Order 11: Parfait Unity, Shine!
In another part yet near the affected area of the city, the girl named Rikorisu was strolling around, getting used to the city, making sure that her map was accurate. Then, police cars and SWAT trucks come barreling thru the streets.
"Huh? What's happening?" she asked.
"Attention all people in the area, this is an alien attack alert! I repeat, an alien attack! All people please evacuate the area!" the area PA system came to life. "Law enforcement and SF units are moving into the area... and may the guardians of this city save us..."
"Guardians?" Rikko asked, catching the attention of a crowd control policeman.
"They're called the mew mews... and they're here!" the policeman replied, suddenly pointing to six lights rushing towards the scene. "Please lady, you have to leave the area at once!" he then was as he moved towards the scene, in response to backup requests.
"Hey... what the!" she could only think as she began to run as well. "Aww..."
She stopped because of some pain she had felt- at her gloved right hand, making her look at it.
"This pain..." she thought as she removed her glove, revealing a mark- a pair of outlined bat wings on her palm- which began to glow a bit. "Why is this happening? Could it be related?"
"Come out, Tokyo Mew Mew!" Fudge continued to call despite the tons of guns pointed at him.
"He'll never budge from there..." The sniper girl commented. "Tell all non- special ops personnel to move away from here and evacuate the surrounding area as well. SWAT, prepare for game- styled combat..."
"What game 'mam?" one of her teammates asked.
"Any fighting game you dummy!"
"Oh..." where the words the team replied as they took out an assortment of weapons- guns, knives, swords, and shields, and as the other units began to pull out.
"You humans still don't listen huh?" Fudge then asked. "Well then... I guess I have to bring them out!"
"Oh no... Not this time..." Yukari thought as the enemy charged. "Disperse!"
Her call to disperse worked, as the enemy only hits nothing. Beam and gunshots began to ring out of the SWAT members as they began their assault. Yukari herself was impressed at what her new bolt rifle can do- at least it was hurting the enemy- just the thing to delay. But they all knew that they were just ordered by their chief to slow things down until the SF- the obvious solution, or Tokyo Mew Mew- the effective solution, comes. And then, one by one each and every one of team Akasawa began to fall.
"Honjo! Ikegami! Sato!" Yukari alarmed as the last three of her team were also hit- leaving her, rushing to them. "Are you guys okay?"
"We're fine... evacuate now 'mam... we'll hold him until they arrive."
"I'm not leaving you guys here to die..." she told them and then turned to the enemy. "Okay you alien scum... you have bothered with a peaceful earth once again... and this time, it's not just a special group you are going to tangle with- if you're going to tangle with anyone from Tokyo- mew or otherwise, you'll tangle with the entire Tokyo Police Department!"
And with those words, she began to dash forward, boldly into the enemy's reach. Fudge tried to attack but she was faster, jumping over him and firing shots, hitting him on the head and back, making him angry.
"Why you!" the alien yelled as he swung his Raikoushin as hard as he can, but unable to hit her.
"This rifle is light... so light..." Yukari can only think as she can evade. "But I'm getting tired- when will they come and... yipes!"
Her last thoughts were cut as she barely evaded the last swing, flipping back but slipping upon landing- she was now tired.
"Oh dear- now I can't move..." she again thought as her legs failed and her enemy charged towards her. "It's the..."
"Ribbon... Pudding-ring... Inferno!" Pudding's voice suddenly came in, followed by her attack- directed towards Yukari, enveloping her in the jelly- like shield, which made the alien's attack bounce, making him reel a bit.
"You humans are late..." he sneered as he lowered down his weapon.
"Are you okay? The nanobots will help you recover better." Salvia came near to the sniper, using an injection gun to give her something- medical nanobots. She then sees the rifle and thinks "That's an XR- Series Bolt Rifle, one of five- like my father's... how could she have gotten such a powerful weapon?"
"I'm okay..." she replied and then thought "Phew... if this gun was damaged, the director himself will kill me- he only rented his own while I waited for my own..."
"Hey you..." Ichigo now began with her usual tone- irritated that an alien like him was here. "How dare you involve the police like that- heck, how dare you invade this planet?"
"Haven't I told you before?"
"Shut up! None that matter, as long as you threaten anyone, we will be here..."
Meanwhile, Kiichigo was running as well, towards the scene, when she suddenly bumps into the girl named Rikorisu- who was still staring at her palm, making her drop her glove.
"My glove..." Rikorisu thought a she began to look for it. "Where is...?"
