Meeting Tatsuo and Yasuko/Betting on the Grand Chawhee

*(Out at the horse track's entrance, the group were walking around a crowd of people, searching for money to help make their bet on the Grand Chawhee)*

Ace: All right, what we need, right now, is a couple of bucks.

Megavolt: (To the group) You heard him.

Jessie, Quackerjack, Bushroot, and Liquidator: Right!

James: A couple of bucks, it is.

Meowth: A couple of bucks.

Satsuki: And possibly, even a really nice couple.

Mei: As in a new mom and dad.

Snake: You gotsss it, girlsss.

Arturo: A couple of bucks for us, and a couple of new *madre y padre*.

*(Then they proceed to also look for a perfect couple for Satsuki and Mei besides some money)*

Bushroot: (Watching a nearby thin woman walk by) Nope, too thin.

Ace: (Watching a nearby ugly-looking man walk by) Definitely too ugly.

*(Then Billy and Quackerjack watched a nearby chubby man drinking some water from a nearby water fountain)*

Billy: (Chuckles goofily a bit) Too fat.

Quackerjack: Talk about you being hypocritical on, no offense, your weight.

Billy: (Nods in agreement with a goofy smile) I know, and no offense taken.

*(Then Satsuki and Mei spot a nearby perfect-looking couple happily reading a French Quarter brochure after helping a little boy get his little sister's doll from being stuck in a nearby bush. The husband is a handsome 30 year old man with short dark brown hair, brown eyes, and wearing a pair of black glasses, a white long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a red knit vest, gray pants, and black shoes. And the wife is a beautiful 28 year old woman with long elbow-length black hair tied in a ponytail, gray blue eyes, and wearing a blue short-sleeved dress with a dark blue belt, and brown shoes. Spotting them with the girls, they got interested)*

Mei: Wow, guys, look!

Satsuki: Mei and I believe that that couple is perfect!

*(Seeing the husband and wife enjoying their brochure, Ace immediately recognized the couple)*

Ace: You know, kids. I think you're right. That couple is none other than Tatsuo and Yasuko Kusakabe.

Satsuki and Mei: (Interested) Really?

Ace: Yeah. And they....

*(Then they realized something in amazement)*

Ace: Wait, their last names, too, is Kusakabe.

*(The girls looked at the couple, now revealed to be Tatsuo and Yasuko Kusakabe, and gasped in realization, which then turned into happiness and amazement)*

Satsuki: (Gasps, happily realizing with Mei) Now I remember! Yasuko is mine and Mei's mom's sister, as well as our aunt!

Mei: (Happily agreeing) And Tatsuo is our uncle, making him the brother-in-law!

*(Grubber happily blew some raspberries a bit)*

Ace: "Talk about a small world," indeed, Grubber.

Snake: You wanted new parentssssss, we gotssss you the potential new parentsss in your aunt and uncle!

*(Then Satsuki and Mei pondered on something)*

Mei: So, do you think they could help us in betting on the Grand Chawhee?

Satsuki: And possibly help us with new clothes?

Gangreen Gang: Yep!

*(Then Ace turned to Meowth)*

Ace: Meowth?

Meowth: Yeah?

Ace: (Points at Tatsuo and Yasuko for Meowth) Let's butter that couple up.

Meowth: On number seventeen?

Ace: Nope. On number three.

Meowth: (Getting it happily) Oh, number three. The lame cat.

*(He, Jessie, James, and the Fearsome Four chuckled a bit)*

James: Oh, Ace.

Jessie: You clever 17 year old teen, you.

Ace: (Turns to Satsuki and Mei) And you two are gonna help with the lame cat butter up.

Mei: (Curiously) Us?

Satsuki: (Curiously) Why?

Ace: Just to, ya know, win them over.

*(Getting it, Satsuki and Mei happily agreed)*

Satsuki and Mei: (Getting it) Ah, okay.

Satsuki: The lame cat as in....

