Disclaimers:

I really don't own Pokémon. If I did, Misty would be long gone. I really don't like Misty that much!! I never liked her and I never will like her!

Mario Alvarado's Writer Notes:

Okay. I just want to remind everybody of one thing. This fanfic is a challenge from DJ Rodriguez, a fellow Pokémon fanfic writer and a good friend of mine. He wanted any writer to come up with Pokémon romance fics that have Ash paired up with different girls in the Pokémon series, instead of having Ash and Misty get together.

Because of this challenge, I decided to test my luck and write the first EVER Ash/Officer Jenny romance fic on the Internet! I'm a man that likes to see new pairings, so I I'm always a sucker for trying something new. Especially new pairings.

For today's chapter, Jenny tries to adjust to a new role of looking after Latias after she got the Pokémon to Prof. Oak's lab. Will Team Rocket strike again? And what about Ash? He's still thinking about Team Rocket beating his Blaziken!! Read on, fans!

An Officer And A Pokémon Master
Chapter 5

The morning hours arrived at Pallet Town and the sunlight shined into this bedroom, which was located on the second floor of Prof. Oak's Lab. And the person, who was still sleeping in one of the guestrooms, isn't getting up because of the sun in the person's face. It was because of that marathon she ran yesterday.

"Ohh... I'm so sore... this is what I get for running all the way from Pewter City yesterday." Jenny said tiredly as she fought with herself to get out of that comfy bed she was currently in. While Ash kept Jessie, James and the rest of the Rockets busy, Jenny ran non-stop from the Diglett Tunnel all the way to Pallet Town yesterday. It was like a 20-mile trip and she just ran the entire distance like she was a marathon runner. Jenny arrived at Prof. Oak's lab hours earlier than the time she was supposed to arrive and gave the Luxury Ball with Latias in it to the Pokémon Professor. That was yesterday and today, she's paying for it big time. After running non-stop, her body was very sore and when she moved, it hurts like a bitch. Jenny just wanted to sleep for a few days. What was the reason she's at Prof. Oak's lab? After delivering Latias, her superiors and her Mother ordered Jenny to stay at the Lab for a few days to make sure everything went smoothly and Team Rocket doesn't find a way to get Latias again. After that, she's free to go and somebody else will take over her duties. Until then, she had her job to do. And that is to make sure nobody gets that Latias!!

"Well, time to get up and face another day of being the only inept cop in the world." Jenny said to herself as she kicked off the covers of the bed and got up. After taking a long, hot shower to get the sore and stiffness out of her body and getting dressed in her officer's uniform, Jenny climbed down the stairs and saw Prof. Oak and Tracey having breakfast and talking about random stuff before they start another day of Poké research. Jenny was a bit worried about staying at the legendary Professor Samuel Oak's place, but he and his assistant Tracey Sketchit, have been very kind hosts. They actually didn't mind having someone else around the lab because it's always been the two of them working hard on Pokémon research. In fact, they liked the company.

"Oh. Good morning, Officer Jenny. Did you sleep well?" Prof. Oak asked,

"That is the last time I run 20 miles without stopping!! My body is going to be sore for a long time." Jenny said as she gingerly sat down at the kitchen table,

"After what you told us, I thought you would still be in bed." Tracey said,

"I wish. My Mom would shoot me if I did that. Where's the milk? I brought my own cereal." Jenny asked as she reached into her backpack and took out a box of her favorite cereal, Poké Puffs, little Pokémon cereal pieces with Suicune, Entei and Raikou marshmallows. She took the milk from Tracey, poured some into her bowl, poured in about half of the box of Poké Puffs and then proceeded to eat the whole bowl real fast. Her eating style is almost like Ash's. Within minutes, she actually finished off the whole box!!

"I didn't eat dinner last night. I was too tired to do so." Jenny said as she wiped away some stray milk with a napkin,

"Wow, Professor. She eats more than you." Tracey said as he leaned in next to Prof. Oak's side, as Jenny was now busy slurping down the milk inside the bowl,

"This young lady could give Ash a run for his money in the eating department." Prof. Oak said as the young Officer placed the bowl down back on the table.

