Chapter 8

Reader- This plotline won't really interfere with the tournament aspect of the story much other than a few things. It won't overshadow it, though, I can tell you that as well as set up some things for this story in the process as well.

Norman

Pewter City Pokemon Center

"Is she really here?" Asked Norman as he looked around the Pokemon Center Food Court, seeing quite a handful of Pokemon trainers in the area, talking amongst one another, laughing and enjoying each other's presence. It made Norman smile slightly at the sight and made him temporarily forget the reason he was. Temporarily. Focusing on the task at hand, Norman looked at the Nurse Joy that was helping that. She claimed Winona was at the Food Court of the Pokemon Center. He, Flannery, Tate, and Liza, upon arriving to Pewter City, went to the Pokemon Center to see if Winona was seen there. After all, she still had her Pokemon and they needed to be checked up every now and then. Roxanne and Brawly, meanwhile, were looking all over the city for Winona. Juan's source claimed that Winona was last spotted here and it was recently too. So Norman hoped that they can find her before she can give them the slip again.

"Yes, she is. Our resident Pokemon Doctor went with her there and no one matching her description has left the Pokemon Center yet." Said the local Nurse Joy as she looked at the four Hoenn Gym Leaders, surprised to see so many of Hoenn's Gym Leaders in one place, let alone her Pokemon Center, in a non-official capacity. And then to make matters even more of a surprise, they were looking for another Hoenn Gym Leader. The one known as Winona of Fortree City. They claim that they needed to find her and bring her back to Hoenn. The reasoning they gave her for why they're coming for their former colleague left Nurse Joy stunned and horrified that she has a potential criminal in her Pokemon Center. The two teen Gym Leaders looked angered when she said she was shocked that Winona was a criminal and so did the red head, but Norman kept calm and told Nurse Joy that their colleague wasn't a criminal and that they just needed to bring her in. Nothing more.

With that out of the way, Nurse Joy led them to the Food Court, explaining to them that Winona was led there by a Pokemon doctor that was assisting her in the Pokemon Center for a time. Curious, Tate asked Nurse Joy who the doctor was while they walked to the Food Court. Thus they were all surprised to hear that it was someone by the name of Brock. After confirming that it was the Brock that they knew, the Hoenn Gym Leaders were surprised to hear that Brock became a successful Pokemon Doctor. They all remembered Brock, some more than others. Norman remembered him as one of his children's closest friends along with Ash. Flannery remembered him as the guy that wouldn't stop flirting with her, even when it was clear to everyone present at the time that she wasn't interested in him that way. As for Tate and Liza, they just know Brock as the guy that flirted with their older, female colleagues when he first met them and a friend of the current Monarch. Nothing else. Still, they were all happy that he was doing well and hoped to see him again. First, though, they needed to deal with their colleague.

The four Hoenn Gym Leaders were looking around the Food Court, searching for Winona. They were slightly disappointed that they couldn't spot her immediately. They thought that she wouldn't disguise herself, but she did and that hurt some of them. Sighing, Flannery was about to suggest something when they suddenly heard some yelling.

"Flannery! It really is you!" Yelled Brock as he rapidly made his way to the Hoenn Gym Leaders, hearts for eyes. Upon seeing this, the Hoenn Gym Leaders all let out a groan while Nurse Joy gave a glare at Brock. They all couldn't believe he was doing this again.

Though Tate and Liza have never seen Brock do this and Norman only has seen glimpses of it, they heard from both Flannery and Winona of how Brock flirted with both of them within seconds of meeting them. At first they all thought it was because they were quite attractive and Brock fancied Gym Leaders of the opposite gender, it was only after Norman's children told Norman, who later told everyone else when Brock was brought up in one of their annual Gym Leader meetups, about Brock and his affection towards women did the Hoenn Gym Leaders get the whole picture.

Apparently, according to Norman's children, whenever Brock met a beautiful young woman, he always became a lovestruck and flirted with them in often a forceful and uncomfortable way. If he wasn't a young teen at the time, he probably would have gotten a serious scolding or worse from some of the woman they heard he pulled this stunt on. Heck, Flannery had even considered slapping him when he kept doing it on her. Fortunately for Brock, he had Norman's son, Max, stopping his displays of affection and saving him from the embarrassment of rejection. Probably.