"Here... is this yours?" Kiichigo's voice suddenly makes her turn around.
"That's..."
"Excuse me for my intrusion... but be careful out there- and I mean Tokyo is one heck of a battlefield... alien or no alien..." Kitchie replied before running off again.
"Aliens?" Rikko thought. "I've heard the rumors about this city but..."
Back at the front...
"Salvia Flutestaff!" Salvia declared on her weapon and used it to block an attack.
"How is this possible? This human has blocked my attacks before but, she could not move me before!" Fudge commented as he was being pushed by the white mew.
"Don't expect us to be that weak... even though we are, with our strengths combined, you'll never defeat us!"
In Mew control, both Keiichiro and Ryou were not just looking at the battle, but also at some info that the SF director personally gave. And Ryou was shocked at the info.
"Don't tell me there are more... we used all of them up..." Ryou commented.
"No Ryou- this is a new kind... one that we, of the project have not seen before- but according to the data here, the alliance had seen and had been looking for it ever since."
"Could this be the aliens be referring to as 'the heart'?"
"No mistake about it- they are referring to it... done." Kei replied, seeing that the computer's analysis was finished. "Now let's apply the signatures to our readings and..."
"No way! Is that even accurate!" Ryou's jaw could only drop as he saw the computed readings.
"Yes... all of our girls have it... and there are three more signatures that are unique- no, make that 4 more..." Kei replied, pressing the view button.
The images that began to show were shocking Ryou. Not only the girls were there, but also an image of Kiichigo running towards the scene, a house were a party was, a car on the off- ramp of the Tokaido Road (The country's main artery), and finally, a running but still dazed Rikorisu.
"I myself can't believe it... another type of Mew Aqua- the Mew Aqua Heart..."
Back at Kiichigo's area, where she grabbed her pendant and just opened a line.
"Orange, can you hear me?" she asked, still while running.
"I'm here, and I've heard it- but I can't... the neighbors came and a party was starting..."
"Great, I wish Ringo had moved sooner..." she puffed as she cut the line- no use getting Mikan Fumou out of her new house with a party going on- she is a fruit businessman's daughter after all.
"Why am I running?" Rikorisu thought as she was, by some force unknown, running towards the scene. "But the thing is... the pain on my palm lessens as I head towards this place of disaster- the same time as I met the girl with the strawberry- red haired girl and the green- haired girl with glasses... and the same time when I visit a church every so often. Can they be? Could it be?"
Back at the battle- Salvia barely dodged a much heavier blow. Again the alien attacks and she blocks it- perfect timing.
"Take this!" Mint replied, seeing the chance. "Ribbon Mint Echo!"
The pink heart of energy rushes towards the enemy, making Salvia remove her block and flip away- but alas, Fudge flipped back as well- making the shot miss. Lettuce followed with a rush, but the alien twirled his axe to block most of the shots- except the last one, which hit dead- center and pushed him, making his hand hurt in the process. He discharges tons of black lightning bolts but all of them miss. In the meantime, Yukari had retreated to the safety of an earlier crater- the one Spazziel created that morning.
"I guess I would have to fight it sniper- style... my style..." she thought as she assessed herself and equipment.
"Akasawa... are you still there?" her radio came in.
"Still here, in the incident crater from this morning... in the front line." she replied. "I still have 5 clips here- enough to decimate a small army... I can still help them you know."
"This is Kobayakawa..." the voice of Tokyo's female police chief came in. "Hold your ground, even if you run; you won't be able to escape..."
"Don't worry 'mam... I won't go down running away." She replied, now acting like a sniper in a foxhole, aiming at the alien.
She found a chance, firing at the moment Pudding had just flipped back to intend another attack. The shot hits, hurting and disorienting the enemy, allowing Pudding to hit him full force. She again fires another shot as the alien reeled from that attack, making him trip and fall on his back. She again fires more, making him evade over and over, even surprising the girls.
"Where did that... those... where!" he could only ask as he seemed to not see the source.
"This is the chance!" Mew Ichigo alarmed. "Everyone!"
And so the sequence began- Pudding, Salvia, Lettuce, Zakuro, Mint and Ichigo began to attack. As that was happening, Isis, in her demi- humanized form was looking at the scene (from where else- the top of a building). On her hands was a dossier with the seal of Ichigo's high school- Tategami South HS- and with the words "Security Detail" written on it.
"Almost time for this Isis to show up..." she spoke softly. "Is this Isis correct, Inanna?"
