"JOURNEYS"
(A STORY IN TWO PARTS)
BY T’EYLA MINH
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of these characters except for any that I make up (which will be obvious). I wish I did - I’d be rich by now! All characters of course belong to 4Kids Productions and Nintendo, and the Summit Group and whoever else may be involved. This is certainly not intended for profit and the only personal gain I get is for my own imagination! Therefore, you nice people, please DO NOT SUE ME! I’m a student, I can’t afford a lawsuit!
AUTHOR‘S NOTES: I’ve tried to be original here and come up with something good. This is my first attempt at Pokémon fanfic, even though I’ve written loads for other shows. Um… I’ve tried to remain loyal to the show and tried to keep the characterisation as accurate as possible, but on occasions I just thought that it was necessary to go away from that and do my own thing. Please note that this is set 5 years on from the present day, that is, Ash, Misty and Brock are all in their teens (how old IS Brock, anyway? Let‘s make him about twenty in this.) and Team Rocket are in their twenties. And none of them have changed a bit, they’re still as immature as ever (I am of course referring to the wonderfully renamed ‘Team Twerp’) I’ve tried to put more of Team Rocket than I have of Team Twerp, and I hope I’ve succeeded, but I’m not going to sit here and work out percentages! :P
WARNING: Having read a LOT of those shippy stories, some of that may have rubbed off on me… I started this with good intent and (shock! horror!) a plot idea, namely that of Team Rocket finally managing to capture Pikachu and actually holding on to him for more than an hour (well it’s about time…), but as you will discover that little idea kind of got lost and buried under a load of others. No problem, I thought, I’ll just dig it out again later… hmm. This was written under the working title of "Team Rocket Finally Win", but it was then changed to what you see above. I apologise in advance for any bad phonetic spelling for Meowth. Headache pills may be required in Chapter 11 if you visualise well. It gets kinda loud at that point. If there’s anything I’ve neglected to warn you about, tell me now.
RATING: Well gee I don’t know. PG-13 in the extreme I guess.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Many thanks to my beta-reader ‘Ruby Jesse’ for her undying support and comments. Thanks also to her for making me finish this first half! (It’s amazing where threats and praise will get you, eh Ruby? ;D) Also great thanks to Nintendo and 4Kids Productions for allowing me the capacity for so much fanfictioning pleasure…
PS: Oh, one last thing - a few points I’d like to clear up to help you read it. This indicates people’s thought processes. ***This*** indicates a dream sequence. OK, I’ll now stop prattling on and present, for your reading pleasure (or not, take it your own way)… My First Pokémon Fanfic!!!