Sorry guys for my patheticness in updating and the ridiculous shortness of this chapter! I have 3 excuses-

1- There was a hurricane! ...Well, the end of one. In Scotland. I don't live in Scotland. But it was pretty blustery down here too! Sigh. Ok, I admit there is a slight possibility that that has absolutely nothing to do with why I didn't update.

2- I just started college!

3- As I said, writers block. Since no-one else had any ideas I had to just write it, so it might not be the most origional escape ever, but I did my best! I was debating whether it should turn out that Isamu, Ken'ichi and Yuudai actually WERE the aliens, then they could just teleport in and save her, but it didn't really fit with the rest of the story. :( Also I thought maybe she could escape through that ultimate cliche- the Ventilation Shaft! But that has been not only done to death, it has also been buried, partially eaten by worms, turned to mush, disintegrated and finally imploded. So that's why I didn't choose it. :D

I ask again- PLEASE REVIEW! I'm going to be really busy with college stuff from now on, and your reviews are the only things that will motivate me, mainly 'cause I feel really guilty then when I don't update.

Disclaimer- When I walk on my hands all the way to London, then rescue a polarbear that got stuck in a tree in someone's back garden and get almost crushed by one of the many giant mangos that roll down the streets there, I will own Tokyo Mew Mew.

Chapter 7

For the first time, Isamu wished he actually was Kisshu. At least then he would be able to teleport in, grab her, and teleport out to safety. As it was, they could only pray for a miracle. Catriona was standing now, unsteadily, looking for a way to the door. 'If I could just run through,' she thought, 'Maybe it wouldn't hurt too much!' But every time she tried she lost her nerve, and when Isamu realised what she was doing he was horrified.

"NO, Catriona it's too dangerous! Don't worry, I'll... I'll find a way!"

"This is the only way! Isamu, I have to!"

"But you can't! You can't get hurt Cat, you can't di-" He swallowed and continued. "You just can't, I only just found you- I don't want to lose you!"

Catriona, listening desperately to the sound of his voice, gasped as she heard very faintly at the end of his speech something that sounded suspiciously like "I love you..."

At first she felt slightly puzzled- what was this strange happiness exploding inside her? She shouldn't be happy, she should be scared, terrified, hopeless. Then she realised- could she- maybe- was she really... in...love... with him? Confusion, excitement, fear and determination fuelled her, and standing, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes, she ran.

Searing heat mauled her skin. Even with her eyes closed, unbearable orange-yellow-white flickering shapes almost blinded her, and her clothes had caught fire, making the ordeal even worse. She bit her blistered lip, drawing blood, as she forced a scream of pain back down to conserve energy- and air. She tried to cry but the heat had dried her eyes and only a slight film of moisture appeared, barely even enough to stop the stinging. Isamu's horror-struck yelling mingled with the fire's intense roaring until she could no longer distinguish the sounds from each other. 'It's got to be close,' she kept telling herself. 'I'm almost there...' Her foot hit something and she tripped, breath rushing out in the scream she had been holding in. Something cold wrapped around her, pulling her upwards and forwards, and the last things she sensed before falling unconscious were a rough, cool surface against her back, and a desperate plea in the most wonderful voice she had ever heard.

"Please, Cat, stay with me, it's gonna be ok, please just don't- don't die..."

Yeh, short. I did warn you! IF I get some more reviews (Currently I have 8! Thankyou Devilish Aisha, Dustycins and Danimewmewaddict!) then I promise the next chapter will be a proper length, and hopefully up sooner. I'll do my best!

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