POKEMON presents: Aladdin
by Injection Fairy Lily
Disclaimer:I don't own Pokemon or Aladdin.
Aladdin...Ash
Jasmine...Misty
Sultan...Brock
Jafar...Colonel Hansel
Iago...Murkrow
Rajah...Persian
Genie...Jirachi
Mystic Traveler...Todd
Abu...Pikachu
...and the rest of the cast is yet to come
Chapter 3: Friend Like Me
The lights had dimmed for a few minutes, and when they came back on, we see Ash Ketchum and Pikachu following the "old beggar," to the Ancient Tomb.
The wind was blowing across the desert that night.
"Who disturbs my slumber?" asked the Persian God.
"Uh, it is I; Ash," said Ash.
"…Proceed. Touch nothing but the lamp!" said the Persian God.
"Remember Boy; first fetch me the lamp! And then you shall have your reward!" called the old man.
"Come on, Pikachu," said Ash,as he performed the upright spin and the camel he came to a "room filled with glittering gold".
"Wow! Would you look at that?" gasped Ash.
"PIKACHU!" squealed Pikachu.
"Why… just a handful of this stuff would make me live like a Pokemon Master!" commented Ash.
Pikachusaw a treasure chest and dashed over to it. It didn't have a chance to touch it, though. "PIKACHU!" yelled Ash.
"Don't...you...dare…touch…anything! We've got to find that lamp."
"Pika, Pika..." Pikachu grumbled, but followed Ash nonetheless.
After a biellman spins, Pikachu got the feeling that someone…or something…was following it.
"Pi?"
It turned around…but all it saw was what itthought was a statue of a Charizard, so it moved on.
"Pikachu..."
Then, it felt the same thing again.It turned around, and got the same results. Scared now, it ran up can grabbed Ash's pants, tugging at them.
"Hey, will you knock it off!" ordered Ash.
"Pikachu..." Pikachu sighed sadly.
Soon, Pikachu was sure it felt something sneaking up behind it.
"Pikachu?"
And even more so when that something grabbed its tail!
"PIKAAAA!"
It jumped back with sparks flying out of its cheeks.
"PIIIIIII!"
But, Pikachu still saw no one until a large, orange fire/flying, dragon-like pokemon flew right in front of its face, and Pikachu FREAKED OUT and ran and tackled Ash.
"PIKA! PIKA, PI! PIKACHU!"
"HEY!"Ash shouted as Pikachu climbed on his face. "PIKACHU! What are you, crazy?" butPikachu just covered Ash's mouth and forced him to look at the pokemon. "A Charizard!" said Ash in disbelief. "Come on, come on out, we're not going to hurt you," he said gently. Slowly, Charizard approached them.
Pikachuwas still mad, and it shouted at Charizard.
"CHU! PIKA, PIKA, PIKA, PIKACHU! PI! PIKACHU! PIKACHU!"
Offended, it sadly began to fly away.
"Hey wait a minute, don't go," said Ash. "Maybe you can help us!" Exited and flattered, the Charizard flew around Ash and Aipom. "Whoa…ha, you see, we're trying to find this lamp…" The "magic carpet motioned for them to follow it. "I thinkit knows where it is!" said Ash. And they followed Charizard.
Led by the carpet through the bowels of the cave, Ash finally made his way to a big room, where, a top a tower of rocks, sat the lamp. "Wait here," he said.
"Pi, Pi,Pi, Pi,Pik, Pika, Pikachu, Pika..." pouted Pikachu.
Then, something caught its eye.
It was a statue holding a blue orb.
Pikachu began to gaze excitedly and allowed itself to be drawn to it. Then Charizard freaked out, and tried to grab Pikachu's tail, knowing what would happen if it did manage to touch the orb. Meanwhile, Ash had just made it to the summit.
"This is it?" he said, picking up the lamp. "This is what we came all the way just to…" he saw Pikachureaching for the Blue Orb. "PIKACHU, NO! GET AWAY FROM THERE!"
It was too late because Pikachu had already grabbed the orb.
"Infidels!" boomed the Persian God.
"Pi, Pi! Pikachu! Pika! Pika!" Pikachu squeaked.
"You have touched the Forbidden Treasure! Now you will never again see the light of day!"
The stone table on which the lamp sat burst into "fire," which was created by special effects,and the stairsAsh had climbed morphed into a slide. The water turned to "lava" also created by special effects, and the sloping slide almost threw Ash into it! Luckily, the Charizard caught him just in time.
