Chapter 34
A few minutes later, May and Officer Jenny are in a different room. It is completely white with a small table and two chairs. One of the walls though was a one way mirror, that only people on the outside of the room could see through. Officer Jenny was recording everything that May and her were saying.
"So, how long ago did your pokemon get taken from you?" Officer Jenny asked her.
"It was about two and a half months ago." May said sorrowfully.
"Can you give me all of the details?"
"All that I remember that day, was that I had threatened Giovonni, who had kidnapped me, that I would destroy him with my pokemon the moment I got free."
Officer Jenny interrupted her. "Wait, Giovonni is the leader of Team Rocket?"
"Yes! Though sadly he is dead now. That wasn't even our doing, but rather a certain pokemon's doing. However, I choose to not tell you which pokemon did it, as it was abused emotionally by Giovonni, and did the right thing by killing him."
"Please continue then."
May sighed heavily and continued to tell Officer Jenny everything. "Anyways, after I had threatened him, he had one of his grunts take all of my pokemon away from me. He then later came by and told me that he sold all of my pokemon!"
Tears streamed down May's eyes. The memory of how her pokemon were taken away from her was too much for her to bear.
"Beautifly, Blaziken, Delcatty, Snorlax, Venusaur. All of them were sold to other trainers, and I have no idea who he gave them to!" May said, barely able to control her tears. "I don't even know how much longer I can stand not seeing my pokemon again!"
May cried hard as she put her face into her hands. Upon hearing the names of the pokemon, Officer Jenny believed that she knew something.
"Hold on! Did you say Beautifly, Blaziken, Delcatty, Snorlax and Venusaur?" Officer Jenny asked her.
May nodded.
"Well, I had apprehended two Team Rocket members last night, and you have amazingly named five of the pokemon that they had."
May was shocked. She wondered that if against all odds her pokemon weren't actually sold.
"Could you please check to see if they're mine?" She asked.
"I'm going to have see your ID to confirm if they are yours." Officer Jenny said, holding out her hand.
May handed Officer Jenny her Pokedex. The two of them then walked out of the room. Officer Jenny then went up to a computer of hers and set the Pokedex down. She then went and got five pokeballs and set them into a machine.
"It'll just take one minute." She told them as she typed up a few things. The results soon came up and she smiled at May. "I have good news! All five of the pokemon are yours!" She said.
May was shocked. She couldn't believe what she heard. "You really mean it?" She asked, not being sure if she heard her right.
"Yes! You are the Original Trainer of all five of these pokemon!"
May then grabbed all five pokeballs and hugged them tightly.
"Officer Jenny, do you know just who it was that had her pokemon?" Max asked.
"Their names are Jessie and James." Officer Jenny said.
The entire group, even May, gave a shocked look. They couldn't believe who it was that had her pokemon.
"Can we visit them?" Ash asked.
Officer Jenny took them to see Jessie and James. When they saw Jessie and James, they were dressed up in orange prison uniforms. They had no pokemon with them. Not even Meowth or Wobbuffett were around. They were hanging on their cell doors moping. It was a rather sad and pathetic site to see.
Officer Jenny tapped on their cell with her beating bat. "You have some visitors!" She said.
Jessie and James immediately snapped out of it and looked to see who their visitors were. When they saw that it was the twerps, they just turned their faces angrily away from them.
"Came by to gloat?" Jessie asked.
"No, we wanted to talk." Ash answered seriously.
"Can't you see we're busy moping? Go away! Besides, we don't want any visitors!" James said.
"Yeah, so just leave us alone!" Jessie agreed, folding her arms.
"How come you didn't sell my sister's pokemon?" Max asked.
"Huh?" Jessie and James asked at the same time.
"How come you didn't sell May's pokemon?" Ash asked.
"Yeah, you had pretty much every chance to." Brock said.
"We always knew that you twerps had strong pokemon." Jessie started.
"And when we finally had May's pokemon, we knew that we had great power." James continued.
"However, the boss wanted us to sell them."
"But with your own pokemon, we figured we could finally get Pikachu for the boss."
"So, we made up some lie, telling him that we sold them, when in reality, we hid them from him."
"We then wanted to use them on you."
"But we strangely couldn't do it." She had tears flowing down her face.
"For some reason we just couldn't use May's pokemon." He wined.
"I think they're telling the truth, Ash!" Misty whispered to her new boyfriend.
"Wait a minute! Are you telling me that Team Rocket actually has a heart?" Max blurted out.
"For your information, we've always had a heart!" James told him while he was still crying.
"It's just that you twerps never saw through to the unselfish, heroic acts we did!" Jessie said, still crying.
