Episode 51: Holy Matrimony
A couple of days after catching Aerodactyl in Grampa Canyon and Charmeleon evolving into a Charizard. In the meantime, Sora has gotten Poliwhirl to evolve into a Poliwrath. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned him.
Poliwrath, the Tadpole Pokémon
An evolved form of Poliwhirl
Type: Water/Fighting
Poliwrath's highly developed, brawny muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. It is so tirelessly strong, this Pokémon can swim back and forth across the ocean without effort.
"You look like a strong swimmer," Sora said.
"Poliwrath," the newly evolved Poliwrath said.
A few more days have passed by then. By then, Sora has exchanged Poliwrath for Doduo. Once that was accomplished, Sora was challenged into a battle by a young in a cap and glasses.
"Go for it, Sora!" Kairi cheered for her boyfriend.
"Pika, Pika!" Pikachu added
"Eevee, vee!" Angel said.
"You feeling confident?" Sora asked his opponent.
"I was gonna ask you the same question," the girl asked taking out a Pokéball and then threw it. "Jynx! Go!" The Pokéball opens as it lets out a Jynx.
"Okay, Charizard! Let's go!" Sora called out throwing his Pokéball. Upon entry, Charizard lets out Flamethrower to the sky. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned his Charizard.
Charizard, the Flame Pokémon
The evolved form of Charmeleon
Type: Fire/Flying
It is said that Charizard's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles.
"Jynx! Start things up with Shadow Ball!" The girl ordered as Jynx fired a ball of shadow right at Charizard.
"Dodge it!" Sora ordered as Charizard moved out of the way. "Fire Fang!" Charizard charges right at Jynx with his jaws emitting flames.
"Jynx! Dodge and use Body Slam!" The girl ordered as Jynx jumps and slams her body into Charizard. "Now use Blizzard!" Jynx fired a blizzard from her mouth.
"Charizard! Dodge it, quick!" Sora called out as Charizard got up and flew out of the way, but only got hit by the tip of the wing. Charizard was flying a bit sluggish due to the tip of his wing being frozen. Sora said in his thoughts, "Dammit! Charizard is flying so slow. Gotta keep my cool; no pun intended."
"Okay, Jynx! Hyper Beam!" The girl ordered as Jynx fired a powerful beam right at Charizard. Charizard tried to dodge the attack, but it was no use; the attack gave a pretty good hit.
"Charizard!" Sora called out. Charizard started to give off a red aura from his body. Sora and his friends knew it was Charizard's ability, Blaze. "Great! Flamethrower!" Charizard fired a super-powered Flamethrower right at Jynx. The humanoid Pokémon just fell to her side knocked out from the attack. "Way to go, Charizard!" Sora beamed at the victory when Charizard turned and used Flamethrower right on Sora again and then laughed. "Now that just burns me up," Sora said as he puffed some smoke.
The girl calls her Jynx back inside and pulls out another Pokéball.
"Okay, then Wigglytuff! Go!" The girl said, throwing her Pokéball letting out a light pink, oval-shaped Pokémon with a piece of fluff on its forehead along with blue-colored eyes and long rabbit-like ears. The ears contain large black openings and a piece of white on top. It also appears to lack arms and legs and has stubby and small hands and feet. It has a round white belly. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon.
Wigglytuff, the Balloon Pokémon
The evolved form of Jigglypuff
Type: Normal/Fairy
Wigglytuff's body is very flexible. By inhaling deeply, this Pokémon can inflate itself seemingly without end. Once inflated, Wigglytuff bounces along lightly like a balloon.
"Okay, Charizard! Come on back," Sora said calling Charizard back and pulling out another Pokéball. "Wartortle! Let's go!" Sora threw the Pokéball letting out his Wartortle.
"Wartortle!" Wartortle said.
"Wartortle! Water Gun!" Sora ordered as Wartortle fired Water Gun right at the balloon Pokémon.
"Wigglytuff, dodge it!" The girl ordered as Wigglytuff inflated itself and floated in the air. "Body Slam!" Wigglytuff dove towards Wartortle.
"Aqua Tail!" Sora ordered as Wartortle swung at Wigglytuff with his tail emitting water. Wigglytuff was sent flying in the air before it caught its composure. "Now use Aqua Jet!" Wartortle's body became surrounded by water and charged right at Wigglytuff.
