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

"Did we miss something?" asked Ranma. Needless to say Brock and Kasumi where embarrassed. "Um…well" said Brock turning several shades of red. Kasumi was uncharacteristically blushing as well. "Were waiting" said Dylan. "I think I hear geodude whining that he’s hungry" said Brock running from he room. "And I need to run to the store to buy some cheese" said Kasumi also running out. "But…Geodude’s in his pokeball… and we bought cheese yesterday" Said Ranma as he, Dylan and Shampoo chased after Brock and Kasumi.

"Come on tell" yelled Shampoo. They rounded a corner out in the back yard and Brock and Kasumi weren’t there. "Where did they go?" Said Dylan looking around. They where about to leave when Dylan spotted Brock’s foot sticking out from behind a bush. "Yep they aren’t here" said Dylan secretly indicating to Shampoo and Ranma where Brock and Kasumi where hiding. They went around the corner and hid.

"They gone?" whispered Brock to Kasumi. She peeked out of the bush and nodded. They slowly climbed out of the bush and headed toward the corner of the house. Just as they rounded the corner though Dylan, Shampoo and Ranma jumped out and surrounded them. "Ok Kasumi" said Ranma "what’s going on and why are you trying to hide it?". She and Brock sighed, "ok we’ll tell you" said Brock.

"After we met and Kasumi said she thought I was cute she was being serious. You see later that day when I followed her into the kitchen we realized we had a lot in comon. (Ok look, I’m not going to explain this in detail so here’s the short and sweet version. Brock and Kasumi both cook, clean and do other things similar all the time. Not to mention they both enjoy doing it. They also both don’t have a jealous of uncompassionate bone in their body. The only big differences really are that obviously ones a girl and ones a boy and unlike Kasumi Brook isn’t cheerful twenty-four seven (Brock also has that squinty deal with his eyes). I just figured they would be perfect for each other. Ok so maybe the explanation isn’t that short but hey…it’s a lot shorter then Brock’s would have been) "And that’s how we found out we liked each other" finished Kasumi. Somehow during the ridiculously long explanation full of hum’s and haw’s they had found their way into the living room (Ok I know were seeing a lot of the living room. But that’s going to change soon so don’t worry. Can’t exactly train to fight a daemon wizard in a living room). "*Sniff* That’s so romantic". Everyone turned around to see Soun sitting there on the stairs crying. Ranma rolled his eyes but chose to ignore the fact that Soun was crying AGAIN.

"Dad" said Kasumi turning red "how long have you been there?". "Since you came in here" he said. "Maybe in the morning we should leave to find some other place to train" said Ranma. "I agree" said Dylan, "this place is turning into one big nuthouse". "Nuthouse?" said Soun quizzically. "Think about it for a second. With all the things that have been happening maybe it would be easier to go somewhere else". They stood up and went back to the kitchen where everyone was already waiting for supper. Over supper they agreed to go somewhere else for training. So the next day Dylan, Shampoo, Ranma, Akene, Ash, Brock and Misty would be laving but they couldn’t decide where to go.

"We could go back to china again" said Ranma. "No I want to go to france" said Misty. "How about Britain" said Brock. They continued arguing over where to go for a while. "Hey Dylan" said Ash "you haven’t said anything. Where do you think we should go". Dylan thought for a second and then said "Egypt". Everyone considered this for a minute. Finally Misty said "why Egypt?". Dylan shrugged "I don’t know. Just seamed like a good idea at the time. Not sure why though". Nobody seemed to find a problem with Egypt so in the morning that’s where they would go.

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"There’s Cairo" said Dylan pointing out the window of the plane. Everyone turned in their various seats and looked out the windows. From how high the plane still was even on final approach it was difficult to see the sandy colored buildings but the activity in the streets and markets was hard to miss. The plane was soon grouded and he seven companions had soon disembarked.

