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this is one of the funniest moments in the entire series

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GRABBING HER HAND, STILL IN THE OUTFIT FROM THE CONTEST. THERE IS AN OFFICER JENNY HOT ON THEIR HEELS.

"JESSIE, WE HAVE TO GO."

"WHAAAAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOU-"

She turns, still in her absolutely incredible formal suit with matching ornamental weapons. IS THAT A COP?

"OH GREAT-!"

And she's running.

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"The heist was a bust but I won't complain too much- in terms of improvisational theatre, Team Rocket steals the spotlight."

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Yanmega is a quick- TOO quick flier. It dodges the dangerous attack, buzzing like a motor, and it lets the net get slashed. She shrieks as the net is cut open, and Clefairy were dropping from the balloon.

"AHHHH! Yanmega, use Thunder on that bird! JAMES DO SOMETHING-"

And the balloon was losing altitude with the tear in it from that attack.

She took a pokeball while looking up to see the bag that had all the Clefairy inside. An idea popped in her head, but she'd have to maneuver in a way to try and get that in motion.

"Wildflower, Aerial Ace!" Celeste called out as the Hawlucha, her left pinky hinting where to aim the attack as she started to fly around the balloon.

Hit both the Yanmega and the net.

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Jellicent takes the air strike with a feeble but deep "ooo", flames rolling off her water type body and sizzling her pretty frills. It's a powerful hit, and singes some of the ropes on the net!

Which breaks only marginally, one or two Clefairy dropping from the sky into the tree canopy below, before Jellicent in a panic slaps sticky film on it to seal the hole.

"AGH. You brat! YOU ALWAYS GET IN THE WAY."

Jessie did not have the virtue of a calm temper, and with another snap of her fingers-

"Jellicent! Water Pulse and confuse that confounded creep!"

The Pokemon swelled with water in mid air, firing large rings of water and sound towards the airborne menace.

"We're not giving these back, you hear!"

The champion makes a disgruntled sound, one the spelt annoyance--and yet, his heart thumped with a bleeding excitement, thrilled to be up in the air. Something about fending off danger, it always drove him wild.

Red would hug the dragon from behind as gallons of water fire into their direction, patting Char on the back twice as a silent, but well-practiced signal. She looks notably frustrated herself, the lizard wanting to enjoy the festivities and do anything but this. Regardless, she inhales again, expelling flames from her maw.

Red rolls a d12 and scores a 9.

Being in the air had taken enough of her attention already, and more than that she was out of practice since retiring from the champion chair, too. The fire from her jaw does enough to evaporate just some of the water, dragon and her trainer slathered with the water that she missed.

Red groans, clearly frustrated with the outcome. Making a mental note to return to training her later, he jams a spare taiyaki in his mouth for encouragement, pulling it in half and feeding the rest to his charizard.

He pats her back again, commanding that she shoot another fire blast in the balloon's direction.

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MEGA ARBOK

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The snake causing the utmost chaos and destruction, now that STEALTH was out of the picture, let out a whine at the bite and whipped all three heads at the little monster man on its tail while the air flinch slapped into the steel-like scales. All three tongues flicked repeatedly.

And the snake pulled the second half of its body back, throwing a massive amount of force skyward and LAUNCHING the man at max speed into the sky...

He truly sailed as if he was going to disappear into the backdrop with a starry little "tink".

Instead, he landed right into the side of the balloon with a comedic slap.

The expression on her face went from triumphant to furious.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

Well THAT'S new. Proton stumbles back some as the Arbok changes shape in a burst of energy; since when could Thing One and Thing Two afford mega evolution?! That was news to him. Whatever, he can't linger on it, the fate of his special interest is at hand.

" WHAT MY DEAL?! WHAT'S YOUR DEAL!? "

Three heads were better than one, but right now, there were only two between himself and Golbat. If that's all they had, then that's all they needed.

Here he was, having a shouting match from the ground up into the sky. Honestly? This was an average meeting between him and the trio.

Arbok was getting a little too close for comfort though! ! !

" I AM GOING TO BITE THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR SNAKE! ! ! IT'S GONNA GET REEAAAAAALLY QUIRKY IN HERE SOON! "

His body distorts as his voice produces static as well. Golbat, still disoriented, SCREECHES back at Arbok, because HOW DARE YOU YELL AT HIM??? He had a job to do, Proton's flailing reminds him, so he takes the Mega Arbok from the otherside, using Air Cutter in an attempt to flinch the serpent, while Proton, well--

Well the man bites the snake and latches on like a Granbull. That's not going to be fun. Get TV static'd.

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"UGH-"

Why does this guy ONLY EVER SHOW UP AT THESE MOMENTS?!