"Wigglytuff! Thunderbolt!" The girl ordered as Wigglytuff fired Thunderbolt right Wartortle. The shock hits the turtle Pokémon doing serious damage.
"Water Gun!" Sora ordered. Wartortle fired Water Gun right at Wigglytuff, hitting the balloon Pokémon. "Aqua Tail!" Wartortle swung at Wigglytuff knocking it out. Wartortle then started to evolve. Wartortle has become a Blastoise. Sora took out his Pokédex and scanned his newly evolved Pokémon.
Blastoise, the Shellfish Pokémon
The evolved form of Wartortle
Type: Water
The jets of water it spouts from the rocket cannons on its shell can punch through thick steel.
"Good work, Blastoise," Sora said.
"Blastoise," the newly evolved Blastoise said, giving Sora a high-five.
"Wigglytuff, return!" She said calling Wigglytuff back. She pulls out another Pokéball and threw it. "Scizor! Go!" The Pokéball lets out a Scizor. Sora turned to Pikachu.
"You ready to go, Pikachu?" Sora asked his partner.
"Pika!" Pikachu nodded in acknowledgment.
"Go for it!" Sora said as Pikachu went into battle. "Start up with Quick Attack!" Pikachu ran using his speed attack.
"You use Quick Attack, too!" The girl ordered as Scizor used a speed attack. Both speed attacks collided as Pikachu and Scizor rammed into each other. "Now use Metal Claw!" Scizor swung its claws right at Pikachu.
"Block it with Iron Tail!" Sora called out as Pikachu blocked with his tail. They both held on, neither one moving an inch. Both are taken back. "Electro Ball!" Pikachu emitted a ball of electricity and hurls it at Scizor.
"Flash Cannon!" The girl ordered. Scizor fired two beams of energy from its claws. The attack cuts through Electro Ball and comes towards Pikachu.
"Dodge it!" Sora called out. Pikachu jumped out of the way before the attack could hit. "Thunderbolt!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu fires Thunderbolt right at Scizor. The red Pokémon became paralyzed by the attack.
"Scizor! Quick Attack!" The girl ordered as Scizor tried to move, but is too paralyzed.
"Use Electro Ball again!" Sora called out as Pikachu threw the ball of electricity right at Scizor. The girl was flabbergasted by the fact her Scizor has lost to a Pikachu. She called her Scizor back and threw another Pokéball.
"Blissey! Go!" The girl said throwing her Pokéball letting out a Pokémon similar to Chansey, but it has curly hair on both sides of her head. Their arms are pink with white wings at the end. She has a patch for her egg, like all of the members of her family. Her lower torso is also white with four flaps of fur, giving her the appearance of wearing a dress. Sora took out his Pokédex.
Blissey, the Happiness Pokémon
The evolved form of Chansey
Type: Normal
Blissey senses sadness with its fluffy coat of fur. If it does so, this Pokémon will rush over to a sad person, no matter how far away, to share a Lucky Egg that brings a smile to any face.
"Okay, Pikachu! Come on back!" Sora said as Pikachu ran back to his side. He took out another Pokéball and threw it. "Go! Doduo!" His Pokéball opened and Doduo readied himself for battle.
"My Blissey will give your Doduo such a pinch," the girl said grinning. "Blissey! Egg Bomb!" Blissey throws its egg right at Doduo as it is glowing.
"Dodge and use Drill Peck!" Sora ordered as Doduo came rushing at Blissey with his two beaks spinning like drills. Doduo then lands a hit. "Now use Tri-Attack!" Doduo forms Tri-Attack and fired it right at Blissey, landing a hit.
"Blissey! Double Slap!" The girl ordered as Blissey smacked Doduo pretty hard. "Now use Rock Slide!" Blissey formed rocks and hurled them right at the Twin Bird Pokémon. Doduo tried to dodge it, but despite his speed, the rocks were coming too fast. Doduo was hit hard, but got right. Doduo! Use Aerial Ace!" Doduo ran and dashed right Blissey, landing a hit.
"No way!" The girl exclaimed.
"Oh yeah! Doduo! Use Double Hit!" Sora called out as Doduo gave Blissey a couple of hits from his two heads. The attack knocks Blissey out as she calls her Blissey back.
"That wasn't half bad," the girl said, shaking Sora's hand.
"You too," Sora said.
With that said, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel continued onwards. A few hours later, they came across a poster.
