Episode 2: The Sleuthing Begins

It was all thanks to Raven and Master Raven that Gon's information had finally be obtained after over 21 years of isolation within Dr. Bosconovitch's lab, but by Jin's orders, the two ninjas had to stay out of the investigation that was about to be underway between him, Nina, and Detective Pikachu:

Where the hell is Gon?

Raven had just contacted the electric mouse detective and just told Jin that he was on his way. In the meantime, the son of Kazuya explained the whole situation with Nina as the two partners were looking at the same exact information that the raven ninjas had obtained, having Jin sitting in the computer chair.

"Huh! I never thought you would even accept bringing back Gon into our minds." Nina started sarcastically. "Now that you did, it's all coming back to me. I remember quite a number he did on me back then. His short stature sure did fool me."

"It fooled all of us, Nina." Jin agreed. "Now he's saying that he had to permanently leave Tekken for 'extremely personal reasons'. That really does leave me wondering what exactly could be so personal that he had to abandon us."

"Well, as soon as Detective Pikachu gets here, we'll get right to finding out… no matter how long it takes. To be honest, I actually miss the little fellow."

"Same here, even with the confidential relief that he's gone, right?"

"Yes." Seconds after that was said, a presence was felt at the two fighters' left side and they both turned that way to see Detective Pikachu himself casually climbing up onto the console with a small cup of coffee in his paws.

"Some 'confidential' relief, alright." The electric mouse started in his usual quip before he took a sip of coffee. "You still wanna know where he is, though. That's really sweet."

"…" Both warriors looked at him with unimpressed glares of annoyance for five seconds, making Pikachu scoff after swallowing his coffee.

"Hey, just being honest. You must be Jin Kazama and Nina Williams. Pleasure to meet you two."

"Detective Pikachu?" Nina asked. "Now I've heard of you. You're the sleuth that everyone wants to have simply because you're cute."

"Aww, that's false advertisement. It's so much more than that, sweetheart. I'm a first-class detective with an extremely impressive reputation. No mystery is too big or too small. If it needs to be solved by any means necessary, I'm your mouse."

"Sounds convincing to me." Jin commented. "I'm guessing that when Raven called you over, he explained the entire situation. Am I correct?"

"Right you are, sir! And I've gotta tell ya…(whistles)" Pikachu then paused after that whistle as he looked at the massive screen full of Gon's information. "…this dino's a real piece of work. He's appears in one tournament, wins, then leaves forever. Personally, that's the equivalent of getting to the region champion of the Pokémon League and quitting before the champ's very first pokémon is sent into battle. Such a cowardly decision, if ya ask me."

"…huh. He makes sense, Jin." Nina reluctantly agreed after taking it in for three seconds. "What Gon did was a bit pusillanimous. Does that mean that he's truly a pessimist himself?"

"It's a possibility." Jin replied. "One thing's for sure: He didn't seem like it back then."

"Well, that's something we really need to look into." Pikachu added. "The best way to do it… is retrace his footprints. Where did he go after Tekken 3 came and went for him? Let's see if we can find that info somewhere here." At that last word, the electric mouse got in front of the two warriors with full observation and it was silent for the next sixty seconds. After that timeframe, Pikachu slightly jumped in realization as he found something crucial. "Aha! Check this fine print out." Nina and Jin did so without hesitation and they too went wide eyed with shock. "This is a good place to start: 'Last known location after The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3: Looney Valley.' Huh! Where's that?"

"Looney Valley? That's where the Looney Tunes live." Jin pointed out. "It's hidden discreetly beneath any golf course in the United States. So, getting there by those means could be difficult. We'll have to teleport there."

"Way ahead of ya. On the way in here, I spotted these lying on the table by the entrance." Pikachu paused as he pulled out three teleportation devices that were watches. Jin and Nina immediately took theirs and strapped them on their wrists. As for Pikachu, the last one was able to stretch and automatically cling onto his neck. "Whoa! Whew! That was surprising! Anyway, they're definitely teleporting devices by the looks of them."

"They are, actually." Nina replied as she took a good look at hers. "Dr. Bosconovitch developed these years ago for unknown purposes. Unfortunately, he only made four of these… and you found three. Was there one more on the table?"

"Nope! Those three were the only ones. That means…" All three gasped in unison before they all said together as well: "…Gon used one to teleport himself!"

