Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Flying Away ❯ The Beginning of a New Journey ( Chapter 3 )

A Dragon Ball GT - Pokémon Crossover

Disclaimers: As much as I may *want* to claim ownership of these two productions, I can't because both Dragon Ball Z and Pokémon belong to a whole lot of different companies that I can't remember the names of at the moment. Any characters (human or Pokémon) that appear in this fic that are not a part of either original series, belong to me so don't take them without asking first.

Flying Away
Chapter 3: The Beginning of a New Journey
By: Raven Star
(rinoa_lionhart@hotmail.com)

{ } Pokémon Language

Author's Notes: This story takes place about 1 year after Dragon Ball GT, and a few months after 'Mewtwo Strikes Back!' and some time before 'The Return of Mewtwo'. Gohan, Trunks, Bra, Pan, and Goten have their tails back.
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~Outskirts of Pallet Town~

Pan, Ash, Misty and Brock stood on the outskirts of town near the steps that led up to the to the Pokémon Research Lab. As they made their good-byes to everyone, it seemed that the entire town of Pallet had come to see the small group off, and give Pan words of encouragement on her journey, as they all waited for Professor Oak to come down.

A few seconds later, the sound of a door opening reached their ears, as they all looked up to see Professor Oak making his way down the steps from the lab, with Tracey behind him. As the two came closer, everyone could see that Tracey was carrying something in his arms that was wrapped up.

"Well now, Pan." Professor Oak said, as he walked up to her, giving a fond smile, as he looked her over. "I see that you are all ready to set out into the world. Do you have everything you need?"

"Yep, I've got it all in here," Pan said as she patted her backpack, as she shouldered it, feeling the hard metal case that held her dynocaps. "I think that this trip would be a piece of cake, right guys?" she asked as she turned her attention on Nebula and Giru. "I'm not missing anything am I?"

"No. You've already packed everything that you may need in your backpack, along with the dynocaps," Giru responded as he floated next to her.

"Pika pika. {Everything's already all packed and stored in your dynocaps.}" Nebula said cheerfully as she grinned up at Pan, giving her a thumbs up.

"Good," Pan said, while smiling at the two for a moment, Pan glanced down at her new Pokédex for a few seconds, as she turned around to sit on a nearby tree stump to fiddle with it.

"Let's see how this thing works," she said, before flipping the lid on it to show the view screen. Pushing a button on the panel to pull up her id, a picture of her giving the camera a victory sign with her left hand, appeared on the screen just as a computerized voice chimed in.

*BEEP!!*

*HELLO, MY NAME IS VEGA 1. I BELONG TO POKÉMON TRAINER PAN SON FROM PALLET TOWN. IF I AM LOST OR STOLEN, I CAN NOT BE REPLACED. PLEASE REFER TO PROFESSOR OAK FOR MORE INFORMATION.*

"Vega?" Pan asked, as one of her eyebrows raised in question as she turned her gaze back towards Professor Oak.

"Yes well, Giru helped a lot in the programming of your Pokédex, and came up with the name for it." Professor Oak said as he glanced at the robot for a moment. "Looks like I won't be seeing you again for awhile, Giru."

"Will be seeing you again soon, Professor Oak." Giru responded cheerfully as friendly as he reached out with one arm towards Oak.

"I just bet I will," Oak said, chuckling a bit, as he reached out to gently squeeze Giru's small hand for a moment before releasing it, as he continued, "Though, I'm a little reluctant to see him go. He's a great help in the lab and with my research, and he's the only being I've met who can actually give me a real challenge in a good old game of chess."

"Okay, well, then let's see what the Pokédex has to say about you, Nebula," Pan said as she pointed her Pokédex directly at Nebula who sat patiently on the ground next to Pan, as it's electronic voice instantly came up.

*BEEP!!*

*PIKACHU, THE MOUSE POKÉMON OF THE ELECTRIC ELEMENT. LVL 35, FEMALE. IT RAISES ITS TAIL TO CHECK ITS SURROUNDINGS. THE TAIL IS SOMETIMES STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN THIS POSE.*

'Level 35? That's a good start for her.' Pan thought silently to herself as she put away her Pokédex, 'Though, I would have thought it'd be higher than that by now.'

"What was that? How come the Pokédex was doing levels and gender?" Ash's voice asked, after listening to the Pokédex's entry response to Nebula, cutting into Pan's thoughts, "I've never heard *my* Pokédex do that before, in all the time I've had it."

"It does now Ash," Professor Oak said with a small grin on his features, as he glanced at the younger boy, "I'm upgrading all of the Pokédex's, so that they all have that special feature."

"Is this what you guys been working on for the last couple of weeks in the lab, Professor?" Pan asked as she stared at the older man.

"Thanks to Giru's help, now your Pokédex's can list the power levels and gender of any Pokémon you may come across." Shaking his head as he a grin spread across his lips, Professor Oak quickly explained, "Also, the Pokédex's will now list information on the hundred new Pokémon that have been recently discovered around the world, with a special new feature installed as well."

"Thanks a lot, Professor Oak," Pan said as she put the Pokédex into her backpack, and slung the straps of her backpack onto her shoulders, securing it into place, as she bent down to pick up Nebula.

"And here's your Pokédex back too, Ash," Professor Oak said as he turned towards Ash, and handed him his own Pokédex. "I updated it for you just as I promised." He said with a slight smile. "I wish all of you good luck on your journey through the Johto League."

"Hey that's cool!" Ash exclaimed, smiling a bit as he pocketed his Pokédex into his back pocket. "Thanks professor Oak! I appreciate the upgrade."

"Your welcome Ash," Professor Oak said as he glanced around at the four teens once more, before continuing, "Now you *will* remember my request for you to make a stop on your way through Azalea Town to talk to Kurt about the GS ball, on your Pokémon journey for me, won't you Ash?" Professor Oak asked as he turned his attention towards Ash and the others.

"Don't worry, Professor," Brock said cheerfully as he playfully wrapped an arm across Ash's shoulders, while Pan watched on in confusion, "if he does forget, we'll be there to remind him, right guys?"

"Yeah," Misty said, as she stood off to one side, holding Togepi in her arms, as she watched the two boys, as a knowing smile crossed her lips, "Knowing Ash, he'd probably wind up completely forgetting about it once he spots the Pokémon gym, if we weren't there to remind him."

"Of course, I won't forget, Professor Oak," Ash said responded quickly, as a small sweatdrop appeared down the back of his head, before ducking his head under Brock's arm to turn around and glare at Misty. "I'm not *that* bad, Misty."

"Sure you are, Ash," Misty said as she rolled her eyes, "Whenever you get excited over a possible upcoming Pokémon match, you seem to forget about everything else."

"Why you..." Ash began, and soon both he and Misty were in a full-blown argument.

"Um... Excuse me, Professor?" Tracey said, deciding now was the time to cut into the discussion as he uncomfortably shifted the weight of the wrapped object he carried in his arms, as Professor Oak turned to look at him curiously. "If you wouldn't mind..."

"Ah yes. Sorry Tracey, I almost forgot." Professor Oak said apologetically, as he turned back to Pan, "Pan, wait a moment will you?" Professor Oak asked, as he turned to take the wrapped up bundle from Tracey's arms, before stopping front of Pan, to reveal a silver-blue colored egg within it's folds, "I want you to have this Pokémon egg, to help start off your Pokémon journey."

"But I already have Nebula as my starter Pokémon, Professor Oak," Pan said as took the egg from the older man and held it, she held the egg in her arms unsteadily as she glanced back at Professor Oak.

"That's why I would like you to take this egg along with you," Professor Oak said gently as he stepped back to stare at Pan for a moment more, "That egg was sent to me a few days ago by a colleague of mine who lives in Johto to study, who found it abandoned during a trip into the Amazon Zone," a small frown appeared as he continued, "He was hoping that I could figure out what kind of Pokémon species it belongs to, but, I'm afraid that I've been so swamped with work, that I just can't seem to be able to find the right time to study this egg the way I should."

"Sure, I'd be happy to help you if that's what you really want, Professor Oak," Pan said, grinning a bit, as she thought for a moment as to where she should put the egg to carry it in, before she gently placed the egg on the ground and took off her large pack, unzipped it then put the egg inside amongst the other things inside the pack, then put it back onto her shoulders. "It should be a breeze to raise whatever hatches, whenever that happens."

"Well I guess this is it." Ash said as he looked around at everyone gathered there. "It was great to be back home for "Hey Pan come on!" Brock called out as he and the others stopped to wait for her. "We've got to get going."

"Thank you again, Pan," Professor Oak said with a slight smile, before continuing become serious again, "Now, you will contact at as soon as you get the chance to tell me when the egg has hatched, won't you?"

"Will do." Pan said as she turned away to follow after the others, then stops as she remembers something.

"Is something wrong, Pan?" Professor Oak asked as he watched with concern.

"Aw shoot! I almost forgot one more thing," she exclaimed in irritation, as she turned back to face Professor Oak, as she dug a hand into her front pocket, and pulled out one of her dynocaps. "Professor, can you hold on to this for me, and give it to my friends in case they show up here." she asked as she held out the dynocap to him.

"Oh? What's in it?" Professor Oak said as he pocketed the dynocap into his lab coat pocket, while making a mental note to put it somewhere safe when he had the time.

"It's a vid message recorder for them to watch if they come, so they won't be panicking," Pan said, smiling a bit, as she stepped forward and gave Professor Oak a hug, then kissed him lightly on the cheek, before pulling away and walking back over to the others. "Thanks again for all your help Professor." She called back as the group made their way down the road, as they waved goodbye to their friends and family.

"Good luck to all of you on the road to the Johto League!" Professor Oak shouted out.

"Bye, kids." Delia called out as she waved at the group of teens, "Ash honey, remember to call me whenever you get the chance, and remember to change your you-know-what's everyday!"

"MOM!!"

In the distance, you can see Ash facefault, landing hard on the ground, while Pikachu instinctively leap into Pan's arms in order to avoid injury.

~Meanwhile, Somewhere outside of Pallet Town~

Jessie, James and Meowth stood in front of a public vidphone, with their clothing and bodies still smoking from their earlier ordeal, in the middle of an empty street, as they made a collect phone call to their boss to report in, as they looked through a notebook.

"Youse guys *do* realize that da boss ain't going to like this one bit, if we call him only to tell him that we didn't manage to get him *any* Pokémon *again*," Meowth complained as he sat on the top of the phone booth, looking down at his companions as they finally found enough change to make the phone call. "I for one would like ta keep *all* of my nine lives intact, thank you."

"Yeah we know Meowth," Jessie snapped, glaring at the cat Pokémon for a moment, as she reached out towards the receiver and snatched it off of its cradle as she slid in the coins, and punched in the number for Headquarters, "But I think that the boss would be pleased with us this time if we told him about that girl we battled with yesterday."

"Yeah, and we figure that maybe he'll look past our past mistakes just this once if we report this in to him," James said excitedly, though an agitated look crossed his face. "He probably couldn't be mad at us for long if we tell him about this new girl. We probably could even get a promotion!"

"We'd really be living it up then. We'll have more money to buy all of the essentials with," Jessie said dreamily as stars appeared in her eyes, as she clutched the phone receiver in her hands as she waited for it to be picked up on the other end.

Meowth just stared at his two human companions in silence for a few seconds before finally shaking his head, as a small grin appeared on his face, as he spoke "Meowth, youse guys better be right about this one."

"Well," James said, getting a thoughtful look for a moment, before the worried expression returned, as he glanced at the two humans in concern, "But what if it..."

"It couldn't hurt to try, you guys. Besides, it's too late to back out now." Jessie said, cutting into whatever James was going to say, as the phone rang for a few seconds. "Who knows? What's the worse that could happen?"

