Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Flying Away ❯ Enter Pharaoh and Fire Star ( Chapter 4 )

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 4: Enter Pharaoh and Fire Star
By: Raven Star
(rinoa_lionhart@hotmail.com)

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Author's Notes: This story takes place about 1 year after Dragon Ball GT, 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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~Flashback, ten minutes ago~

"...If we blast our way through the Pokémon center by the front entrance, we might be lucky to be in and out before anyone knows what hit them." Jessie said confidently, as she "What do you guys think of the plan?"

"I don't know Jess," James said, after a few moments, his top teeth worrying his bottom lip, "It doesn't sound like it will go too well."

"I don't think it's gonna woik," Meowth quipped in, earning himself a sharp glare from Jessie.

"I don't see what you guys are so worried about!" Jessie snapped as she glared at her two companions as they his in an alley next to the Pokémon center. "It's a fool proof plan, that should get us back onto the bosses good side."

"That's only if it works, Jess." James whined as he looked back at Jessie uncertainly, "Besides the boss told us not to do anything, except just report back to him with whatever information we could get, remember?"

"Yeah, Jess. Da boss is already mad at us about all of our other botched up attempts at stealing Pokémon." Meowth called out from the alleyway opening, keeping an eye on any sign of Ash and the others return to the center, and to warn the others if anyone else came their way. "He'd be really pissed that we disobeyed orders."

"I know, but what if we were able to actually pull this one off?" Jessie said with a slight smirk, as she glared at her teammates. "He'd be so pleased that he'd probably forget that we disobeyed orders, and give us promotions."

Stars and dollar signs appeared in Jessie's eyes as she said this last part.

"If we can get promoted, I can see it all now." Jessie said cheerfully as she started fantasizing about all of the things she'd be able to buy with her share of the money they'd get for bringing in Pan to their boss.

Both James and Meowth both had matching skeptical looks on their faces as they watched their teammate go into fantasy mode, before simultaneously sighing in exasperation.

"Hey youse guys!" Meowth exclaimed, as he glanced back through the opening of the alley and spots their targets lugging a large picnic basket behind them. "The twoips are back!"

"Good!" Jessie said, instantly snapping out of fantasy mode, as she became more serious, "Let's get our plan started."

"Why do I get the feeling that this isn't going to go as planned, and is prone for disaster" James asked Meowth.

"Easy, because none of our plans seem to never go right for us." Meowth said sagely, crossing his arms across his chest, as he nodded his head.

*TWAP!! TWAP!!*

"OWW!!!" James and Meowth moaned simultaneously, as they nursed the huge bumps forming on their heads, as Jessie stood over them with paper hairesin (sp?) fan, tapping her foot impatiently while glowering at the duo.

"If the two of you are going to talk like that with *that* kind of attitude, then will you just shut up?!" Jessie shouted, at the two cowering males, a popping vein appearing on the left side of her forehead, "You are going to *jinx* us, if the two of you keep talking like that. Then we'll *never* succeed in the long run!!" calming down, she put away her harisen, "Now get up and help me get ready!!"

"Okay, okay." Meowth muttered as he rubbed the top of his, wincing when his paw came in contact with the bump. "Ya didn't have to us that hard, ya know Jess!"

"Just hurry up and get over here, Meowth!"

~End Flashback~

"You jerks blew up a Pokémon center just to come tell me that your boss wants to see me, at the risk of hurting innocent people and pokémon?!" Pan said, as she finally turned her attention back towards the trio, eyes narrowing dangerously. "What's the big idea!"

A few of the other trainers voiced their own angered objections as they all glared at the three Rocket members in anger.

"Yeah! A lot of people could have gotten hurt." Misty snapped, glaring daggers at the trio.

"Shows what youse guys know." Meowth said with disinterest as he glanced around at the damaged building, taking in the destruction he and his teammates had caused, "It was only one side of the center we blew up, not the entire thing. So not that many got hurt."

A few of the trainers that had been in that part of the center when it blew up and had barely managed to get out of the way in time, voiced their disagreements at that statement, as they all glared at the three rocket members, causing the trio to squirm a bit under the intense gaze, for a moment. "Who care's if a bunch of nobody's got hurt, as long as we get what we want?" Jessie said confidently, "We've only come for one person, and we want *her* to come with us this minute and no one else will get hurt."

"Too late for that." Misty grumbled under her breath as she clutched Togepi closer to her chest as she and everyone else in the center glared at the trio.

For the moment, Pan ignored Team Rocket as she glanced around the Pokémon center, taking in the damage that had been caused by the explosion that had been set off.

"Hey aren't you listening to me!" Jessie snapped angrily, upset at the thought of being ignored by the teenager standing a few feet away.

"Yeah, youse better listen up and listen good," Meowth said, "Or else."

"Or else what?" Pan said in a too calm voice, as she finally looked back at the group. "You just said that you'll try and hurt everyone else here, if I didn't come along?"

"Yeah we did," Meowth said, sounding a bit too overconfident as he gave her a smirk, "Now, are youse going to come along quietly or do we have to rough youse up?"

"Easy? On me?!" Pan said, a moment before burst into laughter at the thought. "You've got to be kidding!"

"What the hell is so funny?!" Jessie said incredulously as she glared at the younger girl in anger, "You haven't seen us in action yet!"

"You have it all reversed, Jessie." Pan said with a dismissive hand as she smirked at Team Rocket, "*I* was the one taking it easy on *you* last time." She added as a reminder as she stared them right in the eye, "Or did you already forget that I beat you guys single-handedly without the aid of any pokémon? You guys couldn't lay a finger on me even if you tried. Even *with* Pokémon."

"Don't listen to them Pan," Brock said as he came up behind them, as he glared at the group through his closed eyes, "Take it from somebody who actually knows those three. The others and I have beaten them plenty of times, and they couldn't harm a Caterpie even if they tried."

"Hey!" James exclaimed, as he glared at the other boy. "That's not true!"

"Why don't you let us handle this one, Pan?" Brock said, .

"Yeah, we'll deal with these guys," Ash said as he stepped forward, with Pikachu at his side, with sparks shooting out of the rodents cheeks.

"I don't think so. I'll handle this myself, Brock, Ash." Pan said a bit too cheerfully, as she moved forward, facing the other group, "It's my fight. They came looking for *me*," tail waving languidly behind her, a small smile appeared on her features, "so I'm going to give them *exactly* what they asked for."

Jessie smirked as she watched what was going on, thinking that they had won, and that Pan was handing herself over to them without a fight.

"You twerps should listen to her," Jessie said after a few moments, "Our boss wants your little friend to answer some questions he has, and we plan to take her to him even if we have to use force to do so."

"Yeah, but nabbing Pikachu while we're at it, would be an extra bonus." Meowth said as he rubbed his paws together gleefully.

"You *wish*!" Ash exclaimed."

"Pika!" {You guys just try it...} Pikachu threatened warningly, as sparks started shooting out of the red spots on his cheeks, only to stop when Nebula stepped forward and blocked him.

"Pika pik, chu." {Don't. You heard Pan, it's our fight not yours, so stay out of it.} Nebula said as she gave Pikachu a warning glance as she ran over towards Pan before Pikachu could respond.

"Who said anything about me surrendering to you losers?" Pan asked, crossing her arms across her chest, as she stared at the trio. "Because I'm not. You're just going to have to go and tell your boss, that I'm not interested in whatever he has to say to me." Pan said, as a smirk appeared on her face, "I don't associate with criminals."

"Oh really! That's what you think" Jessie exclaimed in anger as a large red battle aura surrounded her, as she glared back at Pan, as her grip on the pokéball she held tightened.

"Really. So why don't you go crawl back under the rock you three came from under, before you get hurt?" Pan said as a slight smirk appeared on her features as she continued, "An old hag like you wouldn't be able to take me on anyway."

"Oh boy," James muttered as he slowly backed away from Jessie, as the heat from the battle aura became to intense.

"JUST WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN OLD HAG?!!" Jessie thundered, hands gripped into fists, as flames lit up her eyes, as she glared at the younger girl before her, "I still say that what happened yesterday was a fluke, because didn't have time to call out our pokémon!" Jessie said as she pulled out two pokéball's, "Let's see what you say after this. Arbok! Lickitung! Go!"

