"TEAM ROCKETS BLASTING OFF AGAIN!!!" There went: Team Rocket blasting into the air together; another lost battle. "Argh! I thought we got Pikachu that time!" "Me too! Dis ain't fair!" "Yes! I think that we need a new plan!" "Jessie, you say that all the time!" Suddenly James let out a strong cough. "Ouch! James your cough is getting worse! Maybe you should go see someone about it!" "Nah. I'm fine. I...just need some time alone! Ehh..." James walked off into the woods. As he walked his eyes laid upon a huge lake. Right in front was a rock. James sat on it and looked across the water. "Geez! I can't believe this! It's coming back! And I don't know what to do about it....I can't tell Jessie or she will act like I'm going to die. -Huff!- Well I guess I gotta tell her...but my parents are the only ones who kept the medicine. I had this since I was kid...but it went away... I thought it wouldn't come back till I was much, much older... maybe I need to...go home this time."

James walked back to where Jessie was, his expression was very sad. "...Jessie..." "Uh...yeah James?" "Jessie, I need to go home.." "WHAT?! WHY?!" "Because I have......I have....Pneu-...........Pneumon.......Pneumonia....." "What?!!! Pneumonia?! YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR!!! NOW!!!" Meowth ears perked up. "Pneumonia?!" "Jessie...calm down. My parents have the medicine. I can get it from them. I gotta go home." "....Ok-Okay James. Bye... I guess..." "You can't come with me. Jessibelle is probably there...I don't want you to get hurt...And Meowth...Good-bye." "Uh James.....I don't know what to say...but...get well soon" Meowth said. "Thanks." James started to walk away. Jessie's eyes began to water and she fell to her knees. "James is going to die now!" Meowth walked over to her. "Jess...lets follow him. I can pretend to be his everyday Pokémon and you can stay in his shed and every night I'll come to you with news. Okay?" Meowth's idea was good one indeed. So Jessie followed.

About three days later James finally got there. This time he was sicker than ever. He knocked at the door and waited. He started falling over. He almost fell when he heard Meowth's voice. "Okay, Jimmy! I'm yer ordinary Pokémon! I won't talk at all! Okay?" "What?" James was alittle worried but instead he asked Meowth a question. "Where's Jessie?" "Uh... She went back to-to the boss!" Meowth didn't want James to go to the shed when he was so sick. "JAMES??? MY DEAR JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!" A loud voice was heard as James was hugged really, really tightly. "...Jessibelle...please...stop." Jessibelle continued to hug him untill she looked down and noticed Meowth, and let go. "Uh James...whose this?" Jessibelle asked. "Well he's... he's...my...maiiiiii..." James fainted, and fell into Jessibelle's arms. When he woke up he looked around. He was in his old room. "James?" Jessibelle was looking at James. His parents were sitting on the bed,they had a sad face and same for Jessibelle. She then smiled. "Your alright." "Well we gotta get ya some food, James honey. You need the medicine, but you haven't eaten in four days! You need four days full of food until you take it. Understand?" James' mom said. "Yeah." He whispered. Jessibelle wasn't all over him. She was such a wonderful lady when she was caring. "James..." His father began. "Yes?" "Who is this Meowth? Yours?" "Uh...Yes..." James said. James' father put Meowth on the bed next to James. "I'll make you some food while Jessibelle helps and your father will get you some more blankets." His Mother smiled and walked off with the rest of the family. "Meowth..." James began. "Yeah, James?" Meowth whispered back. "Am I going to die?" Meowth's heart tore apart. He couldn't answer that. "...James... I hope not...but you might...but you got a fifty percent chance of living..." Meowth choked those words out. "Oh so fifty percent leads toward dieing...?" "...James....I don't want to talk about this. Lets talk about when you get better and when we are going to get Pikachu!" Meowth spoke happily. James smiled. "Yeah..."

