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Kisshu's Little Fox-PART 13-Discovery: Mew Aqua
Recap: Your dad freaked out about Kisshu but he got over it before nighttime. (Oh and Summer Vacation has started by now.)
STORY
A couple days and three battles later your cell phone rang unexpectedly. You quickly pulled it out, thinking that maybe Kisshu and his friends were attacking again.
You: Hello?
Ichigo: Hi Ringo! You're not doing anything this summer are you?
You: Uh...no, I don't think so.
Ichigo: Good, cuz Ryou's takingus all to the beach!
You: Sweet!
Ichigo: Yeah, so he wants us to meet him at the cafe tomorrow morning. He's calling parents, so you don't have to worry.
You: OK, see you tomorrow.
9 PM
You flopped back on your bed, smiling. Your packed duffel bag sat on the end of your bed. Everyone on the Mew team was excited to go to the beach, and EVERYONE was going: Keiichiro, Ryou, Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, Zakuro, Sakura, and you.
You turned over and curled up, idly wondering if the aliens would attack at the beach. Before long you felt a gentle hand stroking your hair. You opened one eye to see Kisshu sitting cross-legged next to you, watching you with his soft golden eyes. You stretched and sat up yawning. Kisshu smiled.
Kisshu: Hey Foxy.
You: another yawn Hi.
Kisshu: Tired?
You: Packing is hard work.
Kisshu: looks confused Packing?
You: Ryou's taking us Mew Mews to the beach.
Kisshu: Oh. pauses When do you leave?
You: Tomorrow morning. yawn
Kisshu: grins OK then. I guess I'll be taking a break then. Now go to sleep.
You: OK...
He pushed you down gently and kissed your forehead. "Goodnight my little fox," he whispered. With that he was gone and you slipped into the warm darkness of sleep.
The next afternoon, on the beach
You, Ichigo, and Mint stepped out of the little cottage you were staying at. Mint held her towel under one arm and wore a purple two-piece, while Ichigo wore a pink-and-white one-piece and clutched her towel to her chest. You, on the other hand, wore an orange two-piece with a tank-like top and short shorts bottoms. You wrapped your towel around your waist and stretched, enjoying the warm sunlight. Then the three of you went to meet up with the other girls.
Lettuce was wearing a white one-piece with a small jacket over the top, Pudding wore a yellow one-piece, Zakuro wore a black two-piece, and Sakura wore an aqua one-piece with a cerulean mesh skirt.
Ichigo: OK, now let's go swim!
You, Sakura, Ichigo, Mint, and Pudding all ran into the salty water, while Zakuro layed out on a towel and Lettuce climbed up on a roof to watch the waves. After a bit Mint went to lay by Zakuro, leaving you, Ichigo, Sakura, and Pudding to keep splashing around until Ryou and Keiichiro called you all to eat.
10 minutes later
Ichigo: What!?
Pudding: Why didn't you swim Lettuce?
You: Yeah, I mean, what's the fun of the beach if you don't go into the water?
Lettuce: Oh, I don't really mind.
Mint: But you have Finless Porpoise DNA.
Lettuce: That doesn't necessarily mean anything...smiles like - and holds up hands, as if trying to fend off the fact.
Ichigo: I guess she's right...I have Iriomote Wildcat DNA but I don't chase mice or anything.
You: And I'm not nocturnal even with Red Fox DNA.
Mint: I haven't sung Karaoke, whether I have the DNA of a Blue Lorikeet or not.
Pudding: I was eating meat even before I had lion DNA!
Mint: anime vein The Golden Lion Tamarin is part of the monkey family, Pudding.
You: And Zakuro has Gray Wolf DNA... Everyone looks at Zakuro
Zakuro: looks at the rest of you Do you want me to eat you.
Everyone but Zakuro: OO
Pudding: Even if you did I wouldn't taste very good!
Suddenly you all heard a sound further down the beach and turned to look. You could see a small group, 3 boys and 1 girl. Straining your ears, you managed to make out what one boy was saying.
Boy: ...having a name like Iruka when you can't even swim...