"So, where are Meowth and Wobbuffett?" Ash asked.
"They took them away just like the rest of our own pokemon." James said.
"They'll return Wobbuffett to that one kid I got it from, but they'll either give the others to good people or return them to the wild." Jessie said.
Officer Jenny then tapped on the door. "Hey! Thirty seconds left! Finish up!" She said.
"Listen, we've got to go, okay?" Brock said.
"Just remember, we weren't always so bad." James said.
After they left Jessie and James, they insisted that Officer Jenny look at their records. She said she would do so. They all went back to the Pokemon Center, where they found Jirachi still trying to get rid of all the reporters.
"Exactly how old are you?" One reporter asked.
"You know, I'm not exactly sure myself." Jirachi answered.
As the questions continued, Ash and Co waited for their pokemon to get healed. Their pokemon were soon healed, but the reporters were still asking questions.
"What type are you exactly?" One reporter asked.
"Psychic/Steel." Jirachi answered him.
This continued for quite a while. Then Ash decided to leave for a bit.
"Hey guys, I'm going to see about something." He said as he left.
The rest of the group just had curious looks on their faces. He soon returned.
"So, where'd you go?" Misty asked.
"Oh, somewhere!" Ash said, trying to hide where he went.
Finally, near midnight…
"Now," Jirachi yawns. "Does anyone have more questions?"
"Nope! I've got all the info I need." One said.
"Same here!" Another said.
"This is going to make the greatest story ever!" Another one said.
All of the reporters left, feeling very happy that they got all the info they wanted. Jirachi was finally able to get healed, and the group spent the rest of the night there. They all agreed that they would leave for Pallet Town first thing in the morning.
The next morning, they all woke up, and found that Pikachu was awake now. In fact, he immediately affectionately hugged him the moment he saw him. Jirachi was also healed, both physically and mentally. He was once again the old cheerful self-that Max knew when they first met. In fact, Jirachi started play wrestling with Max once they saw eachother. After a while, they all left the Pokemon Center and headed to Ash's home, Pallet Town.
Along the way, they got pretty tired from walking and decided to take a break. Misty's feet were hurting a lot from all the rough walking they were doing. It was pretty hard to get to Pallet Town from Viridian City. Misty saw a lake nearby. She took off her shoes and soaked her bare feet in the cold water. It felt like such a relief to Misty.
Ash was standing right next to Misty, skipping a few stones. He just looked over and smiled as his girlfriend soaked her aching feet.
"I can't wait to get back home!" Ash said.
"Yeah, it will be great to see Ms. Ketchum again." Misty said, remembering Ash's mom.
"And I can't wait to tell everyone the great news!"
"How you're a Pokemon Master finally?"
"And how we finally know our true feelings about eachother."
"Are you saying we're boyfriend/girlfriend?" Misty asked, hoping for it to be true.
"Yeah, pretty much!" Ash answered with a blush.
After that, Ash saw something recognizable about the place.
"Misty, do you recognize that waterfall?" He asked her.
Misty looked toward the waterfall that Ash was pointing to. She recognized it too. She quickly put everything together.
"Ash! This is where we first met!" She answered.
'This is the moment you've been waiting for, Ash! Don't blow it!' Ash thought to himself. He then turned to Misty. "Misty," He started, getting her attention. "We've been friends for how long now?"
"Since we first met! Though I must admit, we didn't act like friends back then." She said with a bit of laughter in her voice.
"Yea, we didn't, but I had a feeling that, despite our arguments, we would somehow become friends."
"Yea, we did become friends, and now we're more than friends."
"And Misty, you'll always love me right?"
Misty laughed a bit, thinking that he was joking. "Of course I will Ash! I always have, and I always will."
"Then Misty, I have something very important to ask you."
"What is it, Ash?"
He then got down on one knee, and presented her with a small black box. He then opened it to reveal a small diamond ring. It sparkled like the seven colors of the rainbow in the sunlight. Misty was shocked when she saw it.
"Misty, will you marry me?"
She took the small ring out of the box and held it in her hand. "But Ash, we've never even dated or anything."
He just smirked at her with a light chuckle. "Does that even matter? When there's such a strong bond between the two already? Just decide what is in your heart, Misty."
She thought about this, but quickly came to an answer. To her, what was in her heart the most, was Ash, and nothing else seemed to matter.
"Yes, Ash! Yes! I will marry you!" Misty said, feeling like it was the happiest moment of her life.
Ash slipped the ring on her finger, and right after that, Misty gave Ash a passionate kiss on the lips. Ash kissed her back. As they kissed, they felt that special spark that you feel whenever you know you've found that special person.
End Chapter 34---