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Chapter 1: No more blasting off

Ash picked up the shivering Pokémon. He noticed dark streaks down its face. It had been crying. The relentless rain pounded down on Ash, Pikachu and Meowth. Ash ran back to camp as fast as he could. When he got back to his tent, he zipped the door shut behind him. He wrapped his jacket around Meowth and put him and his sleeping bag.
“Pikapi, Pikachu chu pi, pika?” Pikachu questioned.
“Where am I going to sleep? Over there.” Ash pointed to a corner where a blanket lay.
“Chu, pika, pikachu, chaa?”
“That’s a good question; I don’t know why Meowth was crying by himself in a storm like this.” Ash answered. “Maybe he will tell us in the morning.”
Meowth’s Dreams
Meowth help both paws to his head trying to protect it from the never ending kicks and punches from Jessie and James.
“Meowth you worthless furball, another of your plans has failed. Can’t you do anything right?” Jessie screamed at him.
Jessie and James both grabbed him and threw him out of there cabin door. It slammed shut and locked behind him. Meowth was afraid of thunderstorms, and this one was bad. He sprinted back to the door and scratched at it until is claws hurt. Lighting split the sky and thunder was shaking the ground. Meowth covered his ears and let out a wail. He was trembling from cold, fear, betrayal and sadness. He took off into the woods looking for shelter. After running for almost half an hour he was exhausted. He dropped to the ground and curled in a ball. The tears streaming down his face were his only source of warmth. He wailed again before slipping into darkness.
“Pika!”
Meowth woke to see Pikachu staring at him. Pikachu had a look of concern on his face. Meowth looked around.
“What am I doing here?” Meowth asked.
“Me and Ash herd something out in the storm. It sounded like someone needed help, so we went out to look. We found you shivering and didn’t see Jessie or James anywhere. So instead of leaving you out there, Ash brought you here and slept in a corner so you could sleep comfortably.” Pikachu said the last part with an edge to his voice.
Ash noticed that Meowth was awake and went over t0 talk to him.
“Meowth, what were you doing in the storm?” Ash asked.
Meowth tried to sit up but ended up gasping and dropping back down.
“Why can’t I move very much?” He demanded.
“I don’t know what happened to you, but you’re covered in bruises. Brock mashed some Oran berries for you and Misty is out looking for some other berries to help with the pain.” Ash explained.
“Why are you doing all this for me?” Meowth asked.
“Because we don’t want to see you in pain.”
Pikachu confirmed with a shake of his head.
“So, you twerps actually care about me, even after what I have done to you?”
Pikachu nodded. Meowth noticed that he was swaying slightly.
“Hey Ash, I’m going to go help Misty.” Brock said into the tent.
“I will come with you.” Ash started to get up.
“What about those two?” Brock pointed at Meowth specifically.
“They will be okay, Meowth can barely move anyway.”
“Okay.”
Ash and Brock raced out of the tent. Just as they left Pikachu dropped to the ground. Meowth turned to look at Pikachu. His eyes were closed and there was a red stripe across his nose.
“OH, NO. Pikachu, Pikachu!” Meowth yelled. The mouse didn’t respond. Pikachu was shivering. Meowth realized the storm must have made him sick. Meowth painfully got up on two paws and trudged over to the Oran berry sauce. He took it over to where Pikachu was laying. Meowth sat down and put Pikachu in his lap. He feed the Oran berry sauce to Pikachu. After a few moments, Pikachu woke up. He realized what Meowth had done.
“Meowth, that was for you.” Pikachu mumbled.
“Don’t worry, the berries that Ash, Misty and Brock are getting will be enough.
“Hey, you didn’t call them twerps.” Pikachu remarked.
“Because to me, they are not twerps anymore, they saved me, and are caring for me.”
Pikachu cuddled closer to Meowth for warmth.
“Hey Meowth, please don’t leave.” Pikachu whispered starting to drift off.
Meowth laid down hugging Pikachu closer.
“I won’t, no more blasting off for me.” Meowth whispered back.