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Now back to where Ash and Donavan left off. They are walking along the trails to go the nearest town to find Donavan a new girlfriend.

From a distance, Team Rocket is spying on them. "Hahahahaha,"Jesse laughs,"It looks like a Pikachu for the taking."

Meowth says,"Now let's nab all their pokemon."

Then James interupts,"Wait, look at who the twerp's traveling with. He's scary."

Jesse goes," Why he is even creepier than we are. How about that."

Meowth then says," Who cares who the twerp is traveling with, our main concern is to capture Pikachu, got it."

Then all say,"Right!"

Then Team Rocket appears in front of them as Salespeople. "Greetings traveler. We are top leading producers of this new pokemon formula. It enhances your pokemon's self-esteem."claims Jesse.

Then James goes," It's is really good. We'll even let you try a free sample."says James.

Then Ash goes,"Well all my pokemon are perfectly fine so no thanks."

Then James insists,"Oh but you must, it's perfectly safe. Go on, let your Pikachu have a sample."

Then Ash goes,"A little bit couldn't hurt so maybe I'll..."

Donavan then tells Ash,"Don't Ash. I know quite a bit about false advertising and these two seem like fakes. Alright now, are you salespeople certified? I would like to see some license or certification."

Jesse replies,"Of course we are certified, let us show you. Prepare for trouble."Jesse takes off her disguise.

James responds,"Make it double."Then he takes off his disguise.

Jesse then about to finish the motto,"To.."

Donavan stops them from saying anything else,"Well well well, if it the almighty Team Rocket the ones who I have great animosity towards. I will make you pay for what you have done to me."

Jesse goes,"HEY! We haven't finished yet!"

Donavan goes,"Pssch! I am talking now."

James goes,"Oooo Oo. He just Pssch you. Hehehehe."

Jesse snaps back," Quite James, don't you start."

Jesse is quite angry now for her veins are popping."Alright,you little punk."

Ash says," You're not going to get Pikachu!"

Donavan goes," Why would you assume they would go after Pikachu?"

Ash replies,"Because they are always trying to steal Pikachu and other people's Pokemon. They never succeed though and they always fail, so we won't have to worry about them."

Donavan then says," Ash, I'll take care of this one. So you're out to steal pokemon but why bother when you know you'll never get any. Why even bother trying? You have already wasted enough of your own time and that of Team Rocket's as well. You are so low in rank that no body even knows that you are there. Probably the only reason the Boss even kept you on the team was because he felt sorry of how pathetic losers you are. If anything you are a shame. You never amounted to anything great and now look at what you have become. Nobody wants you here and nobody cares about you. You are just an annoyance to everyone. Just blast off and leave for good. That's the only thing you can do right."

Jesse, James and Meowth all come to a realization and then feel guilt and shame.

Meowth goes,"He's right. If the boss cared about me, I still be his main cat, but he got that Persian and got rid of me." 'sniffle' 'sniffle'

James says,"I had the chance to become successful but I threw it all away and now look at me."

Jesse goes," We never have caught the twerps Pokemon even once and we could have been stealling pokemon and bringing them to the boss. How could we have been so stupid. Distracted by some rotten Pikachu. There were other rare Pokemon but we were so blinded. We were better off doing honest work."

Then Jesse, James and Meowth all says," Team Rocket is blasting off again.."

They all have their heads down and sigh and walk off. When team rocket leaves, there is a wind and then a deep silence. Ash ponders for the moment.

Donavan remarks," See Ash, I told you I would take care of it. Ha! What bunch of losers. Those nerds are so lame, just look at them."

Then Ash goes,", It's sure nice thing to see that they have finally come to their senses. Yet though, with all the trouble they have caused, they weren't all that bad. In a way, I kind of miss them. Now seeing that they will never come back, and we'll never see them again."

(The sad piano music plays at this point)

Donavan says," Yeah, they're gone..."

The two walk off and after a while, they see that there are a bunch of police patroling the area. Then the police on the bike patrol, see Donavan and suspect him and tell him to stop. An officer gets off his bike and handcuffs Donavan, but not Ash.

Then the officer says," You're under arrest."

And Donavan goes," I didn't do anything."

Then the officer says," Well you look angry. There have been reports of pokemon theft lately and we're patroling the area to search for any suspects."

They check to see if he had anything on him, such as the goods but do not find any.

Donavan goes,"You can't do this."

The officer goes," We're the police and we could do whatever we want."

Then Ash approaches the officer and says,"Excuse me officer, he didn't do anything. The reason he is angry is because he has been mistreated by cops in the past. He wasn't trying to hurt anyone. So please officer,let him go. He isn't the one you are after. He really hasn't done anything so let him go."

