Opening Song: Ano Michi wa Bokura arukidasu (That Road we walked on)

You and I searched for our best place

Following that star every single day, and creating a new story on the way

 

When another boring day was born it was a place to escape to

I knew that when the time came we’d all go there together…

 

Memories that we had and those that have yet to be made

The rain and sunny days too I wait for them all…

 

Even if I was alone certainly…I had my way to walk

Running down a dream road time almost reversing to follow me I had so much fun…

 

Even recalling times I was hurt

 

Like that star I wanna shine for eternity and remember your fading voice…

Its my wish that time didn’t forget…I wish every day

 

Let it shine on.….. The path we walked together…

 

 

(Hundreds of Tengon soldiers stand waiting ready and waiting for battle. Tengon space ships fly triumphantly through the air over the prehistoric landscape. Some tengon soldiers come from underneath the water and climb onto land ready for action. Others jump from the spaceships, open their parachutes and land ready to start the attack. Finally everything is calm as Boss Tengon rides in on a magnificent stallion. He is wearing a new military outfit that is decorated with many medals and a hat with a feather from a brilliant bird. The Tengons wait silently for his command, and he finally points at a small quaint cave. The Tengons roar in compliance and begin to rush at the unsuspecting inhabitants of the small cave that most likely have the “Master Technology” that the Tengons have been searching for. However just as they are about to reach the cave, the whole scene fades and Boss Tengon wakes up from a deep sleep.)

 

Boss Tengon: Wha? What? Where….oh it was just a dream….

 

(Boss Tengon looks around at his henchmen…. some are sleeping some are talking with each other and others are playing games on the computer monitors.)

 

Boss Tengon: What a pathetic reality…. hey Dr. Sinister why can’t we just attack them?

(Dr. Sinister walks from out of the shadows, adjusts his glasses and smiles warmly.)

 

Dr. Sinister: I told you already Boss-sama. If we attack him directly, Sakaki will just beat us like he normally does.

 

Boss Tengon: So what do we do then?

 

Dr. Sinister: Just go with the plan I had set out already. I’m sure we will get results.

 

Boss Tengon: Well I suppose, But you’re SURE that the Master Technology is here?

 

Dr. Sinister: Yes I am. Please be patient.

 

Boss Tengon (Pouts): Fine…I don’t know how long I can be….

 

(He walks away and Dr. Sinister looks at him with a look of infuriation.)

 

Dr. Sinister(Thinking): I can’t believe he managed to find out about this so quickly. I wasn’t expecting him to get this wise this soon. It really changes the plans I had quite a bit too.

 

(He calms down and smiles.)

 

Dr. Sinister: No matter. I plan for every situation, and this is no different. Let Boss Tengon have his little hunt. I will still in the end get what I want.

 

(He smiles and laughs evilly.)

 

Sakaki: Episode 24: A revoked time gate and time flow.

 

(Sakaki sneezes.)

 

Gato: What’s wrong Lunk-head? Sick?

 

Sakaki: No…I don’t feel sick. Don’t worry about it.

 

Gato: Whatever you say Lunk-head.

 

(Gato and Sakaki are in grassy fields looking for wildlife to help Atsuko supplement her report. Of course non dangerous wildlife so that they won’t be all put in danger by the simple report.)

 

Sakaki: Wait a second, why don’t you ever call me by my name?

 

Gato: Er..well…

 

Sakaki: What IS my name?

 

(Gato is silent.)

 

Sakaki: And what is the name of the girl who flies the time gate that we live in?

 

Gato: Umm…..Betty?

 

Sakaki: YOU DON’T KNOW OUR NAMES?!?!

Gato: Well you’ve been answering to “Toots” and “Lunk-head” so I figured that those were your names!

 

Sakaki: THEY’RE NOT!

 

Gato: Well soooooory.

 

Sakaki: I can’t believe you don’t know our names…..

 

Gato: Anyway lets get this done so we can go back to the Time gate before a Tengon attacks us.

 

Sakaki: This place is too open for an attack. I really doubt that a Tengon would be stupid enough to----

 

(Then a voice interrupts Sakaki.)

