Me: (Walks into the room with gloomy aura and sighs heavily)
(Pops head out from sound-proof box) Zoey: What's up with you?
Me: I've got Mock Exams all next week, so I'll probably be drowning in revision all weekend.
(Pops head out of sound-proof box) Elliot: But don't you get £20 a month just doing that.
(Gloomy aura disappears) Me: You're so right! Plus I just have to do revision the day before and I'll be okay!
Elliot: Glad we could help. (He and Zoey disappear back into the box)
(Turns back to audience) Me: ...Anyway...it is Kikki's turn...
(Swinging from the ceiling) Kikki: Na No Da! Na No Da! Na No Da!
(Sweatdrops) Me: Did someone give her my chocolate supply?
(Suddenly appearing) E.A: You've got a chocolate supply?
Me: Never mind, on with the disclaimer!
E.A and Kikki: Princess Mew Mew does not own Tokyo Mew Mew or anything to do with it, it belongs to Mia Ikumi.
(Halo, pretty flowers and eyes sparkly) Me: Because if I did, Zoey and Elliot would have ended up together.
(Imagery fades) Me: And now...hey! E.A! Not again with the ice cream! She's hyper enough as it is!
(Running out the room) E.A: There on special, and I have no control over her. In fact, she's chasing the truck like madwoman!
(Chasing terrified ice cream truck) Kikki: Ice Cream! Na No Da!
(Sweatdrops) Me: This isn't going to end well.
I have used the English names in case, and the characters are OC.
In advance I apologise if I have got the ages incorrect but I tried, although I shall make no changes.
Summary: This is a rewrite of the series, it shall be based on the TV series, and each chapter covers that episode, except when it reaches the end. Although sometimes they go into my version of the event; also I have added appearance descriptions in case you don't know, but if you do, then excellent.
Here's Chapter Twenty Five!
Anyway...
Italic means prophetic view
Normal means...well...normal
Chapter 25 Hunt for Blue Aqua
'Strength brings new and unexpected feelings'
A girl flew effortlessly through the midnight city skies, her grace and finesse was truly astounding for those who looked and saw her elegant form floating through the air; although no one could because she had made herself invisible to human eyes. A large glowing light blue orb of light floated in her hands, finally she stopped at the top of the city tower in the centre of the city, the large blue sphere sent powerful sensations through her fingertips and filled her with its awesome vigour. Before releasing it and allowing it to immerse itself into the ground beneath the tower, she pressed the prevailing blue orb gently to her lips; finally she let go and watched it fall beneath her. With her bare feet slowly leaving the small platform atop the tower, she blinked her sparkling eyes and flew away. As she floated through the skies, her thoughts were filled with the ever-looming event that was to come in seven and a half months time; she then returned to her life that she was going to leave behind when that moment came.
It was the second week of September, the early Thursday evening air was getting colder by the day and the red and gold leaves were crunching under everyone's feet; people had now gotten used to the notion of the students throughout the city going back to their studies, and now some had actually started enjoying being busy again. At the cafe, Zoey, Elliot, Renee, Wesley, Bridget, Corina and Kikki were closing up from that demanding afternoon of complaining customers and terrible tippers; when they had finished closing up and the girls had changed out of their cafe uniforms, Elliot and Wesley asked the girls to sit down because they needed to discuss something important. The girls did as they were told and took up seats around one of the many tables. Wesley then took a step forward and drew a deep breath.
"Girls, we've received some strange signals all over the city, they appear to have the same molecular structure as Blue Aqua, but we've also discovered that only one of them is the real thing, we now just need to find out which is the real one." Wesley explained, the girls felt their bodies tense at the words Blue Aqua; Zoey more than the others.
Elliot then came forward with a serious look on his face.
"We also believe that the Cyniclons will most likely be searching for it as well, making it a matter of urgency that we find the Blue Aqua before them, or else it'll be the end of Earth as we know it." Elliot stated with his arms folded over his chest.
Zoey felt her body grow even more tense than before, if that were possible, and felt her fists clench tightly in her lap; she was thankful that none of the others noticed her statue like posture, the fact that the Earth was now more than ever at stake caused her to fill to the brim with a strong sense of anxiousness.