"I'm full. Since I don't want to feel like a slacker, I'll wash up while you guys play with whatever you research guys do." Jenny said as she stood up from her seat,

"That's nice of you. Thank you." Prof. Oak said as he and Tracey got up and headed to the lab while Jenny took their dishes to the sink and started to wash up. Just before she finished the job, Jenny looked up out the window over the sink and spotted this nice house that was across from the Lab.

"Hmm... that's a cute, little house over there." Jenny said as she looked out the kitchen window and spotted the Ketchum residence, but she did not know that. She looked at the house once more before finished cleaning up the dishes and going into the Lab to start her really boring duty of watching Prof. Oak and Tracey talk to Latias to see if the Eon Pokémon can really understand humans. To make her job even more boring, the cops also made her read her police officer manual that she hated to read.

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Meanwhile at the Ketchum house, Ash was already awake and on his cell phone once again. He wasn't talking to Gary this time. Ash was talking to Lance, the Champion of the Elite Four. Right now, Ash was telling Lance the battle he had with Team Rocket yesterday and how they knocked out Blaziken.

"So Team Rocket guy had a Claydol and used Psychic to knock out your Blaziken with one hit? They have stepped up their game." Lance said on the other line. Ash was on his cell phone inside his home and he just finished telling Lance about his latest encounter with Team Rocket.

"That's not all. Seems like you were right about Team Rocket trying to get Latias. I have a bad feeling that they might try to steal it again today." Ash said as he leaned back in the chair he was sitting in,

"What makes you think that?" Lance asked,

"It's a hunch. Because of this, I'm going to have to catch a lot more Pokémon of totally different types." Ash answered as he ran his fingers though his hair,

"I'll tell you what you need, Ash. A Dragon type or a Steel type Pokémon. Those two types are the most sought after by Pokémon trainers." Lance suggested,

"I still remember that Bagon I tried to catch the last time I was at Meteor Falls in Hoenn. I nearly killed myself trying to catch that little bastard. Besides, since I am the Greatest Pokémon Master EVER, I don't have time to catch Pokémon these days." Ash said as he sat back up in the chair,

"Well, you did catch that Torchic that has become one of your most powerful Pokémon." Lance said, talking about Ash's Blaziken that was knocked out by yesterday's battle.

"I didn't catch it. Brock knows a friend if Hoenn that gave him a Torchic egg. So, he took care of that egg and hatched, called me to say that he'd give it to me. So I did. That reminds me. He's supposed to call me later today about something." Ash said,

"Anyway. Just keep in mind what I said about getting a Dragon or a Steel type during your off time. I'm going back home to Blackthorn City to train with Dragonite since you told me that Team Rocket has stepped up their game." Lance said and the two ended their call. Ash placed his cell phone back into its holster on his belt and leaned back in the chair he was in. Lance was right, Ash needed a Dragon or a Steel type Pokémon. Sure, his current Pokémon are more than powerful enough to take on Team Rocket, but those guys have become much smarter with using Pokémon types to knock out their foe's Pokémon. With a Steel type, 11 different Pokémon attacks aren't as effective against Steel, but Fire, Fighting and Ground attacks do have the advantage while Poison attacks won't do squat!! Suddenly, Ash's cell phone started ringing again. He was about to doze off for a few minutes when his cell phone went off, playing a clip of a Metallica song that Ash selected as his phone's ring tone. He reached for his phone and turned it on.

"Now what? This is Ash. Spit it out!" Ash said as he answered his phone a bit teed off,

"Whoa, sorry Ash. Were you about to doze off again?" Brock's voice was heard on the other end. This was the call from him that Ash was expecting.

