MEW MEW METAMORPHASIS

Chapter Six: Goals Desired and Earned

Author's Note: I'm bad, I've had it done for while, but you see, if I do a chapter of Mew Mew I must do a chapter of Fruits Basket. So, it took a while but I did it!! I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew as well....and I promise all you people who want to me to read your stuff, I will start within the coming week!

The girls walked out from the basement of the Café, where the two owners 'secret base' for Project Mew was located. They had just had a long talk with Akasaka and Shirogane. It was decided that the Mew Mews would concentrate only on their duty to run the Café and fighting the enemy, while the search for Mew Aqua would be abandoned and postponed until further notice.
Zakuro was the only one who stayed behind after the other four's departure.
"Why did you do that?" the famous actor questioned the teenage boy across from her, leaning on the doorway in a slumped pose" why did you change your mind in such a hurry?"
Ryou seemed surprised by the question, but answered in due time, "you need to focus on saving the world before you focus on...everything else." Ryou's hesitation made the purple-haired girl smile.
"Do you need anything else?" Shirogane implied bluntly.
Zakuro turned to take her leave, "nothing you'll give me."
Ryou' s mouth raised a bit in one corner as he turned back to his work. For the millionth time he watched the videos Masha had recorded during the Mew Mew's major battles with the enemy.

"Kishu!" Kakku called into the green abyss of his world. "I have duty for you! Come!"
The green haired villain appeared in front of his caller with a look of spite on his face. "What do you want? I'm not a dog! Don't treat me like you're in charge of me, the only one I answer to is Deep Blue, not you, not anyone else."
Kakku quirked a smile at the rebellion, "you foolish boy." A blue sphere of lighting began to form in Kakku's left hand. "When will you learn that I am your superior!"
The swirling orb of crackling bolts flew from Kakku's hand. Approaching Kishu at unheard of sped it hit the alien boy full-throttle in the stomach. Taking the critical hit, Kishu went flying backwards, crashing in to the nearby floor.
Kakku waited a second to see if his opponent would rise, but the air had been knocked out of him in defeat.
"Now, I want you to bring me back that...girl...what was her name?"
Kishu weakly raised his head as a new anger welled inside of him, "Ichigo, Mew Ichigo." the pale-boy muttered between gritted teeth.
"Yes, Mew Ichigo..." Kakku took on an evil grin, "I want her, bring her to me."
Kishu managed to rise to his knees, in a somewhat kneeling position. He glared after the man as he began to walk away, probably to give orders to Pai and Tartu. Probably.
"And Kishu..." Kakku didn't even bother to look over his shoulder, "if you don't do this, I'll just kill her without a capture and inquisition."
Kishu's eyes widened as his slight feelings for Ichigo arose. He thought about telling Kakku he wouldn't fail him, but he wouldn't give that lowlife the pleasure of hearing those defeated words.
"I'll get her, don't worry." Kishu whispered after his rival had left, "but I won't bring her to you. I won't let you kill her, I think I'll have my own fun, first."
With this new attitude Kishu dissolved into the air, all the while thinking of his new plan to kidnap the unsuspecting Ichigo.
"Aoyama-kun..." Ichigo's eyes sagged under her depression as she fingered the bell around her neck, "where are you? I haven't seen you for a while..."
Ichigo stood up quietly and began to walk the distance to the Café. She was used to going there every day now. But it seemed unfair; nothing went how it was supposed to anymore. What about Aoyama? What about her friends? Her social life? She had lost it all to Irimote cat inside of her. Everything. Why was she the only one who could lead the Mew Mews in this confusing opposition to save the earth, why?
Lost in thought Ichigo almost didn't notice when she was knocked to her feet. Looking up all of a sudden she gave a small bow.
"Gomen Kurusai!(sorry)" she starred up in surprise.
"Shirogane-kun? What are you doing here?" Flashbacks of the boy came to her mind, dancing with him at his party, the security she had felt in his arms at their first encounter, and then, his attitude that always seemed to keep her from knowing anything about him.
"Eh?" he patted her on the head in a rather rude way, "can't a guy walk?" he turned around with his arms behind his head and began strolling in the opposite direction.
(Author's Note: Shirogane...strolling...-funny thought...-)

"You coming, Ichigo?" he called over his shoulder to the girl.
"H...Hai (yes)." she caught up with him in a few moments.
Why is he so nice to me sometimes, and at other times he acts like he hates me? He's like Aoyama-kun in some ways. At times he seems to get along with me and at others it seems he completely wants to shun me.
Ichigo sighed sadly as she thought about Aoyama. It really had been such a long time since there last encounter.
Ryou looked at the girl as she walked in front of him. She starred at her feet and her smile sagged a little at the edges. He hated when she was depressed, nothing ever got done around the Café.
"Hey! Ichigo!" he called, getting the girl to stop.
"Nyan?" the girl's vocal reflex responded as she turned to face him.
"Come with me." the boy spoke openly as he turned the corner and headed away from the Café.
"Hey! Shirogane-kun! Where are you going?" Ichigo ran after him, her breaths becoming more and more heavy. "Shi-ro-ga-ne-kun!!!"
A rare smile spread across the blonde's face as the girl chased after him. At least he had gotten her mind off whatever she was thinking about.
When Ichigo finally caught up with him he has stopped and was standing in front of a massive brick building.
"To...To...Tokyo University!?!?!" Ichigo starred up in awe at the school, one of the hardest schools to get into in all of Japan.
"Hai." Ryou opened the gate and led Ichigo in silently.
"Shirogane-chan?" a female voice hailed the two.
"Nyan?" Ichigo looked around for the owner of the words. Standing not to far away was a girl with long brown hair. It was pulled back in a ponytail and she wore the Tokyo U uniform.
"Chan?" Ryou approached the girl, a sweat drop on his forehead. "All this time and all I get is a 'chan'? That's harsh."
Ichigo looked surprised, she had never seen this side of Ryou. As he caught up with this girl they seemed happy together.
"Excuse me?" Ichigo interrupted the conversation cautiously, "are you Shirogane-kun's girlfriend?" she asked with some doubt.
"Hec! Why would you think that?!" the girl turned on Ichigo angrily, "why would I ever be with him? We've never gotten along! I only called because I know him; we went to the University of New York together. Since both of us were way underage compared to everyone else, we were in a lot of classed together."
Ichigo seemed taken aback and confused by the girl's story, but she didn't bother inquiring an explanation. The next time Ichigo looked up she was completely gone without a trace.
"Shirogane-kun?" Ichigo looked up at the boy, lost in his own memories, "we need to get back." For a moment Ichigo thought about asking about the girl, but she decided not to.
"Yeah, let's."

Kishu smiled and stared down at Ichigo. "My little strawberry, don't rejoice too long. Soon you'll be mine, in due time, you'll be mine."