They had thought it would have gone away with age and him now having a respectable job, but apparently that was too good to be true. And now they had a really big obstacle in their way of finding Winona. An annoying obstacle. Unbeknownst to them, while they and Nurse Joy were distracted by Brock, a figure slipped by them and out of the Pokemon Center to a place where Brock told them to met him later.

Flannery, annoyed with the repeat of her first met with the former Pewter City Gym Leader and the distraction of finding her friend, was about to give Brock a slap when someone did it for her.

"Oh, how it's quite lovely to see your beautiful red hair and eyes again. They're like the…YEOW!" Yelled Brock when he received a Pokemon attack to his…boulders. Twitching in pain, more than usual, he spoke in a pained voice. "Of all the places…you hit there." Brock then hit the ground while the Nurse Joy and the Hoenn Gym Leaders looked in shock at Brock while a frog-like Pokemon shook his head and looked at the gathered group of Gym Leaders and nurse.

"Croagunk." Said Brock's Croagunk as he looked at the stunned group of people, who had just witnessed him use Poison Jab at Brock's manhood.

"Is that a Croagunk?" Asked Tate in shock as he looked at the blue, bipedal frog as it looked back at the group, toxic sacs expanding in and out. "I've never seen one before."

"Well duh, Tate." Said Liza with a roll of her eyes. "Sinnoh is their native region, after all. Plus, no one had ever imported Croagunk en masse to Hoenn. Apparently, they don't like the climate in Hoenn." Before the twins could further their arguing, Norman spoke up.

"So, this is how Brock was stopped in Sinnoh." Said Norman as he looked at the Croagunk in surprise, trying to process what he just saw. He heard from May that a Croagunk took over Max's job of keeping Brock's unwanted affection toward women in check. "Guess a Pokemon attack is more effective than just pulling him away from women. Though I wonder how Brock deals with the aftermath. Particularly this one."

"Yeah." Said Tate as he remembered how Croagunk stopped Brock and made him shiver. "I never want to get a Pokemon attack there. That's just pain I don't ever want to endure." Norman had to agree on that. He was honestly glad Caroline would never make her Pokemon do that to him. That would be some pain for him that he'd like to avoid.

"Then maybe mom or I should get a poison-type Pokemon to keep you in line." Teased Liza with a mischievous smile, completely forgetting the whole point she was here in Kanto to tease her brother. "Might make things easier for us and dad if you don't want that kind of pain." Hearing that, Tate glared at his sister and was about to get into an argument when Flannery yelled out.

"Enough!" Yelled Flannery, catching everyone's attention in the Food Court. She was so close to finding her colleague and friend and they were getting sidetracked for no good reason. It got her temper flaring up. "We're getting off-topic!" She then looked at the entire Food Court and spoke. "Listen up, all of you! Have any of you seen a woman around this guy's age!?" She pointed at Brock, who was still in pain from Croagunk's Poison Jab attack on his manhood. "And was with him before we came in?" The trainers in the Food Court looked at each other for several moments before one of them spoke up.

"Actually, yeah." Said a trainer, a girl with pink hair. She had been in the booth behind Winona's so she heard some parts of Brock's and Winona's conversation. She was deep in talking with some of her fellow trainers so she didn't get a good understanding of what was going on, but she got some of it. "She and he were talking with one another over something. She cried sometime later and he comforted her. Apparently, it was something horrible."

"Okay, good." Said Flannery, satisfied that they were getting something out of this. "Where is she now?"

"Oh, she took off while you guys were distracted with the doctor." Said the girl, looking at Brock in sympathy. She saw what happened and she couldn't help but feel pity for him. That Croagunk looked powerful and apparently didn't hold back judging by how he was still twitching in pain.

"What!?" Yelled Flannery before glaring at Brock, temper reaching its limits. Without thinking, she grabbed Brock by the collar, hoisted him up, and began shaking him, much to everyone's shock and surprise. "Why you little. That was my best friend and you decide to help her run away instead of confronting her colleagues and friends? I should throttle you right here and now for this!"

"Now Flannery, let's not do anything we'll regret." Said Norman as he was about to stop Flannery from potentially strangling Brock. Before he could do so, however, he then witnessed Croagunk coming up to Flannery and using Poison Jab on her solar plexus.

