babump....

"Where am I?"

Babump.....

"Am I dreaming?"

BaBump....

"I must be dreaming....."

BABump.....

"Who are you?"

BABUMP....

BABUMP!

BABUMP!!

BABUMP!!!

(BGM : Kuja's Theme - Final Fantasy IX)

With a whoosh of previously unseen flames, a scene suddenly burst to
life. Twin pairs of eyes widened as a shining flame red being clashed
against the skyline of Tokyo.

The Dragon reared back, spitting dark flames. The Knight ripped the
shoulder guard and held it out, blocking the spray of flame.

Again and again, the bladed weapon shone with the sound of metal upon
metal, the roar of a Dragon, the sound of the sword parting air with a
hissing thrum.

Then, with a loud ka-chunk, a massive weapon burst from the hand of one
of the fighters.

Then, with a tremendous crack of thunder, a ball of flame erupted from
the tip of the weapon, elongating into a searing beam of white light.

All went white... and then the flames resumed their patterns as the
fight raged one once again.

And then.... a voice spoke. "Child of Destiny...."

"Who's there?"

"Child of Chaos...."

"Show yourself!"

"Children... of Fate....."

"What is all this?"

Suddenly, the scene froze, like a picture. "This is your destiny," a
voice then intoned.

"Destiny?" one asked.

"This is our Destiny?" the other added.

"Yes...."

"Who are you?" the first asked.

"You will know when it is time."

With a crash of glass shattering, the scene fragmented into hundreds of
pieces, flying into the darkness.

"The fun... is only beginning!"

<><><>

(BGM : The Girl Who Stole The Star - Chrono Cross)

Ranma awoke in a sweat, jerking to a sitting position. His body was
drenched in sweat from the night, though cool in temperature. Clutching
at the sheets of his bed, he panted, his chest heaving from the
adeneline rush of the dream. Groaning, he then buried his face into his
hands, intertwining his messy hair within the confines of his fingers.
The dream was so realistic. It was like it happened.

Casting a glance over to Genma who lay snoring, he sighed. His father
could sleep through the end of the world, if he was not being directly
attacked or offered food.

The young pigtailed martial artist got out of bed as he moved to the
window, opening it. The early morning chill soothed him as the memories
of the dream still kept on going through his mind.

"What in the world was that?" he asked himself, turning away from the
window. "Was that a dream?" He sighed as he laid back down. "Must be. It
has to be."

Laying there, hands behind his head, he thought. A shining red knight.
He didn't know any red knights in his dream. Then, he remembered that
there were two, himself and someone else. He then sighed and went back
to bed.

<><><>

Elsewhere out in the Pacific Ocean.... somewhere between Okinawa and
Tokyo Harbor....

"Pika!"

"Child of Chaos...."

"Pika pika pika....."

"Child of Destiny.... children of fate...."

"Pika pika pika.... PIKACHU!"

ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Ash was immediately up and out his cot as
his Pikachu shocked him out of his half-awakened state.

"Pika.  Pika pi?"

"Huh... wha...?" Ash looked around.  He was back in his room he got for
the boat trip to Cinnabar.  "Boy... what was that?"

"Ash, are you alright?"

"We heard you scream! Is something wrong?"

Ash turned to his traveling companions, Misty and Brock, as they burst
into his room. "I'm fine really. I was having a weird dream that's all."

"Are you sure?" Misty took note of his stressed out state. "Ash, you're
sweating like a pig. That must be some dream you had."

"Yeah Misty, I'm fine. I guess it just seemed to be so real for a
dream." he answered, though still unsure of what has transpired.

"Well, I think he needs his sleep. We should be reaching Cinnabar by
tomorrow afternoon," Brock said, heading out for the door. "Come on
Misty."

"Yeah... you're right." Soon Misty headed out the door, only turning
once to see the confused face of Ash, then heading back to her room.

"That dream... what was it about?" Ash said out loud.

"Pika pika." Pikachu shrugged, and hoped that Ash was at least ok.

<><><>

(Opening theme : Liberi Fatali : Final Fantasy VIII)

(A shot of something racing across the seas)
Excitate vow e somno, liberi mei.
Cunae non sunt.

(An eyecatch of a pair appearing out of thin air, weapons at the ready.)
Excitate vow e somno, liberi fatali.
Somnus non eat.

(A shot of a figure locking together)
Surgite.
Invenite hortum veritatis.
Ardente veritate Urite mala mundi.

(A scene of Misty looking up, Jenette at her back)
Ardente veritate Incendite tenebras mundi.

(A pair fighting in the middle of a broken district, explosions
everywhere.)
Valete, liberi, Diebus fatalibus.

(Then, all goes white as the Logo appears.)

A Pokemon, Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction
Developed for the new Millennium

Pokemon 2000 : The Directors Cut

The ReWrite of Pokemon 152 - ? 2000

written by Shaun Garin revised
edited and co-authored by WarChild

based on an idea by Kahlil Noriega
written with the authors permission

<><><>

Episode 1 : To Tokyo and back

<><><>

Misty sighed in exasperation, "We're lost again Ash! You're just too
stubborn to admit it!"

"I'm not! I have a great sense of direction!"

Right now, Misty and Ash were currently yelling at each other in a
heated argument. They arrived on land hours before, thinking they were
in Cinnabar. Considering they were supposed to be in Cinnibar hours ago,
Misty came to the conclusion that they were lost again, and hence the
arguement.

But thankfully for Ash, the forest cleared and a huge city sat displayed
in front of it. Brock, the more sensible one, checked his map.

Misty noticed this and whistled, "Is this Cinnibar? It's so big!"

Ash nodded. "Yeah. I'll bet there's a great place to catch some wild
Pokemon! I'll catch every species I find!"

"Careful Ash, you might capture a tamed Pokemon by mistake," Misty said.
"A city this big could have quite a few tamed Pokemon here." She looked
around in a 360 degree spin and came face to face with a huge sign.
"Welcome to Tokyo, Nerima District. Home of the Kuno and Mendo
families." Misty blinked. "Tokyo?"

"Strange, this city doesn't seem to be on any map," Brock said out loud,
flipping the map upside down and in all directions.

Ash turned around, "Huh? What do you mean Brock?"

"I can't find it anywhere on the map. I think we went straight out of
the Archepalgo Mainland!"

Ash and Misty took on a nervous twitch, "The MAINLAND?!" Misty screamed
with a huge head, frightening the bejessus out of the hapless trio.
"What are we gonna do?! We must of took the wrong ship!!!"

"Misty calm down! This city must have a Pokemon Center around here.
They'll tell you where we are." Ash heaved a great sigh as the Water
Pokemon Trainer calmed to a relatively normal state. "Besides, isn't
that a old map Brock?"

