Chapter 2 – Kidnapped
Sakura POV
Nandeshiko and I were hiding up in one of the cherry blossom trees waiting for Ichigo to come out. Suddenly, some weird guy with ivy-green hair and big pointy ears appeared in the air in front of us. I quickly covered Nandeshiko's mouth before she screamed and gave our hiding place away. A second later, Ichigo walked out of the café. She looked up and saw the boy and gasped.
"Kishu?!" she yelled.
"It's been too long Ichigo." Kishu said. "Did you miss me?"
"Why would I miss you?" she asked.
"Aw, come on now, you know you missed me. Just admit it." He said.
"Kishu why can't you just—wait a second… why are you here? I thought you got all the Mew Aqua you needed to save your planet." She said.
"Let's just say, I had an obligation to fulfill." He laughed, summoning two swords in his hands. "And unfortunately, I cannot let you interfere."
Then, he charged toward her. She was surrounded by a bright light and had transformed into one of the girls we had seen yesterday.
"Who is that guy?" Nandeshiko whispered.
"I don't really know… but he's kinda cute." I replied.
"Are you mad?!" Nandeshiko asked surprised. "Apparently he's evil, unless I'm going crazy and he's not attacking our cousin."
"I didn't say I liked I just said that he was cute." I said defensively.
"I never said I thought you liked him." Nandeshiko said slyly.
My face turned a deep scarlet. Just then, the ground shook and a large mutant thing appeared underneath where we were. It rammed the tree with its tail and Nandeshiko and I fell off the tree branch. I grabbed onto the tree branch and Nandeshiko grabbed onto my waist.
"Nandeshiko, are you okay?" I called down to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just don't let go!" she replied.
"My hands are slipping!" I yelled.
"SOMEBODY SAVE US!" we screamed.
Ichigo POV
Suddenly, a large Kimera Anima appeared underneath a cherry blossom tree. I heard two girls screaming, but couldn't do anything since Kishu was attacking me. There was a bright light above the Kimera Anima and the two girls from yesterday were dangling from a branch over the Kimera Anima.
I tried to run over there and help them, but Kishu jumped in front of me.
"I don't think so Kitty-Cat! Those two will have to fend for themselves." He said.
Sakura POV
"Nandeshiko, I can't hold on much longer." I said. "You have to try and attack it or else we'll die."
She took one hand off of me, but slipped and quickly grabbed back onto my legs.
"I can't! I'll slip." She said.
"Well then climb up and get onto the branch." I said. "At least then you can pull me up and we can attack it together."
She hesitated for a minute before she started climbing up. She reached the tree branch, but my hands were slipping. By the time she had gotten up all the way, I couldn't hold on anymore. My hand slipped and I began to fall toward the monster.
The monster wrapped a tentacle around me.
"Heh, looks like I just got what I needed." Kishu said, floating over to where I was. "See ya later, Kitty-Cat."
He disappeared. The monster shot a ball of lightning at the branch where Nandeshiko was and then it teleported with me too.
Nandeshiko POV
The monster shot an attack at me and then disappeared. The attack hit the branch I was on and I fell out of the tree.
"Are you okay?" Ichigo asked, running over to me. She bent down next to me and helped me sit up. "What were you doing up there?"
"We were waiting for you." I said softly.
"Me? Why were you waiting for me?" she asked.
"Because… we wanted to tell you." I said, tears forming in my eyes.
"Come on, why don't we get you inside. You can explain everything to me then." She said. "Can you stand up?"
I tried to stand, but fell back down and grabbed my ankle.
"You must've twisted your ankle when you fell out of the tree." She said. "Come on, I'll help you."
She helped me up and over to the café. When she entered the café, everyone turned and gasped.
"Who's that?" Mint asked.
"Don't you recognize her?" Ichigo said. "She's one of the girls from yesterday."
"Oh yeah! I remember! She and the other girl destroyed the Kimera Anima for us!" the small blonde girl exclaimed.