She was wrong, it was a lot worse than she had thought it would be, as she and her partners stood in front of the vidphone, and listened to their boss yell at them in anger, for five minutes straight.

"I can't *believe* that you three *idiots* had the complete audacity to not only once more fail in bringing me one simple little Pikachu from a couple of punk kids," Giovanni's voice boomed over the vidphone, "but then you *DARE* to report in to me to tell me once more of your failure?!" he exclaimed angrily, as he glared at the three cowering figures on the other end of the screen, as he settled back into his chair to wait for their response, as he rested his hand on Persian's head.

Persian laid down at her masters feet as she watched the confrontation taking place between her master and the two human Rockets and the talking Meowth with little interest as she yawned and lowered her head to rest them on her front paws, and looks at the screen through half lidded eyes.

"We have a very good reason to be calling you on such short notice, sir," Jessie began only to be immediately cut off by Meowth, who pushed his way past her so that he could see the screen.

"I told 'em that you probably wouldn't appreciate the call, boss," Meowth complained as he winced from the ringing his ears still had going on, "But these two moron's wouldn't listen."

"I don't want to hear what kind of lame excuse you three came up with this time, Meowth!" Giovanni shouted, cutting off the felines words, "Give me *one* good reason why I shouldn't once more just dock you three's pay again for wasting my time and money?!"

Next to him, Persian snickered as she heard her masters words, as she let out a low rumbling purr, earning herself a dark look from Meowth, smirked again and stuck her tougne out at the fuming cat Pokémon on the vid screen. "Pers pers..." she said saucily as she turned her nose up at him.

"Why you, why I oughta..." Meowth began only to have his words cut off as both Jesse and James grabbed him from behind, covering his mouth with both of their hands as they held onto him to keep him from getting them into more trouble.

"But boss, we weren't actually reporting in for that reason," James whined as he winced under the heated gaze Giovanni turned on him, then yelped in pain when he felt Meowth's fangs biting into his gloved hands, and released him. Waving his injured hand a bit as he glared at the cat, he quickly turned his back to the vid screen, and continued, "We've got information on something that might interest you."

"What is it? And this better be good, or else." Giovanni demanded, a note of interest evident in his voice as he leaned back into his seat, "Is it some kind of a new breed of Pokémon?"

"Well, it's not exactly a Pokémon," James lamented as he stopped to think for a moment, as he took a moment to glance at Jessie and Meowth's scowling faces, then quickly continued on, "We're still trying to decide on that one boss..."

"What are you talking about?!!" Giovanni shouted impatiently, "Just get to the point. Was it or was it not a new Pokémon you saw?!"

"Actually, boss," Jessie cut in as she roughly pushed James out of the way, "*I* was the one who noticed it. When we were in Pallet Town yesterday, we almost had the twerps Pikachu, along with a bonus Pikachu to boot that seemed to be just as strong as the one we've been trying to capture all this time."

"Another Pikachu?" Giovanni said disdainfully, as he started to reach forward towards the console to turn off the phone, "I was right, this *is* a waste of my time. Don't bother calling me again until you have something more worthy of my time to report in..."

"Wait boss!" Meowth cried out in, when he realized that it looked like Giovanni was about to cut the connection on them, "You see, it's not just the Pikachu, boss," Meowth cut in quickly as he pushed his way between the two humans, "it's the other Pikachu's trainer, that we want ta talk ta youse about. Now *she* wasn't your normal run of the mill trainer, you know."

"What do you mean by that?" Giovanni demanded as his interest picked up again at this bit of information. "What makes this trainer not normal?"

"Well for one thing, she could fly through the air like a bird, only without wings or a Flying Pokémon to help her." James said, as he put in his own two bits, "In fact I didn't see *any* sign of a Pokémon or something else that could have kept her up in the air."

"So? The Pokémon she was probably using was probably hiding somewhere on her, keeping out of your line of sight," Giovanni said dismissively,

"Well, she could also shoot these weird balls of energy out of her hands, like it was nothing at all." Jessie added in, as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"And she had a tail." Meowth finished, earning both confused and stunned looks from the humans around him.

"A TAIL?!!"

"Yeah, boss. I almost didn't see it myself at first, 'cause she had it wrapped around her waist like a belt," Meowth exclaimed, waving his arms around excitedly as he told the tale, "but when she was about to bust our hot air balloon with one of those energy balls of hers, I saw it uncurl from around her waist and wave in the air. It was almost as long as my own tail, though it looked a bit skinny, and it was brown and furry."

"I didn't see a tail, did you, Jessie?" James asked as he turned towards the red headed girl besides him.

"I don't remember seeing one," Jessie confessed, looking just as surprised at James was. "Meowth are you *sure* you saw a tail?!"

"Sure I'm sure!" Meowth snapped as he turned around to glare at Jessie and James in anger. "That's probably because youse two was to busy trying to goad her on, because she didn't have any Pokémon with her when she did that rescue attempt on the Pikachu's."

"She didn't use any Pokémon?!" Giovanni exclaimed incredulously, as he stared intently at the vidscreen.

"No, boss," James cut in, as he pushed Meowth out of the way, so that he could speak, "She managed to take back both of the Pikachu that we nabbed, along with the Pokéballs we swiped from Professor Oak's lab without the help of any Pokémon."

"This bears looking more into." Giovanni finally said, as an evil grin spread across his features on the vidscreen, sending chills down the spines of Team Rocket when they see it. "If what you three foul ups say about this new trainer is true, I want her to join Team Rocket. We could use her abilities around here. Do you at least know where her current location is now?" he demanded tersely.

"We spotted her leaving Pallet Town with those twerps earlier today, to head out for the Johto League." Jessie said as she stared into the screen, with a worried look, "It looked like they are headed for Viridian City."

"Good work," Giovanni said, as a slight smirk appeared on his features for a moment before he continued, "I want you three to continue to follow them, and report back whatever you can find." He said as his hand moved across the vidphone's consol on his chairs armrest, for the power switch, "Contact me once you have the information I want on this girl, and where she's headed. Until then, don't bother calling me back."

"But what do you want us to do once we see her again," James asked, "and give you the information you want on her?"

"Yeah, boss," Meowth said, "What do ya want us to do after we got the information. Do ya want *us* to try and bring her in for you?"

"If what you say about the tail true, Meowth," Giovanni said thoughtfully, looking distracted a moment before continuing, "along with the powers you three said that she showed, once I *do* have her working me, I can have my scientists run tests on her to find out exactly *why* she has one." Giovanni snapped, as he glared at the trio, "As for confronting her yourselves, I don't want you three to do anything, except report back to me. I don't want to risk the chance that you three mess *this* one up!"

With that said, the screen immediately went black as the connection was terminated.

"Well that went well," Jessie said as she let out a breath of relief as she leaned against the left side of the phone booth.

"Oh yeah?" Meowth asked sarcastically, as he glared at Jessie, "How do you think that?"

"It *could* have been worse Meowth." James said as he looked at the cat Pokémon, as a wide grin spread across his face, "The boss could have threatened to cut off our pay again this time. But it looks like the news of that girl saved us."

"And if we play our cards right, we could remain that way," Jessie added in, "And you heard the boss, he wants us to follow her around and report back to him."

"Well then let's get going before we lose sight of them," Meowth exclaimed as he hopped down from the phone booth to scowl at his companions, "And, we better make sure we don't mess up this time, or else we're going to be in even *more* hot water with da boss than we already are."

"Right!" Jessie and James said simultaneously, as they stepped away from the phone booth, and the trio then set out towards their hidden hot air Meowth balloon.

~Meanwhile, Back at Team Rocket HQ~

After cutting off the connection on the vidphone, Giovanni sat quietly in the dimly lit room of his office, as he absentmindedly scratched Persian on the head, as it laid purring at his side, as he made plans.

'A human girl who can do what look like Pokémon attacks without the help of a Pokémon. And has a tail,' Giovanni thought to himself, as a smirk appeared on his face, 'If what those three bunglers are saying is true, then I have to have that girl brought in for questioning, and careful examinations. '

'But knowing those three, they'll only botch up the job of capturing her. So who should I send in case they fail,' he thought, as a frown appeared, as he pulled open his desk drawer and pulled out the files on his top agents, and scanned the names on the different files, 'Hmm... Butch and Cassidy are already on assignment in Johto, so they won't be any help at the moment.'

"Meowr?" Persian said as he glanced up at his master in concern.

"Not now, Persian," He said, glancing at Persian for a second, as he closed the first file, and picked up the next one, to read it, 'So who... *Aha!!* Yes she'll do just perfectly, for this.'

Closing the file with a snap, and reaching across the desk to the intercom that rested in on the edge, he pushed in one of the buttons to activate it. "Masterson!!"

"Yes, sir?" his secretaries voice quickly answered from the other line, his voice sounding nervous because of the tone he had heard in Giovanni's voice, "What can I do for you?"

"Have Agent Domino sent in to see me immediately," Giovanni ordered, as a slow grin appeared, this one looking more sinister than the first, "tell her that I have an important mission for her to handle, that will be right up her alley."

"Right away sir!" the secretary said as the connection was cut off.

~Three hours later~

It was a nice warm day, as the small group of Pokémon trainers was making their way through Viridian Forest, as they made their way towards Viridian City, where they hoped to find catch a ferry that would take them to the Johto Region.

"You know, guys, once we get off of the ferry in Johto, we have to head straight into New Bark Town to register for the Johto League." Brock said as he was busy looking at a map that Professor Oak had given to him of Johto.

"How long will it take for us to get to Johto on the ferry, Brock?" Misty asked as she carried Togepi in her arms as she followed behind the others, watching as Pan and Ash argued over something, with Ash pleading with Pan.

"*Too* long, if we have to listen to *those* two the entire way," Brock said ruefully as he glanced over the edge of the map to look at Ash and Pan.

"Pika pika," {You can say that again, Brock} Pikachu said as he walked alongside the older boy.

"Tell me something, Pikachu," Brock said as he turned his attention towards Pikachu, and lowered his voice to just barely a whisper, as he glanced at Misty for a second, "Is it just me, or do they argue a lot worse than when Ash and Misty are arguing, Pikachu?" he asked as he looked down at the electric rodent as it walked beside him.

"Pika pik," {Seems like it.} Pikachu said as he nodded his head in agreement, crossing his arms over his chest, closing his eyes as he walked.

"And just *what* does *that* mean?" Misty demanded, having heard the whispered comment, as a red aura surrounding her in the background, as she glared at the two, her trusty mallet out and ready to bean them with it.

"Nothing, at all." Brock exclaimed quickly, as he raised his hands up defensively as if to ward her off. "I'm just saying Misty..."

"Chu..." {Right nothing, Misty} Pikachu added, as he also raised up his paws defensively.

"Well don't!" Misty said as the mallet disappeared as she turned away with an indignant humph. "Ash and I don't fight that badly. Besides those two aren't fighting." She said with a 'hmph'.

"Oh, really?" Brock said, arching an eyebrow in open disbelief, as he turned his gaze back at the two bickering teens ahead of them, as their voices seemed to became louder with each second.

Meanwhile, Pan was busily floating in the air, in order to rest her feet, from walking for so long after they had left Pallet, and was in a heated discussion with Ash. "No."

"Please?" Ash begged, his voice lowering into a whine, as he asked his question for the umpteenth time. "It couldn't be as hard as your making it out to be..."

"No." Pan responded, as she floated in the air, in a sitting position, as she frowned at Ash, both Nebula and Giru sitting in her lap quietly.

"Oh come on!" Ash exclaimed in frustration, "Give me one good reason why you won't teach me how to fly like you do?!"

"Ash, for the last time, *NO!" she exclaimed in irritation, "Teaching you three how to fly would be impossible. No, offense Ash, it's not like I don't *want* to teach you how to fly, because I *am* more than willing to do it," Pan said as her frown grew a bit darker, before giving a shrug, "but even if I did *try* to teach you how to fly, I already can tell from your ki signature's that you don't have the power or capability to fly." She said with a slight shrug of her shoulders before continuing, "The only thing you'll be doing is falling flat on your faces or worse. Maybe in a couple of years..."

