{[( Alright here goes! The adventure continues, now with a group of 3.)]}

"Alright, Combee, use Bug Bite!" Luna shouted, Combee flying forward and biting a Rattata.

"Rattata! Are you okay?" A youngster asked.

Ryan lifted his arm. "Rattata is unable to battle. The winner is Luna."

"We did it, Combee! We won again!" Luna shouted, excitedly running over and giving Combee a hug.

The youngster smiled. "Wow, miss. You're really strong."

Luna smiled. "Thank you, but it's Combee that did all the work."

The youngster nodded. "Well, I've gotta go now, but thank you for battling me." He said, running off.

Nat smiled. "Wow, Luna. You and your Combee are really starting to get strong."

Ryan nodded. "She's right. I've never seen a Combee get that strong."

Luna smiled. "That's because my Combee is special."

"So, where are we going, anyway?" Nat asked.

Luna pointed at a sign on the side of the path. "We're going to Mt. Moon. We'll cut through there and head over to the Cerulean City Gym. Maybe I'll see Sasha aga… Hey!" She shouted. "When we left the lab, she said we would battle when we saw each other again, but when we saw her at the Gym, she just walked away. I thought we had a deal." She said, annoyed. "Well then, next time I see her, I'm going to challenge her to a battle!"

"Hey, uh… who's Sasha?" Ryan asked.

"Oh, Sasha is Luna's rival." Nat replied. She then heard something moving around behind her. "Hey. What was that?"

"What was what?" Ryan asked, looking back.

Luna came over to them. "Do you think it could be a pokémon?"

"It was probably just the wind. Come on, let's keep going." Ryan said.

Luna nodded and continued down toward Mt. Moon. "Right."

Nat trailed a slight bit behind. "Mt. Moon… I've heard something about this place, I just don't remember what…" She said, quietly. She felt something brush against her leg, causing her to stop. "Huh? What was that?"

Nat looked down slowly, seeing something look back up at her.

"Ah! It's…" Nat said, causing the other two to turn around. "It's a Jigglypuff!" She said, smiling and picking it up.

"A Jigglypuff, huh?" Luna said, pulling out her PokéDex.

"Jigglypuff, the Balloon Pokémon. Jigglypuff possess a vocal range that exceeds 12 octaves, but each individual's singing skill depends on its own effort. When this Pokémon sings, it never pauses to breathe. If it is in a battle against an opponent that does not easily fall asleep, Jigglypuff cannot breathe, endangering its life."

Luna's eyes widened. "That's some dedication to your craft." She looked over to the Jigglypuff that Nat was holding. "Hey, it looks like it's holding something."

Ryan nodded. "Yeah. It looks kind of like a microphone."

"Microphone? Wait, is this… that same Jigglypuff?" Luna said, thinking back to the stories her parents told.

"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff jumped out of Nat's arms and held the microphone to her mouth.

Nat smiled. "It looks like it's gonna sing."

"No, don't let it sing!" Luna shouted.

Nat looked over at Luna confused. "Huh? But just look at it. Jigglypuff looks like it really wants to."

Ryan walked over to Jigglypuff and pulled the microphone away from it. "I don't really get it, but this should keep it from-" Before he could continue talking, Jigglypuff started hitting him with it's Double Slap attack, causing him to drop it. "Ow… hey, what'd you do that for?"

"You really have to ask that?" Nat said. "Jigglypuff, maybe this isn't the best place to sing. But hey, how's this?" She said, kneeling down. "If you help us get through Mt. Moon, we'll listen to your song."

"Puff puff?" Jigglypuff said, with it's eyes sparkling.

Nat nodded. "All the way through."

Jigglypuff nodded. "Jigglypuff-puff." Jigglypuff happily lead the three into the cave of Mt. Moon.

"So, why didn't you want Jigglypuff to sing back there, Luna?" Ryan asked, holding his cheek in pain a bit.

"Well, parents told me about a Jigglypuff that used to follow them around when they traveled together through Kanto and Johto. They said that when they found it it didn't know how to sing and they helped it learn… but it's song was so strong that it always put everyone to sleep." Luna explained.

Nat smiled. "I could use a Sing attack that powerful on my team."

Luna sighed. "Thing is, Jigglypuff doesn't know it's in attack, and so when everyone falls asleep it uncaps it's marker and draws on everyone's face."

"I see. So that's why you didn't want it to sing. But are you sure this is the same one?" Ryan asked.

Luna nodded. "That microphone it's holding is what made me remember."