"Wheezing! Victreebell! Go!!" James shouted as he called out his own Pokémon.

*POP* "Charbok!"

*POP* "Wheezing!"

*POP* "Licki!"

*POP* "Aieee!"

A sweatdrop rolled down everyone's heads as they all watched as Victreebell proceeded to turn and attack it's trainer, pulling James into it's oversized mouth with it's vines, where the male rockets' legs hung kicking, outside of the opening of the mouth.

"Why must you have to do this to me *every* time?! What did I ever do to *you*!" James muffled voice wailed irritably, as he struggled to get free. A moment later he finally managed to pull himself out, taking a large gulp of fresh air as he does so.

Angrily, he turns to frown at Victreebell, before he boots the grass pokémon in the right direction. "Your target is over there!!" he shouted.

"Wheezing, Smokescreen!"

Wheezing quickly flew around the Pokémon Center, filling it with it's toxic smog smoke around.

"Damn it! I can't see!" Pan exclaimed in between coughs as she tried to see through the smoke, "Giru, can you find them!"

"No, not yet." Giru said, as he tried to scan the area in front of them, in search of their targets, then he let out a loud beep in alarm, before crying out, "Look out!!"

Both Pan and Nebula barely managed to get out of the way of Arbok's huge body suddenly came leaping at her from out of the smoke, causing the huge snake to land in a heap on the center's floor, just as the smoke finally started to clear up.

"Charbok!" Arbock cried out, as she recovered enough to slither back around so she could face Pan once more.

"Arbok! Get back in there and do a Wrap attack on that Pikachu!!" Jessie demanded, before turning towards Lickitung, and pointed directly at Pan as she shouted out her next command, "Lickitung, Lick attack!."

"Wheezing, Tackle that Pikachu!" James shouted, pointing at Nebula.

"Pika!!" {Help!} Nebula cried out in alarm as she dodged Arbok's attack as best as she could, as she tried to avoid being caught in the snake's coils. As she dodged Arbok's attack, she managed to touch the tip of Arbok's tail with her own, and shots bolts of electricity through the snake's body, just before she got out of the way of Wheezing's incoming attack.

"Nebula, catapult over Arbok, and Headbutt that Wheezing!!" Pan shouted, as she dodged Lickitung's Lick attack.

As everyone watched, just a few seconds before the huge snake could reach the younger Pokémon, Nebula bounced backwards onto her tail and, then pushed off, leaping high into the air, and over the snake, causing it to crash head first into the tiled floor, leaving it stunned for a few minutes.

"Wheezing!" (This'll be easy!} Wheezing shouted as he charged at the mouse pokémon as she continued to fly up, ready to slam her back into the ground for an easy victory.

Just as Wheezing was about to attack, Nebula's head hit him hard from underneath, staggering it for a few seconds.

Then on the way back down, Nebula then followed up with a back flip in mid air, landing a strong hit with her tail, sending Wheezing flying backwards to crash into a nearby wall.

In a daze, Wheezing's body slid down the side of the wall, large swirls in the eyes of both heads, as he just hit the floor with a loud thump.

"Wheez..." {Owww...}

"Pika pika!" {I win!} Nebula cheered, as she landed on the ground on her back feet, with her paws outstretched into a fighting stance, as she watched Wheezing.

"Wheezing!!" James cried out in alarm, as he watched his fallen pokémon in distress, as he pulled out Wheezing's pokéball and recalled it, and turned towards Victreebell with a determined look, "Victreebell, Razor Leaf!"

As Victreebell released his attack on Nebula, the little electric mouse dodge and leap over each leaf, as they came at her, flinching in pain as some of the sharp leaves managed to graze parts of her body.

"Thunder Attack!!" Pan shouted,

As she jumped over one more Razor Leaf attack, Nebula started charging up her energy sacs. White sparks of electricity started to escape from the red sacs.

"Victreebell, Dodge that electric attack!" James shouted, but the command already came too late.

"Pika... CHUUU!!!" Nubula cried out as a amount of electricity shot out of her body, striking the grass pokémon with enough force to fully paralyze it.

Nebula stood off a couple of feet, breathing hard from the ordeal, as she watched her opponent's warily.

"Pan, Nebula's worn out already. You should call her back," Brock said, as he watched the fight with the other trainers, "Taking on all four of Team Rocket's pokémon by herself is wearing her out."

"Lickitung, now's your chance!" Jessie ordered her remaining Pokémon, "Lick attack!"

"Lici!" Lickitung cried as she opened her mouth and her long tongue lashed out, sending it towards Nebula at super speed.

Seeing the attack coming at the last minute, Nebula tried to move out of the way, but realized that she was to tired to even try and get out of the way of the attack, as Lickitung's tongue hit her squarely under her jaw, sending flying backwards across the room.

"Pika..." Nebula whined as she tried to get back to her feet, but the paralysis effect of Lickitung's attack took affect, and she found that she couldn't move. Just then she noticed a huge shadow looming over her, and was able to move her head to the side to see Arbok moving towards her, an enraged look on the snake's face.

"Charbok!"

Just as Arbok was about to strike, a blur suddenly ran past the snake Pokémon, heading straight for the downed pikachu. A second later, Nebula was gone, and Arbok found herself hitting the ground once again.

"Hey, what gives?!" James exclaimed as he looked around for the missing Pikachu. "Where did that Pikachu go?!"

"I thought I saw something grab her, but it was moving was moving too fast." Jessie said in confusion.

"Pers." A soft voice growled out menacingly.

Everyone turned their gazes to look in the direction the sound came from, to see Persian standing sitting nearby, holding Nebula by the scruff of her neck, as she glowered at the ones responsible for Nebula's condition. His fur was standing on end, and his eyes narrowed to slits, as a loud growl sounded.

Nebula squirmed in Persian's grip as she struggled against the parlays that filled her body, so she could get a better view of who was holding onto her, and when she finally could see who it was, her eyes widen in surprise, then a big smile appeared on her features.

"Pikachu." {You came to help?} Nebula asked, as she stared up at the panther, with wide eyes, as Persian set her back on her feet. As soon as her feet were back on the ground, Persian nudged her over to one side with a paw, as he stood back up and advanced on Team Rocket, claws out.

"Persian. Pers, Pers." {I just thought I should even up the odds a bit.} Persian said as he put the Pikachu back down, while snarling as he glared at the trio. "Pers sian, per."

"What did he say Meowth?" James asked, as he glanced at down at the other cat pokémon.

"He said to stay away from these two, if we know what's good for us." Meowth said, a dark scowl appearing on his feline features as he glared back at the other cat pokémon.

"Forget that! We can just get both of them, and hand them over to the boss," Jessie said irritably as she glared at the panther pokémon in anger, "Arbok, Wrap attack both of the pikachu and the Persian."

Arbok leapt towards both Nebula with the intent of completing her Wrap attack on the cat and rodent, as Persian stood in front of Nebula protectively, as he got ready to launch his own attack at the oncoming snake, when Arbok felt suddenly herself being jerked to a stop in midair, and yanked backwards, as something grabbed a hold of her tail from behind, causing her to slam down into the ground once more.

With a loud hiss, Arbok twisted around to find out who was holding onto her tail, only to see Pan holding on to it, with one hand… "I don't think so, Arbok." Pan said quietly as she stared directly into Arbok's eyes for a full second, causing an unfamiliar chill through the snakes body as she stared back, "Sorry about this. I know your just following your trainer's orders, but I think it's time to finish this, *now*."

Before the snake Pokémon could react, Pan yanked her backwards once more, and started spinning the snake around over her head, at full speed, like a lasso.

"Charrrrrr..." {Make it stop...} Arbok whined dizzily a few seconds later, swirls in her eyes, as she was spun around.

"Hey stop that!" Jessie shouted. "Leave my Arbok alone!!"

"Victreebell! Don't just stand there, help Arbok" James shouted as he stared over at his grass pokémon, "Vine Whip!"

"Aiiee!" Victreebell cried out as he lashed out at Pan with his vines, only to have both his vines caught in Pan's outstretched hand. Soon, Victreebell found himself joining Arbok.

"Why do I have a sinking feeling that things are about to as we planned. And we're about to blast off again?" Jessie whined as she watched the spectacle.

