Chapter 1 
No need for Pokemon
 
The day seemed just like any other. Ash, Misty, and Brock were walking through a 
forest. Ash lead the way with Misty right behind. Brock took the rear with map in hand. 
The sun shone down through the leaves causing small patterns of light to run across their 
heads and clothes. Though he didn't show it, Ash was ecstatic. In just a few short months 
he'd finally be competing in the Pokemon League. Tomorrow he'd get home, then he'd 
get to train specifically for competition. He looked ahead. Hmm... something was wrong 
here... 
 
"Ash, do you know where we are?" Misty asked, slightly annoyed. They had been 
walking for about four hours now and everytime they passed a tree, she got that horrible 
feeling of deja-vu. 
 
"Uhh..." he looked around. He finally figured out what wasn't right. "Of course I do," he 
responded in his know-it-all voice, turning his head to look at her. Pikachu was on his 
opposite shoulder. "We're heading for my house." 
 
That superior attitude of his always irritated her. "I know we're supposed to be heading to 
your house, but, as anyone with half a brain would know," she started yelling at this 
point, "we should have been out of this forest an hour ago!" 
 
"Don't yell at me," he shrugged, turning away. "Brock has the map." 
 
She turned towards him, her anger following. "Well Brock? Where are we?" 
 
He looked up from the map, released from his trance. "I don't know." 
 
They all stopped immediately. Pikachu fell off Ash's shoulder. "What?" 
 
He turned the map towards them and pointed to the forest they were in. "I've been 
following you guys for the past two hours trying to find out where we are on the map. I 
have no clue where we are." 
 
Misty started feeling weak-kneed. "So... that means..." 
 
He nodded and crossed his arms. "Yup. We're lost." 
 
She fell to her knees and shut her eyes. She almost cried. Why does this always happen? 
It's not fair. A pretty girl like her shouldn't be getting lost in the woods all the time. 
Pikachu walked up to her in an attempt to cheer her up. He patted her shoulder. Her mood 
lightened a bit. She picked Pikachu up, slowly reopening her eyes. "It's okay, Toge- 
Ahh!" She screamed and threw Pikachu into Brock's face, knocking him over. She looked 
back and forth furiously. "Wh- Where's Togepi?!" she exclaimed. Everyone panicked. 
 
"I don't know! When did you last have it?" Ash asked. 
 
"I gave it to Brock!" She pointed to him. 
 
Brock got back up. "You didn't give it to me! I've been looking at the map!" 
 
Misty stood up. "W-we've got to find Togepi!" 
 
* * * 
 
It was another gorgeous day at a small shinto shrine deep in the woods. The shrine was 
situated part way up a mountain that based a multi story L-shaped house and lake. The 
peaceful exterior, however, was in direct contrast to what happens here on an almost 
daily basis. Elsewhere in the forest, a tall, lush and very stand-out tree grew on a small 
island in the middle of another lake. A bunch of vines hung from it's branches. A young 
lady stood in front of stepping stones that led up to the tree. She wore fairly long, 
majestic-like robes. Her purple hair was tied into two seperate, but equally long, 
ponytails. Her head was tilted down and her eye's were closed... perhaps in concentration. 
She held her hands together in front of her legs. A slight wind pushed her hair and robes 
towards the tree. "Ayeka!" A boyish voice pushed through the silence. The young lady 
was startled. She looked towards the sound. "Ayeka!" 
 
"I'm over here, Tenchi!" the lady called back in a high-pitched voice. 
 
The boy, Tenchi, made it into the clearing and ran over to Ayeka. He was a tad taller than 
her and his head was topped with dirty-looking hair. A mini ponytail grew from the back 
of his head. "Ayeka, where have you been? Everyone's worried." A certain someone 
popped into his head. "Well, almost everyone, anyway..." 
 
Ayeka sniffed and gave a small smile. "It's nothing. I just felt like visiting Funaho. That's 
all." She looked back towards the tree. 
 
"Oh. Well, Sasami has dinner ready for us. We should go eat." 
 
"Okay. Just give me a few more minutes." 
 
Later, back at Tenchi's house, everyone was sitting around the table, waiting for him and 
Ayeka to return. The main door slid open and Tenchi walked in. A tall slim looking lady 
with big, swiped back, spikey, greyish-blue hair and short tail, perked up. "Tenchi! 
You're back!" She stood up and disappeared. She reappeared behind Tenchi and hugged 
him. He showed his disgust of her doing that. "You had me so worried. I thought that 
devil woman, Ayeka, might have done something to you." She said in a childish voice, 
making swirly patterns on his chest. 
 
