Hey guys!!! oakysan0108 here!! Sorry for the extremely late update. I finally got through some of the school work like all the band stuff I had to do. Also, Happy Late Thanksgiving!!! Hope y'all stuffed y'alls faces as much as I did! Well, here's chapter 4 of "In Love With Platinum." Hope y'all like and enjoy!!
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Italics - means that the character is reading to themselves, thinking, or dreaming.
In the last chapter...
The shocked catgirl stepped out of the bushes and gently spoke his name.
"Shirogane."
Her voice hit his eardrum and he lifted his head. As soon as they laid eyes on one another, they both shared the cauldron of cooking emotions. He too spoke her name.
"Ichigo."
In Love With Platinum - Chapter 4 - The Aquatic Key of Earth
Ryou stood from the bench and continued to glare at her. He saw the wet streaks along Ichigo's cheeks, but sometimes he can be so dense. Without taking his eyes off of her, he began heading her way.
(Gasp) What am I going to say to him? I missed you so much?!?!?! No!! I can't…I. She was cut short at the site of Ryou just a few feet in front of her. Then to completely ruin the whole moment, the drastic climax feeling, the dense Ryou neared his hand towards Ichigo's face and flicked her tiny nose.
"Owww!!" she whined as she massaged her nose, "Why did you do that for you jerk?!?!" Ryou ignored her and instead asked her a question.
"What are you doing here strawberry? I thought you were in England of something?" Ichigo couldn't believe the nerve of her boss to even consider asking a question like that, especially in a moment like this.
He's so dumb!!! I can't believe he ruined the moment like that!! Even after all this time he's still such a jerk!!
"What kind of question is that to ask when you just left all of a sudden and then suddenly reappeared huh? And you ruined the whole moment too!!" shouted Ichigo, stabbing her index finger into Ryou's chest. Ryou fought back with quite a weak response.
"Hey!! My flight was a little late and what do you mean 'ruined the moment'?!?!?" The strawberry began to boil.
"You should have called or something!! You were gone for like three months or more and not saying anything other than leaving a stupid note!! Don't you know that I - I mean we were worried about you?!?!" she shouted, slyly concealing the corrected statement. But the blonde completely missed the "error," too concerned about the magical words that Ichigo spoke.
"You guys were worried about me?" There was no anger in his voice. The redhead blinked twice and felt heat approaching the surface of her skin. In order to hide the flush, she immediately stormed off, shouting her insults.
"Forget it!! You're just a big jerk you know that?!?!" Ryou had just found his baka strawberry; he didn't want to lose her again. Before he could lose sight of her, he quickly chased after the strawberry cat.
"Hey wait Ichigo! Some nerve of you leaving like that. Do you know where Keiichiro is? The café's empty." Ichigo crossed her arms across her chest and still had her back facing towards him, kind of giving him the cold shoulder.
"He's at Mint's mansion. We all are. She's throwing a party and he came to help." An awkward pause took into play. Ichigo noticed the absence and peeked one eye open to find Ryou gone into thin air.
"Shirogane? Ouuuu!! Where did he go?!?!" Then from a far distance near the exit of the park she heard the teen's voice calling for her.
"Hey baka!! If you keep talking to yourself like that, people are gonna think you have issues!! And hurry up! You're really slow!!"
"Grrr! Don't call me baka you moron!!" Ichigo screamed as she dashed after him waving her fists frantically as if she was on a rampage. As they met up again, they collected themselves and began to walk towards Mint's mansion. It was late at night, a plethora of colorful neon orbs of light gleamed.
As they continued onward, Ichigo felt unusually discomforted. Here she was, in the middle of the night, strolling through the city's streets with Ryou Shirogane, the most sarcastic life form on the face of the Earth. By far, this was one of the strangest reunions she has ever experienced. And of course the moment wouldn't perfect without the awkward silence that seemed to hover over them like a rain cloud. As Ichigo was lost in thought, Ryou spoke up, noticing the silence as well.
"You never answered my question strawberry…"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Ryou glanced at her.
