Chapter 1: Who Am I?
Everybody looked at Misty like she was off her rocker. At first, Ash thought she was
playing a joke, maybe something to get back at him for ruining her bike all those years ago.
But he could definitely see confusion in Misty's cool blue eyes.
"Please say she's joking about that," Yoshi said.
"She's joking," Brock replied.
"Really?"
"I'm not sure." Yoshi facefaulted. He thought he was the only one who made up lame
jokes.
"Misty, don't you remember any of us?" Ayako asked.
Misty shook her head. "No. Should I?"
Dr. Tofuu got his stethescope out. "Hmmm.... I'm fairly sure that this has something to
do with the fall. Misty, take a deep breath." Misty took several deep breaths while Dr. Tofu
ran his stethescope around her back under her shirt.
"Could you all please wait in the other room?" Dr. Tofu asked.
"But..." Ash started to protest but Brock and Yoshi ussured him out. Dr. Tofu ran his
stethescope all over Misty's back and chest. He then proceeded to give her a physical with
some alterations. Taking the hammer he used to test reflexes, Dr. Tofu tapped it on Misty's
head and asked to tell him when it hurts. Misty finally responded when the hammer touched an
area between her right temple and eyebrow.
When Dr. Tofu came out, his face was solemn.
"What's the prognosis, Doc?" Duplica asked.
"Misty has amnesia," Dr. Tofu declared. The group groaned. Anybody could've told him
that. Then the doctor continued, "the problem is, I can detect no dislocation in her brain.
However, I'm a chiropractor, not a brain doctor. You might want to take her to Tokyo General
Hospital. They have equipment that can do this job a lot better."
"Stephen can take you there," Ranma suggested. "He can make vehicles out of ki-energy."
"All right. I don't reccoment that everybody goes. How about Misty, Stephen, Ranma,
Ash, Brock, and myself. The rest of you will stay here until we get back."
"When will that be?" Sabrina asked.
"Depends on how long the tests take," Dr. Tofu replied.
**
And so, Ash, Misty, Ranma, Stephen, Brock, and Dr. Tofu took off to Tokyo with help from
Stephen's ki-bus. Yoshi, Ayako, Sabrina, Duplica, and Prof.. Oak went back to the Tendo Dojo.
Pikachu and Togepi were under the care of Yoshi and Duplica.
When Akane, Shampoo, Ryouga, Ukyou, Cologne, and Mousse heard about what happened, they
all wanted to follow Ranma there for different reasons. But before any of them could leave,
Sabrina stopped them by telekinetically holding them in place while Prof. Oak explained.
"Ranma is technically their bodyguard," Prof. Oak commented. "He is there in case the
guy who controlled the Nikaron will appear again."
"The Professor is right," Cologne agreed. She wanted to get to him but not as much as
the others. She had self-control. "Son-In-Law has handled himself in far tougher situations. This, believe it or not, might be the toughest situation that Ash and his friends will ever come up against. And all of you pouncing on them like wild animals will not help them or help Misty get her memory back. So you all better sit down and be quiet." Despite Cologne's size and age, she is a powerful martial artist. And when she commanded respect, she got it (well, not from Ranma who still calls her "Old Ghoul.") She got the respect from the others.
Suddenly, Akane asked, "how do we know that's Ranma with them?" Everybody looked at her
like she was crazy.
"What are you talking about?" Yoshi asked.
"Ranma has never displayed any sort of kindness before. Why would he start now. Maybe
he's taking Misty on as his fiancee. Or that isn't even Ranma at all." Everybody burst into
argument which was solved after five minutes when Sabrina nailed them all to the floor
psychically at the same time, shutting their mouths.
"Ranma has earned Ash's respect," Cologne explained. "Despite their attitudes, they are
both destined for greatness. Destined for heroism. That's why Ranma chose to go with them.
It was in his destiny."
"No way."
"I don't believe it."
"That bakka, a hero? Get out of town!"
"Actually," Cologne said, her eyes closed and arms crossed. "He did it because Dr. Tofu
asked him to. You see, it all has to do with respect. Something all of you never show anyone
but yourselves." If that was suppose to invoke shame in the teens, it worked. They all felt
the weight that came with having a guilty conscience.
"What do we do now?" Yoshi asked Prof. Oak.
