KISH'S REVENGE Chapter One: Kidnapped

A girl with long red hair and a pink bow called out, "I would like to order a brownie and a strawberry milkshake, please. COME ON, I DO NOT HAVE ALL DAY!"

Ichigo yelled, "Coming! MINT! GET OFF YOUR HEINIE AND HELP!" It was a normal day at Café Mew Mew. Mint wasn't working, Pudding was performing, and Zakuro was acting unsociable. Ryou and Keichiiro came in and announced that the café would close in an hour. "

Phew!" said Lettuce. "We need a breeeeeeaaaak!" CRASH CRASH CRAAAASHH! About five creamy porcelain plates hit the floor, followed by Lettuce herself. And so it went for an entire hour.At last, the café closed.

"Wheeee! Let's go do stuff, na no da!" yelled Pudding in the dressing room.

"Sure, why not?" said Zakuro. So the girls got dressed and left the café, bringing Ryou and Keichiiro. "Don't you wanna do something with Aoyama-kun, na no da?" Pudding asked impishly.

"Aoyama-kun is out at a kendo tournament with the team, so I get to hang out with you guys. How about we go to the park? I heard the cherry blossoms are in full bloom!" said Ichigo.

Lettuce smiled shyly. "It sounds very romantic.." Zakuro looked out of the corner of her midnight blue eyes and saw that Ryou had taken Lettuce's hand in his.

"True love lasts forever…" thought the gorgeous model. The wind wasn't blowing when the Mew Mew crew arrived at the park.

"Awww…no cherry petal showers, na no da!" Pudding said sadly.

"I believe I can fix that…" said Mint. Mint looked around to see if anyone was around to see and confirmed that the coast was clear. She pulled her Mew Mew tag out of her pocket and pointed towards the sky. A thin beam of blue light shot up towards the sky. As soon as the beam vanished, the breeze began to blow gently.

"Way to go Mint onee-chan, na no da!" Pudding beamed happily. None of the Mew Mews noticed the dark shadow above them.. Pudding was busy climbing trees when she saw the alien ship.

"OH NOOOO!" She ran as fast as she could toward her friends, but the glowing beam hit her. "AAAAAAAAAHHH NA NO DAAA!" Pudding cried. Lettuce whirled around as the beam caught her. Ryou grabbed both her arms as she floated towards the alien ship.

"LETTUCE! HOLD ON!" Ryou was frantic.

"Ryou! HELP ME!" Ryou's feet were planted firmly, but not firmly enough. Lettuce's arms slipped away from Ryou's and she fell upwards into the alien ship. Zakuro and Ichigo were headed towards the deep fountain in the park. Zakuro gasped in a deep breath and jumped into the fountain. Ichigo tripped, fell, slid. Her fingers dug into the ground, the rocks ripping bloody gashes in her palms. Her efforts were vain..she was lifted up as well.Zakuro rose cautiously out of the water.

"AAAAAAIIIEEEEE!" Zakuro heard a voice behind her and whirled around to see the alien ship headed towards Mint and Keichiiro. Mint was shrieking in pure, frantic, terror.

"Please, help! Someone, anyone, please, help!" The beam from the alien ship ripped a tree part out of the ground and hurled it. The tree slab hit Keichiiro and slammed him into a park statue. Keichiiro cried out in pain as his arm broke in 3 places.

"AAAAAAAAAA, OH MY GOD!" Mint cried as she watched Keichiiro fall. "SOMEONE!" Mint wrapped her arms around Keichiiro, tears sparkling against her chestnut eyes.

"No.." Mint whispered into Keichiiro's ear. Her eyes turned to the sky. In that single moment, before herself and Keichiiro were lifted into the vessel, Mint thought,

"That's why we couldn't transform. The terror, the fear…" Mint let herself be lifted up, up, up to the aliens' machine. All this was burned into Zakuro's mind forever. Soon Zakuro wouldn't be able to breathe because her voice was choked with sobs.

"Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, Ryou, Keichiiro..I wonder if I'll ever see them again…" Just then, Zakuro felt the water from the fountain lift above her head. She slowly lifted her gaze to the alien ship above her. The ominous beam burned closer…closer. And filled with the same uncontrollable fear that Mint had experienced, Zakuro leapt out of the fountain, got to her feet, and ran for her life.

Zakuro's high heels cracked against the pavement as she ran. When the beam was far enough back, Zakuro ripped off her high heels and threw then into the bushes.

"OW!" A familiar voice cried. Just then, the figure emerged from the bushes.

"Ry..ry..ry.." Zakuro stuttered, tears filling her eyes.

"Ryou, it's so good to see you!" Her tears splashed to the ground. Before he knew what was happening, Zakuro had swept him into her arms. BUZZZZZZZ… Both Zakuro and Ryou's eyes grew round with terror as they were zapped into the alien's ship..