Chapter three: Change

Here is chapter three. Enjoy! I couldn't stop typing and this is the result. I hope you like.

Chapter three: Change

A small space craft was moving through space. On board were two life forms. Its heading was Earth.

'Ichigo! Can you hear us!' Someone shouted. Ichigo only heard a vague echo of her name. She felt drawn to a dark place in her mind and the voice that was calling for her slowly died out. She was now beyond hearing, seeing or feeling.

'Damn! She slipping into a coma! We have to hurry!' Ryou shouted at the others. They quickly lifted her up and ran to the café as fast as possible.

They quickly put her down in a lab in the basement where they since shortly had some medical equipments. They checked her completely and found nothing wrong, except that attack. Somehow it did something to her.

'What are we going to do?' Lettuce asked worried.

'I don't know. We can't take her to a hospital. They can't do much more for her than we can' Ryou said. They all looked as Ichigo was clearly struggling with something inside.

Keiichiro was in the kitchen making everybody something to eat. Ryou of course had decided to stay in the basement. The Mews ate since there wasn't anything else they could do. They all felt horrible knowing Ichigo was fighting something and they couldn't do a thing.

'Wait! I've got it!' Pudding yelled as she jumped of her chair. The others looked at her expecting something weird. 'We can hunt down the plant-creature and force the information out of him!' Pudding continued.

'Pudding, we aren't strong enough' Lettuce said carefully.

'Sure we are!' Pudding stated. The others sighed. Mint took over.

'Pudding, we fought it twice and twice it got away. Also twice it hurt Ichigo. We aren't strong enough and we have no idea what other tricks it has. We have to think things through before we act' Mint summed up. Pudding had no reply to this and simply sat down and thought of Ichigo again.

In the basement Ryou was again working on finding anything on the plant-creature. In the room nearby was Ichigo struggling against whatever it did to her.

'Damn! Why can't I figure out what created this thing!' Ryou shouted to the screen as if expecting an answer. Ryou sighed and buried his head in his hands. Suddenly he heard a noise from the other room. He quickly got up and ran to Ichigo.

Ichigo was moaning and tossing and turning. Every move she made caused her pain on her back. Ryou had no idea what to do. He stood there thinking how to help her. Suddenly Ichigo screamed. A scream of pain.

'Keiichiro!!' Ryou shouted upstairs. Moments later he heard five pair of feet running down. Keiichiro and the Mews ran inside the room and stopped dead in their tracks as they saw Ichigo moving around in pain.

'What happened?!' Keiichiro asked while trying to hold Ichigo down so she wouldn't hurt herself.

'I don't know! I was working when I heard her moving and then screaming!' Ryou said. The other Mews looked at Ichigo while pain and anger filled their hearts. Ichigo was in pain and all they could do was watch.

An hour later Ichigo was calm again. Ryou sat on a chair against a wall with his head in his hands. The Mews stood on near Ichigo holding onto each other. Keiichiro was stting next to the equipment checking on Ichigo' s vitals.

'She's stable for now, but her heart rate is way to high as is her blood pressure. She seems calm, but I think she is constantly fighting' Keiichiro said. The others looked at him with fear of losing their friend. Suddenly the door to the basement was heard. Someone was coming down. The Mews turned to face whatever was coming. Around the corner came…Aoyama!

'Aoyama!' Pudding yelled. The others realised suddenly that they hadn't informed Aoyama yet about Ichigo.

'Aoyama, we have to talk to you' Ryou said in a calm voice. Aoyama raised his eyebrow not trusting where this was going.

'What's wrong? And why are you all in the basement?' Aoyama asked. Keiichiro got up and walked towards him.

'Something happened to Ichigo' He said calmly as the Mews stepped aside showing Ichigo.

'Ichigo!!' Aoyama yelled as he ran over to her. 'What happened to her!' He shouted to the others.

'It was the plant-creature. It attacked again and Ichigo was badly injured by it' Zakura explained. Aoyama kept looking at Ichigo and felt her forehead.

'She's burning up' He said worried. Keiichiro moved over and checked her temperature.

'Damn, if this continues she'll be in a life threatening situation' Keiichiro said. The others all looked with shock. Ryou shoved his fist against the wall so hard it caused a small dent. Ryou then went over to his computers in the other room and continued his research. The Mews took seats around Ichigo and they all sat there praying inside for her health.

'Soon my master will have what he desires. It's only a matter of time' A childish voice said in a slightly horror kind of way. A soft laugh was heard as a figure in the shadow slowly faded away from the café.

'Finally! I was afraid we'd never land!' Taruto said as he stood outside the space craft. Kisshu slowly got out and stood next to Taruto.

'Well then lets go' Kisshu said. Taruto looked at him.

'Man we just arrived. Let's first check out the town' Taruto said. Kisshu looked at him with slight irritation.

'We didn't come to check out the town. We came to inform the Mews about our own planet and just because we're friends. It's a visit to them, not the town' Kisshu said.

'Fine, but it must be partly because you want to see Ichigo. Am I right?' Taruto asked with a teasing voice. Kisshu showed him a angry look.

'No it's not! She ahs someone and I'm happy for her! So shut up about it or I'll start about Pudding! I mean that is why you wanted to come too, isn't it?' Kisshu said also in a teasing voice. Taruto blushed and turned around.

'You're nuts! I just like to go on a trip' He said as he closed the space craft. Kisshu grinned and both started to walk towards the café.