*(Then getting closer to Tatsuo and Yasuko, as in answering Satsuki's realization answer, Meowth immediately puts on an act where his paw is hurting)*

Meowth: (Being dramatic, pretending to cry and be hurt by his paw) My poor foot is killing me!

*(Their attention caught, Tatsuo and Yasuko noticed Meowth whining a bit with his crocodile tears as he fell down and clutched his foot, apparently falling for his charade)*

Yasuko: (Feeling sorry for Meowth) Oh, Tatsuo, the poor talking stray Meowth.

*(Also feeling sorry in agreement, Tatsuo kneeled down to Meowth to check on him)*

Tatsuo: (To Yasuko) Yeah, I think he needs help. *(To Meowth)* Hey, little fella. Are you alright?

*(Then Satsuki and Mei ran up to Meowth, playing along by pretending to check on him)*

Mei: Meowth, you okay?

Satsuki: Are you hurt?

*(Recognizing Satsuki and Mei, Tatsuo and Yasuko got amazed)*

Tatsuo: (Amazed, then curiously) Mei and Satsuki? What are you both doing out here?

Yasuko: (Curiously) Is that talking Meowth your friend?

Mei: (While checking on Meowth) To answer your questions....

Satsuki: (While checking on Meowth) We're just looking around for loose money and new parents because we're orphans, and yes, this talking Meowth is our friend.

*(Hearing Satsuki mention her and Mei's parents being dead, Tatsuo and Yasuko realized in sympathy)*

Yasuko: (Realizing with Tatsuo) Oh, that's right! (Reassuringly in comfort) And our condolences for your parents' loss.

Mei: (Nods) Thanks.

Satsuki: So, could you help us with Meowth while we talk about...?

Tatsuo and Yasuko: (Nods) Of course.

*(Then they checked on Meowth. Unknown to them, the Gangreen Gang, Jessie, James, and the Fearsome Four snuck up to behind Tatsuo, with Ace carefully reaching out to his rear pants pocket, for there is a wallet sticking out)*

Snake: (Whispering, to Ace) I don't likesss the idea of ssssteal....

*(Ace socks him)*

Snake: (Whispering quickly) I meanssss, be careful.

Ace: (Whispering reassuringly) Relax. We'll return it later.

*(Suddenly, something caught both Ace and Megavolt's ankles. It was Meowth, grabbing onto their ankles)*

Meowth: (Whispering) What do I do now?

Megavolt: (Whispering) Keep hamming it up!

Ace: (Whispering) We almost got it!

*(Then Meowth resumed his acting as Satsuki and Mei pulled him back to them, Tatsuo, and Yasuko)*

Satsuki: Let us see your paw.

Meowth: (Pretending to be in pain in a hammy way) Oh, please be careful when you touch it! It's been dislocated from the way it hurts!

Tatsuo: (To Meowth, reassuringly) You'll be fine.

*(Then Satsuki and Mei, with Tatsuo and Yasuko's help, proceeded to work on Meowth's "Injured" paw, as if planning on fixing it by "Relocating" it. Then, Ace successfully got the wallet out of Tatsuo's pocket secretly and then he, the Gangreen Gang, Jessie, James, and the Fearsome Four silently gestured to Meowth, Satsuki, and Mei that they did it, and on cue, Mei and Satsuki successfully "Relocated" Meowth's paw. Then Meowth jumped to his feet in pretend surprise at first)*

Meowth: (Gasps in amazement at his "Fixed" paw) My paw...! *(Happily)* You relocated it! Hallelujah! Thank you!

Tatsuo and Yasuko: (Nods a "You're welcome") No problem.

*(Then Meowth ran off happily)*

Meowth: (Calling out to Satsuki and Mei) Come on!

Satsuki and Mei: (To Meowth) Hold on!

Mei: (To Meowth) Let us talk with them for a bit!

Meowth: (Calling out upon stopping) We have an important bet to make!

