HELLO TOKYO MEW MEW FANS! Why am I screaming? I don't know! Time to get down to business. This one takes place at the end of episode 44 and through episode 45.
Chapter Nine: No More Secrets
All six mew mews started into what seemed to be some sort of forest. There were cars and stuff that had roots growing through them. There were also buildings that had trees growing through them. "Talk about 'forest life', I think…" Momo said.
"I know that place!" Pudding said looking at one of the buildings. "It's a famous toy shop!"
"Really?" Momo looked around. "So, why would this part of the city be covered with so many trees?"
"Remember, this is the alien's doing." She looked at Zakuro and nodded.
"I know that, but…" Her ears started to twitch. "What the hell?"
Pudding's ears started twitching too. "A suspicious sound!"
"A Kimera Anima!" A giant bug came out of nowhere. Everyone shrieked. Momo quickly hit it with her left fan.
"That was scary!" Lettuce was still quivering.
"What was THAT?!" Ichigo yelled.
"A huge fly!" Pudding answered.
"It wasn't that tough." Momo was wiping the guts off her fan. "But really messy." Everyone just looked at her and were surprised she wasn't afraid.
"That means not only the plants but the insects got bigger too." Lettuce said, feeling concerned, Even Zakuro was scared.
"What was that?" Zakuro asked. Another giant bug came for them. Momo sliced it in two. The others almost fainted.
"I'll protect you." She wiped off her fan. "Man, you guys really get scared easily."
They kept walking on. They ran into some bugs and Momo exterminated them and they would press on and the process would go on and on. They had finally reached a tree and something was glowing inside it.
"That's the Mew Aqua?" Ichigo wondered.
"It's huge!" Pudding exclaimed.
"Looks like something is wrong." Zakuro said.
"I'll agree with you on that." Momo said in response.
"I wonder if it's real…?" Lettuce wondered.
"And we have to bring it with us? Aw man." Momo sighed. "This is gonna be a pain in the ass."
Masha popped up out of nowhere. "Ichigo, the aliens!"
"CRAP!" A bolt of lightning came from nowhere. "Watch out!"
Tart and Pai were in the tree in front of them. "Hehe, too bad." Tart snickered.
"YOU!" Momo screamed when she stood up. She felt a large pain in her leg.
"Momo onee-san! Are you OK?" Her leg was hit by Pai's attack.
"I'm fine. I can still fight." She regained her balance.
"This time we'll get the Mew Aqua!" Pai said.
"Yup, that's how it is." Tart added.
"I won't let you!" Zakuro attacked them but missed.
"Fuu Rai Sen!" Pai sent another lightning attack at them. They put up a shield.
"Tart, Pai! We won't let you have the Mew Aqua!" Ichigo screamed.
"Don't underestimate up!" Tart was really mad. He fused a Kimera Anima with the tree.
"No way! Is that possible?" Momo yelled. "The Mew Aqua…" She aimed her fans at the monster. "RIBBON PEACH TORNADO!" But it just bounced off. "What?"
"What have you done? This might be the Mew Aqua. How could you turn it into a Kimera Anima?" Momo stared at Pai. MIGHT be?
"We can do something about that later." The Kimera Anima released something from its leaves.
"CRAP!" They prepared themselves for the worst. But nothing happened.
"What just happened?" Pudding asked.
"I don't feel any different." Momo felt just fine.
"Same here." Ichigo said.
"Strange, he seems so powerful, but…" Before Zakuro could continue, Lettuce fainted. "LETTUCE!"
"What just-" Mint fainted next. "MINT-CHAN!" Then Pudding.
"What's going on?" Ichigo questioned.
"This is bad." Momo said. She looked up at Pai and Tart. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"
"I know the oxygen in the air is necessary for humans," Pai began "but if the oxygen concentration is too high, they can't live."
Zakuro fell next. "What'll we do now?" Ichigo turned to Momo.
"I'm not sure." The Kimera Anima started picking them up and throwing them around. "THIS REALLY SUCKS!" Momo and Ichigo were the only ones left.