Ichigo was screaming again. She was tossing around wildly and almost rolled of the bed. Ryou walked in with some belts.

'We'd better strap her tight to the bed. She'll hurt herself more if she keeps moving like this' Ryou said. The others nodded and strapped her down. Even though she was strapped down she kept tossing around, but less than when she was lose.

Suddenly the alarm went off. It was the intruder alert. It hadn't responded on Aoyama, because he was programmed to be safe. The Mews grabbed their pendants and transformed, thinking it was the plant-creature. They rushed upstairs., while Keiichiro stayed behind to watch over Ichigo. Ryou had also gone upstairs.

The Mews hid behind a wall. They overheard two people talk, but because of the noise of the alarm couldn't hear them well.

'Damn, What is this noise!' One of them yelled while grabbing his ears and pulling them down. The other one had done the same and was looking around frantically at what was causing it. He noticed the red box high up on the wall. He conjured a weapon with three sharp points and threw it into the red box. The alarm stopped and both released their ears. They sighed thinking it was over when a purple whip slashed one of them and the other was hit by an arrow.

'Zakura' s whip!'

'Reborn Mint Echo!'

Mint and Zakura both attacked the two strangers and they fell down on their stomachs. They tried to get up, but Lettuce and Pudding didn't let them.

'Ribbon Lettuce Rush!'

'Pudding Ring Inferno!'

The taller one of the two strangers was hit by Lettuce and collided into a wall. The other one was trapped in Pudding's attack. The Mews looked at the stranger inside Pudding's attack when they noticed his outfit and his ears. Pudding walked to the other side to see his face.

'Tar-tar!' Pudding shouted with happiness. Zakura and Mint moved towards Pudding and noticed Taruto. Lettuce quickly moved over to the taller one against the wall.

'Kisshu?! Are you alright?' She asked worried. Kisshu slowly got up with a little help from Lettuce. Taruto was still stuck, since Pudding's attack faded in time.

'I'm alright' Kisshu replied.

'What are you guys doing here?' Ryou asked while he walked into the café. Kisshu looked at him.

'We came for a visit. What the hell was that damn noise!' Kisshu asked. Ryou looked at the alarm on the wall which still had the dragon sword in it and sparks were coming out.

'That was an intruder alarm' Ryou said looking back at Kisshu. Kisshu summoned his sword back in his hand and then made it vanish.

'So we are intruders?' Kisshu asked a little disappointed. Taruto tried to move around, but was stuck badly.

'No I just hadn't have the time to programme you and your friends in it. Besides how was I supposed to now you'd show up?' Ryou said. Kisshu looked with understanding.

'Hey Can anyone get me out. I don't plan to wait until it vanishes' Taruto said getting irritated. Kisshu summoned one of his dragon sword and slashed at Pudding's attack. It was cut in half and vanished. Taruto fell on the ground.

'Thanks' He said to Kisshu. Kisshu helped him up.

'So you came to visit, he?' Ryou said. Kisshu and Taruto looked at him and nodded.

'We also wanted to inform you guys that we now have a beautiful planet. So how are things going here?' Kisshu asked.

All of them became silent. Kisshu and Taruto looked confused at each other.

'What's wrong?' Kisshu asked. They all looked at Kisshu and Taruto, but before they could say a word they heard a loud bang from the basement.

'What was that?!' Taruto and Kisshu both asked.

The Mews looked at each other and said at the same time: 'Ichigo!' They all started to move towards the basement door when they saw Keiichiro.

'Guys! It's going really bad down there! She nearly pulled through the belts! It's like she has gone insane!' He shouted while he was out of breath. Before they could respond a loud scream was heard. Kisshu realised immediately it was Ichigo. He started to move towards the basement. Before he reached it ichigo stood in the doorway.

'Ichigo!' They all yelled. Ichigo just stood there with her eyes absent. She looked as if she was in trance. They all moved towards her as Ichigo moved forward. Suddenly without warning Ichigo screamed out of pain and fell on her knees. She grabbed her head with her hands and bent forwards, desperately finding a position where she wouldn't feel so much pain. Aoyama appeared behind her. He had a cut on his forehead, clearly being it with something.

'Nnnooo!' Ichigo screamed. The others wanted to help her, but when they got closer to her, her screaming became louder. Suddenly a swelling appeared on her back where she was hit with that black bubble. Seconds later two small black, bat-like wings appeared on her back. Dark energy sprang into action around her pushing everyone else aside. Ichigo stood up as she started glowing pink as if she was transforming into a Mew. The glowing stopped, but it wasn't the normal Mew Ichigo. She wore black, hot pants and a black top. Her boots were the same as when in Mew form except that they were black. The same was for her gloves. Her cat ears were also still there, but darker than usual. In Mew form they were between brown and black, now they were pitch-black. Ichigo opened her eyes (since she closed them from the pain earlier) and everyone looked at her with shock. Her eyes were no longer the pink they were used to. Where it had been pink before they were now black.

The door to the café opened and the plant-creature appeared. He laughed hysterically and motioned Ichigo to come to him. Ichigo started walking towards him while they everyone else advanced on her trying to stop her. The plant-creature quickly shot nine green energy orbs at them and Ichigo reached the door. Desperately they tried to get up, but to no effect. The last thing they saw was Ichigo walking outside and the plant-creature walking behind her.

'My master will be very pleased' The plant-creature said while he walked out of the café, leaving his enemies in despair.