Nat smiled. "I guess I'll have to catch it after it's performance at the end of Mt. Moon." She said.

Ryan looked a bit skeptically at her. "Are you sure you'll be able to do that?"

She nodded. "I have to. That Jigglypuff is too cute for me to let go."

"I'm pretty sure we'd run into it a lot either way." Luna said.

Nat nodded again. "I'm sure, but I want this Jigglypuff. Plus, it's clearly got some battle experience. If it had a trainer, it could learn not only how to control it's Sing attack and even teach it more attacks. She'd be great for Pokémon Contests."

"You're pretty set on this, huh?" Luna said, smiling. "Well, if you think you can do it, then go for it."

Ryan sighed. "There's no way you'll make it through a song that powerful."

"We'll just have to see, won't we. I'll just have Jigglypuff write 'Told you so' on your face." Nat said with a confident smile.

Ryan sighed and pulled out a Guide Book. "Looks like we'll be out of here pretty quick, with the route that Jigglypuff is taking us. Oh! Hey, before we go, we should try to see if we can find a Clefairy. They're pretty rare pokémon, but I think that would probably be a great pokémon for your contests, Nat."

Both Nat and Jigglypuff looked back at him, glaring a bit.

Ryan froze in place. "Uh… what? Did I say something wrong?"

"Yes you did." Nat said, turning to him.

"Puff puff puff." Jigglypuff said.

Ryan looked confused. "What? Do you not like Clefairy or something?"

Nat shook her head. "Oh no, it's not that I don't like Clefairy. I hate Clefairy."

Ryan looked shocked. "What? How can you love Jigglypuff so much, then?"

"How can you compare something as adorable as Jigglypuff to Clefairy? Jigglypuff is round and soft and it's got those beautiful big eyes." She replied.

Ryan nodded. "Yeah, but Clefairy's still cute, right?"

Luna looked it up in her PokéDex.

"Clefairy, the Fairy Pokémon. Because of its adorable nature, it is in high demand as a pet. However, it is rare and found only in limited areas."

"See, Nat." Ryan said. "Even the PokéDex says it's adorable."

"About as adorable as a Stunfisk." Nat deadpanned. Jigglypuff nodding in agreement. "Clefairy looks like it was punched in the face too many times and just keeps smiling."

Luna sighed. "Let's just keep going. There's no point in arguing."

"What do you think, Luna?" Nat asked. "You don't think Clefairy is cute, do you?"

"Well I, um…" Luna said, worried that she'd just gotten herself into something bad.

The ground began to shake a bit, causing the three to drop the subject. "Hey, did you feel that?" Ryan asked.

Nat nodded. "Yeah." Jigglypuff began running down one of the rocky corridors of the cave. "Wait, where are you going, Jigglypuff?" She asked, chasing it down the path.

"Nat, wait up! Come on, Ryan." Luna said, following after Nat.

Jigglypuff followed the path, stopping suddenly. "Jigglypuff?" Nat said, coming up behind her. "What the.. What is this?" Nat asked. In front of them was a large machine that appeared to be collecting Moon Stones. "What is this?... Huh?" Her eyes went to some glass tubes that had some pokémon in them. "What's going on here?..." Nat asked, angrily.

"What's up, Nat?" Ryan asked. "Hey, what's with all the Clefairy trapped in those tubes?"

"I don't know. But I don't like it." Nat said, angrily.

Ryan looked at her, a bit surprised. "You don't? I thought you didn't like Clefairy."

"I don't, but that doesn't mean they deserve to be shoved into glass tubes like that!" Nat shouted, offended by what he'd said.

Luna came around the corner. "No way…" She said. "Who could do such a…" Her eyes fell on a symbol that was on the machine. One that she'd heard about her whole life. "Team Rocket."

"Team Rocket?" Nat asked.

"Didn't they disband?" Ryan asked.

Luna nodded. "At least, that's what I thought. But that big red R… there's no mistaking it." She said, looking around. "Come on, we're letting those pokémon out."

Nat and Ryan nodded. "Right."

Inside of the machine, two people sat, making sure it continued to pick up all the Moon Stones it could mine and pick up whatever might come to try to stop them.

The girl had long, blue hair tied off into twin tails. "I can't believe how easy this was. Once we bring the boss all these Moon Stones and Clefairy, there's no way we won't get a promotion." She said, giggling.

The boy, who had short orange hair, nodded. "I mean, what the boss doesn't know won't hurt him, right? Maybe we can sell some of the Moon Stones. I'm sure they'd pick up a pretty penny since you can only get them here."

