Well, here's another chapter of Changing Ways (Kind of dumb Title). I decided to cut this chapter short. It would have contained more, but I felt this was a good place to stop.
Anyway, thanks for the reviews.
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Changing Ways: Chapter 16: Grab Pikachu, whatever it takes. Team Rocket Ruthless! :
"WHAAAAAA," Ash yelled as he came falling down to Earth.
Team Rocket's balloon was pretty high up by the time Ash fell, so it was a very long way down for the Pokemon Trainer.
"Jessie, what have you done!?" James angrily yelled into Jessie's face back in the balloon. "We only wanted to steal the twerp's Pikachu, not KILL the twerp!" he added.
"What?" Jessie asked as she threw her hands up in innocence. "How was I supposed to know that the twerp would fall?"
"Well, you've done it dis time, Jess…" Meowth exclaimed while looking on as Ash fell through the air while their balloon drifted away…
"Oh no…" Misty gasped as she watched Ash coming down to Earth. "Ash!" she yelled as she started running into the direction he was going to land in. "What am I going to do!?" she asked herself in desperation. "ASH!" she yelled one final time at the top of her voice.
It was then that everything turned white around Misty. The white light protruded from her waist, coming from a pokeball on her belt. A being appeared from the brilliant white light, forming in front of Misty, who had come to a halt because of surprise. What appeared out of the white light; was Ash's trusty Grass-type, evolved Johto starter pokemon: Bayleef.
"Bay Bay," Bayleef exclaimed as she used her Vine Whip into the air towards Ash.
"Bayleef, what are you doing out of your pokeball?" Misty quizzically asked as she stared at Bayleef in front of her.
"Bay," Bayleef firmly exclaimed as she looked over her shoulder to Misty, ordering her to do something.
"Huh, what are you saying, Bayleef…" Misty silently questioned herself as she looked up at what Bayleef was doing. Her eyes then lit up when she saw what the leaf-like pokemon was doing…
Bayleef had curled her vines around Ash's body, which didn't help because he was still falling.
"You want me to help?" Misty asked as she stepped a few feet closer to Bayleef.
"Bay," Bayleef hastily nodded, signaling that Misty had to hurry as they were running out of time.
"Right, I'm on it!" Misty yelled as she scanned the situation, thinking of a plan to save Ash. "Come on Misty; think…" she mumbled to herself as she hurriedly looked around her, seeing as they were really starting to run out of time. "Aha, I've got it!" she excitedly yelled as she pulled a pokeball from her belt. "Staryu: I choose you!" she yelled as she threw the pokeball in the air.
The sea star-like pokemon, Staryu, emerged from the light emitting from the pokeball and formed on the ground in front of Misty. "Hyah," it exclaimed, awaiting its orders.
"Quick, Staryu; use your Water Gun to stop Ash from falling!" Misty hastily ordered as she pointed up to where Ash was rapidly approaching the ground.
"Hyah," Staryu acknowledged Misty's order and got underneath Ash. It then proceeded to spray a mighty blast of water from the tip of its top point, straight up to Ash.
Ash had by now closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable collision with the ground. That is however, until he felt a strong, wet surge of water hitting him against the back. It dramatically slowed down the pace at which he was falling, up until the point at which it felt as if he stopped falling completely.
He slowly opened his one eye to see what was going on. "WHAT THE HECK!?" he yelled when he noticed that he was floating several feet above the ground. "Am I, FLYING?" he asked as he looked down with wide eyes.
Misty slapped her palm against her forehead. "No, Ash; you're not flying!" she scowled Ash because of his stupidity. "Staryu," she said as she turned to Staryu. "Lower your Water Gun to bring Ash back safely to the ground, okay?" she ordered.
"Hyah," Staryu complied as its Water Gun slowly started weakening in strength, lowering Ash out of the air.
"Whoa, what's happening?" Ash nervously asked as he looked around him. He then finally noticed the water beneath him and gave a sigh of relief. "Oh, so that's how I was able to fly…" he figured, sounding in awe.
Misty merely slapped her forehead in aggravation because of Ash's seemingly unending stupidity.
Bayleef kept Ash steady with her Vine Whip as Staryu's Water Gun dissipated more and more. Ash's feet eventually made contact with the ground, after which Staryu retreated to Misty's side and Bayleef released Ash from her Vine Whip.
"Bay Bay," Bayleef excitedly exclaimed as she ran towards Ash.
"Hey there, Baylee-"Ash got out before he was knocked over by Bayleef, who now sat on top of him.
"Bay," Bayleef exclaimed as she nuzzled her cheek up against Ash.
