Here's chapter 2, I thank TheGoldenYoshichu for helping me by editing my first chapter, now enjoy

Thought

Team rocket hit the ground with a thump, the trio were dazed by the landing, James, Jesse and Meowth slowly got up and started dragging their walking, arms slumped down, James sighed, "I don't know why we even try, we never are able to beat the twerps, even when we seem to have the advantage" he looked up at the sun with his arm raised over his eyes.

Jesse started to sulk, Meowth asked baffled, "Why you sulking Jessie, this ain't like you at all?"

Jesse strained her eyes to look at Meowth, "What does it matter to you?" She sniffled and the group stopped so James and Meowth could hear what Jessie had to say.

Jessie's eyes shot open in realisation and anger, "James why didn't you use that Riolu!" She shouted in a tantrum.

James raised his arms in alarm, "Now, now Jesse" he chuckled sarcastically, "No need to get violent"

Jessie bashed him on the head, crossed her arms and pouted, "If you would have used that pokemon, we would have probably won"

James smiled innocently and scratched his head "Well let's not make assumptions of what would and could happen"

Jessie went up in his face, Meowth was tapping her on her outfit "Don't give me that excuse, I-" she turned to Meowth, steam smoking from her nose like a angry Tauros, "What do you want Meowth, want a piece of my mind too?"

Meowth backed away, arms raised frightened, "Uh no Jessie its just I have to ask you something really important"

She faced away from Meowth, arms crossed and asked, "And what might that be?"

Meowth asked bewildered, "How should we tell the boss we messed up?"

James jumped back in realisation of what was meant and cried, "No not that, anything but that, Jesse, what we going to tell the boss?, what are you going to tell the boss?"

Jessie pointed at herself questioned but snapped back at response, "Oh I'm not going to tell the boss, you are James"

James looked dumbfounded before ranting, "Why do I have to tell the boss?, it wasn't my fault"

Jessie nodded, "Yeah it wasn't your fault...it was Meowths" she pointed towards the pokemon.

Meowth waved his hands frantically, "No it wasn't my fault, don't you remember what the boss had said?"

The trio put their hands to their chin in thought.

*Flashback, set after episode, an oasis of hope*

Team rocket shook their head violently as they shook out the sand from their head before sighing, James broke the silence, "Are we ever going to catch that Pikachu?, I doubt it" he sighed in defeat.

Jessie stated, "Don't say that, catching that Pikachu is like a game chance, sooner or later we will succeed"

Meowth and James nodded, fists raised in determination "Yeah, your right Jesse, we will get that Pikachu sooner or later"

A noise of helicopter blades broke the silence around the trio, James raised his hand up in front of his eyes, looking around the surrounding, "Hm?, who might that be?"

Meowth smiled at the sign of hope, "Hey, that's our ride out of this scorching place"

James's spirit was lifted, "You could be right Meowth, it does seem like a coincidence"

Jessie started getting giddy, "Yay, were finally getting out of here"

The noise started to grow louder, "Yep, its our ride out of here" James chuckled in triumph.

The helicopter flew with the sun hanging high behind it, blinding Jesse, James and Meowth, Jessie squinted at the emblem on the side of the plane as it drew near, her eyes shot open as she realised it was team rockets helicopter, what more it belonged to the boss, Jesse motioned to James and Meowth to have a team speech in a circle.

They looked questioned at this choice of action but did it, "What is it Jessie?" James asked, eyebrow raised.

Jessie stated, "That helicopter belongs to the boss" the trio gulped before springing into a salute, waiting for the plane to land, they waited scared of what the boss might say or ask.

As the plane landed and engine cut off, the slide door opened, men rushed out and stood to the sides of the helicopter.

James gulped, "Here he comes" silence covered the area except for the stamping of feet as the men surrounded the door like a pathway leading to the trio, all the team rocket crew stood in salute.

