Me: New update time. This chapter has Clay, Vivian, and Meriee properly introducing themeselves to Ash and co. This also sheds light on how Pikachu seems to know Clay. Finally, the villians we all love to hate, Jessie, James, and Meowth show up too.

Zane: And they use their new motto too.

Me: It was hard getting that part down seeing as how I was used to hearing the original motto, despite the occasional change in the words from time to time. I hope I got the re-made motto down correctly.

Servo: (reads ahead) Seems like it to me.

Me: Well I wish I knew for sure. Ever since my cable was cut off, I haven't been able to watch a single episode of pokemon!

Mallow: Ouch... That sucks. I know how much you love that show, so it's gotta be hard to deal with.

Me: Anyway, one last announcement: Gantz has told me that he wont be updating his fanfic, Paper mario: Legend of the Star Rod for maybe a couple of weeks, so don't be mad at him for any lack of updates. Anyway, it's time for fanfic sign! lights go crazy in the author's booth

Chapter 5: Explanations

Outside of town, in the forest where the group ran of to, Clay said to Ash and his friends, "Ok, that's outta the way. Let me introduce myself: I'm Clayton Mario, but all my friends simply call me Clay. I see you already met Vivian. Oh, and the second young lady here is Meriee."

Ash nodded, then said, "I'm Ash Ketchum, and these are my friends May, her brother Max, and this is Brock. The mouse who saved you was Pikachu." Clay then said, "Pikachu? I heard that name before. But you can't be the one I know, are you?" Ash then said, "Excuse me, but what are you talking about?"

Vivian then said, "Clay, Pikachu is a creature only native to this world called a pokemon. How can you know about Pikachu?" Everyone stared at Clay, who sighed, then said, "Well, I think it was time I explained this to someone eventually... Ok, before I begin on how I know Pikachu, I have to tell you about my world. It's like this..."

After several hours of telling Ash and his friends the tales of him and his brothers, Clay finally said, "With that out of the way, I can now explain how I know what a Pikachu is. There was a terrible event that happened twice: The first time was in 1999, and then it happened again in 2001. What happened was an evil monster named Master Hand tried to take over the universe by forcing people from different worlds to fight one another in a savage fighting tournament. Everyone at first thought they were fighting for bragging rights, but they all learned what was in store for them. When Master hand began his scheme, he knew someone would try to stop him as he had apparently observed several universes over the years."

The group was listening eagerly for Clay to continue, little did they know they weren't going to like what they would hear. Clay said, "Master Hand found not one, but a total of twelve people who stood a chance at shattering his plans. He tricked them into participating in his fighting tournament. They soon found out Master Hand had tricked them, when one of the fighters overheard Master Hand muttering something about his plans a bit too freely. The fighters soon rose up and were able to take him down. Two of the fighters dragged into this mess were pokemon." Ash's friends nearly stopped breathing when he haerd Clay say this. No pokemon deserved to be treated the way Clay had mentioned.

They were expecting Clay to describe some legendary pokemon like Moltres or Celibi to be the two pokemon contestants as they thought that someone as vile as Master Hand only saw power in a 'formidable' being, but they nearly had a collective heart attack when they heard that the two fighters were average everyday pokemon. Clay then said, "One was some pink baloon thing that had cat ears, and could sing a song that put people to sleep." Max then said, "That sounds like a Jigglypuff." Clay then finished by saying, "The other was a Pikachu."

Ash and his friends couldn't believe what they had heard. Someone who was willing to kill not only innocent people to take over the world, but also wasn't afraid to kill pokemon either! But not just any pokemon, but two very are spiecMay then said, "THAT'S SICK! I'm glad that jerk's gone!" Clay then said, "Actually, that wasn't the case... As I mentioned, this happened twice. Somehow, Master survived, and he then brought his twin brother Crazy Hand to assist in another plan to rule the universe. This time, they took more people into their sick game, including me! Two other pokemon were forced into it too. One was a miniature version of Pikachu, and the other one was, according to what it told us, was a clone of some aincient pokemon."

Ash and his friends couldn't believe the evil Hand Duo even tried to kill a baby pokemon like Pichu. But only Ash and Brock recognized the description of the fourth pokemon, Mewtwo. Vivian was horrified at this point more than ever. She had nearly lost her boyfriend before she had even met him! In the distance, hidden in the bushes, two humans and a pokemon spied on the group of heroes. One was a man with shoulder-length blue hair with a white version of the Team Rocket uniform. The other human was a long, red-headed woman also with a white Team Rocket uniform. The pokemon was a cat-like creature with a coin on it's forehead called Meowth.

The man said, "My, this story is kinda disturbing..." The Meowth then said, suprisingly in a Brooklyn accent, "I somehow don't feel like bein' evil today after hearin' dis..." The woman then said, "Hush, I wanna hear the rest of this story!"

