Jessie, James and Meowth Leave Team Rocket

Today Jessie, James and Meowth arrived in a town.

"This seems like a good place to get something to eat." Meowth said. "Don't you agree Jessie, James?"

They didn't hear what he just said.

"Hey, is something wrong?" Meowth asked.

"Oh no Meowth, nothing's wrong. I was just thinking about something." James answered.

"Me too." Jessie added.

Meowth wasn't convinced; he was certain something was wrong with Jessie and James. Suddenly he was distracted by a delicious smell. It was coming from a ramen restaurant not far from where they were standing.

"Let's go eat in that restaurant." Meowth suggested.

Jessie and James felt hungry as well so they agreed with Meowth's suggestion.

It wasn't long before the trio ordered a serving of ramen and ate it up all at once.

"This is delicious." Jessie said.

"I agree, I want seconds." James added.

Suddenly an employee of the restaurant went up to the trio and told them the manager wanted to see them. The trio looked at each other in confusion.

"What have we done?" Jessie asked, whispering.

"I don't know." James whispered back. "I mean we have money to pay for the bill, but we haven't asked for it yet."

"Might just be an inspection or something." Meowth said.

The employee led the trio to the kitchen and there was a brown-haired young man waiting for them.

"I can't believe I'm seeing you again Jessie, James." The man said.

"You two know this guy?" Meowth asked.

James took a good look at the man.

"Wait a minute." He said. "Christopher is that you?"

*Flashback*

Christopher used to be a trainee at Team Rocket training school, but he never got anything right. Jessie and James who were at the training school around that time were Christopher's only friends. One evening Jessie and James treated Christopher to some ramen to help him cheer up. Christopher found the ramen so good and he decided to quit Team Rocket, go back to Sinnoh and open up his own ramen shop. Time passed and his ramen became so popular he ended up opening more ramen shops across the Sinnoh Region.

*End flashback*

"Wow Christopher, it sounds like you found your true goal in life." James said.

"Congratulations." Jessie said.

"Well it was thanks to the support you gave me." Christopher said.

"Oh come on." Jessie said. "We didn't do much apart from keeping you company. Besides you didn't really look Team Rocket style back then."

"To be honest I didn't feel like that either." Christopher said. "But at that time I didn't really know what to do with myself, especially since things never went right with me."

"Yes I remember you telling us that back at the training school." James recalled. "You tried to find a job before joining Team Rocket, but no one gave you a chance."

"That's correct, but thanks to the ramen you introduced to me I found my chance at last." Christopher said.

Meanwhile a chef was kneading some dough but then the dough suddenly flew out of his hands and went towards Meowth. Meowth noticed the dough and scratched it with Fury Swipes. The dough ended up getting sliced into noodle pieces and they landed in a bowl.

"Wow that was incredible." Christopher said. "Best noodle cutting I have ever seen. You should come work at one of my ramen shops Meowth and become a noodle cutting master."

"What?" Meowth repeated.

He couldn't believe what he just heard.

Before Meowth could say anything else, there was a loud crash outside.

"What was that?" James asked.

Christopher and the trio ran to see what was going on. There was a female Glameow being chased by a Houndoom.

"Oh no that Houndoom again." Christopher said. "That Houndoom is always chasing any stray Pokemon around here and causing a ruckus."

Meowth didn't like how the Houndoom was bullying the Glameow, as he was a cat Pokemon himself, so he pursued them.

"Meowth where are you going?" Jessie demanded.

Christopher and the duo went after them.

Glameow was chased into a dead end alleyway and she was scared of Houndoom. Houndoom was about to attack Glameow, but then he was hit by some water. It was Meowth; he had used Water Pulse on Houndoom.

"You leave Glameow alone, you big bully!" Meowth shouted.

Houndoom got angry and faced Meowth to attack him.

"If it's a battle you want, it's a battle you'll get!" Meowth shouted.

Houndoom fired Flamethrower, but Meowth used Water Pulse to counter the attack.

*'It's thanks to battling that brat's Pokemon all the time that I know what to do in this situation.'* Meowth thought.

He then charged at Houndoom with Aerial Ace and used Scratch as well. Houndoom howled in pain after being scratched.

"How do you like that, huh?!" Meowth shouted.

Christopher, Jessie and James watched the battle from behind.

"Wow I've never see Meowth battle like this before." Jessie said.

"Well he had said he'd been practicing in the past." James added.

Christopher was impressed.

Houndoom charged at Meowth to use Bite, but he jumped to dodge Houndoom and used Pay Day.