"I should…" Said Flannery before grunting in pain as she felt Croagunk's poison jab, causing her to freeze up before falling to the ground in pain, poison flowing through her system and overloading her nerves, and causing her to drop Brock as well. As she lay on the ground, Croagunk let out a croak of approval before grabbing both his trainer and Flannery and going to Arceus knows where.

"Should we stop him?" Asked Liza as she saw this happen, too stunned to do anything, while her brother, Norman, and Nurse Joy tried to recover from what just happened, the sudden Poison Jab making them unable to do anything, even momentarily forgetting what they were here for in the first place. That Croagunk was a character. That was for sure.

Meanwhile, while everyone else was focusing on the Croagunk dragging Brock and Flannery away, a figure was making its way out of the Food Court. They saw everything that was worth seeing. Now they needed to focus on their objective.

Later

Pewter City Gym

Forrest

Forrest had been in the process of readying some microwave lunch when he heard the doorbell to his family home ring. Curious on who it could be, Forrest went straight towards the door and opened it. Upon doing so, he was stunned to see a woman with lavender eyes in an orange hoodie and blue jeans. The woman looked at Forrest with both hesitance and desperation as she held her left arm before speaking.

"You're Brock's oldest sibling, yes?" Asked the woman as she stood a respectable distance from the door and Forrest himself. Forrest raised an eyebrow at that before complying that he was with some slight hesitation. "My name is Winona, former Gym Leader of Fortree City. I…need to stay here for a little while. Brock said that it was alright if I come here and stay here until he gets back from the Pokemon Center. Is that fine with you? I promise I won't be a bother to you or your siblings. Just…please let me stay here for a bit. At least until Brock comes back from the Pokemon Center." Upon hearing all that, Forrest was unsure of what to do. He heard about Winona from Brock when while he was at home before he went to Sinnoh for the first time, saying how awesome and beautiful she was. Along with pretty much every other single hot female Gym Leader he met while traveling with Ash. What he expected from the description of Winona, attractiveness aside was a confident, cool Gym Leader. This woman didn't match that description at all. She was unconfident, unassertive, and, dare he say it, scared of what he was going to say. Definitely not someone that matches the description that Brock gave concerning the Fortree Gym Leader.

With that in mind, Forrest wasn't sure if he should allow this woman to enter his home. His parents weren't exactly the best of parents, but they taught him and the others to be wary of strangers. And right now, Forrest didn't have a good feeling about this woman at all. Even though she seemed harmless, Forrest wasn't going to put his family in jeopardy.

He was about to tell her to leave when the Winona brought out a Pokeball. Alarmed at this, Forrest was about to bring out his own when Winona aimed it to the right of her and brought out, much to Forrest's shock, a Marshtomp. Upon seeing Forrest, the Marshtomp blinked a bit before looking around its surroundings. When it saw Winona, the Marshtomp tilted its head when the lavender-haired woman spoke up.

"Marshtomp, I know I'm not your trainer, but please can you convince Brock's brother to let me in." Said Winona as she gave Marshtomp a pleading look. Brock had given her his Marshtomp as a way to prove to his siblings that Winona could be trusted. After all, giving someone their own Pokemon was seen as a sure way to tell people that they trusted that person. Unfortunately, Brock didn't have time to bring Marshtomp out to tell him the plan, thus Winona was forced to do it. Thus, she was hoping the Pokemon would heed her request, despite not knowing what his trainer wanted him to do for her.

Blinking at her request, Marshtomp looked at her for a moment, as if processing her request, before looking at Forrest and speaking to him. Though Forrest couldn't understand a word that Marshtomp was saying, Forrest could understand what the Pokemon was trying to convey. That the woman can be trusted and that he was Brock's Marshtomp. Seeing this, Forrest sighed before moving out of the way.

"You can come in, but you better not bring trouble." Said Forrest. "Because if you do, Officer Jenny is nearby and she won't take kindly to anyone that'll hurt children." Winona looked offended at that.

"I would never harm chil…" Winona started but then she remembered what happened in Fortree city and stopped. "Never mind. I understand." Forrest looked surprised at her answer but nevertheless said nothing as Winona entered the home of the Boulder family. Upon entering, Winona asked where she could sit. When Forrest told her the living room, she asked him if he can escort her there as he didn't trust her at all. Not that she blamed him. They just met and the first thing she said to him was if she could stay in his home for a while until his older brother comes to sort everything out. Not exactly the best first impression.

