WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN TO ME

by Chipolata

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or Dragonball Z. Again, no crossover. I don't own Macbeth or any Shakespeare piece at all. No crossover. I don't own frozen coke, though I wish I did. Oh, and no Harry Potter either, otherwise I'd be a millionaire.

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Pikachu slurped on his frozen coke, and peered through the glass that came between him and an enormous Arbok. The lights in the Poke-reptile house were low and the air was warm, and the Arbok was clearly enjoying its mid-afternoon nap.

'This is the first time I've been this close to an Arbok without it trying to attack me.' Pikachu noted to himself.

"Wow, lookit the Arbok!" Two young boys ran up to the glass to stare at the overgrown cobra.

"Aw, it's boring. Why won't it move?" One complained.

The other knocked on the glass.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Pikachu advised. "You might upset it."

"So?" The first sneered.

"You think that glass is enough to stop that snake? It could take it out with one Tail Whip. Then all it would take would be a Poison Sting and oops! You're dead." Pikachu mimed the attack with his hands.

The two boys turned slightly green, then quickly moved on to the next exhibit.

Arbok opened one eye and looked at Pikachu. *Thanks,* it hissed.

*No problem.* Pikachu replied, with a sneak wink.

"Hey Pikachu!" Ash waved to his friend from the door. "They've opened a new Legendry Pokemon exhibit! C'mon!"

"Coming!" Pikachu replied, and jogged up.

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"Pokéballs?"

"Check!"

"Nets?"

"Check!"

"Meowth-balloon, hidden and ready for take off?"

"Check!"

"Special effects, for use with out motto?"

"Check!"

"I think we're ready."

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"It looks like they have all kinds of rare Pokemon in here! It must have been very hard to catch them all." Misty commented.

"That's right, it did."

The four kids turned.

"Nurse Joy?" Misty asked.

"Yes, that's right." Joy replied, brushing down her zookeeper uniform a little. "I tend to the Pokemon in the Zoo. I love working in this exhibit. All of these Pokemon are so beautiful."

"What kinds of Pokemon are in here, Nurse Joy?" Brock asked.

"Well, we have some Clefable, a Ninetales, Arcanine, Alakazam, Rapidash, a family of Lapras, Vaporeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Porygon, Dragonair and a Dragonite." Nurse Joy listed. "Plus, we've constructed a display about Pokemon so rare that not even we could find them. Omastar, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos, and Mew. This exhibit cost the Zoo a lot of money."

"Wow." Ash breathed.

"The best part is, all the Pokemon are here voluntarily. That means people can get really close to them, much closer than if they were here against their will." Nurse Joy smiled. "All the Pokemon at the Zoo are here because they want to be."

"That's great!" Pikachu grinned.

Nurse Joy was right about one thing: the Pokemon were quite beautiful. The Clefable danced their Moon Stone Dance for the crowd; Ninetales was sunning itself and waving its tails; Vaporeon showed off its glittering scales while Jolteon and Flareon played. All of the Pokemon looked quite happy to be there.

Pikachu walked on to the display about the other rare Pokemon Nurse Joy had told about. He read about the Legendry Bird Trio, and the tale of the three islands and creating the ocean. He read about the trio of extinct Pokemon, and how some Poke-experts believed they could still be alive.

Then he got to the last, Mew.

And the picture of a small, cat-like Pokemon with big, sparkling blue eyes and a long, pink tail...

"What is it, Pikachu?" Ash asked of his staring friend.

"This Pokemon... seems familiar somehow. I can't put my finger on it." Pikachu explained. "Like I met it, and forgot."

"Hmm." Ash frowned at the illustration.

KABOOOOOM!!!

An enormous explosion shook the ground! Ash and Pikachu fell to the ground. Screams split the air from Pokemon exhibit, accompanied by the screeches of the Pokemon themselves. Dust floated in.

"What was that?" Ash asked.

The two got to their feet and ran back. People and Pokemon lay on the ground, covered in dust and some pinned under cement. A large part of the building had fallen down.

"Is everybody alright?" Pikachu called out. "Pika pi, chu pikachu?"

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

Ash and Pikachu spun around.

"Team Rocket." Ash hissed.

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all peoples within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!" Jessie stepped out of the darkness.

"James!" James stepped out from behind her.

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth, that's right!" Meowth concluded, and there was an explosion of coloured smoke. "Quick! The Great balls the Boss gave us!"

"Right!" Jessie and James replied, and began throwing the green balls at the Pokemon.

"Stop!" Ash yelled, running up to Team Rocket. "I won't let you steal all these Pokemon! Pikachu!"

"Ash!" Pikachu snapped with a frown.

Ash blinked. "Oh yeah, I forgot..."

Jessie laughed. "Left Pikachu behind, have we?"

"Big mistake." Meowth grinned.

"Now it looks like you've got nothing to stop us with!" James grabbed a Pokéball from his waist. "Koffing! Go!"

"You too, Ekans!" Jessie threw her own Pokéball.

"Koffing!"

"Ekanssss!"

Ash turned to Pikachu, eyes pleading. Pikachu looked at the mess of injured people and dirty Pokemon not yet inside a Great ball.

'That's it!' Pikachu realized with a smirk.

Pikachu looked at Ash, and flicked his eyes to the Pokemon.

Ash grinned.

*Alright!* Pikachu announced to the Pokemon left. *We're going to need your help fighting our way out of this!*

Alakazam, Clefable and Ninetales turned their heads to the tailed human.

*You're the strongest Pokemon here! Are you going to battle?* Pikachu asked.

The three Pokemon nodded.

"What an idiot!" James sneered.

"He actually thinks he can speak Pokemon!" Jessie chuckled.

"He can!" Meowth stepped back worriedly.

"What!?" Jessie and James exclaimed.

Ash grabbed a Pokéball and threw it at Jessie and James. "Primape! Go!"

"Oh NO!" Jessie and James bellowed as the Pokéball exploded into the large, fighting ape.

"Alakazam! Use a Psybeam! Ninetales, try Fire Blast!" Pikachu shouted.

The Pokemon nodded. Alakazam focused his spoons forward, and a colourful beam of light exploded at Ekans. At the same time, Ninetales threw her head forward, and a large ball of flames erupted from her mouth and flew towards Koffing.

Ash turned around. "Clefable! METRONOME!"

"Fable!" Clefable agreed, then raised its fingers and swung them. "Clefable! Clefable! Clefable! Clefable!"

A battered Team Rocket looked up just as Primape jumped out of the way.

"Clefable!!"

The ground under Team Rocket exploded, and the five were thrown clean through the air.

"Looks like we're blasting off again!!" Team Rocket called as they disappeared into the wide blue sky.

"They won't be back for a while." Ash smirked at Pikachu.

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Once Team Rocket had been disposed of, Ash, Pikachu, Alakazam, Clefable and Ninetales worked to free everyone of the debris.

"So how was it, being on the other end of a Pokemon battle?" Brock asked Pikachu as he was helped up.

Pikachu grinned. "Excellent. Almost as fun as actually battling."

Luckily, Team Rocket hadn't collected their Great balls, and the Pokemon which had been captured were freed.

"Thankyou so much for rescuing our Pokemon!" Nurse Joy gushed to Ash and Pikachu. "Your knowledge of Pokemon and their attacks must be vast!"

Pikachu and Ash grinned.