Unexpected Changes Chap. 6

By Ryouga's best friend

Disclaimer! Pokemon belongs to whoever owns it please don't sue me!

"Previously in Unexpected Changes," begins the loud booming announcer. "Pikachu has been transformed into a human by the twisted TR scientist Dr. Splicer. After some problems at the hospital they had to recruit the help of Jesse, James, and Meowth or Pikachu would be shipped off to a mental asylum. After some problems they agree and the TR pair go back to HQ to see if this strange doctor was under orders from the boss while Meowth stays to help coach Pikachu."

"With a lot of hard work Meowth, Ash, Misty, and Brock teach her the fine art of acting human. This has spread a wide rumor among the staff of the hospital that Ash is Pikachu's girlfriend. The teaching succeeded and Pikachu (know by the human name Amara) was free and adopted 'officially' by Prof. Oak. Well they celebrated Jesse and James came to TR HQ only to find it empty, every member lay in a strange coma, all with purple eyes."

"They found the only surviving member, a rookie agent named Billy Kidd who informs them that it was Splicer that had attacked the base along with a strange boy she called Ala. After a slim escape from the mad doctor they try to get to Amara(Pikachu) before the mad doctor gets there first, though back in Zebbic the mismatched crew were waiting for their car to arrive and take them to Pallet town and professor Oak…"

"Unexpected Changes: Road to Home" The title is read by Ash and Amara.

It was early the next morning when Ash opened his eyes, his head was still a little fuzzy from lack of sleep, the party had gone pretty late and it was only their eagerness to head home that that had woken him up. "Man, This is all so crazy…" he said in a dazed voice looking out the window to the rising sun. "I don't know how it could all go back to normal…" he admitted with a sigh…..he then felt a warm form moving next to him, clung to his side. He froze and slowly glanced next to him to see the blond and brown hair he had come to be familiar with. "Pi-Pikac- I mean Amara…" he managed poking the girl in the head lightly

"Pika…" she grumbled squirming a bit, the movement telling him that she was currently lacking in clothes. He'd thought they'd settled this last night…but obviously the girl had other ideas.

"A-Amara…" he said louder causing her to slowly wake and yawn. She looked up to him and smiled.

"Good morning Ash." she greeted sleepily not relinquishing her hold on the boy. His face had reddened slightly and tried to gently detach himself from her.

"Why aren't you in Misty's room?" he asked as calmly as he could.

"I had a bad dream…I didn't think you'd mind…" she said softly, refusing to let go. Ash sighed a bit and stopped struggling. He kept his eyes on the ceiling as he tried to focus past the close contact.

"I guess that's understandable then…but tell me." he added with a sweatdrop. "Why are you naked.?"

"Well in got hot ." she replied simply, snuggling closer.

"T-than why are you under the covers hanging on me?"

"I got cold without my clothes…" she said as if it were the most logical thing. Ash covered his face with his free hand. He kept quiet not sure how to follow that. Suddenly he heard the door open and swallowed know how bad this could look.

"Hey ash! Have you seen Amara…." Came Misty's voice as she headed through the door and entered the room. She froze looking to the bed, having already dressed she'd assumed he'd be up…not in bed…with the neo-girl. "Ash……."

"M-Misty. It's not what it looks like!" The frantic trainer shout sitting up…pulling the nude Amara up with him. "ack!…" he swallowed as he met the red heads cold stare.

"Ash…" she said drawing her mallet. "You…." she brought it up as he watched with wide eyes. "Pervert!" The mighty blow came down knocking the trainer out cold, leaving Amara generally confused. "Honestly your worse then Brock!" she grabbed her friend and dragged her out of bed. "Come on Amara." she said dragging her back to their room.

"Pika?" was all she got out before they were gone. Ash lay twitching on the bed, a large bump on his head.

"But I didn't do anything…." he groaned painfully.

It was closing on eleven when the group had finally gathering together outside the hotel, Meowth and Ash waiting up on the others. Ash's head was still ringing for his beating and the talking cat wasn't making it any easier. "Trouble in paradise huh?" he asked snickering only getting a glare in response. "ooh, scary. It ain't my fault your having girl problems. Your the one cheating on your girlfriend." he said with a sly look.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Misty Isn't my girlfriend." the trainer grumbled as the pokemon laughed and leaned back in his oversized seat.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night kid…" he shot back without the slightest hint of belief. Ash merely groaned and shook his head. A few minutes later Brock and the girls made their way into the lobby, and by the look on Misty's face she was getting a similar treatment he had from Brock.

"Just cause you were jealous didn't mean you had to hit him, you know Ash. He sleeps like a rock, there's no way he knew Amara was there until he woke up." The older boy rationalized as they closed in. The red headed girl rubbed her temple.

"You would have thought the same thing if you had just woke up…" She grumbled and after a pause added "and I was NOT jealous." Brock rolled his eyes and said nothing, Amara was generally confused and a little saddened. She knew that the fight this morning had something to do with her. She whimpered a bit looking to the ground, catching the attention of her arguing friends.

"Chaa…I'm sorry." she said softly, "I didn't mean to cause any problems…." her head was down and her arms crossed in front of her, looking chastised.

"Amara, I'm not mad at you…" Ash spoke up with a small smile to the girl.

"Yeah your new to this." Misty said firmly, "I'm just making sure no one takes advantage of you." she added calmly.

"Advantage!" the calm moment was broken and the fight was back on. The red head crossed her arm.

"You heard me, she doesn't know any better so it has to be your fault."

"What kind of logic is that!"

"The right kind." Amara sweat dropped as they shouted back and forth.

"ah…guys…" she jumped a bit as Brock laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't bother they've already forgiven each other, their just getting back to normal." he said with a shake of his head. The cat pokemon snickered from his seat.

