Hey guys, I'm not very good with Hunter J and TeamRocket, so pardon me if there're any mistakes! Take it as it's another universe!

Chapter 7

*Forest near Opelucid city Pokémon Centre*

"That's weird; I wonder why the boss would want us to become stalkers instead."

"We're not stalking! This is a highly cooperative job, which apparently the boss thinks that only WE can handle it."

"That's right. And we've been chasing after him for his pikachu for years now; it's a piece of cake for us!"

"Yeah! The boss would be amazed how wonderful our report would be!"

As team rocket proceeds closer to the pokémon centre, a few murmurs could be heard from a distance. The three tiptoed and hid behind some bushes to watch.

"It's that JERK!"

"Calm down Jessie sweetheart, you don't think attacking her will do us much good, do you?"

"Yes it would Mister, proving ourselves to be much stronger than her is too important to neglect. I won't waste this chance to show it to her!"

"Jeez James, you could have not mention about attacking, ya'know?" Meowth said to James, as both struggle to get hold of Jessie.

"Eeks, how am I supposed to know how crazy she will get?"

"You should know! You're both crazy!"

"LET GO OF ME THIS INSTANT YOU TWO COWARDS!"

*leaves ruffling*

"Hm?" The three kept in silence and looked ahead of them.

"Well well. If it isn't Jessie and her other two clowns…" Hunter J said with a smirk

"Well excuse ME! We'll show you who's the clown! Come on you two!" Jessie said, grabbing her pokeball.

"Wait! We haven't agreed on this yet!"

"Yeah! I don't want us blasting off again!" before Jessie could even protest, James and Meowth pulled her far away from Hunter J.

"Tch, fools, only wasting my time." Hunter J was about to walk away, when a familiar face appeared.

"So where's the boy?" Giovanni reveals himself out of the bushes.

"Well, the fact that you're standing here suggests to me that you've seen what happened at the pokémon centre. Apparently that stupid officer was in the way, hence my mission failed this time. But trust me; I will get him as soon as possible."

"Good, then I'll come by soon again."

"Hold on."

Giovanni turns around, already expecting what he would hear.

"This boy. His aura. Tell me more about it."

"Ah, I see you've had encounter with it. I'm not surprised you're so interested." Giovanni said, to which he receives a glare from Hunter J.

"Long story short, humans used to have this aura ability long ago. Though as generation passes, it became a history instead. However, this particular boy apparently has it in him. With further training, it allows him to use supernatural power, which I'm sure you've seen."

"I see. It sure is powerful, the way he could protect himself and possibly even create attacks."

"Yes, but as we have agreed, the boy shall be mine if you manage to get him."

"No doubt, Giovanni, and I WILL get him."

"Very well…" and with that Giovanni went off, leaving Hunter J cursing over her failed mission.

*Pokémon Centre*

"…I don't know how to explain it..." Ash mumbled

"Well, when did you start using it? I never saw you do anything with it before!" Max continued persuading. He had found aura guardians really cool when he first heard it. And now in front of him, one of his closest friends, who can actually use aura, he couldn't control his excitement at all.

"Yeah I never did. Earlier on was the first time I truly use it. The other times, it just came out all of a sudden by itself Ash stated merely

"How come you aren't excited about it at all?"

Ash sighed. He knew he would be as worked up as Max if one of his friends could do such things. But now that he was the one being able to do so, he felt weird, and unusually tired. 'I don't know much about aura. What if it's dangerous? I won't want to hurt anyone… maybe just protect others. That is more than enough for me.'

"Hello? Earth to Ash?"

Ash looked up, finally noticing that May has finished bathing and came back in. Her wet hair stuck close to her face, flinging droplets of water whenever she turns her head. She seemed unusually beautiful.

Unknown to anyone, was Max, who was watching Ash looking at May. He smirked a little, but remained quiet, as Brock had advised him before. However someone else couldn't stand the awkward silence…

"PIKACHUUUU!"

"AHHH! Pikachu what's wrong now?" a electrified Ash exclaimed, before looking to Pikachu with his pouting face. May giggled at the side of it, but not without receiving a snicker from Max.

'Jeez, is it just me, or is Max getting more observant? And also irritating… Okay, he's ALWAYS irritating.' May thought to herself as she glared at her brother.

"Pika! Pikapikachuuu!"

"Whatever…" Ash replied. He stared at the walls, not noticing the siblings having a glaring contest beside him. 'Maybe… Maybe Pikachu is right? Jeez I hate this kind of confusing feelings!'

Pikachu sighed at his trainer, 'Thinking so much about May that he forgot all about aura. How hard is it to believe me? It's so obvious he likes her, yet my persuading just doesn't get through him…' Pikachu shook his head once again.

"Haha come on guys! You see each other every day, don't have to keep glaring." Brock came back to the room, immediately chuckling at the Maple siblings.

"She started it first~"

"Someone being childish again…"

Brock ignored them and walked to Ash. He waved his hands to get his attention, since he noticed him spacing out since he came in.

"Hey Ash? Nurse Joy needs our help, let's go!"

"Huh? Oh, okay." Both of them proceeds on outside.