After a good few hours of wandering around the city (not to mention the stares they got). The seven companions checked into a hotel. They ended up with three rooms connected by those doors that lead from room to room. Even with that large amount of rooms a problem still arose. "Ok we have a problem" said Ash "there are seven of uss and six beds. So two of us are going to have too sleep in the same bed". "Why not Ranma and Akene" said Dylan. "NO WAY YOU NUTCASE" yelled Akene. Ranma just shook his head. "How about Ash and Misty?" said Brock. He was rewarded with several lumps on the head from Ash and Misty punching him.

Shampoo smiled "I no mind sleep with Dylan". I wouldn’t mind that. But," he walked over to Shampoo and whispered something in her ear. He looked up and said "no I think Ash and Misty would be a great idea. Brock looked Confused "but you just said…" Brock was rewarded with an elbow to the gut and a whispered "don’t you get it!?" from Dylan. "Oh" muttered Brock doubling over in pain. Ash and Misty watched all this getting madder and madder. Dylan walked around to each person in turn, except for ash and misty, and told them something. When he was done he and shampoo went to the room on the left and closed their side of the connecting door and Ranma and Akene did the same with the room to the right. That left Brock who quickly claimed one of the two beds in the room all to himself.

Ash and Misty’s angry expressions where replaced with ones of confusion. "Well" said Brock looking up from the book he was reading "looks like you two are stuck with each other. He then set the book down and went to sleep leaving Ash and Misty standing there.

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After much argument over who would get which side of the bed Ash and Misty had finally settled down. Misty was sitting up and starring idly at the ceiling fan when Ash looked over and said something. "Misty, do you really still follow me because of you’re stupid bike?". "What?" she said startled at the question. "You heard me" said Ash. Misty considered his question for a second then replied "I’m not sure". Ash sat up and looked Misty right in the eyes and said "Yes you are sure. Now please just answer the question".

Misty thought for a while longer then said "no". Ash laid back down and mumbled "thought so". "Why did you ask that Ash?" "I’m not sure. I was just wondering I guess" "oh". Misty went back to starring at the ceiling fan. This time Misty asked the question first. "Why do you think I still follow you?" she said. Ash shrugged, "I don’t know. Don’t ask me how you’re mind works". "What’s that supposed to mean" "that I haven’t the slightest clue why you follow me and that I also don’t know why I want you to follow me". Ash clamped his hand over his mouth realizing he had said to much.

Misty just sat there looking stunned. "You… want me to stay with you?" she said looking at Ash. Ash sat up and looked at Misty again. "Ok I admit it. Yes I like that you hang around. You’ve been a lot of help and am one of my best friends. So yes I don’t want you to ever leave". Misty considered what he said \\ maybe he’s not as insensitive as I thought \\ . "Um… I never thought you felt that way" said Misty. "I guess I just never gathered up enough courage to tell you before". They sat there for a while blushing as red as the pokeballs sitting on the bedside table. Then something clicked and Ash leaned forward and kissed Misty. Both of them where surprised at this but soon got used to it. They sat there for about a minute before breaking apart. "Misty?" "yes Ash?" "I love you" "I love you to Ash". They leaned forward and kissed each other again.

Back outside on the window ledge there was Dylan and Ranma. "Well Dylan" said Ranma "looks like you’re plan worked perfectly". Dylan nodded and they went back to their own rooms. As Dylan climbed back in through the window Shampoo looked up. "Did plan work?" she asked walking up to Dylan. "Perfectly" he replied smiling. Shampoo smiled as well and kissed Dylan who turned bright red. Shampoo giggled and Dylan suggested they should go to bed. Shampoo agreed and soon all seven companions where asleep in their respective rooms.

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It was sometime in the afternoon the next day and everyone was taking a tour of the great pyramid of Giza. "Stay close" said the guide "if you get lost in this part of the pyramid you will never escape". They where in a passage filled with hieroglyphs near the bottom of the pyramid. They would go off into the desert to train tomorrow but for the time being they where enjoying the sights. The passageway ended in one of the burial chambers.