"And, ironically, I'm not surprised." Jin concluded by himself. "Small as he is, travelling the traditional way would be a futile struggle for him. That's another major clue. I guess we'll head on over to Looney Valley first and see if we can get some more answers."

"I couldn't agree more. There were some instructions over there, too. It simply said that all we have to do is say the name of the location we want to go after using its wake code, 'VT', and it'll transport us there in no time. They're synced together, so we should be able to get there all at the same time."

"Sounds simple enough." Nina said as she tried it out. "VT, transport us to Looney Valley." Within two seconds, the three of them shined yellow all over before they disappeared to Looney Valley.


At Looney Valley, 5:25 pm Pacific time…

Jin, Nina, and Pikachu all reappeared inside a basketball court that was kept in pretty good shape since the mid-1990s. This factor shocked the three as they walked around the court a little bit.

"Wow!" Pikachu started. "I remember this basketball court. Ever since those Monstars made landfall here, I thought repair for one of the hoops would be difficult. I guess it was, but it was eventually fixed."

"That's good to know, but what in God's name was Gon doing here during the late 90s?" Nina asked in wonder. A few seconds after that was said, a pair of double doors opened up and it was Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and Lola Bunny with a basketball in her slender gloved hands walking in. They were surprised to see the three and Bugs volunteered to start the conversation with his usual…

"Eh, what's up, docs?"

"Bugs Bunny!" Jin exclaimed as he, Pikachu, and Nina all turned towards the four cartoon characters. "It's good to see you all. We're in the middle of a mystery that's actually been brought back to minds after all these years."

"Really?" Daffy asked. "I probably know what it isth, too!"

"You do?"

"Yep! Yoshimitsthu'sth not human-I knew it! You're trying to figure it all out now and-"

"We already got that covered, Daffy." Nina replied with a bored monotone before she perked it up again as she continued. "He's half and half."

"…oh. Well then, what'sth up?"

"Gon's been away from Tekken for a while now and we're just curious as to where he would rush off to after winning a crucial tournament." Jin replied.

"Gon? That little yellow dinosthaur that came by here more than 20 yearsth ago?" Sylvester guessed. The two warriors and one pokémon nodded in response. "Huh! I never thought he wasth sthtill alive."

"He's immortal, doc!" Bugs corrected. "And not to mention dat he doesn't get any older, eitha. Why are ya tryin' ta find him, though? I tought ya didn't want him around anymore afta dat."

"Well, at first, we didn't." Jin admitted. "But, after Raven and Master Raven found his information by accident during a routine security scan in Dr. B's lab, one interesting note caught our attention: He left for 'extremely personal reasons'. Along with Detective Pikachu here, we're gonna figure this out once and for all."

"Yikes. And all dis time, I tought he was just protecta of da animals. Dere's more?"

"Apparently so, yes. The final piece of information, of course, told us that he was last seen here after Tekken 3 was over for him. What did he do here during the late-90s? Do you remember?"

"Nothing too special." Lola replied. "He came by two years after our big game against the Monstars wrapped up and was just checking on us…"


(Flashback, to 1998…)

Aside from Daffy, Elmer Fudd, and Sylvester, Gon noticed how my relationship with Bugs was thriving. What he was shocked about though was…

"You two aren't married yet?!" Gon asked in a comedic semi-growling male voice as he was sitting in a stool at the Bunnies' dinner table within Bugs' famous underground home. "What gives?!"

"Two years ain't long enough, doc." Bugs asked with sarcasm as he was casually eating a Caesar salad with Lola. "I made a promise ta myself forty years ago: Don't marry ya soulmate until after the foist five years. Personally, I tink it's appropriate and Lola agrees."

"It's true." Lola added. "Regardless of the promise, though, I'm a very patient rabbit. It's no problem at all. I still love him for all the right reasons."

"…huh." Gon calmed down immediately after he said that. "That actually makes sense. You two are taking the safer relationship route with patience in the passenger seat. I see now."

"So, you're not mad anymo', doc?" Bugs asked. The small carnosaur-like reptile nodded twice in response, making both rabbits smile. "Dat's good ta hear. So, why are ya here?"

"Two reasons: One: To check up on all of you Looneys since that epic basketball game and I see you all are doing just fine. Two: To give you two some very useful relationship advice. Since you're both rabbits, I know that… uh… sex is always on your minds at night. Admit it."

