Poke Muyo!
A Pokemon/Tenchi Muyo! Crossover
Written by Chris Robinson

- Chapter 4 -
No need for an Ending

We again find out team of heroes walking down some unnamed road in Pallet Town. Their destination this time, Professor Oak's lab. Washu hadn't finished all the tests she wanted to do on the pokemon, yet she would, at least, see how plausible getting home really was. Ash, walking side-by-side with Sasami, had Pikachu on the expectedly opposite shoulder, to keep him away from Ryo-Ohki. The sun, being directly overhead, indicated the time of day easily.

Up ahead in the middle of the road set a book on an eye-catching red carpet. They saw the cover was plainly titled Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pokemon!. Curious, Ryoko floated ahead, picked up the book without touching the blanket, and flew back in front of the others. As she landed, she opened the book. Everyone watched to hear what it said. She suddenly became angry. "Hey, what is this? The book's blank!" She turned it around to show the others.

"Can we please get going?" Tenchi impatiently asked. "We are kind of anxious to get home..." They silently agreed. Ryoko tossed the book into the bushes as they walked away.

Clunk."Oww!" The group turned to where they heard the male voice come from. No sooner did they look than did Jessie, James, and Meowth leap from the bushes, James with a welt on his head. "Watch what you're doing!"

"You again?" Misty growled. "What now?"

Meowth, Jessie, and a miraculously healed James stood proud and tall. "Nanda kanda to kikare tara!" Jessie started spouting the japanese motto, for no apparent reason.

"Kotaete ageru ga yono nasake!" James continued it, drawing plenty of blank stares.

"Sekai no hakai o fusegu tame!"

"Sekai no heiwa o mamoru tame!"

"Ai to shinjitu no aku o turanuku!"

"Lobuli chaami na kataki yaku..." Ash thought he heard a bit of english in there.

"Musashi!" When did she change her name?

"Kojiro!" He did too?

"Ginga o kakeru Roketto-dan no futari niwa!"

"Waito hoo, shiroi ashita ga matteruze!"

"Nyaante na!" Meowth finished off.

After a lengthy pause for everyone to soak in their japanese lesson for the day, Mihoshi ran forward, blaster ready. "I'm Detective First-Class Mihoshi of The Galaxy Police! I hereby place you under arrest for attempted kidnapping as outlined in Penal Code #1643, Chapter 27, Paragraph..."

Jessie turned to her partners as Mihoshi continued sputtering. "What is she talking about?"

Meowth faced her. "I dink she means back in Chapta 2 when we tried stealin' da twerps' pokemon." He looked at Mihoshi, whos mouth was still flapping away. "I'm surprised she rememba'd."

"Oh," she remembered. Then she turned back to the other group and pulled out a pokeball. "Arbok, go!" She released her snake pokemon, which caused Mihoshi to scream and jump behind Ash and Pikachu in fear.

"I hate snakes!" she whined.

Ash growled. "Come on, Pikachu," he said, Pikachu at ready. "Go!" He pointed and Pikachu jumped forward.

Brock pulled out a pokeball too. "Vulpix, let's go!" The fox pokemon appeared.

Misty followed his lead. "I choose you, Star-!" But as she pulled her arm back, a white light shot out from her backpack, forming Psyduck. Misty fell back. "Psyduck!" she yelled. Then she calmly sighed, waving it away. "Fine... Go..."

"Weezing, go!" James threw his pokeball. "Smoke Screen attack!" Everyone attempted to cover their faces as the smoke overtook all of them, including Team Rocket. "Eeee! Not us too!"

Ash coughed. "Pikachu!" he called into the blinding smoke. "Thunder Shock!" Pikachu looked through the smog, attempting to find a target. He spotted a black figure, Arbok? He fired.

"Oww!" Oops, Washu. Not that he wouldn't mind giving her a few jolts, but that would have to wait. He turned to the right.

"Psy, ai, ai, ai...!" Psyduck ran by.

"Psyduck!" Misty chased it. He viewed left and saw...

"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff running along? She broke through the edge of the smoke and spotted the red carpet on the road ahead. She couldn't help but imagine a specially painted floor and spotlights with a sign reading 'Jigglypuff on Stage!'. "Jiggly!" she happily cried as she skipped over to it. When she stepped on the carpet, it collapsed in a hole. Crash. "Puuff..." her voice strained, swirly eyed.

Ash tossed another pokeball. "Go Pidgeotto! Use your gust and blow the smoke away!" The bird came out and obeyed, pushing the smoke aside. When it cleared, Team Rocket spotted the others, and didn't like what they saw. Three pokemon and six people, none too pleased. Misty continued chasing Psyduck.

"Uhh..." Meowth unconcealably worried. "I dink a strategic retreat might be in orda." Jessie and James nodded, then took off. They didn't get too far though, as Ayeka had made her mini-log thingys appear to hold them in place.

