Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
A/N: Sorry about what happened, and thank you, Q for telling me about that whole carrot thing. I have switched the carrots () that I had used for Mewtwo's dialogue with tildes (~) so that the rest of his dialogue is visible. ^-^0
Chapter 7: Speech lessons for a psychic cat
"Wake up, you lazy bum!" shouted Jessie as she tried to wake Mewtwo up the next morning. She attempted to roll him off the couch where he was sleeping. "Wow, you way a ton! James, Meowth, get over here and help me to wake this lazy cat up!" Mewtwo, who was still asleep, was unaware of any of this. After many attempts to push the 270-lb. cat off of the couch, the three finally gave up. Pikachu-two, however, had been woken up by their fuss, and therefore decided that it would be best to take matters into his own hands. He decided to wake Mewtwo up himself.
[Chuuuuu!] the little electric mouse shouted as he shocked the sleeping Mewtwo. [That should get you to wake up!]
~Pikachu-two, how many times have I told you not to shock me awake anymore. You know that I don't like it when you do that. The first few times you did it, you nearly got yourself killed!~ Mewtwo said grumpily. Pikachu-two sighed, then went over to Meowth.
[Well, I've woke him up for you. Now you have to teach Mewtwo how to talk normally!] said the pikachu clone excitedly. [And I will listen in and try to learn myself!] he added with a smile.
Later, two cats, Mewtwo and Meowth, walked outside. Meowth led the way, walking through the woods until he came to a clearing. "This is my favorite spot!" said the cat. It's so quiet and serene, and there's a great view of the moon." Meowth's silence was soon disturbed, however, by a rustling in the bushes. "Who's there?" asked Meowth.
~Just Pikachu-two,~ replied the other cat. ~But, if you want to listen in on us, I would suggest you come closer and not hide in the bushes. It's unnecessary, and it disturbs Meowth. Now either come and join us, or leave.~ The little mouse came to sit near Mewtwo. ~You too, Meowth-two,~ he called again to the bushes. The other cat came to join them.
"So, now that the gang's all here, I will begin to teach you," said the only pokemon out of the group who could speak naturally. "So, I want you all to begin by saying your name."
To Pikachu- and Meowth-two, this was extremely simple. For Mewtwo, however, this proved to be a difficult task. ~Mewtwo,~ he said psychically.
"No, not that way," corrected Meowth. I want you to say it like they do, not using any special psychic powers or anything. Mewtwo tried and tried, but couldn't even make a squeak naturally. "Well," said Meowth, "it seems like you have some catching up to do." The clone nodded in agreement, promising to himself that he wouldn't use his powers until he could speak. Meowth decided it was time for a demonstration.
"So," he said, putting Mewtwo's paw on the front of his neck. "I'd like you to see what it feels like to talk." Mewtwo, of course, felt the vibrations, but, remembering what he had promised himself, did not say anything. "Now, you try," said Meowth, putting his paw to Mewtwo's neck. Mewtwo of course, still couldn't get it right.
The only sound that Mewtwo made was a sort of growl, not a spoken "grr" like a person would, or the sound an animal would make, but a strange, airy, sound that didn't seem spoken at all, and even that came out weak. He could not understand how the others could make sound so easily. Meowth, of course, was quick to jump on this as a success, and forced Mewtwo to repeat it several times. After trying so many times, however, Mewtwo started making louder and louder noises, and adding other sounds, so, after his twentieth, fiftieth, or hundredth time, as he had lost track, he came out with a squeaky "mew." Of course, this completely surprised everyone. [Well, at least I can mew now,] said the clone. [It's not as good as talking, of course, but it is a start.]
All of the other pokemon started rolling over laughing at Mewtwo's voice. "That's very good, Mewtwo, but it doesn't sound like you at all. You sound like a squeaky toy!" laughed Meowth as he tried, with no avail, to keep a straight face. "I'm not sure if I want to know what you'll sound like when you speak!" This, of course, insulted Mewtwo.
[I can't believe this! I tried so hard to be able to speak, even if it is in mew, and now you all laugh at me. Now, you will teach me how to speak human.] Meowth snapped to attention, still holding in a laugh.
