knock knock

Jessie opened the door, 'Oh, sweetheart, you're back already...with Meowth.'

'Aww that Meowth is simply adorable. Is it yours, James?'

'I don't belong ta nobody!' Meowth whinned.

Jessie's Mom stared at it in shock, 'Did that Meowth just speak?'

'Mom, I'd like to introduce you to our...dear friend, Meowth,' Jessie moaned.

'Well hello, Meowth. Would you like some milk and cookies?'

'Would I ever?'

Meowth was led into the kitchen and Jessie and James were alone again, 'James, you did tell Meowth what's going on didn't you?'

'Of course I did. I'm not stupid!'

'But do you think he'll let the cat out of the bag?'

James shook his head, 'I don't think so, Jess.'

Jessie's mother came back into the room while Meowth fell asleep in a basket on the kitchen floor.

'Wherever did you find that Meowth?' she asked.

'He was teammed up with us,' James told her.

'So, Mom, I never asked you, where have you been for the last 18 years? I haven't seen you since I was 5 years old!'

'Well Jessie, I was sent on a special mission to a strange island to capture the legendary pokemon, Mew. I found what I thought was the pokemon, but it was just an inflatable one. Apparently I was tresspassing on a pokemon reserve, so I was captured and thrown in jail. I was so worried about you so I decided to bust out. I then had to change my identity and start a new life, but by the time I did that, it was too late. You had already moved on and it was impossible to find you. I tried for months but I was never able to track you down.'

'Oh, Mom! I love you,' Jessie said, wrapping her arms around her.

'I love you too, Jessica.'

James sat there awkwardly, wondering whether to smile or not.

The night came and Ash Ketchum sat under the moonlight thinking to himself, 'Hmm...' he thought, 'I wonder when Case is coming back...'

Meowth was snoring away in the kitchen while Jessie and James were sent to sleep one of the spare rooms. They were lying beside each other face to face.

'James, I really want to thank you for doing this for me. You don't know how much it means. Is there any way I can repay you?'

'Well, you know there's one thing you could do for me,' he hinted.

'Oh? What's that?'

He raised an eyebrow and grinned.

'You're sick, James!' she said while turning her back to him.

'Hey! I was only kidding! Can't you take a joke?'

It was obvious that she couldn't.

He leaned over her and whispered into her ear, 'Goodnight sweetheart!'

She elbowed him in the stomach and smiled to herself. He however, nursed his stomach and tried to imagine married life with Jessie. He shivered at the thought.

The next morning they were awoken to the sound of the door opening, 'Breakfast is ready! I made your favourite!'

Jessie and James sat up and rubbed their eyes, 'Breakfast?'

They jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen table to sit down. Jessie's eyes were sparkling at the sight of the food, but James was staring as if a pile of snow had been dumped on his plate.

He whispered to Jessie, 'What is this?'

'Don't you know? It's a snowgasboard!'

'Snowfood?'

'Snowfood is the best!'

Jessie dug straight into hers. James sat there poking it with a fork.

'What's the matter, James? Don't you like snow?' Jessie's mother asked.

'Actually I...I've never tried it.'

'Never tried snowfood? I knew you were to good to be true! What kind of person has never eaten a snowgasboard?'

'Mom, I told you! James' parents were very rich. He never needed to eat meals made out of snow.'

'Oh, I'm sorry, James, but would you like to try some?'

At risk of offending her, he decided to do the sensible thing and take a bite out of a snowroll. It was freezing inside his mouth and it tasted revolting, but he put on a brave face, 'Mmm, that was really good!'

'Oh, I'm glad you like it. Would you like some more?'

'Uh no thankyou, I'm quite full,' he lied, 'Say, where did you get the snow to make this? It isn't snowing.'

'I scraped it out of the freezer.'

James started wiping his tongue with his hands, 'Agg! Do you know how discusting freezer snow is? And you fed it to me!'

'What was that?'

'Nothing!' Jessie butted in, 'Wow, look at the time! We'd better get going! Don't want to be late for work!'

'I say, Jessica, I would like to see how you two do your job. You wouldn't mind if I came along would you?'

'Well actually...'

'Good then, it's settled. Off we go!'

'Oh wait!' James said, 'We don't have a balloon!'

'Never you mind, I have one in the garage.'

The four set off in a new Meowth-shaped balloon. James led it to where the twerps were.

'Twerps at twelve 'o clock!' Jessie announced, 'Well, what do you know, they've spotted us already.'

The balloon came to a nice rest on the ground, 'What a lovely landing you did, James.'

'Thankyou,' he blushed.

'Team Rocket! What do you three want this time?' Ash asked.

'Haha! Prepare for trouble, there's four of us today!'

'And make that double...I've got nothing to say!'

'To protect the world from devistation.'

'To unite all peoples within our nation.'

'To denounce the evil of truth and love.'

