The words chimed like funeral bells into the depths of the parts of him that were Ash. The parts that were Ranma took it rather better and took out a piece of paper and glanced between it and a clock on the wall. His memories as Ash recalled recieving the paper in an envelope after rigorous tests, and it proudly pronounced that he had scored enough... barely... to pass and recieve a Pokegirl at the stated time. Said stated time being....
"Professor Oak.... according to this, I'm actually a couple minutes early."
"Eh? Let me see that!"
The Professor snatched the paper from his hands and pored over it.
"Well... this is odd. It's certainly an official document.... and everything correct except the listed time. I'm afraid I must apologize, Ash.... I'd believed you showed up late out of laziness, when it appears that you've simply recieved a document with a typo. Not your fault at all."
Left unsaid between the two of them was that if there really had been such a typo, then it would have been on every one of the documents handed out. A mistake on just one of the documents wasn't really a mistake at all, but sabotage.
Also left unsaid was that the only two people with enough clearance to get at the computers used to write up were the professor himself.... and his grandson Gary. One of the main antagonists through the life of the much bullied Ash 'The Runt' Ketchum. Not that he could accuse Gary of it right in front of the professor, without hard proof anyway. Now would be a good time for a quick change of subject, and Professor Oak was happy to oblige.
"Still.... your fault or not, you are still late. I'm afraid that I've already given out all the more popular starters. However... yes, I believe I do have one more I can spare. One moment."
The professor dissappeared through a door, and returned after a few minutes with a female form.
"Allow me to introduce you to your starter, a....
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