OK, I haven't been updating in like FOREVER. I've been pretty lazy.

I've had to re-read Tokyo Mew Mew to remember the plot to get the characterization right XD

This is a MasayaXIchigo fic.
I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew. It belongs to Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida.

By the way, this fan fiction is sometime after A la mode. (Masaya's a 3rd year in middle school) Don't worry if you dislike Berry. She isn't relevant to the plot, and won't be appearing often.

Knock.
Knock.
Knock.

Masaya woke up at the sound, and heard a voice. It was his mother.
'Masaya! You have to wake up! You have morning Kendo practice at school today!' his mother said, and Masaya stared at the clock. It read 7:00 am.

'I'll get ready!' he replied, and went to the bathroom to get ready. How could he wake up so late, when he had been going for Kendo every school day of every week? He needed to get to school by 7:30. He quickly got ready and ran out the door. What a relief for him that he had prepared his bag the night before!

School was as mundane as ever for Masaya. He desperately missed the days when he could see Ichigo at lunchtime and talk and have a normal relationship.

He gritted his teeth as he remembered Shirogane had transferred Ichigo and the other Mews to Berry's school. Why did they have to move?

He couldn't see Ichigo that often anymore, because she was at a different school, and could rarely visit her after school because he needed to go to Kendo club and his tutor. He enjoyed his weekends with her more than ever now.

At long last, school, Kendo club, tutoring, it was all over for the day. The sun was setting in an orange hue, over the horizon, and he set out on the journey home.

It wasn't long before it was dark, and Masaya decided to take a short-cut through the local park. The cherry blossoms weren't yet in bloom, so the park gave off a eerie aura at night.

'I didn't think you'd fall into my trap so easily, Aoyama.' a dark voice came from behind.

Masaya turned around and saw someone he didn't particularly want to ever see again.
'Kish? What are you doing here? I thought you went back to your planet? What reason do you have for being here?' he shouted at the alien. Kish smiled at him.

'No reason, really, now that you mention it, Except of course, to kill you.' Kish said in a very straight forward manner.

'I thought you gave up on Ichigo! What grudge do you hold towards me now?' Masaya growled at him. Even when threatened with death, he would never, ever be scared of Kish. That would be the same as letting him win.

'I have. I just want to get my revenge for the fights I lost against you, that's all.' Kish said, taking out his weapons.
'Whatever, I don't care about your grudge. Goodbye, and stay away from me.' Masaya muttered coldly, turning to leave.
To his surprise he hit what seemed to be an invisible wall. 'Shit,' He snarled under his breath. 'Now what?' he said to himself.

'Don't be a coward, Aoyama. Fight, if you don't want to go down like the loser you are.' Kish said, and summoned a Chimera Anima. It was a vine Chimera Anima, just like what Kish used on Ichigo when he kidnapped her. The vines wound themselves around Aoyama's arms and legs, and he found himself unable to move.

'Aren't you going to turn into the Blue Knight? Oh well, you're making this easier for me. What an easy target you are now. Well then, I guess I'll get revenge this time, DIE!' Kish shouted and charged at Masaya.

Oh crap. Crap. Crap. There was no way out of this. He was going to die. Masaya closed his eyes. He hadn't been able to use his powers since the alien invasion, so he couldn't do anything. What was Kish going to do with Ichigo after he himself had died? And he wouldn't be able to protect her.
'Please, God. Help me…' he whispered softly.
'Please.' and Masaya awaited the blow that was coming to his chest.

It didn't come.

Masaya opened his eyes in shock. Why hadn't Kish struck his chest? He noticed the barrier and the chimera anima had both faded away. Where was Kish?

He felt a mild pain in his shins, and looked down to see what was causing it.
He couldn't believe it.

