Disclaimer: Pokemon, mine? *Raises eyebrow* Do you REALLY believe that?

A/N: Sorry this one took longer to do. I kind of got a writer's block ^_^;; Well, here is Part 6 finally. Hope that you enjoy it.
Thanks to my reviewers!

'Thoughts are like this'

Ages: You should know them by now ^_^

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Love not War, Friend not Foe
Part #06
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Last time...

Cara grinned and walked over to a cupboard. She pulled a certain book and the cupboard swung open. She turned to Jessie. "I didn't tell you everything about me either" She went behind the cupboard and came back out with a pistol in hand. She grinned. "I'm a member of the Gun Club and I'm a fully qualified pokemon trainer too. Let's show them what us 'little' girls can do"

Jessie smiled and stood up. "You're on!" A pokeball wiggled on the mantle piece. It was one of Jessie's. It popped open and a pokemon materialised. "WOBBUFFET!" It cried. Jessie frowned and Cara giggled.

"Nice Wobbuffet Jessie"

"Trust me, it can be a right pain in the butt. Wobbuffet return now" Wobbuffet went back into its pokeball and the two of them began planning their strategy of attack.

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"A month has passed since Giovanni of Team Rocket declared war on the world. Most technology has been destroyed and the world has been plunged into turmoil. We advise all people to find safe shelter and remain there. Trainers all over the world are fighting against the forces but so far Team Rocket have the upper hand...."

The news reported droned on about the war. Jessie stood in front of the television set with her arms crossed. She had her hair tied in a high ponytail and her hair draped down to her waist. She was wearing mostly black and other dull colours. Around her waist was a belt with two pokeballs containing her only pokemon at one side and a gun in its sheath at the other side. A person entered the small room.

"I don't know why they keep telling us the same thing every day. 'Trainers are failing against Team Rocket' is all they say" Cara watched the screen.

"But after tomorrow that will all change" Jessie leaned against a wall in the cave. They had retreated under ground to continue their planning. There was now an underground colony of pokemon trainers and researchers who were all for attacking Team Rocket. Jessie knew many of the faces, but there was still one that she longed to see. The blue haired man of her life was still unheard from. Cara had told Jessie that he was probably gone, and Jessie was starting to agree. If he had gone and attacked Team Rocket like it said in his note, then it was more than likely that he was dead, along with Meowth. Jessie sighed and this didn't go unnoticed.

"You're thinking about him again aren't you?" Cara questioned.

Jessie just simple nodded. She had kept trying to hide it from Cara, but she always saw through her act. 'Guess that I'm not as brilliant an actress as I thought I was'

"You have to face the facts Jessie. He wasn't at his full health when he went to attack and he was on his own"

"But he had his pokemon, and Meowth..."

"Face it Jessie. I'm sorry to say but James is gone!" Cara's voice was stern.

Jessie stayed silent. Cara was right, James must be gone. She wanted to believe it but her heart seemed to think otherwise. There was a silence for a few moments but it was broken by an alarm. Jessie's head shot up. "Intruders!"

They dashed from the room and ran down corridors that were laid out like a maze to confuse enemies. They rounded a corner into the main hall carved that was a large cave that they had found. There was a crowd in the middle of the room all in a circle facing in.

'They must have caught them' Jessie grinned to herself. Their defences were excellent and anyone that didn't know the area quickly got caught in the traps. Cara and Jessie stopped at the edge of the crowd. A couple of the people saw them and quickly stepped out of their way. A pate was made through the crowd to the middle where there was a pit. They strolled towards the pit and stopped at its edge. Jessie laughed aloud.

"So some more Team Rocket spies have tumbled into our den. Well I'm sorry but we can't have that at all" She unclipped a pokeball and her gun. She realised Arbok and it knew what to do. It dropped its end into the pit and wrapped itself tightly around one of the people in the pit. Jessie pointed the gun at the hole as Arbok brought that person to the surface.

"We're not spies!"

Jessie lowered the gun a little. She knew that voice. When Arbok had brought them to the top she lowered the gun fully, seeing who it was. "So Twerp, you are the one to find our little hide away"

Ash stared wide-eyed at Jessie. "Jessie! You're in charge here?!"

"Why so surprised? Me and Cara here are the best" Cara stepped forward.

"Jessie, do you know this boy?"

"We go back a bit" She nodded to Arbok and it released its grip on Ash. He fell to his knees and gasped for breath lost in Arbok's tight wrap. After regaining his breath, he stood up and brushed himself off.

"So what is the meaning of your visit Twerp?" Arbok kept a close eye on Ash as he started to speak with its master.