"Don't push yourselves ladies." Tart started taunting. "Even standing is difficult for you, right? Go ahead and fall down already!" Momo almost collapsed but held herself up.
"NO!" Her eyes started glowing slightly. "There's no way I'll lose to you! There's no way I'll let this world fall! The Mew Aqua won't belong to YOU!" Suddenly she was surrounded by flames.
"Momo-chan?" Ichigo became scared.
"As long as I'm here, you won't have this planet!" She aimed her fans at the tree. "RIBBON FLAME TORNADO!" The entire tree was in blue flames. All the mew mews were released. Ryo came out of nowhere and ran up to Ichigo. The Blue Knight also appeared. He stopped Momo before she had done much more. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
"MOMO-CHAN!" She heard Ryo's voice and the flames disappeared. She looked back and forth between the Blue Knight and Ryo.
"Now this…is…" Momo fainted. The amount of power she released was a little much. The Blue Knight disappeared. The Kimera Anima wasn't gone yet.
"Ichigo! Attack it!" Ichigo nodded and prepared her attack.
"RIBBON STRAWBERRY SURPRISE!"
The Kimera Anima disappeared. Momo woke up moments later. "Are you alright?" Pudding was the only one who stayed since everyone else was scared that she was still, well…
"I'm fine." She sat up. "That's the third time I saw those flames."
"So, it's happened before?" Pudding tilted her head slightly.
"Yea, six years ago and the day before my birthday." She looked to see if she was burnt. "They seem to react with my feelings of anger and sorrow. When I have too much of these emotions, the energy is released. The worst of it is, I can't control it."
"Do you know it you CAN control it." She shook her head.
"I wish it was that simple." She looked back at Pudding who had concern written all over her face. "But don't worry. Everything's fine now. It's over for now."
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Kish was blissfully playing with the Mew Aqua he got from Momo. He still hasn't told Pai or Tart about it yet. "I never knew she had such power." He heard Pai and Tart talking some ways away.
"That was strange! Maybe there could be a way to harness it and use it to our advantage." Tart said.
"There must be a way. She isn't like the others, there's no doubt about that." Kish's eyes widened. "We have to capture her and extract that power from-" Kish pushed him over.
"Hey! Why'd you do-" He glared at Tart.
"I know who you're talking about!" They both stared at him for a moment. "If you ever try to hurt her, I'll destroy you both!" He seemed really mad.
"Geez, we weren't going to hurt her, we just wanted that energy of hers." Tart said in defense.
"I DON'T CARE! DON'T EVER TOUCH HER!" He stormed off.
"What's his deal about that girl?" Tart wondered. Pai squinted a little in his direction.
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Momo started looking through some of her recipe books. "Maybe this kind, or this kind." She was looking for chocolate recipes since Valentines was coming. "Here!" She stopped at a certain recipe. "Lets see, hmm…I could probably make some changes to it."
"Momo-chan!" Momo jumped a little and her ears almost popped out when her manager burst in. "What are you doing?"
"I'm looking at recipes." He walked over to her and looked at the recipe she chose.
"You're gonna make that?"
"Yes." She was starting to get irritated. "I'm gonna make this."
"Who's it for?" She blushed a little.
"It's for my friends." She lied; she was going to make it for Kish. "I wanted to thank them for always being there for me." Sort of.
"Ok, I'll just leave you alone." He walked out the door. She sighed.
"Man, that was close. If he figured out I had a boyfriend he's start badgering me about him." That has happened before. Momo met this boy in a bookstore when she was looking for manga and they met and talked for a while and they left. He kept stalking her for a while and her manager thought she had a boyfriend and started being a royal pain. "I'll never live that down." She took out a peach printed apron from her rack and put it on. She rolled up her sleeves and got to work.
