Ak-chan: Everybody!
(All TMM characters look at her)
Ak-chan: Okay, okay, firstly I'd like to say that the name 'Pho' I used in the previous chapter has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH KUNG FU PANDA! I just wanted to do as this anime/manga's creator did and searched after some cake/dish which I could use as an alien name (don't ask me why) and then I found this Thailand's dish, uuuuuh, something with 'pho' and I thought it sounded cool. And now secondly; my story is about to reach more reviews than the previous one!
(Cheers in background)
Ak-chan: Aaaaaaaaand surprissssseeeee!
Mint: What was that?
Ak-chan: My surprise! I'll draw all those who reviewed the previous chapter in chibi mode! (cuz that's easy) Actually, anyone who'd like to be in a drawing can send me a PM 'cause I don't want to hold anyone out. If you'd like to, I can color it too, but it won't look pretty 'cause it's me we're talking 'bout, guys. Just send me a PM with the description of how you look like, or would like to look like.
Mint: That's your surprise?
Ak-chan: Nooooo…you get to be in a drawing in chibi mode, with a TMM person of own choice!
(Fangirl squeal in the background)
Ak-chan: So all you Ryou and Kisshue fangirls out there get to be with the anime guy of your dreams! (totally hyped) Or girl if you'd want that too, I don't mind. The pictures will be on deviantart and if you don't like them, I'll delete them, okay? :3
Mint: Now, that's a surprise…
Ak-chan: Thanks to all you awesome readers/reviewers! You're one hell of an audience! Disclaimer!
Disclaimer: Whaff fronnng?
Ak-chan: Don't talk with food in your mouth!
Disclaimer: amm sowwwyy…
Ak-chan: Long chapter because y'all are awesome!
Chapter 10: Their true appearance.
Mint:
Mint couldn't decide what she was feeling. Probably a mixture of confusion, anger and sorrow. Confused of her best friend's behavior lately, angry for her ruining the bluenette's stuff like that and then denying it, and sorrow for them not being friends anymore. And she was hurt too. Because making that decision hurt so badly in her chest.
Mint was sure the first day she'd met Ichigo that she would never be like her, let alone get along as friends. Maybe it was because she was a commoner, living a cheap and simple life like all the others, being all naïve, perky and stupid. Or maybe it was because she seemed to have it extraordinarily and that was what Mint was longing for. A change in her own rich yet incredibly boring life. Even when Mint became a part of the Mew squad, she didn't like Ichigo.
Then, what did make them friends, huh? Maybe it was whenever Mint was in danger; she started to see that burning desire of protecting her friends in Ichigo's bright pink eyes. It took her completely by surprise, because no one had stood up to her like that before, or showing that they actually cared, with her entire family being away all the time. So she had decided to help her friend, um leader as well in return.
They'd have their dramatic moments and arguments, yes, and they'd want to rip each other's heads off when they were angry, but they always made up in the end, like friends normally do.
The question; what the hell was this about, then?
Ichigo had strangled her! Even smiled, for Pete's sake! It wasn't her best friend she'd seen, but then again, it was. That's what was so confusing! She couldn't figure out any of this, and those emotions were starting to form a headache which the fifteen year old bluenette wasn't fond of.
Mint was outside to get fresh air after she'd dressed herself in the regular clothing. She went to the sightseeing spot, Sora had shown her the day before and she smiled a little. She couldn't believe she'd found a guy like him…at least something good came by coming here.
A twig was crashed and Mint turned around to see the calming grayish blue eyes of her nearly boyfriend.
"Sora!".
"Seems like you missed me", he smiled. She hugged him tightly and her heart skipped a beat.
"What are you doing here?", he asked. Her smile immediately faded and her eyes lowered.
"Just…trying to get away from everything, I guess".
"Why? Did something happen?".
"Kinda, I…I lost a very good friend of mine…".
"How?".
"Her behavior just changed suddenly and…we're not as close as we used to be…", she closed her eyes, not allowing herself to cry. "…she was like a sister to me, Sora…".
"I'm sorry to hear that".
