Hikari: Hello!!!
Ryou: Must you do this everytime?
Hikari: Yes. Now will you be a good boy and do the disclaimer?
Suika: I will! I will!
Hikari: Stay in your own story.
Suika: But I wanna help you in this story!
Hikari: No, you might give something away.
Suika: Meanie!
Hiakri: Whatever. Ryou, do the disclaimer, NOW!
Ryou: No, baka. do it yourself.
Hikari: Oh Mint.
Mint: Yes.
Hikari: Will you do the disclaimer for me?
Mint: Fine, but only if you will stop whining.
Hikari: OK!!!
Mint: Hikari does not own Tokyo Mew Mew. And I am personally quite grateful for that fact.
Hikari: Hey!!! Now, on with the story!!!
I've Moved On
Chapter 4
An Unexpected Visitor
Ichigo had been with Kish for two months now on this beautiful and lush planet that he found for them. The lived in a fairly small house, but it had all the necessities to survive. It was as if Kish had planned all of this out; he probably had. She missed everyone very much, but could not go back. She was happy here with Kish, her true love.
"I'm bored," came Ichigo's call from the other room. She was sitting on the bed playing with a deck of cards she found.
"I'll be of assistance then," Kish said, smirking. He sat down with her and began to teach her how to play some of the card games from his home planet. They had been at it for almost an hour when someone decided to knock on the door.
"I'll get it," Ichigo cheered, jumping off the bed and flying out of the room to greet whoever it was at their door. When she opened the door, she was very surprised. "Um, do I know you?"
"Yes, you do," the man responded. He had shaggy blonde hair and murky blue eyes. She could also see blood on his shoulder from a wound he must have received sometime recently. "At least you used to."
"I'm sorry," Ichigo responded. "I really don't know who you are."
"I just came to tell you that you never should have left," the man said. "Deep Blue took over, and has enslaved us all. I only managed to get here because of a stray alien I found that was against this whole ordeal. Please, come home, I'm begging you."
"I really don't know who you are," Ichigo said. Fear was slowly creeping into her voice from being around this stranger.
"Just come with me," the man replied. "We need you." With that, he took her arm and attempted to drag her away, but Ichigo was stronger, seeing as she was not in as bad of shape as this strange man was.
"Please," Ichigo pleaded. "Tell me who you are."
The man sighed and responded, "I was hoping I would not have to tell you, but it's me, Ryou."
"What," Ichigo gasped. "What happened to you? Why are you so beat up? Come in, we have to dress your wounds."
"I'll be fine," Ryou groaned. "Just come back to Earth with me and save us."
"Alright," Ichigo replied uneasily. "Let me tell Kish and I'll go."
"Thank you," Ryou said quietly. The strength was quickly leaving him. He had lost a lot of blood over these past couple of days, seeing as Deep Blue found it fit to punish him and anyone else who was involved in The Mew Project.
Ichigo hurriedly ran into the house and said something to Kish before coming out with her pendant in hand, "Let's go."
"Alright," Ryou said in that same quiet tone. "But, we need Kish to take us back. The alien that brought me here left. Please get him."
Ichigo knew that Ryou really needed her to hurry, he never asked her anything nicely. He must be desperate. She quickly ran back into the house and explained the situation to Kish before he came out with her, and away they went. Ryou took the lead once they were back on Earth, but it was slow moving, due to the fact that there were aliens everywhere, and they could not be seen.
"This way," Ryou whispered as he went into a run-down building. Ichigo gasped in horror when she realized where she was.
"This is Café Mew Mew," Ichigo gasped. "What happened?"
"Deep Blue," Ryou responded coldly. "After you left, he attacked and we were not strong enough. Now the world is doomed, and the café was destroyed. All of the others were captured. It is up to you to save them."
"I'll try," Ichigo replied resolutely.
"No," Kish interjected. "I don't want to lose you."
"No one does," Ryou replied coldly. "I loved you as well Ichigo. I'm only telling you this because it does not matter anymore. When you left, you broke my heart. Now that you are back, you have to help the others. They were all worried after you left. We searched for you whenever we could, but we could not go where you were. Please, help all of them. They all cared, so help them."
"Ryou," Ichigo said quietly. Tears began to stream down her face as she looked at the broken man in front of her. "I'm so sorry. I'll do it. They deserve to live."
Ichigo slowly walked away from the two boys and headed out into the rubble dusted streets. She saw the one area of Tokyo that was not rundown and went over to it. That was where he was hiding. She slowly took the pendant in her hand, kissed it, and called out, "Mew Mew Strawberry Metamorpho-sis!" Bright lights engulfed her as she transformed in a flash of bright light. She then continued to head in the direction that she knew Deep Blue was in.
"If anything happens to her," Kish threatened.
"Don't worry," Ryou said solemnly. "I won't be around for you to take your anger out on."
"You better be," Kish said again. "I won't let her get hurt. I'm going after her."
"If you do, Deep Blue will kill you," Ryou said quietly. "If you value your life, you'll stay here."
"But Ichigo may very well die," Kish shouted. He was indignant that Ryou would even think about leaving her.
"She knows what she has to do," Ryou said sternly. His voice was slowly losing it's edge, as he lost the battle he was fighting for his life. "Let her do it."
"No," Kish replied. "I won't let her die. I'm going after her." With that, Kish left the rundown café to follow after Ichigo, and hopefully save her from her otherwise certain death. Ryou merely stared after him and shut his eyes, ready to let death overtake him.
Hikari: There it was, chapter 2. I will try to upload sooner. I'm on break, so they shoudl be fairly quick. Till next time, RandR!!!
Much Love,
Hikair Aiko