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"Ribbon... Strawberry Check...!" Ichigo called out as she dealt the final blow to the Kirema Anima.
Zakuro sighed running a hand through her hair lightly, pushing a few strands behind her ears. Mint and Pudding smiled running over to Ichigo and patting her on her shoulder.
"That was awesome, Ichigo...!" Pudding smiled, tail twitching lightly.
"Mmm-hmmm..." Mint nodded; smile just as wide as Pudding's.
Ichigo nodded to herself, cheeks flushing lightly as she saw Masaya in the distance. "Erm... excuse me please..." she smiled to the other four Mew Mews as she headed to him.
Masaya beamed down at her, taking her hand and kissing it lightly. "Hey Ichigo..."
Her cheeks flushed, cat-ears popping up more than they already were. "Masaya...? Why are you here...? I thought I told you to wait for me in the park...?"
Masaya smiled a bit wider. "Ichigo... this is the park..."
The girl looked about her, cheeks flushing brighter in embarrassment. "I guess it is, isn't it...?"
Zakuro sighed, looking to her watch at the time. "Ichigo...?!" she called out, placing a hand on her hips. "I'm late enough as it is for my photo shoot... Mind if I leave...?"
Lettuce looked to her watch as well. "Oh poo... Mint and I have to go to the cafe with Pudding..."
The four others waved their good-byes to Ichigo, face beet red with embarrassment as they all left.
"I guess it's just the two of us now, huh...?" she smiled weakly, scratching the back of her head as her cat ears remained.
Masaya took her in his arms, holding her close. "Come on Ichigo, let's go... You look tired, your whole face is flushed...!"
She laughed a bit nervously. "Heh-heh heh... I guess you're right, Masaya..."
He took her hand and draped one free arm over her shoulder. "Calm down, Ichigo..." he whispered lightly. "Your ears are showing..."
Ichigo gulped lightly, hands snapping away from his as she covered her ears. "Eep... They are, aren't they...?"
Masaya smiled again. "Why do you seem so nervous today, Ichigo...?" he stopped walking and took both her hands in his, gazing into her eyes lightly. "Are you embarrassed around me or something...?"
Ichigo sighed lightly. "No, Masaya... Its not that..." she looked back into his eyes.
"Then what is it...?" he quirked an eyebrow curiously, leading her to a bench and sitting beside her.
"I... I don't suppose I really know..." she sighed again, keeping his hand in hers. "I feel something... I feel that something is coming... But I don't know if it is a good or bad thing..."
Masaya sighed lightly in return. "I... I know what you mean..."
It was then Ichigo's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Y-you do...?!"
"I feel like something's gonna happen, Ichigo... But I don't care what it is..." he gazed deep into her eyes, grasping her hand a bit tighter. "Whatever it is... I'll always protect you..."
"Masa-" she went to say, cheeks flushing wildly, her form suddenly changing.
A small black cat now sat before Masaya.
He smiled down at her. "Now look what you've gone and done to yourself, Ichigo..." he picked her up lightly and looked her in her eyes.
"Meow...?"
He smiled a bit, setting her back down as he stood up. "I don't know... I don't very much feel like kissing cats today..."
Ichigo growled. "Meow, meow MEOW, meow meow MEOW...?!"
(*What's that supposed to mean...?!")
Masaya laughed a bit. "And I'm sorry... I don't speak cat either... I guess you're just gonna have to wait for someone else to kiss you..." he started walking off, slinging a small bag over his shoulder.
Ichigo growled again and hissed, leaping onto his back and digging her claws in.
"YEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!" Masaya wailed, jumping around as he tried to pull the mad Ichigo off of his back. "I'm sorry...! I'm sorry...!!!" he cried, claw marks soon ending up on his face.
"Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow...!"
(*I don't believe you Masaya you good for nothing jerk...!")
He finally managed to pull Ichigo off, holding her at arms length as he looked at her. "Gee... thanks Ichigo..." he growled, blowing a strand of hair away from his scratched face. "Now you don't deserve to be kissed..."
Ichigo blushed lightly but then glared at him.
"But I will anyways...!" he put in quickly. He puckered up before she could claw him once more and kissed her quickly.
Ichigo sat before him, cheeks now red with anger as she began to slap his arm. "Masaya you jerk! Why did you have to be so mean?! Why are you such a jerk?! Meany! I hate you..!"
"I love you too, Ichigo..." he laughed a bit, placing his hand on her forehead and holding her at bay.
"You're so mean Masaya...!" she growled, throwing a series of furious swipes at the male.
"Like I said, Ichigo... I love you too..."
Her cheeks flushed as she stopped her swipes and leaned back, looking up to him. "You... you do...?"
"Of course I do Ichigo... I told you that before..." he smiled at her and took her hand, kissing it again. "I will always love you..."
Her cheeks flushed even more as her cat ears poked out again.
Masaya brought her close. "Lets hide those ears until we can get you home, okay Ichigo...?"
She nodded, keeping close to him as she walked in perfect step.
* * *
The silver-haired woman touched foot within a dark alleyway. The sun had already set and she could sense what she came here for was near...
Her perfectly sculpted nose sniffed the air like a cat's as her eerie yellow eyes looked about her. The hairs on the back of her neck stood risen, eyes snapping at every sound.
"So this is where they are...?" she thought to herself. "Interesting..." she looked about her once more before sighing as her feathered wings disappeared into her back, ears still peaking out lightly over her head, not able to ever bring them down.
She straightened her gown some as she sighed, eyes gazing back to the sky.
Her ears then began to twitch. "It's coming..." she breathed...