They all got a good look at the chamber but when they turned to leave the door was gone. "That’s never happened before" said the guide backing away from where the door used to be. "I don’t like this" said Dylan reaching for his sword. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS HAPPENING". Everyone turned around to see Brock Backing away from the wall. The reason he was backing away was that the stone in the floor where sinking into the ground. One after another the stones sank and disappeared until everyone was standing on a small pillar of stones left near where the entrance should have been.

Then the stone beneath Ranma disappeared. He fell screaming into the pit. The stones kept disappearing until only the guide remained. "Hellooooooooooo" he yelled down into the pit. But the paving stones reappeared and so did the door. Alone and afraid the guide hightailed it out of the pyramid at top speed.

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Everyone woke up to find themselves lying in the sand. Dylan stood up rubbing his head and looked around. "Where are we?" he said. Everyone else stood up while dusting themselves off. "I’m not sure but look!" said Brock pointing to the left. Everyone turned to see a city. In the center of the city was a huge palace. "It looks like Cairo but what’s with the palace?" said Akene. Ranma turned toward the city and started walking while saying "I don’t know, but maybe someone in town can help us".

Everyone headed into town but there was something odd. As they walked through the streets people kept starring at them. Then Akene realized what was wrong. "Where are all the cars? And the tourists?". "you’re right" said Brock looking around "I don’t see any of that anywhere". Everyone stopped and looked around. "No cars, no tourists, and the peoples clothes are funny even by Egyptian standards" said Misty. Dylan felt something touch the little bag of money he had hanging from his belt. He spun around and grabbed the little boy who had been trying to steal his things by the scruff of the neck. everyone in the street backed away several paces. "Ok kid drop it" Dylan said. Putting on an innocent face the boy said "drop what sir?". "The money you took from my wallet". The boys face fell and he handed Dylan back the coins he had took.

Dylan put the coins back where they belonged and set the kid down. He couldn’t have been more then eight years old. "So kid" said Dylan looking down at him "why did you do that?". The boy scuffed the toe of his sandals on the ground and muttered something. Dylan thought for a second then said "ok I’ll let it slide this time. But don’t let me catch you doing that again". The kid spun around and bolted. Shampoo looked around at the people starring at their little group. "What you looking at?" she growled threateningly. Everyone went back to what they had been doing before the incident had occurred.

The seven companions continued on looking for someone who could help them. One man was particularly bizarre. He was a merchant selling camels. "Excuse me sir" said Dylan "But can you tell us where the nearest visitors center is?". "I don’t know of what you speak" said the merchant looking at Shampoo "but I would trade a camel for the girl". He was rewarded with a two huge whacks to the head. One from Dylan and one from Shampoo. "That happens often" said the merchant rubbing his head.

"I give up" said Ash sitting down on a stone at the side of the street. Everyone seemed to agree and sat down on other rocks next to Ash’s. "We’ve been looking for hours and we haven’t found anything" said Misty rubbing her feet. Then something like a Trumpet sounded in the not to far down the street. The seven friends stood back up and looked down the street. There, about two hundred feet away, was one of those palanquin things. One of those platforms that where carried by for people. The where two men riding it. One dressed in all sorts of gold clothing and the other in what seemed to be ceremonial robes. The palanquin was flanked front, back and on either side by soldiers carrying long, curved, semitars. Everyone in the street except for the seven companions went down on their knees and began bowing.

What appeared to be an officer saw this and halted the small group in front of where the companions were standing. The man walked straight up to Dylan. "Why are you not bowing" he snarled. Dylan just crossed his arms. "I asked you a question". Dylan snorted and said "why would we bow?". The man reeled back as if Dylan had punched him in the face. "You know why" he said starring daggers at Dylan. The man dressed in gold began talking to the man wearing the robes. "No I don’t know why. Would you care to enlighten me?" said Dylan. The man snorted "all must bow in the presence of the pharaoh" he said. "And I should be impressed… why?". The soldier walked up to Dylan again saying "one more comment like that and I will kill you". "Oh really?" said Dylan drawing himself up to his full height and for the first time the man noticed Dylan was at least one foot taller then him. The Soldier backed away again.