"Don't be", she smiled sadly and gazed into his eyes. "It's not your fault".
The bluenette felt herself leaning closer to her almost boyfriend's face and he leaned in as well while she closed her eyes. It was going to be her first kiss ever, so she was extremely excited and nervous inside, but the two of them were interrupted by Sora's phone when their noses were brushing each other.
"Sorry", he smiled sheepishly and took his phone. He walked a few meters away from Mint and she felt slightly disappointed. After some seconds, he was done and returned to her. She noticed that his usual face-expression had changed and he looked dead serious.
"Has…anything happened, Sora?", Mint asked hesitantly. His grayish blue eyes looked neutral and she was feeling a little uneasy.
"Oh, nothing you should be worried about, Mint", he said and smiled.
"Because you should be more concerned about yourself".
In the blink of an eye, he had pinned her down to the ground, his strong hands holding her slim wrists in a painful grip and she cried out in pain. Panic had filled her along with horror of what was happening.
"S-Sora", she whispered. "What are you doing?".
He smiled again but it only made her more afraid.
"Just simply following the orders I was given".
A small poof was heard and Sora changed appearance before the bluenette's eyes. His hair changed into a grayish almost black color, his ears got larger and pointy, and his smile showed a set of fangs. Mint was speechless.
"Sora…you're a Cyniclon?", she breathed out. "A-and you didn't tell me?".
"Of course I didn't tell you, Mint-chan", he smirked. "And my name is not Sora. That was only a cover, but if you must know, it's Hava".
"I don't believe this", Mint said, her voice showing how shocked she was. "I can't believe this. Why did you have to cover yourself?", she glanced away from the alien."I-I don't fear aliens, I always knew they had to be out there somewhere", she lied, to cover for herself.
"Oh, please", Hava said. "You think you're fooling me? I had a high IQ when I was a kid. I know everything about you, Mint, so don't even bother lying. After all, you're not doing so well".
"What?".
"You're sharing the DNA of the blue Lorikeet, an animal on the Red Data List, which reminds me that you're also a part of the world-saving squad named; Tokyo Mew Mew".
"You knew that", Mint swallowed hard. "Yet you lied to me and covered the fact that you're an alien!".
"Like you're one to talk. Not even your parents know that you used to save the world every day, let alone everyone else you know", he said. "And here you are; lecturing me about being honest".
Mint sent him a death-glare.
"But anyway, it was a part of the plan to act like a little love-sick teenager".
"Plan?", she said. Love-sick?, she thought.
"World domination".
"Why? Your planet is fine, Pai, Tart and-", she hesitated when she was about to say Kish' name.
"Ah, yes those three aliens. We heard that they became friends with you", Hava leaned closer to her, making her press harder against the ground. "Judging by our observations, we can tell that they became more than just friends".
"But we did not come here for the sake of our planet. We'll partly conquer Earth because of our leader's troublesome habit of getting rid of boredom. Other than that, we think Earth will be a perfect place to stay for a while", he smiled. "before we destroy it".
Mint was astonished. "So, you pretended to be m-my…", she felt the tears form slowly. "…boyfriend only so you could get rid of me later on..?", she whispered.
"Speaking of that", he whispered as well, their faces inches away from each other. "I never liked you".
The brown eyes of Mint widened in utter shock and the tears made their way down her cheeks.
"I only pretended to so the plan could work", he said lowly and watched her tears fall down her chin. "Amazing how a couple of sweet words could make you want me that bad. You must be very lonely, Mint".
She was silent and sobbed quietly as well.
"To have lived for that long in loneliness, rich but friendless and then experiencing your first love's affection being fake", he continued and his lips brushed her ear. "I almost feel bad for you".
Her wrists were laid down on the ground, and he didn't even have to pin her down any longer. She was still crying and her body was shivering. Hava gazed on how defenseless and vulnerable she was now. What a pity that he had to hurt her like this. Oh, well. She was just a pathetic human being. Why did he care? He raised his arms into the air and wind twirled dangerously around him blowing his dark hair in all directions.
"And you'll always be alone, Mint-chan".