 

Voice: Um…excuse me?

 

Sakaki: Huh?

 

Gato: Who’s there?

 

(They turn around and see a girl…who is none other than….)

 

Bash(Bowing.): Its nice to meet you…um two.

 

Sakaki: Er…nice to meet you?

 

Gato: Hey…isn’t that the Tengon girl that kidnapped us before?

 

Sakaki: Wait I think it is!……WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

 

Bash: Um…my…. Boss says…um I have to capture you…for…er him.

 

Sakaki: Well…she’s very straightforward…But NO!

 

Bash: That…um…wasn’t a request.

 

Sakaki: Look I don’t wanna fight you. So why not go back to where you came from?

 

(Sakaki turns around and begins to walk away until he feels something at the back of his head. He turns and Bash is pointing a laser gun at his head.)

 

Bash: Please don’t…um leave…. you have to...er…come with me.

 

(She fires but Sakaki manages to duck and dive out of the way.)

 

Sakaki: HEY! You could have killed me just now!

 

(Bash blushes and bows frantically.)

 

Bash: I’m sorry….really really really sorry.

 

(Sakaki sweatdrops.)

 

Sakaki: Uh its ok…?

 

(Then she begins to fire again, and Sakaki starts to dodge it over and over again. Bash fires the gun with the same expression that she normally has not showing any malice or anger in her movements. Surprisingly though she is very accurate in her shots, only missing Sakaki by centimeters each time.)

 

Gato: What the hell? What is she? Some kind of gun toting maniac hiding underneath a innocent girl exterior? Anyway! I have to save…um…Willy? Um…Max?

 

Sakaki: SAKAKI!

 

Gato: Coming Lunk-head!

 

(Gato bites on her pant-leg and pulls hard so that it’s hard for her to move.)

 

Gato: That’s as far as you go!

 

(Bash turns around and even though her facial expression hasn’t changed her eyes are colder, and she points the gun at Gato.)

 

Bash: The boss…um…wants you to come too.

 

Gato(Thinking): What the…..just a minute ago she seemed so innocent….now she gives me the willies just standing beside her….

 

(Sakaki jumps over and manages to use the hilt of the quick sword to knock the gun out of her hand.)

 

Gato: Thanks!

 

Sakaki: Now! You start talking! Tell us where Boss Tengon---

 

(Sakaki is then hit from behind by an electrified weapon. Our hero falls flat on his stomach and lies unmoving.)

 

Crash: There we go! That takes care of him!

 

Bash: Uh—yeah Crash-san.

 

Crash: Man! Who knew that you were so good with that gun? I’m surprised Bash-chan!

 

(Bash begins to blush.)

 

Crash: Well, we’ll take Sakaki to the boss, but man Bash-chan you shoot a mean laser!

 

Bash: Um…thank you….I er…learned so I could…impress…..

 

(Crash doesn’t hear this as he is already dragging Sakaki away while humming a happy tune.)

 

Bash: You….

 

(The wind gently blows causing Bash’s hair to waft along with it, and she breathes a heavy sigh and follows Crash. Meanwhile Gato managed to hide in some bushes during this whole exchange and he groans.)

 

Gato: Great…they managed to get him. I’d better tell toots and the others before things get worse….

 

(He runs off to the Time gate to alert Atsuko about this turn of events. Soon Crash and Bash arrive at a Tengon spaceship that is brilliantly hidden between cliffs in a canyon. They get clearance from the guards and walk inside with Sakaki in tow, and head towards Dr. Sinister’s lab.)

 

Crash: Yo Doc! We’ve got your patient!

 

Dr. Sinister: Oh you two have returned?

 

Bash: Yes hakase…um…we managed to successfully…um…bring Sakaki too…

 

Dr. Sinister: I know, I watched the whole thing on camera.

 

(He walks over to Bash who winces, but he only pats her on the head.)

 

Dr. Sinister: You have a extremely unique talent young lady. You should continue to develop it, and become a strong woman.

 

Bash(Blushing): Yes…Sinister hakase….I…um….won’t let you down.

