The Pokémon Heroes
Chapter 1
The Quest Begins
It was a normal day in Pallet Town for Ash Ketchum, a 10-year-old Pokémon Trainer who is taking a break from his journey to be with his family and friend. Ash could hardly wait to play with his old friend, whom he had met at the age of 6. The doorbell rang and Mimey, a Mr. Mime belonging to Ash's mother, Delia Ketchum, answered the door. Upon opening the door, there stood a young girl who was about one year younger than Ash. Her hair was pink and tied up in two large twin tails, as well as two odangos on the top of her head. She wore a blue Japanese school uniform and short white socks that came up to her ankles, which were covered by her red-tipped white shoes.
"Hi, Mimey. Is Ash home?" asked the girl. "Mime, Mime," replied the Pokémon as it pointed upstairs to Ash's bedroom. "That's what I thought," she said. Not too long after she said that, Ash came racing down the stairs with his original Indigo League clothing. "Hi, Rini!" he said to her. "Hi, Ash!" she replied. The two friends hugged each other, as they had not seen each other in 4 years. After that, they ran outside as a yellow Pokémon with brown stripes on its back followed them from behind.
Meanwhile, on a cliff that was near the ocean, a Pokémon stood out watching the horizon in wonder. It was Mewtwo, the most powerful Pokémon of all. There, he was thinking about the dangers that were to come. "I have grown weak since the last time I battled this evil force," he thought. He knew something had to be done. Without any second thoughts, he flew off in the distance to seek a hero.
Elsewhere, a teenage girl with blond hair, in a similar style to Rini's hair, jolted out of bed after her alarm clock went off. This is Serena Tsukino, a student at Crossroads Jr. High in the Kanto Region. After getting all of her things needed for school, she ran out the door. On her way there, she mumbled to herself about wanting the current day to be Saturday. She then heard little kids trying to hurt a black cat. She yelled at the kids telling them to stop, which scared them off. Picking up the cat, she removed the bandage on its forehead, which revealed a crescent moon symbol. Quick as a cheetah, the cat sprang from Serena's arms and landed on a nearby car. After a quick glance at a nearby clock, Serena ran off to school, realizing that she was extremely late. "Could she be the one?" the cat thought to herself.
Back in Pallet Town, Ash and Rini were just finishing up their Pokémon Battle, when a net swooped down and captured Ash's mouse Pokémon, Pikachu. It was Team Rocket, at it again! The trio were in a hot air balloon, and were known as Jessie, James, and Meowth. After their usual recitation of the infamous original motto, Rini called out one of her Pokémon, which happened to be THE Jigglypuff, but with a change of behavior. "Jigglypuff, Tri-Attack!" ordered Rini. Jigglypuff enclosed itself in one large triangle, then fired three beams at the balloon, popping it. As it did, Team Rocket lost their grip on Pikachu as he safely landed back in his trainer's arms. "Team Rocket's blasting off again!" the trio shouted as they were blasted off into the distance.
Just then, Ash's friend, Duplica, a 13-year-old girl with turquoise hair that was tied in two short pigtails. She wore a red short-sleeve shirt with a big star on it. She also had blue jeans and sneakers. Her Pokémon, a Ditto, was standing right beside her. "Hey, Duplica!" he yelled. Rini became a little suspicious. "Hi, Ash!" Suddenly, they heard someone moaning. Looking behind her, Duplica became a little uneasy at Serena's crawling actions. She was obviously hurt by her test grade that she had received. "Never hurts to study," Rini said Serena. "Who asked you, brat?" Serena snapped. "Hey, Serena, I heard you failed your Pokémon Basics quiz. That stuff should be easy if you would've studied with me," replied a boy with spiked hair and a purple shirt. It was Gary Oak, Professor Samuel Oak's grandson and Ash's former rival. "Oh, be quiet, Gary, she needs to get her mind away from this," said Duplica. Just then she got an idea. "I know! Let's go to my mom's jewelry store in Viridian City! They have all kinds of stuff there like earrings shaped like Poké Balls, even cute little Eeveelution necklaces." "I love those! Can we go?" asked an excited Serena. "Yeah! Come on, let's go!" said Duplica, and the two teenagers walked off. "I think I just got hit by Duplica's Attract," said Gary as he let out a small giggle.
Elsewhere, in an eerie, darkness-like dimension, a sorceress known as Queen Beryl, was ready to unleash the power of her master, the power deep inside the Negaforce. "But to do so, I require energy. Jedite! Reveal yourself and tell me of your progress!" she said. In a beam of light, her servant, Jedite revealed himself and told her that one of his workers was collecting energy from humans at that very moment. "Do not fail me, Jedite!" she warned. "I need their energy." "Yes, my queen," he responded.