Abruptly she got to her feet, to the surprise of the others, and looked intensely at the two males in front of her.
"Then we should start searching for the real thing as soon as possible, there is no way that I'm going to let those aliens destroy everything that I care about," said Zoey as she slammed her fist against the table, nearly cracking the tabletop; her eyes were flickering between her usual chocolate colour and the bright pink of her Mew Mew eyes.
Everyone, with the exception of Elliot, almost jumped backwards at her unexpected outburst; they had never seen Zoey so determined about the protection of the Earth before.
Zoey then snapped out of her anger, her eyes returning to their peaceful chocolate colouring and no longer flickering bright pink; she looked about herself and saw the shock on her friends' faces, quickly she composed herself and unclenched her fists.
"Sorry." Zoey whispered. The others recovered from their shock and engaged in a group hug, allowing Zoey's hatred to slowly melt away; the wildcat immediately responded and joined in with their unity. Then the clock struck eight and the group disengaged themselves from one another, Elliot walked towards the door and opened it for the others.
"Ok, we're done for the day and we'll be closed tomorrow so we can look for that Blue Aqua," said Elliot as the others started walking through the passage he had made.
Once Zoey, Renee, Wesley, Bridget, Corina and Kikki had exited the door of the cafe, they stopped and waved goodbye to Elliot before starting to walk away from Cafe Mew Mew. As they walked off Elliot quietly closed the door.
Kikki grasped Bridget and Corina's hands before they could walk off.
"Do you mind if I walk with you guys?" Kikki asked politely, Bridget gently tightened her grip on Kikki's hand and smiled kindly down at her.
"Sure, I have to go past your house on the way back to the college," said Bridget, she and Kikki then looked at Corina and waited for an answer from the lorikeet. Corina smiled and followed Bridget's example of tightening her grip on the tamarind's hand.
"I might as well come too, there's a shortcut near there so I can get back home quickly." Corina answered. With that note the three girls started walking down the street, all of them laughing and giggling like little girls; for someone who didn't know any better, they could have been mistaken for sisters.
Zoey, Renee and Wesley watched them walk away and smiled; Renee and Wesley then turned to each other and smiled.
"May I have the honour of escorting a lovely lady home?" Wesley asked as he gave Renee his arm, she happily threaded her arm through his and smiled brightly up at him. The two of them then stared happily into each other's sea blue and winter grey eyes.
"Of course you may, kind sir." Renee said giggling quietly.
Zoey rolled her eyes at the sight, but she had to admit it was a pleasant spectacle; she hated to interrupt their contentment but knew this could last a long time, so she gave a small cough. The older male and female snapped out of their trance and looked at her, realising she was still there.
"Zoey, would you like to walk with us?" Wesley asked politely. Zoey smiled at them kindly and shook her head.
"No, thank you, I don't want to be a third wheel for you guys, besides you both go the opposite way to me anyway," said Zoey as she started to walk away. Renee looked at her sadly, but she knew she wasn't going to persuade Zoey to change her mind.
"Well, if you're sure, we'll see you tomorrow then," said Renee as she and Wesley walked past the wildcat and turned a corner, they were then out of sight.
Zoey waited a few moments before making her own way home, when she did the night was becoming more pronounced so she quickened her pace to a run and arrived at her house within less than five minutes.
Zoey entered the house and saw that her adopted parents still weren't home so she figured they were working late at the hospital, the teenage girl then ran upstairs to her bedroom and threw her book bag on the floor by her bed and started to get ready for bed; while she undressed she caught sight of herself in her mirror and disliked what she saw, quickly she turned away and shivered at the supernatural perfection of her body.
After the thoughts were pushed away, she walked to her bathroom across the landing and begun brushing her teeth; once she had finished in the bathroom, Zoey walked back to her bedroom and threw herself onto her bed.
She covered herself with her quilt and let it rub against her favourite light pink nightdress, the cool night air gently blowing through her open windows and the full moon shone silver as her eyelids slowly grew heavy; within moments she was asleep, the only movements she made was the unhurried up and down actions of her chest as she breathed in and out.
