Poke-Odyssey 2001 chapter 14

Togepi Panic and Wobbuffet Fret

After winning a Metro Badge from the fourth Ryooku gym leader, Cameron and 
friends were now relaxing at the Ketchupopolis Pokemon center.  And it was 
huge! 

"Wow, this Pokemon center is almost as big as a baseball stadium!" said Cameron 
as he and the others were sitting on some sofas tending to their Pokemon.

"Ketchupopolis is the biggest city in Ryooku", said Tracey. "So a lot of people 
would come here."

"And there must be over a hundred Nurse Joys here", said Ash.  Sure enough, 
there were about a hundred Nurse Joys, Chanseys, and Blisseys all at counters, 
tending to people's Pokemon and chatting with trainers.

"If Brock were here, I'd bet he'd bust his hormones out all over the place", 
said Misty remembering all the times Brock went ga-ga over every pretty girl 
they met on their first journeys.

Just then, Togepi started jumping up and down on the sofa. "TOGE  TOGE!" he 
started cooing. "Togepi, what's the matter?" asked Misty as she steadied him.

"TOGE TOGE!" cried Togepi shaking around in Misty's hands making her let go of 
him.  Then Togepi started bouncing around again shouting even louder, "TOGE 
TOGE!"

"Why are you acting so hyper?" asked Misty. "I'm going to have to make you cut 
down on the cola if that's what's causing it!"

"Like the Slowbro that feels uncomfortable with its old shell and wants to seek 
a cleaner, more fitting one, maybe Togepi needs a diaper change", said Reiko.

"But Togepi doesn't wear diapers!" said Misty.

"Maybe he needs his shell changed", said Cameron.

"Well, where am I supposed to get another Togepi shell?!" demanded Misty. "From 
a shell vending machine?"

"TOGE  TOGE!" shouted Togepi as he bounced off the couch and started bouncing 
on Pikachu's, Sandy's, and Growlithe's heads. "Shrew!" said Sandy as he managed 
to catch Togepi while the other two Pokemon tried to hold him down.

"Do you think he's sick?" asked Ash.

"I hope not!" cried Misty in a panic. "He's the only Togepi I've got!"

"Don't worry Misty", said Tracey. "Remember, this place is always Joyful!  Oh, 
excuse me Nurse Joy", said Tracey calling the Joy that was nearest to them.

"Yes, what can I do for you?" asked Joy with a smile.

"My Togepi is acting really funny", said Misty. "Can you check and see what's 
eating him?"

"Oh dear", said Joy while trying to maintain a smile.

"I don't like the way you said those two small words", said Misty really nervous.

"I'm sorry", said Joy. "It's just that I've never treated a Togepi before.  In 
fact, no Joy ever has.  Togepis are extremely rare and no one in my family tree 
has ever had the experience of treating and curing one."

"But can't you still try?" asked Ash.

"I suppose I could give it a shot", smiled Joy. "Who knows.  I might become 
the world's most famous Joy if I cure an actual Togepi!" And she bent down to 
examine the hopping Togepi.

"Please sit still Togepi", said Misty as she held him down. "The nice nurse 
wants to check you out."

"How ya doin' sweetie?" smiled Joy as she patted Togepi's head and then took 
her stethoscope. "This may feel cold to you for a second, but I just want to 
listen to all the sweetness you've got inside you." And she started listening to 
Togepi's heart.

Togepi just smiled, took the metal piece, and started screaming out. "TOGE!  
TOGE!  TOGEPIIIIIII!" Joy got tossed back while giant drums popped out of her 
ears banging like crazy and then quickly went back in.

"You've got the sweetness of a sourball kiddo!" said Joy in a daze.

"Togepi!  You bad Pokemon!" scolded Misty as she waved her finger at the egg.  
But Togepi just happily grabbed it and squeezed affectionately.

"Please don't be hard on him", said Joy as she sat back up. "Lots of Pokemon 
like to do that to me.  Now listening to a Snorlax's growling tummy will 
definitely make you go deaf!"

"Uh, excuse me Nurse Joy!" said a weak, sad, voice.  Everyone turned around and 
found a poor teenage guy with red shaggy hair and a few missing teeth.  He was 
covered in bandages and was using a crutch.

"Well if it isn't Billy Wesler", sighed Joy. "For the 87th time too.  All right, 
what's he done this time?"

