Scout quickly caught up with Dawn and took her hand in his own tightly, a few seconds later did they make it to the campsite, Ash and Brock were finished with their lunch! "Hey, Dawn! Scout! Strap on the old feedback!" Brock called. Brock then saw the saddened Dawn with Scout comforting her.

"No but thanks. We're not hungry." Scout called back.

Ash and Brock took a moment to look at each other before looking back at the two saddened friends. "Looks like Dawn and Scout are both bummed out about something." Ash guessed.

The two of them with Pikachu went over to check on the two friends, with Scout who was still comforting her. "You two will feel better if you both eat something." Brock assured witch mead Scout sigh, with Dawn not answering.

"What's wrong, you two. Why are the both of you so bummed out?" Brock asked.

"This only has to do with Dawn, Brock. She... She released Pachirisu back to the wild." Scout explained. Both Ash and Brock grew startled with this.

"(!?) But why? When you wanted Pachirisu so much?!" Brock asked, surprised.

"Well, the very idea of being able to control the energetic Pokémon like Pachirisu? It turned out that I was wrong." Dawn sighed.

"What are you talking about? Are you pulling My leg?" Ash asked, annoyed with his friend's decision.

"Well, look of what all the trouble I made for everybody because of just Pachirisu!" Dawn exclaimed, sighing.

"Hey, any Pokémon can be tricky to deal with in the beginning!" Ash explained.

"Pika." Pikachu agreed.

"Yeah. I think it's a bit too early to be giving up now, don't you think?" Brock asked.

"Yeah... But it's too late now. I'm sure that Pachirisu is running around in the wild and has forgotten everything about Me." Dawn sighed.

"Hey, don't count on it just yet, Dawn. Looks to us that Pachirisu was just wanting to play with you first before training!" Scout only chuckled before smoothing her blue hair.

"Maybe, I guess." Dawn sighed again. The three boys left her alone for a while, for Dawn to think and to make her decision of what to do. Dawn sat on a rock, looking up in the sky. She began to think about Pachirisu. One of the clouds seemed to take an image of Pachirisu! Dawn thought about the short memories she had with Pachirisu. She thought about when they first met, the way she used Discharge, and the way Pachirisu showed her cuteness.

Thinking about it all gave Dawn her final decision! She hopped off the rock and began to run to where her friends were! She explained her decision to them!

"You know, I guess I really need to have Pachirisu, you know?" Dawn replied. The three boys stood up and looked at each other for a moment, before smiling and nodding at each other.

"Of course, you'll have to catch it again." Brock explained.

"Yes. But this time, we'll all help you out!" Scout replied.

"Thanks, guys." Dawn thanked, feeling relieved and happy with her friends.

"It couldn't have gone too far." Brock assured.

"Yeah! If we search around, we'll be sure to find it for sure!" Ash exclaimed.

"Right!" Dawn agreed.

(Time Skip Evening)

So, the group searched around the plain area to find Pachirisu. As they were trying to find it, they all spotted Pachirisu! However, Pachirisu wasn't alone. She was with Team Rocket! They looked as if they were going to try to capture Pachirisu for themselves! "Hold it right there, Team Rocket!" Scout yelled. The yell from Scout caught Team Rocket's attention!

"What do you think you're doing with Pachirisu, huh?" Ash snapped. Team Rocket chuckled as they began their motto!

"Listen, is that a twerpish voice that I hear?"

"It's shrieking to me loud and clear!"

"On the wind!"

"Past the stars!"

"In you ear!"

"Bringing total chaos at a breakneck place!"

"Dashing all hope, putting fear in its place!"

"A rose by any other name is just as sweet!"

"When everything's worse, our work is complete!"

"Jessie!"

"And it's James!"

"Meowth, that's a name!"

"Putting the good doers in their places!"

"We're Team Rocket..."

"In your face!"

"Hey, that Pachirisu belongs to Dawn, so hands off!" Brock snapped.

"But, when it went into Jessie's Pokéball, it had no problem climbing into it!" James snickered.

"And if it had another landlord, it wouldn't have worked!" Meowth stated, stating the obvious.

"What a shame! If you are claiming that this is your property, then let's see you call it back with your own Pokéball!" Jessie taunted. Dawn grew hesitant, knowing that her Pokéball wouldn't work on Pachirisu now that's it back to a wild Pokémon now.

"I thought so. It seems that Pachirisu is taking a walk on the wild side as a free agent just once again!" Jessie sneered.

"Alright, look! I may have let Pachirisu go, but I'm going to catch it again!" Dawn snapped.