She roasted up some marshmallows till they turned golden brown. She then cut it open slightly and started making a space on the inside and filled it in with dark, milk, and white chocolate. She sealed the bottoms and dipped the marshmallows into more chocolate. "Those changes are really turning out to be really good." The original recipe wasn't really like what she had on paper. She placed each individual marshmallow that had been dipped already on a small tray with wax paper and stuffed them in the freezer. She found a heart shaped box resting on the table and examined it. "This one will do." She looked at the clock and it was REALLY late. "I guess I could continue tomorrow." She put most of the stuff aside and walked to her bedroom.
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The next day she decided to visit Café Mew Mew before she continued with her project. "Hi everyone!" Surprisingly, there weren't any customers.
"Hey Momo-san." Lettuce was the first to greet her. "What brings you here today?"
"I thought I would drop by and say hello. What's everyone up to?" She asked while she still had a smile before Ryo would come in and started getting on her nerves.
"Ichigo is making chocolate for Aoyama-san." Momo sighed.
"Yea, I figured she would." She put one hand behind her head. "Any success?"
"None so far. She did make something but it didn't turn out right." Lettuce said.
"I see. And how's everyone else?"
"Alright." She smiled. "Momo-san, about what happened during the last fight…"
"Don't worry Lettuce-chan." She tried to help her stop worrying. "That won't happen again. Trust me." Lettuce smiled and nodded. Momo couldn't guarantee that it won't happen but all she had to do was keep from going off the deep end. "I should probably get going. Valentines Day is getting closer." She made her way for the door. "Remember, don't tell Ryo about me and Kish."
"I won't." Momo smiled as she walked through the doors and headed home.
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She finished the chocolates later that evening. "There we go." She tried to arrange them so they'd all fit in the box. "I guess I made too many. Oh well." She covered the box and sealed it with a white ribbon. "I can't wait to give these to him." She stuck the box in the fridge to keep them from melting. She turned the lights off in the kitchen and walked to the TV room. She turned on her giant TV and plugged in a karaoke machine and played a particular song, Melodies of Life:
Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of life--love's lost refrain
Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye
And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold
In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me
Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life,
To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond
So far and away, see the bird as it flies by
Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky
I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings
Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings
In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me?
Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind?
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life,
To the sky beyond the flying birds--forever and beyond
If I should leave this lonely world behind
Your voice will still remember our melody
Now I know we'll carry on
Melodies of life
Come circle round and grow deep in our hearts
As long as we remember
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Kish was outside her window and heard her sing the song. "It's been a long time since you sang that, hasn't it?" He decided he was going to pay her a surprise visit tomorrow.
Morning had finally come. "Valentines always seem to come and go so fast, I hope today it lasts a little longer." She took the box of chocolates out of the fridge and put them into a bag. I hope he likes them. She walked out the door and started down the street. She didn't know where she was going to find him but she could at least try.
"Ohayo Momo-chan!" Momo heard someone call her name and her leopard ears popped out. She looked upwards and to her left and saw Kish standing on top of a building. "You know, this is the same place I first met Ichigo." He jumped down and landed right in front of her. "I haven't seen you in a while."
"I haven't seen you in a while either." She said smiling. Happy Valentines Day!" Kish tilted his head. "It's a holiday for couples." Kish smirked.
"Is that so?" Momo nodded.
"I made you chocolate." She took out the box and held it out. "I made them for you."
"Aw, you're so sweet." She didn't mind if he teased her a little bit. "You're too good of a person Momo-chan." She blushed a little bit. Soon, her smile went away. "What's wrong?"
"Can I talk to you about something?" Kish looked a little surprised.
"Sure." They started walking towards a small alley way and sat down.
"I've been thinking about this whole mew mew thing…"
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Ichigo started walking by when she heard Momo's voice. "…I'm not sure if I want to keep doing this." Her cat ears popped up and she hid herself quickly. She was a little ways away from where they were. What's Momo-chan talking about?
"I don't want to keep fighting anymore." She hugged her knees and kept her eyes fixed on his. "I don't think I can handle being a mew mew much longer." Kish's eyes started to look sympathizing.
