What has happened before : Ash, Misty and Brock stumbled upon Tokyo, Nerima Ward, where they took up residence at the Tendo Dojo. Along the way, Ash captured P-Chan, and Misty ran afowl of Shampoo who is trying to kill her, WITHOUT the Kiss of Death. Later, Shampoo caught Siamese and Brock captured Farfight'ed, two rare and near extinct pokemon. As soon as they returned home, Ranma and Genma start to pose as 'Ranko' and 'Mr. Panda', when a woman comes to the Tendo Dojo. Opening theme : Pokemon 152 - ? Theme (Opening shot, Ash is standing in the arena of the Elite Four, spotlights trained on him. He raises a Pokeball to the sky, the light glinting off the ball.) I wanna be the very best No one ever was, (A pokeball soars towards a small Caterpie, catching it with ease. The shot changes to shots of Ranma, Akane and Ryoga, all with a Pokeball in hand) to catch them is my real task, to train them is my cause (Shots of Charmander, Squirtle, Ash and Pikachu riding on a Lapras. A shot of Ash and Pikachu standing beside Ryoga, Brock, Misty, Ranma and Akane.) I will travel across the land searching far and wide (Shots of Ash and Pikachu racing across the fields beside a Aricane and Rapidash. Changes to a shot of Ranma tossing a Pokeball, a Charmander emerging out.) these Pokemon do understand the power that's inside (An open Pokeball sucking in a Pokemon, and closing.) Pokemon Gotta catch 'em all (A dramatic pan backwards, showing Ash, Ranma, Misty and Brock standing in a stiff wind, a huge Minotaur like creature, its arms upraised with snarling fury against the black covered sky.) It's you and me I know its my destiny (Ash hugs Pikachu. Happosai, Cologne and Oak stands behind the Nerima crew as they fight. Ash twists his red League cap behind his neck. Misty flaring up and firing a beam of ice towards a building where it explodes with incredible force.) Pokemon Oh you're my best friend In a world we must defend (Shots of Oak, Jenny, Joy, Ash's mother, Jessie and James along with Meowth and Gary sticking a Pokeball into the screen.) Pokemon Gotta catch 'em all Our hearts so true (Akane and Misty hugging Ash and Ranma respectively. Brock running after Ukyou for a date.) Our courage will pull us through You teach me and I'll teach you (Final scene the whole cast, Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu standing in front of a curved row of Ranma and Akane in the middle, Ryoga and Shampoo beside them, Ukyou kneeling in the front of the crew. Panda, Oak, Cologne and Happosai at the sides, Team Rocket off to the side, arms folded, their Pokemon out as the camera pans back to show everyone.) Pokemon Gotta catch 'em all Gotta catch 'em all POKEMON! A Pokemon, Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction Developed for the new Millennium Pokemon 152 - ? 2000 written by Shaun Garin revised by WarChild based on an idea by Kahlil Noriega written with the authors permission Episode 3 : The Rocket Strikes Back Saotome Nodoka, 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 Nodoka 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." "Pika Pika, Pi KA, Chu Chu, Pi CHU!" "Togepy, Togepryyyyyy!" Ash looked down at Pikachu who was conversing with Togepy. "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 whapped him upside the back of his head. Nodoka came downstairs, a broad smile on her face. "There now Ranko-chan, is that better?" "Sure, just dandy," she said, scowling darkly. Nodoka sighed softly and looked upwards, to be met by Misty's eyes. "And who is this young lady?" "I'm Misty Waterflower." "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." Nodoka frowned and it seemed like she was thinking. "Pokemon? I think I've heard about things like that." 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 Nodoka's sash in her kimono, and a white light appeared from it, forming into a creature. "Mew." Ash stared and checked his Pokedex. Nodoka blushed sheepishly. "I guess my secret is out. I am Saotome Nodoka, Pokemon League Champion. I trained Pokemon on Pokemon Island just off the side of Japan before coming here to live." "Pokemon Island? You mean that we live on a huge island?" Ash looked confused. "Yes. It's usually clouded in mystery, and to normal people, it is just Okinawa. 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 Poke balls and handed it to Mew. "Mew was the first one I caught after starting with 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!" Nodoka hugged the cute little Pikachu tightly and Ash looked on in wonder. "Pikachu, it IS you!" "Pikachu?" Ash turned to Nodoka, "You were Pikachu's trainer before me? 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 have gained his love, young...?" "Ash Ketchum from Pallet." Nodoka smiled as she heard the boy's name. 