"Why are you in Japan so soon? Weren't you in England?" Ichigo looked away, her expression going blank.
"I don't have to answer to you." But Ichigo couldn't hide anything from her boss at that point. He hit the nail right on the head.
"He dumped you huh?" Ichigo remained silent. "Wow. The relationship didn't last long," he commented, "How did you screw up anyways?" Ichigo's fingers slowly clutched together, forming a fist of fury.
"Why do you suddenly suspect that I did something wrong?! It was all his fault!!" Ryou grinned and continued to walk with his hands in his pockets.
"You know that both people in a relationship must work together to keep it strong." Ichigo raised an eyebrow.
"And who do you think you are?! Dr. Phil or something?! And what do you know about relationships! I've never see you with a girlfriend." She too hit the nail on the head, more than she had expected. Rather than giving in and to keep his ego attitude, Ryou brushed it off. Silence befell over them once again.
That was weird, though Ichigo as she began her stroll again. "…"
"…?"
"…."
"What is it? I know you got something to say by your quietness." Ichigo blinked twice and looked up at Ryou.
"Why did you leave all of a sudden? And halfway across the world too. I know you were at Egypt, but your note wasn't very specific." Ryou hesitated to answer. He really didn't want to tell her the truth. His feelings might alter their relationship drastically.
Ichigo…don't you know how horrible you made me feel when you ran off with stupid Masaya? I felt as if I had nothing else to live for.
"Akasaka-san said that you locked yourself up in you room and refused to come out."
"So…he told you that too huh?" I'll tell you some of the story Ichigo…
"I left all of a sudden because I heard about a new archaeology project they were conducting in Egypt and a limited number of scientists were only required. I wanted to continue my father's footsteps so I quickly booked the next flight to Alexandria, wrote the letter and packed up my furniture and left. I locked myself up in order too do some research," he partially lied. Ichigo understood, but something still sounded funny to her.
"But in your note, you really sounded down and upset. I remember reading a part saying that you were sorry about not following your own dreams." Shock immediately showed itself across the blonde's face. He stopped in his tracks and glared down at the ground.
You're my dream Ichigo. Since you left to England, I thought that I had completely lost you. I was in a slump when I wrote that. But I can't tell you that. You won't return my -
Shirogane?" Ichigo said as her voice snapped him back to reality. Ignoring her call, Ryou closed his eyes and began to walk forward again.
"Hey Shirogane! Don't just ignore me!!!" she shouted as she waved her hands in frenzy, "I'm talking to you!!!" She instantly stopped as she saw Ryou halt and turn his head back. He stared deep into her eyes, feeling the tension.
"Ichigo…I don't think you'll be interested in my dream," he said in an emotionless voice. He faced forward and started his stride once again. The redhead blinked twice in confusion.
Huh? What did he mean by that? Then without realizing it, Ichigo saw that Ryou had covered quite some distance by himself.
"Wait Shirogane! Why don't you ever wait?"
"Because I know you're too absent minded to notice anything!" she heard him say at a distance.
As Ichigo viewed Ryou being engulfed in the wave of teens, she felt a sudden rush of déjà vu. Her eyes widened in horror noticing that the rush seemed exactly like the one in the dream.
Shirogane was walking away from me like that in my dream. Then he began to disappear…no…don't leave me. With her eyes streaming with tears, Ichigo began to run towards Ryou in a fast pace, hoping that her dream wouldn't become a reality. With worry clouding her vision and her thoughts, she ran into Ryou, almost knocking the both of them to the floor. He spun around in surprise to find the worried look on Ichigo's face. Her eyes were puffed up and grew pink due to the tears. He had never seen her in this state before, not towards him anyways.
"Are you okay Ichigo?" asked Ryou as he leaned in forward, taking a hold of one of her shoulders. She gazed up at his welcoming face, somewhat lost in his handsome eyes, and answered with an excuse.
"Yeah umm…I guess I tripped on something."
"And knowing you, you'll cry over anything." Still a little dazed, Ichigo responded with an agreement.
"Yeah, I guess so."
