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WARNING: There will more than likely be mistakes and errors in here.

Chapter 10:

A Mew's Best Friend

"You're only going to work on Fridays?" Eliot repeated for the nth time, making sure he heard her right.

"Yes," Amaya nodded yet again.

"Why?" he asked, folding his arms.

"I'm sorry but that's none of your business," she replied, keeping a straight face. "I have my schedule, and thats the only time I can fit in working here."

"Surely you can come up with some other day to work," he pressed.

"You said yourself I can work when its the most convenient and doesn't clash with what I have planned," she said.

"But only one day?" he asked, socking an eyebrow.

"Like I said, none of your business," she said, standing up. "I'll be leaving now."

"The Halloween Party is on Sunday," Eliot huffed, folding his arms. "I expect to see you there. It is after all an employee event as well as one for customers."

"...We'll see," she hesitated, turning toward the door.

"Would you like to take some cookies with you?" Wesley offered, coming into the dinning room. Amaya looked at him, then down at the platter of Halloween shaped sugar cookies. She felt a pang in her stomach, and didn't want to be rude, so she took a few.

"Thank you," she half-smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Of course," Wesley nodded.

"Why only one day?" Eliot asked again when she left.

"She could be really busy with stuff," Wesley shrugged, biting one of his cookies shaped like a pumpkin.

"Doing what kind of stuff?" He asked, lifting an eyebrow in reflexive curiosity.

"Things that aren't any of your business," his friend grinned childishly. "Don't be so serious. I'm sure she's got good reasons for not being able to work a lot. Shouldn't that make you happy though? Not having to pay another employee a lot? It's more money we're saving."

"With the money this place is hauling in, I doubt we need to worry about saving," Eliot sighed in annoyance. "I'm going to work on the program."

"Still trying to find out what's wrong?" Wesley asked, following close behind, munching on cookies as he went.

"And why wouldn't I?" he asked, moving into the kitchen.

"MMMM!" MAL greeted ecstatically, landing on Wesley's shoulder.

"Want a cookie?" he offered humbly.

"LLL!" She chimed giddily, grabbing a ghost shaped cookie.

"You won't find anything that I already have," Wesley sighed, watching his friend descend the stairs determinedly. "There's nothing we can do! Maybe when we find the 12th, we can try for a 13th!"

"We won't have time," Eliot grumbled, disappearing into the darkness.

\NMM/

"I've out done myself today," Tiffany chimed, strutting down the sidewalk, her arms filled with shopping bags(as usual). She'd cut school a little early, decided to hit the street of very expensive clothing stores with sales, and actually got some good deals. She managed to get two shoes pairs of shoes for $100, a cute new purse for $150, plus many other things that weren't on sale, but she had to have. She could help but pa,per herself with the money she got for her allowance. She didn't have anything else to use thew money for, so why not spend it all on the latest fashions?

Feeling her stomach growl, she headed to find someplace with vegetarian food on the menu. She hadn't eaten meat in years. She stopped when she realized she was eating other living animals. She liked animals, and felt like a cannibal eating other things that were once alive, so she became a vegetarian.

Turning the corner, a restaurant that served people outside came into view, and she stopped dead when she saw him sitting at one of the tables. Its Kotona's brother, she said silently. What's his name? Sheral? Shero? Shieru! That's it. What's he doing? She crept closer, and saw he looked depressed. His eyes were out of focus, staring down at his half eaten burger and untouched fries as he stirred his straw around subconsciously. He looks upset, she thought, stating the obvious. Maybe he needs some Tiffany charm to perk him up. Probably just had an off day at school. She tiptoed across the street, and traveled past the restaurant, then cross back and back tracked so she could come up from behind him.

"Hey sexy," she chimed, sticking her head over his shoulder.

"Holy-!" Shieru gasped, nearly falling off his seat.

"Sorry did I startle you?" Tiffany giggled lightly, standing up straight again.

"Oh, it's only you," he replied in a board tone and turned back to his untouched food. Only me?, Tiffany repeated silently, feeling like she was just slapped in the face.

