What has happened before: Ash and the gang has a couple of adventures
in the mountains.  One adventure involved battling giant Pokemon, who
were put to sleep by a giant Jigglypuff.  Another adventure involved
the search for the giant Onyx.  Bruno is revealed to be Nodoka's first
husband, and Ranma's real father.  The enforcers of Team Rocket attack,
and Ash transformed into an angel type warrior... the plot thickens...

Opening Theme : Pokemon 152 - ? 2000 Opening Theme

So you wanna be a master of Pokemon?
You got the skills to be number one?
(A downward shot of a brown Pokemon Stadium floor and then it moved up
into a three dimensional Pokeball. It then splits apart and the logo
"Pokemon 2000" shoots out. Shots of several different Pokemon light up
the screen)

I gotta take, the ultimate step, got the courage to be bold, to face it
out, and not forget the lessons that I hold
(A shot of Misty, Brock, Ranma, James and Tracy watching Ash as he
stands in a pillar of light. A shot of Ash and Pikachu facing off
against Ritchie and Sparky.)

I wanna go, where no one's been, far beyond the crowd
A shot of Ranma and Ash, leaping high into the air, doing a full three
sixty rotation in the air, followed by Brock, Misty, Tracy and James. A
shot of Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy zooming by in a motorbike.)

Learn the way to take command
Release the power within my hand
(A downward shot of Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracy, James and Ranma releasing
Pokeballs that seem to hover at chest height)

We're all living, in a Pokemon World
Pokemon
(A sequence of shots of Staryu squirting a long stream of water, then
Snorlax swiping downwards, and then Charizard swoops down and opens its
mouth in a bellow.)

I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
Greatest Master
(A shot of Ash and Pikachu on his shoulder looking up, and then a long
downward pan of several people, Duplica, AJ, Hiker and several others
with Ritchie at the bottom is shown.)

We're all living, in a Pokemon World
Pokemon
(A shot of Ranma and Misty shaking their heads, and then the screen is
filled with Marril, Venonat and Scyther.)

So you want to beat all the rest and be better than all the rest?
(Ash throwing a Pokeball, followed by James. A shot of Jessie in a dark
sky, laughing while the lightning crashes around her.)

So you wanna be a Master of Pokemon, do you got the skills to
be number one?
(A sequences of shots of Water type Pokemon using watergun, fire types
using firespin and then a shot of Giovanni pointing into the screen,
then a shot of Cassidy and Butch, arms crossed, and then a Sandshrew
jumps into view.)

We're all living, in a Pokemon World
Pokemon! I wanna be the greatest Master of them ALL!
(A spinning shot of Jigglypuff about to sing, then Bulbasaur jumps into
the screen, followed by a Slowbro who starts to glow before Squirtle
headbutts him away, and then is chased away by a Magneton, and then
Pikachu leaps into the screen, and then unleashes a powerful Thunderbolt
attack. The Thunderbolt rockets out from a shot of the earth, and then
the logo Pokemon 152 - ? 2000 appears with two Pokeballs encircling it.)

POKEMON!

              A Pokemon, Ranma 1/2 and Digimon Fan Fiction
                    Developed for the new Millennium

                          Pokemon 152 - ? 2000

                         written by Shaun Garin
                          revised by WarChild

                   based on an idea by Kahlil Noriega
                   written with the authors permission

Episode 9: Digidestined

"Master."

Missingno turned in his chair, dark red eyes burning furiously. The
diminutive martial artist shuddered in fear. "It has happened."

"I was assured that it would NOT happen, Happosai. You do know the
details of our agreement, do you not?" Happosai shuddered and nodded.
Missingno smiled and leaned back, folding his long arms. "Do not
disappoint me."

"Then might I suggest sending Oganmon after them?" Happosai said,
groveling like Genma does before his Master. "He will quite possibly
destroy him. The Child does not know the Power of the Crests."

"No. You go yourself. Now GO! I will deal with you later."

Happosai backed away and slid out of the dark room. The figure frowned.
"Resurfacing our old pact was not a smart thing to do, Happosai. A man
of your caliber should have remembered his previous service before me.
Hmmm." Missingno's head snapped up. "JESSIE! MEWTWO! Come forth!"

The pair slid into the room. Jessie was dressed in a ninja outfit, her
hair tied back with a leather strip. Her sinister blue eyes shone from
behind her mask. Mewtwo flexed his three fingered hands in readiness.
Both of their eyes glowed with red light as they chorused, "What is your
desire Master?"

"Jessie. Mewtwo. The pair of you will journey to Infinity Mountain in
the Antartica Range. There you will find a glowing black disk. Bring it
to me."

