"Alright, girls, transform!" Ichigo called as she brought her pendent out of her pocket.

"Mew Mew Strawberry!"

"Mew Mew Lettuce!"

"Mew Mew Pudding!"

"Mew Mew Pomegranate!"

"Metamorphose!" They said together. Out of the pendants, streams of light wrapped around their owners and created their Mew combat uniforms.

Once transformed, Ichigo noticed something, "Hey, girls, where is Minto?"

"I do not know, Mew Strawberry-san," Retasu stated.

"It doesn't matter at the moment. Zacross Whip!" Zakuro interrupted as she let her said whip materialize into her hand. "Ribbon Pomegranate Pure!"

The Chimera Anima, that looked somewhat like a cactus, shielded itself against her attack, obviously weakened. It hissed cruelly, and swung its thorny arm at Ichigo. She dodged quickly.

Ichigo exhaled sharply in surprise, "Mew Lettuce, use your Lettustanets!"

Retasu nodded and let her focus rest on the giant Chimera. "Letustanets!" She cried. "Ribbon Lettuce Rush!"

With that, a blast of water hit the Chimera, and it stumbled; however, it stood its ground, and roared.

"Mew Pudding!" Ichigo called. "Use the Puddring Rings!"

"Okay, Mew Strawberry OneeChan ~ na no da! Puddring Rings!" The hyper, young teen chirped as her weapon appeared. "Ribbon Pudding Inferno!"

The Chimera was trapped in a giant block of a Jello-like substance.

Ichigo smirked, contented with her leadership. "StrawBell Bell!" The pink heart appeared in her hand, and, with it, her Mewberry Rod. "Ribbon Strawberry Surprise!"

The four Mews watched as the Chimera Anima dematerialized into a Pastrite ParaPara, and a small potted plant.

"Retrieved! Retrieved!" Masha chirped as he swallowed the ParaPara. Ichigo giggled in amusement.

Ichigo a fist-bumped Buling and hugged Retasu. Zakuro simply smirked.

As the girls cheered, Minto ran up to them in her Mew Mint form. "Girls! I apologize for being late! What did I miss?"

Recognizing the voice, Ichigo turned to the Mew who was her age, disgust drawn clearly on her facial features. Her eyes seemed to have turned cat-like, and her fangs were visible in her sneer. Minto was too busy panting to notice.

"Minto OneeChan missed everything ~ na no da!" Bu-ling cleared it up for her.

"What?!" Minto exclaimed in disbelief. The pupils surrounded by sky blue irises in her eyes dilated in shock.

"Why were you late, Minto?!" Ichigo burst.

"I'm sorry, Ichigo, but—!"

"You know what? I don't want to hear it! This has been happening too often!"

"It's barely been a week!" It was true. Minto had only missed at least two attacks in the past week. She had never thought of it as a big deal, but Ichigo obviously did.

"Like I'll believe that!"

"Ichigo-san!" Retasu scolded before Ichigo hissed at Minto.

Retasu slowly latched onto Ichigo's arm, trying to pull her away from Minto, as she looked like she was going to claw Minto's eyes out. Zakuro held Minto back from kicking Ichigo. Buling just stood there, not knowing what to do to stop the fighting between two of her 'OneeChans'.

Zakuro spoke up, trying to distract the girls from their anger, "Why do you think there are Chimera Anima attacks, Mew Strawberry?"

The fighting ceased as Ichigo looked at Zakuro, slowly understanding, "Are you implying that Quiche is back to his old ways, Mew Pomegranate?"

"Not necessarily," Zakuro replied, calmly. "However, this is definitely the work of Pastrites."

"I do doubt it is Quiche-San, Tart-San, and... Pie-San," Retasu stated, blushing slightly.

"Buling thinks so, too ~ na no da," Buling responded. "TaruTaru would never attack me after the battle with Deep Blue ~ no da."

"Then, who would attack us?" Minto asked Zakuro.

Zakuro shrugged slightly, "I think it would be best to contact Quiche, Tart, and Pie."

