Sick Day Chapter 21:
Captured!
There had been no alien attacks in a few days, and the Mews and good Cyniclons were getting a bit nervous. They figured the aliens were plotting something bad. As it turned out, they were right.
Ichigo, Kisshu, Moe and Miwa were all finished with school for the day when Ichigo's cell phone rang. "Moshi moshi?" she said.
"Ichigo, the computers picked up alien activity in the park near Café Mew Mew," Ryou said. "The others are on their way; tell Kisshu, Moe and Miwa, and get over here!"
"On our way," Ichigo said, and hung up. The others were watching her, and she said, "There's an attack in the park nearest to the Café. Let's go." She transformed, and Moe and Miwa did the same.
"Be careful," Sakura said.
"We will," Ichigo said. Then Kisshu teleported them to the park. The others were already there, and were facing the four remaining Cyniclons. As soon as Ichigo and the others joined the rest of their team, the leader of the attacking Cyniclons smirked. "Today you're going down once and for all!" he said.
"I don't think so," Ichigo said. "There's enough of us here to do you in. Do you seriously believe you four can defeat the ten of us?"
To everyone's worry, the guy just smirked, and took out a device with a red button in the center. He pressed the red button- and nothing happened.
"What was that supposed to do?" Kisshu asked.
"You'll see," the guy said.
Suddenly the ground began to shake. The Mews and good Cyniclons struggled to keep their footing, but they fell anyways. As soon as they fell, the ground opened up, and they all fell down a tunnel. They landed in a cage, a bit dazed. Before they could get up, a grate slammed down on top of the cage they were in, trapping them. "HEY!" Ichigo shouted.
Kisshu tried to teleport, but got nowhere. "They've blocked our powers out," he said grimly. "We can't teleport!"
"This is BAD," Pai said. "We don't even know where we are, our powers are blocked, and we don't have a way to contact anyone."
"I could try my pendant," Ichigo said. "It has a communication device in it." She tapped it, and waited. Unfortunately, there was only static on the other end. She sighed. "It was an idea," she said.
"We'll just have to wait, someone's bound to come in eventually," Pai said.
"Why not try to break the door down?" Moe suggested.
"It's made out of solid iron," Pai said.
"We can still try," Moe said. Before she could get any farther than that, teleportation sounded outside the cage, and a Cyniclon they hadn't seen before appeared.
"Kirochi," Kisshu snarled.
"That's Kirochi-sama to you," the Cyniclon said. "And since you're prisoners, I'd suggest obeying that."
"You lost my respect a long time ago," Kisshu said. "I see no reason to use honorifics with a stuck-up madman."
This obviously hit a nerve, because Kirochi snarled and said, "You're pretty cocky for someone who's going to die soon."
"What makes you think I'm going to die?" Kisshu asked. "I'm a lot younger than YOU are."
"You're testing my patience," Kirochi snarled. "You're going to die today, because I've had it with you. You destroyed Deep Blue, and now you'll pay."
"So why'd you capture all my friends too?" Kisshu asked.
"So I can force them to watch you die," Kirochi said.
"You are one sadistic bastard," Kisshu said. "What makes you think that you can kill me? You're already down three of your men. And you've never worked a day in your life. There is no way you'll be able to kill me."
"We'll see," Kirochi said. He snapped his fingers, and suddenly everyone except Kisshu realized they couldn't move. Then he waved a hand, and they were suddenly in a fighting arena. The four Cyniclons Moe and Miwa hadn't killed were standing there, and Kirochi said, "You get to fight all of them at once. You don't have much of a chance."
"So, you've decided to go against the rules of a normal fight to the death?" Kisshu asked mildly. "It's supposed to be one on one."
"Too bad," Kirochi snarled. "I know perfectly well that you could defeat them one on one. Four on one will make things more… interesting." He snapped his fingers again, and Kisshu was suddenly outside of the cage, in the arena. He immediately summoned his Dragon Swords, and got into postion as the other four flew at him.
Ichigo and the others, meanwhile, were trying to break the paralysis, and having no luck. They also couldn't speak, which was difficult. They were totally powerless, and had no choice but to watch the fight between Kisshu and the four other Cyniclons.
Kisshu was having a hard time fighting four at once. Basically all he could do was dodge, since if he attacked one, another would attack him. And they were taking advantage of that. Kisshu already had a few cuts from their blades. They weren't serious, but they weren't a good thing.
Suddenly one of them lunged forward, his blade aimed at Kisshu's heart. Kisshu dodged, but only managed to get out of stabbed through the heart. Now his shoulder was sliced open, and he dropped one of his swords, unable to use that arm anymore.
The others were horrified; Kisshu wasn't doing well, especially with the loss of blood. He was getting paler by the minute. Suddenly Ichigo noticed Moe and Miwa were glowing. Then they both clapped their hands, surprising the others. Moe and Miwa could move again? Suddenly everyone realized they could move again, but before they could do more, Moe and Miwa kicked the door to the cage down, and ran out without a second's hesitation. They ran straight to Kisshu, who was slowing down. Moe caught him as he passed out from blood loss, and Miwa said, "Moe, get him out of here. It's my turn."