As they stood idle in the center of one of Shibuya's busiest streets, both of them noticed that the swarm of humans was increasing in number and noise quiet rapidly. To avoid the possibility of being separated again, Ryou came up with a plan that, in his opinion, seemed to bring him slightly closer to his strawberry.
"Give me your hand. I'll lead us out of this mess," he said as he stuck out his palm. Ichigo really didn't know how to react at this point. She didn't seem to be hotheaded anymore nor did she have the heart to spit out another insulting comment to him. She did the only thing that seemed right: She placed her hand in his palm without saying a word. Ryou clasped his hand closed and began to jog through the crowds. He placed strength and speed behind every step and push he gave, but also kept in mind that he had Ichigo to watch over too, making sure that their hands wouldn't unlatch.
When they had reached a less crowded area, both of then released the grip on each others hands, even though neither of them wanted to let go of the warmth.
"How far is Mint's house anyways?" asked Ryou as he leaned against a lit streetlight. None of his words reached the cat girl's brain. She was too mesmerized about the sensation that Ryou's hand left behind.
His hand is so warm. Never knew that someone with a cold heart can have such calming warmth. It felt nice…Ichigo thought as she held her hands close together. His touch seemed to have left a tingling aura.
"Baka…baka!" shouted Ryou into Ichigo's delicate ears. She instantly launched into the air as her cute cat ears and long black tail flung out of her being, her bell ringing its familiar jingle.
"Ahhhh!" Why do you have to do that?!" screamed Ichigo, trying to conceal her feline features.
"Go check a map or something to see where we are," advised Ryou. He pointed to a directory on the other side of the street.
"Way over there? But it's too far," pouted Ichigo.
"Quit complaining and go." Ichigo stuck out her tongue at him and began to make her way through heavy traffic. As she strolled across the street, trying not to lose her life with every car trying to ram her, Ryou closely observed her until the coast was clear. While she kept herself busy by looking at the directory, he quickly caught a hold of the Mew Aqua that hung around his neck and tucked it inside his shirt.
Thank God she didn't notice the Mew Aqua. Sometimes she can be so stupid. I don't think she's ready to hear the news yet, not so soon at least. I wonder how she's going to react…well…I shouldn't get my hopes up.
"Shirogane, we're not that far," said Ichigo when she returned. Her pigtails were swooshing around with the rhythm of her stride. "I know where I'm going.
"If I trusted your instincts, we would probably be halfway to Osaka by now."
"Youuu!!"
"Calm down strawberry. Let's go before it hits midnight. Which way did the map say?" Ichigo still had a stern look glued onto her face, but knew they couldn't stay for long. She pointed ahead of them and they both commenced their travel again.
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"Keep looking! I'm sure Ichigo-san is around here somewhere!" announced Keiichiro as everyone was frantically searching about the courtyard for any traces of the redhead. Mint noticed her disappearance when she returned with her strawberry kiwi fruit drink over two hours ago. Everyone, including Mickey, was searching every nook and cranny of the mansion.
"Uh oh," muttered Ichigo as her and Ryou approached the rising golden gates of the Aizawa Mansion, "I guess I should have told them where I was going."
"You guess?" said Ryou with a hint of sarcasm, "Well, it sure sounds like they are worried." The blonde teen was right. The sounds of items being moved and the callings of multiple "Ichigos" rang throughout the neighborhood like bells. They both pushed the gates open and headed towards the courtyard's entryway. As they walked the lit path, Ryou closed his eyes and gave a big sigh.
"This wasn't really what I had in mind as a 'reunion' with everyone, but anything goes."
When they entered the courtyard grounds, everything seemed misplaced. Nothing was broken nor thrown to the ground, but doors were left wide open and various items were left randomly scattered about. Then suddenly to cause some head turning, a blonde head popped out of a wad of bushes. It shook the leaves that were trapped in between its strands of hair and lifted itself to find Ryou and Ichigo staring right at it. Pudding widened her yellow crystal eyes at the person who she hadn't seen in months.