"C-Cut it out, Bayleef," Ash exclaimed in between laughs. "That tickles!"
'Bay," Bayleef happily exclaimed before getting off of Ash, allowing the Pokemon Trainer to get back to his feet.
"Thanks a lot, Bayleef." Ash said as he gently rubbed the leaf on Bayleef's head. "And you too, Staryu." He said, addressing Staryu. He then looked up at Misty. "Thanks, Misty." He said with a big smile on his face.
"You can thank me later, Ash." Mist replied. "Now come on; let's go get Pikachu!" she declared with a confident smirk.
"Right," Ash said with a determined look in his eyes. "Let's go!" he said with a fist pump.
"Thanks for your help, Staryu, return." Misty said as she pointed a pokeball towards Staryu, figuring that it would not be able to keep up with the gang. The pokeball retracted the sea star-like pokemon and was then clipped back onto Misty's belt.
The group consisting out of Ash, Misty and Bayleef then started running down the road after Team Rocket's balloon, which had now gotten a bit ahead of them again because of the drama…
"Uh, yous guys…" Meowth started as he turned back to Jessie and James. "I hate to be da bearer of good news…but da twerp's fine." He informed his fellow Team Rocket members.
"WHAT?" both Jessie and James simultaneously exclaimed as they turned around and sure enough; they looked straight into the twerp and red-headed twerpette giving chase after them.
"Phew, thank goodness the twerp is still alive…" Jessie said as she sighed in relief.
"Yes, I don't want any blood on my hands…" James stated as he wiped some sweat off of his forehead.
"Arbok; this is entirely your fault!" Jessie scowled as she pointed an accusing finger at Arbok.
"Char," Arbok gaped as its eyes grew wide in surprise. It then vigorously shook its head in denial.
"Oh no," James cut in. "You're not going to pin this on poor Arbok. It was YOU that ordered Arbok to attack the twerp!" he said as he pointed to Jessie.
"No, it's Arbok's fault!" Jessie yelled into James's face.
"Char Bok," Arbok exclaimed as it shook its head vigorously in denial again.
"No, it's YOUR fault!" James yelled back into Jessie's face.
"No, it's ARBOK's fault!" Jessie in turn yelled back into James's face.
"BE QUIET!" Meowth furiously yelled as he ripped his claws over both Jessie and James's faces, which resulted in painful moans as the two of them grabbed their aching faces. "Now why don't yous guys look down der!" he ordered as he pointed down to the ground.
Jessie and James looked down to where Meowth was pointing.
"Yes, it's the twerp and the red-headed twerpette along with a Bayleef?" James remarked.
"What about them, Meowth?" Jessie asked as she looked down at Meowth.
"Are yous guys blind!?" Meowth scowled his two bumbling companions. "They're followin' us!" he angrily informed the two of them.
"Well, they're not getting Pikachu back!" Jessie angrily yelled. "Arbok: Use Poison Sting to stop them in their tracks!" she ordered as she pointed down to Ash, Misty and Bayleef.
"Char Bok Bok," Arbok exclaimed as it fired a stream of poisonous white needles down towards the trio of chasing twerps which consisted out of Ash, Misty and Bayleef.
"Pikapi, Pikachupi!" Pikachu worriedly exclaimed from within his cage.
"Watch out, you guys!" Misty warned Ash and Bayleef as she noticed the poisonous needles approaching them.
"Quick, Bayleef; use Razor Leaf to stop that!" Ash quickly ordered in retaliation to the Poison Sting.
"Bay," Bayleef exclaimed in acknowledgement as she swung her head and small razor-like leaves flying out of the leaf on her head.
The leaves and poisonous needles collided in mid-air, causing a mini-explosion.
"That ought to stop them." Jessie declared as she, Meowth, James and Arbok watched the resulting post-explosion cloud.
"I wouldn't bet on that!" the Team Rocket trio heard a familiar voice coming from within the cloud.
The owner of the voice was none other than Ash, who, along with Misty and Bayleef, came running through the cloud, uninjured and in pursuit of the balloon.
"Gah, I knew it was too good to be true." Jessie said as she slapped her palm against her forehead in aggravation.
"Bayleef: Use your Razor Leaf to shoot down that balloon!" Ash ordered as he pointed to the said balloon.
"Bay," Bayleef obeyed as she swung her head once more, causing more razor-like leaves to shoot out of it.
The leaves shot up towards the Meowth-shaped balloon and flew by, but not before tearing a giant hole on the side of it.
"Oh boy, dat can't be good…" Meowth exclaimed as he looked at the gaping hole in the balloon.