"He wanted to know what a moving lawn mover tastes like", groaned Billy as he 
took out a Pokeball and released a blue blob-like creature with a round head, 
eyes closed tightly, funny looking arms, and a skinny torso with funny feet and 
a black, flat tail.  It too was covered with bandages. "WOB!" it wailed in pain.

"What is that thing?" asked Cameron as he took out his Pokedex.

"WOBBUFFET: the patient Pokemon", replied Dextra. "To keep its pitch black tail 
hidden, Wobbuffet lives quietly in the darkness.  It is never the first to attack."

"Don't worry Billy", said Joy as she took his Pokeball and sucked the Wobbuffet 
back in. "I'll take him to the back and fix him up.  You'll know when he's better 
once you feel yourself getting better."

"I know the drill", moaned Billy as he plopped down in pain on the couch.

"But what about my Togepi?" asked Misty.

"Don't worry dear", said Joy as she picked up the hyper Togepi in her other arm. 
"I'll take them both to the back and treat them.  It shouldn't take very long." 
And she walked off with a Pokeball in one hand and a squirming Togepi in the 
other and stepped through a door where a light with a red cross started to flash.

"I hope Joy will be able to help Togepi", said Misty nervously.

"Don't worry about it", said Billy. "I go to that Nurse Joy regularly.  She's the 
best when it comes to my always-causing-me-pain Wobbuffet.  You little egg is 
in good hands."

"What happened to you?" asked Tracey as he studied the boy who looked as injured 
as that Wobbuffet. "Did that lawn mower do this to you too?"

"No, it actually only hurt Wobbuffet", moaned Billy. "I just shared his pain as 
always."

"What do you mean by that?" asked Cameron.

"Well, you see... AUGGGH!" cried Billy for he suddenly got an electric shock.

"Pikachu, how could you?!" scolded Ash.

"Pika, Pi!" protested Pikachu for he didn't shock Billy at all.

"Sorry Billy", said Joy as she opened the door. "The minute I let Wobbuffet free 
from his ball, he started licking a wall socket."

"No problem", moaned a charred Billy. "I'm use to it.  Wobbuffet's done much 
worse to me."

"You mean you can feel your Wobbuffet's pain?" asked Misty. "How is that 
possible?"

"Wobbuffet destiny bonded with me!" groaned Billy. 

"Destiny bond?" asked Cameron. "What's that?"

"It's a special power some Pokemon have", explained Tracey. "When a Pokemon is 
about to lose a battle, it destiny bonds with its opponent so if it gets hurt or 
defeated, the opponent will feel it too."

"When Wobbuffet was baby, he innocently put a destiny bond on me", moaned Billy. 
"So whenever he gets hurt, I get hurt too!  I asked him to remove the bond but he 
doesn't know how!"

"By the look of your appearance, you must come to this Pokemon center a lot", 
said Reiko.

"Almost every day!" wailed Billy. "That Wobbuffet is so accident prone.  One 
time, he thought it would be fun to take a spin in the washer-dryer.  Both of us 
ended up being all bruised and fluffy, but with a nice mountain spring fresh 
feeling!"

"How terrible!" said Misty. "Have you ever thought of trading him for a better, 
less painful Pokemon?"

"Nobody around here wants a Wobbuffet!" groaned Billy. "They can't learn any 
attacks and the people in this town know if they get my Wobbuffet, he might 
destiny bond with them and put them through the pain I'm feeling.  So I guess 
we're soul mates for life, which'll probably be a short one soon!"

"A Pokemon that can't learn any attacks?" asked Cameron. "That's kind of tough 
when you want to put it in a Pokemon battle."

"Uh, excuse me", said Joy as she approached Misty with an embarrassed look on 
her face. 

"I don't like that look you're giving me", said Misty nervously. "Is my Togepi 
okay?"

"I'm not really sure", said Joy with a sweatdrop behind her head.

"NOT REALLY SURE?!!" shouted Misty.

"The reason I'm saying that is because Togepi's gone", said Joy sadly.

"WHAAAT?!!!" screamed Misty as she grabbed the Nurse by her collar.  Ash grabbed 
Misty and made her sit back down.

"He just bounced right out of my hands and out an open window!" cried Joy. "I 
tried to catch him but he was too quick for me!  And the last I saw him was him 
leaving the center and running into an alley."