Her dreams however weren't as peaceful and serene as her sleeping form, they were filled with pain, horror and suffering; Zoey was floating in an empty black space with only the stars in the sky as her only light source, she finally stopped flying through the air and found herself sat atop the city tower in the centre of the city.
Zoey twisted herself round to face the point at the tower's top, to see a large white cocoon glowing brightly with Dren flying beside it laughing cruelly; the wildcat shivered as the cold air whipped her nightdress against her slender, perfectly proportioned body, as Zoey looked closer to the cocoon she saw something she prayed would never happen.
She saw the dead bodies of her friends tangled in the silk threads, their bodies splattered with scarlet blood and their bones broken at painful angles; then suddenly everything disappeared and in its place was a glowing bright pink light, as Zoey once again reached out to touch it but yet again she woke up before she got the chance.
Zoey awoke from her terrible nightmare to her body drenched with cold sweat, her spine shivering under the quilt; she turned towards her open window and saw that the sun was streaking through the see-through curtains and that her alarm clock was ringing loudly. The fourteen-year-old slid herself out of her bed and went onto her small balcony, letting the cool Friday morning air tickle against her soft porcelain skin; Zoey then turned around and walked back inside, to get herself ready for school. Within half an hour, after performing her morning tasks, including her daily task of trimming her hair to the bottom of her neck, she was ready for school; she picked up her dark brown leather book bag and ran out the house, her gold bell tied around her neck with her red school ribbon jingled vociferously with her movements.
The school day seemed to be prolonged, the hours weren't going by fast enough for Zoey's liking; she wanted to get out the school as quickly as possible and begin the hunt for Blue Aqua with the other Mew Mews.
By the time her free period before lunch, Zoey found herself on the open walkway between two of the school buildings with her brown leather book bag on the ground beside her; she looked over the view beneath her, her fellow students running around the grounds and talking to one another, every single one of them without a care in the world.
And she was one of the few people on the entire planet who knew the dark and terrifying truth of the enemies the planet had to face; the Cyniclons. The perilous thoughts that filled her with anguish were slowly pushed away as the warm autumn sun tickled the ivory skin on her bare arms; she wasn't wearing her usual grey blazer because the students weren't required to wear their blazers until the beginning of October.
Her thoughts drifted towards that of her friends, filling her with the joyous memories that had happened over the course of five and half months. Kikki falling into the fountain at their first encounter, Corina looking scared at the prospect of there being a ghost haunting a school on their first mission after she joined up, Bridget apologising to her when they bumped into each other for the first time, Wesley clapping as she wore her waitress uniform for the first time, Renee walking away emotionlessly after her first time transforming, Elliot when they bumped into each other on the day they first met. Over the time they had become a team of superheroes, all of them had changed; they had become stronger, braver, and closer as friends.
Suddenly a burning pain on the back of her neck came crashing through her thoughts like a battering ram, it was so excruciating that she would have been crying out of pain; but Zoey refused to let it get to her so she placed her hand over the pain and continued to observe the student body moving about beneath her.
The wildcat then heard the familiar sound of padding footsteps coming towards her, she looked over her shoulder to see one of the beings who were just in her thoughts, Elliot; the fifteen-year-old stood before her with his navy blazer slung over his shoulder and his brown leather book bag gripped tightly in his hand, the same navy band was around his neck. Elliot gave her a warm smile and placed his book bag at his feet; Zoey smiled up at him, still keeping her hand on the back of her neck.
"Hi Elliot, what's up?" Zoey asked as she picked up her book bag with her free hand. Elliot raised an eyebrow at her but didn't say anything; he then picked up his book bag again.
"I just got a call from Wesley, there's still no sign of the real Blue Aqua, but the possibilities have shrunk down so it won't be long until it's safe from the Cyniclons," said Elliot.
Zoey breathed a sigh of relief; those words brought her a warm blanket of comfort at the thought of them being a step closer to stopping the enemy from taking the precious substance. Elliot placed his hand on her shoulder; the girl looked at her male companion with curious chocolate eyes and smiled softly up at him.
