Pastoria City...
Jessie was looking out from high in the air with her binoculars, looking around for the twerp's Pikachu. They didn't have much time left, if they knew the twerp, he would be going to a new region soon. She looked over at James from the corner of her eye. Once upon a time, they were feared throughout Kanto. They were good but now...they were jokes. Literally. Every time they went to headquarters after coming back from a new region, they were laughed at for not doing the mission that they gave themselves eight years ago. They weren't respected in the least - not even by Cassidy and Butch - anymore.
Not that Jessie really cared, she really hated Cassidy. James felt the same about Butch, they all had been rivals since their training days with the bright future at their feet. But it was all yanked away that night at the Viridian City Pokémon Center eight years ago by a badly injured Pikachu on a badly burnt bicycle. Ever since, they followed the twerp. They knew every companion that the twerp had ever travelled with and it wouldn't be long before that things would change again. 'Doesn't that kid even see the red headed twerp,' Jessie wondered. She shook her head, scolding herself for that. She couldn't think like that.
She thought, 'I can't believe it. I'm actually wondering about what is going on with the twerp personally. He does jump around from region-to-region and doesn't even go back to see his old friends. It's stupid. It's like...he's on a mission.' Unknown to Jessie, James was thinking the same thing. Meowth was too. Somehow, someway, the three Team Rocket members thought of the twerp as apart of the family. Even though he blasted them often, they were always there for him whenever he needed them...and vice versa. James turned to Jessie and took a breath. She perked up and looked at him.
James stated, "I remember during the Lugia incident in the Orange Islands, we were willing to risk everything to help the twerp save the world."
Jessie sighed and replied, looking down, "I remember that too."
Meowth responded, getting in the conversation, "That was cause we didn't want the world to end...even if we did survive. We didn't care, if we were going down, we were going down as heroes."
James nodded as he said, "Yes, Meowth, that's exactly my point."
Jessie looked at him and asked, "What do you mean, James?"
James answered, "Jessie, I mean we are better off on the side of good than evil."
Meowth was about to pounce but that's when he realized something. For the first time, James was right. Meowth was about to say something but that's when he saw something through his binoculars. He saw Pupitar, Buneary, Heracross, Happiny, Ninetailes, Floatzel, Pikachu, Raichu, Corsola, Umbreon, and Espeon all playing with no trainers around.
Meowth commented, "Hey bingo! Twerp Pokémon ahoy!"
On the ground, our heroes were hiding and waiting for Team Rocket to come. They all had rented Pokémon hot air balloons. Ash, Misty, and Brock were in the Pikachu hot air balloon. Erika, Gary, Ritchie, and Barry were in the Eevee hot air balloon. Paul, Ranee, Dawn, and Kenny were in the Piplup hot air balloon. They were all ready to go and follow Team Rocket. Dawn turned to the skies and saw the Meowth balloon coming down from the heavens as the purple rain continued to fall. The purple rain was just like regular rain but no one knew its true nature.
Dawn asked, "You really think this is gonna work?"
Paul answered, "Those three are idiots so we might as well get ready."
Ranee stated, "Something about this purple rain is creeping me out."
Kenny replied, "Yeah, I'm getting that too."
Barry yelled, "I'm so gonna fine those three for being so slow!"
Ritchie responded, "Be patient for the love of Arceus. It's just like fishing."
Misty commented, "Yeah, with our Pokémon as the bait."
Ash held her and said, "I don't like it either, Mist, but we've got to find out what's going on."
Just then, Team Rocket took the Pokémon. They pretended to struggle a bit - to make it look like that they didn't want to be caught. Team Rocket fell for it.
Brock commented, "Looks like we're gonna take off soon."
Erika stated, "Let's get ready!"
Gary nodded and replied, "Right!"
As soon as Team Rocket's balloon was in the skies, the other hot air balloons followed behind secretly. The clouds were a dark purple color and the wild Starly attacked the balloons out of nowhere with strange moves. Ritchie took care of them with Sparky (his Pikachu). Once the Starly were gone, Ritchie turned to Sparky.
Ritchie complimented, "Nice job, Sparky!"
Sparky stated, "Pi pika!"
Ranee reached into her pouch and threw out a poke ball. Out popped an Ampharos, the Light Pokémon. Ampharos seemed to have barked lightly. Paul looked at it and then Ranee. She shrugged.
She commented, "Just in case Sparky goes down and we need another electric type."
Dawn stated, "The way these Pokémon are acting is so weird. All of our Pokémon are fine."
Piplup squeaked, "Pip lup!"
Kenny reasoned, "Maybe this purple rain is effecting them."
Erika stated, "That is possible."
Gary questioned, "But what is this rain?"
Ash shrugged and answered, "No idea but we'll find out sooner or later."
Misty looked around in the skies as she stated, "Seems like we might be flying for awhile, Team Rocket is still ahead of us slightly."
Brock responded, "Then we might as well get comfy..."
AK1028: I apologize for the delay in this chapter. Had a bad case of writer's block and it was pretty bad. Hopefully this chapter makes up for it because I seriously didn't know what to write. That's how bad my writer's block was. The reason I made this chapter so short is that I'm thinking of ending this story soon, just don't know when and how. I'll figure it out soon. Now, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!