"Man I love this move." Meowth smiled.

He was still proud of the day when the old man helped him re-learn Pay Day.

"Okay now it's time for you to face my claws, Houndoom." Meowth charged towards Houndoom and prepared to use Fury Swipes, but then his claws glowed purple and he scratched Houndoom.

"Hey, I think that was Night Slash." Christopher said.

"You're right. That means Meowth learned a new move." James said.

Meowth was also surprised he learned a new move.

"Well Houndoom, are you going to leave or do you want more?" Meowth said.

Houndoom had enough, so it left. Meowth then went up to Glameow.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

Glameow was grateful and hugged and nuzzled Meowth while purring. Meowth began to blush.

"You're welcome Glameow." He said.

Soon everyone was back at Christopher's shop and Glameow was having some food. They were in the staff room while the rest of the staff was working in the restaurant.

"I've got to say Meowth. What you did against that Houndoom was incredible." Christopher said.

"Well I have battled lots of times before, so it's no big deal." Meowth said.

"So Jessie, James please tell me how you have been since I last saw you." Christopher said.

"Well to be honest Chris, it hasn't exactly been easy for us even if we did pass the training school." James said.

"James is right." Jessie admitted. "No matter how hard we worked for the boss and how much Pokemon we sent to him we don't really get anything in return. No bigger payments or anything, we sometimes had to work part-time jobs somewhere else for money to provide us with good food and shelter."

"You're lucky you left when you did Chris, otherwise you would have been stuck in the lowest rank too." James said.

"I'm actually glad I left too." Christopher said. "I mean, no offense but I have read about Team Rocket doing many bad things; terrorizing people and Pokemon alike, hurting or killing Pokemon and humans and destroying places to achieve their goals."

"It is true that is what happens." James admitted. "But that is how the boss likes it. And there's nothing that would ever make the boss change his mind when he gives the commands."

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but why did you two want to join Team Rocket?" Christopher asked. "I mean, I remember you telling me before that you had rough lives too in the past, but you never told me what."

Jessie and James looked at each other and nodded.

"It's only fair we tell you of our pasts because you told us of your past Christopher." Jessie said.

Jessie started off with her past first. She first explained about losing her mother at the age of five, after she went missing while exploring in the mountains. Then she explained about her poor life with her foster family.

"At first I didn't understand why we were poor, until I started elementary school." Jessie said. "I always saw other kids with nice new clothes, toys and other nice things. But I never got any of those things because my foster family could never afford it. I didn't have any friends at that time either because of my poor state. I always got bullied because of that."

Next Jessie explained how she always tried to chase her dreams while growing up like a pop idol, Pokemon nurse, reporter and other things.

"No matter how hard I worked, I never achieved any of my dreams." Jessie said. "No one cared about me or did anything to help me. The world was just unfair to me. The only place with a job that didn't put me down was of course Team Rocket. What made me decide to join Team Rocket was 1. Pay the world back for being unkind to me and 2. Prove that I am a woman worth something. But of course nothing about being a Team Rocket member ever made me truly feel happy or whatever. The funny thing is I heard my mother was a Team Rocket agent. So I thought joining Team Rocket would help me find her so we could live together again, but I found out she died due to a avalanche. So my dream of being with my real mother again was crushed just like my other dreams."

Christopher felt sorry for Jessie after hearing her story.

Then James told his story. He explained his unfair life with his wealthy parents; having to do millions of lessons and activities and never being able to enjoy childhood because he was the only son and child of aristocrats.

"The only times I was ever happy was when I stayed at my grandparent's place." James said. "They always let me have fun and play, and they were never strict with me and stuff. I always felt free with them. But then of course my life got worse when my parents arranged my marriage to a woman named Jessebelle. At first I was interested in her looks, but then later on I realized how spoiled, bossy, sassy and rude she was. She always tormented me about what I did and even kept telling me what to do. There were even times when she insulted my pet Growlithe, Growlie. So one day I ran away from home because I had enough of the rules and status and of course her. After that I ended up going to Pokemon Tech and joining a biker gang with Jessie."

"What? You two met up before you decided to join Team Rocket?" Christopher asked.

"Yes. You see, when we met we were at Pokemon Tech." James said. "But we didn't do well there and were expelled. After that we joined a biker gang but that didn't work out for us either. So then we decided to go separate ways. After that like Jessie I tried to find a job and better life for myself, but I still wasn't free from my parent's grip despite running away ages ago. Because of their wealth they are able to control any company and any person they want. So if I ever did work at a company or live anywhere else, they would use their control to make me stop working for the company and force me to return home."