"Now we have that overgrown LIZARD after us?!"

She stomped her heel onto the basket floor and thumped a THIRD pokemon into her hand. This band of thieves wasn't going down today to THE SAME FUCKING GUY FROM YEARS AGO.

"Alright Jellicent, send that giant gecko to the GROUND!"

A gigantic jellifish manifested in the sky before the balloon, its empty expression meeting Charizard's face with a "oooohhhhh".

"Hydro pump!"

[ I LIVE HERE!!! ]

Red would chuck his Charizard's pokeball, commanding the dragon to follow after that air balloon!!!

[ AND your costume sucks!!! ] How is he communicating that from this distance? Let's not discuss that. It doesn't take them long to begin chasing after the giant balloon.

Wings fluttering, the fire type takes a sharp intake of breath, before blowing a heavy wind their way.

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She’s quickly caught up to the balloon, riding a strange lizard Pokémon that was capable of flight. “Missed me?” Celeste playfully taunts.

WHERE ARE ALL THESE WANNABE HEROES COMING FROM?!

Wait... what is that thing?! It looks pretty rare.

YANMEGA KICK ITS ASS.

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"HOW ABOUT YOU TRY YOU SLASH SLINGING SKANK."

Not her proudest alliteration, but she slams a boot into the edge of the balloon basket and slaps a bracelet around her wrist, a shining rainbow stone flickering on it.

And she snaps her fingers from ages away.

"ARBOK TURN THIS CLOWN INTO A PROTON PUREE!"

There's a FLASH of catastrophic light from the wrestling snake as its tail thwapped against Golbat, and then it stopped, confused for a moment at why a former friend was chewing on him. And then there was an explosion as his body expanded and split with the UNHOLY power of MEGA EVOLUTION.

Three heads scattered from a core body in all directions snapping after Proton and missing. It SCREECHED at Golbat to disorient it, its massive coils smashing trees and detritus from the forested floor into pieces.

And the bag full of Clefairy was silhouetted beautifully in the sky.

"WE DONT EVEN WORK IN THE SAME BUSINESS ANYMORE," Jessie screamed at the top of her lungs, "WHAT IS YOUR DEAL?!"

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Hey. Proton here.

You might be wondering what got me into this situation.

See, here's the thing: I don't care about crime! Steal whatever you want. That's cool. But when you cross that SACRED LINE involving Sailor Moon, that's when you've gone too far.

Alright continue.

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" YEAH YOU KEEP FLYING AWAY I'M GONNA RIP INTO YOU AFTER I DEAL WITH HER FIRST ! ! ! " Proton shouts, flailing an arm at the trio as he PUSHES to PRY ARBOK'S JAW OFF OF HIM. As he does to, Golbat bursts from his Poké Ball-- at first, he goes to attack, but then he blurts out a few words in the serpent's direction, none of which ANYBODY would understand--

Much like his trainer, Golbat bites for attention.

So Golbat is going to go ahead and BITE BITE BITE BITE onto Arbok until HE gets the attention, leaving room for Proton to escape and get to his feet.

" GET DOWN HERE YOU ASSHOLE WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?! " Now he's shouting up at the balloon again, his body flickering and glitching. He'll have to deal with Arbok on his own.

" Golbat GO POP THEIR BALLOON WITH AIR SLASH. "

On that note, now he's wrestling Arbok as if he were in a nature documentary.

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OH SO THATS HOW IT IS?

"NO HONOR AMONG THEIVES HUH? FINE IF YOU WANT TO BE A RAT-"

She pulls a pokeball from her belt and tosses it mid air.

And it ERUPTS into an enormous purple serpent.

Which grabs FORMER ASSOCIATE Proton IN ITS MOUTH AND LAUNCHES ITSELF AND HIM TO THE GROUND.

"TAKE THAT."

@chounaifu

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Fully invented a MLM called Meowthcoin and made millions and fucked off before they got caught and keep buying Meowth Balloons with it.

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"FIFTEEN YEARS AND YOU'RE STILL AROUND?"

She puffs up and yells after him as their balloon is rapidly floating away.

"EARLY PIDGEY GETS THE WORM, AND YOU'RE TOO SLOW, TWERP."

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" REALLY???? "

"!!"

She does a complex pose and backs up in the Meowth balloon basket, before running right back over and shouting down to the ground.

"I DONT SEE YOUR UNIFORM, BUDDY, SO BACK OFF!"

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"Like taking candy from babies! With this pink pound of puff we'll be set for the next ten years!"

She's looking down at a drag net filled to the brim of dozens upon dozens of Sailor Clefairies. What a successful moon festival!

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team rocket dressing to take sailor moon clefairies during the moon festival