"Oh come on, it wasn't as bad as you're making it out to be. You should" Ash exclaimed again as he ran up to catch up with Pan as she floated away. "You said that there's a lot of normal people in your dimension who can fly."

"I didn't say a lot, I said only a few. And the only reason *they* can fly, is from *years* of practice and training." Pan said as she crossed her arms over her chest, "Plus the fact that they are all first class fighters."

"I'm a fighter too." Ash exclaimed, as he showed off his badges to her proudly. "I've got the badges to prove it."

"Wrong. Those badges don't make *you* a fighter. Your Pokémon are the ones who did all the hard work into winning those badges for *you*." Pan stated firmly, slapping her forehead with the palm of her hand, as she counted to ten, as she scowled at Ash. "*They* are the ones who wound up getting hurt, fighting other trainers Pokémon, while all *you* guys do is stand back in the sidelines, shouting out attack commands to your Pokémon, in complete safety. While *they* are the ones who are taking the risks with *their* lives just to become stronger for their trainers."

As he listened to Pan continue on, Ash remained silent during all this as he thought for a few moments over what she had just told him. 'No way! It couldn't be as hard as she's making it out to be. If her friends back where she came from can do it, I don't see why *I* can't.' he thought, just as Pan's next words cut through his line of thought.

"I'll tell you something. My dad told me that he taught my mom how to fly when they were teenagers. It's almost impossible for *normal* humans to learn how to fly, unless they have some kind of level of fighting skill and spirit deep inside."

Touching down to the ground, Pan faced Ash once more, as she lightly tapped him on the chest over his heart. "You need to have a *personal* type of fighting skill inside yourself, and a heart to match it, before you'd reach the potential to be able to fly, Ash."

"But you were able to teach Nebula to fly," Ash pointed out.

"Nebula doesn't fly, she hovers. Big difference." Pan said in a disinterested tone. "She can barely stay in the air for long, let alone fly for longer than a few minutes, before having to land." she said as she reached out a hand to Nebula, who was now sitting on her shoulder, and scratches her behind the ears. "It was just pure luck that she was able to do it, right Neb?"

"Pikachu..." {Yep,} Nebula said, giggling a bit as she grinned, as she glanced over at Pikachu, who was walking on the ground, then jumped down to walk next to Pikachu. "Pika." {Hi. Can you tell me something?}

"Pi pika pi chuuu?" {What do you want to know?} Pikachu asked as he glanced over at Nebula in surprise.

{Hey, so tell me, what's your trainer like?} she asked as she jerked a head in Ash's direction when Ash had his attention turned away for a moment.

"Pika... Pika pika chu, pika" {He's a great trainer... We've been through a lot over the years we've been together. And we've been best friends this whole time.} Pikachu said he walked alongside Ash, as he glanced over at Nebula for a second, then glanced up at Ash for a moment, staring at his trainer as if he were searching for something, before slowly shaking his head as he glanced back at Nebula. "Pi chu pika chu pi." {But he *does*, have his moments at times.} he muttered under his breath.

"Pika chu?" {Like what?} Nebula asked, cocking her head to one side as she stared intently at Pikachu. "Pika?" {What's he done that makes you say something that?}

"Pika..." {Well it's been like this...} Grinning a bit, Pikachu began telling her of all of the adventures he'd been on with Ash and the others, telling her about the friends they had made in their travels, about Butterfree, and the Indigo League championships, along with their adventures in the Orange League.

"Pika pik?!" {Those three have been chasing after you guys for how long?!} Nebula exclaimed, a small sweatdrop rolling down the back of her head, after hearing about how Pikachu and his friend had first encountered Jessie James and Meowth, and all of their misadventures with them. "Pika pik..." {Why don't they just give up trying to steal you and go pick on someone else...} she said, shaking her head.

"Pi chu..." {I wish. But they seem intent on getting me, every time they manage to catch up with us.}

"Chu." Nebula said, giggling a bit, as she ran after Pan and climbed back onto Pan's shoulder, where she settled down into a comfortable position, and started to talk with Giru.

"Pikachu..." Ash said in a warning tone, as he glanced down at his Pokémon, not understanding what the two Pokémon had just said, but figured that it must have been about him.

Pikachu only gave Ash an innocent look, as he scurried off ahead of the rest of them.

Shaking his head, Ash turned his attention back to Pan once more, planning to try and talk her into teaching him to fly once more. "But..." Ash tried again, only to be cut off this time.

"Quit asking already, because I'm not going to teach you, Ash. You're simply not capable of it now without proper training." Pan said firmly as she glowered at the younger boy for a moment, before turning away. "I like your mom *way* to much to get her upset at me, if I wind up accidentally getting her only son killed while teaching him how to fly."

"Pika." Nebula said as she stared first at her trainer then frowned at Ash, narrowing her eyes a bit as she looked directly at him, before nodding in agreement to Pan's words.

"So where are you from, Pan?" Ash asked, quickly deciding to change the subject, "Are you from anywhere around here?"

"I'm from Satan City. It's where I grew up." Pan said, then stopped as she realized what she just said as she looked at the confused looks she was now getting from Ash and Misty.

"Satan City?" Misty asked, confusion in her voice as she stared at Pan. "I never heard of that place. Is it close by?"

"You guys wouldn't have heard of it." Pan said quickly, a small sweatdrop rolling down her back. "It's a long way from the Kanto Region, and I don't believe anyone's *ever* heard of it. Except for the Professor that is."

"What kinds of Pokémon are there over there?" Ash asked eagerly as he rounded on Pan, "Is there any new kinds?"

"Actually, there aren't any Pokémon where I come from.. In fact, no one would have even heard about them." Pan replied, as she folded her arms behind her head as she continued walking.

"No Pokémon?!" Ash and Misty chorused in disbelief.

"Yep. *I've* never even seen a Pokémon before, until Giru and I ran into Nebula here three months ago, when she was being attacked by a flock of wild Spearrows. And I became hooked." Pan said, shaking her head, as she scratched Nebula's head. "There *are* animals running around back home, but all of them are normal animals, with no special powers or attacks, like the ones here. Right Giru?"

"Right." Giru replied from his perch on Pan's other shoulder. "When we first arrive in Kanto, we were surprised by all of the strange animals we saw here." Giru said as he turned back to look at the path. "Back then, I didn't have any records of them in my databanks, except for some which physically match animals back home."

"I thought that Pokémon lived everywhere around the world," Ash said as he glanced over at Pan.

"Do you think that you might be able to train other Pokémon the way that you trained Nebula, Pan?" Misty cut in after a few moments. "That's the reason why you decided to go on a Pokémon journey with us, wasn't it?"

"Yeah," Pan said in a casual tone as she walked over to Misty, so that they walked together, crossing her arms behind her head as the two walked along the path. "I figured that if I might be sticking around here indefinitely, then I needed a change of pace from hanging around the lab all the time."

"Oh," Misty said, as they continued on the path, in silence. After a few seconds she glanced over at Pan to ask something else, and noticed something shiny half hidden under her shirt. "Hey what's that you have there under your vest, Pan?" Misty asked, "Is that a necklace?"

"This?" Pan asked, surprised, as she reached out a hand towards the necklace, pulling it out from under her shirt, revealing it to be a silver necklace with a moonstone stuck in the middle. "It's my moonstone, that Professor Oak gave to me awhile back."

"Are you planning to use it later on a Pokémon to evolve it with?" Ash asked as he came up to the girls and spotted the necklace.

"Nope, I'm not planning to use it to evolve any special type of Pokémon. It's sort of like my good luck charm that I carry around." Pan said with a hidden smile, 'Especially since tonight's a full moon.' She thought secretly to herself.

~Flashback~

~One month after Pan's arrival~

"Pan, I have some good news that might help both you and the rest of your family back in your home dimension." Professor Oak said as the two sat down to eat lunch in the lab that afternoon. "That is, I hope it will be good news if this works the way I hope it does."

"What is it Professor Oak?" Pan asked as she put down the fork she was using, to look up at the scientist.

"I've been doing some study on the information you gave me involving the transformation the saiyajins go through if they happen to simply glance at a full moon, into the Ozaru form, because of their tails," Professor Oak explained, as he stared pointedly at her own tail, as he reached under the table to pull out a small box, and opens it to reveal a necklace with a gray stone in it. Etched into the stones surface was a single crescent moon.

"A Moon Stone necklace?" Pan asked as she looked across the table at Professor Oak, as her eyes moved towards the necklace in question, that he held in his outstretched hand, before reaching across the table and takes the box into her own hands to look it over. "What's this for?"

"I have a theory that your transformations might be somewhat similar to a Moon Pokémon's evolving stage, only in your case, you are able to change back to your original form," He explained, "After what nearly happened during last months full moon, I'd like to test out this theory tonight during the full moon." Oak said eagerly as he set the necklace down on the center of the table. "I think I may have found a way to neutralize the affects of the transformation you Saiyan's go through when you look at a full moon, and I think this Moon Stone may help."

"Is this anything like last months 'experiment'?" Pan said in despair as she thought back to that fateful night, "I still say that Scizor still has had it in for me ever since I kicked its hard shelled butt back when it was still a Scyther when it was picking on those Eevee's." Pan muttered under her breath, as she unconsciously rubbed her tail area, gently rubbing the newly regrown tail in remembrance of the pain she had gone through after the first incident. "Scizor used his Slash attack a little too close to my rear when he cut off my tail after I went into Ozaru mode, Professor."

"I know, Pan. But I still don't believe that Scizor didn't do it on purpose. That one in particular still has a long way to go." Professor Oak said, as he picked up his coffee mug took a sip from it, before turning his attention back to Pan, eyeing her reprovingly. "Scizor was the only one of the Pokémon fast enough who could get close enough to you to do what was needed, without almost winding up getting killed in the process."

"I guess." Pan said reluctantly as she leaned back into her chair as she glanced down at the necklace once more, before turning her attention back to the Professor, and sighed. "Fine, I'm willing to try anything that could possibly fix this transformation problem, professor. So what do I have to do this time?"

"Just wear it, and when the moon comes out tonight, I want you to look up at it like you did last time, and we'll see what happens. If I'm about this, then you're cured." Oak said, sounding pleased with himself, as he also leaned back in his seat. "Is that all right with you?"

"Yeah," she said as she brought the chain holding the moonstone up and fastened it around her neck, with Professor Oaks help. "If this works, the others and myself will finally have a way to control the changes."

~End Flashback~

Much to Pan's surprise, later that night when the full moon had come out, and when she had glanced up at the Moon, she hadn't transformed into the Ozaru form, proving the theory to be a success Since then she had kept the necklace with her at all times, wearing it only on nights when there was a full moon.

'I still can't believe that this actually worked that night.' Pan thought silently to herself, as she glanced down at the moonstone around her neck for a moment, as she walked along the path with the others. 'If I ever get back home, the others would be glad to have these to carry around, so that they won't have to worry about changing anymore.'

Pan's thoughts were interrupted when she suddenly felt Nebula start digging her claws painfully into her shoulder to get her attention.

"Pika pik!" Nebula exclaimed as she started waving her paws in the air, once she saw that she had finally gotten Pan's attention. "Pika chu."

"OW!! Nebula! Quit it!" Pan exclaimed as she stopped in midstep to frown at her friend, causing the others to stop. As she glanced at Nebula, she notices a certain tenseness in the rodents body, as she sat on Pan's shoulder, and was sniffing the air, ears perked, up as she glanced around quickly. "What is it?"

"Pika pi." Nebula said as she stood up on her back legs to gesture towards some nearby bushes. "Chu. Pika, pik."