"TOGEPI!!!" wailed Misty while tears gushed out of her eyes.  Pikachu and Sandy 
quickly took out some little umbrellas just before the water could soak them.

"What about my Wobbuffet?" asked Billy. "Is he okay right now?"

"I've also wanted to talk to you about that too Billy", said Joy while another 
sweatdrop formed behind her head. "When Wobbuffet saw Togepi jump out the 
window, he tried to get him back.  I tried to stop Wobbuffet, but he just slipped 
out of my arms and jumped out of the window wobbling after Togepi."

"Oh no!" cried Billy. "Who knows what kind of trouble and pain Wobbuffet could 
get himself into in this big city?!" 

"Who cares about your dumb Wobbuffet?!" cried Misty. "My innocent little Togepi's 
out there with all those dangerous people and traffic!  He could become a poached 
Pokemon if he doesn't look both ways before crossing the street!"

"I care about Wobbuffet!" demanded Billy. "If he gets hurt in any way, I'll know!  
OUCH!!" he cried.  Billy took off his shoe and sock and saw that the bottom of 
his foot was slightly burned.

"What happened to your foot?" asked Tracey.

"Wobbuffet must've stepped on a lit cigarette", moaned Billy. "I'm too familiar 
with that pain!"

"Here, let me.." said Joy as she applied some ointment to Billy's foot.

"Thank you Joy", said Billy as he put his sock and shoe back on.

"Well, why are we just sitting around here for?!" cried Misty. "We got two wild 
and fancy free Pokemon to save!"

"Nurse Joy", said Ash. "Can you show us where Togepi and Wobbuffet escaped to?"

"Right this way", said Joy as she led them through the door she just came out of 
and led them to another door that led them to the back of the center. "They 
rushed right through that alley", said Joy. "That will lead them to downtown 
Ketchupopolis.  I'm sorry I wasn't able to capture them."

"That's okay Nurse Joy", said Ash. "We know it's wasn't really your fault."

"YES IT WAS!!!" said both Misty and Billy angrily.

"Sandy, can you track down those Pokemon with your sniffing power?" asked 
Cameron.

"Shrew!" said Sandy as he started sniffing around and quickly got Togepi's and 
Wobbuffet's scent.

"Like the clamped Shellder that assists its Slowbro partner, can you help out 
Sandy with the tracking?" Reiko asked Growlithe.

"GROWL!" grumbled Growlithe as he started sniffing around too.  Normally, he 
didn't like taking orders from this Ex-rocket, but he was doing this for Togepi. 
"GROWL!" said Growlithe as he caught the scent and ordered our heroes to follow 
him.

"Shrew!" said Sandy who also got the scent and followed after Growlithe.

"Let's go everyone", said Cameron. "They've picked up the scents!" And he and 
our heroes and Billy left the Pokemon center while Joy waved them all good luck.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Togepi saw a bunch of Pidgeys picking some breadcrumbs off the sidewalk.  He 
happily skipped over chasing the birds away and started to eat the crumbs himself.  
The Pidgeys were not amused that this egg was stealing their food and they 
started to fly up in the air getting ready to peck little Togepi. "WOB!" cried 
Wobbuffet seeing all those Pidgeys about to attack.  He quickly jumped in front 
of Togepi while all the Pidgeys started pecking poor Wobbuffet instead. "WOB!" 
he cried out while Togepi just happily skipped away.

"Ouch!  OW!  OW!" cried Billy as he started squirming while everyone stopped. 
"What's wrong Billy?" asked Ash.

"It's Wobbuffet!  OW!" cried Billy as he looked at his arm and saw peck-marks 
popping up on his skin. "He must've walked into a place that's sharp and pointy, 
like a bird sanctuary!"

"That means poor little Togepi might be feeling the same pain!" cried Misty. 
"We've got to save him!!!" she cried while shaking poor Ash around.

"Take it easy Mist!" cried Ash trying to pry himself from his girlfriend's grip. 
"Shaking me around won't bring Togepi back!"

"Shrew!" "Growl!" said both Sandy and Growlithe as they pointed to the next 
direction while everyone followed.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Wobbuffet, who had escaped the Pidgeys, was now standing near a sidewalk catching 
his breath.  "Toge!  Toge!" called out Togepi's cute voice. "Wob?" asked 
Wobbuffet as he looked at the street and found Togepi jumping up and down happily 
in the center of the street while speeding cars were zipping past him.

