by Martial Arts Master
Pokemon and all related characters copyrighted by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., TV Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri, 4Kids, and Wizards of the Coast. Digimon and all related characters copyrighted by Bandai, Saban, Fox, and TV Tokyo. I made up Smiling Joe Technique, though. Actually, to be honest, the Smiling Joe Technique character appeared to me in a dream. This is the beginning of the sequel to my "Kooky Bully" fic. Speaking of which, Seth Turtle, I'll try to put more detail into this fic than I did into "Kooky Bully", but I might not succeed, because detail is my biggest weakness. With that said, on with the story.
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There was a fan of Pokemon and Digimon. He watched every single episode of both shows, and he had every one of the games, plus all the merchandise.
But now this fan couldn't believe what he was hearing. In a library, the former bully at his school, during lunch, was telling him that he no longer hated Pokemon and Digimon because he recently found out they did exist and they did have feelings.
"What are you talking about?" the fan now asked.
"I'm saying there are other worlds besides ours," the former bully said. "In one world, all the Pokemon characters really do exist, and in another world, all of the Digimon characters really do exist."
"And how did you figure this out?" the fan asked skeptically.
"A while ago, when I still hated Pokemon and Digimon, I was tricked," the bully replied, looking a bit ashamed. "A ball of darkness gave my computer magic power, and I tried to use it to destroy both worlds."
The fan was now sure that the former bully was off his rocker. He was a fan of Pokemon and Digimon, but he wasn't big enough of a fan to believe that they were real. He did have his limits, after all.
The fan was searching his brain for an excuse to get out of this library and get the heck away from who he assumed to be a nutcase.
But he couldn't think of one, so reluctantly, he kept on listening.
"But then a ball of light interfered, sending the characters to its own place," the former bully continued, remembering. "I used my magic computer to enter this place, and I tried to destroy them all. Then I tried to destroy Pikachu, but Lilimon protected it. Soon everyone was protecting it."
"Let me guess," the fan interrupted. "That showed you that the characters really did have feelings, and that caused you to reform your evil ways."
A look of shock came over the former bully's face.
"How'd you know?" he asked.
The fan shook his head.
"No offense, but did you get dropped on your head while you were a baby?" the fan asked.
"'Course not!" the former bully said.
Then the former bully grabbed the fan by the shirt and lifted him up.
"Are you calling me crazy?!" the former bully demanded, shaking the fan.
"No, of course not!" the fan said.
Satisfied, the former bully put the fan down.
The fan thought for a minute.
Then he decided to test the former bully to see if he was telling the truth.
He got an idea. The former bully had been legendary for forcing his hatred of Pokemon and Digimon on others, so logically, before the alleged incident, he shouldn't have been able to learn their names. If the former bully was telling the truth, he should be able to name the characters.
"All right, let's see if you've learned anything," the fan said. "If you're telling the truth, you should know at least their names."
"Try me," the former bully replied simply.
"All right, there's this one character in Digimon who has blue hair and has glasses on," the fan said, starting his test. "What's his name?"
"Joe," the former bully replied promptly.
"Beginner's luck," the fan said. "There's this character in Pokemon who has orange hair and likes Water Pokemon. What's her name?"
The bully had to think about that one. "Um..." he said, thinking. Then he thought of it.
"Her name's Misty," the former bully replied.
"Not bad," the fan said. Maybe the former bully was telling the truth after all. But he had to ask one final question.
"There's this character in Digimon who looks like a seal," the fan said. "What's his name?"
"Um...Gomamon," the former bully said.
The fan was stunned.
"You're really telling the truth..." he said, trailing off. No one who hated Pokemon and Digimon as much as the former bully used to would have bothered to learn their names unless something drastic happened to change their opinion.
This gave the fan an idea.
If Pokemon and Digimon characters really did exist...why not get their autographs and prove himself a real fan?
"Gotta go, thanks for telling me!" the fan said to the former bully, and raced off to his house.
