Chapter 13

The brief dispute about the missing Nintendo DS has dampened Hanwen's spirits a little, but the sight of The Hairy One seemed to have softened the impact on him.

"Yo brother! How is it going man? I see your hair's still as gloriously long as ever!" He rambled in a half-rap manner.

"Well, the Infral 101 treatment has been working well i guess."

Tanya interrupted them. "OK, I hate to spoil this happy reunion thing, but maybe we can focus on the task instead? We have a world to save you know."

"Chill out man! One thing at a time okay, too much bling bling at a time blinds people. Let's just focus on da man, the hairy one ya? I mean I don't know the chosen ones even though I chose them!"

And so they chatted and played Pokemon Coliseum on his GameCube. In between glorious battles between his Rayquaza and their Charmanders, he filled them in on the background.

"Ok, so da main thing is that I'm here to help you guys defeat the evil feudal lords. There are 3 lords in Infral now, among them the greatest and most dangerous being Hello Kitty the Dark Lord. I tell you, she's a real pain. My feud with her goes a long way back into history, maybe I'll tell you guys some time. But we had more than a few catfights, I must admit."

Ray felt shivers down his spine. Hello Kitty sure sounds scary to him.

"Of course, we'll have to defeat the lower lords first. So first on our hitlist is The Lord Who Rocks. That !@#$%^ still owes me some pokemon energy cards."

That night, Ray couldn't sleep. The thoughts of Hello Kitty and her evil deeds made him worry that even here, he may not be safe. Hanwen sure hasn't seemed as wise as he had imagined.

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The next morning however, he was awakened to the screams and shouts of a crazy military commander. Rubbing his eyes, the brief shape materialized into Hanwen in a military uniform.

"Private Ray, wake up and do your 45 rounds down the corridor now! I want no doors left unopened!"

His nightmare had just begun. His doubts about Hanwen vanished soon that day.

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It has been a week of intensive military-style training and Ray had never felt fitter. The lessons on controlling his superpowers have of course improved too with the meditation sessions.

Tanya, who had been going through the same military training, felt exhausted on the other hand. She had already tried to conjure a drinks machine, a robot that looks like her, everything. But Hanwen's eyes were no match for her small tricks.

"I miss townsville already. At least we got nice waffles there! And nice bubble baths!"

Tanya suddenly received a message on her PDA.

"Oh Great One, I have received bad news from my spies in Infral. The lord is going on a Brides for Export economic development programme! He wants to export innocent and helpless females to other worlds to fund his new IR (Individual Resort)!"

"That doesn't really concern me you know." Hanwen said matter-of-factly.

"But earth will most probably place a trade sanction, and you won't get you Pokemon merchendise! Not to mention your Nintendo DS."

"OK, that's the last straw. We are going to Infral to set things right once and for all!"

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