"Of course its me," she smiled, pretending the comment didn't hurt her, and sat herself across from him. He only raised an eyebrow questioningly, but didn't object. Placing her bags on either side of Tiffany, she folded her hands on her lap and smiled. Shieru only blinked at her awkwardly.

"Um, do you want some of my food?" he offered, after a few more moments of awkward silence.

"Uh, sure," she hesitated, taking only one fry, and nibbled it.

"Is that seriously all your going to take?" he asked, looking at her disapprovingly.

"What do you expect?" she snapped. "Do you know how greasy things are?"

"Which means they contain a lot of fat right?" he asked.

"And carbs," she added, swallowing the last of the little fry.

"Uh huh," he nodded, resting his chin on his hand. "What brings you here?"

"Shopping," Tiffany beamed. "I love shopping."

"If you had a little dog, you could pull off that stereotypical girly girl look," Shieru mused, his depressing air disappearing.

"I don't like dogs, I'm more of a cat person," she sighed. "Plus My mom's allergic to animals, so I can't have any."

"You know people who are allergic can get over their allergies by getting use to being around a pet?" he said, twiddling with the straw of his milk shake.

"And I care because....?" she asked, waving her hand.

"Just throwing it out there," he shrugged. "Two people like us don't have much to talk about anyways."

"Sure we do," she said defiantly.

"What is there then?" he asked, leaning forward in interest.

"Well...," she tapped her finger on her chin in thought. He looked at her intently as she seriously spent time trying to think of something they could talk about. Man, the Guide should have a section on finding stuff you have in common with boys, she thought, feeling her head starting to hurt from the strain.

"Okay, I can't think of anything," she sighed in defeat, "but I also don't know a lot about you, so I can't really say if we ever will have stuff to talk about."

"True," he nodded. "All I know about you is that you is what my sister tells me."

"And what's that?" she asked tilting her head.

"That you're crazy," he grinned.

"I'm not crazy," she scoffed, flipping her curls over her shoulder.

"That's how my sister reports," he shrugged. "I believe what she tells me, and from what I've seen."

"So you have been checking me out," she grinned flirtatiously.

"No, but you did show up on my front porch," he replied.

"And what is that suppose to show?" she asked.

"That you're obsessive," Shieru shrugged, leaning back.

"I am not a stalker," Tiffany gasped. "We were walking Kotona home. A nice gesture on my part."

"With no hidden gain?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"I actually didn't even think of it like that until your house came into view," she sighed. "I'll admit I'm not the sharpest bulb in the drawer." Shieru tried stifling a laugh.

"What?" she demanded. "I wasn't even trying to be funny."

"Sorry, its nothing," he chuckled, smiling. His smile didn't last long, it soon faded and he stared down at the table, that depressed air around him again.

"Why are you so down?" she asked, sounding exasperated. "It's such a beautiful day out, school's finally over and I found sales today."

"I don't wanna talk about it," he sighed, twirling his straw again. "Especially not with you."

"Well I don't see anyone else around who's willing to listen," she snapped, holding her arms out.

"You're willing to listen?" he asked hesitantly.

"Yes, but I sometimes do zone out," she admitted. "So if it can be summed up in once sentence, I'd advise using it when talking to me." Shieru didn't reply at first, but Tiffany sat there patiently, twiddling her thumbs, hoping he'd say something.

"My girlfriend broke up with me," he finally replied, not looking at her. She blinked. She wasn't sure how to respond. The majority of her wanted her to jump up and down in victory, and snatch him as her own, but there was a small part of her that felt....bad. She felt bad that he got dumped. What girl in her right mind would want to dump him? Well she must have gotten bored obviously, but that wasn't the point. She was feeling bad, and for a guy of all people. She was use to being there for her heart-broken friends(who were all girls), but she'd never witness a guy suffering from a break up. It made him seem more....normal.

"You should try ice cream," she suggested, not really sure what else to say. "And chocolate really does make you feel better when you're depressed." Shieru looked up at her confused.

"Is that it?" he asked.

"Is what it?" she asked, looking confused.

"No, 'That's such awesome news!', or 'Now you're single you wanna go out?', or-"

"Okay I get it," she snapped cutting him off. "I'm not that heartless."

