The air rushed around me as I ran along the rooftops of Tokyo, and it flew past as I leapt from it, clearing the gap where the street was below easily. Landing on the next building, I went into a crouch, and ran on all fours a moment to gain more speed before leaping off the next and air tackling Kish, who had been flying ahead of me.

College Mew Mew 7

By: Satashi

"You just don't give up do you!?" He cried as we both spun out of control and landed roughly on the hard ground, cushioned luckily by a spray of newspapers from the stand we knocked down on our way. Several people scattered around us, and tried to gain distance as I was flip kicked off of the alien.

Landing smoothly, I darted forward again, slashing my hand. Kish dodged under me, grabbed my arm, and threw my over his shoulder. Instinctively, my body twisted in the air and I landed on the side of a building feet first, then pounced off of it and tackled Kish's back when he tried to run off again.

"Lemme go!" He screamed, flailing in a vain attempt to chunk me off.

"Fine!" I yelled back in his ear, making him wince. Taking the chance, I pulled up so my feet were on his shoulders and leapt forward, kicking him roughly backwards as I did so. Landing on a car passing by, I jumped again onto another and finally a third before I reached the other side of the street and finally managing to land in front of Incred, who had just stolen an item from a young girl.

Risking a chance for massive pain, I leapt onto him and grabbed the item, happening to be a necklace, and kicked off of him, flipping backwards and snatching up the young one in the process and moving her to safety.

"Get back here, Ichigo!" Kish screamed at the same time as Incred finally realized what had gone on. I had no idea if this item held a mew aqua drop source of power in it or not. Before, our bodies had reacted to them, letting us know instantly if we were in the right spot or not. This time, there were no pure sources. We had to collect them. Until we each gained a drop of the pure energy source to check with, like Kish had, we would have to return to the café each time.

My world lurched I received a powerful shock of electricity from behind. Yelling out, I lost my balance and fell, losing the necklace to Incred's grasp. Pushing up roughly, I kicked off the ground to follow him, only to see him get flip-kicked by Kish, then watch him leap to catch the flowing necklace. His hand grasped it and he flew quickly into the air to retreat.

Looking quickly for some way to get to him, I spotted a flag pole from the side of a building. Leaping to it, I landed on the end and let it bend down before snapping back up, just as I jumped. With the combination of force, I would reach Kish for sure. The alien however, was already checking the necklace, a big smile on his face.

"Mine!" I shouted, once again snatching it from him.

"Bad Kitty!" He snagged my tail, pulling hard.

My vision shot black and instantly I fell limp, unable to move from the blinding pain.

"My thanks." Incred said, catching it and vanishing.

Kish dropped me onto the ground and we both just stared at the spot where he had just stood. After a moment of silence, Kish was the first to speak. "Oh great job Ichigo! Just give it to him why don't you!?"

"Oh, so it's my fault he has it when you grabbed my tail!?" I turned to him and fumed. "Thanks to you, they now have a mew aqua drop!"

Kish glared at me a moment before sighing. "There are more. No use in staying here. Till then, Honey!" And with that, he vanished off into the air.

"…Mou!" I kicked the ground and breathed heavily.

"Excuse me….?"

Turning, I was about to snap at whoever had just addressed me, but seeing a small girl tugging on my skirt, I softened. It was the one I rescued earlier. "Hi there," I greeted, kneeling down and patting her head. "I'm sorry I lost your necklace."

"It's okay." She smiled, apparently awed at seeing me. "I'm glad you tried for me. You're my hero!"

I couldn't help but smile broadly. "Oh wow, thanks. It means a lot to me. Now, where are your parents?"

"Over there," she pointed to two older people, looking frantically at a chance to cross the street.

"Well, let's go meet them, shall we?" I took her hand and walked with her to the crossing, just as they finally were able to run across. The father instantly grabbed her up and held her close, almost crying.

"Thank you…thank you…" The mother said, hugging her as soon as she could. "Thank you so much, Mew Mew."