"Agreed…" James added, before the hot air balloon came crashing down towards the ground, with its occupants screaming in blue murder.
The balloon came crashing down into a tree a few yards in front of Ash, Misty and Bayleef, who were making their way over to it.
"Come on, guys," Ash said as he started running faster. "Hurry up!" he added as he approached the crashed balloon.
"Ash," Misty called after Ash. "Wait! You can't just run over to them! It could be dangerous!" she informed him, but it fell on deaf ears as he ignored her and kept running. "Ash!" she yelled again before going after him, Bayleef in tow.
Misty and Bayleef caught up to Ash and together, the three of them got closer to the crashed balloon. However, a loud explosion from the balloon sent Ash, Misty and Bayleef back a few feet. They came to a skidding halt on the ground as all-too-familiar laughing echoed through the air.
"Ugh, what the heck happened…"Ash said as he groggily sat up and rubbed the back of his head.
"Bay Bay," Bayleef exclaimed as she also sat up.
"Uhh, was I hit by a Tauros?" Misty said as she held onto her aching head.
"Oh no, you weren't." Jessie said, addressing the fallen trio. "You were hit by none other, than Team Rocket!" she added with a maniacal laugh.
"Jessie, look at what you have done this time!" James yelled from next to Jessie, causing her to momentarily lose her balance.
"STOP YELLING AT ME!" Jessie exploded into James's face after she regained her balance. "I didn't even do anything!" she added in her defense.
"You didn't do anything?" James rhetorically asked. "You DESTROYED our balloon!" he angrily yelled.
"And Pikachu along with it!" Meowth added from Jessie's other side.
"Do you think money grows on trees?!" James rhetorically asked; his teeth razor sharp in anger.
"Well," Jessie exclaimed as she put her finger on her chin in thought. "What is money made of?" she asked James.
"Paper?" James asked, confused because of the turn of events.
"And where does paper come from…?" Jessie asked as she knowingly nudged James in the ribs.
"…" James stared blankly at Jessie, anger beginning to seethe out of him as his cheeks turned red in fury.
"Huh, James?" Jessie asked as she smirked knowingly at James. "I'm waiting for an answer." She said.
"Just go in there and get Pikachu!" James angrily ordered Jessie as he pointed to the wreck which was once their balloon.
"I am way ahead of you, James." Jessie stated matter-of-factly and then revealed a cage from behind her back, which contained none other than Pikachu.
"Pika, Pikachu," Pikachu angrily exclaimed from within the cage, sparks emitting from his cheeks.
"But how?" James asked; amazement evident in his voice.
"It was simple, really." Jessie stated. "I just grabbed the cage before I let Arbok blow the balloon up." She explained.
"Wow, good thinkin', Jess." Meowth complimented Jessie.
"Why, thank you, Meowth." Jessie said before turning to James and sticking her tongue out at him.
James simply crossed his arms and turned the other way with a huff.
"Team Rocket!" the three Team Rocket members heard a familiar voice call out. They turned around, only to look straight into Ash, the owner of the said voice, accompanied by Misty and Bayleef.
"The twerp?" Team Rocket simultaneously exclaimed as they looked at Ash and Co. in shock.
"Give me back Pikachu, now!" Ash ordered as he balled his fists in front of him in anger.
"Twerp, what do you take us for? Idiots?" Jessie sarcastically asked as while rolling her eyes.
"Do you really want us to answer that?" Misty answered for Ash.
"What did you say, you little brat!?" Jessie screamed with razor sharp teeth.
James covered Jessie's mouth before she could retaliate. "That's enough, Jessie!" he said as he dragged her back.
"If ya want Pikachu back; yous are gonna hav to battle us for'em!" Meowth declared as he showed his claws at Ash, Misty and Bayleef.
"If it's a battle you want; it's a battle you'll get!" Ash determinedly said. "Bayleef: Go get them!" he said as he pointed towards Team Rocket.
"Oh yeah? Arbok: Go get that Bayleef!" Jessie ordered as she pointed towards Bayleef. She then put Pikachu's cage down behind her legs as she prepared to enter combat with Ash and Bayleef.
"Weezing: I choose you!" James exclaimed as he threw a pokeball up into the air.
The pokeball opened in mid-air and unleashed a white light, in which James's Weezing appeared from.
"Weezing Wee," Weezing exclaimed as it hovered next to James.
"Come on out, Staryu!" Misty yelled as she threw a pokeball into the air, from which Staryu emerged.
"Hyah," Staryu exclaimed as it landed in front of Misty, ready to battle with Weezing.
