Chiyo: Wow only four days into school and *holds up pack of paper* why so much homework?! -_- but eh, I don't mind. But I always find time to write a little for you guys! :D

Chapter 25

Final Battle

A bunch of guys were talking to Izumi, but she didn't really seam interested. Everyone seemed so happy and relaxed. They did want to bring Pudding, Mint, and Zakuro, but they didn't want any more fights. Once everyone was dry, they changed into their regular outfit and walked over to the amusement park.

"Izumi~!" Seiko called, but her voice wasn't normal. It was more of an angry, deeper voice.

"Wh- why are they here again!?" Izumi and Ichigo yelled in unison. The 4 transformed and looked at the big group of Cyniclons above them. "Just stop coming back! Your planet is fine-" Ichigo started, only to be cut off by Killi.

"It's not." Her simple, two words, made Ichigo and Lettuce freeze. "Geez, and with Kisshu and Taruto with that pain in the ass older kid, we thought you knew." Her voice was cold, they all seemed to want to kill the Mews. "Sure, our planet can still hold people. Sure there's like 4 trees and like 2 blades of grass. But it's still terrible there! I blame everything on Kisshu, and he's hearing it!"

Ichigo grabbed her strawberry bell with an angry expression. "What are you doing to Kisshu and the others?!" She demanded an answer as she glared at Killi.

"Nothing. Just punishing Kish. Hey, I can't hurt my boss, and I'm really mad," Killi said, floating down to Ichigo. "so, you wanna have a 'lil fight over your blonde crush? I win, I test a 'lil shot on him, you win, I leave and never come back. Deal?"

Without hesitating, Ichigo nodded. "It's a deal."

Seiko flew down to Izumi and pushed her to the wall, hard. "You, little monster, you and I need a fair fight this time. Deal's the same all around. You win, I leave, I win, I have the pleasure of killing you." Her normally cold voice was even colder, and her eyes seemed almost dead.

"Fine." Izumi said, not really having a choice to decline. Her wrists were pinned tightly against the wall behind her and all the people at the amusement park ran off when they realized that a big fight was going to happen.

"Ransurot, how's that green girl look? She looks like she's probably improved since last time you faught her..." Marin said, motioning to Lettuce.

"Hey, sis! I want some fun too! I'll get the other girl then..." A girl that looked a lot like Marin, although with neck length hair, flew in front of Mitsukie. "Weren't there more of them?"

Ransurot flew down to Lettuce. "This is going to be boring if we're standing around doing nothing. Where are your friends?" Pashibaru asked, his arms folded.

Seiko hadn't waited any longer and didn't want to- more less couldn't. She threw Izumi to the side with one hand. Izumi grabbed her scythe in mid air. The tip of the scythe landed in the ground and because she held onto the handle, she stopped herself from being thrown into a brick wall, and into the ground instead. Seiko got over to Izumi as she stood up and pulled her scythe out of the ground. "Why are you so mad at me?" Izumi asked, jumping backwards, away from Seiko. "I didn't hurt you!"

"Hm. Maybe it has to do with the fact you girls are in our way." Seiko snapped, lunging towards Izumi. The others, Mews and Cyniclons, decided to watch as Seiko would possibly kill Izumi. With a simple slap to Izumi's scythe, it flew towards the side. "I'm not even mad at you for being in the way. I mean you're pretty darn cute." She sighed, pushing her light blue hair out of her face. "But you Mew Mews are in the way, so we need to get rid of you."

Izumi was trapped between a fence and a brick wall. Her scythe on the other side of Seiko. "Well then stop this!" Izumi shouted, glaring at Seiko. "Then why kill us?!"

"We want this planet." Seiko said simply.

Killi gasped and shouted, "SEIKO BEHIND YOU!" but she was too late. A dagger stabbed into Seiko's shoulder, causing her to scream out in pain. "Kisshu, what the hell are you doing?!"

Ransurot smirked and pulled out his odachi and lunged at Killi. "Ransurot...?" Pashibaru blinked in confusion, watching Ransurot attack Killi.

"Geez, talk about lap dog." Marin laughed.

"Why are you attacking us?!" Killi yelled in confusion, pulling out a regular sword from think air to block Ransurot's attack.

