Chapter seven: Hearts

Here is chapter seven, sooner then I expected, I just had some inspiration I guess.

Enjoy!

Chapter seven: Energy

Silence surrounded the city. It was dark and the air was hard to breath. Someone was running.

Ryou was running to where the Mews last went. While he run he could see bit by bit the destruction. Buildings around him had collapsed and the streets were covered in ashes, at least the part that still were streets. Rubble was everywhere. Ryou didn't want to think how many people were hurt or dead and what happened to the Mews.

Suddenly Ryou stopped. He heard a soft moaning. He changed into his cat form to hear better. Yes he was right. It was coming from his right. Quickly he went over there and saw a huge black ship in the distance. He was about to run there when he heard someone moaning again. He turned back in a human and grabbed a piece of rubble. As he pulled it out of the way he saw Kisshu.

'Kisshu!' Ryou let out. He pulled of the rest of the rubble covering Kisshu. He helped Kisshu get up. 'What happened?!' Kisshu coughed a bit.

'I'm not sure. We followed Ichigo and saw that thing' Kisshu said as he pointed at the ship and the weapon on top.

Before Ryou could ask more they heard another sound. Swiftly they turned around (Kisshu slower from the pain). They saw a brown tail under some rubble.

'Pudding!' Ryou shouted as he ran over to pull her out. Kisshu and he pulled of the rubble and Pudding was revealed together with Taruto who according to their position tried to cover her.

'Huh, ouch. What happened?' Pudding asked. Ryou slowly pulled her up and Kisshu did the same with Taruto.

'Are you alright?' Taruto asked Pudding looking very worried. Pudding smiled at him and nodded.

'What was that beam?' Pudding asked. Kisshu's eyes widened.

'I remember. There was an orange beam! It must have caused this destruction!' Kisshu said. The others agreed. They split up to search for the others.

Taruto and Pudding found Mint. She was injured badly, but was able to get up. Kisshu found Lettuce. She was alright since she used her own attack to slow down the rubble that was coming at her. Ryou found Zakura who was injured too, but was able to keep herself from getting hurt to bad.

'Are you all alright?' Ryou asked. All Mews nodded as did Kisshu and Taruto. Ryou contacted Keiichiro to inform him they were alright. Keiichiro was glad to hear this.

'Now what do we do?' Mint asked. They were all standing on the ashes and surrounded by the rubble. 'The city is destroyed. How can we fix this?' The others had no idea.

'Let's focus first on the task ahead. We'll deal with the city later' Ryou said. Kisshu and Taruto changed looks and nodded.

'It's time we take down Kahn. He may be like us, but he has crossed the line' Kisshu said. Everyone agreed, but deep down they were all thinking the same, What about Ichigo?

None of them said anything about her and they slowly made their way over to the ship. The dark shape and Ichigo were no longer on top of it. As they made their way over to the ship none of them noticed they were being followed. A pair of yellow eyes crept behind them following their every step.

000

Inside the ship it was even darker than outside. Still a dark shape could be seen in this darkness. Heavy footsteps sounded through the ship followed by a rather soft step from another person. They entered a room that looked like a control room of some kind. The dark shape stood in front of a screen. On the screen he saw the collapsed buildings and rubble and ashes of the city. He grinned.

'This is just the beginning. Soon the rest of this planet will follow' The dark shape said smiling. The softer steps were heard again as another shape approached. It was a lighter shape, but still a dark one.

'What shall we do next master? I'm rather bored' The lighter shape spoke. The darker shape turned around and grinned.

'It seems we have company. Why don't you ask them to come in, seeing as you are bored' The dark shape said grinning. The lighter shape smiled back and turned to the door. Her soft footsteps were barely heard as she approached the hallway were she could clearly hear loud footsteps.

000

'This way!' Zakura said. The followed her around the corner. Zakura wnet out of sight as she turned around the corner. Quickly the others followed one after another. Mint turned the corner and bumped into Zakura. She fell backwards and Pudding bumped into Mint. Both fell down causing Lettuce to trip over them. Kisshu and Taruto floated just in time and Ryou jumped over them.

'What are you doing?! Get up!' Ryou said. The three girls quickly got up and everyone looked at Zakura.