"WOB!" cried Wobbuffet as he looked both ways to make sure no cars were coming.  
Then he wobbled into the street and picked up Togepi.  But since Wobbuffet didn't 
have any fingers, Togepi easily slipped right through his arms and ran off. "Wob!" 
moaned Wobbuffet while shaking his head.  Then a speeding truck knocked Wobbuffet 
off the road sending him flying into the air and into a store that sells sharp, 
pointy objects.

*      *      *      *      *      *

"AAAUGGH!" cried Billy as he magically got tossed into the air sending him into a 
store that sells fluffy pillows.  Our heroes followed Billy into the store and 
found him lying comfortably on a huge stack of pillows.

"Talk about being lucky", said Cameron. "It looks like you didn't get hurt after 
all!"

"I wish I could say the same for my Wobbuffet!  OW!" cried Billy as he saw the 
little cuts appearing on his skin.  Even though Billy landed on something soft, 
his Wobbuffet obviously didn't.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Wobbuffet managed to crawl out of the store with a few toothpicks, cactus 
needles, shards of glass, and a small jackknife stuck in his back.  He shook them 
all off and continued his search for Togepi. "WOB!" cried Wobbuffet when he saw 
where Togepi was now.  On top of a huge construction site swinging around on a 
narrow girder hanging from a chain.  Wobbuffet sighed as he wobbled into the site.  
Luckily it was the weekend so there were no workers around to stop Wobbuffet.  
He pushed the button on a nearby elevator and went up it.

However, two people were hanging around the site, (If you could call them human), 
along with an evil-minded Meowth. "This is the perfect spot to train our new 
Pokemon", said Jessie.

"Yes, it's perfectly abandoned!" laughed James.

"Just like your head Jimbo!" laughed Meowth.

"Let's see if they can knock down that building those blue collars worked so hard 
to build!" snickered Jessie. "Go Bython.

"Good idea Jess", snickered James, "Go Hakking!" Both Hakking and Bython appeared 
right in front of their masters looking as evil as ever.  Then they suddenly 
looked at the sun and started to make hissing and moaning noises while covering 
their many eyes.

"What's wrong guys?" asked James. "It's just the sun.  It gives you beautiful 
tans!"

Hakking and Bython just approached their Pokeballs, tapped them, and got sucked 
inside.  Jessie started to get angry. "You're not gonna let a little thing like a 
yellow ball of warmth get the best of you are you?!" growled Jessie as she tried 
to pry open Bython's Pokeball but wouldn't open.  It was like Bython was holding 
it shut from the inside.

"Yeah, it's only scary if the sun starts to swoop down and attack you like a 
fireball!" said Meowth remembering the time he played a game called Super Mario 
Bros. 3.

"Stop saying that!" hollered Jessie as she squashed Meowth with her foot. "You'll 
just make them even more cowardly!"

"Maybe since these guys are now part dark-types", said James. "Sunlight is their 
main weakness."

"Gee, I'd never thought of that!" said Jessie as she looked at her Pokeball 
realizing that her once mighty sun-loving Arbok was now an even more vicious 
Bython with a weakness to the sun. "You mean we can only bring out these two at 
night?"

"Why not?" asked Meowth. "We villains do our best work at night anyway!"

"Very well", sighed Jessie. "From now on when causing trouble at night, we'll use 
Bython and Hakking, but when it's daytime, we'll use Snubbull and Girafarig."

"Those are gonna be long days!" sighed Meowth imagining all those daytimes that 
Snubbull will bite his tail.

"Hey, what's that over there?" asked James as he pointed to the group that just 
entered the site.

"It's Team goody-good!" laughed Meowth. "Walking right into our claws!"

"Don't you mean our clutches?" asked James. "You're the only one with claws."

"And unlike you, I know how to use 'em!" growled Meowth as he slashed James's 
face.

"I think I have a brilliant idea as usual!" smiled Jessie as she stared at a 
cement mixer sitting on the roof of the second floor of the building.

*      *      *      *      *      *

Our heroes were looking around the site for Togepi and Wobbuffet unaware that the 
Rockets were planning something no good. "Shouldn't we be wearing hardhats?" 
asked Cameron. "After all this is a construction site."

"I don't see any around", said Ash.

"Me neither!" said Tracey.

"We don't have time to shop for hats!" shouted Misty in a panic. "We have to 
concentrate on finding my baby!  Togepi!  Where are you sweetie?!"

