The Aftermath by WildTotodile

Summary: These are Ash, Misty, Meowth & Pikachu’s thoughts two months after the events in my two part story Pokémon the Movie 2000 II: Lawrence’s Revenge, This takes place after the Larvitar arc but before the silver conference episodes. My advice would be to read the two parter first before reading this one as this is an aftermath of those events and has spoilers for the story. If I owned pokémon, I would be rolling in cash. I’d also haul May off the show and put Misty back on so that she could admit her love for Ash and vice versa. But sadly for all the Pokeshippers out there, including myself included, I don’t own any of the wonderful characters since the only thing I have is my laptop which I write up my stories. I don’t own any characters except for the last name of the 2nd movie’s villian and my two parter. I don’t know the official last name of the baddie in it, so I’ve given him the name Lawrence Juardian Le Villiyon II: his first name being his English name, his middle name being his Japanese one, I think & the last name is a variation of the words ‘the villain’, which he is.) AAAAA indicates a change in the narrator & then I will put the new narrator’s name in bold so that people do not get confused. There are two lines from the second movie I don’t own those lines! warning: contains spoilers for the two parter and my "Non-healing Scars" stories so be forewarned.

Warning, Meowth is kind of OOC, or out of character, so I’d just thought I let you know before you start flaming me. Yes I know that I spelled some words wrong but that is how Meowth speaks (He’s got that Brooklyn-like accent). Flames will be used to roast marshmallows for s’mores in the summer & I will then use my Hyper Beam &Hydro Pump attacks on the flamers. Please review after you’ve read it! Thank you

I can’t believe that it’s been two months since the whole deal with Lawrence Juardian Le Villiyon II. Ash, my boyfriend, Pikachu and I have changed a lot in these past two months.

Boyfriend. Strange, I’d never thought that I’d ever call him that, except in my diary and my wildest dreams. Weird to actually call him that to his face. He’s a lot different now. I don’t just mean different in not arguing-with-me-about-which-one-got-us-both-lost sense. He’s not the same boy who asked to be his girlfriend.

He’s been really quiet and I hardly ever see him smile or joke around or just be happy, excep for when we were returning Larvitar to his mom. He was laughing and joking and he was his old self again, the side of him I knew before the incident with Lawrence . I \wonder if Lawrence said anything to threaten him when he was alone on his airship.

I’ve changed as well and so has Togepi and Psyduck, I mean Golduck. Togepi is no longer afraid of standing up to Jessie, Meowth, and James, (or as he calls them ‘the dummyheads’). He loves his pokéball but he also likes the fresh air. Golduck is such a wonderful addition to Ash and my teams, and he’s been a real help to Togepi, trying to teach him Blizzard and Water Gun and other attacks as well. I no longer stand there like a fool when Team Rocket attacks, whether it’s James, Jessie and Meowth, Domino or Cassidy and Butch. For crying out loud, I’m a gym leader, well a former gym leader so they should be scared of me not the other way around. What’s strange, different I should say, is when they attack, they try to not only get Pikachu but also my boyfriend. Of coarse now I get a chance to save them.

I think that Giovanni and Lawrence think they still have a chance at regaining their ‘prizes’. Let them think that but it’s never going to happen, not with me, Misty Imusak Waterflower, creaming all the Rocket Members Giovanni sends at us!

I just hope that when we reach Mount Silver for the Silver Conference, Ash will be back to his regular self. At this point, I don’t care if he brings up that stupid bike, if he does, then I know he’s back. I can only hope.

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Pikachu:

Two months of nightmares. That’s what it’s come down to these past two months. Nightmares what seems like every single night about Lawrence, Giovanni, and the events of those two horrific days. I try not to dwell on them too much during the day but it is hard ‘cause I know that Ash has nightmares too. I hear him at night when I can’t sleep.

There was one time that I was glad I couldn’t sleep when Cyndaquil had that nightmare about her mom and Ash and I comforted her until her mom’s spirit came. her story made me hate team rocket even more than I already do.

No one has asked me how I got into the emergency room that night or why I ended up there. I think Misty told everyone not to ask me about it, well, Togepi Bayleaf and Golduck knew a little bit. Bayleaf thinks something must have happened because when she saw me on the airship I was a Raichu, and then in the Pokémon Center I was a Pikachu again. She and Noctowl don’t know what was like for me on that ship, hearing all the threats and being threatened and brutally attacked by Giovanni’s Persian, no one does. I think Giovanni told Ash something that I didn’t hear because sometimes he gets this painful look in his eyes.

I not only have scars on my ears and tail, although they are now covered by fur, but things like my fear of pokéballs, will never go away. The threats of the Persian saying that I was a weak pokémon and what Giovanni said to me when I was trapped in the cage are things that I’ll always remember. I’ll never forget Mega-Kicking that Persian off of me for calling Ash pathetic. Ever since then, I’ve been wary of every Persian that I battle, just in case.

Everyone’s been real helpful to me ever since the incident and I’ve been helpful too. When we were taking Larvitar back to his mother, I would tell him stories about the places and pokémon Ash, Misty and I have seen. Golduck and Bayleaf have been helping me get better at dodging attacks that are hard to evade, such as Razor Leaf, Ice Beam, Confusion, Solarbeam and Hydro Pump. Togepi keeps on telling me about how much safer I’d be in a pokéball; he doesn’t seem to get it that I’m claustrophobic. Phanpy likes to have practice battles with me so we can both get stronger.

Unfortunately, Team Rocket has no slowed down in their attempts to get me. Now they try to get Ash, too. I think that Lawrence must have told Giovanni to tell them to get him. One time when Misty was out gathering firewood, they sprayed Ash and I with the sticky nets that they used in the Fuchsia City Gym (the nets stuck to us like glue and something in them made it so my electricity was useless) and then used a crane to lift us up. Luckily, Misty and Golduck saved us in the nick of time. If it were not for Misty creaming them, then Ash and I wouldn’t just be having those horrible nightmares; we’d be living them.