"Well well well, that may be on your twerpish's wish list, but I think that Pachirisu may have other plans for herself!" Jessie giggled.

"Y-You think so?" Dawn asked, growing hesitant again.

"Dawn, don't let her words get to you!" Scout called. Dawn blushed lightly before nodding and looking back at Pachirisu!

"But, let's leave the final decision resting on Pachirisu's paws, shall we?" Jessie suggested.

"I guess so," Dawn replied.

"Dawn, be brave! I'm sure that Pachirisu will be sure to choose you!" Ash assured. Jessie then gestured her left hand to James and Meowth, wanting something.

"Alright. Give Me every last bit of morsel food that we have left." Jessie called. That shook the two up!

"But that means there will be nothing left for ourselves!" Meowth gasped. Jessie refused to hear the protest as she grew annoyed.

"Give Me the food and cut the whining!" Jessie shrieked. James and Meowth sighed as they gave the rest of the food to Jessie in a small green bag, which she smiled with for her plan!

"There's nothing to the so called weak point to a small Pokémon's heart. And that is if they had an empty stomach!" Jessie snickered.

"You got Me there." Meowth sighed. Jessie then took out a piece of bread to lure Pachirisu!

"Here Pachi Pachi Pachi Pachi Pachi!" Jessie called in a sweet voice. Pachirisu cocked her head with curiousity!

"This yummy bread is the best way for a Pokémon's health in their body!" Jessie reminded the squirrel Pokémon, waving the bread to Pachirisu!

"Brock, just give it some of your food!" Ash whispered.

"I really don't want to go that far." Brock argued sadly while he crossed his arms.

"Luring a Pokémon with food is a cowardly way to gain their trust, you fucking witch!" Scout snapped it wasn't fair that she was using pokemon food.

"Luring Pachirisu with some food won't prove anything!" Dawn snapped. Jessie grew annoyed with her enemy's words, taking it as an insult!

"Then give those inflated ego of yours to yourself, and understand that Pachirisu will be mine!" Jessie bellowed, frightening James and Meowth. Suddenly, Pachirisu began to walk towards Jessie, smelling the bread! Jessie grew oberjoyed with this working progress!

"That's it! I win! This cute furball knows who to choose the best and it knows it itself!" Jessie giggled. However, as Jessie looked at Pachirisu again, she was wrong. Pachirisu unleashed Discharge, only wanting to get the food! Team Rocket screamed as they were shocked by the Electric Type attack!

Jessie fainted, feeling a bit... uh... shocked as she dropped the bag of food, to which Pachirisu picked up and began eating all the food! "Well, at least we did have the spare of grub." Meowth groaned.

"I'll be so very sure to keep that in mind while I'm starving to death." James groaned. To the heroes, they grew surprised, but glad to see Pachirisu not joining Team Rocket!

"Pachirisu doesn't like Team Rocket at all!" Dawn giggled.

"But excuse Me, twerp! But, I didn't see Pachirisu didn't give you any love shocks now, did you!?" Jessie screamed. Both Ash and Brock sweat dropped at Jessie's anger.

"Talk about the positive spin. She ought to have a job in politics." Brock replied.

"You got that right..." Scout sighed softly his face full of disappointment.

Ash turned to Dawn now! "C'mon Dawn! Now's your chance!" Ash reminded her.

"R-Right! Um... excuse me. I'm sorry for what I did earlier. And, I'd like you to come with Me please." Dawn explained, careful not to scare Pachirisu. Pachirisu finished eating her snack, then turned to Dawn, and began walking towards her!

"I knew it, Brock, Scout! Pachirisu wasn't ever going to forget Dawn, not ever!" Ash exclaimed. That tore Jessie up!

"Oh really!? Pachirisu would never choose you after for all we've been through!" Jessie snapped.

"True!" James and Meowth agreed. They retreated to the bushes, which then, the Meowth balloon began floating up in the air! A robot arm made a grab for Pachirisu, who dodged!

The heroes saw Team Rocket floating in their hot air balloon! "That Pachirisu is faster than water on the Wailord's back!" Jessie snapped.

"That's what buttons are for! See!?" Meowth laughed. He pressed on the button, which the robot hand launched a giant pink goop at Pachirisu! Pachirisu tried to dodge, but her foot got caught on the goop! The Squirrel Pokémon couldn't escape!

"Ha ha ha ha! That goop will keep Pachirisu still in the same spot until we do something about it!" Meowth laughed.

"What an excellent plan!" Jessie giggled.

"And I thought that you were a nerd, but I guess that I was wrong!" James exclaimed.

"That's it! Pikachu, go!" Ash called.