"So did you join Team Rocket to escape from your parents?" Christopher asked.

"Yes, Team Rocket is a company that my parents never tried to control because they know how evil the boss is." James said.

Christopher shook his head in disbelief.

During that time, Meowth was talking with Glameow. Glameow was telling him that she was abandoned by her trainer and she was bullied a lot by a Purugly.

"That's the same with me." Meowth said. "I was abandoned as a baby and got bullied and bossed around by a Persian. Because of that I dislike Persian and refuse to evolve into one."

Glameow admitted that she didn't want to evolve into Purugly because she didn't like them either.

"You and I are in the same boat Glameow." Meowth said.

Jessie, James and Christopher see Meowth talking to Glameow.

"Meowth certainly has taken a liking to that Glameow, hasn't he?" Jessie questioned.

"Well that Glameow is a girl, so he would." James said. "I've never seen him this happy, actually."

It was true; Meowth was feeling love-struck with Glameow. Christopher looked at the two Pokemon and smiled, then he got up and walked to the two cat Pokemon.

"Hey Meowth." He said. "Why don't you and Glameow stay here with me? I would really like you to work with me in my ramen restaurant because of that amazing skill you have slicing dough with your claws. Glameow could work here too and then both of you can always be together."

Meowth stared at Christopher then at Glameow.

"That sounds nice." He said at last. "I mean, all my life I've always wanted a happy home and someone to love me. But I don't know if I can leave Jessie, James or Team Rocket."

"Join Christopher Meowth." James interrupted.

"Yes this is the best or it might be the only chance to find real happiness." Jessie added.

"What are you two saying?" Meowth asked. "We have always been a team ever since we became members of Team Rocket."

"That Meowth, is something James and I need to tell you about."

"What do you mean?" Meowth asked.

Jessie and James looked very serious because this was something very important.

"The thing is, Meowth." Jessie said. "James and I have been offered new jobs so we have been thinking about leaving Team Rocket."

Meowth couldn't believe his ears.

"What? When did that happen?!" He gasped.

James spoke first.

"Do you remember when we met up with that gym leader Gardenia, Meowth?" James asked.

"Yes I do." Meowth answered.

"Well it's because of her I've gotten a new job offer." James said.

*Flashback*

James explained three days ago he got an email from Gardenia as she had his email address. Gardenia's email was talking about a very rich couple who needed somebody to look after all their grass type Pokemon. The couple owned a very famous and popular perfume company and grass type Pokemon was where they got most of their perfume ingredients from. Apparently the couple knew Gardenia and she told them about James. Because of that the couple was interested in James and they decided to see him. The email also said the couple lived in Hoenn.

*End Flashback*

"Wow, that sounds nice." Christopher said.

"It does to me too." James said. "The truth is, I've always liked grass type Pokemon ever since I was a kid. My grandparents had lots of grass type Pokemon so I played with them a lot while I grew up."

"Then you should do it, as that new job involves something you really love." Christopher said. "Remember I decided to work with ramen because I really like it too."

"Yes, you're right." James smiled.

"What is this place like?" Meowth asked.

James showed Meowth, Jessie and Christopher pictures of the place. The perfume company was big and it was in a big, grassy area and the grass type Pokemon lived in big greenhouses. James even showed a picture of all the grass type Pokemon the couple kept. They had all the grass type Pokemon you get in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh, but not the other five regions.

"I think that will be great for you James." Jessie said. "Oh, but won't your parents get in the way again once they find out about your new job?"

"Not at this place." James said. "Because the owner of that company is someone whose status, wealth and reputation is higher than my parents. So my parents won't get in the way this time and I'll be free."

"That's great." Jessie replied.

Christopher and Meowth were happy to hear that too.

"But what about you Jessie?" Meowth asked.

"Well Meowth, do you remember when we noticed a car accident last week?" Jessie asked.

"Oh yes, I remember that." Meowth said. "A truck was taking some Pokemon to a Pokemon Center. But then a Stantler carelessly walked into the road and the truck swerved to try and miss the Stantler. In the end the truck fell on it's side and both the driver and the Pokemon were injured. And since we were there we quickly ran to a phone booth for help. Then some ambulances came to help the driver and a Nurse Joy helped the Pokemon. So what's that got to do with you Jessie?"

"Well, it's like this." Jessie said.

*Flashback*

Jessie explained that while Nurse Joy was tending to the injured Pokemon, she called out for some help. Remembering everything she learned from the Pokemon nurse school, Jessie ran over to help Nurse Joy. What Jessie didn't know was Nurse Joy watched her while she tended to the Pokemon.

