Psssh...Hi! Long time, no update! I had exams in school so I was busy. Anyways, enjoy! Oh yeah, I'm definitely reverting back to the original Team Rocket motto; sure, it's overused, but I like it and it rocks!
"Did you not just hear what we said twerp? We've come to steal your Pokemon!" exclaimed Jesse. "And since they're already weak, it'll make the job that much easier since you won't be able to fight back."
"Not if I have anything to say about it," stepped up Ash and James looked at the temporarily crippled pre-adolescent stand up.
"And to make matters even easier, the trainer is crippled," said James. "Will be like taking candy from a baby."
"What type of people go around and wanting to steal Pokemon?" asked Erika almost rhetorically since she had a feeling that they would not bother wasting time answering a deep philosophical/psychological question.
"It's all about business, baby, and the respect we get from our boss if we successfully accomplish our task," replied the feline Pokemon with a strong Brooklyn accent.
"There is no way I would let fiends like you take away my Pokemon," said Ash. "If you want 'em that badly, I challenge you to a battle! Two on two!" He looked at Erika and she slowly nodded in agreement.
"You really wanna fight us?" asked Jesse clearly amused. "Find, but don't cry when you gotta hand over your Pokemon!"
"Not gonna happen!" assured Ash. He thought deeply about which Pokemon to use in this battle; it was going to be his first one with a trainer, err, uh, human. "Hmm, Dratini looks to be in best shape of my Pokemon, so I'll use her."
"I'll use one of my other Pokemon," said Erika as she withdrew Weepinbell back to her ball. "Go, Pokeball!" She threw the red and white sphere and the Pokemon escaped the ball. It was a cluster of six...eggs? thought Ash. Some of them looked cracked and one could see yellow contents inside, but all of them had different faces; some were smiling, some looked indifferent to the situation at hand.
"Let's see about this Pokemon," thought Ash as he took out the Pokedex.
"Exeggcute, the egg Pokemon. It is mistaken for eggs even though it is a cluster of plant seeds. All seeds are needed to maximize their Psychic abilities."
"Sounds interesting," thought Ash as he put it back into his back pocket.
"Go, Ekans!" said Jesse as she threw her pokeball and a long purple snake popped.
"Go, Koffing!" exclaimed James as he threw his, letting out a purple balloon with a cross skull on its stomach.
"Ekans, use poison sting on those walking breakfast ingredients!" commanded Jesse as she pointed a finger at the seed cluster Pokemon. The serpent Pokemon did not deny the order and fired a furious storm of purple needles.
"Exeggcute, use reflect! Than fire barrage!" instructed Erika. The seeds nodded and manipulate the molecules in the air an transformed them into a solid wall which deflected the needles, causing them to explode and left Exeggcute unharmed. The cluster of seeds then fired black baseball-sized spheres at the Ekans, causing the snake to flinch from the impact.
"Koffing, use sludge on that blue dragon!" shouted James. The toxic balloon belched out unsanitary muck from its mass and it was hurled it towards Dratini.
"Jump outta the way and use thunder wave!" said Ash.
"Got it," she said to his mind where only he could understand. She applied force to her tail and sprung into the air. Koffing let out more globs of sludge and one of them hit Dratini! She got covered with the muck and fell down to the ground.
"Dratini, are you ok?" shouted out Ash.
"Yes, but I've been poisoned," she said and shuddered. Suddenly, a white light surrounded her and something very strange happened. Her skin came off and molted, causing the old skin to crumble away, with a new layer of the same teal shade replacing the old.
"What was that?" said James shocked since the dragon appeared unharmed.
"Let's check it out," said Ash as he took out his Pokedex again.
"Shed Skin, Dratini's special ability. When inflicted with a status condition, there is a possibility that Dratini will cure its own problems by shedding its skin and replacing a new layer."
"Cool, this will definitely come in handy," noted Ash as he once again pocketed the Pokedex. "Get back up and use another thunder wave!"
Dratini did as told and released a bluish charge from her body and unleased it at Koffing. The toxic air balloon was hit and had trouble staying airborne and finally fell to the ground, immobile due to the paralysis.
"Give it leech seed, Exeggcute!" ordered the blue-haired girl. The seeds all nodded and flung a large handful of seeds at both Ekans and Koffing, causing little plants to sprout out of them and returning stolen energy to the seed Pokemon.
"Dratini, use twister on them both!" commanded Ash. The little dragon obeyed and conjured a small twister that trapped both the purple snake and toxic balloon Pokemon. The two victims started shouting their names in panic as the sharp wind vortex was tearing at them.
"Ekans, stay strong!" ordered Jesse. "Once you're released, use acid on those two nuisances!"
"Koffing, get ready to counterattack with a sludge bomb!" stated James with a tightly clenched fist and an angry expression for being owned by two young trainers.
