"James, stop hiding behind me!" Jesse shoved him out into the open.
The green haired woman looked at James and smiled maliciously.
"Oh, hello Jimmy!" she shouted, bouncing towards James. "I've been wondering what happened to you. I mean you never called, like you said you would."
"I was...um...busy...Gigi" James muttered.
"You hurt my feelings," Gigi said, looking up at her large partner. "Leon, he hurt my feeling and made me feel bad. What do we do to people who hurt Gigi's feelings?"
The giant nodded. "Stomp on them!"
"Why?" she asked. A sly smile appeared on her face as she saw the fear growing in James's face.
"Make funny sounds!" Leon clapped his hands together.
Jesse and Meowth stood back as James ran or at least tried to...."AAAAAAAAAH! Ooof! Aahhh!" *Crunch;crunch*
James pulled himself off the floor. Jesse and Meowth stared at Gigi strangely. She shrugged and smiled. "Sorry, I had to get that out of my system. I dated James at Team Rocket boot camp."
"Really...James never told me about you." Jesse said glaring at James (who had healed remarkably quickly.)
"Oh, he told me aaaallll about you." Gigi smiled evilly then turned to James. "You know, her hair looks much bigger in person. I could see why you said she was 'personally depleting the ozone layer.'"
Jesse growled at James. "YOU SAID WHAT ABOUT MY HAIR! YOU SPOILED BRAT!" She took out her paper fan and James got clobbered unmercifully.
Gigi walked by Meowth; "Oh, and this must be 'that obnoxious, uncouth, mangy freak.'"
"YOU CALLED ME A FREAK! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO MAD AT SOMEONE IN ALL MY NINE LIVES!" Meowth yelled, charging towards James. "Move over Jesse, it's time THIS freak ruined that pretty-boy's face!"
"But...I didn't even know you, Meowth, when Gigi and I were going out! Honest! Don't hurt me!" James whimpered.
Meowth ignored James' complaints and just started slashing. Gigi watched the brawl smiling, her arms crossed over her chest.
The James beating ended. He was a lot of pain (but he had been in pain all his life so it didn't matter.) He'd never tell a woman about his life again.
"Oh, and James you can have your poke`mon-tech ring back," she said, rolling the golden ring towards him.
"James, you told me you lost that ring!" Jesse said scowling at James.
"You told me ya pawn! it!" Meowth said.
James looked at them sheepishly.
"Hey, ders sometin' inscribed in here!" Meowth picked up the ring and read. "To the only one who my heart beats for. To the one I'll love forever more. From James Prescott to Geor-"
"That's enough, thank you." Gigi stopped Meowth from going on.
Jesse looked at James. *The one he'll love forever? She was the only one? How could he say that? *
***
They walked along down the road, after discovering that Leon made the sub too heavy. Gigi and Meowth were having an interesting conversation, James walked behind looking amazingly nervous and Jesse walked on ahead, Destiny's Child playing loudly on her Discman as she sang along softly.
"Say my name, Say my name, Say Jesse I love you..."
"...So then he gave me the Juliet speech, ya know? 'Hark! What light through yonder window break!? It is the east and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.'"
"So ya laughed at him, right?" Meowth asked.
"Nope, I melted like a pound of butter," Gigi said shaking her head. "Nothing is more sexy than a cultured, refined, smooth voiced, handsome-" She saw Meowth give her a suspicious look. "Well at that point, nothing was more sexy. I've changed."
"So, Jesse never knew about it?" Meowth asked.
"Oh yes Jesse, James told me that she was like a sister to him and it was hard to get one moment without her. Something about co-dependant," Gigi continued.
"So, you'd sneak off someweres," Meowth nodded.
"Yes," Gigi sighed dreamily. "I remember this one time, I baked him donuts and we went up to this ridge over looking the stars, we were going to have a picnic." She looked behind her and scowl at James. "He ate all the donuts and fell asleep."
"Did you whack him or sometin'?" Meowth asked excitedly.
"No. UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE," she yelled loud enough for Jesse to hear, "I'd NEVER RESORT TO VIOLENCE."
"No, you'd just dredge up all the mistakes I've made since we started dating," James grumbled to himself.
Gigi heard his remark and took one step closer to him.
"Well, at least I don't spout all sorts of bad poetry and faint at the possibility of hard labor," Gigi said glaring at James.
"You didn't like my poetry?!" James exclaimed, vein showing on his head, fist clenched, and taking one step closer to Gigi.
"No James. You may be one of the best-looking fops I've ever met. And being a member of this global crime organization I've met a lot. But your poetry, to put it bluntly, sucks like a lollipop." Gigi took one step closer to James, almost invading his personal space.
"You've met others?! What about all those times you told me there was nothing between you and that English creep Allister?" James yelled. Fire blazed in his eyes and more veins showed up on his forehead.
"There was nothing and HELLO! We haven't been together in two years! Besides, when anyone DID hit on me you did squat," Gigi retorted. Now she was in his personal space. Veins pulsed on her forehead and her fists clenched, just like James.