Brock nodded. "I admit this is a old map so I could be missing a few
cities on here. I would suppose that this city grew really fast over the
last decade. Or not. We could be on a different island, or even one of
the major Mainland Continents since we took the wrong ship. Besides,
didn't the trip take a really long time to get to it's destination?"

"Yeah... and that city we landed in.... AH! We landed in Yokohama and
walked right to Tokyo!" Misty exclaimed.

"Tokyo?!" Ash exclaimed. "How did we get to Japan?!"

"I don't know. Man, who bought the tickets anyhow?" Brock asked.

"Well... I did get them from the vendor, and then Team Rocket showed up,
and the resulting battle.... we got on the wrong ship!" Ash punched his
fist into his open palm. "We have to get back home!"

Misty exhaled deeply. "But we don't have enough money to get back home!
We used it all on those round trip tickets to Cinnibar Island!"

"Pikachu." Pikachu exhaled deeply.

"Well, there's no sence staying here! Lets go and find the nearest
Pokemon Center!" Ash then dashed down the road, Misty, Brock and Pikachu
running after them.

<><><>

"Hmm, this is a new city," James said, while peering through the
glasses. "It was a good idea to follow the brats when they took that
boat."

"I know. It's not on any maps." Jessie agreed, "We must be the first
ones to find it!"

"Youse two are really pathetic, ya know that?" The pair of Rockets
looked at Meowth who was studying an atlas. "If you haven't noticed,
we're not on the Archepalgo anymore!"

"Huh? Then where are we?" Jessie inquired.

"Got me. But this place must have some rare Pokemon!"

"Then lets do it!" Jessie said, standing up, flames billowing in the
background. "If the boss is given a lot more new species of Pokemon,
then we'll be promoted!"

"And we'll get a big fat bonus!" James yelled, ecstatic.

"And we can become the head of Team Rocket!" Jessie yelled.

"MEOWTH!!!" As the human members of Team Rocket sat in shock from the
scratches in their face, Meowth settled down and said, "shut up you two!
Sometimes you two are so stupid! I haven't seen any Pokemon here in the
wild, so what makes you tink..... uh oh."

"My...face!" Jessie stuttered.

"I'm injured!" James whined.

They towered over Meowth in Giant Flaming Heads of Doom as they wound up
and booted the cat Pokemon into the atmosphere with a twin cry of
"MEOWTH NO BAKAAA!!"

<><><>

"There's no Pokemon Center anywhere!" Ash complained.  "What kind of
city doesn't have a Pokemon Center?"

"I know! The only hospitals are for humans!" agreed Misty.

"Pika pika."

Ash, Brock and Misty sat down at a bench in front of the restaurant
district. The young Pokemon trainer groaned and slouched in his wooden
chair. His stomach grumbled. "I'm hungry," he said to the air.

"We all are. Hey, lets go and eat there," Brock said, pointing at the
restaurant in front of them with a Japanese sign reading, Nekohanten

"Nekohanten?," Misty said while looking at the sign, "What's that?"

"Its the word for Cat." Brock supplied. "I'm assuming this is a Chinese
Resturant!"

"A Chinese Resturant?" Ash asked.

"The Chinese are one of the major world powers on earth," Brock
explained. "This is most likely one of the resturants someone of the
same origin owns."

"I'm getting kinda hungry," Ash said, his stomach rumbling.

"Pikachu."

"Then lets eat!"

"Togepi!"

<><><>

"DIE RANMA!"

"Aw man not again!"

Ranma sighed as he dodged and weaved around the thrusts of the weapon.
"Wha'd I do this time P-chan?"

"You were cheating on Akane!" Ryoga snarled. "This is unforgivable!"

"I didn't cheat on her!" Ranma shouted, delivering a few kicks into
Ryoga's side. "You're blowing this all out of proportion! I didn't ask
for Kodachi to show up!"

"So you admit it! DIE RANMA!"

Ranma grunted as he ducked a punch, and then with a swift kick in the
pants, sent Ryoga hurling into the water. "Cool off P-chan," he snorted,
walking away from the fuming piglet.

<><><>

"Hello, Nadoka-san. Nice day today, isn't it?"

Nadoka Saotome looked up at the person speaking to her. It was Noboyuki
Masaki, the architect from out of town. "Hello Masaki-san. Yes, it is a
good day."

"Say, you don't look so happy there. Don't tell me, your son and husband
still not there?"

Nadoka nodded. "Every time I visit they are always away. It's like they
are avoiding me."

Noboyuki sighed. "Things are not always as they seem, or that's what my
father-in-law would tell me." With that Noboyuki picked up his
briefcase. "Got to go. I wouldn't want to let my son Tenchi down. Have a
good day."

With that Noboyuki left, now leaving Nadoka all alone. She sighed. When
can she ever see her son and husband again?

"Mew! Mew!"

"Hmmm.... what is it?" Nadoka asked the pink, cat like creature.

"Mew mew mew mew mew!" The creature response, adding gestures and such
so the Psychic Pokemon would be able to communicate with it's master.

Nadoka smiled, as she learn what her Pokemon was saying. "That's
interesting. Maybe I should take another trip to Nerima again."

"Mew!"

<><><>

"Welcome to Nekohanten. I take order, yes?" Shampoo, Chinese Amazon at
birth and almost a fiancee of a certain reluctant suitor, found herself
with three newcomers to Nerima. The Brown haired one seemed slightly
dazed when he looked at her.

Ash nodded, "What do you serve here?"

"Ramen. Is house specialty." Shampoo handed them some menus.

Misty looked through it. "Hmm.. I'll have the beef Ramen."

"Make mine a double beef." Brock put in.

"Special."

"Pika!" Pikachu said, pointing at the fruit salad in the dessert
choices.

"Ayia. I go get order. You wait, yes?" With that, Shampoo bounded into
the kitchen. There, Cologne, super aged matriarch of the Village waited
for her.

"Child, who are those new people?" she asked in a steady voice.

"Shampoo not know great-grandmother. They come in, half starving. Is at
least able to pay. Also have strange yellow creature. Why ask?"

Cologne looked out of the kitchen, and examined the four herself.
'Strange, the youngest of them is emitting a strange yet powerful aura.
And that creature, if I didn't know better... yes, I'm sure of it. It's
a Pokemon..... one that was able to cross the Dimensional Barrier....
this is surely a sign.'

"Grandmother?" Shampoo went, interrupting Colonge's train of thought.

"Oh. I was examining their auras, granddaughter. Keep an eye on them for
me. They are not what they seem."

"Hai."

Soon, Shampoo came out with three bowls of steaming Ramen and a fruit
bowl for Pikachu. Brock thanked her and gave a few coins.

Ash slurped up his special. "This is really good," he said between
bites.

"Very good," Brock said, "I'd like to get the recipe if possible."

"Beats canned food," Misty put in, taking a bite of noodles.

"Pika Pi!"

