Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Stranded ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

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Chapter 5

(DBZ Dimension)

Bulma was on her way to go to bed for the first time in 48 hours. Nearly every scientist working on the dimensional portal project was absolutely exhausted. Ever since they used it the day before to send the one-man search party to look for the boy that was trapped, they were having many problems. Several computer mainframes were nearly completely fried. At least a dozen CPUs had to be replaced. The only luck they had was that the hard drives with their calculations and data gathered during their first run were still in working condition.

From what Bulma heard through the comm link, the search part didn't appear much better luck. Kuririn had to rely on a Capsule Corp motorcycle to get around because he would have raised suspicion if he flew or used on of the jets. Kuririn had searched a city using a picture of Gohan, but has had no luck.

"Hang in there, Gohan." Bulam said sleepily as she laid down on her bed for the night.

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(Pokemon Dimension)

Gohan was studying yet again. Professor Oak said he wanted to watch Gohan train some more, but Gohan refused, saying he didn't want to draw any unwanted attention. Professor Oak was still surprised at how easily Gohan defeated Team Rocket with hs bare hands. Gohan was wondering how that Team Rocket could cause them much trouble at all.

Gohan had been studying since he ate breakfast 3 hours ago. He wanted to show his mom that he was serious about studying. It wouls sure beat being yelled at for a full day when he would get back. 'If I do get back,' he thought to himself.

While he was thinking about home, there was a knock on the door. Gohan sighed as he put his book away and walked over to answer the door. Professor Oak was there at the door.

Professor Oak seemed to be in a good mood. "Good morning Gohan!" He smiled. "I came here to bring you some good news."

Gohan smiled excitedly. "Oh really!" he replied.

Professor Oak looked a little embarassed. "Well, it's not about you going home, but it's good news nonetheless."

Gohan calmed down quite a bit. He was hoping it was about him going back home.

Professor Oak proceeded to tell Gohan the news. "I'm having Ash, Misty and Brock going around Kanto to collect data for me from some associates of mine. I want you to go with them, Gohan."

Gohan looked up at Professor Oak and smiled again. "Sure! I could really use a break from studying."

Professor Oak reached into his pocket. "That's not all. I also want you to have this." He threw a pokeball at Gohan. "It's your new partner."

Gohan looked at the pokeball. "Thanks," Gohan replied. "But no thanks." He threw the ball back. "I don't agree with the idea of making animals fight for you."

Professor Oak seemed mildly shocked. "Well, it is your decision." He told him. "Good luck on your trip. They will be leaving in an hour. Go meet them at Ash's house." Professor Oak told Gohan as he left the capsule house.

Gohan wasted no time packing up. He took his capsules out of the recharger and put them in the case. He also unhooked his house from the power lines and put the house away. That was all he had to pack, so he walked to Ash's house.

Ash, Misty and Brock were finishing up packing for the trip when Gohan walked up. They appeared to be jealous that Gohan didn't need to carry a backpack. "I'll carry some of that." Goha offered.

"That's all right." Misty replied. "We wouldn't want you to hurt yourself."

Gohan felt a little hurt by the comment. "Hey, I'm stronger than I look." he protested.

"Don't worry," Ash told him. "It's not that much anyways."

Gohan shrugged. "Your loss, I guess."

After they all said their goodbyes, they left for their first stop, Viridian City.


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Meanwhile...

Jesse and james were heading back to Team Rocket's HQ in Viridian City. Their boss had requested them to check in from a week ago. they didn't want to be empty handed in front of their boss, so they tried to steal some pokemon from Professor Oak's Laboratory. They were almost out of time, so they headed up to HQ anyways so their boss wouldn't get any madder.

They trudged along in silence with Meowth's unconcious body in tow. Neither of them wanted to talk about their latest humiliating defeat.

Jesse broke the silence by saying, "We should start thinking about what to tell the boss what happened on our last attempt."

James sighed. "What's there to talk about? A young, pre-teen boy defeated us without even using a pokemon."

Jesse thought a moment. "That couldn't have been any young boy. How many children can do that?" she pointed to Meowth.

James was contemplating that fact. "You're right!" he exclaimed with renewed vigor. "The boss will want to know about him!"

Jesse wasn't quite as enthusiastic. "Yeah, and maybe then he won't fire us."

They walked on through the day and ended up at Team Rocket headquarters by noon. It was just finished being rebuilt.