'Ketchum, it has been awhile since I heard that name,' she thought as she picked up Mew and her bag of Poke balls. "How about we have a match? I have not used many of the Pokemon for a long time." "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! AND MAKE IT DOUBLE! Ash groaned. "Not them again!" Three 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 DEVASTATION TO UNITE ALL PEOPLE'S WITHIN OUR NATION TO DENOUNCE THE EVIL'S OF TRUTH AND LOVE, TO EXTEND OUR REACH TO THE STARS ABOVE JESSIE JAMES TEAM ROCKET BLAST OFF AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT SURRENDER NOW, OR PREPARE TO FIGHT! MEOWTH, THAT'S RIGHT!!! Jessie smirked at Ash. "Hand over your Pikachu and no one will get hurt." "You can't have Pikachu," Ash cried out in rage. Nodoka, 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 NODOKA!" 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 released his aunt. "Auntie, so you've been here for the past eighteen years when you left Pokemon Island?" "Hai. And why have you joined Team Rocket, young man? I knew you loved freedom from your crazy parents but this is a bit overdoing it, is it not?" He looked sheepish. "I sorta like the life. Is Pikachu with you?" Nodoka's face took on a look of mock sadness. "James, don't you know that you and your partner are trying to capture the same Pikachu that I trained? The one you love so much as a child?" James facefaulted. "I didn't know you traded Pikachu auntie." "Well now you know. Pikachu? Come meet the little boy you loved so much." Pikachu cautiously stepped forward and jumped onto Nodoka's head and sniffed James. Satisfied that this was the same James, he jumped atop his head and stretched out. Nodoka smiled. "He remembers you." "Wonder why Pikachu never noticed him before?" Ash asked quietly. "We were always running away from Team Rocket too much to find out," Misty answered. Jessie impatiently tapped her foot. "Forget the reunion James, lets fight!" "Do we have to?" he whined. "We never succeed and this is the first time in eighteen years I saw auntie." "Then you have to fight against the three of us," Meowth said, baring his claws. Jessie pulled out two Poke Balls. "Arbok, Lickatung, GO!" James frowned and threw out his Pokemon. "Weezing, 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." <><><> 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. End Episode 3 : To be Continued (Don't go away, the PokeRAP is next!) Poke Rap Loosen those lips, there's a 150 Pokemon, how many can you name? SANDSLASH HITMONLEE PSYDUCK ARCANINE EEVEE EXEGGUTOR KABUTOPS ZAPDOS DRATINI GROWLITHE MR. MIME CUBONE GRAVELLER VOLTORB GLOOM We're almost home! Gotta catch 'em all, Gotta catch 'em all, Gotta catch 'em all, Gotta catch 'em all! Gotta catch 'em all POKEMON! CHARMELEON WARTORTLE MEWTWO TENTACRUEL AREODACTYL OMANYTE SLOWPOKE PIDGOT ARBOK That's all folks! Closing Credits and Theme : The Time Has Come I close my eyes And I can see The day we met (A scene of Ash picking up a Pokeball and Pikachu escaping from its inside. He picks up Pikachu and he zaps him.) Just one moment and I knew You're my best friend 'Do anything For you (A scene of Ash meeting Misty, Brock throwing a pokeball, and Ash looking upwards, the camera panning backwards, into the sky.) We've gone so far And done so much And I feel Like we've always been together (Scenes of Ash running along a beach, Misty, Brock and Pikachu trailing along in the setting sunlight. A still photo of Ranma sitting atop a cliff, that fades from brown and white tones to a full color picture, his pigtail swinging in the wind. A constellation draws itself out on the sky, Sagittarius the Archer. A shooting star arcs across the sky.) Right by my side Through thick and thin You're the part of my life I'll always remember (A shot of Pikachu waving to the sky, his eyes glistening with tears, Pidgeotto carrying Ryoga away. A shot of Ash's shadowed face, a stream of tears dripping from his eyes. Ranma gathering Akane in his arms, Ukyou wrapping a consolidating arm about Brock's shoulder. Ash sitting down in the grass, Misty leaning on his shoulder, his jacket wrapped about her shoulders.) The time has come, It's for the best I know it Who could have guessed that you and I... (Ash's face, haloed in a corona of light, Misty holding onto his fingertips. He smiles at her, as the light brightens to a blinding view and she collapses on the ground, sobbing.) Somehow, someday, We'd have to say goodbye Somehow today... ...we have to say goodbye. (Fade out.) (A Magic Tech Production. A Shaun Garin Story.) Notes on chapter : Well it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be but all's well. I can only account the shortness of this chapter to the fact that I started a story that I'm really going to publish in the near future. I can't tell you what it is since I wanna make some money on this one. Not a fan fic, but an original fantasy story. But I disgress. Thanks for the C&C everyone, it motivated me, seeing on how I don't feel like getting a guest book as of this point in time. As always, C&C should be directed to hmss_m16@hotmail.com. Praise and comments taken, flames are extinguished by an Articuno. Revised notes July 21 1999(Shaun Garin): I added the beginning. And for those who know Misty's real last name, well, I made up the last name for the sake of it. If anyone knows her real last name (if she has one), email me at the mail address at the bottom of the fanfic page. Revision notes November 2, 2000(WarChild): Fixed little bit on Nodoka's past. Professor Oak is older, not younger than Nodoka.