The Young Master's Quest Ch. 17: Of Team Rocket & Flashbacks

The next day…

The sky was cloudy as the gang left the hotel in silence to go to the pokémon center. Izzy was holding Sadie, Misty was holding Togepi, who was sleeping, and Pikachu was on Ash's right shoulder. When they got to the dirt road leading to the center, our favorite trio showed up, again.

"GWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!"

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"Not this again! I'm not in the mood today!" Izzy roared, which surprised everybody.

'He usually likes to see Team Rocket.' Misty thought. The trio in question then walked out into the open.

"Oooooooh! Not in the mood, are you?" James started.

"Well, git in da mood!" Meowth finished.

"I'm not in the mood today!" Izzy repeated.

"Well, that's too bad! I want that dragonite!" Jessie hissed.

"I've heard enough. Pikachu!" Ash started, but Izzy interrupted him.

"No. This is my fight."

"But Izzy." Ash started.

"But nothing!" Izzy yelled. "Alright you three freaks! It's time for destruction!" He then walked to Misty. "Please hold Sadie for me."

"I'll take care of Sadie for you." Ash said.

"Hmph! You?" Izzy said, turning towards Ash. "After last night, forget it! I don't want Sadie near you or that Pikachu!" He said coldly. Misty let Brock hold Togepi & she took Sadie from Izzy. Izzy then walked toward Team Rocket.

"All pokémon! Go!" He tossed the five master balls between him & Team Rocket. His pokémon then appeared.

"Arbok & Wobbuffet! Go!" Jessie said as she tossed her poké balls. Jessie's pokémon then appeared.

"Go! Weezing & Victreebel!" James tossed his poké balls. They came out and Victreebel tried to eat James, again! "Don't eat me! Eat them!" His voice was muffled by his pokémon's body.

"How are we gonna win?! It's four against five!" Meowth protested.

"You're forgetting something." Jessie said in a sugar sweet voice, which wasn't all that sweet.

"Yeah, yeah. I know." Meowth scowled & he went to join his pals.

"Weezing! Smog attack!" James ordered, starting the battle. Weezing made a gas cloud and propelled it toward Izzy.

"Pidgeot! Charizard! Whirlwind attack!" Izzy ordered. The two pokémon flapped their wings & the cloud was blown back towards James. He was gasping for air.

"I'll take care of this! Time for Fury Swipes!" Meowth said as he charged towards Izzy with his claws out.

"Cool off! Gyarados! Hydro Pump!" Izzy ordered. "And Voldemort! Set up your Future Sight!" Voldemort's eyes glowed blue as Gyarados fired a Hydro Pump attack at Meowth, slamming him against a tree.

"I'm all wet." Meowth said dejectedly.

"Arbok! Poison Sting!" Jessie said.

"Victreebel! Razor Leaf!" James ordered. Arbok shot its stingers and Victreebel launched a flurry of leaves at Voldemort.

"Voldemort! Confusion!" Izzy said. The attacks were sent back towards Wobbuffet.

"Wobbuffet! Counter!" Jessie ordered. The attacks were, once again, sent towards Izzy.

"Time to finish this! Dragon King! Hyper Beam!" Izzy commanded as the Future Sight attack finally arrived. Dragon King roared as he fired his Hyper Beam at Team Rocket. The Future Sight negated the attacks sent back by Wobbuffet, allowing the beam to hit Team Rocket. The attack caused an explosion, which sent the trio flying.

"It looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" They yelled & they became a star.

"Yes! We did it guys!" Izzy said to his pokémon as he did his victory pose; a thumbs up.

Suddenly, everybody heard thunder & it started to get windy.

"It's going to rain!" Brock yelled over the wind.

"Oh man! I gotta get Sadie to the pokémon center quick!" Izzy said as he called back all of his pokémon except for Pidgeot. "I'll go on ahead! You guys should get to shelter!" He took Sadie back from Misty. "Thanks for looking after her."

"No problem." Misty said.

"Ok Pidgeot! Let's go, but fly low." Izzy said as he hopped on Pidgeot's back.

"Pige!" Pidgeot chirped as it flew towards the pokémon center.

"Hmph! What was his problem, anyway?" Ash asked when Izzy was out of earshot.

"His 'problem' was that you fried his meowth!" Misty replied as everybody started to walk.

"It wasn't my fault! I thought Sadie was Team Rocket's meowth!" Ash retorted.

