-A date with Aoyama-kun, yay! - Ichigo thought while picking the perfect clothes for the special occasion. Fortunately, the aliens hadn't appeared lately, and this time she wouldn't be interrupted.

She changed and went out. She made honor to her name, dressed with a red dress, looking like a cute strawberry. She walked to the park in the center of town, waiting for her boyfriend to arrive. -"Boyfriend" That sounds so cute! - she thought.

"Help! Please, someone!" Ichigo heard a voice in her head; with her cat abilities, her senses were more powerful, she could listen people streets away. It caught her attention and tried to figure out where it was coming from. She started running in its direction and the shouting got more intense. After a while, she arrived to a dark alley far away from the park, there was a man abusing a girl.

"You! Leave that girl alone!" she yelled to the older man, fearless. "Just return to your mother's basement, freak!" This really pissed off the man, who was still holding the girl against a wall. He then let her go only to get Ichigo. The other girl ran away frightened, but Ichigo stood still in front of the man.

"What did you call me?" he said. But, before Ichigo could answer the man grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto the wall. She couldn't reach her pendant.

The man kissed her. –L-let me go…- she struggled. She kicked him and ran away while he wasn't looking. But as she was running her height decreased until she could only see the path. –Damn, not again.- She looked at her little paws. –I'm a cat!-

Despite this, she had to get to her date, and it was late! So she started running through the large streets, avoiding people and other animals. But, who could she kiss to get back to normal? Anybody would be useful at that desperate time, anyway, she couldn't just transform in the middle of the street.

In the distance, she saw the one who could be the only "exception". The big, fat and gross cat that tried to flirt with her once, and it wasn't really nice. She squealed with fear.

-Too late, he saw me.- she thought when the yellow cat smirked and started approaching her. She crossed the street and hid inside a building when a person opened the door to enter. Fortunately, the stalker cat couldn't enter and just looked at her disappointed through the glass door.

Thinking that her date was totally ruined, she took the stairs in her cat form to get as far as possible of her stalker. She got to the last floor and barely passed through the door, pushing with all her cat forces.

There was the building's roof. And, sitting in the edge, Kish.

The alien looked calmed and unworried, staring at Tokyo's sky. Ichigo wanted to come back; anything but this, anyone but him, even the cat. The door closed behind her and made a huge noise that caught Kish's attention. She almost forgot she was in her cat form when the alien smiled at her. "Hey, kitty cat, are you lost?"

She squealed, it was like he was talking to the human Ichigo.

"Come here" he insisted "I've been needing some good company these days."

His half-brothers weren't there and there was no sign he was planning an attack. Besides, it was getting late and he looked like a teenager that left home and had nowhere to go.

Ichigo walked towards him, and instantly he picked her up and put her in his lap. "You really remember me of someone I know; I call her kitty cat too." He said while petting her. She stared at him. She knew he was talking about her; and she wanted to know what he thought about the normal Ichigo. She meowed. "No, it's not like you. She's a human… unfortunately." He stared at nowhere. It seemed like he was going to cry. But he wasn't. "And she has a boyfriend, after all. Ugh, I really hate that tree hugger." Ichigo meowed louder; she didn't like her boyfriend being called 'tree hugger'. Kish laughed. "Wow. I have to say you look like her, kitty cat. Well, she deserves someone better, I think. I'm trying my best but…"

Ichigo climbed up to Kish's shoulder and caressed with her little kitty head the alien's cheek. Then, started licking him with tenderness. He giggled. "Hey, stop!" He picked her up and stood up. "You are a great company, kitty cat; do you want to stay with me for a while?"

-Hai-nya!- She thought. Wait… -No! I can't and… I don't want to…?- But she wasn't able to answer, so she meowed again.

"That's a yes!" Kish joked and smiled with a smile Ichigo hadn't seen before; even though he was smiling at a cat, he looked so nice.

Then, he teleported with the kitty in hands. They appeared floating above the park. Pie and Tart floated next to them.

"Here you are." Pie said.

"Yup" he answered.

"What about that cat you've got?" asked his younger brother, pointing at it.

"I found her, isn't her cute?"