The girl nodded. "Sounds like a plan… huh?" She said, seeing Luna, Nat, and Ryan on a screen. "What the? Hey, you said no one would find us if we were this deep in Mt. Moon!"

"Well, I suppose 'no one' was kind of an unrealistic assumption." The boy said.

The girl groaned. "You idiot… come on. Let's get rid of these kids."

Luna ran over to the containers with the Clefairy inside. "Are you all okay?" She asked. The Clefairy seemed worried, but nodded. "Hang tight, we're gonna get you out of there!"

Suddenly, a vacuum like pipe came out and sucked Jigglypuff inside as well.

"Oh no, Jigglypuff!" Nat shouted.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" The blue haired girl asked.

Luna, Nat, and Ryan turned around. "Who are you?" Nat asked.

The girl giggled. "Prepare for trouble." She said, smirking.

"And make it double." The boy said.

Nat raised an eyebrow. "What are they doing?"

Luna shrugged. "My parents told me they do this sort of thing for some reason."

"Doesn't it seem kind of dumb, though? I mean while they're talking, we could just foil their plans." Nat questioned.

The two continued. "To infest the world with devastation!"

"To rule over every nation."

"To destroy the purity of truth and love."

"To extend our grasp to the stars above!"

"Bonny."

"Clyde."

"Team Rocket, blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

Bonny smirked. "Hey! What are you doing?"

Nat had picked up a large rock and was hitting the glass with it. "Well, you two were running your mouths, I just kind of decided to take action. Hey, Luna, help me with this."

Bonny groaned in annoyance. "You so do not ignore me! Get them, Grimer!"

Clyde smirked. "Beedrill, go!"

"A Grimer!" Ryan shouted, stepping back.

Luna and Nat looked at each other and nodded.

"Ryan, you keep trying to get the Clefairy out of there." Luna said. "Nat and I will handle these two."

Clyde chuckled. "Like a kid like you could beat us."

Luna glared. "We'll see. Alright, Charmander, let's go!"

"Mareep, go!" Nat shouted.

"Grimer, hit 'em with a Sludge attack!" Bonny shouted. Grimer spit sludge at the two pokemon, but they both managed to dodge it.

"Charmander, use Flamethrower on Beedrill!" Luna shouted.

"Dodge it, Beedrill!" Clyde ordered. "Now, Twinneedle!"

Beedrill, having dodged the Flamethrower, hit Mareep with it's twin stingers.

"Discharge, Mareep!" Nat shouted. At close range, Mareep sent out an it's Discharge attack, hitting Beedrill hard.

"Ah! Beedrill!" Clyde shouted.

Bonny groaned. "Grimer, use Sludge Bomb, now! Extinguish that Charmander!"

"Charmander, dig!" Luna shouted.

Charmander dug under ground at the last second.

Bonny smirked. "How cowardly. Running away by hiding underground."

"Mareep, Static Headbutt!" Nat shouted.

Mareep ran toward Grimer, making itself glow blue from the electricity. Mareep then slammed it's head directly into Grimer, knocking it back.

"Static Headbutt?" Luna asked.

Nat nodded. "Yeah. We developed that move when we beat Falkner in the Johto Region. It's not actually an attack, but that's what we decided to call it."

"Grimer, hit that Mareep with a Mud Slap." Bonny said, smirking as Grimer scored a direct hit. "Give it up, kiddies. You can't beat Team Rocket."

"Charmander, come up now!" Luna shouted.

Charmander came out from underground, knocking Grimer into the air and hitting it into Bonny.

"Beedrill, Poison Sting!" Clyde shouted.

"Mareep, Spark!" Electricity came out from Mareep and struck Beedrill. "Now, Tackle attack!" Mareep ran forward, tackling Beedrill into Clyde.

"Alright, I got it open!" Ryan shouted, having found a release switch.

He pressed it letting all of the Clefairy out of the tubes.

"Uh, Bonny… I don't know if I like this." Clyde said, worried as the Clefairy began to surround them.

"Oh please, what are these things going to do to us?" Bonny said.

Jigglypuff floated down in front of the entire group of Clefairy and together they all began to move their hands back and forth.

"What are they doing?" Luna asked.

"Ah! That's a Metronome attack!" She shouted.

Their fingertips began glowing and when they stopped, they all began to glow all over.

"What did it turn into?" Ryan asked.

"Charmander, return!" Luna shouted, quickly. "Nat, call back Mareep! It's turning into Explosion!"

Nat nodded, recalling Mareep. "Everyone get down!"

