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The ground rumbled lightly, the mysterious female bracing herself for what was about to come.
"They should be here... Where are they...?"
* * *
"Thank you once again, Masaya..." Ichigo smiled, bowing to him from the doorway of her home. "I hope we can-" she stopped in mid-sentence.
"Ichigo...? Ichigo, what is it...?"
"Kirema Anima..." she breathed, pushing past him.
"Ichigo, wait...!" Masaya called to her, reaching out for her hand but missing, she already a great deal ahead of him.
"Masaya... Tell my parents that I had to work late tonight...!" she called, rushing down the streets.
Masaya nodded, sighing to himself as he looked down to his hand, a small jewelry box in it. "It will just have to wait then, Ichigo..." he mumbled to himself, slipping the box into his pocket and knocking on the door.
* * *
Ichigo flew down the streets, turning a corner and ending up in an alleyway, right before the silver-haired woman. "Hurry, ma'am...! Get out of here while you still can...!" Ichigo commanded, already hearing Lettuce, Mint, Pudding, and Zakuro running up to her side.
"Good... you all are here..." she mused, ears twitching again as the ground shook a little more violently.
"What do you mean-" Ichigo began but was cut off as a large snake- like creature burst out of the ground. She growled, turning back to the others. "Lets go girls... Lets show this Kirema Anima what the Mew Mew squad is made of...!"
They all nodded in accord.
"Mew Mew, Zakuro... Meta-morphasis...!" Zakuro started off, touching ground first, landing into a fighting stance.
"Mew Mew, Lettuce... Meta-morphasis...!" Lettuce followed, landing beside Zakuro.
"Mew Mew, Mint... Meta-morphasis...!" the parrot girl called out, standing beside Lettuce.
Pudding soon followed, landing in the middle of the others.
"Now... It is my turn..." Ichigo smiled, leaping into the air. "Mew Mew, Strawberry... Meta-morphasis...!!!" the cat-girl formed, leaping along the snake-like creatures back. "How dare you attack innocent people you nasty worm...!"
The woman looked up to them, stepping back into the shadows. "So... this is the Mew Mew squad..." she thought, watching them fight.
"Ribbon, Strawberry check...!" Ichigo called, directing the attack towards the Kirema Anima.
"That wont work..." the silver-haired woman said lightly.
Ichigo suddenly stopped. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WONT WORK....?!" she yelled as the creature disappeared.
"I mean it wont work..."
The creature appeared behind her, maw dripping with an acidic green slime.
"Ewwww...." Pudding said, dodging some of the large droplets that fell from its mouth.
"Wha- how is that...?!" Ichigo's eyes darted between the creature and where her attack had been directed.
The snake thing reeled back, diving into the ground and coming up under Ichigo
The mysterious woman gasped, already seeing where the creature planned to go. She leapt into the air, whole body changing from a human form to a white tiger. She growled low, pushing Ichigo out of the way and saving her from a nearly fatal blow.
The white tiger roared as it latched onto the snake creature's head, digging sharp claws into its leathery flesh.
Ichigo fell back, Lettuce and the others kneeling around her.
"Ichigo...! Are you alright...?" they all asked, crowding around her.
Ichigo shook her head, staring in awe as the white tiger woman was flung about the alleyway.
The snake creature hissed a loud, high-pitched hiss, sending the Mew Mews to cover their ears and scream. It soon bashed the back of its head into the alley wall, making the tiger cringe and loosen her hold.
The tiger growled again, struggling to claw her way back to a threatening hold, to no avail. She slipped some, claws running down the creature's back as she slid down.
Ichigo covered her ears more, the high-pitched sound still ringing throughout all of their ears.
The tiger was thrown down, hard into the cement ground, struggling to get up before falling back, lying there motionless.
The snake being hissed again and dove back into the ground, disappearing for the time being.
Ichigo gasped, uncovering her ears and rushing over to the white tiger's side. "Wake up... please wake up..." she cried lightly, shaking her some. The tiger's form shifted, returning into its human shape as her yellow eyes looked up to Ichigo. "This... is nothing... compared to what's ahead..." she breathed weakly before slipping out of consciousness, crimson red flowing from her numerous wounds...
