Thankx to everyone who's reviewed! I really appreciate it! Hopefully this will be the 2nd last chapter of Ichigo's revenge - cos I really want Ryou to prank her back!! It's fun writing it though.

Mew Mew Power is finally on TV in England so I get to watch the anime at last! Even though it is the American dub and their names are different, who cares!! TMM rules - no doubt about that!!

Anyway, it seems as if you're all dieing to know what Ichigo is going to wear for her 3rd outfit. I've got the style of it but I don't know what colour it should be.

So YOU as reviewers get to decide. Should it be:

- white

- red

- black

- silver

or

- any two of the four colours

Plz vote in your reviews. I haven't got anyone to do the disclaimer today so I'll just have to do it myself.

KKKO: I do not, have never and will never own TMM. So let's get onto the story!!

Chapter 10

A Slight Twist

Ichigo laughed to herself. She would never forget the look on the girl's faces when she had returned, covered in whipped cream and flour. (A/N: Sorry, in the last chapter I kept writing flour as floor! Baka me!)

And once she had explained that it was Ryou who had done it to her, her friends had burst into fits of hysterical laughter. They didn't believe her in the slightest! Oh, well.

"So, is the food ready yet?" Purin asked, her stomach grumbling.

It was only then that Ichigo realised - because of their playfight, both Ichigo and Ryou had forgotten all about the cake.

"Oops…" the catgirl said.

"Don't tell me you forgot to cook something," Minto rolled her eyes.

"Anou…no, we didn't forget to cook something…" Ichigo began.

"Well, then that means the food's ready and we can finally go eat!" Purin exclaimed jumping up to her feet.

"Not exactly…we kinda forgot to take the food out of the oven…"

"ICHIGO MOMOMIYA!!"

Ichigo tried to cover her cat ears that had popped up in order to stop her going deaf.

"Nya?"

Minto raced downstairs and into the kitchen. She saw smoke pouring from the oven. She coughed as it began to seep into her lungs. Between her coughs she managed to mutter, "Baka Ichigo."

Fanning the air in an attempt to clear some of the smoke, she advanced toward the metal cooking device. She had almost reached it when Retasu entered the kitchen behind her.

Turning to see her friend, Minto asked, "Could you help me?"

Quickly, Retasu ran to her side and the two forced the oven door open. Ichigo charged into the room just as Retasu and Minto were blasted with more of the thick black cloud.

"NYA!" she meowed, rushing to help them. But Purin got there first, hauling the cake out of the oven. However, the cake tin was scolding hot and the girl started to throw it up and down in the air, shrieking every time she caught it.

"PURIN-CHAN! DROP IT!" Minto yelled.

So she obeyed. And dropped it right onto her toes. Hopping because the weight of it had crushed her poor little feet Purin yelped, "OWIE! NA NO DA!"

The girls had momentarily forgotten their dilemma with the oven and as Retasu turned, her hand caught on the metal racks inside it.

She gasped and leapt away from it. The smoke was still pouring out into the room, and unfortunately Purin had closed the door so the room was filling up pretty fast. Minto began coughing again and it was not long before the other three had joined her. They were choking on the burning produce. Everything started spinning as Ichigo looked around. She was becoming dizzy and faint. It wasn't long until she would be unconscious. A few seconds later this was the case. Ichigo had blacked out. And a moment later, Purin joined her.

"Ichigo-chan! Purin-chan!...Minto-chan, they aren't answering!" Retasu cried.

Minto couldn't answer due to the fact she wasn't able to stop coughing long enough. She was keeled over on the floor and as Retasu bent down to see her, she fell to he own knees, the world going round and round.

Just as they were both about to loose consciousness, two figures bust threw the door…

Opening her eyes, she looked around, taking in her surroundings. At first she didn't recognize anything, but eventually she realised she was in Ryou's room.

"Onee-chan, are you awake?" came a meek voice from beside her. Glancing up, she saw Purin, her hands bandaged, sitting on the end of the bed. Ichigo sat upright.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Well, you and me blacked out and Minto-onee-chan was coughing and coughing and Retasu-onee-chan fainted after a while. But we didn't die because Shirogane-nii-san and Zakuro-onee-sama came in and got us out. When I woke up my hands were bandaged and Kish-kun was sitting in the room. He said that Retasu had gained conschiousiness a little while after she woke up and that Shirogane-nii-san was in big trouble with Akasaka-san. That's all I know, na no da," she answered quietly.

Ichigo smiled sympathetically as she caught the young girl staring at her burnt and wrapped hands.

"One: Purin-chan, I think you mean consciousness. Two: Since when did you start calling Shirogane 'nii-san'? And three: why's he in trouble?"

"Because he was carrying on with you and the two of you left the oven on for an hour or more and everything began smoking and burning and we all could've died, na no da," she replied.

Ichigo nodded.

Suddenly, the door opened and in walked Kish.

"Hey, koneko-chan. Glad to see you're awake," he said, smiling.

"Hi. Is everyone ok?" she asked him.

"Well, Retasu-chan is fine," he chuckled slightly as he added, "and Minto-chan lost her voice due to all of her coughing."

"Is Shirogane really in trouble?" she questioned.

"He was shouted at by Akasaka-san for being 'foolish' and was sent to one of the spare rooms until further notice. I swear," Kish mused, "that Akasaka-san sounded like an angry parent. It was quite funny now that I think about it."

"It…wasn't just Shirogane's fault. In fact…it was mainly mine because I was the one who threw flour at him in the first place. I'm going to see him," Ichigo sighed as she got onto her feet and started towards the door.

"According to Akasaka-san, you aren't getting off the hook, koneko-chan. But you probably won't get into as much bother and won't get shouted at," Kish said.