"I'd say the boss is definitely going to be pissed at us about this one," Meowth said as he tried to back away from what he *just* knew was going to come.

"This doesn't look good, Jessie." James said as he glanced at. "Your right, it doesn't look good." Pan said as she jerked both her hands up, and sent both Arbok and Victreebell flying towards their trainers at full speed. "Say bye, Team Rocket!"

The two pokémon hit their trainers and companions at the same time, sending them all flying back out of the Pokémon center.

As everyone watched, Pan ran after them, reaching them before they even hit the ground, and booted them into the stratosphere.

"And don't come back if you know what's good for you!!" she shouted after them, waving a fist at their fading forms, as they soon vanished from sight in the afternoon sky.

"I *told* youse guys this idea of yours wouldn't woik," Meowth said with his eyes closed, and crossed his arms across his chest, as he flew through the air with his companions, "But, would youse listen to good old Meowth? *Noooooo...*"

"Shut up, Meowth! Don't rub it in!" Jessie exclaimed, hands clutched into fists as she glared at the cat pokémon, as she flew through the air. "Why couldn't everything have gone according to plan?!"

"I can just picture the boss now," James whimpered as he stared off into space, "Once he hears that not only did we go against his orders, but also messed up the chance to get that girl for him..."

"We'll be just lucky if he doesn't simply dock our pay," Meowth said, as he crossed his 'arms' across his chest, "He could fire us."

A collective groan could be heard from all three of the conscious members of Team Rocket, as they realized exactly how much trouble they were going to be in once Giovanni found out what they had done.

"LOOK'S LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S FOULED UP AGAIN!!"

"Now that that's over," Pan said cheerfully, dusting off her hands on her pants, " as she turned back around to face the pokémon center, in time to catch Nebula and Giru when the two ran towards her with congratulations.

"Pika pi!" {That was great!" Nebula exclaimed as she climbed onto Pan's shoulders beaming at the victory they had received against Team Rocket.

"And thanks for the extra help, Persian," Pan said as she turned to smile down at Persian, and bent down to pet the cat pokémon, smiling as the panther seemed to accept her touch for a few moments, before pulling away, leveling her with a dark look.

"Jeez. If you're still going to be that way, then why did you come and help?" Pan demanded, putting her hands on her hips and frowned back the cat, neither one backing off form their stare off, for a few minutes, before Persian finally turned his gaze away.

"Pers, Persian pers," Persian said as he stared at her.

"Giru?" Pan asked as she turned her gaze at the little robot for a translation, "What did he say?"

"He says that Houndour wanted him to come help out, since she couldn't do it herself," Giru said, after listening to what Persian said, "Has something to do with that sick Houndour puppy."

"What about it?" Pan asked, as she turned her gaze back to the cat pokémon in confusion, then worry settled into her features "Has he gotten worse? Or is he.."

Instead of answering Persian, simply turned on his heels and stalked out of the waiting room, heading back towards the recovery room. "Persian pers sian," he called back just before he disappeared through the door.

"He says we'll have to come and see for ourselves, and to bring Nurse Joy with us," Giru said, a note of confusion in his voice as he turned his attention back to Pan.

"This is amazing. I've never seen a pokémon recover this fast before," Nurse Joy exclaimed, as she examined the pups a few minutes later, checking out the shiny one especially to make sure nothing further was wrong with it before putting it back on the bed with his mother. "He's completely healed."

"How's that possible, Nurse Joy?" Brock asked, as he watched from the corner, "Didn't you say he probably wouldn't live for very long earlier?"

"Yes, I did. But without special treatment," Nurse Joy said, shaking her head, "He was burning up with a high fever, probably an after affect of what his mother had."

"I was even considering administering some special antibiotics, that would have at least given it a fighting chance." Nurse Joy as she glanced down at the family, "Pan are you *sure* nothing happened that you know of before you left the room?"

By now, almost all of the pups were already on their feet, and wondering around the small bed, though they couldn't go far, since Nurse Joy put up the guardrails on both sides of the bed, so none of them would fall off and get hurt.

"I'm sure, Nurse Joy," Pan said exasperatedly as she watched from the sidelines, as the little houndour staggered to his feet, standing on shaky legs as it tried to make it's way across the bed, then rushed forward when he almost fell off.

Cradling him in her arms, grinning as a pair of bright sapphire blue eyes opened to stare up at her in confusion, as she turned her attention back towards Nurse Joy a moment later.

"Before I left here to go see what was going on, I know I noticed that his fever seemed to have gone down," she said with a slight shrug "I'm just as surprised at you to see that he's better now."

"If you're sure about that," Nurse Joy said, as she gave Pan a searching look, as she walked over and scooped up the Shiny Pup in her hands to examine him once more, keeping a firm, yet gentle, hold on his squirming body, "I'm just glad that it got better in such a short time. It's a miracle."

Out of the corner of her eye, Pan noticed Persian and Houndour giving each other looks at Nurse Joy's words, before they both turned their gaze back to the humans, and caught Pan watching them, and looked away.

'Wonder what that was about?' Pan thought silently to herself, before turning back to Nurse Joy, "So how long do you think it will take before they'll all be ready to get out of here, Nurse Joy?"

"Why the big hurry, Pan?" Nurse Joy asked, "Are you that eager to get going on your pokémon journey?" the pokemon nurse laughed at the surprised look on Pan's face, and waved her hand dismissively. "Don't be so surprised. It was obvious, when you brought in that Skarmory in a pokéball, and the pokégear attached to your wrist. I almost expected you to start on your own journey one of these days. Either that or stay at Professor Oak's compound working in his lab."

"Well, your right about that But the reason that I'm in a hurry," Pan said, eyeing Persian as she spoke, "is because I made a promise to Persian that I would let them all go, once they were better..."

"I don't think so, Pan. It might be awhile more before, Houndour needs to time to fully recover from her illness, before she can be released back into the wild if that's truly what you intend to do," Nurse Joy said, shaking her head as she looked directly at Pan for a moment, as she placed a hand on Houndour.

"Hound,"

"What did she say, Giru?" Pan asked, as she turned her attention back to the little robot on her shoulder.

"She says they could go with you, as your pokémon." Giru said after listening to Houndour for a few moments, "She doesn't mind sticking around a bit longer...

"Persian!!" (Houndour!!} Persian exclaimed, cutting into what Giru as he gave Houndour an incredulous look of surprise from where he was down on the floor, his expression showing a look of betrayal on his feline features.

{It would be a better idea. It'll keep my pups safe,} Houndour said, her head peeking out from over the side of the bed, so she could look down at Persian, {Don't look like I'm abandoning you, why don't you join too?}

"Pers, sian pers!" {Better for who? She's a human, I neither trust them or like them, you know that!} Growling a bit, Persian stood up and padded the rest of the way to the bed, sat down and raised his paws up into the air until they were resting on the edge of the hospital bed, and jumped up onto the bed, being careful not to jostle the pups, as he moved "Persian pers sia pers." {No way, no how, Houndour}

"That's okay, you've got all the time in the world to learn how to trust me, if you decide to come along Persian." Pan said, as she frowned a bit at Persian's attitude, but decided that they could deal with it later.

"I'm not all that bad, Persian. Not unlike the last human who owned you." She said casually, as she gave the cat a small smile as she moved over to him until she right in front of him and looking him directly in the eyes, seeing the surprise in their depths, as he stared back at her. "Don't look so surprised. I could tell that you must have had a trainer at one time. You act a little more like a tamed pokémon than a wild one most of the time."

"Pers?" {How?} Persian asked, then remember that Pan couldn't understand him, and became silent once more.

"Come on Persian. I could already tell immediately from when we first met that you don't like humans, yet you came with Houndour to help me out with Team Rocket." Pan said seriously, as she frowned at the cat before her for a few seconds.

"I don't know what your past experience with us must have been like, but I'm nothing like whoever *must* have hurt you." Stopping to take a deep breath, she continued. "So all I'm going to do is ask that you at least give me a chance before passing judgment like that? Deal? If you still feel the same way about me later on, then you're free to go." she asked as she held at a hand towards Persian. " Nobody likes to be alone."