Night came, James was asleep and Meowth was in the shed with Jessie. "He asked that?!" Jessie screamed. "Ya...I told him fifty percent of it leans toward death the other living." "Thanks Meowth..." "For what?" "For telling him that. He needs that. He needs us to support him. And tell him I'm at the boss' okay?" "That was done!" "Thanks my little Meowth." Jessie was being so sweet to Meowth and she was not yelling or even losing her temper! She even called Meowth "My little Meowth!" Jessie was cracking in half!!! Meowth slept with Jessie and at sunrise he went back inside. James was asleep when he got back in. He waited for about two hours untill James woke. "Meowth?" "Yeah Jimmy?" "Ring the bell on the dresser." "Okay." Meowth got up and did so. Jessibelle came running in with her night grown on. "Jessibelle...can you please get me some breakfast?" She sighed, but smiled. She was really happy that James was there, but the fact that he was sick made her not want him to be there at all. "Sure James. But what do you want?" "Some pancakes and eggs." "Okay." Jessibelle left and about thirty minutes later she came back with five pancakes and four eggs all cooked and ready. James began to eat while Jessibelle cleaned up. "Here, Meowth..." He gave him two pancakes. "THANKS SO MUCH!!!" Meowth said with joy. He almost ate both untill Jessie crossed his mind. "Uh James....I'm gona get some fresh air, O.K.?" "Go right ahead!" Meowth ran off with both pancakes. He got outside and went into the shed. Jessie was trying to grow a plant with the seeds and dirt inside the shed. "Jessie...here!" He handed her one pancake. "Oh Meowth, thanks so much." She ate it with Meowth and she didn't even TRY to take Meowth's. Jessie smiled and spoke. "I want lunch and dinner too!!!" She joked. "Okay!" Meowth said as he ran back inside. "James?" Meowth began. "What is it?" James was done eating and Meowth was laying on the window ceil. Meowth had a sad look on his face. "Do you think when you get better we can start up Team Rocket again?" "Yeah Meowth...but that's all when I get better, all when I get better Meowth..."

Another day past as it was raining out. It was around 4:00 when James was complaining about a cough he had. During the afternoon his throat was drying up. That wasn't good. So Jessibelle called the doctor. He came over right away and checked James out. He took Jessibelle out of the room, but Meowth followed to hear. The doctor began to speak. "I'm very sorry little lady...but your fianceé has caught Cancer..." "WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Jessibelle shouted. "But James already has Pneumonia! He can't have Cancer too!!" "I'm sorry but he can...this is very bad. It's in his lungs and he is going to be very sick. We will give him some medication tomorrow. Is he taking something for his Pneumonia?" The doctor was very clear about this. "Well not yet...tomorrow he will." Jessibelle said. "Ehh.....sorry but the medication for his Cancer will have to wait two more days after the Pneumonia medicine." "Why?!" Jessibelle asked. "Well, if the two medicines mixed that could kill him. So you will need to wait every two days for the Cancer medication. O.K.?" Jessibelle nodded. "Yes..." Meowth's jaw dropped. "James..." He whispered. He ran to the shed where he found Jessie with the plant again. "Look it grew, Meowth!" She smiled but Meowth frowned. "What happened...?" Jessie asked very worriedly. "James not only has Pneumonia...he has...he...has...Lung Cancer too." "James..." Jessie's voice shook. She started to cry. Meowth and Jessie shared their tears together for about an hour. Good thing James was already asleep or else he would have looked for Meowth.

Meowth went back to James' room at about 7:00, when he came in James was vomiting in a plastic trash can that was next to his bed. After he choked up the last of the vomit he started coughing up some bloody, dark yellow, rusty colored mucous. Meowth's sight became dark, but he snapped out of it when James stopped. James was sicker than Meowth thought. A matter a fact he was dieing. Soon he would be dead! Meowth hopped back on the bed as James smiled. "And you still wanna be near me?" Meowth nodded. Jessibelle ran out of the room with the trash can. She was entirely disgusted. But even though life was rough with James, she was in love with him deeply. He just didn't love her back. And she wanted to do anything to make James happy and better. James fell back to sleep with Meowth at his side. Meowth didn't care if he vomited on him, he didn't want to leave his side for anything, except for Jessie!