Ash held on as Charizard glided around the cave, and then he saw Pikachu, who was trapped on a stone, and coming at it from two directions were more stepping-stones that were exploding in the "lava" one by one.
"PIKA! PIKA! PIKACHU! PI!"
Pikachu screamed until Ash flew by just in time to save it before the stone it was standing on exploded. Just then, a "giant wave of lava" also created by special effects,started to pick up.
"Whoa! Charizard, let's move!" yelled Ash.
Charizard flew swiftly through the tunnel towards the mouth of the cave. The lava chased after them, eating away at the cavernous walls.
Pikachu kept clinging to Ash's head, preventing him from seeing, which really aggravated Ash. "PIKACHU!" he grumbled, ripping the pokemon from his face. "Shut up, this is no time to panic!" he yelled. Then he saw that they were headed straight for a wall. "Start panicking!" he said. "WHOOOAAAAAAA-WHOA-WHOA! WHOA! I WANNA GO HOME!"
The carpet swerved and swooped, dodging flames, until finally, it made it to the foyer of the Ancient Tomb. A rock that fell from the ceiling, fell onto Charizard, pushing it down and knocking Ash off. Ash was barely able to cling onto what was left of the staircase as thecarpet was pushed to the floor of the Ancient Tomb.
"HEY! HELP ME OUT!" he called to the old man.
"THROW ME THE LAMP!" said the old man.
"I can't hold on," said Ash. "GIVE ME YOUR HAND!"
"FIRST GIVE ME THE LAMP!"Ash reached out as far as he could, and finally handed the old man the lamp. "YES! AT LAST!" laughed the old man.
Pikachu was trying to help Ash out with the old man's cane, when he kickedPikachu and grabbed Ash by the wrist.
"What are you doing!" cried Ash.
"Giving you your reward…your eternal reward!" the old man lifted up a dagger. Before he could execute his plan, Pikachu used Thunder Bolt on him! The old man was so shaken by the shock, that he let go of Ash, who was dropped back into the Ancient Tomb.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" he yelled. The old man threw Pikachu into the Ancient Tomb as well, just before it collapsed into the sand once again.
After a moment's hesitation, the old man ripped off his fake beard. He was really Colonel Hansel. "It's mine. It's all mine!" he said. "I…where is it? No…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
(The lights began to dim for a few minutes, and when the lights came back on, the audience could see Misty crying)
That night, in Misty's room, Persian was trying to comfort the Cerulean City gym leader, when Pewter City gym leader came in.
"Misty?" he asked gently. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Colonel Hansel has…done something…terribly unforgiveable," whimpered Misty.
"There, there, Mist. We'll set it right," said Brock. "Now, tell me everything."
(The lights began to dim for a few minutes, and when the lights came back on, the audience could see Ash lying on the ice, and Pikachu is trying to wake him up.)
Back in the collapsed Ancient Tomb, Pikachu was trying to wake Ash up. Ash had been knocked unconscious.
"PIKA-PI! PIKA-PI!"
Slowly, Ash sat up.
"Ugh…my head…" he groaned. Looking up, he noticed that there was a perfect ceiling of sand. "Oh, great...we're trapped. Grrrrr! WHY THAT...That…two-faced son of an Absol!" he yelled, shaking his fist. "Well, whoever he was…he's long gone with that lamp. Good riddance to that creep!"
Just then, Pikachu pulled the magic lamp out from behind its back.
"Why, you yellow, little thief!" chuckled Ash. "Looks like just some…beat-up, worthless piece of junk. Hey, hey I think there's something written here but it's…it's hard to make out…" he said. Slowly, he began to rub the lamp. When he finished, beams of light shot out of it.
A figure dashed around the room in clouds of smoke, and stretched into something Ash had never seen before.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHH…OY!"
"FIFTY-THOUSAND YEARS WILL GIVE YOU such a crick in the neck!" shouted the wish pokemon. Ash knew that was a Jirachi. "Hang on a second," he said, picking Ash up and hanging him, by his shirt, on a pointed rock with his psychic attack. Then, he took off his head and turned it around. "WHOA…WOAH! WHOA! Does it feel good to be OUTTA THERE! Hi it's great to be back, ladies and gentlemen, nice to have you here. Hi, where're you from, what's your name?" he asked Ash.