"Got it," Moe said, and picked up Kisshu. Then she went back to the others, kicking Kirochi out of the way in the process. "We have to do something about this injury," she said when she reached them.
"Hai," Pai said. "Let's get that shirt off of him, and I can heal the injury." Ichigo came over too, and helped Moe get Kisshu's shirt off, while the others stood guard. Then Pai got to work on healing the injury.
Meanwhile, Miwa had already managed to disarm two of the Cyniclons, and was fighting using both of their swords. One of the two she had disarmed teleported behind her; she heard the teleportation, and just as he appeared, she spun and stuck one of the swords into his neck, effectively slicing his jugular vein open. He let out a choked scream, and collapsed. She continued fighting the others, who were getting nervous. "Please spare us!" one of them cried finally. "We'll stop attacking Earth! We'll even take down our leader, he's a bad influence anyways! Just let us live!"
"Hey! You're supposed to be loyal to me!" Kirochi said.
"Never," Miwa snarled. "I'll kill him after you jerks are dead. NO ONE hurts my friends and gets away with it."
"And if I freeze you again?" Kirochi asked.
Miwa didn't respond; instead she ran, backflipped over Kirochi's head, and landed while stabbing both her stolen swords into his back. He screamed, and Miwa ripped the swords out. "And just to make sure…" she said, and slit his throat. He collapsed, and Miwa turned back to the others, who were literally shaking in fear. As Miwa came back over, the two with weapons threw them on the floor at Miwa's feet, and went down on their hands and knees, bowing to her. "We were wrong to attack Earth, even though it was under orders," one of them said. "Please, we'll go back to our planet and never come back to Earth! Just don't kill us!"
Miwa sighed. "I have to ask my friends, they're the ones in charge here," she said. Then she called over, "Ichigo, they surrendered, what should we do with them?"
"Did they agree to leave Earth alone?" Ichigo called back.
"YES! We'll leave Earth alone!" the three Cyniclons said in unison.
Ichigo sighed. "Fine, let them be, Miwa," she said. Then she came over, and said sternly, "But if you or any others come back, we will kill you, got that?"
"Yes!" they said. "Um… do you need us to get you out of here?"
"Probably, Kisshu can't teleport right now," Ichigo said.
"We'll send you back to Earth, and leave for our planet," one of them said.
"Good," Pai said, coming over with the others. "Miwa, give the swords back."
Miwa sighed and put the swords in the pile of other weapons that the Cyniclons had surrendered. Then the three Cyniclons snapped their fingers, and the group found themselves in the park where they had been captured. It appeared to be early morning, so they went to Café Mew Mew, hoping that Ryou and Keiichiro would be there.
They went in the door, and found Umi and Sakura in there, along with Ryou and Keiichiro. The four of them jumped to their feet, and ran to the group. "Are you all okay? And what happened to Kisshu?" Sakura asked worriedly.
"Kisshu got injured and lost a lot of blood," Pai said. "I healed the injury, but he's going to need to rest for a few days. The rest of us are fine, and the three remaining surrendered after Miwa killed their leader. They have promised to return to their planet, and never come back to Earth."
"Wonderful," Keiichiro said with relief. "Thank you, Miwa."
Miwa blushed. "You're welcome," she said. "Now the Earth is safe."
"Good," Ryou said. "I think you all should get home, it's been a day since you got captured. Mrs. Momomiya and I made some phone calls explaining that we were having a sleepover party, so don't worry about your parents. And you might want to detransform before you go home."
The Mews detransformed, and started to head home. Soon Ichigo and her family were the only ones left besides Ryou and Keiichiro. "I'm going to teleport Kisshu back home," Pai said. "He's going to need some rest after the amount of blood he lost. Ichigo, do you want to come?"
"Hai," Ichigo said. She grabbed Pai's shoulder, and he teleported to her room. He and Ichigo tucked Kisshu into the bed they shared, and Pai said softly, "Let me know when he wakes up. He's not going to be able to do much for a while, so you should stay with him."
"Okay," Ichigo said. She sat down in her desk chair as Pai left, and took out a book.
Three hours later, Kisshu started to stir. "Kisshu?" Ichigo asked softly.
Kisshu opened his eyes and turned his head in the direction of her voice. "Koneko-chan?" he asked.
"I'm right here," Ichigo said, sitting on the bed next to him. "How are you feeling?"
"I don't think I can sit up," Kisshu said. "What happened after I blacked out?"
"Miwa killed Kirochi and one other guy, and the others surrendered," Ichigo said. "They've promised not to return to Earth, and they went back home after sending us back to Earth."
"Good," Kisshu said. "Miwa's amazing. She did all that by herself?"