"Well, you mastered that easy enough, but that's only the tip of the iceberg. Now you will have to master other sounds. Like "E" as in 'eek!,'" said the Meowth. Pikachu-two, of course, could easily make that sound, but it took him a while to drop the 'p' from 'pE.' Meowth-two and Mewtwo had more trouble. Neither of them had the 'E' sound in their names, so they had to learn the sound. They finally caught on. "There are a lot of sounds that contain the 'E' sound, so it is important. I will teach you the letters, which use the 'E' sound a lot. Now, repeat after me, 'A B C D E F G.'" The three clones followed, making many mistakes, but catching on after a few tries. "'H I J K L M N O P,'" continued Meowth, with the clones following. By this time, everyone had realized that Mewtwo wasn't going to keep that ridiculous squeaky voice that he had at first. Mewtwo was pleased, but the others were disappointed; they couldn't laugh at him anymore. Meowth continued with the letters- "Q R S T U V W X Y Z,"- and the clones soon mastered those letters as well.
"There are a lot of other sounds you have to learn, though," warned Meowth. "I will teach you as well as I can, but I can't teach you everything. We will learn some simple words, which will help you, learn better. Now, repeat after me. Cat."
"Cat," repeated his three students. They repeated this several times, until Meowth ordered them to stop. This time, he gave them a whole set of words, all rhyming with 'cat.'
"Bat. Cat. Fat. Hat. Mat. Pat. Rat. Sat. Vat." The clones, of course, repeated this until they could say the words perfectly, at which time, Meowth gave them another list. "Bed. Dead. Fed. Head. Led. Red. Said." This continued on for quite some time, Meowth always choosing rhyming lists that were meant to show the pronunciation of one sound. After a few of these, all three of the students perfected there sounds very quickly. These lessons only took a few days, as the three clones only needed to learn pronunciation, not a language. Mewtwo was very pleased with himself, as he had finally learned something useful that he could do without using psychic powers, while Pikachu- and Meowth-two were learning the hardest words they could just to show off. They had decided between themselves that they were going to teach all of the rest of the Rocket pokemon to talk.
"Well, I suppose I can do just fine from here on out, then," said Mewtwo, without a hint of difficulty. "The hardest part of this was learning how to talk in the first place." Mewtwo laughed. "But, now that this is done, I'm not sure how this will help me to defeat Aijou after all. I mean, I'm not going to beat him by yelling at him, right?" And with this, Mewtwo left Meowth and his two clone friends for the cabin. As he walked away, (still trying not to use his psychic abilities) he called back to them, "I'm not sure if I'll get to say this later, so, good bye, and thank you."
Back at the cabin, Miyamoto was busy talking to Jessie, rather much making a fuss over her, while James looked on, remaining rather silent. "Why did you have to go join Team Rocket?" she asked sadly. "I really wish you hadn't.I wish that you could have realized how bad Team Rocket was." She trailed off as Mewtwo approached.
"I have to leave now," said the clone, sounding as if he'd much rather stay. "Oh, and, Miyamoto, you'll be glad to know that your daughter and her friends are just a step above the other Team Rocket members. I trust them with my secret, though I trust few humans. And Pikachu-two," he added as the clone appeared out of the woods, "I want you and Meowth-two to behave yourselves. Which, of course, means that under no circumstances are you to help Jessie, James, or Meowth to steal Pikachu." The mouse nodded in agreement. "Now, farewell to you all," said Mewtwo, who had decided to fly away.
As Mewtwo flew, he thought about what he had gained by being taught how to speak. It would really be no help to him at all. But he was sure that there must be something that he could pull out of this whole experience. Sure, he had freed his two clone friends, but he was still unable to defeat Aijou without using part of his surroundings. What were dark types weak against, he thought to himself. To this question, of course, he could find no answer. Ice and steel seemed to work well enough when dropped on him, but Mewtwo was sure that Aijou would wizen up to this trick before it had hurt him too much. Simple tricks like that were sure to fail against a creature such as Aijou, who, despite his lack of strategy so far, could not fall prey to this move for long.
