Panting, Meowth put Mewsie down on the ground. "Whew. Weze finally here."

And so they were. Pallet Town, in all of its smallness, stretched out before them. But, try as he might, Meowth could neither see nor hear the usually loud twerps. Okay, so they usually weren't that loud, but it was usually a cinch for Meowth to locate them.

Fine. If he couldn't find the twerps' Mew for his baby to play with, then he would spend some quality time with Mewsie himself.

"Hey Mewsie, ya wants ta chase some Butterfree?" Meowth asked.

"Mrew," the little white cat nodded. "Mruh mruh mrew!" Concentrating hard, Mewsie spoke again, "Mrutter Mree...Mrutter Free...Frutterfree! Mew..." Mewsie whimpered in frustration.

Meowth looked on, wide-eyed, "Come on, cuddlykins! Youze can do it! Meowth knows ya can!"

"Butter...free!" the Mew finally got out, then looked excited. "Butterfree! Butterfree!"

Meowth leaped up into the air joyfully, "Dat's it Mewsie! Ya did it!"

"Butterfree!" the little cat repeated joyfully. With a poof of smoke, Mewsie spun around in the air and transformed into Butterfree. "Free!" Mewsie giggled, then changed back into his original self.

"Momsie's so proud of you, Mewsie!" Meowth exclaimed, picking up and spinning around the small white Pokémon.

Ahem, a voice spoke in the two cats' minds, and Meowth swerved around—

To an interesting sight.

A large Pokémon that dwarfed the two stood before them. It was primarily red, and it didn't take much to inspire awe into the much smaller pair.

It was a very stern-looking Entei.

"Can Meowth help you?" Meowth quivered, holding on to Mewsie as tightly as he could.

I don't believe that Mew belongs to you, Entei stated.

"You can't have 'im!" Meowth was getting worked up. "Mewsie's my baby and Meowth won't let nobody take 'im from me!" Meowth placed Mewsie gently down behind him, the poor Mew looking really confused, and held his fists up. "I'll fight you for 'im!"

Entei snorted. Puh-lease. I could care less about fighting for the possession of a Mew that you have obviously been taking good care of.

Now Meowth was really confused. "Den whaddaya want?"

Entei stretched his neck up, and stared at the clouds for a pregnant moment, almost as if he was reading them. One large dark cloud amidst all of the pure white fluffy clouds was breaking into two halves, which appeared even darker apart than together. Several small white clouds were moving towards the two dark ones, and they blended together and eventually dissipated.

Meowth shifted nervously, and finally Entei turned his sharp eyes to the older cat. A battle is coming soon. One that will be difficult to win...'Mewsie,' as you call him, may not be a great fighter, but sometimes in order to win a battle you must refuse to fight and merely stand your ground...Other times it may take just a little show of emotion and the battle can be turned.

Entei looked expectant, but Meowth wasn't quite sure what he was talking about. "So...?"

Entei sighed, and barked something that sounded like "Ent-ent-ent." Will you and the Mew come and help stop the evil that is coming?

Meowth was unsure. "But what about Jessie 'n' James? Meowth never does nuttin' witout 'em!"

Entei stared him in the eyes, almost as if reading his soul. Finally he nodded. They can come, too.

"Okay...So where're weze goin'?"

"Look at this rad new outfit I just got," Jessie instructed James, as she pulled out the clothes in question. Jessie and James had decided to part for a little while, then meet back at a certain bench in the park. Jessie had used her time to shop until she was about to drop, and James had used his time to eat until he couldn't see his feet. Or something.

"You should've tried out the food bar!" James exclaimed. "All you can eat for just $9.95!"

Jessie sniffed, "I don't want to try out an 'all-you-can-eat' food bar. I can't ruin my figure!"

"But I think your figure looks just fine," James told her honestly.

"Really?" Jessie's eyes sparkled.

"Really!" So did James'.

"Well, your figure isn't that bad either."

"Really?" Again, the twinkling eyes.

"Really!"

"Oh, Jessie!" James held out his arms.

"Oh, James!" Jessie dropped her sacks and practically leapt into his arms. Their lips started to meet—

"Oh, guys!" Meowth ran towards them as he soon as he spotted them, waving happily.

"Oh great," James and Jessie muttered under their breath.

Entei and Mewsie followed him over to the pair. "What do you want, Me-ow-" James cut off when he saw the enormous Legendary Dog.

"W-what is that?" Jessie inquired, trembling.

I am Entei, the Pokémon introduced himself in their minds.

"Weze gots ta go save da world!" Meowth stated enthusiastically. "He'll take us dere!"

"Butterfree!" Mewsie agreed.

Jessie and James turned and stared at the Mew, who said sheepishly, "Mwop mwap...?"

"Meowth's baby's learnin' ta talk. Isn't dat right, sugarplum?" Meowth scratched the white cat's chin.

"Meowth! Dat's right!" Mewsie exclaimed, then look surprised at her own outburst.

"Now we have two of them," Jessie moaned.

Meowth's eyes sparkled with tears, "Youze takin' right after Meowth!"

Entei cleared his throat, a loud, deep sound that caused everyone's eyes to sharply turn to the creature. We need to go. Now.

And with a bright flash of light, the Legendary Pokémon had Teleported them away from Viridian City.


"You!" Jessie, James, Ash, Brock, Misty, Meowth, and various other Pokévoices all cried out the same thing when the two groups saw each other.

Then Jessie grinned, "I love saying that."

Articuno sighed. [Are you done quibbling yet?]

"...?" Jessie looked at the Legendary bird curiously.

Ignore her, Suicune instructed. She's had a hard day.

"Okay, so uh, where are we?" Misty asked.

They were in front of a huge, dark building, with huge doors that seemed to spell out doom for the group of humans, their Pokémon, and the loner Legendaries.

Giovanni's private gym/training center, Entei answered. Hidden from nearly all trainers, the prying eyes of the public, and most of his employees. He's smart enough to know that his harsh methods should not be witnessed by the authorities...Otherwise he would've been turned in for Pokéabuse years ago.

"Who are you?" Ash inquired, noticing the large new Legendary for the first time.

Entei, the Pokémon sighed, tired of introducing himself.

"Ah," Brock nodded, looking all-knowing.