken, and only managed to acquire a marsh badge when Haunter battled for her. She continued to journey, defeating Aya and Blaine, who had rebuilt his gym inside the volcano, and headed to Viridian to finish the path Ash had followed. Again the gym leader was out and Becky was allowed to fight Butch and Cassidy for the earth badge. She nearly lost, but with her technique she'd developed with Flareon, she managed to defeat their Kingler.
The trio traveled once again to indigo, ready to compete again. Becky arrived in Indigo Stadium before being defeated, but Misty only managed to defeat her opponents on the ice, grass, and water fields. This time she controlled herself until she and Ash arrived back at their condo. "I can't even manage to get to Indigo Stadium." She cried. Ash comforted her as Togepi and her other Pokèmon joined him.
Once Becky had been defeated she approached the couple. "I think I want to head to Cianwood." She said and blushed when both grinned knowingly. "I miss seeing TJ but I think Chuck can help me train and I think I can help him become a better strategist."
"Alright then Becky. We'll see you next year." Ash said and patted her shoulder. "Have fun in Cianwood."
"Thanks A, uh Tom, Misty. It was fun traveling with the two of you. Though I think you intentionally made the battles in Saffron and Pewter tougher." She admonished.
"I didn't know about Graveler being ready to evolve, and I wasn't the one who forced me to trade with Sabrina. She dragged me away before you could even challenge her. She probably saw that Kadabra would evolve and you would challenge her. She couldn't have seen Haunter battling for you though." He answered with a smile.
"She couldn't have foreseen us coming either." A female voice called from behind the trio.
They turned and saw Jessie and James standing behind them.
"Where's Meowth?" Ash asked, looking to Pikachu who had been with Becky as she battled.
"There." James answered simply and pointed behind them.
They turned and saw Meowth searching through Misty's bag. "What are you doing?" Misty growled.
Meowth gave a cry and pulled his head from inside the bag. "I got Meowsie." He cried.
"What do you want with her?" Ash asked, holding the command to attack from Pikachu.
"You'll see." He said and called out the female Meowth.
"Meow, meowth?" Meowsie asked when she formed. Ash, Misty, and Becky never called her out. The only time she was out of her Pokèball was when Meowsty was out, usually only at night since Ash didn't use her in battles much.
"Hello Meowsie." Meowth said courteously.
"Meow?" She asked, turning to look at him.
"I wants to ask yous to come back with me to Team Rocket. I miss yous Meowsie."
"Meow? Meow meowth." She answered.
"Alright then. If dat's the way you feel." Meowth answered and turned to the five trainers. "Twerp, will yous let me travel wit yous?" He asked.
The five were shocked for a minute until Jessie broke the silence. "You're just leaving James and me?" She asked.
"Yes. I want to be with Meowsie." He answered.
"Be careful Ash. This may be another trick from them." Misty whispered. Pikachu nodded his agreement from her shoulder.
"I know." Ash answered and turned to Meowth. "How do I know this isn't just another attempt to get Pikachu?" He asked.
"Meowth's honor." Meowth said, crossing his heart with a claw and holding his other paw in the air.
Ash looked about and saw his skeptical look echoed in his companions' eyes. He grinned as an idea formed in his head. Becky and Misty were slightly frightened of the grin and the short chuckle that accompanied it.
"Becky, would you mind traveling with us to Pallet?" He asked, grin still firmly imprinted on his face.
Becky only gave Pikachu a worried look before nodding. Ash chuckled again and the girls noticed that even Team Rocket was beginning to get unnerved by it.
"Good. Meowth, Jessie and James will join us. We'll find the real reason there." He said, turning and walking away. The other seven looked about before following the boy, more worried about his mental state than what he was planning.
****
A few days later, thanks to Team Rocket's balloon, the group arrived in Pallet. None of them had managed to coax an explanation from him, and that grin almost never left his face. Misty and Becky prepared to drag Ash to his grandfather's lab when they landed and were surprised when he ordered Team Rocket follow him to the exact place. Now completely confused about what he was doing, Misty and Becky exchanged glances and followed.
Once they arrived at the lab, surprising Tracy, who nearly called out his Scyther at the sight of Jessie and James. "It's alright Tracy." Ash said, indicating for him to replace the Pokèball to his pocket. "Could you have Professor Oak meet us in the health lab?"
Tracy noticed the others' looks and simply nodded as he left the room.
"Come on you guys, a little longer and we'll have our answer." Ash said and led them through the building.
When they arrived at the lab they wanted, Professor Oak was already waiting. "Hello Ash, Misty, Bec. ." He trailed off when Jessie entered the room. "You're not getting the Pokèmon here!" He yelled and moved towards the door.
"It's okay Professor, I brought them here. I want to ask Meowth some questions and I think you have something I need if I want to believe him." Ash said and pulled the professor into a corner, leaving the others confused and looking about the room at the various instruments lying in their containers.
Meowth shuddered as he imagined Ash or Professor Oak using them on him. He only was scared further as the professor left, saying something about 'what you need is in another room. We don't have much use for it since we normally can't understand Pokèmon.'.
Becky shrieked as Meowth jumped into her chest. "Don't let them hoit me. Don't let them hoit me." He cried.
She patted his head lightly. "I don't think he would hurt you." She said comfortingly. "But I don't know what he is doing."