As Mewtwo flew over the Mount Quena for what he thought was going to be the last time, he saw something strange. It was unbelievable! There was a man living on the top of the mountain, exposed to the weather conditions, which had been hard enough for Mewtwo to withstand. How could a human survive there? Mewtwo's curiosity took over, though, and he found himself flying down to meet the human. Besides, he thought to himself, what would a human want at the top of that mountain, anyway? The clones, including myself, are no longer up there, and the lake has been moved. What could that human be after? Mewtwo, of course, refused to entertain the notion that, perhaps, the human wanted nothing; he had too much experience with greedy humans to believe this about anyone. After wandering around the human's campsite for a while, he decided to sit down and make himself comfortable.
No sooner had Mewtwo sat down than the odd man, who he had seen earlier, appeared. To Mewtwo's surprise, the man neither asked him who he was or looked surprised. Rather, this odd man attacked Mewtwo straight away. Mewtwo had not expected this; he stood with his mouth hanging open so long that he could not fashion a psychic barrier. Instead, he caught the man in the air, then put him down. "I'm impressed," said the man. "Most, whether human or pokemon, would have been hit by that. Of course, there is normally no one to bother me on this mountain, so I'm more likely to attack any visitors who do show up. You have a great inner strength, but your physical power, I'm sure, leaves much to be desired. Is that right, my.uh.who are you?" Mewtwo had to use all of his willpower not to fall over.
"So, human-whose-name-I-do-not-know, you say my physical strength leaves much to be desired. Could you, by any chance, be able to help me to remedy that?" Mewtwo smirked, thinking that no mere human could be stronger than he was, no matter if his physical power wasn't as strong as other pokemon's.
"Well, well, you can talk as us humans do. That shows determination.very few pokemon are able to accomplish that. Let me guess that you are a psychic type, am I right?" Mewtwo was surprised at this human's intuition.
"Yes, I am a psychic type," he said. "Is there anything important about that?"
"Yes, there is. I must train you immediately."
A/N: Sorry about what happened, and thank you, Q for telling me about that whole carrot thing. I have switched the carrots () that I had used for Mewtwo's dialogue with tildes (~) so that the rest of his dialogue is visible. ^-^0
Chapter 7: Speech lessons for a psychic cat
"Wake up, you lazy bum!" shouted Jessie as she tried to wake Mewtwo up the next morning. She attempted to roll him off the couch where he was sleeping. "Wow, you way a ton! James, Meowth, get over here and help me to wake this lazy cat up!" Mewtwo, who was still asleep, was unaware of any of this. After many attempts to push the 270-lb. cat off of the couch, the three finally gave up. Pikachu-two, however, had been woken up by their fuss, and therefore decided that it would be best to take matters into his own hands. He decided to wake Mewtwo up himself.
[Chuuuuu!] the little electric mouse shouted as he shocked the sleeping Mewtwo. [That should get you to wake up!]
~Pikachu-two, how many times have I told you not to shock me awake anymore. You know that I don't like it when you do that. The first few times you did it, you nearly got yourself killed!~ Mewtwo said grumpily. Pikachu-two sighed, then went over to Meowth.
[Well, I've woke him up for you. Now you have to teach Mewtwo how to talk normally!] said the pikachu clone excitedly. [And I will listen in and try to learn myself!] he added with a smile.
Later, two cats, Mewtwo and Meowth, walked outside. Meowth led the way, walking through the woods until he came to a clearing. "This is my favorite spot!" said the cat. It's so quiet and serene, and there's a great view of the moon." Meowth's silence was soon disturbed, however, by a rustling in the bushes. "Who's there?" asked Meowth.
~Just Pikachu-two,~ replied the other cat. ~But, if you want to listen in on us, I would suggest you come closer and not hide in the bushes. It's unnecessary, and it disturbs Meowth. Now either come and join us, or leave.~ The little mouse came to sit near Mewtwo. ~You too, Meowth-two,~ he called again to the bushes. The other cat came to join them.