"Yes Master," Mewtwo said with telepathic energy.

"Master," Jessie said, fingering her tainted black katana. "What about
the old Anything Goes Master? Will he succeed?"

Missingno smiled evilly. "If my stupid BROTHER does not succeed, you
will have the chance to defeat Ash Ketchum for the Digidevice. Now go
you two, and leave me."

"As you wish." The pair bowed and then, with a launch of dark
telekinetic energy, vanished from sight, leaving the dark demonic figure
in the darkness.

<><><>

"Okay, I've checked, double checked and triple checked for anything that
pertains to Ash's condition and I just cannot find any condition that
would change him to this sort of state." Agatha of the Elite Four afixed
steady eyes on Samuel Oak who fidgeted under the glare of his estranged
wife. "Samuel, this is serious. You said that Ash has gained some
powers. What kind of powers?"

Oak cleared his throat in readiness. "Well Agatha... he seems to be able
to transfer his thoughts and memories into a Pokedex with one touch. And
yesterday, he stared at the TV and it flickered on. I believe he has
become something like a Porygon."

"Interesting. Now, let us discuss his other abilities."

"Well... he has hightened reflexes and powers, speed, stamina and
strength has been increased. Just yesterday, he beat his cousin Ranma in
a sparring match, blindfolded! It is remarkable."

"And his staff. Can you discern what it is made of?"

"Some kind of electromagnetic field that can cut through anything. Ash
can also stow it into his hand for some reason. Says that he will NOT
let it go. Do you have a theory for this Agatha?"

Agatha sipped at her green tea and watched the concerned faces of Oak
and Mrs. Ketchum. "It is all possible that the Gods have smiled upon him
and granted him these powers. But then again, Gods have not been like
this in past texts."

"I wonder," Mrs. Ketchum said, thumbing through the Book of Legends.
"Could he be something from a legend?"

"It is possible, but there are hundreds of different legends." Professor
Oak sipped at his tea. "We'll have to start right away."

Sora Ketchum sighed and turned around, clutching her necklace. On her
neck, the Crest of Love swung without a sound. "Ash..." Then her
thoughts turned to the Past. "Tai...."

<><><>

"I hate this," Ash said, lying flat on his back. "Everyone's treating me
like a science experiment."

"Aw its not so bad," Ranma said, sitting crosslegged beside him. "Just
accept it. I hafta go through it every day."

"Being a object of scientific curiosity?" Ash asked, directing his eyes
towards his cousin.

"Naw. Jus' a curiosity." WHAP! "HEY!"

Ash lowed his hand, filled with a pillow. "Come on here! I'm trying to
be serious and you're being a nutcase!"

"Okay okay, jeeze, calm down!"

Ash grumbled and stared up into the celing. "How can I be calm?" he
muttered.

Ranma sighed. His cousin was becoming a sideshow like he was. Were all
Saotome men like this? A small part of his mind told him Ash was
technically NOT a Saotome, but the other side argued. Same blood, the
other half said. Just then, a series of high pitched screams came from
outside in the village.

Ranma and Ash shot upwards in synchronization. "HAPPOSAI!"

<><><>

"What a haul, what a HAUL!"

The diminutive pervert ran about the town, carrying his bag full of
women's underwear. After all, his brother couldn't expect him to work on
such a low amount of chi.

The village of Indigo Plateau never had to contend with a wrinkled
elderly pervert. Now, the women were helpless as the old man flipped
skirts, groped, fondled and did a lot of disgusting things for a man his
age.

>From out of one of the village cabins, Ranma and Ash ran out of the
door, and beheld the sight. "Old freak's gone too far," Ranma said, his
chi flaring.

Happosai noticed him and grinned. "So Ranma, you've come to help your
Master, didn't you?"

"Master THIS! MOUKO TAKABISHA!"

The torrent of light blazed towards the aged pervert, carving a long
trench in the ground. The energy slammed into Happosai, sending him
backwards a few steps. Suddenly, the Chi energy flared and vanished with
a tendril of yellow power. Happosai grinned evilly. "So, looks like I
need to teach you some respect! Happo Dairikian!"

>From out of his tiny brown gi, he pulled two bombs, fuse mysteriously
lit. Throwing them, Ash caught them in his hands, and then tossed them
into the town water fountain. "Nice try grandpa."

"I got 'em." With a cry of Katchu Tenshin Amaguriken, Ranma sent the
multitude of punches into Happosai, where he blocked and parried all of
them. The pair exchanged heavy blows which sent both crashing into
several buildings and walls. Shattering it. Ranma ducked a punch and it
shattered a wall, leaving Happosai open for a multihit combination.