"Wobbuffet!  Where are you you good for nothing pain-causer?!" shouted Billy.

"Look up there!" shouted Reiko as she pointed to the building where they saw 
Togepi swinging around on a girder on a chain. 

"Togepi!  Get down from there now!" screamed Misty. "Toge!" said Togepi as he 
started swinging around some more causing the chain to grow thin and getting 
ready to snap.

"No! Don't get down that way!" cried Misty while covering her eyes.

"Look!" shouted Cameron as they saw another Pokemon on the building trying to 
reach for Togepi.

"No Wobbuffet!" shouted Billy. "You'll fall to your doom and my doom as well!"

"WOB!" shouted Wobbuffet as he jumped right on top of the girder, grabbed Togepi, 
and jumped back onto the building just before the chain snapped and the girder 
smashed onto the ground.

"Hey, Wobbuffet just saved Togepi!" smiled Ash.

"Thank you, you wonderful Wobbuffet!" shouted Misty with relief.

"I guess Wobbuffets wobble, but they don't fall down", said Cameron.

"Way to go Wobbuffet!" sighed Billy. "And you've actually done something without 
hurting me!"

"Wob!" said Wobbuffet proudly while holding Togepi tightly so he wouldn't slip 
out of his grip.  Just then, Wobbuffet spotted some people tilting a cement mixer 
on the second floor. "WOBBUFFET!" he tried to warn them.

"What is it Wobbuffet?" asked Billy. 

"WOB!" cried Wobbuffet as he pointed to the cloud of cement that was about to 
drop right on them.

"It looks like some kind of rain cloud", said Ash.

"I don't think so", said Tracey using his keen eye to find out what it was. "It's 
something worse!  Run for it!" But it was too late.  The cement plopped down on 
the six humans and their Pokemon.

"What is this stuff?!" cried Misty. "It's yucky and it's ruining my designer 
clothes!"

"It's quick drying cement!" cried Tracey. "Hurry, call out your water Pokemon to 
wash it off before it dries!"

"All right guys!" said Misty as she reached into her cement covered backpack 
and tried to grab every Pokeball she had. "I need you to, to, OH NO!  I can't 
move!"

"Tentacruel, Kingler, I choose..." shouted Reiko but her arms became stiff before 
she could release her Pokemon.

"It looks like we're too late!" cried Tracey for they were all stuck in a huge 
cement block with only their heads sticking out. 

"I feel like Mt. Rushmore!" cried Cameron trying to break free but couldn't. 
"Sandy!  Where are you?!" cried Cameron realizing that there was no sign of his 
Sandshrew.

"Pikachu!  Are you still around?" asked Ash nervously.

"Growlithe?" asked Reiko.  Then she felt something furry against her leg. "Oh 
dear!" cried Reiko. "Like the Kabuto that gets trapped in layers of dirt and gets 
fossilized, the same thing has happened to our Pokemon!"

"You mean Sandy's underneath all that cement?!" gasped Cameron. "He'll suffocate 
to death!"

"Pikachu!" cried Ash. "If you're still alive under there.  Please give me a sign!" 
And Pikachu did by giving him a small thundershock. "Good!" said Ash a little 
relieved but a little crispy underneath.

"Who would want to cement us like this?" asked Billy.

"Isn't it obvious?" said Reiko. "Show yourselves you miserable cowards!"

"Cowards?!" cackled Jessie as she, James, and Meowth slid down the building on 
a rope and appeared right in front of our stone-trapped heroes. "Look who's 
talking Miss. I'm Too Scared To Get Out of Team Rocket Because My Mighty Queen 
Will Be Mean To Me!"

"GRRRRR!" growled Reiko just wanting to poke Jessie another belly button with 
her katana.

"Well that cement is one way to give you a backbone!" laughed Meowth as he leapt 
up on the stone and gave Reiko a few scratches on her cheek.

"You leave her alone you rotten cat!" shouted Cameron. 

"Okay, I'll leave her alone", smiled Meowth. "And pick on you!  I think I'll take 
back the eye you took from me a couple of years ago!" And he tilted down 
Cameron's glasses and was about to poke out one of Cameron's eyes with his claw.

"MEOOOWTH!" shouted Meowth as Reiko bit his tail.  He jumped down and started 
running around in pain.

"James, let's send out a couple of Pokemon who know how to do the job right!" 
said Jessie. "Go Snubbull!"