"Yes I was, Brock. Anyway, what did you want to call me about?" Ash asked,

"Well, you know that friend of mine in Hoenn? Well, he caught two Trapinchs in the Desert Ruins in Hoenn. He made both of them evolve into Vibrava and he wants to trade you one of them." Brock said,

"A Virbava is a Ground/Dragon Pokémon, right?" Ash asked,

"That's right. He wants to trade you one of his Virbava for one of your Tauros you caught a long time ago. He's currently in Pewter right now, paying me a visit and is heading off to Lavender Town to visit his parents later on this week." Brock said. Already, Ash was excited about having the chance to get a new Hoenn Pokémon on his roster. And one that is a Dragon type has already sold Ash. He wanted to get that Pokémon... NOW!!!

"I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!!!!!" Ash screamed excitedly as he ended the call, leapt out of the chair he was in, bolted out of the front door, literally climbed into his Corvette Grand Sport through the open window, brought the V8 monster to life and took off like the wind. A moment later, Delia Ketchum peeked her head from out of the kitchen to call Ash.

"Ash, lunch is almost..." She stopped herself when she saw that Ash was not in the living room anymore and noticed that the front door was wide open and a bunch of dust was still settling on the ground, telling her that Ash has taken off in his sports car.

"Oh, well. My little boy's a busy man. Something must have come up." Delia said to herself and she went back to the kitchen to finish making lunch for herself now.

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Back in Prof. Oak's Lab, Tracey was making tons of sketches of Latias from every angle. The Professor was busy with some other Pokémon that needed tending to while Latias was busy eating some Pokémon food that Brock made. The Eon Pokémon just ate happily away at the food, meaning she really liked it.

"Looks like Latias is enjoying the food we got from Brock." Tracey said as he looked up and saw Latias eating away. Officer Jenny was busy looking at Latias when the doorbell went off, signaling that somebody was here. Tracey heard the bell and was about to go answer the door when Jenny stopped him.

"You two don't move. It's my job to screen the visitors to make sure nobody steals that Pokémon!" Jenny said as he headed for the front door. Moments later, the vid-phone went off where Prof. Oak was busy patching up some Rattata who got roughed up a bit from playing hard.

"Tracey, could you get that? I'm busy here." Prof. Oak asked, as he was busy with the Rattata. Tracey placed his sketchbook away and went to the phone and answered it. On the other line was Ash. He was at the Pewter City Pokémon Center.

"Hey, Ash. What can I do for you?" Tracey asked,

"I need one of my many Tauros to trade for a Ground/Dragon Pokémon!!! Brock's friend from Hoenn wants one!!" Ash said,

"Just a minute, Ash." Tracey said as he stood up and went to where Ash's spare Pokémon were placed. Overtime, Ash has collected many more Pokémon than what he originally had before going off to Hoenn. The Tauros he captured at the Saffron City Safari Zone were above the Pokémon he caught in Hoenn. Tracey took one of the Safari Balls that had one of the Tauros inside them and placed it inside the Poké Ball transfer machine. Suddenly, the Poké Ball was absorbed into the phone line and reappeared at the Pewter City Center.

"I got my Tauros, Tracey." Ash said as he reached for the Pokémon that had arrived at the Poké Ball transfer machine next to the phones in the Pokémon Center.

"Anything else you need, Ash?" Tracey asked,

"Not really. I got to go!! I'm going to get a Dragon Pokémon!" Ash said cheerfully as he hung up the phone. At the front door of Prof Oak's lab, Jenny opened the door and met with two Pokémon Professors who were scheduled to meet with Prof. Oak and talk about Latias.

"Hello, can I have your names?" Jenny asked as she held up a clipboard with the names of people who have permission from the Pokémon League to see Prof. Oak and the Latias. Jenny looked at the two Poké Professors somewhat closely. The first scientist was a good-looking woman with green hair while her counterpart is a handsome male with black hair and glasses. The two were both wearing lab coats as the male carried a briefcase with him.

"Yes, my name is Rose and this is my partner, William. We are from the Pokémon Science Center of Hoenn." The female professor said. Jenny scanned the clipboard for their names and found them.