>From across the way, Misty, Brock and Pikachu came running towards the
battle. Happosai seeing this, grinned. "Catch this Ranma!"

"Misty!!!!!"

"PIKA PIKA!!!"

The bomb was heading towards her. Misty turned to run the other way but
slipped on a rock. She plummeted to the ground as the bomb neared her.

Time froze still as Ash screamed her name.

<><><>

Missingno's red eyes snapped open. "No..." he whispered. "NOOOO!"

<><><>

Ash's eyes snapped to life, eight lines of light illuminating his face.
A half second passed as a storm cloud grew over Pikachu, and a beam of
multicolored light engulfed the flying rodent.

Something spun from the skies, and Pikachu glowed a brilliant white
light. Then, suddenly, a cry in a familiar voice was heard.

"PIKACHU, DIGIVOLVE TO....."

His body expanded, becoming more human. Long five fingered hands grew,
thin arms and legs became his limbs. White gloves, latched on with
leather belts were seen. A black muscle tee was shown, and a blue jean
jacket appeared. On his feet, large shoes appeared, red with a white
stripe and buckles, socks rolled up at the bottom of his feet. His face
matured, became a mix of a Pikachu and human. An antropotic figure. Long
stocks of hair were on his head ad large brown eyes snapped open as he
finished his sentence. "PIKAAAMONNNNN!"

With a mighty backhand, he knocked the explosive into the skies, where
it detonated with a brilliant firework display. And there, standing over
Misty like a guardian was Pikachu transformed.

"Pikachu..." Ash grinned as he shouted, "PIKAMON! YEAH!!"

Happosai changed his view from Ranma to Pikamon. "So, you've finally
Digivolved, you pain in the ass. Well, I'll make it so that you don't
REACH YOUR NEXT DIGIVOLUTION! HAAA!!!"

With that, he powered up, and sent a long snake-like chi blast towards
Pikamon. Pikamon grinned and stopped the power with an outstretched
hand. It sprayed across a yellow electrical forceshield. "Sloppy," he
said in a voice that all for the world sounded like the US version of
Goku. "Now, lets see how much you can take! BALISTA TORPEDO!"

Within his hands, a ball of lightning crackled and then suddenly blazed
forwards, sending multiple torpedo-shaped projectiles towards the aged
pervert. With a tremendous explosion, Happosai was sailing across the
skies, towards Japan.

A roar of approval was heard as Pikamon struck a pose. Then he was
grappled by Ash in estatic joy. "PIKACHU! Or PIKAMON! You DID IT!"

Pikamon hugged back in extatic joy. "I did, didn't I?"

"WOW!" Misty exclaimed, a gleeful smile on her face. "You can talk!"

"Yeah, I guess I gained it when I Digivolved. Handy, isn't it?"

"Incredible little guy," Ranma said, slapping him on the shoulder. "Man,
this is COOL!"

James, who had caught the tail end of Pikachu's Digivolution nodded.
"Yeah! Do you guys know what this means? It means that we have
discovered a new stage in Pikachu evolution!"

"I've got to sketch this!" Tracy exclaimed, whipping out his sketchbook.

"I don't think it's actually considered a normal Evolution. How'd you do
it Pikamon?" Brock asked.

"I did it with Ash's help. With him, I was digitized into this form. Now
he has a new Pokemon!"

"Yeah! We've got to go back to Professor Oak and let him know about
you!"

"Then lets go!" Brock exclaimed, pumping a fist to the heavens.

"HAIIIIII!"

<><><>

"NO!" A hand slammed down on the armrest angrily, the marble splintering
under the force. "YOU WERE SO CLOSE HAPPOSAI! DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING
MYSELF?!"

"I assure you Brother that I WILL destroy the Digidestined Child in this
world."

"YOU HAVE BEEN INCOMPETANT EVER SINCE WE HAD CROSSED PATHS,
DEMIDEVIMON!" Happosai winced under the use of his birth name. "IF I WAS
NOT YOUR BROTHER, I WOULD VAPORISE YOU IN AN INSTANT!"

"Now brother..."

"NOW NOTHING! AS DEVIMON, LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD, AN OFFSHOOT OF
SHABERNIGDO, THE FABLED DEMON POKEMON MISSINGNO, I WILL NOT TOLERATE
FAILURE." His eyes narrowed as he stood, spreading his bat wings to full
width. "Now, Demidevimon, I do not tolerate failure. But because you
have not assumed your full strength for a long time,"

"Mainly because I look like a bowling ball with wings," Happosai
muttered darkly.

