Ch. 9: Deep Blue
Hearing her name being called, both Flamiche and Ichigo turn to the side where the trees are and they see Masaya – leaning on the tree for support, he's sweating, panting, and is holding his chest in pain. Both Flamiche and Ichigo are surprise to see them but Ichigo is a bit worried by Masaya's strange condition.
Masaya pants a few times before asking her in a horsy voice, "With another one already?"
Ichigo ignores that question as she passes Flamiche and approaches Masaya. She asks, "Why are you here, Masaya?"
But he yells, "Shut up and answer the damn question!" Ichigo flinches in surprise of his language as now he looks like he's in more pain. Flamiche watches in confusion as Ichigo gains back her courage to walk closer to him as he slides down the tree to his knees.
"Masaya," she calls, reaching for him.
When he looks at her, he looks really angry and his eyes change color. They change from the warm bark brown that Ichigo knew so well to unfamiliar icy blue. He tells her, "Don't touch me!!" Then he hits her like he's slapping her hand away but it was different than a simple slap. That hit causes Ichigo to go flying through the air. Masaya didn't seem to care as Ichigo lands on the ground and rolls before coming to a complete stop. She winces in pain of the hit and the feel of the hard ground hitting her body.
Flamiche's eyes are really wide now from what was played in front of him. He watched Ichigo go flying through the air and didn't move to help her. Then he feels something. He wonders, 'What's this? This pressure…' His whole body freezes from the strong pressure he can feel. He actually had a hard time trying to turn to look at where the pressure is coming from; Masaya.
Ichigo looks up at Masaya as well and right before both of their eyes, they see Masaya's form changing. He was still wincing in pain and it seems to get worst as his form was changing from his human form to the Blue Knight's form. Ichigo and Flamiche are surprise to see this form.
Ichigo's voice is soft as she asks, "Masaya…is the Blue Knight?"
Shortly after the Blue Knight's form was shown, it goes back to Masaya. Then back to the Blue Knight. Now it makes sense on who the Blue Knight was. He wanted to protect Ichigo and that time, Masaya was still in love with Ichigo but after the break up, it explains why he didn't show up when Flamiche first appeared.
Then Masaya begins to scream when he was in his Blue Knight form. His cries shot out to the sky and his body begins to glow light blue, almost white. Then another weird thing happens. Both Ichigo and Flamiche see lights shooting out from the corner of their eyes. They look and they see colorful lights from different, far areas shot out into the sky. Neither of them understood it as those light aim for Masaya.
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Alarm
Alarm
Keiichiro's fingers fly over the keyboard at top speed. Ryou comes crashing through the door as he asks, "Keiichiro, what's going on?!" Shortly after him, the other Mew Mews come running in.
Keiichiro answers, "There is a high energy reading not too far from here."
Ryou turns to the girls and he was going to say something but all he can see is four heads and not one red hair head. He asks, "Where's Ichigo?!"
Lettuce answers, "She's on a walk."
Ryou looks to the side and curses, "Damn that girl!"
"Wait!" Zakuro calls. They look at her as she asks, "Is Ichigo near the signal?"
"Let me check," he answers before returning to the computers. He presses more keyboards and then gasps in surprise from the results. "She's right on top of the signal!" The girls got worried real fast. For all they know, Flamiche is where Ichigo is and is probably killing her right now.
Ryou commands, "Ichigo might need your help! You girls go to her now!" All of them nod before turning around back to the stairs to get back to the café level. Ryou turns back to Keiichiro and asks, "Can we find out more information about the signal?"
Keiichiro answers, "I will try." Then his fingers press every key on the keyboard at lightning speed. Ryou grips his fists together and think one thing.
'Ichigo, you better be alright.'
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Finally the lights finally cleared but a gust of wind hits both Flamiche and Ichigo. They cover themselves from the wind until it died down. There was a cloud of mist flouting around where Masaya was. They stare at the cloud of mist and a black figure stands up. Being closer, Flamiche sees the figure and gasps in surprise of who it is. Ichigo stands up and stares at the figure. From what she can see, the figure has the same attire as the Blue Knight but longer hair length. She can't get a good look at the figure but she can make out the figure. As the mist disappears, it becomes easier and easier to see.
Ichigo wonders, 'Masa…ya?'
Flamiche however breathes out, "Deep Blue-sama!" Ichigo heard him and her eyes widen even more when she looks at him.
"Deep Blue?" she asks, out load. Kisshu's voice rings through her head.
"We have a leader. His name is Deep Blue. He called from us from our distant planet and asked for our help. He apparently was stuck here through DNA I believe. However, we don't know what sorry human has his DNA. All I knew was that he was really starting to irritate me. Do this, do that! Sometimes I wondered if he could even help us. Guess I'll probably never know. I'm dead."