"There's nothing we can do," the Pokemon Researcher replied. "Nothing but wait and hope
everything turns out all right.
**
Ash, Ranma, Misty and the others returned later that night. They explained how Misty was
given multiple scans such as x-ray, gamma, even a new scan called a sonic spectrolizer. It was
suppose to function like an x-ray but used echolocation much like dolphins to detect any bones
out of place.
In the end, the doctors found an "irregularity" in Misty's brain. They thought that when
the television fell on Misty, it stunned all the neurons going to the part of her brain that
contains long-term memory and identification functions.
The doctors also said that was the part they could explain. There was also a part they couldn't
explain. A mental block, keeping her from accessing her memories. What nobody knew was that
something was keeping Misty from remembering, the reason forgotten.
The doctors also said that there were several ways to bring Misty's memory back. One was bonk
her on the head again (that was quickly discarded). Another was to take her to familure
surroundings and hope that it triggers some discarded memories (that was discarded too since
they weren't on Pokemon Island). There was a third method but it was so unpredictable and so
unlikely that the Doctors didn't even bother telling them.
Misty sat in the Tendo's living room watching television. A cartoon show about a couple
of kids traveling the land with strange creatures with fantastic powers (Ash hoped it would
trigger a memory flash but no such luck). Brock came in and sat down next to her.
"Hey Misty, I think I have something that might help bring your memory back." Misty
looked at him curiously. Brock held up Togepi.
"Priiii! Togepi!" It cried holding out its fingernail-size arms. [Mommy, pick me up!]
"What is it?" Misty asked. Brock sighed. Misty realized that his plan to show her
something familure didn't work.
"It's Togepi," Brock explained. "Your baby Pokemon."
"I may not know much about myself, but I do know that humans produce humans, not
creatures like that."
"But Misty, you were the first thing Togepi saw when it hatched. That means that it
thinks you're its mother."
"Hey Misty," Ash called from the door to the kitchen. "Someone wants to see you." He
stepped aside to reveal Psyduck. Ash knew that Misty hated Psyduck. Maybe seeing it would
trigger a memory flash.
"Aw, what a cute duck," Misty commented petting Psyduck on the head. Ash and Brock fell
over each other.
"Psy? Duck?" [Cute? Me?]
"This is serious," Brock realized as he and Ash picked themselves up from the floor.
Ash snapped his fingers. "I just remembered something. Misty has a fear of bugs."
"Hey, I'm getting you. If we show Misty one of Butterfree's babies, Misty might be so
afraid, that the memories will come gushing out."
"Exactly." Ash brought out Dexter (his pokedex). He opened up the list of all the
Pokemon that he ever caught and scanned down until it came to "Catterpie." Pressing the white
button, a pokeball appeared in front of them, teleported from Prof. Oak's lab on Pokemon Island.
"Hey Misty," Ash said. "Catch!" And he threw the pokeball into Misty's lap. The
pokeball burst open and the red energy formed a green insect-like Pokemon.
"Rieeeeee-rie-rieeeee," Catterpie spoke. [Hi, I'm Catterpie. Who are you?]
Misty looked at Ash and Brock questionly. "So?" Ash and Brock's heads dropped.
"Well, we tried our best," Brock said. While Ash returned Catterpie to Pokemon Island,
the Pokemon Gym Leader went over to pick up Togepi.
But the egg Pokemon wouldn't leave its mother. "Pri. Togepi-pi-togepi." [No, I want to to stay
with mommy.]
"It's all right," Misty said, handing Togepi to Brock. "I'm not exactly sure how to take
care of a Togepi."
Brock took Ash over into the corner. Out of Misty's ears. "Ash, this is very serious."
"I know," Ash replied. "Poor Misty."
"Misty? I was worried about Togepi."
"Huh?"
"Babies, even Pokemon babies are very dependent on their parents," Brock explained.
"They usually take an imprint of the parent who's around them the most. But Togepi only has
one parent and she's unable to perform her duties."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that if Misty doesn't get her memory back, Togepi could become depressed.
And depression for a baby is just as dangerous as getting shot or falling off a cliff."
"Brock, you're not saying..."
"That's just what I'm saying, Ash. If Misty doesn't get her memory back soon, Togepi
could die."