Suddenly the burning on the back of Zoey's neck reached the level of bone-searing agony, the strap of her book bag slipped out of her grasp and her legs began fold up beneath her body; before she realised what was happening Zoey found herself falling to the ground, the floor coming closer and closer to her immaculate face. But before she came into contact with the ground, Elliot caught her in his strong arms and picked her up as though she weighed no more than a small feather; Zoey looked up at him and light pink colour broke out on her cheeks, she was blushing.
Elliot looked down towards her; concern filled his crystal blue eyes.
"Zoey, are you all right?" Elliot asked as he continued to hold her in his arms. Zoey blushed and brushed her long fringe away from her eyes, the burning on the back of her neck had subsided but the pain was still fragmentary.
"I'm fine," said Zoey as Elliot lowered her to the ground; she tried to walk but found herself falling again. Elliot picked her up once again and begun to walk, carrying her bridal-style.
"No, you're not all right. I'm taking you to the nurse's office." Elliot said as the young female saw that his voice was full of concern; Zoey decided it was best not to argue, because she knew that he would win anyway.
Elliot picked up their book bags and placed them in Zoey's petite lap; he then slid his blazer from his shoulder and draped it around Zoey's slender ones. With their belongings at hand, Elliot carried Zoey back inside the building.
Students looked away from their conversations with their friends when they saw the sight that was striding down the corridor, the boys' eyes widened in amazement, and the girls' bodies radiating envy; the sight that was so fascinating for them was Zoey being carried bridal-style in Elliot's arms, with his navy blazer draped over her shoulders and their book bags placed precariously in her lap, but the beings who had attracted the attention paid them no heed.
Elliot's only concern was taking Zoey to the nurse's office so that she could be checked over; as they walked down the hallway and all the students' eyes on them Zoey felt her cheeks get warmer to the touch and turning slightly pink in colour, and it wasn't because of Elliot being so close to her. It was the number of eyes watching her every move, she had always hated any type of attention when she was in the centre of it; she felt that she was showing off her prodigy status, something that she hated doing.
Finally the number of eyes on them decreased and they entered the nurse's office, the smell of disinfectant and medicine wafted strongly into their nostrils; Elliot placed Zoey on one of the beds, the bed that had the best view of the school courtyard. Once she was positioned on the bed, Zoey slid Elliot's blazer from around her shoulders and gave it and his book bag back to him. The male then knelt on the bed in front of her and leant his face closer to hers, the heat radiating between them getting stronger and stronger; Zoey felt how close he was getting to her, her heart beating faster and faster in her torso. His lips then came into contact with her bangs, feeling for any unusual heat that would be coming from her brow; Elliot then drew away and perched himself on the edge of the bed beside her.
"Well, you don't have a fever," said Elliot as he entwined his fingers with hers; Zoey smiled at this tender gesture, she loved how the mere touch of his hand on hers sent a soothing sensation running through her body. Elliot then spoke again. "What made you collapse like that?"
Zoey tightened her fingers around his and shivered slightly.
"I don't know," said Zoey; Elliot squeezed her hand gently and smiled softly at her, making her feel better. Suddenly something in his eyes became serious; the crystal blue eyes became dancing flames.
"Zoey, I... I..." Elliot began.
The opening of the entrance to the room interrupted him, the school nurse clad in her white uniform and sensible black shoes came in; Zoey watched Elliot get to his feet as the middle-age woman walked to the side of her bed, out of the woman's pocket appeared a thermometer, she placed it in Zoey's mouth and removed it again.
"Well, it's not a cold, or a fever, or anything that starts with a temperature. Still, stay here until the end of the day, see if you feel any worse," said the nurse; she then turned to Elliot who had been standing silently by Zoey's side. "You, Mr Grant, isn't it? I need you to inform Miss Hanson's teachers that she's feeling a bit under the weather."
Elliot nodded his head as the nurse left the room, he then turned again towards the elegant form of Zoey assembled upon the bed; her brown and ruby red bangs framed her face to sheer perfection, her chocolate eyes sparkling like the stars.
"I'll come and pick you up after school if you're not back in lessons. I'll see you later, ok?" said Elliot as he turned towards the door. Zoey quickly lifted her body from the soft fabrics of the bed and gently grasped his hand, Elliot looked down at her and was surprised at what he saw; Zoey's eyes were no longer sparkling with her usual happiness, they were twinkling with a pleading nature.