"You are correct..." Inanna appeared behind her. On her hands was the same sealed dossier with the words "Medical Detail" written on it.
"What about Hecate? Can we find her? We are all worried for her..."
"This Inanna does not know... we might never know if she'll return, show up suddenly or vanish completely. Well anyway, are you ready for your new duty?"
"This Isis doesn't know... and I may have to get used to referring myself in the first person... living beings that are not attuned like our master are sort of scared when they hear someone referring to themselves that way..."
"Actually, it's fun... Shall we help them then?"
"I don't know- Maybe I will... if I do, don't follow- your light is still weak and it still needs a quarter of a cycle to recover..."
"I understand... but I can sense something in the wind- could it be?"
"Yes it is... the fragments of the 'heart'..."
"But this setup... that means..."
"A holy weapon will be reborn..." Isis replied, their bodies starting to glow. "I must now do my fated duty..."
And with those words, she leaves her 'sister', almost dropping her things if it weren't for the one she left behind. By this time- the duration of the battle began to wear the mews- even the human sniper they have as unofficial backup was having problems- seems like the alien was starting to note where all those laser bolts had come from, making her shoot less often.
"If this continues..." Ichigo thought as the alien still stood up.
"Eh... I was thinking when you girls will tire- haven't even broken a drop. Now... for my enjoyment only... Nyan Nyans..."
With those words, the Nyan minions- shooter and mauler types appeared. And with a wave of a hand, they attack. Seeing that the mews were outnumbered, Yukari decided to let herself out to help- even if it meant danger for her as well.
"I won't let you do that!" she called as she appeared out of the hole and began to shoot whatever she can- her sight becoming slowed- actually, she was going fast on her attack.
Fudge was surprised at the sight of an ordinary human suddenly popping out of the ground and shooting off all 60 of his minions in the space of six seconds- all of them perfect hits to their weak spots- the bell.
"What the!" he alarmed.
"Officer!" Salvia worried.
"I told you- you mess with even one of the people of this city... and you'll be messing with the police! As a sworn officer of the law, I- and anyone with justice in their hearts will stop at nothing to bring you to justice!" Yukari panted as she stood up on shaky legs, tired as well, aiming her gun at the alien.
"Why you nuisance!" Fudge could only yell as she dashed towards the policewoman- the mews unable to move because of their low stamina.
"Officer!"
"Oh no... I can't move." Yukari thought as she tried to move by virtue of another of Salvia's warnings- she too was tired. "Not again!"
And again just as she was about to be attacked, someone, or rather something again blocks the attack- and it wasn't Pudding- and again the metallic bang from Tokyo tower was heard... it meant only one thing- it was Isis. She quickly swept the axe and delivered a spinning kick to the alien- a move that no ordinary animus would do, only one with a level such as the one that was there can do it.
"Are you okay, officer of the law?" the animus asked the officer.
"You again..." Ichigo worriedly and Fudge angrily asked.
"As long as I am here, no living soul on this ground I stand will be harmed by the likes of you... I was called from beyond to serve my master's will- that is to protect Mistress Ichigo and her allies- all of mankind from harm. And now..." the Animus replied, her body being surrounded by dark bands of energy. "Dark Blow... Nether Bolt!"
The divinely dark bolt of energy comes in and almost hits, if it weren't for his skilled evasion. Then a scene was made- Fudge attacking with his electricity- charged weapon and Isis with her blades. The only problem with blocking a charged weapon is that some stray bolts were coming out- almost hitting each mew and even almost the policewoman. In the meantime, Kiichigo had managed to evade police roadblock after roadblock and managed to place herself in the foxhole crater.
"Great... if I had Nasha with me, I can be able to assess if what I saw is true." She thought as she looked around the area, spotting a suitably- sized pipe. "This pipe will come in handy."
"Aaahhh!" a stray electric bolt managed to hit Lettuce.
"Lettuce!" Ichigo alarmed as they evaded some as well.
"This is not good..." Isis thought as she and the alien fought on. "This is creating more problems than solutions- I have to..."
"Got you!" the alien alarmed as she had let her guard down while thinking, allowing him to hit her, sending her into the foxhole, crashing near Kiichigo.
"Lady!" Salvia alarmed.
"What the!" Yukari, who now hid herself behind some barrels that were on site, thought. "Only one clip left- still enough for a battalion... but as this rate, we'll all be down for the count. Must... not... be... seen..."