Lettuce:
"You're doing better, Lettuce-san!".
"Thank you, Hana-sama", Lettuce bowed. "You helped me after all".
"Pish Posh", the brunette waved her hand and grinned. "It's my duty".
The two girls were down at the beach and since it was kind of late, there weren't anyone beside the two of them. Lettuce had improved with her swimming already. She didn't know where else to go since going back to her room was out of the question. It would be too awkward, with Ichigo and all the other girls not saying anything to each other.
Lettuce could see that something didn't make sense. Ichigo had been a friend who always helped her in danger and her and Mint had been her first real friends. The green haired girl couldn't have been more grateful, because later on she became friends with Pudding, Zakuro, Ryou, Keiichiro, Kish, Tart and Pai. She knew that Ichigo was that girl who'd help her no matter what. So why did she do what did?
Hana saw the confusion painted on Lettuce' face.
"Hey, what's wrong?".
"Hmm? Oh, nothing you should be worrying about!".
"C'mon, we're friends remember? You can tell me if things are bothering you".
The porpoise girl sighed in surrender.
"It's just girl-problems…", she said and stared at the water surrounding her. "…a friend of mine and I are not getting along so well".
"Oh, that doesn't sound good".
"It's not".
"Well, I hope you'll make up soon enough".
Lettuce gave a half-hearted smile. "Thanks, Hana".
A sound came from a pile of clothes resting peacefully on the sand. Hana suck out her tongue. "That's my cell, I'll go get it".
She slowly disappeared out of sight and Lettuce continued to swim around. Hana is so helpful. I'm not so scared of water anymore and she's helping me with my friends. She's a great person. She smiled and continued to swim. Suddenly a wave of water hit her and she spun around under the surface before getting some oxygen above the water. She saw Hana standing not so far away from her, looking rather pissed off.
Did something happen? Is she sad and angry?
Lettuce saw the brunette move her hands toward her and a new wave hit her.
No way!
The green-haired girl breathed in deeply as she came up again. Her eyes were big and showed how surprised she was.
"H-Hana?", she stammered. "I-Is that you?".
Before her stood the beautiful girl she'd been swimming with, only with big ears and golden loop earrings pierced into them, and her smirking mouth showed sharp small fangs.
"W-what? You're a-a…".
"Cyniclon?", the female said. "You guessed right. I come from the same place as your boyfriend".
"So you're not really a swim teacher?", she asked. "Or a human being after all?".
"My name is Miyu", the female said. "and no. My mission was to play your little best friend and gain your trust so that we could dominant the world without you Tokyo Mew Mews getting in our way".
"Y-you know our true identities?".
"You're infused with the Finless Porpoise' DNA, Lettuce. I know everything I need to know about your weakness…".
The water around Lettuce began to move. She grew afraid now.
"…of water".
The wave collided with her from behind and took her completely off guard. Lettuce moved her hands and legs to try get up to the surface when a hand pulled her up by her black one-piece swimsuit. She coughed up water.
"You…", Lettuce whispered. "I really thought we were friends. You helped me from those bullies. You helped me swim. I thought I had gotten a new friend".
Miyu laughed and Lettuce felt herself starting to shed tears. "Well, isn't that cute? But you know what?", she dropped the girl and the water splashed around her. "You'll always be a freak whom nobody wants to be with! It only shows me how weak you are when you think friendship will gain you anything in life".
The green haired girl cried now and wasn't aware that a big tide-wave had formed behind her.
"And I'm going to bury you in water so badly, that even if there was a tiny possibility that you would survive…".
Lettuce' heart almost stopped when she saw the look in those piercing greenish blue eyes of Miyu.
"…you would never even be able to drink a glass of water or take a shower again!".
Pudding:
"Good one, Aki!", Pudding said happily after she'd thrown her Frisbee to the dog the seventh time. The dog ran back with a wiggling tail and its red tongue stuck out. Pudding scratched it behind the ears.
"Man, Aki, don't ever do that again", the blonde said. "You were almost in troubles back then, and who is now keeping you as a pet, na no da?".
You aren't any longer, ugly.