"Uh…uh…uh Ash."
"Ash! Hello Ash, nice to have you on the show. Can we call you Ashton', Sacred Ash', Ashley',Hot Ashes', Ash Wednesday', Ash Tree', Dark Ashes', Awesome Ash', Holy Ash',or how about Rapid-Ash? Sounds like "I Choose You! Rapidash!" he called. All of a sudden, a Rapidash appeared.
"I must've hit my head harder than I thought!" said Ash.
"Do you smoke, mind if I do?" asked the wish Pokemon, then bursting out in laughter. "Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, sorry, little Pikachu, I hope I didn't singe your purple fur. Yo, CHAR!" he said, referring to Charizard. "Haven't seen you in 50,000 years. Gimmie high five, hey! Ya ya!" and he did a secret handshake with Charizard. Turning his attention on Ash again, he said "Say, you're a lot taller than my last master…either that or I'm getting shorter!" he said. "Look at me from the side, do I look different to you?"
"Wait, wait a minute!" said Ash, still trying to take all this in. "I'm…your master?"
"That's right! He can be taught!" said the specter, putting a cap on Ash's head and a diploma in his hand. "What do you wish of me?" growing big muscles, he said in a deep voice, "BE EVER IMPRESSIVE!" Then he squeezed himself into a tiny box. "The one…contained…" he popped out and held up a talking dummy of himself. "But never…duplicated! JIRACHI…OF…THE LAMP!
"Right here, direct from the lamp! Right here for your very much wish fulfillment!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" said Ash. "Wish fulfillment? SHUT UP!"
"For rubbing the lamp you get to make three wishes. And ix-nay on the wishing for more wishes!" said Jirachi. "That's it: ONE, TWO, THREE! No substitutions, exchanges or refunds."
"Somebody pinch me! I must be dreaming!" whispered Ash to Pikachu.
"Ash," said Jirachi.
"Yes?" said Ash.
"I don't think you quite realize what you've got here! So why don't you just ruminate…whilst I illuminate the possibilities?
"Well, Giavonni had forty troops, with his pet Persian as a tail,"
Then a group of 12 skaters dressed in black came out and formed a circle around Ash and Pikachu.
"Well, master, you're in luck 'cause in your palms you've got a brand of magic- never fails!
You've got some power in your lamp right now. Some heavy ammunition in your ball!
You've got some PUNCH! Pizzazz! Yahoo and how? Well, all you've got to do is rub my lamp
And I'll say…
'Mister Ash Ketchum sir, have a wish, heck two or three!'
Let me hear your problems, solve them all. You ain't never had a Jirachi! Ha ha ha!
Earth is your pok'e mart, and life's your shopping spree!
C'mon, whisper what it is you want, you ain't never had a Jirachi!
Yes Sir, we pride ourselves on service. You're the Pokemon Master!
Say what you need, it's you I'll heed, how about a bunch more ice berries?
Have some more potions, have ALL the pok'eballs!
I'm in the mood
To help you, dude,
You ain't never had a Jirachi!"
"Wa-ha-ha!"
"No, man!"
"Wa-ha-ha!"
"No, NO!"
"Wa-ha-ha!"
"My, my, my!"
"Can your friends do this? Can your friends do that? Can your friends pull this…" he pulled an Azumarill out of a hat.
"Out of magical hats…? Can your friends go POOF! Hey, lookie here, ha ha!
Can your friends go abracadabra, LETT 'ER RIP! And then make Team Rocket disappear?
Don't just sit there, slack-jawed BUGSY-EYED! I'm here to help you face all your fears!
You've got me Cubone-afide, certified, you've got a Jirachi for charge'd affairs!
I got a powerful urge to help you out, so what you wish I really want to know!
You've got a list that's three miles long, no doubt. Well, all you've got to do is rub that lamp-oh!
Jirachi began to float above the ice rink with
"MISTER ASH KETCHUM SIR, HAVE A WISH, HECK, TWO OR THREE!
I'm on the job, (you big nabob!) you ain't never had a Ji, never had a Ji,
You ain't never had a Ji, never had a Ji,
You ain't never
Had a
JI-RA-CHI!
YA HA HA!
WA HA HA!
You ain't never hada friend like me!"
and after the song, Jirachi just sat there with a neon 'applause' sign flashing above his head and Pikachu and Ash clapped, and then---the audience began to burst into an applause!
