DISCLAIMER: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew, just Kiwi and the story line for this fic

Cherry belongs to my 'ickle sis' and bata reader, Cherry

Key for speach throughout fic -

"Japanese"

"English"

'Thoughts'

Reminder:

"Just tell me goodbye next time," he whispered in her shoulder. Kiwi felt his breath tickle her skin, but before she could get quite use to his 'hug', Robin stepped back. His eyes were now bright as sunshine and his smile just as brilliant. "Speaking of next time," he said lightly, "meet me in the clearing tomorrow at noon." With a swift movement and experience, Robin buried his head under the corpse and slid it onto his back. "You better not be late, Alaska, or I'll have to come and find you," he threatened playfully before disappearing into the bushes.

"Ah, wait!" but it was no use, he was gone. Geez, he could at least say which clearing. For all she knew there could have been hundreds here. Shaking her head, Kiwi headed home, not knowing how twisted the next few days would be.

XXXPlayfull EndXXX

Urgent and persistent, the buzz of the alarm shouted at Kiwi through her thick dreams. She groaned at the sound as her hand wandered out from under the warmth of the quilt, flopping around to find the 'snooze' button. The noise continued to yell from a distance, reminding Kiwi that she had moved her alarm last night so she would have to get up and not go back to sleep. Even with this knowledge, her hand became limp. "Che," her muffled groan came from between the folds of her pillow. "Get the alarm."

From the other side of the room, she heard soft movements and a moaned reply. "You get it."

Both of them waited for the other to move. The alarm continued to yell thought the silence until Kiwi sighed and roughly pushed herself off her bed and onto her two feet. With one push of a button, she made the room peaceful once more. It was not just here, either. Through the crack in the curtains, Kiwi could see the sun shine on this blissful day. The birds had a symphony for this morning. It was going to be a good day.

Eager to get it started, she turned to her wardrobe and pulled out her gray school uniform. She planned to attend the morning classes then leave, complaining of a head ache, and meet Robin. She hastily pulled off her night gown and stepped into her skirt, pulling it into place. Next was the top.

Meanwhile, while Kiwi readied herself for the day, Cherry was slowly waking up and rising out of her pit. For a short time, she watched her sister putter around the room, finding the brush for her hair, packing her bag and so on. As she watched, she felt that there would be no better time. "Kiwi...?" She asked timidly.

Without looking up at her, Kiwi answered, "Hmm?"

Cherry fidgeted, prolonging for so long, Kiwi finally looked at her sister as she tried to find the words. "We need to talk. You see... well..." This was going to be harder then she thought.

Kiwi waited.

"The aliens are lying to you," Cherry blurted out. That was a mistake, but it was too late to correct it or ignore; might as well carry on. "They're evil, Kiwi. They're trying to destroy the planet and their using you to do it!"

The older sister is born to protect the younger, but when the younger tries to protect her, she only brushes her aside. Kiwi sighed and turned away. "What on earth did you dream about last night?" Kiwi huffed.

"What I mean is that whatever they are telling you to get you to help them isn't true!" Cherry barked.

But Kiwi's heart was set. She growled back at her sister. "No one would make up footage of an entire planet falling to in despair, Cherry."

"Well they did! Listen, Tokyo Mew Mew said –,"

"Tokyo Mew Mew? Is that what happened the other day?"

"They're heroes, Kiwi," Cherry hissed.

"Say's them!" Kiwi yelled back.

She was having none of it. Already the white mew had reached down and clenched her bag in her fist.

Cherry wasn't going to give up. "They've saved lives that your friends put in danger!"

Kiwi was already marching to the door, Cherry hot on her heels. With her hand gripping the wood, she yelled at her 'ickle sis' once more. "If you were dying, I'd gladly risk a thousand lives to get you healed!" With that, she slammed the door shut and rushed down the stairs. Before either of her parents to call in for a 'chat', the front door banged as she left.

She knew storming out on her sister wasn't the right move but this afternoon was going to be too good for her to ruin it by being in a bad mood. On top of that, it would take far too long for her to convince Cherry that was she was doing, she believed was right. Her faith had always been placed in Tokyo Mew Mew. Admiring them from the T.V. and longing for a tail of her own. Kiwi, on the other hand, had placed her trust in the aliens, feeling that they needed her help to gain the very right to live that the Mews tried to deny them. But maybe they didn't know the whole truth. Perhaps the Mews only fought then because they saw them as a threat and not a dying nation. If only she could talk to them, find out why a war between them was raging and maybe fix the problem. If people just listen to each other...

Kiwi kicked a pebble in her path. "Nobody listens," she muttered.

The rest of the morning, she was in a foul mood but slowly improving, as noon clocked closer. Cherry's worries about the aliens were pushed in to the deep corners of her mind. She would bring them up tonight in, hopefully, a calm discussion. But here and now, each minute her eyes darted to check the time and wonder how she was going to make her escape. She could play sick. She could wait till lunch, which started at twelve, and just walk out, but by the time she got there, she feared it would be too late.