"Nebula says that she thought that she heard something, as we were walking along this path, Pan." Giru said as he hovered over towards the two, and settles down on Pan's other shoulder. "And that there's something strange about its smell."

Without warning Nebula suddenly leaped off of Pan's shoulder and rushed over towards some nearby bushes and quickly disappears. After a few moments, Pikachu does the same, and runs after Nebula.

"Nebula!" Pan shouted as she runs in the direction that the two pikachu's had gone in.

"Pikachu!! Come back!" Ash shouted as he rushed towards the bushes.

"What is it Pan?" Misty asked as she and the others walked back to her. "Is something wrong?"

"I don't know. Nebula wanted me to stop for some reason. Come on, something's got to be up." Pan said as she frowned, as she started pushing away the bushes, to make a path for the group to go through.

As the group makes their way through the path that Pan made, they finally spot the two Pikachu waiting up ahead on a nearby ledge looking downward. As they come closer they can make out the sounds of a fight going on somewhere. Loud barks and howls could be heard coming from on the ground below the ledge.

"What's going on over there?" Pan asked as they came closer towards the ledge, picking up her pace, and reaches the ledge first, with the others close behind. What they saw happening below surprised all of them into silence.

Pan watched as a small, chubby looking, black dog Pokémon with a long, tan colored muzzle and belly, with what looked like a skull on it's forehead, a short stubby tail, two bony ribs sticking out on it's back, was lying on it's side, in obvious pain, as it struggled to remain on its feet in order to try and help fight. In front of it, only to fall back panting, was a large cat with a red gem on it's forehead, who faced off with a strange looking silver bird Pokémon with three solitary red feathers on its rear.

"Hey, it's a Persian!" Ash exclaimed excitedly as he came into view of the fight below. "But what are those other two Pokémon that it's fighting?" he asked as he quickly whipped out his Pokédex, and points it at the three Pokémon.

"I've read about those two in Professor Oak's library. The dog is called a Houndour, a Dark Type Pokémon. The bird is a Skarmory, a Steel Type. The Dark and Steel type Pokémon are two new groups that have been discovered around the world, Ash." Brock stated after watching the one sided fight for a few moments. "Though I heard that beating them in a Pokémon battle is pretty tough."

"It looks more like Persian's the one doing all the fighting, against Skarmory, while trying to protect Houndour," Misty commented as she came into view of the fight, clutching Togepi protectively to her chest in fear.

Brock was right on all counts. As the group watched, it looked like Persian was handling it's own against the other Pokémon, dodging from away from its attacks, and launched it's own attacks as well that left the other Pokémon staggered. But all the time it didn't stray far from Houndour's side. Houndour was still lying where it had collapsed on ground, having finally given up on trying to get back to its feet, too tired to move, as she watched Persian try to hold Skarmory back on his own.

"Exactly, what kind of Pokémon are those?" Pan wondered as she pulled out her Pokédex at the same time as Ash did, and points the Pokédex at each Pokémon, getting different readouts, starting with the dog Pokémon first, while Ash does the same.

*BEEP!!*

*HOUNDOUR, THE DOG POKÉMON OF THE DARK/FIRE ELEMENT. LVL 17, FEMALE. AROUND DAWN, ITS OMINOUS HOWL ECHOS THROUGH THE AREA TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS IS ITS TERRITORY.*

*BEEP!!*

*PERSIAN, THE PANTHER POKÉMON. THE EVOLVED FORM OF MEOWTH. LVL 23, MALE. BEHIND ITS LITHE, ELEGANT APPEARANCE LIES A BARBARIC SIDE. IT WILL TEAR APART ITS PREY ON A MERE WHIM.*

*BEEP!!*

*SKARMORY, THE STEEL BIRD POKÉMON. LVL 28, MALE. ITS STURDY WINGS LOOK HEAVY, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY HOLLOW AND LIGHT, ALLOWING IT TO FLY FREELY IN THE SKY.*

"So they are a Steel, Normal, and a Dark type Pokémon." Pan wondered to herself as she looked down at the fight once more as she put away the Pokédex. 'And why isn't there any other Houndour or Persian here to help these two out?' Pan wondered silently to herself as she kept her attention on the battle below.

"I just wonder why Persian is protecting Houndour for anyways? Why isn't Houndour fighting back against Skarmory?" Misty asked as she glanced at Brock.

"I'd say, from the way that Houndour is lying on the ground, it might be either sick or badly injured from already fighting the Skarmary to help Persian fight." Brock said as he took in the situation for a moment before coming to a conclusion. "You all saw how Houndour was struggling to get back to its feet before it finally gave up, and stayed where it was on the ground. I think that the reason that the Persian could be helping Houndour, is because both Houndour and Persian might be friends."

"That's really weird though." Misty said as she glanced towards the others for a moment, before turning her attention back towards the fight. "I didn't know that there were those types around here."

Just then, a loud wailing cry came from below and the group turned back to watch as the Persian fell to the ground under Skarmory's Fury Attack onslaught, that left the cat staggered and bleeding on the ground as it tried to get back up to fight.

"Well, Persian is barely handling it's own against Skarmory." Pan said as her features darkened, as she watched as Skarmory launched a Steel Wing attack, which sent Persian flying backwards to land in a heap next to Houndour. Seeing that happened, Pan decided to take action. "They need help against Skarmory. Come on Nebula!" Pan called out as she jumped off the ledge and into the path.

"Pika!" Nebula cried out as she charged down after her trainer.

"Pan, hey wait up!" Ash shouted as he and the others slowly made their way down the ledge, as he turned his attention towards Pikachu. "Pikachu go help them!"

"Pikachu." Pikachu said as he turned to run after the two teens.

"Hey you guys, wait for us!" Misty shouted as she and Brock hurried after them.

Down below in the cavern, Persian faced off with Skarmory as he tried to keep the larger bird away from Houndour. Persian's lean body was covered bruises, and cuts where Skarmory's attacks had managed to cause a lot of damage on the cat's unprotected body, were still seeping blood caused by the Fury Attack.

"MEOWRR!!" Persian snarled as he glared at Skarmory, not planning to back down an inch as he faced the large steel bird, even though he felt like he was about to collapse at any minute.

Glancing over his shoulder at his companion, Persian chanced a glance at Houndour, who watched the fight helplessly.

"SKAR! Mory skar." Skarmory cried out with a laugh as he flew up into the air, as he took aim at the other two Pokémon, and using agility, dove back towards the ground, talons and beak extended towards Persian.

Growling deeply in its throat, Persian dug his sharp claws into the dirt floor, as he closed his eyes, as his ears flattened against the top of his head, as he braced himself against Skarmorys next attack, knowing that he probably wouldn't be able to withstand it, when...

"NEBULA, THUNDER!!" a girls voice shouted from somewhere nearby.

"Pikachu, THUNDERSHOCK!" another voice, this time male, shouted out from the same direction as the first one.

"Pika...CHU!!!"

Skarmory barely had time to realize exactly what had happened before twin bolts of electricity hit him dead center, sending painful jolts of energy surging through it's body.

At the sound of Skarmory's squawks of pain, Persian opened his eyes to look upwards to see Skarmory hanging in the air, it's body twitching in pain, as it was held suspended in midair as jolts of electricity shot throughout it's body. After a few moments, the attack stopped and Skarmory fell to the ground in a smoking heap.

Glancing around in search for their rescuers, Persian felt his anxiety start to grow as he sees two Pikachu's running towards him from a nearby hill, along with small a group of humans right behind them.

As Persian watched, one of the humans, a female with black fur on her head was in the lead, come sliding down the hill and she was pulling out a violet and white colored Pokéball from her coat pocket.

"This Pokémon is mine, Ash." Pan said, as she looked at Skarmory's body for a few moments, as the bird Pokémon struggled back to it's feet, before finally sending the Ultra ball flying out of her hand and smacks the Skarmory on its back before it pops open and a red light sucks Skarmory into the ball.

The Ultra ball jerked and shook in every direction for a few moments, before finally coming to a stop with a loud, sharp ding!

Grinning, Pan walked over towards the Ultra Ball, and picks it up off of the ground, and tosses it into the air, and catches it. Bending down to eye level to Nebula, Pan showed off the ball.

"Looks like I caught my first Pokémon, you guys." Pan declared as she attached the ball on her belt.

"Aw, I wanted that Skarmory," Ash whined as he watched as Pan put away the Ultra ball.

"You can catch the next one you come across, Ash," Brock said as he and Misty came up to the other two teens. "This *is* Pan's first Pokémon capture you know."

"Your only on her side, because you like her, Brock." Ash said as he gave the older boy a knowing look, all signs of being upset already missing.

"What, and your saying that *you* don't like me, Ash?" Pan asked as she came back up to the others, hands planted firmly on her hips as she gave Ash a fake hurt look, and pouts. "And I thought we were getting along so well in the short time we've known each other."

"Hey wait a minute," Ash began, looking flustered as he stared at Pan for a moment, as a blush suddenly appeared in his cheeks, "That's not what I meant at all... I..."

"Don't be a sore loser, Ash!" Misty ordered as she came across the two teens, and grabbed Ash by the arm to pull him away.

"Now for you two," Pan said, ignoring what the others were saying, as she turned back to face Persian and Houndour, only to see that Persian was now standing protectively over Houndour's body.

Persian's lean body was covered in cuts all over it's body, and looked like it could barely even stand up anymore, and looked like it was struggling to remain on it's feet, as it snarled at the group of humans and Pokémon, ears flattened against it's head, as it's tail swung from side to side in agitation.

Houndour now laid helplessly on his side, completely exhausted and panting, as it kept its eyes warily on the group. At first glance the group couldn't see any visible signs of injury on the dog Pokémon, but it was obvious that it was in some kind of pain at the moment.

"Pan watch it," Brock warned as he started to reach out a hand towards Pan to stop her, only to have it shrugged off, "Those two are wild Pokémon, and they're both hurt. They could attack-"

"I know Brock, but I'm willing to take the chance that they're too badly hurt to try something," Pan snapped, cutting into his explanation, as she slowly made her way towards the two Pokémon, being careful to not make any sudden moves that might cause them to attack.

"Meowrr. Pers ian." Persian only snarled at Pan as she made her way towards them, as it raised a paw into the air with claws bared to warn her off, and took a swipe at Pan with his extended paw, only to start in surprise as Pan simply sidestepped the attack, as her left hand seemed to blur, a split second before it easily caught his outstretched limb with an outstretched hand, stopping the attack in mid swing before it could do any damage, bringing the two eye to eye, and earning Pan a low growl from the irritated Persian as it tried to pull it's leg free.

"How did she..." Ash started as he watched what was going on in shock, surprised at the speed Pan had used to stop Persians attack so easily.

"Pan, Persian says that it wants you to stay away from them or else it'll hurt you," Giru warned as he landed softly onto Pan's shoulder, "and that..."

"I know what I'm doing, Giru," Pan said, cutting into Giru's dialogue, as she shot the little robot a glance, without really taking her attention away from Persian, who hadn't moved from it's defensive stance, as she held onto its leg.

"Look big guy, all I'm trying to do is help," Pan said in a calm voice as she released Persians leg, and backed off a bit, hands raised in the air in a non threatening way as she tried to calm down the panther, "It's obvious that you and your friend need help right now, and I all that's all I want to do for you. You both aren't in any condition to take care of yourselves if something else comes along."

'Obviously, this one doesn't like human's much,' Pan thought sardonically to herself, as she stood up straight, placing her hands on her hips as she returned Persian's glare with one of her own, neither one backing down an inch. "Look, Persian, it's your choice. Houndour looks like she needs help, and I don't think you can provide the help she needs by yourself, especially in the condition you're in." she said as she absentmindedly reach up to her face to push back a loose lock of hair, before turning her attention back to the cat, "We could just leave you and Houndour here, and suffer, or you can let us help you guys."

