Disclaimer: I like Cowboy bebop and Pokemon. I don't own the rights to the
characters though.
Author's Note: I'm getting better at this. I think. I'll edit the first chapter. someday.
Chapter three: Life on Mars
A pokeball wiggled on Ash's belt. He tapped it lightly with his finger. "No way, Charizard. Not after what happened the last time I let you out."
He had been wandering around on Mars for about three days. The day he had come was the day he had met Annie, a plump woman that owned a store filled with magazines. (See Episode five, 'Ballad of fallen angels' to know who I'm talking about. At least, I think its Episode five.) He came by there every day, and helped sweep the floors and stuff like that. It was the only Job he could find, and he needed one in order to buy any food. He really didn't consider it a job, he called it 'helping' and when she paid him she was just being 'nice'. He wanted to keep thinking that his occupation was a pokemon trainer, though as each day passed it seemed more and more unlikely that he'd ever find a way home.
He could remember what their first conversation was like when he had entered the bookshop for info on where he was. Well, of course he could remember, it had happened only three days ago. But this was just what Ash was thinking about as he walked down the now-familiar street to her place.
"E.excuse me?" He had stammered, scratching the back of his neck. "Um, could you tell me where I am?"
Annie had been reading from the newspaper when he had come in, and still didn't take her eyes off of it. She sipped some coffee from her mug sitting on the counter. "You're on the bad side of town, kid. What happened, did you get lost some- "
"No, I mean, uh. this might sound crazy, but. what planet am I on?"
Annie finally looked up when Ash said this. "You know what? That really did sound crazy. I can understand if you lose track of what street you're on, but a whole planet?!"
Ash nodded, looking down at his shoes. Annie sighed. "Look kid, I'll tell you, but around here even the smallest bits of info costs woo longs." Any regular day person would have known right then that they were on Mars. But Ash wasn't a regular day person around here. He looked up. "What are woo longs?"
Annie laughed. "Are you fooling with me or what, kid?" She asked, still chuckling. "Oh no, I'm not, really." Ash said quickly, laughing a bit too. "Uh, you see. erm." He bit his lip. He had asked a girl earlier why there weren't any pokemon around, and she had given him and odd look before walking a little faster down the street. Annie was getting curious. "Alright kid, I'll make a deal with you. I'll tell you what planet your on and what woo longs are exactly, and then you tell me why you don't know. Fair deal?" Ash thought about that for a moment, then nodded. "Seems fair to me." Annie smiled. "Alright. Now then, woo longs is currency around here." "Currency?"
"Are you an airhead or what?!!!?"
"S-sorry. I need to work on my vocabulary."
"I see that." She sighed heavily. She had never worked with such a stupid child before. "Alright, woo longs are money. Bucks. Bills. Green stuff. Call'em whatever you like, everyone uses them to buy stuff here on mars."
Ash stood there, frozen. Woo longs? He thought. Mars? No way.
Ash leaned against the wall to keep himself from collapsing. "M-mars?"
Annie nodded, surprised by his reaction.
Ash moaned. "Great, I am really lost."
Annie laughed again. This kid's a riot! She thought.
Ash groaned. Pikachu hopped down from his shoulder and onto Annie's counter. Annie hadn't noticed Pikachu at first and was startled. "What the. that is one big rat."
"Th-that's my Pikachu." Ash stated, hoping she at least would know what one is. Annie looked puzzled. "A what? Is it some kinda new animal that got mutated or something?" Pikachu, who didn't like to be called mutated, placed on an upset face.
"You might want to be careful." Ash warned.
"About what?" Annie asked. "Are you gonna sic this weirdo on me?" As soon as she said it, she wished she hadn't. Sparks flew from Pikachu's cheeks, and in the next instant Annie was electrocuted.
Annie sat on her stool, fumes coming from her shoulders and everywhere else Pikachu had hit her with his thunder shock. She glared angrily. "KID, YOU'D BETTER TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT! AND I MEAN RIGHT NOW!" Ash had placed a hand on his head and sighed.
Ash chuckled to himself as he remembered how angry and astonished Annie had been. He was getting used to life on mars, but he still hated it. He still was very upset that no pokemon were nearby for him to capture. He missed his friends. He wondered what they were up to. He guessed they were looking for him. If only he could somehow tell them what was going on.
"Ash, over here!" Annie called from the doorway of the store. Ash stopped. Annie didn't often greet him like this.
"Ash, hurry up! I have something important to tell you!" She called, waving her arm about. Ash rushed up. Pikachu was hiding in his backpack, so as not to be seen by anyone, and found himself bouncing about in the knapsack as Ash ran. He got inside, and Annie closed the door behind them.
"What's going on, Annie?" Ash asked, as Pikachu slipped out of the Backpack, annoyed, and sat on Ash's shoulder.
Annie bit her lip. "Why did you let out Charizard, huh? You're in way over your head, Ash Catsup!"
"W-what's going on??" Ash repeated, getting scared. "Annie!" He yelled when she didn't reply immediately.
Annie was both angry and worried at the same time. "Ash, the destruction your Charizard caused will need money to repair. They aren't very happy with you. In fact, they just put up a bounty on your head!!!"
*Gasp* Dun dun dun! Ash is running away from the cops from now on! Will Annie warn Ash about Spike? May Ash ever find a way home? What will Faye say if she see's Ash's Lapras? Damn, I'm starting to sound like that annoying Narrator on Pokemon. XCP
Author's Note: I'm getting better at this. I think. I'll edit the first chapter. someday.
