Masaya leapt into the air first, grabbing Kish and dragging him down to the ground. His long blond ponytail trailed after them and I lost track of the pair as they fell into the fountain behind the large Chimera Animas in front of us. I didn't blame him, Masaya never liked Kish.

At All.

College Mew Mew 9

By: Satashi

"Ichigo!"

I leapt into the air when Pudding screamed my name, narrowly missing a slash of the cat's paw. Twisting in the air, I grabbed my Strawberry Bell and landed in a crouch.

"This is going to be fun!" Tart shouted, dashing forward to Pudding and stopping right in front of her. "Miss me?"

Pudding took a few steps back, surprised.

"Raaaaaaaahhhhh!"

Mint had to roll on the ground as the area she was standing on suddenly exploded in a shower of rocks. Before she could even stand, Zakuro had to grab her and leap out of the way of a ball of fire, which ignited the ground.

"So we meet again," Pai stated, starting at the five aliens hovering in the air across from them.

"Pai. I was wondering how long it'd take you to get here." Kei growled at him, gripping his fist "I haven't forgotten what happened back on our planet."

"Ehhhhhhhh…" Tart appeared in the sky, hovering next to Pai. "You guys."

"Tart…" Yosuke shot forward like a bullet and speared him with his shoulder, making the pair fly backwards.

"It begins!" Pai gripped a fan seemingly from nowhere and slashed it. "Raiden shorai!"

Lightning danced across the air and crashed against Kei.

The rest of the battle eluded me, as I was left to deal with a giant bird. Jumping on top of a concession stand in the park, I leapt again and managed somehow to land on its back and force it down some. The next moment I realized that I didn't weigh enough to keep it down, and found myself flown into the city, where I had to force it into a building.

"Everyone get away from here!" I called out, just barely managing to retain my footing from the fall. Standing on solid ground now, I held out my bell. "Ribbon Straw berry Check!"

The blast hit the bird, and forced it back, damaging its right wing. It flapped then, amazingly sending me flying backwards. Hitting the ground, I skidded twice before righting myself and twisting to my feet.

A loud crash caught my attention, making me look to my left, where Masaya was leaping backwards out of a broken glass window display of a shop. Kish flew out next, face bleeding on his right cheek and eye flaring in fury. The two clashed hard, but Masaya's blade managed to rip through one of Kish's night sticks. The alien countered with a flip kick, catching him under the chin and making the Blue Knight fall backwards.

Kish leapt forward, his remaining nightstick posed to crush Masaya's neck, but he was stopped when the body of Black Rose slammed into him, making both go reeling. Looking, I saw Zakuro running toward them; whip being pulled back after the throw.

Lettuce landed next to me, jumped back a step and readied her attack. "Ribbon!"

"Strawberry Check!"

"Lettuce Rush!"

Our attacks had different targets, but still worked enough to send the bird and dog back.

"Don't get relaxed!" Incred's voice suddenly came in, as he literally flew just inches from the ground and grabbing Lettuce's and mine ankles, dragging us both.

"Ribbon Mint Echo!"

The arrow clipped Incred's side, making him lose his grip on us. From the sudden halt, I found inertia still carrying me and then I remembered the law of physics which stated that an object in motion continued to stay in motion. This was apparently true, because not even the tree I slammed into halted my flight, and I continued to sail until my back crashed into a brick wall, robbing me of my breath.

Yosuke appeared in front of me, fist reared back to punch me. Gritting my teeth, I used my speed to my advantage and slashed out, cutting his face. Pressing my luck, I slashed again, ripping his shirt. Now clear, I leapt, pounced off of him, and flipped back into the street, where Tart was deflecting one of Saucer's attacks.

"It's like world war three!" I complained loudly, greatly pissed off that my day was being ruined like this.

"I think we're going to be a little late tonight," Masaya spoke, pressing his back against mine. He had his sword in a ready position in front of him, glaring across the street at Kish, who was looking into a store of some kind. Deciding he saw something he liked, Kish slammed his fist against the glass, breaking it. Reaching in, He pulled out two sci and spun the around, now armed again.

"And All I wanted to do was take a nap, nya." I looked over my shoulder and smiled up at him.

Smiling back, he winked at me before yelling and running back at Kish, clashing his sword against his new weapons.

Jumping to the nearest roof top, I took a moment to assert the situation I was currently in. Sometime between last battle and now, Kish's brothers Pai and Tart have came to earth. That's 3. Each of them summoned a Chimera Anima. That's 6. Saucer's gang are here as well. That's 11. Add in the Mew Mews… that's 16. One Blue Knight makes it seventeen. There are seventeen things battling in the middle of the town.