"Alright." Said Forrest before escorting Winona to the living room. Upon arriving they saw, Yolanda there playing with Brock's youngest siblings, Billy and Tilly. They stopped when they saw Forrest with Winona and Marshtomp.

"Marshtomp!" Yelled both Billy and Tilly as they made their way to Brock's Marshtomp. Marshtomp was one of their most favorite Pokemon to play with along with Brock's Ludicolo. Thus, they were happy to see him again. And so was Marshtomp with how he went straight towards them with a smile on his face. Winona smiled a bit at this as the two kids began playing with Marshtomp, who began leading them away from the living room and outside, where Marshtomp typically likes to play. Forrest did the same, but stopped when Yolanda came up to him and spoke.

"Who is she?" Asked Yolanda as she looked at Winona with a frown, causing Forrest to stop and look at his sister.

"This is Winona, the former Gym Leader of Fortree City. You know the one that Brock told us about from his journey in Hoenn." Said Forrest.

"The one with the giant Skarmory and long lavender hair?" Asked Yolanda as she looked at Winona in surprise. She wasn't what Yolanda expected given Brock's description of the Flying-Type Gym Leader. Though that was more of her attire than anything else along with the scared and uncertain expression in her face and eyes. "She's not what I expected her to be like. You sure this is that Winona?"

"That's what she claims to be." Said Forrest. "Though I don't think that matters right now. Right now she's asking us to have her stay for a bit until Brock comes and vouches for her."

"And you let her in just because she said our brother's name?" Asked Yolanda incredulously. Forrest looked a bit offended at what she said.

"Of course not." Said Forrest before explaining himself. "She had Brock's Marshtomp with her and he vouched for her. Sure, I was initially unsure if that Marshtomp was Brock's, but given how he acted towards Billy and Tilly, I think it's safe to assume that she's not here to harm us."

"I don't know." Said Yolanda as she looked at Winona suspiciously, who just looked at the floor. Humming at seeing this, Yolanda sighed. "Fine, but I'm keeping an eye on her. Just to be safe."

"You're not the only one." Said Forrest as he looked at Winona. "You're only going to be here in the living room and nothing else, okay? If you want food and water, we'll get it for you, but you have to stay here where we can keep an eye on you, okay?"

"I understand." Said Winona as she sat on the couch and stayed there, doing nothing. This assured both Yolanda and Forrest, but not enough for them to not be on guard around Winona. All their brothers and sisters were here and this was their house after all.

"Yolanda, I'm going to the Gym to check up on the Pokemon. Can you stay and look after our guess? I'll leave Golem and Crobat here so our guest thinks twice about doing anything suspicious." Said Forrest, giving his sister two Pokeballs. As she accepted them, Winona felt a pang of hurt. Hurt that they have their Pokemon, powerful Pokemon at that, guarding her. She then reminded herself that it was only temporary and that Brock will help diffuse the tension between her and his siblings. Plus, they were looking out for their siblings and their well-being. It stood to reason why they had such precautions around for her. With that in mind, Winona said nothing as Yolanda brought out Golem and Crobat while Forrest left. While the two Pokemon were confused at being brought out in the Boulder family house, Yolanda sat next to Winona, much to the woman's surprise, and spoke.

"So how come Brock is letting you stay here?" Asked Yolanda as she looked at Winona, who looked at the girl in surprise at the question. "Did you do something bad and my big brother is doing this because he thinks you're innocent? Or is it because you're homeless and my big brother is starting to get desperate for a girlfriend." Upon hearing those questions, Winona looked at the girl in even more surprise before speaking.

"He found me while he was on the way to the Pokemon Center." Said Winona, seeing no harm in telling Brock's sister of how she met her brother again. "I had a bunch of groceries with me when a bunch of Rattata attacked me. I don't know why, they never attack people in the city, but I'm guessing they were desperate. I couldn't get my own Pokemon out to defend myself before they jumped and attacked me. That was when your brother came and saved me." Yolanda was surprised to hear all this. Processing this, she asked Winona to continue.

"What happened next?" Asked Yolanda, getting more and more curious about how Brock met with Winona again.

"Well, I get injured pretty badly by one of the Rattata." Said Winona as she pointed at her left hip, showing the ripped portion of her pants and how there were bandages there. "The injury must have been serious because he carried me all the way to the Pokemon Center, the closest medical facility at the time."

