A/N: Hello!!!! Thank you all, once again for the wonderful reviews!! They really make me so inspired to write for you all! But as happy as I am to get them, I would like to know which story should go after this one is done. So far, I only have one for 'The Truth is Speaking to You, Ichigo!' and none of 'You're a Girl?' No offence but it's a little sad.

Kuro: But don't let it make you think that she's ungrateful. She really is but she's just sad that no one else is adding more votes. Anyway, Tsukiko does NOT own TMM or the songs she uses in her stories. Thank you all for the lovely reviews and please keep them coming!

Tsukiko: Thank you and please enjoy!! Sorry if this is long…

Ch. 49: Final Fight Pt. 4, Big Decisions

The air in the castle rippled in one area and Ichigo appeared through the portal. When she was in, the portal disappeared. She looked around and she's in the same long red hallway Deep Blue was walking just in. She notices the red carpets, the red walls, and the golden trimmings inside. Then in one instant, she feels something.

She's stun by the feeling as she thinks, 'I know this feeling. It's so warm and nostalgic. Hold on!' She looks up at the direction on where she could feel it and she mumbles, "Mew Aqua?" She starts running towards the feeling. Maybe the Mew Aqua will lead her to Kisshu!

Besides the Mew Aqua, he's all that's on her mind. If what Deep Blue said was true that both Kisshu and Inuyasha are fused together to be his perfect body, then she knows that she has to find some way to save them. She doesn't know how but if she can just get through to him and make them remember who they're really are then maybe they can find a way to separate. Then hopefully, things will go back to things the way they used to be.

When Ichigo finally reaches the stair way, she pauses for a moment. She needs to breathe getting overly excited about saving the man she loves and her dog. She touches her bandage on her neck and she can still feel the warmth of his lips and his arms around her the day he gave it to her. She could even hear Inuyasha's voice when he tried to mend her broken heart when Kisshu told her he hated her. After the bandage, she looks at her flute in her hands. The same flute with green leaves and black wind currents hasn't lost its beauty since the day she got it. She can still remember the day she got it and when she first played for both of them. She never really admits it, but that day was magical to her.

Finally, Ichigo decides that she has had enough time resting and she puts the flute away. The flute is her weapon but she feels that she will not need it. She won't need it because there is no reason for her to use it. She starts going up the stairs and when she reaches the doors, she forces them open and the first thing her eyes saw is Deep Blue about thirty yards away from her. He was still looking out the window so he has her back to her. All of a sudden, her courage disappears as if it was never there in the first place. Seeing him there like that brought back her fear and her heartache.

'Calm down, Ichigo! It's only Kisshu and Inuyasha! You can get through this,' she mentally tells herself. She gains back her courage and takes in a deep breath.

"Inuyasha!! Kisshu!!" she yells. After a minute, Deep Blue turns his head and looks at her over his shoulder. She still kept her brave face on as she walks a little bit closer to him. She stops when she feels like it's enough and tries to smile again. She tells him, "Hey there, baby. See anything interesting out there?"

"Koneko…" Ichigo's eyes widen as her smile disappears from the sound of her nickname. "…-chan." Did he just…?

Before she knew it, Deep Blue who was still far away from her was now in front of her and he hugged her. "Koneko-chan!! You're alive!!!" he cheers, happy to see her.

"AAAh!" she lets out, falling to the ground because of the sudden impact of an alien. She sits up as his arms are around her waist and Ichigo stares at him, surprise.

She also hears him whisper, "Thank goodness. I thought I killed you too. You look so beautiful."

She couldn't believe her ears. She just had to ask, "Kiss…hu?"

Then he lets go of her and tells her, "Well technically, there are two people in here; Kisshu and myself. We're both glad that you're alright, Ichigo." Then like they have split personality, it sounds like Kisshu took over with his voice and his eye color. "You stupid mutt! Shut up!"

Then it became Ichigo's turn to jump on them. "Inuyasha!! Kisshu!!" she yells, hugging them. Both of them look down at her and her arms are around their chest as her eyes are leaking. They could feel the cold, wet feeling of her tears seep through the clothes and touch their skin. Her voice is muffle by her face buried in his chest as she mumbles, "I've missed you two so much." Then she started sobbing.

Rather it's Kisshu or Inuyasha, it didn't matter. They both are feeling the same thing as they watch Ichigo continuously crying for them. From how the voice sounds, Kisshu took over as he pushes Ichigo's arms off of him. He asks her, "Koneko-chan, stop that okay?"