"Go Girafarig!" shouted James.  But it all ended up with the usual Snubbull 
biting onto Meowth's already sore tail and Girafarig's tail biting James's head 
while Girafarig's head was trying to pull him free.

"These are the Pokemon that know how to do a job right?" laughed Ash.

"No no", said Jessie as she yanked Snubbull away from Meowth's tail. "You don't 
want to bite scrawny Meowth tails.  You want to bite fat little heads like those 
over there!  Give 'em your bite attack!"

"Snubbull!" said the dog as she jumped on the block and started biting everyone's 
cheeks.

"You join in with your stomp attack Girafarig!" said James. "Giraf!" said 
Girafarig as it got on top of the rock and started stomping on the heads of our 
heroes while Snubbull continued with her biting.

"I knew we should've worn hardhats!" cried Cameron as his head continued to get 
stomped and bitten along with the others.

Up on the building, Wobbuffet suddenly felt some painful bites and footprints on 
his blue skin. "WOB!" cried Wobbuffet as he looked down and saw his master 
getting attacked by two Pokemon.  He quickly grabbed a rope with one arm while 
holding Togepi with his other and slid down it landing on the rock.  He quickly 
pushed Snubbull and Girafarig off and checked on his master's bruised and bitten 
head.

"You saved me!" said Billy with tears. "How could I ever thank you?" 

"Wob!" said Wobbuffet smiling while stroking Billy's bruised face.

"Pi?" cried Togepi as he hugged his mommy's bruised head. "I'll be okay sweetie!" 
said Misty weakly. "At least I think so."

"WOB!" growled Wobbuffet as he jumped off the stone and stared at the villains 
with closed angry eyes.

"He looks like some kind of punching bag", said Meowth.

"Let's just see how many punches blue boy here can take!" cackled Jessie.

"Oh no!" cried Billy as he shut his eyes waiting for the attacks. "If only you 
knew some kind of attack!"

"Girafarig, use your take down attack!" commanded James. Girafarig snorted and 
charged right at the clueless Wobbuffet. But the attack didn't touch Wobbuffet 
at all. He just sent it back knocking out Girafarig's head with its tail looking 
down at its unconscious front half.

"What just happened?" gasped Billy as he saw his Wobbuffet unharmed.

"I think Wobbuffet just used a counter attack", said Tracey.

"You mean my Wobbuffet can learn counter attacks?" asked Billy surprised that his 
Wobbuffet actually defeated an opponent.

"Let's see if I can frighten that little blob away", said Jessie. "Snubbull, use 
your scary face attack!"

"Wobbuffet, can you learn mirror coat?" asked Billy.

"Wob!" smiled Wobbuffet as he extended his chest out.

"SNUBBULL!!" growled Snubbull as she created an illusion of a huge scary face 
frightening our heroes.  But Wobbuffet used his mirror coat power creating a 
reflection of Snubbull's scary face. "SNUBBULL!" cried Snubbull as she saw her 
own scary reflection on Wobbuffet's chest causing her to run back into Jessie's 
arms.

"I can't believe that a wonderful thing called a mirror could end up defeating 
someone", gasped Jessie in shock as she stared at her shaking Snubbull.

"Hey Jimmy, your Girafarig's tail is still active!" said Meowth. "Order it to 
crunch that creep!"

"Okay Meowth", said James. "Girafarig, use your crunch attack!" 

"FARIG!" said the tail as it tried to crunch James. "No, not me!" cried James 
trying to hold that toothy mouth of Girafarig's tail open. "Crunch that blue guy 
over there!"

"FARIG!" growled Girafarig's tail as it crunched Wobbuffet's body before he could 
counter back that attack.

"WOB!" cried Wobbuffet as those fangs broke his blue skin, not to mention his 
spinal cord.

"AAAAUUGGGH!" cried Billy for he felt his spine break too from inside the stone.

"Oh no!" cried Cameron. "Someone's gotta do something or else Billy and Wobbuffet 
are done for!"

"SHREW!" called out a muffled voice from inside the rock. 

"Sandy?" asked Cameron.  Suddenly the rock they were all trapped in started to 
crack for Sandy was using his rock smash power to break free.  And it happened.  
Everyone was free from their rocky imprisonment and Sandy stood on top of the 
rubble calling out a mighty "SHREW!"

"Thank you Sandy", said Cameron."

