Confusing Web of Love

Authors Note: I wanted to have a more detailed solid plot, so I added a big plot twist this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own the manga/show Tokyo Mew Mew or the dub Mew Mew Power. 4kids has some rights to Tokyo Mew Mew (since they were the ones who showed Mew Mew Power), and Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi are the makers of the manga, Tokyopop is the publisher.

Chapter 4: The Chimera in the Park

Ichigo woke up as Mint was yelling her attack. Immediately she could feel pain in her head, like a migraine but much worse. And it wasn't just her head. Her whole body was aching, and she didn't want to open her eyes. She could tell she was lying on grass, but she had remembered falling on pavement. Or had she? Ichigo wasn't sure. She sat there for a moment and hear Pudding yell out her attack. I need to get up, she thought to herself. I need to get up and help my friends.

After a moment she had made up her mind. She opened her eyes to see the sky, that was still cloudless, above her. She glanced at the scene in front of her. Her vision was blurry, and she squinted hard. She saw Lettuce somewhere, but she was only a blur of green, and Ichigo couldn't tell what she was doing. There was Kish, who was more up in the air, doing something. Ugh! Why couldn't she see?

She could hear fine, it all sounded very loud as she heard the mews shout out their attacks, and everyone telling each other directions. Then she heard Masha, who she didn't even remember brining, saying "Collected!" Good, they won. Maybe I can just close my eyes again, just for a little longer, Ichigo thought. And with that she closed her eyes again and fell quickly to sleep.

"Ichigo-san! I Can you hear me? Ichigo!" Ichigo opened her eyes. She looked directly into a bright ceiling light, and shielded her eyes. She sat up and looked around. After a moment she could distinctly tell, it was a hospital room. She looked for the source of the voice. It was a girl with long purple hair. "Who are you?" Ichigo asked. Zakuro looked worried and laughed a fake, nervous laugh. "What do you mean who am I? I'm Zakuro."

Ichigo still felt confused. "Zakuro Fujiwara, the model? Why are you here?" Zakuro looked very concerned. "Come on Ichigo, stop joking. You know me, I'm a mew mew, just like you." Ichigo was getting a little annoyed now. "What are you talking about? It's cool that I get to meet a model, but I don't really know you! And what do you mean mew mew?"

Suddenly Ichigo noticed other people. A girl with long green hair in two braids, another smaller with blond hair, and one with black hair up high on her head in two buns. There was also a boy there with blond hair and blue eyes, and a young adult with brown hair. They were all looking at Ichigo, concerned. "Who are all of you?" Ichigo asked. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her head and laid back down. The group of people started a conversation. "Why can't Ichigo remember Pudding-san?" the girl with blonde hair asked. Zakuro, the only person that Ichigo at least knew their name now, said, "I think we should get the nurse."

She walked away and there was a weird silence for a few minutes before she returned with a nurse holding a clipboard. "Oh, Miss Mommiya-san, you're awake! Splendid! And how do you feel?" Ichigo sat up again, even though the pain returned in her head. Maybe this nurse could give her some answers. "Well, my head hurts some when I sit up", she said, "But what I'd like to know is who are all these people?" At this the girl with the green braids looked very upset.

Instead of answering Ichigo, the nurse turned to the oldest person in the room, which was the young adult with the brown hair. "It appears as what we feared most has happened", she said in a serious voice. "She has forgot at least a couple years worth of memories, if not more from the fall. We didn't tell you before because we didn't know for sure." Ichigo was very annoyed now. "What fall? What memories? What are you talking about?" she asked.

The nurse turned to Ichigo and smiled sympathetically. "You just recently had a bad fall, Mommiya-san, that's why you're in a hospital. You lost some of your memory, and will also need to stay in the hospital overnight so we can make sure you haven't broken anything." Ichigo was confused. "I don't understand", she said, trying to keep her voice calm. "How did I fall? And who are these people?" The nurse paused for a moment before saying, "Well according them you tripped somehow, and fell pretty bad in the park on a concrete sidewalk."

"Ok", Ichigo said slowly. "But that still doesn't answer my question of who they are." The nurse sighed sadly. "I'll let them talk to you now. I don't think we have anything to get back all your memories, the damage was pretty bad." She looked at the group of people. "Talk to her, describe events to her. Some, maybe even all of her main memories may come back if you help her. But there still may be some things she won't ever remember, not for real anyway." The group nodded, and the nurse left the room.

"How do we even begin to explain this to her?" the blond boy asked the group. Everyone was silent for a moment, and then the girl with the green braids started crying on the blonde boy's shoulder, who blushed slightly. I wonder if they have crushes on each other, Ichigo thought for a moment, before shaking if off quickly. She had more important things to worry about.

"Well", said Zakuro slowly. "We can start with our names. She knows mine, but she doesn't know all of yours." It was like when you were in kindergarten, and you all sat in a circle and shared your names. The girl with the green braids looked up from crying. "I….I'll start." She said, sniffing. She looked at Ichigo. "M…My name is Lettuce Midorikawa." Ichigo wondered if she was supposed to reply or something, but decided to just nod. Next the boy spoke. "My name is Ryou Shirogane." Ichigo nodded again. The girl with the black buns spoke next. "I'm Mint Aizawa." Another nod. The small girl with the blonde hair said, "My name is Pudding Fong." Finally, the young adult with the brown hair said his name was Keiichiro Akasaka, and Zakuro just said that Ichigo already knew what her name was.

There was another long pause, as it seemed no one knew what to say next. Ichigo just waited. The girl named Lettuce, who was still sniffling asked Zakuro, "Well, we told her…our…names. So...what…do we do next?

Authors Note: Didn't really end on a cliffhanger…Anyway, so there was the huge plot twist. There's a lot of amnesia anime stories/anime episodes out there, I just really wanted to make one for some reason.

Oh, and an answer to pshhnerdmuch's question (I've blocked personal messaging so I'll answer review questions here):

Well, I don't really have that much of an opinion on the ending. I like how they were still mew mews in the end, that hints that there may be a super tiny small chance they'll make more episodes or something, and even it not is was still a cool way to end. And I think that ultimately she should've ended up with Aoyama in the end if that's what she wanted, so it's really her choice. Anyway, I guess I'm saying that all in all, I'm ok with the way ended Tokyo Mew Mew, I don't dislike it at least.

Next Chapter: The Quest for Ichigo's memories