Kidnapped! Chapter 7:

The Battle

Emiko thought, then her eyes began to glow. She waved a hand, and the Pokémon all went back into their Poké Balls. The Team Rocket soldiers were in shock. Jessie said, "Well, if we can't use our Pokémon, we'll just have to fight ourselves. Come on, we outnumber them!"

"Ichigo, you know what to do?" Emiko asked.

Ichigo smiled and summoned her weapon, then shouted, "Ribon… Strawberry Surprise!"

The bubbles from her attack smashed into the group of soldiers, causing them to stop dead, screaming in pain. Emiko, meanwhile, shouted, "HI NO KEN!" The fire from her attack roasted Jessie, James and Meowth, and they fell to the ground. The others weren't much better.

"Do you still want to fight?" Emiko asked.

"We have a mission, and we won't abandon it because of two girls," Jessie said, getting back up.

"It's too bad you feel that way," Ichigo said. "We won't lose, and you can go back to your boss and tell him you failed after we defeat you."

Jessie snarled and lunged at Ichigo. Ichigo stood her ground, then dodged at the last second, and lashed out with her claws as Jessie turned. Ichigo clawed five lines across Jessie's face, and she screamed. Then she glared at Ichigo and took out a knife!

"You're going to pay for ruining my face!" Jessie screamed, and lunged. Ichigo dodged, but unfortunately, Ash was standing behind her, and Jessie saw her chance.

However, Emiko had noticed, and wasn't going to let Jessie take that chance. Emiko teleported, pushed Ash to the ground, and brought up her sword, catching Jessie's blade before it hit her. Then Emiko's eyes started to glow, and the knife Jessie was holding yanked itself out of her grasp, and embedded itself in her shoulder. Emiko caused the knife to dig in a little deeper, then yank itself out. Jessie's knife fell into Emiko's hand, and Emiko stood ready.

Suddenly Emiko sensed someone behind her, and flew up, as James lunged. This caused him and Jessie to slam into each other, knocking each other out. Emiko turned to Ichigo, who was just finishing knocking out the last Team Rocket soldier.

As soon as the guy was down, Ichigo turned and said, "Is that everyone?"

"I think so," Emiko said. "What should we do with them?"

"Let's put them in the room they had May and the others tied up in, and weld the door shut," Ichigo said.

"Okay," Emiko said. She lifted a hand, and Jessie and James floated up into the air. Emiko unceremoniously hurled them into the room, and then did the same with the soldiers. Then she slammed the door, and took out her sword again. "Hi no Ken!" she shouted, and then used the fire from the sword to weld the metal door shut.

"That's done," Emiko said, letting her sword disappear. Ichigo came up to her, and the girls hi-fived each other, laughing.

"We did it," Ichigo said.

"We sure did," Emiko said. "Maybe they'll think twice before attacking us again."

"If they ever get out of that room," Ichigo said, smirking.

"That expression makes you look like Kisshu," Emiko said. "You two make such a great couple."

"Thanks," Ichigo said. Then she looked over at the others, who were watching them wide-eyed. "What?" Ichigo asked.

"That was something else," the boy with green hair said. "You defeated those guys like it was nothing."

"It wasn't hard," Emiko said. "They're just humans, and without powers, they would have a very hard time defeating us."

"You're not human?" the boy asked.

"You honestly didn't notice?" Emiko asked. "Who are you, anyways? I've never seen you."

"I'm Drew," the boy said.

"It's nice to meet you," Ichigo said. "I'm Ichigo, and that's Emiko."

"Nice to meet you," Drew said. "Thanks for getting us out of that room."

"You're welcome," Emiko said. "Where are we, anyways?"

"I'm not sure," May replied. "I guess we'd better find out." She went to a window, and said, "Well, I think we're still in Fallarbor Town. Let's see what building this is."

She began walking toward an exit, and the others followed. Emiko, Ichigo and Ash were at the back, and Ash said, "Thank you both for protecting me like that."

"Sure," Ichigo said. "For-"

"Oh, you're not going to do that corny motto thing again, are you?" Emiko groaned. "Where did you even come up with that?"

"Hey, Kisshu thought it was cute!" Ichigo said indignantly.

"Yeah, but Kisshu thinks almost everything you do is cute, so that doesn't count," Emiko said. "The only thing you do that he doesn't like is fighting with Mint. Last time, he got pretty nervous, and told ME to handle it while he went outside."

"Oh…." Ichigo said. "I don't mean to scare him, Mint just gets on my nerves."

"Isn't there a way to settle your fighting?" Ash asked. "I mean, the last time, Emiko told me Mint destroyed the sofa. That sounds pretty serious."

"Mint needs an attitude change, that's all there is to it," Ichigo said before Emiko could say anything. "She's used to having everything done for her, because she grew up really rich. So living the way we do now, and having to do chores and cook makes her mad. Frankly, I think she'd be a better person if she didn't complain so much."

"I'd have to agree," Emiko said. "She annoys me too, but at least I don't fight with her on a nearly daily basis."

"You and Mint fight every DAY?" Ash asked Ichigo.

"Something like that," Emiko said before Ichigo could respond. "Believe me, it's not fun. The rest of us usually end up outside, in the kitchen, or in Pai's lab."

"Is it really that bad?" Ichigo asked.

Emiko looked at her disbelievingly, and said, "Yes."

"Have you ever thought of staying here, Emiko?" Ichigo asked.

"Yes, but if I did, there'd be no one to stop your fights, and the house would get destroyed," Emiko said bluntly. "Besides, I'm not from this dimension, and it wouldn't be good to stay too long. Just like it wouldn't be good for either dimension if Ash had stayed in our dimension too long."

"Why is that?" Ash asked.

"There's a balance between all dimensions, and mixing things from different dimensions never ends well," Emiko explained. "Think of what happens when a scientist mixes the wrong chemicals together. It creates an explosion. If two dimensions are mixed for too long, it could cause one or both to crumble. And because all dimensions are connected in one way or another, it could cause a chain reaction."

"Wow," Ash said. "I didn't know all that."

"Not many people do, since the majority of people and creatures across the many dimensions don't know how to teleport," Emiko said. Then she smiled. "They also don't have to listen to Pai's lectures on this particular subject."

Ichigo giggled. This set Emiko off, and Ash and Pikachu started laughing too. Soon they were all laughing.

Another bad chapter ending…