Erik was just entering some long grass when he caught sight of something golden.

It was a harsh gold, yet pleasing. He rushed towards it, and found it to be like a balloon,

round, big eyes, and a tuft of hair above it’s forehead.

"Jigglypuff." Dexboy said, displaying a picture of the creature, only white. "This

Pokémon uses its alluring eyes to enrapture its foe. It then sings a pleasing melody that

lulls the for to sleep. Legends tell of the rare Golden Jigglypuff," he said, displaying a

picture that looked more like this Jigglypuff, "that sings wonderful songs that are much

more effective than a normal Jigglypuff. It has only been seen a few times and is

considered a mirage by most experts. Witnesses insist that it remains so elusive that only

the small babies are ever seen."

Closing Dexboy, Erik glanced at Matt.

"Does look kinda small." He whispered. "It’s yours."

Erik smiled. "Buttergirl!" he said, "Let’s go!" he called, throwing the Pokéball

towards the Jigglypuff. Buttergirl dwarfed the tiny Pokémon, which Erik’s Pokédex had

confirmed as a girl. "Confusion!" he said, using Buttergirl’s newly learned attack. The

air around her and Jigglypuff shimmered, and Jigglypuff’s eyes were practically in

spirals.

"Pokéball, go!" Erik called, and the tiny thing was sucked inside. Despite being

so weak, the Pokéball gave a fierce shake before the red warning light went off.

"Yes!" Erik called, hugging Buttergirl and grabbing the Pokéball. "Can you

believe it Matt?" he asked. Taking on a strange accent, he said, "I done caught me a

Golden Tiny." Dropping the accent, he looked serious. "Yeah…How about calling you

Tiny?" Erik said, tossing the Pokéball down and giving Tiny a Potion. Suddenly, the

little thing started crying.

"What’s wrong?" Erik asked, picking up the tiny golden thing.

A stream of tears and "Jigglypuff"s followed.

"I think she misses her parents." Matt said. Suddenly, Buttergirl swooped down

and picked up Tiny on her back. As she swooped around and squealed, Tiny gripped

tight and laughed, having fun and forgetting the tears.

Elsewhere, watching from not so far away, Dereko and Jamie watched through

the special Team Rocket field binoculars. In other words, they looked through very

large, and cheap, binoculars.

"That Jigglypuff looks mighty tempting. Do you think the boss would like it if

we took it instead? It does look rather rare…" Dereko said in a whining voice.

"Maybe…I think we should forget that little Bulbasaur…Anyone else could have

one even higher. Let’s change the mission to go after the Golden Jigglypuff instead!"

Jamie said, using the obvious for no particular reason. Turing back to her binoculars, she

said, "I think it’s time we made our entrance…"

Buttergirl was playing mother while she rose and dived, letting Tiny’s squeals of

delight urge her on. Suddenly, two explosions of red and blue smoke went off behind

her. Erik and Matt immediately knew who it was; the following cries only confirmed it.

"To lay claim to all the universe."

"To get rid of all Joys who nurse."

"To engage all who oppose in Pokémon battles."

"To win, and take back what they have taken from us adults."

"Dereko!"

"Jennie!"

"Team Rocket, here to win and take what we want!"

"Hand you Pokémon over or we won’t just taunt!"

Erik and Matt both drew their Pokéballs. Erik chose Bulby’s; Matt grabbed one

Erik didn’t remember. In response, Jennie and Dereko both drew two Pokéballs, totally

black, with a red "R" on the front.

"You won’t find it easy to beat us now!" Jennie said. "Growlithe, Magmar, go!"

she cried, throwing both Pokéballs.

"That’s right!" Dereko said as he threw both of his also. "Geodude, Machop,

go!" he yelled.

Erik pulled out Dexboy. "Magmar. This lava Pokémon has a body of flames,

enabling it to live in its preferred home of a volcano’s lava pit. Machop. This fighting

Pokémon loves competition. It trains in all forms of Martial Arts to become even

stronger." He said.

"In that case," Matt said, "I’ll take on Jennie. Onix! Go!" he cried, throwing his

Pokéball. Selecting another, he called, "Go, Pidgeot!"

Erik kept Bulby’s Pokéball. "Bulby! Buttergirl! Let’s go!" he yelled, sending

the Pokémon into battle.

"Magmar! Growlithe! Team Fire Blast!" Jennie yelled. The two fire Pokémon

spit out a huge star-shaped flame which hit Onix, even though it didn’t budge.

"Geodude! Rock Throw! Machop! Karate Chop, now!" Dereko yelled.

Geodude picked up a boulder, but Bulby smacked it hard with his vines. Soon,

Geodude fainted. Machop, on the other hand jumped up high a chopped at Buttergirl,

knocking her to the ground. Tiny squealed from Erik’s arms, where Buttergirl had

dropped it to keep her safe. Buttergirl was KOed, and Erik called her back. Dereko did

likewise with Geodude. All in all, Erik’s battle was down to Bulby versus Machop.

Meanwhile, in Matt’s battle, Onix was wrapped around Magmar, the flames from

Magmar’s body not hurting it while Magmar was being squeezed. Growlithe had already

fainted from Pidgeot’s repeated dives and swipes with its claws.

Suddenly, Machop caught Bulby’s vines and used them to toss Bulby around,

finally throwing him up in the air and slamming him down. Erik had to recall him, and

Onix suddenly fainted from Magmar flaring up.

Geodude was no match for Magmar, and Matt had to call it back.

"It’s over, boy. Now hand over that little Jigglypuff, before we take it!" Jennie

said.

"Never!" Erik shouted. Tiny was squirming hard now, and slipped out of Erik’s

grip as he tried to hold on to her. She jumped onto the field, looking even smaller against

Machop.

"Machop! Karate Chop!" Jennie yelled.

Tiny crouched, if possible, as Machop leaped high into the air. As Machop

slammed its hand down, it hit dirt instead of Tiny, who had leapt a dozen or so feet up.

"What?" Jennie and Dereko asked in unison.

"Alright!" Erik called, recognizing from his Trainer’s Guide what Tiny was

doing. "Pound!" he yelled.

Tiny, being so light, was just at the top of her jump, and puffed up until she was

just a big ball of gold. Falling fast, she hit the confused Machop in the head, KOing the

karate Pokémon.

"No!" Jennie cried. "Machop! Return!" she said, calling back the spiral-eyed

Machop.

Running off, they cried, "We’ll be back! And we won’t lose!" And they faded

into the distance.

After rejoicing, Matt said, "You do realize, they won’t stop until they have Tiny."

"I know." Erik said. "But if good thing come in tiny packages, like Tiny, we

shouldn’t have any problem. But still, Tiny will mean trouble, but it’s worth it. Don’t

you think? He asked.

"Jig" Tiny agreed from his shoulder. Laughing, and on the road to Mount Moon,

Erik, Matt, and Tiny enjoyed their time.