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You promise that you never get the most important person to you get angry because you wanted her to be happy. But what if she did get angry; at you?
Ch. 26: Broken Hearts Pt. 2
"Sooooo tired……" Ichigo whined, on the table. For the whole day, Ichigo has been polishing every inch of the inside of the café as one of her late punishments for being suspended from school.
Ryou came in and saw Ichigo lying there. He didn't pay mind to how tired she looked as he called, "Hey, Ichigo!"
She looked up and asked, "What?"
"We need groceries."
"For what?!"
"A new health drink that Keiichiro wants to try make. Here's the list of the ingredients." He walked to her and presented her the list. She took it and opened it; it was actually a very long list.
"The hell is this?" she demanded, standing up.
He told her, "Don't swear to me and get going. Also, don't forget to take your wallet too. Someone's money needs to be used in order to get all of them."
"Oh, yeah sure! And it can't be your money? You're the one who's rich, not ME!!" she yelled, but he just walked away; ignoring her complaints.
He waved from behind and said, "Bye!" All she did was growl behind his back; literally. But she gave up. After all, this is her punishment for nearly beating the boys to death.
She went up stairs to change into some outdoor clothes and grabbed her purse. She put the list in her purse and started to head out, but she stopped at the door. She took a quick glance at her desk which held the yellow package that Pai gave her.
When she came home that day, she just placed it on her desk and hasn't touched it since. She just kept staring at it. She thought a lot about the terms that Pai told her and about what Taruto told her. Even though Ichigo refuses to look into it because Kisshu killed her loved ones, she could still hear Taruto's voice in her head. Now it's just plain annoying.
Ichigo looked away and headed out to the store. At the store, she bought everything that was needed and it cost her a fortune. The cashier thought it was weird on how Ichigo looked like she was crying on her way out with at least six bags in her hand. With six bags, Ichigo didn't go very far. She only went as far as the park and collapsed on a bench for a quick five minute break.
She thought, 'I hate Ryou. The next time I see him, not only am I going to demand a raise but I'm going to make sure he doesn't fly again!!'
"Ichigo onee-chan?!"
Ichigo looked up to see Pudding with Lettuce. She was surprised as she greeted, "Hi, guys. What's up?"
"We were just on our way to work and Pudding-san thought it would be faster to go through the park," Lettuce answered.
"Oh, I see."
Pudding asked, "What's with these bags, na no da?"
"Just Ryou being cruel and making me waste all of my money to buy these groceries for a new drink that Keiichiro wants to try."
"We see…"
"We see, na no da…"
Lettuce asked, "Need some help?"
"That would be lovely."
"But before we do that, we'll join you on your little break, na no da!" Pudding cheered, sitting next to Ichigo. Lettuce sat next to her on the other side and all three enjoyed the small breeze and the calming skies above.
Ichigo couldn't help but mumble, "This is just like last time."
"Yes, na no da," Pudding agreed, knowing what she's talking about.
Lettuce asked, "What is?"
Ichigo answered, "This day. The last time I sat on the bench with this calm day, it was when Kisshu helped me with the groceries."
"It was also this day that we meet and when Taruto was still a part of my act, na no da," Pudding answered, sadly. "I miss him."
"I do, too," Ichigo agreed.
Lettuce asked, "But I thought you said you hate Kisshu-san."
"I thought I did," she answered. "But now, I'm not so sure." Lettuce didn't know what to say. She just looked up at the skies and thought of one thing.
"Pai-sensei…" she mumbled. Ichigo and Pudding need to ask because they know that Lettuce deeply cares for Pai. All three let out a depressed sigh.
"What's with the long faces, angels?"
They looked forward and Tart was there and he looked pissed off.
"Taru-Taru?!" Pudding called, surprised.
He glared at them and threatened, "Don't call me that or I'll make sure you don't ever call me that again!" Pudding flinch back in shock and fear.
Even though she can't transform, Ichigo still got brave enough to stand up and asked, "What do you want, Tart? We don't have time to deal with you!"
"Well, you're going to have to make time!" he growled. His hand glowed black with a hint of yellow as he told them, "Because I want my brothers back!" He threw the ball at them and they just barely missed that. Lettuce pulled Ichigo away as Pudding jumped to the other side.
Tart faced his palm to the ground under Lettuce and Ichigo and black plants right under them grew. The black vines grabbed their wrists, ankles, neck, legs, and their chest. The vines made them go up about thirty feet off the ground and Pudding watched in horror of her friends. The grips around them were tight as Lettuce and Ichigo where having a hard time breathing.
"Taru-Taru! Stop this, na no da!" Pudding screamed.