At the fan's house...
The fan was hard at work. There was, of course, no way he could enter the Pokemon and Digimon worlds...but he could build someone who could.
The fan was creating a robot. This robot would have the ability to perform absolutely any Pokemon or Digimon technique that ever existed.
That feat may have sounded impossible, but this particular fan happened to be a genius with mechanics.
Anyway, the fan's plan was that the robot would impress the Pokemon and Digimon characters with the ability to perform their own techniques. The fan hoped that then, thus impressed, the characters would give the robot their autographs, and the robot would bring those autographs back to the fan, who would put them on the wall of his room to treasure forever.
Weeks later...
Finally, the robot was finished! There were only two things left for the fan to do.
First, he had to bring the robot to life. Then, he would have to give it a name.
"Just one more little tweak..." the fan said, tweaking a wire.
Suddenly, electricity coursed through the robot. The robot literally glowed for a moment.
The fan was alarmed. Did this mean the robot wasn't working?
But no, fortuneately the electricity stopped and the robot's eyes opened. The robot looked at itself.
It was bigger than the average human, and it was made of green metal. It also had rocket boosters on its back, evidently to give it the power of flight.
It stood up and looked at the fan, who was struck spellbound.
"Are you my creator?" the robot asked in an electronic monotone voice.
The fan pulled himself together and spoke his next words with authority.
"Yes, I am your creator, and I am your master!" the fan said.
The robot considered.
"Very well, master," the robot said. "Give me a name, so I may respond to your commands."
The fan thought for a while. What name should he give the robot?
It was a quandary, until the fan remembered that he once watched a Simpsons episode that featured a guy named Smiling Joe Fission as the mascot of a nuclear power plant video.
This robot could perform every Pokemon and Digimon technique, so why not name it Smiling Joe Technique?
"Your name is Smiling Joe Technique!" the fan declared.
"Very well," Smiling Joe Technique said. "What is your command, master?"
"First, perform the Pokemon technique called Double Team, but only create one clone," the fan said. "You will need to be in two places at once."
"Very well," Smiling Joe Technique said.
In an instant, Smiling Joe Technique had created a clone of itself.
"What is your next command, master?" both of them asked.
"Smiling Joe Technique, I need you to use your Teleport to teleport yourself to the Digimon world," the fan then said. "I need the autographs of Tai, Agumon, Matt, Gabumon, Sora, Biyomon, Izzy, Tentomon, Mimi, Palmon, Joe, Gomamon, TK, Patamon, Kari, Gatomon, Davis, Veemon, Yolei, Hawkmon, Cody, Armadillomon, Ken, and Wormmon."
The fan then said to the clone, "Clone, I need you to use your Teleport to teleport yourself to the Pokemon world. I need the autographs of Ash, Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Noctowl, Misty, Staryu, Goldeen, Poliwhirl, Psyduck, Brock, Geodude, Onix, Zubat, Vulpix, Pineco, Tracey, Venonat, Marill, Scyther, Jessie, James, and Meowth."
"With what shall they sign their autographs, and what will they write on?" both of the robots asked.
The fan went to his desk, got out two sheets of paper, and also got out two LARGE bottles of ink. He gave the items to the two robots.
"Here. Ask them to write small, and ask the Pokemon and Digimon to make small handprints or limbprints or whatever they can sign with," the fan said.
"Your wish is our command, master," the robots said. In a flash of white light, Smiling Joe Technique and its clone teleported away.
The fan was beside himself with joy. Here were two robots who were willing to do everything he asked, and they were powerful, too! What more could one ask for?
Meanwhile, as the robots were teleporting, they both registered an error in their systems. They dismissed it as a malfunction.
A malfunction it was indeed, but not just a small one.
The robots suddenly decided that the fan had not specified how they were supposed to get the autographs. They determined that it would be by any means necessary. Force, if they had to use it...
To be continued...
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