Zakuro decided to eat breakfast with Zatch and some of the other Mew Mews, because she wanted to know about their battles that happened over the past few days. Pudding explained while Tart put four plates of blueberry muffins on the yellow table, "Zatch and I had to fight against Zeno, and my new spell really helped us out." Mint told Zakuro with a smile on her face, "I saved Berry and Penny from some familiar enemies. The kid who threw a tantrum at the amusement park crossed paths with me again, and I burned his book." Lettuce added while she had a calm look on her face, "My opponents were merciless, and they seemed freaked out after I took my medicine. In the end, I defeated them with an upgraded Rasengan." Zakuro ate her muffins, and she walked out of the dining room with her purple spell book.
Meanwhile, Ichigo and Kiyo were sitting together on a green bench in the lobby. Ichigo told Kiyo as she smiled at him, "Kiyo, we should make the lobby look like it's around Christmas time. Can we please do that?" Kiyo replied as held Ichigo's hand, "Okay, that seems fine. However, we should do it tomorrow. The clerk told me that we can use his telephone at the front desk, and I'm going to do something nice for you." Ichigo thought to herself, "Kiyo's so nice to me. I wonder what one of my love spells would do to him. Hopefully, none of them are attacks." Ichigo grabbed Kiyo's hand, and she ran to the dining room with him.
Elsewhere, Masaya Aoyuma sat in the back of a green sedan. He had a newspaper next to him, and Ichigo was on the front page with Zatch and Kiyo. Masaya thought to himself as he read the front page, "I'm glad that Ichigo and her friends protected all of those people at the bank. I don't understand how the criminals used ice, though." The chauffeur asked him in a calm tone, "Where would you like to go, sir? There's a lot to do in Mochinoki." Masaya responded politely while giving him five dollars, "I'd like to visit the winter resort, if that's okay with you." The green sedan went through the city, and it headed in the northern direction towards the resort.
Zakuro reached the lobby, and she noticed that no one was around. Zakuro walked out of the lobby, and she headed towards the snow-covered forest to test out some new spells. When she reached an area that overgrown with trees, Zakuro opened her purple book. She shouted loudly, "Go Boren!" Zakuro's fists were surrounded by a purple aura, and her punches obliterated some of the trees. Suddenly, she heard someone clapping slowly.
Zakuro turned around, and she saw a mamodo team with a yellow book! The mamodo shouted evilly, "Hello, Zakuro! I'm Riou, and you can call me your worst nightmare!" She responded coldly, "I'm not afraid of you, Riou. After this battle, it will be the other way around." Banikis shouted viciously, "Fanon!" Riou fired a yellow beast-like beam from his chest, but Zakuro dodged it. Zakuro yelled with determination, "Gigano Reis!" She unleashed a giant ball of gravity from her hand, and Riou was struck hard!
Meanwhile, Ichigo and Kiyo sat down at a green table together to eat breakfast. Kish put some blueberry muffins on the table, and he smiled at the duo. Kiyo asked while he looked around, "Where's Zakuro? Did she eat breakfast already?" Ichigo replied while pulling out her pink book from behind her back, "She's probably training in the forest. Anyway, I want to try something. Chaajiru Roseruk!" A pink heart-shaped beam appeared, and it separated itself into two pink heart-shaped beams! The pink beams struck Kiyo and Ichigo on their foreheads. The duo became silent, and hearts immediately appeared in their eyes. Ichigo said in a romantic tone, "Kiyo, you're so handsome." Kiyo replied with an attracted look on his face, "Ichigo, let's use the clerk's phone to order a pizza for lunch. We can split it between us." Ichigo kissed Kiyo on the cheek, and they ran to the lobby together.
Elsewhere, Masaya noticed that the winter resort was coming into view. He wondered while he looked at the newspaper again, "Will Ichigo be at this resort? I haven't seen her in a while, so it would be great to finally talk with her again. Maybe she's thinking about me." The green sedan drove up to the front of the resort, and Masaya stepped out of it. He thanked the chauffeur, and Masaya looked around at the snowy area.