"Look, a poster," Kairi said.
"Eevee," Angel said.
"You're right, Kairi," Sora said. He then suddenly felt very uneasy as he looked at the familiar face on the poster. "Um, Kairi, doesn't that face look very familiar to you?" Sora asked.
"What do you mean, Sora?" Kairi asked.
"Just look closer," Sora said. Kairi did look closely, and she gasped when she realized who she was looking at.
"Oh my gosh! You're right! But can it be?" Kairi asked.
"I'd bet all six of my Gym Badges it is," Sora said.
"James!" Sora and Kairi both exclaimed at once.
The couple was letting it sink in when a long limo came to a stop. In the back, a large man who happens to appear to be a butler comes out of the back with a megaphone.
"Have you seen that boy in that photo?" The man asked speaking into the megaphone.
"If you're referring to James from Team Rocket, then yeah we have," Sora answered.
"Joy! Eureka! Quick to the estate! The both of you!" The butler shouted dragging the couple in the limo.
A few seconds later, Team Rocket manages to catch up with them and then lose them. Jessie and Meowth heads over to the poster while James just slowly walks behind them.
"Hmmm, this kid looks a lot like you, James," Jessie pointed out.
"You think so? He looks pathetic," James said pretending not to notice.
"That is what she means, James!" Meowth laughs.
"Right! This is too good to pass up! What do you say we investigate?" Jessie asked.
"Yeah!" Meowth agreed.
Jessie and Meowth run up ahead while James stayed behind.
"I can't believe that I'm back here again," James said in his thoughts. "I had hoped that I would never see this place again. The horrible memories of this place. Especially her."
James just stood there while Jessie and Meowth came back to him.
"James!" Jessie shouted.
"Whatcha waiting for?" Meowth asked.
"I think I'll stay here," James said looking for an excuse.
"NO, YOU WON'T!" Jessie and Meowth yelled as they lifted James off his face and dashed off in the direction of the limousine.
Meanwhile, Mullock was eating some hamburgers, leaving a trail of hamburger wrappers behind him.
"Great. We lose Team Rocket in Saffron City, and we're still no closer to finding those bastards," Mullock said. Just then, Chester came right up to him.
"Sir! Sir! I think I got something!" Chester exclaimed with joy.
"This better be important, because I'm not in the freaking mood," Mullock said.
"Oh, you will be after you get a look at this," Chester said, handing him a photo of James as a boy.
"It's a kid gone missing. So what," Mullock said.
"Doesn't he look familiar to you?" Chester asked.
"Should it?" Mullock asked.
"Oh, it should, if you compare it to this photo," Chester said, showing him James's wanted poster. Mullock almost chokes on his hamburger and he took it. He then grinned and started laughing.
"Chester, I think you stumbled onto something here!" Mullock said. "This kid is the Team Rocket member James! And I happen to know who his parents are! You realize what this means?!"
"Yes! No! Tell me anyway!" Chester said.
"Gladly! I can make the biggest arrest of my career! I can arrest that bastard right in front of his parents, and haul his ass off to prison! I'll make it look so good, it'll make Looker's work a waste of time!" Mullock said.
"Um, sir, in regards to arresting him right in front of his parents, wouldn't they have a lawyer ready to defend him?" Chester asked.
"Details. We'll just have to connect him to other Team Rocket activities, and everything," Mullock said.
"So, we're framing him for the crimes, right?" Chester asked.
"Frame is such an ugly word, Chester," Mullock said. "Besides, who's going to believe the word the words of a pile of shit like him?"
"Also, wouldn't create a scandal for his family?" Chester asked.
"They're rich, so who cares?" Mullock asked. "Now, no more questions! We have an arrest to make!"
"Yes, sir!" Chester said.
Mullock and Chester enters the police car and drove off to arrest James for the crimes.
On the back of the limo while Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all looked at the butler with sour looks on their faces.
"I do apologize for dragging you in like this. I haven't even introduced myself yet. My name is Hopkins, and I serve as the butler of the estate of Master James," Hopkins said.
"So it is James," Sora confirmed.
"Can you tell me about him, young man?! Can you even give me even the smallest detail?!" Hopkins exclaimed.
"Okay. He's a member of Team Rocket, and he's a no-good, two-faced, dimwitted sack of-" Sora was cut off when Kairi jabbed him.
"Sora," Kairi said.
"Sorry, but he asked," Sora said.