I wish that everything could be what it was like before the whole incident with Lawrence , before the nightmares. But unfortunately, this is the way things are going to be from now on.

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Ash:

It’s been two months since my nightmares began. Two months since those horrifying events that took place on Lawrence 's airship, which are what my nightmares are about. It’s horrible, I had to live through those events once already. I shouldn’t have to relive them at night, although I’ve noticed that I’m not the only one who wakes up in the middle of the night looking like I’ve been swimming in a pool of my own sweat. Pikachu has nightmares too.

There was one time that I was glad I couldn’t sleep. when Cyndaquil had that nightmare about her mom and pikachu and I comforted her. her story made me loathe team rocket even more than I already do. I never even knew she went through all of that. It’s sick what jonas did to her

Out of everyone I believe that I have changed the most and every one has noticed. I’m a lot quieter and some times Pikachu and I will just sit and think about the incident. There are times that I will even break down and cry when I think about ‘the incident’. I don’t real joke around anymore either; I know that Misty, my girlfriend, has taken a huge notice of these changes in me. Hard to imagine that she is my girlfriend now after all of this

I haven’t even the heart to tell her about Giovanni knowing my full name or mom’s name or even where I live. It would be too much for her, ‘cause then she’d want to go warn mom and then he’d have us all in one little package, right there. I guess one of the main reasons that I’ve changed so much is seeing Raichu take the bullet meant for me and die for a few minutes in the Pokémon Center in front of me before the Great Guardian intervened and ‘de-evolve’ him. When Nurse Joy told us that he might

not make it through the night, I felt like Giovanni had also shot a giant hole where my heart is, it felt that unbearable. Having something like that happen to your first pokémon, well, unless you’ve experienced it yourself, you have no idea how utterly painful and heartbreaking it is

Now when I train my team I want them to give it there all but I don’t push them too hard. If Bayleaf can’t fire a powerful Solar Beam, I’m fine with the way she has it. If Totodile doesn’t know Hydro Pump, I ‘m fine with the attacks he knows. I just want them to be ready to take on any challengers that battle me. They help out me too. When we were returning Larvitar to his mom, we all took turns watching him and playing with him. They all have been cheering me up since the incident. Bayleaf knows that it is a very sensitive subject for me and will not bring it up. Sometimes she just let’s her crush on me get the better of her and tackles me to the ground. I think it’s her way of making it seem like old times.

Unfortunately, Jessie, Meowth and James have not quieted down in their pathetic attempts to ge Pikachu. Now they try to get me as well. I know that Lawrence must have told Giovanni to tell them to get me. One time when Misty was out gathering firewood, they sprayed Pikachu and I with the sticky nets that they used in the Fuchsia City Gym (the nets stuck to us like glue and I couldn’t reach any of my pokéballs) and then used a crane to lift us up. Luckily, Misty and Golduck saved us in the nick of time. If it were not for Misty creaming them, then Pikachu and I wouldn’t just be having those horrible nightmares; we’d be living them

I hope that when we reach Mount Silver , I can get back to my old self with regular old battling, not battling to save my (and Pikachu’s) skins

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Meowth:

Two months. Dat’s how it’s been since da Boss asked Jessie, James an’ I to capture da twoip as well as Pikachu. Well it was actually Lawrence , but he’s workin’ wid da Boss. I tink dat he still tinks dat if da twoip is in his possession den da twoip can’t get out an’ save da world or Lugia. I piosonally tink dat Lawrence is so intent on obtainin’ Lugia dat he don’t realize dat by capturin’ da Water’s Great Guardian, da waters will over flood da planet. As Jessie an’ James told da twerp as we were headin’ to Ice Island , “We don’t the world destroyed. Even if we survived, there’d be no one left to steal from”. Lawrence probably didn’t know dat Lugia helps keep da tree Titans’ powers, an’ derefore da whole world in balance.

Jessie, James an’ I haven’t even told da Boss dat we gave Pikachu da TM dat taught Substitute. He’d give us da boot if he found out! Where would we go? Jessie an’ I don’t got any family or a home while James would have to go home an’ face Jessebelle. Dat’s a fate worse den da Boss’ wrath! We knew dat it was gonna be a secret dat all tree of us would keep until our dyin’ day.

Jessie an’ James have told me to just stick to da task at hand but I can’t help feel sorry for da twoip. ya would never expect dose woids ta come outta my mouth but it’s true! I can’t help feel sorry fer him! Ever since da whole ting wid Lawrence two months ago he’s changed. I guess for him, da worst parts were when da Boss called him by his full name and also Raichu gettin’ shot by da Boss bullet. Jessie would b heartbroken if someting like dat happened to Arbok an da same ting goes for James an’ Weezing.

Although I don’t show it to da twoips, I’m glad when we get blasted off now. It means dat da twerp an’ Pikachu are safe from Lawrence an’ da Boss fer anoder day. When I heard da Boss tellin’ Pikachu what he was gonna do ta him ta get all da soft-heartedness out, I shuddered. When I was da top cat, I had to see Grunt whippin’ an’ starvin’ da pokémon dat didn’t do da attacks right or refused ta battle. It was horrible an’ I’ve never been able to forget it. Dat’s something dat ya don’t ever forget

Time for me to do my usual wake up routine for Jessie an’ James, a nice little servin’ of my Fury Swipes across dere faces and den Jessie yellin’ in my face. So I gotta put on my mask, ‘cause dose two would never understand my sympathy for da twoips. Dey’d jus’ say dat Pikachu’s tunderbolt had fried my brain.

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