She tells him in between sobs, "I can't…I can't help…it. They won't stop."

"Hey, hey, hey," Kisshu whispers, his face close to hers. He comforts, "Shhhh, shhhh. Listen to me okay?"

You'll Be in My Heart by Phil Collins

Come stop your crying
It will be all right

Ichigo looks up at him, her sobs quieting down. Kisshu smiles at her and grasps her hand.


Just take my hand
Hold it tight

I will protect you
from all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry

For one so small,
you seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry

'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more

Ichigo giggles a bit from that as Kisshu's hands went from her hands to each side of her face. Her hands are over his as his forehead is leaning against hers. He continues to smile and sing for her as she just happily smiles up at him.

Why can't they understand
the way we feel
They just don't trust
what they can't explain
I know we're different but,
deep inside us
We're not that different at all

And you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more

Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know
We need each other,
to have, to hold
They'll see in time
I know

When destiny calls you
You must be strong
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together

'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on,
Now and forever more

Oh, you'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be in my heart, always
Always

Kisshu chuckles as Ichigo giggles a little more. Ichigo tells him, "I didn't know that you can sing."

"Well after you told me to escape, I was anxious so I listen to the human radio to calm myself down. It was so interesting that I remembered the words," Kisshu answers.

"Well that is a very interesting song, Kisshu. I liked it."

"Thought so," he tells her. Then his voice soften and his eyes became gentler as he says, "It reminds me a lot about our relationship, koneko-chan." Her face turns red and her eyes turn glossy from the way he looks and the way his voice sounds.

They looked into each other's eyes a little longer and then kissed to finally close the space between them. His hands slid down to her waist and her arms circled around his neck; pulling each other closer. After that kiss, they kissed again after a small amount of air enters their mouths. They kissed again and again and soon Kisshu licks her lips for entrance. She opens up and his tongue enters her into hers. In return, her tongue enters his and they both went exploring. Then…

Kisshu pushes Ichigo away and she stares at him, confuse as she suddenly hears Inuyasha telling her, "You two shouldn't be doing that at a time like this." Then the voice changes to Kisshu. "Don't get jealous, mutt. It doesn't suit you at all." Inuyasha. "Show a little pride, idiot and start paying attention! We're stuck in the same body and I don't want to be stuck in here another minute with you!" Kisshu. "Well whoever said you can stay?! You can leave any time you want, mutt alright?" Inuyasha. "Well how do I do that?! Just sleep forever in this body and let you take over?!" Kisshu. "That's an idea! It is my body anyway!!"

After a small thinking time, Ichigo gets a small light bulb shining over her head. "You two, stop fighting!" she tells them. Both of them look at her as she says, "Kisshu, he's right. We need to find a way to get you both separated without hurting the other, but how?"

Then Kisshu asks her, sounding little depresses, "Koneko-chan? Do you think…I deserve live after what I did?" Ichigo blinks in surprise as it changes to Inuyasha's voice. "Kisshu! Don't think like that!" Kisshu came back and asks, angry, "Well do I, mutt?! Not only did I hurt Ichigo and tried to kill her, I killed my friends! Why do I deserve to live when they're both gone?"

Ichigo uses her hands to go to his face and she makes him look at her. She tells him, "Now you listen to me, young man. That was Deep Blue! You had nothing to do with their deaths." Her arms moves to circle around his neck again and she holds him there. She whispers in his ears, "It's not your fault so stop taking the blame, unlike me."

Kisshu's eyes soften as he whispers, "Ichigo… Thank you…"

'Hug her back, you idiot!' Kisshu hears Inuyasha, yelling in his mind. Kisshu silently growls at that but he has to admit, hugging Ichigo isn't such a bad idea. So he does. He wraps his arms around her and holds her tight.

Then Ichigo suddenly feels the same warm, nostalgic feeling from before, but this time it feels really, really close. Ichigo pulls away from Kisshu and looks at him. He's confused as a light shines from his heart. Kisshu, Inuyasha, and Ichigo are beyond surprised as the light continues to shine from his chest. Kisshu mumbles, "This is…Mew Aqua?"

Ichigo's hand went to his chest, over the light and asks, "What is it doing here?"

"I see," Inuyasha mumbles. Ichigo looks back at his face as he explains, "The Mew Aqua is inside us. While the other Mew Mews were able to find their Mew Aqua in elements, Ichigo finds her in a place unexpected. Ichigo, you love us, right?"

Ichigo answers confuse, "Of course."