"Ribbon... Strawberry Check...!" Ichigo called out as she dealt the final blow to the Kirema Anima.
Zakuro sighed running a hand through her hair lightly, pushing a few strands behind her ears. Mint and Pudding smiled running over to Ichigo and patting her on her shoulder.
"That was awesome, Ichigo...!" Pudding smiled, tail twitching lightly.
"Mmm-hmmm..." Mint nodded; smile just as wide as Pudding's.
Ichigo nodded to herself, cheeks flushing lightly as she saw Masaya in the distance. "Erm... excuse me please..." she smiled to the other four Mew Mews as she headed to him.
Masaya beamed down at her, taking her hand and kissing it lightly. "Hey Ichigo..."
Her cheeks flushed, cat-ears popping up more than they already were. "Masaya...? Why are you here...? I thought I told you to wait for me in the park...?"
Masaya smiled a bit wider. "Ichigo... this is the park..."
The girl looked about her, cheeks flushing brighter in embarrassment. "I guess it is, isn't it...?"
Zakuro sighed, looking to her watch at the time. "Ichigo...?!" she called out, placing a hand on her hips. "I'm late enough as it is for my photo shoot... Mind if I leave...?"
Lettuce looked to her watch as well. "Oh poo... Mint and I have to go to the cafe with Pudding..."
The four others waved their good-byes to Ichigo, face beet red with embarrassment as they all left.
"I guess it's just the two of us now, huh...?" she smiled weakly, scratching the back of her head as her cat ears remained.
Masaya took her in his arms, holding her close. "Come on Ichigo, let's go... You look tired, your whole face is flushed...!"
She laughed a bit nervously. "Heh-heh heh... I guess you're right, Masaya..."
He took her hand and draped one free arm over her shoulder. "Calm down, Ichigo..." he whispered lightly. "Your ears are showing..."
Ichigo gulped lightly, hands snapping away from his as she covered her ears. "Eep... They are, aren't they...?"
Masaya smiled again. "Why do you seem so nervous today, Ichigo...?" he stopped walking and took both her hands in his, gazing into her eyes lightly. "Are you embarrassed around me or something...?"
Ichigo sighed lightly. "No, Masaya... Its not that..." she looked back into his eyes.
"Then what is it...?" he quirked an eyebrow curiously, leading her to a bench and sitting beside her.
"I... I don't suppose I really know..." she sighed again, keeping his hand in hers. "I feel something... I feel that something is coming... But I don't know if it is a good or bad thing..."
Masaya sighed lightly in return. "I... I know what you mean..."
It was then Ichigo's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Y-you do...?!"
"I feel like something's gonna happen, Ichigo... But I don't care what it is..." he gazed deep into her eyes, grasping her hand a bit tighter. "Whatever it is... I'll always protect you..."
"Masa-" she went to say, cheeks flushing wildly, her form suddenly changing.
A small black cat now sat before Masaya.
He smiled down at her. "Now look what you've gone and done to yourself, Ichigo..." he picked her up lightly and looked her in her eyes.
"Meow...?"
He smiled a bit, setting her back down as he stood up. "I don't know... I don't very much feel like kissing cats today..."
Ichigo growled. "Meow, meow MEOW, meow meow MEOW...?!"
(*What's that supposed to mean...?!")
Masaya laughed a bit. "And I'm sorry... I don't speak cat either... I guess you're just gonna have to wait for someone else to kiss you..." he started walking off, slinging a small bag over his shoulder.
Ichigo growled again and hissed, leaping onto his back and digging her claws in.
"YEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!" Masaya wailed, jumping around as he tried to pull the mad Ichigo off of his back. "I'm sorry...! I'm sorry...!!!" he cried, claw marks soon ending up on his face.
"Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow...!"
(*I don't believe you Masaya you good for nothing jerk...!")
He finally managed to pull Ichigo off, holding her at arms length as he looked at her. "Gee... thanks Ichigo..." he growled, blowing a strand of hair away from his scratched face. "Now you don't deserve to be kissed..."
Ichigo blushed lightly but then glared at him.
"But I will anyways...!" he put in quickly. He puckered up before she could claw him once more and kissed her quickly.
Ichigo sat before him, cheeks now red with anger as she began to slap his arm. "Masaya you jerk! Why did you have to be so mean?! Why are you such a jerk?! Meany! I hate you..!"
"I love you too, Ichigo..." he laughed a bit, placing his hand on her forehead and holding her at bay.
"You're so mean Masaya...!" she growled, throwing a series of furious swipes at the male.
"Like I said, Ichigo... I love you too..."
Her cheeks flushed as she stopped her swipes and leaned back, looking up to him. "You... you do...?"
"Of course I do Ichigo... I told you that before..." he smiled at her and took her hand, kissing it again. "I will always love you..."
Her cheeks flushed even more as her cat ears poked out again.
Masaya brought her close. "Lets hide those ears until we can get you home, okay Ichigo...?"
She nodded, keeping close to him as she walked in perfect step.
* * *
The silver-haired woman touched foot within a dark alleyway. The sun had already set and she could sense what she came here for was near...
Her perfectly sculpted nose sniffed the air like a cat's as her eerie yellow eyes looked about her. The hairs on the back of her neck stood risen, eyes snapping at every sound.
"So this is where they are...?" she thought to herself. "Interesting..." she looked about her once more before sighing as her feathered wings disappeared into her back, ears still peaking out lightly over her head, not able to ever bring them down.
She straightened her gown some as she sighed, eyes gazing back to the sky.
Her ears then began to twitch. "It's coming..." she breathed...