Pandemic - occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

I know, I'm terrible. I just started Kichi Cat, but I yet again couldn't help myself. I just wanted to get the first chapter up to hear what yall think of it, so you better review! Don't hurt me over the pairings, they're not that important to the story anyway. I put them like that for a reason, so don't flame me, pleez?

Hope you like!

Sirens were blaring. People were running in all directions. Police, following citizens, trying to calm them down and give a warning to retreat to their homes as quickly as possible. Shops, restaurants, bars all closed up early. Every home became frantic as the full moon became visible in the crystal clear night. Mothers held tight to their children. Men stood guard, peering out the window, keeping an eye on the moon. Everyone staying ever alert for an attack…

An attack...-------------

"Mommy," the young innocent girl tugged on her mother's pant leg. She could always find comfort in her mother, "do we always have to do this? The moon's pretty, why do we act scared?"

The mother gave her daughter a loving look, beginning to stroke the girl's strawberry-blonde hair. "We're not scared of the moon, honey. It's when the moon shines its brightest we take caution."

"But Mommy," the girl whined curiously, "why?"

The woman lifted the girl up onto her knee, "Well, if you want, after we're clear, I'll tell you a story."

"Ooh!" the girl clapped her hands together in delight, "I love your stories, Mommy, especially about the Mews! Is this another Tokyo Mew Mew story!" she was getting excited.

"Good guess!" the mother said playfully, pushing her daughter's nose with her fingertip. She giggled, "But this story isn't like the others. This is different." Her young girl's sky blue eyes lit up with wonder.

Just then the father walked into the room. His piercing blue eyes told something was wrong. "Ichigo," he said to his wife, getting her attention, "the attack's over."

The woman's head slightly shifted to the side. She tried to smile in attempt to comfort her husband, "But," she could tell there was more, "Ryou, what is it? What's wrong?"

Tears were welling up in his eyes. He was trying his hardest not to cry in front of his daughter, giving his wife a look that said, 'not in front of her.' He exited the room.

The mother got up, setting the girl where she was just seated. "Now you sit tight," she told her, as if there were nothing of it, "Mommy needs to talk to Daddy."

Ichigo followed off behind her husband, finding him by the land phone in the kitchen. "Ryou," she asked again, "what is it?" She stared into his pain stricken eyes. There was only one other person she could think of, "No, who is it?" She changed the question, bringing a hand to her face.

Ryou started, "We got a call from the hospital…

The hospital...-----------------

"Hey, who are you?" the little girl asked, walking into her parent's room. "Who's who?" her mother asked, following her daughter. Once she got in the room she froze, "GET OUTTA HERE!" she yelled as loud as her lungs would take her voice, causing the figure over her husband to flee out the window.

"Oh my Lord," the woman said trembling coming over to her husband, "Wake-up," she gripped his shoulder, "you slept through that?"

The man's dark eyes opened. He sat up in his bed, "What's wrong? Why'd you wake me up?" he asked, rather drowsily.

That made his wife mad, "Why? How could you sleep through a Warning?" then she went into shock, realizing the situation at hand, "Get in the car," she commanded, grabbing the keys off a dresser headed outside.

Her husband sat there blankly, "What?" but that just upset his wife more, "Come on! I'm driving."

"Get in the car honey," she said to her daughter, "we're going to a ride."

The girl's sapphire eyes became cold with protest, but she obediently ran outside.-----------------

-----------The family of three were heavily speeding in the car down the streets of Tokyo, or at lest, the mother was. There wasn't another single car on the roads.

"Mommy," the little girl squeaked a very scared tone, "where are we going? Who was that lady in your room?"

The father's head turned sharply at his wife, "Zakuro, really, what's going on?"

The mother just zoomed past a yellow light, "You're the one who slept through the Warning, Keiichiro," she responded coldly.

"Honey," Zakuro said, looking into the rear view mirror at her daughter, "Daddy needs to go see someone."