"Did he carry you bridal style?" Asked Yolanda incredulously, not at the thought, but the idea of her big brother actually doing it to a woman as she never thought he would be able to do to a girl. Ever. When Winona nodded, Yolanda couldn't help but giggle. "So, I guess that's one thing that my brother's wish list is completed. Carrying a woman in a bridal style. Now there are only a few dozen more things to do relating to women. Top of that list is getting a girlfriend." Winona couldn't help but laugh a bit at that. She heard from Flannery how much Brock had flirted with her. It seems he truly was desperate to get a girlfriend. If only he learned to hold back the aggressive flirting and get to know a woman first before asking them out on a date. They had a bad first impression and look at them now. "Anyway, is that it, or is there more to the story?"

"There's a bit more." Said Winona before adopting a sad look. "I told him how I lost the Fortree City Gym. It's something I'm not too proud of and am ashamed of."

"Oh." Said Yolanda upon hearing the sad and ashamed tone from Winona and regretted what she asked. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Said Winona as she wiped her eyes upon noticing that they were getting teary. "You didn't know. Anyway, I was going to tell him other reasons why I lost the Gym when my former colleagues came and forced me to come here. Brock volunteered to come to distract them while I left."

"Wait! You left my brother on his own! As bait!" Yelled Yolanda, enraged at what Winona had just said, regret dissipating when she learned that Winona used her brother as bait. Crobat was also angered at this. It flew over to Winona with an angered expression on its face. It looked like it was about to attack. Seeing this, Winona panicked and raised her hands in surrender.

"He wasn't in any danger." Said Winona as she looked at Yolanda, who looked pissed off. "I asked him to distract them, yes, but my colleagues weren't going to hurt him or anything. Please, I assure you, I would never put your brother in harm's way. Not after everything he's done for me." Seeing the pleading look on Winona's face, Yolanda sighed before nodding.

"Okay, I believe you, but if you did my brother in harm's way, I would never forgive you." Said Yolanda before ordering Crobat to back off, which it did after some hesitation. Sighing, Winona looked at Yolanda seriously.

"Believe me, if I did that, I would willingly surrender myself to the Hoenn Regional League as well as the Kanto one." Said Winona. "I assure you. I would never put him in danger or anyone else for that matter. If I wasn't sure that my colleagues just wanted to find me and bring me back to Hoenn unharmed, then I wouldn't have asked your brother to help me. I swear on my life." Yolanda, upon hearing that, looked at Crobat if he believed her. Crobat, upon seeing the look, just nodded, confirming that he believed Winona's claims. Somewhat relieved to hear that her brother's Pokemon believed this woman, Yolanda looked at Winona seriously.

"He better be unharmed." Said Yolanda. "Or else." Winona just nodded in agreement and silently prayed for Brock's safety. Not for her own sake, but for his family. The two females stayed like this for a few minutes before Yolanda spoke up.

"So, Brock is going through a lot of trouble for you." Said Yolanda as she looked at Winona judgingly. Winona just nodded in agreement, knowing she owed Brock a lot for everything he did for her.

"He is." Said Winona softly as she thought of Brock. "He's a great man. I don't know how I can repay him for all that he's done for me so far." Yolanda hummed at that and was about to say something when the doorbell rang. Hearing this, Yolanda got up to answer it.

"I'll take it." Said Yolanda before pointing a finger at Winona. "You stay here. Golem and Crobat will make sure you behave." Sighing at the humiliation of being ordered by a pre-ten-year-old, Winona agreed to what Yolanda said before Yolanda took off for the door. Upon arriving, she opened it and saw that it was Brock with a smile on his face.

"Brock!" Yelled Yolanda happily before embracing her big brother, who chuckled at the embrace.

"Hey, kiddo." Said Brock with a smile as he looked at his eldest sister. "How's our guest?"

"She's in the living room with Golem and Crobat. We didn't trust her so we had her kept there." Said Yolanda. Brock nodded in understanding.

"I see." Said Brock. He couldn't blame his siblings for the precautions. This was entirely last minute and on the fly. So it stood to reason Forrest and Yolanda would be suspicious of Winona coming to their home and requesting to stay for a while. Even if she had his Marshtomp with her. Plus, even though most of his brothers and sisters, were out in school by now, he knew a few of them were present in the house like Forrest and his youngest siblings, who had a day off of school. Thus, he was proud of both Yolanda and Forrest for doing what they thought was right to protect their family. Not that he would tell Winona that. "Well, I'd like to talk with her. Okay, kiddo? I'll take her up to my room and we'll have a talk with one another in private. We have some important, adult stuff to talk about. Make sure Billy and Tilly don't hear any of it. Okay?"