Ichigo looks back at the figure and now the mist is gone. Standing in Masaya's place is an alien. An alien with the same form and clothes as the Blue Knight but longer hair as Ichigo noticed from before. Like the Blue Knight, he has pale white skin or maybe even paler. His eyes are lighter like ice and his hair is jet black, like the dark shadows lurking in the corner of your bedroom late at night. Deep Blue looks at her and she gasps when his eyes pierce into hers. They send awful chills down her spin and she feels really, really scared.
"Mew Ichigo," he calls, his voice causing Ichigo's heart to beat faster and faster in fear. He lowers his upper body like a bow as he tells her, "Thank you." Both Flamiche and her are confused as he stands up straight. He explains, "If Masaya wasn't filled with anger, jealousy, and hatred, then I wouldn't have been able to come out now. I have you to thank for that but I will not spare you when the planet is annihilated. I am Deep Blue. I will become the ruler of this planet." Now Ichigo is really shocked. However, instead of feeling heartbroken like she ought to be, she takes this situation as a deep case of disbelief.
After Deep Blue did his greeting, he turns to the side where Flamiche is. The instant that Flamiche sees his eyes, he suddenly remembers that he is in the presence of his lord. He gets on his knees and bows. "Deep Blue-sama, at last you have shown us your natural form."
Then both Pai and Taruto appear through teleportation behind Flamiche. They look at him as Taruto yells, "Flamiche! What was that energy just now?!" Then they feel a cold chill down their spins. They look up and they see Deep Blue. His icy eyes stare at them. Their whole bodies flinch in surprise of his presences.
Flamiche orders in a husher tone, "Welcome your lord for he has finally awaken!" They look at him, surprised. Quickly they both bow to their lord on their knees.
Taruto tries to say, "I…well, umn…We've been waiting for you to wake up for a long time." Anyone can tell that he's terrified with his lord before him.
"We are deeply honored and grateful to see you at long last," Pai tells him, a bit calmer than Taruto but he does sound a bit uncomfortable with his lord's sudden appearance.
Deep Blue ignores their flaws and nods in their direction. Then he suddenly looks at Ichigo and raises his hand. His palm faces her and she only had little time to realize that he's paying attention to her before Deep Blue sends a blast at her. The blast aims at her at full speed but it hits the ground she's standing on. The aliens look at her in surprise of the sudden attack as she goes flying through the air.
"AAAAHHHH!!" she screams.
But instead of landing on the hard ground again, she feels strong arms catching her. Ichigo opens her eyes and looks up to see that she's in the arms of Mew Zakuro. They both land on the ground safely and she puts her down.
Ichigo tells her, "Zakuro, thank you."
"Ichigo!!"
Ichigo turns around and her friends, already transformed, runs up in front of her. She looks at them in surprise as they get in position to protect her. The other aliens stood up and they get ready to fight.
Pudding asks, "Who is that, na no da?!"
Lettuce mutters, "He's a bit scary."
"Whoever he is, he tried to hurt our friend," Mint yells. "He will not be forgiven!"
"No, don't!" Ichigo screams. Her friends look at her in confusion as she tells them, "Please don't hurt him! That's Masaya!"
Now her friends are surprise. "What?!" they asks.
But Flamiche tells her, "The human you know as Masaya no longer exists." They look at him as get explains. "Deep Blue-sama, the Blue Knight, and Masaya are one. The human and your protector were parts of Deep Blue-sama."
Zakuro asks, "Parts?"
"Correct," he answers. "Deep Blue-sama's DNA lived inside the human's for centuries and his spirit lived inside that DNA. When he tried to wake up, there was no medium for him to awaken. Until now only the closest to human of Deep Blue-sama's three spiritual body parts, Masaya and the Blue Knight, have appeared. Meanwhile, Deep Blue-sama's true spirit existed in an alternate dimension and called us here from our far off home planet. But now Deep Blue-sama has awakened. Now the other two spirits are no longer useful to Deep Blue and have been erased forever."
The Mew Mews are shocked beyond belief to hear that as Ichigo can hardly breathe. She heard these words before from Kisshu and as she hears these words again, they hurt like acid on an opened burning wound.
"No way," Ichigo mumbles before her legs gave out. She falls to the ground and her whole body is shaking with disbelief. Her friends turn to her in concern as she looks like she will crack. "Why?" she asks. "Why, Masaya? Why?"
"Because he hated you."
All but Ichigo's eyes turn to Deep Blue while her eyes only widen. Deep Blue adds, "You were a very naughty kitty, weren't you Mew Ichigo? Keeping secrets from the one person you swore never to hide anything ever again."
Mint asks, "What do you mean keeping secrets? Ichigo never hid anything from Masaya!"
Deep Blue slightly smirks as he notes, "How very interesting. You even hid things from your friends." Ichigo looks up at him with guilty eyes and then he points his fingers at her. Blue lightning shoots at her. The attack hits her and she goes flying pass her friends. She lands on the ground and rolls again. Her body screams in pain from her old wounds from her previous battles.