"What will you do if you won't be a mew mew? You said that until this is over you'd keep fighting, right?" She was impressed that he remembered this.
"Yea, but I don't know how much more I can take. Your people use to live here on this planet but humans took it away from you. I know I'm suppose to fight for the humans, but I can't take this much longer!" She started to cry a tiny bit. Kish put one hand on her back.
"Momo-chan, what if you came with me?" She looked at him with wide eyes. Ichigo was caught off guard herself. "Come with me and I'll take you someplace where you don't have to fight anymore. It'll just be you and me." Her eyes started to sparkle a little.
"No more…fighting…at all?" She was hoping that she was hearing all this right.
"That's right, Momo-chan." She almost started to smile. Kish then wrapped both arms around her and hugged her. "Come with me and you don't have to fight anymore." His words sounded promising. Momo slowly nodded.
"I will."
"MOMO!" Ichigo appeared in the entrance of the alley and was really pissed. "How could you!? You promised to protect the Earth to the end and you say you're leaving!?" Ichigo's words began to scare her, and Ichigo's younger than her (well, Momo's a pretty sensitive person, kind of)! "She's not going with you!" Kish stood up and walked toward her.
"Is that so?" One of his dragon swords appeared in his hand. "She will come with me, no matter what." Momo listened to his voice and it started to sound a little scary. "If you're going to keep her here when I'm letting her come with me of free will, I won't let you do that. I WON'T LOSE HER AGAIN!" This struck multiple nerves inside her mind. Ichigo started to run away and Kish followed her.
"This isn't good!" She quickly came after them. Ichigo ran to what seemed to be an abandoned warehouse (like in the anime), she was completely out of breath. Kish started to approach her. She took out her pendant and kissed it.
"MEW MEW STRAWBERRY! METAMORPHO-" Kish knocked the pendant from her hand.
"I'll keep this." He said catching it with his other hand. Ichigo couldn't use her powers. "You and those mew mews are the only other obstacle keeping Momo and I from being together. I won't leave her again. MOMO'S MINE!" He prepared to attack her when…
"Leave Ichigo alone!" Masaya had arrived just in time. Momo arrived shortly after but stayed out of range.
"Aoyama-kun!" Ichigo was happy to see him but was afraid he would get hurt. "Aoyama-kun, run away! It's dangerous!" Masaya took a moment to catch his breath.
"Ichigo, I won't run away." Momo tugged on his jacket sleeve.
"Masaya, you don't know what you doing." Ichigo was surprised she knew his first name.
"Yes I do."
"But Aoyama-kun, you could get hurt!" Masaya only smiled.
"I'm not scared. I want to protect you, Ichigo." Momo remembered what the Blue Knight would always say to Ichigo. I was born to protect you… It can't be!
"Fine! I'll finish you first!" Kish created an electric orb that he would use on Masaya. But Ichigo pushed him and he missed.
"Aoyama-kun!" Masaya was scraped on his arm. He started to glow with a blue light surrounding him.
"I knew it!" Momo screamed out. "Masaya's the Blue Knight!" Ichigo couldn't believe her ears, but it was true. Masaya became the Blue Knight.
"That's right. I can't forgive anyone who tries to hurt Ichigo. I'll protect her, even at the cost of my life." Momo looked at Kish and saw he was even angrier than with just Ichigo.
"So you're going to keep Momo away from me too?" He was mad. "Then you will die!" He came at the Blue Knight and they started banging their swords at each other. "Momo is mine! I'm going to take her with me!"
"I can't allow that." Momo watched the fight from her little spot but wanted to run away. He saw Masaya swing his blade a few times and cut Kish on his cheek.
"KISH-KUN!" He disappeared for a moment then came back. "Kish-kun, are you OK?"
"I'm fine Momo-chan." She didn't want him to get hurt. The Blue Knight jumped up and knocked Kish into the ground.
"KISH-KUN!" Ichigo never heard her call him that before, ever. She ran over to him and knelt down beside him.
"I'm fine." He repeated. The other mew mews arrived just in time.