The three of them got low to the ground as the explosion finally happened. It blew a hole in the roof of the cave and tossed Clyde and Bonny out through the hole.

"Hey Bonny, what just happened?" Clyde asked.

"We just… lost." Bonny said. "Which means…"

"Team Rocket's blasting off!" They both shouted.

Nat lifted herself off the ground. "You know, I expected them to be a bit more difficult to take care of."

Luna nodded. "Well, Dad always said they were usually more of an annoyance than anything."

The Clefairy all came over to the three of them, smiling gratefully at them.

"What are you gonna do to me?..." Nat asked, worried.

Luna smiled. "Nat, I think they want to thank us."

Ryan nodded. "Looks like it."

The Clefairy gave each of them a Moon Stone and then went to go take the remaining Moon Stones somewhere else.

"Why did you think they would do something to you, Nat?" Ryan asked.

Nat sighed. "I don't want to get into that right now. Hey, where's Jigglypuff?"

"Puff!" Jigglypuff shouted, running over to her.

"Ah, there you are. Are you okay, Jigglypuff?" Nat asked.

"Puff!"

Luna smiled. "Glad to hear it."

Ryan smiled as well. "Well, I guess we should get back on the road to Cerulean City, huh?"

"Oh, right!" Luna said. "Jigglypuff, do you still know the way from here?"

Jigglypuff nodded and pointed before leading the way again.

After a long walk, they finally saw the light at the end.

"Look at that." Ryan said, smiling as they came out of Mt. Moon's cave.

Nat nodded. "It's Cerulean City."

Luna smiled brightly. "It's been awhile, Cerulean City. But Luna Ketchum's finally returned. And this time, she's getting a Cerulean Gym Badge."

"Jiggly jigglypuff."

Nat smiled. "Oh, that's right. I promised to listen to your song all the way through." She said, picking Jigglypuff up and placing her on top of a rock. "There. It's not the greatest stage, but it's yours."

Jigglypuff smiled, happily. "Puff puff."

Ryan felt a bit uneasy. "Are you sure about this, Nat?"

She nodded. "Of course I am. Now then, Jigglypuff… let's hear that beautiful song of yours."

Jigglypuff nodded and began singing. Around them, several pokémon fell out of trees or from the roof of the cave behind them, having fallen asleep to Jigglypuff's song.

"Wow you weren't kidding…" Ryan said, feeling sleepy. "This Jigglypuff's Sing attack really is powerful…"

Luna nodded. "Uh-huh… Mom and Dad weren't exaggerating after all…"

Nat stood firmly, smiling and keeping her eyes on Jigglypuff. She started to feel a little tired, but she fought it off. "Come on, Nat. Stay awake. You have to stay awake… for Jigglypuff." She said, forcing herself through it. "If I fall asleep, Jigglypuff will never let me catch it."

Finally, Jigglypuff's song was done. "Puff?" Jigglypuff looked all around, seeing all the pokémon and people asleep. It inflated with anger, but just before it could act, Jigglypuff heard something it hadn't before. Applause.

Nat was clapping energetically for Jigglypuff. "That was a beautiful song, Jigglypuff."

"Puff?" Jigglypuff said, with tears beginning to form in it's eyes, happy to see she kept her word.

Nat smiled. "Well then, Jigglypuff… now that I've listened to your song, will you hear out my request?" She asked. "Will you come with me? I want to be an amazing Pokémon Coordinator, and with your help, I think I'll be able to do it. So, please? Will you join me?"

Jigglypuff smiled and nodded. After all, this was the first person to ever make it through her song without falling asleep.

Nat smiled. "Great! Oh, but first…" Nat had Jigglypuff write "Told You So" on Ryan's face before pulling out a Moon Ball. "I got this from Kurt in the Johto Region. I hear it's supposed to be more comfy for pokémon that evolve using a Moon Stone. I thought it suited you."

Jigglypuff smiled and tapped the ball, letting itself be captured. Nat smiled. "Awesome. I just caught a Jigglypuff." She said, yawning. "Now then… I should wake up… the others…"

Nat walked over to a tree and sat down against it. "I guess… I could use a rest too…" She said, letting herself fall asleep.

{[( And so that ends chapter 6 and the introduction of Team Rocket. I'm not sure id Jessie and James have anything to do with this story, but I figured I'd keep the evil team to Team Rocket. And I'm aware I spelled Bonnie incorrectly, but I did that on purpose. Don't expect them in every single chapter, but they'll be recurring characters from now on.)]}