Chapter 2: The Dragon-discovery
Ranma came into the room. "Boy, this is bad," Ash told the martial artist. "Misty
doesn't even freak out when she sees a bug. Her memory must be way past gone. We have to
make her remember. If we don't do it soon, Togepi could die."
"Are you guys going home after you're done here?" Ranma asked. They still had a day
left before they were suppose to move on to the next location.
"I'm not sure," Ash replied. "This wasn't planned."
"Yeah. Mousse has that way of ruining an otherwise perfectly good time."
"Perhaps I can help," a voice at the door said. It was Cologne. And she had a scroll
strapped to her back.
"You can help bring Misty's memory back?" Ash asked. Ranma was skeptic. Every time
Cologne offered to help him out, there was a catch, usually a marriage to Shampoo.
"No," Cologne replied. Ash and Ranma moaned and dropped to the ground. "But I do know
something that can."
"What's that?" Ash said as he picked himself up. Cologne cleaned off the coffee table
(actually, she just knocked everything off) and placed the scroll down. It was written in
Mandarin Chinese.
"This scroll tells of an ancient power. A power called 'Dragonballs'."
"Dragonballs?" Ranma and Ash said at the same time.
Cologne nodded. "Dragonballs. There are seven of them in all. Once brought together,
and the magic words called out, the eternal dragon god Shenlong will rise to grant whoever
calls upon it one wish."
"If we could get to those Dragonballs," Ash said getting excited. "Misty might be able
to ask Shenlong to return her memory."
Cologne nodded again. "There is just one problem. The Dragonballs are scattered
throughout an island continent."
"Island continent? What's that?"
"You must mean Australia, don't you, Old Ghoul?" This came from Ranma of course.
"I do not, Son-In-Law," Cologne replied. "This island-continent is not like Australia.
It is an island-continent located north of the Hawaiian Islands. It is not located on any map
because people are scared of what might happens if they go there."
Suddenly Ash looked depressed again. "But we still have that Pokemon tour to do. How
can we go on the tour and find the Dragonballs at the same time? I don't even know where our
next stop is going to be."
"I can answer that for you, Ash," Prof. Oak said as he suddenly appeared beside the four
(Misty has been listening in). "As it just so happens, we can make that island our next stop.
We're not due in Tokyo for a few day."
"That's great!" Ash said excitedly. Then turned to Misty. "If we could get to the
Dragonballs, we can get your memory back." Misty smiled but it was a nervous smile.
{Do I want my memory back?} She asked herself. {From what this Brock guy tells me, I'm
not exactly nice to him or that Ash kid. Do I want to go back to being myself? But what
about that Togepi creature? By getting my memory back, I might be able to take care of it
like it wants me to. What am I going to do?}
**
Ranma, Akane, P-Chan, and Stephen went to the Tokyo International Airport with the
Pokemon gang. Unlike the customs terminal at Pokemon Island, this one didn't have a rule
about Pokemon (probably because they never even heard of Pokemon before).
Ash shook Ranma's hand. "Thanks for everything, Ranma. I'm sorry we were leaving under
such... bad conditions."
"It's all right, Ash," Ranma replied. "Saving the world is a common pasttime in Nerima.
Good luck trying to get Misty's memory back."
"Are you sure you guys can't stay," Akane asked Sabrina and Duplica. "Nerima needs more
girls who are not after bakka boy over there." Of course, she was referring to Ranma.
"We're sure," Duplica replied with a glance at Sabrina and Ditto, who was disguised as a
pokeball.
Pikachu and P-Chan were saying good-bye in their own way.
"Pika-pikachu-pi-pika." [Well, I guess this is good bye.]
"Bwee. Bwee-bwee," P-Chan replied. [Yup. One thing.]
"Pika-pikachu?" [What?]
"Bwee." [Misty.]
"Pikachu?" [What about her?]
"Bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee." [I stole away when they took Misty to the hospital.]
"Chu?" [So?]
"Bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee." [I heard the Doctors talking about a third method of
recovering her memory.]
"Pi. Chu?" [Excellent! How?]
"Bwee." [Zap her.]
"Pikachu?" [What?]
"Bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee." [An intense beam of energy to her head could restore
her memory.]
"Pika-pikachu-pika-kachu-pika-pikachu, pikachu?" [Are you sure that this is good info, P-Chan?]
"Bwee." [Yes.]
"pikachu pika-pi. Pikachu." Then Pikachu climbed up onto Ash's head. [I won't tell Ash. Thanks.]
"Hey Pikachu, what were you saying to P-Chan?"
"Pika-pikachu, pika-pi," Pikachu replied. [Never you mind, Ash.]
"You know," Ranma said as the Pokemon crew entered the access tunnel that would take them
to their plane. "They really are a bunch of nice guys."
Suddenly Ranma found himself in his
girl form.
"Sorry," a guy said. He tripped and knocked his soda all over Ranma.
"Pig-tailed girl!" A voice cried. Ranma knew that voice anywhere. It was Tatewaki
Kuno. "Please, date me!" The Blue Thunder of Furikan High cried out as he began chasing
Ranma-chan all around the airport. Akane, Stephen, and P-Chan just watched the chase which
was like a Road Runner/Wily E. Coyote chase.