"If it helps, I think I've seen his face on a wanted poster before," Kairi remembered.
"It would seem you all know him quite well," Hopkins said.
"Quite well would be stretching it more than a little. A whole lot more," Kairi said.
"In other words, we don't have any good memories of James whatsoever," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
The limo stops in front of the gates as they open. The limo enters the grounds.
"So, Hopkins, is it? How much further is this place?" Sora asked.
"We're almost at the end of the driveway," Hopkins said.
"Are you really that close? It feels like we've passed by the main gate half an hour ago," Sora said.
They all stepped outside of the limo and stood in front of a mansion.
"Look at this place. It has to have at least a hundred rooms," Kairi said.
"Eevee," Angel said.
"Yeah. That's the biggest mansion I have ever seen," Sora said.
"Pika," Pikachu said.
"That is not the mansion!" Hopkins exclaimed through the megaphone, making the couple cover their ears. "This little doghouse belongs to Growlie the favorite Pokémon of Master James! Behind you, there is the master's mansion!" Sora and Kairi turned and they almost fell on their rumps, seeing how it was much bigger. "Please, follow me." They were reluctant to do so, but they had so very little choice, so they had to oblige him.
"Oh wow!" Jessie said in amazement.
"I'll say," Meowth added.
"We're in a life of luxury," Jessie beamed.
"We've hit the jackpot!" Jessie and Meowth sang as James was still depressed.
The couple stepped inside and saw two coffins laying in a bed of white roses. Above them is a portrait of young James holding a small Growlithe. James's father has dark gray hair and green eyes. He wore a dark green overcoat with a red vest above a white shirt with a violet tie and is wearing cyan pants and black shoes. His mother has purple hair and brown hair, wearing a red dress along with red high heel shoes. His father is leaning on a cane while his mother is holding a parasol.
"Was there a funeral here?" Kairi asked sadly.
"My master and mistress had only one child. And that was a boy named James. His parents sadly passed away this morning and the estate is now his," Hopkins said.
"Wha?" Sora and Kairi titled their heads.
"Pika?" Pikachu questioned.
"Vee?" Angel also questioned.
"You mean this place is going to belong to James?!" Sora exclaimed.
Team Rocket made it out of sight of the roof and they overheard what the butler was talking about.
"Wha?!" Jessie and Meowth both explained.
"You mean to tell me that this whole estate is going to belong to you?!" Jessie exclaimed.
"Way to keep us in the dark, Jimmy-boy!" Meowth added.
James didn't say anything. He wasn't a bit convinced that his parents were dead. He had a really bad feeling about the whole thing.
"Master James ran away from home at a young age," Hopkins explained. "This left his parents utterly heartbroken and they've spent all this time searching for him, but they had no such luck. Not only his poor parents but his fiancee as well."
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel still couldn't believe James was an heir to the mass fortune. Sora couldn't help but wonder why James would just run away. And James was also engaged to someone.
"That sounds too bad," Sora said sympathetically and skeptical.
"Just hope we could find him real soon to tell him the sad news," Kairi said.
"REAL SOON WON'T DO!" Hopkins spoke over the megaphone. "THEIR WILL STATES THAT IT'S APPARENT THAT MASTER JAMES GETS MARRIED WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER PASSING AWAY! IF NOT, THEN THE ESTATE WILL NO LONGER BELONG TO HIM AND IT WILL GO TO CHARITY! I MUST FIND HIM AT ONCE!"
"Well, good luck with that," Sora said. "Though I doubt you will ever find him." Hopkins took out his megaphone, but Sora took it. "We could do without that, thank you very much." He tossed it to the side. "Well, we should be going. We've taken enough of their time." Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel went with Sora outside of the mansion. "Man, don't you find it to be weird that James is rich and he's gonna get married?"
"I do find it to be weird, Sora," Kairi said. "But do you think James might have heard about his parents passing away and inheriting the estate?"
"Probably. I mean, he could just drop in just to say goodbye to his parents," Sora said.
"But we couldn't find him in one day, anyway," Kairi said.
"NO! I WON'T DO IT! I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO DO IT!" James called out making the group look around.
"James, be careful!" Jessie exclaimed.
Team Rocket falls out of their hiding place and lands on the ground. And that's when Sora knew Kairi was right. Jessie and Meowth argued with James about going through with it. It was obvious that they wouldn't stop if Sora said anything or not. Sora looks over to Pikachu.