"Leave protecting the earth up to us, nya!" I pawed my hand out of habit before suddenly realizing something. "Ah! I'm late for my class!" I turned and leapt straight onto the top of a three story building, from there running off to a clear spot where I ditched my back pack earlier and picked it up, running along the rooftops to try and get back onto campus. Once there, I landed onto the top of my building and de-transformed and ran inside the roof entrance and down the stairs to the second floor. Running, I slid a bit before my classroom door and opened it, instantly getting a mean look from the professor.

"I'm sorry, the test has already begun." She pointed at me. "Please close the door on your way out."

"But, I,"

"I do not tolerate these kind of disturbances. If you are serious about your education, you will be here on time. Please close the door on your way out."

My eyes stung, but I blinked and nodded, bowing lightly. "Sorry for the disturbance." I took a step back and clicked the door closed. Sighing, I sank down and leaned against the wall, looking at the ceiling. "And I stayed up so late studying…"

"You're not your usual self today, Ichigo," Keiichiro stopped me as I was heading back into the café to drop off the order taken. "You don't look like you've been sleeping well."

"I haven't," I replied tiredly before putting on a big smile and trotting out into the diner part and delivering the plates and refilling drinks. My shoulders sagged as I re-entered the kitchen, and I sighed.

"What's wrong, Ichigo?" Ryou asked me, suddenly appearing in front of me.

Sagging, I allowed my forehead to rest against his chest. "This is hard," I told him. "I've been doing this for a week, and I swear it's going to kill me." Looking up at him, I waved it off. "Never mind, I'm sure everyone else is working just as hard, I shouldn't complain."

"Order up!"

"I got it!" I put on a big smile for Ryou and ran to Keiichiro, taking the tray and heading back out to the diner section.

"She's trying hard, isn't she?"

"Yeah…Let's give her the rest of the day off when Pudding gets here."

With a small sigh, I collapsed onto my bed in my dorm room. I was sleepy already, thanks to the cat genes inside me. I napped almost every day now. For at least an hour, usually at the café before my shift starts. Keiichiro told me once that Ryou picked up my slack for me, considering I normally used his bed.

My phone rang then, making me roll over and pick it up. Looking at it, I swore to myself that if it was anyone who knew about Chimera animas, I would not answer. "Masaya!" I clicked it on and beamed at my ceiling. "Masaya!"

"Ah, Ichigo," He greeted me happily. "How are you?"

"I'm tired," I replied honestly. Sighing, I continued. "And I was late for one of my test, thanks to Kish, and the teacher wouldn't let me in the classroom… So I made a zero on it..."

"Ouch," He sounded sorry for me. "You can pull it up with extra credit, I'm sure. Some professors will offer it. But I've heard that it's a lot of work."

"I don't have a choice." I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "But other than that, how are you? How is everything going? I really miss you." It was hard to believe he had already been gone for two weeks. "You're coming home soon aren't you?"

"Absolutely!"

He didn't…sound completely happy. "What's going on?"

"Nothing at all." He replied easily. Just then I heard a small scuffle, and then Mark's voice.

"Yo, Masaya! Tell her about the convention yet!? I bet she's excited, her boyfriend being the main speaker and all!"

"Shut up Mark!"

"Oh man, my bad! I ruined it didn't I?"

"You're having a convention?"

"Eh, yeah, it's no big deal."

"No big deal?" Mark again. "Dude it's going to be huge! Stop being so humble!"

"I see… you want to stay for it don't you?"

"No, not at all!" Masaya replied. "I'm coming back tomorrow, just like I planned."

"It's okay. I know it's important to you." I could feel a tear coming to my eye. After everything that's happened, this was the only thing that had allowed me to get by. Now it too, was ripped from me. Forcing a cheerful sounding voice, I continued. "Stay, Masaya! I bet there are going to be a ton of people there, aren't there?"

His voice was ecstatic. "Of course! It's the biggest convention in all of England! I'm going to be the main speaker, and there will even be a huge director for the discovery channel there! If he likes me, I could even be given a chance to do a documentary!"