Riou quickly got up, and he grinned evilly. He asked Zakuro with a mean look on his face, "Are all of your attacks like that? If they are, then defeating you will be easy!" Sunlight shined down on her, and Zakuro's shadow rose from the ground! It looked exactly like Zakuro, but its hair and outfit were black. Banikis screamed with tons of fury, "Gou Fanon!" A yellow spiky beast emerged from the mouth on Riou's chest, and it quickly ran towards Zakuro! She shouted with a determined look on her face, "Wigar!" Zakuro shot out a purple vortex of wind from her hand, and the beast was destroyed! Banikis used the Garu Fanon spell, and a spinning beast emerged from Riou's chest! This beast had several rows of teeth, and it rapidly spun towards Zakuro's shadow clone! Banikis and Riou looked amazed, because the shadow clone widened its mouth to completely swallow the attack! Zakuro explained in a serious tone, "My shadow can absorb the energy from distance-based attacks. Then, it sends the energy into my spell book." Zakuro shouted with a fierce facial expression, "Gigano Wigar!" The purple vortex of wind emerged from her hand, and it was larger than before! It hit Riou directly, and the vortex damaged him while it smashed through the trees! Riou yelled with a furious look on his face, "Zakuro, you won't win! We will defeat you with our strongest attack! Read the spell, Banikis!" He exclaimed evilly, "Fanon Riou Diou!" A yellow aura surrounded Riou, and he unleashed a huge three-headed lion from his chest! Zakuro thought to herself, "My shadow clone probably won't be able to consume that, but I'll try something!" Zakuro closed her eyes, and her purple book started glowing! Zakuro noticed that a new spell had been written, and she decided to use it! Zakuro screamed with strong emotions, "Gravity Shadow Psychic Rasengan!" Another clone of Zakuro appeared, but its hair and outfit were pink! Zakuro smiled at the fact that she had her first psychic spell!
Then, all of the girls had a Rasengan of their respective color in their left hand! Zakuro shouted loudly, "Dioga Reis!" A massive gravity ball appeared, and Riou's beast was obliterated! Then, the females charged towards him with their Rasengan attacks! A pink blast, a purple blast, and a black blast occurred! The blasts were massive in size, so Riou had no chance of avoiding them. When the smoke cleared, Riou had taken tons of damage! He weakly said while he winced in pain, "Zakuro, your strength is unlike anything that I've ever witnessed. Pie didn't tell us that you were really powerful." Banikis was unconscious, and Riou's yellow book was covered in flames! Zakuro's clones merged back with her, and she had regained some energy. She thought to herself as she walked out of the forest, "Ichigo, I hope you know that the next enemy is going to be facing you."
Meanwhile, Ichigo and Kiyo were ordering a cheese pizza from the clerk's telephone at the front desk. The love spell wore off, because Ichigo didn't use much energy to use it. Kiyo told Ichigo with a nice facial expression, "It'll be here in twenty minutes." Someone announced as they walked in, "Well, look who's here." Ichigo exclaimed in shock, "Masaya! Why are you here?" He responded with a calm look on his face, "I came to see you, Ichigo. You're my girlfriend." Ichigo walked towards Masaya, and she mouthed the words, "Stay there" to Kiyo. They sat down on the green bench, and Ichigo had a sad look on her face. She explained in a regretful tone, "I'm sorry, Masaya. Listen, I've been spending a lot of time with Kiyo. I've been helping him and his friend, Zatch. We've bonded, and we work well together. Masaya, we have to break up. I'm sorry. We should just be friends." He replied with a disappointed look on his face, "It's okay, Ichigo. You know, I saw you guys in the newspaper with those weird books. You've probably been busy with saving the world, so you should keep on doing that. Zatch seems like a good kid, so you have to help him stop the bad ones." Masaya hugged Ichigo, and he got up from the bench. Kiyo asked him to relieve the tension, "Hey, we just ordered a pizza. You can have some, if you want." Masaya responded calmly, "Okay, that would be good."
A/N: How was Chapter 35? Will Ichigo have to fight fire with fire? Who will show up to help her? What will Pudding find in the three manga books? Find out in Chapter 36!