"Ryoko..." He responded in an irritated voice. 
 
"Well, it's true." 
 
"Ayeka will be back in a few minutes. We might as well start eating." He walked up to 
the table with Ryoko following close behind. They started eating. Tenchi couldn't help 
but wonder what Ayeka was doing. She did seem a bit upset. But such thoughts would 
only lead to more problems, so he dropped it. Soon after, Ayeka walked into the house. 
Her mood had lightned a bit. At least a real smile was on her face this time. Ryoko gave 
her an angry look. Ayeka turned her head away snobbishly. 
 
"Tenchi," another woman spoke up, with a slightly deeper voice. This one was a bit 
shorter than the others. Her red hair was similar to Ryoko's. "I've almost completed my 
next project. But I need you to help me with it." 
 
He was petrified of the thought. "Me?" he responded. "Wh-What do you need me to do?" 
 
"Oh nothing much. I've been playing with my Phase Shifting Transponder Device, and I 
need someone to test it on." 
 
"Wow," a tall yellow squagily-haired woman spoke in a pitch higher than Ayeka. "That 
sounds dangerous. Is it safe?" 
 
"Yes, Mihoshi, very safe." She nodded. "As long as the machine is properly configured to 
Tenchi's molecular make-up, there should be noo problem." 
 
"Excuse me, Ms. Washu," Ayeka spoke up politely. "But what does this Phase Shifting 
thingy do?" 
 
"It's quite simple, really." She stood up, entering super-smart scientist mode. A diagram 
appeared behind her and she took out a pointer. She pointed at the different parts of the 
diagram as she explained the process. "It's designed to break down the molecules of a 
given object. Then, by transforming it into a mass of light, matter, and anti-matter, it 
transports them over a great distance, where they'll reassemble back into their proper 
order." She put her pointer away. 
 
"Umm, Washu," a young light-blue haired girl said. A small cat-like creature with long 
rabbit-like ears sat on the table by her, eating a carrot. "I thought you could already 
teleport things. What's so special about it?" 
 
"My dear Sasami." She shook her head in semi-disgust. "While it is true that I can 
teleport things, I've never been able to do it over a large distance." She shifted into her I-
am-superior stance. "But with this invention, I shall be once again noticed as the true 
genius I am! Ahahaha!" 
 
"Ohh..." Everyone responded, sweatdropping. 
 
* * * 
 
"Togepi!" Misty yelled looking around a tree. She was in a state of panic. That egg was 
like a child to her. A responsible parent wouldn't have let a child get away. How could 
she have been so irresponsible with it? "Togepi!" 
 
"Togepi! Where are you?" Ash called out. He was concerned about Togepi's 
disappearence, too. But there was something stronger than that that made him admire 
Misty's relationship with that pokemon even more. He looked over to her. Maybe it was 
because it reminded him so much of himself and Pikachu. If Pikachu ever disappeared, 
he'd be frantic like that too. He looked away. "Togepi!" 
 
"Togepi!" Brock called out too. He might not have been as concerned as the other two, 
but he still felt some responsibility for it. Though it wasn't his pokemon, he was the one 
that raised it before it hatched. And besides that, he found the little thing so darn cute. 
"Come on out, Togepi!" 
 
"Hahahahaha!" Two voices were heard from the distance. 
 
Everyone stopped looking for the pokemon and turned there attention to the noise. They 
had a gut feeling of who it was. "Was that...?" Ash asked. 
 
"Prepare for trouble, and another great fan fiction!" Two shadows stretched from the 
horizon, across the grass, and ending at their feet. 
 
"Make it double, for the writer's motivation!" A closer view revealed Jessie and James of 
Team Rocket, not like it was a big secret or anything. 
 
"To protect the world from devastaion." 
 
"To unite all peoples within our nation." 
 
"To denounce the evils of truth and love." 
 
"To extend our reach to the stars above." 
 
"Jessie!" 
 
"James!" 
 
"Togepi!" The three kids called out, once again looking around the trees for it. Team 
Rocket fell over. 
 
"Hey!" Jessie yelled, veins popping out of her head. "We're not finished!" 
 
"Stop being so rude!" James growled. 
 
Meowth jumped down from a tree branch. "Heh. Is dis what you're lookin' for?" 
Everyone looked to him. They gasped. He was holding Togepi, who happily trilled at 
seeing Misty. 
 