"Sometimes you can act brainless," he mumbled to himself.

"Excuse me?" she asked, narrowing her eyes threateningly.

"Um, nothing," he replied, averting his eyes. They fell into silence, and Tiffany fidgeted in her seat as her stomach growled.

"Why don't you take more," he pressed sliding his basket of fries toward her. "I'm not gonna eat anymore."

"I don't want to," she snapped, sliding it back. "And why aren't you going to eat the rest of it?" He only shook his head at her, looking annoyed. She made a face. She did feel bad for him though, and wondered what she could do to make him feel a little better. To make her friends feel better she often did things she normally wouldn't do. When Chie's cat died, Tiffany wore a striped shirt with a plaid skirt(something she'd never do) and it made her laugh. What could I do write now that could make him laugh? she wondered, wracking her brain for an answer. She actually sat there for 2 whole minutes before it finally hit her.

Ewwww, she thought, eying the burger. He's a guy. Maybe it won't make him laugh. This is such a stupid idea. Still he showed no signs of starting up another conversation. What better than "I can't believe I just ate that meat" as an icebreaker? Sucking in a breath, she reached over and took the burger, and shoved it in her mouth before Shieru even realized what she was doing.

"What?" Shieru said, staring at her wide-eyed when she ripped off a piece and began to chew it. She took in a startled gasp from the taste, and began to choke.

"Here, here!" Shieru frantically shoved the milk shake at her. She took it and downed almost the entire thing. She sighed again, glad her throat was clear.

"Was it really that gross?" Shieru asked. Tiffany looked down at the rest of the burger then up at him, and smiled.

"It tastes awesome!" she shouted. "This is truly the best thing I've ever eaten!" Shieru only stared at her wide-eyed as she finished the rest of the burger.

"Hey, you!" she called, grabbing the waiter by his sleeve as he walked by. "I want three more of these. And the biggest sized milk shake you got."

"Yes ma'am," he nodded, looking surprised.

"You really like it?" Shieru smiled.

"I do! I do!" Tiffany beamed. "I haven't had meat in....wow, so long. I forgot how good it actually tastes. Wow, it worked."

"What did?" he asked.

"I got you to smile," she grinned.

"You did that....to make me smile?"

"Yeah," she nodded. "And it worked. I feel so accomplished." The waiter returned then with her burgers and milk shake, and she didn't hesitate to dig in.

\NMM/

"You're late," Kita accused, tapping her foot impatiently when Aneeta and Jeremy walked into the school.

"No, we still have a minute before we're suppose to be here," Aneeta pointed out with a smile.

"This is Aneeta we're talking about," Jeremy chuckled, wrapping his arm around her waist. "She'd never be late for anything."

"She was late for your date," Kita grinned.

"We both were," Aneeta replied, still blushing slightly. Kita only laughed, before jumping in excitement.

"You guys have to come see this!" She shouted. "It's so awesome! Jay is sooooooooo lucky!"

"What happened?" Aneeta asked, feeling more worried than excited.

"Come, come!" Kita shouted, grabbing Aneeta's hand and yanking her away and down the hall. Jeremy only laughed and followed.

"What is the hurry?" Aneeta demanded, unable to pull herself from the younger Mew's grip. "Is it that important?"

"It's very important," she grinned. "I hope you say yes."

"To what?" she asked, but her question was answered once they stepped inside the gym. A man dressed up like her was from an animal shelter was talking to the school's principal, and on the end of the leash he was holding was the fluffiest dog Aneeta had ever seen. An Old English Sheepdog. Its fur was white and grey, and stuck out in every direction possible, its eyes were even covered by its bushy hair. And attached to the dogs next was Jay. His arms were rapped around his neck, and burying his face in his soft fur.

"Here she is," Kita announced, dragging Aneeta over. The principal and the man turned to her, but before they could say anything, Jay was hugging her and shouting.

"Please please please please please please?!?!" he begged. "Pleeeeeeease can we keep him?"

"Um, what's even going on?" she demanded, blinking in bewilderment.