Persian sat up, eyeing Pan warily for a moment, glancing every few seconds from Pan's outstretched hand back to the girls face, in indecision, ears flattening against his skull for a few moments as he glanced back at Houndour, before they finally straightened once more, and nods his head.

"Pers." {Fine.} He said finally, nodding, before lifting up one paw and laid it down onto Pan's hand, and pushed down on it, shaking it, before removing it once more.

"Trust me on this, Persian," Pan said cheerfully, a big grin appearing on her face, as she realized that she had somehow won the argument, as she reached a hand up to scratch Persian gently behind the ears, "You won't regret it."

Later, as the group sat in the pokémon center's cafeteria ate the huge lunch Mrs. Ketchum had packed for all of them. Both Misty and Ash just sat and stared shock as they watched Pan finished off another plate of loaded down with all kinds of food she.

"You sure eat a lot, Pan," Misty said, a few seconds later, after she finally managed to find her voice, "Didn't you eat breakfast this morning.

"Sure I did. But it wasn't enough to keep me full all day. Maybe an hour or two at most." Pan said in between bites of food, ignoring the thuds Ash and Misty made when they both facefaulted, as she reached for her glass of soda to wash it all down, before grabbing another bowl of food from the basket, opened it and inhaled the delicious aroma coming from inside. "There's nothing like a good fight to work up an appetite, I always say. I'm hungry."

"Don't be too freaked out by her eating habits, you guys." Brock said casually as he took a bite out of his own food, not at all perturbed at the speed Pan was eating. "It takes eating a lot of food before she's finally gets full. Especially if she's *really* hungry."

"Why do you think your mom packed such a big basket fill with food? Of course it was for all of us to share, but she knows how hungry I usually get after awhile, so she packed extra's." Pan said a moment later, putting down her sandwich to glance at the other two teens, "After all these months, she knows my eating habits pretty well."

A large sweatdrop ran down the back of Misty's head, as she watched Pan take another helping of mashed potatoes, before passing what was left in the Tupperware bowl around to anyone else who might wanted some, "Does everyone in your family eat the way you do?"

"Just the ones with tails." Pan said cheerfully, a small grin appearing on her face once more, as she saw the incredulous looks appearing on both Misty and Ash's faces, as a teasing glint appeared in her eyes, "Right now, I'm the *only* girl born into *my* family, but all the guys sometimes eat more than I do, especially when they are *really* hungry"

A little while later, Pan was relaxing in her chair, her hands folded behind her head, as a satisfied grin rested on her lips. On the tiled floor, the picnic basket was almost empty, except for a few uneaten sandwiches and soda's.

Ash cautiously glanced under the lid of the basket, letting out a low whistle at seeing how bare the basket almost was. "Dang, it's almost all gone." He complained.

"But not forgotten." Pan said happily, one hand on her stomach as she sighed happily with contentment, eyes closed, as she giggled a bit.

"Well if everyone's finished eating, can we get going?" Misty said as she stood up, clutching Togepi in one arm, as she used her free hand to gather up her dirty plates, "Isn't it almost time for the ferry to New Bark Town to leave?"

Brock glanced through a booklet on the ferry's that went took passengers to Johto and back. "The book says that the next ferry to Johto will be leaving in about..." looks up from the booklet, to stare at a nearby wall clock to check the time, "...half an hour."

"Look guys, about that." Pan said as she glanced around at her friends as they sat in the chairs around her. Leaning forward, she rested her arms on the table as she placed her chin on her folded hands. "We need to talk."

~Five Minutes Later~

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE LEAVING?!" Ash and the other's chorused as they stared at Pan in disbelief, after hearing her news.

Pan winced at the sound level that the other's voice had gotten to at her news of leaving the group, as she sat in one of pokemon center's chairs while rummaging through her pack in search for something.

"Yeah, I am." Pan said, "Sorry, guys, but I think it might be better if I went off on my own. I want to get some extra training in with my pokémon, to get them to know the ropes, and I'm going to only slow you guys down."

"Why?" Misty asked as she held Togepi in her arms, "I thought you would have stayed with us a lot longer than this."

"Yeah, it's not even been a full day, and already your leaving?" Ash added in.

"I think it might be better that I do leave," Pan said with a slight shrug of her shoulders, as she glanced around the table at her friends, "You heard Team Rocket. Their boss wants me for some reason. And I don't think that whatever it is would be good."

"So that just shows that you should stay with us." Ash said, a pleading note entering his voice as he stared at Pan.

Pan only shook her head, "You guys. I'm good at watching my own back. And, as you saw earlier, I can defend myself pretty good without help." Pan said, as she glanced around at everyone there, meeting their eyes with a stern look, before continuing, "But if I wind up facing another Team can't do anything if I'm worrying about you guys. I have to also watch yours too."

"But," Ash said, only to have what he was about to say be cut off by Brock, as the older boy stepped forward, giving the other girl an searching look.

"If your sure about it..." Brock said, a sad look appearing on his face as he realized that Pan was dead serious about leaving the group. He knew her too well already to think otherwise when she was involved.

"I'm sure." Pan insisted.

Awhile later the group stood on the outskirts of Viridian City, as they said their goodbyes to one another.

"Are you sure you won't change your mind about coming along, Pan?" Brock asked as he looked at her with a sad look on his face.

"Yes, Brock. I'm pretty sure." Pan said as she stared back at the older teen, a small smile appearing on her face, as she looked at everyone's face, "Look on the bright side." She said reassuringly, as she tried to lighten the mood, "Maybe I'll catch up with you guys later in the Johto League."

"That's right! " Ash said, as an excited smile appeared on his face, completely replacing the unhappy look at the mention of the Johto League, "Good luck on your pokémon journey Pan."

"Thanks." Pan said, smiling a bit, "But before you guys go, I want you to take these with you." She said, before pulling her backpack onto her lap, unzipped it then pulled out her capsule case. Flipping open the lid, she search through the different capsules, until she pulled out the three that she wanted, and handed each one over to the others.

"What are these for?" Ash asked as he examined the capsule Pan had handed him.

"Are these the same capsules we saw you using earlier, Pan?" Misty asked as she looked at her own capsule.

"Yep, I thought you guys might want to have while your traveling around," Pan said with a slight shrug, as she started explaining what each capsule was. "The capsule I gave Brock is a three-bedroom Capsule House; Misty's is a mini-fridge; and yours is a storage locker, Ash, so you guys can put all your extra stuff inside so you won't have to carry it around all the time."

"How do these work?" Ash asked, as he examined his capsule, rubbing his thumb on the capsule's plunger experimentally, as he half listened to Pan's explanation on how the capsules worked.

"First thing you have to do is," Pan said, as she put her capsule case back into her backpack, and zipped it back up, "with some of the capsules the first thing you have to do is push the plunger on top to activate the transformation and then..."

*POOF!!!*

Jerking her head up at that all too familiar sound, a huge sweatdrop ran down the back of her head at the sight of Ash now lying halfway under the deluxe size storage locker.

"...then you have to throw the capsule as far away as you can, without loosing sight of it, or else something like *this* will happen," Pan finished, shaking her head as a loud sigh escaped from her mouth, as she stood up and walked over to help, just as Brock and Misty rushed over to their fallen friend. "You should have waited until *after* I finished explaining before you hit the plunger, Ash."

"Pika pi!!" Pikachu exclaimed, as he ran forward, and stood by Ash's head.

"ASH!!" Misty exclaimed as she hurried over to where Ash was, quickly putting Togepi on the ground once she reached the locker, and tried pushing at it to get it to move off of Ash, but it wouldn't move an inch. "Are you all right?"

"Gedd dis ding ofva me!!" Ash's muffled voice gasped out from underneath the locker, as he tried to push off the heavy cabinet with little success, his face starting to turn a bright red.

"Wait a sec. I have it." Pan said as she walked over, bent down and easily lifted the storage cabinet off of Ash with one hand, and put it to one side, ignoring the looks she was getting from the gathering crowd who had witness what had happened,. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Ash gasped out, waving a hand as he tried to catch his breath, before flashing the others a grin, though it seemed a it forced as he staggered back to his feet, before falling back to the ground, holding his stomach. "I think I just had the wind knocked out of me."

"We should take you to see Nurse Joy, and see if she can do anything for you," Brock said, concern in his voice as he examined the younger boy, as he helped Ash back up to his feet, and started practically dragging Ash along behind him towards the Pokémon Center. "We'll back ladies."