"If I knew you guys were this nuts I would have brought popcorn." he said watching the two trainers go at it.

"Well who asked you huh!"

"Fine!" Misty shouted

"Fine!" Ash fired back. They both turned away arms crossed the fight finally ending battle. It only took a few minutes for a minivan to seen slowly approaching the hotel. It pulled up and the kind face of Professor Oak could be seen coming up over the roof.

"Why hello there." he greeted happily.

"Hey Professor Oak." Ash replied in kind, putting aside his former frustration. The scientist made his way around the car and shook hands with the trainer.

"It's been a while since I've seen you in person Ash. You've gotten taller." he turned his attention to the others and moved to greet them as well. "Misty, aren't you blossoming into quite a woman."

"Oh stop it…" the red head said embarrassed.

"Good to see you as well Brock, I knew some travel would help clear you head." he said tactfully avoiding the mention of Prof. Ivy.

"Well as long as I'm with good friends Professor." he replied giving the older man a strong handshake. Oak turned his attention next to the cat pokemon on the bench.

"Your Meowth am I right? I have to thank you for helping out."

"Whatever, don't be mixing me up with these goody goodies." he said looking away. "I had my reasons…" The professor looked to the new girl, Pikachu's human form.

"And you must be Pikachu…or should I say Amara." he said getting only a nod from the girl. "Simply amazing…Pokemon to Human transmogrification. I never thought it was possible." he said looking over the girl, causing her to squirm a bit. "Well everyone get into the van and well head back for Pallet town. I'll get to the bottom of this." he said firmly opening the door and ushering in the trainers and pokemon. Brock took the passenger seat, Meowth claimed the middle seat not allowing the others to share it with him, so Ash found himself in the back flanked by Amara and Misty…sometimes life just wasn't fair. Having settled in they took of down the long and winding road to Pallet town…

A short hour after they departed to travelers arrived at the hotel, a Mother accompanied by her son. They approached the desk and the mother adjusted her glasses. "Excuse me, I'm looking for one Ash Ketchum and his party."

"Ash Ketchum? I'm sorry but they have already checked out." The man at the desk said checking through the records.

"Oh no…My little Alan was looking forward to meeting him so." she said saddened patting her son's head, who hardly seemed to notice.

"Well Last I heard they were heading to Pallet town." The man said getting a little nervous at the boy's unblinking stare.

"Pallet town you say? Thank you for your help." she said with a small bow. "Thank the man Alan." she said resting a hand on the boys head. The boy's eyes went solid purple and the man found himself lifted off the ground.

"W-What!" he managed out before he was flung across the room into the wall where he slumped unconscious.

"Good boy Ala," the 'mother' said cackling slightly leading the boy back out. "We're off to Pallet town now…we'll be there soon Pikachu…" She said, sun flashing of her glasses before the boy focused causing both himself and Splicer to disappear.

Back in the Van Prof. Oak drove along idly chatting with the former gym leader to pass the time. Ash had fallen asleep with both Misty and Amara leaning against him also sleeping. Meowth was debating whether or not to interupt the scene but decided he didn't want to listen to them bicker again…maybe later. He looked out the window and watched the sky crawling by. Suddenly he felt a light vibration and reached pulling a cell phone from seemingly nowhere. "Hello…" he answered casually. His bored gaze vanished when he heard the caller. "James! Where the hell have you been, you didn't call…" the pokemon trailed off paling. "They destroyed the base…" Meowth spoke in disbelief catching the attention of Oak and Brock. "It was Splicer…you mean the same one that…What about the boss?" he ventured but his face didn't change, he nearly dropped the phone. "Everyone…" the cat was silent for a long moment before he managed to collect himself somewhat. "Just head for the twerps home town, that's where we're heading. We'll keep and eye out…be careful." and with that he hung up and slumped over on his seat.

"I don't like the sound of that…" Prof. Oak said eyes not leaving the road. Brock leaned back toward Meowth.

"Are you okay? What was that about?" he asked not getting an immediate response.

"Splicer destroyed Team rocket…the building…our people…the Boss." he paused a moment. "She took all our pokemon, Jesse and James barely got away." he sat back up, flexing his paw. Claws coming out and retracting. "She had a boy with her, a boy using Pokemon powers…"

"What? That's not possible…" Brock said mostly to himself.

"You better hope it's not," Meowth said darkly looking back to the sleeping trio. "Because she coming after that Pikachu next." he said pointing to Amara who slept soundly, cuddling against her former trainer.

"There's someone in the road…" Professor oak said suddenly causing Brock and Meowth to turn their attention to the front. Further up the road two figures stood, one young boy with short black hair dressed all in black, a spoon in each hand. To his right was a now familiar white haired scientist, no longer wearing the TR jumpsuit but she still had her flowing lab coat and glasses. They stood as a wall right next to the 'Welcome to Pallet Town' sign.

"Splicer…" Brock said in a low voice.

"So that's her huh?" Meowth said allowing his claws to come out. "I've got a bone to pick with her."

"Hmm…" Professor oak kept silent as he slowed down stopping a good distance from the duo.

"Welcome home…" Splicer said resting a hand on the boy's head, who's eyes flashed solid purple.

To be continued…

A/N- Another part finished, I can hardly believe I'm still writing this. I haven't even seen an episode of pokemon in over a year. Well I do really like this fic though so it's not too hard to believe. I've started the strange romantic triangle that I had planned from the beginning. What do you think about it? Sick? Cool? Give me a holler okay.

But what could be in store now? Will Ash and his friends be able to stop the strangely powerful Ala? What is Prof. Oak thinking? Will Amara be doomed to the 'next step' or is there another possibility? Stay tuned for the next Unexpected Changes!