Everybody looked at Misty like she was off her rocker. At first, Ash thought she was
playing a joke, maybe something to get back at him for ruining her bike all those years ago.
But he could definitely see confusion in Misty's cool blue eyes.
"Please say she's joking about that," Yoshi said.
"She's joking," Brock replied.
"Really?"
"I'm not sure." Yoshi facefaulted. He thought he was the only one who made up lame
jokes.
"Misty, don't you remember any of us?" Ayako asked.
Misty shook her head. "No. Should I?"
Dr. Tofuu got his stethescope out. "Hmmm.... I'm fairly sure that this has something to
do with the fall. Misty, take a deep breath." Misty took several deep breaths while Dr. Tofu
ran his stethescope around her back under her shirt.
"Could you all please wait in the other room?" Dr. Tofu asked.
"But..." Ash started to protest but Brock and Yoshi ussured him out. Dr. Tofu ran his
stethescope all over Misty's back and chest. He then proceeded to give her a physical with
some alterations. Taking the hammer he used to test reflexes, Dr. Tofu tapped it on Misty's
head and asked to tell him when it hurts. Misty finally responded when the hammer touched an
area between her right temple and eyebrow.
When Dr. Tofu came out, his face was solemn.
"What's the prognosis, Doc?" Duplica asked.
"Misty has amnesia," Dr. Tofu declared. The group groaned. Anybody could've told him
that. Then the doctor continued, "the problem is, I can detect no dislocation in her brain.
However, I'm a chiropractor, not a brain doctor. You might want to take her to Tokyo General
Hospital. They have equipment that can do this job a lot better."
"Stephen can take you there," Ranma suggested. "He can make vehicles out of ki-energy."
"All right. I don't reccoment that everybody goes. How about Misty, Stephen, Ranma,
Ash, Brock, and myself. The rest of you will stay here until we get back."
"When will that be?" Sabrina asked.
"Depends on how long the tests take," Dr. Tofu replied.
**
And so, Ash, Misty, Ranma, Stephen, Brock, and Dr. Tofu took off to Tokyo with help from
Stephen's ki-bus. Yoshi, Ayako, Sabrina, Duplica, and Prof.. Oak went back to the Tendo Dojo.
Pikachu and Togepi were under the care of Yoshi and Duplica.
When Akane, Shampoo, Ryouga, Ukyou, Cologne, and Mousse heard about what happened, they
all wanted to follow Ranma there for different reasons. But before any of them could leave,
Sabrina stopped them by telekinetically holding them in place while Prof. Oak explained.
"Ranma is technically their bodyguard," Prof. Oak commented. "He is there in case the
guy who controlled the Nikaron will appear again."
"The Professor is right," Cologne agreed. She wanted to get to him but not as much as
the others. She had self-control. "Son-In-Law has handled himself in far tougher situations. This, believe it or not, might be the toughest situation that Ash and his friends will ever come up against. And all of you pouncing on them like wild animals will not help them or help Misty get her memory back. So you all better sit down and be quiet." Despite Cologne's size and age, she is a powerful martial artist. And when she commanded respect, she got it (well, not from Ranma who still calls her "Old Ghoul.") She got the respect from the others.
Suddenly, Akane asked, "how do we know that's Ranma with them?" Everybody looked at her
like she was crazy.
"What are you talking about?" Yoshi asked.
"Ranma has never displayed any sort of kindness before. Why would he start now. Maybe
he's taking Misty on as his fiancee. Or that isn't even Ranma at all." Everybody burst into
argument which was solved after five minutes when Sabrina nailed them all to the floor
psychically at the same time, shutting their mouths.
"Ranma has earned Ash's respect," Cologne explained. "Despite their attitudes, they are
both destined for greatness. Destined for heroism. That's why Ranma chose to go with them.
It was in his destiny."
"No way."
"I don't believe it."
"That bakka, a hero? Get out of town!"
"Actually," Cologne said, her eyes closed and arms crossed. "He did it because Dr. Tofu
asked him to. You see, it all has to do with respect. Something all of you never show anyone
but yourselves." If that was suppose to invoke shame in the teens, it worked. They all felt
the weight that came with having a guilty conscience.
"What do we do now?" Yoshi asked Prof. Oak.