"Ugh… Kish" Pie replied "it reminds you of Mew Ichigo, that's why you kept her, didn't you?"

Kish tried to hide his surprise, was him that predictable? "Shut up! Why don't we start? Do you have the spirit?"

"Of course." The older retorted. He made a human spirit appear in his hand. "Fusion!" He easily created a Chimera Anima: a big monster rabbit that jumped straight to the park where Ichigo had been staying. Ichigo's first thought was –I have to transform! That thing could harm the people in the park.- Unluckily, she was a cat at the moment, and needed a kiss to transform back.

The aliens landed in the park, near the Chimera Anima, who was attacking people and destroying the park. She was still being held by Kish when she saw what she most feared. –Aoyama-kun!- She had totally forgotten. He was hiding behind a tree so she couldn't see well, but he seemed all right for the moment.

Her comrades weren't there, and it would take long before they get there so… there was only one she could kiss.

Ichigo climbed until she could reach Kish's face and kissed him. It was strange though; they looked like The Princess and The Frog, but reversed. He turned his face away surprised. His brothers watched curious.

Five seconds later, Ichigo jumped to the floor as a cat and was covered in shining sparkles. She transformed to a human in front of the aliens.

"ICHIGO?!" they exclaimed together.

"That's right! How you dare to destroy this beautiful park? And the people in it?!" she said "And you…!" added pointing to Kish. She expected his usual sarcastic answer; otherwise, he stared at the normal Ichigo confused, even flushed.

"Mew Mew Strawberry Metamorphosis!"

Mew Ichigo ran across the park to get to Aoyama, but the Chimera Anima blocked her way. The big rabbit roared in her face. "Kyaaaaa!" she screamed. The monster grabbed her with its big claws and lifted her up in the air. What worried her most wasn't that she was going to be eaten by a Chimera Anima, but what she saw: Aoyama wasn't hiding anymore.

She felt her heart ripped out, like a living nightmare. She wasn't actually conscious that he was getting close to the monster's mouth, and that wouldn't end well. 'Aoyama-kun…?' she whispered. No, her boyfriend wasn't hiding anymore; in the middle of the chaos in the park, she saw how he kissed another girl, how she leaned against the tree and he pressed his lips against hers. 'Why…?' How could he have done this? In such a bad time? After that, she saw how he threw a letter he had in hands and ran away with the girl, like he was some kind of hero who saved her. Ugh, such a disgusting view. Ichigo felt so betrayed. She couldn't even go and scream to him, she had to defeat the Chimera Anima first. But while she was trying to figure out how her relationship had come to this, the monster roared in her face. Its teeth were pretty big for a rabbit and Ichigo could only struggle helpless not to die there.

Meanwhile, Pie and Tart had to hold Kish tight so he wouldn't try to help Mew Ichigo. He kicked and screamed "Let me go, she's about to die!" but they wouldn't let him go. Her kitty was near to death and he was going to lose her. He didn't want that! Of course not! He set free of his brothers' hands and his dragon swords appeared. He was ready to fight with his own creation, strange right? Kish flew straight to the monster and stabbed him in the stomach with one of his swords. He felt furious. After all, he had just spent time with her kitty (literally) but his stupid "take over the Earth" job had to spoil it all. He was going to show her that the alien she knew wasn't so bad.

When Kish took out his sword, the Chimera Anima screamed in pain. Ichigo stared at him confused. –What is he doing? Saving me?- The big rabbit dropped Ichigo. Kish's swords disappeared and he felt the fear filling him up as he saw her falling vulnerable from a great height onto the floor.

Ichigo tried to hold on to anything, but there was nothing except air. With less than 5 seconds to think something to save her life, her Mew Mew outfit disappeared in the air leaving only pink sparkles and her normal clothes. The girl looked at the sky and closed her eyes not to feel what was coming next. -This is how it ends, huh?- Ichigo had her last thoughts; Masaya, her family, her friends, the aliens, Kish…

The next thing she remembered was the tough hit she felt; but not as tough as the ground would be. It immediately stopped her fall, but she knew (even with her eyes closed) that she was still in the air. She heard a voice calling her name, but couldn't answer, and fell unconscious.