Back at Present Day

Pikachu's sudden loud shout of anger startled Buneary beside him and the triplets in their arms. But the triplets got so scared that they began to whimper. They did not like how their dad shouted, especially that loud into their sensitive ears.

Suddenly they began to burst into tears which made both parents gasp. Pikachu already felt guilty for shouting in front of his babies. Both parents tried to calm their sobbing kids down.

"I'm so sorry, guys! I didn't mean to startle you like that." He said as he hushed and tried to calm both Thunder and Felicia in his arms.

Buneary also tries to calm Bolt in her arms. She gently bounced him up and down as he kept crying. "It's okay, Bolt. Did Daddy's shout startle you? He didn't mean to." Buneary quietly cooed at him as he kept sobbing. She lowered one of her ears and swung it over his face. Bolt stops crying until he makes soft whimpers. When the fluff was near his face, he began to laugh as it tickled his little nose. He hugged his mother's ear and cuddled it.

Buneary giggled before turning to Pikachu who already got the other two baby Pokémon calmed down. Both Thunder and Felicia were cuddling into their father's neck. Thunder had already calmed down, but Felicia still kept crying.

Hearing his daughter cry always makes him feel sad. Soon, Pikachu started talking to his daughter in a gentle voice. "I'm very sorry, little one. I never meant to shout like that. I was just worried about your mother being missing at the time, that's all. That's why I'll always protect you guys from anyone who tries to harm you." He said as he was gently holding Felicia's paw.

Felicia began to calm down. She looked up at her dad, soon she grabbed his paw and cuddled it to her face. "Da." Felicia cooed happily.

Pikachu turns his attention to Thunder who was still nuzzling him. Thunder soon stopped nuzzling and looked back at him. "What about you? You're happy now too right?"

Thunder blankly stared at him before he smiled at him. Soon he turned his attention to his sister. Felicia lets go of Pikachu's paw, she too turns her attention to her brother and reaches out towards Thunder. The pichu giggled and reached out his own arm, grabbing onto Felicia's arm and shrieking happily.

Pikachu chuckled at this. "I'm so glad you guys are gentle towards each other."

Buneary smiles at this and giggles. Pikachu is so gentle with the babies. She loves seeing her babies being friendly towards each other. Suddenly, she heard a tiny sneeze. She looks down seeing Bolt letting go of her ear and trying to rub his tiny nose.

She giggles at this. "Bless you, sweetie! Did the fluff from my ear make you sneeze?" She cooed.

As if he understood what she just said, Bolt stopped trying to rub his nose and looked up at his mother with his big brownish black eyes. Soon, Buneary held him close and rubbed their noses together which made him shriek with laughter and nuzzled into her soft fur.

"Ma!" Bolt shrieked happily.

"I'm really sorry that I shouted in front of you and the babies." Pikachu apologized.

Buneary smiled sympathetically to Pikachu. She then gives him a kiss on the cheek. "It's alright, Pikachu. You were just worried about me at the time."

Pikachu frowned and his ears drooped. "Especially when I finally realized I was in love with you. And I still am to this day."

She scooted closer to him and snuggled into him. "That's really sweet of you, Pika."

This makes Pikachu feel better. "How about I continue telling the story?"

Buneary nodded. "Good idea!" She then looks down to Bolt. "What do you think? You want daddy to finish the story so you and your brother and sister can finally go to sleep and let mommy and daddy have sleep too?" She cooed at the Pichu.

Bolt just simply stared up at his mother and tried to reach for her ear fluff while laughing. Both Thunder and Felicia also started laughing too.

"I'll take that as a 'yes'!" Buneary giggled.

Pikachu smiles. "Me too!" He looks down at the two happy baby Pokémon in his arms and the other in Buneary's arms. "Alright! Now, when I read the note, I was filled with anger…!" He whispers angrily, so he doesn't scare the babies again.

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Back to the Story

Everyone gasped at what Pikachu just said. They are so shocked. So shocked, that they now know why Buneary is missing.

"WHAT?!" They all shouted.

"IT WAS TEAM ROCKET! THEY'RE THE REASON WHY BUNEARY'S MISSING! THEY TOOK HER!" Pikachu shouts in anger again.

The sound of Pikachu's anger in his voice scares his Pokémon friends. They've never seen Pikachu this angry before. It's kinda scary.

"Man, I've never seen Pikachu this angry before." Dedenne said in fear.

"Well I guess that shows how much he loves Buneary now." Pachirisu quietly said.

Everyone nodded with agreement. But as soon as they looked away from each other…Pikachu was gone! All they found was a bowtie on the floor. They looked up again and saw Pikachu walking away. They started following him.

As Pikachu headed outside, he was taking off his suit as he marched. He was so determined to save Buneary and blast Team Rocket into space! After fully understanding his feelings for her, saving Buneary from the evil Team Rocket is all that matters to him right now.

But just as he was about to go outside, he was stopped when Sylveon, Psyduck, Glaceon, Pansage, Croagunk, and Emolga, along with Pancham and Chespin came up to him. "Pikachu!"

Pikachu got startled. "What is it?" He asked but impatiently.

"It's Team Rocket! They were here! And they're…they're…" Chespin talked in panic.

But then Pikachu interrupts him. "I know! I know they were here." Still in a very ticked off mood.

The others were then confused by this, especially hearing Pikachu's tone of voice.

"How did you know?" Pancham asked.

The rest of their other friends came running to catch up to Pikachu. Pachirisu became the first one to talk. "Because Team Rocket took Buneary." The squirrel said in worry.