Tart glared at her from the corner of his eyes and got another blast ready. "Shut up, Pudding-san!" he yelled, throwing another blast at her. It hit the ground near her and she went flying. He turned his attention to the two suffering girls and flew up to their level. He told them, "I'm only going to ask once so you better answer if you value your lives!"
Ichigo asked, despite her disability to breathe properly, "What are you talking about?!"
"I mean my brothers, you old hag! Where are they?!"
"We don't…know…" Lettuce breathed out.
He yelled, "Don't you fuckin lie to me, bitch! First it was nii-san who disappeared after saying that he was going to see the old hag and then nii-sama disappears after dealing with you at Tokyo Bay! What have you've done with them?!"
Now that was shocking. Ichigo expected for Kisshu to return to them by now and Lettuce didn't know that Pai went missing after what happened at Tokyo Bay. She figured that since his attempt failed, he went back to hell but he didn't. He disappeared…
Tart's patience started to go thin as he snapped his fingers. The vines gripped around them tighter; closing their air ways for them to have difficulty breathing. After having them suffer for about a minute, Tart snapped his fingers again and the vines loosen. Ichigo and Lettuce could breathe again.
As Ichigo and Lettuce were desperately trying to get air back in their lungs again, Tart threatened, "Now answer correctly and I might spare your lives. Wrong answer and you're both dead!"
Lettuce and Ichigo tried to think of anything so that they could at least stop this nonsense, but nothing came to mind. They both shook their heads and Ichigo answered, "We…don't…know…"
Tart growled again and got his hand ready. "Wrong answer." Ichigo and Lettuce shut their eyes, waiting for the tightening of the vines around their neck.
"Ribbon Mint Echo!!"
Tart didn't snap his fingers and he flew out of the way.
"Ribbon Zakuro Spear!"
A purple whip attacked the vines and they freed both of the girls without harming them. Then they were falling.
"Eyaaa!" Ichigo screamed, seeing the ground coming closer and closer to her.
"Mew Mew Lettuce Metamorphosis!" Lettuce transformed into her angel form and saved herself but Ichigo was still falling. "Ichigo-san!"
Then a strange thing happened. Ichigo quickly turned around and she landed on her feet without harming herself like an acrobat. When she landed, she thought, 'What just happened? I thought I can't use my cat abilities since I'm no longer an angel?!'
"Ichigo onee-chan!" Ichigo looked to her side and she saw Mew Pudding running up to her in a worried matter. "Are you okay, na no da?"
"I'm fine, Pudding. A little out of breath, but I'm okay," she answered. After saying that she was out of breath, Pudding narrowed her eyes in anger and let out a soft growl.
She looked up at Tart and yelled, "Stop this right now, Taruto!!! You can't just show up, accuse my friends, and then try to kill them when they don't even know what you want to know, na no da!!"
Tart flinched back from that. He looked hurt after she said that. His eyes turned glossy as he told her, "You know, I didn't mean what I said earlier. I thought you knew me better." Pudding raise a brow in confusion but when she saw his sad and lonely expression, she gasped. Next thing she knew, he teleported away and appeared in front of her. He quickly said, "I'm sorry." Then he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him. He wrapped his arms around her and then…
Crackle
Buuuuuzzzzz
Electricity was visible as Tart held Pudding. His eyes were closed shut with pain as Pudding was doing everything she can not to scream. Ichigo was the only one who could touch agents without getting hurt so if Tart and Mew Pudding touch, they get hurt.
"Pudding!" Ichigo yelled, reaching for Tart so that she could pull him away. But the moment she touched his skin, she felt the shock and took a few steps back; grasping her slightly burned hand.
She looked at it and wondered, 'Now what?!' She looked back at Tart and Pudding and both of them disappeared in Tart's black leaves.
"Pudding!!"
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"Well? Did you find her?" Ichigo asked, like the twentieth time.
Ryou gave her the answer, the twentieth time, "Just be patient and quiet, Ichigo. The more patient and quiet you are, the faster we find Pudding." Didn't make sense to Ichigo because she's desperate. Lettuce, Mint, and Zakuro were there too, but they're a little more patient than Ichigo.
After Pudding was 'kidnapped' by Tart, Ichigo and Lettuce instantly went to the café and the first thing Ryou asked was 'where are the groceries?' Ichigo's answer was that Pudding was taken by Tart after she and Lettuce were nearly strangled by him. Mint and Zakuro were already there and when they heard that, they stood up like the café was on fire and they needed to get out. Ryou calmed them down and reported to Keiichiro. They didn't open the café as Keiichiro and Ryou were using their computer talents to find a pinpoint location of where Tart could have taken her. Certainly not hell because she wouldn't be able to survive and if Tart still cares for Pudding then he wouldn't take her there.
