Pai hugged lettuce again. "are you ready?" he whispered in her ear. She nodded

"mew mew Lettuce metamorphosis." she transformed into her green mew costume.

"so long. I haven't been in this costume since the last time I fought, Pai." she looked at him, he smiled at her and she giggled back.

"I'll be back soon Ryou." Zakuro-san pecked him lightly on the lips. Hugging him before she transformed, pudding was already transformed and ready to fight.

Mint waited for Zakuro-san, they had become like sister. Ichigo was still frozen and didn't move till pudding nudged her.

"don't worry Ichigo Pai knows where they are, he tracked down Kishu." lettuce said hugging her comfortingly. She nodded at her

"mew mew strawberry metamorphosis." she appeared before them in her pink cat-like outfit.

Pai showed each on where to go. Deep blue had taken them to an underground cavern.

The cavern was dark and moist, Ichigo watched all around her something wasn't right. She heard footsteps behind her. She spun around to see an empty path way, everyone else stayed calm.

She slowed down, keeping pace from everyone, Zakuro-san slowed down to her pace.

"you heard it too?" Ichigo managed a small nod.

"watch behind you and on my signal run." she whispered and ran to catch up with the others. Ichigo stayed behind watching out of the corner of her eye.

Ichigo waited staying calm, and quiet. Waiting for Zakuro-san to tell her to run. Ichigo listened to the quiet footsteps behind her.

"Ichigo!" Zakuro-san yelled, Ichigo broke off in a run with the group, unaware from what she was running from. She caught up to Zakuro-san.

"what's going on." she yelled.

"chimera animal," Zakuro-san replied, Ichigo felt a chill go down her back, they ran into a large opening stopping suddenly by a wave of energy.

"Welcome mews, and Pai." they looked up to see deep blue above them on a ledge.

"today your lives with be ended." he laughed jumping down to a lower ledge.

"but best of all…" he started aiming his sword at a cave wall.

"by the ones you love." an energy wave flew from his sword, the wall broke into pieces revealing Kishu and Taru arms tied to the stone wall like prisoners. Deep blue jumped to them.

"wake up." he said, slicing the rope. The shot their heads up. There eye's were pure black.

"Kishu?" Ichigo asked letting her eye's get red and her vision blurry. He looked at her, emotionless, he drew his daggers out.

Ichigo gasped, "Kishu ? What wrong it's me." Ichigo cried stepping in front of the others. He smirked lunging at her pudding pushed her out of the way.

"I can't hurt him!" Ichigo chocked out. deep blue smirked

"but they can hurt you." he laughed foolishly, disappearing into the cave.

Ichigo looked up to see Kishu lunging at her. "no Kishu stop please." she begged he lurched forward again, not stopping. Taru soon joined in after pudding.

"Taru-taru what wrong?" pudding urged, mint and Zakuro-san chased them trying to knock them down. While lettuce and Pai went after deep blue.