Then the men riding the palanquin got off of the silly looking thing and walked up to where the companions stood. "That will be quite enough captain" said the man in gold. The soldier backed off and retook his place in front of the other soldiers. "Greetings" said the man in gold to the seven companions "I am the pharaoh. I have been expecting you. Come, follow us, my friend here will explain everything" said the man in gold.

It turned out that the man wearing the robes was some kind of priest. On the way to the palace he explained everything to the companions. "You are wondering why you are here" began the priest "first of all the reason we found you was because of a prophecy inscribed on the walls of a temple just outside the city. It said that when darkness spreads in the tome of the good pharaoh seven mighty heroes from the future of another world will come to drive the darkness back. We believe you seven to be those heroes. For a great time of need is upon us. About a month ago, out of the east, came a force that wiped out cities, destroyed families and killed many innocent people. What has come is truly evil. A warrior so consumed by hate that the dark gods granted him power, the power to destroy humanity. He and his followers will stop at nothing to destroy all that is built here. We sent entire armies to combat this threat but they would not stop. Our armies where torn to shreds, broken and disgraced the few warriors that remained alive just barely made it home, only to descend into madness. I and the pharaoh went to the temple to consult the prophesy and ask the gods for help. Our prayers have apparently been answered because after we departed the temple we found you".

Everyone thought about what the priest had told them. Then, turning to the priest, Misty said "what is the pharaohs name?". The Priest looked at misty then simply said "Yami". Something about that name rung a bell in the back of Dylan’s mind but he couldn’t place why. He shrugged it off because they had reached the palace. The huge gates slowly swung open and everyone went through. Yami announced that that night there would be a feast in honor of the arrival of the heroes.

They where all given rooms to stay in. Ranma and Akene shared one room, Dylan and Shampoo shared one, Ash and Misty shared one and Brock had one to himself. Dylan walked out onto the balcony that was part of the room and looked up at the stars. For some strange reason the name Yami kept nagging at the back of his mind. Then it hit him, Yami was the name of the good Pharaoh from the Yu-gi-oh TV show.

\\ Could it be the same person? \\ thought Dylan. \\ It is possible, I mean, with all the other bizarre things that have been happening I wouldn’t doubt it \\ . Dylan heard footsteps and turned around to see shampoo come on to the balcony. She leaned against the railing next to Dylan and looked up at the stars as well. "This place pretty" she said. Dylan nodded and said "to bad the corruption of future pharaohs brought it down. I know who Yami is. He is one of the few uncorrupt pharaohs to rule". Shampoo considered this for a second then asked "how you know who Yami is?" "well… do you remember how I told you that in my world you’re a TV show character?". Shampoo nodded. "Well Yami is to" he said looking down at Shampoo.

Dylan and Shampoo heard the door open and walked back into the room. A young woman came in and set two wooden boxes on one of the tables. She looked up and explained that the boxes had new clothes for them and she said the feast would be at sundown. They opened the boxes and put on the clothes. Dylan had white pants and a whit tunic made out of some kind of silk, a black vest and boots and a long crimson cape with a gold clasp. Shampoo had a red gown with one of those gold plated necklaces the Egyptians wore.

"I look silly" said Shampoo looking at the dress. "No you don’t" said Dylan "you’re just not used to wearing dresses". Shampoo shrugged and they went down to where the feast would be. When they got there they noticed that everyone else also had the same clothes as Dylan and shampoo only in different colors. Ash’s boots and vest where red, his shirt and pants where green and his cape was maroon (Yah I know these egyptians have no sense of fashion sometimes). Brock’s boots and vest where gray, his shirt and pants where brown and his cape was white. Ranma’s boots and vest where yellow, his shirt and pants where blue and his cape was brown. Misty’s gown was blue and Akene’s was green.