Then Lettuce called, "Ryou-san?"
He stopped and looked at her from over his shoulder as he asked, "Yeah?"
"If there any reason for an agent to suddenly disappear?"
He asked, "What do you mean?"
"When Tart was going to strangle Ichigo-san and I, he demanded to know where Kisshu-san and Pai-sensei are. He even said that the last time he saw them, Kisshu-san said he was going to check on Ichigo and Pai-sensei was going to handle us at the bay. But we didn't know anything so he tried to threaten our life to get an answer. I know them well enough that they love each other too much to willingly leave. Is there a reason for the sudden behavior?"
Ryou told Keiichiro, "Keep working." He turned around and faced them saying, "I don't know. I'm the prince of heaven who has never turned a human into a hell agent. The best person to ask is the devil himself and I highly doubt he would sit down and have tea to talk. But I will admit that from these brotherly love attacks, I've been pulling my hair out to find any reason for their behavior. The last time any of you handled them before they suddenly disappeared, Ichigo was nearly massacred by Kish and Lettuce passed Sardon to save me from drowning. I don't see a connection between any of those events. I'm sorry, Lettuce."
Lettuce only shook her head and looked the other way. "It's alright. I was just curious." After listening to that, that caused Ichigo into thinking again. Something weird was going on and the more she thought about, the more often that yellow package comes to mind.
"Found her!" Keiichiro announced. Everyone looked at him as he said, "She's at a stadium that is supposedly empty and it seems that Tart is with her."
"Got it!"
Then all five girls got up and headed for the door.
"Ichigo!" Ryou called, making her stop. She looked at him as he asked, "Where do you think you're going?"
"Where does it look like, all mighty prince of the heavens?"
Ignoring that, he asked, "If you go out that door and into that stadium, you'll only be in the way."
"Well trying to help is better than staying here and just waiting for something to happen. Besides, what if something happens to Tart that causes him to go missing to? Lettuce was too busy saving you so she didn't see anything. Maybe I could and figure out where the hell Kisshu is!" Before Ryou could try to stop her, she started running to the doorway, making Ryou nearly speechless.
Keiichiro turned around and asked, "Did you feel that?"
Ryou, coming back to earth, nodded and answered, "Like it was hard to miss; the energy of a true angel."
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"Taruto! Let me out of here, na no da!" Pudding yelled, banging on the cage she was put in. She kept banging and banging on the cage bars and Tart didn't seem to mind the noise. In fact, he was paying most of his attention on peeling the orange in his hand.
After he peeled it, he tore it in half and presented a half to her through the bars. "Want an orange? It's your favorite."
Her eyes beamed with delight as she accepted it. She told him with a smile, "Thank you, na no da." He smiled a little too and then Pudding came back remembering where she is and what just happened. "Hold on, na no da!! You can't just get friendly with me with my favorite fruit, na no da!!" she yelled at him.
He lost his smile but he didn't seem affected by her yelling. He just said, "Well we've been here for about half an hour already and I just thought that you would like something to eat. You maybe my prisoner for now, but that doesn't mean that I should treat you like a prisoner. You're my friend so I'll treat you nice." He tore a piece of the orange and ate it.
She eyed him, but she tore the orange to pieces and started eating some of it. She asked, "If you're my friend, then why did you try to kill my friends, na no da?" After she asked that, Tart squeezed the remaining orange in his hand. The juice dripped down his fingers and the remains fell to the floor. Pudding was surprised to see him do that.
He asked her, "How can you call them that when they're the reason my brothers are missing?! Damn it, Pudding-san! I thought…I thought you cared. They're my family and they're missing! I don't know where they are, I don't know if they're safe, and don't know if they're coming back! They could be dead for all I know!!"
Pudding could say something about that, but she didn't. She's not that kind of person. Instead she tore her share in half and reached out through the bars. He looked at her in surprise as she smiled and him and said, "Eat up and smile, okay, na no da?" He let out a laugh and smiled as he accepted the orange piece.
"Thanks, Pudding-san." She just smiled at him and then returned back into eating the rest of her orange. When they were finish, Tart asked her, "Does it hurt?"
"What does, na no da?" she asked back, popping the last piece in her mouth.
He pointed to her arms and said, "I mean the burns. Do they hurt?"
She looked at her arms and she saw the burns from when Tart hugged her. She told him, "They don't hurt, na no da!! Don't worry about it, na no da!" He didn't let it go. She could tell on his face.