Unknownly, Shampoo took note of the various words on their clothes,
picking you words like Pokemon, Cerulean City Gym, and other strange
words. She returned to the kitchen, giving her findings to Cologne. With
that Cologne pogoed into the room and said to the four, "Who are you
people?"

They looked at her and screamed in fright. "AHHHH! IT'S A MONSTER!!!"

Pikachu did more. "PIIIIIIIIKKKKAAAAAAACCCCCHUUUUUU!"

Cologne barely dodged the bolt of electricity from the frightened
rodent. "Calm down," she said, "I'm not a monster. I'm the owner of the
Nekohanten."

Ash and the others settled down as Cologne pulled up a chair. "As I was
saying, who are you children?"

"Oh. We're Pokemon Trainers. I'm Ash Ketchum, this is Misty and Brock.
And I aim to be the next Pokemon Master." Ash answered.

"PIKA!"

"Oh... and this is Pikachu, my Pokemon. Say, do you know what Pokemon
are? We haven't seen anything Pokemon related here."

Cologne let out a small chuckle. "Young one, didn't you know that
Pokemon is virtually unknown here in Tokyo? I can tell that you tried to
find one of those Pokemon Centers without success did you?"

"You read our minds! There's no Pokemon Center here for free lodging."
Brock said. "We are in definate need some lodging. Do you know where we
can get some?"

Cologne thought for a second. "If you go to this address, you will find
a large Dojo where you will probably be able to get some room for a few
nights. Be warned that the residents are somewhat strange."

"Oh, well thanks for the time, Mrs....?"

"Cologne. Cologne of the Chinese Village of Amazons."  She pogoed into
the kitchen, leaving the others behind.

As Cologne prepared another round of food for the Trainers, her mind
considered the possibilities. "Pokemon Trainers, here in Nerima. This is
obviously a sign of some sort. With the chaos level around here, their
arrival means something."

The Matriarch of the Chinese Amazons thought to herself happily as she
finished cooking for the Trainers. Maybe later she would call up an old
colleague, Samuel Oak. He might have an insight into this.

<><><>

Ash stretched as they left the restaurant, full and content. "Wow, what
a meal!" He then stopped and the others crashed into his back.

Misty picked herself up off the ground and yelled, "What're you doing
Ash!?"

"Look at that! It's a new species of Pokemon!"

<><><>

Ryoga was not having a good day. Just after he returned to his normal
male self, that blasted old washer woman had to splash him with cold
water, turning him into a pig again. Not to mention he's been trying to
find Akane or Ranma for different reasons with no success, and now, he
was upset enough to toss off a Shi Shi Hokodan.

Just then, a young boy and two others came into view. The black haired
boy in the front stopped and said something. Then he removed a flat red
device from his pocket and pointed it at him.

Ryoga wondered what the heck was going on.

<><><>

<Unknown Pokemon. This Pokemon is not registered with the scientific
research committee.> Dexter replied in its flat male voice.

"WOW! A Unknown Pokemon! This must be what Bill was talking about!" Ash
removed a ball from his belt and expanded it to full size. "I'll catch
it!"

"Um... you sure that's a new Pokemon?" Misty asked.

"It looks kinda like a Piloswine, but the size and colorization is too
off," Brock mused.

Of course, Ash and Pikachu were far beyond reasoning by now as Ash faced
off against P-chan with his bullheaded determination.

"Oh brother," Misty sighed.

"Let him do his stuff," Brock said. "He'll learn the hard way I
suppose."

Ryoga heard this and immediately went on alert, lashing out with a hoof.
Ash jumped back as the trotter dug its hoof into the cement. Suddenly,
the cement buckled and it exploded with a hail of shrapnel. Ash cried
out and stumbled onto the street.

"It's got to be a powerful Pokemon to do that!" Misty yelled in fright.
"Ash, do something!"

"Right! Pikachu, go!"

"Pika!!!" The small furry animal ran out and faced the angry P-Chan.
P-Chan jumped up and delivered a side kick at Pikachu.

Pikachu jumped back in a defensive position. "Pikachu, Swift attack!"

Pikachu nodded and opened its mouth, sending star shaped projectiles at
the porker. P-Chan blocked the projectiles and lashed out with a flurry
of Pig-fu attacks. Pikachu leapt high into the air and P-chan followed.
"Pikachu, quick attack!"

"PIKA!" Pikachu dove at P-Chan, knocking it to the ground. P-Chan picked
Pikachu off and faced it. Ryoga was feeling depressed. And when he feels
depressed, bad things happen.

With a squeal of anger, Ryoga focused the growing ball of energy between
his hands. With a piggish squeal which roughly translated into "Shi Shi
Hokodan," he launched the attack at Pikachu. The mouse had no time to
dodge as he was blasted into the soft sands around the construction
area.

Ash ran over and checked Pikachu. "Are you feeling all right Pikachu?"

Pikachu nodded and jumped up, ready to fight. Ryoga developed a
sweatdrop and a nervous twitch. No one had stood up against the Shi Shi
Hokodan save for Ranma. This was not good.

"Pikachu, THUNDERSHOCK!!!"

"PiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkaaaaaaaaaaCCCCCHHHHHHHUUUUUUU!"

Ryoga's last thoughts before the bolt of electricity hit were, "Damn, if
I weren't a pig, this would have been over a long time ago."

When the electric discharge died down, Ryoga fainted, charred and
battered. Ash grabbed the Poke Ball and yelled, "Poke ball, GO!" He
threw it at P-Chan and it captured the little porcine in its grasp. P-
Chan was too tired to fight so the ball held him.

Ash picked it up and yelled, "All right!!! I got a new species!!!"

Brock took the Poke ball and looked at it. "He actually caught it."
Brock shrugged. "What should we call this one?"

"How about Porine?" Misty said. "It's like a Piloswine but it's still a
bit different."

"Tokei Tokei!" The little egg Pokemon nodded.

<><><>

"Here's the place. Tendo Dojo, Musabusu Katoko Ryu." Brock blinked,
"Anything goes martial arts? I never through that people still study the
arts anymore save for Pokemon."

"Who cares about the name, lets see if anyone's in." Misty knocked on
the door. Soon, a young woman, about 19 years old answered the door.
Brock went bye bye.

"Yes?"

"Hi, we were told that we could get lodging here," Ash started, "We've
been traveling for a long time and we need some rest."

"Ara...then come in. Pardon the mess."

There was a mess all right. It looked like there was a major struggle
behind the door. Windows were shattered, holes in the wall, and other
important items were destroyed. It may look like it was ransacked but it
was just normal for the Tendo Dojo.

"Wow, what happened here?" Misty asked, curious.

"Some of Ranma's friends came over to visit. They tend to be a little
destructive." She acted like it was the norm. And justly so.