"Pikachu? If you would?" Sora gestures to Pikachu.
"Pikachu," Pikachu nodded and launched Thunderbolt right at Team Rocket, shocking all three of them.
"Have we calmed down now?" Sora asked.
"You could at least come to your parent's funeral just to say goodbye," Kairi said.
"NEVER!" James stated.
Team Rocket managed to recover fast despite being shocked by Pikachu. Jessie and Meowth just looks at James, crossing their arms.
"James, we're becoming really annoyed with you," Jessie said.
"Don't cha wanna be the filthy stinking rich?" Meowth asked.
"I don't know," James lied. He had to come up with an excuse fast, and he found one. "AAH! I FEEL LIKE MY HEAD IS SPLITTING! I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED!"
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all looked at James caught off by James's sudden outburst.
"What's the matter with him now?" Sora asked.
"It's possible James has amnesia," Kairi pointed out. "What do you think, Sora?"
"I think he's faking it," Sora said in a whisper.
"Pikachu," Pikachu nodded in agreement.
"I remember flunking out of a prep school and then joining a bicycle gang, then joining Team Rocket afterwards; but everything before is a total blur to me!" James said.
"You sure you don't remember anything else before that? If so, just try to remember whatever," Sora said.
"Yes, try to remember," Kairi said.
"I'll try," James said trying to search for an excuse. "Oh! I remember something! It was a cold winter's night many years ago..."
(Flashback, Years ago)
The scene opens with the city snowing outside and with young James and his Growlithe walking down the street freezing.
"There was a boy and his faithful Growlithe, Growlie. The boy and his Growlithe hadn't eaten anything for days," James narrated.
Young James fell to the ground and Growlie licks his side to get him up.
"Brr. Growlie, I'm not going to make it. Leave me alone and save yourself," Young James said as he looked towards the local church and sees the angels on the stained glass windows. "The angels have come for me. Farewell... I leave this cruel world for a better place. Remember me, Grow..." Young James passes on as Growlie's eyes fills with tears and howls mourning for his deceased friend.
(Present Day)
"The boy had passed away from this world. Little Growlie howled all night grieving for the boy until he was found frozen solid," James concluded his tale.
Jessie and Meowth were crying their eyes out.
"Oh, that is so very sad!" Jessie cried.
"That poor kid!" Meowth also cried.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel just looked at James as they knew that James had made that up. Sora just facepalmed as he just heard the most ridiculous made-up story he had ever heard.
"I'm sure that's sad and everything. But there is one thing wrong with that story," Sora said.
"Yes? What is it?" Jessie asked still crying.
"Yes, yes. What is wrong with the story?" Meowth also asked. Sora grinned for a moment before he took a deep breath.
"HOW CAN JAMES BE DEAD IF HE'S STANDING RIGHT FREAKING HERE?!" Sora yelled, making Jessie and Meowth realize they walked into a made-up sop story.
"The twerp is right," Jessie said crossing her arms again.
"Can't believe we walked into that one," Meowth said feeling silly.
James looked around at Jessie and Meowth. He knew no amount of excuse would do anything to get out of what they had in mind. Except for...
"I'm mixed up!" James lied.
"Who cares what you remember? Just take the cash!" Jessie said.
"James can't have the inheritance unless he gets married within a day," Sora said.
"We'll fake the wedding and take the money," Jessie said.
"That's ridiculous!" James stated.
"Ridiculous? Ha! This whole estate will be yours," Jessie said.
"Yeah!" Meowth cheered.
"I won't do it!" James yelled as he ran knocking Meowth down.
"He's weakening," Jessie said.
"He'll see things our way," Meowth added.
Jessie and Meowth throw a couple of lassos right at James tying him up like a Christmas present. James tried to break free, but he couldn't because he had wasted some energy fighting back before.
"This isn't going to end well," Sora said.
"It should be his decision to get married or not," Kairi said.
"Forget it, Kairi. Nothing we say is going to make them change their minds; not that they ever had any," Sora said, almost laughing.
A few minutes later, Jessie and Meowth dressed James in a suit, and his mouth gagged while they wore black invisibility cloaks.
"This is great!" Meowth said.
"These costumes are perfect if I do say so myself!" Jessie said as she controlled James's hand knocking on the door.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all watched as they couldn't pass up the chance to watch them make fools out of themselves. Sora knew they didn't even need each other to do that.
