Yosh! To all of you again, welcome to the next chapter! It's great to be back after getting my laptop fixed up (yet again) and to be struck with ideas due to the long wait. Thanks to all of you who have joined in the story and to those of you who submitted character ideas, reviews, added this story to your list, and all that other jazz. I am in a good mood because of that :D And with your attention, I must say that I'm closing OC submissions. Thanks to all of you who did. And again, to those who submitted a female Juhi. Let me say this again; A Juhi is a MALE Mew. No other expectations needed, the OCs for Juhis just had to be male. I'm sorry if any confusion was involved.

Alright! In this next chapter, two new Juhis will be added to the team and a new ally will also be helping them out. Two new pairings are gonna be introduced and much, much more! I hope you are all ready! Now, let's get this chapter rolling!

Disclaimer: All I own is the idea of Tokyo Juhi Juhi! Nothing else.


~Opening Theme: Sky Limit by Yohio~


~Chapter Six: Strike 'em Out!~

All of his focus had to be on the ball. The wooden bat balanced on his shoulder had to be delivered with enough force, in order to strike the perfect pitch. His hands grasped the base of the bat once more, licking his lips and blowing a slight breeze past his lips in order to get his bangs away from his face. He slowly gave a nod, and hunched his shoulders the slightest.

The white projectile flew at him. He swung, all his weight and motion thrown, and the ball grazed the top with a harsh blow of wood. A white blur soared through the air and flew overhead, reaching all the way to the end of the green field as someone ran past him, a cloud of dirt swooping around the two. A buzzer rang and people cheered.

Around him, classmates dressed in green and black surrounded him, slapping his back heartily and praising him. People from the stands were whooping and hollering, filled with praise.

Yet the young man with molten-brown eyes only smiled and nodded, taking in the victory that was won. His eyes held disappointment.

'I need to do . . . Better.'


Slipping on his worn out sneakers, Yuudai gave a wave as he exit the house.

"I'll be back by five!"

"Be good!" Meikado called after him, just as the door closed. Smiling, the older brother tightened the dark red obi around his waist and walked through the back door, taking a deep breath and sighing at the welcoming aroma of the flower patches growing around the shrine. He smiled and waved to a deputy priest and a family that walked boy. While the man and wife were talking with the priest, the small boy holding the woman's hand dropped a stuff bear. Light green eyes soon began to water and a whimper of distress was heard, the little boy breaking contact from his mother.

The bear was held out to him in a millisecond, the child staring at Meikado as he held the toy.

"There, there," Said Meikado, laughing when the boy took the doll a second later. "That's important to you, right? Did your mama and papa give it to you?" The boy nodded. "Then it is important. Take good care of it and be a good boy, hm?" He hummed.

The little boy gave a bright smile and nodded, his cheeks pinking. He gave a small bow and ran off to join his parents, the adults smiling and bowing their heads to the chief priest. Nodding in return, Meikado continued his way down the cobblestoned path, smiling to himself. The little boy smiled and flushed just like Yuudai did when he was a kid. Was that the reason he picked up the bear?

'Anyone would have done it. But when that kid looked like he was going to cry, it reminded me too much of when Yuu looked ready to cry. Ah . . .' The eldest of the Hogaraka brothers fixed his glasses. 'I'm developing a brother-complex, aren't I? I'm becoming my father.' Shaking his head at his joke, he made a turn and paused, looking into the pockets out his shrine wear and pulled out his cell phone, scrolling through the schedule he kept and clicking his tongue. He soon switched to his contacts and chose a number, calling it.

"Yeah?" Answered Himejima on the other line.

"My car's still in the shop for an oil change," Meikado said, walking across a bridge of the five-acher land, gazing at the white and orange koi fish swimming by. "Do you think you can pick up Yuu from his job at five?"

"Father can't do it?"

"He's at the Masaomi estate and won't be back until nine tonight." Replied his brother. A sigh was heard at the other end.

"'Kay, I'll pick 'im up. See ya home till then." Said the middle child.

"Alright," Meikado smiled. "See you then." He hung up the phone and whistled to himself as he walked off to perform his morning ceremonies.


"Huh," Abigail took a few moments to take in what she was saying, her sister and brother sitting on either side of her. "These three chuckle-heads are actually pulling in a lot of customers." True as her words, people were pouring into Club Juhi, most of them being female customers as they all made requests and reservations for tea or drink gatherings. From her best assumption, it was all thanks to the three Juhis in the room, all of them holding some sort of charm to them. Yuudai was a pile of blushes and stutters, girls giggling at the way he acted so shy yet honest. They were swept by how teasing yet cool Kai was, a flash of a cocky grin making them blush. And thanks to magnitude and cold personality of their newest member, Sterling, more customers were pouring in to request the three.

"I think this calls for all of them to have a break and take a look at my newest creation." Said Lucinda, her eyes glowing with knowingness.

"You already created it? And it's not falling apart like the eight others, Queen?" Asked Joshua blonde manager gave a smile back.

"Never under estimate my ability with old blueprints, Prince."

"Oi! Hogaraka! Miko! Doci! Get your asses in the backroom, A-SAP!" Shouted Abigail, the three Juhis doing as they were told, intrigued. As soon as they reached the room, the three hosts jumped back at the site fiery-red eyes glaring at them venomously.

" . . . OK, what the Hell is that?" Asked Kai, cocking a brow as the creature bared its teeth, foaming slight at the jaw. Standing close to their stomachs, the creature stood on four paws and resembled a full-grown Irish wolf hound with stark-white fur and ears large and wide like a fox's. It's paws were dyed a pale-red and the long tail it had unwounded like a pipe cleaner. Silver arm and gauntlets covered its body with the emblem of the Juhis on its front-right gauntlet.

"This happens to be R9000," Lucy stroked the canine's head, who gave a muted growl in return. "He was created after the blueprints I found, left by my uncle Ryou. R9000 here is similar to the original R0000s, R2000 and R3000 only I've made him a large styles."

"Why did you make him larger?" Sterling asked, giving a look when R9000 began to foam at the mouth. "And why did you create . . . Him?" He asked.

