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	=======Pokemon HAHAHAHAHA!=======
	=======By A-kun=======
	=======Chaper 7: Clash Of The Pokemon!=======
	Anything between * and * is translated Pokemon speech.
	Anything between [ and ] is thought

	It was about noon when Ash finally woke up.  He blushed as he realized Misty had been forced out of her bed by Shelly's pokemon again.  The reason was she was now sleeping next to him with her right arm across his chest.  Her face was resting on his shoulder and for the first time, he realized how cute she could be.  Well, she had been cute during their trip, but this was above normal cuteness.  He swallowed heavily as he thanked the Powers-That-Be that she was still asleep.  This meant he had ample time to figure out a way to slip out of bed.  Yep, any minute now, he'd think up a plan and get out of bed before she woke up and hit him.  Yep, aaaaaany minute now.
	[THINK!] he screamed at his brain.

	Jessie opened her eyes slowly.  It had been a very relaxing nap, but when she realized she was now tied up, she began panicking.  She sat up as best as she could.  Her wrists and ankles were tied together and she was laying on her side on a hard wooden floor, but she was still dressed and her head was resting on a pillow, so at least that was one worry gone.  Next to her was a small girl who was about eight years old.  The other girl was wearing a formal kimono and had short black hair.
	"Who are you?" Jessie asked.
	"My name is Linda.  I trust you are okay?" the girl inquired.
	"I'm fine." Jessie answered.
	"What is your name?" Linda inquired as she untied Jessie.
	"It's Jessie." Jessie replied.
	"That's a nice name." Linda said.
	Linda finished untying Jessie.  Jessie rubbed her sore wrists.
	"So, why are you in here?" Jessie asked.
	"My brothers brought you here.  I thought it would be best if someone were here when you woke up." Linda answered.
	"Where's my money and my pokeballs?" Jessie asked.
	"My brothers have them.  Please excuse them for what they've done.  Everytime our parents leave on long business trips, they start acting strangely." Linda requested.
	"Those four creeps are your brothers?" Jessie asked, recalling the jerks from the previous night.
	"Yes, I'm afraid so.  They only need your male Eevee.  Once they're finished with him, they'll untie you and give you back all your possessions." the dark-haired girl said.
	"But they insinuated they were going to keep all of my possessions." Jessie said, frowning.
	"No.  They're bullies, but not thieves.  They usually rough up travelers so they can get into fights and raise their pokemon." Linda replied.
	"They could just ASK travelers for matches." Jessie replied.
	"Too simple for them." an ten year-old boy that Jessie recognized from last night declared.  He was averagely tall for his age, had bright orange in a bowl cut.
	"What do you need with my Eevee?" Jessie asked.
	"You mean Linda hasn't told you?  This is a Eevee farm.  We breed Eevees and train them for sale." Eric answered.
	"Then why rough up potential customers?" Jessie asked.
	"Actually, that part of it was Tim's idea.  As the oldest one of us, he gets to decide what we do.  He thinks if we prove that our pokemon are tough, we'll get more customers.  John and Rick idolize him, so they'll do whatever he wants, and if I don't go, I get ragged on." Eric replied.
	"But still!" Jessie began.
	"They normally only rough up the pokemon.  Afterwards, we heal them up and show the people around our farm.  Last night was, I honestly hope, the only time it's gotten that bad.  Personally, I'm not sure.  Tim's been getting more and more unstable." Eric said, sighing.
	"What do you mean by 'unstable'?" Jessie asked.
	"I mean, he's getting out control.  This was the first time I've ever seen him get so mad.  If I hadn't used that Drowsee, he might've gotten more than just vicious with you and your pokemon." Eric replied.
	"And what's wrong with that?" asked a voice behind Eric.
	Eric spun around to face Tim, John and Rick, his oldest brother and his two younger brothers.  Tim sneered as Eric and Linda.
	"You two have been ruining my fun for too long.  It's time this family joined Team Rocket." Tim said, grinning maliciously as Greg and James stepped into the room.
	"Oh, it's my ex-partner again.  Where's your boyfriend?" James asked snidely.
	"Ben left to get some potions.  Our pokemon got roughed up." Jessie replied.
	"Ha!  We never saw 'im." Rick laughed.
	"Chicken must've run away." John jeered.
	Jessie didn't dare tell Ben's secret.  Besides, it wasn't like these five creeps would listen to what they had to say anyway.
	"Hate to jeer and run, but the Boss wants us back at headquarters." James said.
	He and Greg left.
	"So, what did you do with my Eevee?" Jessie asked, standing up.
	"Oh, he'll have the time of his life once he gets up the courage to breed with our female Eevees." Tim answered.
	"What do you mean by 'gets up the courage'?  And why do you need him?" Jessie asked.
	"He's a shy sort for some reason.  I'd almost swear he was human." Tim commented, rubbing his chin.
	"As for the reason we need him, for some reason, our Eevees produce only female offspring.  It's becoming a problem as the males are in high demand all across the country.  If we can get some more males, we're sure that that would change.  As it is, we have roughly a hundred and twenty-eight female Eevees and only six male Eevees, including your Eevee." Linda explained, helpfully.
	Tim motioned to Rick and John to leave.
	"In any case, you three better become VERY familiar with this room.  You'll be staying here for quite a while." Tim said, slamming the door and locking it.
	"I can't believe he's going to join Team Rocket." Eric said.
	"Maybe if we can get out of here, I could help you teach your brothers a lesson or two.  Hmmmm, rather shoddy construction." Jessie commented, tapping on a wooden wall.
	"Of course, it doesn't get very cold around here and we don't keep the Eevees as prisoners, so there's no much reason to make the building that tough.  Although now that Tim's gone and joined Team Rocket, all that will probably change." Eric commented.
	"Well, I'll start looking for a good place to start so we can get out of here and stop them." Jessie said.

