Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, I won't own Pokémon. But I do own this story line and everything that isn't from the series.

" " - talking; Italics – thinking; ' ' - speaking telepathically

Xxxxxx - break in day or event; Xxxxxxxxxxxx - change of days

Chase – 11 yrs ; Leta – 11 yrs ; JR – 10 yrs ; Missy – 10 yrs

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It's only 2:36 in the morning, Chase thought to himself as he starred at the ceiling. He hadn't been able to sleep much since going to bed last night. Something just didn't feel right in his gut. Maybe it was the beans that I ate, he thought, trying to reason it out.

He got up and headed for the bathroom, but stopped when he heard a noise that was barely noticeable. He stopped for a second to figure it out. Someone's knocking on the door. When he got to the door, he waited to see if the noise would continue. Sure enough, it did. "Who is it?" he asked, after the knocking stopped.

"Do you know where I can find a 'Chase Nirvs'?" a feminine voice said from the other side of the door.

"Who's asking?" Chase asked suspiciously.

"Someone who has information on Neo Team Rocket," the feminine voice said. Chase froze. "Make sure that you read it Chase, and be where that note says." Chase stared at the envelope that had been pushed under the door. As he bent down to pick it up, he heard footsteps walking away from the door to the stairway.

Chase turned the envelope over and saw a neon green 'R' stamped on the front of it. Might as well, he thought as he walked over to the night stand and turned on the light. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw JR turn over away from the light. He opened the envelope and found a single sheet of paper in it. It read:

"Chase – be at the big tree two miles north of Cherrygrove by 4am. Your presence and yours alone, is requested. All will be revealed soon."

Without thinking, Chase threw on some clothes, grabbed his poke balls, and ran out of the room, leaving the note on the stand. Even though he knew he was going to make it in time, he wanted to get all the answers.

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JR heard the door slam shut and woke up enough to notice that Chase wasn't in his bed. Oh well, he must be in the bathroom. Must have been those beans he ate. Then he rolled back over and fell back asleep.

Xxxxxx

It was approaching 4am and Chase had already found the tree that he was supposed to be at. He ran his hands over the poke balls that hung on his belt, and saw Shadow hiding in a bush not too far away. Out from some bushes, he noticed two figures walking towards him. He saw that they both were wearing cloaks of some sort. He watched them carefully as they approached him.

"You Chase?" one figure asked, with a masculine voice. Chase kept his silence, but nodded his head. The man approached Chase as he asked, "You don't remember me, do you?" The man then removed his hood to reveal a face that Chase had only seen once before.

"FATHER?!" Chase yelped in surprise, taking a step back. "YOU CALLED YOURSELF MY FATHER!"

"That's right, my son," the man said, pleased that he was remembered.

"So then, why are you coming for me now? Why not after the boat sunk?" Chase asked nervously.

"Because the rules of the company didn't allow us to," the other figure said. This figure had a sweet feminine voice behind the dark hood. The figure removed the hood to reveal a young looking woman, around her mid 30's.

"And at the time, we weren't even suppose to have a kid of our own," the man said. "We tried to keep you a secret for the longest time, but after a while, somehow the truth got out and we were forced to give you up."

"And the best way for us to disappear was by accident," the woman said.

Chase couldn't believe what he was hearing. Here were his parents. They had sought him out, and were reaching out for him. Their faces looked like the faces that were on the photograph that he carried in his wallet. But he had sworn to destroy NTR whenever he was able to do so. But his very own parents were part of that organization. He fell to his knees as all the information seemed to hit him like a ton of bricks. My parents are part of NTR. But I thought that NTR had killed my parents. But here they are. NTR members. He felt the anger boil inside of him. He got back up on his feet as he stared coldly at them. In a low voice, he said, "I would have been better off thinking you two were dead. Now you are forcing me to defeat you as well as that cursed NTR organization. How dare you do this to MEYOU NOT MY PARENTS ANYMORE!"

