Again? Chapter 1:

Pikachu's Plea

About a month after Taruto and Ash had their eating contest, things in Kisshu's dimension were pretty quiet. Even Mint and Ichigo weren't fighting as much.

One afternoon, Emiko and Lettuce were reading a book together, and discussing the plotline, since they both liked the book. Suddenly Emiko heard Pikachu's voice in her head, and said, "Pikachu's calling me again, hang on."

Lettuce nodded, and Emiko focused on Pikachu. To her surprise, Pikachu was alone in a forest. No Ash, none of his friends, not even Team Rocket. Emiko got worried, and said, "Lettuce, something's wrong. Will you come with me? Judging by what happened last time, I may need back-up."

"O-okay," Lettuce said. "Do I need anything?"

"Just your pendant," Emiko said. "Oh, and the people in that dimension will get confused if you add '-san' to their names, so try not to do that, k?"

"Okay," Lettuce said. "I'll go get my pendant."

"I'll go tell Kisshu," Emiko said, putting on her boots. Lettuce nodded, so Emiko teleported to Kisshu, and when he looked up, she said, "Something's gone wrong in the other dimension, and I think it's serious this time. I'm taking Lettuce for back-up."

"Should I come?" Kisshu asked.

"If you don't mind, I might need someone else who can teleport," Emiko said.

Kisshu nodded, and stood up. Then Lettuce came in and said, "I'm ready."

"Good," Emiko said. "Kisshu has offered to come too, so both of you grab on, I'll teleport to Pikachu."

Kisshu and Lettuce grabbed Emiko's hands, and Emiko teleported to Pikachu's location. They found Pikachu hiding behind a bush, and Emiko said, "Pikachu? What happened?"

Pikachu came out and said, "Team Rocket escaped from jail, and kidnapped Ash and the others. Ash managed to hide me, and told me to call you. Can you help?"

"Yes, and this time, there's more of us," Emiko said. "I'm sure you remember Kisshu, and this is Lettuce."

"Hi," Pikachu said, waving.

"Hi," Lettuce said.

"Emiko, can you sense where they are?" Kisshu asked.

Emiko closed her eyes, and focused on Ash. "Ash is in a building, tied up," Emiko said. "I don't see the others with him, though. Let's go to Ash, he might know where the others are."

"Okay, will you implant the image in my mind?" Kisshu asked. Emiko nodded and put a finger on Kisshu's forehead. Finally Kisshu said, "I see it. Let's go."

"Okay," Emiko said. "Pikachu, hop on." Pikachu got onto Emiko's shoulder, and she nodded to Kisshu, who took Lettuce's hand. Then the two Cyniclons teleported to the building Emiko had seen.

When they arrived, they didn't see anyone around. The building stood by itself in a remote location. "Lettuce, transform," Emiko said.

Lettuce nodded, and took out her pendant. Soon after, she was fully transformed, and the group approached the building.

Emiko noticed a large red 'R' on the building and said, "This building has something to do with Team Rocket. We should be careful, I don't want to get Ash killed. The leader of this organization wants him dead."

"Got it," Kisshu said. The group walked toward the building. "Emiko, where in the building is Ash?" Kisshu asked.

Emiko concentrated, and said, "Top floor, I'm not sure which room though."

"Then let's try the roof," Kisshu said. He picked up Lettuce, and he and Emiko, who had Pikachu on her shoulder, flew up and landed on the roof.

Emiko looked around and spotted a skylight. "I'm going to see what's under that skylight," she said. Kisshu nodded, so Emiko peered into the skylight. The room under it looked like an office, and to Emiko's surprise, Ash was in there, being held back from attacking a man in a business suit by two Team Rocket soldiers.

Emiko pulled back and described what she had seen. "I didn't see any weapons, though," she said. "Should we go in?"

"Yes, but we have to be careful," Kisshu said. "Let's teleport." He took Lettuce's hand, and he and Emiko teleported into the room, landing in the shadows.

Unfortunately, the man in the business suit heard the warping sound, and turned. "How did you get in here!?" he shouted.

"We teleported. Let Ash go, or you'll regret it," Emiko said.

"I won't," the man said. "If you insist on fighting, than you will die with him and his friends."

"NO, we won't," Kisshu said. "You'll find that we're nothing like you humans."

The man pressed a button on his desk, and soon after, a bunch of soldiers in the Team Rocket uniform ran in.

"Get rid of these intruders," the man in the suit ordered.

The soldiers all took out Poké Balls, and threw them into the air. Several different types of Pokémon came out and stood ready. Emiko wasn't having that, though. Her eyes began to glow, and she sent the Pokemon back into their Poké Balls. The soldiers were in shock.

"Fight us yourselves, or hand over Ash and his friends, you cowards," Kisshu said.

The soldiers launched themselves at Emiko, Lettuce and Kisshu. The two who had been holding Ash joined in, and Emiko saw her chance. She teleported behind them, and quickly untied Ash, then teleported back behind Kisshu and Lettuce with Ash in tow.

The soldiers stopped dead. Emiko looked at Pikachu, who jumped in front of them. "Lettuce, go!" Emiko said.

Lettuce performed her attack, while Emiko said, "Pikachu, combine your Thunderbolt with Lettuce's water."

Pikachu nodded, and let loose a powerful jolt of electricity, combining it with Lettuce's wave of water.

All the soldiers fell to the floor, sparking. When Emiko was sure they were out of commission, she turned to the man at the desk. "Are you Giovanni?" she asked.

"How would you know that?" the man asked, startled.

"Because the Team Rocket members in here followed your orders, and the name of the leader of Team Rocket is Giovanni," Emiko replied.

"Fine," the man said. "You are correct, my name is Giovanni. I am the leader of Team Rocket."

"Why is it that you want Ash dead?" Emiko asked. "I don't think it has anything to do with his Pikachu, like those others said."

Giovanni smirked. "Right again," he said. "In order to continue my criminal activities without interference, I need the one who stops all my best plans out of the way. Therefore, I have informed the members of Team Rocket that they are to kill Ash if they see him."

"Then why have you kidnapped him?" Emiko asked. "If you told your followers to kill him on sight, he would be dead by now."

"I did it to lure someone else here, and kill that person myself," Giovanni said. "Ash is not the only one I'm after, nor are his friends. I have reports that a strange young girl who has unusual powers has been protecting Ash. If I kill this girl, Ash will have no protection."

Emiko realized she was still in the shadows, so she stepped into the full light and said, "Then kill me if you can. I warn you, it won't be easy." Then she turned to Kisshu and said, "Get Ash, Pikachu and Lettuce out of here, and try to free May, Max and Brock. I'll be fine."

Ash started to protest, but Kisshu cut him off and said, "Understood. I'll take care of them. Be careful, I don't want you to get killed."

Emiko smiled and said, "I won't. Now go." Kisshu nodded, but Pikachu suddenly ran to Emiko.

"At least let me help you," Pikachu said. Emiko looked at Ash, who nodded slightly.

"Fine," Emiko said. "Kisshu, get going, now!" Kisshu nodded, and disappeared with Ash and Lettuce.

Emiko turned back to Giovanni and said, "So, what are you going to do now?"

"My ultimate Pokémon should be able to defeat even you," Giovanni said.

"So you're not going to fight me yourself? Pathetic," Emiko said.

"You'll see," Giovanni smirked. He pressed a button on the wall, and a door opened. From it emerged a strange-looking Pokémon. It was much larger than the ones Emiko had seen so far.

Giovanni smirked and said, "Meet Mewtwo. Or should I say, meet your doom."

This is going to be interesting, isn't it?