"Please don't tell the others about this, I don't want them to worry about me more than necessary," said Zoey; her voice was filled with beseeching; all Elliot could do was squeeze her hand tenderly and nod his head while giving her an understanding smile. With that smile Zoey's eyes returning to the amazing sparkling of her happiness, she then let go of his hand. "And thank you for caring about me."
Elliot left the infirmary with his eyes shining like the finest blue crystals, leaving Zoey to wait for him to come and get her at the end of the day; the wildcat re-seated herself on the bed and stared down at the rushing students in the courtyard, she could only hope that the day would go by as quickly as possible.
When the final bell of the school day rang loudly throughout the school, students were rushing out of the school gates as fast as their legs could carry them; Zoey sat curled up on the bed she had been on the whole afternoon, she stole a glance towards the door every now and then to see whether Elliot had kept his promise.
The door opened and in came the person who had occupied her thoughts; in came Elliot, he walked to the side of her bed and gently brought her to her feet. He had a pleasant smile on his face, his hand softly held hers.
"I promised that I would come and pick you up, now shall we go meet up with the others?" said Elliot as he picked up her book bag with a smirk on his face, Zoey raised her eyebrows teasingly and took the book bag out of his hands; she then grasped his hand and the two of them walked out the room.
By the time they had arrived at the cafe Zoey had ran as quick as she could, with Elliot fast on her heels; the wildcat ran as though the event from that morning had never happened, she was trying to prove that she really was the leader her friends knew she was.
When the two teenagers arrived they saw their five friends waiting for them, Kikki was cart wheeling across the grass with Corina and Bridget chasing after her, and Renee and Wesley talking and laughing with a small pile of tracking equipment at their sides in the doorway. When the five of them saw Zoey and Elliot coming towards them, the younger three stopped their antics and stood in front of them with welcoming smiles on their faces; Wesley and Renee joined them and smiled down at them. Zoey was the first to speak.
"Hey guys, are we ready to start searching for Blue Aqua or what?" Zoey asked as she shook her bangs away from her eyes, her friends smiled and nodded their heads; and along with Minimew and their tracking equipment, started walking away from the cafe to begin their search for the powerful substance.
Meanwhile in the four-dimensional dome atop the library, the three Cyniclons were planning their next plan in order to obtain their goal of capturing the one who they had promised to find by The Royal Family of Planet Mew Mew. Finally Dren stood up and clasped violently to the object in his hand, he opened it to look at the entity in his palm; it was soft and white, it was a cocoon. Dren looked up at his servants and smirked evilly.
"So this moth has been infused with the purple crystal from Planet Mew Mew, making it create a poisonous gas when it comes out?" Dren asked, his amber eyes glinting like flames. Sardon nodded his head, his face emotionless.
"That's correct, Highness," said Sardon as he turned around and started typing on one of the many computer monitors in the laboratory. "Be sure to place it on the highest point in the city."
Dren nodded his head at his eldest servant and teleported out of the dome, leaving Sardon and Tarb to continue their research into the human race.
Dren flew over the buildings of the city, the bright sunlight beating down on the beings running through the busy streets; finally the alien prince found the highest point in the entire metropolis, the top of the city tower. The spike atop it was the perfect place to locate the awaiting predasite, its mighty red metal frame towered over the municipality; masses of people came beneath the spike every day, it truly was the ideal place for the upcoming attack. He stuck the predasite cocoon on the speared top and faded away into thin air, Dren looked forward to the moment when the predasite killed all the humans in the city; especially when Princess Mew Mew was in their hands.
Meanwhile running through the streets of the city at top speed, the Mew Mews were moving through the crowded boulevards with portable tracking devices in their hands; their search for Blue Aqua hadn't turned up anything genuine of the powerful substance, Zoey was becoming more and more concerned about the fact that they hadn't found it yet. After searching through the metropolis, the team decided to take a break at a nearby coffee shop; Elliot and Wesley went inside the shop and bought some drinks while Zoey, Renee, Bridget, Corina and Kikki sat at a secluded table outside, the two males then came out with their hands laden with coffees. Once the seven of them were sat at the table, Kikki immediately gulped her coffee down in almost one sip and Corina drunk down hers slowly afterwards; Kikki then started jittering about in her seat, Bridget and Corina's eyes widened in worry as she slowly drunk her coffee.