"Vulpix! Fire Spin!" Brock commanded.

"Pikachu! Thunder Bolt!" Ash yelled. Both pokemon blasted their attacks at the bad guys, a tower of fire engulfing them as a thunder bolt shot into it. Ryoko stepped up, opening the palm of her hand to draw in plenty of energy. It formed into a ball which she raised above her head. She threw it at the base of the fire, making a huge explosion. The pokemon stopped attacking as Team Rocket flew away.

Meowth whimpered in the air. "So, what do we tell da boss dis time?"

"The same thing we always tell him!" Jessie growled. "That..."

"Team Rocket got blasted away again...!" Ding!

"And good riddance," Ryoko commented.

* * *

With Ash in the lead, everyone walked up to Professor Oak's front door. Ash rung the doorbell(AN: or in case he doesn't have one, knocked ^_^;) and waited. Nothing. He rung the doorbell again. This time he heard some commotion inside.

Clunk. "No, don't do that!" the professor's voice growled. "Stop! Someone's at the door!" Crash. "I said no!" Crash, slam! "Muk, get off!" After a bit more ruckus, Prof. Oak got the front door open. He stood alone. "Oh Ash, hi."

"Hi, Professor Oak," Ash replied. "Are you ok?"

"Mm-hmm," he nodded. "Just fine. So, what brings you here?"

"Well, I came to see if I could ask you for a favor."

"Oh? What can I- Ah!" Muk ran into the professor knocking him over. "Muk!" Prof. Oak attempted to push the sludge off. Ash sweatdropped.

Back inside the professor's lab, Washu told Prof. Oak the situation. Ryo-Ohki didn't want to pay attention to that, though. She leaned back on Sasami's shoulder to get a view of Pikachu, who wasn't paying her any mind. She couldn't understand him. She showed no dislike towards him, only became aggressive once when she first got here, and tried everything to extract a positive response from him. A small meow escaped as she lowered her head, but that turned out to be a bad move as she lost her balance and fell back to the floor.

Sasami instantly turned around. "Ryo-Ohki!" She knelt down as the creature shook her head. "Are you okay?" The cat-thing nodded, though not over-gleeful.

Misty leaned over the pair. "Hey Sasami..." She gazed up at the sound of her name. "I've been meaning to ask you, what is that thing, anyway?"

Washu answered before Sasami could. "That thing, my dear, is Ryo-Ohki." Both of them looked at her as Sasami stood up, placing the thing on her shoulder. "And she is a Cabbit, a one-of-a-kind creation of my design." That last part came out a bit egotisticly, not on purpose of course.

"Really?" Professor Oak asked. He leaned in for a closer inspection. "Hmm... How intriguing..." He started fiddling with the fur on her head.

Trying not to show her impatience, Ayeka interrupted the moment. "So anyway professors," she started, "How likely is it that we can get home?"

Prof. Oak stood up straight. "Oh, very likely," he said. Washu suddenly sensed something very powerful, yet strangely familiar too. She looked away, unbeknownst to everbody else. "It may take a while for me to get together all the things you'll need, but... yes," he nodded smiling. "I think I've got everything."

"Take your time," Washu told him, now out of her trance. "There's something I've got to do first." Everybody gazed at her. "I'll be back later." Without another word, she opened a portal to some island. Actually, it was the same one Sasami remembered seeing in her dream. Prof. Oak easily identified it as Lightning Island. She stepped through and it closed behind her before anyone could try and follow.

Umm, okay... "So, what now?" asked Ash.

"Now, we'll have to wait, I suppose." The others looked when Ryoko spoke. She stretched. "Well, I'll be outside if anyone needs me." She floated towards the wall and vanished.

"Alright. I'll go wait at home, then." Ash walked away with Pikachu.

Ryo-Ohki sighed again, but this time Sasami saw her do it. "What's the matter, Ryo-Ohki?" She looked at where the cabbit was facing, and just caught sight of Pikachu's ears disappear down the stairs. "Ohh... You really like him, huh?" Ryo-Ohki nodded half-heartedly. She really felt sorry for her. They were going to go home soon, and most likely wouldn't see him again. If they were going to get together, it had to be soon. Sasami giggled. "Well, don't you worry, Ryo-Okhi." The cabbit turned to her. "'Cause I got a plan..."

* * *

A little bit later at Ash's house, Ayeka, Ryoko, and Mihoshi had found the television. Lucky for them, this place had animated soap operas with wierd little creatures too. Who knows what they'd get into if there wasn't. But Ash couldn't understand what people saw in those shows. He lost interest five minutes into it and decided to play his gameboy.

"I can't believe you have to do this," a depressive overacting female voice said on the tv.

"I'll be alright," a deep, soothing male voice replied. "But before I go, I must tell you that-"

"No," she teared. "No don't say it..."