 

(Crash gets a little jealous being left out and brings up…..)

 

Crash: Hey hey hey! Doc what about Sakaki?

 

Dr. Sinister: I’m sorry I forgot about him for a second. Simply put him on the experimentation table and I’ll handle it from there.

 

(Crash does so then he and Bash leave the room.)

 

Dr. Sinister: Its all coming together now…..

 

(Meanwhile Gato has just come back to the tigers and Atsuko who were waiting at the Time gate.)

 

Atsuko: Gato? There you are! Where have you been? And where’s Sakaki?

 

Gato: Bad news Toots! Bad news!

 

Atsuko: I’ve been meaning to talk about that….you know I DO have a name.

 

Gato: WHAT?! Do you and lunk-head have meetings on what to rag on me about next?! Anyway Tengons captured that idiot!

 

Atsuko: Sakaki? They captured him?

 

Heiya: Oh no! You’re talking about those bad guys who came here?

 

Gato: The one and only.

 

Atsuko: That’s not good, who knows what kind of things they will do to Sakaki now that they have him captive?

 

Saber: What can we do to save him onee-chan?

 

Atsuko: I dunno, we have to find out where they are hiding first! Then we have to sneak in and get him out!

 

Slash: But where would they be hiding?

 

Atsuko: That’s the tough part….

 

(Then the sabertooth tiger mother comes into the fray.)

 

Tiger: I thought I saw something strange in the sky the other day….it landed in that direction. Perhaps it could be related to your friend?

 

Atsuko: I’m willing to bet that it is.

 

Slash: Alright! We’re gonna go save him!

 

Heiya: Let’s just hope he’s ok!

 

(Meanwhile Sakaki opens his eyes and tries to get up but realizes he’s been strapped down to a table.)

 

Sakaki: What the…what’s going on?

 

Dr. Sinister: So you’re awake Takahashi-san? I’ve been looking forward to seeing you again.

 

(Sakaki is staring face to face with Dr. Sinister.)

 

Sakaki: YOU!

 

Dr. Sinister: Ah so you do remember me! How fortunate.

 

Sakaki: What do YOU want?! Let me go!

 

Dr. Sinister: We’ll get to that in due time Takahashi-san. I only need to do but one test on you. Then you’re free to go.

 

Sakaki: Huh? What are you….

 

(Dr Sinister walks over to a panel and presses a button. The ceiling opens up and a big machine slowly makes its way down from the hole in the ceiling. The machine turns to Sakaki and begins to slowly grow longer until it looks like a huge gun is pointing at Sakaki.)

 

Sakaki: What the HECK are you planning to do with that?

 

Dr. Sinister: D.N.A extraction.

 

Sakaki: HOW?!

 

(Dr. Sinister then flips a switch and the barrel of the machine opens. Sakaki braces himself for the worse and instead a little needle pops out of the barrel.)

 

Sakaki: Eh?

 

(Then the needle pricks Sakaki in the arm and takes some of his blood.)

 

Sakaki: OW!

 

(Dr. Sinister ignores this and stares at the monitor. After a minute he turns to Sakaki and smiles.)

 

Dr. Sinister: Well it turns out that you don’t have it.

 

Sakaki: What? What are you talking about?!

 

Dr. Sinister: Master technology. You are clear of it, so I don’t need you.

 

Sakaki: So what now? You’re gonna get rid of me?

 

Dr. Sinister: Yes…but I do really despise killing for that reason. So I have other means of doing that.

 

Sakaki: What? Like how?

 

(The straps that kept Sakaki from moving retract and the table folds downward, sending Sakaki tumbling downward. A hole opens up and he goes through it and lands in a dark shaft.)

 

Sakaki: What is that Sinister thinking?

 

Dr. Sinister (From the top): I do hope you don’t mind flying Takahashi-san!

 

Sakaki: Flying?

 

(Then Sakaki hears a rumbling noise.)

 

Sakaki: Don’t tell me….

 

(Outside the ship there is a quiet explosion and Sakaki is seen flying far far away.)

 

Dr. Sinister: Hmph. And so by the process of elimination it must be one of his two friends that has what I need.