"Ichigo!" he friends call. Then they feel danger.
When they turn around, they see Flamiche, Pai, and Taruto charging at them to attack; Pai already has his fan, Taruto has his click-clack toy, and Flamiche has no weapon. The girls dodge their attacks and it appears that they are fighting these aliens as Deep Blue walks towards Ichigo. When he got closer, Ichigo slowly and painfully tries to get up. She's panting from the pain and sweat is tickling down the side of her face. Her uniform is torn and dirtied from the impacts of the alien attacks and the ground.
"I'm sorry, Masaya," she tells him. She stands up and holds her left arm with her right hand. Deep Blue continues to stare at her as she tells him, "I am so sorry I kept secrets from you. I loved you and I thought that I could tell you everything no matter what it was, but I couldn't. Even though he is dead, Kisshu was never gone. He was here, still with me and how could I tell you that. I couldn't even tell my most precious friends. I am ashamed and I am sorry. I'm so sorry."
"You said 'loved'," Deep Blue points out. Ichigo's eyes widen and her breath is cut short. "However," he starts, his hand holding an electric blast, "your words mean nothing to me now. They're worthless." He aims the attack at her and she goes flying when the hits her. She screams again.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
Hearing her scream, her friends turn to her just in time to see Ichigo hit a tree and slide down to the ground, now having very little strength to get up right away. Deep Blue continues to keep his eyes on her.
"Ichigo!!"
Her friends tried to run towards their friend to save her but they get distracted again from the other aliens. Taruto, Pai, and Flamiche send energy blasts at them and the blasts hits the ground before them to stop them from running.
Taruto yells, "Your fight is with us!!"
"Taru-Taru!!" Pudding calls. Taruto looks at her as she pleads, "Please, let me help my sister, na no da!! She'll die, na no da!"
"That's the idea, you stupid monkey!" Taruto yells back. For the first time, Pudding flinches at his words and looks deeply hurt by them. Taruto's eyes widen when he sees that, especially when her eyes glossen and tears threaten to fall from her eyes.
"Please, Taru-Taru!" she pleads, even louder. "Please, na no da!" Taruto just stares and now Pudding is sniffling.
An energy blast heads for her and she gasps from its sudden appearance. Taruto is surprise to see it too but he just watches as Pudding was able to get out of the way in time. He turns to where the blast came from and he sees Flamiche glaring at him. "Don't get distracted!" he yells.
Taruto lowers his head, trying not to look in his eyes. "I…" he hesitates. That causes more anger to burn in Flamiche's eyes. It didn't take long until Flamiche hits Taruto. Pai gasps as Taruto heads for the hard ground below him. Pudding sees her friend crashing into the ground.
"Taru-Taru!!" she calls.
Flamiche flies down to Taruto and he appears to be conscious but hurt from the impact of Flamiche's hit. Flamiche showed no mercy as he walks in front of Taruto and grabs his shirt. "Do you want my brother's death to be in vain?! Because I will not allow it! If you jeopardize this mission, you will see my brother sooner than you think!" Taruto's eyes were already wide when Flamiche mentioned Kisshu. Everyone was surprise that Flamiche is angry enough to threaten his comrade, and a kid at that! Taruto is close to tears but not out of fear of Flamiche's threat, out of guilt.
Ichigo heard Flamiche's words.
'Kisshu…' she thinks, seeing his smile and feeling the warmth on his lips.
"Come out, come out, where ever you."
Hearing her, all eyes go to Ichigo. Even the fighting stops as she tries to push herself into a sitting position. She continues to sing where she is, her voice loud and her words slow. "I know you're here, you can't hide from me." The aliens and the mews are confused of how could she be singing at a time like this as Deep Blue summons a sword that was once wielded by the Blue Knight. He lifts it up and a round blue blast appears to grow at the tip. Her friends got scared real fast.
"Ichigo, get out of there now!!" Mint screams.
But she didn't listen. She's still just sitting there as she finishes the song and Deep Blue swings his sword down to send the attack at her. "Come out, come out, where ever you are…"
The sword is swung and the attack heads right for Ichigo. She gasps and looks up to see the attack coming at her. It's big, about the same size as she is now sitting down. She doesn't have the energy to get up and dodge it. She's a sitting duck and the attack appears to be powerful.
"Ichigo-san!!"
"Ichigo onee-chan!!"
"Ichigo!!"
Her friends' cries could do nothing to stop it. Right when the blast was going to hit her, Ichigo screams out a name.
"KISSHU!!!!"
Block
Flamiche's eyes widen again in pure shock as he stares at the barrier protecting Ichigo and the attack that was blocked. The attack fades away and like last time, for one moment Flamiche sees his little brother standing in front of Ichigo, protecting here.
Right before Flamiche could no longer see him, he sees Kisshu smirk and his eyes are on Deep Blue.
"Here I am!"