"I... I love you, Kasumi."

"Oh, Satoshi..." Cheesy love music started playing causing Ayeka and Mihoshi to cry. Ryoko had trouble holding back tears herself.

"Oh, come on!" Ash yelled at his gameboy. "One more...! Come on, come on, come on- Yes!" He jumped up, throwing his hands in the air. "Woo-hoo! I caught Moltres!"

"Pika pika!" Pikachu exclaimed from his shoulder. Hey, there's more than one way to train for the Pokemon League you know.

After being sure to save, Ash turned the gameboy off. He went to head to his room, but stopped when there was a knock at the door. He walked over and opened it up. There stood Sasami. "Sasami?" he asked. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," she smiled. "But I want you to meet someone."

"Who?"

"Pika?" Pikachu repeated. Sasami stepped to the side, revealing a little girl no older than five or six... or was it a little girl? Her clothes were plain enough, but it was odd. She was almost completely covered in brown fur. She kinda resembled... nah, it couldn't be her. But, Ryo-Ohki was noticeably absent.

Ash was about to speak when Pikachu left his shoulder and stood at the girl's feet. "Pika?" She knelt down with a huge smile, and started petting him between the ears. He closed his eyes as he let her rub his head. "Pikachu..." He smiled.

She ecstaticly meowed at him. Meowed? Ash and Pikachu were shocked to say the least. "I'd like you to meet Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami giggled. At this, Pikachu freaked and jumped behind Ash's legs quicker than any other living thing possibly could. Surprised and saddened, tears collected under Ryo-Ohki's eyes. After a few sniffs, she stood and turned her back to them. Her hands went straight to her eyes.

Ash just melted at the sight right then and there, but Pikachu found himself fighting an internal war. It wasn't her fault, all she tried to do was pet him... But this was Ryo-Ohki, and his instincts told him to be very afraid of her. He didn't know what to do. Though his mind wasn't able to make itself up, his body had come to a decision. A single yellow foot came out from behind Ash. "Pika-Chupi?"

Ryo-Ohki turned back around as an extra sniff got out. Still wavering, Pikachu brought his other foot out. She sniffled and meowed questioningly. Pikachu soon found himself shakily walking up to her. Her face brightened and she gave another questioning meow. He stopped at her feet. "Pikachu...?" he asked. Cautiously, she knelt down and carefully started petting him again. Pikachu's body relaxed and he began smiling again. Ryo-Ohki instantly beamed as Sasami laughed.

"See Ash?" Misty came up behind him, grinning smugly. "I told you they really liked each other." Ash couldn't respond. He was too busy smiling at seeing Pikachu and Ryo-Ohki, together.

* * *

Time passed much too slowly for Ash. Ryo-Ohki, back in cabbit form, had a charming conversation with Pikachu. At least Ash hoped they did. Who knows what they said. The three girls had taken over the tv and, as was his luck, there was a marathon of that show they were watching. Too bored to play his gameboy, Ash forced himself to watch it with them.

"Kasumi, don't run away from me!" a gruff voice on the tv said. It obviously wasn't Satoshi.

"No! Let go!" she replied, still horribly overacting. "I have to try and help him!"

"Don't bother," the guy replied. "Kenji is dead. I know because I killed him."

"Takeshi, how could you?" DUN-DUN-DUN. Hmm, maybe this stuff wasn't half bad after all.

Suddenly, there was a strange noise. It was too quiet for the others to care, but Pikachu heard it. "Pi?" He looked up behind him. "Pipi-Kachu!" They others turned around.

"Miss Washu!" Ayeka exclaimed. Sasami stepped in and lit up upon seeing her.

"The one and only!" she said.

"Does this mean we can go home now?" Sasami asked excitedly.

"It sure does." She nodded.

"Alright!" Ryoko exlcaimed. "I'll go get Tenchi!" She started floating away.

"You will not!" Ayeka retorted. "You keep away from him!" She ran out after her. Sasami and Ryo-Ohki followed as did Pikachu.

Ash went to go after them, but was stopped by Washu. "Ash, wait," her voice went dead serious. "I need to talk to you."

Taking the cue, he settled and looked down at her. Her face was equally critical. "About what?"

She watched the door. "About Pikachu." Ash began to worry. Was there something wrong with him? She crossed her arms. "During my examination, I observed some very odd readings from him, but until now, I couldn't place what it was." She put her arms down and released a small breath. "All I can tell you for certain, is that the eletricity in his body is exactly the same as one other here. The one you know as Zapdos, the god of thunder."

Some shock slipped out as Ash's eyes and mouth opened a bit more than normal. She eyed him. "Ash, your Pikachu is not an ordinary Pikachu, or pokemon, for that matter." She looked forward. "I have no idea what it means, but I think it would be wise for you to keep a close eye on him." Then she walked away, leaving Ash totally dumb-founded.

