Kitten Love Chapter 25:
An Unexpected Twist
The next few days were pretty uneventful. School wasn't too bad either; the results of the assembly were kicking in, and the other students pretty much left Ichigo, Kisshu, Moe and Miwa alone.
There weren't any problems with the kendo team either; Kaien had kept his promise and not told anyone about Kisshu and Ichigo, therefore, no one knew Ichigo really had killed Aoyama.
Unfortunately, the peace and quiet was about to be broken. It had started out as a normal school day, but things got really bad, really fast, at recess.
The four friends were eating on the roof again, when they heard screaming. They ran to the railing and looked down to see the Crimson Warrior and Mint attacking as students ran into the building.
"Great…" Ichigo sighed.
"Hey, how'd he get his sword back?" Moe asked.
"Even worse," Ichigo said gloomily. "And Kisshu can't fight."
"Why not!?" Kisshu asked.
"You'll get recognized," Ichigo said.
"So will Moe and Miwa," Kisshu pointed out. "I might as well just get out my swords and fight without flying or teleporting. Do you think you can fight without transforming?"
"Most likely," Ichigo said.
"Then let's go," Moe said, and ran for the outside stairs. The others followed her, Kisshu summoning his swords as he ran.
When they reached the schoolyard, Mint and the Crimson Warrior turned, then attacked them. "Moe, Miwa, Ichigo, handle Birdy, I'll deal with him," Kisshu said.
"Got it," Ichigo said, and turned to Mint. Mint, yet again, started shooting arrows at her, Moe and Miwa. They kept dodging, as Moe said, "Hey Birdy, bet you can't catch us!"
"I've gotten better, you don't stand a chance as humans," Mint said.
"Oh? Then why can't you hit us?" Miwa asked, smirking. "Your aim is terrible! My grandma could do better, and she's almost totally blind!"
Mint turned red and started shooting arrows even faster. Her aim kept getting worse, however, until dodging her was child's play for the girls.
Meanwhile, Kisshu was fighting the Crimson Warrior. As he dodged another poorly aimed thrust, he asked, "So why are you helping Mint? She's completely useless."
"She managed to get my sword back," the Crimson Warrior said.
"That's it?" Kisshu asked. "She's getting her butt kicked by three human girls."
The Crimson Warrior looked over- and Kisshu took that as an opportunity to wrench his sword out of his hand. He caught the sword one-handed, and called, "Moe! I got it back!"
Moe ran over, dodging another arrow, and took the sword. "Thanks!" she said happily. The Crimson Warrior looked nervous as Kisshu and Moe advanced on him with their swords. Then he snarled, "You win for today. But this is far from over!" He then flew up, grabbed Mint, and teleported.
The four friends sighed, then looked at Moe, who looked insanely happy with her new sword. "I wish I could take this home…." she said wistfully.
"What would you do with it?" Kisshu asked.
"Learn swordfighting," Moe said.
"I guess I could teach you, provided he doesn't take it away first," Kisshu said, pointing at the principal, who was coming over with two police officers.
"We're screwed," Ichigo commented.
The principal reached them, and asked, "Are you four INSANE!?"
"Seriously, it took you this long to notice?" Miwa asked. "Good thing you didn't decide to pursue a career in therapy…."
"I cannot believe the four of you just defeated those two," one of the police officers said. "Are you human?"
"Yeah, pretty much," Kisshu said.
"'Pretty much'?" the other police officer asked. "What is that supposed to mean?"
The girls facepalmed as Kisshu looked a bit nervous.
The principal rubbed his forehead and said, "I have a feeling this is going to be a loooong day…."
"You did tell us we could protect the school," Miwa said.
"I meant from bullies, not weird people with weapons!" the principal said in exasperation.
"Next time, be more specific," Moe said. "Do you like my new sword?"
"You are NOT keeping that thing," the principal and the police officers said together.
"Um… you should let her keep it," Ichigo said. "She'll be sulking all day if you don't, and then her parents will call the school, and start in on you because she'll be muttering about how awful you are."
"Her parents are going to kill me AND her if I let her bring that sword home!" the principal moaned. "Why me?"
"I think that's besides the point, Mr. Izika," one of the police officers said. "We need to find out what he meant by 'pretty much human'."
"Kisshu, would you care to explain that statement?" the principal asked.
"Uh… not so much," Kisshu said.
"Let's make Keiichiro do it," Ichigo suggested.