"It's time you guys get some more allies," Stated Abigail. "Since it's gonna take you a while to find the other Juhis, Lucy here created a model of this guy after some attempts of creating R0000s. Hence why this guy is the ninth of the robots."

"From what Queen has told us, R9000 has three manual modes. This is his Omega-mode, which allows him to use super speed, strength, agility, and the heighten senses of an Irish wolf hound. He's also a portable JTS so he'll help you out when he's on the field."

"On the field?" Kai shook his head, waving his hands in dismissal. "Wait, just hold on a second. You expect us to bring . . . that along with us on fights?" He flicked a hand at R9000 and the dog growled heatedly. "The little shit looks ready to maul anyone." Suddenly, have gave a smirk. "Alright, let's bring 'im."

"Weren't you just against it?" Asked Sterling, cocking a brow.

"Yeah, but I'd like to see him maul someone."

R9000's red eyes dilated before he gave a ravenous howl and a gigantic leaping, pouncing onto Yuudai, the latter screaming.

"That isn't what a meant." Kai added awkwardly.

"St-Stop it! Yuu kept screaming, breathing heavily. "He-He's . . . Hahahahaha!" The little, autumn-haired host giggled and kicked up his feet as the dog robot licked at his face enthusiastically, his three tails whipping excitedly. "B-Boy, st-sto-hahahaha! Stop-stop! I can't bre-heeheeheehee -th!" He giggled sitting up and sitting the robotic canine near his feet.

"That doesn't really look like mauling." Sighed Sterling, secretly cracking a smile.

"I guess he caught you endangered animal scent and recognized you as Juhis," Suggested Joshua. "That's pretty much the works of the JTS in his system."

Yuudai began to pet the large hound behind the ears, laughing as R9000's leg thumped in pleasure. "Good boy." He said, receiving another lick to his already wet cheek.

"Alright. It's time to get back to work. Kai-san and Sterling-san, the both of you can go ahead on your breaks. Meanwhile, Yuu-san," Lucinda held out a red dog collar and a matching leash. "I'd like you to take R9000 on a walk. Allow the GPS in his system to get acquainted with the Tokyo area and let him know what it's like to be as a dog in his Beta-mode." Said the female manager.

"Beta-mode?" Asked Yuu, R9000s ears suddenly perking. At half a second, his armor and gauntlets disappeared and his three tails wounded into one again, the his paws red color turning as white as the red of his fur and his ears turning into quirky shapes. He padded over to Lucinda and raised his paw with a little whine.

"Wa, wa~ Wa, wa~" He chirped.

"He can talk?" Asked Kai, slightly bewildered.

"Somewhat," Replied Lucinda, slipping the collar and leash onto the robot and handing the end of the leash to Yuudai. "And since he seems to like you the most, Yuu-san, you can give him a proper name. Something better than R9000, if you please."

"I'll try my best," Yuu nodded, petting R9000.

"Alright, back to work everyone!" Abigail clapped her hands. "Chop-chop!"

"Don't lose him," Asserted Kai.

"I won't." Said Yuu.

"He was talking to the robot," Sterling smirked when he caught the look Kai threw him behind his back, the whole crew hurrying to get back to what they were doing.


"And this is one of the recreational parks, boy," Yuu said to R9000 as they walked along a paved path. Close to Shibuya, they walked along the path in one of the local parks, children off and running at the playgrounds while adults talked and watched from afar. Other dog walkers were there as well and the mechanical canine himself was having a blast at looking at the other dogs.

"Woo, woo~ Woo, woo~"

"Close," Smiling, Yuu held up a finger. "Try a sort of gruff "woof"." He suggested. R9000 gave a rough bark and panted with a sort of dog smile, looking up at his new master. "Very good." Yuudai praised. "Alright, Queen-chan says I'm allowed to give you a name. Hmm, how about . . . Kuroki?" He suggested. The Irish wolf hound gave a bark and wagged his tail excitedly, nuzzling Yuu's side. The fair-brunette giggled.

"Alright. Kuroki, then!"

Treading near them, a bright green tennis ball bounce down the path with a bright-furred shiba inu chasing after it. Kuroki chased after it, his leash slipping out of Yuu's grasp.

"Kuroki!" Yuu shouted, chasing after the dogs as they went after the speeding ball.

"Kuro-"

"Koji, get back here!"

At that, a pair of green eyes and equally surprised brown eyes met and Yuu found himself running with a boy he never met before. The other boy pointed to the two dogs ahead.

"You're dog?" He asked.

"Yes."

"Sorry," The boy sheepishly scratched at his short brown hair as the two of them ran over a bridge and after the running canines. "A nearby tennis ball launcher was lauched from the nearby courts and Koji, my dog, went after it! Sorry for bringing your dog into this. Oh! The name's Mamoru Kimura, by the way."

"Yuudai Hogaraka!" Yuu greeted back, both males pulling back when their dogs were sitting by a girl, the latter laughing and waving the ball to the dogs. Both teens shared a look and they raced over to the girl and grabbed their dogs' leashes.

"Sorry about that," Mamoru apologized to Yuu and the girl.

"It's fine," The girl said, her dark brown eyes filled with kindness and her dark auburn hair tied in a loose bun. She was dressed in a pale green, off-the-shoulder light sweater top with a white tank top and a short jean skirt and brown boots. "Still, make sure you guys hold onto your dogs' leashes. You don't want to lose them." She added rather bluntly, holding back a smile as the smaller dog did little hops while the large one wagged his tail. "This little guy looks ready to pop a gullet."

"That's Koji for you," Mamoru grinned with a light laugh. He wore a white zip-up jacket with black stripes going down the sleeves, a red t-shirt under it, black shorts with two orange stripes around the bottom, and grey sneakers. He kneeled down and picked up Koji, laughing as the little guy kicked in his arms. "I'm Mamoru Kimura. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Yuudai Hogaraka," Yuudai smiled. "Sorry about Kuroki and it's nice to meet you . . . Err . . ."

"I'm Fuyumi. Fuyumi Wakajima." She introduced.

