The Truth is Hard to Handle
"Go ahead; do my dishes like a good little girl," Kish said.
"Yes, Master," Ichigo obeyed, no questions asked. This is probably sounding a little weird to you.
Ichigo Momomiya was a super-powered 14-year-old with big dreams. Unfortunately, at the young age of 12, Kish, an alien with no hope whatsoever of Ichigo loving him had kidnapped six of Ichigo's nearest and dearest friends, Masaya, Ryou, Keiichiro, Mint, Lettuce, Zakuro and Pudding. He told Ichigo to come with him, or her friends would die. Of course, her friends were shouting, "No! Don't do it!" but did she listen? No! Now she was wondering where the heck they were and why they hadn't rescued her yet.
"OK, sunshine," Kish said, "You're done for today!" Kish kicked his feet up on the table and began to read the paper. "Oh look at that headline! "Mew Mews Suffering Since Leader Mysteriously Vanished!" Wonder what they'd think of their 'leader' now!" It was true. Ichigo's natural red hair was stringy and dirty. Her eyes didn't have anymore peppy glow. Her mouth hardly ever curled into that sweet smile it once did and she was still wearing the same clothes she had worn the day she left. Her only friend was Masha, a robot that Kish had allowed to come with Ichigo---after he deleted most of Masha's memory. All Masha knew now was that Ichigo was his friend and Masha was his name. But he was a learning robot so he had learned what a self-absorbed brat Kish was.
Now that she was done with her work, Ichigo called Masha and headed up to her 'room.' Her room was about seven feet by five feet. It had a tiny cot in the corner, and above that a tiny window. The door was just a regular door, except it had five locks on it! The whole room was painted pukey green, Kish's favorite color.
Once in that dreadful room, Ichigo sat on the cot. She began to think. What had she done to deserve this? Why no let her go? A nicer room would be a little better.
"Alright. This potion only works for one hour, so we gotta work fast," came a voice from outside the window. Ichigo crawled on her knees and stared out the window in disbelief. There, standing with a glass of that 'potion' in their hand, were Ryou, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding and Zakuro.
"Poor Ichigo," Lettuce said, "I bet she hates us. Two whole years with Kish!" she shivered. Lettuce, though now fifteen, hadn't changed a bit.
"Yeah once we have her back at the café we might actually get some work done!" Mint said. It was the same, old, snooty, sarcastic Mint.
"And win battles," Pudding added Pudding had grown taller, and her face had matured…a lot! Plus, she wasn't as hyper.
"The café's been so quiet without her," Zakuro stated. Zakuro was the same quiet, tall her.
"Let's go," Ryou said, "On the count of three, we'll drink the potion. One…two…three!" He gulped his down, along with the other four Mew Mews. Their bodies began to change into alien bodies. It was really weird.
Now is probably a good time to explain the aliens took over the world like they planned shortly after kidnapping Ichigo and (you didn't know this part) killing Ichigo's entire family. Kish also became the King of the aliens, somehow that no one knows. Back to the story!
There was a loud crash downstairs, then Pudding's voice, "Oops! Sorry!"
A few minutes later, a knock on the door.
"Laundry!" a voice said. It was Lettuce's voice. The door opened and the other Mew Mews and Ryou came in.
"Grab Masha and get in the basket!" Ryou whispered to her. Ichigo obeyed. The girls piled clothes on top of her.
"Thanks!" Lettuce said, as if to Ichigo. The cart moved. Ichigo felt it go on and on and never seem to stop.
Then it did.
"What's in the cart?" Pie asked.
"Clothes," Ryou said.
"What else?" Pie asked.
"Nothing," Ryou said, "Why?"
"Have I seen you five before?" Pie asked, "I mean, I've worked here for a long time, and seen everybody. Why haven't I seen you?"
"We're new!" Lettuce quickly said.
"Then why aren't you at the New Recruit Alien Training Session?" he pointed to the sign and said, "It's going on right now."
"Well, we'll head there," Ryou said, pushing the cart forward.
Pie stepped in front of it, "It's that way," Pie said, pointing behind Ryou.
Sensing danger, Ichigo whispered, "Mew Mew Ichigo Metamorphoses!" and changed into her Mew Mew self, then pushed her head out of the clothes and hollered, "RIBBON STRAWBERRY CHECK!" the energy that came out of her hit Pie square in the face and knocked him out.
"Push the cart, push the cart!" Zakuro hissed, "Get down, Ichigo!" she did. But two floors down, the cart stopped yet again.
"Ichigo, get outta there," Kish said.
"Why are you talking to clothes?" Pudding asked. Kish began to dig through the clothes. Ichigo began to get excited, and she changed into a cat. Kish dug around more and found Ichigo.
"Ah-ha!" he yelled. He slung Neko-Ichigo over his shoulder, slapped her kitty butt, and headed up to her room.
"MEOW!" Neko-Ichigo screeched. She clawed at Kish and pounced out of his arms. The Mew Mews had already reached the door with the cart, so Ichigo headed through the swinging doors that led outside. Kish stood stunned for a minute, but followed the Mew Mews after they pushed past him though the doors.
Once outside, Ichigo skid up the nearest tree. The Mew Mews were first to make it to the trees, and Mint (the only Mew Mew who technically can fly) transformed into Mew Mint and flew up toward Ichigo. Kish wasn't too far behind and soon had flown right beside Mint.
"Oh, no," Pudding said, "The potion's wearing off!" As soon as the five were back to their normal bodies, they transformed (except Mint, who already did).
Pudding was first to attack, "PUDDING RING INFERNO!" she yelled. A blast of energy came from Pudding and hit Kish. He fell to the ground and back toward the alien's hideout.
"OK, OK! I'll leave you alone for now!" Kish said, "But be warned! I will kill you someday!" He flew inside.
"Ichigo, come down from that tree!" Mint said. Ichigo jumped to the ground. Ryou leaned down as kissed Ichigo---the only way to change back to her human self.
Ryou led Ichigo to his car, and got in. The other Mew Mews did, too. Then Ryou said, "C'mon, Ichigo. Let's go home.
On the ride to the café, Ichigo just sat there and cried.
When they got to the café, Ichigo sat in the back room and soaked it all in. Her friends had finally come back for her. Yay!
"Ichigo," Ryou started.
"Where is he?" Ichigo asked.
"Who?"
"Masaya."
Ryou took a deep breath, "The aliens took us all captive and threatened to kill us, as you know. But Masaya refused to let them take you captive as a slave. He fought for you, and he's a pretty good fighter. But…they killed him. He's dead."
"No," Ichigo breathed, "No, NO, NO!" She was screaming now, "Why'd he have to die?"
Lettuce popped her head in through the door, "I'm guessing you told her," she said. Ryou just sighed. She left.
"But why'd they want me?" Ichigo asked after she had contained herself.
"Without you," Ryou started, "The Mew Mews are nothing. They're just four girls with super-powers. They're not a team, not even friends. Only teenagers," Ryou breathed in, "Ichigo…I love you." Tears came to his eyes. He kissed Ichigo and then ran out of the room.
But Ichigo just sat there, shocked at his words.