Half eleven came, she still had no plan. There was nothing for it. Slowly, Kiwi raised her hand. At the moment, they were meant to be doing individual work; the teacher came over to her desk to see what the problem was. Luck had it that he was a gentle and understanding man. "Sensei," she said in a hush whisper. "I have to go change."

He looked down at her puzzled. "Change?" he asked, not quite understanding her excuse.

Kiwi nodded sheepishly and squeezed her legs together. "It's really heavy this month..."

Her teacher continued to look at her questioningly for another second, taking the desperate look on her face before his cheeks turned slightly pink. He nodded vigorously, "Oh, erm, yes, go, go."

Kiwi smiled and thanked him as she grabbed her bag and quickly walked out the room. When she was alone in the corridor, she ran as fast as she could to get out of the grounds. Alright, first get to somewhere quite then transform. There! In the big bush. She dived in and quickly closed her eyes, think of only being a fox again. It was not long before a warm glow surrounded hear heart and body. Done.

In a flash, the white fox darted alongside the bush towards the woods, trying to keep out of sight. At the moment, she found her mind divided. One side was eager to see Robin while the other worried over her sister. She was disappearing again, and if Cherry found out she would wonder if she had gone to see the aliens.

She shook her head. No, she would talk to Cherry later, which was already decided. Now she looked at the preset and the very, very near future.

It wasn't long before Kiwi entered the clearing. For the time being, it was empty. She must have been early.

She took a deep breath to keep herself steady before she called out his name. "Robin? Are you here? Hello?" she called to the emptiness.

Nothing.

She tried again. "Robin? It's me, Kiwi."

There was still not reply. Kiwi could only hope that see was early. Her body slumped onto the grass.

"What? It's that it? Are you not going to start a hunt or something?"

Kiwi spun round to the direction of the voice. "Robin!" she chirped, spotting him lying down under tree, watching her.

He chuckled at her enthusiasm.

Smiling, she walked over to him. "Have you been watching me this whole time?" she playfully accused, for that's was what his carefree pose suggested.

When she reached him, Robin sat up. "Yep. You looked pretty disappointed when I didn't answer you." before she could retaliate, Robin elegantly turned on a hop, ready to lead the way. He looked at her expectantly over his shoulder. "I take it that you have not had lunch yet?"

Kiwi shook her head.

"Excellent." Without explaining further, Robin trotted off with Kiwi hot on his heels.

She asked him where they were going. His reply was very simply. To enjoy some cake. This only make Kiwi blink. She didn't know foxes could eat cake or it was just a metaphor of some kind. Nevertheless, she continued to follow him. After sometime walking thought some uncharted trees, they emerged at the edge of a large park. Because it was the middle of the day, it was not too crowded.

"Come on," Robin whispered. He kept his head down and quickly scouted around the edge of the park, made a loop towards his goal, where ever that was. Kiwi copied him, doing her best to keep her posture like him. When she caught up to him, he was posed as if ready to make a run through the open ground. Kiwi noticed his eyes were locked on a large pink building on top of a hill. Had it always been that big?

Her paws patted the ground nervously. "Robin", she hissed urgently, but he was already off, aiming for a bush by the door to Cafe Mew.

Her stomach turned. Kiwi couldn't see how she was going to get out of this unscratched but... she trusted Robin. With her life, apparently. In a few seconds, she was by his side again.

Robin smiled and put his paw on hers. "Relax Alaska. There are no two legs in the building today. It's perfectly safe. Just follow my lead and I promise," His put his other paw on my nose and gently pushed it down so I was look at him and not up at the building. "I promise," he said again, looking into my eyes with pure honesty, "I will bring you back out again."

His promise was made with all belief that he could. Robin showed her how to jump up to the open window and climb into the cafe. Before she knew it, they were in.

From the inside, the place looked closed for the day. All the chairs were upside-down on the tables, the lights were off and in the corner of the room was a lonely broom.

"This way," Robin said loudly, as if they were the only ones there. He took her under the swinging doors that lead to the kitchen. Kiwi stayed close to the exit as he hopped onto the counter top in the centre of the room and out of sight. A moment later his head appeared again and beckoned her up.

'We're going to get caught', she thought as she climbed up to him.

He sat there, waiting for her. What lay behind him, made Kiwi's eyes pop. There were mountains of cakes and ingredients. There were some containers and trays full of mixed ingredients. Chocolate, cherries and strawberries! Sugar, cookie dough and icing! The very sight made her mouth water, but this wasn't right. No one would leave all things out for the taking unless they were planning to come back to it.

Robin took little notice of the panic in her eyes. Instead he pushed a small strawberry cheesecake towards her. "Eat," he ordered.

