CHAPTER 6

Secret Crush and Unstable Self

All the gates in the arena opened, and one by one, aliens that are dressed in battle armor came out. Mew Ichiro couldn't see their face, as each one of them was wearing masks. In short, he thought, they were gladiators.

"Out of the frying pan and into the fire… what had gotten into us lately?"

"This is bad. The three of them must be up to something."

"I'm sick and tired of this. Reborn Ichiro Pure!"

"Reborn Zakuro Pure!"

"Reborn Lettuce Rush!"

All three of them started doing their business, attacking every single alien that tried to kill them.

Mew Ichiro kicked any hostile or whipping them if they were too close to him. While he's attacking, he dodged a backstabber, using his 'Reborn Morning Star' attack on it.

"Stupid aliens…"

As for the three aliens, they were having fun looking at the battling Mews. They came up with a verdict; Ichiro's more agile in his attacks, while the rest was playing plain. On the other hand, Zakuro was swarmed with the alien gladiators, so she resorted to the spin off to the most popular attack Chris Belmont had ever pulled off; Cross Item Crash!

"Reborn Zakuro Secret Crush!"

A stream of light enveloped the wolf girl, and some certain symbol circled her for a few seconds before the light shoots off, blinding the enemies.

During this duration, Mew Ichiro used his claws or kicking the hostiles.

Is this going to be endless? I think so. Damn it… when they are going to stop attacking? My head's started swimming…

"Mew Ichiro! Watch out!"

"Huh?"

Mew Ichiro was hit by an alien's mace right in at his stomach, but he quickly recovers.

"Reborn Ichiro Morning Star!"

Mew Zakuro went over her kin, asking if he's fine.

"You're okay?"

"Yeah."

"This place is too dangerous. We need to use something to get through. Oh, Mew Ichiro, why is your pendant glowing?"

"It did?"

"Look at it."

True enough, the blue gem pendant was glowing brightly. It pulsed once, making both wolves wince. Maika popped out from her key chain form to explain what's going on."

"Ichiro Secret Crush! Ichiro Secret Crush! Use the Blue Gem pendant as an item!"

"Item…."

Mew Ichiro quickly got up on his feet, and then he jumped as high as he could. On air, the pendant fell off and floated on air in front of the grey wolf-infused boy. He quickly snatched it and then he yelled…"Reborn Ichiro Secret Crush!"

With this, Mew Ichiro threw the pendant. The pendant rounded to a sphere, enlarging into the size of a tennis ball and multiplied into two column of itself. The columns then chase after that, causing maximum damage to those who are stationary.

"Don't let him hit you, idiots!" The gladiator's captain yelled.

"ROCK ON!"

Mew Zakuro was attacking the gladiator with her 'Reborn Spear', Mew Lettuce with her 'Reborn Rush' while Mew Ichiro utilized his "Reborn Pure' technique.

But then, something starts to go awfully wrong with the new Mew. He had the urge to use his claws, which lengthened during this endless match. He thought that he could finish this fight easily, but actually, this is a very bad idea.

Inside his body, his animal genes had taken over some of his human ones, just like Ichigo. One thing for sure, the lack of stability in this will turn him into something.

That's one thing for sure if something like that had happened.

"You're mincemeat!"

"No, you are!"

Mew Ichiro started dashing forwards, clawing everything in his path. It was unbelievably sharp, as it could penetrate through the thick armor padding the gladiator put on. Even Mew Ichiro himself was surprised at this effect.

Mew Lettuce and Mew Zakuro was completely pulled off by this as they saw Mew Ichiro throwing a flurry of claws at the final one.

"Ha! Ha!" He laughed.

Having the shock of losing to Mew Ichiro, the three aliens seethed, while the crowd goes wild.

"Finally, it ends here, you two."

"I hope so. The alien's mind is sick and twisted."

Wait the minute… what's going on?

"Mew Ichiro, what's going on?"

He didn't answer; instead, he back dashed away from the Mews, kneeling on the ground.

Ichiro lifted his head and grinned viciously. There was a smell on his hands that intrigued her. Lifting a hand to his face, he smelled the blood and licked it. It had a metallic taste to it. He made a face.

Lettuce and Zakuro watched in horror as their friend licked the blood off his claws. What was happening? Why was Ichiro acting like an animal, like a real wolf?

Ichiro cocked his head. Odd, what was he doing here? Last thing he remembered was that strange gun being pointed at him and a man's fading laughter. That man…he growled. Whatever he did to him had hurt.

And now he was like this. Ichiro sniffed the air around him and whined. He didn't recognize the scent and he didn't like how there weren't any trees in this strange field he was in. There were injured creatures around her, all of them unconscious.

He could smell two that was conscious and that one was slowly making its way to him. Confused, the wolf-infused boy growled again, this time as a warning. He didn't know why his scent was on this one and he wanted to be out of here and no one would get in his way, as this bold creature would soon understand, maybe the hard way.

With this last thought he flexed his claws and waited for the silly thing to get closer.

"Ichiro-san, are you alright?"

Weird, why did these girls knew his name?

A/N: I had to stop here, a cliffhanger, and there are more to follow on Ichiro's quest! Keep on reading and reviewing. TQ.

S/N: Regarding the review on the Mew Mew's Challenge I got few days ago, my character's name in the earlier fanfics such as Sherry Yamato, Resha Yamato, Chris Belmont, Amar Ma'aruf and such are named after something or some one. In this story's timeline case, Amirah Hannan is my own younger sister, albeit that her personality in here is changed a bit. Ask me if you want to know more. TQ.