A/N: Well here we go, the final part to this story's saga ^_^ I don't know if you noticed or not but I made a little boo-boo in the last part with Cara. I won't blab on so enjoy the finale of 'Love not War, Friend not Foe!'
Note: Some violence in this chapter! Little bit of cussing too.

'Thoughts are like this'

Last time...

After the laughter died down Jessie stood facing them and clapped her hands. "All right then everyone. This scene is getting way to mushy. Let's round everyone up and have a party! Giovanni is dead!"

"Don't be too sure about that"

They all looked over and saw Giovanni standing there with Cassidy and Butch, along with a couple more Rockets. They were covered in dirt.

"We're not done yet"

They two groups scowled at each other and prepared to fight, again.

Thick, black smoke and dust floated up into the air and fires crackled around what used to be the Team Rocket Headquarters. The cries of frightened wild pokémon filled the air along with the cries of injured Rockets that were unlucky to get caught in the intense explosion.

Not far from the ruins stood a group of figures, six facing off against six, scowls of anger upon each face. The wind picked up and blew clouds of dust across the area.

Jessie stood next to her beloved, James, her hand holding his tightly. 'How did he get away? He should have been blown to pieces'

Giovanni smirked at the young group attempting to defy him. "That was some explosion you planted but it doesn't do much good if you have a system that detects and explosives built into the building"

"If you knew about the bomb, then why didn't you tell your rockets?" James stood slightly ahead of Jessie in a defensive manner.

"It would have wasted too much of my time. They were all expandable in any sense"

"You're one sick monster!" Ash yelled angrily, his fists shaking in anger. Misty placed a hand on his shoulder and watched the group.

"And you're one annoying little boy that should have died a long time ago" Giovanni motioned to the Rockets behind him and they started forward, pokéballs drawn.

"You're out numbered Giovanni, why even try?" It was Cara's turn to speak as she prepared her pokéballs, enlarging them in her hands.

He laughed evilly and shook his head. "You poor children wouldn't understand any concept of Rocket business. Now please don't drag this out. I wish to be home for dinner" He crossed his arms and signalled the Rockets. Cassidy and Butch faced off against Jessie and James and the other Rockets took to Ash, Misty, Brock and Cara.

Once again the sounds of battling filled the air. James lunged at Butch and scored a punch to his gut. He spun around, kicked Butch's legs from under him and punched down on his chest.

It all happened too fast for Butch to know what was going on. First he was facing James and next he was on the ground, his chest on fire and gasping for breath.

James stood over his long time rival and stared at him with no emotion. "Your time is now Butch, so long"

They were the final words that fell upon his ears before his whole world went black just after a sheering pain shot through from his chest. His final breath escaped him and his body lay motionless.

James pulled the impaled knife from Butch's lifeless form and turned to face Giovanni. His deep green eyes stared hard at the man and he took a step towards him.

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Jessie struggled to push Cassidy's Raticate away from her neck. Cassidy chuckled evilly and watched with her arms folded. "That's it my pet, go for the neck!"

Jessie took deep breaths and held the pokémon off, but it was tiring and its fangs were nearing their target with every passing second. "If only I could reach my pokéballs!" she grunted. As soon as she said that, her pokéballs wobbled and her pokémon emerged. Arbok hissed menacingly at Cassidy and slithered towards her at high speed.

Cassidy screamed as the large serpent closed in on her. "Raticate! Help me!"

Her Raticate jumped off Jessie and charged towards Arbok with its fangs bared. Jessie scrambled and stood up, her gun slipping from its place and falling to the ground. "Wobbuffet do something!"

Wobbuffet looked at her and shook its head. Jessie grumbled. "I forgot, you can't attack first"

Arbok sensed the oncoming attack and just as the large rat leapt up and lunged at Arbok's head, it ducked and let the pokémon soar over it. The Raticate landed and spun around to face Arbok. Big mistake. Arbok was enraged and didn't hold back on attacking. Soon the body of an unconscious Raticate lay on the ground.

Cassidy looked over at Jessie with a pale face. Giovanni had only given her one pokémon to use.

Jessie walked over and stood next to Arbok. "Cassidy, surrender now or you will face the same fate as Butch over there" She pointed to the lifeless body not far off.

Cassidy looked over and once her eyes set upon Butch, she screamed. "Butch!" Tears streamed down her face and she sharply turned back towards Jessie. "You bitch!" She ran at Jessie but never reached her. Arbok had grabbed her and was now holding her in a tight wrap. She squirmed and tried to escape.

Jessie looked at the young blond. "Cassidy, do you give up?"

"Never to you! Over my death bed!" She screamed at Jessie, tears of anger and sorrow on her cheeks.

"Have it your way. I'm sorry Cassidy" She nodded to Arbok and turned away. There was a quick snap followed with a gasp and a thump as Cassidy's body fell to the ground. Jessie shuddered and clenched her hands in fists. "I'm sorry..." She mumbled again and then turned back to help the others.

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James gasped and skidded across the ground. He pushed himself up and faced Giovanni and his Nidoking. His arm ached from the blow he'd received. "There's no way I can beat him on my own" He fingered a pokeball that lay on his belt.

