Chapter 2: What happens to Ash?
After the fight with Misty, Ash left and battled Lt. Surge with a new
determination. It was a determination few people had, and with it, he
won
his 4th badge.
As Ash traveled, he got lost as usual, and he reached an unknown city
In the
outskirts of the town, he found someone camping out in the forest, and
decided to ask for directions.
Two people were training with some sort of martial arts. Ash saw and
recognized a boy about his age.
"Hey Ranma! What are you doing here?" Ash yelled.
"Ash? Is that you?" Ranma asked.
"An opening!" the larger man yelled as he kicked Ranma down to ground.
"Hey what cha do that for!" Ranma yelled as he launched a kick, which
obviously caught the man of guard, and swept him to the ground.
"Um, is that you Uncle Genma?" Ash asked.
"Mpph…"
"Ash how have you been?" Ranma asked obviously excited to see one his
cousins.
"I'm okay. What are you doing here?" Ash asked.
"I'm on a training trip with Pops. What are you doing here?"
Ash explained his journey and why he left.
"Wow! Tough life. Well, why don't you travel with us and learn
martial
arts? I need a good sparing partner." Ranma said as he waved his
fists
around.
"I don't know…" Ash said doubtfully.
"It'll make you stronger and a better 'Pokemon Master'," Ranma said,
emphasizing pokemon master.
"Alright I'll do it!" Ash replied quickly when he heard about being a
better pokemon master.
Ranma laughed, then he heard something say 'pika'. "What the…?" Ranma
said
as a small yellow mouse jumped out of no where.
"Let me introduce you to my best friend, Pikachu! Pikachu, meet my
best
cousin, Ranma," Ash announced.
Pikachu nodded and walked up to Ranma and stuck its little paw out.
Ranma
shook it. "Nice to meet you Pikachu." Pikachu nodded in agreement.
"Well we better start your training in the Anything Goes Martial Arts
if you
want to be at least decent. Don't take me lightly because I'm a hard
trainer!" Ranma said.
Ash had a huge sweat drop. "Okay…" Ash said slowly feeling that he
was
going regret his decision.
Meanwhile…
"Prepare for trouble."
"And make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite each other within our nation."
"To denounce the evil of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the star above."
"Jessie."
"James."
"Team Rocket blast of at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight."
"Meaowth that's right!"
"What do you want!" demanded Brock, "Ash isn't with us anymore so you
can
give up looking for Pikachu."
"What? Where did the little twerp go to?" Jessie asked.
"We don't know and were looking for him right now!" Misty said.
"Well we've got no business with you then." James said as they left.
"That was weird," Brock said.