He told her, "Put one hand over your arm."
She asked, "Why?"
"Just do it." She did. "Now think of the burns just healing away." She did that too and right before her eyes, her hand glowed white and she moved her hand to hover all over the arm. The glow left nothing behind besides just the disappearance of the burns.
"Wow, na no da!" she let out. That caused Tart to smile a bit as Pudding did the same to her other arm. She asked, "How did you know I could do this?!"
He answered, "I've just guess actually." He looked at his arms and told her, "Since my wounds heal from all of the blood I drank, I just thought that maybe you angels could heal to but in a more purer way." He dropped that subject and looked directly at her eyes. He asked, "Pudding-san, if I did kill those girls for what they've done, would you get mad at me, then hate me?" She was speechless and deeply confused by that question. How can she answer that?
"Pudding!!"
Both of them looked at the entrance and they saw all three mew mews. Mint was the only one who had her weapon ready and she was aiming at Tart. "Let her out, now!" she commanded.
Pudding wanted to tell Mint not to shoot because she misunderstood the situation but Tart sat up and he looked ready to fight.
"Finally you witches showed up. I was wondering if Pudding-san actually has friends worth protecting," he said.
Mint told him, "We'll we're better than friends then someone who abandoned her!" Tart flinched at that. He got a blast ready and he was growling.
"Pesky girls like you should just die!" Then he sent the blast at them and Mint released her arrow.
The blast and the arrow hit but the arrow purified the blast and shot straight through it. Tart dodged the arrow before it could hit him, but behind him is Pudding in a cage. She ducked as the arrow was right about to hit her. Tart saw what the arrow almost did and the mew mews gasped for the safety of their friend. Tart looked mad now. Both of his hands were covered with his blasts and he charged at them with it.
"Wait, na no da!!" Pudding yelled, but he didn't listen.
He fought with the mew mews and he kept everyone of them occupied so that none of them would get near…well almost all.
While he was fight with the ones who can actually fight, Ichigo snuck in and remained hidden while she moved closer to Pudding's cage. She thought, 'Just because I can't transform doesn't mean that I can't help. Who gives Ryou the right to tell me when I can't and can fight? Oh right, he's the prince that we angels are helping. Do I have the right to call myself an angel?'
At the end of that thought, she was close to Pudding's cage. Pudding saw her and her eyes beamed with happiness. Ichigo put her finger in front of her lips as a sign of 'be quiet.' Pudding shut her mouth and nodded in agreement. Ichigo quickly but slowly rushed to the cage and asked, "Pudding, you alright?"
"Yes, na no da! But what are you doing here, na no da?" Pudding asked in a whispered.
She answered quietly, "Here to rescue you, if I can open the cage." Ichigo looked at the lock and it's locked tight. Now why did Tart locked her in with no way out besides a key or a…
Then Ichigo remembered something a long time ago. She told Pudding, "Hold on. I have a plan but step back." Pudding did and Ichigo faced Tart. "HEY TART!!" she yelled, getting his attention. The fight stopped and Tart looked over his shoulder to see her. Then she said, "Midget!!" Pudding was just shocked to hear that as Tart was surprised. Ichigo continued. "Midget! Midget! Midget! Midget! Midget! Midget! Midget! Midget! Midget! Midget!!!"
Tart was shaking with rage as Pudding really stepped back. Tart put his hands together and created a blast bigger than his whole body. "Now you're dead, you old hag!!" He unleashed the blast and the Mew Mews got scared for her now. At the last minute, Ichigo jumped away and the blast hit the cage; causing it to blow up to pieces. Ichigo turned towards the cage to see Pudding come out but nothing; just smoke. The Mew Mews waited for her too with concern and worry and Tart was just paralyzed with what happened.
The smoke finally cleared and they saw Pudding against the wall, unconscious. Everyone gasped in surprised from that scene as Tart gasped first then growled. He clench his fists and blood dripped down from the nails digging in to his flesh. His teeth were hard tight against each other and he could feel his hate pilling up. While he was doing that, black vines secretly started to grow behind the mew mews and they captured them with a surprise.
"Ah?" Mint and Lettuce let out as they were being lifted up the ground.
"Mint! Lettuce! Zakuro!" Ichigo called, watching them. Then she suddenly felt a dark presence besides her.
By the time she looked up, Tart kicked her hard and she went flying for the wall. Her back hit it and she heard a loud crack; everyone did. She fell to the floor and tried to get up but it was too painful; she probably broke one or two ribs. Then someone grabbed her hair and forcefully lifted her up. Before she could open her eyes, Tart punched her face and she went flying again.
