Chapter Thirty-Five - Kishigo after Death

O-hayō! And I'm so sorry for the delay; I'm kind of busy and lacking inspiration. I know I said I would have five chapters ready but I just couldn't let you wait further and I didn't think of fixing that author's note. Without further due, here is the thirty-fifth chapter.

Ichigo

Three weeks after she'd woken up, she still couldn't get used to being pregnant. Her powers were evolving day by day and she learnt to control them for the first time in her mind, all over again for the newly formed couple. They sure had their little arguments but they were cute nonetheless. What really annoyed Ichigo though, was that at eight months she couldn't get off her bed anymore, walking at least, because she was allowed floating as long as she didn't need to use her legs.

She woke up at a random hour as usual and found that her IV drip was empty.

"Rirī-Chan!" she called but got no answer "Rirī-Chan!"

"Hai!" her voice said with the sound of doors opening and paper bags, she appeared at the foot of Ichigo's bed a second later "What is it?"

"The IV drip's done I guess" she said.

"It is, actually. I'll go get you another one" she disappeared and came back within seconds.

"You were grocery shopping I guess" Ichigo smiled at the thought of Rirī mixing up with dozens of humans.

"Yeah" she sighed "Humans are obnoxious at times!"

"Cyniclons are educated better for sure" Ichigo said as she winced at the pain of having saline penetrate her system.

"Are you feeling any different?" the Healer asked.

"Er no… Just the same back aches and the feeling that I might give birth at any given time" she said adjusting her bangs.

"Which is perfectly normal because you're close to the human term of your pregnancy." she said "We still don't know how long this might take, even though I'm pretty sure you're going to last longer than a human pregnancy"

"Anything for Kukkī" Ichigo said putting a hand on her round belly.

"On the other hand, I have good news for you!" she said cheerfully.

"What is it?" she said trying to contain her excitement in order not to turn her blanket into ashes.

"You have some visitors, but I won't say who until they're here" she said mischievously.

"Please tell me! Pretty please!" she whined.

Rirī chuckled as she remembered Rōzu when she was much younger and under her guardianship "Just be patient, Strawberry"

"Hey my dad used to call me that!" Ichigo said surprised.

"Holy-Momomiya-San, we've visited him as well as your mother. We can do so at night if you wish to" she said solemnly.

"I'd like that, thank you" she murmured as she drifted away to sleep.

Meanwhile on Cynnth
Pudding

The teenager woke up at three in the morning, not feeling very well. She had been feeling down those days, she had words that her Onee-Chan woke up a week and a half ago not remembering the past five Cynnth months. It was for the best, really. Things only got worse because of this war.

Pai had recently created a device which could open a teleportation portal for humans to be able to teleport just as much as aliens. She took her pendant and that very device that they called Doakī, and made her way to one of the deserted Lettuce shores. She opened the vortex by selecting the spot on the map that was shown in the air right above the device. It was also used as a tracker and a communication device, in case someone got into trouble. Pudding was wearing white shorts, an orange cropped tank top and her black flip flops. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail with strands hiding her human ears and her bangs let down, Rōzu helped her cut them so that they were covering her entire forehead. It was night-time at the beach too, and such a beautiful sky. It was breathtaking but not as much as the one on her first date with Taruto, speak of the devil they had had another argument that day because she was talking to Mazui for more than an hour after trainings. But he's just a friend; she doesn't understand why Tart is so jealous of him.

She took off her flip flops and started walking on the shore, calm waves wetting her feet and taking the white sand with them. Water was reflecting the sky's colors and it looked absolutely flawless, two moons were filling the sky and countless stars and galaxies made it look like a painted picture. Pudding gazed at the water and decided that she was going to swim. She took off her top and shorts; she was going to swim wearing underwear which was black boxers and a dark blue bra. She took her hair tie off to let her blonde locks flow down her back until its middle, just at the start of the small of her back, letting her back dimples on display. She hid her pendant and Doakī in her shorts' pockets and covered it with her top, all of which were on her footwear. The monkey-girl swam for an hour or so before deciding that she was feeling better. This side of the shore never had visitors; Taruto had brought her here for a date once. It became her favorite place to be since then, well after her namesake jungle of course.

Once she started walking, still in the sea, with water at her waist level, Pudding started feeling uneasy. As if she was being watched. She put her clothes back on as fast as she could before hearing a crack from the jungle facing the sea. She knew she couldn't teleport away fast enough so she clenched her pendant in her hand that still wore Tart's promise ring.

"Who's there?" she dared to say "Come out!"

"Hey easy, Gaki-Chan" said a male voice which wasn't Taruto's.

"Come out this instant!" she exclaimed, annoyed that they dared call her by the nickname her beloved came up with.

He appeared in front of her "It's me, don't shoot" Mazui said amused.

"You scared me" she hissed punching his arm "What are you doing here?"

"I happen to like it around here" he said "Even more when I sensed your presence" he added winking at her.

"Thanks but I was going back to the castle" she said feeling uneasy; he looked like he was drunk.

"Well let me take you there" he said putting an arm around her shoulders, his breath smelled like wine.

"No that's okay, Aruko-San" she said using his surname.

He squeezed her tight against him "You know you can call me Mazui, Gaki-Chan?"

"Leave me alone at once, I don't want to hurt you" she threatened.

"Well guess what? I always let you win when we spare, otherwise you'd be minced meat since long" he whispered wistfully with his face dangerously close to hers.

She knew she had no choice but to transform, she kicked him in the crotch and ran away while glowing a bright golden color. He teleported in front of her, sword out.

"Ribbon—" she started but he teleported right behind her, his weapon ready to slice open her throat. She gulped hard "Why are you doing this?" she whispered for she couldn't trust her voice.

"I want you, Gaki-Chan. And I'll have you" he whispered lustfully "Just let me do what pleases me for now, alright little monkey?"

"Hai" she lied already summoning her second weapon in her mind.

He made her face him forcefully making his sword disappear in the process. He forced his lips against hers and started kissing her; she waited for him to feel at ease before screaming.

"Jaakuna Wana!" she cried.

Her weapon tied him up like sausage, in such a way that he couldn't teleport. She started running away reaching for her Doakī but she was soon trapped. Indeed, Buruanī, Miruku, Enden or Enbun and Beikoku were there, weapons out. She heard the drunken Mazui yell at them to leave her alone. He's one to talk, she thought. And then he appeared, Reijin. She hadn't seen him in a while, he grew an unwanted beard and his hair was messier and longer than last time she'd seen him.

"Now tell me" he said in a husky voice "Where is my Koneko-Chan?"

Her eyes widened as he walked further towards her…

Cliffhanger! I know this chapter is cruelly short and lacks content but I still don't know what's gonna happen next. Now tell me, what do you think of Mazui?
Ichigo: Why are you asking when you know full-well nobody's gonna answer you anyway?
Imène: Why are you staying when you know you're gonna give birth away from Kisshu anyway?
Ichigo: Nani?!
Imène: I'm totally kidding, of course! I don't even know yet I have tons of ideas for the same event. Just like this chapter's ending… I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew nor Soccer-Geek's OCs.
Review? *smiles widely*