Me: Ah, another peaceful weekend, and another new chapter!
Crow: This chapter has a new fight scene, and trust me, it's been worth waiting for!
Servo: The battle is between the good guys, and Jessie and Jame's old rivals, Butch and Cassidy.
Mallow: They're here to try to take out Ash and his friends for exposing the Team Rocket HQ, but everyone as usual keeps saying Butch's name wrong and he get's pissed about it.
Zane: NUTCASE also went and had Clayton poke fun at this little detail in the story. Also, during the battle, a suprise evolution occurs!
Me: As for who it is, you'll have to read on to find out.
Chapter 10: The Rocket's Strike Back!
A few short days after arriving in Pallet Town, the group were discussing your normal everyday things. For Ash, it was focused on what his next challenge was. Seeing as his new friends needed help, that this seemed like a challenge he'd like to tackle to kill time before leaving for another tournament in some other region.
Professor Oak and Tracey were busy checking the old research notes in the lab in hope that they could possibly find a way home for the newcomers. Brock was onthe phone with his family, explaining he'd be gone longer than he thought since something had come up. May and Max explained the same thing to their parents, and both sets of families said it'd be ok for them to take their time.
Ash was expecting his mother to refuse Ash helping his new friends due to the overwhelming danger that might be involved. But she suprised him by saying, "Honey, I know that since your a pokemon trainer that you can take care of yourself. Besides, you have your pokemon to help protect you in case something happens, plus there's your friends. And even though I still don't trust Jessie, James, and that Meowth, I'm willing to let them help you if it does prove that they're telling the truth about leaving Team Rocket."
Ash was left in a stupor when he heard this. All Clay could say was, "Snap out of it Ash! She just said you could give us a hand!" Ash still was a bit hesitant. He knew from what he had heard that this would be his most dangerous journey ever. However, Pikachu seemed determined to go with Clay, even if Ash didn't want to go at all. The reason being is that Clay was a person Pikachu could defenately trust as much as his own trainer, and wanted to help him in any way possible. Ash's other pokemon seemed to stand beside Pikachu's decision as well, and that was enough for Ash to accept this responsibility.
He finally said, "I've always acted depending on what my pokemon wanted in situations like these, and this is no exception!" Clay gave the future Pokemon Master a thumbs up, and said, "Glad to hear your decision paisano. Let's-a go." Before the two left, the phone rang. When Delia answered the phone, she said to Clay and Ash, "That was Professor Oak. He said he may have found something to help your friends get home, Ash."
Clay took the phone from Mrs. Ketchum, and said, "Prof. Oak? What's the word?" Prof. Oak said on the other end of the line, "Ah, Clay. Just the person I've been wanting to talk to. I need you, Ash, and the others to come down to the lab. Tracy and I stumbled upon something helpful." Clay then said, "Ok, we'll be right over." Clay then explained the situation to Ash and Delia, and ran off to the Oak Research Lab.
When they got there, they saw everyone in their group was waiting for them. Prof. Oak then said, "Ah, glad to see you got here so quicklly." Tracey then said, "Here's what we found." He was about to direct us to the professors computer, when a cloud of smoke filled the room. Zane yelled out, "WHAT THE!? Did someone drop a smoke bomb in here!?!"
The group then heard a sinister voice say, "I guess you can say that." When the smoke cleared, the group saw two Team Rocket members, one with blonde hair in pigtails, and one with blue-green hair. Both had sinister looks on their faces, and had eyes that screamed evil intent. Ash then said, "It's Barry and Cassidy!" The man fell down, then yelled, "GODDAMN IT, IT'S BUTCH!"
Brock then yelled, "Hey, we have kids and ladies here in the lab, so watch your tounge!" Cassidy then saw Jessie and James in the corner, and said, "What's the loser trio doing here!?" Jessie smirked, then said, "Allow me to explain!" Jessie, James, and Meowth then recited their motto again, but this time it was different. Clay and his friends didn't know it, but the former Rockets began using their old motto, which still had a few revisions tossed in.
Jessie: Prepare for trouble!
James: Make it double!
Jessie: To protect the world from devestation!
James: To unite all peoples within our nation!
Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
James: To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie: Jessie!
James: And James, of course!
Jessie: We quit Team Rocket, and now get ready to fight!
James: What we've said is absolutely true, so give up now or we'll show our true might!
Meowth: Meowth, that's right!
Wobbuffet: WOBBUFFET!!!!!!
Mime Jr.: Mime, mime!
After the motto was spoken, Ash said to the others, "Seems they went back to their old motto." Clay then said, "So this is what they used to say. I like this one better than the one used when I met them." May then said, "It also sounds a lot better seeing as they are no longer part of Team Rocket."
Butch then said, "So, you betrayed us Messy and Lames. Fine by us, as we can finally be rid of you two losers!" They then tossed in two pokeballs, and we saw an oversized rat along with a monkey-like pokemon pop out. Butch and Cassidy addressed them as Raticate and Primeape. Jessie tossed out a large snake with a blade-like taike, and James sent out a cactus with human features. The cactus in question turned back and gave James a painful hug as James said, "AUUGE! DON'T HURT ME, HURT THEM!"