"Yes? Coming!" Hopkins said from behind the door. He answered the door. "May I help you, sir?"
"It's me, James, and I have come back," Jessie said using James's voice.
"Welcome home, sir!" Hopkins said, speaking through the megaphone. Sora and Kairi didn't believe that he actually bought it. "Your parents will be most pleased to see that you have returned! Please come in!"
"Thank you," Jessie said in James's voice as Meowth controlled his legs to walk. Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel were all confused to hear the butler say that his parents will be pleased to see him back.
"Didn't they die just this morning?" Kairi pointed out.
"That's what the butler said," Sora said. "Maybe we should look into this more. I just have to see this for myself." Sora said as he, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel followed them inside, watching them right at the door.
"Masters. Everything is all set! Your son James had come home just as you wished," Hopkins said proudly.
"Oh, mummy and daddy! I'm back home at last to get my money!" Jessie said still using James's voice and quickly realized what she said. "I mean to get my honey. Yes, that's what I meant to say." Jessie chuckled.
"Nice recovery," Meowth whispered.
"I'm going to get married, just as it says in your will. And I want cash and not a check," Jessie said in James's voice. Sora facepalmed at the sight.
"What's that?" Hopkins raised a brow.
"Oh, I was only joking of course. Ha-ha," Jessie said, disguising her voice. "Oh, mom and dad. I wish I could have come back a lot sooner."
Suddenly chuckling can be heard from the coffins. Team Rocket, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel were wide-eyed by the sounds.
"Hey, who's that?" Meowth asked feeling scared.
James's parents jumped right out of the coffins feeling confident that their trap worked.
"Prepare for trouble!" James's father said in James's British accent.
"Yes, dear! And make it double!" James's mother rhymed in a southern accent.
"T-they're..." Jessie started.
"GHOSTS!" Meowth finished.
"I don't believe it!" Sora spoke, lowering his voice not drawing their attention. "They were faking it."
"It was a trap for James, just to lure him back," Kairi said, lowering her voice.
"Oh, James dear! We're so happy you've come back home!" James's mother said.
"And you're wearing a suit," James's father added.
"They're buried alive!" Jessie said.
"Or they're the most liveliest ghosts I have ever seen," Meowth said. James took off the gag.
"They're not dead, you furry imbecile! It was a trap to get me back here! That was why I was trying to stay away from here! It's just like them to pull a stunt like this!" James exclaimed. That made Jessie and Meowth suspicious.
"Does that mean..." Meowth started.
"...you don't have amnesia?" Jessie finished.
James realized what he just told them so he pretended to have amnesia some more.
"Where am I?! Who am I?!" James fibbed.
"Why you're James and you're about to get married," James's father said.
"Hopkins, prepare the preparations," James's mother ordered.
"Yes madam," Hopkins said, carrying Team Rocket in his arms. The butler runs upstairs.
"I've got to escape!" James whispered.
"No, you're not! You're tying the knot!" Jessie said.
"Jessie means you're tying the noose," Meowth joked. James's parents run up the stairs as well.
Once they were out of sight, the couple definitely knew what was up.
The couple followed them up to the room where they went in and watched them.
"I'm proud of you. You must have realized you must uphold the family tradition," James's father said.
"As our son and heir, you have certain obligations. The most important one is to marry and continue the family line," James's mother added.
"Right," Jessie said, disguising her voice.
"DO I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE MANIPULATED?!" James exclaimed.
"We do not know what you are talking about," James's father claimed.
"We only want what's best for us, I mean for you," James's mother said.
"A man without a wife is like a Beedrill without a nose. You'll never sniff the daffodils of life," James's father said.
"You'll learn to be a real gentleman once you marry the girl we have chosen for you," James's mother said. "And here she is!" Hopkins turns the chair James is sitting in making him face a young woman holding a hand fan to cover her face. She wore a dark pink, long gown with white long sleeves and a purple collar, and matching dark pink high heels. "As James's wife, it's your duty to change James into a worthless do-nothing into a respectful gentleman. My dear Jessebelle."
"As you wish, mother," Jessebelle said in a voice quite similar to Jessie's, but in a southern accent.
"Am I hearing things or does it sound like there's another Jessie in there?" Sora asked, feeling scared. Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel all nodded as they were also feeling scared.