"Wakajima?" Yuudai tilted his head, that surname ringing a bell in his head. "Her, are you-"

"Fuyumi, can we go home now?" Called out Akito, suddenly appearing from behind one of the hills nearby. "You've already had your run around the park. Can we leave now?" He paused and blinked at Yuudai. "Yuudai-san? When did you get here?"

"To make a long story short, shorty number one and shorty number two here lost their dogs," Stated Fuyumi, before she elbowed Akito in the gut. "By the way, you know him, Aki?"

"He's a guy from school, and quit calling me Aki," The redhead muttered. Kuroki suddenly sniffed and licked his hand, yipping up at him and pulling back his ears. At that moment, something of a laugh came from Akito and he kneeled down and petted the large dog behind the ears, only to hold back another laugh when Koji jumped out of Mamoru's arms and barked for attention, too. "These guys yours?" He asked, petting both dogs. "Their fur's real soft."

"Kuroki's my boss's dog," Said Yuudai, also sitting on the ground and petting the large canine. "Do you like animals, Akito-san?"

"Little guys like this guy, ye-" Akito stopped himself and flushed red, shaking his head. "Y-You didn't hear that. Erase it from your mind."

"He just heard you say it," Sighed Fuyumi, ignoring the look her brother sent her. "Alright, let's get going. See ya, Kimura-san, Hogaraka-san. Keep my brother out of trouble, you here? He's been hit on a few times in his lifetime and I don't want him eloping anytime too soon."

"Fuyumi!" Her brother fumed as the both of them walked away, leaving Yuudai and Mamoru.

"I should get going, too. I promised my parents I would get this recipe of cream custards to a business that requested the recipe." Said the shorter brunette, standing up. "Hey, Hogaraka-kun, do you know where this one club in Kabukichō is? I think it's called Club Juhi."

"As a matter of fact, I do. I happen to work there, Kimura-san," At the odd look Mamoru gave him, Yuu's face pinked. "I-It's not that type of club. It's for daytime hours and usually high school students go there for fun, I can assure you."

Mamoru gave a hum for a moment before grinning and chuckling. "Alright, I trust you, Hogaraka-kun. Lead the way." He said. Grinning back, Yuu tugged on Kuroki's leash and the two were on their way.


"Come back soon, ladies," Sterling said to a group of girls as they left the club, his eyes shutting briefly as the girls giggled at him. If those girls could laugh any higher, he would have thought they were squeaking. It would only be half an hour to five o' clock, then he and the other guys would go home. He would be grateful for that. After hearing nothing but squeals and giggles from girls, his eardrums needed to rest.

'I can't believe these girls pay just to spend two hours talking with a guy,' He thought with a sigh, walking over to the front counter and popping a mint from the free mint bowl on the countertop into his mouth. 'I mean, you can do that anywhere for free. Granted, the guys here are pretty good-looking,' His silver eyes scanned over to other hosts, yet he shook his head. 'Good-looking, but not my type. I want someone . . . Different. Someone I'm not expecting. Some . . . Whoa.' His gaze stopped dead when he caught site of the person walking through the door.

"Freakin' giant won' let me wear my hood," Dirty-blonde hair was revealed under a purple hoodie with small black bat wings on the back. "Says it improper and weird. Freakin' unbelievable." White teeth nipped on a pierced bottom lip and dark blue eyes wandered the front of the club until their found Sterling's. "Yo."

"Are you lost?" Sterling asked, running his eyes up the slim frame clad with the hoodie, torn jeans, dirty sneakers, and lip piercing. "The skate parks are located in Minato." When a glare was sent his way, a fire went off in his gut, wanting to see those eyes darken and those lips be dug in by those fine teeth. "Oh, forgive me," He held and hand to his chest, yet still gave a cool expression. "Welcome to Club Juhi. Need some help, Daseki-kun?" He asked.

"Watch it, jackass," Huffed the blonde. "An' I ain't a bat. Get ya eyesight checked, pretty boy."

"Huh, so much bark from a little guy, huh?" Sterling couldn't stop himself. This guy before him was a challenge, and he felt like he was sinking deeper and deeper to those blue eyes that looked at him with a passion. He wanted to know more about this stranger. "Speaking of that bark, that accent you have . . . Are from Kyoto?"

"Born an' raised there for a few years," The moody teen looked impatient. "Look, Imma just look around for someone. I told promised I pick 'im up and take 'im home."

"Your date?"

"Not a date, dumbass!" The blonde roared, ignoring the amused look the host had and the looks he was getting from the people around him. "My baby bro!"

"Himejima?"

The blonde turned and gave what Sterling would call a small smile, before it disappeared as he walked over to Yuudai and ruffled his dark hair.

"Hey, Yuu. I came ta' pick ya up. Father's at work and Mei's car is still at ta' shop." He informed. Yuudai nodded.

"Oh, OK. Hold on, I'm almost done with work," He turned to the brown-haired boy he came with. "Let's find Prince-san. He's- Oh! Right over there!" The two high-schoolers and their dogs went their way to the table nearby, not noticing the heated looks Himejima sent the calm Sterling.

"Ah, Yuu-san, you're back." Joshua stood from the table he sat and greeted the aubrunette. "And you must be Kimura-san. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." He said to Mamoru. "I take you have the recipe I asked for?" He asked.

"Yep," Mamoru reached into the pocket of his jacket and handed a folded up sheet. "Mom and dad said you can send the payment next week, and they were wondering if you could give them the recipe for those apple crumbles you sell here. They say they need some new variety, if there isn't any trouble with that."

"There's no trouble at all," Joshua smiled. "Businesses help each other whenever they can, and your family has helped bought out Club Juhi to a more modest name in the past month. I can send you the recipe next week along with the payment."

"Sounds good to me." The brunette nodded. "Well, I better get going. I have to take the next train to get to the other side of Shinjujk and my parents don't want me to stay out too late." He said.

"You're taking the last train that leave at six, right? Let's walk together. Me and my brother are taking the same train." Said Yuudai as he unleashed Kuroki.

"Sure, why not?" Mamoru nodded and placed the struggling Koji down, holding onto the canine's leash. "Ready when you are, Hogaraka-san. Oh, it was nice meeting you too, Yamanoto-kun."