A man with cyan hair and a brown haired girl exited the helicopter, they wore the opposite style colour of Jesse and James were smiling mischievously.

Jessie and James stood a gape, realising that the boss was not on the plane, Cassidy and Butch drew nearer, Jesse clenched her raised fist and grit her teeth, "Cassidy"

James nodded his head in agreement, "and Buttch too"

Butch raised his fist in anger, "The name is Butch, can't you ever get it right?"

Jessie stepped her feet on the ground in anger, "What are you two doing here?"

Butch looked grumpy before putting his hand behind his back and reached for a poke ball in his holster attached to his waist, he put it in his hand and showed it to Jessie.

Meowth asked puzzled, "Why are you giving that poke ball?"

Butch pointed to it with his other hand, "See this poke ball?, well the boss wants you personally to keep it for him"

James rubbed his hands together in success, "Yay, a new pokemon!"

Meowth kicked James shin, "Wait a minute, why are you giving a pokemon to us?" Meowth asked questioned.

Cassidy raised a finger and tsked, "You see the boss wanted us to give this pokemon to you" she chucked it in the air, Jessie grabbed it as it fell and gazed at it.

Cassidy and Butch turned and walked to the helicopter.

James stood there feeling a sense of euphoria invade his way of thinking before he shook his head and reached out his hand, "Wait a minute, aren't you forgetting something?"

Cassidy and Butch turned puzzled by what they mean before Butch chuckled sarcastically and said, "Oh right" he gazed deep into James's eyes, James felt like something was gnawing at his insides, "Don't loose the poke ball otherwise the boss will be looking for you two...messing up his plan like the idiots you are"

Jessie placed her arms on her sides in a confident way, "Oh what could the boss do that could be so bad?"

Meowth and James tried to shush her but failed.

Butch smiled with a devilish grin, "This could happen if u not careful". He motioned one of his hands sticking his thumb out, slowly moving his thumb from one end of his neck to the other.

Jessie crossed her arms and responded, "How would you know?"

James scratched his head confused with what Butch did with his hands, "Uh, Jessie, what does that mean?"

Jessie sighed and snapped back, "It means the boss is going to kill us!"

James went to his feet crying and begging, "Please, say it isn't so"

Jesse tapped on James's shoulder which stopped James in his act, he turned and questioned, "Aren't you scared Jessie?"

Jessie rolled her eyes, "Don't be ridiculous, the boss would never kill us"

Butch smiled, "Your right..." James started jumping up and down on the spot, grinning ear to ear, "He will fire all you instead" Butch added confidently.

This stopped James's moment dead and he stood there, blank face and seemed to freeze up much like a statue.

Jessie was surprised at this point, seeing as it would be the boss to say something like that, "Are...are you serious Butch?"

Butch closed his eyes feeling a euporia enclose his mood and nodded, he opened his eyes and glared at James which responded feeling a sense of overwhelming dread of the thought what Butch was looking at him for a reason, a sweat drop escaped down his face, he smiled sarcastically, Butch pointed a finger to him, "You" James looked left and right surprised at this acquisition.

Butch coughed sarcastically to get James's attention, James turned scared of what might be said about him, could he have been blamed?. "You hold the poke ball and responsibility" Butch added.

James pointed at himself puzzled at what he meant and freaked out when he realised at what could happen, "No way, if anyone is holding it, its Jessie"

Butch shook his head and tisked, Cassidy pointed out, "Bosses orders"

James sighed in defeat of the possible inevitable responsibility.

Butch and Cassidy started walking to the chopper and the group of team rocket soldiers climbed aboard the helicopter, engine started powering up. The team rocket trio finally realised what they really wanted from Butch and Cassidy and made a sprint to the chopper, the doors had closed at this time but Jessie, James and Meowth were still determined to climb aboard, James pulled the latch to the helicopter door to open but it was locked, he banged on the door and shouted while pointing to the door, "Open the door!", James's speech was muffled by the sound of the engine obviously and soon realised it, the helicopter took off and left off in the direction of the sun, blinding the team rocket trio, they shielded their eyes with their arms and squinted for a attempt to glance the helicopter now lost from view.