"Oh wow! This is what you've always dreamed of!" I felt truly happy for him. "A document on TV will make a huge impact on the world!"

"I know!" He sounded like he was walking on the moon. "Are you sure you don't mind? It'll only be one more week or so, I promise!"

"Of course I don't." I laughed at him. He was trying his best, and I should too. "I'll take care of everything here! Just leave it up to me!"

"That's my Kitten. Oh!" His voice suddenly turned serious. "I've been having these dreams. Like-"

"Hurry up man! We're going to be late!"

"Ah, sorry Ichigo, I'm running late, I'll talk to you later okay?"

"Sure thing."

"Ichigo."

"Yes?"

"I'll be there if you need me. I can feel it."

I smiled. He was always thinking of me. "Thanks. Now go have fun. Call me later okay?"

"Sure. Bye."

"Bai bai." I clicked off my phone and let it fall to the bed. Bringing my hands behind my head, I sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "Oh well. One more week won't hurt. We're all trying so hard, after all." I smile. "Even Pudding. She got in trouble for skipping a club meeting so she could help me last time at the café…Oh wow, I'm talking to myself. I've been in this dorm way too long…"

My eyes snapped open quickly, and my body screamed at me to move. Not understanding why, I let the cat part of me take over and flung myself on the other side of my bed just as my window exploded.

When the smoke cleared, I ran over to it and looked out, seeing five people hovering in the night air. Yosuke's body engulfed itself in flame and he pointed to me.

"Mew Mew Strawberry-!"

The blast sent me sailing from the large gap in the wall where my window used to be. Quickly falling, the flames around me were put out as I finished my transformation. Landing hard, I rolled a few times and grit my teeth. I must have twisted my ankle. Jumping up anyway, I limped away quickly to gain some distance before I turned to look at my building. The fire was already put out, thanks to the sprinklers, but I was sure everything in there was either toast or water logged now. Great, just great.

"Hey you guys!" I pointed a finger up at them. "Attacking a dorm room, what do you hope to gain!? For that, I'll be of service to you, nya!"

All five of the people flew at me, making me jump and twist my body several different ways to avoid them. Landing, I prepared to call forth my bell, but I suddenly remembered my ankle when a sharp pain shot through it, making me wince.

Seeing the delay, Black Rose ran forward. Before I knew it, she was behind me. Turning, she was already at my side, fist slamming into my stomach hard. Coughing, I managed out "Strawberry bell bell." Before I was hit again.

As I stumbled backwards, I gripped the heart shaped weapon in front of me, only to be hit from the side with a blast of fire.

"Ichigooooo!"

Kish landed next to me and blocked an attack, only to be clipped hard on the back of the head by Saucer's solidified energy nun chucks. As he reeled in pain, Kei Uppercuts him, making him literally fly into the air, only to be slammed down by Yosuke.

Kish hit the ground and slowly made a move to get back up. A small trail of blood leaked from his mouth. Shocked at the sudden beating of the other force invading the earth, I moved to try to get to him.

Incred lifted one foot back and I watched in horror as it connect to his stomach. Dark liquid shot from his mouth and he sagged, falling onto the ground and not moving, eyes closed.

"Kish!"  I had never been angrier. "Ribbon!"

I was hit before I could even finish. Five people were on me all at once, not bothering with Chimera Animas, not wasting time talking, nothing but trying to reach their goal.

"Lettuce!" I called out, hobbling away, trying to get some distance. I blocked three attacks before being hit again. "Mint!" I ducked another swipe and jumped over a sweep kick, only to be shot across the sky by a blast of wind. "Zakuro! Help me!"

I landed roughly, sliding across the gravel of the parking lot. "Pudding…" I slowly got up, using a car as a brace. "Anyone…"

Incred flew at me, stopping just in front of my body. Before I could react, His hand was around my neck and I was lifted into the air. Clawing at his wrist, I coughed out in fear. "Mew Mews!" they weren't here yet…" Keiichiro! Ryou!" They couldn't fight… "Kishhu! Anyone!" He was already beaten.