'To extend our reach to the stars above.'

'Jessie!'

'James!'

'Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light.'

'Surrender now or prepare to fight.'

'Meowth, dat's right.'

'You say that every time?' Jessie's mom asked.

'Well...we...uh...'

'Every time!' Meowth said.

'Who is that woman?' Ash asked.

'That woman is Jessie's mother,' James announced, 'and we're here to capture Pikachu.'

'You'll never get Pikachu!'

'Jessie has a mother?' May said to Brock.

'Seviper, go!'

'You too Cacnea!'

'Sssseviper!'

'Aww, don't get me, get them!' James whinned, Eeeee!'

Jessie's Mom stared in discust at the disobedience of their pokemon.

'Seviper, poison tail!' Jessie ordered.

'Pikachu, thunderbolt!' Ash yelled.

The thunderbolt shocked both Seviper and Cacnea. They both fainted. James got out a net and hurled it onto Pikachu.

'Chaaa!' It screeched.

'Now all I have to do is reel it in!'

'Swellow, I choose you, cut that net!'

'Ahh!' James squealed, 'That bird cut off our next paycheck!'

'This is rediculous!' Jessie's Mom complained, 'I'll show you how a real Team Rocket agent battles. I choose you!'

She threw a pokeball onto the ground. Everybody was interested to see what came out of it...

'Mew, mew!'

'What is that?' Ash asked his pokedex.

'Mew, the legendary pokemon. This pokemon has never been seen by humans and has never been captured.'

'Wooow. That's one rare pokemon. Alright Pikachu, give it a thunder attack!'

A glowing pink orb surrounded the Mew. It looked at Pikachu and used a psychic attack. Pikachu was hurt badly, as were the rest of the twerps. The Mew was so strong that it knocked out all the twerps.

Jessie's mom smiled to herself, 'Return...'

Everybody stared at her in shock.

'Well don't just stand there staring, go and get those pokemon!'

'Yes, mother!'

The four rockets were heading towards the bosses headquarters to hand in the pokemon. Jessie's mom looked agitated, 'Can you let me down here?' she asked.

'But we're almost there!' James discovered.

'I'm sorry but I can't go back there.'

'Why not?' they asked.

'Well Jessie, I haven't been entirely honest with you. You see, I didn't go to jail. I went to the island as planned and captured the Mew. I then decided to go back to the boss, but instead of handing Mew over, I challenged him for position as head of Team Rocket, but unfortunately, he had an even stronger pokemon than my Mew. He had a Mewtwo. Anyway, we battled and I lost because my Mew was only a weakling at the time. The boss was so angry at me and tried to hunt me down. He knows he'll be able to spot me out in a crowd because I'm the only one who owns a Mew. That's why I went into hiding. If he finds me he'll kill me and take Mew for experimental examination. Do you understand why I didn't tell you now?'

'Of course. Because you thought we might tell the boss?'

'Exactly. Now please, let me down here?'

James pulled the string on the balloon and they came to a soft landing on the ground.

'Jessie. Now that you know all this, I'm going to have to say goodbye again. But don't worry, we'll meet again someday.'

Jessie hugged her.

'Jessie, before I go, I want you to know that I'm very disappointed at the way you steal pokemon, but I'm very proud of you for finding a man like James. Hold onto him, Jessie.'

She smiled as tears ran down her cheeks.

Jessie's mom took James a few metres away for privacy. She hugged him too, 'Now James, I want you to give this to Jessie on your wedding day.'

He opened a small box which was placed in his hands. It was a sparkling gold ring.

'I have something to tell you that I need to get off my chest,' he said, 'Jessie and I aren't actually engaged. We're not even together.'

She kissed him on the cheek, 'I kind of figured that out already, but don't worry, you will be someday. Remember, give that to her on your wedding day.'

They looked into each others' eyes, 'Thanks Mom.'

They walked back to Jessie and Meowth, 'Well, I must be off! Got to start a new life again, so long Jessie, Meowth. Remember what I said, James. I know you'll make her very happy someday.

The three waved as she ran off into the distance.

'You know that this is probably the last time I'll ever see my mother,' Jessie sighed.

'I don't know about that,' James started, 'she might come back for our wedding.'

'James, we're not really getting married, remember?'

James looked at her with a smile on his face.

Jessie was staring at him, 'What did she say to you, James? James?'

He laughed and started running towards the black building with Jessie in hot pursuit.

'What did she say? JAAAAAAAMES???'

Endclaimer/ my feedback on this story (yes, I seem to be misusing the word "claimer" but I don't know what it means :S) : I think I captured Ash's personality well because he is a dick and all...

I decided not to treat writing this story as if it were a layby item (by writing little bits now and then and then posting them), instead, I decided to write it all then put it up.

IF YOU HAVE READ THIS STORY (or even if you haven't), REVIEW IT! I NEED TO FEEL WANTED (:(