"All the same, Kimura-san." Replied the host club financial manager. Yuudai kneeled down and petted Kuroki's head.

"See you tomorrow, OK, boy?" He asked, getting a back and a slobbery tongue to the cheek. Laughing, he said goodbye to Joshua and grabbed his backpack from the changing room, meeting his brother and Mamoru by the front.

"See you some other time, Hime-chan," Sterling teased.

"Don' count on it, jackass!" Shouted Himejima over his shoulder, pushing his brother out the door with the Shinjuku resident at their heels, glowing red as the older man chuckled silently behind them. "Yuu, ya hang around with that guy at school?" Getting a nod from his baby brother, Hime threw his hood over his head. "What the frig'? He's a jackass, why ya hangin' out with 'im?" He asked with a growl.

"Sterling-san can be nice when you get to know him, brother." Replied Yuudai. Himejima spat and rolled his eyes.

"As if I eva' will! Don' count on it!"

"You're brother is very passionate, isn't he?" Mamoru whispered to Yuudai. The youngest Hogaraka could only laugh quietly.

"That's just how he is," He shrugged, the three of them stepping into the train station and grabbing seats on the last train. "By the way, Kimura-san, do you go to Sonozega High school?" He asked as the train moved.

"Nah. I go to Moriyama. Sonozega's a rival baseball team," The brown-eyed boy laughed a little. "I should know since I'm on the team and we'll be playing them two days from now."

"Oh! You mean the free-for-all baseball match that's happening this Saturday," Yuudai nodded. "I remember that. I'll be in the rally matches for beginners. There's going to be an actual game?" He asked.

"Yeah. They wanted to have one to promote the free-for-all more. It's working since there's a lot of people attending the match." Mamoru grinned. "Guess I'll be seeing you there, huh, Hogaraka-kun?"

"Yes," Yuudai smiled and shifted his bag on his lap. "I can't wait to see you play, Kimura-san. You must be really good, to be on the team and all." However, Mamoru gave a look, a twitch of the lip, before he shook his head with a somewhat bitter twist.

"I haven't been doing so well," He sighed, scratching Koji behind the ears. "Lately, I've been losing my touch with my swing. I've been helping my parents at the café more so I haven't had that much time to practice. My teammates have been noticing my routine's becoming a little sloppy, and that itself is becoming a problem," The boy shrugged and he smiled when Koji licked his hand, sensing his distress. "I just hope I can pull through at the game."

"I'm sure you will," Yuudai's huge eyes as were filled with that trusting shine of theirs. "As long as you know that you can and believe that you can, I'm sure you will be able to do well." He encouraged. Mamoru smiled slightly, a little happy that someone had lifted his spirits just like that.

"Thanks, Hogaraka-san." He thanked.

Off to the side, Himejime looked out the window with a small roll of his eyes. 'My baby bro's such a sap.' And yet, there was a small smile on his face.


The next day was a clear one. Students and families from both Moriyama and Sonozega high were gathering in the outer softball fields of Sonozega high. The crisp sun gave everyone the chance to don into their T-shirts, jeans, shorts, caps, visors, and tennis shoes. People sat along the metal benches with children over their shoulders and dogs sniffing along with other pets. Vendors were selling ice-cold lemonades that would make lips pucker and hotdogs by the dozens. It was a perfect day to play baseball.

And yet, high above, two beings rippled through the air and stood hundreds of feet above the unsuspecting humans, dark intent on their minds.

"This is what humans do for fun?" Drake rolled his eyes with a smirk. "What's the point of hitting a ball in the sky with a stick? That's just plain pointless."

"It's a sort of sport that has originated from the era of war where clerics would intimidate in a similar fashion," Ren sighed before holding two Animas in his hands. He handed one to Drake with a stern look. "Now, since Edamame has gathered the correct calculations of the next of the Blue Planet's protectors, we must take action into eliminating them along with these heathens of humans. I do not expect failure, Drake." He ordered. The blunette shrugged.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm on it." He huffed. "I take the West side of this place while you handle these guys, right?"

"Precisely."

"See ya." Drake disappeared in air and Ren did the same.


Down below, a red cap with the words Sonozega Underdogs sewn in goldwas thrown onto Yuu's head, the latter laughing as he was given a hug.

"Good look, Yuu-kun," Tenma said, the two and Tetsuya gathered by the entrance to the softball field. "We'll be cheering for you the entire time." She smiled.

"I'd play but it's too hot," Tetsuya swiped at his head, beads of perspiration making their way to the neckline of his T-shirt. "Make sure to know 'em dead, Yuudai-san."

"Promise." Yuudai nodded and said goodbye to them as he walked onto the green fields, smiling at the other teammates dressed in red and gold. The team a little far away was dressed in dark green and white with the words Moriyama Blazers written on the back of their uniforms. He looked around the stands and ran up the steps when he found his family, along with Starphire and Sterling.

"Ready for your game, son?" Asked Keisuke, dressed in a white T-shirt and blue jeans with a complimentary baseball cap he bought from one of the vendors.

"Yep!" Chirped his youngest son. "The free-for-all's only for a few rounds, and then the real game will start. Just wait until you see Kimura-san. He's on the actual team and I bet he's gonna be amazing." He dark-haired teen insisted.

"Can't wait. It's been a while since we've seen a game." Said Meikado, dressed in a blue T-shirt with white cargo shorts and his glasses replaced with dark purple shades.

"Imma go grab a drink," Said Himejima standing up, his pride too big for him to forgo his collection of hoodies, the bright orange one her wore attached with torn fox ears and fangs along the hood.

"And I'll go with you," Sterling suddenly stood. "You'll get lost in that crowd with that height of yours."

"I ain't short!" Blonde hair bristled along Hime's neck. "An' I don' need ya babysitin' me!" He jumped over a bleacher and ran down the steps, shoving past people as quickly as he could. Sterling only sighed and shook his head, walking out of the bleacher.

"I'm still going to follow him," He announced as he left.