Lightning flashed around me and I felt my legs going numb. My fingers grew cold, despite the lighting flaring around me. My right ear went deaf and my vision blurred before that too was robbed of me.

I was dying, and I knew it.

My mind reeled, thinking of Masaya, who I hadn't seen in half a month. Now I wouldn't see him ever again…

I wish…I wish I had told him I loved him one last time before we hung up earlier today…I wish I could just touch him one last time… to kiss him and let him know that he had made my life worth while.

The grip on my neck was released and I was gently sat on the ground.

"Unforgivable…"

That voice…I knew that voice…

"Unforgivable…"

I couldn't see, couldn't move. Only hear.

"It's…Unforgivable…" the voice was seething…cold…deadly…

"I don't know who you are, but you-"Incred's voice turned to a scream of pain, then was silent.

"Un…forgivable...To hurt…My preciaous…Ichigo…"

"He got Incred!" Kei's voice shouted. "You jerk, I'm gonna-"

His voice too fell silent, and the sound of something heavy hitting the ground came next.

"All of you…will pay…"

A feminine battle cry was launched, and then stopped a moment later, followed by a scream.

"All of you…will suffer…"

"Burn in the flames of hell!" Yosuke's voice was furious, and even though I couldn't see him, or know where he was, I could feel the intense heat as if I was actually on fire myself.

But the next instant it was gone. A small scuffle was heard, and then someone hit the ground.

"All of you…will die... for hurting…My Ichigo."

What was going on? I knew that voice, but it couldn't be…He wasn't here…It couldn't be…

"Lord Deep blue…" Kish's voice was pained, and he was near, in front of me somewhere.

"I am not Deep Blue," The voice said calmly. "I am the blue Knight… I… am Masaya."

I couldn't stay awake anymore. I fell forward.

I was being lifted up. Everything seemed to hurt at once.

"Ichigo! Ichigo, answer me."

"…Masaya?"

"Ichigo," Kish spoke next, voice pained and obviously hurt. A wet hand move my cheek. "Open your eyes, can you see?"

Oh lord, I can't see. "I'm...I'm blind…"

"Ichigo, listen to me. Listen!" Kish made me look somewhere, maybe toward him. I felt him open my eyes with his fingers. "Can you hear fine? Can you move your legs?"

I wanted to sleep. I could answer him later…

"Ichigo! Answer me!"

"I can't hear out of one ear… I can't move anything."

"Good." He fell backwards.

"What do you mean good!?" Masaya asked, angry. "Don't make me…"

"She's been temporarily paralyzed, that's all. It will all fade. She'll be fine besides the battle wounds… But me…I'll die if I don't get medical aid… "And with that, Kish must have vanished, because I felt Masaya's arms pick me up.

"You'll be fine," He spoke to me gently. "I'll take you to the hospital."

"I can't…" It hurt so bad to just talk. "My ears… My tail…I'll never be able to live normally again if I'm found out…My mom was a nurse once…"

I couldn't stay awake anymore. I felt my head roll back and once again I was engulfed by sweet nothingness.

I was laying on something soft…something familiar… It was…comfortable, inviting. "Wha…Water…"

"Here, honey, drink this." I felt someone gently tip my head forward and place a rim of a glass to my lips. Slowly I drank until I finished it all.

"Thank you…" I was eased back onto the comfortable feeling bed, which I realized was mine. I must be home. "Mom… Is that you?"

"You're dad's here too; it's okay honey, take it slow. You're okay."

My mind wasn't working properly. I felt hazed, slightly confused. I couldn't see, couldn't move… "I'm scared…"

"You'll be fine." My father stroked my head gently. "Just get some rest, okay?" His voice was soft and caring.

How did I get here? Where was everyone? How did… "Where's Masaya…?"

"Sweetie, Your boyfriend is in England." My mother took my hand and rubbed my palm. "Just rest."

I didn't have a choice. I felt my mind slipping back into the inky blackness.