"Is that…really you Shirogane-oniichan?!?!" Her eyes had now turned into faucets, pouring water in a non-stop flow. "Shirogane-oniichan!!!" she cheered as she darted out of the bushes and clung herself to Ryou's legs, "It really is you Shirogane-oniichan!" Ryou was caught by surprise by her embrace. He would have never thought of anyone missing him from the group. The familiar feeling of the Mew Project memories began to return to him. Ryou looked down at the excited little girl and softly patted her head.
"It's good to see you too Pudding," he said.
"Hey everyone! Shirogane-oniichan is back with Ichigo-oneechan!! Everyone! He's really back!!!" Soon after the announcement of Pudding's loud voice, the whole café gang appeared one by one from different entrances of the courtyard. As soon as they laid eyes on their returned friend, they all immediately crowded in a semi-circle in front of Ryou.
"Ryou…" gasped Keiichiro as he gazed at his friend, speechless of the sudden reunion with him. He stood there, trying to convince himself that his best friend was standing right in front of his brown eyes. "Ryou!!" Keiichiro locked Ryou in a large embrace, the blonde just patting his shoulder gently.
"Geez Keiichiro, you know I hate these over emotional things in public," said Ryou. Keiichiro knew that his friend wasn't being serious, but protective of his feelings. He stepped away and smiled one of is famous smiles.
"Still the same Ryou eh?"
"I wasn't gone that long," replied Ryou, "You guys make it though as if I was gone for years of something."
"We're just glad you're back Ryou." Akasaka turned his head and faced Ichigo. "Did you find him Ichigo-san?" Ichigo looked to the side.
"Umm…yeah…kinda…"
"We sort of bumped into each other," picked up Ryou.
"But why were you gone for so long Ichigo?" Mint said with a devilish smile on her face, "You guys were gone for almost two hours. I wonder…" Whenever Mint had a chance, she would push Ichigo's buttons to the edge. Just like when she tortured Ichigo about Masaya being her boyfriend.
Ichigo immediately turned into the color of the fruit her name portrayed. "Mint!!! Don't you even go there!! We just got lost in Tokyo!! You know how this city can get!!"
"Calm down baka," said Ryou, "There's no need to be defensive if we didn't do anything right?"
"Uhh…yeah…haha," said Ichigo as she attempted to laugh it off. Nice going Ichigo! Embarrass yourself just like always!!
"We really missed you Shirogane-san," said Lettuce with a shy expression. Her little statement caused her cheeks to turn a slight pink.
"Me too Lettuce." Her cheeks were now cherry red. Ryou will always make her insides flutter.
"Ooo, Ooo!" beamed Pudding as she began to hop with sprung feet, "Tell us about you trip Shirogane-oniichan!!!"
"Oh yes, we would like to hear about what you've been up to for the past three months," said Zakuro out of the blue. Ryou agreed to her suggestion knowing that it had been a long day. It was now time to sit, chat, and relax with friends; let's not forgot the wonderful party that was set around them. Everyone took a seat at a rounded table as a fresh new batch of servants served them gourmet desserts. With their forks hoisting pieces of cake up to their mouths, everyone focused on Ryou and his "tale."
He told them about how the team of archaeologists and scientists heard about an undiscovered burial chamber. They searched for quite awhile when they came across it and searched the tomb. He described to them how he and his how knowledge of hieroglyphics led the excavators in. After much maze navigation, they finally uncovered the tomb and retrieved the mummy.
"Wow, how exciting!!" gasped Lettuce.
"Cool na no da!!" exclaimed Pudding.
"After that, I had the task of figuring out the DNA of the mummy. When I was done with that, the team and I researched as much as we could."
"Wow Shirogane, I never knew you were actually good for something," mouthed Ichigo. Her boss immediately glared at her straight through the pupils and responded, "Yeah, unlike you whose mental apparatus doesn't have the capability or the capacity of performing such tasks…baka."
"Don't use big words on me!!" she whined. Ichigo's complaining was already getting to Mint's head. She just had to interrupt her tantrum.
"Be quite Ichigo! How rude to interrupt while someone else is talking!"
