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I DON'T OWN POKEMON!
"How could you let him hang up!" Brock said loudly.
"I didn't know he was going to hang up! He didn't even let me say anything!" May protested.
Brock groaned. "We have no idea where Ash is. This doesn't make me happy, it makes me worried. I don't like the idea of Ash being off on his own."
"I'm worried about Ash too, you know!" May retorted.
"Really? I couldn't tell by the way you were talking to him!" Max cut in. "We'll probably never find him, and when he does run into Team Rocket, who knows what will happen!"
"Why don't we just forget about Ash right now?" May asked. "It was his choice to leave. Let's just go to the next town, and the next contest. We'll…we'll…call Ash later."
"How can we? We don't know where he is!" Brock pointed out.
"I don't care if we have to call every pokémon center in Hoenn," May hissed. "We will call him. Later."
"Chu pika pikachu… Pika chu chu…," Pikachu whispered to Meowth the next night.
Meowth looked to Pikachu, and then whispered to Jessie and James, "Pikachu says that the twoip without da hat is spyin' on us. He thinks dat the twoip is going to pull somethin'."
James glared slightly. "Doesn't that kid ever give up?"
"It might be a good ting that dat twoip is here. We could steal all his pokémon and give 'em to the boss!" Meowth exclaimed, but still low enough so the twerp who was spying couldn't hear.
"Say what?" James asked, confused.
"Imagine the boss wakin' up one morning… He sees all dese fine pokémon, and when he does, do yah know what he's gonna say? 'Meowth and his friends are the reason that I got all these fine pokémon.'"
Jessie shrugged. "Yeah, I guess so. I mean, it should be easy now that we have Pikachu………back."
They all nodded on the plan and James stood up, saying something that he thought he'd never say…
"Come on out and get us, you lame excuse for a twerp!" James called out.
Ash stood up, surprised. They had noticed him? Great, just great. Well, if it was a battle they wanted, that was what they were going to get… As long as he didn't have to hurt Pikachu.
He stepped from the bushes and began to say something.
"We already know what you want, twerp," Jessie said. "And the answer is no." She took out two pokéballs. "Seviper, Dustox, let's go!"
James threw his own pokéball. "You too, Cacnea!" He smiled down at Pikachu. "And of course you can fight as well."
Ash frowned at this, but took out his own pokéballs. Throwing them into the air, the pokémon came out and looked ready to battle.
"Okay, Seviper, use Wrap on Corphish. Dustox, you use Pysbeam on Grovyle!" Jessie shouted out.
"Pin Missile on Torkoal, Cacnea. And Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Swellow!" James called, a triumphant tone in his voice, as if he had already won.
"Swellow, Corphish, dodge it! Torkoal, use Iron Defense, and Grovyle, use Bullet Seed on that Psybeam!" Ash ordered, feeling a little weird, battling with four pokémon at the same time.
Grovyle's Bullet Seed broke through Dustox's Pysbeam and hit the bug pokémon head-on. Torkoal pulled himself inside his shell to protect himself, and Corphish narrowly dodged Seviper. Swellow, on the other hand, failed to dodge Pikachu's attacks, and, being weak against electric attacks, fell to the ground.
"Swell…," Swellow breathed sadly, fainting.
Ash didn't have time to return Swellow to his pokéball, so he stepped in front of the flying pokémon's body to protect him and went on with the battle. "Corphish, Bubblebeam on Cacnea! Grovyle, Leaf Blade on Seviper! Torkoal, Flamethrower on Dustox!"
Grovyle's Leaf Blade hit the mark and Seviper fainted right away, making Jessie glare and return her to her pokéball. Torkoal's and Corphish's attacks were dodged, though.
"Cacnea, Needle Arm on Torkoal! Pikachu, Thunderbolt on Corphish!"
"Dustox use Pin Missile on Grovyle!"
"Torkoal, Iron Defense! Grovyle, Bullet Seed! Corphish…try to dodge!" Ash said automatically.
Cacnea looked like she broke her arm when she hit Torkoal's hard shell. Dustox's Pin Missile hit Grovyle and threw him back, and Corphish…got hit with a Thunderbolt from Pikachu.
"PHIIIIIIISHHH!" Corphish screamed. Being of the water type, Corphish was also very weak against electric-type attacks. He also fainted, right next to Swellow.
Ash gritted his teeth, Corphish's scream echoing in his mind. That was two pokémon down. "Torkoal, use Overheat on Dustox!" he shouted angrily. "And use Solar Beam on Cacnea, Grovyle!"
