Chapter Seven: The Crash
Pai ran down the steps to the maintaining corridor with the Guardian Mews following behind him. A cold air hung over the entire ship as it shot towards Earth.
Ichigo said, "Y'know, I've been thinking…"
"That's a new experience for you." muttered Mint.
"No really! When we first found out that we were Tokyo Mew Mew, the defenders of justice, I never thought that we would be facing the aliens in the first place!"
"I never thought I would even become more that the sweet and brainy girl at my school, but now I'm starting to get popular." Lettuce said quietly.
"Yeah! I thought I would be destined to just become a circus performer while looking after Chincha, Hanacha, Lucha, Honcha, and Heicha, na no da! But now, being Guardian Mew Pudding, I am so much more that that!" Pudding said happily.
"When Deep Blue was defeated, I didn't think any more evil aliens would show up. But I was wrong. This "Soufflé" that possessed Kish must be somewhat like Deep Blue, or he wouldn't be doing this!" Zakuro said.
"Everyone, we're here." Pai announced.
The maintaining hall was dreary, nothing but black metal tubes, machinery, and silver wires everywhere. Pai went up to a particularly big piece of machinery and looked behind it. There was a pulsing red cable that had snapped, or rather, been cut.
"Guardian Mew Mews…" Pai began.
"Yes?"
"Do you remember the time that the Mew Aqua on top of the Odaiba Christmas Tree was about to explode?"
Pudding talked first. "Yeah, na no da! We did the Mew Power Extension and kept it from blowing up into little tiny pieces, na no da!"
Keichiiro spoke up for the first time in a while. "Ryou and I remember that also."
"Well.." Pai continued. "All the ship's systems are failing. Do you think that you could reach that level of power again? That is all that I can think of for keeping us from crashing into your city. If you can't…." Pai paused. "….the force of the blast will annihilate all of Japan."
"WHAT?" Ichigo screamed.
" NoooooOOoo!" Mint cried.
"But…but…" Lettuce went into a frenzy. She began to run around in circles and panic.
"But that means that Chincha, Hanacha, Lucha, Honcha, and Heicha and everyone else will be destroyed, NA NO DA!" Pudding yelled.
"Along with our town and the places we hold dear!" Zakuro added.
Ryou's face was pale and he wouldn't speak. He had already lost his parents; he didn't want to lose anything else.
Keichiiro realized something. "If Japan is destroyed, then…The Kirema Animas will spread all over the world! Italy, America, China, Russia, they'll be everywhere!"
Ichigo started crying and screaming. WHAM! Mint slapped her hand over Ichigo's mouth.
"How do we get out of the spaceship?" Mint asked. "EEEEYYYAAAAA!"
Ichigo had chomped down on Mint's hand with her sharp cat teeth. Pudding fell over laughing and Zakuro covered her mouth to hide her laughter. Lettuce sweatdropped and laughed nervously.
"Like this!" Kish shoved his hand towards the Guardian Mew Mews, palm out.
The Guardian Mews were outside the ship, floating in the space around the falling vessel.
"Ehh." Ichigo said. "Well, he got us outside the ship. Ready girls?"
Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, and Zakuro all nodded.
"GUARDIAN MEW POWER EXTENSION!"
Ryou and Keichiiro looked out the tinted craft's windows. "Only time will tell if this'll work…"
