Again? Chapter 2:

The Search

Meanwhile, with Kisshu, Lettuce and Ash: Kisshu had teleported them back to the roof. "Okay, we need to find your friends," he said to Ash.

"Will Emiko be okay?" Ash asked.

"She's strong, so she will be fine," Lettuce said. Then she turned to Kisshu. "Kisshu, what are we going to do about finding Ash's friends?"

"I can probably teleport to them, but I need an image," Kisshu said. "Ash, picture one of your friends in your mind, and close your eyes. I can imprint that image into my mind and teleport to that person."

"Got it," Ash said. He closed his eyes and pictured May. Kisshu touched his forehead, and took the image, burning it into his memory.

"I'm done, let's go," Kisshu said, opening his eyes. He grabbed Ash and Lettuce, and teleported.

The three of them arrived in what looked like a jail cell. It was dimly lit, but Kisshu was able to see.

"Who's there?" a girl's voice asked.

"May?" Ash asked.

"Ash! We were worried sick!" May said. "Who's with you?"

"Kisshu and Emiko's friend Lettuce," Ash said.

"Where's Emiko?" Brock asked.

"She and Pikachu stayed to fight Giovanni," Ash explained. "We'd better get out of here."

"I can't see," Max said.

"I can," Kisshu said. "I'll untie you guys."

"Thanks," May said, as Kisshu got the ropes off them.

"How are we getting out?" May asked.

"I'll just break the door down," Kisshu said. "I can't teleport all of you, so we need to stick together."

"Got it," Ash said.

Kisshu took out his swords and slashed the door's hinges off. It fell out with a bang, and Kisshu said, "Let's go."

The group ran out of the cell- and straight into a group of soldiers. "Hey! Where do you think you're going?" one of them shouted.

"The top floor," Kisshu said. "Got a problem with that?"

"Yes, actually, we do," said another.

"Well, you won't for long," Kisshu said, and crossed his swords, creating a huge energy ball that completely wiped out the group of soldiers. "Let's get going," Kisshu said.

The others followed him up the stairs to the next floor. They didn't run into anymore soldiers, but suddenly a siren started blaring. "Oh no…" Lettuce said.

"What's up?" Brock asked over the noise.

Lettuce pointed to Kisshu, who was in a lot of pain from the noise. "We have to get him out," Lettuce told the others. "We can come back for Emiko and Pikachu later."

The others looked unsure, but nodded. Lettuce pulled on Kisshu's arm, and motioned toward the door. Kisshu took a step toward the door- and collapsed, unconscious. Lettuce caught him and told Brock, "Help me carry him, I think we're going to need to blast our way out."

Brock helped Lettuce pick Kisshu up, and followed by the others, they ran to the nearest exit, which luckily led outside. They got Kisshu away from the building, and set him down.

Lettuce sighed and said, "Well, we got him away from the noise, so we just have to wait for him to wake up. Cyniclons have far better hearing than humans, and a noise like that was really painful to Kisshu."

"I'm sorry we dragged you guys into this," Ash said.

Lettuce smiled and said, "It's not your fault. Ichigo's always saying that we Mews have to help whenever and wherever we can. It's our duty. Besides, you didn't force us to come here. Emiko asked us to help, and we agreed because we knew you needed help."

Ash sighed. Lettuce squeezed his shoulder reassuringly, then sat down and put Kisshu's head in her lap. The others sat down nearby, and waited.

An hour later, Kisshu was still unconscious, and the others were worried. Finally Lettuce said, "I'm going to see if my pendant's communicator works here. I think we need more help."

The others nodded as Lettuce tapped her pendant and said, "Ichigo, can you hear me?"

A few minutes passed, then they heard, "Lettuce? Is something wrong?"

"Get the other Mews together, have them transform, and then have Pai and Taruto teleport to Kisshu's location as fast as you can," Lettuce said. "We need more help."

"I'm on it," Ichigo said, and cut the connection.

Lettuce turned to the others and said, "Now we wait."

Fifteen minutes later, Pai and Taruto teleported in with the other Mews. "What happened?" Ichigo asked, seeing Kisshu, who was still unconscious.

"A siren came on in that building, and the noise was too much for Kisshu," Lettuce said. "Emiko and Pikachu are still inside, and Kisshu said that Emiko is fighting right now. We need to help Emiko and somehow protect Ash and his friends from Team Rocket."

"I think we should wake up Kisshu," Pai said. "I can handle that." He tapped Kisshu's forehead twice, and Kisshu slowly opened his eyes.

"What happened?" Kisshu asked. "I have a really bad headache."

"That siren went off, and you blacked out from the noise," Lettuce said. "You've been unconscious for over an hour."

Kisshu tried to sit up, but fell back, clutching his head. Lettuce caught him and said to Pai, "Can you help?"

"Yeah," Pai said. He put a hand on Kisshu's forehead, and his hand began to glow. Kisshu's facial expression, which had been pained, relaxed, and soon after, Pai took his hand away. "How are you feeling now?" he asked Kisshu.

"I feel fine, thanks Pai," Kisshu said.

"You have the power to heal too?" Brock asked.

"I'm the one who taught Emiko, though she's more powerful than I am," Pai said. "We have other things to worry about, though."

"You're right," Kisshu said. "We need to help Emiko and Pikachu, and we need to keep Team Rocket from killing Ash and his friends. I guess we should split up."

"Good plan," Pai said. "What are the groups?"

"Me, Ichigo, Pudding and Lettuce will go back and help Emiko and Pikachu, the rest of you stay here and protect these guys," Kisshu said.

"Understood," Pai said. "Good luck. Oh, and you might need these." He handed a pair of earplugs to Kisshu.

"Thanks Pai," Kisshu said. He then took hold of Ichigo and Pudding, while Lettuce grabbed his shoulder. Then he teleported back into the building to find Emiko.

Next chapter coming sometime tomorrow, I'm exhausted.