"Pan! We can't just leave them here," Misty exclaimed indignantly as she frowned at the older girl, "They need all the help they can get with those injuries they have."

"Stay out of this, Misty. I'm giving Persian the chance to decide for himself if he wants our help, before we do anything," Pan said as she glared at the red head, giving her a look that stopped any further comments from coming, before turning her attention, "So what's it going to be Persian?"

Persian only stared defiantly at Pan for a moment, not backing down an inch, as it's eyes narrowed in open distrust for the human, even though it knew that these humans were the only ones that probably could help Houndour.

"How about this. Here's the deal. If you let us help you guys, then once you guys are *both* all better, we'll take you back into the wild and let you go free." She said, and waited. Thinking for a moment, Pan looked down at her belt, looking at the Pokéballs for a moment, then back at the two Pokémon for a few seconds before coming to a decision.

"Alright, then how about we do it like this? To show that I'm not going try anything funny with the two of you," Pan said as she stared Persian directly in the eyes before, much to everyone's surprise, reaching down and quickly removes her Pokéball belt, letting the strap fall to the ground with a loud *thunk* and once more held up her hands. "Better?"

"Pika pi!" Nebula exclaimed as she rushed forward to stand by Pan's side.

"Hey Pan! What are you doing?!" Ash demanded as he started to step forward to intervene, as he clutched one of his Pokéballs in his hands.

Frowning at the two Pokémon in annoyance, Pan sat back to return the glares she was now receiving from the two injured Pokémon. "Hey, will you two quit that already?! I'm not going to hurt either of you. Nor am I going to make you guys do anything you won't allow me to do."

A slight whimpering sound coming from Houndour caught Persian's attention, as he glanced back at Houndour for a moment, then back at Pan. Eyeing her warily for a few moments, snarled before finally standing down, giving Pan one last glare as he padded his way back to Houndour, and laid down behind her, keeping an eye on the group of humans.

"Good," Pan said confidently as she made her way towards the two Pokémon, kneeling next to Houndour first, as she reached a hesitant hand towards the dog Pokémon, earning herself a another warning growl from Persian, and she dropped the hand. "Hey!"

"Hey watch it, Pan!" Brock exclaimed as he started to move forward, only to stop as Pan waved him off with a dismissive hand.

"Hold on a second, Brock," Pan said as she continued to make her way to the two injured Pokémon, inching closer and closer to them, until she was right next to Houndour.

Persian gave another warning snarl a bit more before reluctantly settling back down to watch Pan with sharp eyes.

Glancing at Persian for a moment, she motioned the others over to help out.

Brock instantly moved towards Persians first, since his injuries seemed to need the most attention at the moment, as he cautiously made his way towards the large cat, Persian growled as he struggled to get back to his feet, as the other human approached.

"Easy pal," Brock said carefully, keeping his voice down, and not making any sudden moves, "Like Pan, I'm jus here to help. Let me look you over and bandage you up." He said as he slowly made his way to Persian, before he was soon kneeling in front of the large cat, who had settled down enough to allow Brock to approach him. "Everything's going to be fine you two."

"Yeah, Persian. We're only here to try and help you guys." Ash said as he settled down next to Brock, "We're not going to hurt you guys."

As Brock moved to try and tend to Persian's injuries, Pan immediately went to Houndour, seeing that it seemed to be in worse condition than Persian, since she had barely moved the entire time. As she reached out a hand to touch the dog's body, only to jerk it back in surprise at the heat she could already feel radiating from Houndour's body. On closer inspection, she could see slick sweat covering Houndour's fur that almost gave it a bright sheen.

"Hey Brock come over here quick," Pan called out as she turned her head to look at Brock, "Houndour's burning up! Do you any Pokémon medicine that I can borrow, so I can see if I can help bring the fever down?"

"No, I don't have any." Brock said as he immediately stood up and made his way over, to the pair, as he knelt down next to Houndour, and checked her over, "I was planning on restocking on potions when we reached the next town."

"Is there anything we could do, Brock?" Misty asked as she came forward, only stopping for a moment to set Togepi down so that the egg Pokémon could walk alongside her.

"We need to get both Persian and Houndour to the Pokémon Center in Viridian City." Brock said as he started to rest his hand on Houndour's body, "It's no wonder the two of them lasted as long as they did before we came along. Especially seeing how sick Houndour looks..." his hand barely touching Houndour's stomach as he moved his hand upwards then stopped when he felt the something there, as he stared in surprise for a few moments, "Guys, Houndour is going to need some *serious* medical attention, soon."

"We're going to need to carry them all the way to the Pokémon center. It's still a couple of miles until we reach Viridian City." Misty said as she looked off into the direction they needed, "If we run..."

"No we won't have to." Pan said as she stood up, quickly dusting off her clothes as she walked over to her backpack, and picked it up, being careful of the egg inside as she rummaged through it, "I can get us all there in no time at all, if we're lucky."

"How are you going to do that?" Ash asked as he walked up to Pan to see what she was looking for. "Are you going to use that teleportation move you used yesterday against Team Rocket, to get us to the Pokémon Center?"

"No. There's too many here to teleport over there, and I haven't completely mastered it enough to handle this many people." Pan said, before letting a gleeful laugh as she pulled out a small case from the bottom of her backpack. "*YES!!* Here it is." She said as she opened the case to reveal several rows of capsules inside to Ash.

"What are those?" Misty asked as she came over to see what was going on.

"They look like medicine capsules." Ash said reached into the case to pick out one of the small tubes and examines it. "How are these little things going to help us?"

"There not medicine capsules," Pan snapped as she snatched the capsule out of Ash's hand, and put it back into the case, as she selected another one. "They are called dynocaps. Remember my house from earlier?" at the two teens nods, she continued. "That house is in one of these capsules. I can take it with me wherever I go, and each of these dynocaps contains different things inside of them."

"Yes, so?" Misty asked. "Are you trying to say that there's something else inside that... um... dynocap you're holding, that can help."

"You'll see in a moment." Pan said as she pushed in the top of the dynocap that she held, "I always keep some of these around for emergency's like this one." She said, before she threw it as far as she could away from the group and...

*POOF!!!*

When the smoke finally cleared, to everyone's (minus Pan) surprise, they now saw a medium sized silver plane the size of a mini van, standing in front of them. Emboldened on the side of the plane, was a number 95, with the Capsule Corp logo printed on it, as the hatch door in the back automatically opened up.

~Meanwhile, Nearby...~

Team Rocket was hiding behind some nearby bushes overlooking the ravine, as they watched the other group of teams help out the Pokémon, and saw Pan make her first capture, and all they could do now was stare in wide eyed disbelief, as they witnessed the appearance of the large plane from what looked to be your average medicine capsule.

"Geez! Did youse guys see *that*" Meowth exclaimed, his eyes bulging in surprise, after seeing the unexpected transformation of the small capsule, as he glanced up at his two companions for confirmation.

"Of course we saw it, Meowth!" Jessie snapped in irritation, not turning her gaze away from the scene below, "It's obvious that all of us did."

"That's amazing!" James said excitedly, as his practically lit up, "She was able to pull out a plane from one of those little capsules like it was nothing."

"Ya know what?" Meowth asked, as an evil smirk crossed his face, as a plan started to form, "The boss probably would *love* to have some of those 'dyno' whatchamacallits for his own uses."

"It probably could us all in good with him if we get some for him, when we nab that girl and the pikachus for him, from Team Twerp." James said, nodding in agreement to Meowth's words, as he glanced at Jessie, "What do you think we should do, Jess?"

"I agree," Jessie said simply, as she turned to glance at the others, "plus we might as well nab that Skarmory and Houndour they've got with them while we are at it. Those two are just as rare as those Pikachu's and that girl."

"Hey youse guys!" Meowth suddenly cried out in alarm, as he impatiently waved his arms in the air to get their attention. "Quit your daydreaming already! They're leaving! We gotta follow them!"

"Right!" the two said as they all got up to rush back into the forest to get their hot air balloon.

"Come on you guys. Get Persian and let's get going." Pan exclaimed as she bent down to pick up Houndour, carefully lifting the dog Pokémon into her arms, and making certain not to jostle it, as she hurried through the back of the plane, with Giru and Nebula right behind her.

"Pers?" Persian said, as he quickly got over his surprise at the sudden appearance at the strange machine, as he tried to get up to his feet to follow after Pan and Houndour, only to fall back to the ground as his legs gave out on him, as the last of his strength disappeared. Growling low in his throat, to show his displeasure, he struggled back to his feet, with little success this time around, and only made it up to a sitting position.

"Hey, hold on a second, Persian!" Ash exclaimed, as he rushed over to the fallen Pokémon in concern, as he tried to keep Persian from getting up again, "Let us help you into the plane."

Scowling mutinously at the younger boy for a moment, Persian settled back down and rests his head on his front paws, as his tail twitches behind him lazily.

"Ash give me a hand with Persian, will ya?" Brock said, after staring at the capsule copter for a few seconds more in surprise, before turning away, to bend down next to the cat, "We'll need to get him on board so we can get going. And I may need some help carrying him." He said as he

"Right," Ash said as he got on the other side of Persian and helped Brock lift Persian off of the ground, and the two carried Persian onto the plane, as Pikachu followed them.

"I'll grab Pan's stuff for her," Misty said, as she walked over to where Pan had left her belt and backpack, and lifted both up to carry into the plane. Holding onto Togepi in one arm, and slings the backpack, to rest against her back, onto her other arm, and holds the belt in her free hand, as she marched over to the plane.

Once inside, the group of travelers spot Pan standing near what looked like an large open drawer, where they could all see the top of Houndour's back sticking out, as the dog Pokémon rested inside. Nearby, they see another open drawer, that a lot closer to the floor.

"Just put Persian in that bed over there, and strap him in, so he won't fall out," Pan said, not looking up, as she finished strapping Houndour into her own makeshift bed, before hurrying up to the cockpit, jumped into the pilots seat, and started up the engines.

As Brock and Ash got Persian settled into the cubicle, Misty walked up to the front and took a seat next to Pan, settling down into the seat with Togepi resting in her lap.

After they got Persian settled into his box, Ash and Brock hurried over to the remaining seats and took their seats, buckling themselves up as they settled in, and Pikachu settled in onto Ash's lap.

"I've never seen *this* capsule before, Pan," Brock said as he settled into his seat, resting his backpack at his side. "I didn't know you had a plane in one of those dynocaps."

"It was one of the dynocaps that I let Professor Oak borrow so he could study it. So I didn't' get it back until yesterday, along with the rest that he was studying." Pan said with a slight shrug of her shoulders, as she kept her attention on the console, as she flipped some switches on it, as the engines started up.

"What is this thing? And what's with those weird capsules I kept seeing, Pan?" Ash asked as he looked around the cockpit in surprise, before it hit him. "And how come you didn't pull this out when we were on the road?!"

"I didn't see the point of taking it out then, at least not so soon into the trip." Pan said with a slight shrug of her shoulders, as she glanced over her shoulder at Ash for a moment. "I wanted to see if I could get more Pokémon along the way, before I took it out by the time we reached Viridian City." She said.

"Do you even know how to fly one of these, Pan?!" Misty demanded as she clutched Togepi protectively.

"I wouldn't have one of these if I didn't know how to fly it, Misty." Pan said as she grabbed hold of the control stick, and maneuvered it up, and the plane lifted up into the air, "I got my license a year ago, and I haven't crashed a plane yet." She said teasingly, as the plane took off in the direction of Viridian City, at full speed.

"Why does it feel like *that* news doesn't make me feel any better?" Ash silently asked himself, as his hands tightly gripped his seats armrests as they sped through the sky.