"Oh! Togepi!" She started running up to them. 
 
Jessie stepped toward her, and she stopped. "Hold it right there, little girl!" She pointed to 
them. "One wrong move and this egg gets scrambled!" 
 
* * * 
 
"Are you sure this thing is safe, Washu?" Tenchi asked. Ayeka, Ryoko, Mihoshi, and 
Sasami, with her cat-like pet, had followed them to her workshop to watch the 
experiment. 
 
"For the last time, Tenchi, it's perfectly safe." she reassured. "Now, all I need you to do is 
stand right here." She led him to a spot marked by a red X on the floor. "I must warn you, 
you might feel a little disoriented when you rematerialize. But it is very important that 
you don't move, though, or else I won't be able to bring you back." Tenchi was obviously 
worried about the whole thing. She turned to the side and brought up her transparent 
computer terminal, and started pressing buttons. "Now, all I have to do is start it." 
 
Mihoshi brainlessly walked up to one of the mainframes in the room. She looked at it 
with a lot of curiousity. "Wow. Hey, Washu. What does this do?" She reached out and 
pressed a few buttons. 
 
Washu freaked. "Mihoshi! No!" Too late. Right in front of Tenchi, electrical energy 
started crackling. It was small at first, but it grew larger.  
 
"Uh oh. That doesn't look good." A strong wind pushed from it as a series of seamingly 
random bright flashed lit the room. 
 
"Oh no! Everyone, get out!" She screamed. They all started running and screaming 
towards the door. An extremely bright flash lit the room. Sasami, Tenchi, and Washu 
vanished. 
 
"Sasami!" Ayeka stopped yelled. 
 
Ryoko stopped too. "Tenchi!" Another bright flash lit the room. Everyone disappeared 
and all was quiet. 
 
* * * 
 
"What do you guys want?" Ash yelled to Team Rocket. 
 
Jessie and James sighed before looking to each other. They thought it would be obvious. 
"You'd think they would know what we want by now." James commented. 
 
"Well, then let's spell it out for them." She looked back to the group. "I propose a trade." 
She pointed at Pikachu. "You give us the yellow rat and we'll give you the egg." A good 
old-fasioned stand off. They had to get Togepi back, but they wouldn't give up Pikachu to 
do it. They're had to be another way. 
 
Suddenly electrical energy started crackling between the two. A wind blew from the 
source as well. Surprised, Ash looked down to Pikachu. "Pikachu? Are you doing that?" 
 
"Pika," he shook his head no. They looked back at it. 
 
Within the center of the disturbance, three floating silouets faded into view. Tenchi, 
Sasami, and Washu replaced the silouets. Gravity overtook them, throwing them to the 
ground. The held their backsides in pain. Everyone watched the three as the disturbance 
faded away. 
 
Sasami's pet was able to regain it's senses quicker than the other three. She looked over 
and saw Team Rocket. Tensing up, it jumped down to the ground and started hissing and 
growling at them. "Ahh! What's that?" they screamed in unison. Team Rocket wimpered 
in fear as the strange creature continued growling. It growled louder. Tenchi, Washu and 
Sasami got their senses back and looked at the cat. It started charging them and Team 
Rocket ran off. Meowth threw Togepi into the air. 
 
"Ryo-ohki! No!" Sasami yelled to it. It stopped running and looked back. 
 
"Togepi!" Misty yelled running after it. She jumped. With her arms stretched, she 
reached out and caught Togepi. Dust billowed up as she hit the ground. She sat back up, 
checking the egg over. "Oh, are you okay Togepi?" 
 
"Togi, togi ppppiiii!" it trilled happily, as if nothing bad happened. Misty hugged it. 
 
Ryo-ohki ran back up to Sasami. "Hey, Washu, where are we?" she asked. Misty walked 
back over to Ash as the three newcomers stood up. 
 
"Hmm..." Washu looked around. 
 
"Hey!" Tenchi realized something. "Where's Ayeka?! And Ryoko?!" 
 
"Here we are," Ayeka responded as she stepped out into the path way. Tenchi sighed in 
relief. A few feet into the forest, Ryoko had Mihoshi in a headlock, punching her head. 
She was yelling somethings that kids shouldn't really be exposed to. 
 
"But, where is here?" Sasami asked. They all seamed oblivious to those who were already 
there. 
 
"Uhh, e-excuse me," Ash warrily asked. Everyone turned to look at him. "Wh-who are 
you?" 
 