"And you're the one trying to lecture me on how to be polite?!?!" Mint completely ignored her and turned back towards Ryou's direction.
"Please go on Shirogane-san." All Ichigo could do now was scowl…That Mint…
The blonde exchanged glances between the two before continuing.
"Well anyways, from there, we finished our research, finalized a report, and added some new info in history books on Egyptian discoveries."
"That's so awesome na no da!" jumped Pudding, "So does that mean that I might see it at school someday?"
"Probably."
The reunited group continued into the night talking and conversing about random matters: How everyone was doing, how school was, the news in Tokyo, weather, sports, and so on. After a couple of minutes into the discussion of a new popular rock band, Ryou secretly mouthed a sentence to Keiichiro from across the decorated table. Ryou had to be careful that the girls didn't hear or notice him leak this information. He didn't want them to know just yet…
"I need to discuss some urgent information with you." Keiichiro gave a single quick nod in, understanding the situation. Even though they had on disguising laughing faces, the serious pierced right into each others' eyes as if they were telepathically communicating. The abilities best friends can possess.
As the hour hand of Mint's grandfather clock neared eleven, Keiichiro decided to pull the plug on the little get together. "Well, I think Ryou and I should be heading home now. It's getting quite late," he said, keeping in mind that Ryou had something to discuss with him. The guys knew it was an emergency, but the girls argued against their leaving, offering them to spend the night as well.
"I'm sorry girls, but I think Ryou would like to unpack and get things organized," lied Keiichiro. Everyone passed a glance towards Ryou to see him give just a small nod.
"Perhaps you're right," said Zakuro. Ichigo slightly frowned to know that they were leaving. The girls followed Keiichiro and Ryou out into the garage where the red sports car was parked. They climbed in with Keiichiro waving with a smile shinning brightly, but Ryou on the other hand, had a frown that seemed to cloud the whole depart in gray. The pink cat girl couldn't help but to notice something was eating him up inside. The exquisite car drove away, leaving Ichigo still puzzled.
As soon as they made their way around the corner, Keiichiro immediately went to a serious tone of voice.
"I'm guessing you found something over at Egypt," he said focusing his eyes on the road, but still paying attention to Ryou's words.
"Something real big," said Ryou, "Even bigger than the Mew Project."
"What?"
"I really don't want to, but I have to involve the girls again…they are about to endure in something that will change them and the world."
"Well, let's talk about it at home."
Looking at the passing streetlights, the continued pattern of light and dark, Ryou began to think about the girls, especially his beloved strawberry.
Why? Why did I have to go to Egypt and find those hieroglyphics? If I just stayed in Japan, none of this would have happened! I promised the girls their normal life back…especially Ichigo…she is the one who wanted it the most. She is going to hate me for this…forgive me Ichigo…I will still protect you…no matter what…
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"I can't believe Shirogane-oniichan is back na no da!" shouted Pudding as the girls made it back inside into the mansion. They were all heading towards the enormous movie theater for some scary films and the best salty, chocolaty, and gummy snacks around. Anything you could possibly ask for was at the Aizawa mansion. You name it and they'll have it.
"What a surprise to just suddenly find him unplanned," mentioned Lettuce.
"Yeah, and to find him with Ichigo too," concurred Mint. She turned to face the cat girl, "How did you find him anyways?" Ichigo, who was zoned out in a trance, snapped into place and seemed slightly lost, fumbling with her words.
"Umm…uhh…I don't know…I just found him at the park…he was sitting on a bench."
"And you happened to know where he was?" said Mint, not convinced by the answer.
"Just a lucky guess…and fate I guess." And she walked off, not mouthing another word.
The whole ordeal made Zakuro wonder about Ichigo's condition. Zakuro may not be the most social being or the most kind hearted person, but she did always have a knack for sensing the problems of others.
"If you're not feeling well, I suggest that you don't watch these movies." Ichigo knew where this was heading.
"You're probably right," Ichigo sighed, "I am going to go to bed. I'm kinda worn out from all the surprises."
