Two Worlds Chapter 2:
Emiko
While all this was happening, a portal opened, and a young girl fell to the ground. She had light blue eyes, and reddish-brown hair, but strangely, she had long, elf-like ears. She was wearing a white long sleeved shirt with a black tank top over it, and a pair of black pants. She was also wearing short black boots and a jade pendant on a gold chain.
The girl picked herself up and looked around. She was in a large field. "What is this place?" she muttered. "One minute I'm training with Kisshu, the next that portal opens and sucks me into another dimension." Suddenly she sensed something, and looked up. Two objects were falling towards her. As they got closer, she saw that one was a yellow mouse-like thing, and that the other looked like some kind of cat.
The girl leapt into the air and tried to catch the two creatures, but she only managed to catch the yellow one. The cat like creature fell to the ground. The girl landed and ran over, carrying the yellow mouse.
She knelt next to the cat and asked, "Um… are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm used to that," the cat said in perfect English.
"You can talk?" the girl asked. She set the yellow mouse down, and looked at the cat.
"Is there a problem with that?" the cat asked defensively.
"No, I was just expecting a meow or something," the girl said. "Isn't that what most cats say?"
"What's a cat?" the cat-thing asked.
"I thought you were a cat," the girl said. "What are you?"
"I'm Meowth," the cat said. Then Meowth noticed Pikachu, who was unconscious. It started to lunge, but the girl grabbed it by the tail, and said, "Attacking when your opponent is unable to fight is dishonorable and cowardly. Do you mind explaining what you're doing?"
"I'm trying to catch that Pikachu," Meowth said. "Um…who are you, anyways?"
"I'm Emiko," the girl said. "Why are you trying to catch this Pikachu?"
"So my friends and I can make money, it's a really special Pikachu," Meowth said.
"You want to make money, so you're going to sell this Pikachu? That's barbaric!" Emiko said. "What if this Pikachu belonged to someone?"
Suddenly they both noticed that Pikachu was waking up. "What am I doing here?" it asked.
"I don't know what you're doing here," Emiko said. "Do you belong to someone?"
"I don't know…." Pikachu said sadly.
"You don't know?" Emiko asked. Suddenly she put a finger on Pikachu's forehead. "Oh, I get it," she said. "You have amnesia, that's why you don't know."
"Pikachu has amnesia?" Meowth asked. It was grinning, and Emiko had a bad feeling about it.
"You are not going to get your hands on Pikachu," Emiko said. "And to ensure that you don't interfere while I try to bring Pikachu's memory back- Meowth, bind. Spell, self maintain. Time limit, two hours."
"Hey! I can't move!" Meowth said.
"Yes, and you also can't attack Pikachu," Emiko said. She turned to Pikachu and said, "Do you want me to bring your memory back?"
"Really?" Pikachu said doubtfully.
"Don't worry, I would never hurt you," Emiko said. "Will you let me help you?"
"Yes," Pikachu said.
Emiko nodded and said, "Okay." She then put one finger on Pikachu's forehead and closed her eyes.
Meanwhile, with Ash and his friends: Ash and the others had gotten out of the tree they had been stuck in after the explosion, and were looking for Pikachu. They were nowhere near the field, however. "PIKACHU! Where are you?" Ash called out. He had sent Swellow out to look, while Brock had sent out Mudkip. They were looking all over the forest, but there was no sign of Pikachu yet, and Ash was getting worried.
"Ash, I'm sure Pikachu is fine," Brock said, trying to calm his friend. Ash just sighed.
Back with Emiko: Emiko was almost finished. Her finger finally stopped glowing, and she took it off Pikachu's forehead. "Pikachu, are you alright?" she asked.
"Where's Ash? What happened?," Pikachu asked.
"Who is Ash?" Emiko asked.
"You can understand me?" Pikachu asked.
"I can speak and understand any language, human or otherwise," Emiko said.
"Cool!" Pikachu said.
"HEY! Can you let me go now, Emiko?" Meowth asked.
"No," Emiko said. "You told me you were going to sell Pikachu. I'm not going to let you do that. Nice try, though."
Pikachu looked at Emiko and said, "You're Emiko?"
"Yeah," Emiko said. "By the way, who's Ash? Is he a human?"
"Yeah, he's my best friend," Pikachu said. "I have to find him, he's probably worried sick."
"Do you want my help?" Emiko asked. "Meowth said it had friends, it might not be safe on your own."
"You'd help me?" Pikachu asked. "I'd like that. But what do we do about Meowth?"
"The spell I put on it will wear off in about an hour," Emiko said. "Then it can go find its friends."
"Okay," Pikachu said. "Let's go find Ash." Emiko nodded, and they started off, ignoring Meowth's shouting.
In case anyone's wondering why Pikachu is talking, it's because Emiko can understand what he's saying.