Ichigo tensed, Buling cheered, and Retasu blushed.

"But... Um— I... But— Quiche... I... No! Just, no!" Ichigo stuttered at the thought of talking to Quiche. Sure, they were on friendly terms, but Ichigo knew that Quiche loved her, and that made things awkward.

"Buling gets to talk to TaruTaru ~ na no da?!" Buling exclaimed, jumping for joy.

"Maybe they will explain what is going on," Retasu spoke. "It would be nice to see them again, as well, and in a more friendly situation."

"Well, I can talk to Ryou-san about it. Maybe, he and Akasaka-san can find a way to communicate with the Pastrites," Minto said.

"Yay!" Buling bear-hugged her.

"Get off me!" Minto exclaimed.

/~\\

"Shirogane-san!" Ichigo screamed as she entered Café Mew Mew.

No answer.

"Shirogane-sa—" Ichigo called, making the A sound longer than needed.

"Momomiya Ichigo, shut up!" Ryou yelled as he walked into the room. "Honestly, do you ever keep quiet for at least a moment, you stupid strawberry?! I may have to lower your paycheck if you cannot!"

"No, you love me too much to do that, Ryou-kun," Ichigo tried her best to look cute, even batting her eyelashes in the process. Ever since Ichigo found out about his crush on her a couple of months before, she had started to tease him about it as much as she could, even using the attraction to her advantage. It rarely worked, but she was willing to try.

Ryou raised an eyebrow, indicating that her attempt on getting out of trouble had failed. Ichigo huffed. Of course it had.

"Ryou-san, can you do me a huge favor?" Minto asked him.

"What is it, Minto?" Ryou turned his attention to his shortest Mew (now that Buling had gone through a small growth spurt).

"We need to contact the Pastrites," She stated. Ryou's expression turned from calm to shocked to confused in less than two seconds.

"What? Why?" He blurted. Zakuro raised an eyebrow, as if it was obvious.

"The Chimera Anima attacks are becoming more and more common. I believe it isn't just leftover Anima from our battles with Quiche, Tart, and Pie," Zakuro stated. Minto looked a bit uncomfortable for a short time.

"We believe it is the doing of a new Pastrite," Retasu said.

"So, can you do it?" Ichigo asked.

"I'll have to see if Keiichirou can—" Ryou started.

As if on cue, Keiichirou ran into the room.

"You will never believe what I have found!" He exclaimed.

"Aren't you supposed to be on vacation, Keiichirou-san?" Zakuro asked.

"I was until I found this," Keiichirou said as he opened his laptop to reveal a map. On it was a small island surrounded by water. On the island was a dim-glowing, blue light. Faint as it was, it was too familiar to Ichigo and her team.

"μ Aqua ~ na no da," Buling breathed.

Keiichirou nodded, "It's small, but I believe it may be a leftover of the original substance. It is definitely true μ Aqua."

"How do you know?" Ryou spoke up.

"When I was relaxing on the beach here," He pointed to a spot on the shore of the lake almost two kilometers away from the island. "I noticed that the flora on the island grew taller and stronger. Because it was night, I could see a faint glow from the island. I knew at once what it was. I checked my laptop, and it, sure enough, had a light, indicating that μ Aqua is on that island. I know it's true μ Aqua because it flourished the flora on the island."

Ryou sighed, "It looks like we're going on a vacation."

Minto looked at him, her eyebrows furrowed, "After we contact the Pastrites."

"Why would we need to contact the Pastrites?" Keiichirou asked.

"Come on and help me do so, and I'll tell you," Ryou said as he walked toward the basement stairs.

/~\\

From above Earth's atmosphere, golden cat-like eyes watched. It had small-frame glasses shielding them, along with some strands of light green hair.

"Gateau OjiChan, when will you be ready to see Earth?" A familiar voice asks from behind the foreign man.

"I believe I will be ready by tonight, Quiche OigoSan," Gateau responded.

Quiche smiled, "I'll tell the others. I can't wait to see my Koneko-chan again!"

With that, Quiche ran into another room in the ship. Gateau chuckled.