A scream of "RANMA NO BAKA!" echoed over the district and a human
missile went flying into the stratosphere through the roof. Ash twitched
nervously.

"What was that?!" he said.

"Oh dear, Akane must have gotten mad at Ranma and punched him through
the roof."

"Punched him through the roof?!" Misty said in disbelief. "Who could
punch someone through the roof?!"

To answer that, a steaming mad young girl, about 16 years old stormed
down the stairs and into the living room, muttering on how someone named
Ryoga got picked on. Ash noted that she was glowing. Brock scratched his
head, "I guess that explains it."

"Pika Pi."

"I didn't know human's could glow," Misty whispered to Ash who just
nodded.

<><><>

"Since you're all staying under my roof, there will be some rules. One,
no willful destruction of the Dojo. Two, you have to keep the
freeloading to a minimum. Three, you all have to go to school."

Misty blinked. "Mr. Tendo, I don't mean to pry but we all graduated
first year high school. That's the minimum academic requirements to
become Pokemon trainers."

Akane looked up, "You're juniors? But you're all so young!"

"I know. But It's required. Brock was the leader of the Pewter City Gym.
I was the leader of the Cerulean City gym. Ash is just a Pokemon
trainer." Misty took a sip of her tea, "this tea is really good."

"Thank you," Kasumi beamed.

Just then, a weary female Ranma stumbled into the room. "Hey, I'm back."

Ash looked at her. "Is this Ranma? I thought Ranma was a male."

"I AM A MALE!!!" Ranma yelled. Ash winced from the pounding in his ears.

"Sheesh, she's pretty sensitive about her sexuality," Misty said,
holding her head. Pikachu nodded.

Soon the residents of the Dojo and the three trainers formally
introduced themselves and then returned to their normal activities,
which included Akane leaving to search for P-Chan. For the moment, peace
reigned in the Tendo Dojo. Unfortunately, by the will of this certain
writer, things wouldn't last.

"NIHAO!!!" Shampoo exploded through the wall and promptly glomped a
hapless female Ranma, inciting lip lock. Brock turned green.

"Oh man, I think I'm gonna be sick," he said, rushing towards the
washroom. Misty, on the other hand was more steady.

"What'd you think you're doing with that girl?!" she yelled, feeling
sick herself.

Shampoo broke the kiss. In seconds Ranma was coughing and spitting from
the kiss. But all eyes were on the now angry Shampoo. "Is red head from
Nekohanten. You try to take Aerin? Shampoo think not!" She drew her
bonbouri and waited for Misty to draw a weapon.

The Gym Leader's eyes narrowed. "You want a Pokemon battle? Then you got
it!!!" She expanded a ball. "I choose, STARMIE!"

With a purr, the multipointed star appeared, spinning like a discus.
Shampoo gasped and dodged out of the way. Misty yelled, "STARMIE, TACKLE
HER!"

Shampoo felt the animal slam into her back. She shrieked while flying
into the wall, making a huge crater. Misty grinned and flashed a V.
"Victory!!"

Ranma stared at her, worriedly. "Um, I don't mean to tell you the bad
news now but since you defeated Shampoo then you're targeted for death."

Misty stopped abruptly in her victory dance. "WHAT?!" she screamed.

Ranma nodded. "I was targeted for death by her myself."

She stared at Ranma-chan. "Then how'd you escape her? You don't look
like the type to be...queer."

Ranma growled and splashed his tea atop his head, immediately reverting
back to his male form. Misty stared at him in shock. Nabiki came up
behind her and waved her hand in front of the young Pokemon Leader's
face. "Hmmm, standard reaction."

Misty blinked and fainted.

"Ranma? Have you seen P-Chan?" Akane demanded, returning to the room.
"He was here this morning."

Ranma snorted, "Who cares about that violent Pig? It causes nothing but
trouble!"

Akane growled and brought the mallet to bear atop Ranma's head. "If you
didn't tease him all this time, we wouldn't be loosing him all the
time."

Ash looked up. "What's a P-Chan?"

"Little black animal, wears a spotted bandanna and a very irate temper,"
Ranma answered. Akane slammed the mallet back on his head. Ash blinked.

"Uh oh."

Akane looked at him sharply. "What do you mean, UH OH?!"

Ash laughed nervously as he pulled out a Poke ball and handed it to her.
"I believe this is yours?"

Akane gasped and started to wrench the ball open. "P-CHAN! How do you
get him out of here?" she demanded.

Ash expanded it and tapped the top. P-Chan sprang out with a flare of
light into Akane's arms. Akane immediately cuddled the nervously
twitching pig. She glared at him. "You trapped P-Chan in THIS TINY BALL
FOR THE WHOLE DAY?!" By now, Akane was blazing with fire in a holy fit
of dark rage.

Ash backed away. "I thought it was a unknown Pokemon!"

But Akane wasn't in the mood for explainations, as she grasped a extra
large mallet in her hands and started to swing wildly. Ash jumped back
and ran away, Akane after him. When they dashed out of sight, Akane's
screams of rage faded into the night air, Misty came along, chased by a
howling Shampoo swinging a huge sword. Misty rode Starmie, pushing the
water Pokemon to the maximum speed.

Ranma shrugged as he returned to reading his Manga. Brock ate some food
as Shampoo and Misty came back the other way, Shampoo screaming bloody
murder while swinging a nagenta this time.

Brock looked up from his food. "Is it always like this?" he asked.

"Yup."

Brock shrugged and returned to eating.

The sound of a mallet hitting hard skull resounded over the Nerima
skyline.

<><><>

The Next Day....

"I don't understand Misty. Why is it we have to go to school?"

"Because Ash, there's obviously no Pokemon here, besides ours. What
would we do? Besides, Mr. Tendo was very insistent."

"I just wonder why he cries so often. He really needs help."

The group had joined Akane and Ranma on the way to school, with Misty
looking at Ranma who was walking along the top of the fence. "Why are
you doing that?" she asked curiously.

"Its balance practice," he answered smoothly.

Akane walked near the fence slowly and kicked it hard.  Ranma tumbled
into the water below. "Balance practice?" she snorted, "more like ego
practice."

A sputtering Ranma-chan jumped out of the water and started to wring her
shirt out, the water pouring out of the silk. Brock politely turned away
since the shirt didn't conceal anything, blushing deep red. Ash looked
and said without thinking, "Hey Misty, don't you wish you were like
that?"

WHACK!

Ash lay on the ground, clutching his head in pain. Misty held a fist
over his skull, a dangerously angry look on her face. "I DON'T NEED
ADVICE FROM YOU ASH!!" she screamed in anger. Ranma jumped down and
helped the Pokemon trainer up.

"Don't worry, its genetic," he said.

WHAMMM!

Ranma found his skull buried under a mallet and a foot.

Ash and Brock winced, "Um, remind me not to get them mad, alright?" the
latter said.

