Battle in Crown City Chapter 3:

Protecting Celebi

Emiko found Pikachu and Piplup in a tree with Zorua and a small green Pokémon. "Emiko, where's Ash?" Pikachu asked.

"Ash and the others got captured by Codi, and I couldn't get them out. Ash told me to find you," Emiko said. "Who's your little green friend?"

"This is Celebi," Pikachu said. "Can we go help Ash?"

"Wait, something's coming," Emiko said. She turned and saw Codi drive up with all the Pokémon she had seen earlier.

"Hand over Celebi, and I won't have to hurt you," Codi said.

"I'll never hand over Celebi, and you can't hurt me," Emiko said. "If you lay a finger on Celebi, you're going to regret it. Why do you want Celebi, anyways?"

"Celebi will be able to lead me to the Time Ripple," Codi said. "Then I can replenish the energy it takes to see the future."

Emiko suddenly looked into Codi's mind, sensing something. "So, you're the one who destroyed Crown City twenty years ago," she said. "Well, I'm going to make sure you don't get that chance again."

"H-how did you know that?" Codi asked.

"Mind-reading," Emiko said.

"I'm going to make sure you never get in my way again," Codi snarled. "Mismagius, Shuppet, use Psychic together!"

The two Pokémon's eyes began to glow, and Emiko noticed that Celebi and Pikachu were getting pulled toward Codi. Emiko's eyes began to glow, and she looked directly at Mismagius and Shuppet. Their eyes stopped glowing. Then they both drifted toward the ground, fast asleep.

"What are you going to do now?" Emiko asked Codi.

"Ninjask! Scizor! Attack!" Codi shouted.

"Emiko, can we get to the ground? It'll be easier to fight," Pikachu said.

Emiko nodded and picked up Pikachu, Piplup and Zorua. Celebi followed as Emiko flew down. She let the Pokémon down and said, "Let's fight together."

Pikachu and Piplup nodded determinedly. "Celebi, stay close to us," Emiko said. Celebi nodded nervously. One of the Scizor leapt at Emiko, who dodged and then kicked it in the side. Noticing the other Scizor was about to hit Pikachu while he was fighting a Ninjask, Emiko teleported and blasted the Scizor with an energy ball.

Meanwhile, Pikachu and Piplup were steadily defeating the Ninjask. Soon after the second Scizor was out cold, all the Ninjask were defeated as well.

Pikachu and Piplup ran to Emiko, but suddenly Celebi cried out. Emiko spun and saw Codi choking it. Her eyes began to glow red this time. She clenched a fist, then opened her hand wide. Codi let go of Celebi, his movements controlled by Emiko. Emiko swooped in, gently picked up Celebi, and said, "Pikachu, take care of Celebi. This guy needs a lesson."

Pikachu nodded. Emiko then snapped her fingers, and both Codi's car and the hover-thing he was standing on exploded. Codi fell to the ground, and Emiko lifted an arm into the air. Codi floated up, and Emiko flung him into a large tree, hard. Next she slammed him into a large rock. By this point, he was unconscious. Seeing this, Emiko snapped her fingers again, and said, "Codi, bind. Spell, self maintain. Time limit, ten hours."

Next she turned to the guy who had been helping Codi. Seeing that she was looking at him, he screamed and ran off as fast as he could. Emiko sighed, and her eyes stopped glowing. Then she walked over to the Pokemon. "I've never seen you that mad, Emiko," Pikachu said.

"Sorry, I just lost it when I saw him choking Celebi," Emiko said. "Is Celebi hurt?"

"I think something's wrong with her arm," Pikachu said.

"I'll take a look," Emiko said. She put a hand over Celebi's arm, and her hand began to glow. Finally she took her hand away, and said, "That should do it. Let's let Celebi rest, now that we don't have to worry about Codi."

"What about Ash?" Zorua asked.

"I'm right here," Ash said from behind them.

"You got out? That's good," Emiko said. "How'd you manage it?"

"Rowena let us out," Ash said, gesturing to a young woman standing next to Carl.

"Hi, I'm Rowena," the woman said.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Emiko," Emiko said.

"Hey, isn't that Celebi?" Carl asked, pointing to the Pokémon sleeping in Emiko's arms.

"Yeah, Codi was choking it, so I stopped him and healed the injury on Celebi's arm," Emiko said.

"Where's Codi now?" Carl asked.

"Over there," Emiko said, nodding to the large rock she had flung him into. "I totally lost it when I saw him hurting Celebi, and I slammed him around a few times before I froze him for the next ten hours."

"Well, that'll make it easier for the police to capture him," Rowena said. "I found evidence that he was the one who was responsible for destroying Crown City twenty years ago."

"Yeah, I read his mind, and found that out myself," Emiko said. "I was going to tell you all, but it looks like there's no need for that."

"Where's the other guy who was with Codi?" Ash asked.

"He ran away screaming after I looked at him," Emiko said. "I suppose the fact that my eyes were glowing red scared him, not to mention he watched me slam Codi into the big tree and that rock."

"Your eyes were glowing red?" Dawn asked.

"That's what happens when I get really angry," Emiko said. She turned to Pikachu and Piplup and said, "I hope I didn't scare you two."

"We're fine," Pikachu said. Piplup nodded.

"Should we go back to Grandpa's place?" Carl asked.

"Good idea, Celebi can rest there," Emiko said.

Carl nodded, and they started off.

Next chapter coming later!