Disclaimer: I don't don’t own pokemon in any way, shape or form except for the concepts, storyline and characters I create.

 

 

"So this is the place?" said Brock looking at the Tendo dojo. Ranma nodded. "Looks interesting" said Ash. Misty looked over at Ash \\ something is bugging him \\ she thought. "Are you okay Ash?". Ash looked up to see Misty looking right into his eyes. "Other then the fact that I’m cursed and might not be able to get home? No I’m just fine?" "well you don’t need to be sarcastic". Pikachu just shook his head and muttered something incoherent in pokemon.

The 6 people and 2 pokemon walked up to the door. Opening the door Ranma yelled "where back. And we have some new friends with us. Kasumi walked around the corner. "Oh hi Ranma, these must be the people you went to find". She turned to Ash, Misty and Brock. "My name is Kasumi, what are you’re names?". "Mine is Ash, this is misty and that’s…Brock? You-who earth to Brock". Ash waved his hand in front of Brock’s face. Suddenly Brock snapped out of it and ran up to Kasumi. He reached out and grabber her hand and began his standard babbling. "Hi my names Brock I was wondering. Would you go out with me sometime?". Kasumi giggled "oh you’re cute" she said "really!?" "yes". Misty and Ash, who had sneaked up behind Brock to drag him off before he made an ass of himself, stopped in dead shock. "WHA!!!!!!!!" said Ash totally dumbfounded. "He actually found a girl besides Misty that’s not scared of him".

Dylan and Ranma just laughed. "Kasumi is always like this" said Ranma "I’m not sure why but she’s always cheerful". Brock let go of Kasumi’s hand and they all went into the living room where everyone was waiting. Soun stood up and walked over to Ash, Misty and Brock. "So these are the people you went to find? I welcome you" he said.

Pikachu chose this moment to jump off of Ash’s backpack and land right in plain sight. "Pika!" "WHAT IS THAT THING!!!!" yelled Soun jumping behind the couch. He peeked over the edge and saw that Nabiki, Genma and Kasumi had also hid behind of under various things in the room. "Pikachu’s not a thing!!!" yelled Ash. Pikachu walked up to Soun and smiled. "PI" he piped up cheerfully holding out his little hand. "You mean you want to shake hands" said Soun cautiously. Pikachu nodded and Soun took hold of the little pokemon’s hand. Everyone that had hid slowly climbed out of their hiding places to get a better look at the pokemon.

"This little guy is pretty cute actually" said Nabiki patting pikachu on the head. "BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Ah, what is that horrible wailing" said Kasumi as everyone except Ash, Brock, Misty and Pikachu covered their ears. Misty set down her bag and out hopped Togepi who quieted down the second it was out of the bag. "Another one? How many of these things do you have?" Asked Genma unplugging his ears. "Show us to the back yard and well let them all out" said Ash.

Soun walked over to the sliding door and opened it. Everyone filed outside and Ash motioned for everyone to stand back. With that Ash, Misty and Brock all released their pokemon. They where as follows. Ash released Cyndaquil, Totodile, Bayleaf, Noctowl and Bulbasaur. Misty relesed her pokemon into the pond. They where Staru, Psyduck, Corsilla and polywirl. Brock let out Onix, Crobat and Geodude. "Wow, there’s so many of them" said Kasumi "What are they anyway?". "Well their pokemon, elemental creatures that you capture in pokeballs. Different pokemon use different elements. You use pokemon to battle in tournaments. To enter a tournament you either just sign up for it or if it’s one of the more major ones you need to beat a certain amount of gym’s from the league the tournament belongs to. When you beat a gym’s leader you earn a badge. Depending on the league you may need different amounts of badges". Everyone who hadn’t already heard Ash’s explanation of pokemon listened intently. When Ash finished talking everyone but the pokemon went back inside. Everyone sat down except for Kasumi who went to the kitchen to cook supper with Brock in tow who had insisted on helping her cook.