"I'm fine Brock, really." Ask insisted, dragging his heels into the ground as he tried to break free of Brock's grip.

"This thing came from that tiny little capsule you gave him," Misty demanded a few moments later, after the boys were gone after making sure that Ash was truly all right, she picked up Togepi and was now busy staring at the storage locker in awe, taking in the size of it, and wondering how something so big could fit into something so small, while glancing down at the dynocap she still held in her own hand. "It's impossible."

"Nothing's impossible if you know how to do it," Pan said with a slight shrug of her shoulders, as if indicating that it wasn't that big a deal, "My god aunt, Bulma-san's father came up with the technology that created dynocaps. They even built tools that'll automatically capsulize any object, allowing all of it to fit right into your pocket."

"So how do we change locker back into a capsule again?" Misty asked, shaking her head as she took in all of the information, though the confusion was still evident on her face

"There's a switch added to it that'll change it back into capsule form, here," Pan said, as she pulled open a small panel outside the locker, to reveal a purple button, before turning her attention back towards Misty, "Since it's already out, do you guys want to start loading stuff inside now?"

"It might be a good idea to do it now. Ash and Brock can put theirs in when they come back." Misty said, as she took off her own backpack and started removing the things that she thought she wouldn't immediately need while on the road, and started loading them into one of the compartments in the locker. "These dynocaps really come in handy."

"I know." Pan said with a loud sigh as she leaned against the locker for a few moments as she watched Misty load in her stuff. "I thought you guys might want to use them on your journey."

"But won't you need them?" Misty asked, as she stopped what she was doing, to look at Pan for a moment, a concerned look on her face. "Won't you especially need the capsule house you gave to Brock?"

"Don't worry, I have two more capsule houses in here." Pan said simply, shrugging her shoulders before answering, "I always keep more than one of the same capsules around. It's not like I'll miss one or two."

Feeling a slight tug on her tail, looked behind her back to see Togepi trying to hold onto it as she lifted her tail off of the ground, and swung her tail around to deposit the little egg pokémon gently into Pan's arms.

"Hey there, cutey. Why are you trying to pull my tail?" Pan said as she cuddled Togepi, and scratched him on one of the points on his head, earning herself a few happy squeals in return.

"Toge toge priii!" {Because it's fun!} Togepi said happily as he waved his small arms at her, squealing in glee as Pan held him up into the air for a moment.

Misty, having peeked out from behind the locker doors, to watch what was going on, watched Pan and Togepi together and shook her head, "I don't know how you do it, Pan." She said as she unloaded the last of her things into the locker, "I've never seen Togepi act like that before around strangers. Not even Ash or Brock could get that kind of reaction out of him."

"I'm just good with animals, I guess." Pan said with a slight shrug of her shoulders, as she tickled Togepi's feet before finally putting him back down on the ground next to the two Pikachu's, just as Brock and Ash returned from the pokémon center. "Ash are you okay?" Misty said as she ran over towards the two boys.

"Yeah, I'm fine Misty, I was just bruised a bit." Ash said, as he glared at Brock a few seconds, "Nurse Joy said I might be sore for awhile, but she thinks that I'll be fine in no time."

"His body was already starting to turn black and blue in the areas that had been covered by the locker," Brock said as he shifted his pack onto his shoulder.

"Hey, Brock?" Pan said, just as the group turned to continue on their way towards the outskirts of town, where they would go their separate ways.

"Yeah? What is it, Pan?" Brock asked as he turned on his heel to gaze back at her, the sad look still visible on his face.

"Thanks for being there for me, when I really needed a friend." Smiling, Pan walked over to the older boy, reached up with one hand to cup his chin, as she gently turned his head, and planted a kiss on his cheek, much to Ash and Misty's surprise.

"You... your... wel... well..." Brock stammered out as a slight blush filled his face, as his mind tried to catch up with the idea that he'd just been kissed, 'Though it was only on the cheek,' he thought disappointedly, by Pan before he finally took a deep breath to calm himself.

"Your welcome. I was happy to oblige," he finally managed out, as his familiar spaced out look appeared on his face, as he absentmindedly raised one hand to touch the area she had kissed.

Ash and Misty watched on in surprise, mouths hanging wide open as they watched the scene before them, as Pan pulled away from Brock and faced them, as the two older teens walked back over towards them.

"Maybe we can hang out some more the next time we meet up?" Pan asked with a bright smile, as she followed the group towards the city limits.

After a lot of hugs and goodbye's from everyone, along with the exchange of phone numbers placed in their new pokégear phones, and the three travelers were soon off on their way to Johto.

"Ash, you still owe me a Pokémon battle to finish the one that was interrupted back at Professor Oak's." Pan cried out as the group was almost out of town, "Let's have it the next time we meet up again, okay?"

"It's a deal." Ash shouted back, as he and the other waved back at Pan, Nebula and Giru as they left Viridian City behind them.

Awhile later, Pan sat in the middle of the city park as she watched her team argue amongst themselves. Earlier she had called Professor Oak to get her Skarmory back and since then, the bird pokémon and the cat was in a heated argument, over Skarmory's earlier actions, while Pan and the others watched from the sidelines, while the pups slept comfortably in a small box Pan had gotten from Nurse Joy.

"SKAR!!! Mory skar!" {Hey! I said was sorry. I was hungry at the time and you guys looked like easy pickings to say the least. Any other Pokémon would have done the same thing.} Skarmory growled as

"PERS!!!" {That doesn't excuse anything.} Persian snapped as he bared his teeth at Skarmory, claws out.

"Skar!" {Why you...} Skarmory screeched, as he raised his wings and prepared to attack the cat pokémon.

"Okay, Skarmory, Persian, that's enough you guys." Pan said, deciding to break up the fight before things got ugly, "Skarmory, don't *make* me put you back in your pokéball."

"Welcome to the team, you guys," Pan said, grinning as her tail waved lazily behind her, as Persian and Houndour watched her expectantly. "And thanks again for your help."

After a moment, Pan reached out and pulled the cat and dog Pokémon into a big group hug. To Pan's surprise, she felt Persian's body actually stiffen up in her arms.

"Hound." {Your welcome.} Houndour said happily as she snuggled closer into Pan's arms, as she glanced over at Persian. "Dour, hound..." {Persian, you promised...}

"Pers." {So what if I did? That doesn't mean that I'm ready to start treating her like a hugging friend yet.} Persian said as he stared back at Houndour for a moment, holding the dog's gaze, as he allowed Pan hug him for a few seconds more, before he planted his paws on the floor, and pulled back and away from Pan, turning his back on them.

"Houndour, dou," (Your impossible you know that, Persian?} Houndour growled under her breath, seemingly giving up on Persian as she padded her way back to where her puppies were, and laid down with her legs circling around them.

"Pika pika." {At least I'm not the only Pokémon on the team anymore,} Nebula greeted as she walked up to the trio, while Giru hovered in the air alongside her.

"Welcome, Persian and Houndour." Giru said cheerfully as he landed in front of the group, as he turned to the steel bird type "And you too Skarmory."

"How about names for you guys then?" Pan asked, as she glanced at the two Pokémon. Seeing the surprised looks on the two's faces, she quickly continued, "Come on, that's why Nebula's got her name." She explained.

Persian gained a skeptical look, as Houndour looked on.

"Well, just calling you guys both Persian and Houndour isn't going to be any good. That's not a name. It's what you guys *are*. So you guys need names just for yourselves." She said as she glanced pointedly at Houndour for a moment, then at the pups next to her, and a small smile appeared, "Especially since I'm going to be getting an entire family *pack* of Houndour's in this deal. Even Skarmory's going to get one." She said as she glanced over at the steel bird pokémon who was watching the exchange, on the sidelines.

"Skar." Skarmory said from where he was as he walked over to the group, and sat down next to Pan, and waited expectantly.

"Houn dou." Houndour said, nodding her head in agreement as she stared at the group.

"Okay, then." Pan said, getting a thoughtful look on her face as she looked around at the assembled Pokémon around her, before settling her eyes on Persian first, "How about Pharaoh for you, Persian?"