Kish had shrunk down to the point he looked like a doll. Just about the height of Masaya's shins.
Clearly, Kish himself hadn't realized this, and kept striking fiercely. Masaya couldn't help it, and started laughing at the sight of this.
'What are you laughing at, Aoyama?' Kish snapped at him, and looked at himself.
'Holy shit! What the hell happened?' Kish glared at Masaya, who just kept laughing.
'What the hell did you do to me? Tell me!' Kish attacked his shins again.

Calming down, Masaya stopped laughing and picked up Kish and held him in his hands.

'Who's the easy target now? With you at a disadvantage here, I can take revenge for the many times you've tried to kill me now!' Masaya chuckled at the infuriated Kish.
'You bastard! Who hits someone when they're at such a disadvantage?' he snapped.
'What a hypocrite you are! Every time you attack me, I'm at a disadvantage!' Masaya retorted, humored by Kish's petty argument. Kish shot a fierce look at him, and hopped down.
'I will be back! I'll be back as soon as I reach my normal size!' he shouted with a brazen expression. His expression quickly turned into one of alarm.

'I CAN'T USE MY POWERS! DAMN YOU TO HELL!' he exploded in fury. Then Masaya got an idea. He picked up the tiny, powerless Kish, and shoved him into his school bag, ignoring the shouts and yells.

His home wasn't far away, so he walked the rest of the way. His bag was shaking, and he could barely hear the muffled shouts. Eventually, Kish gave up and stopped shouting.
How? How did Kish turn small? He could no longer turn into the Blue Knight. Did he have powers besides being the Blue Knight?
Masaya was puzzled, and kept thinking about it until he reached his house. He opened the gate, locked it, then opened the door.
'I'm home.' he called out.
'Masaya, it's dinnertime, do you want to put your stuff away first?' his mother asked him.
'I'm not very hungry, I'll eat later!' Masaya ran up to his room and shut the door. He opened his bag and Kish's shouting immediately started.

'WHERE THE HELL AM I? TELL ME, YOU SON OF A BITCH!' Kish was still angry from the previous events. 'TURN ME BACK TO NORMAL!'

'I don't know how to turn you back. I don't even know how I shrunk you. But you can't go far with no powers and the size of a toy' Masaya said calmly.

'I can manage just fine on my own! Watch me!' Kish walked near the door.

'Rau! Here, boy!' Masaya called out. His big dog came running, and got fascinated by Kish, and started chasing him.
'Crap! I get it! Don't let him eat me, dammit!' he screamed, trying to run away. Satisfied, Masaya led his dog out of the room.

'Fine then, I can't fend for myself now. But turn me back!' he commanded.
'As I said before, I have no idea what happened. I don't know how to turn you back. But why should I turn you back? You'll just try killing me again!' Masaya said.

'I won't! Please turn me back! I don't want to be stuck like this!' Kish started to pout, and desperation was getting into his voice. Why tell Aoyama that he wanted his revenge over and done with? He probably would get away with lying.

'If you want me to try find a way to turn you back, you have to live here in my room until I can turn you back. Do we have a deal?' Masaya bargained, extending his hand to Kish.

Kish hesitated slightly, but extended his own hand. 'It's a deal!'

'Ok, I'll do something for you for now.' Masaya said, and turned to get a small cardboard box.

'What are you doing?' Kish asked curiously.
'I'm making somewhere for you to sleep without getting attacked by my dog.'

Kish's face flushed at this act of kindness, but said, 'You don't have to do that! I can just sleep on your windowsill, you bastard!' He didn't want Masaya to get too friendly. Regardless, Masaya found a packet of unused handkerchiefs and made into a small bed for him.

At about 9:00, Masaya went to turn off the light. Kish was fairly surprised at such an early bedtime.
'How can you sleep this early? It's so early?' he shouted at him. But Masaya was already asleep.

'Idiot.' Kish muttered, and looked at the sky. This is going to take forever…

I think this is one of the first FF I've written that actually might go over 10 chapters. Because there's motivation...

Motivation also takes place in the form of reviews :)

Please review to tell me what to improve on, if you liked the story, etc...