Jesse and James were standing in front of their bosses desk, getting ready for their report.

Their boss was facing the oppisite direction, looking over some bills for the repair work when he finally said, "Do you two have any good news in this report?" he said with a dejected sigh.

"Uhh... kind of", replied James nervously.

Their boss turned around to look a them with an amused look. "Really?" he asked. "Did you two finally steal a pokemon?"

"Well, no" squeaked James.

"But it's some rather useful information." Jesse recovered.

"Go on." Their boss responded with a bored tone.

"We found a boy that was incredibly strong and fast" Jesse explained as she begun to sweat.

Their boss seemed slightly interested. "How strong and fast are you talking about?"

"Well..." Jesse stalled, before picking up Meowth and showing his unconcious body to ther boss.

"It wasn't a real friendly encounter." James added.

Their boss wasn't too impressed. "How did he do that, and how young are you talking about?"

James thought for a momet. "I'd say the boy was no older than nine, and he beat up Meowth with one punch and one kick."

To say their boss was surprised was an understatement. "Imagine what I could do if I had that kind of power under my control." He thought for a few moments. He then returned his attention to Jesse and James. "Apparently having you two dolts around has finally paid off. I want you two to track him. Don't try to attack him again. You two will be scouts and tell me where he is heading. I'll devise a plan to capture him. the only things you two can seem to do is look but not touch." he said reproachfully.

"Yes sir!" Jesse and James said together before leaving the room in a hurry.


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Gohan had been walking with Ash and the others for most of the day. They were making small talk while Gohan was thinking about his studies. Shorty Gohan began wondering exactly what they were going on their trip for.

"What are we supposed to be doing again?" Gohan asked.

Brock turned to him. "We're supposed to be exchanging information with other scientists. The real reason we're going is to give us some more practice and become better at handling our pokemon."

As they were talking, the small talk between Ash and Misty turned into yelling and arguing. Gohan watched them for a minute and began laughing.

Misty looked over at Gohan with an annoyed look on her face. "What's so funny?!" she demanded.

Gohan stopped laughing and smiled at her. "You two remind me of my parents. Well, my mom anyways. My dad rarely argues with her, but she argues all the time."

Ash and Misty had seemed to forget what they were arguing about. "What do they argue so much about?" Ash asked.

Gohan sighed. "Mostly about my studying. My dad tries to sneak some training in my work, but my mom does her best to stop me from doing it. They haven't been arguing much lately, of course."

"Why not?" Misty asked.

"My dad hasn't returned home for a few months." Gohan answered a little depressed. "He was missing during an... expedition" Gohan lied.

The four of them quietly walked onward until it became dark. The area was too small to use the capsule house, so they set up their sleeping bags and got some rest for the night. In the morning they began walking in silence.


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Professor Oak was currently still trying to studythe dynocaps Gohan let him borrow. Even after the past several days he hadn't been able to discover much about them.

Professor Oak starting thinking about how Gohan, Ash, Misty and Brock were doing on their trip. He was hoping they wouldn't run into any problems. Oak then remembered how Gohan defeated Team Rocket with his bare hands and chuckled to himself. 'They'll definitely be safe', he thought to himself.

Abruptly, a loud noise pierced the quiet morning. Oak igured the noise was from a jet of some kind. After a minute the noise went away, and five minutes after that, Professor Oak heard a ringing of his doorbell.

Oak answered his front door to see a strange, short bald man. He had stragne red dots on his forehead, and wore baggy red and blue clothing. Professor Oak figured him to be a monk of some sort. There was something else also that was strange about this person, but Professor Oak couldn't put his finger on it.

"Can I help you?" Professor Oak asked.

"I hope so", said the short man as he handed Oak a photograph. "I am looking for this boy have you seen him?"

Professor Oak looked at the picture and was quite surprised to see it was a picture of Gohan. "I did see someone that looked like this named Gohan. Is he in some kind of trouble?" Professor Oak responded.

The man's attitude brightened considerably. "No, he's not in any trouble. I'm friends with his father. Do you know where he went?"

Professor Oak pointed to the north. "He is heading towards Viridian City."

The short bald man thanked him and ran into a jet that was landed a short distance away. He took off and headed North.

Professor Oak was thinking about that encounter when he realized what made him so strange looking. 'I wonder what happened to his nose.' he thought to himself.


(End of Chapter 5)

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