"Christmas at Tokyo Disneyland"

By narutofreak14

NOTES: Okay, I probably should tell you this now. This story takes place after the anime series. Masaya never knew that Ichigo was a Mew because Ryou secretly erased his mind.

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It was almost the middle of the night. Ryou was in his hotel room at the Miracosta Hotel, working on his laptop. He was on the phone with Keiichiro, who was back at Café Mew Mew. "That kiss today…you know Keiichiro, Lettuce is actually more than your average bookworm. She's such a sweet and caring woman. I don't know why I didn't notice this in the first place," he said.

"It looks like you've fallen in love with her, Mr. Shirogane," said Keiichiro.

"I'm madly in love with her! She's a woman, but when she takes off her glasses, she's almost a goddess!" he said back.

"But Ryou, don't forget about the…you know," said Keiichiro.

"I know about the Mew Aqua. I still don't know why it still exists. The weird thing is…my computer is saying that it's located right here at Tokyo Disneyland! But I have yet to find it."

"Could the aliens have it?" asked Keiichiro.

"I doubt it that the aliens would have the Mew Aqua, or be here at Tokyo Disneyland for that matter," said Ryou. "But, you can't always trust them."

"Don't work too hard, sir. Good night!" said Keiichiro. After that, Ryou hung up and shut his computer down. "Even if I don't find the Mew Aqua, at least I'm not leaving empty-handed," Ryou thought. Ryou thenwent to bed.

MEANWHILE…

"What do I have to do to make you love me?" asked Kish.

"There's nothing you can do, Kish! Just leave me alone!" shouted Ichigo.

"But…But Ichigo," said Kish. Soon, everything around Ichigo shrouded in darkness. "W-What's going on?" she asked herself. She continued running, but she wasn't sure if she was moving anywhere. "What's going on? What am I doing?" she asked. Soon, a creepy gothic house showed up in front of her, an all-too familiar house. "This looks like the Haunted Mansion," said Ichigo. She noticed something very disturbing about the Mansion, the Nightmare Before Christmas scenery was absent. "Where's the Holiday stuff?" she asked. She then realized this was the regular Haunted Mansion, the one that scares the living Hell out of her. "Oh great, the other Haunted Mansion," she said. She stepped back, only to have some unknown force pulling her in. She wanted to go back, but her feet kept going forward into the Mansion.

Outside was a small cemetery, with tombstones and graves. She then stopped floating near a grave. "A gravestone?" she asked. She was surprised at what the grave said. "HERE LIES KISH."

"I don't care much for Kish anyway," she commented. The mystic force then dragged her over to four other gravestones. The four names? They were: Mint Aizawa, Lettuce Midorikawa, Pudding Fong, and Zakuro Fujiwara. She was shocked! "My friends…they're…they're dead?!?" she asked, almost ready to cry.

"Come here Ichigo," said a voice. Ichigo looked and saw…Mint, wearing a weird maid's outfit. "Mint, for a second I thought you were dead," said Ichigo. She then started giggling a bit. "Mint, I'm sorry, but you look ridiculous in that outfit," she said.

"Come on inside, Ichigo," Mint said in a rather deep, angst tone.

"But, it's scary inside," said Ichigo. The mystic force then levitated Ichigo into the air. "I'm afraid, you have no choice," she said. She then turned ghostly white and started floating with a ghost tail instead of human legs. Mint then dragged Ichigo inside the mansion foyer. "Mint, let go of me!" she said. Ichigo, out of desperation, then punched Mint in the face…only for her fist to go through her. "How can you kill something that's already dead?" asked Mint. She dropped Ichigo in the main foyer and then left outside, slamming the doors shut. Ichigo ran over to the Mansion doors and tried to pry it open. "This isn't funny, Mint! Let me out! I hate the Haunted Mansion!" she said.

Ichigo looked over to a portrait of…Ryou Shirogane. He had on a suit similar to what Master Gracey wears. "Wow, Ryou looks good in that suit," she said. Then, a ghost version of Pudding started flying around the foyer. "Weeeeeee!" she said. "Look Ichigo-oneesan, I can fly!" she said happily. She then hit her head on the ceiling, which helped her remind her of her role. "Oh yeah, spooky voice!" she said.

"Spooky what?" Ichigo asked.

PUDDING:

When hinges creak and doors chamber

And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls

Whenever candle lights flicker

Where the air is deadly still

That is the time when ghosts are present

Practicing their terror with ghostly delight!

"Ghosts?" asked Ichigo, sounding a bit frightened.

"Yeah, just look at the picture of Ryou," Pudding said. Ichigo did so. Ryou's portrait then changed of him turning into a skeleton version of himself. "Creepy," said Ichigo.

"Wait, wait!" said Pudding. "Look closer." Ichigo looked a little closer. Then….

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" A creepy mask-faced thing showed up for a second and scared the life out of Ichigo! (A/N If anyone did one of those things where it asked you to "look at the picture and see what's wrong" and in reality there's nothing wrong, but then a minute later, a scary thing shows up and screams, freaking the hell out of you? That's what Ichigo saw).