"Let me... okay, you're on here and you're clean. Please do go inside. Prof. Oak will be with you shortly." Jenny said as she stepped aside to let the two Professors inside the lab,

"Thank you, Officer." The male professor said in a raspy voice as he and his colleague entered the lab. Jenny closed the door and went back to reading her boring police officer manual that she was ordered to study more closely. The two Professors looked at each other for a second before the guy reached into his briefcase and pulled out a cell phone with the Team Rocket logo on it. Lo and behold, the two Pokémon professors were actually Butch and Cassidy!!!! The female professor took the phone and pressed a speed dial button.

"This is Cassidy. Butch and I have just gained access into Prof. Oak's Lab in Pallet. So far, the plan is proceeding smoothly. That cop didn't give us any trouble." Cassidy said quietly into her cell phone,

"Good. If everything goes as planned, Latias will be in our hands by tonight! Continue the mission." One of the Rockets on the other end said and hung up,

"Looks like this plan will work. That cop didn't even recognize my voice!" Butch said as Cassidy handed him the cell phone and he placed it back inside the briefcase,

"That shows you how dumb she really is." Cassidy added. The two entered the main lab just as Prof. Oak entered the room after taking care of the two Rattata he was looking at.

"Oh, you two must be the Professors from Hoenn. Please, do come in." Prof. Oak said,

"Thanks, Prof. Oak. So, shall we begin talking about you little friend here?" Cassidy asked, mentioning Latias who was now being sketched by Tracey once again. The Eon Pokémon didn't seem to mind Tracey just sketching away while Jenny was reading that police officer manual in the kitchen.

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Ash Ketchum arrived in Pewter City two hours ago and now, he was walking out of the Pokémon Center holding onto a Poké Ball that had the newest member of Ash's team, the Ground/Dragon Pokémon, Vibrava. He and Brock's friend talked for a while about all the Pokémon Ash wanted to get and all of the Kanto and Jotho Pokémon Brock's friend wished he could catch and train. Ash was excited to return home and show Mom his new Pokémon that he nearly ran to his parked Corvette in the parking lot near the Pokémon Center.

"Man, I can't wait to get home and show Mom my new Pokémon. I just hope Pikachu doesn't shock me for leaving her back home." Ash said as he reached his American sports car and got inside it. Seconds later, the V8 engine roared to life and Ash floored peeled out of the parking lot, on route to Pallet.

Back at Prof. Oak's lab, the two disguised Rockets were having a very intelligent discussion with Prof. Oak and Tracey about Latias and its ability to understand the human language. As for Jenny, she was wishing she could blow her head off because all of this Pokémon mumbo jumbo was boring as hell to the young officer from Celadon. Jenny was now asleep in the kitchen, lying back in the chair she was in with the police manual over her face.

"Well, Professor. I'm amazed to see that Latias is enjoying itself here, despite it's the subject of a few tests to unlock some of the secrets of Pokémon." The disguised Butch said after listening to the few notes Prof. Oak made after seeing Latias for the first time,

"Yes, it is a bit weird to have a Legendary Pokémon to be actually happy to be tested. It's strange. Latias thinks this whole ordeal is just a big game. At least Latias is cooperating with Tracey and I. I think I have to go check up on the young officer who's staying here for a few days." Prof. Oak said. Jenny was now snoring underneath the police manual when all of a sudden, the loud sounds of computers crashing, a person screaming, two people laughing evilly and the yell of a Pokémon only managed her to mumble in her sleep, swatting at an imaginary alarm clock. Only the sound of a Pokémon crying out in fear loudly manages to get Jenny wide-awake. She tries to get out of the chair she's in, only to fall down and hit the back of her head. After waking up so abruptly, Jenny was a bit delusional.

"AHHH!! We're under attack!!!" Jenny yelled out as she got herself up of the floor. Moments later, she finally regained her senses and found out that the small explosion was in the lab!!