Akane then checked her watch. "Oh! We're going to be late! Come on!"

<><><>

Before they got to the school, the group ducked into Dr. Tofu's clinic
for some hot water. Soon, they reached the school yard, where a daily
nuisance was waiting for them, bokotu in hand.

"Ah! T'was light which brings us together Tendo Akane, and love betwixt
us with your beauty. Leave the cur Saotome and join me in happiness!" He
then turned to the others. "And what's this? Another fair maiden! Surely
you are fairest among the lilies of the water!"

Misty blinked, a faint blush growing to her face. "Me?" she asked,
"um...well..."

"What's with him?" Ash asked, blinking.

"Kuno Tatewaki, age 17, the biggest blowhard ever to grace the school
system," Akane grumbled.

"Pika Pika!"

"Togepi!"

Kuno then saw Ash, Brock and Pikachu. "Hark! Saotome has employed more
demons for his willing crusade against my mighty blade! I shall smite
you all and bring honor to this city!!! Have at theeeee!" With that,
Kuno lunged forward, going nuts with that wooden sword of his.

"Pi KA!!!!!" Suddenly, bolts of yellow lightning lanced down from the
heavens, and struck Kuno, frying him. Kuno dropped his blade and said
just before passing out, "The vengeance of heaven is slow...and crispy
fried with butter."

Ranma and Akane pulled their friends towards the school as the first
bell started to ring, leaving the shocked Kendoist behind.

<><><>

Hinako Nimomiya, the English teacher, a child/woman, and all around Chi
vampire stood at the front of the class, coin already in hand. Ranma was
already sleeping in his desk, mumbling softly. "Mr. Saotome! You have
been a baaaad boy! Now its time for some punishment!!!" The coin started
to gleam. Akane eeped and dove under her desk, pulling the others under
with her. "HAPPO 50-YEN SATSU!" The green tendrils of energy started to
leech from Ranma slowly.

Soon, Hinako grew into her more curvious adult form, the energy being
drained from Ranma and a few others who weren't fast enough to escape
the coins range. Brock started to zone out.

Misty slapped him over the head, "Brock! She's a teacher!"

"So?" Ash said, "you know how he gets around Nurse Joy or Officer
Jenny."

Soon, the attack stopped and Ranma finally awoke, very tired and looking
like he was a paper sheet. Ash stood up and checked him. "Wow," he said,
"It's a lot like Bulbasaur's leech seed attack."

"Mr. Ketchum! No talking in class! Happo..."

Misty threw a poke ball at her coin and it flew out of Hinako's grip.
The adult teacher fumbled in her pocket to find a coin but found only
twenty 5000 yen bills. Everyone else heaved a sigh of relief. Suddenly,
the Poke ball opened and the annoying duck appeared.

"Psyduck!!!"

Misty started to bulge a vein. "PSYDUCK! GET BACK IN YOUR BALL!"

"Psy-yi-yi!" The yellow duck walked back to the ball and tapped it,
getting pulled into it. Misty groaned. "Honestly, I have no idea on how
he always gets out of that ball."

Sayuri, one of Akane's friends looked at the ball and said, "Hey, what
was that?"

"That's a Psyduck. A psychic Pokemon." Ash answered while double
checking his Dexter. "He has a constant headache. That's why he was
holding his head."

"I never seen a animal like that before," Yuka said, "Is it a new breed
of duck?"

"Um, kinda." Ash answered. Just then, one of his balls started to fumble
and it opened with a pop. Pikachu jumped out, gasping for air. Unlike
the others, Pikachu hated to get into the Poke ball unless absolutely
necessary. "Pika pika chu." he said.

Yuka's eyes went wide, the "Oh how cute!" words coming out of her mouth.
She looked at Ash and asked, "Can I hold him?"

Ash nodded and Pikachu jumped into the girls arms. "Pikachu."

Yuka cuddled the cute Pokemon and Pikachu snuggled into her hug. Soon,
all the girls were crowding around Yuka and Pikachu, cooing and asking
Ash about Pikachu.

Ranma by now, had regained his energy and Hinako had reverted back to a
little girl. "Class!!" she shouted, startling most of them.

Pikachu was the most startled as he sent a bolt of electricity up into
the roof, and shocking a Sophomore above him. Yuka nearly dropped him,
startled. "What was that?!" she said, scared.

"Pikachu is a electric mouse," Brock answered, "He's Ash's first
Pokemon."

"Electric? You mean there's more types of things like this?" Hinako
asked, reverting to a child-like attitude. Ash nodded and took out a
Poke ball.

"Charizard, I choose you!!"

The giant dragon/lizard appeared, his tail burning brightly.  It was
lying down, like it was lazy.  The other students gasped at the fact
that Ash has such a large creature for a pet.  Hinako gasped and grabbed
a bucket of water, chucking it at Charizard's tail. The animal yelped
and jumped up into the air. Ash yelled, "What are you doing?!"

Hinako looked at him. "His tail is on fire! I was just trying to put it
out!"

"But if you put out the flame on Charizard's tail, he'll die!" Misty
protested. Charizard blew a ball of flames that singed the top of Miss
Hinako's hair to punctuate that statement.

Hinako blinked, "I didn't know. Sorry."

Ash sighed in relief as she dropped the pail to put of the small fire on
her own head instead. He held out the ball and said, "Charizard, return!"
With a beam of red light, the animal was pulled into the ball.

<><><>

Nabiki sat at her table in the cafeteria when the customary idiot came
up and dropped several thousand yen bills in her lap. Kuno had arrived.

"Tendo Nabiki, I wish to know the information about the wondrous red
head which has crossed mine path at yonder school morning."

Nabiki nearly sighed in exasperation. First Akane, then Ranma and now
Misty. If this deluded idiot didn't give up sooner or later, then he was
going to die at either hands of any of them. Not only that, he's going
after a twelve year old. He should get arrested for that. "Kuno-chan,
I'll sell you all I know about Misty. But only for a price." Nabiki
hoped she knew what she was doing. After getting to know the young
Pokemon Gym Leader, she knew that the girl had no qualms about beating
someone senseless. She was taking a awfully big risk. "Only if you don't
chase her after I give you the info."

Kuno started to think, destroying the remaining brain cells he had in
his skull, "Betwixt us both, I the great Kuno Tatewaki, hath much love
for Akane and the pig tailed girl! Surely a girl like the fair Misty
shall join us when I take Akane and the pig tailed girl for brides!"
With that, he lapsed into his state of total stupidity as he laughed
manically. It looked like he was insane.

"...." Nabiki sighed as she counted the money. She knew that Kuno
couldn't keep away from Misty, Akane or Ranma-chan in any way. Until she
left, a hefty profit to support herself and the Dojo could come from
this.

But why did she feel like a can of worms was just opened?

<><><>

"Here."