"So" said Genma looking at Ash and Misty "how did you end up here with us?". "Well" said Ash leaning back "we where at the pokemon center in olivine city after getting back there from the whirl islands. We had been heading out the door after getting our pokemon back from nurse Joy. But when we walked through the door the world seemed to dissolve around us. After that we woke up at the Jusenkyo springs". "Interesting" Said Genma.

"Meow" everyone looked down to see a cat standing in the door. "Oh hi shampoo" Said Akene "need some hot water?". The cat did something that resembled nodding and Akene left. 2 minutes later she was back with a bucket full of hot water and, not wasting any time, dumped it on the cats head which abruptly turned back into Shampoo. "Thank you" she said walking over to the couch and sitting down next to Dylan. "Nice to see new boy again" said shampoo cheerfully. Dylan just blushed and became very interested in the air in front of his face.

Shampoo smiled and tried again "I see you have new friends. What Dylan been up to?". Dylan started polishing his sword. Shampoo frowned and tried once again to get Dylan’s attention. "So you have sword now. It really pretty" said shampoo looking at the pattern shaped like a dragon that ran up the side of the blade. Dylan just kept polishing the sword \\ come on Shampoo stop bugging me. She is cute though \\ Dylan shook the thought out of his head and continued his polishing. By now Shampoo was looking vary mad and everyone but Dylan who didn’t even notice backed away.

"THATS IT, IF DYLAN IGNORE, ME I KICK BUTT" shampoo pulled out two club things that looked like iron balls on the ends of sticks. "WHAAA" Dylan yelled as he jumped away leaving shampoo to turn the couch into just o so many toothpicks. "Whoa calm down Shampoo" said Dylan while instinctively raising his sword into the guard position and taking a wide stance with one foot behind the other. "No tell Shampoo CALM DOWN" she said running toward Dylan swinging both clubs down in a wide arc. Dylan just barely had time the block the blow and the next and the next. "What ….are …you …doing …Shampoo!!" said Dylan emphasizing each word between blows. The purple hared girl just kept attacking and Dylan kept blocking. The pokemon, not wanting to get hit, backed away to the edges of the yard.

Then something happened. Dylan’s Sword began to glow a faint blue color. Everyone noticed this except for Shampoo and Dylan who where too busy fighting. "What’s happening?" asked Ranma as the sword glowed brighter and brighter. "I’m not Sure" said Akene "but look!!!!!". She pointed at Dylan and everyone looked. As the blade grew brighter and hotter Dylan movements Grew more fluid and controlled. It was as is the sword where giving him the ability to fight better. Then with a yell Dylan went on the offensive. He swung the sword around in a wide arc and when Shampoo tried to block her weapons where cut cleanly in half. As she stared at the two smoking pieces of wood Dylan let loose a flying roundhouse kick and pegged Shampoo right in the side of the head. She fell over, unconscious and defeated. After a couple seconds the swords glow faded and Dylan collapsed onto the ground unconscious as well.

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Shampoo sat bolt upright in the bed she was in. "Ah, you’re awake, finally". She looked over to find Kasumi sitting beside the bed. "How I get here?" "you blacked out after Dylan kicked you. You’ve been unconscious for twelve hours". "Twelve houres? What bout Dylan? He beat me yes?" "yes". Shampoo stood up and looked around. "Where he go?" "right over there" said Kasumi pointing to the bed on the other side of the room "He blacked out just after you did".

Shampoo walked over to the other bed and looked down at Dylan. "He beat me?" "yes" "how? He tell me back at restaurant he never fight for real in life". "Maybe he’s just practiced using a sword before. But something strange happened that you, for some reason, never noticed. The more determined he was to beat you the more skilled he got and the brighter and hotter the sword glowed. He mentioned that the sword was enchanted. Maybe he subconsciously drew energy from the sword, because not even he knew that it was glowing".

Dylan’s eyes slowly opened and the first thing he saw was Shampoo’s face sitting just inches from his. Then, without warning, she leaned down and kissed him. His eyes shot open in a flash and he jumped so high he hit his head of the ceiling knocking himself senseless. Shampoo giggled and her and Kasumi carried the still dazed Dylan downstairs.