"This is Daisuke Jin," the principal introduced. "He's from the local humane society."

"I came here to interest kids and their in adopting animals," he explained. "We're running out of room, but we try our best to accommodate all the animals we can. I brought Makoto here to help warm up to the kids." The dog barked at the sound of his name, and walked forward to sniff Aneeta curiously.

"Hi there," she smiled, ruffling the fur on his head. "What does that have to do with Jay keeping him?"

"We had a school wide draw, and whoever's name was picked, would get Makoto free of charge," Daisike explained.

"And my name was picked!" Jay shouted, beaming with excitement, "and Makoto really loves me. Please can we keep him?"

"Does he need shots?" Jeremy had finally joined them, and reached between Kita and Aneeta to pet the excited dog.

"He's had all his shots, he's been checked for any illnesses, and has perfect health," Daisuke nodded.

"I say keep him," Jeremy shrugged.

"Yay!" Jay cheered, jumping up and down.

"Hey, I have the final say," Aneeta interrupted, holding him down by his shoulders. "Well mom and dad do, but they let me make a lot of decisions."

"Awww," Jay pouted. "Pleeeeeeeeeeease?"

"We have to pay for supplies and stuff," she reminded him. "Like food, toys, a bed, grooming supplies."

"You've got a job," he protested.

"Yeah, but-"

"I could chip in," Jeremy offered.

"What?" Aneeta and Jay shouted in unison.

"I said I could chip in," he repeated, shrugging. "I could by him toys or something. No big deal."

"Really?" Jay grinned, practically bursting with excitement.

"You don't have to do that," Aneeta insisted. "We can pay for everything, I mean, if we keep him."

"If?" Jay whined. "Come on Neeta!

"Don't come on Neeta me," she sighed, trying to think it over. It would be kind of nice having a pet in the house, but he'd require a lot of attention, and he'd probably make a mess of the house, then she'd spend her time after school cleaning.

"He's properly trained not to make a mess of the house," Daisuke spoke as if reading her mind, "but he's more of a outside dog anyways, so as long as you have a nice backyard, he should be okay."

"Pleeeeeeease," Jay begged, actually falling to his knees. "Please please please?"

"Fine," Aneeta sighed.

"THANK YOU!" Jay screamed, hugging her tightly. "Thank you thank you thank you!" Makoto barked, feeling the excitement.

"You're going to come home with me boy," Jay grinned, hugging his new friend. "This is going to be so much fun."

"Yes, it is," Aneeta sighed again.

\NMM/

"How's the homework coming?" Kotona's dad asked, sticking his head into her room.

"Just fine," she sighed, twiddling her pencil between her fingers. Her father had gotten her some advanced math work books, and she had to complete 10 pages everyday. For todays count, she was on page 2, and had spent well over on them because she didn't feel like doing them. Being forced to do homework was no fun. She liked doing the small amount she got from school, but her dad always had to magnify it by large degrees, ruining the fun.

"When you're finished those you can start an essay," he suggested.

"Another one?" she gasped, looking up at him in disbelief. "I just did one last week."

"Doing another will improve your writing skills," he said, narrowing his eyes. "Which you need a lot of work on."

"I also just finished a speech," she mumbled, slamming her cheek down on her fist that was resting on the desk.

"And how'd you do on that?" he asked, folding his arms.

"I did well," she shrugged. "The words were good, I'm just not cut out for talking to in front of people..." Ryoichi liked it, she thought, trying to hide her smile from her dad.

"Well, maybe that's what you'll do," he said thoughtfully. "Write another speech,and present it."

"In front of who?" Kotona demanded, her mouth hanging open.

"I'll think of something," her dad shrugged. "Maybe you can talk at the Halloween thing the Cafe's having." Kotona's mouth still hung open as her dad left the room, closing the door behind him.

"This is unbelievable," she growled. "When can I ever catch a break?" She put her pencil down, before stretching her hands above her head as far as she could.

"Maybe I could say something before the Halloween Party stars," she shrugged. "Like welcoming them ,and telling them all about the events that are going on. Maybe I could invite Ryoichi." She grinned widely at the thought. When she had finally given her speech, he had come up to her again to tell her how much he enjoyed it, and that he thought she was very smart for their grade. That made her do even more research on space, just in case he ever had any questions, but besides that, homework continued to be a drag.