*End flashback*

"You really helped the injured Pokemon Jessie?" Christopher asked.

"I may be a Team Rocket member Christopher, but I still don't like seeing a Pokemon suffer." Jessie said.

"It is true, because Jessie helped her Granbull when it was injured before she captured it." James added. "And to tell you the truth, I don't like seeing Pokemon suffer either."

"Okay, so what happened next Jessie?" Christopher asked.

"Well." Jessie said. "After the Pokemon had been sent to the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy had a conversation with me. She asked me when I learned how to tend to sick and injured Pokemon, and I told her about the time when I tried to become a Pokemon nurse at the nursing school for Chansey's. I also told her how I couldn't graduate because I couldn't sooth patients to sleep with sing as I wasn't really a Chansey."

"What did Nurse Joy say?" Christopher asked.

"Well, after listening to my story Nurse Joy asked me for my phone number because she decided to do something about me not being able to become a Pokemon nurse." Jessie said. "Then I got a phone call from her yesterday. She said she talked to the other Nurse Joy's and they decided to help me get into a Pokemon nursing school for humans in Johto."

"Wow, that means your efforts of trying to become a Pokemon nurse will pay off after all Jessie." Christopher said.

"I hope so." Jessie said.

"I take it that's why you two have been acting strangely; being all quiet and so." Meowth said.

"Sorry Meowth, but Jessie and I didn't know what to say to you because we weren't sure what we would do." James said.

"Well first things first." Meowth said. "You two should go for these new jobs. Jessie, you told me and James you once blew your chance when you first experienced happiness by not grabbing that chance. Well this chance might be your only chance for new happiness again so grab it this time. And James I know how much you wanted a normal carefree life because of the life you had with your parents. Not to mention you really like grass type Pokemon, so this will be perfect for you to start a new life for yourself. You don't need to worry about me because I've now found the love I've been searching and waiting for all my life. I'm willing to give up Team Rocket to be with Glameow."

Jessie and James were surprised by what Meowth said, but they were happy they didn't have to worry about him now.

"So are you three going to give up Team Rocket and pursue your new lives like I did?" Christopher asked.

"Yes we are." James answered. "But there is one thing we need to deal with first."

"That's right. We need to go and give resignation letters to the boss." Jessie said.

"He won't like this." Meowth said.

"It's true, I mean we know too much and have done a lot already for Team Rocket, so it won't be easy to leave it." James said.

"Yes, but let's not blow our chances again and get better, happier lives for ourselves." Jessie said.

James and Meowth agreed. So it was official that the trio was going to leave Team Rocket.

"Can you take care of Glameow for me until I return?" Meowth asked Christopher.

He agreed and even let the trio stay at his place for tonight which they accepted.

*The next day...*

The trio went to a harbor to board a ship that would take them back to Kanto. Christopher was seeing them off.

"Christopher, thank you." James said. "If we hadn't met up with you, we probably wouldn't have had the courage to decide to quit Team Rocket."

"I'm glad I could pay my debt to you Jessie, James." Christopher smiled. "Well good luck dealing with the boss and I wish you two luck with your new jobs in Johto and Hoenn."

"You continue living happily with your ramen shops Christopher." James said. "And promise us you will take good care of Meowth."

"Don't worry, I will." Christopher promised.

So the trio said goodbye to him and walked onto the ship.

*Two days later...*

Jessie, James and Meowth made it to Vermilion City in Kanto and made their way to Team Rocket headquarters in a rented car.

"Well this is it." James said.

"Yeah, time to face the boss now." Jessie said.

The trio bravely and nervously made their way to Giovanni's office.

"You got our resignation letters James?" Jessie asked.

"All ready." James answered. "And I called him to let him know we were coming."

"I have a bad feeling that this isn't going to be easy." Meowth said.

"That is why we have to be brave Meowth." James said. "You have to be brave for Glameow who's waiting for you back in Sinnoh."

"Yes you're right." Meowth sighed.

Soon the trio finally made it to headquarters.

"Ready?" Jessie asked.

"Ready." James and Meowth answered together.

The trio walked to Giovanni's office and knocked on the door. A voice shouted 'Come in' and the trio went inside. Giovanni was sitting at his desk.

"Ah it's you three." Giovanni said. "I got your phone call saying you wanted to see me about something. So what is it?"

Jessie, James and Meowth bravely presented their resignation envelopes to Giovanni with hesitation.

"Sir we wish to quit Team Rocket." James said.