"Skorupi go, aid Pachirisu now!" Scout called, sending out the Playful Pokémon.

"Piplup and Buneary, protect Pachirisu!" Dawn called.

Pikachu, Skorupi, Piplup, and Buneary all made an attempt to save Pachirisu! Unfortunately, Meowth saw it coming!

"More pink bubble gum, coming to your way!" Meowth laughed, launching more sticky goop, trapping all four Pokémon! Pikachu and Buneary's leg got stuck! Piplup's head got caught by the goop, while Skorupi's tail and his right foot got stuck! "What the!?" Scout gasped at seeing his purple pokemon stuck.

"Ha ha ha ha! Of course, you can't blow a bubble when it's stuck on you mouth!" Meowth laughed.

"That's enough!" Dawn shouted. Dawn went in front of Pachirisu to protect her from Team Rocket!

"Pachirisu stays here!" Dawn snapped.

"And so do you twerps!" Meowth cackled. He launched four more goop! It caught Dawn by the legs, Ash from his back, Scout from his feet, and with Brock on his arms and legs! They all gasped and were startled with the sticky goop!

"It's good to be in one place!" Meowth sneered.

"Now don't forget that we have other plans for Pachirisu!" Jessie reminded.

"No need to worry! One Team Rocket spray of perfume coming up, and the goop disappears!" Meowth explained.

"Say, I didn't know that you were all prepared for this!" James admitted. Meowth snickered, then all the Team Rocket members laughed as they went out of the balloon with the ladder to deal with Pachirisu!

"I won't let you take My Pachirisu!" Dawn cried, desperate to protect her Electric Type. Jessie only laughed with Dawn's attempt!

"How? Looks to Me that you're grounded!" Jessie cackled.

"The perfect punishment for the twerp!" James laughed.

"Come on Pachirisu, get them!" Dawn ordered.

"It's no use!" Ash called.

"Dawn, at that distance, you'll get shocked by Discharge, too!" Brock called.

"I don't care! Pachirisu needs to take care of herself!" Dawn argued. Team Rocket took Dawn by the arms, forcing her to let go of Pachirisu!

"You know, this could grow on you after for a while!" Meowth stated, as he sprayed the goop to release Pachirisu! Right as the goop was gone, Pachirisu dashed off again! This made Jessie even more irritated than ever!

"I'm going to grow on you just like a virus!" Jessie shrieked at Meowth. She then calmed down and gestured to Pachirisu to come over! "Here, Pachirisu! Come to Jessie!" Jessie called.

"Run away, Pachirisu!" Dawn cried.

But even her warning didn't stop Pachirisu. With more of Jessie's call, Pachirisu finally went over to Jessie and climbed on her shoulder! "What do you know? It seems that Pachirisu decides me for the best!" Jessie giggled.

"B-But how!?" Dawn gasped. She slumped down in defeat. Could she have lost Pachirisu's trust? Jessie then began to walk to the balloon!

"But Jessie what about Pikachu and that nice Skorupi?" James called.

"One is more than enough for today!" Jessie answered, ignoring the boy's calls. So, Team Rocket laughed as they floated away with triumph!

Later, a few minutes passed as everyone tried to get free of the goop, except Dawn, who was crushed for being abandoned by Pachirisu! "Oh well, I guess Pachirisu didn't like Me after all. But I can't blame Pachirisu after all the awfully silly things that I did." Dawn sighed.

"Dawn, think again right now." Scout called as a smirk found its way onto his face.
Dawn looked up at Scout in confusion until she saw he and Ash grin at the clearing's direction! Dawn looked to see that Pachirisu was walking towards her with the Team Rocket Potion in her mouth! Pachirisu took it out for Dawn to use! It squeaked in happiness!

"P-Pachirisu! Y-You really came back!" Dawn cried happily.

"Well, you can't say that now Pachirisu doesn't like you anymore!" Brock chuckled. Dawn hugged Pachirisu, earning another hair static, but ignored it, happy that Pachirisu came back for her! Soon, as all the sticky goop was gone, Dawn made a request for Pachirisu.

"Pachirisu, do you want to join Me?" Dawn asked. Pachirisu nodded as a yes! So, Dawn took out a Pokéball, capturing Pachirisu once again!

"Yes! This Pachirisu is all Mine!" Dawn exclaimed. Piplup and Buneary both also joined in with the celebration again!

Dawn had released Pachirisu once, but now got her again, this time, with Pachirisu's permission! Now, Dawn has more confidence about the next Pokémon Contest that's being held in Floaroma Town! and now with Pachirisu on her team is she ready for the battle round.

To be continued...