"Yep, and she stole two swords and started fighting with them," Ichigo said. "Before she started, though, she told Moe that it was her turn. We basically just stayed out of it, and Miwa totally creamed them."
"You have amazing friends," Kisshu said.
"Yep," Ichigo said with a smile. "Do you want something to eat?"
"Sure," Kisshu said.
"Okay," Ichigo said. "I'll go make some ramen, and I have to let Pai know you're awake. I'll be right back, k?"
"K," Kisshu said.
Ichigo went downstairs, and saw Pai in the living room, reading. "Pai, Kisshu's awake," Ichigo said.
"Thanks, I'll go check on him," Pai said. "Are you making food?"
"Yeah, I'm going to make some ramen," Ichigo said.
Pai nodded and teleported upstairs. Ichigo got out some ramen and cooked it, then brought it upstairs. Pai was standing over Kisshu, one hand on his chest. As Ichigo came over, Pai took his hand away and sighed. "You're going to have to take it easy for a few days," he told Kisshu. "You lost a lot of blood; it's going to take a while before you're back to full strength."
Kisshu sighed unhappily. Ichigo came over and ruffled his hair. "I'll be here," she said. "I brought you some ramen, do you want it?"
"I can't sit up…" Kisshu said gloomily.
"I'll help you," Ichigo said. She gently pulled Kisshu into a sitting position, then rearranged the pillows to support him. Then she picked up the bowl and chopsticks and said, "Open up."
Kisshu sighed and obeyed, letting Ichigo feed him the ramen. When he finished, Ichigo said, "Get some rest, k?" She helped him lie back down, rearranging the pillows again. Kisshu fell back to sleep, and Ichigo started stroking his hair.
Eventually she went back to her book, and started reading again. She was startled out of her reading about two hours later by Kisshu asking, "Koneko-chan?"
"I'm here, what's up?" Ichigo asked, coming over.
"My stomach doesn't feel good," Kisshu said.
Ichigo's eyes widened, and she ran out, coming back with a bucket. Kisshu was turning green, and she helped him sit up, putting the bucket on his lap. "I-" he started, but then threw up. Ichigo gently rubbed his back as he threw up. As they both thought he was about to stop, he swallowed, then coughed up what looked like blood. Now Ichigo was really worried. "Are you able to call Pai?" she asked.
Kisshu shook his head; he couldn't concentrate on telepathy while he was feeling sick. Ichigo rearranged the pillows again, and said, "Try to stay upright, I'll go get him."
Kisshu nodded, then spit out more blood. Ichigo ran out and down to the living room. Pai was reading again, and Ichigo said, "Pai, Kisshu's coughing up blood."
Pai jumped up and teleported upstairs, while Ichigo ran for the stairs. When she got upstairs, Pai had a hand on Kisshu's chest again. When he saw Ichigo, he said, "Kisshu's throat got irritated from throwing up, that's why it looks like he's coughing up blood."
Ichigo sighed, and said, "Well, at least it's not a heart thing."
"Yeah," Pai said. He turned back to Kisshu, and said, "You won't be able to talk for a while, okay? It could damage your throat more if you talk."
Kisshu looked sad, and pointed to Ichigo, looking at Pai. Pai sighed. "I know you like talking with her, but unless you want to permanently damage your throat, it's not good for you to speak out loud," he said.
Kisshu looked like he had an idea, and tapped his forehead. Pai obviously knew what he was trying to say, because he turned to Ichigo and said, "Kisshu wants me to give you the ability to speak telepathically."
"Cool!" Ichigo said. "I always liked that idea. Are you able to do that?"
"Yep," Pai said. He came over and placed a hand on her forehead, then closed his eyes. His hand began to glow, and Ichigo felt a small jolt, like a shock from static electricity. Then Pai took his hand away. "Okay, let's see if it worked," Pai said. "Focus on me, and think what you want to say."
Ichigo concentrated, and said, Can you hear me?
Yep, Pai replied. Aloud he said, "You're all set, you and Kisshu can communicate telepathically. But right now, Kisshu needs to go back to sleep."
Kisshu stuck his tongue out at Pai while he wasn't looking, and Ichigo giggled. Pai whipped around, and saw Kisshu looking innocent. He sighed. "I'm just going to ignore the fact that you probably made a demon face at me," Pai said. "Now go to sleep."
Kisshu settled back down, but then pointed to Ichigo again. "Yes, Ichigo can sleep with you," Pai sighed. Then he teleported out.
"I'll get my pajamas on, I'll be right back," Ichigo told Kisshu. Kisshu nodded, so Ichigo went and put her pajamas on, then came back and climbed in with Kisshu, who immediately snuggled up to her. She put her arms around him, and they both drifted off to sleep.
I KNOW you'll hate me for getting Kisshu hurt, but I wanted to see the Cyniclons get their butts handed to them by Miwa, so… yeah. I hope you'll still review, and not flame me.