"Huh, wonder what's up with Sterl." Wondered Starphire, sitting back in her seat. A whistle blew from the field and she clapped Yuu on the back. "You better get going, Yuu-san. Free-for-all's about to start."

"I'm going," Said Yuu, waving behind him as he left. "See you after the game!"

All the players were bought to their separate shortstops and ready to get the word from their coaches. Yuudai spotted Mamoru and waved, the other boy waving back with a grin as they both took their seats in the wooden stands.

"Hold it!" A female voice suddenly called it and Somozega's shortstop suddenly came with the arrival of Fuyumi. Trailing behind her was a worried-stricken Kuroki, the robotic canine tackling Yuu when he spotted him.

"Kuroki? Fuyumi-san?" Yuudai was concerned by the Irish wolf hound's distress snuffles and the brunette before him looked a little worried as well. "What's going on? Why are the two of you here?"

"Come on," Fuyumi suddenly hauled him up by the back of his uniform and took him out of the wooden box, ignoring the stares and shorts she got from the referees and spectators. Once the two were in the empty hallways, she let him go. "This dog of yours," She jabbed her thumb at Kuroki. "He had this with him when he found me," She showed a silvery, fragile-looking chain. "I know this is Akito's since I have the exact one," She pulled an identical chain away from the confines of her shirt. "Look, I know that you're probably one of the closest people my brother has been near. He doesn't take this chain off, not even if is life depended on it. Look, what I want to know is if you seen him here today." She looked worried, despite how hard her facil fetures were.

"I honestly haven't seen him," Yuudai said, shaking his head. He hadn't seen the redhead since they had met at the park. If Kuroki had suddenly found the chain, then something was definitely going on. "Kuroki, where did you find this?" He asked. At once, the canine suddenly pounced to his feet and placed his paws on Yuu's shoulders, his eyes briefly shinning blue.

It was for a split second, but Yuudai could see it. There was the shadow of a Nue, and there was a blur of red hair. The vision left as soon as it came and Kuroki backed off, letting out a distressed whimper. Yuu bit his lip, knowing what had to be done, and he turned to Akito's sister.

"Fuyumi-san, you need to get everyone at the game and in the school out of here." He said.

"Wait, what-"

"I don't know, but I just have a bad feeling something's going to happen-" Something roared across the hallway and the two feel to their feet when a rumble shook the ground. Yuudai helped Fuyumi up and pushed her to the exit to the field. "Just do as I say! Hurry! I'll evacuate everyone in the building!" He left before the brown-eyed girl could argue and he quickly ran down the hallway with Kuroki running next to him.

"Kuroki, can you turn into your Omega-mode?" The fox Juhi asked. Kuroki barked and changed into his form, his ears suddenly enlarging and his jaw widening. "Yuu-san, can you hear me?"

"Prince-san?!" Yuudai asked in surprise.

"This is just one of Queen's additions to Kuroki's Omega mode. By the way, nice choice on his name," Commented Joshua from the mic set installed into Kuroki. "Anyway, thanks to Kuroki's 4.0 prediction mind state, that alien you fought before is targeting the school because of the baseball event today. You need to defeat it while I get contact from the others. I just got in touch with Kai-san and he'll be there as soon as he can. We were lucky that you and Sterling-san were already in the area."

"Does he know about the Nue?" Yuu asked as he took a jump and slid down the banister of a staircase.

"I'll send Kuroki to go get him now. Here," A small plate sprung itself opened and popping out was small box, filled with half of the Encroacher Ties. "Just in case any of the other Juhis are around. I'll send Kuroki to give Kai-san the other box. Till then, please take care of the Nue and stop it from destroying the school!"

"On it!" Shouted Yuu, parting ways with Kuroki as he made a turn and pulled out his Encroacher Tie.

"Juhi Kit Fox!"


"Stop followin' me!"

"You didn't say "please" now, did you?"

Himejima pulled on the drawstrings of his hoodie, hoping to hide his face as Sterling followed him down an empty hallway. If the blonde was bothered by now, then he was pass it and close to teetering to the side of anger. He pulled to a stop and turned to Sterling, yanking down his hood.

"I told ya that I don' need someone follwin' me when I just wanna grab somethin' to drink!" He shouted, glad that the hallways were empty.

"And I just want to follow you. How am I bothering you?" Asked Sterling, crossing his arms.

"For just bein' there!" Himejima threw his arms up to emphasize his point. "Why do ya want ta' follow me anyway?"

"Maybe I find you interesting?" Sterling shrugged. "To tell you the truth, I don't know either. Ever since I saw you at the club, I just want to get to know you better," He leaned down and lifted Himejima's chin, startling the younger boy. "C'mon, Hime-chan. Give me a chance. All I want to do is to get to know you better, that's all I ask." He said, wrapping his words around the stunned blonde's heart, looking into those Caspian sea-like eyes.

Himejima couldn't move. He couldn't breathe. Not when those silver orbs flecked with violet were looking right into his eyes, straight into his soul. His hands grabbed at Sterlin's wrist, in an attempt to rip that large and smooth hand away from his chin, but they could only cling. His mouth open, the word "stop" on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say it. His world was swaying.

And then, literally, it began to sway. The two of them jumped when a roar echoed through the hallway and the wall beside them suddenly gave out. The crumbling dust flew all around them and Himejima flew off in another direction. There was a heavy thump, and Sterling looked to see an orange hoddie soaked with red with a carnivorous beast standing over the form.

"Himejima!"


"Hey look, isn't that-"

"Yeah, yeah! Damn, they weren't kidding when they said he looks like a chick."

"Whew, if he were, I'd-"

Dark brown eyes were sent chillingly at the gossiping boys, causing them all to flinch. Akito gave a rough cough, annoyed and wondering why he had agreed to go to this game. He thought that if he were lucky enough, he could sleep into the school's library without Fuyumi knowing and he could sneak a quick nap in the silent room. But due to the gathering response that was for the event, he had no such luck. He managed to lose his sister, but he had now found himself stuck in one area of the school where they soft drinks and refreshments. And right now, he wasn't enjoying the looks he was getting.