"Good idea, otherwise the lot of us will be toast," Kisshu said. "Call him."
Ichigo got out her cell phone, ignoring the principal and the police's odd looks. She found Keiichiro's number, and hit Send.
After two rings, she heard, "Ichigo, why aren't you in school?"
"I AM in school, and Mint and her new friend attacked us," Ichigo said. "And now the principal and the police want to know what's going on, and I would appreciate it if you would come save us."
"I'm on my way," Keiichiro sighed, and hung up.
"Care to explain this?" the principal asked mildly.
"Keiichiro can, he'll be here in about ten minutes," Ichigo said. "I'd prefer to have him here, because Kisshu and I will make a mess of the explanation."
"Oh, fine," the principal said.
Ten minutes later, Keiichiro pulled up and got out of his car, then came over and said, "Ichigo, do you attract trouble?"
"Apparently," Ichigo said. She turned to the principal and said, "Is there some kind of conference room in the school? I don't think your office is big enough for eight people."
"Yes, follow me," the principal said. Everyone followed him to a large room in the school that had a table and a bunch of chairs in the middle. The principal closed the door after them, and waited as everyone settled down. Then he asked, "Alright, so what's the story?"
"If I tell you, you can't tell the general public, or Kisshu and Ichigo will most likely die," Keiichiro said. "And I'm sure you don't want that- right?"
One of the police officers sighed. "Fine, we'll keep it confidential."
Keiichiro nodded, and said, "You heard about Tokyo Mew Mew and the aliens, right?"
"Yes," the principal said.
"I helped create Tokyo Mew Mew," Keiichiro said. "The first Mew was Ichigo here."
"Ichigo is Mew Ichigo?" the principal said.
"Yes," Keiichiro said. "And the reason the alien attacks stopped was that we formed a truce with the aliens."
"I'm guessing that means Kisshu is an alien?" the principal asked. "There were only girls on the team Tokyo Mew Mew."
"Yes, Kisshu is an alien," Keiichiro sighed. "And he's living with Ichigo's family, because they adopted him. I took in his two brothers, but Kisshu and Ichigo didn't want to be separated, so Mrs. Momomiya took Kisshu in and kept her overprotective husband from having a fit."
"Okay, so what about Moe and Miwa?" the principal asked.
"We're human, we just have a rather unusual outlook," Miwa said. "Anyone who hurts Ichigo or Kisshu gets taken down by us. It's that simple."
"Didn't you two get questioned on the disappearance of Aoyama Masaya?" one of the police officers asked.
"Yes, I guess somebody saw us beating him to a pulp after the jerk broke Ichigo's heart," Miwa said. "Too bad, we had to leave him alive."
"So he is still alive?" the officer asked.
"Um…. no," Keiichiro said. "Aoyama wasn't human; he was the alien leader's host. So actually, Ichigo killed him- or rather, she killed the aliens' leader, because by that point, Aoyama had ceased to exist. And before you say she should be questioned, you should know that had she left him alive, the world would have been destroyed, and human life would cease to exist. So she shouldn't be arrested, because she saved us all."
"I have a headache," the principal said.
"That's nice," Miwa said. "Any interest in Birdy and the red jerk?"
"I take it you mean the two who attacked us today?" the principal asked.
"Yup," Miwa said. "You can have aspirin after we're done."
Kisshu, Ichigo, and Moe started snickering as the principal glared at Miwa. Keiichiro sighed and said, "The girl is Mew Mint; she was put in jail for trying to kill Ichigo, but apparently the guy in red, who calls himself the Crimson Warrior, broke her out and offered her freedom in return for helping him take over the world."
"She's Aizawa Mint?" the police officer asked.
"Yup," Ichigo said. "She is only after me, but the Crimson Warrior is trying to take over the world."
"So why is she after you?" the principal asked.
"She's seriously jealous that I love Ichigo and not her," Kisshu said. "Though why she thinks killing Ichigo will make me love her is beyond me."
The police sighed. "Alright, we'll keep this quiet," one said. "We have to go back to the office now, but we can just tell our supervisor that we took care of things. And I'm certain Mr. Izika will keep quiet too."
"I will," the principal said. He turned to the four friends and said, "You might as well get your stuff off the roof and go home, the bell will ring in about fifteen minutes."
"K," Ichigo said. She and the others got up and walked out with Keiichiro.
I know it's a bad chapter ending. I'm also sorry I didn't work on Depression today. Maybe tomorrow. Review plz!