Kotona heard a basketball in the driveway, so she jumped out of her chair and ran to the window. She expected to see a whole bunch of guys down there in the driveway, hoping she'd have a reason to escape her bedroom, but she didn't. She did see her brother, but he was with a girl, with familiar black curly hair.

"No, that can't be...," she gasped, her eyes nearly bulging out of her head in disbelief. "That's Tiffany!" Shieru was showing Tiffany how to shoot a basketball, just like she had shown Kita, but he was much more touchy about it. He was standing behind her, with her back against his chest, and he held her wrists to show her the proper form for shoot.

"I gotta stop this insanity!" Kotona panicked, racing for the door. "He just broke up with his girlfriend, and now she's using her guy-possessing voodoo on him!" She ran down the stairs, and jumped over the last few, almost tripping on the hallway carpet. She heard the ball hit the backboard just as she yanked the front door open, followed by screams of excitement.

"I did it!" Tiffany squealed, jumping up to hug Shieru.

"Ha, yeah you did," he grinned, hugging her back, and even swinging her around with her feet in the air.

"Oh, I'm too late," she groaned, watching the cute scene in dismay. "Oh well...she better treat him right then. If she don't she'll suffer the wrath of my hockey stick."

"Oh, hey Kotona!" Shieru waved, when he noticed her.

"Did you see that?" Tiffany grinned, skipping over to her. "Did you see that? I shot a basket! That was the first time I've ever done something like that! It was amazing! Exciting! Exhilarating!"

"Who knew you had such a big vocabulary?" Kotona blinked up at her.

"Is that what these earrings are called?" she asked, motioning to the huge, glittering things hanging from her ears. "I thought they were called something like chandeliers." Kotona shook her head, knowing she spoke too soon.

"I wanna do that again!" Tiffany cheered, going to retrieve the ball. When Kotona caught his eye, she gave him a what-the-heck-are-you-think look, and made a she-doesn't-have-a-full-brain motion. He only gave her a don't-judge-me wave, accompanied by a she's-actually-nice look. She gave him a whatever-it's-your-sanity roll of her eyes, and turned to go inside.

"Why don't you stay and play?" Tiffany called after her. "We could have a game."

"Yeah, I could call some of the guys over," Shieru nodded. "How about it Kotona?" His younger sister only looked back over her shoulder with a half smile.

"Nah, that's okay," she replied. "I'll just...finish my homework."

\NMM/

"Here's your new home!" Jay announced, as Aneeta opened the front door. Shoving her aside with great force, he raced into the house barking widely.

"Oh no!" Aneeta gasped. "Grab him before he breaks something!" Leaving the door open, the two siblings chased after the furry dog. he ran through the living room, jumping over the coffee table, and bolted into the kitchen, running a lap around the tables and chairs before returning to the hallway, and running back into the living room.

"What is he doing?" Aneeta gasped, putting a hand against the wall, gasping for breath.

"He's just...running in circles," Jay blinked, watching the dog go. "He must be really excited."

"Maybe a little too excited," she thought out loud. "He's moving so fast...I'm surprised he hasn't knocked anything over yet." Breaking his pattern, when Makoto reached the hallway again, he took off up the stairs.

"He can definitely break something up there!" Aneeta freaked, chasing after him.

"Makoto!" Jay called, running after her. "Here boy! Sit!" Aneeta ran to her parent room first, and shut the door, before rushing to the other ones. She shut the bathroom, and Jay's room, but she was too late to save hers. The large dog had settled himself on her bed, with his tongue hanging out of his tongue, panting, making him look adorable.

"What are you doing in here?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips. "There's nothing for you in here. You'll be staying in Jay's room once my parents know about you. Now out!" She pointed toward the door, but the dog wouldn't budge.

"Makoto, go!" she ordered. The dog stopped panting, and titled its head at her.

"What's he doing?" Jay asked in a quiet voice, sticking his head in.