	"Hmm, it seems that Ben and that Jessie girl haven't gotten here yet.  I was kinda hoping to meet him again." Ash commented as he looked at the victor's plaque and found it only had one victor on it.
	"Is he a better pokemon trainer than you?" Shelly asked.
	"I guess.  He's had his Rattata and his Pidgey for at least a year now.  Of course, I only got to see pokemon at the Petting Zoo." Ash responded.
	"So, who do we challenge?" Shelly asked.
	"I don't know." Ash commented.
	"I'm afraid that if you want to challenge this gym, you'll have to wait." came the voice from a nearby secretary.
	"Why's that?" Ash asked, walking over to her.
	"The Gym Leader is off on a training journey.  She said she needed time to train her pokemon after she lost to that gentlemen." the secretary told them, pointing to a massive poster.
	Ash and Shelly looked at the poster.
	"Who's that?" Shelly asked.
	"He called himself Joyrock.  He came in about three months ago and challenged the Gym Leader.  He beat all of her Pokemon with a Butterfree.  After that, he demanded that his poster be put up.  Until she beats him in a fight, he gets to keep his poster up.  So, she left on a training trip." the secretary explained.
	"Hmmmm, sounds like he's a real jerk." Ash said, frowning.
	"Yes, he is.  In fact, there he is now." the secretary said, glaring at the doors.
	A boy who was about five feet tall stood in front of the doors.  He had a smug grin and a pink mohawk that added another foot and a half to his height.  The black shades he was wearing kept his eyes from sight.
	"I see your LOSER of a Gym Leader ain't back." Joyrock sneered.
	"Hey, shut up!  Just because you beat the Gym Leader doesn't give you the right to be a JERK!" Ash shot back.
	"Ooooh.  Guess you wanna take on my Pokemon?" Joyrock asked, grinning a wicked grin.
	"All right.  And if I win, you have to take your stupid poster down!" Ash said.
	"Fine.  Let's do it.  Outside." Joyrock said.
	Just before they left, a picture caught Ash's eye.  He turned and looked at it.
	"Who is that?" Ash asked.
	"That's the Gym Leader." the secretary said.
	[Misty is the Cerulean City Gym Leader?] Ash wondered.