*(Hearing him, Tatsuo and Yasuko got interested with Satsuki and Mei, who then explained away)*

Satsuki: Sorry we have to leave in a hurry, but....

Mei: Like he said, we have a horse race bet to make with some friends we made.

*(Understanding them surprisingly, especially since the two girls are in a hurry that they didn't want to keep their "Mystery friends" waiting, Tatsuo then pulled another wallet out and hands Satsuki a $100 bill, much to her and Mei's surprise)*

Yasuko: We understand you're in a hurry with your friends.

Tatsuo: It's for the Grand Chawhee's birthday, from what we read in the brochure, right?

Mei: (Amazed) Yeah.

Satsuki: (Confused) But are you sure you want to give us...?

Tatsuo: (Reassuringly) We're sure.

Yasuko: We hope you make a win.

Tatsuo: And should we meet again, we could consider adopting you.

Yasuko: And if you win, you could possibly buy....

Satsuki and Mei: (Hopefully) New clothes?

Yasuko: (Nods) Yes.

Tatsuo: And when you eventually do, come by our house later.

Yasuko: And you can tell us more about your friends.

*(Yasuko then hands Satsuki a piece of paper after writing her and Tatsuo's address on there that reads "402 Maple St")*

Satsuki: (Flattered) Wow.... Thank you!

Mei: (Flattered) And we will!

Meowth: Girls!

Satsuki and Mei: (To Meowth, calling out) We're coming! *(To Tatsuo and Yasuko, bidding them goodbye while running off with the $100 bill and written address in tow)* See you later!

Tatsuo and Yasuko: (Waving goodbye) Good luck!

*(Then upon meeting up with the Gangreen Gang's group, Meowth, Satsuki, and Mei then proceeded to disguise the two girls and themselves as normal citizens. Later, at the betting booths, the disguised group approached a betting booth as the announcer made his announcement)*

Announcer: (Voice-over) Last call. Last call for bets.

*(Upon taking their turn in line to make their bet, the disguised group, with James, the Gangreen Gang, Fearsome Four, Satsuki, and Mei disguised as men, Jessie as a woman, and Meowth disguised as Jessie and James' baby, then interacted with the male bet cashier)*

Satsuki: (In a deep male voice) My friends and I wish to make a bet please.

Male bet cashier: And who would you and your friends like to bet on, sir?

*(Then each disguised group member passed on some cash, among them the $100 bill that Tatsuo gave Satsuki and Mei, passed it on to Satsuki)*

Quackerjack: (In a German accent) Za Grand Chawhee to vin, pass it on, *ja*.

Megavolt: (In a German accent) Za Grand Chawhee to vin.

Bushroot: (In a deep male voice) The Grand Chawhee to win.

Jessie and James: (In respective deep female and male voices, while holding the baby disguised Meowth with a pacifier in his mouth) The Grand Chawhee to win.

Liquidator: (In a French accent) *Oui*, ze Grand Chawhee to win.

Gangreen Gang: (In deep male voices) The Grand Chawhee to win.

Satsuki: (In a deep male voice) Like they said.

Mei: (In a deep male voice) The Grand Chawhee to win, please.

*(Suddenly, while the male bet cashier accepted the money and began to type away on making their betting ticket, Meowth felt itchy that he began to scratch himself frantically. Noticing with the group, Satsuki, Jessie, James, and even Quackerjack and Liquidator quickly itched him, ending his itchiness, much to his relief. Then the male bet cashier looked up at them)*

Male bet cashier: (Looking at the disguised group) The Grand Chawhee, huh? *(Looks at his computer screen)* Is there something special on why you picked him?

Meowth: (Taking his pacifier out briefly) It's his birthday!

*(Realizing, Meowth immediately puts the pacifier in his mouth just when the male bet cashier looked up in confusion at the disguised Satsuki and Mei)*

Male bet cashier: I beg your pardon?

Satsuki: (Quickly answering in her deep male voice) I said it's his birthday.