James sighed, hands out, "Were back at square one...with no water"

Jessie nodded in agreement and said "No time to be moaning let's go" she threw the poke ball in James's hand and put her hands together behind her head like a pillow.

Hours later they were dying of heat before Meowth pointed out at a power station in the desert.

*End flashback*

James finger to by lip thinking of what happened before realising, it was his fault, "Why me!" He dropped to his knees, sniffling a cry, Jessie bashed him on the head, "Quit your complaining...see it is your fault, you are going to take the fall" she grinned and chuckled in victory.

James turned to her with an annoyed expression, "You do realise we are on a team which means if I get fired, we get fired"

The laughing subsided and there was silence between the trio before Jessie replied moping, "Oh yeah..."

"Were not telling the boss" the trio said at the same time.

Meowth suggested, "Let's get it back"

The Jessie and James raised their arms in agreement and said confidently, "Yeah, let's do it"

*Back with Ash and friends*

Bonnie kept glanced back at the Riolu, smile on face as she hummed a tune, Ash grinned happily as he breathed in and out deeply in content, hearing the sound of Murcrow chanting in a nearby tree, a weedle crossed their path from ahead and rustling of bushes on the other side of the track they walked could be heard, Ash glanced to the left in the forest and saw skiddo running in the distance, he trained his eyes ahead and saw the path came to a dead end, the group continued walking before stopping in front of the path and Ash shrugged his shoulder, "Oh well, might as well go through" Bonnie and Serena followed in but stopped when they reached the other side of the bush.

What the trio saw was a lake with a round rock next to them. Ash turned to Bonnie and Serena, "Well...let's take a break guys" Serena and Bonnie nodded before they followed Ash to the lake. "Everyone out" Ash shouted as he threw all his poke balls into the air to spawn all his pokemon from their wait, Hawlucha striked into a pose with Fletchinder smiling at this excitement from the fellow pokemon.

Serena threw her poke balls in the air, "Braixen, Pancham, you guys comes out"

A light formed shape of pokemon and they took form, Braixen smiled happy to be called upon by the trainer.

Ash called out to the pokemon, "Okay everyone, have fun"

Serena nodded at Braixen and Pancham who followed the other pokemon to the lake, Pikachu followed as well.

The group sit crossed legged on the grass, "Where is the food Serena?"

Serena looked at Ash and asked, "Are you even hungry?" A loud stomach grumbly could be heard, Ash asked smiling, "Does that answer you question?"

Serena sighed, "I guess so...well let me get the food"

Seconds later food was set across on a sheet, Macaron's, rice balls, sandwiches and other food was set out, Ash picked a Macaron and put it in his mouth, eyes closed only focused on the flavour "Mmmmm, wow these are great Serena"

Serena chuckled, "Thanks Ash"

Bonnie grabbed two Macarons, one for her and one for Dedenne, she passed one to he pokemon who took hold of it with a smile.

Serena got up and said, "I will set out the poke food"

Bowls of poke food were placed on the floor before Serena shouted out to the pokemon, "Foods ready" the pokemon rushed out of the lake to the meal.

They all ate happily, smiling while eating and looked happy to be around each other.

Ash reached for a rice ball in hand and thought about the Riolu, he thought to himself, "Where is that Riolu" he gazed all around, and saw Riolu sat on the round rock, staring at the trainers but not coming any closer, Ash and Riolu made eye contact before Ash slowly held out his hand with the rice ball, "Hey Riolu, you hungry?"

Riolu turned his head slowly to the side, thinking if the trainer was really offering the food and if he should trust him, seconds later Riolu decided to trust the trainer and slowly walked towards him, as Riolu made it up to Ash, the Riolu looked at Ash, "See you can trust-" Ash said but was stopped by the sudden grab of the rice ball and that the Riolu ran back to the rock.