"Are you okay?" Kiichigo went by Isis' side, seeing the animus hurt.
"I am fine... but my light has been consumed a bit... you know what to do..." she replied, somehow floating back into position. "You can no longer hide your true purpose of going to this city... or who you really are... Shield of Gaia..."
"She saw right thru me..." she thought. "Who is she? Never mind that! Sooner or later, I would have to do it anyway!"
"Still standing huh?" the alien mocked on, angry that one of the hindrances was still defiant. "We then, I'll make sure that all of you are taken down... Lightning..."
As he raised his weapon, Ichigo and the others dashed in to attempt to stop him. But it was futile, for he barked the last word.
"Prison!" he called, letting out balls of lightning that hits the mews, the suddenly appeared policewoman and the summoned, trapping them in their own static cages, shocking them while trapping- Kiichigo was spared due to the fact that she was still in the foxhole crater- not yet seen and targeted for that matter.
"Guys!" Ichigo alarms but was stopped by the electricity.
"What's this! I can't hold on..." Yukari managed to say before collapsing.
"Darn... if only I can remove this field... if only I had brought my father's cure chargers with me..." Salvia grumbled as the alien walks past them towards Isis- still looking defiant but now helpless and unable to attack.
"First... the defiant one..." Fudge called as he aimed for the animus. "You have interrupted me not just once, but twice... and I'll make sure it won't go for a third..."
"Swing it... I don't care... even if my light's container were destroyed, as long as my light exists, you will face me again and again..." she thought as she closed her eyes- 'death' is just normal for an animus- they can be recalled / reappear after a cycle- 12 hours to be exact.
Just as the girls began to cry out as he swung down, something flies in and hits him on the face, losing his hold on his weapon and sending him to the ground on his back. The object, which was clearly a piece of one- inch pipe, returned to the hands of who threw it- Kiichigo.
"What the!" the mews except Ichigo thought. "That's Ichigo's cousin..."
"Kiichigo..." Ichigo herself then thought. "Why is she here?"
"What the? Who did that!" the angry alien asked.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Kiichigo yelled as she again threw the pipe, baton- style towards the alien, hitting him on the face again. "You aliens are all the same- wanting harm to us, who only once bothered with another..."
"What are you doing here? Whoever you are, you must not be here!" Ichigo began to alarm. "This is not..."
"I know how hazardous a place with a hostile alien could be... you don't have to lecture me that..." Kitchie replied, tossing the pipe towards the lightning cells, shorting them out and releasing their contents. "No need for thanks now... I'm not yet finished..." she then spoke, with the pipe acting like a boomerang, being caught in her hand once again. "And this will be a good time to use that non-shocked expression card I gave you my dear cousin." She then thought as the alien stood up.
The now angry and berserk alien charged rapidly, making Kiichigo dash with the same speed, surprising even her cousin.
"What the, this human is as fast and strong as those mews!" Fudge thought as his attacks were being evaded and blocked often with a mere piece of pipe. "Could this one be?"
"Got you!" Kitchie alarmed as she attacked, but he quickly notices what was about to happen.
"No... Got you!" he alarmed instead, slashing upwards, managing to only rip off part of her denim skirt- over the spot where her mew mark was- luckily she back flipped to avoid the full attack.
As soon as she landed, the mews see it- and were shocked. On her left upper thigh, was a mark- not just any mark- it was identical to...
"Ichigo's... that's Ichigo's mark!" Mint alarmed.
Ichigo in the meantime was too stunned that she couldn't speak. Then suddenly, she remembers her cousin's words.
"You and I are much more alike than it seems..." the words kept repeating over and over. "Even the animal inside of us..."
She was about to say something when Kiichigo interrupted her.
"I told you a thousand times and yet you don't listen my dear cousin... I'm tired, thirsty and my skirt has been ripped... I guess I have no choice but to tell you again for this last time... we are much more alike that what seems to be- even to the animal inside of us... now you'll be using that non- shocked expression you owed me... "And as for you alien, I'll be the other half of your downfall..." she spoke, as she took out something that further shocked Ichigo and the other mews- the same type of pendant they have.
"No way... that means..." the other mews thought.
"Kiichigo is one of us..." Ichigo thought as her cousin barked the following words.
"Mew Mew Raspberry... Metamorphosis!"
