Hiya sorry I've been gone, but here's chapter 11! Yey! Be happy!
The Escape
The sun was blazing downwards on the group of young girls as; they passed through the playing fields with exaggerated faces.
"Minto! I can't believe you'd say such a thing!" Ichigo shouted with a tired expression and weary sigh, "We can't just stop looking for the aliens and for Shade. Who knows what's happened to her."
Minto looked at Ichigo with an agitated face and scowled when Lettuce quietly agreed. "Its only for one day. This will be the biggest concert all year round even Pudding knows that."
Pudding jumped into the air and protested being used as an example, although it was true. Every teen, couple and child knew of the most important concert in Tokyo. During summer, the festivals began and the most prestigious stars from around the world usually united in making the concert even more extraordinary and celebrative. The parties were to be held outside in the largest park available with flowery decorations from black roses to pink lotuses. Every genre would be sang, played and swallowed whole by the roaring crowds that would travel miles and countries to join the concert.
Ichigo frowned in thought. Masaya had called her the other night asking her to said concert. Thinking only of saving Shade, Ichigo was caught off guard from his proposal of a date and stuttered a quick maybe before hanging up and slamming her mobile onto her desk. Perhaps she could actually agree to it if they did have a day off, but Ryou and Keiichiro would never allow a free day, especially since Shade's disappearance. Ryou seemed tenser as the days passed without any sign of the peculiar girl. Keiichiro had begun piling up cakes that he would bake non-stop whilst Ryou had retreated to the basement. Ichigo herself and the other mews had also adopted strange habits since the incident.
No though, her conscience would never allow her slumber, peace and joy until they found the girl. Even after the last few days she had lost many catnaps during school classes: example of one her new habits.
"Well I'm sure Shade wouldn't mind us having a little fun for once." Minto continued whilst keeping a close eye on Pudding who was straying towards the ducks.
Patters from more feet were heard on the gravel as, three more people joined the teens by the lake whereas Pudding annoyed the squawking ducks. "Minto you shouldn't say something like that… however, I am afraid to say that we will in fact be at that concert." Zakuro exclaimed with Ryou and Keiichiro halting behind her.
"The music sensations of this years upcoming concert have asked Zakuro's company if she could perform with a few other stars." Keiichiro sung with an excited smile, obviously he was a fan.
Ryou looked disgruntled, but otherwise composed and calm, "The concert is going to be held near the Kanto Region Park. It won't take too long to get there with our travelling ways so don't worry about money or time. Just make sure that you'll be ready for anything, and bring your pendants." He mumbled a 'Get to work' and headed back the way they had originally come from.
"What's eating him? Oh, Keiichiro did one of your new cakes get Ryou?" Pudding screeched as, the ducks swarmed around her. Chimera Anima or no, the ducks could still gash. Jumping in circles she ran for Lettuce and scrambled behind the young girl's frame. The ducks fluttered their wings and soon returned to the water with a few missing feathers and horrid attitudes.
"No of course not Pudding. My cakes don't come to life or eat people." Keiichiro said with a nervous laugh.
The girls withdrew their mystified stares from the fuming ducks to the uneasy Keiichiro, "You've been giving her sugar before her bed time haven't you Keiichiro?" Ichigo said slowly with a foreboding edge in her voice, "She's been having bad dreams because of you!" they hiked the trail to the café and made their way through the small crowd of peppy customers.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to get Pudding back to sleep once she's awake? Each one of us has been deprived of sleep because, she's been calling us talking about flying ants, big strawberry pies that told her Shade-" Minto cut off as, they entered the café to see Ryou leaning against the wall nearest to the kitchen.
He swiftly looked up at the mention of Shade and frowned at the group that paused around the entrance of the modernised café. Unfolding his arms, Ryou composed himself from the previous stance and drifted down to the basement doors.