"There's nothing we can do," the Pokemon Researcher replied. "Nothing but wait and hope
everything turns out all right.
**
Ash, Ranma, Misty and the others returned later that night. They explained how Misty was
given multiple scans such as x-ray, gamma, even a new scan called a sonic spectrolizer. It was
suppose to function like an x-ray but used echolocation much like dolphins to detect any bones
out of place.
In the end, the doctors found an "irregularity" in Misty's brain. They thought that when
the television fell on Misty, it stunned all the neurons going to the part of her brain that
contains long-term memory and identification functions.
The doctors also said that was the part they could explain. There was also a part they couldn't
explain. A mental block, keeping her from accessing her memories. What nobody knew was that
something was keeping Misty from remembering, the reason forgotten.
The doctors also said that there were several ways to bring Misty's memory back. One was bonk
her on the head again (that was quickly discarded). Another was to take her to familure
surroundings and hope that it triggers some discarded memories (that was discarded too since
they weren't on Pokemon Island). There was a third method but it was so unpredictable and so
unlikely that the Doctors didn't even bother telling them.
Misty sat in the Tendo's living room watching television. A cartoon show about a couple
of kids traveling the land with strange creatures with fantastic powers (Ash hoped it would
trigger a memory flash but no such luck). Brock came in and sat down next to her.
"Hey Misty, I think I have something that might help bring your memory back." Misty
looked at him curiously. Brock held up Togepi.
"Priiii! Togepi!" It cried holding out its fingernail-size arms. [Mommy, pick me up!]
"What is it?" Misty asked. Brock sighed. Misty realized that his plan to show her
something familure didn't work.
"It's Togepi," Brock explained. "Your baby Pokemon."
"I may not know much about myself, but I do know that humans produce humans, not
creatures like that."
"But Misty, you were the first thing Togepi saw when it hatched. That means that it
thinks you're its mother."
"Hey Misty," Ash called from the door to the kitchen. "Someone wants to see you." He
stepped aside to reveal Psyduck. Ash knew that Misty hated Psyduck. Maybe seeing it would
trigger a memory flash.
"Aw, what a cute duck," Misty commented petting Psyduck on the head. Ash and Brock fell
over each other.
"Psy? Duck?" [Cute? Me?]
"This is serious," Brock realized as he and Ash picked themselves up from the floor.
Ash snapped his fingers. "I just remembered something. Misty has a fear of bugs."
"Hey, I'm getting you. If we show Misty one of Butterfree's babies, Misty might be so
afraid, that the memories will come gushing out."
"Exactly." Ash brought out Dexter (his pokedex). He opened up the list of all the
Pokemon that he ever caught and scanned down until it came to "Catterpie." Pressing the white
button, a pokeball appeared in front of them, teleported from Prof. Oak's lab on Pokemon Island.
"Hey Misty," Ash said. "Catch!" And he threw the pokeball into Misty's lap. The
pokeball burst open and the red energy formed a green insect-like Pokemon.
"Rieeeeee-rie-rieeeee," Catterpie spoke. [Hi, I'm Catterpie. Who are you?]
Misty looked at Ash and Brock questionly. "So?" Ash and Brock's heads dropped.
"Well, we tried our best," Brock said. While Ash returned Catterpie to Pokemon Island,
the Pokemon Gym Leader went over to pick up Togepi.
But the egg Pokemon wouldn't leave its mother. "Pri. Togepi-pi-togepi." [No, I want to to stay
with mommy.]
"It's all right," Misty said, handing Togepi to Brock. "I'm not exactly sure how to take
care of a Togepi."
Brock took Ash over into the corner. Out of Misty's ears. "Ash, this is very serious."
"I know," Ash replied. "Poor Misty."
"Misty? I was worried about Togepi."
"Huh?"
"Babies, even Pokemon babies are very dependent on their parents," Brock explained.
"They usually take an imprint of the parent who's around them the most. But Togepi only has
one parent and she's unable to perform her duties."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that if Misty doesn't get her memory back, Togepi could become depressed.
And depression for a baby is just as dangerous as getting shot or falling off a cliff."
"Brock, you're not saying..."
"That's just what I'm saying, Ash. If Misty doesn't get her memory back soon, Togepi
could die."