Transformation Sequence (I need to make a difference between Tokyo and Kyoto teams): (Camera view: global) Her pendant shines in a style similar to the opening sequence of Ichigo's. Then the pendant dissolves into light and the next background is a strand of DNA, rotating along the screw. (CV: a bit close) With one rotation of the strand, Kiichigo's blank body comes into view, arms wide open- her left thigh mark glowing brightly. Another turn of the strand and her blank body becomes a wireframe, with her arms now crossed at her chest. Her entire body now turns opposite the strands as the next scenes happen. (CV: at the feet, slowly going up) Then, the wireframe begins to be normalized again, but now with cover; Ichigo- styled footwear, sailor- type skirt with a narrow form of Ichigo's bloomers. Then a semi- sailor type blouse covers her chest, with amazingly Ichigo- styled gloves, but instead of a heart- themed ribbon on one wrist, it was a star- themed one, (CV: at her back) along with her tail ribbon. (CV: still at the back, but now focused on her head) her cat ears now pop and on her right cat ear, two clips appear and secure themselves. (CV: at the face) The light now condenses on her neck- forming the standard (except Salvia) mew pendant. (CV: full body- global) She finally does a pose- Transformation Complete.
"How dare you assault the law- abiding, innocent citizens of this planet! As long as I'm here, you will be arrested!" Raspberry began her usual (and amazingly, Ichigo- styled "how dare you") speech.
"Always the aspiring cop..." Ichigo thought.
"And for the peace of Earth, we will catch you -nya!" Raspberry ended her lines. "Well, how does the catch line of my team sound- never mind that! Are you moving?"
The mews could not answer as Razz backflipped- she sensed that the alien was charging.
"Boy, you're a hard one..." She puffed as she landed. "Raspberry Baton!" she then called, summoning her baton in a similar way as Ichigo or Salvia for that matter.
Her baton looked like a normal parade baton- but it was pink, jewel studded, with extra ribbons at the ends and a star in the middle. And as soon as that weapon as in its owner's hands, Ichigo hears it- a loud thump of a heartbeat. She then hears more beats- not just coming from her, but the other mews as well- Raspberry added.
"What is this?" she thought and then regained her composure, saying "Guys..."
"We know... we're with you Ichigo..." Zakuro replied- being one of the mews with more say in the team.
And so the now invigorated mews join in. In the foxhole crater, Isis had also heard the heartbeat and had suddenly disappeared, reemerging in her humanized form beside Inanna. Seeing her 'sister' hurt, she began to attend to her, using her healing energy.
"Have you heard it?" Isis began to ask. "That sound of the heart... that beat?"
"Yes... this is the time- 'When seven lights gather, the time for awakening is at hand... and with their will, a holy weapon will be born'- that's what the prophecy says- or as in this case, reborn."
While that end was progressing, we momentarily turn our attention to the island of Kaguya- where its famous mass driver was now hosting one of its famous launches- of a new ship class to the SF.
"And now we christen this ship the Archangel..." the voice of the director that had spoke to Keiichiro boomed over- he was broadcasting within the ship. "May our enemies sleep less soundly at the fact that she'll be there, constantly vigilant, ever present, ever ready, and willing to fight. Crew of the Archangel, man our ship and bring her to life! Make her into the shield that she was meant to be!"
As the driver and ship came to life, a thought came across the director's mind.
"Akasaka, your ship will fly... your archangel will..."
He then turned to what was infront of him- for he was in the command chair of the ship.
"All hands prepare for takeoff!" he then began to orders. "All engines start... begin disengagement of holding clamps, fuel and cable lines. Initiate navigation systems..."
"All systems online... mass driver initiating drive sequence..." another of the crew barked out. "Setting ship condition to yellow..."
"Condition yellow has been issued on ship! I repeat, condition yellow has been issued!" A young female officer, apparently the systems spec, barked out as well. "All systems online, all launch bulkheads now being sealed... all personnel prepare for takeoff!"
"Okay... Archangel, takeoff!"
Now back to the city of Tokyo- the mews except Raspberry were tired. And she and the alien were again locked.
"If I can only help more..." Salvia thought as her own strength failed her. "We could sure use an alliance Inanna right now."
Then, she hears what Ichigo had heard- a loud pulse of a heartbeat, so did Lettuce, Mint, Pudding and Zakuro.
"That sound..." they thought.
Then...
"Gyaaa!" Finally, Fudge managed to hit Raspberry.
"Raspberry!" Ichigo called out as she went to her cousin.
As soon as Ichigo's hand touched her, Razz also hears the heartbeat. And now, all of the mews, and as well as Isis and Inanna hear it.