"Exeggcute, use barrage into the twister to further increase damage!" shouted Erika. The seed Pokemon tilted backwards and shot out some more black spheres into the tornado, the swirling vortex increasing their momentum and colliding with the two poison types. The tornado finally ceased and the two poison Pokemon were released, impacting the ground with swirls in their eyes as proof of their defeat.
"YOU BRATS!" shouted Jesse at the top of her voice and caused Ash to flinch from fright. "You just got lucky that's all!" she continued ranting as she recalled Ekans back into his ball.
"Jesse, calm down; it's been a while since you last battled, anyways," reassured James as he patted her shoulder in consolation. She turned her back to the young heros and clenched her fist and looked down. She almost let out a tear, but she knew that her reputation would be tainted if she was caught crying over losing to two trainers known as twerps.
"You got lucky this round; I haven't battled in a while, so my skills are not up to par," started Jesse. "But mark my words, we will get that Dratini of yours, and all your other little Pokemon, so you best learn to recognize fear in the presence of Team Rocket!"
"Quite a speech," stated Meowth who sarcastically clapped his two paws together.
Jesse growled and pulled out a white fan and smacked the cat in the face. "Shout your Meowth!" she ordered angrily.
Ash and Erika both giggled but that shortly came to an end when they heard a collection of many, many, fast-beating wings. It didn't sound like bird wings at all, but they didn't quite sound like the wings of Scyther. Everyone looked around for the source of the beating and they finally saw that a cluster of bee-type Pokemon were heading straight for them!
"Beedrill!" shouted Erika. "We gotta find shelter, and fast! Your screaming must've disturbed them," she directed towards Jesse.
"See ya, twerps!" said Jesse, James, and Meowth in unison as they fled in a different direction away from the Beedrill swarm, who were now focusing on Ash and Erika.
"We gotta move!" said Ash, but noticed that Erika was motionless. He turned to look at her. "What are you doing? We can't just stand here and get attacked by them!"
Erika nodded, but she still remained quiet. It was as if though she was oblivious to the situation at hand until something snapped her back into reality. "I realize that we can't outrun them, so...Gloom, go!" she threw the Pokeball to the ground and a walking blue flower with red petals popped out. "Use your odor to drive them away, now!"
The flower Pokemon tilted her head downward where it pointed towards the swarm. She let out a loud "Glooooooom!" and a greenish-brown gas escaped her head. It expanded and covered the whole area, infiltrating the nose of Ash and Dratini, who both covered their noses; Ash by putting a hand over his face with his arm still holding the crutch and Dratini used her tail. Once the odor reached the Beedrill and "smelled" the stench with their antennae, they immediately halted and reversed direction, fleeing from the horrendous odor. Ash watched them flee and chuckled.
"We're safe, for now..." he said as he leaned against a tree. "I should heal my Pokemon before we continue."
"Here, I got some berries for you to use," said Erika as she handed him Oran berries and a Cheri berry. "Since Scyther is a flying type, he would be useful against another swarm of Beedrill, but for now, let's focus on healing his wounds, okay?"
Ash agreed and threw Scyther's ball to the ground and saw the poor insectoid struggle. He was first able to support himself but the paralysis set in and inhibited him from standing up. It was as if gravity was his enemy and the fundamental force intensified and caused him to hit the ground with swirls. He let out a small "Scyyy.." and closed his eyes to rest.
"There, everything's gonna be ok," promised Ash as he placed a Cheri berry to Scyther's mouth. Since the insect's eyes were closed, he could tell that it was right by his mouth from the odor it was emitting and he sniffed it quickly. "Go on, this will help paralysis," encouraged Ash.
Scyther did not disobey and opened his mouth and Ash plopped inside. The Pokemon began to chew it and finished it all within a few seconds. Erika was closely watching in anticipation that the Pokemon would be okay; sure, she disliked bugs, but she didn't lack compassion to them, especially if they were suffering.
Scyther finished the berry and regained movement to his limbs, but he wasn't able to support himself well since he was still exhausted after the battle he had earlier. Ash placed in front of the Pokemon some blue Oran berries and placed it on Scyther's bladed arm, where he ate it. The Pokemon enjoyed the flavor and wanted more, and Ash did not deny that wish. He placed a few more on Scyther's arm and he ate them til he was fully healed.
"Good Pokemon," said Ash in a comforting voice as he stroked Scyther's shoulder. Scyther nodded and smiled at Ash, then approached him closer and wrapped his "arms" around the human!
"Whoa, Scyther just hugged you!" announced Erika, pointing out the obvious with a chuckle. Ash chuckled too and patted the Pokemon's green "ears" on his head. All the sudden, everyone heard a low grumble and thought that it was some other Pokemon in the distance, but Ash fessed up and said that he was starting to get hungry.
A.N. Thanks for reading! Kinda short, but I'll be sure to work on this again soon! Thanks for all the faithful readers! lol (: Have a nice day/evening/morning!