Ichigo: Should we go over there?
You: Yeah...
The six of you walked over to see what was going on. It seemed like the 3 boys were picking on the girl, who couldn't swim. The boys soon ran of, after calling Ichigo "old hag" (and therefore pissing her off). Lettuce crouched down by the girl, whose name was apparently Iruka.
Lettuce: I can't swim either.
Iruka: Really?
Lettuce: Really. Maybe we can learn together.
You: Yeah, we could teach you guys.
Pudding: It'll be so much fun!
Lettuce: Iruka hides behind her I can handle it from here.
Ichigo: But you ca- you cover her mouth
You: OK Lettuce. We'll see you later.
They walked away and you took your hand from Ichigo's mouth.
Ichigo: But she can't swim!
Zakuro: We can't expect swimmers like us to expect how non-swimmers like them feel.
Mint: Let's just let them handle it.
The five of you ran back into the waves, meeting up with Sakura and watching Ryou and Keiichiro surf. Before long you heard Iruka's voice, yelling that Lettuce had fallen into the water. You all ran to get her, and she was passed out. You went back to the cottage when she woke up.
The Next Day
You hadn't been at the beach for long that morning when Iruka came up to your group. She and Lettuce went off to talk while the rest of you started a game of beach volleyball. Ichigo and Pudding were on your team, and you played against Zakuro, Mint, and Sakura. Then the sea started acting up and the eight of you (you, Sakura, Iruka, Lettuce, Ichigo, Mint, Pudding and Zakuro) looked up to see Pai and Tart with three Chimera Animals.
Ichigo: What the...
Tart: Look what creatures we found. Scary aren't they?
You looked closely. One was definitely a starfish, on was a sea urchin, and one was a...well, you weren't really sure but it looked like a giant slug.
Ichigo: pissed off Those things can be found in oceans all over the world! What makes these ones so special?!
Tart: furious Why aren't any of you crying?!
You: sweatdrop 'Giant sea creatures? Didn't that happen in a movie I saw once?'
Lettuce: MEW MEW LETTUCE! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Ichigo: MEW MEW STRAWBERRY! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Mint: MEW MEW MINT! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
You: MEW MEW APPLE! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Pudding: MEW MEW PUDDING! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Zakuro: MEW MEW ZAKURO! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Ichigo: Mew Mew style, Mew Mew grace, Mew Mew power in your face!
You all transformed and started dodging the Chimera Animal's random attacks when all of you suddenly realized that one of the three boys from yesterday had fallen into the ocean and Iruka was running over to save him. You felt a pang of horror, watching her dive into the water and Lettuce running over to them.
Ichigo: What are you doing?!
You: Lettuce! You nearly drow-
You broke off, realizing she was already gone. With a sigh, you turned your attention back to the Chimera Animals and began to fight.
You: Ribbon Apple Stars!
A Little While Later
Everyone, even the aliens and Chimera Animals, looked up as something burst out of the water. It was Lettuce; the lower half of her body had become a giant tail, glowing blue. Your mouth dropped open in shock.
You: 'What the hell!?'
You and the other Mew Mews turned back to the enemies, taking advantage of their distraction. You defeated them quickly and the aliens left.
Sunset
You could see Ryou and Keiichiro talking on the shore as you, Sakura, and the other members of the Mew team splashed in the ocean's shallow waters. You smiled. Now that the aliens had been taken it was going to be a good summer.
2 Months Later
You leaned against your broom once you'd finished sweeping the floor of Cafe Mew Mew. Ichigo and Mint were arguing again, and Pudding was bouncing around just like a monkey, completely recovered from her fever. You watched with interest as Zakuro walked over to the two arguing girls. You'd decided you liked the calm way the star dealt with these little tiffs. Both Mint and Ichigo shut up and looked at Zakuro as the older girl stopped by them. Then Mint started to say something about how Ichigo was always complaining.
Zakuro: Mint...stop.
You watched in total confusion as Mint's eyes filled with tears and she ran out of the cafe.
You: What...what was that all about?