Ash sighed, "Well...at least he still trusts me better"

Riolu looked at the rice ball before plopping it into his mouth and smiling happily from the taste.

Jessie and James drew in to a nearby bush and looked at the trainers, "It's the twerps" Meowth pointed out whispering.

"Here's our chance, we have the element of surprise" Jesse whispered smiling.

Just then Riolu made a dash to get up and stood still, eyes closed.

The trainers took notice of this and looked at Riolu, unsure of this actions, "What's wrong Riolu?" Ash asked to be answered by Riolu telepathically speaking to Ash, "Over there!"

Ash got the message and shouted to his friends, "It's team rocket!"

Riolu raised a paw and aura started to form into a sphere, Ash announced, "Riolu's using Aura sphere" Riolu threw the aura sphere towards team rocket which ended up with a bang as team rocket hit the floor near the group.

The fiendish trio quickly climbed to their feet in an attempt to look tough, "Give us back that Riolu!" James demanded.

Jessie tapped on James's shoulder, "You forgot the motto"

James smiled at this, "Oh, I got tied up in the moment of anger"

Jessie started, "Prepare for trouble"

James added, "And make that double"

Meowth jumped in, "I'm cutting this one short"

James and Jesse stared at Meowth with an angry expression, "Never do that again Meowth!" Jessie shouted.

Pikachu came beside Ash and nodded to him when he looked, Ash nodded back and commanded, "Okay Pikachu let's go"

Pikachu jumped in stance, ready to battle

"Inkay I choose you!" James shouted as he threw his pokeball, a white light took form into Inkay.

"Pumpkaboo I choose you!" Jessie shouted as she threw her poke ball and Pumpkaboo appeared.

Serena stepped up, "I will help you, Braixen, let's help out"

Braixen stepped forward beside Pikachu, "Braixen, use flamethrower" Serena instructed and so a blazing flame dashed to Pumpkaboo who dodged it.

"Pikachu, use lightning bolt" lightning circulated around Pikachu and shot at Pumpkaboo who got hit.

James commanded, "Inkay, use tackle"

Inkay came dashing at Pikachu at such speed but Pikachu dodged in the air, James chuckled, "Now use psybeam"

A beam came crashing towards Pikachu who was still high in mid-air, "Pikachu, lightning bolt" Ash instructed.

A lightning crashed into the path of the psybeam and they cancelled each other out, James grit his teeth annoyed, "Enough, now Inkay use Tackle"

Inkay came rushing through the smoke and dashed into Pikachu.

Pikachu fell to the ground but quickly got up.

Serena commanded, "Braixen, use flamethrower"

A flame came racing and the fiendish trio and their pokemon, James coughed from the smoke, "Pikachu, lightning bolt" Ash instructed.

Sparks circled Pikachu as he charged up and fired the lightning bolt which hit team rocket and made a boom, they blasted off in the air, James had his hand to his mouth and said, "We lost"

Jessie shouted, "You think!"

Meowth added, "That's not all we got"

"Team rocket blasting off again" they said together. A star winkled in the sky.

Ash sighed, "That was a close one, I didn't even know that team rocket was here, thanks Riolu"

Riolu stared at Ash and looked away, still not trusting him.

Ash sighed at this, "Somethings never change"

Ash and the group of friends and pokemon finished their food and they packed up, Ash and Serena called the pokemon back in their poke ball, Pikachu climbed on Ash's shoulder and they started to walk, Ash looked back behind to see that Riolu was following closer, "You will learn to trust me soon Riolu" Ash smiled to himself.

That's chapter 2, hope you enjoyed, please review and tell me what you think but please no swearing, I already got one review for swearing, its not needed, I am going to add 1 of 2 characters in this story, either Riley or Ritchie, you guys pick, poll is on my profile, get picking cause it will be one of them, again hope you enjoyed, see you next chapter:)