"I get it," Kisshu mumbles. He lets her go and takes her arms off of him. Still grasping her hands, he helps her up and tells her in the eye, "I know this is stupid but I will use the Mew Aqua in order to set things right again."

Ichigo asks, "Kisshu? Why are you talking like that?"

Kisshu softly smiles at her and leans to her face. He kisses her again and she kisses him back, not really understanding what's happening. Then she knew he turned back to Inuyasha because he broke the kiss and he licks her lips like a dog. She still didn't understand it as they pull her into a hug. She didn't hug back.

"Just a little bit longer, Ichigo," they said, using their own voices at the same time.

Ichigo wonders, 'What…What are they talking about? They don't mean to…'

Then a sudden pain hits them in the head and they push Ichigo away. Before she could react, they crouched down in pain and held their head in pain. "AAAh!!" they scream.

"Inuyasha! Kisshu!"

When they looked up at her, the eyes were light blue that stops Ichigo where she stands. His hand grasps her neck and pushes her over. She falls to the ground as Deep Blue's hands tighten around her. She didn't try to pull his hands off of her, fearing that she could hurt Kisshu or Inuyasha. She looks up at him and he's grinning.

"This body is mine! No one is going to take it away from me!" he declares, tightening his grip. Ichigo chokes for air as Deep Blue chuckles. "You're a fool, angel. Just like your parents when they left you at the orphanage." Ichigo's eyes widen at that but they close when she couldn't breathe.

'Get off her!!' Deep Blue hears in his head. Those voices rang in his head as if his ear is next to a giant gong that was just rung.

Slowly but surely, he lets go of Ichigo's throat and gets off of her. His whole body is shaking as Ichigo is coughing to get some air back in her lungs. Two days in a row she's been close to death because of suffocation. She looks up at Deep Blue and she can hear Deep Blue's, Inuyasha's, and Kisshu's voices, arguing with the other. By the sound of their voices, she can tell whose speaking.

Kisshu: "Don't you lay a hand on her!"

Deep Blue: "Fools! This body is mine now! You two are no longer needed!"

Inuyasha: "Until Ichigo is safe, we will always be needed!!"

Deep Blue: "Shut up!!"

As Ichigo is listening, all she could do is lie there, shocked and worried. The body has its hands on the head and it's growling in pain. The face is twisted with pain but she can see the determination of not going down without a fight. The body stumbles to the ground and curls up in pain as well. Ichigo can't help but go up to the body and call out to it.

"Inuyasha! Kisshu!" she calls, reaching for the body.

Kisshu: "Ichigo…! Get…away…."

Ichigo pulls her hand back from that and then a blue blast shines in between the body and Ichigo and she gets blown away. She goes flying to the wall and when she crashes, her back creates a crater in the wall and she hears a snap. She collapses to the ground and stays there for a few seconds longer before looking up to see one of her wings broken.

Kisshu and Inuyasha: "Ichigo!!"

Painfully, Ichigo reaches for her broken wing and straightens it. She bites her lip in pain of the massive pain from straightening her wing. When she got it straightened, it glows grey for a moment and it's healed. The wing bends by itself and there is no pain. Ichigo tries to sit up and she looks up at the body.

The body screams, "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" Then it got quiet. Ichigo stands up this time and she takes one step forward in case.

She desperately asks, "Inuyasha? Kisshu?"

The body moves. It stands up but Ichigo couldn't see his face to see if it's Inuyasha, Kisshu, or Deep Blue. She waits for an answer, desperately hoping that it's the ones she loves and not the one she fears. Then it speaks. "Konek….chan…" Ichigo gasps as the body looks up at her. Her feet move on their own.

"Kisshu!" she calls, running to him.

Then when she was only ten feet away, he summons his sword. Ichigo stops running as he swings the sword at her. She jumps up and backs away before he could slice her. She looks at him confuse as the eyes change to light blue and he growls.

"Damn it. I missed," he curses, glaring at her.

Ichigo gulps as she asks, "What happened to Kisshu and Inuyasha?!"

He answers, "I have completely deleted their existences. They no longer exist in this world."

"That's a lie!" she screams at him.

He tells her, "Go ahead and deny it. I'm here and they're not." She gets angry fast. Her temper got the better of her as she charges at him and grabs his collar. She pushes him down to the ground and he allows her to push him down. She gets a fist ready and charges the fist right at his face. But instead of his face, she hits the ground and her fist makes a crater in the ground. He chuckles and asks, "Even though they're both gone and I told you, you still believe that they're still alive? Stupid angel."