Ranma came into the room. "Boy, this is bad," Ash told the martial artist. "Misty
doesn't even freak out when she sees a bug. Her memory must be way past gone. We have to
make her remember. If we don't do it soon, Togepi could die."
"Are you guys going home after you're done here?" Ranma asked. They still had a day
left before they were suppose to move on to the next location.
"I'm not sure," Ash replied. "This wasn't planned."
"Yeah. Mousse has that way of ruining an otherwise perfectly good time."
"Perhaps I can help," a voice at the door said. It was Cologne. And she had a scroll
strapped to her back.
"You can help bring Misty's memory back?" Ash asked. Ranma was skeptic. Every time
Cologne offered to help him out, there was a catch, usually a marriage to Shampoo.
"No," Cologne replied. Ash and Ranma moaned and dropped to the ground. "But I do know
something that can."
"What's that?" Ash said as he picked himself up. Cologne cleaned off the coffee table
(actually, she just knocked everything off) and placed the scroll down. It was written in
Mandarin Chinese.
"This scroll tells of an ancient power. A power called 'Dragonballs'."
"Dragonballs?" Ranma and Ash said at the same time.
Cologne nodded. "Dragonballs. There are seven of them in all. Once brought together,
and the magic words called out, the eternal dragon god Shenlong will rise to grant whoever
calls upon it one wish."
"If we could get to those Dragonballs," Ash said getting excited. "Misty might be able
to ask Shenlong to return her memory."
Cologne nodded again. "There is just one problem. The Dragonballs are scattered
throughout an island continent."
"Island continent? What's that?"
"You must mean Australia, don't you, Old Ghoul?" This came from Ranma of course.
"I do not, Son-In-Law," Cologne replied. "This island-continent is not like Australia.
It is an island-continent located north of the Hawaiian Islands. It is not located on any map
because people are scared of what might happens if they go there."
Suddenly Ash looked depressed again. "But we still have that Pokemon tour to do. How
can we go on the tour and find the Dragonballs at the same time? I don't even know where our
next stop is going to be."
"I can answer that for you, Ash," Prof. Oak said as he suddenly appeared beside the four
(Misty has been listening in). "As it just so happens, we can make that island our next stop.
We're not due in Tokyo for a few day."
"That's great!" Ash said excitedly. Then turned to Misty. "If we could get to the
Dragonballs, we can get your memory back." Misty smiled but it was a nervous smile.
{Do I want my memory back?} She asked herself. {From what this Brock guy tells me, I'm
not exactly nice to him or that Ash kid. Do I want to go back to being myself? But what
about that Togepi creature? By getting my memory back, I might be able to take care of it
like it wants me to. What am I going to do?}
**
Ranma, Akane, P-Chan, and Stephen went to the Tokyo International Airport with the
Pokemon gang. Unlike the customs terminal at Pokemon Island, this one didn't have a rule
about Pokemon (probably because they never even heard of Pokemon before).
Ash shook Ranma's hand. "Thanks for everything, Ranma. I'm sorry we were leaving under
such... bad conditions."
"It's all right, Ash," Ranma replied. "Saving the world is a common pasttime in Nerima.
Good luck trying to get Misty's memory back."
"Are you sure you guys can't stay," Akane asked Sabrina and Duplica. "Nerima needs more
girls who are not after bakka boy over there." Of course, she was referring to Ranma.
"We're sure," Duplica replied with a glance at Sabrina and Ditto, who was disguised as a
pokeball.
Pikachu and P-Chan were saying good-bye in their own way.
"Pika-pikachu-pi-pika." [Well, I guess this is good bye.]
"Bwee. Bwee-bwee," P-Chan replied. [Yup. One thing.]
"Pika-pikachu?" [What?]
"Bwee." [Misty.]
"Pikachu?" [What about her?]
"Bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee." [I stole away when they took Misty to the hospital.]
"Chu?" [So?]
"Bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee." [I heard the Doctors talking about a third method of
recovering her memory.]
"Pi. Chu?" [Excellent! How?]
"Bwee." [Zap her.]
"Pikachu?" [What?]
"Bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee-bwee." [An intense beam of energy to her head could restore
her memory.]
"Pika-pikachu-pika-kachu-pika-pikachu, pikachu?" [Are you sure that this is good info, P-Chan?]
"Bwee." [Yes.]
"pikachu pika-pi. Pikachu." Then Pikachu climbed up onto Ash's head. [I won't tell Ash. Thanks.]
"Hey Pikachu, what were you saying to P-Chan?"
"Pika-pikachu, pika-pi," Pikachu replied. [Never you mind, Ash.]
"You know," Ranma said as the Pokemon crew entered the access tunnel that would take them
to their plane. "They really are a bunch of nice guys."
Suddenly Ranma found himself in his
girl form.
"Sorry," a guy said. He tripped and knocked his soda all over Ranma.
"Pig-tailed girl!" A voice cried. Ranma knew that voice anywhere. It was Tatewaki
Kuno. "Please, date me!" The Blue Thunder of Furikan High cried out as he began chasing
Ranma-chan all around the airport. Akane, Stephen, and P-Chan just watched the chase which
was like a Road Runner/Wily E. Coyote chase.