"It's begun... I must let it happen!" Isis thought as she again glowed and left the scene.
"Now you will..." Fudge began to call as he dashed towards them.
"Dark Weave... Nether Strike!" Isis' voice came in, followed by a concentrated bolt of darkness, hitting the alien and unknown to anyone, enlarging the small crack from the previous battle a bit.
"Isis..." Ichigo spoke as the being floated infront of the cousins.
"Can you hear it- that beating of the heart?" Isis asked them as she blocked yet another of the alien's attacks. "Look within yourselves, find your real strength... find it!"
Ichigo was worried, for the animus had an expression of worry as she fought on, while she was being dragged by her cousin. Then... the alien manages to hack thru the ally, a piercing scream of the injury echoing.
"Oh no!" the mews scream in alarm as the cut made to the animus glowed and the body itself vanished into light, with a ball of it flying away.
"12 hours..." Inanna thought as she looked at her wristwatch and then caught the flying ball of light. "That would be 4 AM tomorrow."
At the mews, they continue to hear their heartbeats that with each second, began to sound synchronized- unified.
"This sound..." Zakuro spoke.
"This sounds like..." Lettuce followed.
"Heartbeats..." Mint added.
"Not just any heartbeat..." Salvia then came.
"This is..." Raspberry and Pudding followed.
"This is..." Ichigo thought, as she closed her eyes, with the girls in a sort of formation- all six of them around her. "This is our heartbeats..."
As soon as she spoke those words, the image that she saw in her dream appeared- that of a version of herself with some sort of angelic attire and a bow. Then, something comes into her memory and thoughts.
"Everyone, can you hear it? That sound... that sound is ours..." Ichigo spoke as she began to glow. "Our hearts..."
"Of course it is..." Raspberry followed, with the beats becoming one, and the others glowing as well. "And this means one thing..." she then turns to the more experienced members of the team.
In mew control...
"I'm sure of it... they're going for the extension..." Keiichiro commented.
"But will they synchronize? They've only done it with five... but with seven?"
"They can do it... in fact; seven is the needed minimum number for what I have and the alliance could have in mind..." Arua suddenly came in from behind them, with something glowing on her right hand- a tri-colored crystal. "This on my hand is the hyperform crystal- it only needs a heart to work..."
"Arua... where have you been?" Ryou asked, as the crystal on the angel's hand vanished.
"Making sure that we have new allies... and boy, do we have allies..."
"Guys!" Ichigo gave the signal, making the mews hold out their weapons, sign of their trademark power outburst- the...
"Mew Power... Extension!" the girls cry out, their energies showing as individual pillars of light- Light Pink, Blue, Green, Yellow, Violet, White and Dark Pink.
The combined energy created a shockwave of a light breeze, blowing all over the city- and having certain effects on certain people. First of all, Joseph and Arua, the angels- even though they were inside buildings, the energy acted like a wind, blowing their hair like there was wind. Then, Sakura, Kyuuji and Primula, the members of the holy alliance- they felt the force and were stopped by it, making each of them look at their weapons- which were glowing.
"This reaction..." Kyuuji asked himself.
In the Hisakawa house, Mai and her mother were having a conversation when suddenly, they both stop and Mai covers her ears and began to sweat cold. Her mother quickly came to her and held her.
"What's this? What's this? What's this?" Mai began to utter, in pain.
"Mai... hold on..." her mother continued to soothe her, and then thought. "Her seal is being attacked by the forces those girls are bringing out- they're too early on this... if those forces manage to remove my child's seal she'll be unstable... only Mai can remove it without messing herself... In this case, only one person can help..."
Back at mew control, Arua notices a soft glow surrounding Ryou as well. And speaking of mews, we turn to the Fumou House, which is beside the Aizawa house. Mikan was in her room about to change when suddenly, she also feels it- making her look towards her pendant- which was glowing. Same as the Akai vehicle, which Ringo was in the backseat with her pendant cupped in her hands. And now we turn to the girl named Rikorisu, whose hand was still smarting- but as soon as the wind passed her, the pain became nothing.
"What the?" she asked as she again took off her glove- the mark on her palm was now glowing ever brightly. "Just a few moments ago... how?"
"These words..." Ichigo thought as the same words that she had first heard from her pendant years ago began to go in again. "I now understand what they really meant- they are not just magic words... in fact, they're an entire story... not just a story, but something more- the truth."