Chapter three: Life on Mars
A pokeball wiggled on Ash's belt. He tapped it lightly with his finger. "No way, Charizard. Not after what happened the last time I let you out."
He had been wandering around on Mars for about three days. The day he had come was the day he had met Annie, a plump woman that owned a store filled with magazines. (See Episode five, 'Ballad of fallen angels' to know who I'm talking about. At least, I think its Episode five.) He came by there every day, and helped sweep the floors and stuff like that. It was the only Job he could find, and he needed one in order to buy any food. He really didn't consider it a job, he called it 'helping' and when she paid him she was just being 'nice'. He wanted to keep thinking that his occupation was a pokemon trainer, though as each day passed it seemed more and more unlikely that he'd ever find a way home.
He could remember what their first conversation was like when he had entered the bookshop for info on where he was. Well, of course he could remember, it had happened only three days ago. But this was just what Ash was thinking about as he walked down the now-familiar street to her place.
"E.excuse me?" He had stammered, scratching the back of his neck. "Um, could you tell me where I am?"
Annie had been reading from the newspaper when he had come in, and still didn't take her eyes off of it. She sipped some coffee from her mug sitting on the counter. "You're on the bad side of town, kid. What happened, did you get lost some- "
"No, I mean, uh. this might sound crazy, but. what planet am I on?"
Annie finally looked up when Ash said this. "You know what? That really did sound crazy. I can understand if you lose track of what street you're on, but a whole planet?!"
Ash nodded, looking down at his shoes. Annie sighed. "Look kid, I'll tell you, but around here even the smallest bits of info costs woo longs." Any regular day person would have known right then that they were on Mars. But Ash wasn't a regular day person around here. He looked up. "What are woo longs?"
Annie laughed. "Are you fooling with me or what, kid?" She asked, still chuckling. "Oh no, I'm not, really." Ash said quickly, laughing a bit too. "Uh, you see. erm." He bit his lip. He had asked a girl earlier why there weren't any pokemon around, and she had given him and odd look before walking a little faster down the street. Annie was getting curious. "Alright kid, I'll make a deal with you. I'll tell you what planet your on and what woo longs are exactly, and then you tell me why you don't know. Fair deal?" Ash thought about that for a moment, then nodded. "Seems fair to me." Annie smiled. "Alright. Now then, woo longs is currency around here." "Currency?"
"Are you an airhead or what?!!!?"
"S-sorry. I need to work on my vocabulary."
"I see that." She sighed heavily. She had never worked with such a stupid child before. "Alright, woo longs are money. Bucks. Bills. Green stuff. Call'em whatever you like, everyone uses them to buy stuff here on mars."
Ash stood there, frozen. Woo longs? He thought. Mars? No way.
Ash leaned against the wall to keep himself from collapsing. "M-mars?"
Annie nodded, surprised by his reaction.
Ash moaned. "Great, I am really lost."
Annie laughed again. This kid's a riot! She thought.
Ash groaned. Pikachu hopped down from his shoulder and onto Annie's counter. Annie hadn't noticed Pikachu at first and was startled. "What the. that is one big rat."
"Th-that's my Pikachu." Ash stated, hoping she at least would know what one is. Annie looked puzzled. "A what? Is it some kinda new animal that got mutated or something?" Pikachu, who didn't like to be called mutated, placed on an upset face.
"You might want to be careful." Ash warned.
"About what?" Annie asked. "Are you gonna sic this weirdo on me?" As soon as she said it, she wished she hadn't. Sparks flew from Pikachu's cheeks, and in the next instant Annie was electrocuted.
Annie sat on her stool, fumes coming from her shoulders and everywhere else Pikachu had hit her with his thunder shock. She glared angrily. "KID, YOU'D BETTER TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT! AND I MEAN RIGHT NOW!" Ash had placed a hand on his head and sighed.
Ash chuckled to himself as he remembered how angry and astonished Annie had been. He was getting used to life on mars, but he still hated it. He still was very upset that no pokemon were nearby for him to capture. He missed his friends. He wondered what they were up to. He guessed they were looking for him. If only he could somehow tell them what was going on.
"Ash, over here!" Annie called from the doorway of the store. Ash stopped. Annie didn't often greet him like this.
"Ash, hurry up! I have something important to tell you!" She called, waving her arm about. Ash rushed up. Pikachu was hiding in his backpack, so as not to be seen by anyone, and found himself bouncing about in the knapsack as Ash ran. He got inside, and Annie closed the door behind them.
"What's going on, Annie?" Ash asked, as Pikachu slipped out of the Backpack, annoyed, and sat on Ash's shoulder.
Annie bit her lip. "Why did you let out Charizard, huh? You're in way over your head, Ash Catsup!"
"W-what's going on??" Ash repeated, getting scared. "Annie!" He yelled when she didn't reply immediately.
Annie was both angry and worried at the same time. "Ash, the destruction your Charizard caused will need money to repair. They aren't very happy with you. In fact, they just put up a bounty on your head!!!"
*Gasp* Dun dun dun! Ash is running away from the cops from now on! Will Annie warn Ash about Spike? May Ash ever find a way home? What will Faye say if she see's Ash's Lapras? Damn, I'm starting to sound like that annoying Narrator on Pokemon. XCP