	"I don't believe it!  There's no loose, warped or misplaced boards." Jessie said, frowning as her search for an easy way out failed.  Outside, the sun was sinking towards the horizon.
	"Yer not sunk yet." Fox said from the window.
	"Fox!" Jessie said.
	"Come on out.  Da ground's practically next ta dah window." Fox declared.
	"He's right." Jessie stated, embarrased as she looked at the ground that was just outside of the window.  And the window wasn't locked from the outside, so they could just climb out.  Which they did.
	"So, how'd you get free?" Jessie asked.
	"Nevah try ta keep a Meowth inna simple cage.  Especially dis Meowth." Fox said, proudly thumping his chest.
	"What about our other pokemon?  And Greg and James?" Jessie asked.
	Fox pointed over to where James and Greg were tied to a tree, thanks to Shamrock and their Scyther was laying on the ground, almost charred to a crisp, thanks to Flare.
	"As fer da othah pokemon, it'll be a snap.  All we gotta worry about is dat Drowsee dey got." Fox said.
	"I'm the only one with a Drowsee and I won't be using it for my brothers." Eric said.
	"Dat's great.  Now, we gotta get Ben outta dat breeding pit.  Dey haven't started da breeding ritual, so Ben ain't in any real dangah." Fox told them.
	"Good.  Let's go." Jessie said.
	"I don't see anything wrong with letting my brothers perform the breeding ritual." Eric said.
	"Trust me, we don't want dis ritual performed." Fox replied.

	Ash and Joyrock stared at each other from across the parking lot.  Luckily, no one had parked in this area.
	"BUTTERFREE!" Joyrock said, releasing his insect pokemon.
	"PIDGEY!" Ash said, releasing his bird pokemon, before scanning the insect.
	"Butterfree, Psybeam attack!" Joyrock said.
	"Pidgey, Quick Attack!" Ash responded.
	Before the Butterfree could attack, the Pidgey struck it, sending it to the ground.  However, a blast from the Butterfree hit the Pidgey and disoriented it.  Ash quickly recalled the dazed pidgey.
	"Pikachu, THUNDERSHOCK!" Ash called out.
	"PIKA!" Pikachu answered, unleashing a massive thunderbolt that knocked the Butterfree out.
	"Wanna play it rough, eh?" Joyrock asked, before calling his Butterfree back and pulled out another pokeball.
	"GO KADABRA!" Joyrock laughed.
	"KOFFING, SMOG!" Ash said, before scanning the Kadabra.
	The purple balloon pokemon began spreading smog all around the psychic pokemon, preventing the Kadabra from using it's attacks.
	"Koffing, return.  Pikachu, THUNDERSHOCK!" Ash commanded.
	The Kadabra couldn't see anything, so Joyrock decided not to test his luck by having it use any psychic attacks.
	"PIIIIKAAAAAAACHUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried, sending thousands of volts of electricity into the cloud.
	The smog cleared to show that the Kadabra had collapsed.
	"GRRRR!  Fine!  METAPOD!" Joyrock growled.
	"Caterpie!" Ash called.
	The small Caterpie appeared and within ten seconds, had evolved into Metapod.  Pikachu shrugged it's shoulders at you, the reader.
	"D'OH!" Ash said, before summoning it back and pulling out his Weedle.
	"WEEDLE, GO!" Ash called.
	The Weedle appeared in mid-air and evolved much like Caterpie, only the Weedle turned into a Kakuna.
	"D'OH!!" Ash said.
	Ash summoned it back and pulled out his Pidgey.
	"I just hope Pidgey's recovered enough." Ash said.
	Ash released it.  The Pidgey flew forward for a bit, then flopped to the ground, knocking Metapod on it's side.  Shelly ran up to the duo and slammed her hand on the concrete.
	"ONE!  TWO!  THREEEE!"  Shelly declared.
	Just as Shelly announced Ash as the victor, Pidgey began evolving...