The four trainers continued their looking about the room until Samuel returned with two boxes. Ash hurried to take one and set it beside the examination table.
"Meowth, would you lay on the table?" The professor asked as he and Ash began unpacking the equipment.
With a final glance to his teammates, Meowth complied and jumped when Ash loomed over him.
"What were you planning to do if Meowsie agreed to rejoin you?" He asked.
"I was gonna leave." Meowth answered.
Ash looked to his grandfather and nodded at the motion he made.
"Were you, or to the best of your knowledge Jessie and James, planning to attempt to steal Pikachu?" He asked.
"No, we planned out the whole operation. They would distract youse tree long enough for me ta find Meowsie and then I would ask her to rejoin us. Tat's all we was gonna do." Meowth answered, becoming anxious at Ash's glance to Samuel.
"Good." Ash responded with a grin. "One more. Do you plan to attempt to steal Pikachu later when your partners return?"
"No. All I want is ta spend time with Meowsie." Meowth answered in a panic.
Misty walked over and looked at the machine the Professor was looking at. "Calm down Meowth. We're not going to hurt you." She said with a grin. "Calm down and answer the question again."
The three other trainers looked at her confused, but made no move to join her by Professor Oak's side. Meowth slowly answered and Ash offered his hand to the cat.
"Welcome. You can come with us." He said.
Meowth looked over and saw the machine. "A lie detector?" He asked.
The professor nodded. "It's especially made to pick up the signs from the air. That way we don't need direct contact. These are rather hard to construct since they need such specific conditions. It's been here so long I doubt if it would work anywhere else." He explained.
"Ash, you're going to trust the answers Meowth gave? I've heard even the ones that do have direct contact aren't foolproof." Misty questioned.
"They may not be, but Meowth has proved himself trustworthy in the past and I think he is now too. We can trust him." Ash answered.
"What about us?" Jessie asked.
"What about our motto?" James added.
"Wobbuffet already tries to take my line. Now he can have it." Meowth answered.
"Wobbuffet." The Pokèmon called as he left his Pokèball.
"I guess." Jessie sighed and returned her Pokèmon to his ball.
She and James walked, slightly dejected, from the lab. "Team Rocket's trudging off again." They called, Jessie keeping a hold on Wobbuffet's Pokèball.
The three trainers helped Samuel pack the machine back into it's boxes and put them away. As they stepped outside, Becky sighed. "I guess I'll be off. See you next year at the competition." She said.
"Hold on." Ash called and took a Pokèball off his belt. "Charizard might be willing to fly you there." He suggested and tossed the dragon's Pokèball to the ground.
Charizard formed with a roar then looked between the three. "Um, Charizard." Becky said timidly, stepping back when the dragon focused on her. "Could you take me to Cianwood?" She continued at the urging of Ash.
The dragon turned and looked to his master before lowering himself to where she could climb on. She quickly complied and they were in the air in a matter of seconds. "Thank Ash. I'll send him back when I get there." Becky called as she faded from sight.
Ash turned back to Misty, who wore a disgusted look. "What?" He asked.
"You let Charizard take her to Cianwood while I had to deal with bugs and everything else in the forests." She said, voice approaching the level of yelling.
"Misty, calm down. I didn't say Charizard wouldn't take us from city to city, but we would have missed a lot, and I don't think Charizard would like taking all three of us. With just Becky, it's different. He's had one person riding for a long time, and if it were just the two of us, I would have suggested that path. I'm not sure he's ready to take three." Ash answered.
Misty and Meowth stood there for a moment in amazement. Then Misty smiled. "You're using your brain more." She teased.
"I use my brain plenty." He retorted and chased off after her as she took off down the road to the Ketchum residence, leaving Meowth to find his own way.
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Well, you can thank Mielikki for giving the inspiration for finishing this chapter the night 'of' Thursday after I posted the note. I'm moving back to my regular schedule for now as the 'evil chapters' begin. I think I got way to much need to finish these chapters and see your reactions. I passed the feelings through Ash. He will be less evil and more his normal, clueless self, when the next chapter comes out.
I know I really messed up Meowth's accent. If you can get it right and send it to me I'll be very appreciative and update.
I'm slowly looking through and editing past chapters and I've updated them. The changes are small, Politoed evolves into Politoed (guess who gives her the king's rock, hint: Ash has one), Ash catches a Larvitar. Small things that have no real effect on the story, and I'm guessing that Charizard returns for good too.
These are shown in the fifth season beginning. If you want to see it and other ending/openings/specials, go to http://www.anzwers.org/free/animeintro/pokemon.html and you can download them. However, all the downloads are in Japanese and the site has really slow download time. I have DSL and it took me about 1½ hours to download most of the openings and at least 30 minutes to get the endings.
As Snuffy:)Smiles pointed out, I told you the ages in chapter 2/3 were 12, but in my mind I was saying 14 (2.4.?) I've fixed that in case some of you were confused with them skipping two years. I've also adjusted Brock's age to 2 3/4 years ahead of Misty. Sorry for anyone that confused.
I'm trying to finish the next sequence of chapters before next week so I can tell you when the chapters will be out. I will try to schedule them so that it only takes four weeks for the entire thing.
Disclaimer: See Author Profile