Misty sat up from her futon and took the letter. Ash and Brock stared at
the writing. "Who's it from?" Ash asked.

Misty scrolled down the script and blinked. "Some guy named Kuno wants
me to be at the Furinkian left field at 5:23 tonight. Sounds like a
challenge."

Brock's eyebrows narrowed slightly. "Isn't Kuno the guy that Pikachu
shocked this morning?"

Ash nodded. "He seemed a bit put off. And that speech of his is really
old."

"No kidding," Misty said while reading her letter, "I had to translate
most of this writing to make out the gist of it."

"Do you think its a battle?" Brock asked.

Misty crumpled it in her hands. "We'll find out. Tonight."

<><><>

An hour later, Misty came back, a shell shocked look on her face. The
Dojo residents came out to greet her. Ranma peered at her shocked face.
"What's with the rose petals?"

"Better yet, did you win?" Ash asked.

Misty only shook her head. "There was no battle. He gave me this." From
behind her back she withdrew a bursting bouquet of ruby colored roses.
Everyone stared. Akane and Ranma did a takahashi fall.

"I don't believe it," Akane muttered, "Is he a total idiot?" At Ash and
Brock's confused looks she elaborated, "Kuno has the most limited mind
in the world, the thickest skull, and chases after any girl that happens
to catch his eye. I think Misty's been inducted into the reluctant
suitor club."

"But he's a high school senior! Misty's only twelve." Brock exclaimed.

"With Kuno, I don't think it really matters," Ranma sighed.

"Pervert," Ash muttered.

"Pikachu."

<><><>

Ash toyed with a Poke ball while eating breakfast the next day.
Suddenly, his fingers slipped and it bounced out of his hands, rolling
to a stop in front of a pandafied Genma.

"Oh, sorry bout that," he said, picking up the Pokeball from in front of
the eating panda. The panda growfed and returned to eating.

A still female Ranma-chan came down the steps, angry. "Great! The water
heater is broken! And its your fault I'm like this OYAJI!!!"

Ranma snatched the ball from Ash and tossed it at his fathers head. It
expanded and bounced off the pandas head, drawing the panda into the
ball. Everyone grew a huge sweat drop. "Uh, was that supposed to
happen?" Ranma-chan asked quietly.

"Not that I know of," Brock said, picking up the Pokeball and observing
it. "Well Ranma, looks like you father counts as a Pokemon.
Congratulations, you got your first Pokemon."

Ranma grinned and stuck the ball in her cloth belt. Misty looked at him
curiously. "Um...aren't you going to let your father out?"

"Why should I?" she said with a wide evil grin. "He should suffer for a
while."

Ash grinned. He never liked that sloth for a father of Ranma's.

<><><>

"Red haired beauty, I, Kuno Tatewaki wishes to date with you!" Kuno
speechified in front of the group.

"You want to take him, or should I?"

"Hmmm, I'll do it. STARYU! I CHOOSE YOU!!!"

A second later, NASA registered yet another UFO sighting, but was it
ended up being another case of MAIO, aka Martial Artist in Orbit. Akane
grunted. "He was asking for that one."

Suddenly...

"MISTY! I KILL!!"

"Crud!!" Misty started running around the school, a bonbouri wielding
Amazon behind her. Misty picked up several objects and started to fling
them at Shampoo who deftly blocked them. But this group of bric-a-brac
included a pail of water. She screeched and a adorable little kitty
appeared in front of her, hissing and screeching.

Ash came around the corner and immediately pulled out his Dexter.
"Wonder what that one is?"

<Unknown Pokemon. This Pokemon is not registered with the national
Pokemon League.>

Misty grinned and pulled out a Poke ball. "Alright, then I'm gonna catch
this one! Starmie, I choose..."

A burst of white light blasted from her pack. "PSYDUCK!!!"

"Arugh!!! Not you!!" She clobbered Psyduck. It started to run around,
its headache getting worse. The Siamese looked at the duck curiously.
Suddenly, Psyduck's eyes started to glow. "Alright! Psyduck, Disable and
Confusion!!" Psyduck's grasped the cat and started slamming it up and
down on the ground. Soon, the cat was out of commission.

"Poke ball, GO!!!"

The ball lanced out and grasped the Pokemon in its grasp. Soon, the red
light disappeared with a ping and Misty had her sixth Pokemon. She
picked it up with a grin. "Alright!! I got a new Pokemon!"

In the bushes, a duck with coke bottle thick glasses growled.

<><><>

Ash, Misty and Brock ran around the track, warming up for gym. "You'd
think...that...we'd get better at running after all the running...we
do," Brock puffed out.

Misty nodded, too winded to talk.

Suddenly, from the edge of the track, a flurry of knives and other sharp
objects imbedded themselves in the track right in front of their feet.
Ash stumbled over his feet and rolled up right to the duck who whacked
him with a mini wok.

As Ash reeled with the attack, Brock pulled out Ash's Dexter from his
pocket. "Let's see."

<Unknown Pokemon. This Pokemon is not registered with the national
Pokemon League..>

Brock shrugged. "If Misty got a new Pokemon, I should get one."

Ash just sighed.  Who knew that Porcine was already Akane's pet?

"GEODUDE, GO!!!"

"Geo. Dude."

"QUACK! QUACK!"

"Geodude, rockslide!!"

Geodude grabbed several boulders from the ground and hurled them towards
the duck who blocked it with a wok. It launched itself into the air and
flung down a hailstorm of knives. Geodude took the punishment. "Geodude,
tackle it!"

"GEO!" The rock Pokemon launched itself up into the air, slamming the
duck out of the air. It landed with a thunk.

Brock pulled out a Pokeball and threw it. "Go Pokeball!!"

<><><>

"Hey, did you guys find more of these Pokemon thingys?" Ranma asked
curiously, as the group hanged out at the Dojo.

Brock nodded. "Yeah, we got a couple. Gotta register them with the
League first."

Just then, a voice came from the door. "Gomen Kudasai?"

"Maa, it's Auntie Nadoka."

Ranma was tackled into the pond, drenching everyone in front of the
veranda. Nadoka Saotome came into the room and said, "Ranko-chan! Must
you get wet every time I visit?"

Ranma-chan laughed nervously. "Well...I don't really plan on it."

Misty, Brock, Ash and Pikachu exchanged puzzled looks at each other.
What was going on?

Nadoka Saotome, the matriarch of the Saotome family, looked down
disapprovingly at her shapeshifting son. "Really Ranko-chan, getting wet
at any available convenience? And dressed like THAT? Really, come
along."

Ranma tried to protest but Nadoka would not have any of it and she
grasped her slender wrist, and dragged her upstairs, a package within
her arms.

Misty finally blinked. "What's this about?"

Akane sighed in disgust. "Ranma and Ojisama are afraid of Auntie
Saotome."