	Rick opened Ben's cage and lowered him down the ten feet to the bottom of the breeding pit where eight female Eevees awaited him.
	"All right.  If this one breeds well, we'll be able to make a fortune on the Shade Market. (1)" Tim laughed.
	"Then we'll prove how useful Eevees are." John agreed.
	"That's not important anymore." Tim snapped.
	Suddenly, the entire room shook as an explosion rocked the house.  The trio were sent to the ground. (Much like in old Star Trek episodes.)
	Ben, using new-found agility thanks to his new-found desperation, ran up the wall and out of the room.  He began running down the hall when he caught sight of a familiar figure.  The PokeGod was looking directly at him.  Ben dashed forward, leapt up, rebounded off the PokeGod's torso and took off in the exact opposite direction.
	"*What in the name of all Pokemon was that all about?*" the PokeGod asked.
	Ben turned and shot down the next hallway, trying to find a desperately needed advantage.  The PokeGod, according to Fox, had taken a full assault of rocks, psychic attacks and flame and hadn't been affected whatsoever.  So, for now, the best answer was to run away until he got a plan.  Suddenly, a glowing purple rock appeared in front of him, hovering in mid-air.  Ben realized it was a Moon Stone from Mt. Moon.  He skidded to a halt.  To his left and right, a Fire Stone and a Lightning Stone appeared.  Behind him, a Leaf Stone and a Water Stone.  The PokeGod appeared in front of him.
	"*Now-*" the PokeGod began.
	"*Oh, no, you don't!*" came a fierce snarl from behind Ben.
	Ben spun to see a human-esque creature with purple skin and a form he had never seen before in any of his studies.  It mildly resembled the elusive Mew, but it didn't look very much like one.  The evolution stones dropped to the ground and Ben raced towards his savior.  The PokeGod regarded the mystery pokemon.
	"*MewTwo, I'm surprised.  I would've thought that you, of all Pokemon, would understand my quest.*" The PokeGod said.
	"*I would if you were merely getting revenge on those who did this to us.  But now you are involving those who are not involved.*" MewTwo responded.
	"*Can I ask a question?*" Ben asked.
	"*What?*" the PokeGod and MewTwo asked.
	"*What in tarnation are you two talking about?!*" Ben demanded.
	Both Pokemon sweatdropped.

	"Thank you, young man.  If not for you, that bully would probably NEVER have learned a proper lesson." the secretary said, smiling happily as Joyrock was forced to take down his own poster.
	"Aw, it was nothing." Ash said, trying to wave the effort off.
	"No, I must insist on giving you this." the secretary said, handing him a small blue badge.
	Ash recognized it as the Cascade Badge.
	"I really shouldn't..." Ash began.
	The secretary fixed him with a stern glare.
	"It's impolite to refuse a gift from a woman, you know." she told him.
	Sighing, he opened his pokedex and placed the Cascade Badge next to the Boulder Badge in it's specially-made slot.
	"Well, I'm afraid it's feeding time, so I have to go.  I hope to see you again." the secretary said, waving as she hurried off to feed the water pokemon that the gym housed.
	"Wow, Ash!  You've got two Badges!" Shelly cheered as they headed back for the hotel.
	"......" Ash replied.
	"I've gotta tell Misty!" Shelly said, racing ahead to the hotel.
	Ash sighed tiredly.
	"Pika kachuka?" Pikachu inquired.
	"No, I'm just feel I don't deserve this badge.  All I was doing was showing him to treat Gyms and Pokemon the respect they deserve.  I didn't even face anyone from the Gym." Ash replied.
	"Chuuu." Pikachu answered.