Back in the Pokémon World, a woman was yelling into a megaphone while running her jewelry store. It was Alicia Sonezaki, Duplica's mother. As Duplica walked in the store with Serena, they noticed this behavior and wondered what was going on. As she was finishing her speech about looking around, since there were tons of customers at the jewelry store, she let out a sly grin. Just then, some of the jewels began draining energy from the girls that were wearing them. Unbeknownst to Serena and Duplica, the owner was actually Jedite's servant, Morga, who was gathering human energy from the customers to unleash the power of the Negaforce. "You have done well, Morga," said Jedite telepathically to his servant as he held some of the energy in his hand. He commented on how pleased Queen Beryl would be, then laughed evilly.
"Mother?" said Duplica, unsure of herself. Morga snapped out of it and started acting like the owner again. After a quick chat, she showed the two girls a diamond ring. She then explained that it was a 20 carat gem and would sell it for 10 Pokémon Dollars. Upon hearing this, all of the women rushed up to the register to get the diamond first. The two friends escaped the mob by crawling out from underneath it. Feeling a little uneasy, Serena decided to go home and face her mom with her 30% Pokémon Basics grade.
Exiting the store, she crumpled up her test and threw it over her shoulder, where it unintentionally bounced off a guy's head. He was tall, had dark hair, and he wore a green sport coat over his black shirt. His sunglasses covered up his eyes. "Hey, watch it, meatball head!" he said to Serena as she was walking away. A looked at the test, then was concerned about her. "Are you stupid or just incredibly lazy?" he questioned. Annoyed, Serena snatched her test back from the boy and marched away angered that he called her a meatball head. She then glanced back at him and said, "He sure is cute." She then walked away. The boy then removed his sunglasses, which revealed his blue eyes. He looked at Serena suspiciously and thought that there was something odd about her. On her way home, Serena passed the Crown Game Parlor, like she always does, but this time, she happened to notice the poster for a video game starring Sailor V, a superheroine with a red mask and hair bow and a Japanese sailor outfit. Her hair was long and had a natural blond color to it. She also wore red slingback shoes on her feet, as well as two shoulder-pads similar to that of a medieval knight's, and two gloves that went up to her elbows. Admiring the poster, Serena mourned about how great Sailor V was compared to her. Finally, not being able to take it anymore, she let out a sob, then continued on her way home, knowing that her mom was going to be very angry with her. Unknown to her, the black cat from earlier was watching her from behind a street sign. "I can't believe it. This crybaby, she's the one?" she asked herself.
Back at his house, Ash and Rini were enjoying themselves with some of his mom's food. While they were eating, however, Pikachu, having great hearing abilities, grabbed Ash's hat in his mouth and coaxed him to go upstairs, which was where the two friends followed the mouse Pokémon to. Once there, they saw a mysterious Pokémon. He introduced himself as Mewtwo. He then held out his hand and granted Ash his power within his PokéDex, as well as giving his friend, Rini, a brooch with a heart insignia on it. Delighted, Rini took it and placed it in the middle of her bow. "Listen closely," he said to them. "An evil force is trying to take over this world! You must stop it by gathering a group of people known as THE POKÉMON HEROES! Miss Rini, repeat after me: MINI PRISM POWER!" "Whatever," she said. She gave it a shot. "MINI PRISM POWER!" In a flash of light, Rini transformed out of her regular clothes and into a Japanese sailor uniform. Her shoulder-pads were three comfortable arcs that rested precisely on each shoulder. She had two moon earrings, as well as two hair barrettes on her hair, and two red jewels directly on her pointed odangoes. The skirt was completely pink and the elbow pads were the same color. On her forehead, she wore a tiara that had a yellow jewel on it and her boots were pink with some white on the top as reached up to her knees until a crescent moon was present. Her bow was red and the collar was pink with two white stripes on each side, as well as a pink choker with a pink heart in the middle. Finally, there was a longer red bow in the back and the brooch was still in the middle of her main bow.
Shocked at the sudden transformation, she suddenly asked Ash what he thought of it. After about two seconds of silence, he said to her, "Well, it really suits you." He was visibly embarrassed at the sight of his best friend in uniform. "You two must work together in order to find the three forgotten princesses that once brought order to this world. Once all of them are together, they will be able to stop the evil wizard that threatens this world," said Mewtwo. Confused, Ash asked him what he meant. Mewtwo told them that the only memory he has was of a great battle that he had with the wizard. The two friends looked at each other in great concern as of what was to come.