~Ten minutes Later~

"Nurse Joy! Nurse Joy!" Ash shouted as he rushed into the Pokémon Center ten minutes later, startling the other Pokémon trainers waiting in the center, shouting for the nurse, as he and Misty held open the double doors, as Brock and Pan came rushing in with Persian and Houndour in their arms. "Come quick! We've got an emergency!"

"What's going on? What's all the commotion out here." Nurse Joy exclaimed after hearing the shouting coming from the front of the center, Nurse Joy and a few Chansey rushed out of the backroom to see what the commotion was about, and her eyes widened in shock as she saw the state that Houndour and Persian were in.

"Oh my! What happened?" she demanded as she came forward, to examine the two Pokémon, taking in their injuries with sympathetic eyes, as she examined each one personally, "How did these two get this way?!" she demanded as she glanced at the four trainers before her, as she motioned for the Chansey's to take them away.

"They were being attacked by a wild Skarmory out in the forest," Brock said as he handed over Houndour to one of the Chansey's, who placed Houndour on a stretcher and quickly rolled it away, while Pan handed over Persian to another set of Chansey's and headed back outside. "and we just so happened to be passing by in time to stop it from really getting out of hand."

"But it looks like Persian is in a lot worse condition than Houndour is," Nurse Joy said, looking skeptical, as she watched the two injured Pokémon be wheeled away by the Chansey's.

"That's because, Persian was taking most of the full brunt of all of Skarmory's attacks." Misty said.

"It was protecting Houndour?" Nurse Joy asked, confusion appearing on her face, as she glanced at each of them, seeing the confirmation in each of their expressions. "That's really strange. Why would it have done that for a species completely different from it's own?"

"That's what we thought too, when we saw it, Nurse Joy." Pan said as she came back into the center in time to hear Nurse Joy's sentence, as she pocketed the dynocap.

"It looked like he was protecting Houndour from Skarmory."

"And where is the Skarmory now?" Nurse Joy asked as she glanced around at the four expectantly. "It could be a threat to both humans and Pokémon. Did it get away?!"

"No," Pan said as she reached a hand towards her belt, and pulled out Skarmory's Pokéball, "I caught Skarmory, after Nebula and Pikachu did a double electric attack to bring it down." She said with a sigh as she frowned at the Pokéball she held, before holding it out to Nurse Joy. "Can you heal both him and Nebula too?"

"Of course I will," Nurse Joy said as she took the offered Pokéball, while holding out her hands towards Nebula, who immediately jumped into them, as she set both onto a cart that a Chansey had pushed into the room, before she turned her attention to the rest of the group, "Do the rest of you want to have your Pokémon treated as well?"

"My Pokémon could probably use a checkup before we head to the Johto League," Ash said as he pulled out his Pokéballs and handed them over to Nurse Joy, as Pikachu climbed up onto the cart to sit next to Nebula. "I'll see you later Pikachu."

"Pika pik," Pikachu said, as he glanced up at Ash.

"Here's mine too," Misty said as she handed over all of her Pokéballs, including Togepi.

"And mine," Brock said.

As the others handed over their Pokéballs to Nurse Joy, she then handed the balls to the Chansey who was holding a ball tray for the balls in it's arms, and handed the remaining balls to another Chansey who was waiting.

"Thank you. Your Pokémon should be ready in a short while." Nurse Joy as she placed the last of the Pokéballs onto the cart, and the Chansey wheeled it away, taking it back it into the treatment room, and started to follow after them.

"How long do you think Persian and Houndour might be in there Nurse Joy?" Pan asked as she moved to stand directly in front of the desk just as Nurse Joy was about to pass through the double doors.

Nurse Joy stopped and turned back towards the group, "I'm sorry Pan, but it's still too early for me to tell you anything right now. Houndour looks okay for the moment, but I'm not completely sure. There's something about the way her condition looked, when I first saw her that has me concerned," she said, as a worried look momentarily appeared on her face, before it quickly disappeared, and gave the group a reassuring smile, before continuing, "Though from my first inspection of the two, Persian is the only one of the two who currently needs the most help at the moment."

"What 'condition' are you talking about, Nurse Joy?" Ash asked, becoming interested. "What do you think is wrong with Houndour?"

Nurse Joy mentally sighed in irritation at the continued delay in her duties, as she glanced over at Ash seeing the concern in his eyes, then decided that the Chansey's could handle things without her, for awhile longer, before finally answering, "If what I'm suspecting is true, I think that Houndour is pregnant, and she's already showing some of the early signs of being in labor." she said.

"PREGNANT?!" Pan and the others cried out in unison as she stared at Nurse Joy in shock, the rise in their voices causing a few of the trainers waiting the Pokémon Center for their own Pokémon to turn their attention towards the group.

"PIKA?!" the two Pikachu's echoed their trainers words. "Are you sure about that?" Pan asked, her worry evident in her voice as she stared intently at Nurse Joy. "Is she going to be okay?"

"I'm very sure about it, Pan. When I was examining her, I could feel a slight bulge, and movement underneath my hands," Nurse Joy said as she stared at the other girl, "and I think that she has gone into labor sometime *before* or *after* Skarmory attacked her and Persian when the four of you found them. And her fever is not going to help matters."

"So I *was* right," Brock said, smacking a closed fist into his hand.

"You already knew, Brock?" Ash asked as he turned towards the older boy expectantly.

"I thought as much." Brock said with a slight shrug, as he turned his attention towards Nurse Joy, a lovesick expression on his face as he stared at her, before becoming serious again a few seconds later, when Pan gently elbowed him in the stomach to bring him back to reality. "When Pan called me over to help her check out Houndour, when I had my hand on Houndour's stomach, it felt like the muscles were all knotted up."

"Then it was a good thing that the four of you brought them in as quickly as you could," Nurse Joy said with an approving smile, while eyeing Brock with a wary look, as she heads back to the emergency room "All I can do now is try to bring Houndour's fever down enough so that there won't be any complications with the birthing. I'll let you all know as soon as I can."

Just then, the double doors swung open, and the Chansey came back out, pushing the cart holding their Pokéballs and two Pikachu's, and walked over to Nurse Joy, bringing the cart to a stop in front of the nurse, "Chansey! Chan." Chansey said cheerfully.

"Well it looks like your Pokémon are ready now," Nurse Joy said as she scooped up the Pokéballs, and walked back to the group to hand them over to their owners, "I'll try and let you know on Houndour and Persian's progress as soon as possible," she promised.

Turning back around on her heel and walks over to the double doors, only stopping long enough to leave instructions with the Chansey, leaving it in charge, then passed through the doors. A few moments later, the sign above the doors lit up.

"Well it *would* explain why Houndour wasn't able to help Persian against Skarmory," Misty said thoughtfully as she took a seat in a nearby chair, "She must have been in too much pain caused by the labor to do anything."

"Yeah, I guess your right Misty. So I guess all we have to do is wait for the results." Pan said as she walked over to take a seat in the chair next to Misty, as Brock and Ash did the same.

"Hey!" another trainer who looked to be a few years younger than Pan, called out as he came over to them, "did I hear you right? Did you catch a Houndour and a Skarmory out in the wild near here?"

"I didn't think those types could be found around *here* in the wild," another trainer said excitedly, as she came over to join the discussion, "I've always wanted a Houndour of my own."

"I caught the Skarmory out in the wild," Pan said, in a bored tone as she leaned back against her seat, and folded her hands behind her head, closing her eyes a bit, "Houndour and Persian were just an added bonus to the capture, I guess." She added quickly, as she eyed the group of trainers warily for a few moments.

"I'm soooo jealous!" another girl exclaimed as she came over, "I'm always wanted a Persian, or maybe even a meowth, but I've never found either in the wild yet." She said wistfully.

"That Houndour looked pretty cool!" another trainer said, as he also came over.

"Well your lucky!" the first Trainer exclaimed, "The fact that you not only captured a Houndour, but you caught one that's pregnant, too. Are you planning on giving away the puppies when their old enough?" he suddenly demanded.

"Can I have one of them when you do?" the second trainer asked, "Please??"

"What kind of Steel type Pokémon is that?" Another trainer was staring intently at Giru, as he pointed his Pokédex at the little robot with no results. who now trying to hide behind Pan's back to keep out of sight, "Is it a new kind of species?"

Pan and the others started looking around in worry, as the crowd started to grow around them, as more questions came, some who were asking about what type of Pokémon Giru was and where they could find one like him.

"Hey chill out everyone," Brock exclaimed as he and the others started to get crowded in by other trainers. "Hey hold on a minute here," Pan began, only be interrupted by the loud ringing of one of the centers vidphones.

"BRING BRING! PHONE CALL!! PHONE CALL!! BRING BRING! PHONE CALL!!"

When everyone's concentration was immediately broken by the sound of the vidphone that was perched on the centers front counter ringing, causing the group to jump a bit by the interruption.

'Saved by the phone,' Pan thought to herself, as she started pushing her way through the crowd. "I got it!" Pan said as she hurried around the front counter towards the vidphone and pushed one of the buttons on the console to turn it on.

"Hello, this is the Pokémon Center, what can I do for you?" As she watched the screen came on, she grins after seeing who's on the other end. "Oh, hi Professor Oak."

"Hello Pan. I see that you that you've already reached Viridian City," Professor Oak said, as he saw her on the other end, and smiled, before becoming serious, "Is Nurse Joy there? I need to speak to her."

"Sorry professor, but she's busy trying to treat a seriously ill Pokémon that was brought in." Pan said as she glanced over at the double doors, and saw that the light was still on. "It might be awhile before she comes back out. Is it something serious?"

"No, no. It's nothing serious. I just wanted to ask her advice on something, so it can wait. That Pokémon will need her full attention." Professor Oak said as he waved a hand in dismissal, "So tell me, have you caught any new Pokémon while on your way to Viridian?"

"Yeah, I caught a Skarmory out in the wild on our way here," Pan said as she glanced around the Pokémon center for anyone who may be listening in, before turning her attention back to the console, "It was attacking two other Pokémon."

Professor Oak's eyes widened incredulously at the news, "You caught a *Skarmory* out *here*?" he exclaimed, as his eyes lit up.

"That's what a lot of the trainers here in the center are saying," Pan said, as she looked thoughtful for a few moments, "Why do you think it's doing out here in Kanto, if it's usually only found in Johto?"

"It probably was either separated from it's main group, or came here looking for better hunting grounds," Professor Oak said, after thinking for a full minute, "I've always wanted to have the chance to personally study one of them." He said excitedly as he stared intently at Pan from across the screen, "Would it be possible for you to send it over to me right away so that I can study it?"

"Sure, I guess so," Pan said with a shrug of her shoulders, "I'll send him to you now," she said as she looked down at her belt a moment before pulling off Skarmory's Pokéball, and putting it into the transporter, and pushed the send button, and the ball vanished into a red beam of light. "Okay it's sent, professor."

"Hold on a second," Professor Oak said, as his face disappeared from the screen for a few seconds as he went to check the transporter, and was soon back, holding Pan's Pokéball in his hand. "Got it. I'll have it back to you as soon as possible, Pan, once I've through with my studies."

"I'll be waiting, Professor," Pan said with a slight smile on her face.

He said as he glanced down at his wrist watch just as a tiny alarm went off it, "Oh dear, looks like I'll have to talk to you later, Pan. It's almost time for me to start preparing the Pokémon's lunches." He said with a rueful sigh.

"I'll see you later then, Professor Oak." Pan said cheerfully, as she reached up to the monitor to hang up the vidphone.

"See you," Professor Oak called out as he shut off the link on his end of the line.

"Who were you talking to on the vidphone, Pan?" Misty asked as Pan back walked over to the group a moment later.

"It was professor Oak, calling to talk to Nurse Joy." Pan said as she took a seat at the end of the chair, "But I told him that she was busy with the pokémon we brought in. And I sent him my Skarmory so he could study it."