The officer hesitates and then releases Donavan.

The officer says," Alright punk, we'll let you off this time, but next time you won't be so lucky."

And then they bike off.

Donavan says," Thanks Ash, I owe you one."

And Ash goes," It's not a problem."

Ash and Donavan travel along as they spot a big group of people crowding around something. Apparently somebody has broken into a pokemart and some very technical pokemon equipment was stolen.

Ash goes,"Grrr. It must have been Team Rocket. They are always robbing places."

Donavan replies," Don't jump to conclusions Ash. Just because Team Rocket usually causes trouble doesn't mean that they are always doing so. What happens is that people tend to blame other people instead of taking on the responsibility of what they did. They try to justify what they've done to cover up their wrong doing. People shouldn't criticize and judge, but they do which is unfortunate. If they were to see themselves doing all the things they did they would be embarassed."

Ash then says,"Well, if Team Rocket didn't steal the technical pokemon gear, then who did?"

Ash's stomach starts to grumble.

Ash goes," Well it looks like I am getting a little hungry. Wanna go grab a bite to eat Pikachu?"

"PIKA!!"

So Ash and Donavan go to the Poke-Restaurant and are about to order there food, when Donavan recognizes a figure in the corner that being one of the officers who arrested Donavan.

Donavan goes," ssh, Ash, that's one of the guys who arrested me. He's a real Pileoswine. That sausage. He's such a pork barrel."

The officer starts to hear some of what they are saying and starts to get up and then gets in front of then and in their face as they are picking up their food orders.

Then as they pass a little by, Donavan mutters,"Swineub." and then leaves.

The officer comes out but doesn't say anything. He just gives Ash a nasty look and leaves.

Ash goes," I could now see why you feel the way do. He is a Piloswine. This has gone too far, we need to go to the police station and work this out. I'll talk to officer Jenny about this. She'll listen to me and we will settle this. I am going to take care of this."

and Pikachu all fired up as well "Pika! Pi Pi. Chu!"

So they travel to the police station and Ash talks to officer Jenny." Hey look, there have some police that have really misusing their authority. They have been mistreating my friend Donavan and he is really hurt. "

Jenny says," Oh I am so sorry Donavan. I know there are some police that can be rude and do not handle things correctly. They shouldn't do that but sometimes they do which is really unfortunate. But you maybe you should see things from a different perspective as well. As the police are just doing their job, they get mistreated quite often. They are spit, yelled at, and mistreated as well. They see many disturbing things and it causes a lot of disorder in their lives. So it may be that their emotions just came out on you. Of course what happened to you doesn't just come cops but it comes from people of all different professions. Some people go into their profesion for the wrong reasons. There are some people who are not right for the job and they don't do what's right. Whereas there are people who go into their profession for the right reasons and they carry out their job correctly. So it's not just you."

Then Ash says," You see that officer over there with the scar, he caused my friend quite some trouble."

Jenny sighs," Oh, you must mean officer mooney. Yes, he has had a very troubled past you see.

- It all started when he was very little. His father was a very angry man and he shouted a lot. He was never proud of his son and he criticized him a lot. No matter what Mr. Mooney acomplished or achieved, it just wasn't good enough to please his father. His father discouraged him and never even let him know that he loved him. Mr.Mooney made good grades and was an excellent athelete, but his father never once came to his games. His father never gave his son any attention or care. Mr.Mooney really wanted to impress his dad so he worked on a glass model of a Qwilfish for his father was a Pokemon Fisherman.

So when Mr. Mooney brought up the glass Qwilfish to his father, his father examined it and then said,'It's composite structure is all wrong. You call this a Qwilfish. You're a disgrace of a son. I do not ever want to see your face again. Leave.'

Then his father dropped the glass Qwilfish on the ground as if it were nothing and it broke into pieces all over and one of the spikes of the glass Qwilfish rebounded and made a cut on Mr. Mooney's right side of the face. This really hurt Mr. Mooney so he left his and ran away. After he ran a short distance from his house, 3 pokemon trainers on bikes got right in Mr. Mooney's way and it caused him to fall down.

The big lead one got up and said,' Hey dipstick, stop trying to get in everyone's way. For that, I challenge you to a pokemon battle.'

Mr. Mooney said,' But I don't have any pokemon.'

Then the lead guy with purplr hair said,' Well is that so. Then I guess my pokemon is going to have to attack you then. Go Bellsprout, razor leaf.'

