Bounty of Love

Summary: Ichigo Mommiya is a world renowned Thief, Ryou Shirogane was the billionaire bounty hunter after. But what happens when the feline and the hunter meet when they're not working? Read and review to find out. Ichigo x Ryou Fanfic.

Disclaimer. I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew and I probably never will, but I do on this fanfic so don't steal it.

Authors Note: This is a different fanfic to my others; I decided to try something new. Please tell me what you think and also be rest assured that I am still going to write more like my others. Okay Bye.

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A vase crashed against the wall across the apartment. The black cat watched sleepily as his red haired mistress went on in an uncharacteristic rampage. The beautiful yet dainty red haired continued to throw cheap ornamental pieces, hazel eyes flashing. Even in her rage she wouldn't throw an expensive piece of art. "DAMN Him!" Was all she could repeatedly shriek. Anger eventually spent she collapsed on the extremely comfortable couch along side her cat.

Sensing that his mistress needed to be comforted the cat climbed on top of his tiny mistress and lay there allowing her straying hand to pet and stroke him, calming him and herself. This had been happening quite often of late.

Ichigo Mommiya, beautiful, twenty year old, eligible heiress to Mommiya industries and world-renowned thief under the alias "Feline" was furious. This had evenings rampage had been brought on by none other than that pesky bounty hunter Ryou Shirogane. Oh how she wished that she could strangle that infuriating man. She knew all about him of course. After all she wasn't the youngest worldwide most wanted THIEF FOR NOTHING. Plus having connections in high places had helped. She had run a discreet back round check on him the first time that he hard almost foiled her plans while she was stealing the Tiramisu Crystal. She had found out that he was the best Bounty Hunter in the business. He was a multi billionaire already but was a person who loved a challenge and loved to work for him self, while running his dead familys, coincidentally, Security Software Business Empire he also followed his chosen career of being a bounty hunter. He had chosen this career because he obviously need no fixed income and the challenge of being a bounty Hunter had great appeal to him, he had worked his way to being the best in the business in less than three years, having started when he was twenty-two. His services were now always in demand as he had never yet lost a bounty. He was now twenty-five, remarkably young for such high accomplishments in his career. He was single, eligible, handsome, determined and an extremely large source of stress in her life. The man was a pain in the neck. He was also reputed to keep to himself, seldom dated, a somewhat emotionally withdrawn and known to be a killing force whether in argument, business agreement or prosecution of a bounty.

Six months before he was hired by the government to capture her, Feline. Feline was quite infamous. She was wanted worldwide. She had stolen several priceless gems, paintings, artefacts and other treasures. Most of these had been guarded by "Impenetrable" defence and security systems, she of course had proven that wrong. She had never left a witness or camera footage, she came in the night and took what she wanted, but everyone knew if it was she that had robbed them as she always left a kitty bell on a red ribbon with the clapper removed in the place of the stolen item. She also never left and DNA, fingerprints, tools or clues; making her impossible to find and increasing the fevered want to catch her. They only knew her alias name because she had left a note one time for them to find. They didn't even know for sure that she was female, but it was the general talk that she was. This was an extremely sore point for the authoritys as they being in majority male were ashamed to admit that they had been bested by a girl for several years now. She had shown up from nowhere.

She was also quite famous when she wasn't using her alias. She was the sole heiress to Mommiya industries. This was one of the biggest Business Empires in World technology, making her extremely rich and extremely eligible. She was known as the belle of the ball, she was renowned for her kind nature. She had been known to travel the world to help people in less fortunate conditions, make large donations to several charities and to be a person who one was immediately enchanted by the moment one set foot in her company. The young twenty year old was also famous for the air of mystery surrounding her past when she finished school at the age of sixteen she had disappeared for two years only reappearing on the social scene when she was nineteen. No one not even her parents knew where she had been for those two years, many had thought her dead, but when she had returned she had returned a changed mature and graceful women from the ditsy and often over cheerful girl that had left.

Anyway, Ryou Shirogane was eventually hired by the government to track down and bring into custody the infamous Feline. He of course being a person who couldn't resist a challenge had accepted the job immediately.

He was the first person to figure out that it wasn't the prize but the security Systems hat appealed to her. Of course this wasn't surprising that he was the first to figure it out as she often hit buildings with Shirogane Security Systems them being the top of the range and most advanced systems in the world. He had then tracked down the security systems and most likely targets for her to hit. The first time he had been right, for the first time in her career Feline had only narrowly escaped capture. She had also escaped him the next time while stealing the Isabella Diamond by leaping off the top floor of a twenty story building, Ryou hadn't even been sure that she had survived until the next heist. Since then he had shown up or been waiting for her at seven of her nine jobs. This was to many times for comfort as far as she was concerned. But tonight, tonight took the cake, it had been the closet to capture that she had ever been before.