When I awoke again, I could feel the warm air from the heater, and a soft blowing sensation of my ceiling fan. Opening my eyes, I realized that I still could not see, but the pain of my body was now a dull ache. For some reason I felt the need to get out of bed. My body felt weird, and it wanted to move.

Gently I sat up, wincing lightly as my tight muscles moved again. Slowly I slid my legs out of bed and sat them on the floor. I managed to stand, even if a little shakily. I felt light cloths on me; apparently I had been cleaned and changed. From the feel on my ribs and left leg, I had some bandages on me as well

I walked slowly to my door, using my arms in front of me to keep me from running into anything. Finding the door frame, I walked through it and trailed my hand across the wall, carefully looking for the stairs. Walking slowly down, I made it to the bottom and looked around, even if I couldn't see. "Mom? Dad?"

I heard chairs shift in the general direction of our dining room. Before I knew it, two people were hugging me and guiding me to a chair, asking all sorts of questions that I didn't know how to answer. Finally, after sitting down, I spoke. "I'm hungry…"

A moment later I had a hot bowl of soup in front of me. I took a sip of it carefully, not being able to see what I was doing exactly. After I had a few spoonfuls I paused a moment. "I guess you heard about the dorm room?"

"Yeah," My father answered me.

"That's…How I got hurt. You see, there was a fire and I fell down the stairs trying to get out…"

My mother touched my head. Just then I realized that during all this time, my ears and tail had been out still, even though I wasn't in costume. "Don't look!" I dropped my spoon and covered my head. "Go down," I spoke aloud, not meaning to. "Go away…"

"Honey, its okay... we knew all along."

"You…You did? But, there's no way…Not even Masaya knew at first…"

"You think your parent's won't know their own daughter?" My father took my hand and placed a new spoon in it. "Eat or it'll get cold."

I nodded and continued to eat, slowly at first, then faster once it cooled down. I didn't even realize how hungry I was.

"We were so surprised," My mom went on. "We got home and our door was open, a trail of blood leading to your room. When we got there, there was this man standing with you cradled in his arms, crying. At first I didn't know what to do…"

"But he asked us to take care of you," My dad picked up. "He laid you down in bed and asked us again to take care of you… Then, he jumped out the window."

"Masaya…"

"No, he had long blond hair, and was dressed in blue. His ears… were like the aliens that keep attacking."

"The Blue knight," I covered. I would have to speak with my boyfriend as soon as I could. I still don't know how it could be him, though… "He's a good person."

"I'm just glad you're okay… You had been asleep for almost three days."

"Three… three days!?"

"Yes, Masaya called every few hours. Even in the mornings. Poor boy probably hasn't slept since he called the night it happened. And all your friends took turns sitting with you. Unfortunately, we had to shoo them out tonight so we could get some peace and quiet."

"And there was someone else,"

"A weird boy, dressed funny. He had on a baseball cap always and sunglasses. Said his name was Quiche. He showed me a student I.D. and said he was in your class. Wanted to study with you about the upcoming exam. He stayed with you a long time. When I went in to check on you, he was gone. Simply vanished."

"I see." It was probably Kish.

"Are you feeling okay? Does it hurt anywhere?"

Sighing, I knew these questions would come again. I was about to be pampered beyond my wildest dreams now, and not allowed to do anything until I was fully recovered. I couldn't help but smile, though. It felt nice to be cared about.

A/N: An extra long chapter for you guys, if anyone is even reading this ; I have eight reviews so far with this being the 7th chapter. Wow, not really good… So, um, if you would, please leave a review. I don't want anything fancy, no great words of praise or cursing yells of flames. Just a smiley face, a period, or anything to show that people are reading this.

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Also, if anyone has Tokyo Mew Mew episodes 5,6,7, 9-29, or 40-52 and wants to trade them over AIM with me or just share, I would be greatly appreciative. So far I've only seen a few episodes. This story is based on the manga (if you couldn't guess from Kish using night sticks instead of sci.) I have a wide variety of series to trade with, and DSL, so if you want to, give me your AIM name or email in a review (or email me )

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Greyhound Master
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