Meanwhile, at the Pokémon Jewelry Store, all of the customers began to feel the effect of their life energy being drained from their bodies. One woman's jewels even popped off because of this. Duplica was beginning to get scared. "Mother, what's happening to everyone?" she asked her mom. Her mom just laughed in delight. "Mother?" the teen asked again. Morga slowly turned her head around to the scared teen. "I'm not your mother, Duplica, dear," she said in an eerie tone. She laughed menacingly, causing Duplica muffle her scream, as she was both scared and surprised.
After receiving a pep talk from her mom and doing an unwanted trip to the library, Serena lay on her bed, exhausted. She slept until the black cat from earlier entered the room and began talking. For a moment, Serena thought that she was dreaming when the cat introduced herself as Luna, a guardian cat from the now destroyed Moon Kingdom. Luna then showed Serena a brooch which was quite different than Rini's, as it had a crescent moon engraved on it. Luna then told Serena that she was Sailor Moon, guardian of love and justice. "Repeat after me: MOON PRISM POWER," said Luna. Serena said the exact same words and transformed just like Rini, but her choker was red with a crescent moon and her odangoes only had the round jewels on them. Her skirt and color were blue and the jewel on her tiara was bright red along with her elbow pads. Even more shocked than the nine-year-old, Serena began to fret until she heard Duplica's cry for help from the jewelry store. Not knowing what else to do, she went to the store to save her friend.
Back at the store, Duplica was screaming at the top of her lungs for help as Morga held on to her tightly. Then, right before her very eyes, Morga transformed into an ugly monster, freaking out the turquoise-haired teen. Morga just laughed in delight until she heard a voice behind her say, "Let her go!" "What's that?" said a surprised Morga. Out in the shadows, three kids were seen ready to save the day. Out of curiosity and anger, she demanded to know who they were. They introduced themselves as Sailor Moon, Sailor Mini Moon, and Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. "Never heard of you," said Morga. "And I don't think I will again!" She then ordered the mindless customers to attack the heroes. After closely dodging several of the attacks, Luna questioned the blond heroine to why she wasn't fighting. "You must this monster or the universe could cease to exist," she said. Morga laughed triumphantly as her minions were getting ready to attack them.
Faced with a sense of impending doom, Sailor Moon couldn't think of anything else to do except cry. Seeing the advantage, Morga prepared to destroy the one known as Sailor Moon for good. She let out what she thought would be her final scream until a red electrical stinging rose stopped the attack. Morga threateningly asked who had done that. Up on the window was a mysterious man with a tuxedo, as well as a cape, a top hat, white gloves, black shoes, black pants, and a white mask that somehow managed to conceal his eyes most of the time. "I am Tuxedo Mask!" he yelled at the Negamonster. "Man, he looks like he means business," said Ash. Sailor Mini Moon nodded in agreement. Just then, Pikachu suggested to Ash that he could try to cure everyone with an electrical attack. Ash was worried at the idea, because the thought of a shock might harm everybody. "It's worth a shot," said Tuxedo Mask. "Give it a try." Ash nodded and ordered Pikachu to use ThunderShock. Pikachu jumped up and released electrical energy from his body, causing everyone who was under Morga's control to get shocked and collapse. "Now what do we do?" asked Sailor Mini Moon. "Sailor Moon, use your tiara!" said Luna. With no other solution, Sailor Moon took off her tiara and got ready to throw it. "MOON TIARA MAGIC!" she shouted as she tossed the tiara. Morga screamed in fear as the tiara transformed her into a pile of moon dust. "We did it," said Ash, who was really surprised about becoming a true hero for the first time.
The energy that Jedite had collected, however, disappeared from his hand once Morga had been defeated. "Someone will pay dearly... For this!" he said angrily. Edging near the moon dust, Sailor Moon saw it disappear. Tuxedo Mask congratulated her and the others on their victory, then mentioned that others will test them and to not be afraid, for he will fight with them. "What a hunky guy!" she said dreamily.
The next day, Duplica told some of the other girls at school about a dream of the events that had happened. The other girls said that they had the same dream. Peering into the Crossroads Jr. High classroom, Ash said to Rini, "No one will ever believe us." "Maybe," she said with a wink. Deep in their hearts, they knew that their duty to protect the world had just begun.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters or the series. I made this up with love of some of my favorite anime series. All characters in this epic story belong to their respective creators. Also, Rini is not from the future in this version, which would also mean that she is not the daughter of Serena and Darien, but rather a normal kid living in the present time with the Sailor Scouts. More details on her family history will be revealed in the next chapter.