Then Bellsprout used razor leaf on Mr. Mooney. It made the cut on the right side of his face even deeper. They bullied Mr. Mooney quite often and laughed at him. Then right as they were about to continue on, the cops came by and chased them away. That is where Mr. Mooney saw what he would one day do. Then Mr. Mooney ran away crying, because those trainers just laughed at him.

Mr. Mooney then said,' One day, I'll become a cop so that other people like me won't ever be hurt again.'

- So every time Mr. Mooney sees that scar, he is always reminded of that awful day that he ran away from home. Though every time he arrests someone, he always tells them of his scar because he can't forget it. He really needs to stop telling people about his scar. It seems that I can't get that through to him. All of us tried talking him out of it, but he isn't able to get over it. I don't know what I should say to him."

...from a distance Team Rocket spies on them from a window.

Jesse says," So let me get this straight James, you're the one who bullied that kid."

James then feels guilty and says," Since I mistreated him, that caused him to vent out on that kid, and in turn he vented out on us."

Jesse says," What goes around comes around."

Meowth ponders for a moment and then says," I have this theory. That is that a single action leads to another. In this instance, one bad thing led to another bad thing then to another. What if we was to turn it around and make it a positive one."

Jesse states," That would make a positive chain reaction."

Then James, Jesse, and Meowth huddle and discuss. Jesse exclaims," Do you really think it will work?"

Meowth replies," We will never find out unless we try. So let's go for it."

...Meanwhile Ash and Donavan are pondering on what they should do. They are having trouble deciding what to say because of all that had happened and the awkwardness of the situation.

Ash goes," I don't know what I should do. If only there was some other way."

Then guess who comes in but none other than Team Rocket dressed more formally not in their uniforms. And with them they have brought along an older man.

James goes officer Mooney and says," Hey, I came here to apologize for what I did to you a long time ago. A long while back I used to pick on you and I really shouldn't have. Though I can not go back and change the past, I can amend the present and to make true to that, I have someone here that would also like to ask for your forgiveness."

...then officer Mooney looks up with a dispersed look and then says," Father...(he pauses for a moment).."

Then Mr.Mooney's father says," Son, I have failed you as a father. It is only after that you had run away that I came to realize what a great son I had. If only I had given you the attention you deserved and been there when you needed me most. It so broke my heart that you left that I decided to quit my job and become a Pokemon Instructor. Will you please forgive me son? I apologize for everything."

Then officer Mooney says," Apology Accepted."

Then after that he gives his father a hug.

After that, officer Mooney then approaches Donavan with his hand out and says," Hey kid, I know I roughed you up quite a bit and I wanted to give you my pardon. Will you accept my apology?"

Donavan reaches his hand out and gives Mr. Mooney and handshake and says," Apology accepted."

Then Ash says to Team Rocket," Wow James, that was really decent of you."

Then James says," With all the trouble we have caused, it was the least we could do to help out for once." Ash replies," The people you least expect doing something out of the ordinary. How stunning, wouldn't you say so too Pikachu."

"Pika!"

Then Ash becoming a little suspicous of Team Rocket's little act and says,"Well then, you are the ones who stole the technical equipment earlier didn't you. Ha! I knew all along it was you."

James says in a calm voice," There was equipment stolen? I had no idea. I wonder who did it?"

Ash in an odd stance pointing the finger and then again trying to indicate it was them. James says," Look, the elavator is that way. You're not going to get anywhere by just standing there. I see you are getting frustrated because the elavator isn't working. You see, you must push the button over there and then when the door opens, just go to the desired floor and you will arrive at your destination."

Ash still getting more angry and pointing the finger still.

Then Jesse gets it and tells James," I think he is trying to indicate that we stole the equipment."

James goes," Oh really. Then why does he keep on doing that."

Meowth cries," Meowth. Look kid, we didn't steal that equipment. And even if we did steal it, what kind of fools would we be to be in a police station. We don't know who stole it. Honest."

Then Ash states,"Well if you didn't then who did."

Then comes in a fat girl with long dark brown hair being brought in by an officer.

The officer says," This is the one. She stole the equipment." Then Ash goes," Well I guess that settles that then, though I still can't trust you Team Rocket."

Then James says," We have done many things in the past and that may have caused you to grow feelings against us."

Meowth states," We have tried to steal Pikachu many times but we will do that no more. We have decided to reform. So let's let bygones be bygones. Will you forgive us."

Meowth has its paw out and Pikachu shakes hands with Meowth saying "CHU". Then Ash shakes James hand and says,"Apology accepted."

So then as Ash and Donavan wave goodbye they leave with new found change of heart and mind.