Hiya! Part 4 is now up! Well, what do you think of my earlier parts? Pretty good, no. 
Anyways, it has been over a year since Ash left Misty and Brock. Misty is now trying to 
rescue him from Team Rocket. I do not own pokémon! All new attacks and pokémon 
belong to me and people who use them without permission will be prosecuted! I don't 
own the name Ashura either! That belongs to Ace Sanchez but everyone uses it so I'm 
using it as well. Another thing is that After Kanto does not tie into End of Misty, Final 
Test, or Family Problems.

	Ash leaned against his bed as he snapped open his new and improved pokédex. 
Giovanni had lent it to him, because there was a good chance he would run in several 
undiscovered pokémon on his missions. Ash brought up his record on the screen. He had 
successfully completed over 100 missions and had only failed once, on purpose. 
Giovanni had wanted him to capture Articuno, but Ash was not going to harm his older 
sister, so he purposely failed that mission. Giovanni was not very pleased, of course, but 
since Ash had captured so many other pokémon, he didn't complain too much.
	Next, Ash brought up the screen on his newest pokémon. Numbers 315 and 316 in 
the pokédex were both cat-like. Number 315 was Nova, an electric-type pokémon. It was 
a dark blue jungle cat with gold stars on its coat. She had been a spectacular success and 
had almost as much electric power stored up as pikachu did. Number 316 was Starmew, a 
golden cat with an extra long tail and legs. She was a psychic type. Ash snapped his 
pokédex shut and placed it inside his pocket as he heard the sound of footsteps.
	Jessie walked in the door and shut it behind her. Ash looked at her quizzically for 
a minute before returning to his studies. Jessie locked the door and produced a gun from 
inside her subspace pocket. She pointed it at his head and whispered "Listen twerp, if you 
know what's best for you, you'll leave Team Rocket and go rejoin your girlfriend. If you 
don't, I'll kill you!" 
	Ash casually leaned back and pressed a secret button on his bed. Instantly, several 
trapdoors slid open as never seen before pokémon appeared. Ash smirked as Jessie 
backed away slightly. Then she leveled the gun at him again and said to the pokémon "If 
you don't freeze right now your master dies!" In an instant, the gun went off as Ash 
ducked. Several pairs of teeth and claws mauled Jessie because six pokémon attacked her 
at once. Soon, she was out cold. Ash then pushed another button. This one dropped her 
into his secret laboratory.
	Jessie woke up in a tub of fluid. She tried not to scream, but it was no use. She 
looked down at herself and did scream. Her body had shrunk and was now covered with 
orangey-yellowish fur. Her hair had turned into a short bush of yellow fur. Also, her 
voice was almost gone. Ash was standing over her wearing a lab coat and holding a 
beaker of red fluid.
	Ash tipped the red fluid into the tank where Jessie was. In an instant, red bubbles 
appeared on the surface. When the smoke cleared, there was a small, orange rabbit-like 
pokémon with red eyes and sharp teeth. Ash wrote it down in his pokédex. Name: 
Bunnicula. Type: (dark/fire) Description: small, orange, rabbit with red eyes, sharp teeth, 
and yellow tufts of fur for the tail and ear tips. Pokédex number- 317. Then he snapped 
the pokédex shut and left. Jessie was no more. All her memories had been wiped away 
and she knew only loyalty to Ash now.
	
	James and Misty were worried. Jessie had been gone for four hours already. 
Surely it would not have taken her that long to reach Ash. What had gone wrong? They 
did not know what to do. Misty decided to try and find out what had happened. She 
borrowed a spare TR uniform and was let in headquarters.
	Misty snuck into the HQ, searching for Ash's quarters. Finally, she saw a door 
marked "Secret Lab-Do not enter unless you have the authorization of Ashura, 2nd in 
command. Danger! Wild pokémon may attack if you enter!" 
	Misty quietly opened the door. Immediately, she saw several unknown pokémon 
sitting quietly on the floor or wrestling. Ash was sitting with his back to her, talking to a 
pokémon that was sitting in his lap. It was small, orange, and looked like a rabbit. 
Suddenly, it hissed and jumped out of Ash's lap. In an instant, the pokémon was biting 
her repeatedly with its razor sharp fangs. Misty screamed and tried to run away, but it 
was too late. Ash had seen her.

