Okay, I lied. Boo-hoo… this is gonna be easily compared to weird dreams after eating weird foods, or maybe some drug-induced dreams, I dunno. The worst I’ve ever got was from Zaxby’s fry seasoning on popcorn (That dream included the Phantom of the Opera, a walking hand [like Thing, from the Adam’s Family] and September 21-the day EVERYONE wants to move to Florida…) So, I’ll probably throw in some charries from my other, more sensible works. You have been warned, people. Don’t blame me if you lose your sanity. Later on, I’ll get an actual warning form a Lemonny Snicket book for ya, howsat? (PS- anybody seen the movie yet? ^_^ I loved Violet’s dress… it was all gothy and stuff…kinda like me, lol)
OMG- HE’S FINALLY LOST IT…
Sitting back in his big, fancy leather boss’ chair, the boss just stared at the TV set, eyes wide, left one twitching a bit. Persian sat by the chair, sleeping, as always (lazy bum of a cat…). Highly disturbed by what he had just seen on TV, the boss flicked the TV off and just sat, pondering what he had just seen. He then stormed off to the labs, underground.
(meanwhile…at Elle‘s house)
The teenage girl sat on her computer loft bed, scribbling Katakana in her diary, absentmindedly petting her cat, Fluffy.
“I do hate it he had to leave again, Fluff… Maybe he can stay next time… you think?”
She asked. The cat was sleeping, so she didn’t bother waking her up. However, the next thing she knew, she was in an oddly… flat room. She looked around her to see oddly flat people, then she looked down at her hands, which were oddly flat. She squeeled with delight.
“SWEET! I’M 2D! NOW I HAVE AN EQUAL SHOT AT JAMES! WHOOO!!!!”
However, everyone was then staring at her.
“What? Got a problem, punks?”
She demanded, frowning. She wasn’t restrained to anything, so she stood up, advancing on the only 2 lone people there, as they tried to get out. One of them fumbled over the door knob, the other fumbled over they keys that opened the door.
“MOVE!”
She shouted, they moved.
“Arigato, odango atamas! Sayonara!”
She said cheerfully and hopped up the stairs to go find James.
(Meanwhile…somewhere else…)
“Meeowth, dat’s right!”
“Okay, good. Let’s take a break and come back after lunch, alright guys?”
There was an array of different voices happy with the decision to go to lunch. As they all left, 3 got in one elevator to go to the first floor. However, when the elevator got to the first floor and the doors opened… no one was in it…
(back at the Rocket labs…)
“And that’s all of them? You’re sure? If you’re wrong, you WILL live to regret it!”
The boss was less than happy with the TV, and his own scientists. By that time, he had seen Elle wandering the building and had dragged her back down to the basement and tied her up. Now, he would add the other 3 with her. Elle gasped when she saw them and started screaming.
“OMG!!!! ERIC STUART!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I’M NOT WORTHY OF YOUR PRECENSE!!!!!”
She shouted. The new hostage just stared at her.
“I love you!!!!”
Elle said again, nuzzling his arm.
“Well… I love James anyway… Will you do the voice for me?”
She asked, blushing uncontrollably. For a minute, he just stared at her. Elle stared back, sparkly eyed. He sighed and started with the voice.
“Do you have the slightest idea what we’re doing here?”
He asked. Elle’s eyes were watering with excitement as she nuzzled his arm again.
“I’ve died… and gone to Heaven… that’s what’s going on here…”
She said. He sighed again. Then, to her right, Maddie spoke up.
“We’re not where I think we are… are we?”
He asked vaguely. Once again, Elle screamed.
“OMG!!! MADDIE!!!!”
She squealed. By that time, she was in tears, she was so excited. She tried her best to maintain her Meowth impression through the tears.
“You’re one a my favorite characters in da whole show!!! I LOVE YOU!!!”
Maddie turned and looked to his left.
“Hear that? The kid’s good.”
He said, then he turned to Elle again.
“You mind coming in on my sick days? You’re the best Meowth I’ve heard in a long time.”
He said. Elle closed her eyes and sighed, tears streaming.
“The master just told me I can sub for him… I have never been happier in my whole life…”
She whispered.
“Safe to say you’re a Rocket fan?”
Another familiar voice said. Elle’s eyes shot open as she looked around Eric.
“OMG!!!! RACHEL LILLIS!!!!”
She squealed hoarsely. After so much excited squealing and shouting, that happens.
“I really HAVE died and gone to Heaven… and Team Rocket came with me!!!”
She said.
“Dat’s right!”
Maddie said as Meowth. (Not much difference between their voices, though, but hey.) Ell then started laughing, and couldn’t stop. She was still crying, too.
“This is the greatest day of my life! I never in a million years thought that I would ever get to meet you guys, but here I am, tied up right next to you!”
She said, still laughing.
“Does anybody have any candy? I’m all light-headed…”
She said, still laughing. Eric had a mint and handed it to her. She stared at it, wide-eyed.
“…Eric Stuart gave me candy….. I SHALL FOREVER KEEP THE WRAPPER!!!”
She shouted triumphantly, popping the mint in. However, in her moment of light-headed bliss, she missed the door opening behind them and 3 more people being carelessly tossed into the room.
“Well, you’re quite welcome we didn’t give you a hard time getting us down here!”
Another familiar voice said sarcastically. Elle looked around her idols again and squealed once again.
“James!!!”