Ayeka quietly gasped. "It's a native..." she whispered. 
 
Ryoko walked up to them. Mihoshi did too, holding her head where Ryoko was hitting it. 
"Well, don't be so rude, princess," Ryoko taunted Ayeka as she floated past. Ayeka threw 
an angry look at her in return. Ryoko landed in front of Ash. He wasn't sure why he 
wasn't running away. "I'm Ryoko." She smiled and held her hand out, with her other one 
on her hip. Ash looked at it. What should he do? Common courtesy told him to shake it. 
But he liked his hands, he doesn't want to lose them this early in life. "What's the matter? 
You don't know what a hand shake is?" 
 
Misty yelled out to him quetly. "Don't be so rude, Ash!" He turned to her. "Just shake her 
hand!" He turned back. He slowly reached up, hand trembling, and grabbed her hand. 
 
"There, see? I knew you could do it." They let go. 
 
Ayeka walked up. "And I'm Ayeka." She introduced herself politely. Ash was 
considerably less nervous now. He still had his hand, at least. She turned to introduce the 
others. "And this is, Tenchi... Sasami... Washu... and Mihoshi." They nodded as she 
called their names. She looked back to him. "If you don't mind us asking, could you tell 
us where we are?" 
 
From their strange actions and looks, Ash had no clue as to what to tell them. "Uh, e-
earth...?" he answered, to their shock. They all looked around. This didn't look like earth 
to them. It did have trees like earth, but there was someting odd about it. 
 
Washu walked over and inspected a tree. Ayeka walked up to her. "Washu, is he right? 
Could this be earth?" 
 
She looked it up and down a bit more. "Oh, it's earth alright." she responded, but with 
concern. "But it's not our earth." 
 
"What do you mean?" 
 
She brought up here computer. She pushed a few buttons. "Well, what ever Mihoshi 
pushed, it caused the machine to act as a Dimensional Shifter." She put the computer 
away. "In other words: Same earth. Different dimension." She looked around a bit more. 
"But, I didn't even know this dimension existed." 
 
"So, are we stuck here then, Washu?" Sasami asked. 
 
"Probably not, Sasami." She looked over at Ash, Misty, and Brock. "Judging from the 
way the locals are dressed, I'd say they're pretty well advanced, scientificaly. They just 
may have what I need to get us home." 
 
Down at Ash's feet, Pikachu tightened his grip on Ash's pants. He was staring at Ryo-
ohki fearfully. "Chuu..." Ryo-ohki meowed and tilted his head at it, curiously. 
 
Ash knelt down to him. "It's okay, Pikachu." He rubbed his pokemon's head. He smiled. 
"Come up here with me." As Ash stood back up, he picked up Pikachu and set him back 
on his shoulder. Ryo-ohki hopped over in front of them and looked at Pikachu. It 
meowed curiously again. 
 
Pikachu made a fist and yelled down to it. "Pika pika, Pikachu!" Ryo-ohki saddened. A 
few tears formed as she and walked back over to Sasami. 
 
Washu walked up to Ash. The top of Washu's head came up to Ash's eyes. She turned her 
head towards Pikachu, who tried to hide behind Ash's head. "Well, that's a curious little 
creature, isn't it?" 
 
"I-it's my pokemon," Ash told her. Washu became curious. Those who knew her knew 
that that wasn't something to be too thrilled about. She started to raise her hand towards 
Pikachu. "Umm... hey," Ash warned in response to Pikachu's increased dislike of the 
situation. She continued raising her hand. "I don't think you should...!" She touched 
Pikachu. He freaked, sending thousands of volts into whatever he was touching. 
 
"What the...?!" Ryoko was shocked. Well, not really. Ayeka, Sasami with Ryo-ohki, 
Tenchi, and Mihoshi screamed, along with Ash and Washu. 
 
Pikachu finally stopped the attack. His victims where charred, stiff and swirly eyed. "Wh-
what a shock..." Washu twitched and fell over. Ash collapsed as well. 
 
Pikachu stood on Ash's chest, looking at him. "Pikachu?" he asked apologeticly. 
 
"Excuse me guys," Brock piped up. "If you're done fooling around, we need to find a 
place to stay for the night." Ash and Washu managed to sit up. They all looked up to see 
that the sun shone the orange hue of twilight. "If we are where I think we are, there 
should be a Pokemon Center not to far away." 
 
Ash stood up. "Okay, let's go!" he exclaimed.