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Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon! If I did, Pikachu wouldn't miraculously lose his powers at the beginning of a new region.
''Meloetta'' speech
'Meloetta' thoughts
Outside of Celadon city, Ash and his pokemon were enjoying the sunny afternoon at a lake. After obtaining his fifth badge, he decided it was more than appropriate to reward his pokemon with some time off.
''I've got to admit, that perfume smells really nice on you,'' Ash complimented Meloetta, who was lying next to the raven haired trainer on the soft grass.
She chirped happily, a cute blush adorning her cheeks as she nestled closer to Ash.
Ash smiled, and put an arm around her petite body to pull her even closer. He sighed in contentment, watching how Pikachu, Sylveon and Marill were swimming and playing in the lake together.
''Mel mel,'' she stated happily.
''I agree with you; this is very relaxing. Just what we needed,'' Ash responded.
Not far from them, Pikachu was making his way to the edge of the lake while watching the couple with a small smile. ''Hey, lazy pants!'' Pikachu called out to Ash jokingly. ''Get in the water, pronto. There are two very eager pokemon here calling for their daddy to join them.''
Ash looked at Sylveon and Marill, who were both crying their names happily and beckoning him over. ''well, I guess that's my cue. Are you coming with me, Meloetta?''
She shook her head. ''Melo mel, meloetta,'' she reassured, kindly ushering him to go without her.
''You really don't like swimming, huh?''
Meloetta shook her head again. She obviously didn't mind Ash having some fun without her, though. So with another cute cry of her name, she had him convinced.
''Well, okay. I'll be back in a bit. I promise.'' He kissed her lovingly, which she reciprocated all too eagerly. Once they parted, Ash smooched her on the lips once more, before taking off his shirt. He was already wearing his swimming trousers, so with a devious grin, he eyed Sylveon and Marill.''All right, here I come! Cannonball!'' Ash screamed while catapulting himself into the water.
A big splash followed, making both fairy-types cry with laughter.
''Daddy is here,'' Marill hollered, his water-typing blessing him with the ability to swim rather quickly; he was at his side in less than a second.
''Yay, daddy,'' Sylveon cheered. ''We're going to play together?''
''Of course we are!'' Ash replied. ''Pikachu, can you get the beach ball?''
''Sure!''
Not much later, the group was enjoying themselves, while Meloetta watched the spectacle with a sweet smile. 'Truly, father has blessed me with this family. Thank you, father; and thank you too, lady Ho-oh, for blessing my beloved Ash.'
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, hoping that this feeling would last forever. Unfortunately, fate seemed to have other plans.
Her psychic senses alarmed her that something big was coming her way. She wanted to warn Ash, but before she could do that, two Team Rocket agents and a Meowth she knew all too well suddenly appeared on high tech hover boards in front of her, and they had brought the Armada.
A fleet of helicopters, at least a dozen of them, were filling the sky. The big letter R on the side of the machines instantly gave away which organization they belonged to, and why they were here.
''Hello there, Meloetta, and prepare for trouble,'' Jessie began.
''And this time, we're not alone, so make it double,'' James continued.
Meloetta growled, a very dark scowl overtaking her features as she watched these three baboons do their ridiculous motto. She didn't even let them finish; it was obvious they wanted to capture her. With a mighty cry, she unleashed a blast of her vast psychic powers into their direction.
However, to her shock, the hover boards emitted a barrier which reminded her all too much of Protect, which shielded the Rocket agents from any harm.
''Hey! Don't you know it's rude to interrupt when we're doing our motto?'' Jessie scolded.
''Indeed, there's no reason for any violence, Meloetta,'' James added.
''Besides, maybe it's better to focus on your little trainer instead of us. He may be in a bit of a pickle at the moment,'' Meowth snickered.
Without missing a beat, the petite legendary turned her head towards Ash, who of course, was pretty vulnerable in the lake. Her eyes flashed with anger when she saw two Team Rocket speedboats circling her trainer. Moreover, Pikachu and Sylveon had an incredible disadvantage; only Marill would be able to protect Ash at the moment.
''So here's the deal, Meloetta. We don't want to hurt any of you. If you promise to surrender now, we leave your trainer, Pikachu, Sylveon and Marill alone. How does that sound?''
She looked at the crooked Rocket grunts with a sly smile in return. ''Mel! Melo, meloetta!'' she yelled to her trainer.
''What did she say?'' Jessie inquired to Meowth.
''She said: 'Ash! Give them hell,' the normal-type responded with gritted teeth. ''So, you want to play hard to get, huh?''
''We figured you would choose this path,'' James exclaimed.
''Then we have no choice but to do it the old-fashioned way,'' Jessie stated. ''Grunts, prepare for battle!''
Immediately afterwards, a whole army of Team Rocket members dropped out of the helicopters with ropes. When they hit the ground, they unleashed their pokemon.