"..I will overlook this mistake of yours. Do not make another one."

"Yes sir."

"And now I have a simple task that will put you in a better light in my
mind. In the Mountain Range in China, there is a Volcano called Mount
Phoenix. There is a disk of fire I want you to obtain for me. There, I
will be able to prevent any major opposition to MY reign. Do you
understand?"

"Yes Lord Devimon!"

"Then GO! My victory will never be complete until I defeat the
Digidestined in this world AND the Digiworld!"

Happosai bowed, grimaced for a second and with a poof of blue smoke,
turned into a bowling ball type of monster with two wings out of the top
of his head. He then flew off through the window.

Devimon strode over towards the window and stared out into the black
night. "All our plans will NEVER come to fruition if the lone radical in
our plans is allowed to disrupt the plan."

Two more figures appeared from the darkness. "Foolish brother of yours,"
one of the darkened figures said, his voice low and deep. "If he screws
up, then how will we be able to resurrect Muu, the Lord of Monsters?"

"I have sent Jessie and Mewtwo for the Disks that contain them. We WILL
rule this world brother Digimon."

"Yeah, that's what I'm saying, uh huh, uh huh."

"As usual, you are completely immersed in the role of The KING."

"Well I AM The King! My Dark Network is the best there is!"

"Don't be so sure. Those Digidestined have already defeated you once
before. All they were able to do is to send you two here. I am
Myotismon. And they were not able to beat me, only seal me in my cursed
Ultimate Form. Unable to Digivolve into Mega."

"Angemon was the one who defeated me. It was proclaimed that the
smallest would defeat me."

"And I encountered a fully evolved Digimon. I tell ya, soon, I'm going
to get my revenge on those pesky kids."

"Don't forget about us!" Snarled a voice.

"Yeah!" Piped up another, "It'll be fun! Destroy them all!"

"We will destroy the spawn of the Digidestined once and for all."
rumbled a gravely voice.

"And then, the final performance will begin! HAHAHAHA!"

"All in good time. Once we unleash the POWER of Muu upon this world,
then all will be done for." Myotismon smiled evilly, his sharp fangs
gleaming in the moonlight. "All in good time."

<><><>

"My goodness!"

Professor Oak just hung his head, clutching his forehead. "I've got a
headache."

"Come on Professor, don't quit on us now," Pikamon chimed in.

"He's right. Now...where's Ryoga?"

Everyone looked around but the Bulbasaur toting Pokemon Trainer was
nowhere in sight. "He got lost I guess," James said.

Tracy blinked as with Sora, Agatha and Bruno who were in the room,
inspecting Pikamon. "Got lost you say?" Agatha asked.

"Who could get lost like that?" Tracy added, snapping his fingers for
effect.

"Oh you have no idea," Misty said.

"That's enough of that now," Mrs. Ketchum said, thumbing through her
book. "I know what's going on." All eyes turned to the woman who looked
extremely serious. "I'll explain."

"Please do," Samuel said.

Sora cleared her throat and sat down. "It began a long time ago, almost
twenty-five years ago when I still lived in Odiaba.  Nodoka wasn't
adopted as of yet so there were no problems until one day, monsters
started to attack the district, enshrouding it in a bank of fog. I was
one of the captees when they started to raid the district looking for
someone called the Eighth Child."

"Wait, my mother was adopted?  She's not your real sister?" Ranma asked,
taking note of that fact.

Sora sipped at some tea that Samuel gave her. "Thank you.  Ranma, yes
your mother was adopted.  Her parents died in an attack before this, and
my parents were good friends of hers.  But I'm digressing here.
Anyways, soon, a group of us broke away from the Bakamon and that's when
I saw the fight. A lone vampire monster called Myotismon facing off
against eight other monsters." At this she had a faraway look on her
face. "Anyways, after they seemingly destroyed Myotismon, he came back
and was called Venommyostismon. Something my friends who were called the
Digidestined told me was called a MEGA Digimon, and before he was an
ULTIMATE."

Pikamon nodded. "I'm a Rookie. I can Digivolve again but I don't know
who or what I'll become."

"Fascinating Child," Agatha said.

"Then what?" Brock asked.

"Well, they beat him and suddenly, when the fog cleared, what they
called the Digital World was in the sky!"

"The Digital Encounter!" Bruno said, smacking a fist into his hand. "I
remember this! I was in Odiaba as a kid visiting friends when I got
captured by this bowling ball like monster!  My relatives back home in
Jubaan thought I was crazy!"

"Really?" Samuel asked.

