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onegai – please

hai – yes

arigato – thank you (spoken aligato)

demo – but

gomen/gomene/gomenasai - sorry

So here's the next chappy, enjoy, ne!

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Sweet Candy Promise

Chapter 12: Isn't one catastrophe enough?

"EHHHHHHHH?" Purin and Taruto couldn't believe her eyes when the girl opened the door to their home. There weren't just Purin's five younger siblings, but also another person they all five sat around. The man looked up and smiled when the door opened.

"Welcome home, m'lady!"

"Y-Y-YUEBIIIN, NA NO DA?"

"Yes, it's me and I got finally time to visit you again. I'm sorry it took me so long, Purin-san. I hope I'm not here at a bad time?"

Purin shook her head to get out shock about seeing him all of sudden. Then she gave him her brightest smile.

"No, it's okay! Welcome back, na no da!"

"It makes me happy to hear that, m'lady. And you guys also don't seem too unhappy about it, right?"

He looked at the five little children sitting around him.

"No, it's great that you're here, Yuebin-nii-san!"

The man patted Heicha on the head.

"Then it's okay. Oh, I almost forgot, but I felt so free and prepared dinner. We'll have noodle gratin, is that okay, m'lady?"

"Hm? Yeah, it's okay, na no da…" She didn't really like it when someone else cooked for her family. That was her business, even though they did it together often, she was always the leader of their 'kitchen-team'.

The men looked up again, and this time his look fell on Taruto. His eyes widened in shock.

"M'lady, behind you!!"

"Hm?" Purin turned around, but everything she saw standing there was Taruto who had a shocked expression too. Oh yes, he remembered that guy.

"What are you doing, m'lady? Run! I'll take care of him!"

He jumped up and ran towards the door, preparing for an attack. To his surprise Purin, instead of running away, stood in the door, blocking his way and making him stop.

"It's okay! He's my friend, na no da! Don't hurt him! And besides, didn't your parents tell you not to run in the house?"

"Heh? Friend?"

"Yes, Taru-Taru's my boyfriend, na no da!"

Taruto blushed terribly. Was she never embarrassed by anything?

"He is WHAT?" A fire seemed to be coming up in Yuebin's eyes.

"Didn't you listen to me? Purin's boyfriend, na no da!"

"But-But m'lady, he attacked you, he nearly KILLED you!"

Taruto clenched his fists. He didn't want to be remembered. He hated himself now for doing all these terrible things to Purin, but he couldn't change the past.

"Yes, he did all these things, but he changed and Purin forgave him, na no da! Besides, Yuebin did something lots worse, na no da! He destroyed Purin's most beloved possession, na no da, and he still wants to blame Taru-Taru, na no da? That's not fair, na no da!"

"But m'lady…"

"NO BUT!" Purin was surprised about her screaming like that. She had just been upset about him saying such bad things about her Taru-Taru. Taruto looked at her with a shocked expression too. He had never seen her explode like that before.

Heicha wanted to end the strange situation and decided to change the topic.

"Let's go eating, na no da! I'm soooo hungry, na no da! Okay, onee-chan? Onegai!"

"Hai, that sounds good, na no da!"

Taruto followed, not sure about if something cooked by that moron could be eatable.

They all sat down, saying "Itadakimasu" while Yuebin brought a huge plate with the noodle gratin. Purin and her siblings already knew that his cooking was good (even though Purin disliked the fact), but Taruto was very suspect about it. Slowly he tried a small bite. It tasted not bad, but he personally preferred Purin's meals. They somehow tasted every time like they were cooked with love for the person's they were made for, something that was totally missing here.

They didn't speak anything during the meal, but Taruto and Yuebin glared at each other all the time. Purin silently recognized it. She had a very bad feeling about that.

--At café mew mew's secret hideout--

"Oh my god, Ryou, that means…"

"Yes."

"That's bad!"

"No. That's worse! We have to contact Tokyo Mew Mew! NOW!"

"O-okay!" Keiichiro went to one computer allowing contacting the girl's over their pendants.

"Tokyo Mew Mew! Tokyo Mew Mew! No matter what you are doing right now, hurry as fast as you can to café mew mew! I repeat! Hurry to café mew mew as fast as you can! Emergency! We have an emergency!"

--At Purin's house--

They just finished their meal and Taruto and Purin were sitting together with her siblings in Purin's room, when the older girl's pocket started to vibrate like crazy. She took out the pendant she had inside there.

"Huh? That's Akasak-nii-chan's voice, na no da!"

"… Mew! Tokyo Mew Mew! No matter what you are doing right now, hurry as fast as you can to café mew mew! I repeat! Hurry to café mew mew as fast as you can! Emergency! We have an emergency!"

"Na-Na-NANIII? I have to hurry!"

"I'm coming with you!"

"Taru-Taru…" She smiled. "Arigato, na no da!"

"I'll be coming too, na no da!"

"Yes! We too! We can't see let sister face danger without our help!"

Purin sighed. She was proud that her siblings were backing her up so much, but that was truly impossible.

"No, you can't, na no da! You're too small and it's perhaps really very dangerous out there, na no da!"

"Demo…"

"We don't have time for that, now, na no da! No means No and that's end of story!" She slowly started to become really nervous. Keiichiro sounded really worried.

"Listen, promise me that you're not going to leave the house at all means, okay! Whatever happens, you stay here, have you understood, na no da?"

The kids looked at each other. Then they nodded.

"Yes" (5x) "na no da" (1x)

"Very well, then wait for us, we'll come back as fast as possible, na no da!"

"Onee-chan, onii-chan…"

"What's it, na no da?"