Clay then said, "This time, the hands took no chance. Instead of simply trying to force us to kill each other, they tried to brainwash us to force us to do so without hesitation! However, a good friend of mine was strong-willed enough to withstand the spell. His name is Yoshi. Sinc he shrugged off that spell, this allowed him to single-handedly free us all. And then we took the fight to the hands and got rid of them for good! At least, I hope we did anyway..."

Pikachu then said a few things, and began acting something out. Clay then said, "Any idea what he just said?" Ash then said, "I dunno, I'm usually able to figure out what he says..." Suddenly, they heard a female voice say, "Perhaps we can help you!" Clay, Vivian, and Meriee looked around confused, but Ash and his friends groaned. Max then said, "Not them again..." They all then heard what sounded like a poem in which the people reciting it took turns on each line. It went like this:

Woman: "Prepare for trouble!"

Man: "Make it double!"

Woman: "An evil as old as the galaxy!"

Man: "Sent here to fufill our destiny!"

Woman: "Jessie!"

Man: "James!"

Meowth: "Meowth's the name!"

Jessie: "Where ever there's good in the universe,"

James: "Team Rocket,"

Meowth: "Will be there,"

J, J, M: "To make everything worse!"

Mime Jr.: "Mime, mime!"

Wobbuffet: "WOBBUFFET!!!!!!"

Vivian, Meriee, and Clay had blank looks on their faces. Never before in their lives have they heard such a corney introduction. The three then began laughing at the odd newcomers. Jessie then said, "What are you three laughing at!?" Clay then said in between laughs, "My god, that was so stupid! Too bad Crow and Servo aren't here, they'd have a field day! HAHAHAHA!!!!" Meriee then said, "What about Zane? I'm sure he'd like to say a few things about those three right now!"

Ash and his friends began to chuckle a little as well. Jessie then said, "SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU!!!!!" Clay then said, "Give it a rest ya crazy old bat! We're just having a little fun!" James and Meowth then said at the same time, "Uh oh..." Jessie had a vein throbbing in her forehead, and yelled, "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?! I DEMAND AN APOLOGY BEFORE I KILL YOU!" Clay scoffed, then said, "Oh please... You clowns just admitted to be Team Rocket goons, and poorly disguised ones at that judging by the white colored uniforms. So I would never apologize to you about anything after what some of your associates did to me!"

Clay still felt a little pain from his gunshot wound, but shook it off without any effort. He then said, "And besides, if you keep getting angry like that, the stress'll just make you age quicker! It's a medical fact! I know this because my brother is a part-time doctor!" Jessie froze at this new information: Her temper was chipping away her treasured looks, and she fell to the ground trying to come to terms with herself.

Meowth then said, "Wow. That's the foist time I saw anyone make Jess mad, and still be left standin'..." James then said, "In all honesty, we overheard that story you just told, and we lost our desire of stealing Pikachu today. After that display Pikachu put on, Meowth decided we should come out to tell you what he said."

Vivian then said, "Hold on. That pokemon is speaking English! How is that!? Ash and his friends told me pokemon have their own language made up of the syllables of their own names..." Meowth then said, "It's a long story, but the short version is that I fell in love, tried to impress the girl by acting more human, wound up getting rejected because I, as she put it, turned into a freak, then dissapeared... I taught myself how to speak human talk during this time, and as a result I can speak both Pokemon and human talk."

Clay was amazed, and said, "Wow, in that case, can you tell us what Pikachu said?" Meowth then said, "I'll have to hear it again. I didn't quite catch it the foist time." Pikachu told Meowth what he told us, then Meowth was apparently appaled by what he had heard. Then he said, "Oh man, I'm so sorry!" Ash then said, "What?! What is it!?!" Meowth then said, "He said the Pikachu Clay said he and his brothers saw during those tournaments was himself!"

Ash immedeately froze. Everyone looked at him wondering if he'd be ok upon hearing this new information. Even Jessy seemed to show some sympathy. Clay then said, "Ouch... Ok, I think Ash would like to be alone for now guys." The group decided to leave Ash alone for a while. But Pikachu stayed as he didn't want his friend to worry about what he had learned.

To be continued...

Me: You guys have no idea how hard it was trying to type a perfect Brooklyn accent without it looking weird...

Zane: That might explain why ther aren't many stories starring Jessie, James, and Meowth at the Pokemon Fanfic section here.

Crow: Ah, the plot thickens!

Servo: Not quite Crow. It may be more interesting now, but it's too soon to say that. Besides, Me, Zane and the others still haven't been found yet.

Crow: Then why are the two of you here?

Zane: He means 'haven't been found in the story' moron!

Crow: Ok, ok! Sheesh...

Me: Settle down guys. R&R!