"Ichigo! Momo! Are you alright?" Mint asked. Ichigo nodded and Momo nodded. Ryo looked at Momo.
"What are you doing?" Momo said nothing.
"You still haven't one yet." Kish said. "MOMO'S MINE!" He created another orb and sent it at the Blue Knight. He was hit directly and was blown back.
"AOYAMA-KUN!" Ichigo screamed. Everyone was a little off guard.
"Did she say…" Mint began "…the Blue Knight was Aoyama-kun?"
"She did." Lettuce replied.
"We have to help!" Pudding yelled.
"Wait!" Ryo stopped them.
"I offered to bring her someplace safe, where she would never have to fight again! But you won't let her go! She wanted to come but you all keep her here. Your no different from her parents!" Momo's eyes grew wide. He was right; her parents never let her have any freedom at all. The mew mews were practically doing the same. "I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO HER AGAIN!" He came at Masaya and started attacking him. He dropped Ichigo's pendant. She quickly grabbed it and transformed.
"RIBBON STRAWBERRY SURPRISE!" He turned around but couldn't react fast enough to dodge it.
"KISH-KUN!" Momo screamed and tears started pouring from her eyes. Masaya sent him into the broken building and sent something to make the walls collapse. Momo took her pendant and transformed. She ran over to the building before it gave away. The flames returned to her.
"RIBBON FLAME TORNADO!" A giant sphere of wind and blue fire surrounded Kish and herself. The wind began to break apart the walls and roof. When the tornado disappeared they were unharmed.
"Momo-chan?" Ichigo blurted out. Everyone could see the tears that were streaming down her face. Ryo looked confused and mad.
"MOMO! Why would you protect HIM! He's the enemy!" She smiled slightly.
"Because, I love him." He was in shock. "Ryo, I've known him since I was little. I've loved him for that long. When we were separated I ran away from home just to find him. I made a promise to myself that I would find him and protect him with my life." He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He turned away.
"Fine, do what you want." She thought he was going to scold her even more. "We don't need someone like you." Momo looked at the ground.
"You're saying she's worthless to you?" Kish spat at Ryo. "She's saved your sorry ass more than once and you never give her a break. You don't know how this affects her like I do."
"Kish." He took both her hands in his own.
"Momo-chan, I promised that when I found you, I'd make sure we would stay together this time. I won't lose the one I love." Momo started to smile again. "Do you still want to come with me?" Momo nodded.
"I do. But right now, we need to finish what we started. So I'll have to stay here a little longer." He smiled and sat up.
"I understand. When this battle is over, you and I will leave here together." She nodded showing she agreed. He leaned over and kissed her on her cheek. "I'll see you later then, Momo-chan."
"Ok." He disappeared. Momo stood up and turned towards her friends. Once more, her smile was gone. "Everyone, I'm going to say this only once so listen carefully. I'm not going to fight form the sake of the world now; I'm going to make our dream come true. I've spent more than half of my life dreaming of the day we would be together. If anyone gets in my way…" she glared at all five of them "…then I'll destroy you!" She jumped out of sight.
"Momo onee-chan." Pudding almost started crying.
"Don't start feeling sympathy for her." Ryo hissed. "Mew mew or not, you can't trust her. Be on you guard." Pudding clenched her fists.
"I WON'T FIGHT MOMO ONEE-CHAN! I won't fight her, she's been through too much pain already!" Pudding was the only one who knew the whole story.
Momo went back to the alley since she left the chocolate there. "He didn't get to have any-" When she lifted the box it felt lighter. She opened it up and all the chocolates were gone and there was a note instead:
Your cooking improved since you were a kid
I didn't have time to stay and share them with you
But you understand. I won't give up on you
Momo-chan.
There was no other name on it but she knew whom it was from. "I'm glad." She put the box back in the bag and headed for home.
YAY! The chappy is done! I know I already posted one today but I just HAD to put this one up ASAP! It's so cute! huggles Kish plushie I'll see ya later! Please review!