Something brushed at his hair and he could hear hitch of breath. He wanted to groan, but that would be taken the wrong way. He inched himself away, yet the hand was now on his back.

"Where do you think you're going, baby?" A voice chuckled, a hand sneaking to his waist. That wandering hand was suddenly grabbed in a surprising grip and the man didn't see it coming when his whole world turned up-side down and he found himself landing on the ground. Hard.

Above him, Akito gave him a cold look before walking away from the man, just having enough of it all.

"Screw this," He sighed tiredly. "I'm better just find Fuyumi and-"

Something burst through the doors of the room and everyone gave a scream. Akito barely made a move before something threw him off his feet and to the wall. He grunted when he landed on his arm and looked up, gasping when he saw stacks and stacks of books combined to take the form of a snake, a trail of paper clips making its slithering tongue. Everyone screamed and hurriedly ran to get away as the snake lashed into tail, crashing stands and booths.

Akito stood up and made a run to the door, but the tail of the beast came around and whipped him to the gut, knocking the air from his lungs and shoving him back to the wall. He struggled under the hold, and glared at the snake's hissing tongue.

"Well, isn't this funny?" A voice snickered. Drake stepped out of the slit of air he created and he cocked a brow at the struggling redhead. "Oh, hey there, girly. You got caught by my Nue?" When Akito looked up at him, he flew back slightly, before that smirk returned. "Holy shit! You're a guy? Color me surprised, as Ren puts it." He grinned, floating to Akito and roved his eyes. "Not bad, for a human. Say, why don't you just come back with me to the hideout? I'll make it worth your while." He winked.

"Drop dead!" Shouted Akito, disgust written on his face. The bile in his voice only made the alien smirk more.

"Cute and feisty. There ain't anything better," He laughed, pulling back in the air and snapping his fingers. The Nue suddenly released Akito and the boy jumped to his feet, staring at Drake. "I'm Drake, by the way. Now, Unless ya want my Nue to make a snack out of you, you should run. But I'm only giving you a ten second start," He grinned impishly. "I love to chase my prey."

Akito could only stare, before reality hit him and he soon took off, running as fast as he could. From behind, Drake laughed and snapped his fingers once more.

"Let the chase begin, you cute thing, you."


Mamoru stood from his seat and looked at Sonozega's shortstop, noticing that someone was missing.

"Hey, where's Hogaraka-kun?" He asked the team's coach. "Isn't he up next for the free-for-all?"

"Left suddenly," The coach shrugged. "If he doesn't show up, he's out." He walked to check on the other contenders. Mamoru shook his head and walked back to his team, leaning back and wondering where Yuudai went. His eyes moved to the cut-clean grass of the field and he watched as the other players took their swing at the ball. Something glinting caught his eye, and he could only gasp when something struck from the ground and rammed to the ground.

He could hear people scream and cry, large vines the size of truck engines spouting from the ground with thorns protruding around the stems. The large vines threw themselves to the school and one managed to struck a wall. Mamoru was pushed and shoved as his teammates and everyone else on the field ran away from the scene and the baseball player ran out himself. He looked off to the side, and suddenly saw a blue aim something at the vine.

"What the-"


"Found you!"

Juhi Kit Fox already had his gunblade in his hand, aimed at the plant-like Nue, firing off his bullets. His bullets were met with silver arrows and the fox looked up to see one of his comrades flying over head, something in his arms.

"Juhi Raven!" He exclaimed, nearly yelping when the taller Juhi got to the ground with someone in his arms. "Himejima!" He shouted, looking over the bleeding gash on his brother's head.

"It's only a flesh wound," Juhi Raven informed, Yuudai sighing in relief. "I'll take him and evacuate everyone. Juhi Fox, can you handle the Nue on your own?" He asked.

"I hold it off," Yuu nodded. "Kai-san's sure to be here soon. Please, take care of my brother." Sterling nodded and flew off, leaving the fox to hold his weapon ready. With a huge sprint, he ran up the length of one vine and slashed at it, the green steam wither and falling to the ground. Three other vines went after him, yet he dodged them and struck his blade to a still stem, holding himself in the air.

"Hey!" A voice from below caught his attention and he looked down to see Mamoru. "Just what is that!" He shouted. "What are you doing!? You'll get yourself hurt! Get out of there!" He shouted.

"Stay back!" Shouted Yuudai, shouting when he was thrown off the vine. Thrusting his arms, he made a grab for another vine and swung himself to the edge of the hole in the wall. Something almost made him fall and he whipped around to see another Nue dashing after someone, a mass of red hair flying.

Akito shouted when the Nue struck the ground behind him and sent him flying across the hall, landing on his front. He groaned and sat up, turning and freezing when the snake edge near him, waiting to attack.

"NO!" Shouted Yuu, the box he had laid on the ground suddenly speckling with two glowing lights. He ran over to it and pulled out two of the ties, one a red with gold lining and the other a brilliantly-bright orange. He looked off, to both Akito and Mamoru, shocked.

'The both of them?' He wondered before shaking his head. Quickly he threw the red tie to Akito and the other to Mamoru, the glows turning bright when Akito's tie glowed near his neck, similar to Mamoru's, only it shinned where his collar bone was located. "Hurry, tie them on!" Shouted Yuu, gasping when the Nue's advanced at the both of them. "Please, just listen to me! Tie them on!" At his exclaim, the both of them wrapped the ties around their necks and the spear designs bursts with light.

Mamoru opened his eyes and threw his fists out as his clothing began to change. Out of his green and white uniform, he now wore an orange short sleeve top with a funnel-like collar and a simple white chest plate on top. He threw his arms back as a breaker hood with a cloak appeared, a shade of orange darker than his top. Black boots with orange laces were tucked with white pants. He brushed one of his hands on his left shoulder and a flicker of wind created a white pauldron on his shoulder, his hair becoming as burnt and mystic as fire. He made a dash forward and fell to his knees, kicking up his feet and landing on them. His eyes opened with a matching color of orange and a rhino's horn was in his peripheral vision, two rhinoceros's ears popping out of his hair.