"He's not listening," Aneeta sighed, shaking her head. "Some obedient dog."

"Come Makoto!" Jay called, holding out his hand. The dog finally barked, and jumped off of her bed.

"Why didn't he listen to me?" she sighed in frustration.

"I guess he doesn't like doing what girls tell him to do," he shrugged.

"Aneeta?" a worried voice called from downstairs. "Jay?"

"We're up here!" Aneeta answered, pushing past boy-and-his-dog. "Wait here. I'll break it to mom."

"You make it sound like your telling her about someone dieing," Jay giggled. Aneeta motioned for him to be quiet, then descended the stairs.

"Why is the door open?" Georgia asked, slipping her shoes off.

"I forgot to close it," Aneeta answered, picking at her jacket. "Had to quickly take care of something."

"Oh, well next time, make sure you shut the door at least," she warned, adjusting her bag on her shoulder. "It makes it easier for someone just to waltz in and steal something."

"Yeah, sorry, I won't do it again," Aneeta grinned, scratching her head anxiously. "Um, there's something I wanted to ask you about."

"Sure what is it?" Her mother asked, trying to push past her to head up the stairs.

"Wait!" she shouted, throwing herself in front of her with her heart pounding.

"What?" she demanded, looking at her incredulously. "What are you doing? You know I always go upstairs to-" She was cut off by the anxious barking of the beast upstairs.

"What is that?" Georgia asked in a monotone, her lips pursed, look up past her daughter.

"That's...what I wanted to talk to you about," Aneeta chuckled, trying to grin innocently. "You see, Jay had a visitor from the animal shelter-"

"Can I keep him!" Jay cried from the top of the stairs, his dark head hanging over the banister.

"Keep him?" Georgia gasped, blankly staring when Makoto came into view.

"He's a good dog," Jay pleaded desperately. "He listens to me, and he probably will listen to dad, but I don't think he listens to girls because he thinks they have cooties."

"Hey!" Aneeta snapped, giving him a warning glance. Georgia looked uneasily at the fur beast that tugged against Jay's hold, trying to come down the stairs to greet her.

"He really is sweet mom," Aneeta smiled, weakly. "We'll take care of him. Give him a chance? It'll be nice having someone else around the house." The two children, and the dog waited impatiently, waiting for their mother to say something. To show any sign of her decision. She just kept staring at the dog, frozen in place at the base of the stairs.

"Mom....?"

"He's so adorable!" Georgia finally squealed, catching her children off guard.

"RUFF!" Makoto barked at the excitement in her voice, and tugged against Jay's hold.

"He's...what?" Aneeta asked, completely dumbfounded.

"Aren't you the cutest thing!" she cooed, dropping her purse to meet him half way up the stairs. She started making kissy sounds, and talking in a high pitched baby voice, ruffling his ears, and being licked in the face.

"So you're okay with me keeping him?" Jay grinned from ear to ear in utter joy.

"Oh of course," Georgia giggled, when Makoto nuzzled her face. "Oh, I don't know why we didn't get a dog sooner."

"When can we go shopping for his supplies?" Jay asked, nearly jumping out of his own skin in happiness.

"Well, we can go now," their mother smiled. "Wanna come along Aneeta?" To answer her, Aneeta's Mew Phone went off.

"Just, let me take this," she said, running into the kitchen. "Hello?"

"There's an Alien a few blocks form your house," Amaya's voice said calmly amongst the screams of hysteric people in the background. "Just turn left out of your house."

"Has it hurt anyone?" she panicked, already heading for the door.

"Just hurry," she advised. "I'll be waiting."

"So you aren't coming?" Georgia asked, disappointedly when she saw her close her phone.

"Sorry, I promised to meet the others," Aneeta shrugged, with an apologetic shrug. "Buy Makoto a bear for me."

"Sure thing," Jay nodded with a smile, but it didn't touch his eyes. She could see he knew what she was really doing, and she saw them watch her in worry. She gave him a small nod, before heading out the door. She instantly broke out into a hard run down the side walk, the wind pounding in her ears, and adrenaline pumping through her veins, causing her heart to race. She heard the people before she saw them. A few blocks down, just like Amaya had said, people were running away form a pair of moving trees. Their limbs weren't colorful with the colors of fall, but dry and brown, and bent in unimaginable positions to create their limbs. With their roots as tentacles, they lashed out at people, throwing them across the street. Aneeta froze in horror when she saw someone being sent through a glass window.