The mews dispersed and grabbed their equipment. Ichigo yelled checks off a chart whilst the girls relayed their answers as though preparing for war. Taking a deep breath, each young woman took her place. Minto was at her tea table, Zakuro by the kitchen door, Lettuce at the counter, Pudding by the double door entry and Ichigo stood by the first table awaiting the dreaded customers outside, "Okay, Pudding put out the sign." Keiichiro called from the kitchen.
"So about that concert," Ichigo moaned whilst Minto continued arrogantly, "Is your company going to provide enough backstage passes for all of us Zakuro?"
The model was gazing through the window that dribbled with rain, "I'm not sure…" she said numbly as, the rain fell hard. Daily she would float away into her thoughts.
Like bullets the water rushed past the clouds and hit the ground, rooftops and glass with great force. Ichigo winced; being catlike had more downs than just the changing into a cat part. She hated rain; it made her dreary and easily annoyed, not that that was much of a change when she was working late in the café.
"Well I probably wouldn't be coming with you all," she said turning back to the girls that sat around Minto's tea table, "Well, I'll be at the concert, but not exactly with you guys."
"Ah, M-Masaya asked you, didn't he?" Lettuce asked shyly while bowing her head to the tiled floor. Ichigo blushed and hurriedly shrugged off the scowls she was gaining from Minto and Zakuro.
"Now, now… its not like I was going to go until now. I would never do that to Shade just to be with Masaya." They all sighed sadly as; the precipitation pelted the walls of the pink café.
Keiichiro came from the back and took the open sign from the front of the café, "Well I don't think we'll be getting anymore regulars with this weather." He commented while struggling to manoeuvre the wooden notice around the tables and chairs. Pushing it along the floor he suggested that the girls leave with umbrellas from the back room and commenced dragging the open sign to the storeroom opposite the backroom where the girls usually changed.
They agreed and Zakuro stayed back for Keiichiro to return from the stockroom. He reached the café room and they spoke in hushed voices, "How has Ryou been handling this?" she asked in a cold tone. She was the oldest mew and considered all younger than her, her responsibility and that included the ruthless Ryou.
Keiichiro viably shuddered at her modified manner towards him, "I'm not sure. I suppose he's taking it as easily as possible. Its not every day something like this happens. The aliens have never really kidnapped an innocent before. That and I new she had a spot in everyone's heart here."
Zakuro glowered at the man and paced towards the basement doors. Keiichiro squeaked and ran after the rampaging model thinking she'd interrupt Ryou's work, "Oh, yeah, he's taking it finely…" she commented as, quietened coughs and sobs reached her enhanced wolfish ears. Keiichiro frowned in confusion, as any normal human would, he heard nothing. She leaned away from the basement doors; grimaced in regret and apologized to Keiichiro and made her way to the doors, "Just… take care of him." She said lowly. Keiichiro nodded and fidgeted under her authoritative appearance. Storming from the café in the most dignified way possible, Zakuro left along with the girls that were but a few feet ahead of her.
"What do you think? Should we act whilst the employees are gone or wait until morning?" Lee asked the two brothers. All three were huddled behind bushes as, Keiichiro locked up the front.
Kero glanced at the moon, "We'll wait until tomorrow night," Ku stared at his brother defiantly, "She'll be fine, Ku. 2, 0, 4 knows how to take care of herself. I'm positive tonight would be a bad idea. The weather keeps changing and the moon is full."
Lee lifted his coat higher to escape the now lightening rain, "Eh, guys this is the type of rain that soaks you through," both brothers ignored the youngest member of their assassin group and gossiped to one another, "No, seriously guys I don't want to get a cold. Kero said we're coming back tomorrow night so if your making plans then why not do that in our room back at headquarters?"
"Because," Ku mumbled, "Lance will have our heads if we go back there without her."
Kero nodded in agreement and Lee sighed. Defeated and soaked, he clambered to the ground from his aching position and slept under the foliage in the park. Both brothers continued bickering and eventually Lee slept peacefully with the other two in the team following shortly behind him.
Well there you go, sorry its short and not that interesting, but it's a very important chapter, bye x.