She turned to face him before shaking her head and leaving the bedroom. Walking slowly down the corridor, she saw a room she hadn't been in before and opened it. Peering inside, she found it empty. Moving on to the next room, she pushed on the door. It was locked.

Trailing down the hallway, she tried door after door only to find them the same as either of the first two.

Finally reaching the last door, she pushed it and it clicked open. Quickly checking to see whether or not it was occupied by her blonde boss, she discovered it was. She stepped in and closed the door silently so he would not know she was there. He sat on a chair facing the window, his head being held up on of his hands while the other fell limp to his side.

Walking slowly over to him she decided that it would be fun to startle him for once. So as soon as she got right behind him, she reached out her arm to tap him on the shoulder, only to have it grabbed by his dangling hand. His head snapped round to face her. When he saw who it was he smirked, then with his free hand pointed to his head. Ichigo immediately put her own free hand to her head just to find something soft and furry before she came into contact with her hair.

She let out a "Nya!" and patted her cat ears down. Her frantic pats slowed as she realised Ryou was still holding her hand. She blushed and her feline features sprang up again.

He rolled his eyes and let go. Ichigo saddened inside, though she didn't show it. But she had, sort of…liked him touching her.

"So, what are you doing here?" Ryou asked.

"Came to see you," she replied with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Why?"

"Heard you were in trouble for something I did," she spoke softly, guilt consuming her tone and her eyes suddenly becoming downcast.

"Strawberry, it wasn't your fault," he sighed.

"Yes it was!" she cried. "I was the one who sprinkled flour over you! I started the fight that made us forget!"

He shook his head. "But I should've remembered." He was silent for a moment before continuing. "I shouldn't have even done that in the first place."

"Yes you should."

He looked at her passionate expression and was instantly puzzled.

Seeing the look he was giving her, Ichigo explained, "You had fun. Honestly, that's the first time I've ever seen you that happy. And I like seeing you smile."

Her eyes were sparkling, Ryou noted. That had to be a good thing. So that meant that what she was saying was genuine.

"Really?" he whispered, leaning closer.

"Hai," she replied, becoming flustered.

"That's cool," he breathed into her ear.

Bringing his head back slightly, he stared into her chocolate eyes. She gazed back and as she did so, something came over her. She leant forward closing the gap. Her eyelids fluttered shut and so did his as the two kissed for the third time. They moved their lips simultaneously, not even needing to think about it. Taking a chance, Ichigo deepened the lip-lock by easing his mouth gently open and slipping her tongue inside.

But suddenly, Ichigo realised what she was doing and broke away from him, though she kept her head close. She stared at him in shock. But before she could pull away completely, he swiftly placed his hand behind her neck and pushed her back down. His mouth clamped onto hers and this time she didn't reject him.

It was a while before they broke apart again, and it when they did it was only for air. And a very good time to aswell. For seconds later, Keiichiro walked into the room.

"Ryou, I need to --" he started, however cut himself off when he saw the other occupant of the room. The red-head smiled at him then exited, leaving the two bishonen to talk amongst themselves in private.

"He's going to get it for that," she muttered under her breath as she trooped back along the hallway and into the living room, where she was sure her friends would be.

And she was right.

"Konnichiwa," she greeted upon entering.

Minto turned and glared at her.

"What's wrong Minto-chan?" the Wildcat asked.

Minto's glare intensified.

"Ichigo-onee-chan, I told you that Minto-onee-chan lost her voice!" Purin almost shouted.

"Oh, yeah," Ichigo admitted, tipping her head slightly to the side in thought.

The blue-haired girl turned back and folded her arms across her chest, held her chin high and pouted.

"So, did you see Shirogane-nii-san?" the small girl asked curiously.

"Hai, I talked to him. He blames the whole thing on himself," Ichigo replied.

Minto gave her best friend a look as if to say 'well it was your fault I lost my voice'. Ichigo picked up on this and winced.

"Sorry, Minto-chan," she apologized.

The next expression she received seemed to mean 'so you should be'.

"I think we better put the prank on hold for now," Zakuro suggested.

"No way! Shirogane just got me again! Twice more! He needs to pay! I'll even wear the last outfit!" the catgirl cried.

"Really?" Retasu questioned. "I thought you said nothing would ever get you to wear that?"

"I've changed my mind. After all, I need to get him back more than ever. The thought of him made me transform into a neko, he humiliates me, kisses me tricks me into being his slave when the Summer Holidays come round, scares me half to death, eavesdrops on me, fids out I'm crushing on him, teases me, kisses me again, has a flour fight with me, sprays whipped cream on me - spoiling my outfit (or rather yours Zakuro-chan) and starting another food fight - then makes me kiss him, and when I pull away he pulls me back for another!!!" she ranted, counting off on her fingers all of the things he had done to her in the last few days.

"'Made you kiss him'?" Zakuro asked suspiciously.

"Anou…well, not exactly 'made me' but he made it way too tempting to not."

Glancing at each other, Minto and Zakuro raised their eyebrows, Retasu smiled kindly and Purin leapt about the room yelling, "Oh wow! Oh wow! Shirogane-nii-san and Ichigo-onee-chan are in love na no da!"

"Purin-chan!" Ichigo hissed.

"What? It's true na no da."

Before Ichigo could deny it, Zakuro cut in, "Well, are we going to finish this prank or not?"

A/N: A little twist to keep you in suspense. I'm so mean, aren't I? But it doesn't matter. You'll just have to wait for the next chapter. I have no idea when I'll be able to get the next chapter posted because I have quite a busy week, so I probably won't have time to update. But I'll try, so watch out for it!!