"Eh... nice play- but not..." Fudge began to mock, but his words were lost in the ensuing wind and force. "Enough!"
He was shocked as he saw the next scenes. The same minute crystals that had left the girls before had again left them and it was followed by something amazing- their weapons were also glowing and that light that came out coalesced into their own balls, merging with the crystals.
"No way- those girls... have... the heart!"
Then the lights began to gather around Ichigo's, finally fusing with each other as the mews raise their hands. Then the girls utter the next words...
"Parfait... Unity!"
At that exact moment, the computers at mew central were going haywire with too much data.
"This is a much more powerful synchronization that what I have expected..." Keiichiro commented as he worked. "A much higher level to be precise."
The cause of the powerful event- the fused lights began to emit more power than any of them could before- even at maximum extension. And each mew's power was reinforcing the others- so in a sense the already overpowered readings that the guys were having were still picking up in intensity. In another dark control room in the city- the Tokyo City Crisis Management Center (TC-CMC) of the SF, the room was also hectic, with the chief shaking his head.
"That Keiichiro... always to the point of cooking a bomb..." he commented. "I guess that kid will never learn... Just like his father."
"There's no way that you'll use them!" Fudge yelled as he began to charge, berserk and determined.
Then, the six outer lights turned off and looked at the attacker, with weapons ready.
"Protect Ichigo!" Raspberry yelled. "Don't let him reach her!"
"Roger!" the others replied spontaneously, and then dashed towards the alien.
The girls now surround him and began to attack from all sides, making him the confused and irritated party.
"Ribbon... Mint... Echo!" Mint called, releasing multiple shots that were barely evaded.
"Ribbon... Lettuce... Rush!" Lettuce followed, releasing multiple explosive shots of water.
Back in the remaining light pillar- Ichigo's. She was still standing in her raised hand stance, thoughts focused, thinking, searching. Now back to the battle...
"How did you girls become strong again!" Fudge asked as he blocked an attack from Raspberry.
"Have you forgotten what one of us- I mean we said earlier? As long as we are here..." Razz spoke as she punched him in the chest, further enlarging the crack.
"Anyone who tries to harm our Earth..." Salvia followed, shooting a burst to the spot.
"Shall be met with the corresponding action!" Zakuro followed. "Ribbon... Zakuro Spear!"
The light ribbon manages to tie him down at the waist, allowing the other three to attack him- unknowingly, at the same spot as well, further enlarging the crack.
"Why you!" Fudge yelled and sort of discharged something from his body, for the force he projected, dispelled the ribbon hold and pushed the girls away. And when Ichigo heard this, she quickly opened her eyes and spoke the next line.
"Parfait... Unity... Bow!" she yelled, making the girls look back at her.
The light ball that was shining above her began to take form- into one form that Mint knew all too well.
"That looks like..." she thought and looked at her bow.
Mint's assumption was correct, for the ball now took that form and settled on Ichigo's right hand. The light covering it vanished and it revealed a much larger-sized yet different version of her bow. They also noted that each part of the bow was different and came from their individual weapons (but looking unified) - the bow body from Mint, the H- shaped support frame from Salvia, the arrow shaft and feathers from the connected weapons of Raspberry and Zakuro, the bowstring and respective holders (on the ends of the bow) from Lettuce, a pair of accessory rings from Pudding and the arrowhead part from Ichigo. Then, something glows on the intersection of where the bow and the arrow are, a pink light that coalesced into a pink heart jewel- bottom end pointing the same way as the arrow.
"What the heck!" the alien alarmed as the pink mew held the bow and looked at it with amazement. "Never mind... must..."
"I won't let you pass!" Salvia barked as he approached, blocking him.
"Or take a step towards her!" Raspberry noted, as she spun around. "Baton Trick- Raspberry Toss!" she then called, tossing her baton towards the enemy like she did with the pipe earlier.
The alien again backflipped, evading the baton but leaving him open to the next two shots- Mint and Lettuce's, hitting him on the same cracked area. He flew out of control and was caught by Zakuro's whip, with the mew, spinning him, allowing Pudding to trap him.
"This again?" the alien mocked and tried to break free but "It's too strong! Impossible!"
"Chance!" all the mews except Ichigo alarmed- that was the signal Ichigo had been waiting.
"Parfait Unity Bow!"
Attack Sequence (like the official attack sequences): The bow lands on her right hand, whose arm is crossed on her chest. Her left hand now lands on where the jewel was and it glows. She now does her standard charge (for her normal spell attacks- check and surprise); all the while some new energy gathers at the arrowhead as well as the standard.