He had been waiting when she had arrived at her new target. He had sat at a desk with the Shanghai Ornamental horse right in front of him. He didn't hear or see her arrive, she was extremely adept at blending into her surroundings. After a lot of patient work she eventually removed the ornament right fro in front of him without him noticing, unfortunately just after she ha stowed it away in her pouch the bell she had planned to leave had slipped from her fingers and alerted him to her presence and that she had taken the statue. His coming aware that she was there cause him to shoot at her, se had had to dodge several bullets, several of which had come close to hitting there targets. During this whole episode she hadn't said a thing but when she had fallen out the window she had screamed. She hadn't expected to reach it for another minute; she had planned to exit out of it anyway. Regaining her composure even though she was falling backwards from a twenty fifth floor of the owners business building, she had flipped her herself the right way up and the pulled a string, this released her air gliding parachute, she then escaped. When she landed in the park she had ran until she was absolutely she hadn't been followed and then returned to her penthouse apartment where she had changed for the Annual Charity Ball later and then had thrown her tantrum with her cat as audience.

Calm now Ichigo got up placed her cat back on his cushion and then got up to check her makeup, she then sat and waited for her escort for the ball to arrive.

"I don't believe it!" Ryou Shirogane yelled as he slammed his hand against the windowsill and placed his gun in his holster. He watched as the Feline hang-glided away. He then turned to wait for the owner of the horse to arrive, he wasn't looking forward to telling yet another owner tat their treasure had been stolen and that he had been unable to prevent it.

Later that evening while he was changing for some or other charity event he really couldn't be bothered Ryou was reflecting on that evening's earlier event. Keichierro his manservant, who was more a friend than anything else was trying to figure out what had put his employer in such a foul mood, Ryou had returned in a temper that evening far worse than any or his other reputed upsets. Eventually Keichierro summarised that the Feline must have eluded him once again. Ever since the Feline had outwitted the first Shirogane Security system his employer had watched the Felines movements, but now that he had been hired to track the feline down it had become an obsession for Ryou. He not only wanted to capture the Feline for the government but he also wanted to capture her to find out how had she passed through so many foolproof Shirogane Security Systems, it was a bow to his pride that she had considering that he had designed most of them himself.

He just couldn't figure it out. How had she done it? Sure she had gotten the goods that he was guarding in the past but tonight it should have been impossible. He ha had the Horse right in front of him; it had been there for several past nights. He hadn't even blinked he had watched the statue so well and yet she had retrieved the statue without him even noticing. He also couldn't understand how it was possible that after shooting three rounds of ammunition at her how he hadn't hit her even once. Then there had been her escape route, it had been brilliant as always, it was untraceable and it was silent so there was no way he could follow her.

The worst part of the evening by far though had been telling yet another owner that not only had the Shirogane Security System had failed to protect the treasure but Shirogane himself had been unable to apprehend the thief. On the other had though, there had been one positive event. He was now positive that he was searching for a woman. There was now mistaking the sound of a woman's voice then she shrieked, the Feline like so many suspected, was indeed female and she was by far the best thief in the business, of that he was not in doubt.

Coming out of hid deep thought, Ryou realized that he was ready for that evening's social event, not that he really wanted to go. 'Honestly' he thought, 'I would much rather be doing something constructive, like tracking down Felines most likely next target'. Resigned he then departed for the charities Dance, He only paused to watch the news and then to pick up his date for the night, she was one of his many admires. He braced himself for yet another boring event; little did he know that it would be a turning point in his investigation and his life.

Ichigo stifled yet another yawn. She was experiencing her first brief respite from the constant gossip and other talk that always seemed to surround her. True she loved talking to people and she was an extremely friendly person, but after her eventful start to the night she was already exhausted. She was starting to think of a good excuse ton leave early that wouldn't be considered insulting to the hosts when suddenly she caught sight of her escort for the night, Masaya Aoyamo, making his way towards her but then she saw who was following him, none other than Ryou Shirogane and escort. Her heart skipped a couple of beats, she had to force herself not to panic and run, instead she smoothed her dress and schooled her face into calm yet friendly appearance. Her heart still raced though, understandably of course, after all the last man on earth that she wanted to meet was making his way towards her and there was no way to avoid him.

Schooling herself to calm when Masaya eventually arrived with the brunette and Shirogane. Masaya made the necessary introductions and then engaged the brunette in a rather passionate conversation about the environment; it turned out they had met earlier that year at an environmental convention. Due to the exclusiveness of the conversation, to be polite that only left her the option of talking to the man who had shot at her only hours earlier, Mr Ryou Shirogane.

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Authors note: Okay everyone. This is going to be my first chapter story so bear with me. I am actually quite trrifiedof tis as I have no clue how to do it. So I am learning.

Okay I wpuld also like to say that I want atleast five reviews. I need to know that people want me to continue this story because it is different to anything I have ever done.

I would also like to tell you that I had this story typed has a oneshota nd t was complete until a virus wipd ot my computer. So I will rewrite what I CAN REMEMBER , BUT ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. Okay Bye'-'