"Okay." Said Yolanda, understanding what her brother was saying.

"And another thing." Said Brock before smiling sheepishly. "Can you cook up some sandwiches for us? We didn't get to eat lunch. So can you do that for us while I talk with Winona?" Yolanda chuckled at that before nodding. "Thanks." With that, Brock went to the living room, where his Crobat flew up to him with a relieved smile on it's face. After assuring Crobat he was fine, he looked at Winona and asked her if she likes to go to his room so they can keep it private. When she said yes, he lead her to his room in the second floor.

A few minutes later, the two found themselves in Brock's room. Winona looked around Brock's room while Brock closed and locked the door leading to his room. She was surprised to see how normal it was. It had your typical boyish things along with books pertaining to Pokemon medicines and medical treatments as well as a computer, a desk, and various hard drives near the computer and desk. She honestly thought there would be a picture of an attractive woman here and there in his room, but no, there were portraits of various rock Pokemon and a poster of the Kanto Pokemon Regional League in his room. Sitting in a chair that Brock had in case anyone wanted to come in and sit in his room, Winona watched as Brock took another chair and looked at Winona, who looked back.

"So, let's continue our talk." Said Brock as he looked at Winona. "What else caused you to lose your position as Gym Leader of Fortree City?" Winona sighed before resuming her talk with Brock regarding how she lost her status as Gym Leader of Fortree City.

Meanwhile

Pewter City Pokemon Center

"That Brock is going to get it when I catch up to him." Said Flannery as she got out of the Pokemon Center with Norman, Tate, and Liza. Nurse Joy, after she found her and Brock, helped them recover from Croagunk's potent Poison Jab. Brock, unfortunately for her, recovered faster, having grown some tolerance to his Pokemon's Poison Jab after being hit by it so many times before, and left the Pokemon Center. Telling Nurse Joy that he needed to leave. Nurse Joy, of course, wanted to protest at this, but Norman told him to go. Though Norman didn't have any official authority in Kanto, being a Hoenn Gym Leader, he convinced Nurse Joy to let Brock go to wherever he wanted to. Thus, Brock left the Pokemon Center to Arceus knows where while they all stayed behind to watch as Flannery recover from her Poison Jab.

Unfortunately, as Flannery never really experienced a Poison Jab herself before, she took longer to recover than Brock. Even with Nurse Joy tending to her as well as being provided a berry juice made from Pecha Berries, Flannery took a whole half an hour to recover from the Poison Jab as opposed to Brock recovering in a mere few minutes even without much aid from Nurse Joy or receiving a Pecha Berry infused juice. And Norman suspected that was because of where Croagunk hit him in the first place. That Croagunk must have been quite powerful to do that to Flannery for her to have such a long recovery time.

"Now Flannery, Brock doesn't deserve much more than a scolding." Said Norman as he scratched the back of his head while Tate and Liza whistled, staying a bit away from their redhead colleague while she fumed about the humiliation she felt from Croagunk's little stunt. "After all, he's probably going to lead us to Winona right about now."

"Oh yes, he deserves more than a scolding. I'm going to…wait. What do you mean he's going to lead us to Winona?" Asked Flannery upon fully processing what Norman just said. Norman just smirked before pointing forward, causing Flannery to look ahead to see a Solrock and Lunatone coming towards them."

"Nice work you two." Said Tate while Liza smiled.

"Did you follow him without him spotting you?" Asked Liza causing both Psychic-type Pokemon to nod in confirmation. "Well, it looks like we got our lead. C'mon! Winona is close!" With that, the four Gym Leaders followed the two Pokemon towards Brock's home, hoping to find their friend and end this little chase of theirs.

As the four ran, they failed to spot a bipedal Meowth coming out of the bushes, blinking in surprise.

"Oh, man. Five Hoenn Gym Leaders in one spot?" Said the Meowth surprisingly. Touching its chin, it suddenly got a brilliant idea. Smiling a cheshire smile, the Meowth went to get its friends to pull off a heist. One that didn't involve a certain Pikachu.