~A few hours later~

Pan was half dozing off on one of the lounge chairs, with her back resting against Brocks, as she and the others rested, while waiting on news on Houndour, their Pokémon already returned to them, as they all waited together, as Pan watched Persian from out of the corner of her eyes.

Persian was lying on the floor nearby, as he watched the double doors expectantly for Nurse Joy to come back out. Much to the cat's irritation, he'd been practically kicked out of the E.R. once he'd been healed and back on his feet, for being a nuisance while Nurse Joy and the Chansey's were *trying* to treat Houndour. The large cat Pokémon had been pacing around the front room for awhile, before finally lying down, to rest.

After staring at the cat Pokémon in silence for a few moments, Pan stood up, stretching a bit to work out the aches she felt, and walked over to Persian, and sat down next to him, sensing him tense up at her approach, even though he didn't look up at her, though he gave out a warning growl.

"Chill out, Persian. I only came over to keep you company." Pan said as she glanced at the cat. "I don't see why you still don't trust me. I'm not as bad as you *think* I am, you know." She said, frowning at the stubborn cat Pokémon a bit more before standing back up to sit back on the bench with the others.

* * *

"Pika pik?" {What's with you?} Nebula asked as she came over to the two, cautiously walking over, though her ears perked, then waved over Pikachu to join them, "Chu pika pi." {Pan's been nice to you since we found you and Houndour out there, yet your being mean to her.}

"Pers, pers. Sian persian sian," {I don't like humans, okay? I've had more than enough bad luck with humans to last me a lifetime. Houndour's the only one I trust.} Persian muttered under his breath as he sat up, pushing himself half way up with his legs as he finally looked at Nebula, staring her right in the eyes, with a determined look, and snorted, "Persian pers sian sian." {They are all just waiting till they can capture us when we least expect it to happen. All I got all I have to say is that as far as I'm concerned, all humans are alike.}

"Pikachu? Pika pi chu pik?" {Like what? Why don't you like humans anyway?!} Nebula demanded, as she cocked her head to one side as she stared at Persian quizzically.

{I only did it because Houndour needed the help. For all I know, your *trainer*,} he said, practically spitting out the last word, as he continued, {could be secretly planning to go back on her promise, and capture us when our guard is down.}

"Chu pika! Pika pi chu," {Pan's not like that! She's a lot nicer than most humans you'd meet anywhere.} Nebula exclaimed as she scowled at Persian. "Pika! Pika chu cha!" {When I first met her, she risked her own neck to save me from a flock of Spearows without the help of any Pokémon,} seeing the incredulous looks she was now getting from the two older Pokémon, she quickly continued, her voice dropping a bit, "Pika chu, pika pik..." {She made the same promise to me to let me go when I was better.}

"Pers?" {Oh, really?} Persian said in disbelief after hearing this bit of news, as he looked Nebula directly in the eye, "Pers sian pers," {If your human really did make that promise, then how come you are still hanging around her, instead of with your family? The way I see it, she broke her promise to return you to the wild.}

"Pikachu pik, chu," {She would have, but} Nebula exclaimed, as she glared at Persian, before looking a bit sheepish, as she spoke, "Pika chu pik, pika, pika pi chu," {When I was all better, I *chose* to stay with her and Giru-kun instead of going back into the wild of my own free will. In fact, The first thing she said to me when I woke up that day in the Pokémon center was that as soon as I was all better she'd take me back out to the woods and let me go.}

"Pers? Sian" {Why would you want to willingly go with a human that you only met that day, especially if she was going to let you go free?} Persian demanded as he pushed himself up into a sitting position so that he could look at Nebula, "Persian, per sia." {Pokémon should take every chance they can get in order to be free from humans.}

"Pika pik," {I *wanted* to come with her, otherwise she probably *would* have kept her promise to return me to the wild.} Nebula stopped to glare at Persian for a moment before continuing, "Pika pika chu pik pik." {But unlike *you*, *I* know her well enough now that she *does* keep all of her promises.}

"Persian pers," {You're still young enough to actually still believe that about trainers.} Persian snorted as he turned over onto his side, so he wouldn't have to look at Nebula anymore. "Pers, per sian per." {She's a human. All humans are the same.}

"Chu pika," {If she's so bad then why did she let you have a choice in whether or not you let our trainers help you guys?} Pikachu added in as he came over, after hearing most of the conversation, {She could have just caught you and then forced you to come against your will to the Pokémon center for treatment, you know. Remember, even after you let us help you guys, she still didn't try to capture you with a Pokéball,} he said as he shook his head in annoyance, at Persian's stubbornness "Pika pi, chu," {instead she let you choose for yourself.}

With those parting words, Pikachu motioned towards Nebula, indicating that they should leave the cat Pokémon alone now, and heads over towards Ash.

Frowning at Persian for a moment more, Nebula turned on her heals and stomped off, heading towards Pan, climbed up Pan's leg and settled into the demi-saiyan's lap.

At that reminder, Persian didn't answer, as he slowly turned his head to he glared at both Nebula and Pikachu his eyes narrowing, before he turned back on his side, and ignored them.

Just then, the light that lit up the sign that was hanging over the double doors leading to the room where Houndour had been taken too, was turned off, and Nurse Joy came back out and gave the group a reassuring smile.

"So, how's Houndour doing now, Nurse Joy?" Pan asked, as she stood up along with the others, immediately seeing the change of emotions on the Nurse's face, "Is she *really* well enough now?"

"Houndour's going to be okay. We were able to finally bring down her fever, and she gave birth to her pups five minutes ago." Nurse Joy said cheerfully, continuing as the group gave let out a relieved breath of fresh air, before her expression became sad, "She's given birth to five puppies, three girls and two boys, and is now resting peacefully. But..."

"'But' what?" Ash asked as he stepped forward, quickly jumping on that last word, concern etched into his face as he stared intently at Nurse Joy, "What's wrong?"

"Yeah is there something wrong with the pups?" Misty demanded.

"Yes there's something wrong," Nurse Joy said, as she let out a tired sigh, as she stared at the group before her, as her eyes turned towards Persian who had come up to stand next to Pan to look expectantly at Nurse Joy. "One of the puppies is very ill. It doesn't look like it may survive for much longer."

Persian growled in displeasure at the news, knowing that if anything, Houndour would be upset over the loss of that pup, as he started to take a step forward, moving away from Pan's side, when Pan's voice stopped him.

"Persian wait," Pan exclaimed, glancing down at the cat, and sees the determined look beginning to form in his eyes, and scowled at him, "Don't do what I think you're going to do. You won't help anybody that way."

Ignoring Pan, and planning to push his way back into the recovery room, so he could see Houndour and her babies, he suddenly found himself being stopped before he could more than a few feet, when Pan's hand reached out to snag him by the back of his neck, and held him in place, despite his struggles to get free.

Growling, he jerked his head up to glare at her, and voiced his displeasure at the delay, as he strained to get free from her grip, only to find himself not moving an inch with her hand gripping the back of his neck.

"I said to wait," Pan snapped, as she glared right back at Persian, fully meeting his gaze head on, as she easily braced her feet on the ground, in order to stop herself from being pulled along behind Persian, then knelt down so that she was at his level, and gently wrapped her arms around him, to hold him in place, so that she could talk, "Just wait a few minutes more Persian before you go charging in there."

Grumbling a bit, Persian grudgingly sat back on his heels to wait, as Pan kept her grip on his neck, as they talked with Nurse Joy for a few moments on Houndour's condition.

"If all of you will just follow me, I will show to where Houndour and her puppies are being kept." Nurse Joy said as she finally led the way to the recovery room.

Once inside the recovery room, Persian had immediately bolted towards the bed that had Houndour resting on it, sat down on the floor by his friends bedside, and slightly jumped up so that his front paws were now resting on the edge of the bed, as he got tried to get a better look at the dog Pokémon, to make sure she really was okay.

At the sudden jostling of the recovery bed, Houndour sleepily looked up from her nursing pups, and saw Persian looking at her from over on the side, and gave him what looked to be a dogs version of a smile, as she wagged her tail.

Pushing himself further up onto the bed, and being careful not to disturb the pups, Persian leaned over to gently nuzzle the dog Pokémon.

"OH, they're so cute!" Misty exclaimed as she came over to the bed, to look over the puppies.

Pan asked after she and the others followed Nurse Joy into the back room, to see Houndour and the pups, moving forward to stand by the bedside, and reached out to gently pet Houndour, scratching the dog behind her ears, before turning her attention back towards Nurse Joy, "So where's the sick one?"

"He's right over here. Unfortunately we had to isolate him form the rest, just as a precaution," Nurse Joy said, as she motioned them to follow her, as she led them over to an incubator, where they all could see a tiny form lying within, "It would really be a shame if this one died so early in its life, because I can already tell that it would have been a special one."

"Why's that?" Ash asked as he walked after her.

"You'll see in a moment," Nurse Joy simply said.

Then his eyes turned towards the incubator, when he heard the exclamations from the others as they caught sight of the puppy.

The top of the incubator was closed off. It was obvious at first glance that the puppy was gravely sick. From the sound of its heavy raspy breathing, it was obvious that it was already having trouble getting enough air into its lungs, without outside help, as a Chansey tried to get it to eat from a bottle.

But that wasn't what had really caught everyone's attention, as Ash soon found out.

"No way," Brock muttered under his breath as he stared intently at the Pokémon inside the incubator.

"Pika," both Nebula and Pikachu said simultaneously.

"It's a shiny Pokémon," Misty said in awe as she put her hands on the sides of the incubator to stare more closely at the puppy.

Instead of having black fur, the puppy's fur was blood red in coloring, it's underbelly a darker shade of brown. The skull on its forehead, along with the bones encircling its body shone a bright silver color instead of the usual white.

"What's wrong with him?" Pan asked.

"He's dreadfully sick. It looks like he caught whatever his mother had," Nurse Joy said, shaking her head disappointedly as she looked down at the sick pup, "It'll be a miracle if he survives at all, and I don't know if he'll live through the rest of the day."

Pan walked around the recovery room, holding onto the sick puppy, which was now wrapped in a small blanket that Nurse Joy had leant her, in the crook of one of her arms, after asking the nurse if it would be okay to remove the pup from the incubator for awhile, while holding a milk bottle, filled with a special Pokémon baby formula, in her free hand, as she tried to get it to eat.

Persian kept his vigil at Houndour's side, keeping a steady eye on the other puppies as they slept curled up against their mother's side, while the dog Pokémon took a short nap to help in the recovery from her own illness, as she had her back resting against Persian's side.

The others had gone off to open up her capsule house in order to get the picnic basket out, and bring it back to the Pokémon center, so that they could eat something, and Giru and Nebula had gone with them.

"If I had any senzu beans on me, it probably could better it's chances at surviving," Pan thought to herself as she looked, as she looked down at the restless puppy in her arms, around the recovery room, before walking over to a nearby chair and pulled it over to Houndour's bed.

As she sat there, she allowed her tail to unwrap from around her waist to wave in the air as she tried to get a better hold on the puppy, while also trying to hold the milk bottle at the same time.

Persian's eyes widened in surprise when he sees Pan's tail waving in the air, and jumps off the bed to get a better look at it, and when Pan's attention was fixed on the puppy, who had finally started eating from the bottle, Persian lifted one paw towards the furry appendage.

"Don't *even* think about it, Persian," Pan said, not looking up for a moment, her tail smacking him on the nose as she gently shifted the puppy to her other arm as she made the chair swivel around so that she could look at the cat, "How would *you* like it if *I* took something sharp to *your* tail?"

"Pers! Sian pers sia..." {Hey! What did you do that for?!} Persian growled out as he sat back down, and rubbed his nose with one of his paws, the sting from the hit irritating him as he scowled up at Pan.

"Hound?" {What is it?} Houndour asked tiredly as she half lifted her head from the bed to look over.

