She feels lost in her own life,
Treading water just to keep from slipping under,
And she wonders if she's were she's suppose to be
Tired of doing it right,
Her dreams are just too far away to see how steps she's making might be taking her to who she'll be
The now transformed Masami took one last look at her mutated brother. Her crystal blue eyes shinned with fear, hatred and woe. She looked at her newly obtained outfit and sighed deeply. She was now officially a freak. Just like the mews. Masami's lower lip started to quiver. She clenched both of her fists and glared at the ground.
Masami…protect your brother always. When I leave, you will be his only protection….
Ichigo's eye's widened at the sight of Masami's transformation. "Ryou told me that there were only five Mews. Who are you?"
Masami brushed off Ichigo's comment. She gave an angry look to Ichigo.
Masami dear…I know you might be too young to understand…but all men seek power…no matter what the cost is…
"I guess you were right dad." Masami mumbled.
Kisshu raised a brow. "My bunny, what are you going to do? This is getting interesting."
Masami looked up at Kisshu. "Why the hell do you keep calling me bunny? Bunny, Bunny, like you know me or some shit!" Masami howled. "Who the fuck do you think you are?"
Everyone flinched at Masami's comment. Masami was a bit surprised herself. She had never sworn in her life. Everything about her was changing. And she did not like it at all. She just wanted to be regular all-time-swimming-champion Masami. Masami did not like change.
"Your not going to attack us are you?" Lettuce spoke up.
Masami turned all of her attention to Lettuce. "Baka--you are all bakas!"
Masami raised her hand in the air and waved it across the bitter wind. A staff appeared out of nowhere. It had a pink and blue ribbon wrapped around it. On the ends of the staff was a pair of rabbit ears. They were put on so you could spin them around, like a pinwheel. Masami rotated both pinwheels and the staff began to glow a bright white.
"Everyone stay on your toes!" Zaruko commanded. "She could be aiming for anyone!"
Pudding gulped. "I don't like this new Mew…"
"Ribbon--Vanilla Rocket Flash Sanpoo!"
Masami threw the staff at Renzo. It was lightning fast. The mutated Renzo started to wince. He was in agonizing pain.
"You five are next!"
"Aren't you on our side?" Lettuce asked. Despite her fear, she walked closer to Masami. "You are just as I was…scared and afraid of whom I had become. We are your friends."
"How can you call me your friend? You don't even know me!"
Before Lettuce could answer, Kisshu appeared behind Masami.
"They did this to your brother. Do you want to get revenge bunny?"
"No way!" Ichigo hollered. "Kisshu turned your brother into the Chimera Anima he is now!"
Masami's eye's drifted down to the ground again. She did not know whom to believe, a bunch of girls who were freaks of nature, or an annoying and persistent elf boy? What was the world coming to?
"I am not a freak!" Masami yelled at the top of her lungs. "I can't take care of Renzo looking like a Play Boy Easter bunny! Why would I want to work with you? What could I gain from collaborating up with a few petting zoo animals? Friends? I don't need friends!"
"Rocket Staff!" Masami cried out.
"Why are you doing this?" Mint asked calmly. "You don't know--do you?"
"'Cause you're going to pay for what you did to Renzo! And 'cause winning is the ultimate revenge!"
Mint shrugged. "Well…If you're not going to pay attention to reason--I'm just going to have to make you stop."
Ichigo frowned. "No Mint…don't hurt her."
"It can't be helped!" Mint reassured Ichigo.
Mint threw her hands into the air. "Heart Arrow!"
"Ribbon--Vanilla Rocket Flash Sanpoo!"
"Ribbon--Mint Echo!"
Mint and Masami's weapons were clashing with each other's.
"What makes you think you're better than me?" Masami said as she struggled to fight against Mint's blast.
"I don't think I'm any better than anyone. I just want you to stop this charade!"
"That's an understatement…."Ichigo mumbled.
Masami loosened her grip on her weapon so she could kick it towards Mint. Now that she was Mew Vanilla, she had much more leg power. She roundhouse kicked her staff and it sent Mint flying onto the ground.
"Mint!" Ichigo shouted.
Kisshu smiled, and then laughed a bit. "You'll never be like your mother with those ears of yours."
That comment sent waves of hatred and anger through Masami's body. Her blood started to boil.
"Ribbon...Zakuro Sphere!"
Masami jumped high into the air and dodged Zakuro's whip easily. Before she hit the ground, Renzo let out an earsplitting cry.
"Sleep! Sleep!" Renzo said. He let out a type of powder at the Mews. The Mews were so busy looking at Masami, that they did not notice that the inhaled the powder.