"We only came because Master told us that he thought you'd be a great asset to the organization," the woman said.

Chase's eyes had grown full of rage at this point. He could feel Nogitsune trying to bust free, but was being held back by Chase's own will. But Chase allowed Nogitsune's voice to get through. "How dare you come here, call me out like this, and ask me join you. I vow to destroy you, mother and father, your master, and his organization. You will not get any leniency from me at all when I do bring NTR down with my own hands. Watch me. I will DESTROY NTR for good." Chase turned around and started to head back to the Center. Now I know why I couldn't sleep. It was a set up. That 'Joy' was a decoy.

"I'm afraid we can't let you go," Father said.

Without even looking back, Chase said, "And why not?"

"Because, you ARE coming with us," Mother said in a firm tone.

"You lost your right to tell me what to do the moment you said you were part of NTR," Chase said, as he turned around to stare back at his parents.

"That isn't your choice, son," Father said, snapping his fingers. Chase looked around him and saw that Busch, Mic, and Miller had closed off his escape to the rear.

The only way out is to fight, Chase thought, as he gave Shadow the signal. Within seconds, Busch, Mic, and Miller were on their faces from an explosion that was caused by a Shadow Ball from Shadow. He jumped over the bodies and started to run for the center.

Father pulled out a radio phone and spoke into it. "As planned, he is running back to the center. DO NOT let him get past you, Sam."

"Yes sir," a girl's voice said. Sam was watching Chase run from Father and she waited in the tree above the path for him. At the right moment, she released a net that caught both Chase and Shadow. ""Now this is going to hurt for a while kid," Sam said with a smirk, as she electrified the net.

While being electrified, Chase thought, That voice! She was the 'Joy' decoy!

"Good job, Sam. Now tie both of them up and throw both of them in the back of the truck. Our mission here is complete," Father said.

As Sam put Chase in the truck she said, "It's better to just join. Otherwise they are going to punish you into submission. Either way, welcome to the family brother."

Chase winced at Sam's words. They've got me good this time. She's not going to know what to do. All Chase could do was watch behind the truck and wish a way out. I'm not through yet! Chase thought as he started to flair within the truck.

"Take care of him," Mother said.

Chase felt a heavy blow to the back of his head, and then his head plop onto the floor of the bed of the truck. Before he blacked out, he saw his hat lying on the ground where he was caught. Leta.Then his world went black.

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The sun's rays shone through the window at the center and shined on Leta's face. She smiled as she opened her eyes and looked out the window to a bright and sunny day. She got out of bed, got dressed, and went over to the boys' room. Knocking on the door lightly, she waited for the door to open. When no one answered she tried the door, and opened the door. On the night stand she saw a letter and an envelope. He must have been writing a letter or something. She looked around the room before walking over to JR. "Where's Chase?" she asked softly.

"He's in the bathroom I think," a sleepy JR moaned.

"Bathroom is empty," Leta said.

"Then he must have gone for a walk then," JR moaned.

Leta started to walk out of the room as her eyes fell on the letter again. I'm sure he wouldn't mind, she thought as she picked up the letter. She gasped as she read it. She picked up the envelope and saw a neon green 'R' on the front. That's the NTR insignia. "WAKE UP PEOPLE! WE'RE GOING TO GO FIND CHASE!" she yelled as she stomped out of the boys' room. NO ONE STEALS HIM FROM ME. NO ONE!

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Chase could feel the pain in the back of his head as he came to. He slowly opened his eyes and saw nothing but black. It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the darkness that he was set in. He tried to move but felt something restraining his arms and legs to something. That something was a metal chair in the middle of a large room.

Suddenly, six bright spotlights turned on from above. But none of them were pointing at him. Rather, they were pointing to six bodies lying on the floor in front of him. Each and every body looked like it had been beaten to a pulp. He could recognize each one. Fox, Sunny, Blaze, Aquis, Sparks, Shadow. What happened?