"What the-".
Light came and the dog was engulfed in the brightness. Pudding had to close her eyes and when she opened them again, she watched the new person with surprise. It was a fourteen-year old girl with scarlet red short hair and meadow-green eyes. She was wearing a small-jacket looking shirt which was sleeveless and went to her ribs, showing a slim stomach, a pair of baggy shorts and she wasn't wearing any shoes. White bindings covered her ankles and wrists and her big ears and fangs showed Pudding that she was not a human.
"A-aki?".
"I ain't your dog anymore, girl", the girl said and walked towards the shocked blonde.
"A talking doggie who got kicked out by its owner…", she chuckled. Now she was only meters away from her.
"To believe that, you must be super naïve…".
In a swift motion she'd placed a good punch into Pudding's stomach. She crumbled down and bended over in pain. The alien girl lifted her up by the collar and smiled widely.
"…or just plain stupid".
Pudding winced when she felt a jolt of pain shoot through her. "W-who are you..?".
"Pretty close, Monkey. It's Ankimo".
"Y-you're an alien like Taru-Taru, na no da".
"Grow up a bit, will ya?", Ankimo said. "Taruto doesn't even like that name, stupid".
"H-how do you know?".
"It's not like I've been stalking ya", she shrugged. "The boss calls it observation, but yeah, I know a thing or two about both of ya".
"You were a doggie right before, na no da. How come you're not anymore...?".
"Part of the plan. Conquering the world, and yada, yada, the boss is nuts about it so we have to go by his rules or else he won't hesitate to kill us".
Pudding was shocked beyond belief. Who was that leader who wouldn't hesitate to kill his allies?
"Anyways", Ankimo said and her smile went larger. "Your powers are gone, so you can't do a thing when we kick ya asses. But first", she dropped the blonde girl and cracked her knuckles. "we'll play. That's what you like, no?".
"P-play?", Pudding stammered, which was rare for her. Ankimo showed her fangs.
"Yeah, I'll play the hunter and you'll play the prey. You got three minutes to hide and after that I'll be looking for yo butt and if I do find ya…".
Pudding swallowed hard and felt beads of sweat on her forehead.
"…I won't hesitate to act like a hunter who finds his prey".
Ichigo:
After Ichigo had surrendered to Pho's command, he fished up a cell and dialed a number. The mew leader gazed at him with her watery eyes.
"You ready?", Pho asked.
"You got the mew leader, didn't you?".
"'Course I did. She won't be a problem to us, will you, Neko?", he glanced her way. She shook her head and he chuckled. "Good, Neko".
"Good, then I'll call the others so they can do their part of the plan".
"Their part of the plan?", Ichigo said, hearing the conversation. "There are others than you?".
"So?".
"Does that plan include hurting my friends? Huh?".
Pho did not answer her as he walked outside and the cat girl followed reluctantly. She stopped.
"Answer me! Are your alien friends going to hurt my friends?".
Pho stopped as well. "So?".
"You already broke the deal!", Ichigo yelled. "I won't go with you, then!".
"I assure you, my dear Neko", Pho said neutral. "that I have in no way broken nor stepped out of the agreement. What my companions are doing to your allies are none of my concern, remember? I said that I wouldn't hurt them if you went with me".
"But you talked like you were on Earth all by yourself! You didn't say that you had friends with you!".
"Neko", Pho's voice held a hidden anger. The red haired girl turned afraid. "Are you sure that you will step out of your part of the agreement? Do as you please, and let's see what happens".
"My friends…", Ichigo muttered, feeling the pain in her chest. If she wouldn't follow, the population on Earth would die and if she did follow, her friends would die. Either way they would all be doomed anyway.
"So you see, my little innocent Neko", Pho's voice sounded less angry, and a smile bloomed as he saw Ichigo's shoulders slump down. "You'll gain much more if you not back down from our deal".
Ak-chan: I feel like punching myself by writing this! Oh, well, did you like it? The names I made up were random, the leader of course had to have the coolest name and I think I got that one covered.
So, do you want a drawing?
Just let me know and I'll gladly do it :3