"That wasn't funny, Pudding!" she shouted, clutching her rapidly beating heart.

"Sorry, couldn't help myself!" said Pudding.

The doors to the stretch room opened up to reveal the heart of Ichigo's childhood nightmare. "Oh great," she said.

GHOST HOST (PIE):
Welcome Ichigo, to the Haunted Mansion!

I am your host…your ghost host.

Kindly step all the way in, please.

Make room for everyone else.

Ichigo was kind of confused since the only one in the Mansion was her. "No way I'm going in the room!" said Ichigo.

"Yeah, as if you had a choice," said Pie. Ghost Pudding then lifted Ichigo off the floor and dropped her in the middle of the stretch room. Pudding slammed the door before she can escape. "That took care of that!" she said, wiping her hands off.

Inside the stretch room, Ichigo was banging against the walls, hoping that they would open up. "Pudding, this isn't funny! Open the door!" she shouted.

"SILENCE!" shouted Pie. That shut Ichigo up.

Ichigo looked up and saw the four portraits that looked similar to the Phantom Manor's portraits (A/N Phantom Manor is the French version of the Haunted Mansion), but they had the Mew girls instead of the Mansion guests, (EX: Zakuro is holding parasol in a boat about to go over the edge of a waterfall; Lettuce and Ryou enjoying a picnic about to be overrun by snakes, spiders, scorpions, and ants; Mint soaking her feet in a river, not knowing that she's about to be killed by a sea creature; and finally, Pudding picking flower near a grave, not knowing that a zombie is climbing out). "Is this how everyone else died?" asked Ichigo.

"Yes," said Pie's voice. "Each painting here showcases how each of your friends fell to their doom. And soon, you'll join your friends."

"What?!?" asked Ichigo.

"I'm afraid, there's no turning back now," said Pie's voice.

In a quick flash, the portraits on the walls began to stretch.

PIE:

Your cadaverous parlour betrays an aura of foreboding

Almost as if you sense a disquieting Mew-metamorphosis

Could it be that this room is actually stretching?

Or could it just be your imagination?

And notice this; this chamber has no windows and no doors.

Which offers you this chilling challenge…to find a way out!

Surprisingly, Ichigo was scared at all. "It's not as scary at the second time," she commented. "Room stretches, goes dark, and there's a hung body from the ceiling, it's pretty easy to memorize."

PIE:

Of course, there's always…my way!

Lights go out. Lighting filled the dark room. Just like the ride, there was in fact a dead body hung from the ceiling. Ichigo looked, and was surprised at how the dead body looked. The body had sharp, pointy ears, and two pigtails hanging from the sides. Yeah, it was Kish's body hung dead from the ceiling! Ichigo was shocked, even more so when Kish's eyes opened up. "I hate this ride!" she said. Then, the room went dark and quiet. Pie's evil laugh filled the room as dramatic music played.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (sound of body hitting the floor)"

When the lights returned to normal, Ichigo was frightened by the sudden appearance of Kish's skeleton on her. The walls then opened up. Ichigo fell back. She was at Pie's feet. "Oh I didn't mean to frighten you prematurely," he said.

"This is one crazy nightmare!" she shouted. "Come on Ichigo! Wake up! Wake up!" Pie grabbed her wrist. "I'm afraid you can not wake up until the lesson is learned," said Pie.

"What lesson?" asked Ichigo.

"The lesson of love."

"Love?!?" asked Ichigo. "What are you talking about?"

"Well, as you humans say, 'look alive' and I'll give you a tour," said Pie.

"What? No…no tour! Just get me the Hell out of here!" she shouted.

Despite her intention, Pie lead Ichigo to two portraits, one of Ryou and another of Lettuce. "Is that?" asked Ichigo.

"Yes, the portrait on the left is of Master Ryou Shirogane. The other portrait is of his wife, Lettuce Shirogane," said Pie.

"Wife? You mean those two got married?" asked Ichigo.

"Yes, and they bought this beautiful mansion."

"So…what went wrong?" asked Ichigo.

"I'll tell you what went wrong!" said Ryou's portrait, freaking Ichigo out a bit. "Me and Lettuce had a picnic."

"And then, a group of snakes, spiders, and scorpions gave us all hundreds of deadly poisons," said Lettuce portrait.

"Those poisons combined and then killed us," said Ryou.

"Ever since that day, the mansion was to be cursed to anyone who has stepped foot in it," said Lettuce.

"What happened to those who stepped in it?" asked Ichigo.

"We'll let Pie tell you," said Ryou and Lettuce. They both went back to their stationery states.

"Well, let us continue," said Pie.

Ichigo was getting more anxious and anxious as they continued. "Hey wait, if this is a dream, then I can do whatever I want!" she said.

"I don't think so," said Pie.