"Do you actually think your bothersome little sandbag can defeat our Pokemon?" 
laughed Jessie. "We'll just see.  Snubbull, use your take down attack!"

"Girafarig!  Give him another crunch attack!" commanded James.

"Sandy, it's time to blow away those creeps with a sandstorm!" said Cameron. 

"Shrew!" shouted Sandy as he blasted a huge sandstorm from his tiny mouth that 
knocked Snubbull back and sending a boulder knocking out Girafarig's tail making 
both ends unconscious.  Then the sandstorm turned into a whirlwind blowing away 
the Pokemon along with the Rockets.

"I'm getting sand in my eyes!" cried Meowth while rubbing them.

"Don't you mean eye?" shouted James as he pointed to Meowth's eye-patch.

"I'm too discomforted to care about how many body parts I got!" shouted Meowth.

"Well I care about my body!" cried Jessie. "This sand is ruining my mascara!"

"Looks like Team Rocket's sandblasting off again!" they all shouted as the 
sandstorm blew them out of sight.

"Shrew!" said Sandy as he fell onto the rock pile all exhausted.

"Thank you Sandy", smiled Cameron as he picked him up and patted him. "You're 
the real Mighty Mouse in this world!"

"Shrew!" smiled a tired Sandy.

"Billy, are you all right?!" cried Misty as they looked down on the ground and 
saw a collapsed Billy and Wobbuffet.  Tracey went over and examined them.

"It doesn't look good", said Tracey sadly. "I think they're both dying!"

"WOB!" cried Wobbuffet telling his master that he was sorry for doing this to him.

"Hey, don't worry about it old buddy", said Billy with a weak smile. "You were 
trying to protect me from those bad guys and I appreciate that even if you didn't 
succeed.  But don't worry, where we're going, we won't be feeling any more pain.  
How does that sound to you?"

"Wobbuffet!" whispered Wobbuffet as he and Billy both passed out.  Everyone 
looked at the unconscious Pokemon and trainer with tears in their eyes.

"It's just not fair!" cried Cameron. "Why does Team Rocket have to cause such 
misery all the time?!"

"They will pay!" scowled a sad Reiko. "Mark my ninja's word, those blackhearts 
will pay!"

"Togepi!" cried Togepi as he saw the dying Wobbuffet lying on the ground.  This 
Pokemon had saved him from falling off a building and this was the thanks 
Wobbuffet got for being a hero. "Toge.  Togepi!" cried Togepi as he kneeled down 
and started whispering a little prayer.  Suddenly, Togepi started to float in the 
air and started to grow.

"Togepi?" gasped Misty as she saw her egg change shape.  He now had an even 
bigger crown-shaped head with a long white neck.  And he was hovering in the air 
with little fairy wings. "My little angel's become a real angel!" whispered Misty.

"Togetic!" whispered the new Pokemon while Cameron slowly took out his Pokedex.

"TOGETIC: the happiness Pokemon.  The evolved form of Togepi", replied Dextra. 
"They say that Togetic will appear before kindhearted, caring people and shower 
them with happiness."

"Togetic", smiled Togetic as he started waving his arms around sprinkling some 
magic dust on Billy and Wobbuffet.  Suddenly, the two woke up and found 
themselves all healed.

"What just happened?" asked Billy as the others helped him up. "Is that a 
guardian angel who just saved us?"

"Wobbuffet?" said Wobbuffet asking the same question.

"Yes, you might say that", smiled Misty looking at her heavenly looking Pokemon.

"Wobbuffet!" smiled Wobbuffet as he wobbled over to give Billy a hug, but then 
realized that he just stepped on a tack.

"Hey, I didn't feel it!" said Billy surprised. "Do you know what that means 
Wobbuffet?  The destiny bond you put on me has been lifted!  I no longer feel 
your pain!"

"WOB!" smiled Wobbuffet.  He was happy that Billy would no longer feel his pain, 
but he was also hurt for the tack was still stuck in his foot.

"Here, let me get that for you pal", smiled Billy as he pulled the tack out and 
Wobbuffet hugged him lovingly.

"Wow, Togepi, I mean, Togetic!" said Misty with stars in her eyes. "Not only can 
you heal injuries, you can also remove eternal wounds!  You really are a Pokemon 
of happiness!"

"I couldn't've said it better myself", said a cute little voice.  Everyone looked 
around to find out where it was coming from.

