"Thunderbolt!" Team Rocket said in unison.
"Pikachu!" Called the Team Rocket Pikachu.
Ash closed his eyes and readied himself for the last Thunderbolt he'd ever receive.
But it never came.
There was the sound of the Thunderbolt coming closer, a rustling of bushes, a sound of the Thunderbolt striking something and a yell for pain from the Pikachu.
Ash looked up and noticed that it wasn't Team Rocket's Pikachu that had yelled, but his own. "Pikachu!"
Pikachu lay in front of him with a bad looking burn mark in his side.
"Stupid Pikachu" Jessie said. "Does it want to get itself killed jumping in the way of attacks like that?"
"Pikachu, are you ok?" Ash pulled himself over to Pikachu and placed his hand of the Pokémon's back.
Pikachu opened his eyes. He looked at Ash and stood up.
Ash sat up and looked at Pikachu, who now had his head down a little and was looking up.
"Pika chu pika pi pika?" He asked a little nervously.
Ash smiled. "No, I'm not scared of you Pikachu"
Pikachu smiled happily and he jumped into Ash's arms.
Ash hugged the small electric Pokémon. "I'm sorry Pikachu..."
"Aww" Meowth said. "Isn't that sweet? But we're busy bad guys, so hand over the Pikachu before we have to take it"
Ash narrowed his eyes and looked at Meowth. He didn't have to say anything, the way he looked at Meowth told them he wasn't handing Pikachu over.
"Have it yor way" Jessie said, nodding to the Pokémon.
The Team Rocket Bayleef ran forward towards Ash with a tackle attack.
Before Ash knew it, a second Bayleef, his own, was standing in front of him, just after tackling the other Bayleef back. "Bayleef?" Ash was surprised to see her there, after the way he acted.
Bayleef looked back and smiled.
Ash heard the rustling of bushes and looked back to see Bulbasaur, Totodile, Noctowl and Cyndaquil coming over to them. They all ran forward in front of Ash in a defencive manner and faced the Team Rocket Pokémon.
Pikachu narrowed his eyes and leapt out of Ash's arms, standing at the front of the group, cheeks sparking angrily.
Team Rocket backed back a little, but stood there ground. "Alright, let's see what you've got" Jessie said confidently. "Go everybody! Show no mercy!"
"Cha!" The Rocket Pikachu called, ordering all the Pokémon to attack as he ran forward towards Ash's Pikachu.
"Pika!" Ash's Pikachu ordered as it ran at the Rocket Pikachu.
Sparks surronded both electric Pokémon and as they came into contact, they were both sent skidding back. Pikachu pushed himself up and ran at the Rocket Pikachu, biting hard onto it's arm.
Ash forced himself to his feet, using a tree nearby for balance.
Bayleef and the Rocket Bayleef began a vine whip battle, while the two Bulbasaur started to fight only using their Razor Leaf attacks. The two Cyndaquil had resulted to tackling each other, the Totodile tried to bite eachother and the Noctowl were trying to peck eachother to death.
"Be destructive!" James ordered.
"Be merciless!" Jessie called.
"Be careful" Ash whispered as he watched his Pokémon fight.
Pikachu charged at the Rocket Pikachu and sank his teeth into the other pokémons arm. The Rocket Pikachu yelped in pain and let out a sudden burst of electricity, forcing Pikachu to let go.
The Rocket Bayleef releaced a Razor Leaf attack on Ash's Bayleef, knocking her to the ground. While Bayleef was lying there, the Rocket Bayleef ran forward and tried a Body Slam, but Bayleef rolled out of the way just in time, using a Vine Whip attack on the Rocket Bayleef.
Bulbasaur and the Rocket Bulbasaur both attack with a tackle, meeting head to head. Rocket Bulbasaur jumped back and released a Razor Leaf, which was countered by a vine whip from Bulbasaur.
The two Noctowl released a Confusion on eachother, causing them both to become confused and to fly in circles. Ash's Noctowl was the first to come to his sences when he flew into a tree brance. He turned and tackled the other Noctowl, and soon they were back to pecking eachother every chance they had.
Totodile slashed crazily at the Rocket Totodile, but the Rocket Totodile knocked him back with a water gun. Totodile pushed himself up off the ground and ran forward, the Rocket Totodile following his lead. They both paused, lept and...CHOMP! Both Totodile bite onto eachothers tail. The two let go and yelp holding there tails and frowning. The two glared at eachother and lunged forward with a fury of slash attacks.
Cyndaquil released a Smokescreen on the Rocket Cyndaquil, who charge through it and tackled Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil and the Rocket Cyndaquil both released a Flamethrower at the same time.
Unfortunately, the Flamethrower attack collided with the smokescreen, causing an exploson.
Ash was knocked back by the blast, and as he felt himself slam against a tree, he heard three femiliar voices, mixed with a Noctowl cry.
"Looks like Team Rockets blasting off again!" "Wobbuffet!" "Pikachu!" "Bay!" "Totodile!" "Cynda!" "Bulba!"
"You did it guys!" Ash cheered, but then relised not everyone was present. "Hey, weres Pikachu, and Cyndaquil?" Ash's face paled as Totodile pointed up towards the sky. "No way..."
"I can't believe our luck!" Jessie exclamed. "What are the odds the twerps Pokémon would get blatsed off with us?!"
"Not very high but I guess we got lucky" Meowth said, looking at the unconcious Pikachu and Cyndaquil inside a cage.
To Be Continued
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