Male bet cashier: (Realizing, then happily) Oh! Congratulations to him. *(Then he hands the betting ticket to the disguised Satsuki)* Enjoy the race.

Gangreen Gang's group except Meowth: (In their disguised voices) Thank you. (*Danke schoen*!) (*Merci boucoup*!)

*(Then with that, the Gangreen Gang's group, still in their disguises, entered the track's private seating section, now ready to watch the race from high above. And en route to the seating section, Mei bought some ice cream cones with some of the cash she and the group have and upon seating at their secret spots as the trumpet made its announcement, indicating the race is about to begin, the Gangreen Gang's group, still in their disguises, enjoyed their ice cream cones)*

Meowth: (Licking his cone) This ice cream's good.

Arturo: (Licks his cone) I'll say.

*(Suddenly, Billy's strawberry ice cream scoop fell from his cone and right onto Quackerjack's beak)*

Billy: (Sheepishly) Oops, sorry, Quackie.

Quackerjack: (Grabbing the dripping ice cream scoop off of his beak, feeling awkward) Ooh, so cold! But other than that, *(Licks some melted ice cream from his lip)* it's fine, Billy.

Billy: (Accepting his melting scoop back from Quackerjack and putting it back on his cone while Quackerjack licks the melted ice cream residue from his own hand) Thanks.

*(Then the race began as the horses and their riders raced on the main track. But the Grand Chawhee, at first, emerged from his start pen in reverse, only to then, by his rider's command, turn around and join in the race. In their secret private seating section, the Gangreen Gang's group watched this in hope and anticipation)*

Mei: (Cheering a bit) Come on, Chawhee, you can do it!

Satsuki: (Cheering a bit) It's your birthday!

Megavolt: (Jokingly) It wouldn't surprise me if it were his, well, bar mitzvah.

Team Rocket: (Jokingly) Or initiation day.

Quackerjack: (Jokingly in agreement) He's just a living glue pot.

Ace: (To Team Rocket, Megavolt, and Quackerjack) This isn't the time for jokes. *(Cheering to the Grand Chawhee)* Come on, Chawhee!

Arturo: (Cheering a bit) *Arriba*, *arriba*, Chawhee! *Andale*!

Snake: (Cheering a bit) Move thossssse legssss good!

*(Down at the main track, the horses were racing away when Stella Dallas, upon seeing the Grand Chawhee and then glancing at the Gangreen Gang's group, immediately raced up to another male horse up ahead, for she is apparently deciding to do the Gangreen Gang's group a favor for them, especially for Satsuki and Mei. The second male horse, himself, is a male horse with thin brown fur, pink ear innards, a black tail and mane, white eyes with black pupils that lack visible irises, black hooves, and wearing a black roped ring around his nose and supporting his head, a white bandage-like band holding his tail, a red saddle on his back with a black band, a white scarf around his neck, and a turquoise blue lensed monocle over his right eye. He is Sir Reginald, another horse racer)*

Stella Dallas: Yoo-hoo! Reginald, excuse me.

*(Sir Reginald, upon seeing Stella Dallas, spoke with her)*

Sir Reginald: (Chuckles a bit like an aristocrat) Oh, splendid. Hello, Stella. Jolly good day for a race, what?

Stella Dallas: (Chuckles a bit, happily at first) Oh, yes. But Reginald, honey, I do hate to rain on your parade, but did you know? *(Then annoyed, hoping to get Sir Reginald to help her help the Grand Chawhee win as she gestured to the Gangreen Gang's group for Sir Reginald to see)* It's the Grand Chawhee's birthday?!

Sir Reginald: (Cheerfully unaware at first) Oh, really? You don't....

*(Then he realized what Stella Dallas meant upon noticing the Gangreen Gang's group rooting for the Grand Chawhee that his monocle slipped off of his right eye)*

Sir Reginald: (Realizes, then agreeing to help Stella Dallas help the Grand Chawhee win) Oh. Terribly sorry.