"Meowth! Her voice is catnip to my ears! That's what I call a real lady, not a mean tough girl like Jessie," Meowth said pissing Jessie off. She conks Meowth on the head.
"I'll show you mean and nasty!" Jessie said in a whisper.
"My name is Jessebelle. And my only wish is to be your devoted wife and loving companion," she said lowering her fan. Sora's fears were confirmed when she revealed her face. Her face is exactly like Jessie's, but has a different hairstyle; her hair is tied in styles of ringlets on each side. And her earrings have three blue pearls each together. "And also, to educate you into the duties of a gentleman of properly."
"She looks like Jessie!" Meowth exclaimed.
"I think we've seen enough," Sora said in a whisper.
"Right," Kairi said.
They had seen enough and rushed out the door without making a sound like in a cartoon, and not leaving any evidence of their presence.
Once outside, they waited to see how things would turn out. They didn't wait long until Hopkins threw Jessie and Meowth out on the porch.
"How'd it go?" Sora asked.
"They saw right through us," Meowth said. "Just when we thought they were leading us into their vault that Jessie look-alike sicced her Vileplume at us with its Stun Spore!"
Jessie conks Meowth on the head again at that.
"I told you that she doesn't look anything like me!" Jessie hissed.
"Oh, come on! She does look like you! How can you not see it?!" Meowth argued.
"But that doesn't matter because if he marries her, then James gets the inheritance," Jessie moaned.
"If he survives being married to her," Meowth deadpanned.
Everyone turned when they heard a ramming sound coming from inside the doghouse. It sounded like something was trying to break out. Pikachu turns to Sora.
"Pika, Pi! Pika, Pika, Pika, Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu said.
"What are you trying to tell me, Pikachu?" Sora asked.
"Pikachu is saying we should let whatever is ramming the door out of the doghouse," Meowth translated.
"Good idea," Sora said. He gets to the door. "Okay, guys! Help me out here!" Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Angel, Jessie, and Meowth starts to pull. Sora then stopped after remembering his Keyblade.
"Why did you stop for?" Jessie asked.
"I have a better idea," Sora said, summoning his Keyblade. He points it at the door and a beam of light comes from the Keyblade, unlocking it. Growlie then comes running out. "We did our part for James at this point. Even he doesn't deserve this." Kairi and the Pokémon took their leave of the estate not wanting to interfere any longer. "Well, it looks like we're doing some blasting off of our own!"
"Pikachu," Pikachu agreed.
"You got that right, Sora!" Kairi said.
With that said, the couple along with their Pokémon ran right off the estate. They ran so fast, that they didn't even notice the squad of police cars coming.
Down in the dungeon, Jessebelle who is now wearing a dark red, formal short jacket with a white, long-sleeve button shirt with an orange tie, white pants, and matching dark red, thigh-high boots.
"James it's time for the wedding," Jessebelle said.
"GROWLIE!" James called out. Growlie jumps in front of James protecting him. "Growlie! You've come to save me!"
"Oh no! Now, who let you in here?! Vileplume! Use Stun Spore on this horrible thing!" Jessiebelle said.
"Vileplume!" Vileplume fired Stun Spore right at Growlie, but just before he picked James up on his back and ran out.
"Where are you going! Don't leave!" Jessebelle called out. Jessebelle changed out of her outfit and into her usual gown watching James and Growlie run into the doghouse with Jessie and Meowth.
"That was so close," James sighed. "Thank you very much, Growlie." Growlie licks James on the face affectionately. "Stop it, Growlie! That tickles!"
"Well James, that fiancee of yours is truly despicable," Jessie said.
"Just like Jessie," Meowth said making Jessie beat Meowth good.
"She's the reason I ran away from this place," James said grabbing their attention. "It's a day I just want to forget."
(Flashback, James's childhood)
"Once my engagement to Jessebelle was announced, she began following me around trying to change me! Nothing I did was refined for her! She even tried to get me to get rid of Growlie for a Skitty!" James narrated.
"Please leave me alone! I can't stand it! Growlie" Young James called making Growlie run out of his doghouse.
Young James was being chased by young Jessebelle holding an Oddish in her arms.
"Where are you going, James? I haven't finished showing you the correct way of eating spaghetti yet!" Young Jessebelle said chasing him.
"I want to do things my way, Jessebelle!" Young James called out.
"You're not running properly! I'll show you the correct way of running! Let me show you the right way." Young Jessebelle said.