"Ichigo!!" Mint called. Even though there is nothing she can do, her voice just rang out.
When Ichigo landed on the ground, she lifted herself up a bit and spitted out blood. Then…
Crack
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!" Ichigo screamed in agony of her sudden broken leg. Tart powerfully stepped on it and broke her leg just to hear her scream like that. Then he walked to her upper body and powerfully stepped on her right shoulder.
Crack
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" she screamed again. Now her right arm is broken.
"Don't worry. It will all end soon," Tart told her. She looked up at him and he flexed his claws. "I'll be sure to share your heart with nii-san when he comes back." He aimed for her chest and got ready to stab her through and tear her heart out.
"Ribbon Pudding Ring Inferno!!!"
Hearing that, Tart stopped and looked behind. When he did, he was blasted away by Mew Pudding's attack. Ichigo looked up to see Pudding running towards her.
"Pudding…" she mumbled, her voice mixed with pain.
Pudding kneeled down to the floor and looked at her with guilt filled eyes. "Ichigo onee-chan…" Pudding's eyes changed from guilt to anger. She looked up to where Tart is and she saw him holding his shoulder in pain as he stood up. When he looked up, he could see her anger.
"Pudding-san…"
"Don't ever call me that, again, na no da!!" she yelled at him with angry tears dripping down her face. Ichigo looked at Tart and she gasped in what she saw; the same hurt filled expression Kisshu had when she yelled at him. Pudding continued. "I'm angry at you for hurting my friends, Taruto!! I'm angry at you and I never want to see your face again, na no da!!! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT, NA NO DA!!!!!!!" Then it started.
After Pudding yelled that, the vines the held the mew mews started to die and slowly dropped the mew mews to the ground. They tore themselves away from the plant and ran to their beaten up friend. While they were scared to death if Ichigo will be alright or not, Ichigo watched Tart grasped his heart and started moaning in pain; just like Kisshu. The only difference was that no one else got to see it. He used the rest of his energy to teleport away.
"Ichigo-san! Hang in there!" Lettuce told her.
"Don't you dare die on me, you hear!" Mint yelled at her, angry.
Zakuro said, "We need to call Ryou and Keiichiro here or her condition will get worst."
"There's no time for that, na no da!" Pudding told them. They gasped at her as she instructed, "Mint onee-chan, hover your hands over her chest, na no da! Lettuce onee-chan same on her right arm and Zakuro onee-chan! Her Leg, na no da!" Willing to try anything a bit confused, they did as they were told. Pudding hover her hands over Ichigo's face and instructed, "Now think of healing Ichigo onee-chan! Use your energy to heal her!" They did and they were amazed with the results when they hands started glowing white.
Minutes passed and Ichigo's pain started to vanish. All she could feel when the pain was completely gone are a huge amount of energy and a comforting warmth. She knew it was over when the warm feeling disappeared. The angels were exhausted as they waited for their friend. Ichigo, feeling fine picked herself up with both of her arms and she bend both of her legs. Everyone except Pudding were amazed as Ichigo moved her right arm, moved her left and moved side to side for any pain; none. She touched her cheek and it was perfectly fine, looked fine too.
"I'm…healed…" Ichigo mumbled in surprise.
Pudding lightly smiled and breathed out, "Thank goodness, na no da."
Zakuro asked, "How did you know that we have healing powers?"
She answered, "I wanted to heal my burned wounds and I learned that way. See?" She showed everyone her arms and there were no burns at all, just like she said.
"Wow… Amazing, Pudding!" Ichigo told her. Hearing Ichigo got Mint's attention.
"You are in big trouble, you hear me?!!" Mint scolded Ichigo. She flinched back in surprise and Ichigo had that face of 'what did I do?' Mint told her, "When we get back to the café you, I can't wait to see what Ryou-san does to you!"
"What?!"
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In the darkness, Tart was screaming. The pain that ran through his veins became too painful for him. The pain was so great that he couldn't even move. It felt like his whole body was covered with pain and it kept exploding in his limbs; making more pain. His eyes were changing from dark gold to bright yellow as his fangs grew large and sharp; cutting his hard agent skin.
Then a hand touched his head; a hand that felt ice cold for his hot body. The hand also felt wet as it lightly stroked Tart's head. Then he felt a second presence that crawled him like a wild animal. It leaned to his head and sniffed his head. The second figure backed away and had a wide grin on his face; his long fangs shining in the darkness.
"Welcome, little brother," the second figure greeted, his voice sounding wild and harsh.
The second voice sounded murky and as if the voice was being spoken under water. "Pour thing. So young and had to go through a heart break."