Meloetta cracked her neck at all of the different pokemon who were ready to take her down. 'This should be fun.'
Meanwhile, with Ash, he had heard Meloetta's cry loud and clear. He knew what she meant; using Dragonite was his only option at the moment, if he wanted to have any chance of winning.
''Marill, you have to get Dragonite's pokeball,'' he whispered to the young water-type.
''Don't worry, daddy. You can count on me!'' he responded. He dove underwater and swam away from the two speedboats.
''Just give up, boy,'' one of the Team Rocket grunts taunted. The two boats slowed down until they were idly floating on the surface of the water. ''If you give up Meloetta, we don't have to harm you.''
''You guys have no sense of dignity whatsoever, attacking me when I'm unable to do anything,'' Ash replied back, effectively angering some of the grunts.
''What did this little runt just say? Boy, you better shut your yap fast. We won't be so merciful if you keep on going like that.''
''I won't either,'' Ash responded harshly. ''When I have defeated all of you, a long time in jail will be your punishment; you'll be glad to be locked behind bars, because if I ever see your ugly faces again, chances are I won't be so considerate of your guys' well-being then.''
The grunts began to laugh hysterically. ''What are you going to do then, kid? Use your Marill for a sneak attack? We know he hatched not too long ago; your Pikachu can't use his electric attacks, and your Sylveon's Moon Blast will be easily countered by our Poison-types. Face it, we have you overpowered. Soon, Meloetta will be ours.''
A loud explosion in the sky had the goons silenced completely afterwards; Ash's petite legendary just had taken down one of the twelve helicopters. A smirk crossed on the raven haired trainer's face.
''I think you underestimated just how powerful Meloetta truly is. Besides,'' Ash added, his Marill having returned with Dragonite's pokeball, ''you didn't know I have a very powerful ace up my sleeve.''
He threw the pokeball as far away as possible, until it burst open in a shower of bright light. Ash's massive Dragonite appeared afterwards, which had the Rocket Grunts on the two speedboats quacking in their boots.
''You've got to be kidding me. The kid has an ancient pokemon! I didn't sign up for this,'' A grunt yelled.
''No way we can defeat that, commander!'' another grunt added.
Ash smiled. ''I give you guys a head start of a minute, starting now.''
The commander of the two speedboats went as pale as a ghost. ''Retreat! Get away from here!''
The two speedboats drove off as quickly as they came; only Ash had no intention of letting them go.
''Dragonite, Dragon Claw,'' he calmly replied.
The massive dragon nodded affirmatively, his massive claw having enough reach to get to the two fleeing speedboats. All of his training of keeping his power in check bore success, as his claws lightly scraped the back of both hulls, destroying them and making the speed boats sink.
At the same time, Jessie, James and Meowth obviously had noticed the big intruder as well. They knew they were losing very fast, Meloetta managing to destroy another helicopter. Fire and debris fell everywhere, and the goons cursed loudly.
''We have no choice but to use the special weapon,'' Jessie concluded. Both James and Meowth nodded. They had to capture Meloetta now and get out of here as soon as they could.
With a push of a button on their hover boards, a small sized cube covered in a durable force field shot out like a heat seeking missile to Meloetta.
She saw it coming from a mile away of course, but she hadn't expected it to be completely immune to psychic. Her eyes widened when the cube covered her like a prison, a very strong sense of déjà vu hitting her when she realized this was the same device Giovanni had captured her with back in Unova.
'I can't believe I fell for that again,' she scolded herself, crying her name loudly to get Ash's attention.
''We've got her!'' James said gleefully, almost unable to believe it actually worked.
''Now we have to get out of here!'' Meowth hissed, ''we've got a big problem already.''
Jessie laughed. ''No problem; our helicopters are fast!'' She spoke to her earpiece to address the remaining grunts. ''This is a message to all Team Rocket personnel, leave the area immediately. We've got Meloetta. I repeat, leave the area immediately!''
The ten remaining helicopters and grunts fled on feet, something that Ash noticed very quickly.
''They have her,'' he whispered, soon realizing that Meloetta was nowhere to be found. ''No! Meloetta!'' he screamed.
''They have auntie?'' Sylveon squeaked in disbelief.
''Impossible,'' Pikachu muttered. He always saw Meloetta as someone undefeatable. How could she have been captured?
''No, auntie!'' Marill whimpered, tears forming in his beady eyes.
''Ash, I can still get to them, but my Extreme Speed is impossible to hold back,'' Dragonite warned.
The trainer gave him a painful look. ''No, I don't want you to hurt countless lives and destroy a big portion of the forest in the process. I have another plan.''
He pointed to one of the many grunts Meloetta had knocked out cold. ''They know where they will be taking her, and when one of them has spilled the beans, it's time that I finish Team Rocket for good.''
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~Syrup-Waffle