"I remember that voice", said Ash. "It's... IT'S..."

"Why don't you say it all together!" said a small figure who just materialized 
into the sky next to Togetic. 

"MEW!!!" shouted Cameron, Reiko, Ash, and Misty at the same time.

"That's my name", said Mew quietly.

"You mean you guys know Mew?!" gasped Tracey. "The world's most legendary 
Pokemon?!" And he started to yank out his sketchbook ready to sketch the floating 
little marvel.

"Here, let me autograph that for you", smiled Mew as he magically made a drawing 
of himself appear on Tracey's sketchbook while Tracey stood there shocked.  Then 
Mew floated over to Togetic. "So, you have finally appeared Togetic", said Mew 
happily. "The prophecy has been fulfilled!"

"Togetic!" said Togetic happily.

"What prophecy?!" demanded Misty. "And what does my little Togepi, I mean, 
Togetic have to do with it?!"

"Well", said Mew as he sat down in thin air. "It was said that sometime in this 
millenium, an egg with red and blue triangles on the shell will appear somewhere 
in this world.  But nobody will know where or when."

"It was in Grandpa Canyon which I found when I was 10", said Ash. "But was taken 
from me by Brock and now owned by Misty."

"That is correct", said Mew. "But please Ash, don't interrupt me when I'm 
explaining a prophecy.  Unless you want to be punished by tickling."

"Okay, I'll be quiet", said Ash humbly.

"Well to continue", said Mew. "Once this egg appears, it will hatch into a 
creature called a Togepi.  And he will choose a loving master or mistress like 
Misty."

"Sigh!" said Misty feeling very important that this one of a kind Pokemon had 
chosen her."

"And once Togepi gets enough love and care, he will evolve into an angelic 
creature called Togetic.  A Pokemon who is destined to bring happiness to those 
who really need it.  Just like to your friends, Billy and Wobbuffet."

"And we thank you Mr. Togetic", said Billy bowing to him. "Wob!" said Wobbuffet 
saluting to Togetic.

"And now Togetic, it is time for you to come with me", said Mew.

"Come with you?" gasped Misty. "But where?!"

"To travel the world", said Mew. "To seek out those who need help and who are 
very unhappy with their lives.  Only you Togetic have the magic power to make 
them happy again.  It is your destiny."

"But I won't be happy if you leave me!" wailed Misty. "I want you to stay with 
me Togetic!"

"Mew is right", said Togetic speaking to Misty and the group through telepathy. 
"I was put on this Earth to help out those who need a little happiness.  And I 
could never be what I am right now if it weren't for your love and care Mommy 
Misty." And he flew into Misty's arms.

"You're right", sobbed Misty while her tears plopped on Togetic's pointy head. 
"I suppose every Pokemon needs to leave the nest sometime.  I just never thought 
it would be so soon!"

"But I'll always be your little baby", smiled Togetic as he wiped the tears from 
Misty's eyes with his cute hands. "And we'll always be in each other's hearts 
till the end of time!"

"Oh Togetic!" cried Misty now smiling.  Then they hugged each other and had 
flashbacks from all the adventures they had together.  From when Ash found him 
as an egg, when Brock kept the egg warm causing Togepi to hatch, then thinking 
Misty was his mother since she was the first thing he saw.  Then they had 
memories about all the times Togepi ran off and Misty and the others went crazy 
trying to get him back, and finally to when Togepi evolved into Togetic which 
happened just now.

Then Togetic flew to each of the humans and gave them a hug and gave some to 
Pikachu, Sandy, and Growlithe who were like his big brothers.  Everyone released 
all of their Pokemon so they could look at their favorite egg baby one last time 
and say goodbye.

"It is time!" whispered Mew as he flew up into the sky and motioned Togetic to 
follow him.

"I guess I'd better get going", said Togetic sadly. "Don't worry Mommy.  We'll 
see each other again someday.  I promise!"

"I believe you sweetie!" cried Misty feeling both sad and happy at the same time.  
Then everyone watched as Mew and Togetic flew off into the sunset ready to start 
their missions of happiness. "Make your mother proud my little egg baby", sighed 
Misty as Ash put a comforting arm around her.

TO, sniff, BE CONTINUED

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I hope that wasn't too sad for all of you.  But who knows?  Maybe Togetic might 
come your way and make you happy again.  Thanks for reading. ^_^