She walked around me with a curious look on her face.
"I can't figure out what animal she is!" she wailed.
"That's nothing to cry about Pudding." A girl with green hair said, placing her hand on the girl's shoulder.
Just then, the cutest boy I'd ever seen walked out of the kitchen.
"What's with all the racket?" he asked.
"There was a Kimera Anima outside and Kishu appeared." Ichigo quickly explained. "And then the two girls from yesterday appeared and Kishu kidnapped one of them. This is the other one, and she twisted her ankle."
"Oh, well then, what do you propose we do with her?" he asked.
"I don't know! But we have to help her Ryou!" Ichigo yelled. "And we need to save the other one too!"
"But… we needed to tell you something…" I mumbled, my eyes wet with tears. "But now she's gone… and it's all my fault."
I fell to your knees and started crying. Everyone stared at me, worried.
"What is it you needed to tell me?" Ichigo asked, bending down next to me.
"I-I can't say it." I cried. "I can't do it without her."
"Who?" the green haired girl asked.
"My sister!" I cried.
I felt a hand grab my chin and lift my head up to face Ryou.
"Don't cry, we'll help you find your sister, don't worry." He said softly. "Besides, you look prettier with a smile instead of tears."
My eyes widened. I smiled and he smiled back. He helped me up and carried me into the back room.
"Just wait here, we need to ask you some questions." He said. "But don't worry, I'll send the girls out to look for your sister."
Sakura POV
"Let me go!" I yelled, struggling to get free.
"You know, the more you struggle the more it's gonna hurt." A small brown-haired alien said.
I was in some kind of other dimension where there was like no sky and the ground was little islands floating everywhere.
"What are you gonna do to me?" I asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" he said.
"Um, yeah I would! That's why I asked." I said sarcastically.
He threw a rock at my head, but I tilted my head and dodged it.
I stuck my tongue out at him. "Missed me!"
He was about to throw another rock at me when a tall alien with pale purple hair appeared behind him and grabbed his arm.
"Calm down Taruto." He said. "You can't let her intimidate you."
"She wasn't intimidating me, Pai!" Taruto yelled. "I was just—wait, what's intimidating mean?"
"Never mind," Pai said, rubbing his forehead.
"Where'd Kishu go? I thought he was supposed to meet us here." Taruto said.
"He said he needed to do something first." Pai replied.
"Sorry I'm late guys." Kishu said appearing next to Pai and Taruto. "I just needed to take care of something."
"Come on Kishu, she said she wanted to talk with us before we left." Pai said.
"Um, HELLO! Did I just become invisible or something?!" I asked annoyed.
Suddenly, I was in a dark room. There was a throne in front of us, but I couldn't see who was sitting in it. Kishu, Taruto, and Pai all bowed down on one knee to whoever was sitting in the throne.
"Sorry for being late," Pai said.
"It's alright. Lucky for you, I'm more patient than my father was." A girl's voice said.
"I picked up a girl, like you asked me to." Kishu said.
"Very good, and I see you even managed to get a Mew Mew." The girl said. "Very impressive… she can be of good use to us."
"Don't talk to me as if I'm something that can be controlled!" I yelled. "I'm a human well, mostly and I do not take orders from anyone!"
I instantly felt severe pain through my entire body; almost as if I had gotten electrocuted. The girl laughed softly.
"Kishu, Pai, Taruto, let me have a word with this girl… alone." The girl said. They nodded and disappeared.
"Well, well, what have we got here?" the girl asked. "A stubborn little girl who doesn't know her place."
She snapped her fingers and the monster released me. I fell to the ground on my hands and knees.
"Who are you?" I asked weakly.
"You're worst nightmare." The girl replied. "And for now, you will have to do as our bait."
"Bait? Bait for what?" I asked.
"Guess you'll have to wait and see." She said.
I felt something click around my neck and instantly fell asleep.