"Oh my god," she gasped, nearly choking on a lump that rose in her throat.

"Aneeta!" Mew Icing dropped down next to her, and grabbed her shoulder. "Focus, you have to transform."

"W-where are the others?" she stammered, hardly able to pry her eyes from the horrific sight.

"Kotona and Tiffany aren't answering, and Kita can't pull herself away," the older mew replied. "Don't worry, we can take care of this. Focus, we have to help these people." There was strength, and confidence in those light blue eyes, as well as understanding and compassion. Aneeta nodded, mostly to herself, and took a shaking breath.

"Alright," she breathed, taking out her power pendant. "You don't think any will see me?"

"I doubt they'll even notice," Icing shrugged, taking out her katana. Giving an encouraging nod, she leapt into the air, aiming for the trees. Aneeta squeezed her eyes shut, focusing on what she had to do she kissed her pendant.

"Mew Mew Plum! MEWTAMORPHOSIS!" She was embraced by the air of the cool night, and felt her clothes fade away, being replaced by her stylish Mewfit, with animal parts as her accessories.

"Jingle Chuck!" She called out, and her decorative weapon appeared. Most of the people had fled, only a few were scattered with injuries from the aliens.

"Ugh!" Icing grunted, slicing through one of the trees' branches that they used for limbs. The tree groaned, and growled in discomfort, but it only bent another branch down to take its place.

"It's like they have tentacles everywhere," Icing growled, in annoyance, ducking when she was swung at.

"Then maybe we can try cutting them all off?" Plum suggested, whipping her nun chuck at it. She whacked it across the trunk, where its face was, only made it sway.

"ICING...SHATTERING...STAR...CRASH!" Using her glowing katana to create a six pointed star, she sent it flying at the tree with her fist. It came into hard contact, causing it to crash into the other, sending smoke up into the air.

"Did we get it?" Plum asked hopefully, trying to see through the smoke.

"I don't think so," Icing frowned when they heard a gurgling growl form the center of the mess.

"They're bark is too thick," Plum sighed in dismay. They would beat them, they had to, they always did. If they didn't the trees could cause even more damage than they already have. Cars were squashed, house windows were broken, blood was splattered lightly everywhere...

"Then we'll just have to break it," Icing shouted, dashing at them, twirling her katana with skill. Plum followed close behind, spinning her nunchuck in an invisible blur. The trees brought all their branches down as a shield, and swung their roots to knock them off their feet. The mews leapt over the tentacles, and using her katana, Amaya cut through the branches, creating an opening.

"PLUM NIGHT PIERCE!" the purple mew shouted, whipping her nunchuck at the opening, piercing right through the thick bark. The tree reared its head back, practically shattering the air with an earsplitting shriek. To put out of its misery, Icing stabbed the tree with her katana as well, and twisted back and forth until she felt it hit something sensitive, causing the tree to go limp, and then disintegrate.

"Nice jo-" Plum was cut off abruptly by a force that knocked her breath out, and her through the air. Her head smacked off something herd, sending tremors through her body. She tried to move, but couldn't find her limbs. She knew they were there, she just couldn't get a signal out to them that they needed to move. So she lay there, where it was, helpless, defenseless, hoping, wishing she could somehow gain control again. Her wishes were answered when something wet slapped her cheek.

"EW!" She screeched, her arms flailing reflexively.

"She's alive!" someone shrieked. "Good boy! Oh, you are such a good boy." Aneeta could feel her senses comeback to her, and her ears were filled with an irritable ringing, her body was stiff, and her mouth felt dry.

"Aneeta are you okay?" a familiar voice asked calmly.

"Say something!" another voice cried dramatically.

"Something-" she grumbled, struggling to open her eyes. She was surrounded by a bunch of faces, and one of the was her mother.