The doors to the dining hall opened and everyone went in. The companions where met with applause as the many guests (I wont explain their cloths because there’s about a hundred of them) saw them enter. The companions made their way to the head table and sat there with Yami. Nobody seem to mind that Ash had pikachu on his shoulder. Maybe they just expected heroes to have some wired things.

Yami stood up and everyone quieted down. He held up his arms and went into a long speech about prophesies and how the companions were there to save Egypt. Everyone looked like they where listening but they could tell even Yami was unaccustomed to giving long speeches. After he finished the food was brought in and everyone began eating what passed for normal for them. Dylan in particular shied away from the fried scarabs. The drinks where good though. They where some kind of alcohol though and not many people picked up on this very fast and Ash and Misty didn’t realize this at all. So by the end about half the people present where about a dozen or so drinks south of sober.

One thing everyone learned about Ash and Misty though was that they really liked each other. They had been trying to hide the fact that they where boyfriend and girlfriend but the drinks took their common sense away in a hurry. It was especially funny when Ash took up a dare to kiss misty in front of everyone. But eventually everyone left and went to bed.

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"Ohhhhh my head" grumbled Ash walking out into the training yard the next day. Yami had insisted that they learn how to fight better before the evil wizards army showed up. Misty was just behind his and was rubbing her head as well. "Hangover?" said Dylan chuckling. He was sitting on top of one of those poles you balance on while doing staff fighting. "Ah shut-up" grumbled Ash taking his hand away from his head. Dylan smiled and said "I take it you don’t remember most of the feast?" "no" "well lets just say the secret about you and misty is out". "So everyone knows that she’s my girlfriend?". Dylan just nodded. Then he looked at Misty. He could sense something… different about her.

He shook the feeling off as Yami and several of his soldiers walked into the yard. "Good morning everyone" said Yami. The seven companions just nodded. "Now then" continued Yami "today we will prepare for the upcoming battle. Now" he said turning toward one of the higher ranking soldiers "you stand over in the sword ring". He obayed and went into the large, round and shallow pit. Yami then turned to Dylan and said "this is my best swordsman, go down there and see how you do against him it a fight". Dylan jumped off of the pole and into the ring drawing his sword in the process.

The second Dylan landed the soldier charged swinging his own sword down. Dylan blocked the blow and threw a slash to the left which the soldier blocked. The soldier then brought his sword around low at Dylan’s legs. Dylan jumped and landed on the flat part of the sword effectively pinning it to the ground. Then he knocked the man backwards wit his signature roundhouse kick. Dylan pointed the tip of his sword at the mans throat and said "you loose". He drew the blade back and sheathed it. Then he helped the man up.

Yami clapped and said "very good, you may be one of the most skilled warriors I have ever seen". Dylan smiled and scratched the back of his head. The rest of the day was spent teaching the people who had never learned how to fight hand to hand the basics of hand to hand combat using a sword. Ash didn’t understand why though. He did have his pokemon right? When he brought this issue up with Yami he shook his head and said "you cant always rely on those creatures you train. I myself can summon something called the dark magician but I don’t totally rely on him to fight".

The next couple days where pretty much the same but on the fourth day they heard an alarm sound. "The enemy is here" said Yami. Everyone ran inside and gathered up their weapons. Then, once they where ready, they all went outside and through the gates of the palace. Yami was waiting for them at the head of his own army. They marched to the outskirts of the city and finally saw the evil host of enemies they had to face. There where all sorts of bizarre creatures. Most seemed to have been men at one point or another. There where legions of walking skeletons and zombies, massive creatures with jackal heads carrying huge scythes, writhing masses of ghoul’s, mummies riding giant misshapen lizard creatures and all sorts of other foul creatures. But at the head of the army on a huge black war-horse there was a huge man in black armor and the head of a wolf. Yami looked grim as he said "lord malazar’s daemon host has arrived". Then the terrifying army charged.