* * *

Finally, everyone got to Professor Oak's lab. He was finishing fiddling with the contraption he and Washu put together. It was basically two mainframe-like towers completely covered in buttons, knobs, switches, and lights, with an archway, obviously the portal itself. Ryoko made sure Mihoshi wouldn't get near it to mess it up, but I'm not sure if I should say what she did.

Prof. Oak got up and sighed, his expression was not a good one. "I don't understand it."

Washu walked up. "What's wrong?"

"I don't know," he responded. "It should be working. I followed your directions exactly."

Washu meandered around the machine. "Hmm..." She checked over every switch, button, and knob. "Oh, here's the problem." She reached up and flipped a switch. "You were basing the dimensional transverser on the fact that we could directly input our destination."

She reached over and turned a knob and pressed a button. "We don't know where our home is in relation to this plane, so the machine is gonna have to do some searching for us." She flipped a few more switches.

Everyone gave their passive, "Ohh..."

"Here we go." She flipped one final switch, marked 'On/Off', and the machine sprung to life. In the archway was a view of deep space.

"Hey Washu, what's going on?" Ryoko complained. "That's not home!"

"Ryoko, weren't you listening?" Washu sighed. "I said we need to search for home, I can't turn directly to it. It shouldn't take too long though."

A red spaceship came into view. Inside the ship, five people noticed the archway. "Hey Gene, what is that?" A small boy in front asked.

"I don't know, Jim..." The guy behind him turned between the two females on his sides. "Sazuka? Aysha? Any ideas?" Suddenly the portal disappeared.

"It seamed to be an interdimensional portal," a female said from behind him. She was in a tube filled with water, dressed in one cheesy bikini. "However it got there, it's completely gone now."

"Oh. Okay then," Gene said, focusing ahead. "Plot in a course, Melfina. The Galactic Lei-Line awaits!"

Back in the lab, Washu continued flipping switches and turning knobs. In the archway appeared another image, one that was unmistakeably Tenchi's house. Everybody was relieved at the sight of it. "Finally..." Ayeka sighed.

"Home..." Sasami muttered.

While saying their good-bye's, Tenchi's group stepped through the portal one-by-one. As Sasami and Ryo-Ohki went through it, Pikachu jumped up to them. He didn't go through, but he wanted to get as close as possible. Ryo-Ohki left her spot on Sasami's shoulder and stood face to face with Pikachu. "Pika, Pika-Chupi..." He started crying. She meowed back with tears as well.

Washu, the last one left, smiled at Ash and his group. "Well, I guess one would say this is the end." She turned to face the portal, but looked back with a grin. "But, as I like to say... There's no need for an ending." She stepped through, and turned completely around. The portal started fading away. "See ya..." The machine shutdown. Was what she said a good thing? Well, they were considered friends. Hopefully, they would see each other again.

* * *

That night at Washu's laboratory, Washu sat on her floating cusion, unable to sleep. Actually, I'm not even really sure if she does. Professor Oak had given her a bunch of information about pokemon, plus she was able to get a download of the data in Ash's pokedex. Needless to say, she had plenty of stuff to do to keep herself busy for a while.

Washu was so intent on typing on her computer that she didn't even notice when Sasami entered. She walked up carrying a cup of of green liquid. "Washu?"

Sasami startled her, but quickly recovered. "Sasami, what are you doing up?"

She offered the cup to her. "I couldn't sleep and thought you might want some tea." Washu gratefuly took the cup and turned back to her computer. "What are you doing?"

"I'm looking over the pokemon data they gave me. Those things are quite interesting to say the least." Sasami gazed at the screen not expeting to see anything interesting, but what she saw made her gasp, even though she didn't understand why. Washu noticed her sudden shock and looked at the screen.

On the screen was a picture of a pokemon, the one Ash saw flying by a rainbow on his very first day of pokemon training. Today, it's known as Ho-Oh. "What is that?"

"I know what it is..." A female voice spoke gravely in her head. This one was a bit older than Washu's.

"What? Tsunami? What is it?"

The multi-colored wings were the clue she needed. "It is known as a Pheonix, a god with the ability to give and take life with the slightest touch of it's fire." Knowing the information put Sasami slightly at ease, but she was far from calm. Tsunami stayed deathly serious. "Sasami, if it's in that world also, then Washu was right, this is not the end. It is only the beginning..."

Well, how was that? Interesting, huh? This concludes the first episode. While waiting for the next chapter, please enjoy the quasi-feature 'The Dark Pokemon'. It's kinda part of the story, even though I started it before this one and it doesn't really include anything from Tenchi. After that's done, I'll start the second episode. Oh, if you didn't get that Outlaw Star cameo, you've really missed out on one cool show.