	Ben sipped the tea placed before him.  He felt a bit odd sitting here, talking with two massively powerful Pokemon.  Especially since both could rend him to pieces in seconds if they really wanted to.  But, then again, both were being incredibly civil as they related their story to him.  MewTwo had gotten the PokeGod to agree that they needed an outside view of the situation to help get focus on what should and shouldn't be done.  The PokeGod protested a bit that Ben wasn't an impartial view, but had to agree that not many others would listen to it.
	"*So, you two are saying that a laboratory on Cinnabar Island created both of you.  I wasn't aware that they did gene-splicing there.  Of course, I was only vaguely aware that they HAD a lab there.  But, I can understand your reasons.  I'd be extremely mad too if they treated me as poorly as they did you.*" Ben said, sympathizing a bit.
	The PokeGod nodded, sipping it's own cup of tea.  MewTwo arched an eyebrow, but remained silent as it detected Ben had more to say.
	"*But, I do believe that MewTwo has a valid point on the part about it being their fault alone.  Not all humans are evil and to make that basis would be to make the same basis that because you are not a normal pokemon, you must be evil too.  Obviously, if you were willing to make MewTwo and I both tea, I'm willing to assume that you are, in fact, not truly evil.  Besides, you've already transformed those responsible, correct?  So, there's no reason to continue doing so.*" Ben said.
	"*But, humans scream and run away the instant I apppear...*" the PokeGod reasoned.
	"*Only because of your appearance.  And most probably because you would most likely appear to be a wild pokemon.  Humans still fear attacks from wild pokemon.*" MewTwo said.
	"*......*" the PokeGod said, mildly embarrassed.
	"*Say, what were you going to do before with those five evolution stones?*" Ben asked.
	"*Oh yeah, those were just going to stop you." the PokeGod responded.
	The trio sipped their tea.
	"*So, can you change me back to a human?*" Ben inquired.
	"*I'm afraid not.  I've only learned to change humans into pokemon and that's because I usually remember what that pokemon looked like.  All humans look alike to me and I don't think you'd appreciate having another body.*" The PokeGod replied.
	Ben sighed.  It had been worth a try.
	"*So, where are you guys going after this?*" Ben asked.
	"*I guess I'll try being a little more benevolent.  But I must practice, so it may be a long time before I see either of you again, if at all.*" The PokeGod responded.
	"*I'll be plaguing mankind for a while as a malevolent force, so I might see you a few more times.  Otherwise, I'll be staying in a cave just northwest of what the humans call Cerulean City.*" MewTwo answered.
	Ben nodded his head sagely.
	"*What about you?*" the PokeGod inquired of the human-turned-pokemon.
	"*Well, I'll try to get used to being a pokemon, but I'll keep trying to revert to normal.  Until then, I'll just be staying with Jessie, my traveling partner.  I'll also be trying to learn how to speak in English again.  Otherwise, I have no more real ambitions.*" Ben answered.
	"*Well, best of luck to both of you.  Time for us to go, PokeGod, I'm sensing humans moving towards us.*" MewTwo said.
	MewTwo teleported away as the PokeGod, now invisible, snuck off.  Ben finished his tea and hid, hoping that Jessie had gotten free.  He had no real desire to mate with female Eevees.
	"What the..." Jessie began as she saw three tea cups and a tea pot on the floor.
	"Eevee!" Ben said, hopping out of hiding.
	"Ben, are you okay?" Jessie asked, picking up the familiar Eevee.
	"Eevee."
	"All right, let's go.  I wanna make sure Greg, James and those three jerks that live here get what's coming to them." Jessie said.
	"Eevee?"
	"Um, I'll tell you later." Jessie answered.
	"YOU THREE ARE GROUNDED FOR LIFE!" came the angry voice of Tim, Rick, John, Eric and Linda's father to the former trio.