"So what'll it be, master?" asked Jirachi.
"So, you're going to grant me…any wish I want, right?" asked Ash. "You mean the sky's the limit to wish granting?"
"Ah, not quite," said Jirachi. "There are a few provisos…a couple of quid-pro-quos."
"What do you mean…?"
"Uh, rule number one: I can't kill anybody. So don't ask! Rule number two: I can't make anybody fall in love with anybody else," he said, kissing Ash. "You sugar booger, there. RULE NUMBER THREE: I can't bring people back from the dead, period. It's not a pretty picture…I DON'T LIKE DOING IT!
"Other than that…you got it!"
Ash thought for a moment, and Pikachu gave him a thumbs-up. "Provisos?" he asked. "You mean…limitations? On wishes? Some 'all powerful Jirachi.' Can't even bring people back from the dead! I don't know, Pikachu. He probably can't even get us out of this Cave of Wonders. Looks like we're going to have to find our own way out--or be stuck in here forever." And Ash and Pikachu began to skate away, but Jirachi used his Psychic attack, stopping them. Little did he know it was all part of Ash's trick.
"I beg your pardon," he scoffed. "Are you looking at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up? Did you bring me here? And all of a sudden you're walking out on me? I don't think so…not right now…YOU'RE GETTING YOUR WISHES SO SIT DOWN!"
That was good enough for Ash. Jirachi got Ash and Pikachu together with him on Charizard's back and said,
"In case of emergency, the exits may be here or here or here or here or ANYWHERE! Keep your hands and arms inside the Charizard…we're….OUTTA HERE!" AndCharizard began to fly away from the ice rink and towards the balcony.
(The lights began to dim for a few minutes, and when the lights came back on, the audience could see Brock reprimanding Colonel Hansel for his "crime".)
"Colonel Hansel, this is an outrage!" he said. "If it wasn't for all your years of loyal service to our family…but now you are to discuss the sentencing of prisoners with me, BEFORE they are beheaded!"
"I assure you, Master. It won't happen again!" said Colonel Hansel.
"Yes, now Misty, um...Colonel Hansel, why don't we put this whole messy business behind us?" Brock suggested.
"My most abject and humblest apologies to you as well, princess," said Colonel Hansel.
"At least SOME good will come of my being forced to marry," said Misty. "You dirty, disgusting,despicable, no-good, back-stabbing, scoundrel!"
"Yes, all better. Now, getting back to this suitor business, Misty…" said Brock.
But Misty was already skating off. " MISTY!" he called as he skated after her.
Once alone with Murkrow again, Colonel Hansel clenched his teeth in frustration.
"If only I'd gotten that lamp!" he growled.
You dirty, disgusting,despicable, no-good, back-stabbing, scoundrel!" Murkrow imitated Misty.
"Augh! To think, we've got to keep kissing up to that CHUMP…and that CHUMP PRINCESS, for the rest of our lives..." it complained. "And!"
"No, Murkrow," said Colonel Hansel. "Just until she finds a…chump husband. Then she'll have us banished. Or…beheaded!"
"EEEEEEEEW!" he and Murkrow said in unison. Then Murkrow got an idea.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Colonel Hansel! What if YOU were the chump husband?"it said.
"What!"
"Okay…you marry Misty! Alright? And, and then YOU become head of the clan!" Murkrow explained.
"Hmm…marry the shrew…I become Sultan of Grand Everande…the idea has merit!" said Colonel Hansel.
"Yes! Merit! Yes! And then, we drop the gym leader, and the little princess off a cliff. YAAAAAAGHH ker-splat!" he said, demonstrating.
"Ha ha ha! I love the way your foul little mind works!" laughed Colonel Hansel.
"Ha ha!"
"Ha ha!"
"Ha ha!"
"Ha ha!" they took turns laughing.
(The lights began to dim for a few minutes, and when the lights came back on, the audience could see Jirachi the "flight attendant" and Charizard coming in for a landing.)
"Thank you for choosing Charizard for all your travel needs. Please remain seated until Charizard has come to a complete stop. Thank you, thank you, goodbye now, thank you, thank you, goodbye! WELL! How about that, Mr. Doubting Mustafa?" he challenged Ash.
"Well…you sure showed me!" said Ash, sarcastically. "Now about my wish…"
"Doest mine ears deceive me?" said Jirachi. "Your wish? YOU ALREADY MADE IT, BOY!"
