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. Chapter Six - Meowth's Decision

"Hurry...James! She's... Getting.... Away!"



Jesse panted hard as she ran. James was right behind her, carrying Meowth. Sau was about five yards ahead, and still running. Jesse looked back at James and saw him carrying Meowth in his arms. "What are you carrying him for? He should be helping us catch that kid! Put him down somewhere!"

James somewhat reluctantly agreed and set him at the base of a nearby tree. He seemed concerned to make sure Meowth was okay, but Jesse was waiting for him. He took off after the Sau alongside Jesse, and they disappeared between the trees. Their footsteps got further away, and soon vanished.



Meowth sat there and stared blankly ahead of him. The girl they were looking for was about to be his friend, his only true friend. Or atleast he thought she would want to be his friend. After all, he was a...a... freak meowth as Meowsy (i'm referring to that movie-star-ish meowth episode :) ) had put it. Wait, he thought. If she came back to see a talking tree, then maybe a talking meowth wouldn't have been much different.

He stood up, but continued to stare ahead. After about a minute, he shook his head violently and slapped himself in the face. "I gotta snap out of it!" he said to himself. "I gotta help her!"

Meowth ran off through the forest, not really sure where he was going and hoped that he wasn't too late.

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Ash sighed in relif as he watched Pikachu awaken in his arms. Pikachu smiled happily up at him, and he returned the smile. though his didn't seem as pleasant. He still had that dream on his mind. Pikachu seemed to have realised something was wrong, because he whispered a comforting, "Pika pi..." in his ear. Then Ash patted Pikachu on the head and set him down next to him. He stood up and tried to put on his happiest looking face. "So, are you ready to get going?"

Pikachu nodded, and as he did, he caught a voice from far away. It sounded like another Poke'mon..a...a Pikachu. Pikachu turned to face where the noise came from, and was torn between the urge to go to the voice or stay with Ash. He heard the voice again, only it was slightly louder. "Pikaaa! Pikaaa, Pikachupi!" the voice called. He looked back at Ash, but he didn't seem to notice the noise at all. Ash was checking his backpack, making sure that everything they needed was there.

"Piiiiikaaa...Pi... pikaaka! chupi!!" the voice seemed frightened, and sobs could be heard inbetween each "pika". Pikachu couldn't resist any longer. He dashed off, leaving Ash there alone, off in the direction of the voice that seemed to be asking for help.

Ash turned to talk to pikachu, only to find that he wasnt there. He dropped his backpack and looked frantically around for his partner. "Pikachu?" he called out, but Pikachu was nowhere in sight. "Where are you?"

Ash heard footsteps nearby and wheeled around to find the two people he least expected to turn up. Misty and Brock came from between two trees and when they saw him, they ran toward him with happy looks on thier faces.

"Ash! You're okay!" they said together as they approached him. Misty ran over and motioned to hug him, but blushed and turned away instead. "I'm glad you're alright."

As happy as he was to see his friends, he still was riddled with panic. "Guys! Pikachu... he's gone! I don't know where he went! He was just here ... I"

Brock frowned and threw up his arms, "Geeze! How many people do we have to find? What's with all the people going missing?" Misty glared at him and hit him in the back of the head before she turned to Ash.

"You said he was just here, right? Well he shouldn't be too far away. We'll find him." she assured Ash. He nodded and they started thier search.

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Pikachu ran through the forest, as fast as he could, but he didn't seem to get any closer to the voice that was still echoing through the forest. Sure this was some strange, unknown pikachu that he was rushing to help, but he couldn't just stand there and let something bad happen if he knew if he could help prevent it. He turned here, and there, and here again, trying to find the source of the voice. Then he could hear running footsteps, and another voice. It sounded like--like...

Suddenly, he collided with something that was running just as fast as he was, only they came from his left and they had collided. Pikachu looked around and saw Meowth sitting next to him, who was comforting his bottom and looked like he was in alot of pain. "Pika!!" Pikachu exclaimed, and jumped back. He charged up, ready to shoot ten billion bolts of electricity at Meowth if he was trying anything funny. But Meowth simply looked back at Pikachu for a minute and then got up. They stared at each other and before Pikachu knew it, Meowth had grabbed him and started shaking him hard, tears rolling down his face.