"Well, okay then," said Lettuce, "Good night Ichigo-san."
"Night," answered Ichigo as she scaled the stairs up to a guest room. She continued on and turned a corner that took her to what seemed to be an endless hallway. She randomly picked a room and entered. She was quite astonished on how decorative and elegant the room was seeing as it was just a guest room.
Mint's mansion never seems to fail to surprise me. I mean look at this room!!! It's so pretty!! Might as well stop gawking and take advantage of this.
Ichigo brushed her teeth and changed into some pajamas she found in the endless closet of clothes. As she pulled back the covers and laid in the cozy bed, Ryou's face appeared in her thoughts.
What's wrong Shirogane? Even someone like me who can't stand your guts is concerned about you. That face you had on…are you worried about something? The last time I saw you with that face is when we fought Deep Blue. Then again, you always have a face like that…well…I'll let it not bother me. You still have a lot of explaining to do about this whole Egypt thing.
She closed her beautiful eyes and Siren played her melody of slumber.
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"So what did that hieroglyphics say exactly?" questioned Keiichiro as he came in the laboratory with a freshly brewed cup of coffee. Ryou took one of the cups from Keiichiro's hand and gave a big sigh.
"It said that in the near future in the 21th century, humans will soon cause their own destruction when the purity of the elements becomes tainted," quoted Ryou. He took a sip of his coffee, "At first I didn't pay much attention to it, but then I got weird scans and data from some of the excavations proving the hieroglyphics true." At this point, Keiichiro was sitting across from Ryou at a table.
"So this might be another Mew Project in the making…" exclaimed Keiichiro.
"After doing some more searching, I found more hieroglyphics that said that 'the seven earths will hold the aquatic key'."
"Did you find out what that meant?"
"Yeah. The aquatic key is this," said Ryou as he pulled the Mew Aqua from his shirt. It glistened as it slightly twirled from the string.
"Mew Aqua? There are still traces left in the world?" asked Keiichiro, almost spilling his coffee when he laid eyes on the blue crystalline drops.
"Yes. We only used the Mew Aqua that was here in Japan. This time, there's the whole world to consider when we go search. This Mew Aqua came from an excavation in Egypt."
"Search? Then what was the 'seven earths'?"
"The seven continents in the world. There is a trace of Mew Aqua in each of the seven continents. We already have Africa down."
"So basically, we have to revive Tokyo Mew Mew and go searching for the Mew Aqua on all seven continents in order to restore the Earth?" summed up Keiichiro.
"Yup, that's basically it," said Ryou as he took another sip of his coffee, "We're going to have to inject the girls again with their respected DNA since their old ones disappeared along with the battle with the aliens."
"Yes…" mouthed Keiichiro, placing his coffee on the table, "…How are the girls going to react to this?"
"That's what I'm worried about. They seem to be doing just fine. I don't want to ruin their lives again or put them in any danger, but we do need them in order to do comprehensive searches."
"I think they will cooperate," began Keiichiro, "But…"
"But Ichigo might not," said the blonde scientist, She's a tough nut to crack sometimes. But if anything happens to her or the other Mews, I will never forgive myself…Sigh…
"I'll advise them tomorrow morning," said Ryou.
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"Awwwhhhh," yawned Ichigo as she woke up to the chirping birds and the sun illuminating the surroundings. She lifted herself up to see the clock that neatly sat on the night stand. It took awhile for her vision to focus and see the time: 10:46 A.M. It was a weekend so she really didn't have to be anywhere at that time, well, not including work at Café Mew Mew, but she didn't have to go in until 1:00 P.M. As she still sat in between the covers, Ichigo looked into the future at how her day would unravel.
Today is gonna be the same as before. Shirogane is back so it is back to "Ichigo, get back to work!" and "Baka, go clean the dishes!" and "Strawberry, go sweep up Lettuce's broken plates!" Ugh. Why is it that he only makes me work and not the others?!?! Ichigo closed her eyes shut and plopped back onto the pillow for a good moaning session. As Ichigo continued to ruffle her moans with the pillow, Lettuce quietly walked into the room in her shy timid way.