Ranma looked up as they entered the living room. Nobody else was there but him. "Nice to see you up and about Shampoo but is he awake?". Shampoo giggled again and nodded. "Then why are you carrying him?" "he hit his head on he ceiling" said Kasumi while she and shampoo put Dylan on the newly repaired couch. "How did he do that?" "Shampoo kissed him". Shampoo turned as red as one of Ash’s pokeballs. Ranma smiled, "yah, that would make anybody hit the roof".

Then sudden realization flew from the sky and hit Ranma square in the face. "Did you just say she kissed him?". Kasumi nodded and Shampoo turned an even deeper shade of red. "But that means…that Shampoo would have to marry him. But…she’s already engaged to me. Aren’t you?" Ranma said turning towards Shampoo. She shook her head violently. "No, new boy beat me so I pick one and kiss. I pick Dylan because you already engaged". "Wow Shampoo, why the sudden change of heart? You’re always chasing me". Shampoo just blushed again and became rather interested in a bird perched in the yard.

It was then that Dylan’s eyes lost their glassy look and he sat up rubbing his head. "Shampoo, why did you kiss me?" he said looking at her. Shampoo smiled and latched onto Dylan’s arm. "Engagement kiss. When we old enough you have marry me" "WHA". Dylan wrenched his arm free while saying "ill talk later. Right now I have some thinking to do". And then in a feat of acrobatics that surprised everyone, including him, Dylan ran out the door and jumped onto the roof. \\ Whoa! How did I do that? \\ he drew his sword and sat down. \\ Is this sword really how I beat Shampoo? Did I somehow harness it’s energy? I mean how else could I have beaten her. Surely not from skill or pure dumb luck \\ . Dylan sighed and sheathed the sword again. \\ And now I have to marry her. Well the only downside to that is I don’t know her that well yet. Well I cant say that, I mean, I’ve read about her quite a bit on the net, but still… I don’t know. She is pretty and fairly nice in her bizarre amazon way. I don’t know. I probably would have liked her even if she didn’t give me that engagement kiss.

Dylan heard a thump and then footsteps. When he turned around to see what it was there was Shampoo walking toward him. "Hi Shampoo" he said as she sat down beside him. "Hi Dylan" she said siting down next to him. "What you thinking bout?" "everything and nothing at the same time". "I not understand" "neither do I. I guess I’m just confused about this whole ordeal. About being here, about being cursed twice over, about being engaged to you, but most of all about this sword". Dylan shook his head. "I just don’t know. I’m… so confused". "What mean cursed twice over" "I have a Jusenkyo curse and I can never go home". Shampoo looked as if she had been hit by a train. "I sorry" "no it’s okay. I’m starting to get used to it. I still miss my friends and family though". As he said this tears threatened to spill out of Dylan’s eyes.

They sat in silence for a while looking at the stars. Then Shampoo looked at Dylan. "Dylan like Shampoo" she asked. Dylan blushed and said "In what way?". "Do you like me. Do you think Shampoo pretty? You interested in engagement? Does Dylan like Shampoo?". Dylan turned the deepest shade of red possible for a human before answering. "Well when you put it that way I guess I’d have to say yes". Shampoo smiled and grasped him in a huge bear-hug. Dylan, surprisingly, stopped blushing and returned the hug. After a while they broke apart and looked at each other.

It was then a bucket full of ice water decided to land on Dylan’s head. Now transformed Dylan looked down of the roof. There, standing in the yard, was Nibiki. "Why did you do that?" said Dylan on the verge of yelling. "Genma said he would pay me ten dollars if I did it". Seconds later she was face to face with a very angry Dylan and Shampoo. "Uhhhhhhh" she said sweat-dropping "it was an accident?". "Ill teach you a lesson FOR RUINING MY DAY" yelled Dylan. "STUPID DUMMY" yelled Shampoo holding up a new pair of iron club things. "AHHHHHHHH" Screamed Nibiki as Dylan and Shampoo began chasing her fully intent on tying her up in a tree or some other high place and then cutting the rope.

Back inside Genma watched the spectacle through the window. "Looks like one of Nibiki’s attempts at making money finally failed with disastrous results". He cringed at the sound of a tied-up Nibiki hitting the ground head first.