She said. He looked up.
“Love! How did you get here?”
He asked.
“I don’t know… how have you been? I missed you!”
“I missed you, too. It’s been really boring, actually…”
However, the blissfully unaware yet happy couple was interrupted by Eric.
“How can this be happening?”
He asked.
“I thought I was James?”
Rachel and Maddie looked around him to ask the same thing of Jessie and Meowth. They only looked at each other.
“Oh. Guys, this is Rachel and Maddie.”
I explained.
“And there’s not much point in introducing you 2 to them, is there?”
I said, acknowledging the VAs. Just the sight of them made me all giddy and light-headed again.
“If I start to go down, catch me.”
I said to James. He smiled and nodded. Just then, the boss came in.
“You’re probably wondering why I have you all here…”
He said vaguely.
“It is because of THIS…”
He said dramatically, pointing a small black remote at a TV set that oddly enough, had gone completely un-noticed until that very moment. Images of the episode “Dues and Don’ts” flashed across the screen. Everyone looked back to the boss at the same time.
“Yeah. Your secretary is a psycho, what’s your point?”
Elle asked. Gio seemed appalled by my answer and just pointed at the screen, dumbfounded.
“How did this happen?!”
He demanded.
“Well, y’see boss…”
Meowth started.
“Apparently, some dude in Japan gotta hold of da poke’mon world somehow, and he tought it was pretty neat and stuff, so he made it a TV show which debuted in America in early 1998.” He explained. Maddie just stared. He still couldn’t believe that his character actually existed.
“Really? And just who is this ‘dude in Japan’?”
Giovanni asked, like he thought Meowth had made the whole thing up.
“Satoshi Tajiri.”
Elle said brightly. Giovanni just stared at her, like he had forgotten she was there. He came up to her, let her free of the rope, and demanded that she take him to Satoshi ASAP.
“Can James come, too? I’ll get lonely on the way…”
She asked cutely. The boss sighed and agreed. They started to leave the room, then.
“Hey, wait! What about us?”
Eric asked. Elle was grinning like an idiot again.
“Can he come too? And Rachel, and Maddie, too?”
She asked. Again, the boss sighed and reluctantly gave in.
“I suppose you want Jessie and Meowth to come along, too?”
He asked.
“They can?”
Elle inquired excitedly.
“I was actually being sarcastic, but if it will make you shut up…”
(in Japan…)
“How are we supposed to find this Tajiri person now, exactly?”
Giovanni asked, annoyed.
“I speak Japanese.”
Elle said. Everyone stared at her.
“Well… I’m learning anyway, but I have my dictionary with me a lot, so I should be of some use to you, hai?”
She said.
(After many hours of searching, 3 wrong turns, and 2 mistranslations later…)
“And here we are…”
Elle said happily, acknowledging the building in front of her.
“This is where the master works…
She said, proud that she knew Japanese well enough to get them all there, relatively unscathed, though she had to give a few girls black eyes while fighting them off James. (And she had to kick a few guys where it hurts to keep them off Jessie. They couldn’t steal her friends!!!) They entered the building and went to Tajiri’s office. Elle opened the door and bowed respectively before starting what she hoped was correct Japanese.
(((Author’s note: if anyone out there knows Japanese, and I happened to say something wrong, lemme know, wouldja? As for everyone else… buckle up, cause I’m really gonna make a convo in Japanese. Also note, I‘ll have the English translations after it in bold)))
“Konnichi wa, Tajiri-san. O-genki desu ka?”
(((Hello, Mr. Tajiri. How are you?)))
“Hai, arigato.”
(((Fine, thanks.)))
He couldn’t help but smile as he saw everyone behind me.
“Kore wa nan desu ka?”
(((What’s this?)))
He asked. I smiled in return.
“Anata, watashi na sumimassen. Watashi no nihon-go toku kara umaretsuki no, desu. Watashi wa kamo shirenai kashistu. Anata no eigo yoi, desu?”
(((Forgive me, sir. My Japanese is far form perfect. IS your English good?)))
I asked. If I hadn’t heard that he spoke English, I wouldn’t have asked, but it was killing me to remember all those words, and remembering to put the verbs last and whatnot. He smiled again and nodded. Again, I bowed.
“Thank you.”
I said.
“You’re probably wondering why they’re all here, right?”
I asked.
“I was, yes.”
He said.
“Well, there seems to be a little confusion.”
I took a step closer to him for the next part.
“Sakakki didn’t know that Poke’mon was a show. He thinks that you sent spies to infiltrate Team Rocket base and steal his plans.”
I said, nodding slowly. Behind me, Meowth snickered quietly.
“Hush, Kitty.”
I said.
“Well, I’m sorry to inform you, but I’m the one who created the show. You were all my ideas. A few years after it debuted here, it was shipped off to America, where millions of children watch it everyday.”
Tajiri explained.
“I have to wonder, though… How did you get 3D television stations form a 2 dimensional world?”
He asked.
“Da boss had satellite TV.”
Meowth said, nodding.
“Oh, yes. I forgot I gave him that…
Tajiri said.
Yay!!! Probably not one of my best fics ever, I know… but did at least ONE person like it? ^^, anybody? Was anyone at least impressed by my Japanese, though it was probably a grammatical train wreck? (lol) Well, for those of you who DID enjoy it, and who aren’t laughing at my Japanese right now… Thank you all so very much!!