"I'll just keep Pikachu here company, then." Meowth declared as he sat down on Pikachu's cage.
"Pika Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu angrily exclaimed at Meowth's actions as sparks started emitting from his cheeks.
"Whoa, slow down there, Pikachu." Meowth exclaimed. "Ya know what'll happen if ya use any of those Electric attacks of yours…" he mockingly explained.
"Pika," Pikachu sadly exclaimed with his ears drooped, knowing all too well what would happen if he fired a Thunderbolt inside the cage.
"Yea, dat's what I thought…" Meowth triumphantly exclaimed…
"Arbok: Use Poison Sting!" Jessie ordered.
"Char," Arbok acknowledged as it fired a stream of poisonous needles towards Bayleef.
"Dodge it, Bayleef, and then use Razor Leaf!" Ash countered.
"Bay," Bayleef complied as she jumped to her right, dodging the Poison Sting. "Bay Bay," she exclaimed as she fired a stream of razor sharp leaves towards Arbok.
"Oh no, look out, Arbok!" Jessie yelled, until a white light shone from a pokeball on her waist, from which Wobbuffet appeared.
"Wobbuffet," Wobbuffet absentmindedly exclaimed with its arm against its head.
"Wobbuffet, get back into your bal-"Jessie started yelling before an idea hit her. She grabbed Wobbuffet and then threw it in front of Arbok. "Quick, Wobbuffet: Use Counter!" she quickly ordered.
"Wobbuffet," Wobbuffet exclaimed as it started glowing red.
The Razor Leaf attack collided with Wobbuffet, but it simply rebounded back towards an unsuspecting Bayleef.
"Bayleef, watch out!" Ash yelled, but it was too late as the rebounded leaves collided with Bayleef.
"Bay," Bayleef exclaimed in pain as she fell down on the ground because of the hit.
"Oh no, Bayleef are you okay!?" Ash asked as he worriedly looked down at Bayleef.
"Bay," Bayleef exclaimed and nodded as she groggily stood back up.
"You're not allowed to do that, Jessie!" Ash angrily said as he glared at Jessie. "It's against the rules!" he added.
Jessie simply laughed at Ash's show of honesty. "Please twerp, Team Rocket never follows the rules!" she informed the boy.
Ash angrily growled at Jessie. "You ready for round 2, Bayleef?" he asked Bayleef while looking at her, determination evident in his eyes.
"Bay Bay," Bayleef exclaimed as she vigorously nodded in determination.
"Alright, then use Vine Whip!" Ash ordered as he pointed towards Wobbuffet and Arbok behind it.
"Bay Bay," Bayleef acknowledged before shooting her long vines towards the two pokemon in front of her.
"That won't work, twerp." Jessie informed Ash. "Wobbuffet: Counter!" she ordered.
"Wobbu," Wobbuffet exclaimed as its body started glowing red.
Bayleef's vines simply bounced off of Wobbuffet and came back, crashing against her and sending her flying backwards onto the ground.
"Bayleef, are you okay?" Ash worriedly asked, to which Bayleef nodded in approval. He then growled in frustration. "How can I win if she keeps cheating by having Wobbuffet protect them with Counter?" he asked himself. "Bayleef: Try a Razor Leaf!" he ordered half in desperation.
"Bay Bay," Bayleef exclaimed as she fired another Razor Leaf towards Wobbuffet.
Jessie sighed out of boredom. "Wobbuffet…Counter..." she nonchalantly ordered.
"Wobbu," Wobbuffet exclaimed as it started glowing red again, but it didn't last. Because all of a sudden; Weezing came floating past it, followed by a stream of water which hit it instead of Weezing.
The Water Gun came from none other than Misty's Staryu, who was engaged in battle with James's Weezing. The unsuspecting Water attack took Wobbuffet by surprise, thus its Counter failed, allowing Bayleef's Razor Leaf to score a direct hit.
"Wobbu Wobbu," Wobbuffet exclaimed as it flew to the side and landed with a thud on the ground, fainted.
"Alright, way to go, Misty!" Ash excitedly said with balled fists as he turned towards Misty, who was approaching his side of the battlefield.
"Anytime, Ash." Misty said as she sheepishly scratched the back of her head and stopped next to Ash, happy at her accidental help. "Now that the odds are even again; let's beat them!" she determinedly announced.
Staryu moved over next to Bayleef and the two stood ready for combat. James had taken his place next to Jessie in the meantime, with Weezing and Arbok in front of them, ready to face Bayleef and Staryu. Meowth and Pikachu were still watching from behind, the latter trapped in the cage.
