Awakening

AUTHORS NOTE: Ranger J here. This story would never be possible without the help of my friend and partner in random fanfiction Kira Douji. Her work is excellent, read some. If you notice any of my chapters with worthwhile writing in them, she probably did it, and it will say so. If not, it's my work. Thanks Kira, I owe you one!

PS I don't own pokemon etc. I do own Ranger J, and any characters except Kira and David Whitley. Talk to them if you need their characters, and me if you need mine. I DO NOT OWN POKEMON. I did, however, invent the internet. Contents sold by weight. Thank you.

-THE MANAGEMENT

I opened my eyes to a half-dark, the light of morning edging its way through the windows of the bedroom of the mansion. Erika's arms were still around me, creating a band of warmth on my chest. I checked the clock. It was blinking, the battery had kicked in, and was still supporting it. It was possible that the power had gone out. I would have gotten up and started the auxiliary power right then, but I didn't want to wake Erika. Had I done that, and started the power, I would have saved a few million lives. I drifted back into sleep, the calm and quiet atmosphere slowly lulling me back to unconsciousness.

When I next awoke, light was streaming through, very bright now. Erika stirred.

"James?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you feeling any better?"

"Possibly."

"That's good." Her arms tightened her embrace, the silk of her underkimono rubbing mine. Once she had released her grip I stood and put on my normal clothing, minus the trenchcoat. I didn't foresee any action today. I guess I was wrong. I made my way to the auxiliary power box, and cut the power back on to the house from the nuclear supply. The TV flickered on in the nearby kitchen, and I went to watch. I poured coffee as the newsman reported something that sounded peculiar.

"…ship is orbiting earth. The magnetic field it is throwing off is cutting off all electric devices in the hemisphere. We urge citizens whose electricity has not been cut off to seek shelter and contact everyone they can before things escalate. Erika slipped into the kitchen, followed shortly by a sleepy looking Kevin and the Mercs. Raven was still asleep somewhere in the upper floor area. I was still sipping coffee, but spat the coffee out when I heard what the man said next.

"This just in, the 'aliens' have opened communication with the Pokemon League. They have identified themselves as the Kunatzu, and maintain that two of their number have already visited the earth, one being Darien, who took the name of Kuntz to hide his lineage, and Darien's brother, Delphi. There are records of Darien, but none of his brother. Although, Darien once claimed that the Pokemon League Ranger James Kelley, also known as Kojiro Kai Li, was his brother, Delphi. This is all we have right now.

We repeat, that any citizens that are not in shelters should attempt to get to them immediately. We repeat…" I shut it off.

"Goddish, James."

"Guys, we have a job to do," I said.

Twenty minutes later, we stood, fully armed and ready. I teleported us to the Pokemon League headquarters. Ash sat, fiddling nervously with a pokeball as we entered his office. David Whitley leaned against the wall. He was looking worried too.

"James, glad you came, we could use a psychic here."

"What do you need?"

"James, the Kunatzu, they have called for the total surrender of all of Earth, or they will launch an attack. What do you think?"

"Stall them. If you must, surrender to them. The group and I will go up to that starship and destroy it, eliminate the threat."

"James, that's insane! It's full of their psychic warriors. We all know the Kunatzu, from the stories. One of them, James, one of them, was powerful enough to send their entire family through space without a starship. What do you think you can do against them?"

"Whatever I have to." With that we left.

It was a matter of a moment to teleport ourselves to a nearby space platform, a unit placed in orbit to monitor the star system, the unit that had alerted Earth of the arrival of the huge vessel. From there I used a life sensor to see where the least activity was on the ship. There was none. No activity, the ship was empty. It was broadcasting signals, though, and receiving them. These guys were smart! They were relaying a signal through their own ship. We could use the firepower of a ship this size. It was also possible that if we teleported onto it, it could be a trap to destroy us all. It was chance we would have to take. I teleported everyone.

When I arrived and looked to my side, I saw the mercs, still transparent, only half teleported in. I gasped, and then they disappeared. I could sense them, still on the platform. Erika was next to me, clutching my arm tightly. Kira stood off to the side, looking slightly perplexed, for what may have been the first time in her life. Raven and Kevin were standing, eyes wide, to my other side. I didn't like this. I tried to teleport out, but found I couldn't. The intercom came on.

"Hello, James, Karasu, Kevin, and Kira, yes, hello Kira, it is I, Darien, and I am back to make your life a living hell. Ha ha. Well, farewell friends. Y' know, I am a sporting guy, so I'll give you a chance. I won't kill any of you. I'm just going to activate the dimensional drive. See if you can find your way back to our dimension anytime soon! Bye bye. Mwahahahaha!" There was a roaring sound and we were flung onto the deck with the force suddenly exerted upon us.

KUNATZU COMMAND SHIP 3rd PERSON VIEW (for the first time in the series!)

"Well, we got rid of them, didn't we, Kirei one?" Darien kissed Eriss. She returned his kiss.

