"owth, what are you talking about? Don't say such silly things! We've always been a team! Without you, Jessie and I just aren't Team Rocket anymore!"
Jas froze for a mont, then thought owth was just throwing another tantrum.
"Enough already, nya! Everything's always my fault, but neither of you ever reflect on yourselves, nya! I've had enough! I've made up my mind—I'm going to learn how to make ran, nya! I want to be a ran chef!"
owth roared with all its might, pouring out years of bottled frustration in one defiant shout.
Then, without looking back, it darted past Jessie and Jas and ran off.
"Ah! owth, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have blad you for everything. Let's just go back to the way things were—let's keep working together to catch Pikachu!"
Jas finally realized he'd gone too far.
He tried to chase after owth, but Jessie stopped him.
"Let it go. This... this is its decision."
Jessie walked to the side and opened her Contest Ribbon case.
She looked at the ribbons she had earned.
And in that mont, she made a decision of her own—to risk everything in pursuit of her dream to beco a top-tier Pokémon Coordinator!
In the blink of an eye, Jessie left as well.
Jas begged them to stay, but it was all in vain.
"Jessie! owth! Damn it! Even without you two, I'll keep working hard! I'll give it everything I've got—for all three of us! One day, I will be promoted to executive, even director!"
Left alone by the sea, Jas let out a furious roar.
And so it began—owth really did go to a ran shop and started learning how to make ran… even hand-pulled knife-cut noodles.
Jessie donned the outfit of a Pokémon Coordinator and began training her Yanga.
anwhile, Jas overheard a conversation about a uniquely colored tagross living in the mountains near Gale Town.
He wasn't like most trainers—Jas had real Pokémon knowledge. He imdiately realized what it ant: a shiny tagross!
Without hesitation, he headed straight up the mountain.
"Jessie, owth... If I catch this shiny tagross and bring it to the boss—telling him we caught it together—then we'll all get promoted for sure! Once we're executives, you two will co back, I know it!"
Jas felt a surge of determination and power rush through his body like never before.
Two passersby saw Jas heading up the mountain and quickly spread the word.
Jessie and owth heard about it and, worried for Jas's safety, rushed to help.
In the end, their care for Jas outweighed their personal decisions.
Jas did find the shiny tagross—but it was extrely dangerous. Jessie and owth arrived just in ti to save him.
But that ant one thing—the shiny tagross had now marked all three of them as enemies.
This particular shiny tagross was incredibly aggressive by nature.
And now, having been disturbed repeatedly, it was seething with rage.
With its psychic powers, tagross pinned the trio in midair, holding them tight.
Just when all seed lost, a blue aura shot through the air—Aura Sphere!
The psychic hold released, and the trio crashed to the ground. They looked up to see Ash, Dawn, and Anabel approaching.
Beside them stood Pikachu—and a Lucario!
The Aura Sphere had co from Lucario.
The shiny tagross's attention shifted toward Lucario.
They had found it at last—the platinum-shaded shiny tagross!
Ash smiled as he activated the Eye of Insight.
According to the scan, the tagross had blue-tier potential and was already level 45—aning it had laid a strong foundation in its training.
"tagross!"
tagross pulled its four tallic limbs tight to its body and began spinning rapidly.
Gyro Ball!
"Aura Sphere!"
Lucario launched another gleaming blue Aura Sphere.
This tagross's battle instincts clearly needed work!
The Aura Sphere exploded directly on its body.
tagross was hurt again—but this ti, it seed to have learned a lesson. It stopped using close-range moves and switched to Psybeam!
The cross-shaped mark on its face glowed as it unleashed a powerful psychic beam toward Lucario!
"Dash in and use Force Palm!"
"Lucario!"
Lucario roared and blurred forward, feet glowing blue.
Its movents were so fast it seed to vanish and reappear like a phantom.
Before the Psybeam even faded, Lucario was already standing in front of tagross!
At that mont, Lucario gently pressed a glowing blue palm onto tagross's forehead.
Force Palm—triggered instantly!
Boom!
tagross took another direct hit from the Fighting-type move.
Its massive body was sent crashing into a boulder.
"tagross...!"
It glared at Lucario furiously.
This tagross had a proud and combative personality.
It absolutely hated losing.
And it had a fiery temper to match.
But Ash didn't mind.
He had already thought of a way to ta this hot-headed Pokémon.
A shiny tagross... Ash was eager to find out what unique traits the shiny form might have.
Ash watched the tagross closely and threw a Poké Ball.
"tagross!"
It caught the ball in midair with its psychic power—and crushed it!
It wasn't done fighting!
"Lucario!"
Ash nodded. Since it wanted more... so be it.
Besides, he hadn't yet tested the effects of his Universal Elixir. This was a good ti to try.
The Elixir could heal any non-lethal injury instantly—though the process wasn't painless.
A little suffering might be just what this stubborn brute needed.
Want to act tough?
You'd better beat Pikachu or Charizard first!
"Lucario!"
Lucario struck again—this ti unleashing Bone Rush!
With a flurry of rapid strikes, the bones hamred down!
Finally, tagross collapsed—seriously injured and barely conscious.
"Go, Heal Ball!"
Ash swapped to a Heal Ball and captured the furious shiny tagross!
Thunk!
There was no struggle—it must have been too badly injured.
No rush—Ash turned toward Team Rocket.
Jessie, Jas, and owth sprang into action.
"ow... Haha! No need for you to worry about us today, nya!"
"That's right, we'll disappear on our own today!"
"We've found our purpose again!"
"Retreat, nya!"
In a puff of smoke, they vanished into the distance...
Ash finally picked up the Heal Ball and released the shiny tagross.
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