"So, now that the gang's all here, I will begin to teach you," said the only pokemon out of the group who could speak naturally. "So, I want you all to begin by saying your name."
To Pikachu- and Meowth-two, this was extremely simple. For Mewtwo, however, this proved to be a difficult task. ~Mewtwo,~ he said psychically.
"No, not that way," corrected Meowth. I want you to say it like they do, not using any special psychic powers or anything. Mewtwo tried and tried, but couldn't even make a squeak naturally. "Well," said Meowth, "it seems like you have some catching up to do." The clone nodded in agreement, promising to himself that he wouldn't use his powers until he could speak. Meowth decided it was time for a demonstration.
"So," he said, putting Mewtwo's paw on the front of his neck. "I'd like you to see what it feels like to talk." Mewtwo, of course, felt the vibrations, but, remembering what he had promised himself, did not say anything. "Now, you try," said Meowth, putting his paw to Mewtwo's neck. Mewtwo of course, still couldn't get it right.
The only sound that Mewtwo made was a sort of growl, not a spoken "grr" like a person would, or the sound an animal would make, but a strange, airy, sound that didn't seem spoken at all, and even that came out weak. He could not understand how the others could make sound so easily. Meowth, of course, was quick to jump on this as a success, and forced Mewtwo to repeat it several times. After trying so many times, however, Mewtwo started making louder and louder noises, and adding other sounds, so, after his twentieth, fiftieth, or hundredth time, as he had lost track, he came out with a squeaky "mew." Of course, this completely surprised everyone. [Well, at least I can mew now,] said the clone. [It's not as good as talking, of course, but it is a start.]
All of the other pokemon started rolling over laughing at Mewtwo's voice. "That's very good, Mewtwo, but it doesn't sound like you at all. You sound like a squeaky toy!" laughed Meowth as he tried, with no avail, to keep a straight face. "I'm not sure if I want to know what you'll sound like when you speak!" This, of course, insulted Mewtwo.
[I can't believe this! I tried so hard to be able to speak, even if it is in mew, and now you all laugh at me. Now, you will teach me how to speak human.] Meowth snapped to attention, still holding in a laugh.
"Well, you mastered that easy enough, but that's only the tip of the iceberg. Now you will have to master other sounds. Like "E" as in 'eek!,'" said the Meowth. Pikachu-two, of course, could easily make that sound, but it took him a while to drop the 'p' from 'pE.' Meowth-two and Mewtwo had more trouble. Neither of them had the 'E' sound in their names, so they had to learn the sound. They finally caught on. "There are a lot of sounds that contain the 'E' sound, so it is important. I will teach you the letters, which use the 'E' sound a lot. Now, repeat after me, 'A B C D E F G.'" The three clones followed, making many mistakes, but catching on after a few tries. "'H I J K L M N O P,'" continued Meowth, with the clones following. By this time, everyone had realized that Mewtwo wasn't going to keep that ridiculous squeaky voice that he had at first. Mewtwo was pleased, but the others were disappointed; they couldn't laugh at him anymore. Meowth continued with the letters- "Q R S T U V W X Y Z,"- and the clones soon mastered those letters as well.
"There are a lot of other sounds you have to learn, though," warned Meowth. "I will teach you as well as I can, but I can't teach you everything. We will learn some simple words, which will help you, learn better. Now, repeat after me. Cat."
"Cat," repeated his three students. They repeated this several times, until Meowth ordered them to stop. This time, he gave them a whole set of words, all rhyming with 'cat.'
"Bat. Cat. Fat. Hat. Mat. Pat. Rat. Sat. Vat." The clones, of course, repeated this until they could say the words perfectly, at which time, Meowth gave them another list. "Bed. Dead. Fed. Head. Led. Red. Said." This continued on for quite some time, Meowth always choosing rhyming lists that were meant to show the pronunciation of one sound. After a few of these, all three of the students perfected there sounds very quickly. These lessons only took a few days, as the three clones only needed to learn pronunciation, not a language. Mewtwo was very pleased with himself, as he had finally learned something useful that he could do without using psychic powers, while Pikachu- and Meowth-two were learning the hardest words they could just to show off. They had decided between themselves that they were going to teach all of the rest of the Rocket pokemon to talk.