"You've had too much caffeine, Kikki," exclaimed Bridget as she and Corina tried to get their younger friend to keep still in her seat; Zoey looked at the three of them in concern.
"Bridget, Corina, I think you should take her home, hopefully she'll have calmed down by then." Zoey suggested; Bridget and Corina nodded their heads and grasped hold of Kikki's hands; they then led the tamarind away, leaving Zoey, Elliot, Renee and Wesley behind.
As Zoey watched her three female friends walk away, Renee took a small sip of her steaming hot drink and stared at her intently; as though she could sense that something was wrong.
"Zoey, there's something wrong, isn't there?" Renee asked; Wesley looked at her and tenderly touched Renee's shoulder as though to say he agreed with her. Zoey glanced at Elliot only to see that he was nodding his head at her, she knew that it was time to tell of the event that happened that morning; she sighed as she looked at her two adult companions.
"Earlier today I nearly collapsed from something, I don't know why though," said Zoey as she unhurriedly stirred her dark brown drink with her spoon. Renee leant across the table and gently squeezed Zoey's free hand, these gestures were unsurprising between the wildcat and the wolf as they were the closest of all the Mew Mews; the expression on the twenty two-year-old female's face was one of concern, Wesley's was the same.
"Why didn't you tell us? We would have postponed the search until you were better," said Wesley as he draped his arm across Renee's perfect model shoulders. Zoey squeezed Renee's hand and looked at the two of them.
"That's exactly why I didn't say anything; I didn't want to risk the world's protection because of it. And I didn't want to appear weak, I'm meant to be the strong leader of the Mew Mews in battle, I shouldn't be collapsing like that," said Zoey as she stopped stirring her coffee. Elliot gently placed his hand on her shoulder; she looked up at him and saw his brilliant smile.
"You were probably just tired, it's most likely nothing to worry about," said Elliot. Renee and Wesley nodded their heads at his words, Zoey smiled at them happily; they all then agreed not to tell the others, as they didn't want any more concern to be placed upon Zoey. When they had finished their drinks, the four of them went their separate ways; Zoey smiled at the fact that the eldest two in the group didn't see her as weak, she knew that they would support her when something like that happened again, which she hoped wouldn't. The fourteen-year-old walked down the street into the setting amber sun, letting its rays glow on her perfectly pallid skin.
That night the silver moon shone brightly over the city, its light sending white streaks of illumination across the tall buildings; although not all was peaceful, the evil amber glow coming from the cocoon stuck atop the city tower was creating dark energies within it. Inside that white, fluffy interior was the development of something monstrous, something menacing; what was inside it was truly threatening, it may even bring the Mew Mews heroic activities to light. That predasite cocoon was a ploy to bring the Mew Mews out of the shadows of secrecy and into the limelight of fame; a possible way to distract them or a way that would reveal their identities to the world and destroy the Mew Mew Project. Before Dren had departed from it that very afternoon, he had said that what was inside the cocoon would be out within a month; the second week of October.
Seven and a half months left until the revelation of the stunning and powerful princess, her powers are becoming more pronounced and her emotions for her prince becoming more realised. Soon the truth will be revealed and soon she and her prince will change the universe.
Me: Yeah! Nearly halfway there!
(Mega sugar rush alert) E.A: I love ice cream!
Kikki: Na No Da! Na No Da!
(Both collapse on floor) Me: I should leave the cleaning stuff out; it'll save me getting it out again.
Me: Anyway, I am greatly saddened, I have checked the number of visitors I have had this month and I've had more than 100, yet I have had only two reviews for the past two chapters, and they're from the same person! (Thank you ferrit120!) I need reviews from as many people as possible! All I ask is no flames and constructive criticism is welcome!
(Glances at the sugar rush victims)
(Produces notebook) Me: Note to self- Hide all candy from those two; they go insane if they have too much.
(Throws notebook over shoulder) Me: ...Anyway time for me to be signing off.
Me: See you next week!
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