"You saw how tall that guy was-I'd have been killed if I fought him!" James yelled back.
"You paranoid little Mama's-" Gigi never got to finish, though, because Meowth and Jesse had wedged themselves between the two.
"Come on ya guys, Let's quit dis fightin' and come up wid a plan to catch Pikachu," Meowth said.
"FINE!" Gigi and James yelled in unison, turning away form each other. "By the way Gigi, where's Leon?" Jesse asked.
"Leon! Leon!" Gigi called. "Leon, come out ya big dope!" Leon emerged from the woods behind them. His head was lowered and his hands were behind his back.
"Leon! Where have you been!" Gigi scolded, scowling and putting her hands on her hips.
"I've been walkin'. I didn't like that you were fighting with that other girl," Leon said.
"Leon, you could have gotten lost! And what do you have behind your back?" Gigi asked.
"Nothin'." Leon lied, shifting away from Gigi.
"Le-on," Gigi sighed. "Let me see your hands." Leon looked sheepishly down at Gigi. He brought his hands from behind his back. They were clutched tightly around something.
"Leon, what's in your hands?" Gigi asked, sighing again!.
"Nothin'," Leon lied, shifting around like a nervous child.
"Le-on. Show me what's in your hands." Gigi scolded, putting her hands on her hips again.
Leon winced then opened up his hands. Inside was the body of a dead Rattata. It had been squished flat and its neck had been crushed. Jesse, James and Meowth stared on in horror.
"Leon!" Gigi said looking frustrated.
"I just wanted to pet it. I like the soft little poke`mon, it was so nice and soft," Leon said. "Then it was bad and it bit me, so I had ta punish it."
Gigi sighed. "Leon, whadda I tell you! No touching the Pokemon. That's why you only have rock Poke`mon. That's why our heists always fail. It's always 'but I was bein' nice,' or 'It was so pretty I only wanted to touch it.'" Gigi turned to Jesse and James.
"You're lucky Meowth is some sorta freak that scares Leon or he'd be dead by now."
"I'm not a freak!" Meowth yelled, lunging at Gigi, who quickly dodged Meowth.
***
After a long string of arguments between Gigi & James, and Jesse turning up her Discman so loud her ears rang, they finally decided to take a break and sat down on some boulders.
"So, I say we dig a hole and then have the twerps fall into it," Jesse said, putting down her Discman.
"How many times has that worked for you?" Gigi said. " About zero. I mean you'll start saying the motto and going on about how wonderful you are and the kid will escape."
Jesse was just about to say something when James started in.
"Well, at least Jesse wouldn't crush Pikachu, because 'it's so pretty.'"
"Hey, don't make digs about Leon! He's stupid and he doesn't know his own strength!" Gigi retorted.
"At least we have a motto, like normal members of Team Rocket," Jesse added.
"Leon, can't remember a motto, leave him out of it!" Gigi yelled, veins popping out on her forehead. "At least he doesn't have permanent bad hair and terrible taste in music."
"You're just jealous 'cause he's always been my friend and you only had a week!" Jesse yelled.
"It was the entire year and you're still just friends!" Gigi smirked.
"Being friends is just fine with me! None of that messy, mushy crap for me!" Jesse yelled back.
At that, James' heart sank. *She just wants to be friends? Oh, then I can't tell her, * he thought.
"Yeah, right!" Gigi retorted. "You've wanted him from the moment you saw him. You just never had the guts to tell him and besides, he doesn't want you! I can tell. If he wanted you, he'd come right out and tell you with all that purple language of his! He doesn't care!"
*He doesn't want me? * Jesse thought. *No wonder he didn't say anything all this time. Maybe he doesn't care. *
"Look, Ms. Ugly Little Gremlin, I don't care about your relationship with my partner. I look out for number one. ME! And I'm worried that your idiot partner is going to squish that yellow rat into a paste."
"Then I suppose you don't care that James and I pledged to go all the way the night before graduation..." Gigi smirked. That hit Jesse like a blow to the chest. She looked at James then back at Gigi. "But someone chickened out!"
All eyes turned towards James, who blushed intensely. Sweatdrops appeared on his forehead. "I wasn't ready!"
"Besides its not like I-" Jesse began but never got to finish. The boulders they had been sitting on were segments of an Onix!
The mighty rock serpent roared, reeared up then glaring at those who had disturbed its nap. Jesse instinctively clung to James in fear, as did Gigi.
"It doesn't look dat happy," stammered Meowth.
James felt a hand touch the back of his neck, a touch he knew very well. The hand crawled up his skin then began to massage the nape of his neck. It was so good, so familiar, and so tender, that all the fear left him and was replaced by pleasure.
Jesse noticed how her partner's body went limp and the soft moans that were coming from him. She looked over at Gigi on the other side of James, who was smiling at him, and saw her hand was at the back of his neck. Gigi saw Jesse's dark look and her hand dropped.
"Sorry, force of habit. I know how much he likes that." Gigi said sheepishly. "Oh, well. Now to be crushed to death by an Onix."