"Yes, we did. It's smooth sailing from here. We've got this planet in the bag." They kissed a moment longer. He pulled away, and picked her up, his physical strength surprising. She put her arm around his neck. He placed her on the bed. She looked back at him, smiling, all the while thinking he was such an idiot, letting them live. He unzipped her jacket, and she let him pull it off. The only reason she endured this kind of treatment was that she needed his influence with Janzar, the patriarch. The Kunatzu women were slightly underrated, okay, not slightly, very underrated. She needed his connections. He was overzealous with these things, though. He kissed her again. She hated the way he kissed so hard and impatiently. He tugged on the bottom half of the suit she was wearing. Eager, as always, she thought, grimacing at the thought of what was coming. She kept up her loving smile, helping the imbecile get her pants off. She had perfect control over him, providing she stayed on his good side. Soon she would be in charge, and he would be disposed of. Then she could forget the endless torture. He freed her of what remaining undergarments she was wearing and threw them onto the floor. He was already pulling off his clothing too. He stood, stark naked, in front of an inwardly disgusted Eriss, still outwardly smiling. She wondered, right then, what type of noise he would make if she shot psychic fire into the part of his body he valued more than his brain, and burned it to a crisp. She smiled even more. Soon she would burn him, she thought, but for now she would have to live with this. He lay on top of her. The bastard, the path of his mind was very narrow, paved with two types of bricks. One, being sex, was probably what he was more successful at, despite the fact that he was terrible in bed, seeing as every time he tried to do something evil to anyone (his other passion), that brother of his toasted him. Right now, it was no doubt as to what bricks he was stepping on! He kissed her again. She tried not to pay attention.

* * *

Darien was asleep next to her. She felt filthy all over. Pulling away from the Dark Psychic; she felt no compunction to sleep next to him, she opened the bathroom and filled the bathing tub with hot water. She lowered herself in, still trying not to think about the torture she had had to endure for her rule. Soon they would all pay, especially Don Juan over there. The water jets turned, and she psychically locked the door. She didn't want to know what he'd decide to do with her if he found her naked in a bathtub. She shuddered.

KUNATZU WARSHIP BLADEFIRE (James' POV)

I pulled myself to my feet. Kira was already standing, looking worried. I didn't know how long we had been out. The other two were unconscious in a heap near a bulkhead. I levitated them to the bridge, Kira and I talking about the situation the entire way.

"What the Hell happened?" She asked.

"I wish I knew! I should have figured that this was a trap. I also shouldn't have pulled you guys in here with me. I was too reckless. Gomen nasai."

"Don't be sorry, it happened, what happens, happens, Karma is Karma, you said so yourself."

"Yeah, I guess. Hey, wait, I said that to Erika when we were in the hot tub. How did you know what I said?"

"Sore wa himitsu desu!" She giggled. I laughed. Speaking of Erika, where had she disappeared to?

"Erika! Erika! Where are you?" I yelled, making Kira jump, startled. The intercom crackled to life.

"I wasn't hurt, since I used you for a human sled, and I found my way to the bridge. I was able to learn how to use the ship. It's pretty basic. While you were out cold, I found out that we'd stopped. Get up here!" We began to run to the bridge, and then stopped, realizing we didn't know where it was. 'BRIDGE – RIGHT' proclaimed a sign, strategically posted to my left. We went right, and, after only three more mess-ups we found ourselves in the bridge. Erika was sitting in the captain's chair.

"Hey, I'm glad you found me!" She giggled girlishly. Evidently, she'd found the galley too, judging by the sake pitcher on the table.

"Look! We're orbiting a planet. I was able to link to its satellites and download some information. This is Mars, in the year 2071, substantially farther into the future than when and where we left from.

"2071, Mars? Those sound like something I saw on TV a while back!"

"Hmm, same here! I wonder what it means." I looked at the viewscreen. It showed Mars, a red planet, surrounded by red rings, out of which coursed many small specks of light, which I assumed were ships. It was all very beautiful, until we noticed a larger pinpoint approaching us. It was approaching quickly, and in no time at all it had closed on the ship.

"Erika, contact them! What the hell is going on?" Erika checked the computer readouts for the ship's classification.

"Starship Bebop, do you read? Starship Bebop, do you read?"

"We read!" Came a frantic woman's voice, "We've run out of fuel, again, and we're drifting at a ludicrous rate. Can you do anything?"

"We'll try. Erika, shut down any shields, so it won't burn up, and try to activate some type of tractor beam so we can slow them down and dock them."

"Dock them? We don't even know them!"

"I think we do."

"Huh? Care to explain?" Erika looked slightly shocked. Kira smiled knowingly.

"Back home, there was a TV show, called Cowboy Bebop. These images are dead ringers for it. What I'm thinking is possible is that our 'show' is actually a reality, another reality, that is. We just happen to have warped into it. With this to help us we should be alright while we're here."

"Whoa, isn't that kind of nuts?"

"Not really, stuff this weird has happened before. It's like our lives are a cheesy fanfic, or bad Sci-fi or something. Not too nuts at all."

"I guess you're right," Kojiro.