"Is he gonna get betta docta?" Jessibelle asked worriedly. "Well... Lets go outside." Jessibelle was lead out of James' room. "I'm so very sorry but...James is doing worse. He has very little time." Jessibelle looked down and frowned. A small tear began to fall. With that she broke down and cried. She then slid her arms around herself. She hugged herself and whispered to herself. "I love you James." James heard every word. The door was opened a jar when they spoke. James turned to the window and saw Meowth go into the shed. He wondered why. He frowned and slowly began to cry. "Now...I will never be able to do everything I wanted to do. Like capture Pikachu and become a Pokémon Master. Never tell Jessie how I feel. Everything is going wrong. I wish I had more time to live. I know now that life fills us with joy yet pain. I have come to know her so well. We shared many days together. Telling everything...yet my love. Jessie..I love you so much." He reached over to his desk and took some paper and a pen then began writing. Meowth came back to find James sleeping once again. But his eyes were only closed. He was not asleep-just resting. He saw three letters folded one To: Jessie one To: Jessibelle the last To: Meowth. Meowth knew what it was for. He frowned and laid on the floor. James' face was full of pain. His hair starting to become gray and weak. His hands shook slowly yet with pain. Under his eyes were only to be sagged. James opened his eyes. His voice whispered again. "I love you Jessie." Meowth heard his words and his eyes watered. James closed his eyes to sleep.....

Meowth finally got tired of waiting for James to fall asleep. He heard him moving...he thought. It was 1:00 in the morning, and Meowth went to Jessie. Jessie asked some things Meowth answered. They fell asleep together. Meowth woke up at 12:00 and left to see James. When he reached the room people were in the room. Horror struck Meowth's eyes, and he froze. There was a body bag on the bed. Jessibelle was crying and scearming while his parents cried soundless. Meowth ran off into the shed and screamed. "JESSIE JESSIE!!!!!" "What?" She said while looking in some boxes. "James...is..." Jessie turned around and her world went black. She knew. "No...no..." Her eyes filled with tears. She scearmed as loud as she could and ran out of the shed to the house. As she walked in she looked around and headed into the kitchen, grabbing the closet knife in sight. "JESSIBELLE!!!!!!" She yelled in rage. She ran up the stairs meeting Jessibelle. "You!..." Jessie began as she grabbed her collar. "I'll kill you!!!" Jessie held the knife to Jessibelle's neck and lightly pressing it in. Jessibelle's eyes widened. "You...! Calm yourself, deary." She spoke. "NO! YOU MUST HAVE DID SOMETHING TO MY JAMES!!! I HATE YOU! AND FOR THIS I'LL KILL YOU!!" "DEAR!!! CALM DOWN!!!" "NO!!" Jessie began to press harder into her neck while the blood began to come out of her perfect neck. "AAGGHH!!!"Jessibelle screamed in pain. She didn't want to hurt Jessie. Deep down in that selfish body she cared about people, just like Jessie. "I HATE YOU!!!" Jessie then slid the knife against her neck. "AAAAGGGHHH!!!" Jessibelle then began to raise her leg. She then kicked Jessie in the mid driff as she fell down the stairs. The knife flew right out of her hands and fell along with her. Jessie's sight turned dark. "Honey, ...I.." Jessibelle started down the stairs to Jessie's side but the pain in her neck was to much. She fainted on the stairs, blood dripping all around.

Jessie opened her eyes seeing Meowth next to her. "Jessie...are ya alright?" Jessie gave a smile. "I'm fine." She looked around and saw the room she was in. It was one of the many rooms of James' house. Then the thought hit her again. "James." He was dead. He was gone. Never to be alive. Living in the cruel world was over. Leaving her alone. Hanging up his Team Rocket uniform. Gone. Gone. Gone... ... ... Jessie broke down and cried. "James!!!" She cried out. "Jess....I know.....how you feel. I miss him so much. I wish he was here to see us capture Pikachu." "Meowth, you don't understand. I loved James. He was the one completing me. Now I'm only half." "Here." Meowth handed her a letter with her name on it. It was James' hand writing. She began to open it and the read it.