"That really hurt" whined Nibiki as she stood up rubbing her head. "Well then next time you decide to ruin my day keep that in mind" said Dylan. "Now if you don’t mind I’m going to get some hot water and then go to bed". Dylan spun on her heel and went into the house, Shampoo following close behind.

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"What else do you suppose it can do?" said Kasumi. It was the next day and everyone except Dylan, Ranma and Shampoo where in the living room. They where Discussing what they had seen the sword do the previous day. "We cant be sure it does anything else at all" said Soun " all we do know is that he can somehow draw on the energies of the sword. And he has to learn how to control these properly or we may may have big problems". "What would you know about problems dad" said Akene "you always run away from yours". Soun’s eyes started watering and he muttered something incoherent.

"*YAWN* good morning", everyone looked up to see Dylan, Ranma and Shampoo coming down the stairs. Ranma looked at Soun and sighed \\ man he’s crying AGAIN \\ . Ranma sat down on the couch and, since the was no room left on the couch, Dylan and Shampoo sat down on the floor. "Dylan, we where just discussing that sword of yours" said Genma. "My sword? What about it?" he said drawing it from it’s sheath and putting it on the coffee table. "Last night" began Kasumi "when you fought Shampoo the sword started glowing and so did you’re eyes. This glow seemed to give you the power and ability to defeat Shampoo. The brighter it glowed the better fighter you became. I’m guessing that you drew on the energy of the sword, it is enchanted of course. And it also seemed to have some more permanent effects. In case you havent noticed you look different". Dylan had a puzzled expression but he looked at himself. "WHA!!!!" he yelled, what he saw was different from how he had been the previous day. He was more muscular then before. "W-what happened? I’m… different". "You also remember being able to jump onto the roof yesterday. It also seemes to have increased you’re skill in the martial arts".

Dylan stood up and walked outside. "Where you going?" said Shampoo standing up and following. "I’m testing Kasumi’s theory about me subconsciously learning martial arts" he replied. He took aim at the fence and punched. The board he had aimed at splintered into toothpicks under the blow. The shards landed in the pond scarring the fish. Everyone including Dylan stared at the broken board dumbfounded. "Whoa" he said backing up and tripping into the fish pond in the process causing him to transform. She jumped out and shook the water out of her hair. Not bothering to fetch any hot water Dylan sat back down in the living room. Shampoo soon followed sitting down next to her.

"I guess it really did improve my skill but how". "I’m not sure but I hope we can figure it out" Said Kasumi. Ash looked up at Dylan and said "power level". "what do you mean Ash?" asked Akene. Dylan seemed to understand and she said "power level. The amount of energy you’re body holds, what Ash means is that the sword raised my Strength by quite a bit and as a result my skill in the martial arts also increased. Skill and power go hand in hand with each other when it comes to martial arts. At least that’s how I understand it". Genma considered this "It’s a possibility we cant rule out".

"Dylan’s right" said a voice from outside. Everyone turned to see a glowing ball of light hovering in the yard. Nobody was even remotely surprised considering all the wired stuff that had been happening. "What are you and why are you here?" said Brock. "I’m here to tell you something. Dylan I am the one who gave you the sword and brought you, Ash, Misty and Brock here. Yes the sword was responsible for the change in you. It only effects you once though. The way it worked is a bit different from what you theorized though. When you used the sword for the first time a magical trigger I placed there was activated. It is true that power level and martial skill usually increase hand in hand but not when affected directly. So it was one trigger for two effects. One, to teach you all you needed to know about martial arts and two, to increase the power level in you’re body. The energy increase always has visible results. However, now that the sword has taught you all you need to know the magic of that particular spell is gone. In time you will learn how to access the energy of the sword like the trigger did before".