Persian cocked his head to one side as he considered the name for a moment, before finally nodding his head in agreement, as he put his head back down onto his paws.

"Pers." {Whatever...}, he said with disinterest, instantly earning himself a slight smack across the back of his head from Houndour's paw. "PERS!" {Hey! What was that for?!} he whined as he used one paw to rub his sore head.

"Hound, dour houn." {Be nice, Pharaoh.} Houndour reprimand, using the felines new name, as she frowned at her friend, onyx eyes narrowing, before softening a bit at Pharaoh's remorseful look.

'I don't even want to know...' Pan thought to herself as she watched the two moment, glancing at Skarmory who was obviously cackling at the scene the duo were giving them. Nebula only shook her head at the sight, while Giru sat on the rim of the box watching.

"Okay, then Fire Star for you," Pan said, as she glanced first at Houndour, then turned her attention towards Skarmory, "And Razor for you."

"Hound."

"Skar..."

A loud yipping sound could be heard from where Giru and Nebula were, as the two tried to shush the pups that were inside with little success.

Standing up, Pan walked over to the box, and brought it over, with Giru and Nebula resting on her shoulders. But just as she placed the box on the ground, the Shiny pup, followed by two others, suddenly leaped up onto the rim of the box, their combined weights causing the box to fall over, spilling the puppies out. As soon as their paws hit solid ground, they started stumbling around on still shaky legs, as they tried to explore their new surroundings.

"Hey! Catch them before they get very far!" Pan cried out as she got to her feet and gave chase. 'Dang! They're just a day old, and their already this active?!' she thought to herself, as she charged at one of the puppies, and snagged it with one hand on the scruff of it's neck.

"Now for these guys." Pan said as she quickly reached out to snag another one of the wondering pups with her free hand before it could get very far, while the other pokémon rounded up the rest of the pups.

Going through the females first, Pan started listing off names for each of them, before putting them back into the box.

"Xena..."

"Ebony..." Surprisingly, this one's fur was a darker shade of black and brown than the rest of the litter.

"Angel..." This one had an unusual white patch of fur on her forehead, shaped like a diamond.

"Pyron..."

Coming on the Shiny pup, Pan stopped for a moment to think of a name for him, as she lifted him out of the box, before a small smile spread across her face as the pup yawned for a moment, before opening tired dark blue eyes to look at her.

"...and this one's name would be Daimon."

"Look's like all that's left is for us to make this official, by capturing the two of you." Pan said, as she pulled out two Ultra Balls from her backpack, and turned towards Pharaoh and Fire Star. "Pokéball's go!!" she shouted as she threw both empty balls at the two pokémon.

Both pokémon braced themselves, as the balls lightly hit them on their heads, and twin beams of light sucked them into the balls.

Both balls bounced around once before they settled down, as a loud dinging sound was heard, signaling the capture had succeeded.

Grinning, Pan walked over to where the two balls laid, and picked them up, "Welcome to family, you two." She said as she hooked the balls to her belt, and pulled off Razor's pokéball.

"Oh, come on Pharaoh," Pan said angrily as she got into a staring match with the huge cat, tapping her foot in irritation at Pharaoh's stubbornness., "It's the most logical choice there is, and you know it. Fire Star needs time to recover from both her illness and from giving birth to the pups."

The group stood inside of the pokémon center. Pan had decided that she couldn't take the pups with her on the journey; because of they were still newborns, plus Fire Star would need more time to recover.

After thinking it over for a while, she then decided that it might be better to send all five of the pups, including their mother, to Professor Oak's where they all could be taken better cared of. Once released from her ball, Fire Star immediately agreed with the plan. Pharaoh though, was another matter all together.

"I told you already," she said, after taking a deep breath, Pan soon continued, "With you, Nebula, Razor, *and* Fire Star, it's already four Pokémon. And that's not including whatever's going to hatch from this egg." She added, while patting the bulge in her backpack for emphasis.

"Look I know you don't like the idea of all of them going, while you stay here, but I need *you* for the time being," Pan said, putting her hands on her hips, as she glared at the panther.

Pharaoh sat down on his back legs, and glared right back at her. Though Pan could see the worry in his eyes, as he took a moment to glance back at Fire Star and the pups, before turning it back on her.

"Come on, look at it this way," Pan said, "Since trainers are only limited to six pokémon, three of them are going to have to be sent to Professor Oak anyway," bending low until she was now face to face with the cat pokémon, she looked him directly in the eye, "so the best solution is to just send *all* of them to Professor Oak's now."

"Fire Star, see if you can talk some sense in him," Pan said throwing up her hand, "I'll go call Professor Oak, and tell him that I'm teleporting you guys are coming."

"Hound," {Pharaoh, don't be so stubborn,} Fire Star scolded, as she scowled at her companion, once Pan was out of sight. "Dour hound, houn," {She's right about the pups needing all of my attention right now. If she calls me to battle for her, I won't have to be worried about where they are most of the time.}

"Pers, sian, per." {I know. I still don't like it.}

"Pikachu pika," {The labs not that bad. It's more like a sanctuary for pokémon, both wild and tame.} Nebula said as she walked over to the duo, Giru right behind her. "Pika, pik cha." {Everyone's allowed to roam free outside the labs grounds, until the ones who have trainers are called on, to battle for them. Then they are sent back to the lab if they are not needed anymore.}

"It's not like their going to be cooped in pokéballs all the time." Giru added in, his single eye flashing as he stared at Pharaoh, "Like Nebula says, Professor Oaks *all* of the pokémon to roam free outside of the lab." Landing on the ground, Giru walked over to Pharaoh, eyeing him warily, "He has different *special* areas on the compound made especially for all the different types to live if they choose."

A low, rumbling growl was Pharaoh's only answer.

"Skarmory, skar," {I'm starting to think that I want to go to this lab myself,} Razor said ruefully from where he was perched on the backrest of one of the pokémon centers chairs.

"Houndour houn, dour" {I agree with Pan on the matter. I'm going to need to spend all my time with them until their old enough to be left on their own full time.} Fire Star said as she sat down a few feet away from him, and cozied up to him on the ground. "Dour houn. Hound..." {Don't make it any harder than it has to be. I'll be back in no time. And be nice to Pan while I'm gone, okay?...}

Pharaoh remained silent for a few minutes as he glanced first at Fire Star, then at the other pokémon around him as they all waited for his answer, and finally gave in.

"Pers," {Fine...} Pharaoh finally said.

Pan walked through Viridian City, finally on her way out of town to do some training with her Pokémon.

Both Giru and Nebula were sitting on her shoulders, while Razor and Pharaoh were resting in their pokéballs.

Having stopped at the local pokémon mart, she had picked up some extra pokéballs, pokéchow, Potions, and a bag filled with about two dozen Rare Candies, allowing her three pokémon to sample the candies first before packing it all into one of her storage capsules.

Then stopping at the Supermarket, she stocked up on about seven months worth of supply of food for herself, which she thought would last a few weeks, until she reached the next town and had the chance restock.

An extra side trip to the 'Fish and Tackle' store next door to the PokéMart, turned out to be a good one, because they seemed to be having a special sale on a new shipment of fishing rods and lures for that day only, so she bought a dozen different types of fishing lures, adding them to the storage capsule, and also bough a silver Super Rod with gold lightning bolts carved into it, for $185.79.

'I probably could catch some good water types with this thing.' Pan thought happily to herself as she examined the rod in her hands, as she took a few practice swings with it, as she thought about all of the different Water Type Pokémon she had read up on while working Professor Oak's lab, 'Not to mention catch me something to eat if I run out of food.'

"Do you guys see anything else we might need, before we leave town?" Pan asked, as she turned her attention towards both Nebula and Giru, as she walked down the street.

"How about going over there?" Giru asked helpfully, as he gently tugged on Pan's hair to get her attention, while pointing in another direction "That looks like something we should get for the journey."

"Go where?" Pan asked as she slightly turned her head to look at Giru, her gaze following the direction his finger was pointed in, until they stopped on a street sign standing in front of a store a few feet away from them.

Viridian Square Sticker Center
Custom made stickers made here
Want your very own, unique style of stickers made?
Bring the design you want into the center
And we will have the stickers ready
In just half an hour or less.

