"Ashes to Ashes and a Brand New Groove"

**South America, Crash Site**

"It's right there..." Kuzco pointed to the mechanical mess which was once the time machine.

Ash groaned when he saw it's condition. "Man...we'll never get this thing fixed..." He moaned.

Kuzco moaned too. "And I wanted to see the future..."

Ash put his hand on Kuzco's shoulder. "Well, maybe another time you--"

"Woah!" Kuzco slapped Ash's hand off his shoulder. "No touchy! No touch the emperor's clothing, got it?"

Ash flinched ."Geez..I'm sorry....well, where I come from we don't have an emperor to rule us..."

Kuzco looked at Ash in a weird way. "Ha! Then, who rules you?"

"Well....no one...we have a president..." ((Have to clear up one thing for a sec. Since I don't know about Japan's political system, let's just say they live in America, k?))

"A president...well, see? There you go. Somebody rules you..."

"He doesn't rule us..." Ash said, trying to examine the time machine. "...the country's free.."

"Free? You mean...you can do ANYTHING you want?"

"Well, no not exactly. There are laws against crime and all, but yeah....we're free to do most anything we want..."

Kuzco looked at Ash blankly, then put his hands to his hips. "Ya know, I don't think your country is run very well. They need someone like me, cause this president guy seems to be doing a very bad job...."

Ash shook his head. "Kuzco...you wouldn't understand.." Ash pushed a button on the time machine and suddenly...it started up.

Kuzco jumped up and down. "Yay yay yay yay!!! You got it working! Good, now take me to the future...NOW!"

"Alright, alright..." Ash looked at Kuzco strangly, then to Pikachu. "Ready, Pikachu?"

"Pikachu!" It chattered.

"That thing says it's name..." Kuzco pointed to Pikachu, just as the machine broke down again.

"Great....and Pikachu's not a thing!!! It's a Pokemon..."

"Well..Poke.....whatever...just...get that thing working again, ok?"

Ash put his hand to his chin, then his eyes brightened and he turned to Pikachu. "I got it! Hey, Pikachu, would you mind giving this thing a jumpstart?"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu nodded a yes to Ash.

Kuzco looked puzzled. "Now how's he..."

But before he could finish his sentence, Pikachu used it's thundershock on the machine.

"Woah! That thing produces electricity!!!" Kuzco jumped back.

Instantly, the machine started again. "Great..." Ash nodded. He turned to Pikachu and Kuzco. "Thank Pikachu, hop in guys.."

They both nodded and got in.

Ash looked at the controls. "Ok..ok...now how do I..." He spotted a panel with numbers. "Got it!" He said, and started setting the numbers to 06-27-2054. ((In my fanfics, Pokemon takes place 50 years into the future.)) Ash pushed a red button, and the machine started flying into the air. "Alright! And off...we.....go!!!" Ash shouted, just as the time machine disapeared.

A young girl with black hair was watching as this happened. She shook her head, not believing what she just saw. "He's an...alien.....and he....he kidnapped the emperor!!" She started running towards the palace. "I have to tell everyone! The emperor's been kidnapped! The emperor's been kidnapped!!!!!"