Akito's hair draped all around him before it raised itself into the air and tied itself into a long braid, turning into a vibrant-crimson. His whole body twirled once, his clothes turning into a red and sleeveless, Chinese style top with silver designs reaching down to his ankles. Two slits were on either side of his top, reaching his thighs and two slits on both sides meeting at his thighs, the front and back panels of his outfit revealed. Underneath his top was a white, long-sleeved top and loose white training pants, ending with slight ruffled cuffs and red flats on his feet. His whole upper-body curled forward and wrapped like a ball as he tumbled down in the mid air, landing on knees with one propped out. His head snapped up and his eyes turned into a unique amber-brown, a red and white stripped tale curled around his leg and white and orange ears on his head.

"What-What in the-?" Mamoru looked at himself, amazed by his new appearance, before looked up and saw a vine heading straight for him. He yelped and made a dive for the other end, the Nue missing him.

"Mamoru-san!" Yuu exclaimed, looking at the shocked Akito. "We have to help him!" She reached and grabbed one of the dull vine, holding his hand to the new Juhi. "Please, let's go!" Akito stared at him, before making a face and dashing forward himself, grabbing another end of the vine and swinging himself to the ground. Surprised, Yuu could only shrug before getting himself to the ground. All three Juhis stood together as the snake Nue jumped from the building and landed next to the vine, both creatures waiting to attack.

"Wait, hold on," Akito looked at Yuudai. "You said something about this, last week on TV. You said that you're a protector of earth or something, right?" He looked at himself again. "Does that mean we are, too?"

"Yes!" The fox nodded, his finger on his trigger. "Both you and Kimura-san are special gentlemen chosen to protect the earth for those who wish to harm it. Right now, aliens from another planet are trying to get rid of humans so that they can have earth." He explained. "The both of you have the power to stop them and beat the creatures they create. Creatures like these two are called Nues. Please, listen to me when I say I need your help to beat them. Only you two, Juhis, can help me beat them while we wait for the others."

"There's more?" Mamoru asked. "And just hold on a sec. How do you know who we are?"

"I'm Juhi Kit Fox, first of the Juhis . . ." Yuu sighed and held his blade ready. "And I'm also Yuudai Hogaraka."

"Hogaraka-kun?!" Mamoru's eyes widen. "That's you? That was you in TV last week? You and some other guys defeated that creature- A Nue, right? You did all that?" He asked, amazed.

"Yes." The first Juhi nodded. "Look, I'll tell you more later. But right now, we have to beat these two," He glanced off at the two still Nues, watching and waiting. "If we attack all at once, we could beat them, but we still need more power-"

"Yo! Fox!" Dashing onto the field, Juhi Black Wolf, Juhi Raven, and Kuroki appeared, their weapons out and ready. "Good, you saved some fun for us." The wolf smirked.

"There are more of you . . ." Akito let out a breath of awe.

"And since there are, this would be the perfect chance to do a team attack," Advised Sterling. "Say, have a plan, leader?" He asked Yuudai.

"I'm the leader?" Yuudai pointed to himself, silver eyes blinking.

"Why not?" Asked Kai, flipping one of his daggers. "You were the first to be a Juhi. That, and you're not as weak as you look. Yeah, go ahead and be leader." He shrugged.

"Hey, I'll follow Hogara- I mean, Juhi Fox, too." Mamoru nodded, a small smile on his face. "I trust him and he seems to have good leader skills."

"Yeah," Akito nodded. "Be leader."

"A-Ah," The San Joaquin kit fox-infused student blushed and scratched the back of his head. "I-I guess if its unanimous . . ." Two unsettling hisses whirled in the air and the five turned back to the Nues. "Right, first them." Yuu nodded, bracing his swords. "OK! Akito-san, Juhi Raven, follow me! Juhi Black Wolf, you and Mamoru-san hang by the ground. Just wait for my signal and then summon your weapons and your attacks!"

"Yeah!" The whole team split off in different directions. The trio moving forward reached to the beasts closer and closer until Yuu shot his bullets at them.

"Juhi Raven! Akito-san!"

At that moment, Akito threw his arms and caught two hook swords in them, carved with the Juhis emblem. Following Sterling and Yuu, they lured the snake Nue to follow them and soon ran in different ways, the vines and the long body entwining a knotting up. All they lepted in the air, Sterling firing, Yuu slashing, and Akito swinging his weapons. Vines and limbs were torn and the Nues were writhing as they could do nothing. The three ran back to Juhi wolf and Mamoru, the shouter placing his hands on the ground and the earth around himself suddenly glowing and taking the form of a gigantic mallet.

"NOW!" Shouted Juhi Fox, gathering his energy with Kai and Sterling, Akito crossing his blades while Mamoru threw his mallet back.

"Ballistic Bear Berserker!"

"Roundhouse Rhino Runoff!"

All five attacks met in a multi-verse of light, colliding and combining and attacking the Nues. They screamed and burned to pieces, two Animals floating in the air as they disappeared and a potted plant and a stack of books landing on the ground.

"What the Hell?" The five of them turned around and looked up at the sky as the Ren and Drake appeared, the shorter alien pouting. "That's not fair! Edamame said there was only three of you! But now there are five?! That just sucks!" He threw a look at Akito. "And you're with them, too? Huh, guess this makes you more hard to get." He sighed, getting a killer glare from the new Juhi.

"So there is more of these bastards." Kai cursed.

"Just who are you!" Shouted Juhi Kit Fox. "Why are you trying to take over earth? Didn't you give up on that a long time ago?"

"If you are referring to those savages, the Cyniclons, then your intelligence is beyond your own comprehension," Drawled Ren. "We are far more intelligent and advance then those barbarians. We are an advance race of intergalactic sapiens known as the Mythochanians." His eyes could almost break through the black scanner of his visor. "And hear this, Blue Planet protectors; earth shall be in our possession, and we shall obliterate each and every one of the planets' natives. So decrees the Annihilation Decree." He threw his hand out, cutting the air. "This meeting shall not be the last." He warned, before leaving.

"Wait up, Ren!" Drake shouted, before turning a winking. "So long, dweebs! Lets me some other time, Futan-chan!" He whistled at Akito, laughing as he fell into the ripple of air.