*(Then as soon as the Grand Chawhee charged in front of them and the other horses, Stella Dallas and even Sir Reginald then proceeded to purposely push the Grand Chawhee towards the finish line, given that their fellow horse racer is celebrating his birthday and they want it to be a good one, other than wanting to help the Gangreen Gang's group win their bet on the Grand Chawhee. As he is being pushed towards the finish line in first place, the Grand Chawhee happily waved hello to the crowd and then, a miracle occurred; As soon as they reached the finish line, Stella Dallas and Sir Reginald allowed the Grand Chawhee to quickly cross the finish line in first place, and with Stella Dallas in second place and Sir Reginald in third place. Upon the race being over with the other horses crossing the finish line last, the Grand Chawhee then accepted from his proud human jockey a party blower and he blows it proudly, happy to have won first place on his birthday. Then he happily gave a "Thank you" nod to his two fellow horse racers, who proudly nod back a polite "You're welcome" nod. Seeing this at their secret private seating area as the entire crowd in the stadium cheered for the Grand Chawhee's victory, the Gangreen Gang's group also cheered a bit, glad to see that they won their bet)*

Team Rocket and Fearsome Four: Yay!

Fearsome Four: We won!

Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket except Ace: We did it!

Ace: (Playfully ruffles Satsuki's hair, much to her delight) More than us on "We!" Satsuki and Mei helped it make it possible!

Liquidator: In other words, the girls did it!

*(The Gangreen Gang's group cheered a bit for Satsuki and Mei, who both feel proud and happy)*

Megavolt: And surprisingly, that was very nice of those two other horses to let their friend, the birthday boy, win first place.

Quackerjack: Only because it's his birthday and to help us, Sparky.

Megavolt: (Happily and softly, through gritted teeth) Don't call me "Sparky."

*(Then they watched the Grand Chawhee pose for his victory picture with a first place flower wreath around his neck as he is given a special birthday cake in the form of a carrot cake topped with a single lit candlestick that he blows out and then proceeded to eat the cake after the blown out candlestick is removed as everyone down there happily applauded a bit for him, with Stella Dallas and Sir Reginald happily wearing their respective second and third place flower wreaths while bowing to the Grand Chawhee in respect for his birthday)*

Satsuki and Mei: Happy birthday, Chawhee!

Gangreen Gang's group except Satsuki and Mei: Happy birthday!

Satsuki: We knew you could do it!

Mei: Happy birthday!

*(Then once they secretly left the track with the money they won from the bet in a huge bag, the Gangreen Gang's group got happy and excited)*

Ace: Just wait! We're gonna get our own casino and justice against Negaduck!

Satsuki: And me and Mei having Uncle Tatsuo and Aunt Yasuko as our new parents!

Mei: And new clothes!

Jessie: Don't forget about helping the poor and innocent rich!

Gangreen Gang's group except Jessie: (Happily agreeing) Yep!

*(Then Satsuki and Mei happily squeezed a huge hug on Ace, much to his surprise. Then after that's over, Ace then turned to us readers as a black iris-in closed in on his head)*

Ace: (Shrugs happily) Yep, life is good.

*(Then the black iris-in closed to a black screen)*

***Coming up: After winning more money from more animal race bets thanks to Satsuki and Mei's animal talking gift, as well as giving them some new clothes to buy and helping out the poor and innocent rich people, the Gangreen Gang's group finally open their own new casino, which is booming with business. Then to make a headstart to help one last charity run for the local church, the Gangreen Gang agree to invite Satsuki and Mei to visit some old friends living there while Team Rocket and the Fearsome Four continue to run the casino in the Gangreen Gang's absense. But little did they know, a fellow spy belonging to Negaduck's goons will soon secretly find out along with the secretly searching Puppetmon, about what's really going on in the casino business world of the Gangreen Gang's group when they talk with Team Rocket and the Fearsome Four, who claim that the casino is to honor the "Late" Gangreen Gang, and what will happen when Negaduck finds out from Puppetmon and the spy later? Only time will tell.***