Jessie,
I'm so sorry I cannot see you capture Pikachu. I keep looking back at the good times we had. But it seems useless to me now. I can hear echos...it's a lonely voice...they are calling me...to heaven. I'll keep you safe. Remember, I'm looking after you. I have come to know you over all these days. After all the time we shared I find my name being called out. I know whats going to happen to me, it’s no secret. I'm sorry. And with the joy of my heart I leave you with these three words: I love you. Do whatever you want Jessie, I just want you to be happy.
Love always,
James.

Jessie hugged the letter and whispered to herself. "I love you too, James my sweetie."

[Jessie's Diary]
After three weeks I left the his house. I felt so close to James's family now. I was so surpised to make new friends with Jessibelle. After many walks with Meowth I found myself in Celadon City. I found a small apartment. It was cozy, neat, and pretty. I got a job at the café near by. I hung up my Team Rocket uniform like James. A month after James's death I got a call from Jessibelle. She told me to meet her at the café I worked at. I did so. We began to talk about what I got from James, and then she brought up something. "My dear Jessie...You always had a better bond with my dear James then anyone else. That is why I have decided to grant you with something." "Really? What is it?" I asked. "I would like to give you 36 million dollars, off of James's behalf." I dropped my cup of coffee onto the ground. "Jessie! Whats wrong, deary? You want more?" I looked up. "Nothing, but why so much?" I asked. "Well, James had so much money for Pokémon Technical School but he seemed to have flunked out shortly after he attended, so they sent us back half of the money." "Oh?" I pondered. "Well, Jessie, here." She handed me the check. Never in my life had I seen so much money! My eyes widened. "My god." I whispered. "Well, I got to go. I'll ship you some of his things. Hey, and tell me if you change your address." "Huh?" I spoke. "Well your going to move right?" "Um... well... ya!" "Okay Bye!" She hugged me and left. It's funny how death and loss can bring two very different people together-like family.But when I think about it we weren't as different as it used to seem. After she hugged me I smiled and went back home. "Meowth!" I yelled. "Look it!" He ran over to me and saw the money. "Oh my god!!!" He grabbed it from me. "Hey!" I grunted and slammed him with two of my fans. It was the first time in months since I lost my temper. A few weeks later I moved into a small house on the edge of Celadon City. I didn't work. I had enough money from James to last a life time. Meowth was happy as long as he had his life time supply of yarn balls. I was washing the dishes when I started to go into deep thought. I was thinking about life just like this with James. To be married to him. Having children. I didn't want to get married. The only man I loved would be James. I looked at the knife I washed and wondered about it. Should I? I thought. I looked over to Meowth who was sleeping on his bed. He looked so cute when he was asleep. I smiled and walked up to the bed and tucked him in. No. I have my child...Meowth. I was getting a little lonely though. So about two months later I built a Milktank farm next to my house. I took care of them. And even my own Pokémon stayed in the the barn. Arbork...Wobbuffet...and the newest Jessibelle gave me: Weezing and Victreebel. She wasn't really into Pokémon. Alone I lived my life. Full of memories and dreams. But one cold night I couldn't go to sleep. I thought about James. Then it came to me. His dreams...what he wanted. It was sunrise when I got up. I looked in my closet. I picked out my most casual outfit and put it on. I wore my Team Rocket Boots. And as always my big green earings. They were the color of James's eyes-so I felt as if he was still a part of me. I packed everything in my backpack. I went into the barn and got all the Pokémon we used. One Milktank too. I called up Jessibelle and asked if she could live in my house for a while and take care of my Milktanks. She asked how long. I said five years or more. I hung up and woke up Meowth. I explained to him. He gave me something’s to pack in the backpack. I grabbed a thousand dollars from what James gave me and set off to live James' dream. I was going to become the number one Pokémon Master. "Watch out, Ash Ketchum...here comes Jessie! With hope, love, and Meowth at my side!"