"You thought Sadie was Team Rocket's meowth?" Misty & Brock asked at the same time.

"Jynx! Now you'll have bad luck for the rest of the day!" Misty teased.

"Take it back!" Brock yelled.

"No way! Bad luck boy!" Misty replied. Ash sweatdropped.

"Anyway, yeah. I mistook Izzy's meowth for Team Rocket's."

"Did you even tell him?" Misty asked.

"Uhhhh… No." Ash replied. Misty fell over.

"So that's why you were acting weird last night." Brock said.

::::Flashback to last night::::

After shocking Sadie, Ash legged it back to room 251.

"Now…Pikachu…we…can't…tell…anybody…what…happened." Ash panted.

"Pika." Pikachu nodded. Ash turned the knob to the door.

Brock was tending to some of his pokémon when Ash walked in breathing heavily.

"What happened to you?" Brock asked.

"Nothing. We just had a great swim session." Ash lied, although there was some truth to it.

"Hmmmm… Go ahead & grab a couple of sodas." Brock said with suspicion in his voice. Ash went to the fridge.

"Are you sure Izzy won't mind paying for the snacks?" He asked. Except for a few sodas & some sandwich meat, the fridge was bare.

"Nah. He won't mind. He's loaded, remember?" Brock replied as he called back his pokémon.

"You don't know that for sure." Ash said as he took the drinks & gave one to Pikachu.

"Cha…" Pikachu sighed as it downed the soda almost as soon as Ash gave the can to it.

"Think about it. He managed to spring for the royal suites, so he's gotta have a lot of money." Brock reassured.

"Whatever. I just don't wanna be here when he gets the bill." Ash said. He sipped his soda nervously.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Brock asked.

Ash turned his head away from the older kid. "Brock, I already told ya! I'm fine! Now drop it!"

"Drop it?" Brock asked. He was holding some breeding supplies above an unsuspecting Pikachu who, strangely enough, was playing a game on its Game Boy Advance.

"Yes. Drop it already." Ash replied.

"Ok. If you say so." Brock said. He dropped the stuff on Pikachu's head. The noise caused Ash to spin around & look at the mess.

"What was that about!?" He yelled.

"Well, you told me to drop it!" Brock yelled back.

"I meant the subject, not what you were carrying!" Ash retorted (and I thought Ash was the dumb one).

"Pika…" Pikachu said as it crawled out from under Brock's supplies. "Pi?" It looked at its Game Boy Advance and it displayed the words "GAME OVER" in red over a black background. Pikachu was crushed (not just by Brock's stuff). It was on the final level when it got flattened & Pikachu didn't save once!

Pikachu heard Ash & Brock arguing. Suddenly, it got lightning in its eyes.

"Pika!" It turned around & electricity was sparking from its cheeks.

"Now Pikachu, chill a sec. I'm sure we can talk about this." Brock said while stepping back.

"Yeah. What's wrong, anyway?" Ash asked. He looked behind Pikachu & saw the Game Boy Advance and Brock's stuff. "Uh oh."

"What?" Brock asked.

"Pikachu got a game over." Ash replied.

"So? It can just get back to whatever level it was on." Brock said.

"I don't know. I bet Pikachu was on the final level & didn't save once." Ash said.

Bum Bum Bummmmmmmmmm!!!!!!

Pikachu just rolled its eyes.

"That's still no reason to shock us! Now go to bed!" Ash demanded. If there's one thing that Pikachu hates more than messing up in games, it's having to go to bed early.

"Piiikaaachuuu!!!" It attacked the two trainers. Ash & Brock screamed for mercy as the flashback ended.

Misty laughed. "I can't believe that happened next door, last night!" She laughed again, but then stopped as she remembered last night.

"Aww be quiet Misty." Ash said. "How would you like to feel Pikachu's attack?" He asked jokingly & set Pikachu down between them.

"Pi!" Pikachu crossed its arms.

"We're here." Brock said as they reached the pokémon center.

"Hey. Why was there lightning & thunder earlier, but no rain?" Ash asked. Suddenly, it started to pour.

"You had to ask, didn't you?" Brock asked.

"Yes. Yes I did." Ash replied.

"Whatever. Let's just go in." Misty said.

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A/N:

Well, that's all folks! Did Izzy make it to the pokémon center in time? Will the gang ever leave Turquoise City? Find out on the next chapter of The Young Master's Quest!