Glancing over at Houndour, Pan saw that the dog Pokémon was awake, having been awaken when Persian had gotten off of the bed, and had seen the tail also.

"What, never seen a human with a tail have you?" Pan said with a slight smirk on her face, as she stood up and moved away to give the two Pokémon a better view of the tail, "Then again, I'm probably the only *one* you'll ever see with one around here."

Persian only looked skeptical as he glanced at the tail as it waved lazily behind Pan's back for a few minutes, before the girl moved to sit back down in her seat.

"Dour hound," {Why does a human have a tail?} Houndour said as she stood up on shaky legs, being careful not to disturb her sleeping pups, as she tried to get off of the bed, only to stop when she caught the reprimanding look in Persian's eyes, and settled back down.

"Wondering why I have a tail?" Pan asked as she glanced at the two Pokémon, as the simultaneously nodded their heads. Seeing their confirmation.

"I'm not fully human. I'm only part human, and the other part is an entirely different race called Saiyans, which is where *this*" moves her tail in front of her body, "comes from. Though, technically I'm more human than Saiyan..."

"Pers?" Persian

"If that meant that you want to know what a Saiyan is, let's just say they are a completely different race to similar to humans but different, in a lot of ways. This tail is proof of that," Pan said with a shrug, as she waved her tail in front of the two Pokémon. "If you're wondering about that, it's a long story that I don't feel up to getting into right now, if you guys don't mind," Pan said, as she sheepishly rubbed the back of head in the typical Son way, as her tail swayed restlessly behind her, "Let's just say I'm not from around here and..."

Just then, she was interrupted by the sound of a knock at the door, just before it was pushed open from the other side, as Brock stuck his head in. As he stepped further into the room, Pan could see Giru and Nebula were sitting on his shoulders.

"Hey, Brock," Pan said cheerfully as she looked at the older boy, while both Giru and Nebula got off of Brock and heads towards her. "You guys are back early."

"There you are. I figured you must have still been back here since we didn't see you out front yet." Brock said, as a grin appeared on his features, when he saw Pan, before walking into the room, and hands over the house dynocap to Pan, "Come on! We brought the picnic basket that Mrs. Ketchum packed for us earlier."

"You hungry, Pan?" Giru asked, his red eye blinking for a moment as he stared at the saiyan.

"Starved." Pan said with a slight grin as she swung around on the chair, while reaching up to scratch Nebula under the chin, earning a pleased 'Cha' from the electric rodent.

KABOOMMMMMM!!!!!

Just then the entire Pokémon center seemed to rock, as it seemed like a huge explosion had just hit the entire building. The explosion sent Pan flying out of her chair to land on top of Persian, with a grunt, while at the same time quickly reaching out to grab hold of Houndour with one hand, as the dog Pokémon was thrown off of the bed, while still holding onto the sickly puppy in her other hand, as Brock was flung out of the room backwards as his back slammed into the wall in the hallway, while both Giru and Nebula managed to land on the sickbed, and kept the puppies from falling off.

"Sorry about that. Persian," Pan said sheepishly, as she glanced down at the now thrashing cat pokémon, as he tried to get out from under both her and Houndour's combined weight on his back.

"REOWRRRR!!!" {GET OFF OF ME!!!} Persian snarled as he struggled to get Pan off of his body. Once Pan was finally off, he gets up on all fours and looks up, eyes showing concern when he saw Pan was still holding onto Houndour with her free arm. "Pers?" {Are you okay?}

"Hound dour houn..." {I'm fine, Just a bit stunned, that all...} Houndour whines, as she kicked and squirmed to get free of Pan's grip so that she check on her pups.

"Here, Houndour," Pan said as she carefully put the agitated dog back onto the bed, and helped scoop up the puppy's and put them back next to their mother.

"Hey are you guys okay?!" Brock demanded, as he staggered back into the room, as he rubbed his bruised back, "Anybody hurt?"

"We're all fine, Brock," Pan said, as she turned to face him, and sees him rubbing his back, "Are you okay?" she asked in concern as she walked over to him, and quickly helped him into the chair she had been forcefully vacated from a moment ago.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. I think I just bruised my back a bit, when I slammed into that wall outside," Brock said, wincing a bit when Pan's hand touched the bruised area.

Her expression turned to anger, as she saw him wince in pain as her hand came in contact with the injury, and pulled back the collar of Brocks shirt to peer inside, seeing that his back was already starting to turn an ugly purple color.

At that movement, as she kept her full attention on examining Brock's injury, she didn't notice the hand still holding the sick puppy securely in the crook of her left arm give off a soft golden color.

"We should get Nurse Joy to examine your back as soon as possible, Brock," Pan said, as her anger started to die down and turn to worry, and the glow died down.

"We'll have to worry about that later." Brock said as he stood back up, pushing the chair back, and made his way towards the door, "We've got to go find out what happened, and see if everyone else is okay. Though I've got a pretty good idea what caused that explosion. Or I should say *who* caused it." He muttered under his breath as he disappeared down the hall.

Pan was about to follow him when she remembered that she was still holding the sick puppy in her arms, and glanced back at the incubator for a moment, before glancing back down at the puppy.

'I don't think it'd be safe to leave up there by himself,' she thought silently, as she held the pup in her arms, she finally noticed that she couldn't the fever induced heat coming from the pup's body anymore, 'It feels like his fever's gone down a bit. But that's impossible unless...'

Eyes widening, Pan quickly completely unwrapped the pup's small body from the blanket, and brought it up close to her face to get a better look at it, then let out a sigh of relief when she saw it's small chest still rising, indicating that it was sleeping peacefully.

"At least he's still alive. But why's he cool? He should still be burning up right now," she whispered, as she stared down at the pup, as she rest her hand on the pups body, and still felt the cool coolness of its sweat slicked skin under her hand.

"Pan-chan, we have to go," Giru chirped in, breaking into her thoughts. "Our help might be needed out there, with whatever caused the explosion"

"Pikachu," Nebula said as she jumped off of the hospital bed and walked over to Pan, and climbed up onto her shoulder.

'Guess I'll have to ask Nurse Joy to check him out later once this is over,' Pan thought silently as she nodded in acknowledgement to her companions words, as she turned towards Houndour who was watching her with wide eyes.

"Hey, Houndour do you feel up to taking this one back for awhile?" Pan asked as she held out the pup to it's mother, "It looks like he's starting to feel better now, and it won't be safe for me to take him out there with me, and he's probably going to be hungry too when he wakes up."

"Hound." Houndour said, nodding her head as she moved some of the other four pups over a bit to make room for the other one.

Smiling a bit, Pan moved forward to put the pup in next to his brother and sisters, then turned away to make her way towards the door with Nebula and Giru in tow.

Back in the front of the Pokémon Center, all of the trainers were coughing from the kicked up dust caused by the collapsed wall.

"Is everyone all right?!" Nurse Joy shouted over a fit of coughs as she glanced around the room at the trainers to make sure everyone was all right.

"Everyone's over here's all right, Nurse Joy," one of the trainers called out, as the dust cleared up a bit, to show the speaker standing next to three other trainers near the counter, "Just a few cuts and bruises."

"My arm hurts!" one of the female trainers of cried out in pain, just as a few other trainers voiced their complaints.

"All right everyone remain calm," Nurse Joy said as she glanced around the room.

"We're okay too, Nurse Joy." Ash called out as he and Misty rushed over towards the Nurse.

"Oh no! Not again!" Nurse Joy exclaimed in irritation, in between coughs as she stared in the direction of the source of the explosion, seeing the gaping hole that had once been a white wall. "We just got the Center finally rebuilt, and this had to happened. What kind of person would do this to a Pokémon center?!"

"I've got a good at who could have to done this, Nurse Joy," Misty said worriedly as she quickly glanced around for the the culprits.

"Who?!" Nurse Joy asked.

"The same ones who helped destroy it the last time," Ash said, just as two familiar voices started laughing.

"The twerp got it right the first time." A female voice called out with a laugh.

"That's because they know us so well."

"Not them again!" Ash exclaimed.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people within our nation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team Rocket! Blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! That's right!" Meowth cried out as he leaped in front of Jessie and James, giving the crowd of trainers his usual smirk as he held up a little black controller in his paws.

"What do you guys want this time!" Ash demanded as he and the others got up to face against Team Rocket. "You're not going to get Pikachu!"

"Calm down, you little twerp. You are in luck today, 'cause this time we ain't after your precious Pikachu this time," Meowth said with a laugh as he grinned at the humans. "Or any other Pokémon, for that matter. We've got bigger fish to fry now."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Misty demanded as she clutched Togepi protectively to her body with one arm as she glared at Team Rocket, while at the same time, she started inching her free hand for a Pokéball from her belt to release one of her Pokémon. "If you guys are not after Pikachu this time, that what *are* you after now?!"

A few of the other trainers in the center nodded their heads in agreement, as everyone glared at Team Rocket in anger.

"That's for us to know and you to find out." Jessie said smugly as she returned Misty's glare with one of her own. "Until then, why don't you twerps be good and stay out of our way, or else you may get hurt."

"We're after something else this time. Or should I say *someone* else." James added in as his eyes searched the faces of the trainers that were in the center, "That our boss is interested in now."

"And if any of youse know better, youse better not get in our way if you know what's good for youse."

"That's right! This time we're after one thing," Jessie said as she glanced around the Pokémon center in search of their target, "So where is that new little friend of yours hiding herself?" before her eyes finally rested on Pan as she came through the back doors to see what the commotion was about. "There she is!"

"Oh brother. It's you three again," Pan said complained as she casually leaned against the doorframe with a bored look on her features, as she crossed her arms across her chest while she glared at Team Rocket, as she held Nebula in her arms, and with Giru riding on her shoulders, "If you're here to steal Pokémon again, then are you guys ready another butt kicking?"

"That was a lucky shot last time!" Meowth exclaimed as he glared at Pan through narrowed eyes.

"You just caught us on our worst moment," James added in as he frowned at Pan, "But this time we'll succeed, in getting what we want."

"Yeah, whatever, just keep telling yourselves that one," Pan said dismissively as she half waved a hand at them, "If it's not Pokémon that you want this time, then what *do* you guys want here?"

"We took it easy on you last time, but now playtime is over!" Jessie exclaimed angrily, as she pointed directly at Pan, "*You* are to come with us! Our boss wants to have a few words with you."

To be continued...

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Author's Notes:
Sorry everyone for taking so long to write the next chapter to Flying Away. I've had a major case of writers block in the last couple of months, and unlike the *last* three chapters I've written, Chapter 3 has gone a lot slower in being completed. ^_^;;

I got the idea of Pan having the power to heal living things from watching the fifth Dragon Ball Z movie. It's a latent power that she could have inherited from Gokou. The fifth movie is the one where the Z fighters fought Friezer's brother, Cooler. When Gokou went SSJ in that movie, he was holding an injured/dead bird in his hands that had been hurt in the fighting. As he was powering up, the birds body started to glow, and Gokou somehow healed the bird just as he was about go SSJ.

The idea for the Moon Stones being able to control a Saiyan's transformations I got from Hung Nyugen's 'Fist of the Pikachu' fanfic. Besides that, I already have a plan for where *that* is going. And I'm not telling what it is. *_*

So what do you guys think of Chapter 3? Sorry for the long wait on this chapter, but I've had a bad case of writers block lately. *PLEASE* e-mail me what you think of the new chapter. Plus, I would love to have any fanart, and reviews that you send my way.

I have a question for all of you out there. What kind of Pokémon do you think should hatch from the egg Professor Oak gave to Pan? I've narrowed the choices down these. Please e-mail me your vote or reviews:
Mew -
Moltres -
Tyrogue -
Eevee -
Dratini -
Nidoran -
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Date Started: September 21, 2001
Date Ended: September 13, 2002