Before Giovanni said anything Meowth spoke first.

"The thing is, sir." He said. "I've found a mate and wish to leave Team Rocket so I could live with her for the rest of my life."

"I wish to leave Team Rocket sir because an old friend of mine asked me to come and work with her." Jessie said.

"And I wish to leave Team Rocket sir because a relative of mine asked me to come live with him because he's sick and he has no one else living with him." James said.

Jessie and James were making their reasons up because they knew Giovanni would probably have someone keep an eye on them while they worked for somebody else. Giovanni stared at the trio for a moment.

"You three do know the consequences of leaving Team Rocket, don't you?" He asked.

"Yes sir." James said. "We know that once we leave we can never come back here again. But we are fine with that sir."

"And we fully understand that we cannot tell anyone about Team Rocket and everything." Jessie said. "So you can threaten us all you want. But we do promise to keep our mouths shut about Team Rocket. We just want to give up our lives of crime and live like normal people."

Giovanni stared at the trio again.

"Very well." He said. "You may leave, but you better keep your word about never revealing anything or you will be facing death."

"We understand sir." The trio said together.

So the trio bid farewell to Giovanni and left the office.

Persian, who had been in the office the whole time, looked at his master.

"Ah no need to worry about those three Persian." Giovanni said. "They won't be a threat to me or the organization because they don't know a lot. If they were admins, executives or anything else higher I wouldn't let them go free. But those three; they were just grunts, nothing worthwhile."

So luckily for Jessie, James and Meowth they were let off the hook by Giovanni.

*Meanwhile...*

Jessie and James were getting rid of their uniforms and donning normal outfits in the changing rooms. Meowth was waiting for them outside. Just then James came out first and he was wearing a pair of grey trousers, a white shirt, a green waist coat and a pair of brown shoes. He even had his hair tied back.

"Nice outfit James." Meowth said.

"Well since I am going to be working for a rich couple I have to dress smart for them." James replied.

"I wonder what's taking Jessie so long?" Meowth asked.

"You know Jessie. Always taking longer to get ready." James said.

Soon Jessie came out. She was wearing a shirt, a skirt and flat shoes. But she had taken off her lipstick. Her hair was tied in a ponytail.

"Ready to leave now boys?" Jessie asked.

"Ready as I will ever be." James answered.

"Same here." Meowth said.

The trio each picked up a suitcase and they got ready to leave headquarters.

Suddenly the trio was stopped by Cassidy and Butch.

"Well, well, well." Cassidy said. "Seeing you two leave with suitcases must mean you were fired right?"

"Actually Cassidy, we quit." Jessie corrected her.

"That's right." James said. "We've had enough of Team Rocket so we are working and living somewhere else."

"Ha that's hard to believe." Butch laughed.

"Believe what you want, but we are leaving of our own free will." Jessie said.

"Well I guess this is goodbye then since you won't be allowed to come back." Cassidy sneered.

"Coming back is the last thing we want to do." Jessie replied.

"Now if you don't mind, we have a boat to catch." James said.

"Yeah and may you two continue enjoy working for Team Rocket." Meowth said.

The trio walked away with Cassidy and Butch silently watching them. That was the last time the trio would see the duo.

Jessie, James and Meowth looked at headquarters one last time, once they were outside.

"I don't know about you boys, but I don't feel any emotions or remorse about leaving this place." Jessie said.

"That's probably because we were never happy here." James said.

"I agree with you there James." Meowth said. "Especially since everyone, including the boss, didn't care about us."

"Come on let's just get out of here." Jessie said. "We need to catch our boats."

James and Meowth agreed and they and Jessie caught a bus for the harbor.

Sometime later, the trio arrived at the harbor. Jessie was getting a boat for Johto, James for Hoenn and Meowth for Sinnoh. The trio stared at each other.

"Well this is it." James said.

"Yep time for us to separate." Meowth said.

"Jessie, best of luck working as a Pokemon nurse." James said.

"Best of luck working with grass type Pokemon James." Jessie said.

"I hope both of you will be happy." Meowth said.

"Meowth be sure to work hard under Christopher's instructions." James said.

"Yes and make sure you keep that Glameow of yours happy." Jessie said.

"Don't worry, I will." Meowth smiled.

Soon it was time for the boats to leave. The trio gave each other tearful goodbyes and hugs, then boarded their boats for their new futures.

It was sad for Jessie, James and Meowth to go separate ways, because they had so many memories of being with each other. But they had always wished for new happy lives, and now their wishes were finally coming true.