"Mom!" Aneeta gasped, jerking upright, sending her head into a spinning frenzy.

"It's okay, just lay back," she said soothingly, using her hand to push her back down.

"What...happened?" she asked, blinking widely, unsure of what to say.

"You tripped on the sidewalk," Kotona said, leaning over the edge of the couch. "You tripped when we tried running from the weird trees. Don't you remember?"

"Um...," she stammered, pretending to wrack her brain. "I think so..."

"You should have seen Makoto!" Jay shouted, nearly jumping on them. "He felt there was trouble before we did! he ran away from us, and we followed, then we saw him standing over you protectively with the girls sitting with you, while this girl in white and light blue fought the tree!"

"Girl in white and light blue?" Aneeta asked, looking at each face individually. She noticed Amaya wasn't amongst them.

"He's such a good dog," Tiffany grinned, ruffling his fur. "You guys are lucky."

"You can afford a dog can't you?" Kita asked, raising an eyebrow suspiciously.

"Yes, but I don't want one," she shrugged, looking at her nails. "It would only put fur all over my designer clothes."

"Yeah, so you wouldn't be able to impress your new boyfriend," Kita snickered, mischievously.

"New boyfriend?" Aneeta gasped, her mouth hanging open. "How much did I miss?"

"Well, we aren't really official or anything," Tiffany shrugged, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"I'll take that as my cue," Georgia smiled, standing up, leaving a washcloth on Aneeta's head. "Come on Jay."

"Let's go boy," Jay called, waving Makoto over eagerly. "We don't wanna get wrapped up in their girl drama." Makoto barked in agreement, his tongue hanging out as he pranced after his new master.

"She's finally got my brother on her hook," Kotona summed up, putting her fists on her hips. "He became single, and she threw in her line."

"Hey, I told you, I was just trying to make him feel better," Tiffany snapped defensively. "I ate meat for him, and I haven't eaten meat since I was a kid."

"Wow, that's..." Aneeta was at a loss for words.

"Let's just say I don't think I'll be having fun with him anytime soon," Kotona huffed. "He'll be spending time with you now. I could barely pull him away form Martina."

"Oh, I'm sure you'll work something out," Kita grinned. "You never know, you guys could be seeing each other for the rest of your lives."

"Great..," Kotona groaned, sinking to the floor.

"Hey!" Tiffany shouted, taking offense. Aneeta only shook her head at them and smiled. She couldn't help but find her friends' bickering amusing. Her friends....real friends. Friends who made up stuff to cover for what she was really doing. Not that she was doing anything wrong, it was just better to keep her mom from knowing, along with the rest of the world.

"So how bad is it?" Aneeta asked, with a deep frown. The others stopped, and awkward silence hung over them.

"It was bad," Kita finally answered, pulling at her bangs. "They had police and ambulances....there's still probably a few cop cars out there."

"The news crew is probably still out there too," Kotona nodded. "I bet they got some good footage of us..."

"Especially of me," Tiffany sighed, in self-admiration, earning a disapproving grunt from Kita. "And of you of course. You should have seen it Aneeta. Kita and I did a tag-team attack!"

"Really?" Aneeta asked in amazement, finally sitting herself up.

"Yeah, we were able to combine out weapons and attacks, and we managed to take out the alien with ease," Kita grinned proudly. "For the next battle, we'll have to show you."

"Yeah, that'll be great," she smiled, nodding lightly so she wouldn't give herself a headache.

Preview of Chapter 11:

This is Mewllaween

Kita - It's the Halloween Party!

Kotona - Do we have to dress up?

Tiffany - Of course. It's a must! And I must say, my costume is going to be stunning.

Kita - There's going to be candy! And games! And contests!

Amaya - And ghosts.

Kotona - Whoa! Where'd you come from?

Kita - That was scary... *blinks at Amaya*

Aneeta - Ghosts?

Amaya - Yes. Ghosts.

*Amaya leaves*

Kita *whines* - Not ghosts again! We already had the scares of our lives last week!

Kotona - It is Halloween...

Aneeta - Oh, also if anyone has any costume suggestions for the cast, please let us know in your reviews!