Kiwi tried to protest, "But-"

The minute her mouth opened, Robin made a dive for a strawberry. Making his mouth soft, he picked it up and jumped over the cake to get close to Kiwi. With her mouth still open, Robin tapped his nose to hers, the strawberry between their lips. Kiwi kept her eyes on Robin, her small heart pounding. The berry's sweetness tickled her tongue as its tip rested in her mouth. Robin slowly let go of his half of the berry and leaned back. With his paw, he carefully pushed the rest of it into her mouth, not removing it until she swallowed the juicy fruit.

Kiwi felt her stomach knot again. Not of worry this time. This was something new to her. Her chest was suddenly very tight around her heart, giving it no room to beat, no room to breathe.

Robin smiled, as if he had had just given her the strawberry, not fed it to her. "There, that wasn't so hard." He pushed the rest of the cake towards her. "Eat," he said again.

As soon as she bowed her head to eat, he turned his back on her to fetch a treat of his own. All the while Kiwi ate her cake (which was the best cheese cake she had ever had) her eye kept darting to Robin, who was watching her but looked down when he was caught watching. Her eyes also failed to meet his eyes when he caught her. So there they were. Eating cake and watching each other and catching each other watching the other. When they were both finished, Robin seemed to be in a very playful mood. He wanted to show Kiwi that food like this wasn't to be eaten on a plate. He tried to open the containers of mixer and cherries while Kiwi worked on the packets of sugar and chocolate. Having no thumbs, the only way they could succeed was by make a mess. The table and floor was soon covered in scattered ingredients and splatters of mixture. Kiwi rolled around, laughing till her sides hurt after Robin had accidently made the flour bag pop. He was as white as her now.

A mischievous grin played on his lips. "Oh, you think that's funny, do you?" he crowed darkly.

Kiwi rolled back onto her legs so she could catch a glimpse of him without giggling. She succeeded, for about two seconds before another fit tickled its way thought her chest.

Robin wouldn't stand for that. He grabbed a small bowl full of chocolate cake mixture. As soon as Kiwi grasped his plan, she was on her feet and on the run. "No," she squealed between her giggles.

She jumped down onto the ground, hoping to lose him or have him drop his weapon. But the high counter gave him the advantage. With precise aim, he dropped the bowl next to Kiwi, causing all the sweet goo to splatter everywhere and cover her, head to toe. Both of them laughed.

The goo, flattening her fur was cold against her skin. Baking was always good fun, but playing with food was better.

Robin hopped down onto the ground, still chuckling as Kiwi tried to lick herself clean. "Here, let me help," he offered. He sat beside her and began to lick the chocolate off her cheek.

Surely he could feel how warm it was. And did he feel the sparks where his tongue brushed against her. Surely he could.

Outside their own world of confusing and new emotions, the cafe door clicked open as it was unlocked.

"Every time we fight them, those chimera animal just get stranger and stranger, na no da,"

Both foxes froze. Kiwi knew that voice. Mew Pudding. But what was she doing here when the cafe was supposed to be closed? 'Oh no'. There were other voices too.

Robin kept his muzzle close to her face. "Time to go?" He asked.

Kiwi nodded and together they quickly crept towards the kitchen window. Robin jumped out first, he knew how to quickly open the window but Kiwi didn't feel that it was fast enough. Each second the footsteps came closer. In the other room chairs clattered as they were put on the ground.

The white mew prayed for Robin to hurry, but the lock was stiff. Finally with a great heave, the window opened. The force in which he used to open it was so great, Robin fell through the open window and outside.

Alright, Kiwi's turn. She curled up, ready to jump. One, two, Three! Kiwi leapt, as soon as she did, darkness surrounded her. In mid-jump, her head collided with it; make a loud and painful clang! Coiling back, she looked around her waiting for her eyes to adjust.

"Got her!"

"Well done Ryou. I wonder what she was doing in the kitchen in the first place?"

It wasn't completely dark. Kiwi could she her reflection surrounded her. She was trapped. Trapped under a bowl. She was too slow.

"Wasn't there another one?"

"It escaped through the window."

Robin. Robin was gone, but she was still here. She should have never come. 'Robin, you broke your promise'.

Eva - I'm sorry about the wait, again. My excuse: collage. As always, thank you for reading and thanks to:

Tayki, Koroki-san, XvampireXTiaXmewXmewX, Moka-girl, Hellfire Kitsune Zero, Lozzien, PersimmonGirl, KMSVampires, mysticghostwhisperer, mew mocha, Hallows07, Skittelle's Kiss, chasesgirl2, schooldaysfan, TaraneePheonix, KariNara, cutenaruko38 and AidouXYuri and many others for your support.

The next chapter I'm not making any promises to when you will see it but I can tell you that there are only going to be five more chapters before the words 'The End'.

I'm thinking of doing a sequel to this Fanfic, taken place three years at the end of Tokyo Mew Mew. I wouldn't say much now only that it will introduce three more characters: Apple, Rhubarb and Pepper. Let me know if you think it's a good idea or a waste of my time.

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