While everyone was distracted by Jame's problem with his pokemon, Cacnea, Clay and Zane charged forward and kicked Butch and Cassidy out of the lab, literally as they performed a flying kick which was strong enough to send them out the front door of the lab. The battle then moved to the fields as the two opposing sides waged war on eah other.
Primeape tried to land a Karate Chop on Cacnea, but Cacnea blocked by using Needle Arm, which subsequentially sent Primeape flying back a few feet. Jessie's pokemon, Seviper tried it's Poison Tail on Raticate, but Raticate swerved passed the glowing, poison-filled tail and bit down hard on the soft part of Seviper's tail with a Hyper Fang attack.
Seviper then used it's own Bite attack, which sent Raticate reeling due to how painful those two fangs in Seviper's mouth can be. With Seviper free of Raticate's fangs, Seviper proceeded to wrap it's body around the oversized rat as Seviper was attempting to slowly suffocate the rat. Cacnea was having trouble against Primeape when it landed a Cross Chop on the small cactus pokemon, but was able to even the score by striking with a Pin Missle, followed up by a Needle Arm. Cacnea seemed more determined to win now seeing as his trainer has quit Team Rocket, and then began glowing brightly.
Clay and his friends were urious about what was going on, and Ash said, "Cancea's evolving!" We watched as Cacnea grew taller due to his more useful and apparent legs, and his arms also grew in length. His head looked like it was topped with a hat of some kind, which made it appear somewhat sinister. When the light show was over, the new creature before them shouted out, "CACTURN!!!!"
Primeape and Raticate were creeped out by the new pokemon, and were slowly backing away. Vivian then said, "Why are those two backing away from Cacnea? And why is it so creepy looking now?"
Professor Oak then said, "It's called evolution. Pokemon unlike animals have developed a unique form of evolution which has allowed them to grow into a more powerful form in a matter of seconds which has allowed them to flourish so easily in this world. Evolution grants more power, as well as a new look. New abilities can also be learned, and in some cases a pokemon may gain a new type trait. In this case, Cacnea, who was originally simply a grass type, has become a Cacturn, which is not only grass but also a dark pokemon. Being a dark pokemon gives Cacturn a sinister personality, and a devious attitude in battle. Other than that, Cacturn is still the same pokemon as it was as a Cacnea, so it should still show the great amount of compassion it has for James."
Ash then said, "And from what I've seen in the past, James cared a lot for Cacnea and I doubt Cacturn is gonna let either him or the rest of us down!" James then yelled out, "Ok, Cacne- I mean, Cacturn! Use Sandstorm!" Cacturn created a large sandstorm which blanketed the field. Cacturn seemed to simply dissapear entirely." Brock then said, "Cacturn's Sand Veil allows it to turn invisible when there's a sandstorm. James has the upper hand right now, even with it's weakness to Primeape's fighting attacks."
Upon hearing this from Brock, James said, "Ok, Cacturn use Faint Attack!" Since Cacturn was invisible now, no one could see when Cacturn struck, but Raticate was KO'd from the attack. Primeape began throwing punches blindly, but the sand was taking it's toll on Primeape, and the monkey was tiring itself out from it's own futile attempts at attacking. Cacturn then delivered a Mega Punch to win the match. The sandstorm cleared up, and James had won the match.
Cacturn rushed up to James and gave him a bone-crushing hug, which aside from the spikes, was pretty painful due to the added muscle mass in Cacturn's body. Meriee then said, "I see Cacturn's still his old self depite the new look." James then said, "Cacturn...I...need...air!!!!!" Cacturn let his trainer go, after realizing it can no longer give James the hugs he enjoyed giving his trainer. But he was still happy that he won, even though his new personality gained through his evolution didn't show it.
James then said with a load of confidance in his voice, "Ok Cassidy and Bluto-" Butch then yelled, "IT'S BUTCH! HOW MANY TIMES MUST I SAY THAT!!!!!!" Clay had a mischieveous gleam in his eyes as he said, "Whatever you say, Betty." Butch glared at clay, and then said, "What did you say you brat!?" Clay then said, "Excuse me, I ment Bridgette." Clay's friends began to snicker. They tried to hold it in but they were failing horribly, Zane especially.
Clay then said, "Oh wait, I'm sorry, I ment Bubba's Bitch!" At this Zane just began laughing so hard, that everyone within a ten mile radius could hear him. The others began laughing too, with exception of Ash's mother, May, and Professor Oak since that was sorta pushing the joke a bit too far.
Butch finally lost it, and yelled, "THAT'S IT! GO CHARIZARD AND TYRANNITAR! DESTROY THAT LITTLE BASTARD!!!!!"
To be continued...
Crow: (laughs uncontrollably) Bubba's Bitch!? Wow, that's the worst insult you can throw at anybody from what I hear!
Me: Heh heh, I had to do it. I've always wondered if the characters either kept forgetting Butch's name on purpose or not, so I took that part of the joke and brought it out more. Sometime, the guy who writes the script for the Pokemon anime should do something like this to Butch.
Zane: I see what you mean, this was gold.
Servo: Man, Cacturn is pretty powerful despite it's low defense stats.
Me: Well it's base atack and sp. attack are more than enough to fix that problem. Plus, combining it's Sandtorm attack with it's ability Sand Veil helps put Cacturn ahead of most of the competition. Anway, I'll post another chapter later today once everyone's done reading this one, so stay tuned! And be sure to R&R as usual!