	Ash, Misty, Shelly and their pokemon walked into the Cerulean City park.  The park wasn't TOO huge as it was in the middle of Cerulean City, but it wasn't small either.  It was just the right size that kids could ALMOST get lost, but not quite.  As it was green enough to attract anyone's eye.  Plus the statues in the fountain were really well made and clean often.
	"WAAAAAIIIII!" Shelly said, skittering off to the playground as Ash and Misty sat down on the park bench.
	"Misty, why didn't you tell us that you were a Pokemon Gym Leader?" Ash asked as their pokemon either re-entered their pokeballs to get some rest or played with Shelly.
	Misty lowered her head.
	"I lost a match to some punk off the street.  And it should've been an easy match." Misty said.
	"So you overestimated your opponent.  Big deal.  You've learned from your mistake, so it's not important." Ash responded.
	"I guess.  But it was my first loss for a long time.  I guess it just kinda sent me into a funk.  I was second-guessing all my pokemon and I guess I still am.  I haven't even used my Starmie in weeks." Misty answered.
	"So, are you going to return to the Gym?" Ash inquired.
	"No.  As much as I've learned, I'm still not ready.  I guess I wasn't to begin with." Misty sighed.
	"Aw, come on, Misty.  You've become quite the pretty... uh, I mean you've become quite the Pokemon trainer.  Besides, being the leader of a Pokemon Leader Gym at your age is practically impossible nowadays.  There's always the veterans of Pokemon fighting who come out every so often to test their pokemon.  And newbies always get lucky." Ash responded.
	".... I guess..." Misty said, blushing at Ash's slip of the tongue.
	"Besides, I don't like it when you're sad.  It just doesn't look right on you.  And..... you're prettier when you're happy." Ash declared.
	Misty looked at Ash.  Ash swallowed hard as his face grew flushed.
	"Ash..." Misty said, leaning close to him.
	Ash sensed the moment and moved closer to Misty.  They looked into each other's eyes.  They leaned forward.  Their lips drew closer and closer.  Misty could feel his breath and could tell he had a ham and cheese sandwich.  This was her first kiss.  This was his first real kiss (his mom and all of his aunts demanded that he kiss them on the cheek a lot).
	"Hey!  Come on, Ash!  Come on, Misty!  We're going to play 'Hide and Go Seek'!" Shelly called, interupting them and the moment.
	"We'll be right there." Ash said.
	"Huh?" Misty asked.
	"If we hide together...." Ash began.
	"OOOooh.  Right." Misty said, smiling.

	Jessie watched Fox and Ben sitting near the campfire.  Eric and Linda had offered to let them stay, but the group decided to get moving as they had lost a good day or two of travel.
	"Come on, try again." Fox said.
	"Eee....  Doooo Reeee Meeee Faaaa Soooo Laaaa Tiiii Doooo..." Ben managed to sing out before panting.  Getting his vocal cords to pronounce more than a cute growl and any part of 'Eevee' was extremely difficult.
	"Wow.  You could be speaking English again in no time." Jessie commented.
	"I-eee hope sooooo." Ben squeaked out.
	"So, how long before he can speak normally?" Jessie inquired.
	"Dat depends.  He'll probably be able ta get over dah urge ta say everyting in da normal Eevee tongue in abouta week.  'Course, he'll have dah urge ta say his species' name every so oft-en.  MEOWTH!" Fox replied.
	"I see." Jessie responded.

	Giovanni sat in his chair.  It was a special chair because it was so comfy.  And it was HIS chair.  This is important because when you have to listen to bad news as often as Giovanni does, it's always best to be comfortable.  It was for this reason that Giovanni often had his chair taken with him when and if he ever left headquarters.  Of course, he was currently in his private and extremely lush office at headquarters, so the previous sentence wasn't too important.
	"So, James has been arrested AGAIN.  This is getting ridiculous.  First, he and his former partner get arrested.  Then his former partner and that Meowth leave, and he gets sent to the slammer.  Then, we had to bust him out only to find out that we have to replace his partner and his pokemon.  NOW we have to bust him out of prison again." Giovanni growled.
	The messenger backed off, hoping that Giovanni wasn't the kind to kill the messenger of bad news.
	"Let him bust out on his own.  Team Rocket has wasted enough time on THAT sorry loser and his half-assed attempts to capture pokemon.  Mobilize the troopers.  It's time to move.  With or without the special OPs teams." Giovanni declared.
	"Yes sir!" the messenger said.
	"First course of action.  Take Saffron city and Silph Co." Giovanni declared.

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(1) - I'm tired of having the Black Market called the same darn thing in every single universe.  That's why I've renamed mine the Shade Market.  You know, for 'shady deals' and 'shady savings'.  I can just see it know.  "Get shady savings at the Shade Market!"

	Well, that's part seven!  Sorry if it seems short, but I was doing this inbetween Anime Death Tournament Rounds and MSTings.

	This is what I have planned for part 8!
	Team Rocket attacks Saffron City!
	Ash and Misty go on their first date!
	Ben, Fox and Jessie run into some more familiar faces!
	Pikachu is left relatively alone in the hotel room!
	Shelly joins a cult!
	A big twist appears unexpectantly!
	And why do I have this annoying habit of putting exclamation points at the end of almost every line in a preview?!

	Ben McCrillis 
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