Yohana waited impatiently for Suicune and Raikou to arrive with Ash. She was super worried about her friend. Raikou's request for Celebi made her sure he was in trouble.
The young girl was pacing back and forth, Entei and Leafeon watching, when the three finally came into view. She ran up to meet them.
"Is he…" She began anxiously.
(He came close and he's still a little weak from it, but he will be just fine.) Raikou told her. (He is resting now.)
Yohana gave a sigh of relief and hurried to Suicune's side.
Ash opened his eyes and, seeing his friend, slid off of the pokemon's back.
Yohana steadied him as he nearly fell over. The two shared a well-deserved hug.
"Thank you, Yohana. I already thanked the big pokemon and the smaller one, but I feel the need to thank you as well." Ash whispered.
"The blue one is Suicune and the yellow one is Raikou." Yohana told him, smiling at his description of them. "The small one you were talking about was Celebi and the brown pokemon behind me is Entei."
"Suicune, Raikou, Celebi, and Entei." Ash said. "Perfect names for legendries." He pulled away. "My friends, Misty and Brock, must be worried sick about me. They've probably contacted the local Officer Jenny by now. What do we do?"
"Well, first, we need to contact your friends to let them know you're all right. Then, we'll head to their location. I'm sure Entei, Raikou, and Suicune can help us get there fast, am I right?" Yohana said, looking to the three legendries for confirmation. The three beasts agreed.
"But how do we contact my friends? I don't know exactly where they're at." Ash asked.
"Didn't you just tell me they'd have contacted the local police by now? We can go to the Pallet Town Police Station and they can help us." Yohana suggested.
"Pallet Town? In that case, I know a better way to contact them." Ash said.
Ten minutes later…
Ash knocked on the door of Professor Oak's lab. Yohana and her Leafeon stood slightly hidden behind him, as Yohana was nervous about coming back here so soon.
Once again, it was Delia that opened the door. Within seconds, poor Ash was being squeezed tightly by his over relieved mother.
"Ash! I heard you'd gone missing and I was so worried!" She cried. She pulled away and examined him. "What happened to you? Are you okay? You have some explaining to do, young man!"
Yohana was watching silently when her heightened senses suddenly picked up someone asking about her and Ash a couple of blocks away. She shoved Ash and Delia into the house and let Leafeon follow before slamming the door shut behind them and bolting it. She then shut all the blinds with her psychic powers.
She spun around to face Delia and shouted. "Hide us! Quickly!"
Delia blinked in surprise as she hadn't even noticed Yohana was there until a few moments ago. Ash, on the other hand, quickly reacted.
"Is it Team Rocket? Are they here? Are they looking for us?" He asked frantically. Yohana just nodded. Ash turned to face his mom. "Mom! Hide us! Hurry!"
"What's wrong?" Delia asked, confused.
"Hide us!" Ash and Yohana screamed.
Delia nodded and led them to Professor Oak's most secret hiding place.
"Cover for us, okay?" Ash told her.
Delia nodded, still confused. She closed the trapdoor behind them and put the rug over it.
Ash and Yohana heard Team Rocket break in, but only Yohana could make out the words.
"We're looking for these two kids." Team Rocket said.
"What do you want from them?" Delia asked, uncertainly.
"Answer our question!" Team Rocket shouted.
"I haven't seen them." Delia replied. "Not recently, at least. As far as I know, they're both on pokemon journeys through Kanto."
There was a loud thump. "Tell us everything you know or Nidoking will attack."
"Um… I know the girl has a Leafeon and that the boy went missing recently, but no one knows what happened to him…"
"Tell us more."
"Um…"
The sound of sirens filled the air. The police had arrived.
"What's going on up there?" Ash whispered.
"The police just got here. I guess Professor Oak called them." Yohana told him.
They waited a little while. Finally, the trapdoor opened and Delia peered down at them.
"It's safe to come out now." She said.
Ash climbed the ladder, Yohana not far behind.
Officer Jenny and Professor Oak just stared, making it obvious that Delia hadn't yet told them that the two had been down there.
"Are you okay? We heard…" Yohana began.
"I'm fine. How about you two?" Delia asked.
"We're okay." Ash said.
"What did they want with you?" Officer Jenny asked, stepping forward.
"They want to make me work for them." Yohana said. "And they were using Ash to make me do so. We escaped earlier today."
"We came here to let everyone know we were all right and hopefully find out where Brock and Misty are so we can meet up with them." Ash added.
Delia gave him a look that made it obvious she was scared to send him back on his journey.
Professor Oak didn't notice. "They made it to Celadon City and are hoping to rendezvous with you there. I'll have them send me your pokemon so that you'll be safe on your way to Celadon."
Ash nodded. "Thanks, Professor."
"Are you sure it's safe, Ash?" Delia asked. "I don't want Team Rocket to hurt you."
"I'll be fine." Ash assured her. "If worse comes to worst, Yohana can protect me."
Delia glanced at Yohana. "Are you absolutely positive, Ash?"
Ash nodded. "Yep. Don't worry. I'll be fine."
"Okay, Ash… I trust you, but promise to be careful." Delia said.
"I promise, Mom." Ash smiled at her. "You have no need to worry."