"Heh, heh… yeah." The grey hare scratched the back of his head with embarrassment as he blushed along with Lola. "About six outta seven nights every week since last year, doc."

"Why only six?"

"We skip Sundays because our second favorite sport is football and we just can't help it." Lola admitted.

"Ah! Of course. Now, you two want my advice on how to tone that down to just the weekdays?"

"Sure!" Both rabbits replied casually.

"Well, it's a good healthy relationship you got going so far, but if you wanna make it really last up until you two do officially tie the knot within the next three years, do what I advise all my couples to do: Just do what you do every day to casually arouse your partner. It's even the simplest things that can spark that fire without going overboard."

"…wow." Lola gasped with realization. Bugs just nodded once with understanding.

"Now dat makes even betta sense, doc!" He added. "You've been at dis couples therapy biz for a while, haven't ya?"

"Despite the fact that I've haven't really understood how human relationships work until women were finally given the right to vote in 1920, yeah. Trust me on this: I'm an old-time pro."

"I believe ya, doc."

"Did ya encounter any interracial couples yet?" Lola dared to ask. Gon shook his head. "No?"

"Not yet, but I'm ready for 'em. I'm sure the same chemistry happens and I can give 'em much more useful advice. It depends on the two different races, though."

"Awesome! Thanks for that tip for us, Gon. We truly appreciate it. We'll definitely take those words into consideration from now on."

"Great! So far, I've been successful. Trust me. I've had old friends call me and tell me how they've been doing since I talked with them and not one has failed. I'm on a roll!"

"Sheesh, doc! I can tell! Where are ya gonna head for now, den?"

"Hmmm. I don't know. Do ya know somewhere I need to go?"

"Eh, not really. Lo, what about you?"

"Same here." The tan rabbit agreed. "Wherever you gotta go to, I'm sure they'll need ya."

(End Flashback)


"We didn't know where he went afta he left, but a day lata, he called me and told me dat he was headin' ta a city called Townsville." Bugs concluded. "Dat's where da Powerpuff Goils live."

"Well, apparently, he's not only sticking with staying in America, he's also sticking with the cartoon theme here." Pikachu guessed. "That's odd."

"I did a bit of research on him after he left and Bugs told me about that next location." Lola confessed. "He does have a bit of a connection with the cartoon community in general because of his own animations."

"Oh, yeah!" Nina and Jin exclaimed with realization simultaneously before Jin continued alone: "I forgot how busy he is, despite the fact that he took some time to compete in a dangerous tournament and win. So, Townsville was his next destination?"

"Yep! Afta dat, we never really hoid from him again. He wished Lo and I all da best wit our upcoming marriage and so far, we're thrivin'." Bugs concluded. "18 beautiful years wit my beautiful bunny."

"Aww, Bugs." Lola swooned as the two rabbits embraced each other, letting everyone else around them watch in awe.

"That's so romantic." Pikachu swooned. "Did you two know he would play the role of couple counseling?"

"Had no idea." Nina confessed with Jin nodding in agreement. "But that's good to know. I wonder-"

"-if he's in-" Jin continued immediately after his partner before Pikachu joined the two warriors as they all concluded with:

"-a relationship as well!"

"Whoa…" Sylvester muttered with shock. Daffy and then, Bugs was speechless as they just saw that perfect harmony. Lola was the only one who spoke.

"It's a definite possibility." She stated professionally. "But, then again, he's a foot tall dinosaur. Who'd wanna date him?"

"…yeech!" Pikachu thought about that question for a brief five seconds before that response and shook his head with disgust. "She has a point."

"Well, let's not dwell on that too much then." Jin commanded as he shook hands with the grey hare with respectful smile. "Thank you all for your help. That gave us a few clues."

"No problem, doc." Bugs replied as he just ended the three second handshake. "Good luck in findin' da lil' guy. We all know he's tough as nails, so he'll be alright, no matta how long it takes ta find him."

"Glad you feel the same way as we do. Nina, Pikachu… we head to Townsville next." After that last word, the three of them gathered in their small circle before the son of Kazuya gave the command this time and they were instantly teleported to Townsville right before the Looneys' eyes. When they were gone, Daffy just had this to say as his two cents:

"Gon would be the dino of all dinosth if he did have a relationship, ya know."

"Yeeees, siree!" The other three responded playfully and in agreement.

To be continued…