Ichigo started to stagger." O-Oh…I think I'm going to lie down for a bit."
Pudding let out a huge yawn. "Yeah...pudding is going to sleep too…"
Zakuro tried to fight the sleep off, but it had gotten the best of her. Soon, all of the Mews were sleep.
And suddenly, it isn't what it use to be,
And after all this time, it worked out just fine.
And suddenly, I am where I'm suppose to be,
And after all the tears, I was suppose to be here.
Masami faced her brother. She summoned her rocket staff.
"Ribbon--Vanilla Rocket Flash Sanpoo!"
This time, Renzo's spirit separated from the parasite. Masami grabbed Renzo's spirit, and put it back in his body. He was still knocked unconscious. She picked her brother up and held him in her arms.
Kisshu transported in front of Masami with a smirk plastered across his face.
"That's some impressive power bunny. Why don't you work side by side with me? I'm sure I'll treat you with the utmost respect…"
"I don't want to see you--or those things ever again! 'Cause if I do, I swear to god I'm going to hang you by your freaking testicals then watch them burn in the fire I'm going to make with your head!"
Those words made the emerald green haired alien cringed with fear. He loved his testicals--didn't he? Still, at the same time she had perked his interests. She was unpredictable. He had to see what he was going to do next.
"But that wouldn't be much fun would it?" Kisshu said, invading Masami's personal space. Masami's lower eye started to twitch. Masami put up her middle figure and stuck her tongue out.
Kisshu, who did not know what an extended middle figure meant, had a dumfounded look on his face.
"What do you say bunny? I will let you think of your answer once more. If you refuse, I'll take you by force."
"Nya--Masaya…I'd love to run away to a beach with you!" Ichigo mumbled.
Kisshu and Masami looked at Ichigo at the same time. They then looked back at each other.
"I'll let you decide bunny." He said as he disappeared.
Masami let out a sigh, and then ran to her home.
Pudding let out a huge yawn. "What happened?"
"It looks like we were sleeping." Lettuce answered.
Mint balled up her fists. "Err--who does she think she is! That stuck up rabbit!"
"Calm down Mint," Zakuro said. "She probably was just confused. She had been knocked out unconscious twice. Maybe she had forgotten that Kisshu turned her brother into a Chimera Anima. She just needs to be guided into the right direction."
"And who is going to do that?" Mint exclaimed.
Zaruko pointed a figure at Ichigo. Ichigo frowned instantly.
"Why does it have to be me?"
"Aren't you the leader?" Zaruko chuckled.
Ichigo mumbled under her breath and turned around to look for Kisshu. He wasn't anywhere to be found.
"Well, before we search for that mystery Mew, we should go and tell Ryou about this." Ichigo said triumphantly, as a leader should.
Masami was still in Mew form, as she tucked her little brother in his bed. She pulled her right rabbit ear one more time to see if it would disappear. To her disappointment, it did not disappear. A cloud of sorrow and sadness covered Masami's face as she walked to her bedroom. As she was walking, her body glowed a bright white, and then she was herself again.
"Thank god…" Masami sighed. She scanned her room for any irregularities. Her room had plush pillows everywhere. The walls were white. She had tons of stuffed animals in her room. Most of the animals were rabbits. She had a trophy case filled with swimming awards. She started to step towards her bed until she heard a crunching noise under her foot. Masami had stepped on a piece of paper. She picked the paper up and quickly noticed what it was.
"How did this get on the floor?" Masami whispered. The piece of paper was Renzo's birth certificate. Masami's eye's started to tear up as she read the names of Renzo's birth parents. Masami tried to hold in her tears, for she knew if one tear fell from her face the other tears wouldn't stop crashing down.
"Mom…dad…"Masami whimpered. A tear fell on the crumpled paper and soon after, more tears fell on it.
Masami continued to cry as she put Renzo's birth certificate away. Masami inched her way into her bed.
"Why am I crying? I've had a good life until now right? I'm so happy!"
Masami's tears didn't stop falling from her eyes. She knew she was feeding herself lies. All Masami's life, she had to take care of her brother and raise him on her own. Neither she nor her brother could remember their parents. And now that Masami was a freak, that wasn't going to make her life any better.
Masami cried her self to sleep that night. She dreamt about seeing her whole family together again. Even though she knew that wish would never come true.
She feels locked in her own life
Scared of what she might loose,
If she moves away from who she was.
And she's afraid of being free.
There's a way she knows is right,
And she can't feel the things she knows and so each step she's taking is a step of faith towards who she'll be.
A/N: Poor Masami! I feel so bad for her. Oh well….R&R people!!