"Of course they thought I was crazy.  But they did believe that teenage
girls in sailor fukus protected Jubaan from energy draining monsters.  I
think they're the crazy ones," Bruno remarked.  The group sweatdropped.

'Girls wearing sailor fukus and fighting monsters in Jubaan?  I remember
them...' Sora thought.

"Hmm, so this whole Digimon thing is something from another world, ne?"
Ranma probed.

"Why yes," Sora said, putting her thoughts aside.

"So mom, you were there when this happened?" Ash added.

"Of course. It's become quite a famous story to tell your kids about the
Digimon Incident. Especially if you were there."

James, who was silent up till now, spoke up saying, "There's something
strange though. Why did all this happen now? Something big is about to
happen, and we're all caught in the middle."

A silence purveyed the group before Ranma stood up. "If those Evil
Digimon come here, I'll just blast em!"

"We've gotta defend this world you know, that's going to be hard," Misty
said.

"Then we'll just try harder!" Brock said.

"Yeah!" Tracy added.

"For the earth!" James put in.

"And for everyone else we care about!" Ash finished.

The group piled hands and thrust them up. "YEAH!" They shouted, leaping
into the air.

<><><>

On the road from Celedon City, a white and blue van drove down the road.
It's driver, tall with long brown hair and a white shirt with tan shorts
and sunglasses adjusted his mirror. His destination? Pallet Town.


End Episode 9 : To Be Continued.

(Don't Go away, the PokeRAP is next!)


Poke Rap

Attention all Pokemon trainers! Do you have what it takes to be the
best? Today we'll do thirty Pokemon! It's the ultimate test!

Gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all, gotta catch
em all!

ARTICUNO

JYNX

NIDORINA

BEEDRILL

HAUNTER

SQUIRTLE

CHANCEY

PARASCECT

EXEGGCUTE

MUK

DEWGONG

PIDGEOTTO

LAPRAS

VULPIX

RHYDON

At least 150 or more to see, to be a Pokemon Master is my Destiny!

CHARIZARD

MACHAMP

PINSIR

KOFFING

DUGTRIO

GOLDBAT

STARYU

MAGIKARP

NINETAILS

EKANS

OMASTAR

SCYTHER

TENTCOOL

DRAGONAIRE

MAGMAR

Not bad, not bad. hey, don't get cocky, tomorrow's the hardest part.
We're going up to 150 Pokemon. There's no stopping us!

Catch em catch em gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all,
Pokemon, Catch em catch em gotta catch em all, gotta
catch em catch em gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all,
POKEMON!!



Closing Credits and Theme: The Time Has Come

I close my eyes
And I can see
The day we met
(A scene of Ash picking up a Pokeball and Pikachu escaping from its
inside. He picks up Pikachu and he zaps him.)

Just one moment and I knew
You're my best friend
'Do anything
For you
(A scene of Ash meeting Misty, Brock throwing a pokeball, and Ash
looking upwards, the camera panning backwards, into the sky.)

We've gone so far
And done so much
And I feel
Like we've always been together
(Scenes of Ash running along a beach, Misty, Brock and Pikachu trailing
along in the setting sunlight. A still photo of Ranma sitting atop a
cliff, that fades from brown and white tones to a full color picture,
his pigtail swinging in the wind. A constellation draws itself out on
the sky, Sagittarius the Archer. A shooting star arcs across the sky.)

Right by my side
Through thick and thin
You're the part of my life
I'll always remember
(A shot of Pikachu waving to the sky, his eyes glistening with tears,
Pidgeotto carrying Ryoga away. A shot of Ash's shadowed face, a stream
of tears dripping from his eyes. Ranma gathering Akane in his arms,
Ukyou wrapping a consolidating arm about Brock's shoulder. Ash sitting
down in the grass, Misty leaning on his shoulder, his jacket wrapped
about her shoulders.)

The time has come,
It's for the best I know it
Who could have guessed that you and I...
(Ash's face, haloed in a corona of light, Misty holding onto his
fingertips. He smiles at her, as the light brightens to a blinding view
and she collapses on the ground, sobbing.)

Somehow, someday,
We'd have to say goodbye
Somehow today...
...we have to say goodbye.
(Fade out.)


(A Magic Tech Production. A Shaun Garin Story.)


Next time, more truths become unveiled as Tai comes to Indigo Plateau!
Oganmon returns!  More Digidestined.  More on Pokemon 152 - ? 2000!

Revision Notes November 5, 2000(WarChild): Changed a bit with Sora
discussing the Digital Encounter, to tie in with the rest of the series.
Also changed the numbers of years when the Digital Encounter occured
from 20 to 25.  Other minor corrections for RAAC posting.

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