Oh, shit!! Some fucking cop I am!!! Jenny thought to herself as she ran into the lab. There, she saw Prof. Oak and Tracey lying on the ground knocked out, a can of knock out spray, the two professors whom she let in earlier, standing on the table with a Raticate at their side and dressed up in Team Rocket uniforms!!! Suddenly, Jenny recognized the two Rockets in front of a now frightened Latias. It was Butch and Cassidy!! And they were about to say their version of the Team Rocket Motto.

"Prepare for trouble."
"And Make it double."
"To infect the world with devastation."
"To blight all peoples within every nation."
"To denounce the goodness of truth and love."
"To extend our wrath to the stars above."
"Cassidy!"
"Butch!"
"We're Team Rocket, circling the earth day and night."
"Surrender to us now or you will surely lose the fight."

"Butch and Cassidy!! Team Rocket's two best members!! I'm not going to let you two steal Latias!!!" Jenny said as she bravely stepped up to the two Rockets in front of her. She set her fear aside, knowing that she had a job to do. And that was to make sure Latias isn't in the hands of Team Rocket.

"Such brave talk from a totally useless cop! All of Team Rocket know that you're the worst cop in the history of the police force!" Cassidy said as she looked down at the young Officer Jenny,

"I may be the worst cop on the force, but I won't let you get your hands on Latias!!" Jenny said,

"Oh, shut up! Raticate, tackle her right into the wall hard!!!" Butch ordered. Raticate leapt at Jenny and tried to slam her into the wall, but the officer rolled out of the Pokémon's way. Raticate this time charged at Jenny with its fangs ready to bite into her, but once again, Jenny dodged the fangs of doom as Raticate slammed itself right into the wall, nearly knocking itself out. Unfortunately for Jenny, Cassidy had let out her Hitmontop, as Jenny was busy with Raticate.

"Hitmontop, knock that damn cop out!!!" Cassidy yelled out as Hitmontop twirled into action. Jenny didn't see Hitmontop speed right for her until she felt the Fighting Pokémon hit her hard. Latias looked on as Hitmontop had its way with Jenny. It was just beating her to a pulp with many kicks and punches. In the Pokémon's mind, this good human was trying to save it, not help those bad guys try to steal it. Hitmontop them picked up Jenny and threw her battered body right at one of the busted machines that was damaged earlier.

"How about that, copper?!! Give up?" Butch asked. Jenny wiped away some of the blood that was oozing out from a fresh cut as she looked Butch in the eye. The young officer tried to get back to her feet, but she was in too much pain from being beaten down like a dog. She could tell that Hitmontop broke a few of her ribs and was starting to have a hard time breathing. Jenny slid down to the ground in defeat.

"Looks like we won, Butch. Let's get that Latias into its Poké Ball and get the hell back to Team Rocket HQ." Cassidy said. Before Butch got a hold of the Poké Ball Latias came in, the Eon Pokémon decided to take action!! Since Latias is a rare female Legendary Pokémon, she can understand human language and since Latias is also a Psychic Pokémon, she could talk to anybody with her psychic powers. And she wanted to make her point clear to Butch and Cassidy.

There is no way that I will be a pawn for Team Rocket's sinister plan!!! Since that human tried her best to save me, I want to pay her back!! Latias used her psychic powers to talk to Butch and Cassidy telepathically, just like what Mewtwo does.

"Cass. Did you hear that?" Butch asked,

"Yeah, I think so. I heard somebody talk to me in my head." Cassidy answered,

I won't be taken captive anytime soon!! Tell that to your boss!! Now, I shall send you blasting off for what you done today!!! Latias said telepathically as she started to develop a lot of Psychic energy. Suddenly, the two Rockets knew who or what was just talking to them!

"I think that was Latias talking to us in our minds!!!" Butch said as he turned around and saw the Eon Pokémon glowing red,

"Took you long enough, Butch!!" Cassidy said. Latias let loose the psychic energy she quickly developed and paralyzed both Butch and Cassidy and their two Pokémon right on the spot!!! Then, Latias used another psychic blast to send the Rockets flying into the air, literally making them blasting off once again!!! The ordeal was now over. Latias saved herself, but you can give an assist to Jenny, who made Latias realize that all people are not so bad after all.

