Vodník

A fan fiction by Kate-chan 91

Disclaimer: I only my original characters and this fanfic, no na da.

Kate-chan 91's tidbits (A/N): (Throws toast to Alei-Frozen-Ruby) Before continuing, I would like to announce that sadly, the next chapter will be the last. It was great doing this fic (even though I got into development hell at one point because of my still dead home computer and now high school), and I hope I can write another Tokyo Mew Mew fic in the future (though it may not be anytime soon because of backup in fanfic rough drafts).

And without further ado, here's the latest chapter!

Enjoy!

Chapter Seven: Trouble on both Land and Sea

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Mano's father started at his only surviving male offspring. Without any indication of emotion, he said, "Before I kill your sister and you, Mano, I would like to say that taking your mother as a bride was a horrible mistake on my part. I had to give her the ability to breathe underwater and the chance to extend her life from what I originally planned, and she birthed many lifeless children as payment! How helpful are stillborn children? Not very helpful at all! So when she was no longer able to give birth to even dead ones, I took away her ability to breathe underwater and watched her drown!

"But Gen and you, my naughty children, are not completely mortal; you are half-breeds, which are not as easy to kill. You cannot drown, and living in the open sea during many thunderstorms has made you able to absorb electrical currents and only get a burn mark where it touched.

"And since you have gave a head a splitting headache over how to kill you, I believe I'll give your sister, freak friends and you an eternal rest by shaking things up a bit!"

Don't tell me he's about to—

Before Ryou could finish his thought, the ocean started to become move violent, and the ground began to shake. Any lights in the buildings went out, and the homes and city structures began to sway. Some of the homes closest to the beach caved in and the wreckage landed on both the earth and into the sea.

As the earthquake still happened, a rebel vodník looked away. She then turned to Mano and yelled, "MANO! THERE ARE HUMANS IN THE WATER!"

"She is correct!" Another that was closer to Mano informed him. "It seems some of them are still alive as well!"

"Shada! Sarila! Baden! Kosumi! Go find and rescue the survivors and come back when you're done!" Mano commanded to four vodník about his age; each one responded and swam towards the drowning survivors.

Suddenly, giant rocks emerged form the seabed and the road. The waves became more violent, and Gen, who had been moved far away from the shore by Ryou, woke up to water touching her face. She looked up, and saw a wave of water coming towards her. Barely moving her legs, she noticed they were against a rock and shrieked.

"GEN!" Mano yelled, running towards his sibling; he barely saved her from getting smashed against a rock.

Tokyo Mew Mew, meanwhile, had a similar problem on their hands; they couldn't move too well due to the vibrations, a rock had emerged right behind them, and another wave was coming, this time towards them.

But like Gen, they had saviors before they could clearly think of a way to escape. Because Mano was busy with Gen and Ryou had been surrounded by monoliths in the meantime, they were aided by five vodník: Minto, Zakuro and Retasu were saved by vodník that resembled old, fat and green-haired people, while Ichigo and Purin's vodník looked like lean and young people.

Before any good feelings could be exchanged, Mano's father screamed, "I see that none of my children are dead yet! Let us make this storm be more intense, shall we?"

And so, the already out of the ordinary disaster became more so. The ground shook more than one would have thought, and conditions were more out of control in the sea. The waves were choppier, waterspouts appeared, and whirlpools started to swirl.

"MANO!" the recently returned Sarila yelled at the top of her lungs. "What are we going to do now?

Mano replied, "This looks like a good time to come up with a plan to distract and capture my father!"

"Do you have an idea at this time?" another vodník, one named Jafar asked.

"Uh," Mano answered. "But I'll need their permission first." He then pointed to the mew mews.

"What do you need us for, Mano?" Retasu yelled out to him.

"You and your friends… need to be distractions."

"DISTRACTIONS?" Ichigo yelled, barely being able to go towards the collected group.

"What's the plan?" Minto asked, sounding intrigued.

Mano looked at his father in the distance, looking annoyed on top of a gush of water. He then glared at his allies and said, "Rainstorms of fish interest him; he calls it his favorite kind of weather. As some of us drive fish into the waterspouts, I will lure a sea monster over here—"

"You're going to have us be attacked by the monster, aren't you?" Zakuro asked.

"Not exactly. You see, it's a pretty harmless serpent, and it comes from another dimension, in a country called Terrastan to be exact. If I say a particular set of words, it should come over to this world and take my father all the way to Terrastan!"

"And how do we fit into this… 'plan?'" Zakuro asked.

"My father should think the serpent's coming for you girls, but I'm really going to summon it to come here to my father!"

All five mew mews gave him blank stares.

"Um… You'll see what I mean when we do it… So do you want to help us?"

Except for Zakuro, the mew mews replied, "Uh—"

"Great!" Mano replied before pointing at five vodníks that were together and saying:

"You five! Bring the girls into the ocean. Keep them close to my father, but not too close, and make sure they don't drown!

"The rest of you, drive any fish you can find into the waterspouts. The girls should cause him to stop this disaster, therefore triggering the fish storm.

"As for me… I'll go get the finishing touch."

Except for Tokyo Mew Mew and the vodník entrusted to protect them drowning and Mano's father, everyone along the shore jumped in and swam beneath the surface. In their case, they were carried into the sea by the vodník without any prior warning, and they went out to sea. They knew they were close enough to Mano's father when he looked down and them and said:

"I always knew you imbeciles would give up even during your own rebellion!"

With his mind completely off the earthquake and storm, he stopped him and continued, "Now it's time to end these girls' lives once and for—"

PLOP! A fish landed on the top of his head. He took it off, looked up to the heavens, and was met with many species of fish falling down into their watery home.

He smiled. "Ah, yes—a fish storm. It's always a great day when you can kill someone during your favorite 'weather'!"

He cackled and was just about to create a whirlpool to suck them into when an area behind his wishful targets began to bubble. The bubbling became more intense until Mano emerged, holding onto the horns of—

"THE SEA SERPENT!" Retasu yelled as saltwater and fish sprayed onto her friends and her.

The sea serpent, which originated in the country of Terrastan, had scales of every color in the rainbow. Its beard, whiskers and horns had a pure white hue, and when it opened its mouth, a complete set of gold fangs glistened.

As it came for his father, Mano jumped off the giant serpent and free-falled towards the ocean. With the wind scattering his shoulder length hair all around his face, he turned his head towards his father and witnessed him colliding with the left side of the sea monster. He stuck to its side like glue to Popsicle sticks and was taken back into the ocean, right when the sun was high up in the sky; daybreak had occurred.

The gush of water Mano's father was on came tumbling down and crashed down on everyone present. In Ichigo, Minto, Retasu, Purin and Zakuro's case, it was the last thing they were aware of before everything turned black…

End of Chapter Seven

A/N: (Stares at chickens that give writers that write cliffhangers death threats through a window) Oh, crud…

Coming up next: The conclusion of my first Tokyo Mew Mew fanfic! Until it comes, though have a good day!

Ja Ne!

Kate-chan 91

(PS- For anyone curious, Terrastan will be mentioned more into detail in the next chapter, where it will be partially explained by Mano and then me in an author's note.)