"Why?"

"Seppuku act." At the Pokemon trainers shocked looks, Akane elaborated.
"When Ranma was just a baby, Genma made him sign a seppuku act to turn
Ranma into a Man Among Men. Now because of Ranma's curse and Uncle
Genma's cowardness," At Genma's name, she scowled, "they have to hide as
Ranko and Mr. Panda."  Then she smiled wickedly. "At least Uncle Genma
gets the short end of the cooking."

Brock and Misty nodded, but then noticed that Ash wasn't paying
attention. "Um... Ash, weren't you listening?"

"That woman... she looks familiar."

"Really? Who does she remind you of?"

"Ummm.... I forgot."

Misty, Brock and Pikachu then collapsed in a facefault.

"Pika pi, Katchu PiKA!"

"Togepi, Togepriiiiiiiiiii!"

Ash looked down at Pikachu who was conversing with Togepi.  "What'cha
talking about Pikachu?"

Pikachu looked up and said, "Pikachu, PIKA! CHU CHU, PiKA Chu!"

"Can you understand any of that?" Akane asked curiously.

"Some of it. Pikachu? You're saying that you don't agree with the idea
of seppuku?"

"PIKA!" Pikachu said, holding up two fingers in a V for victory.

Just then, a slightly sour Ranma came downstairs, dressed up in a dress,
petticoats and her pigtail pulled out and combed out. Her skirts rustled
with delicate rustles. Everything was perfect, save for the scowl on her
face. Brock started to zone out until Misty grabbed his ear.

Nadoka came downstairs, a broad smile on her face. "There now Ranko-
chan, is that better?"

"Sure, just dandy," she said, scowling darkly.

Nadoka sighed softly and looked upwards, to be met by Misty's eyes. "And
who is this young lady?"

"I'm Misty Waters."

"Well Misty-chan, why do you have such a daring outfit? Really, a young
girl shouldn't be going around in short shorts, a thin yellow t-shirt
and suspenders."

"Well, aheh, I travel a lot and a dress would be too cumbersome," she
said, rubbing the back of her head embarrassed. "I'm a Water Pokemon
trainer."

Nadoka smiled. "Ah, a Water Pokemon Trainer. I've met a couple in my
time."

AS if to punctuate her thoughts, Psyduck jumped out of his ball with a
loud, "PSYDUCK!"

Misty resisted the reflex to pound Psyduck with her bag like she usually
did. After all, it didn't affect much inside. As if Psyduck could get
dumber. "That's Psyduck."

Suddenly, a flash of multicolored light emitted from Nadoka's sash in
her kimono, and a white light appeared from it, forming into a creature.
"Mew."

Ash stared and checked his Pokedex. <Mew. The Rarest Pokemon in all the
world. This is a one of a kind Pokemon, not found to be caught by any
Pokemon Trainer or Master.>

Nadoka blushed sheepishly. "I guess my secret is out. I'm Nadoka
Saotome, former Pokemon League champion."

Ash's eyes widened, as everything clicked into place. "Nadoka?" He
blinked, rubbing his eyes, making sure he wasn't seeing thing. "Auntie
Nadoka, is that you?"

"Auntie Nadoka?!" everyone exclaimed. Sure the revelation of another
Pokemon Trainer in Tokyo, much less a former league master was shocking
enough. But this took the cake.

"Ash-chan? Is that you?" Nadoka asked.

"Ash-chan?!" everyone else exclaimed. Who knew the matriarch of the
Saotome clan and the budding Pokemon trainer knew each other?

"It's me Aunt Nadoka. It's been four, five years."

"Oh my darling little nephew, you've grown." With that the two were in a
familial embrace, members of a family reunited after having not seen each
other for a long while.

Akane smiled at the display of the reunion, but then turned to Ranma.
The sight was hurting him, as he never even got to be "reunited" with
his mother. She could guess that Ranma was wishing to be in Ash's
position, as a male right now.

Soon Ash and Nadoka broke the embrace. "So Ash, who's your friends
here?"

"This is Brock, the Gym Leader from Pewter City."

"Hello, nice to meet you."

"The pleasure is all mine!" Nadoka said with a smile, returning his bow.

"And this is Misty, as you've met her before."

"It's really neat to meet the League Champion." The pair of women smiled
and bowed to each other.

"It's former league champion, but I guess you can still refer to me
such. By the way, Ash-chan, what are you doing in the Tendo Dojo, much
less in Tokyo?"

"I's a long story auntie. By the way auntie, may I ask you something
first?"

"What is it Ash-chan?" Nadoka inquired.

"Why aren't their Pokemon here?"

"Yeah, I'm curious as well," Brock added.

"So am I," Misty finished.

"Pikachu!"

Nadoka settled down as she smoothed her kimono. "Well, you see, a long
time ago, Pokemon were everywhere, all over the world. But some
unnatural disaster forced them to migrate to the Pokemon Archepalgo as
it is known today."

"The Pokemon Archepalgo?" Brock asked curiously.

"Yes. It's usually clouded in mystery, and to normal people, it is just
a group of islands in the middle of the pacific. But to the people who
can see beyond anything, it is filled with creatures called Pokemon."
Nodoka smiled and drew a bag from her sash, filled with two hundred and
fifty Pokeballs and handed it to Mew. "Mew was the first one I caught
after starting with a Pikachu. I gave Pikachu to a well known Pokemon
Researcher a while ago."

"Who was it?" Brock asked, combing Vulpix's tails.

"A man called Professor Oak in Pallet Town. He loved Pikachu."

Suddenly Pikachu cried out, "PIKA PIIIII!" and leaped into Nodoka's
arms. She looked surprised but then hugged Pikachu tightly.

"PIKACHU!" Nadoka hugged the cute little Pikachu tightly and Ash looked
on in wonder. "Pikachu, it IS you!"

"Pikachu?" Ash turned to Nadoka, "You were Pikachu's trainer before me,
auntie? Then how come he was so unresponsive before I gained his trust?"

"Pikachu is a free spirit. He only fights when he wants to, and when he
wants to defend his friends and family. Pikachu is very loyal," Nodoka
reached up and scratched Pikachu's ears. He smiled and settled down into
Nodoka's arms, throwing off sparks of electricity with the pleasurable
sensations. "Pikachu will only obey someone that he loves. You must have
gained his love and respect." With that she picked up Mew and her bag of
Pokeballs. "How about we have a match? I have not used many of the
Pokemon for a long time. And it would be nice to see how well you've
been doing Ash."

"I thought that the Masters couldn't fight," Brock said.

"It can be done. But not for the title of Pokemon League Champ. How
about two on two, at the same time?"

Ash nodded and they headed out into the yard, facing each other from
across the Koi pond. Suddenly...

"Prepare for Trouble, we're here to be seen!" Cried a haughty female
voice.