"This place is new." Pan said, as she stared up at the sign for a moment, and reread it one more time, "Custom made stickers?" thinking for a few seconds, before she started to turn away, to frown back at Giru. "Why did you stop me to look at that poster for, Giru?"

"I thought that you might be interested in it." Giru said simply, his single eye glowing brightly. "You should make your own type of stickers, and put it on your Pokéballs, so you would be able to tell which ones are yours in case something happens, and they wind up accidentally getting mixed up with someone else's."

Pan looked interested at that, as she looked back at the poster, her interest growing by the second, "That's a good idea, Giru. It probably *could* help" She said before it turned into a frown again. "But I don't have anything that I could use." She said, before she felt a tug on her pants. Looking down she sees Nebula tugging on her pants. "What is it Nebula?"

"Pika, pi? Pikachu," {How about this? It'd make a good sticker,} Nebula said, as she glanced down pointedly at the bandanna she was wearing, then back at Pan, before using her paws to lift the tied ends of the bandana up, to reveal the Four-Star Dragon Ball clip that was holding it together. "Chuuuu?" {Pleeeeaaase?}

"Nebula wants you to use the print on that clip you gave her to make the stickers," Giru quickly translated, as he stared down at Nebula, who was now nodding her head in agreement.

"Nebula wants to know why don't you see if the guys in the store can make sticker copies of your clip that you gave her?" Giru immediately said, translating the yellow Pokémon's words.

"I completely forgot about the clips. I can't believe I didn't think about it myself.." Pan said as she bent down to scoop Nebula up into her arms, as she fingered the clip with her free hand, before easily sliding it off of the bandanna, then tied the two ends back together in a loose fitting knot. "This design would make perfect stickers. Thanks Nebula."

"Pikachu." Nebula said, grinning at Pan, as she gave her trainer a thumbs up sign with her paws, as the trio made their way into the shop.

"Mom we have a customer!" a teenage boy called out from behind the counter, as Pan stepped through the glass doors. He was a young man of sixteen, with short red-brown hair, and green eyes, as he watched Pan glance around the store at everything that was on display. 'She's cute...'

Eliza Cunningham's head peeked around the backroom door, stopping what she was doing when she heard the door chimes alert her of a possible customer entering the shop.

Seeing a young girl with both a Pikachu, and a strange little Steel-type pokémon resting on her shoulders walk into the store, Eliza fully stepped out of the backroom to walk over to greet Pan.

"Good afternoon, young lady I'm Eliza Cunningham, and this is my son, Kit. And welcome to the grand opening of my shop," Eliza said with a warm smile, as she stared at Pan, "What may I help you with today?"

"Hi I'm Pan Son, nice shop you have here," Pan said as she glanced around the small shop, taking in the pictures and wall scrolls of different types of pokémon, before finally turning her attention back to Eliza, "Well I saw the sign outside, and it said that you guys could make any kind of sticker I wanted as long as I hand the print?" Pan asked.

"Yes I can make you your own custom sticker, as long as you can give me the details of what you want in it, or have a print already made," Eliza said, nodding her head in agreement.

"Then would it be possible to get this print made into stickers?" as she pulled out the Dragon ball pin, and held it out to Eliza.

"Sure, it shouldn't take long for us to do this pattern, Pan," Eliza took the pin and examined it in the light, seeing the shine from the golden gloss, while reaching out with her free hand to yank her son off of the stool to pull him along, "Come on Kit, this will be your chance to show me how good you've become."

"Aw, mom!" Kit whined, as he glanced back towards Pan, as he was pulled along behind his mother into the back room, only to wince when his mother lightly swatted him on the back of his head.

"No back talk, now young man." Eliza reprimand as she gave her son the 'look'. "Go, find the right materials you'll need to make the stickers."

"Okay, okay..." he said as he went into the back room, searching through different racks of colored paper, until he finally came upon a large roll of golden glossed paper. Walking towards the door, he held the roll out so Pan could see it for herself. "Is this one all right with you?"

Thoughtfully, looking over the roll of paper for a moment, Pan finally nodded her head, "Yes, it matches the color th perfectly." She said, giving him a wide smile.

Eliza then walked over to opened a drawer, rummaged through it for a few moments, before finally pulling out a bag filled with red stars, "How many stickers do you want us to make anyway, Pan?"

"Pika pik." Nebula said, giggling at the sight of what was going on.

"I wanted to start off with maybe forty stickers." Pan said, as she settled back into one of the chairs available in the front room, so she could rest her feet,

"We can do that." Eliza said as she walked back into the room, leaving her son to get working by himself for the time being, as he started cutting out circles, as she continued looking at the pin in her hands, "This is a unique design, where did you get it?"

"I made the pin myself about a year ago," Pan said, as she placed Nebula and Giru on the table to rest, as she leaned over the counter to try and peer into the backroom, with little success, "It's my lucky Dragon ball pin."

"Dragon ball?" Eliza asked, as she searched through her the racks until she found the right material that matched the pins color's "What's a dragon ball, and what's so special about it?"

"Well..." Pan began, hesitating a moment before continuing, seeing no harm in telling story of the dragon balls, since they didn't exist in this world, "There's a legend in my family about seven magical balls called dragon balls. If you gather all seven of the balls, you will be able to summon a mystical dragon that will grant you any wish that you desire, no matter what it might be."

"If there's supposed to be seven of them, then how can you tell which if you've got them all?" Kit asked as he set to work on the stickers as his mother supervised him. "It's easy," Pan called back, "You see how my pin has only four red stars on it?"

"Yes, I see it. So what?" "Well," Pan began, choosing her words carefully, as she spoke, "the way the legend goes, each of the seven dragon balls have a different set number of stars on each of them, so you can tell which ones you have, as you gather them from wherever they are hidden."

"Oh, so that means that this pin is supposed to represent the Four Star Dragon ball, then?" Eliza said, a somewhat disbelieving note in her voice, as she came back to the front of the store with the pin, and pulled up a stool behind the counter.

"Yeah." Pan said, as a wistful look appeared on her face, as she remembered the old days, when her grandfather had still been around, as a sad look appeared, as her tail slowly waved behind her out of sight, "The legend of the dragon balls has been a part of my family for the last three generations, and the four star Dragon ball, has sort of become our good luck charm."

"You'd have to hunt for them where ever they maybe, and gather all seven together in order to summon the dragon in order to get your wish," Pan said with a slight shrug of her shoulders, "then once the wish is granted the dragon balls get scattered on opposites parts of the world where they'll remain inactive, while recharging, for one year, before *anyone* will be able to find and use them again."

"You almost sound like you actually believe that legend," Kit said, as he peeked his head through the open door from the backroom, a curious look on his face, as he tried to listen in, while working. "I never heard of it before."

"I'm just interested in a lot of my family's history, and the story about the Dragon ball's was always my favorite one when I was growing up, that I easily get caught up in the tale..." Pan said sheepishly, as a slight blush crept to her cheeks as she realized what she had let slip out, as she scratched the back of her head.

"Where are you from?" Eliza asked a few moments later, deciding to change the subject to something else, "are you from Pallet Town or one of the other city's here in Kanto?"

"Not really. My home's a *long* way from here." Pan said, her expression becoming sad, as she stretched her arms out onto the counter before folding them, and rested her head onto her folded arms.

The two ladies started talking, getting so into their conversation, that they didn't know how much time had gone by when Kit suddenly appeared on the other side of the counter next to his mother, grinning broadly as he held eight white sheets in hand, each sheet bearing the dragon ball design on it.

"Here you are, Pan." Kit said as he laid the sheets down on the counter for her inspection, "I hope you like them. I tried to get the design exactly like your pin. And I made some extra's if you want them."

"It's perfect, thank you" Pan said as she stared at the sticker sheets, taken in the amber gloss of the balls on the sheet, before reaching out to take it from Kit's hands, as she counted the sheets. Each sheet had the four-star dragon ball print going down in ten straight columns, in four rows each. "How much do I owe you."

"$7.85." Eliza said, as she went to the cash register to ring it up, and smiled at Pan reassuringly "For that story about the dragon balls, the extra sheets are on the house.

" "Thanks." Pan dug into her pockets and pulled out a ten dollar bill and handed it over to Eliza, while pulling off her pokéballs from her belt, and peeling off a few stickers from one of the sheets, and placed one on top of each ball, as she waited to get her change.