"You're done for boy. Nidoking, Horn drill that wimp!" The pokémon roared and charged at James with a spinning horn. James just managed to dodge the attack and landed a safe distance away.

"My turn Giovanni" He pulled out the pokéball and enlarged it. "I choose you Growley!" When the bright light faded an Arcanine stood tall. It growled deeply at its opponent.

"Ha! You think my Nidoking will be affected by fire?! You're stupider then you look" Giovanni smirked and ordered his pokémon to used Hyper Beam. Its horn glowed and it fired the Hyper Beam.

"Growley Fire Blast!" Growley took a deep breath and fired a Fire Blast at the Nidoking's attack. Both attacks collided and fazed out with an explosion. James' cloak flapped violently in the wind and he covered his face from the dust been blown around. When it had settled he narrowed his eyes. "Giovanni, you're going down!"

"Do you have any idea how many hopeless people have said that to me? You'll just be another on the list"

"I don't think so. Growley, Hyper Fire Blast attack!"

"Hyper Fire Blast?"

Growley's eyes glowed a blood red colour and he growled. He inhaled a long breath and held it. His eyes flashed and he lowered his head slightly. He raised it again and opened his mouth. A large and overpowering funnel of flames poured forth from the pokémon's opened muzzle and engulfed the helpless Nidoking that stood in its path. There was a scream from within the flames.

"What manner of attack is this!" Giovanni had to step away from the intense heat. The attack stopped and he opened his eyes again. He stared in shock at the pile of ashes that used to be his pokémon. He looked fearfully at James and his Arcanine.

"Now as I said, you're going down" James grinned and get ready to prepare an order for Growley.

"Not as long as I'm still standing" He pulled out a gun and pointed it at James. Wasting no time, he pulled the trigger and there was a bang and a thump.

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Jessie winched at the gunshot and spun around. James' body came to view and she shook her head in disbelief. "James... no!" She ran over to him and fell next to him. She gently lifted up his head and stroked his hair. Memories of back at the cliff when the Rockets first attacked them came to mind. "James, don't you die on me now!" She yelled at him and sobbed.

Growley lay behind them and whined.

Giovanni smirked. "Your turn" He pointed the gun at Jessie and started to pull the trigger.

There was a gunshot and Jessie winced again and kept her eyes shut tight. She waited for some pain but only heard a thump of another body collapsing. She opened her eyes and looked over to see Giovanni lying in a heap, dead. She glanced over and saw Misty holding her gun and standing facing where Giovanni was.

"Misty?" Jessie gasped.

Misty dropped her hands to her sides. She looked at Giovanni silently for a moment before laughing. "He's dead!" She threw her hands to the air and cheered.

Ash ran over and hugged her. "Misty you killed Giovanni! The war is over!"

Misty laughed again. "It's funny. I thought I could never kill a person but I feel great!"

"Giovanni wasn't human. Nothing as evil as him could be," Cara said as she placed a hand on Misty's shoulder.

"Guess you're right" Misty handed Cara the gun and sighed.

James opened his eyes and groaned. "Great, I missed it"

Jessie hugged him tightly. "You're okay!"

"OW! Now if you keep hugging my like that!" He cringed in pain.

Jessie let him go and giggled. "Sorry. Where'd he shoot you?"

"Just the shoulder. I'll be fine" He pushed himself up and smiled. "It's all over"

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Six months later...

"Now all the Team Rocket members have been trailed and are heading off to serve a life long sentence in prison. Meanwhile, cites and towns are getting back to what could be called normal after the war. This is Duplica with Ditto, signing off for 'News Now'. Good evening"
"Ditto!"

Jessie switched the television off and walked over to the window of the cottage. James and herself had built it after the war and had moved in once James' shoulder was healed up. Beautiful fields of wild flowers surrounded it, a sight Jessie always enjoyed. She looked at a picture and smiled. It was taken the day James was let out after the doctors had fixed his shoulder. The whole group was there. Ash and Misty holding hands, Cara with Brock drooling over her and herself and James in the middle. She loved that picture.

The front door was opened and closed again. The thudding of footsteps came up the hall.

"Jessie, where are you?"

"I'm in the sitting room James" She sat on the windowsill and watched as the sun sank halfway down over the horizon.

"There you are" James came over and kissed her lightly on the cheek.

She kissed him back and then looked at him. "Why all the smiles?"

James was beaming as he looked at her. "Do you have any idea how beautiful you look in that light?"

Jessie blushed and James took her hand.

"Jessie, I have to ask you something"

"Ehh sure. What is it?" She followed as he led her outside and into the patio. "James what's going on?"

"Ohh nothing" He faced her and smiled again. "I just want this to be right"

"James you're starting to scare me" She shook her head.

"Okay. Here goes" He knelt down on one knee and took Jessie's hand in his. "Jessie, I love you more than anything and we've been through so much together. Nothing would make me happier, then you to be my wife" He took out a small box from his pocket and opened it. Inside sat an engagement ring with a diamond the shape of a heart.

Jessie pulled James up and was grinning madly. "Nothing would make me happier either"

James took the ring from the box and slipped it into her finger. "I love you Jessie"

"I love you too James" And with that said, the two kissed in the light of the setting sun.

The end, ohh those words ^_^ Well that's it. I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Until next time peeps! I'm Ashla, signing off...