"Wait," Keiichiro answered, "You mean…she…"

Zakuro nodded gravely, not taking her eyes off the road. Everyone was quiet for the rest of the ride.

"Daddy, why are we at the hospital?" his daughter asked him upon parking in the lot of the hospital.

He got out of the car and opened the door for her, "Don't worry, princess, we have to talk to someone," and he picked her up and carried her in.

Zakuro rushed to the counter of the emergency room. "Please," she pleaded the secretary, "She came to our house just now. My husband Akasaka needs medical attention."

"Akasaka-san, are you positive she actually kissed him?" the secretary asked, raising an eyebrow.

Zakuro's face got red with frustration at the secretary, "Does it matter!" she fumed, "She was in our house! Is it wrong for me to take concern!"

"Akasaka-san," the secretary called, this time to Keiichiro, leaving her desk, "please come with me." She led him past two double doors.

"Mommy, why are you crying?" the little girl looked up at her mother's tear stricken face, "Where's Daddy?"

Zakuro sat down in the emergency room, lifting her worried daughter onto her lap, kissing the top of her head, "Don't worry about a thing." Her eye spotted crayons and coloring books at a table. Zakuro pointed to them, "Why don't you go color for awhile? I'll be right back…" she got up walking over to the desk again; the secretary was back.

"Excuse me," Zakuro said, more tears falling, "What's going on?"

"Your husband is going under examination right now, so I really can't tell you anything at the time being," the secretary said.

"Can," Zakuro tried not to choke on her tears, "can I use a phone?"

"Of course," the secretary said, picking up the phone at her desk and listening for a ring tone, "Here you go," she said, handing the receiver to Zakuro. The secretary pushed the body of the phone closer to her so she could dial…

The phone rang, "Shirogane residence," Good, it was Ryou.

"Ryou? It's Zakuro," she said, more tears falling just thinking about talking to him.

"Zakuro? Zakuro, what's wrong?"

"Ryou, come down here. To the hospital. She came to our house. Keiichiro might…" but she didn't know how else to word the rest.

Ryou became gravely quiet, "We'll be right over. Goodbye." Click.

Zakuro returned to sit next to her daughter. She began to stroke her hair out of tension. "Mommy," she said, lifting a sheet for her mother to see, "Look, I drew Mew Zakuro! If anything's wrong, she'll come save the day!"

Later…

Ichigo, Ryou, and their daughter walked through the doors. Ichigo ran over to Zakuro, "Oh, Zakuro!" she hugged her.

Ichigo and Ryou's daughter ran towards Zakuro's daughter, "Nasubi-chan!" Nasubi called back out to her, "Isuzu-chan!"

Zakuro stood up, hoping Ichigo would take her request, "Ichigo, would you mind taking Nasubi for the night?"

Isuzu's eyes lit up, "Oh please, Mommy!" Ichigo looked at Ryou. He shrugged. "Sure," Ichigo answered warmly, "she can hear the story, too!"

"Ichigo, Ryou, thank you so much," Zakuro thanked them, "I'm going to stay here to wait for any news."

Ryou nodded, "Call us."

So the four loaded into the car. Ichigo turned around to talk to them, "So, you want to hear the story about the Lustrous Lorikeet?"

Both girls' eyes got wide, "That's her name?" Isuzu asked.

Ichigo nodded, "Yup, and she was a Mew."

Ryou sighed, "You're actually telling them? Are you sure you want to…?"

"They might as well find out sooner or later, Ryou," Ichigo said matter-of-factly, "Anyway, it was any other day at the café…"

So! What do you think? You all probably think I hate Keiichiro right now, huh? Don't worry, I won't let him die. Wait, you don't even know why he would die, now do you? Hmm, well I don't plan on keeping you in the dark too long, hehe. But here's a hint, what are we worried about right now that would be a pandemic?

Next chapter starts Ichigo's story!

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