"Well, you've finally decided to wake up," a dark voice spoke from the shadows. Chase looked around, not finding the source. "As you see, your worthless pokémon are lying in front of you, badly hurt."

Chase gave up looking for the source. "Why did you do that to them? What did they do?"

"To show how weak you are. And how much stronger you could be," the voice said, as the remaining lights turned on, revealing the source of the sound, and six more powerful looking pokémon. "I am the master of Neo Team Rocket. You've defeated a few of my men on a couple occasions. That takes strength. Strength that would be put to good use in my organization."

"I won't join you. I vowed to destroy you. And I will," Chase said through gritted teeth as he pulled against his restraints.

"You pokémon are all out cold. And with a snap of my finger, I can have MY pokémon beat the rest of them into oblivion. So, either join us, or say goodbye to them," the man said. "I'll give you to sundown to think it over." The man gets out of his chair and leaves, along with his pokémon.

Chase thought, How can I tell time? When do I know its sundown? I…

The door opened again. Chase heard some footsteps approach from behind. He felt as the restraints were removed from the chair, but then reattached to another chain. He turned his head to see who it was. He only sighed inwardly as he realized who it was.

"Miss me brat?" Mic asked, as he dragged Chase out of the room. In a few minutes, he was dragged out onto the deck of a large boat.

"I changed my mind about waiting until sundown," the man from before said. He turned to face the side of the boat and watched as a net was lifted from a hold from below. Chase looked at the net. In it were his pokémon. He watched terrified as the net swung over the edge and over the ocean. "Join now, or watch your pokémon sink to the bottom of the sea." Chase stared in disbelief. "Time is running out," the man said as he slowly started to lower the net into the water.

You must do it, to save them and yourself, Nogitsune said to Chase.

The net was almost into the water before Chase realized what he had to do. Disheartened, Chase said, "Fine, I'll join you. Just give me my pokémon back."

"Good decision my boy," the man said, as he brought the pokémon back onto the boat.

"One condition, I only answer to you," Chase said.

"Fine," the man said, walking away. As soon as he got back inside the ship, he called over a grunt. "Take him, and his pokémon, to the research room and perform Operation Brainwash." The grunt nodded his head and moved on to do as he was told. Welcome to the fold, kid. You will soon find out why I was the leader of Team Rocket, until that kid ruined it for me.

X A FEW DAYS LATER X

Adam and Megan showed up in front of the center and walked inside. There they met JR and Missy, who told them everything that had happened. Adam then went up to the room that Leta had been hiding in since the day before.

"Leta?" Adam called, as he opened the door. He could see a figure sitting in a chair in the far corner in the dark. "Leta, you alright?"

"He's gone," Leta sobbed. "They can't find anything, they gave up the search. How could they?"

Adam noticed the hat lying on the bed. He picked it up and kind of played with it for a moment. Leta saw him playing with Chase's hat, and she got up and snatched it out of his hands. As she did so, a piece of paper came falling out of the inside of the hat that went unnoticed by her, but not Adam. He picked it up and read it.

If you're reading this, NTR must have caught me. I know you'll try to find me. Just know that I love you. And I always will. I'm forever yours, Chase.

"Leta, read this," Adam said softly, handing her the note. After a few minutes, he watched her get up, and put on Chase's cowboy hat. "What are you going to do?"

Wiping the tears from her eyes, she said as she walked to the door, "What does it look like I'm going to do? I'm going to find him myself!" Leta walked out of the center to begin her search, unaware that she was being watched.

Not far away, a young girl who was wearing a dark blue mask which covered her eyes was watching her closely from behind a tree. "You can look all you want but you won't be able to find him" she whispered, as she turned around and walked away.

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Kind of anti-valentinicaint it? But the ending is pretty sweet I think!

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But thanks for reading! And have a Happy Valentine's Day! Or as I like to call it, Singles Awareness Day.LOL!