"Umm Ichigo," began the emerald girl.
"Hi Lettuce," said Ichigo with the pillow muffling her speech, not sounding too thrilled, "Something up?"
"Well…umm…Shirogane-san called and he wants us to be early to work today so…"
"What?!" protested Ichigo, launching up straight out of the bed as if she had received an electrical charge, "Is he crazy?! At what time?!"
"Umm…11:15. I'm so sorr-"
"11:15?!?! I don't have enough time to get ready!!! What kind of a moron is he?!?! I swear!! He's gonna get a mouthful from me when I get there!!!" yelled Ichigo and she frantically ran around the room, steam escaping through her ears and nose. Lettuce observed Ichigo's world record time preparation as the cat girl did her whole morning tasks in a couple of minutes, well…at least tried to anyways. Her hair still looked like morning hair and her face didn't appeal to be quiet "painted" if you catch the drift.
"Umm…Ichigo-san?" interrupted Lettuce timidly.
"Huh." said Ichigo as she hopped on one foot trying to put her shoes on.
"Everyone is already in the limo. They just sent me to come get you. Oh, and…umm…you put your shirt on backwards."
"What?!?!" she yelled again as her last shoe slipped on, "I bet that Mint did this to me!!!" With everything done, Ichigo dashed out of the room leaving a cloud of dust behind. Soon after, Lettuce took off as well coming close behind. They both sprinted towards the limo and climbed in. In Ichigo's case, it was more like "burst" in.
"You…can't…even…wait…for…" panted Ichigo, her finger violently pointing towards Mint's direction. All Mint could do was to smirk and slightly laugh at the sight of the hilarious cat.
"Well good morning Ichigo. I see you had a great wake! You look so energized today! How do you do it?" she stated quite sarcastically. That was the last straw for Ichigo. Her blood boiled as her thermometer head reached the peak and exploded.
"MIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNT!!!!!!"
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"Got everything?" Ryou asked his friend as they were outside getting their luggage loaded on Ryou's private airplane.
"Yup. Just waiting for the girls to arrive to tell them the news," responded Keiichiro. With perfect timing, the stylish limousine pulled up near the café and the girls stepped out, with Ichigo being the first one out. Ryou noticed that she didn't seem too cheery with her messy combed hair and her backwards wardrobe. Damn…I'm in for a rude awakening. Indeed he was.
She scouted him out and immediately dashed towards him. Ryou quickly noticed that she ready to bombard him with her complaint bombs of 'BAKA!!! What is your deal?!?! We don't' have to go in until 1:00!!!! I need my beauty sleep!!! Geez!!!! You moron!!!'
Ichigo halted right in front of him and took a deep breath. Her head seemed to inflate with the more air she inhaled.
Here it goes…better go to the bomb shelter…Ryou closed his eyes and momentarily shut down his hearing ability.
"BAKA!!! What is your deal?!?! We don't' have to go in until 1:00!!!! I need my beauty sleep!!! Geez!!!! You moron!!!" Ichigo blasted her voice directly aiming it at Ryou face. As soon as Ryou's hair was back in place, he spoke up.
"You are looking so beautiful today baka. What is your secret?" he stated with a smirk.
"Don't start your smart mouthing with me because when I'm through with you, you will!!!-" Ichigo began her threat, but was disrupted when Ryou suddenly took a hold of her shoulders and spun her around towards the direction of the plane. Her eyes grew huge at the sight of the sophisticated aircraft. She took in her astonishment for a while before she turned back around to face her blonde boss.
"What is the meaning of this Shirogane?"
"Yes, this seems quite awkward," agreed Zakuro.
With a smirk still plastered on his face, Ryou said "Girls, pack your bags. We are taking a little 'vacation'."
"WHAT?!?!" the super girls said in unison. To ease the mood a little, Akasaka stepped in and revealed scrumptious foods that neatly laid on a silver platter. His background seemed to morph into sparkling roses when he made his appearance.
"Now why don't we discuss this over something to eat?"
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