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Ash Ketchum drove his Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport into Pallet Town, listening to some rock music as he actually maintained the Pallet Town speed limit as he approached his home. Ash drive past Prof. Oak's lab when all of a sudden, two people screaming at the top of their lungs and two Pokémon come flying out of the lab. Almost as if they were blasted out of there by an explosion, but there wasn't an explosion inside the lab!!! Ash unhooked the sunroof to get a look at who was flying off. And he was in for a shock!!

"That looked like Butch and Cassidy of Team Rocket!!! The hell?!!" Ash asked himself when 4 police cars sped by him and came to a stop right in front of the Lab. Ash saw a group of police officers get out of the cars and enter the house and lab. This was making Ash real worried that something might have happened to Latias.

Inside the wrecked Lab, Jenny was still trying to get up to her feet after the beating she took from Hitmontop. She noticed that Prof. Oak and Tracey were also coming to, so she was relieved. Right now, she was scared of what might happen next. Jenny didn't see Team Rocket anywhere, but she did see a concerned Latias look at her. Immediately, Jenny cringed in fear of the Eon Pokémon and tried to get away. She tried to say something, but her growing fear prevented her from speaking. Seems like getting her ass kicked by Hitmontop, has made her develop a fear of Pokémon.

"Stay... back... don't come any... closer." Jenny said fearfully as she got up and bolted from the lab and into the living room. She didn't see where she was going and suddenly, bumped into somebody by the door. The person and Jenny both fell to the floor, but Jenny crashed hard in the glass coffee table, shattering it and making more cuts on her already bruised body.

"Jeez. What? Hey, Jenny. What the hell happened to you?" A person asked. Jenny looked up and saw one of the male officers looking at her and holding out his hand to help her up. She just slapped away his hand and was barely able to stand up when another person entered the house and let out a shocked gasp.

"Jenny? What happened to you?" Another voice called out. This time, it was a female voice that Jenny recognized instantly and didn't want to even hear at this time. Jenny looked at the door and standing at the door, was her own Mother. She was one of the higher-ranking Jennys on the police force. Usually, she would become extremely angry and start yelling at her daughter for screwing up an easy mission, but this time, Jenny's Mother was very worried about the events that just happened. One of the male officers went into the lab to see what the hell happened and quickly returned with the good news.

"Hey, Jen. Latias is still here and Prof. Oak and his assistant are coming to!!" The officer said as he appeared from the lab,

"That's good. Make sure he and his assist are all right and radio for the medics. I have to talk to my daughter to find out what happened here." Jenny's Mother said as a few more officers entered the house. Jenny's Mother walked up to her daughter and placed her hands on Jenny's shoulders. Apparently, Jenny didn't like that and pushed her Mother away and made a beeline for the open door.

"Jenny, wait!!!" Jenny's Mother called out, but her daughter was out of the Oak laboratory and kept running through Pallet Town. With tears in her eyes, her body in a lot of pain and in total fear of the past events, Jenny ran into the forest, hoping that nobody would be crazy enough to follow her in when the sun was setting.

End Of Chapter 5

I was right, wasn't I? Team Rocket did make another attempt at trying to snag Latias! This time, Butch and Cassidy were disguised as Pokémon Professors to gain entrance into the lab from Jenny!!

Also, you saw some of Latias' powers as the Eon Pokémon discovered that Jenny was trying to save her and not capture her. Unfortunately for Jenny, that beating she got from Hitmontop, has made her very fearful of anything, including Pokémon!!!

What will happen to Jenny? Can anybody help her? And what will happen when Ash finds out about this? Have a question, comment or anything like that? Send them all to Hornet19us@Yahoo.com. And as always, please read and review.

Mario Alvarado
11/7/2003