(Back to the present)
"I have always hated how the upper crust society had rules for absolutely everything ever since I was a kid. Jessebelle is so rich, marrying her will only bring me nothing but misery for the rest of my life!" James said remembering his past. "But Growlie was my only friend. I wouldn't trade him for anything. Not even for a Skitty."
"I have always wondered what it would like to be rich," Jessie said.
"Who would have thought being rich could be such a bummer?" Meowth asked as the wall behind them was destroyed sending them off through the roof.
By that time, police cars have arrived. Mullock has stepped out of the vehicle and he chuckled.
"I got you now, you son-of-a-bitch," Mullock said.
"Now what?!" James exclaimed.
"James, my sweet! You can't escape me!" Jessebelle proclaimed.
"Leave me alone, Jessebelle!" James said. "I don't want to marry you!" Growlie growls.
"This is the international police!" Mullock's voice roared from the outside with a megaphone. "We have the place completely surrounded! You are under arrest for crimes against the Kanto region, and its Pokémon!"
"First I have to be dragged here, now I got cops on my tail!" James said. "I'm in a real bind! Should I choose to go to jail or get married?"
"What is the meaning of this?" Jessebelle asked. She stepped out.
"Lady, if you could tell James to step out, we might promise to give him a shorter sentence if he cooperated," Mullock said.
"Now see here! My beloved James and I are going to get married, so I must ask that you leave here at once!" Jessebelle demanded.
"Oh, he's going to get married alright. To a big, ugly man," Mullock said. "So, I suggest you move out of the way before we arrest you for getting in the way of police business."
Growlie fired Flamethrower at Vileplume. Jessebelle turned and saw Vileplume running towards her, making Jessebelle yelp.
"Keep away from me!" Jessebelle exclaimed. Vileplume kept on running, while on fire.
"Look out!" One of the cops exclaimed.
"Fire in the hole!" Another cop yelped.
"Hey! Watch it!" Mullock yelped.
They were forced to retreat as Vilpume kept running around right behind Jessebelle.
Over to James's parents, they were at a pond, feeding some Magikarp.
"Lunch time. Are you hungry, my friends?" James's father asked. He saw Jessebelle running towards them. "Ah, look there's Jessebelle. A delicate flower."
"That Growlie!" Jessebelle said, plowing through James's parents and Hobs, landing in the small pond. "I can't stand that Growlie!"
"Oh, Jessebelle is far too good for our delinquent son," James's mother said.
They chuckled as James and Growlie watched them through the shrubs.
"I'm sorry, but I can't stay. But I will ask if you would take good care of my parents for me." Growlie barks promising him. "Goodbye old friend. And keep howling for the both of us." James took his leave as Growlie howls.
Meanwhile, not too far from the estate, Jessie and Meowth are walking down the road.
"It looks like James has chosen to live the highlife and hang up his Team Rocket uniform," Jessie said.
"I guess all that money is way too tempting for James to give up," Meowth said.
"Perhaps you're right," Jessie said.
"Prepare for trouble!" James called out from the hot air balloon catching their attention.
"Hey! It's James!" Meowth said smiling.
"James? Make it double!" Jessie called back as she runs and James pulls her up. "I guess we're not going to get rich this time either."
"Nope. They wouldn't have given me the money anyway. But at least we have our freedom," James said.
"Of course! We'll just go back to making double-trouble, James," Jessie said taking James's hand. Meowth was still on the ground chasing after them.
"What the hell is the matter with you?! Don't leave me behind! Wait for me! Hey! Get the hell back here!" Meowth called from below.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel were doing some running of their own.
"Oh, won't you help me find my beloved James?!" Jessebelle asked, calling out to the couple.
"I keep on telling you, we don't know where he is!" Sora exclaimed.
"Please, leave us alone!" Kairi added.
"Wait, you're not running properly! I'll teach you the correct way to run!" Jessebelle said.
Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel kept on running, but Kairi summoned her Keyblade and she raised it.
"Stop!" Kairi shouted. A clock surrounds Jessebelle, making her stop completely. "That worked."
"Yeah, but we should get moving before the Stop spell wares off," Sora said.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said.
The couple took off, leaving Jessebelle magically frozen until she was able to move.
"Huh? Where did they go? Oh, James, James! Wherefore art thou, James!" Jessebelle shouted.
And we'll end it right here and then.