"We heard from a friend that there was a cave somewhere full of powerful trainers grouping to attack Team Rocket. We weren't sure about it at first but I guess it was true" He ran his fingers though his thick black hair and smiled.

Cara and Jessie exchanged glances. "Who told you this information?" Cara stepped towards Ash and he took a step back, his heel reaching the pits edge. Ash looked down the hole nervously.

"A friend, like I said. You remember Tracey right Jessie?"

Cara shifted her glance back to Jessie. "Who's this Tracey?"

"He's that artist guy that hung around with you in the Orange Islands right Twerp?"

"Yeah that's him. He said that he was helping out here and that we should come"

"We?" Cara seemed a little angry. "How many more people know!?"

"Misty and Brock, my friends down that hole!" Ash was worried about this. Here he was standing at the edge of a pit with an angry person in front of him. Jessie stepped forward and placed a hand on Cara's shoulder.

"It's alright. They can be trusted"

Cara relaxed a little. "Are you sure?"

Jessie nodded and Cara sighed. Jessie called to Arbok and told it to get the others out of the pit. Soon Misty with Togepi and Brock stood behind Ash. Pikachu stood in front of Ash looking around with his beady black eyes. Jessie motioned for them to follow and they did so. Cara spoke with Jessie, asking questions about the trio that had just come in.

"How come you didn't tell me about them before?"

Jessie smiled. "Because they bet us every time we tried to capture that Pikachu there. You think I would be proud to say that?"

Cara giggled. "You have a point. As long as you say we can trust them, then I do also" They entered a small room and Jessie turned to Ash and co.

"Alright listen up. We don't like any messing around here. Our fight against Team Rocket is tomorrow so you just came in time. It's pokemon inspection time"

"Pokemon inspection?" Misty asked with her head tilted.

Cara explained. "We have to make sure that only the strongest pokemon are sent into the battle, along with the strongest trainers. We don't fool around you know. Now let your pokemon out"

"I wish she'd inspect me" Brock drooled over Cara and Misty sighed. She took Brock by the ear and pulled him off.

"Time out Brocky boy"

Cara watched, obviously confused but Jessie told her to forget it.

Ash pulled al his pokeballs from his bag. He'd gotten Professor Oak to send him all his pokemon when the war broke out and now he and Ash's mother were taking cover somewhere back in Pallet. Ash hadn't heard from them in a while but believed that they were all right. He let out each pokemon one at a time and Cara had a Nurse Joy check them out. It took some time to get through all of Ash, Misty and Brock's pokemon but finally the last pokemon was returned to their pokeball.

"All these pokemon are in fighting condition and are all very strong" Nurse Joy handed Jessie a clipboard and she read over it. She handed it to Cara and after she'd read over it, she smiled over at Jessie.

"No wonder you lost to them all the time"

Ash, Misty and Brock stifled a giggle as Jessie's face went red. Pikachu giggled at the sight and nodded in agreement with Cara.

"Never mind that. We have plans to go through" She turned to leave.

"Hey Jessie, where's James? I haven't seen him or Meowth since the hospital" Misty asked.

Jessie stopped for a moment, back still turned to them. Cara frowned and Jessie walked off again.

"What did I say?" Misty looked at the others for an answer, but their faces were just as blank as Misty's. Cara turned to them.

"You have some catching up to do and I'm guessing that I have to tell you"

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Jessie wandered back to her room and sat on the bed. She pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket and read it over. It was the note James had left behind. She crunched it into a ball and tossed it into the bin. She coughed back some tears and stood up. "You're gone and I have to move on. Goodbye James" She whispered to the air and left the room again.

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The sun had just set and darkness covered the land. There was a large building that was Team Rocket's HQ standing out in the dark like a black giant. Hundreds of unseen figures hid in the trees and bushes around the building. Jessie crouched near Cara, Ash, Misty and Brock. Brock was still going goo-goo over Cara and Misty had nowhere to pull him away to so just ignored him. Jessie looked at them.

"This is it, no turning back now. Is everyone ready?"

Her group nodded. Jessie could see fire in their eyes, they were all ready to bring Giovanni down once and for all. Jessie nodded too.

"Okay, on my signal. Ready... set..."

An alarm suddenly blared from the HQ and lights flashed.

"They've spotted us!" Misty squealed in fright.

"They couldn't have!" Cara cried out.

Jessie pulled out Arbok's pokeball and clasped it. "It's now or never... CHARGE!!!"

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So what did you think? Please review and tell me ^_^ Thank you for reading and part seven (whoa, I'm that far already?) is on its way as soon as I can write it!

~Ashla~

Finished: 6:50PM, Thursday, 28th November 2002