 

(Dr. Sinister leaves that room and meanwhile Sakaki lies facedown in a swamp. He gets up slowly wipes some mud from his eyes and growls.)

 

Sakaki: …..that BASTARD……

 

(Outside of the Tengon ship two guards stand making sure no one gets too close. Then suddenly Slash pops out of the nearby bushes and dances around.)

 

Slash: Nyah nyah! Bet you can’t catch me!

 

(The guards ignore this at first but even their zen-like patience wears thin and they chase after Slash. At this point Atsuko, Heiya, Gato, Saber and the mother tiger come from the bushes.)

 

Atsuko: Heiya you’d better make sure that he doesn’t get in trouble.

 

Heiya: Right!

 

(She exits.)

 

Atsuko: Ok, we sneak in find Sakaki and sneak out got it?

 

(Everyone nods.)

 

Atsuko: Ok! Sakaki here we come!

 

(They run inside the ship and look around for Sakaki. However the ever-vigilant Dr. Sinister has already noticed that they have gotten on board.)

 

Dr. Sinister: Hmm, so she came to me? That’s a good little girl. (Turns to a microphone.) Boss Tengon?

 

Boss Tengon(On intercom): Yes?

 

Dr. Sinister: We have intruders.

 

Boss Tengon: WHAT?! Well I hope they at least cleaned their feet.

 

Dr. Sinister: a-HEM.

 

Boss Tengon: Oh right…I’ll send guards there right away.

 

(Dr. Sinister ends the feed to Boss Tengon and summons a guard of his own.)

 

Guard: Yes?

 

Dr. Sinister: You have a tracker on Sakaki’s ship right?

 

Guard: Yeah we do.

 

Dr. Sinister: Go to his ship and hotwire it. Then bring it here.

 

Guard: Uh….ok.

 

(He leaves.)

 

Dr. Sinister: This is all too exhilarating. Both revenge and the “Master Technology” will be mine today.

 

(He begins to laugh. Atsuko and the others are running around the Tengon ship looking for Sakaki. However tengon guards soon accost them.)

 

Atsuko: Crap! Not now!

 

Saber: onee-chan you go find your friend and we’ll handle them!

 

Atsuko: Are you sure?

 

Tiger: Go!

 

(She nods and the two-sabertooth tigers begin to battle against the guards. Atsuko sniffs the air trying to get Sakaki’s scent but to no avail.)

 

Atsuko: Where could he be?

 

(Atsuko notices an open door and decides to go in there checking for Sakaki. She walks inside and sees that it’s a dark room, and just when she’s about to leave the door closes and the light turns on.)

 

Atsuko: Huh? What’s going on?

 

(Dr. Sinister is sitting behind her and claps his hands.)

 

Dr. Sinister: Nice work getting here princess.

 

Atsuko: Who…who are you?

 

Dr. Sinister: Me? Well lets just say you’ll be seeing a lot of me soon.

 

Atsuko: What? What does that mean?

 

Dr. Sinister: You are the lucky one to have inherited “Master Technology”.

 

Atsuko: Me? But that’s impossible!

 

Dr. Sinister: I know it sounds like it, but Master Technology isn’t something that is passed down through the family lines. It can pop up in one person at random. You are the one who has it. If you’re looking for Takahashi-san he was rejected and sent away.

 

Atsuko: You mean he’s no longer on this ship?

 

Dr. Sinister: Afraid not.

Atsuko: How can I have Master Technology? I’ve never ever been able to do anything that would be able to prove I have it!

 

Dr. Sinister: Really? Well its true. DNA never lies. I took a sample from when I was there earlier princess, and yours matched perfectly.

 

Atsuko: I refuse to believe that!

 

Dr. Sinister: But it makes sense now doesn’t it? Princess?

 

(She turns and the door opens. Atsuko takes one look back at the doctor and runs away.)

 

Dr. Sinister: So going the hard way? Fine.

 

(He walks over to an intercom and announces to the guards.)

 

Dr. Sinister: Begin launch of the spaceship. And make sure that the green haired girl does NOT escape. The others can leave but she must not be permitted off the ship.

