Team Rocket's Anniversary

Today Jessie, James and Meowth were happily walking through a town. They had just gotten some money from selling shards they found in the Sinnoh Underground.

"I can't believe we're striking rich more from mining than taking Pokemon to the boss." James said.

"I can't believe there are entrances to the mine nearly everywhere." Meowth said.

"Ha, ha, ha." Jessie laughed. "With this money we can eat all we want."

"Yes, like the grade A steaks." James said.

"Seems too much but I like that idea." Meowth smiled.

"Then let's go to a restaurant and eat to our heart's content." Jessie said.

James and Meowth agreed.

*Meanwhile...*

The gang was at a Pokemon Center healing their Pokemon. Ash and Tomo told their mom about their time at the Pokemon Summer Academy.

"Well, well, well." Delia said. "It seems you two had a lot of fun. It seems funny to hear you attending school Ash as you haven't done that since you were nine years old."

"I said the same thing when I was there." Ash smiled.

Meanwhile Dawn was brushing Smoochum's hair.

"You love being brushed, don't you Smoochum sweetie?" She asked.

Smoochum did love it.

*Back with Team Rocket...*

They were enjoying some grade A steaks with wine. Meowth was having milk with his.

"Say I just remembered something." James said.

"Yeah, what is it?" Jessie asked.

"Today is actually the anniversary of when we became a team of three back at headquarters." James said.

"Oh yeah." Meowth said. "Huh, it's been a long time since that happened and I forgot about that."

"Me too, time flies." Jessie said.

"We should do something special for it." Meowth said.

"Yes, but what?" Jessie asked.

"I know." James said. "How about attacking a Pokemon like we did when we first left headquarters to gather Pokemon?"

"I remember that, but the twerp and his Pikachu defeated us." Jessie said.

"True, but we didn't have enough Pokemon at that time." James said. "But now we have lots of Pokemon to attack the Pokemon Center."

"James is right about that and we have toughened ourselves up since then." Meowth added.

Jessie saw the point and the trio agreed to attack and steal Pokemon from a Pokemon Center.

*Back at the Pokemon Center...*

Ash, Tomo and Brock were doing chores for Nurse Joy while she tended to the Pokemon.

"So Brock, why are we doing this?" Tomo asked.

He was putting plates away.

"Because Tomo, Nurse Joy is very busy tonight." Brock said. "And she needs an extra pair of hands for help. Nurse Joy always needs a helping hand once in a while."

"I guess." Tomo sighed. "But can we have something to eat soon. My Pokemon and I are hungry."

"I'm feeling hungry too Brock and so are the rest of the Pokemon." Ash added.

"Okay, once we've finished cleaning these dishes I'll fix dinner for all of us." Brock said.

The two brothers were happy to hear that.

At this time Team Rocket was driving around in a car.

"It's night time now." James said. "All the trainers will be asleep in bed by now."

"Good." Jessie said. "So while they're asleep we'll take their Poke Balls and the Poke Balls Nurse Joy is keeping."

"Then send them to the boss." Meowth finished.

They agreed this was the best way to spend their anniversary.

They soon came to a Pokemon Center; this was the same Pokemon Center the gang was staying in, but the trio didn't know that yet. The trio sneaked into the Pokemon Center through the ceiling and decided to divide up into two groups. Jessie and James were to go together and Meowth was to go with Victreebel, Carnivine, Wobbuffet and Mime. Jr. Jessie and James went to a vault where hundreds of Poke Balls, with Pokemon inside, were kept. James had a clever gadget that knew how to copy any key from copying any gadget off an electrical vault. Meowth was sneaking into the rooms trainers were sleeping in and swiped the trainer's Poke Balls with Mime. Jr and Wobbuffet. Carnivine and Victreebel carried the Poke Balls in their mouths taking care not to drop or swallow any.

Suddenly Piplup, who had just woken up, opened the door and saw Meowth, Victreebel, Carnivine, Mime. Jr and Wobbuffet with the Poke Balls.

"Hey, you're the twerpette's Piplup." Meowth said.

He fired a Thunderbolt attack, but Piplup dodged it and cried out as loud as he could. The noise woke everyone in the Pokemon Center up. Meowth and the others quickly ran outside to where Jessie and James were.

At this time, the gang, who woke up due to Piplup's cries ran into the lobby where he was standing.

"Piplup, what's wrong?" Dawn asked.

Before Piplup could say anything, trainers came running out of their rooms saying their Poke Balls have been stolen. Nurse Joy came running too saying the vaults where she kept Poke Balls were empty too.

"I'm pretty sure I know how's responsible." Ash said.

He ran outside with the others.

There standing outside was Team Rocket preparing to leave.

"Don't move Team Rocket!" He shouted. "Return those Poke Balls!"

"Sorry twerp, but we don't give back what we steal." Meowth said.

Jessie and James released all of their Pokemon to attack the gang. They had their Pokemon use their strongest moves; Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Hydro Pump etc. Ash, Dawn, Brock, Tomo and their three main Pokemon dodged the attacks before they got hurt.

"Surely you should know by now we've grown stronger over the years." Jessie said.

Just then Meowth pressed a button on a remote control and the car transformed into a giant robot, with a big glass container holding the Poke Balls. Jessie and James returned their Pokemon and jumped into the robot with Meowth. The robot kicked the ground, punched the Pokemon Center and set off lasers and beams. Nurse Joy had the other Pokemon trainers evacuate the Pokemon Center. Piplup stepped up to fight and fired a Whirlpool attack while Growlithe fired a Flamethrower, but the attacks did no good. Jessie laughed and told the gang they made the robot invulnerable to attacks. Piplup created a big wall of bubbles with Bubble Beam and it covered the window of the robot, so Team Rocket couldn't see a thing. While Team Rocket was distracted, Pikachu used Iron Tail to break the container of balls from the robot. Brock called out his Happiny to catch the falling container which she did. Team Rocket used their robot's arms to wipe the bubbles away. Then Pikachu used a very strong Thunder attack which caused the robot to explode and Team Rocket to blast off. The reason why this happened was because the bubbles caused the robot to become slightly wet, which was the reason Thunder was able to damage it.

The next day...

The gang got ready to leave the Pokemon Center for Celestic Town. Nurse Joy was grateful for the gang's assistance; not only because they saved the Pokemon Center, they also saved all the Poke Balls which all the trainers got back. The gang said goodbye to Nurse Joy and went on their way.