"And make it double, we're on the crossover screen!" Added an educated
male voice.

Ash groaned. "Not them again!"

Two figures, dressed in white, red and black stood atop the wall. One is
a red haired woman, and the other, a purple haired man.

"To protect the world from devistation!"

"To unite all people's within our nation!"

Jessie struck a sentai pose. "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

James struck a second sentai pose. "To extend our reach to the stars
above!"

"Jessie!"

"James."

"Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight fight fight!"

"Meowth that's right!"

"CAAAAAATTTTT!" Ranma was off like a shot, scrambling behind the dojo,
admist the bewildered looks of the whole group from the Archepalgo.

"What's with him?" Jessie asked.

"I dunno, but it looks like Meowth scared him away," James remarked,
bewildered.

"That was.... weird," Ash remarked.

Jessie smirked at Ash. "Hand over your Pikachu and no one will get
hurt."

"You can't have Pikachu," Ash cried out in rage.

Nadoka, on the other hand, started to study James. Just then, a mental
image formed in her head. "James? Little James?"

James looked down at her, a surprised and confused look on his face.
"Who asks?"

Nodoka stared at him intently. "Are you the little James with the rich
parents? The one I used to tend to before moving to Japan?"

James' eyes widened with recollection. "AUNTIE NADOKA!" He barreled down
and hugged his paternal aunt with feverish force. She hugged back
tightly. "It's so good to see you again Auntie!"

"AUNTIE?!" Everyone chorused in shock.

"James is a blood relitive?" Ash said in dull shock.

"Pika?"

"This is either really good or really bad."

"So, James, what in the world are you doing here? Is this your
girlfriend?"

"GIRLFRIEND?!" Jessie sputtered hotly. "I am most certianly NOT!"

"Oh, well then she must be your wife!" Everyone facefaulted. "It's so
nice to see my favorite little ward all grown up now!" Ash breathed a
sigh of relief as James was only a ward.

"Auntie please!" James said, waving his arms. "Jessie is just my
partner, there's nothing between us!"

"Oh so? You're blushing."

James reddened as Jessie exploded. "JAMES! We're here to get Pikachu and
all you can do is talk!"

"But Jessie," James started but got hit by her fan.

"BUT NOTHING!" She screeched into his ear. "Get up and fight those
twerps!"

"Do we have to?" he whined. "We never succeed and this is the first time
in six years I saw auntie."

"Then you have to fight against the three of us," Meowth said, baring
his claws.

Jessie pulled out two Pokeballs. "Arbok, Lickatung, GO!"

James frowned and threw out his Pokemon. "I don't wanna do this but I
have to. Wheezing, GO!"

"Pikachu, Bulbasaur, attack together!" Ash commanded.

"Mew, attack!"

"Arbok!"

"Lickatung!"

"Wheezing!"

"Pikachu!"

"Bulbasaur!"

"MEW!"

"Meowth!"

Two seconds later, the female of Team Rocket plus a snake, cat and,
er...whatever, flew off into the distance with the cry, "Looks like Team
Rocket is blasting off again!!"

James looked worried. "I hope she doesn't land too hard."

"Don't worry about Jessie," Nadoka said, hugging the young man. "If
anything, they should be able to land properly."

Ranma peeked around the dojo walls. "Is the c-c-c-feline gone?" he
asked, trembling.

"Yes Ranko-chan, the feline is gone," Nadoka said, coaxing the young
girl out of hiding.

"What was that all about?" said Ash.

"We'll tell you later," Akane then remarked.

<><><>

"Panties, panties, panties! HAHAHA What a haul!" Happosai laughed eviliy
as he carried the load of stolen undergarments, heading back towards the
Tendo Dojo. As he leapt from roof to roof, he noticed a bunch of figures
go through the roof of the Tendo Dojo. A common sight, sure, but the red
haired girl was definately not Ranma-chan, and besides it couldn't be
Ranma-chan with that Meowth near her and... wait a minute a Meowth?

"A Pokemon? In Nerima? Now this is interesting. And it seems the girl is
from Team Rocket." With that he leapt towards the projected landing
spot.

<><><>

A ways away, Jessie, Arbok, Meowth and Likatung landed hard on their
heads. Jessie sat up in pain. "That James," she spat, "he's turned
against us!"

Just then, a elderly cackle came from behind. "Well I see you three are
in need of someone to help you." Jessie spun around to find a man who
looked old enough to be the grandfather of Methusala.

"Who are you?" she demanded.

"I'm Happosai, grandmaster of the Anything Goes Martial Arts, AND, the
oldest Pokemon Master of the world next to Cologne. I think you four
need some help, eh?"

Jessie grinned wickedly. Apparently this guy must have a lot of Pokemon
battling experience. Probably a lot more than the twerp. With an ally
like that how she could lose? Besides, revenge would be sweet against
the twerp, and that katana weilding aunt of his. How dare she made James
betray her. She'll pay along with the twerp.

"I accept."

"Good, and oh... this is your payment?" Happosai smiled, holding up a
pair of panties, her pair of panties.

"You... you... YOU PERVERT! GIVE THOSE BACK!" With that the chase was
on.

<><><>

"So, looks like we're cousins."

"Yeah."

Pause. "Nice weather."

BLOOSH.

Ranma-chan looked up from her soaked position from the freak downpour.
"It WAS," she said pointedly.

Ash repressed a snicker, wringing out the water from his suddenly soaked
jacket. Then, he sighed. "Sorry man. About not being able to talk to
your mom normally."

"S'okay," Ranma mumbled.

"It's not okay!" Ash argued. "You can't see your mom because of that
stupid death warrant on your head." Ash then looked at a picture he had
of his own mother. "I could never forgive myself if something like that
happened to me. And I just don't understand it. I never see Aunt Nadoka
as someone who would want their son to die. All I can say is, it's all
Uncle Baka's fault!"

Ranma sighed. "I suppose so."

Ash then looked at him. "I guess.... I don't have much to say, since I
don't have much experience with Japanese culture."

"I thought you were here to cheer me up?" The words didn't matter to Ash
as he heard some of the life coming back to Ranma's voice.

Ash smiled. "I guess I'm doing a lousy job, huh."

Ranma chuckled. "I suppose so."

"ASH! RANMA!" Misty called from the ground. "Supper is ready!"

"Be right down!" Ash turned to Ranma. "You ever tasted Brock's Lazy Boy
No Chew Stew?"

"Nope," Ranma said, smiling as he helped his cousin down off the roof of
the dojo. "Any good?"

The younger teen nodded. "It's good food."

"Second mother?"

Ash chuckled. "Oh yeah."

Ranma grinned. "Bring it on."

"ASH! RANMA! Get down here now!"

The pair chuckled. "Some things never change," Ash said, shucking his
coat at the door as the pair entered the room.

End Episode 1 : To Be Continued