"Pikachu! Ya gotta help me! They-They're chasing my friend! You gotta-- AIIIYAAAIIIEEEEYAAAAA-OWTH!!" Meowth screamed as Pikachu shocked him hard to stop him from shaking him. When the current stopped, Meowth laid twitching on the ground, slightly scorched. "P-Pikachu, y-ya gotta help meeeeehhhh...."

"Pika pii Pi?" Pikachu asked angrily as he glared at the smoking heap that was Meowth. Meowth looked up at him and frowned.

"'Why should you?' You're the only one that can help me! That's why--"

"Pika chu chu! Pika pi Pi!"

"What? But if you don't, they'll get her and--"

"Pikkkaaaaa! Pii Piiii!"

"Huh? Help? What do you need help for?"

"Pi? Pika chu....." Pikachu shook his head and tilted his head to the side.

"You didn't say that? Then who did?"

They looked all around, and Pikachu gasped. He was supposed to be finding the pikachu that needed his help! He turned around and started running, but heard runnin footsteps behind him. Meowth soon caught up to him and was running at his side. "Pikachu?" Pikachu asked Meowth out of the corner of his mouth.

Meowth looked shocked, "Me? Following you? No way! and I thought you said you weren't gonna help me, and know you're following me!"

Pikachu stopped running and so did Meowth. They glared at each other, sparks shooting out of Pikachu's cheeks and Meowth had his claws out. Just then they heard someone shout, "Wow that kid's fast! I can barely see her anymore!"

Both of them seemed to recognise who it was. "Pi...-James..." Pikachu and Meowth said together, and sure enough, Sau, James and Jesse came round a tree infront of them. Sau ran past, her eyes were tightly closed and tears flowing down her face. Meowth and Pikachu looked after her while Jesse and James stopped behind them. Meowth turned to glare at them both. "Jesse, James! Stop it! She's my-"

But they rushed past him, to resume thier chase. Meowth growled, and looked at Pikachu. "Don't just stand there! Help me! Shock 'em or something!" Pikachu looked confused, but the did it anyway, and a stream of electricity hit Jesse and James. They both fell to the ground like meowth had and they glared back at them. Sau stopped running and looked back. Meowth could see that she was very tired, and her cheeks were very wet-looking, even from that far away.

Sau dropped to her knees. Before Jesse and James had a chance to get up, he and Pikachu ran over to Sau and stood infront of her, ready to protect her. She looked down at them, "th...thank you... I..." she was weeping between words. Pikachu realised that she was the pikachu he heard, well, she was speaking pikachu. She had helped him get better after that fearow attack. He had to help her, atleast to pay her back.

Jesse and James stood up and seeing that Pikachu and Meowth wasn't going to let them take her without a fight, got angry. "Okay, Meowth, you know you're with us right? You're supposed to be helping us, not her!" jesse shouted. Meowth gulped.

"She's my friend, and I don't care if the boss want's her, he won't get her! Not while I'm around!" Meowth didn't want to fight Jesse and James, but he would for Sau. he wanted Jesse and James to give up... leave... but somehow he knew they wouldn't. He was right.

Jesse motioned to James, and Meowth knew what they were going to do. James nodded and looked at Meowth, but said nothing. James pulled out Weezing's poke'ball and threw it into the air. Jesse did the same. "Arbok! Weezing, go!" Weezing and Arbok emerged from their poke'balls, and Meowth shook his head in disbelief. They wouldn't... they couldn't ... they did.

"Sau run!" Meowth turned his head to Sau. "You have to get away!" Sau stood up, and turned around but was hesitant to move. Before she, Jesse, James, Meowth or Pikachu could do anything else, Ash, Misty, and Brock came and surveyed the scene. Ash saw Sau and gasped. She looked back at him, and opened her mouth to say something, but Arbok suddenly came from behind Sau and knocked her unconsious in one hit. Ash tried to run over to her, but then Weezing released his Smog gas, and it was all over the place. The smog was very thick, and soon it overwhelmed him, as well as Meowth, Pikachu, Brock, and Misty. He fell to the ground and heard several thuds, telling him that they fell too. His head felt light and his eyes closed. He heard Jesse and James laugh in the distance, and the flapping of large wings. Then, he passed out.

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XD Whew! Well..... umm. Sorry for not updating? *rolls away* Plz review.