Dylan just sat there digesting this information. "Ok that settles that, now, if you please would you tell us why you brought me, Ash, Brock and misty here in the first place?". Yes I can, but there is a legend that goes along with the explination. Do you mind?" "no, I’ve played enough Zelda mes to be used to that sort of thing". "Good, now here is how it all began. Long ago" "in a distant land!" put in Ash. "No just long ago. Anyway, long ago there was an evil wizard who wanted to destroy the world and turn it into a realm of fire and chaos. However he did not have enough power to realize his twisted dreams. Then one day he discovered an ancient scroll that would allow him to harness the power of daemons without it destroying him. You see normally if you harness the power of daemons it will destroy you within a month. So he began to perform the ritual the scroll described.

Fortunately I caught word of what he was up to and went to stop him. I managed to reach his lair but it was to late. He had completed the ritual. The power transformed him into a horrible monster of fire radiating evil light. I decided that it was either my life or the world.

I attacked him and a great battle ensued. I seemed to have the upper hand a first but as he gained power I lost that advantage. Just as I was about to be defeated I tore open the very fabric of reality and sent him to the limbo gap between dimensions. But before he disappeared he sealed me in a sphere of hellfire and trapped me in the bowels of the earth. Knowing that he would some day escape I began gathering energy and looking for a reality that held people with the potential to destroy that evil man. I finally found a dimension with people that had the potential. I gathered up enough energy but opening a dimensional tunnel through over a hundred dimensional vectors without unraveling reality in difficult.

It took me ten thousand years to prepare…" "wait" said Dylan "how can you still be alive then?". "Part of my punishment is that I can never grow old or die well in this accused ball. Anyway, it took me ten thousand years to gather the energy. Then I found someone who actually wanted to go on an adventure like this, I found you. I waited for five years until you where ready. Then I sent you that message knowing you would answer it. As for Ash, Misty and Brock I brought them as well to help you. Their dimension isn’t as far away as yours so it only took 4 days to gather the energy. Now the time is come for you to prepare because in three years time the daemon wizard will be free".

Everyone considered this, "what is the evil wizards name?" asked Ranma. "His name is Cappa Shathon. Now I must leave you, I cant maintain this connection any longer". With that the glowing ball disappeared and with it the voice. Everyone sat there thinking. Then Ranma looked around at everyone present and said "well lookes like we have to get training". "I’m coming to" said Akene. "Me to" said Shampoo. "Then it’s settled" said Dylan "in three years the seven of us fight. No one else". Everyone except those who where already decided on going didn’t seem to care.

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"Come on you can do better then that" yelled Ranma throwing another punch at Dylan which he dodged by jumping into the air. "Why don’t you try to hit me?" Because you would do the same thing I’m doing" said Dylan landing neatly on the roof of the dojo, it was about a week after the glowing ball had shown up in the yard and Dylan was having a sparring mach with Ranma. Ranma jumped onto the roof and started chasing Dylan around in circles. "Stop dodging and fight" said Ranma "ok" said Dylan while Spinning around and pegging Ranma right in the face with a flying roundhouse kick. The same move that had defeated Shampoo only less powerful.

It still had enough punch to it to send Ranma flying into the wall of the house though. "Ugh, I didn’t expect you to actually attack" groaned Ranma while slowly sliding down to the ground. "It’s simple really" said Dylan jumping off the roof of the dojo and helping Ranma up. "You where to busy asking me to attack that you weren’t prepared for when I actually did. You’re more experienced then me, you should have known that". "Don’t rub it in" grumbled Ranma rubbing his sore back. "Hey, just thought you would like to know".

After a few more minutes they went back inside. The second they stepped inside Shampoo ran up and tackled Dylan. "Hi Dylan" she said cheerfully "You no forget what happen a wee ago right?". Dylan rolled his eyes, Shampoo had been reminding him once every day about him being engaged to her. "Look Shampoo, with all the wired things that have been happening it’s hard to forget anything. With all the weight on my shoulders lately remembering I have a Chinese amazon for a girlfriend is small change". Shampoo grinned latching firmly onto Dylan’s left arm. "I guess Dylan have point" she said.

"Um Shampoo?" said Dylan "Yes?". "Unless you forgot we are going to eat supper. Ant I need you to let go of my arm before we can eat". Shampoo let go of Dylan’s arm and the three of them went to the kitchen…and walked right in on Bock and Kasumi while in the middle kissing each other.