"Well, I suppose I can do just fine from here on out, then," said Mewtwo, without a hint of difficulty. "The hardest part of this was learning how to talk in the first place." Mewtwo laughed. "But, now that this is done, I'm not sure how this will help me to defeat Aijou after all. I mean, I'm not going to beat him by yelling at him, right?" And with this, Mewtwo left Meowth and his two clone friends for the cabin. As he walked away, (still trying not to use his psychic abilities) he called back to them, "I'm not sure if I'll get to say this later, so, good bye, and thank you."
Back at the cabin, Miyamoto was busy talking to Jessie, rather much making a fuss over her, while James looked on, remaining rather silent. "Why did you have to go join Team Rocket?" she asked sadly. "I really wish you hadn't.I wish that you could have realized how bad Team Rocket was." She trailed off as Mewtwo approached.
"I have to leave now," said the clone, sounding as if he'd much rather stay. "Oh, and, Miyamoto, you'll be glad to know that your daughter and her friends are just a step above the other Team Rocket members. I trust them with my secret, though I trust few humans. And Pikachu-two," he added as the clone appeared out of the woods, "I want you and Meowth-two to behave yourselves. Which, of course, means that under no circumstances are you to help Jessie, James, or Meowth to steal Pikachu." The mouse nodded in agreement. "Now, farewell to you all," said Mewtwo, who had decided to fly away.
As Mewtwo flew, he thought about what he had gained by being taught how to speak. It would really be no help to him at all. But he was sure that there must be something that he could pull out of this whole experience. Sure, he had freed his two clone friends, but he was still unable to defeat Aijou without using part of his surroundings. What were dark types weak against, he thought to himself. To this question, of course, he could find no answer. Ice and steel seemed to work well enough when dropped on him, but Mewtwo was sure that Aijou would wizen up to this trick before it had hurt him too much. Simple tricks like that were sure to fail against a creature such as Aijou, who, despite his lack of strategy so far, could not fall prey to this move for long.
As Mewtwo flew over the Mount Quena for what he thought was going to be the last time, he saw something strange. It was unbelievable! There was a man living on the top of the mountain, exposed to the weather conditions, which had been hard enough for Mewtwo to withstand. How could a human survive there? Mewtwo's curiosity took over, though, and he found himself flying down to meet the human. Besides, he thought to himself, what would a human want at the top of that mountain, anyway? The clones, including myself, are no longer up there, and the lake has been moved. What could that human be after? Mewtwo, of course, refused to entertain the notion that, perhaps, the human wanted nothing; he had too much experience with greedy humans to believe this about anyone. After wandering around the human's campsite for a while, he decided to sit down and make himself comfortable.
No sooner had Mewtwo sat down than the odd man, who he had seen earlier, appeared. To Mewtwo's surprise, the man neither asked him who he was or looked surprised. Rather, this odd man attacked Mewtwo straight away. Mewtwo had not expected this; he stood with his mouth hanging open so long that he could not fashion a psychic barrier. Instead, he caught the man in the air, then put him down. "I'm impressed," said the man. "Most, whether human or pokemon, would have been hit by that. Of course, there is normally no one to bother me on this mountain, so I'm more likely to attack any visitors who do show up. You have a great inner strength, but your physical power, I'm sure, leaves much to be desired. Is that right, my.uh.who are you?" Mewtwo had to use all of his willpower not to fall over.
"So, human-whose-name-I-do-not-know, you say my physical strength leaves much to be desired. Could you, by any chance, be able to help me to remedy that?" Mewtwo smirked, thinking that no mere human could be stronger than he was, no matter if his physical power wasn't as strong as other pokemon's.
"Well, well, you can talk as us humans do. That shows determination.very few pokemon are able to accomplish that. Let me guess that you are a psychic type, am I right?" Mewtwo was surprised at this human's intuition.
"Yes, I am a psychic type," he said. "Is there anything important about that?"
"Yes, there is. I must train you immediately."