 | Jessie, James, and Meowth were, as usual, chasing the Pikachu. That day, the twirps had lead them to a rich neighborhood. There were mansions all up and down the streets.
"Wow, these houses are beautiful!" Jessie said.
James just looked around fearfully. This place was way too familiar.
"Then hurry up, you guys!" Meowth said, "If we capture that Pikachu, we'll be living in castles 10 times bigger than these!"
Jessie and Meowth started walking away, but James just stood there staring. It was his old house! He could see through the gate his pet Growlie the Growlithe running in the yard, and up on the balcony sat his parents and his fiancee, Jessibelle.
"Wait for me!" James yelled, realizing his friends were leaving and chasing after them. But Growlie recognized his voice, and went running out through the gate, which was slightly open, barking and wagging his tail, happy to see his master.
"Growlie!" James exclaimed, kneeling down to pet his Growlithe. Growlie licked his face.
"Growlithe! You terrible dog! Get back here!" James' dad yelled.
"Stop eating the mailman!" James' mom yelled.
"It's not the mailman!" Jessibelle yelled, "It's James!!" They all got up and ran down the balcony steps.
James saw them coming and told Growlie to go back to the house. Then he ran until he caught up with Jessie and Meowth. "They're after me!" He wailed.
"Oh, James!" Jessibelle said, almost right behind them.
James tried to run, but Jessibelle grabbed his arm. Jessie grabbed his other arm, and Meowth pulled on his leg.
"Let go of my James!" Jessibelle yelled.
"You let go! We have to capture Pikachu!" Jessie said.
"Hey, who are you?" Meowth asked, "And you look exactly like Jessie! Except for the hair."
"Let go before you rip me in half!" James yelled. But his parents came up behind them and helped Jessibelle pull. Growlie tried to free James by biting his dad's butt and ripping his pants, but it was basically 3 against 1, since Meowth was just a cat. James' family pulled him away from his friends and literally dragged him back to the mansion.
"Now we can finally have our wedding!" Jessibelle squealed.
"James, you should be ashamed of yourself! You're still on Team Rocket! And you're all dirty!" His mother scolded, looking at his uniform.
"And when are you going to teach that Growlithe not to ruin my good pants?" His dad added.
James looked at the hole in the butt of his dad's pants and started to laugh. But that only made things worse, because now there was even more scolding, and Jessibelle hit him with her whip.
As soon as he could, James ran up to his old room and hid there. He had to think of some way to escape his evil family, but he couldn't just run away. That was what he'd done many years ago, so they'd catch him for sure. Plus, he wanted his inheritance money, but they wouldn't give him it unless he married Jessibelle. He hoped that Jessie and Meowth would come looking for him.
Meanwhile, Jessie and Meowth had nowhere to stay, so they found an alley to sleep in.
"Your evil twin stole James!" Meowth said, "How are we going to get him back?"
"She's not my twin! I've never seen her before!" Jessie said, "But I don't know. And I kind of wish they'd kidnap us, too, so we can sleep in the mansion instead of on the street!"
James was wishing that he could be on the street instead of in the mansion. Early the next morning, Jessibelle hit him with her whip to wake him up. It was just like when he was a kid. James had to wear a suit and was constantly yelled at by his parents and whipped by Jessibelle. As soon as he could possibly escape from the house, he ran outside to see Growlie. They were playing fetch when Growlie ran to the gate barking.
"Growlie? Who's there?" James said, following him. It was Jessie and Meowth, so James told Growlie that it was okay, they were his friends.
"James! What are you doing hanging around there? They're not guarding you, you should run away!" Jessie said.
"But I want my inheritance." James said, "And I have to think of a way of getting it without marrying Jessibelle!"
"Oh, James!" Jessibelle once again sneaked up behind him, "Our wedding is going to be this afternoon! Isn't that wonderful! Come inside and get ready!"
"At least you'll get your inheritance" Meowth said, "Unless..."
"Unless what?" James asked quietly so Jessibelle wouldn't hear.
"I've got a plan!" Meowth announced, "Lock Jessibelle in a closet as soon as you can, then put something on the gate to give me a signal."
"But..."
"Just do it! Now we've got to go!" Meowth and Jessie ran off down the street.
Luckily, Jessibelle gave James a perfect opportunity to lock her in a closet. She whipped him until he came upstairs to his room with her, then she opened his closet and looked through his clothes.
"You are wearing this!" She said, holding up one of his suits.
James had to think fast. He pushed her in the closet and tied her up with clothes. She started to scream, so he tied some more clothes around her mouth to gag her.
Then, he locked the door shut and left a signal for Meowth to do his part of the plan, whatever that was.
When Meowth saw the signal, he ran quickly to finish the plan. He climbed up a tree and told Jessie to follow him. They climbed in Jessibelle's bedroom window. Hoping that James had not locked Jessibelle in her own closet, Meowth slowly turned the knob. It was not locked, and Jessibelle was not inside. Breathing a sigh of relief,
Meowth handed Jessie some of Jessibelle's clothes.
"Put that on!" He told her.
"But Meowth, it's hideous!" Jessie protested.
"Put it on anyway!" Meowth told her, pushing her into the bathroom to change.
Minutes later, Jessie came out and said, "Meowth, I look terrible!" But Meowth ignored her complaints, grabbed Jessibelle's curling iron, and got to work on her hair.
"It's perfect!" Meowth said when he was done. Jessie saw herself in the mirror and screamed. "Shh!" Meowth hissed, covering her mouth with his paw, "They can't know
you're here yet."
"But I look like her!" Jessie said.
"That's the point!" Meowth said, "Now carry this and go find James," He handed her a whip, "Tell James to pretend you're Jessibelle and tell his parents he got married so they'll give him his money!"
"James!" Jessie said, after finally finding him in the huge mansion.
This time, James was the one to scream, "How did you get out? I locked you in a closet! I have to put you back before you ruin Meowth's plan!" He grabbed her by the
arm and ran upstairs to his room, ignoring her protests. James unlocked the closet and flung the door open. He was shocked to see Jessibelle still tied up.
"But if you're there, how can you be here?" James asked.
"James, it's me!" Jessie said, "I tried to tell you!"
"Jessie!" James exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
Jessie told him the plan. James locked the closet back up and they went to find his parents. They thought Jessie really was Jessibelle, and James' mom said, "Where have you been? The wedding is in half an hour!"
"We couldn't wait any longer," James lied, "So we got married this morning!" Jessie nodded, but she couldn't talk because she didn't sound like Jessibelle.
"Congratulations!" James' dad said, "Here's your inheritance! We thought you might like to use it on your honeymoon!"
"We're rich!" Meowth exclaimed when he saw the money. Team Rocket (and Growlie) moved into a big beautiful mansion and were millionaires and lived happily ever after. But not everyone did...
"Jessibelle!" James' parents found her tied up in the closet, half dead, a few days later, "Why aren't you with James on your honeymoon? "
"He locked me up!" Jessibelle exclaimed when he untied her, "That wasn't me who was with him when he said we got married. It was some girl named Jessie who looks like me!"
"I'm going to kill him!" James' dad yelled.
"Let's not go that far," His mom said, "But we have to find James and get the money back!"
"And I have to get revenge for being locked in a closet!" Jessibelle said.
THE END (Or is it?)
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