His two pokémon began charging their energy, and Ash allowed himself a bitter smile. It appeared to be over for Cacnea and Dustox…
"Thunder, Pikachu!" Jessie and James called out at the same time.
"No!" Ash screamed as Pikachu Thundered his last two pokémon. He could see…could see their pain…
"KOOOAAAAAAL!"
"VVVVYYYYYYYYLLE!"
All his pokémon fainted, Ash himself stepped forward, only stopping about a foot from James, glaring.
"Is that all you got, twerp? I thought you were better than that," James spat. "I guess without your most powerful pokémon, you're nothing. But now he's all"—James smiled—"ours."
"Bastard!" Ash yelled, leaping on James and squeezing his hands around James's neck.
"Hey!" Jessie and Meowth exclaimed at the same time.
Meowth Fury Swiped Ash's leg, easily ripping the pant leg and leaving three bloody scratches on his right leg. "Get off him!"
"Get off me…you…twerp," James croaked.
Ash squeezed harder. "Die… Die, you bastard!"
"Pikachu, Iron Tail!" Jessie yelled.
Ash briefly loosened his grip, wondering what she was ordering that for. It's not like any pain could make him take his hands off James's throat. Nothing would until the Team Rocket member was dead.
But then he felt a sharp pain on the back of his skull, like someone hit it with a lead pipe. After that, everything went dark.
Ash cracked open his eyes. What—what happened? Where am I? Suddenly everything came back and Ash bolted up.
Or tried to. He realized that his hands were bound behind his back, and his legs were tied at the ankles. When he looked around, he figured that he was inside Team Rocket's base. But where's Team Rocket? Where's…where's my pokémon!
"Swellow…," breathed a weak voice from behind Ash.
Ash turned around the best he could and saw four cages, one holding each of his pokémon. They all looked so…weak. All of them were just lying there, looking so lifeless. The only thing that indicated that they were alive was the slow rise and fall of their chests.
Pokémon center. The thought struck Ash like a load of bricks. Got to get them to the pokémon center. But how could he? How could he get out?
Beginning to struggle desperately against his bonds, Ash told himself that he shouldn't have gotten his other pokémon involved in this…
"Well, before we leave, can we at least stop at the restaurant one more time? I mean, there's nothing wrong with your cooking, Brock, but having dinner out for once is nice too," May pointed out.
"I guess we can do that. We can catch the ferry to Mossdeep tomorrow morning," Brock replied.
"I'm all for that!" Max agreed.
May picked up her Skitty and held him close. "I was so worried about you, Skitty."
"Nah, nah nih nihnah nahnini Nahni," Skitty replied happily.
"Um, May?" Max began. "What's this new combination 'Nahni' mean?"
It struck May that she hadn't really been listening to Skitty. Of course she knew what Nahni meant. "Well, Skitty calls me 'Nini'… And he calls Ash 'Nahni'……" Her voice trailed off.
Max frowned slightly. "I see…" He paused for a few minutes before asking, "So there's a contest in Mossdeep?"
"Actually…" May drew the word out. "I don't know where the next contest is… I rarely do… It's just no one really noticed because it was either we were going to one of my contests, or Ash's next gym battle…"
Max sighed. "It's just not the same without Ash."
"What's that? Cinders is missing?" inquired an all-too-familiar voice from behind them.
"Drew," May exclaimed, but her voice was lacking the sourness she usually had when she said his name. "I didn't know you were still in Lilycove."
"Another thing you didn't know," Drew said, flipping his bangs. "But that's really not answering my earlier question. Did you lose Cinders or something?"
"For your information, no we didn't!" Max snapped.
"And his name is Ash," May added.
Drew rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Besides, I couldn't help but overhear some of you conversation, and for your information, May, the next contest is in Mossdeep City. I'm going there myself tomorrow."
Max snorted. "Good for you."
I wonder why Max is acting like that to Drew…, May wondered. I mean, Drew can be a showoff, but still…
Drew ignored Max and set his green eyes on May. "I'll see you at Mossdeep then."
May smiled. "Yeah…" Since when did Drew get so hot? May almost choked in surprise. What! May, I think you've been staying up too late… Drew isn't hot, he's your rival, you don't like him, you only want to ki— May's cheeks instantly grew hot.
Drew flipped his bangs again, smirking slightly and walking off.
You hate Drew………, May told herself, squashing the fluttery feeling inside of her. Even so… I wonder what his kisses feel like… Not that I want to kiss him! Ew, that's so gross…
She looked back to the two boys. "So…are we going now?"
"Of course, May," Brock said, a small smug smile on his face. He gave Max an I-told-you-so look and led the way, leaving May to wonder what the look was for.
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