"Arbok: Use Poison Sting!" Jessie ordered.
"Use Sludge, Weezing!" James ordered.
Arbok and Weezing acknowledged their respective trainers' orders and both fired their ordered attacks towards Bayleef and Staryu.
"Dodge it, Bayleef!" Ash retaliated, an order which Bayleef executed by jumping out of the way of the poisonous needles.
"Jump, Staryu!" Misty ordered Staryu, who acknowledged and jumped into the air, evading the poisonous sludge.
"Now, use Razor Leaf on Weezing, Bayleef!" Ash ordered.
"Staryu, use Water Gun on Arbok!" Misty ordered from next to Ash.
"Bay," Bayleef exclaimed as she fired a stream of razor sharp leaves towards Weezing.
"Hyah," Staryu exclaimed as it fired a powerful stream of water towards Arbok.
Jessie, James, Arbok and Weezing all hurriedly jumped out of the way of the oncoming attacks, causing the said attacks to collide with the ground. The collision caused a massive explosion which resulted in a massive cloud covering most of the battlefield. The force of the explosion caused Pikachu's cage to shoot up into the air and sent Meowth crashing into the ground in front of Jessie and James.
"Pika," Pikachu exclaimed as it flew through the air, helpless and trapped inside the cage.
"Pi-Pikachu!" Ash yelled from the giant smoke cloud caused by the explosion. He knew that Pikachu was defenseless and that a fall from the height he was plunged into the air by the explosion could seriously injure the yellow mouse. He also knew that he wouldn't get there in time…
"Hang on, Pikachu, I'm coming!" Ash heard a voice next to him, Misty's voice! She also had a better chance at getting to Pikachu than he did, since she was closer to where he was going to fall.
Misty sprinted towards the area where Pikachu was going to fall, intent on saving the yellow mouse from a painful landing. She gave one final dive through the air and stretched to her limits, but she caught the cage safely in her hands, landing on the ground with a thud…
"Pikachupi," Pikachu worriedly exclaimed as he looked at Misty.
"I'm alright, Pikachu." Misty said as she looked up at Pikachu with a smile. "Are you okay?" she asked the yellow mouse.
"Pika Pika," Pikachu happily exclaimed as he nodded in reply.
"Good." Misty said as she sat up on her knees with the cage in her hands.
"Misty! Pikachu! Are you guys alright?" Ash yelled from where he was standing.
"We're fine, Ash!" Misty yelled back. "Right, Pikachu?" she asked Pikachu.
"Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu exclaimed with a thumbs up.
"Come on," Misty started as she started rising from her knees. "Let's get back to Ash." She said.
As she got up however, she felt an excruciating pain against her back, causing her to yell out in pain and fall back down on the ground, dropping the cage as well.
"Misty!" Ash frantically yelled.
"Pikachupi!" Pikachu worriedly exclaimed.
"Hey, where do you think you're going with OUR Pikachu!?" Jessie angrily yelled. "Good job, Arbok." Jessie complimented Arbok.
"Char Bok," Arbok exclaimed as it slithered in front of Jessie.
"Team Rocket; what did you do that for!?" Ash yelled as he turned towards Team Rocket.
"She was stealing Pikachu!" Jessie angrily yelled back at Ash. "We stole him first, so he is ours!" she added.
"Pika, Pikachupi," Pikachu desperately exclaimed as he shook the railings on the side of the cage.
"Uh," Misty exclaimed as she lifted her head with effort. "I-I'm fine, P-Pikachu…j-just a few scratches…" she said as she faintly smiled at Pikachu. She then groggily grabbed on to the cage and pulled it closer. Trying to stand up again.
"Oh no you don't!" Jessie furiously yelled at Misty. "Arbok: Use Poison Sting on that brat again!" she ordered.
"Char," Arbok obeyed as it fired another stream of poisonous needles towards Misty.
"Misty, no!" Ash yelled as he tried to scurry over towards Misty and Pikachu.
"Pikachupi, Pika Pika!" Pikachu frantically yelled at Misty.
"Don't worry, Pikachu." Misty said as she held on tighter to the cage, covering it with her body. "I won't let anything happen to you…"
"Pika!" Ash heard Pikachu's voice before an explosion occurred…
Oh no! First Ash and now it's Misty and Pikachu! What will happen to the two of them?
Stay tuned to find out!
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PS: Unfortunately, this story will not be as long as I first predicted…I have sadly decided to cut the story short and this story will only go on for another few chapters at most. I am very sorry about that, but hey, I might decide to make it a sequel, so stick around!