 

(The guards hear this and begin to comply. Meanwhile Sakaki is making a mad dash towards the Tengon ship that ejected him.)

 

Sakaki: I’ll never EVER forgive them for kidnapping me and tossing me aside like trash!!

 

(He reaches the ship again and sees that it’s launching.)

 

Sakaki: HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!? COME DOWN AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN!!!!!!!

 

(Then the hatch for the ship opens.)

 

Sakaki: YEAH! NOW COME OUT HERE!

 

(Then he hears a whistling noise native to cartoons when something heavy is falling downward.)

 

Sakaki: Huh?

 

(He sees the cats falling towards him, and Sakaki turns to the camera with a tired look and says.)

 

Sakaki: My luck REALLY sucks today……

 

(They land on him, and the Tengon ship begins to lift.)

 

Gato: They’re leaving!

Tiger: Good riddance right?

 

(Heiya and her brother return, and look up at the ship blasting off.)

 

Heiya: That guard stopped chasing us….and he went back to the ship!

 

Saber: Weird huh?

 

(Sakaki finally crawls from underneath the cats and stands up.)

 

Sakaki: Owie…..

 

Gato: Lunk-head? You’re back?

 

Sakaki: Yeah….i got away from those Tengon….

 

Tiger: So where is your other friend?

 

Sakaki: Huh? Yeah where is Atsuko?

 

(Then Sakaki gasps as he sees Atsuko in the Window of the ship. Atsuko is pounding on the window.)

 

Atsuko: SAKAKI! SAKAKI!

 

Sakaki: Atsuko!!!!!!

 

(Then they see the Time Gate fly beside the fleet of ships.)

 

Gato: That’s the Time Gate!!!

 

Sakaki: What the?

 

(Meanwhile inside Dr. Sinister watches Sakaki with a satisfied expression.)

 

Dr. Sinister: Now Takahashi-san you will deal with what all time travelers have to deal with! Not only being far away from WHERE you live but being far away from WHEN you lived.

 

(Atsuko bangs on the window trying to get out but soon she can only watch as she is taken away from her friends.)

 

Sakaki: ATSUKO!!!

 

(The fleets of ships accompanied by the Time Gate fly into a time flow opening and disappear from sight.)

Sakaki: But….why?! Wait…they ejected me for not having the Master Technology…..then they got Atsuko……no….they……

 

Gato: Wait…are you telling me they have the Master Technology now?

 

Sakaki: And our friend…..

 

(The Cats all only stare helplessly at Sakaki who has sunken to his knees.)

 

Sakaki: And worse off….we’re stuck here with no way to get home…

 

Gato: No….

 

(Sakaki bangs his fists into the ground and growls.)

 

Sakaki: I can’t BELELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ATSUKO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

(His cry can be heard echoing throughout the prehistoric age….a cry of helplessness, a cry of anger….and a cry of…………….defeat.)

 

 

 

 

 

Ending Song: “Kizen Hibiku” (Resolute Echo)

 

Every day I hear your voice echo goodbye

The words I never could say resurface

 

A new curtain draws over the sun

And a miracle springs out

 

(For Eternity)

 

I wonder about the magic of a smile

If it’s not permitted can it be forgiven?

 

The wondrous time that we were always laughing

 

(Just you and me)

 

Everything stops even the sky

And the wind carries a sweet scent

 

My heart skips a beat as I see you return

Even if it’s just your memory I wish to have…I want it to be stronger….

 

 

NEXT TIME’S STORY

 

Sakaki: So now we’re stuck here in the prehistoric time period with no way of getting back home….

 

Gato: Some way to end the first half of this story….

 

Sakaki: This is brutal! We have to do something or the Tengons will fulfill their evil desires!

 

Gato: But what can we do? We don’t stand a chance against all of them….

 

Sakaki: Well its not over yet! I’m sure we will find away to get back at them! I guarantee it!

 

Sakaki&Gato: Next time on Sakaki Jikan Tabibito!

 

TORWARDS THE CENTER OF TIME!

 

Sakaki: A new part of the story is gonna open! Be there!