"Ribbon!" She barked as she raised the bow and aimed it at the locked alien.
"Strawberry!" She baked again as she drew the bowstring, as energies gather further at the arrowhead and a formation appears on her feet- a definite seal of the alliance. And also, the two accessory rings beginning to glow and spin in opposite directions, furthering the charge.
"Arrow!" The third word was spoken, allowing release of the immense energy being gathered, manifesting first as a slow, heart- shaped shockwave (like the surprise before it- with the energy rays as well), followed by a pink, heart tipped and feathered arrow of light. The arrow suddenly rocketed from that slow speed, blowing the shockwave with another one- in a rather dramatic fashion. (CV: The 'launch' scene is played out from multiple angles.)
"This is the start of prophecy..." Inanna thought as she vanished from the scene.
The arrow of light began its rapid transit towards the alien. Then on cue, Pudding's lock vanished, leaving him open- but not helpless, for he raised a dark shield, just as the arrow impacted.
"I won't let you insolents beat me!" Fudge yelled as he tried to hold the shield up, the conflicting energies making the classic energy block scene- but to no avail. "Oh no!"
The dark shield broke, his reflexes making him cross his arms in a defensive stance. But moments pass- no sign of anything, making him put his arms down and look in wonder. He then looks at Mew Ichigo and the only thing he saw besides the mew and her bow is that the central jewel flashed a bit. Then it hits him- a sudden intrusive feeling in his chest, making him look down.
"No way!" He screamed, for that intrusive feeling in his chest was none other than the strawberry arrow. "How could it? No way... no way... no way... no... no... noo... nooo... noooo... nooooo... noooooo!" he could only scream as the light finally began to consume him.
"You will remember this Mew Mews!" – those where his last words as Ichigo turned around (as if facing the camera) and he vanished into light, leaving only a still impaled- by- Ichigo's- arrow- black crystal- which crumbled into nothing after hitting the ground.
The girls were silent until...
"Objectives completed! Mission Complete!" Raspberry shouted, arms in a sort of pumped up way.
"Yeah... problem eliminated..." Salvia followed. "But..."
"This damage..." Lettuce commented, looking around, noting several craters and other damage.
"This is really bad..." Mint added.
"Even if this is land under development..." Zakuro further clarified.
"You're right..." Pudding ended.
Then the girls feel energy that resonates with theirs, making them look towards the far corner of the area. They see someone in a white coat, with long golden yellow hair. On her left hand seems to be a sword, while her right hand was glowing with some sort of energy, slowly but surely repairing the physical damage dealt to the area- clothing included but not health. As soon as the damage was cleared, she instantly vanished.
"Who was that?" Raspberry asked.
"Ugh..." a voice came from the foxhole crater. "What happened?"
"Officer, are you okay?" Razz then came to the now conscious Yukari.
"Do you call what I have- we experienced okay!" the somewhat irritated police sniper replied, as helicopters and police cars now came in with sirens blowing. "Nice job by the way..."
"Anything to help a fellow officer..."
"We'll be taking care of her..." another female voice came in- as well as the person who owned it- someone in a high- ranking police uniform.
"Chief Kobayakawa- how usual of you to come at a time like this..." Yukari puffed infront of her superior officer- the Tokyo Police Chief.
"I deeply thank all of you for the services that you have made to this city and beyond." The police chief spoke as she bowed, while medics take away the still fainted and the recovering. "It was fortunate that no one was killed- though I am depressed at how it progressed. But none the matter, for we of the police will further our aid in your duties..." she then continued, giving them a salute- with the others as well.
Ichigo couldn't help but salute as well- along with her cousin.
"Well then..." the police chief spoke as she left the scene. Then...
"Ahh! I feel so relaxed that I can talk on and on!" Raspberry spoke, streching her arms.
"Yeah..." Ichigo puffed, imitating a mobster flick that she had seen on TV "Better talk, see... or I will stab you with this here sword, see..."
"Okay, okay!" Razz yelled, waving her hands. "But not here... there is one place we always go to after a battle."
"Yeah... let's go then... those three will have some talking to do as well..." Zakuro commented.
As the girls vanished from the scene, Black Knight was looking there as well.
"Hmp... too rash acting... Bah!" he puffed as he too vanished.
AN: And so ends this chapter- because the next chapter will explain a bit about the current situation; why Kiichigo is a mew, why the second team, and some more things...