"Good luck!" (5x) "na no da" (1x)

"Yes, we'll be careful, don't worry, na no da!"

"I'll take good care of your sister!"

With that Purin and Taruto left the house, both no recognizing the strange look Yuebin threw after them. After they closed the door, he smirked. "It's starting…"

After they had walked for about 2 minutes, suddenly something came to Purin's mind.

"Hey Taru-Taru, why don't we just teleport? It's dark so no one will see us, na no da!"

The boy patched his hand at his head. Why didn't he think about that earlier?

"Okay. Hold my hand, and, whatever happens, don't let go!"

Purin took his hand, and, against her will, she felt a bit scared. She didn't teleport before and had no plan how it might feel.

"Tighter! If you let go for even a moment, god knows what might happen!"

Purin gulped and clutched his hand with both of her hands as tight as she could, her nails cutting in his flesh.

"Hey! I didn't say that you have to slaughter me!"

That brought the smile back to Purin's face. "Gomene, na no da!"

She lowered her grip a tiny bit.

"Yes, it's better like that! Well, here we go!"

And with that Taruto teleported, taking Purin with him.

Purin pressed her eyes together, prepared for everything, but all she felt was a strong power pulling her forward. When she opened her eyes a moment later they stood already in the café.

"And, are you alright?" Taruto was a bit afraid if everything had gone right. But Purin was totally okay.

"Wow, that's a great feeling, na no da! Taru-Taru's amazing, na no da!"

The boy blushed again. 'Crap, why do I have to blush nearly every time she says something?'

"Taru-Taru, you know, you're really cute when you blush, na no da!"

He felt how he blushed even more at those words. 'Why?' But to his surprise Purin also turned a bit red. When she held his hand so tightly, she had felt totally protected and there hadn't been any fears inside her. It sure had been a nice feeling, like entrusting her whole life to him.

She smiled and took his hand again. "Let's go, na no da!" She stopped for a moment. "Wait, why did you not teleport right into the hideout?"

"Because I don't know its exact location. If I don't know where I my target is I can't teleport there!"

"I see, na no da! Then now, again: Let's go, na no da!"

And with that she tightened the grip she had to his hand a bit and together they walked into the every time darkened room with its computers and machines.

Keiichiro and Ryou were standing there with very worried looks on their faces. Minto and Retasu also arrived already. To Purin's surprise there were also Kisshu and Pai standing there.

About a minute after Purin and Taruto entered the door was slammed open and a totally exhausted seeming Ichigo stood there. "I'm… sorry… I'm…"

"Ichigo, Ichigo!" Minto shook her head. "You didn't change at all. You're still every time too late."

"I… came as fast… as I could… gomenasai!"

Ryou cleaned his throat to get everybody's attention.

"We really have no time to fool around. At Tokyo Bay we recognized really strange bio-signals. They seem very similar then the ones of the chimera animals, but there are differences. I don't know what this is about, but it might get pretty troublesome. I want you guys to check out what is going on there."

"Who do you mean with 'you guys'?" Minto couldn't believe her ears.

"You all. You'll all fight together."

"What?"

"That's correct." It was Pai who spoke.

"But what does it mean, 'together'? We're not friends or allies or anything!"

"Hey, birdie, what's your problem? We want to help you in the upcoming fight, so you should be thankful!" Kisshu didn't understand the problem of the blue-haired girl.

"But why? And besides – SINCE WHEN AM I 'BIRDIE'?"

"STOP ACTING LIKE KINDERGARDEN KIDS ALREADY! THAT'S NOT THE TIME FOR THAT!" Ryou was now really upset.

Minto sighed. "Well, well, I understand." But then she said, but so silently that no one besides her could hear it: "But I have still a bad feeling about that."

"Okay, then, Tokyo Mew Mew, GO!"

"We'll go there by teleport." Decided Pai. It was the fastest and easiest way. "So it's better if you transform right now."

"Okay." That sounded logical for everyone.

"Mew Mew Minto – Metamorpho…SIS!"

"Mew Mew Retasu – Metamorpho…SIS!"

"Mew Mew Pudding – Metamorpho…SIS!"

"Mew Mew Strawberry – Metamorpho…SIS!"

Light flashed and the four girls stood there in their Mew-form.

Pai – being the leader person he was – started to explain his further plan about teleporting.

"Well then, Taruto can take only one person with him because he's still a kid…" Fast Purin grabbed his hand. He smiled. "There's no way I'd take someone else, don't worry!" She smiled back at him.

"I take two people because I'm physically the biggest – then teleportation power has nothing to do with strength, it goes mostly after the size - and Kisshu takes the person left."

Ichigo took as fast as she could one of Pai's arms. There was no way that she'd touch Kisshu! Retasu who stood next to the purple-haired alien just reached for his other arm and grabbed it. 'Besides' the green mew thought 'it's perhaps best like that.'

Minto needed a moment to realize. No – there was no way that she had to – but there seemed to be no other way. She shivered and took Kisshu's right arm. To her surprise it didn't feel as bad as she expected it to do. Not cold at all. And there was also something else…

"Hey, birdie, how long do you wanna cling to me? Is it that nice there?"

Minto shrugged. Without that she realized they had already arrived at the harbor. As fast as she could she let go of him.

"That and nice? Tse! Dream on, baka! Besides, I AM NOT 'BIRDIE'!"

Kisshu smirked. That might still become interesting.

But for now they had to fight. Pai walked on without fear, Retasu and Ichigo seemed a bit uneasy while walking behind him, Kisshu followed them, he was followed by Minto who was still grumbling and the end of the procession made Purin who still held Taruto's hand. Not because she was afraid, she just liked it. And so they walked towards their first fight. The first fight they'd all fight together.