"Oh yeah! Watch!" Ichigo then thought up of a…a…a chocolate milkshake! Right she was about to drink it, Pie changed it so that it was covered with black widows. Ichigo dropped it. "See? If those black widows bit you or at least entered your stomach, you would have been dead," said Pie.

"I don't want to be dead!" said Ichigo.

"Why not? Your friends are dead, and you can hook up with Kish," said Pie.

"Kish?!? No way!"

"I see," said Pie. "I almost forgot that Kish doesn't want to see you either."

"Huh?" asked Ichigo.

"Why do you think Kish hung himself? Because after you dumped him, he thought his life has no purpose with you."

"Wow, Kish is one screwed-up kid," said Ichigo.

"You're missing the point!" said Pie, clutching the bridge of his eyes. "Here, I'll show you what your mistakes will you to."

Pie then walked Ichigo over to the Mansion's conservatory. "Hey, where are the doombuggies?" she asked.

"Doombuggies? Don't be lazy! Walk the whole thing! You could stand to lose a couple of pounds," said Pie.

"But I hate walking the---WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOSE A COUPLE OF POUNDS?" she asked, angrily.

Pie then took Ichigo up a flight of stairs to the conservatory. "Here we are at the conser-." Pie was cut off when a dead body in bones was throw down. "AH! DEAD BODY!" shouted Ichigo. Pie noticed a young Tart (also dead and ghost-like) digging out a nearby coffin. "Sorry dude, but I need this to hide," said Tart.

"Tart?" asked Ichigo.

"Quiet, you hag or else Pudding will find me!" shouted Tart, shutting the lid on the coffin.

"Hag?!?" Ichigo said, angrily.

"Taru-Taru? Where are you?" a voice called out. It sounded like Pudding's. "Oh crap!" said Tart, shutting the coffin closed. Ghost Pudding then floated near Ichigo. "Have you seen Taru-Taru?" asked Pudding. Ichigo looked over at the coffin. Pudding's back was turned at Tart. He opened the lid slightly and told Ichigo to keep her mouth shut. "Here's right there," said Ichigo, pointing to the coffin. Pudding opened the lid to find Taru-Taru. "I found you Taru-Taru!" she said, hugging Tart.

"Stop, you're killing me!" said Tart.

"You're already dead, so what's difference?" asked Pudding.

"Pardon me, but why were you hiding from her?" Ichigo asked Tart.

"We were playing hide-and-seek," said Tart.

"Hide-and-seek? Kind of OOC, don't you think?" asked Pie.

"Well, there's not too much to do in this Mansion," said Tart.

"But…Pudding why are you hanging out with Tart? He's the enemy!" said Ichigo.

"Well, we're both dead, so what's the point now? But still, we loved each other when we were alive, too!" said Pudding.

"You love Tart?" asked Ichigo.
"And I love her, too!" said Tart.

"Huh?" asked Ichigo.

"Come on, I can't resist a cute smile like Pudding's!" he said.

"Gee, I wonder how you died Tart?" asked Ichigo.

"I died with Pudding," said Tart.

"Huh? The painting said that Pudding died alone," said Ichigo.

"Oh well, the sea creature was going to eat me was just Tart in a costume, trying to scare me. But then, a Chimera animal came and killed us both," said Pudding. Ichigo looked at her in disbelief. "Okay Pudding, now you go and hide," said Tart. Pudding then flew away to her hiding spot. "Let's go," said Pie.

"Why did Tart make a Chimera animal and then decide to protect Pudding?" asked Ichigo. "Probably to make himself look good."

"Actually, Kish was the one that created the Chimera animal. He was trying to kill you with it. But the Chimera refused to obey and it ended up killing those two. Such a young couple too," said Pie.

"See, this is why I don't like Kish, he tries to kill me. Can't he take no for an answer?" she asked.

"Well, maybe if you took time to know Kish, then maybe he won't have to kill you or you might fall in love with him," said Pie. "Ichigo, Kish might seem like a pervert and a homicidal, love-struck idiot to you, but that's only because he wants you to acknowledge him. He can really be a gentleman if you give him a chance."

"Well," said Ichigo.

"Well, let Madame Zakuro convince you otherwise," said Pie.

"Madame Zakuro?" asked Ichigo. Pie lead her to a room where a mystic séance was taking place.

"Serpents and spiders…" said a voice. "Hello?" asked Ichigo. "Zakuro?"

"What is it? I'm in the middle of a séance," said a voice. Ichigo looked down and saw…Zakuro's disembodied head in a crystal ball.

TO BE CONTINUED…

ICHIGO: NEXT TIME: See, this is why I hate the Haunted Mansion. Tart and Pudding are dead, Zakuro's literally lost her mind, and Kish is trying to kill me! Why can't this be like the Holiday version? What this? A tombstone for me? Uh oh.

NARUTOFREAK14: Well, as of press time, it was 3 hours until 2007, so…

(All of the Mew Mews, Ryou, the aliens, and Keiichiro pop out).

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! WE WISH YOU A HAPPY 2007!