	Ash looked at her quizzically, before waving his hand. "Bunnicula, stop biting 
her." The pokémon immediately returned to her master's side. Ash smiled. Total 
obedience, but not mindless enslavement, was what he strived for. Ash's pokémon 
obeyed him because they loved and appreciated him as he loved and appreciated them. 
Jessie had lost all her memories as a human and only knew Ash as a kind pokémon who 
cared for other pokémon. Misty did not know this.
	"What are you doing here, Misty." Asked Ash sarcastically. He had seen through 
her disguise instantly. Misty blushed and straightened up. "I came to rescue you!" she 
shouted. Ash coolly regarded her with indifference. "Rescue me? How very touching." 
He said. Misty stared at him. Wasn't he supposed to be grateful?
	"I do not need to be rescued by anyone, especially not you!" Ash spat 
unexpectedly. "I was just trying to start something where I didn't have to think about 
you. You, with you angelic presence towards other people. You treat me like dirt! I hate 
it, and you don't even consider my true feelings seriously! You're a scrawny, stuck-up 
snob who has her nose in the air all the time! Well, I'm sick and tired of being a begging 
puppy! I refuse to even consider you anymore! Leave me alone!" 
	Ash turned and walked away. "You better get out of here before someone who is 
less merciful sees you." He said. "I'm perfectly content here, in case you're wondering, 
Misty. I have my pokémon. That's the most important thing." He shoved Misty out of the 
lab and locked the door. Then, he went back to his experiments.

	Misty was severely shaken. She hadn't expected such a tirade from him. No 
wonder Ash seemed so strange sometimes. He had learned not to show emotion in front 
of her and Brock, which led them to think that he was an airhead. She had been so wrong! 
But there was nothing she could do. With a heavy heart, Misty left the room and escaped.
	Misty met James back at their cabin. "I didn't find Jessie." Misty confessed. "I 
found Ash in his lab, but he refused to come with me. Well, he basically yelled at me and 
shoved me out the door. Talk about getting the cold shoulder. I think he cares about 
nothing more than all those new pokémon he has. It makes me shudder thinking about 
him creating new species of pokémon." 
	James sighed. He had expected Ash to be willing to come, but this rejection 
stunned him. Then he remembered something Ash had said 3-4 months ago. 
Flashback


"So this is the famous pokémon master Ash Ketchum?" asked Giovanni, looking a bit 
amused. "He would make an excellent addition to Team Rocket." Ash didn't respond and 
stared straight ahead, almost blindly. "Take away his pokédex and fit him out for a 
uniform. Take Pikachu away as well." Jessie and James nodded and dragged Ash away to 
the team rocket fitting rooms. Surprisingly, he did not respond. Jessie was getting a little 
worried.

"Okay brat, what's up?" asked Jessie. "You're so indifferent to this that it's positively 
scary. Spit it out. Why aren't you opposing us?" Ash looked up and said with no emotion 
at all "Because I always knew this would happen. I knew that after I became a master I 
would be captured. I guess you could say I have slight psychic powers. I'm not one to 
fight destiny, so there you have it."
"Okay…" said James. "I think I get it. You aren't arguing because you knew that this was 
going to happen in the first place?" Ash nodded as he was fitted for his uniform. Then, he 
was led to his quarters. He was not going to have a partner, Giovanni had decided, 
because he was skilled enough to accomplish missions himself. Ash viewed all of this 
with no emotion at all. This was starting to worry Jessie and James. 

End Flashback

	"Ash has just gotten really weird." Said James, trying to think of a reason. "Let's 
just call the police and tell Team Rocket to surrender." Unfortunately, this plan would not 
work, because Team Rocket's downfall would take another eight months to complete.

	Ash calmly stood outside the Headquarters. A spy had alerted Giovanni that 
James had betrayed Team Rocket. Now, Ash was not going to let Team Rocket be 
discovered 8 months ahead of its time. Therefore, he was guarding the outside. Ash 
narrowed his eyes as he saw Officer Jennies and Growlithes approaching. He reached for 
his poke balls as he prepared to throw them.
	The first squad of Growlithe's was met with stiff water resistance. Squirtle, 
Kingler, and Vaporeon Hydro pumped them to fainting. Lapras and Delphinis' ice beams 
froze the next ones. Finally, pikachu and the rampaging Tauros' took out the last ones. 
Ash smiled. The Jennies quickly retreated and left hastily. Something here was definitely 
wrong.
	Ash smiled his usual thin-lipped smile as he reported to Giovanni. This should 
keep the Jennies away for a while. The psychic pokémon that Team Rocket possessed 
had erected several force fields that would take months to break. They would not be 
bothered for a while.
	Ash smiled and headed back to his lab. Misty and James would be wise to not try 
any more attacks for the time being. If they did… Ash was in the middle of a very 
important experiment and did not want to be bothered. 

Well, the end of this chapter! Hehehehe. Anyways, I don't think I need to include any 
info because it is already in the story. Stories are not connected unless otherwise 
mentioned! 

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