A Few Days Later
Mint hadn't come back and you were all starting to get kind of worried.
Lettuce: Maybe we should go see her...
Ichigo: You guys go. She'll only get angrier if I go along.
You opened your mouth to add something to the conversation when the cafe's doorbell suddenly rang. You watched while Lettuce opened the door and accepted the offered package.
You, Lettuce, Ichigo, and Pudding inspected the box, now sitting on a table, and wondered what was inside. Then Pudding tore it open and you all gasped.
Inside was Mint's cafe uniform, and her power pendent was sitting right on top. You bit your lip.
You: Why...would Mint do this?
Lettuce: I...I don't...know.
Zakuro walked into the room and the other three girls explained to her while you went off to find Sakura. She understood the rollercoaster of human emotions a hell of a lot better than you did.
That Evening
You sighed as you closed the cafe doors and leaned against the cool glass on the
outside. Unfortunatly it wasn't long before you heard a familiar voice calling your name.
Kai: Ringo! What's up?
You were tired, irritable, confused and now exasperated. So you rolled your eyes, catching a quick glimpse of the aliens in the sky.
You: Cafe Mew Mew's roof...the sky...a few aliens...
Kai: That's...not exactly what I meant.
You: So? 'Wait...ALIENS?!'
You looked up at them again and Kisshu waved down at you. You swore under your breath and turned back to Kai.
You: I uh, gotta go see ya! wave
You ducked back inside the double doors and locked them behind you, leaving Kai standing on the street in a daze as you rushed off to tell Ryou about the alien's little "visit."
Zakuro was in the basement when you went down. You heard her ask Ryou about Mint as you burst into the room. Ryou let her go get the younger girl, then turned to you, trying to catch your breath. "Aliens," you managed to pant out.
Before Ryou could do anything, there was a large BOOM somewhere to your left. Eyes widening, you raced off, only to find a huge tunnel snaking underground. The other three Mew Mews still hanging around (Lettuce, Ichigo, and Pudding) met you there and the four of you raced down the tunnel to find the aliens.
Ichigo: MEW MEW STRAWBERRY! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Pudding: MEW MEW PUDDING! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
You: MEW MEW APPLE! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Lettuce: MEW MEW LETTUCE! METAMORPHO-SIS!!
Ichigo: Mew Mew style, Mew Mew grace, Mew Mew power in your face!
The aliens snickered and you scowled at them.
You: Hand over the Mew Aqua NOW!
Kisshu: smirks Sure.
Everyone but Kisshu: Wha-?!
You: 'What the hell is he planning?'
You watched as Kisshu conjured up an infuser and lifted it above his head with the Mew Aqua.
You: 'Shit!'
Kisshu: FUSION!
A giant Chimera Animal leaped towards you. The four of you jumped back, Pudding adding a little flip into her leap. Then you noticed that the Chimera Animal looked like a worm/turtle mix. 'Ugh...slime central,' you thought disgustedly.
Pudding: Ribbon Pudding Ring Inferno!
With that the attack started.
A Little Later
The Mew Mews and the Chimera Animal burst out of the sewer with a spout of water. The aliens appeared above you at the same time you realized you were near Mint's house. As if the realization had summoned them, Mint and Zakuro came hurlting around a corner. Mint was wearing a nightgown, and her hair was down; Zakuro had already transformed. You watched as Zakuro threw Mint's power pendent at her. It stopped at the bird Mew's bare feet. After a moment's hesitation, she picked it up and transformed. Then she turned to the battle.
It was all over with a combination attack from Mint and Ichigo. Mint shot her arrow into the air above the the Chimera Animal, where Ichigo caught it and flung it into the eye in the middle of the creature's back.
Since the battle was over, you let your shoulders slump as you changed back to human form. The aliens dissappeared, but you soon felt a presence behind you. A pair of arms wrapped around your waist and you glanced back to see Kisshu.
You: Hey.
Kisshu: Something wrong Foxy?
You: Nah. Just end of summer blues I guess.
Kisshu: OK then. See ya later, my little fox.
With that, he teleported away.