As Eliza handed over the money, a thoughtful look appeared on her face, "Pan, dear. Do you think you would mind if I produced these 'Dragon ball' stickers for my store?"

"Why?" Pan asked, giving the older woman a confused look.

"I'm always looking for new ideas for sticker prints, and your story about Dragonballs sounds like a good one." Eliza said, a large grin on her features as she looked at Pan from across the counter, "I would just want to try it out, the story about the dragon balls is too good not to try out. It could be good for merchandising. I'll use the story you told me to help promote it." Eliza said, as a calculating look appeared on her face. "You'll get all rights to it, and I'll pay you half of any proceeds I make if they do sell, letting If it hits off, you'll earn some extra money."

Pan thought for a moment, as she considered the offer, before finally nodding her head in agreement, "Fine, if you really want to try selling the stickers, then go ahead."

"Thanks, I'm glad," Eliza said, a smile appearing on her lips. A few moments later, both she and Pan exchanged phone numbers, so that they could keep in contact, and also.

"Bye, and thanks again for the stickers," Pan said as she turned on her heal to walk out of the shop, waving at the two, "Bye Mrs Cunningham, bye Kit."

"Bye Pan." Eliza and Kit called out as she stepped out of the shop and the door closed behind her with a thud.

"Kit, it's time for you to get to work. I'll need all the help I'm going to need in order to make those stickers." Eliza said as she turned towards her son with a stern look, "I want to start working on them within the week."

"Okay mom," Kit said.

Pan slung her backpack back onto her back as she stared at one of the sheets of stickers she had just bought, as Giru and Nebula walked/floated alongside her, as she held up the sheet and compared it to her pin.

"What do you guys think?" Pan finally asked as she showed the sheet to her two companions, "It's a perfect match, isn't it?"

"Yes," Giru floated down until he was lying on top of Pan's head, as he blinked at the sheet, analyzing it "It looks just like the dragonballs, Pan."

"Pika pi," {I agree, Pan} Nebula said as she climbed up Pan's leg and onto her shoulder, where she lay down so she could get another look at the stickers.

"Thanks you guys. Having these made was a great idea to begin with. Thanks again." Pan said, as she put the sheet away, and started walking towards the outskirts of town, so she could finally hit the road to Johto, "Since I don't think I need anything else in town, let's get going?"

"Your really getting into this pokémon training, aren't you?" Giru asked as he looked down at her from his perch, his single red eye blinking curiously.

"Hey Giru, if I'm going to be stuck here in this world forever, I might as well have some fun while I'm here. I *really* need something to do." Pan said as she grinned, as she continued walking towards the outskirts of town. "I still think we should have stayed in Pallet Town in case the gang comes to this dimension looking for us," Giru said in a whiny sounding voice, "How will they even know we are here, if we not even in the same continent anymore?"

"Don't worry so much, Giru" Pan reprimanded, as she reached up to lightly tap the little robot on the head, "That's why I have a pokégear, and I gave Professor Oak that capsule remember? Plus I handed out copies of that group picture we all took in front of Capsule Corps, so Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny know who to look for if they show up here."

"But..." Giru started, only to be cut off by Pan.

"Besides, who knows? Maybe this would be a good thing, and I could make myself stronger while I'm at it." Pan said as she slightly turned her head to stare at Nebula, "What do you think Nebula? Are you in?"

"Pika pi chu!" {Let's do it!} Nebula cried, pushing herself up with paw, and she pumped the air with one closed fisted paw.

"Fine." Giru said reluctantly, as he sat on Pan's head, with his arms crossed over his metallic chest, "I'm in too."

"Glad to see you're with me." Pan said, grinning as they finally left the city limits, breaking off into a run, before taking off into air at full speed with Giru and Nebula barely hanging on.

~At that very moment, elsewhere~

Giovanni was watching the video feedback that his technicians had received from the hidden camera's installed in Viridian City's Pokémon Center, as he watched Pan battle against Jessie and James, and the duo's defeat at her hands.

'Those three idiots can't even follow the simplest of orders...' Giovanni thought angrily to himself, as a low growl under his breath, 'But, at least I see that Meowth wasn't mistaken about this girl having a tail,' he thought as he watched the furry appendage waving behind Pan.

'Just *what* could she be, that could give what appears to be a human girl a *tail*? And the strength and abilities she's displayed against those three idiots, shows she can't be a *normal* human...' He thought silently to himself. He could immediately tell that the tail was definitely attached to her own body, because he could see it in full view whenever she had her back facing the camera, and not from some kind of pokémon like he had originally suspected, 'There is so many things I *can't* wait to discover about this girl...'

"Sir?" a feminine voice called, cutting through his thoughts, quickly snapping him back to reality.

Swiveling his chair around, so he could face the front of his desk, he turned to look at the figure that was seated patiently at the other side of his large desk.

A blond haired girl with large curls hanging down the sides of her face, wearing a red beret, white gloves and boots, and a black uniform with a capital red letter 'R' on the shirt front, sat in the chair across from her boss' desk, as he told her the details of her new mission.

"So is she the one you want me to go after, sir?" Domino asked, as she waited for Giovanni's response.

"Yes, Agent Domino. As you just saw from this video, this is the girl I'm sending you after." Giovanni said as he picked up the remote control, and froze the video on Pan's image, which showed the young saiyan in full detail, then leaned back in his chair, "After witnessing what those two bunglers, Jessie and James, just went through, do you think you are up to the job of bringing this girl in, if you accept this job and the consequences if you fail?"

"Of course I will accept it, boss. And I won't fail. I've never failed in a single mission handed to me." Domino said a bit saucily as she grinned at Giovanni, before nodding towards the screen, "I see her as a challenge that I mean to win."

"Good then, Domino. See that you don't fail me, as those three bunglers have." Giovanni said, motioning a hand towards the now frozen images of Jessie, James, and Meowth on the tv screen. "Report back to headquarters on what you've discovered about this girl, and bring her in as soon as possible." he said dismissively, as he turned back to the work in front of him, "You are dismissed."

Standing up from her chair, Domino silently walked out of the office without disturbing Giovanni, and made it past the secretary's desk and back into the main hallway, turned and quickly made her way towards her rooms to prepare for the trip.

As she walked down the halls, a small smirk appeared on her features, as she pulled out a black tulip from her pocket, and sniffed it gently, as she continued walking.

"You don't have anything to worry about a single thing, boss." Domino said quietly to herself, as she glanced back in the direction she had just come from, "The Black Tulip never fails!"

To Be Continued...

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Author's Notes:
Well now, Pan's adventures in the Pokémon world have finally started, and already she has captured more Pokémon to join her team, as they make their way through the Johto Pokémon League.

I got the idea for the stickers on her pokéballs, after remembering Richie from the Indigo League Championships episodes, who had star stickers on his pokéballs, which had allowed him to instantly know which of the stolen pokéballs, that Team Rocket had mixed up in their bag, were his without having to open every single one first, in order to find *his* pokémon.

Is it just me, or does it seem that Richie's the *only* character in Pokémon who was smart enough to do something like that? ~_~

For those who are asking that this be an Ash/Pan fic. The idea of Ash turning out to maybe be part Saiyan is intriguing, but as for a match up between him and Pan, I don't think so. Maybe Ash could get a crush on her...

One, he's a few years younger than her. Second, this is *PAN* we're talking about here, remember? No insult to Ash when I say this, but seeing what Pan's character is supposed to be like, do you guys really think she'd be interested in someone like him no matter how cute he might look, despite the age he is at? She would have to wait a couple of years before he'd stop being actually start getting interested in girls in that way, without getting sidetracked by pokémon first.

Here's the update on the poll for what kind of Pokémon that should hatch out of the egg that Pan received from Professor Oak, with a new pokémon added to the vote. I will close the poll by the end of the next chapter or two, so please keep sending in your votes. Plus, I've added an online vote caster, with all of the current votes already added in, at my site for everyone to use to vote on what's going to hatch.
Mew - 15
Moltres - 9
Eevee - 9
Celebi - 9
Dratini - 5
Tyrogue - 2
Nidoran - 2
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Date Started: August 25, 2002
Date Ended: February 22, 2003