'What is wrong? Why did you stop?' Mint asked. Then they heard someone laugh.

'That was seriously hilarious! And you guy are supposed to stop us? Don't make me laugh so much!' Ichigo said while she kept laughing. The girls and guys looked stunned.

'It's over Ichigo! Stop now!' Zakura yelled. Ichigo stopped laughing and looked serious, but a little amused.

'Over? Really? That is interesting. My master said this was only the beginning. Who should I believe?' Ichigo said grinning evilly. Pudding stepped back a bit.

'Ichigo, don't you care for the city anymore? You swore to protect earth!' Mint shouted with tears welling up in her eyes. Ichigo's expression stayed the same evil way, not faltering one bit.

'Care? Please, I don't even remember that word. Get over it already' Ichigo spoke. Mint, Lettuce and Pudding swallowed, fearing Ichigo was going to attack again.

'Meow!' A cat jumped straight at Ichigo. Ichigo was so surprised she didn't avoid it. The cat was holding something in its mouth. Before the cat could do anything Ichigo pulled it off rather harsh and threw it against a wall. The girls gasped as they saw the cat collapse on the ground.

'Damn thing! Now if that was all, shall we begin?' Ichigo spoke. The others looked stunned at her. Ichigo called forth her Shadow bell and surprisingly ran away down the hallway. The others followed her, Mint at the back since she was held up looking at the cat.

Ichigo disappeared from their sight. They ran harder and almost ran straight into a wall. Except it wasn't a wall. It was a door. A huge black door. All seven stood in front of it rather bewildered and slightly fearing what was behind the door.

Kisshu walked forward and put his hand against the door. He hadn't even given any pressure when the door opened of itself. He stepped back and they watched as the door slowly opened uncovering a darkness inside.

000

'Welcome! I take it you are the ones that want to stop me?' A dark voice spoke from the darkness. A giggle was heard in the room, probably from Ichigo.

The Mews slowly and carefully stepped inside the room followed by Ryou and Kisshu and Taruto. Everything was dark around them. They could barely see each other. Suddenly a blinding light appeared. They closed their eyes and when they opened them they saw what looked like a control room. At the far end of the room someone was standing in a dark cape. At the right of the room they saw Ichigo smiling evilly as she slowly made her way to her master.

The dark shape slowly moved forward into the light with Ichigo slightly behind him. When he reached the light they could finally see him for who he really was.

'So it is you, Kahn' Kisshu said. The dark shape grinned.

'Kisshu how nice to see you again and Taruto is here too' He said. Taruto gathered his courage and stepped forward.

'Kahn? If it really is you, why are you doing this?' Taruto asked. Ichigo grinned behind her master causing Taruto to get really worried.

'I am indeed Kahn. The one that was once with you, but no longer. I've grown to become a stronger being than any of you. Don't try to stop me, it is usless' Kahn spoke. The Mews and Ryou got ready for any sudden attack and looked angry. Kisshu and Taruto weren't satisfied with this answer.

'You were never one for destruction! What happened!?' Kisshu shouted. Kahn looked as if he was deep in thought. Then his expression suddenly went to rage.

'YOU ALL LEFT ME. I WAS LEFT FOR DEATH AND ON ONE CAME. I've found a way to survive so I could get my revenge. I made a deal to get incredible power and the cost was not really any problem for me' Kahn said.

They all looked frightened from his sudden outburst and saddened by his story.

'I've given my soul up for power' Kahn said suddenly turning his expression into and evil, cold grin. He then started to laugh loud and evilly.

Pudding, Lettuce and Mint felt cold shivers form that laugh and wanted to get away. Zakura was worried and slightly scared too. Before they could react Kahn looked straight at them. His eyes had gone completely black, but as he looked at them they became completely white. They were eyes from something horrific that shouldn't excist. Pudding felt her mind about to break down as she saw those eyes. They couldn't look away.

Kahn raised his arms and a harsh wind blew over them. The wind itself was causing bruises and cuts on them all and they yelled in pain. The wind closed around them trying to suffocate them. Tight together they tried hard to breath. Pudding couldn't last any longer and passed out form lack of oxygen.