"It's not just that," she says. She pulls her hand out of the ground and pulls his collar again, lifting him up in the process. "You said something earlier about my parents. Do you know me?"

"Personally, no but I do know what you are exactly," he answers. She drops her guard a bit and listens as he continues, "It wasn't like I was keeping tabs on you but the moment I saw your appearance, there was no doubt that you were that same little baby that both heaven and hell wouldn't accept."

"What do you mean?" she asks, dropping her guard even more.

"I saw them and you that night," he answers. "Call it coincidence if you must since I had no intention of watching two parents drop off a little baby at the door steps of at a poor orphanage. When I was still wondering the earth, I saw two people in cloaks leaving their beloved child at an orphanage. There was something interesting about them though. None of them were human." Ichigo gasps as he grins even more at how wonderful the truth is affecting her. "The man I noticed had a very powerful holly aura as the woman had a very demonic aura. One wouldn't touch the other as they said goodbye to their baby. It would seem that members of the heaven and hell tied the note and had a child. But they could not keep the child because it had demonic energy that heaven wouldn't accept as it also had holly energy that hell despises. What better place to leave the child then a place where it can be accepted, not caring if it had holly aura or demonic aura." After that, Ichigo's hold on his collar is release and he takes that as a sign to blast her. He does and she goes flying back to the wall again. He stands up laughing as Ichigo breaks both of her wings from the strong impact. "Looks like they made a bad choice, abomination. Not even earth accepted you."

Ichigo grips the air in her fists as she bites her lip and tears start to leak out. Amazing, she has never cried before today and when she started, they won't stop. The harder she bites to try and forget about the pain in her heart, the more amount of blood she can taste in her mouth.

A blue blast forms in Deep Blue's hands and he aims his hands to the sky. "Now this world will listen to the song of annihilation!!" The blast launches from his hands and blasts through the windows. The blast reaches the sky and the clouds above, and as if Mother Nature herself is helping, the clouds rained down Deep Blue's power. His powers showers over everything and anything on the earth and destroys anything it touches.

The Mew Mews, Kraehe, and Mytho below, sees a blast coming for them. Kraehe faces her palms above and Mytho looks like he's going to block the blast with his sword. A barrier is formed by their power and it blocks the blast, but there is still more coming. They kept the barrier up to protect them and everyone else but after the fifth one, they both are already out of breath. It actually looks like the sixth one is going to be their limit but when the seventh one was coming, the Mew Mews got up and stands by their side.

"Mew Power Extension!!"

With their combined powers added to the barrier, it got stronger and it blocks the seventh one. Kraehe and Mytho are surprise to see them but they gladly accept their help. They block the attacks one by one until all of them are completely exhausted. When the twelfth one hit, the barrier broke and everyone is blown apart.

"AAAAHHHHH!!!!" they scream, hitting the floor unable to get up.

"Ichigo…" Kraehe mumbles, her voice sounding weak and her body shaking; desperate to move. "Please…don't give up…We need you."

On the remains of the castle, Ichigo widens her eyes as if she just hears Kraehe's words in her ears. Kraehe wasn't the only one who spoke like that, but they only had enough energy to think like that.

Zakuro thinks, 'Ichigo…'

'You're the only one…,' Lettuce thinks.

'Who can do this, na…no…da,' Pudding thinks.

Mint thinks, 'We do need you now more than ever and so do they….'

Finally, Mytho thinks, 'Ichigo…break a leg and save the world…You know what to do.'

On the remains of the castle, Ichigo releases her fists and pushes herself up. She looks up to see Deep Blue too occupied to notice her. "I don't know what to do exactly, but I have to try," she says, going to her pocket to take out her flute. Her wings straighten themselves and they heal after a small glow of the grey light.

On earth, another lightening is coming for the Mew Mews and the angels but at that moment, Ichigo places her lips over the air hole on her flute and starts playing. The sound of the flute causes Deep Blue's powers of destruction to dissolve and the lightening didn't hit the others below. Deep Blue looks at her and his eyes widens when he sees the flute and her playing it. The pain in his chest and his head strikes again. His powers completely stop and then as she continues to play, the pain continues.

"Stop…it!" Deep Blue commands, but Ichigo didn't stop. "Stop it!!!" he sends a quick blast at her but she still didn't stop.

Block

Ichigo releases the flute as she sees what looks like the spirit of Inuyasha in his mini form protecting her. He's on all four in front of her and there is a barrier in front of them that stopped the blast. Inuyasha growls and glares at Deep Blue as he looks confuse as how he is right in front of her.