"Mythochanians . . ." Sterling whispered.

"So, that's why me and Wakajima-kun were chosen." Said Mamoru, breathless.

"That-that!" Akito through his hands in the air. "That little-!" He growled, looking ready to tear at his air. "Calling me bear-chan! I swear, I'll kill him the next time I see him! I swear, I will!" He cursed, golden eyes burning with a fire.

"So that means you will be in the group?" Asked Juhi Kit Fox, excitedly.

"I'm in!" Chimed Mamoru.

"Yeah." Akito nodded, cooling down a bit.

"Then that makes five of us." Sighed Juhi Black Wolf. Something nuzzled atYuu's hip and he laughed when he saw it was Kuroki.

"Let's not forget Kuroki, too," He said, petting the dog's head. "You did a good job." He praised. Kuroki's three tails wagged at the praised, before his ears suddenly twitched and he looked to the side. The Juhis followed his look and they all gasped when a herd of cameras and microphones ran up to them, questions from reporters shot at them as if out of now where.

"You are earth's newest protectors, correct?"

"Are you like the original team, Tokyo Mew Mew?"

"Is this a real thing or something you kids whipped up?"

"Who's the leader of your group? Let's get a word from him!"

"You're a five-member group now? Does that mean there's more of you?"

"Just what is a Juhi?"

"What are we gonna do?" Akito whispered to Yuu. "We better think of something or else we'll be eaten alive by these media hounds!" An upset whine was shot at him. "Sorry, my bad, Kuroki."

"Fox," Kai elbowed Yuudai. "Do that thing you did last time. Leave 'em with that and then we can leave." Understanding the idea, Yuu stepped forward. Before the crowd, he through his gunblade in the air and caught it as he struck a pose.

"For Earth, justice, and all of those who live to see the next day, we shall protect them and grant them their smiles. Juhi~!"


Ren and Drake stepped into the dark space, just in time to meet Edamame's straight look.

"You failed."

"Gee, that obvious?" Drake asked sarcastically.

"Ivona's not going to like this." Sighed the sardonic-brown locked alien.

"She's here?" Ren looked up, surprised with something else on his face. "She's here? With word from . . . Leader?"

"More than word," A feminine voice answered, stepping into the only glow of the room. "Much more," The Mythochanian before them looked older out of all three of them, tall and rather elegant looking. Her hair was a dark-violet, designed in a complicated bun, with strikingly green eyes. She was dressed much differently than her fellow aliens, in the colors of light blue, black and white with golden lining, a little more revealing as well with white boots. Over one of her eyes was a red eye patch. She screamed of a higher order.

"Hey, Ivona," Drake grinned. "Still being leader's little messenger girl?" He teased.

"I follow whatever orders he give me." Ivona stated, before walking over to Ren. "Ren, leader has already heard of the failure to initiate the Annihilation Decree as planned. He is not pleased."

"Precautions like this take time," Ren defended. "He cannot expect us to diminish the human race in this short of time period."

"Still, he is upset with the fact that earth's protectors are in the way as well," The female Mythochanian sighed, running her fingers through her hair. "That is why he has told me to escort the second squadron for assistance." She said. Ren's jaw nearly dropped and Drake gave a holler. Edamame even looked surprised.

"What!" Shouted Drake, red eyes wide. "We don't need help from those guys! We can take care of these humans by ourselves!"

"Doesn't look that way," Said a dark voice, three figures stepping into the glow.

"Really," A feminine tone sneered. "You guys can't handle little brats like those protector's the this planet?"

"That just means they'll be more fun to play with!" The last voice giggled. Drake groaned and slapped his forehead.

"Great, they're already here."


"And these are your work clothes," Joshua handed both Akito and Mamoru a white box. "You will both be working here as a Juhi. Is this fine?" Asked the dirty blonde.

"I might have o shift time between mom and dad's café, but I think I can mke it work." Said Mamoru with a nod.

"Fuyumi said I needed a job." Akito shrugged.

"Excellent!" Joshua beamed. "You both can start tomorrow. Till then, I'd like to have a toast with you and the others."

"A toast?" Yuudai, Kai, and Sterling already walked into the backroom, finished with work. It was two days after the baseball incident, and the two newest protectors of were just told everything they needed to know. "What for, Prince-san?" The emerald-eyed lad asked.

"To celebrate the welcoming of our new Juhis, of course!" Said Joshua. "Everyone, gather around. My sisters and Kuroki will also be in here soon, come on." Once everyone was in the room, Joshua uncorked an apple cider bottle he had and poured everyone glass (minus Kuroki, he was give a water dish filled with motor oil). "A toast to the five of you," He waved his cup to Akito. "To Akito Wakajima, with the DNA of the red panda and for his title as Juhi Red Panda," To Mamoru. "Mamoru Kimura, with the DNA of the Sumatran rhinoceros and his title as Juhi Rhino." Then to Sterling. "To Sterling A. Doci, with the DNA of the Hawaiian raven and his title as Juhi Raven. "Then to Kai. "To Kai Miko, with the DNA of the black-grey wolf and his title as Juhi Black Wolf," And the last of the toast was held to Yuu. "And last, but not at all least, to your faithful leader, Yuudai Hogaraka, with the DNA of the San Joaquin kit fox and his title as Juhi Kit Fox." Joshua raised his glass higher in the air. "Let us toast to win against the Mythochanians and save earth!"

Eight glasses were raised in promise.

"Here, here!"

To Be Continued!


~Ending Theme: Nokori Kaze by Ikimono Gakar


Ah, there we go. Another chapter done. I had fun with that one. I really did. I hope all of you liked that chapter, too. And I hope you all liked the new pairings, new Juhis, Kuroki, and the hints of the other aliens. Please let me know what you think later on. Ah yes, here are the new characters introduced in this chapter.

Mamoru Kimura: Owned By: Torataro

Ivona: Owned By: Rainbowbutterfly16

Hm, I'm tired! I've been doing nothing but catching up on stories and I need a nap. While I take one, please make sure to review! I'd like that very much and it will be a great motivation boost :D See you all later!

This is me saying, Peace!