Izumi smiled at Kisshu and grabbed her Scythe. Lettuce used her attack and threw Marin's sister to the ground and Ichigo suffocated Pashibaru in her Strawberry Surpise's light. Taruto's clackers whacked Marin in the side of the head and Pai casted a lightning bolt down on Rin. Seiko was on her knees, holding her shoulder as blood poured out of it. Killi was a much better fighter then she pulls off to be, so while Ransurot and Killi (A/N: Eh *glances at Killi and laughs and turns back to you guys* I'm just gonna be simple with this *glances at Kisshu* cuz I mean *looks at Ichigo* Surprise attack *turns to you guys* so I mean not much that they can do, they had no clue it was coming.) fought, neither of them getting dirt or a scratch on them. Pai and Rin fought, though Pai was the only one to get hurt. Taruto and Marin faught, both of them getting their butts handed to them. Marin's sister summoned a huge airship to fight with her. She was suspened on the front like a figure head, making Lettuce look at her confused. It had huge clarinet shaped rockets that fire from the bottom. With trumpets as well on the airship, it was able to send out glowing sheet like music beams that can destroy the ground. "Submarin, what are you doing?!" Marin asked, forgetting Taruto was attacking her. He whacked her in the head again with his clackers and they started fighting again. Lettuce stood her ground, ready to fight, until a light purple whip snapped over and pushed her off the airship.

Zakuro ran over and instantly took a free guy, snapping her whip on Zephyr. Pashibaru was actually kicking Ichigo's butt, but whenever she could, Ichigo used her Strawberry Surpise attack to engulf him in a light that makes him unable to breath and makes it hard to move in. Izumi's scythe was stuck in Seiko's shoulder as she sat on the ground, holding her shoulders in pain. Killi landed a hit on Ransurot, cutting the side of his face. Rin wasn't able to do much, it was still daylight, so he had his butt kicked and teleported off before he was killed. Submarin, Marin's sister, was head first in the ground, struggling to get unstuck. In the end, Rin was teleported off, Submarin was stuck in the ground, Pashibaru was gasping for breath, Killi had a cut in her stomach and was bleeding badly, Zephyr had a couple whip marks, but nothing really else, Seiko had a scythe in one shoulder and a dagger in the other and was more pale then before from blood loss, and Ransurot was amused by Killi and had a cut on his cheek. None of the girls were actually that hurt. Seiko wobbled to her feet and held her hand out Izumi. "A deal is a deal. If Kisshu helped you out or not, a deal is a deal. So... Farewell, I hope things go well."

"Um..." Izumi was confused but shook hands and yanked her scythe out and Kisshu's dagger out. "Get Killi to the wounds right away, you could die from them..." Izumi sighed, detransforming.

"Well, I'll defiently be back, but not back to attack. It's a beautiful planet. And you girls, and boys," Seiko motioned to Pai, Kisshu, Taruto, Ryou, and Keiichiro, "showed me that. So, I'll be back in a good way." She smiled, before her eyes started to close as she teleported off.

"Ransurot!" Killi shouted, holding her sword tightly. "The hell was that for?!"

Ransurot stayed quiet and pointed to Submarin. "Someone get her." He sighed, teleporting off with Pashibaru not to far behind.

Zephyr folded his arms. "I'm so much better then you are." He stuck his nose in the air, ignoring Zakuro's cold glare as he teleported off with the others but Killi.

She turned to everyone, who was detransformed. "If we come back, we do not plan on fighting. Seiko's a woman of her word, if we even lay finger on you guys, or the other... Humans... Then Seiko will make sure that night is an actual living hell for us, so we come back on netural terms. Is that ok?" She asked, mainly looking and Ryou.

Ichigo and Izumi nodded while Mitsukie was completely confused and Lettuce was cleaning her glasses. "I guess." Ichigo said, shrugging.

With a wave, Killi teleported off. "Um..." Mitsukie turned to the others. "What in the world just happened?"

Kisshu and Taruto cheered, highfiving each other. "We did it, Kish!" Taruto laughed.

"All because of your plan." Kisshu agreed, smiling. "Go find Pudding, I'm sure she'll be happy to see you."

Lettuce and Pai walked towards each other with a smile while the others talked. Lettuce looked up at him with a smile. "Are you going to stay here? I mean..." Lettuce's cheeks started turning a little red.

"Yes, I am." Pai's normally cold voice was warmer and calmer. He gently fixed Lettuce's bangs and moved his fingers to her chin, lifting her head back up. Everyone else was dead silent, watching with a huge smile- well all but Ryou because he never smiles. Pai gently pushed his lips onto Lettuce's, cupping the side of her face with his hand and with the other, he held her close him. Lettuce put her arms around Pai's neck, kissking him back. After a bit, they pulled away, smiling at each other. "I'm not leaving you again... I love you, Lettuce..."

"Pai..." Lettuce's blush deepened as her words got stuck in her throat. "I-I... I love you too."

They intertwined fingers together and walked towards the group who was watching her. Zakuro was gone, again, just out of the blue she was gone. Ichigo turned to Ryou, and giggled as she caught him looking at her. "Do you think... Do you think our job is done again? For now?"

Ryou nodded, shoving his hands in his pockets. "Yeah, it should be. Just make sure that if they do come back, that they don't attack." He said, pretty much emotionless.

"Hey!" Izumi giggled. "My school is having a dance the uhh..." She suddenly went quiet and started poking the air like a calendar and started mouthing numbers to herself. "Today's what... Like the 18th?" Everyone nodded. "And it's Saturday?" Everyone nodded again. "So... Exactly one week, there's a dance at my school. If you want, we can all go!"