***
A Poke`ball was thrown. It bounced off the Onix and, emittied a red light, opened. The Onix swirled into energy and went inside the ball. It dropped, wiggled a little, and then stopped.
"Gigi, look!" Leon came bounding up. "I caught the Poke`mon! It's big and scary but now it's all mine!" Then he paused. "So, what does it do?"
Sighing, Gigi let go of James and walked over to her partner. "I'll tell you its attacks..." she began as she trailed off.
James watched her as she walked off, cocking his head to the side slightly. *She could still like me. I do miss having someone. I love Jesse but Jesse doesn't care. Besides, Gigi has a hot-* There was a wooden whacking sound. Pain surged through him and James fell to the ground.
"James, don't stare at women like that, you pig!" Jesse spat out, clutching her fan.
***
It was getting late, the sun was setting, and they hadn't even found Ash, let alone come up with a plan to catch Pikachu. Leon walked in front with Meowth perched on his head acting as a lookout. Jesse walked between Gigi and James-who was getting along much better with Gigi. In fact, they were going on about 'old times.'
"I see dem!" Meowth called.
"Are you sure?" Jesse called back.
"Yep, three twerps on a Lapras. It has to be dems! Straight head on the beach behind those bushes," Meowth pointed. With that, James, Gigi and Jesse took off.
***
Gigi and James arrived just in time to see the form of Lapras vanish over the horizon.
"Oooh! All this for nothing!" James whined.
"Yeah," Gigi sighed. "But you have to admit, the sunset is romantic." She edged closer to James.
James looked at her. "Have you ever thought about getting together again?"
"Yes." Gigi smiled. "I thought you'd never ask. I've wanted you for some time now. I've missed you Jimmy." She edged right next to him. He was just about to put his arms around her waist, but then he dropped them to his side.
He sighed. "Look Gigi, I love Jesse. I always loved her. When I began to go out with you, it was because I wanted her. That's why it didn't work out. I was just waiting for her to find out that I cared and to tell me she cared too. But she doesn't care about me in that way. She never will. But I always will and I can't help it. If we start up our relationship again, then you'll just be a substitute and I don't want to do that."
Gigi shrugged. "I don't care." She smiled. She turned to him and kissed him on the cheek. "Now, I've been waiting to run my fingers thought that wonderful head of hair of yours for a long time."
James looked puzzled then shrugged closed his eyes and prepared to kiss her.
"WAIT JAMES! I LOVE YOU TOO!" Jesse burst in. "I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU!"
"Jesse! You do?" James said, eyes going all wobbly and breaking away from Gigi's embrace.
"Damm!" Gigi cursed swinging her arm in the empty air "Almost got some!"
Jesse leaned closer to James. He wrapped his arms around her. She closed her eyes and he closed in. They slowly leaned in for the moment they had been waiting for; a long deep kiss.
Then they kissed again and again. They took off gloves and began reach under each other's shirts. Then they fell to the ground.
"Um, guys! I'm still here! Guys?' Gigi questioned. They ignored her and continued making out. Jesse's hand reached up to James's neck.
"Hey, no fair, no touching that spot! I found that spot! It's mine!" They ignored her still.
"I'm going to set fire to your hair!" They still ignored her.
"Awwww, can I join in?" They continued to ignore her.
"Fine I'm getting a camera!" And with that, Gigi stomped off.
***
A few minutes later there was a stirring in the bushes. Jessie and James stopped.
"Wh-Whats that?" James asked, pulling up from his partner.
"Oh, probably stupid Gigi with her stupid Polaroid." Then a thought struck her.
"Hey! She can't take pictures of us doing this!"
"Pictures of you doing what?" Meowth came through the bushes.
"...Practicing falling," Jesse said.
Meowth looked at them strangely. "Okayyyy. Well, da boss wants ta talk to us."
***
When they saw the monitor, none of them could believe their eyes. The boss was laughing! Laughing so hard he was clutching his sides, as was his Persian.
"You guys-hah!-accomplished-heh heh heh heh-your-mission," the boss chortled.
"But we didn't catch Pikachu," Gigi said. Leon nodded.
"No, no, no," the boss shook his head, containing his laugher. "None of you were aware that I bugged Jesse's earrings for sound and there were tiny cameras inside. It's just that I was so bored today, so I decided to bring together the worst members of Team Rocket together with one's ex and her idiot partner! I haven't laughed so hard since Mewtwo beat up that Gary brat!" Giovanni said.
"Does dis mean I'm top cat again?" Meowth asked.
"No." Giovanni replied snickering. "Seriously though, Jesse, James, you try to catch that Pikachu." They nodded.
"Georgina, Leon, you are to infiltrate a Poke`mon ranch. I hope it goes well for you." Then the screen went blank.
"This was all for his entertainment," Gigi said.
"I feel so violated," Meowth whimpered.
"No wonder my earrings are so heavy," Jesse said.
James shrugged. "We're all just players in his master plan."
~Fin~
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