"Wait what?!" Emolga exclaimed.

Snivy nodded slowly. "It's true. But I suspect this to be a trap, Pi-" She turned to Pikachu, but he was gone again.

They all look around to locate him. Bulbasaur soon spotted him outside. "I found him! Let's go!"

He then starts running as fast as he could to catch up to the angry Electric-type mouse. The others try to catch up behind him.

"Hey, Pikachu, wait up!" Bulbasaur called out as he finally caught up to him. Pikachu didn't hear him, he was too focused on thinking about blasting Team Rocket away.

"Pikachu, wait!" Snivy also caught up to them but she stopped Pikachu with her vines.

"Hey! Let me go, Snivy!" Pikachu snapped at the Grass-Type snake.

"You're not thinking about going to save Buneary alone aren't you?" Snivy glare at him

"If I have to! Now let me go!" Pikachu demands as he struggles to get out of the vines.

Soon the others caught up to them.

"You can't seriously go alone. Like Snivy said, it could be a trap!" Dedenne explained. "It's obvious that they're using Buneary as bait to lure you."

"He's right, Pikachu." Piplup nodded with agreement . "You can't do this on your own."

"I don't care! If it is a trap, I'll be ready to blast Team Rocket again." Pikachu said in full determination. But he soon looked down in sadness. "And it's all my fault. If I had stayed with Buneary she wouldn't have gotten taken. I shouldn't have left her all by herself just to see some stupid battle."

This made everyone sad from Pikachu blaming himself. Snivy places the saddened Pikachu down. As Pikachu kept looking down, he sat down onto the ground with sadness.

Snivy moves forward and starts talking to him calmly. "Hey, Pikachu. There's no need to blame yourself for this. You may have messed up with leaving her but your determination to rescue her from Team Rocket shows how much you love her. But you can't save her all on your own."

Pikachu looks up at Snivy who has sympathetic smiles on her face. He then looks at the rest of his friends who all looked at him with sympathy. Snivy was right. He can't save the Pokémon he loves all by himself. He needs all the help he can get to rescue Buneary.

"You're right. I can't rescue Buneary all on my own." He suddenly stood up from the ground, now with full determination. "I need your guys' help. Can you help me save Buneary from Team Rocket?"

At first, they were nervous. Not only because it means taking on Team Rocket without their trainers, but also the possibility of getting captured by them, and they may never see their trainers again. But at the same time, they need to save their friend.

Snivy was the first one to step up. "I'm in." She then looks back at everyone.

Bulbasaur soon stepped up too. "So am I."

As well as Piplup and Oshawott. "Same here." Both said in determination.

Soon the rest of the others stepped in and agreed to help. First, Dedenne agreed to help, then Chespin, Pancham, Pansage, and Buizel. Pachirisu and Emolga were still hesitant, but they still agreed to help save their best friend. Glaceon and Sylveon looked at each other, soon they both nodded, and stepped up.

Croagunk began to say some words. "I…am…in."

Pikachu was in awe by this. Everyone was willing to help him rescue the girl he loves. Even going up against Team Rocket on their own.

Everyone soon looked at Psyduck who hadn't made a decision yet. "I guess I should come along and help too. I mean…even though we might get captured and get taken away from our trainers I've been through worse." Psyduck said nervously.

"There was that one time Misty used Gyarados for a battle but then I came out of my Pokéball ready for battle. But then the Fearow used Gust on me and I flew into a trash bin. I got stuck in there until the battle was over and Misty got me out of the bin. I was covered in trash and spicy curry Misty's sister Lily had for lunch that other day." Psyduck finished telling his disgusting story. "So I guess I'm in."

Everyone was so disgusted by Psyduck's story. Especially the female Pokémon.

"Eeeeewwwww!" The female Pokémon, including Snivy, all equally said in disgust.

"I did not need to hear that." Bulbasaur said in disgust.

"Same here." Buizel crosses his arms, also disgusted.

"Hey Psyduck, the next time you tell a story like that…" Pikachu begins to explain the duck Pokémon. "...keep it to yourself."

Psyduck soon places his hands on his hands like always. "I think another headache is happening again."

Emolga noticed Pansage running towards inside really quick and came back outside to them. "What were you doing?" She confusingly asked.

"Leaving a note for our trainers in case they get worried about us being missing. And I even put in the location we're heading to." Pansage explained.

"That sounds like a good idea." Emolga said.

"Alright guys, let's go!" Pikachu immediately begins to run towards the forest.

"Hey wait Pikachu! Don't go yet!" Piplup shouted.

Pikachu stopped at his tracks and groans in frustration. He turns around with a frustrated look on his face. "What know?" He said calmly, but impatiently.

"You don't even know where you're going." Piplup tells him.

"Oh…right. S-sorry." Pikachu gave them an embarrassing laugh and rubbed the top of his head. "So…where am I going?"

"Does anyone here still have the note?" Dedenne asks.

Pachirisu immediately reaches out as she was holding the piece of paper. "Oh! I have it right here!" She ran towards the tiny mouse Pokémon and hands it to him

Dedenne takes the note from Pachirisu. He takes a look at it. The note was traced as map. A small map to Team Rocket's hideout. Dedenne looks at it very carefully and looked up to his right. "That way." He pointed.

Pikachu looks at the direction Dedenne was pointing on his right. "Ohhh okay. Now let's go." He goes on fours and starts running to the right direction into the forest.

Soon they all followed Pikachu into the forest. Without fear or even worry as they were now off. Not only going into the direction of Team Rocket's hideout, but off to the rescue their friend. To save Buneary.