The ground rumbled lightly, the mysterious female bracing herself for what was about to come.
"They should be here... Where are they...?"
* * *
"Thank you once again, Masaya..." Ichigo smiled, bowing to him from the doorway of her home. "I hope we can-" she stopped in mid-sentence.
"Ichigo...? Ichigo, what is it...?"
"Kirema Anima..." she breathed, pushing past him.
"Ichigo, wait...!" Masaya called to her, reaching out for her hand but missing, she already a great deal ahead of him.
"Masaya... Tell my parents that I had to work late tonight...!" she called, rushing down the streets.
Masaya nodded, sighing to himself as he looked down to his hand, a small jewelry box in it. "It will just have to wait then, Ichigo..." he mumbled to himself, slipping the box into his pocket and knocking on the door.
* * *
Ichigo flew down the streets, turning a corner and ending up in an alleyway, right before the silver-haired woman. "Hurry, ma'am...! Get out of here while you still can...!" Ichigo commanded, already hearing Lettuce, Mint, Pudding, and Zakuro running up to her side.
"Good... you all are here..." she mused, ears twitching again as the ground shook a little more violently.
"What do you mean-" Ichigo began but was cut off as a large snake- like creature burst out of the ground. She growled, turning back to the others. "Lets go girls... Lets show this Kirema Anima what the Mew Mew squad is made of...!"
They all nodded in accord.
"Mew Mew, Zakuro... Meta-morphasis...!" Zakuro started off, touching ground first, landing into a fighting stance.
"Mew Mew, Lettuce... Meta-morphasis...!" Lettuce followed, landing beside Zakuro.
"Mew Mew, Mint... Meta-morphasis...!" the parrot girl called out, standing beside Lettuce.
Pudding soon followed, landing in the middle of the others.
"Now... It is my turn..." Ichigo smiled, leaping into the air. "Mew Mew, Strawberry... Meta-morphasis...!!!" the cat-girl formed, leaping along the snake-like creatures back. "How dare you attack innocent people you nasty worm...!"
The woman looked up to them, stepping back into the shadows. "So... this is the Mew Mew squad..." she thought, watching them fight.
"Ribbon, Strawberry check...!" Ichigo called, directing the attack towards the Kirema Anima.
"That wont work..." the silver-haired woman said lightly.
Ichigo suddenly stopped. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WONT WORK....?!" she yelled as the creature disappeared.
"I mean it wont work..."
The creature appeared behind her, maw dripping with an acidic green slime.
"Ewwww...." Pudding said, dodging some of the large droplets that fell from its mouth.
"Wha- how is that...?!" Ichigo's eyes darted between the creature and where her attack had been directed.
The snake thing reeled back, diving into the ground and coming up under Ichigo
The mysterious woman gasped, already seeing where the creature planned to go. She leapt into the air, whole body changing from a human form to a white tiger. She growled low, pushing Ichigo out of the way and saving her from a nearly fatal blow.
The white tiger roared as it latched onto the snake creature's head, digging sharp claws into its leathery flesh.
Ichigo fell back, Lettuce and the others kneeling around her.
"Ichigo...! Are you alright...?" they all asked, crowding around her.
Ichigo shook her head, staring in awe as the white tiger woman was flung about the alleyway.
The snake creature hissed a loud, high-pitched hiss, sending the Mew Mews to cover their ears and scream. It soon bashed the back of its head into the alley wall, making the tiger cringe and loosen her hold.
The tiger growled again, struggling to claw her way back to a threatening hold, to no avail. She slipped some, claws running down the creature's back as she slid down.
Ichigo covered her ears more, the high-pitched sound still ringing throughout all of their ears.
The tiger was thrown down, hard into the cement ground, struggling to get up before falling back, lying there motionless.
The snake being hissed again and dove back into the ground, disappearing for the time being.
Ichigo gasped, uncovering her ears and rushing over to the white tiger's side. "Wake up... please wake up..." she cried lightly, shaking her some. The tiger's form shifted, returning into its human shape as her yellow eyes looked up to Ichigo. "This... is nothing... compared to what's ahead..." she breathed weakly before slipping out of consciousness, crimson red flowing from her numerous wounds...