"What the-" Before he could finish, an arm grabs his neck from behind and starts suffocating him. Deep Blue places his hands on that arm but it as if he can't feel anything there. It's a spirit arm and when Deep Blue looks behind, he sees Kisshu. Ichigo even looks up to see Kisshu behind Deep Blue.

"You were a lousy leader anyway," Kisshu tells him. "Always thinking of yourself and your wants when you should have been thinking ways on helping my people. You're worst than any human I have ever met. But you know what? Even though you take over earth and every human dies, I don't care as long as you never lay a hand on Ichigo again!" Naturally, Ichigo's heart pounds hard in her chest and a light blush decorates her face.

Inuyasha yelled, "Brilliant thing to say, idiot!!"

Kisshu yelled, "Shut up, mutt!!"

Inuyasha turns around towards Ichigo and smiles at her. He tells her, "Keep playing, Ichigo. Your music gives us strength."

"Oh, o-okay," she answers and she places her lips back on her flute and continues to play.

Inuyasha turns around back to Deep Blue and Kisshu and charges at them. He goes to Deep Blue's foot and bits his ankle. Deep Blue closes one eye in pain of the bite but he didn't yell. Instead he says, "Bastards! What the hell are you two planning?!"

Kisshu answers, "Nothing but your demise. Ichigo! Use your 'Strawberry Song!' Now while we have him!" Ichigo nods and starts firing up her flute.

The flute glows pink and then in her mind she cries out, 'Ribbon Strawberry Song!' Surprisingly that she is no longer a Mew Mew and yet, she can still perform that trick; with interest. The attack that she creates becomes five times bigger than her usual ones. It goes straight for Deep Blue but he still has his arms.

"Damn!" he curses, raising his arms and creating a blast to stop Ichigo's and to overcome hers. She still plays, keeping her blast strong as it starts to push back Deep Blue's. He curses, "Fools! If you kill me now, then you will be on the verge of death." Ichigo hesitates on her music after she hears that.

Kisshu tells him, "Just making sure you die isn't the only thing we're planning. We'll use the Mew Aqua to return this planet back to its once beautiful self and save the lives we ruined because of the damage you caused."

"You really are a fool! If you use the Mew Aqua in that condition, you'll die!" Deep Blue reminds him.

Kisshu chuckles and smiles as he says, "Well at least I can save my friends and bring the damn dog back to life so that he can take care of Ichigo for me."

Ichigo drops her flute as she yells, "Kisshu!! Don't be stupid!"

"Ichigo! Don't you dare stop playing now!" he yells at her. She doesn't listen. She starts crying as she shakes her head back and forth.

"How can I keep playing when I know that it's going to kill you?" she asks him. Kisshu feels bad when he sees the tears and her face but then Deep Blue's attacks start to push back her attack.

"Damn!" Kisshu curse under his breath. With his free hand, he grabs Deep Blue's hand and makes him summon his sword. Deep Blue gasps as Kisshu uses the sword and stabs Deep Blue right through the chest. Ichigo gasps as Deep Blue starts to slowly use his life. His blood went to his mouth and it starts to escape through the corner. His resistance against Kisshu weakens as well.

He chuckles and says, "You really are a fool, now there is absolutely no way for you to be alive after this." Ichigo's heart just mentally stops as she hears those words escape the dying Deep Blue.

Then from what Ichigo can see, she sees red fresh blood leaking out of Kisshu's lips as well. "Hey, koneko-chan!" he calls. She listens intensively as he asks, "Do you mind telling me those same words you said earlier. I was kind of blocked so I didn't really hear."

"Wh-What?" she mumbles. Then she remembers. Before Deep Blue tried to kill her with Kraehe and Mytho, she smiled at him and told him her feelings for him. He wants to hear her words before he…

"I'll say it first then as a hint." She looks up at him and he smiles at her; a true smile. "I love you, Ichigo. There is no one who I will ever love more than you."

Her tears are leaking out from the corners as she gulps and readies her words. "Me too. I…I…I love you, too. I love you with all my heart."

He tells her, "Thank you, koneko-chan." Then Ichigo's blast went right through Deep Blue's and her attack hits Deep Blue.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!" Deep Blue's scream rings out in the air as he dissolves into nothing. When Deep Blue was gone, Kisshu places his hand over his chest where the Mew Aqua and closes his eyes. Ichigo has a pretty good idea of what's going to happen next.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! KIIIISSSSSHHHHUUUU!!!!!!"