One by one they all passed out until all of them were unconscious. The wind suddenly disappeared and they all fell down on the ground. Kahn turned around to face the screen again. Ichigo grinned evilly and approached the fallen Mews and friends. She stood near them and raised her shadow bell.

'Striking Shadow Bang!' Ichigo yelled. The dark ball started to form and as it slowly released itself from the bell an pink glow appeared behind Ichigo. She turned her head around and saw a pink ball appear on he side. It jumped up and placed itself between the dark ball and the Mews and friends. The dark ball hit it and the pink ball was fighting to keep it away. Suddenly the pink ball yelled out.

'Don't do it!' The pink ball yelled and the dark ball was sent against a wall causing a serious dent in the wall.

The scream had awoken the Mews and friends. Slowly they raised their eyelids and saw what looked like a pink ball.

The pink ball suddenly twitched and two pink ears appeared on top of it and two dark pink wings on its back. Two eyes and a mouth formed as well. The Mews saw this and realised what it was.

'Ichigo?' the pink fluffy ball asked with tears welling inside its eyes. Ichigo looked bewildered at the pink thing. The Mews looked confused and surprised to see Masha.

'Masha? How!?' Ryou asked not getting more words out of his mouth. Masha turned around to look at them.

I've been with Ichigo all this time. I couldn't reform and was locked from showing' Masha explained. Ichigo still didn't understand and looked at the pink fluffy thing.

A sudden black wind collided with Masha.

'AAAAaaaahhhhhhhh!!' Masha yelled as she was blown against a wall and collapsed on the ground. She was smoking and looked fried. Her pink colour was mat (dof). Masha moaned and tried to move.

'Masha!' Pudding yelled as she tried to move towards MAsha, but Pudding couldn't move either. Pudding felt more tears and turned to look at Kahn extremely angry. 'How could you!' Pudding yelled.

Kahn turned around and looked serious at her. Then he grinned.

'It's useless and it was annoying' Kahn said smiling evilly. Pudding felt shivers from so much evil and looked away. Mint however couldn't take much more either and turned to Ichigo.

'Ichigo! How could you let this happen! Don't you remember Masha! She is your friend and saved us all! She doesn't deserve this!' Mint shouted against Ichigo. The others were looking at Mint and now focused on Ichigo.

Ichigo looked confused and looked at the pink fluffy ball that was Masha. She didn't know how, but she felt a pressing feeling. She felt like this pink fluffy thing was familiar. She kept looking at it when she saw an image of it flash in her mind. As quick as it appeared it also disappeared.

The Mews and friends were still watching Ichigo and noticed she was continuingly looking at Masha. They were all wondering if she remembered her. Then they saw Ichigo made a sudden twitch as if she felt or saw something. Kahn noticed too.

'Masha?' Ichigo said soft and confused. It sounded as though she was unsure who Masha was, but nevertheless remembered her. The Mews and friends looked stunned at Ichigo. Kahn was surprised himself.

'Ichigo, you remember me?' Masha's hurt and soft voice said. Ichigo saw another flash of Masha in her mind.

'Masha!' Ichigo yelled at a tone that sounded worried. The Mews and friends felt relieved to hear her like that. Suddenly Ichigo fainted and they saw Kahn standing behind her. He caught her and carefully put her down on the ground.

He then raised his hand at the others and a black void surrounded them. They blacked out for a moment and found themselves outside. The Mews, Ryou, the aliens and Masha were all outside. Knowing they couldn't do much in their current state they went back to the café, hoping that Masha had some information that they needed.

000

Kahn went down on one knee and lifted Ichigo up. He placed her on some kind of altar.

'It seems I didn't get all of you yet. It must be that energy. If that still exist it means the plant-creature didn't do a proper job. I'll make sure to take that energy away so you can be mine completely. That energy……….of the heart' Kahn said as he closed his eyes and looked angry.

Ichigo was unconscious, but in her mind she kept seeing flashes of Masha as a happy robot and also the flashes of Masha hurt on the ground. What it meant she didn't know and probably never would know.

This was chapter seven. I hope you all liked it. The next chapter will explain a bit more so be patient for the next chapter. Thanks for reading and review.

Also if you would tell me which one of my future stories you find interesting so I'll know what to write when I'm done with this one.