Chapter 7:
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"Kisshu…" Deep Blue wasn't too happy with him. "What have you been doing in your free-time?"
Kisshu didn't feel bold enough to lie so he told him. "I was just playing with a human girl." Then he realized how wrong that sounded.
"You play around too much. How can you spend time with an enemy? They could be trying to gain your friendship then turn on you. A trap. When you get some progress then you can play around. No more!"
"Yes, Deep Blue-sama."
!
The fifth member…
The newspaper holds a picture of what could be the final person in our group.
The last companion just might be that celebrity Fujiwara Zakuro—Mint's idol.
"She is not!" Mint protested.
"Is too!" Ichigo replied.
"Her figure fits the silhouette in this picture." Pudding concluded.
"It is possible." Lettuce agreed.
"Why don't you guys go audition and find out?" Ryou said. "She is a judge for the play she is going to be staring in."
Ichigo tossed and turned in her bed. She couldn't sleep. Her mind kept drifting back to that night she and Kisshu sat together on the hill. They shared candy and were actually laughing together. Even after what had happened earlier. Even after— a lot of things. That's a crazy idea to date an alien. That's even funny. In fact it's stupid! But love is love right? Ichigo turned over and put her pillow on top of her head. Humph! Kisshu is annoying anyway!
"Ichigo! Emergency meeting! Fifth member in danger!" Masha yelled.
Ichigo sat straight up. "What?"
Meetingmeetingmeeting
The girls met at the cathedral that Ryou told them to go to.
"It looks creepy!" Lettuce shivered.
"We have to go anyway." Pudding started for the building. The other girls followed.
The Mews entered the cathedral and saw a person praying. The person stood up and—
"Agh!" crows broke through the windows and attacked the Mew Mews.
"Ah! I didn't think you would find this place!" Kisshu hovered over them, a giant crow on his arm. "Oh well. You guys party with the crows…I have work to do."
The birds knocked Ichigo to the floor. Kisshu teleported behind her. "Is it so fun that you can't move?"
"Shut up! This isn't a game! I was sleeping! Why do you have to attack in the night?" Ichigo yelled at him.
"I can attack whenever I want. If you're tired, then it is only to my advantage."
"What about the other night? Remember that? Your last chance?"
Kisshu was silent then he said, "What other night? I have plans to take over earth. I don't have time for your memories." Then Kisshu teleported back to the spot he was in before with the bird on his arm. He then announced that this was the funeral of the fifth member and ordered the small birds to kill her. That's when she transformed.
"MEW MEW ZAKURO! METAMORPHASIS!"
"So it really IS Zakuro-onee-sama!" Mint looked happy.
Zakuro used her weapon to turn all of the small birds back to normal. Ichigo looked at Kisshu with a smirk. Kisshu looked angry. If he saw Ichigo's smirk, he didn't show it. He sent the big bird after Zakuro.
RIBBON ZAKURO SPEAR! With one hit, the bird was back to normal.
Ichigo stepped forward. "What was that about bringing a stronger opponent, Kisshu?" she put a hand to her furry cat hear. Kisshu landed, glared, and left. "And I'm sick of seeing you, ya jerk!" She called after him. That night must have been a spell. I hate him! Kisshu…
Zakuro changed back and started to leave.
"Zakuro –onee-sama," Mint stepped forward, "you're the last member."
"No, sorry, I don't care to work with others."
"B-but, you are our friend. And we finally found you." Mint persisted.
"I already declined. Girls like you are annoying!" Without another word, she left.
Cafécafécafécafé .
"I couldn't sleep the rest of the night…" Ichigo dragged herself into the café.
"Me either." Pudding said.
"I think that it might have been the worst for Mint though," Lettuce looked to the table where Mint was sitting looking out the window.
"And that was her idol too." Ichigo looked sadly at Mint. "Even her eyes look out-of-it." The clock rang. "H-hey Mint, isn't it your tea-time?" Ichigo thought that that would probably cheer her up.
"Huh? Oh yeah…" was her reply. Then she picked up a vase and put it to her mouth.
"N-no Mint-onee-chan! That's not a teacup!" Pudding yelled before Mint could drink anything.
"Oh…so it's a vase." Mint stared blankly at the object. The others fell over.
After arguing with Ryou about it, Ichigo decided that she would go to Zakuro's autographing to talk to her, if not for the Mews then for Mint's sake. When that failed she tried to jump on her car form a highway bridge and that failed. "I won't be satisfied until I talk to her!" Ichigo declared as she sat atop a slide on a playground. "This is crazy! "
"Maybe she is an enemy!" Pudding announced.
"NO WAY!" Ichigo protested. "She is probably feeling lonely."
"How do you know?" Mint asked.
"Did you see her face and her eyes? They are the same as yours when we first met. I don't think that she is a bad person. We just can't give up. That's all." Ichigo slid down the slide. "So, everyone, let's go!"
Zakuro sat at the window and sighed.
"Is it always like this?" Kisshu stood in her studio. "Boring?"
"I can call for someone you know." Zakuro said to him.
"Go ahead. In fact, why not call for the mew mews?"
"I have no intention of working with others."
"I know. But if you work with me," Kisshu came closer, "You could take revenge on them."
"Revenge?"
"She should be in here." Mint said as they walked through the doors of the building.
"The place is empty!" Pudding looked around and saw no one there.
"This is our chance to get her alone!" Ichigo exclaimed. "Let's split up and find her!"
Mewmewmewmemwemwmewmemwemwmew
"Revenge?" Zakuro said.
"Yes." Kisshu moved his face closer to hers. "Revenge because they made your body into what it is now. They ruined your life. Wouldn't you want to return to normal?" He moved his face even closer. "I can turn you back to normal."
Just then, Mint, Lettuce, and pudding entered the room.
"O-onee-sama! Please tell me you're not working with him." Mint stuttered.
"Gotcha!" Kisshu blasted them with winds of sand.
Mewmewmewmewmewmewmew
Ichigo heard a noise from a room behind her. "Huh?" she turned around and ran to the doorway. "Kisshu—"
"And this is your punishment for being late!" Kisshu blasted her with sand as soon as he saw her, but that was a distraction. The sand started to swirl around Mint, Lettuce, and Pudding until it disappeared…along with the girls! All that was left was Lettuce's glasses that fell to the floor.
"Mint! Pudding! Lettuce!" Ichigo ran to the spot where the girls were just standing. Zakuro stood up.
"Kisshu what did you do?" Ichigo looked at him.
"What? I sent them somewhere else for the time being. Listen to me." He landed and stood in between the two girls. "The two of you, fight." He gestured to Zakuro and Ichigo with his hands. "And the winner works with me."
"What? That's not fair! Who wants to work with you! That's only for your benefit!"
"I'll return back the other three afterwards." Kisshu looked at Ichigo.
"N-no."
"Then I won't return the others." Then he looked to Zakuro. "And if you refuse, then you won't return to normal. Think about it carefully. Bye!" then he left.
"This has nothing to do with me." Zakuro headed towards the door.
"Wait!" Ichigo screamed. "Even if you don't join us,won't you help me save my friends?"
Zakuro remained silent.
"Mint idolizes you!"
"As I said before, this has nothing to do with me. I'm leaving." Zakuro said in a monotone voice, then she left.
"How could you?" Ichigo curled a fist to her chest and outstretched her other arm after the retreating figure. Then she dropped her arm and hung her head. "Kisshu…I hate you." She said to herself.
A/N: Sorry, this chapter (and the last) is a little short. BUT I updated BOTH chapters in the same day! SO be happy! aNd sMilEs!