"Ah no, I never actually wished to get out of the Ancient Tomb," chuckled Ash. "You did that on your own."
Jirachi's jaw dropped. "Well I feel sheepish…" he said. "Alright, you ba-a-a-ad boy! But no more freebies, capisce?"
"Fair deal," agreed Ash. "So…a wish on the lamp. Hmm, I want it to be a good one. …what would you wish for?" Jirachi was not expecting that question.
"Me?" he said. "No one's ever asked me that before. Well, in my case…ah forget it."
"What?" asked Ash. "SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!"
"No, I can't…"
"Come on, tell me!"
"…freedom!" said Jirachi. Ash picked up the magic lamp.
"You're a prisoner?" he asked.
"All part-and-parcel to the whole Jirachi-gig," said Jirachii. "INCREDIBLE PSYCHIC AND STEEL POWERS! Itty-bitty living space!"
"Oh Pikachu…that's a major bummer!" said Ash.
"But oh…to be free…! And not to have to go POOF what do you need? POOF what do you need? POOF what do you need! To be my own master! To be free to do whatever I want whenever I want, and go wherever I want whenever I want!" said Jirachi. Then, he sank back down to reality. "But what am I talking about? Let's get real here, it's not going to happen. Jirachi, wake up and smell the humus!" he told himself.
"How come?" asked Ash.
"The only way I get out of this, is if my master chooses to set me free. So, you can guess how often that's
happened…" he grumbled.
Ash thought for a moment. "…I'll do it! I'll set you free!" he said.
"Oh, yeah right!" said Jirachi. He turned his head into Shiftry's, and grew a long nose. Ash pushed it back in.
"No really, I promise! After I make my wish and get you to help me out with a few other things…I'llset you free, deal?" he said.
"Well, here's hoping," said Jirachi, shaking Ash's hand. "Let's make some MAGIC! So how 'bout it; what is it YOU want most?" he asked.
"Well…there's…this…girl…" said Ash.
"I am sorry!" said Jirachi. "I can't make anybody fall in love, remember?"
"Aw, but, but Jirachi. I know she's got a really fiery temper, and she's rash, and she's loud and all, but she's smart…and, and fun. And…" Ash described.
"Pretty?"
"Beautiful! She's got these eyes that just…and this hair! Wow. And her smile!" he just sighed,
"Ah, ai from the kokoro…" said Jirachi.
"But…she's a princess. To even have a chance I'd have to be…hey…can you make me a prince?" asked Ash.
Jirachi opened and began reading from a book apparently called Royal Recipes. "Okay let's see…Chicken ala King? Nope. Alaskan King Crab?" he said, picking a Krabby out of the book. It clamped him with its vicegrip attack. "OW! I hate when I do that! Cesar Salad-" an arm and dagger popped out of the book, causing Jirachi to shriek. "EYAAGH! Et tu Brute! Ah-ha, here it is…To Make a Prince. Now, is that an official wish? Say the magic words…!"
"Jirachi, I wish for you to make me a prince!" said Ash.
"ALRIGHT! YO! YO! YO!" cheered Jirachi. "Now, that tank-top and arm-band combo is much too last century and what are we trying to say with this buckle around your neck, biker? No. Let's work with you here…" and within a few seconds, Jirachi had transformed Ash into a prince. "Ooh! I like it, mui macho!" he said. "But it's still missing something…it says…Mode of Transportation! 'scuse me, Pikachu!"
Jirachi whistled. "Oh, little Pikachu! Over here!" Pikachu tried to hide behind Charizard.
Pretending to be the host of a game show, Jirachi said "And what better way to make your grand debut on the sands than riding your very own, brand new Camerupt? Watch out, they erupt!" he said. "Hmm…not enough."
Jirachi snapped his fingers and Pikachu turned into a Rapidash. "Ah no, what do I want…let's see…" Jirachi kept snapping his fingers until it hit him…
"YES! HE'S AN ENORMOUS-SEEMING DONPHAN!" and he turned Pikachu into a gigantic Donphan.
"Talk about your trunk space, check this action out!"
Pikachu looked at its reflection in a pond…freaked out…tried to climb up a tree but weighed it down instead.
"Pikachu…" laughed Ash. "You look good!"
"He's got the outfit, he's got the Donphan, but we're not through yet!" said Jirachi. "Hang onto your turban, Kid.
We're going to make you a star! Today is your big debut!"
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