"Sure!" Ichigo nodded.

"Of course!" Mitsukie clapped with a huge smile.

Lettuce and Ryou nodded with a slight smile while Kisshu watched them with a slight smile. Keiichiro shrugged in a 'Why-not?' way. "It wouldn't hurt I guess." He said, seeing Izumi clap in happiness.

"It's like an apologize part to Mitsukie, since we couldn't take her to the amusement park today without getting into a fight..." Izumi said quietly.

"Speaking of..." Mitsukie walked over to Izumi, pushing her bangs out of her face and stared into her eyes. "How are you feeling? Is your head still pounding?"

Izumi giggled and started talking to Mitsukie as everyone started walking to the cafe since the amusement park was shut down for today. "Ryou...?" Ichigo looked over at Ryou who had his hands shoved in his pockets. "Did you mean what you said at the cafe? That... You know... We're a couple?" She was looking down as she spoke and her face was red.

"Well, I did but I didn't." Ryou said, as if it meant nothing.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Ichigo folded her arms, not thinking it the way it was supposed to be.

"Calm down, Strawberry. I meant I didn't know if you were up for it." Ryou sighed and flicked her nose.

Ichigo laughed and grabbed Ryou's hand before he shoved it in his pocket. "I am." She giggled, intertwining their fingers together. "I love you, Ryou!"

Ryou blushed slightly and looked at her with a pure smile. "I love you too, Ichigo." As they got to the corner, it started getting colder and the group split up, Mitsukie and Keiichiro were heading to Mitsukie's house, Izumi walked alone to her house, and Ryou and Ichigo walked together while Pai and Lettuce walked together. "Can I ask you something, Ichigo?" Ryou asked, his voice oddly more serious.

"Of course." Ichigo nodded and walked closer to him, feeling pretty cold.

"Why me?" Ryou asked, his grip on Ichigo's hand tightening slightly.

Ichigo squeezed Ryou's hand tighter. "Why you? I-I don't know, because I fell for you?" Ichigo said, scared what she said was wrong.

Ryou chuckled. "Well, this is your house, right?" Ryou asked, standing in front of Ichigo's gate to her house.

"Yep!" The two pulled each other into a hug.

Ichigo stood on her tippy toes with her arms around Ryou's neck. Ryou was leaning down a little, holding her waist. Sakura was smiling as she saw the two talking with thier noses touching while keeping Shintaro away from them so they could have a moment. "Goodnight." Ryou whispered.

"Goodnight." Ichigo responded, kissing him passionately. After 3 seconds of a passionate kiss, they pulled apart, but were still nose to nose.

They instantly pulled apart when Ichigo's dad ran out the door yelling, "YOU LEAVE MY DAUGHTER ALONE, YOUNG MAN!"

"Dad!" Ichigo whinned, folding her arms.

Shintaro dragged them both inside and brought Ryou to the kitchen. "What do you think you're doing with my daughter?! You seemed like a nice guy but you're only after my daughter because she's young aren't you?!"

Ryou blinked at Shintaro then started laughing. "I see where Strawberry gets the overprotection from."

"What are you saying?!" He snapped, looking very angry.

Ryou put his hands in his pockets and looked at the fridge. "Is that a baby picture of her?" He asked, chuckling at the idea of Ichigo's manly dad having so much feelings for Ichigo.

"What? Oh yeah. It was her first time at the zoo..." Shintaro said, folding his arms. "You're going off topic! You leave my daughter alone!" Ryou didn't say anything, making Shintaro madder. "I swear to got if you touch my little girl!"

"What?" Ryou asked, looking at Shintaro with a 'why-the-heck-would-I-do-that' look.

"She's still young!" Shintaro shouted.

"Why would I do that? I'm still young too..." Ryou folded his arms, expecting the answer that was shot at him.

"You're a boy!" Shintaro snapped.

Ryou sighed and walked out of the kitchen. "Don't be late for work tomorrow, Strawberry." Ryou chuckled, flicking Ichigo's nose. "Goodnight."

"Night!" Ichigo called, waving to Ryou who was walking off to the cafe and Ichigo zoomed up to her room and crawled in bed.

Chiyo: *glances around*

Killi: What was that all about?! *flailing around with a book in her hand*

Chiyo: ;O; shhphphpssshhhhh *covers Killi's mouth* There is so much I wanna say but *glances at next chapter that's completely unwritten* Not sure if I... want to? Or should...

Killi: We will be back though right?!

Chiyo: *pats Killi's head* that would be a spoiler... Anyway! *throws Killi out the window* I can't spoil anything, but I can say that next chapter is going to be lots of romance between Ichigo and Ryou or Mitsukie and Keiichiro ... Because I mean *glances at the two couples* oh idea OuO hehehh WELP I'll see you in the next chapter! :D