James still stared at him with that confused look on his face, and Butch thought that look and James belonged together like Belgian waffles and whipped cream. James owned that confused look! It was like he was born with that look on his face! So after James looking at Butch like that and Butch looking at the ground, thinking how he should say this without sounding too rude, someone finally spoke up.

"James, there you are! We've been looking all over for you!" Jessie, followed closely by a sulking Meowth, came walking in their direction. Her normally oh-so-perfect hair was a mess and she was wearing some sort of skimpy leather outfit that was making Butch blush. James was still wearing his confused face, and it only got worse when Jessie showed up. "Jessie! What are you doing here? Why didn't you steal Cassidy's Pokemon?"

Jessie had apparently just forgotten about what had happened with Cassidy and cracked the whip she was holding in irritation at the memory, making James shriek and hide behind Butch. "That dumb blonde was really suspicious when I knocked on her door yesterday. Just when I had convinced her with this fabulous uniform, the piece of paper with our plan written on it fell out of my pocket without me noticing! She read it and, after she'd had her way with me, she tied me up and left!"

"Told ya it was a bad idea to write it down and take it with ya!" Meowth grumbled.

"Oh shut it, you! You're just pissed because you got beaten by a rat!" Meowth, whose job it had been to keep Raticate occupied, glared at Jessie but decided for once not to comment, as he was still too tired from the fight.

Jessie shifted her attention back to James and Butch. "And why is he still with you?" She pointed at the green-haired rocket, who started feeling a bit uncomfortable standing in just his underwear and without any Pokemon between his rivals.

"Well, actually I was just leaving..."

"You were?" James asked cluelessly.

"Oh no you're not! Grab him so he can't escape, James!" Jessie shouted, although she didn't have to because they were standing right next to her. James was startled and threw his arms around Butch, more hugging than holding him. Butch easily shook him off and made a run for it. James just stood there watching him, but Jessie went after him.

She spinned the whip around in the air like a lasso before aiming at Butch's ankles. The whip pulled Butch's feet together and he fell to the ground with a loud thud. She then started to reel him in and pulled the dazed man up by his hair, which felt very unpleasant. "You're coming with us, and you're going to pay for what you and your partner did to us." She hissed to him.

"James! Take the handcuffs from my belt and put them on him!" James suddenly felt really sorry for Butch. His face then slowly changed from trancelike to determined as he reached for the handcuffs on Jessie's belt. Instead of putting them on Butch, however, he quickly fastened it around his own and Jessie's wrist, catching her off guard. She loosened her grip on Butch for a second, which was more than enough for him to escape.

"What are you doing, you idiot?" Jessie shrieked. She tried to go after him, but James resisted, holding her back.

"Run for it, Botch!" He yelled, shielding himself from Jessie's furious clawing. As Butch ran off into the forest, he turned around and shouted "Thanks James, I won't forget this! Until we meet again! And the name is BUTCH!" Then he disappeared between the trees.

Meowth just watched the whole thing, not even trying to interfere. After Butch had left, he laid down onto the soft grass and took a nap. James got beaten to a pulp by Jessie, but as he rested in his comfortable hospital-bed he couldn't help thinking that it had been well worth it.

THE END