Dear Lord, my head hurts…

"Raaahhhh!"

My body was roughly jerked to the side, forced down hard by Incred's shoulder. Sliding on the rooftop, I managed to turn over and caught my balance and halted myself. My legs hurt a little from sliding and my stance was a little wobbly. "Don't you give up?" I asked him, adding a little hiss to punctuate my sentence.

"This time we are going to win," He replied, holding up a mew aqua container. "I'm going to use this to destroy you, along with this city!"

They had collected enough to make a pure source already!?

"Ribbon Pudding Ring Inferno!"

The container on his hands engulfed itself in a protective barrier, followed by Pudding's hand as she snatched it from his startled grasp and rolled.

"I think I'll just take this!"

"You brat!" Incred drew a throwing dagger from his sleeve and threw it before either of could react.

"Pudding!"

"Gotcha!"

Tart appeared in front of her and wrapped his arms around Pudding, teleporting away. They re-appeared a foot away, though, with a loud scream from Tart. Falling, I realized that he hadn't made it in time.

"Tart! Tart!" Pudding's eyes were wide, looking scared at the small dagger in his back. "Hold still ,tart, this will hurt…" She reached and gripped the handle. "One. Two. Three!" I though I was going to be sick when I heard the scream.

Incred was going for the Mew Aqua!

Sorry, Pudding, I'll leave him up to you! I pounced forward, using my track training to easily grab the Mew Aqua first, destroying Pudding's protection around it. "This ends now!" I held it up. "Strawberry Bell Bell Version up! Special Mew Aqua Rod! Ribbon Aqua Shower!"

It had been years since I felt the Mew Aqua's power. Even though I knew what it could do, I couldn't help but be amazed. The very air around me was cleared, even smelling like a bright day on an unpopulated island. Clean and clear with a light hint of water.

I didn't have to look to know that the chimer Animas were gone now, and the battling had stopped. Incred was blown back, floored by the attack. He gritted his teeth at me and snarled before teleporting off.

"Tart…Tart, you're okay. You're fine…"

I ran over to them and knelt down beside her. Pudding was holding Tart in her arms, crying. His breath was ragged and rough. Looking down, I realized why. There was a small pierce on his chest.  "Oh no…"

"Amazing…" He choked out. "I never forgot you…and you…you're even more beautiful than I remember…"

"Tart…"

"Tarutoooooooooooo!" Pai slid down next to him, eyes wide. "What happened!?" He gently took Tart's hand away from his chest. "Tart…You're lung is punctured."

"He'll be fine, right? He'll be okay, won't he?" Pudding's voice broke, tears falling down her cheeks.

"Such…A stupid crush..." Tart coughed. "Now I see how…Kish feels."

As if on Cue, Kish and Masaya's battle came to the rooftop. The Blue Knight broke the side rails of the build, probably being thrown by Kish. The latter of the two was flying at him, yelling out. Connecting, Masaya flipped him over, making him land next to us. He quickly got to his feet, but saw Tart, and froze.

Masaya's blade stopped not an inch from Kish's neck, but he didn't flinch. "…Tart…?"

"Let's get him back to base." Pai gathered him from Pudding's arms.

"So much…for looking cool, huh Kish?" He managed out before Pai warped him.

Kish glared at Masaya. "I'm going to win next time." And with that he was gone, not even looking at me.

"It's strange…" Pudding whispered. We both turned and looked at her. "I was a little kid…not even out of grade school…But he still…"

I kneeled next to her, placing a hand on her head. "He'll be fine. Don't worry."

"I lied…"

"What?"

"I don't have a boyfriend…" She looked up at me, wiping her eyes. "Such a stupid childhood crush…"

"You think she'll be okay?" Masaya asked as we walked down the street to my parent's house. Truthfully, I didn't feel like going anymore, but I knew I had to.

"She'll be okay. You know how she is. She's strong."

He sighed and took my hand. "I…"

"I know. Me too." I held his arm close, and lightly gripped his sleeve with my other hand.

"Ichigo!"

"Hi mom!" I smiled guiltily at her. "I know we're late, sorry."

She ran over to me and embraced me in a hug. "I saw it all on the news," She told me, worry in her voice.

"Aw man…" I gave Masaya a 'please help me' look.

"Ichigo is a big girl; you don't have to worry none about her." He stated, patting my mom on the head. Over the years they had become somewhat of good friends.

"You know about it too, then?" My dad asked, stepping outside onto our yard, where we were.

"Um, yeah…" He scratched the back of his neck. "I'm…kind of…"

Sensing his nervousness, I came in to cover for him. "Honestly, we do this all the time; let's just have a dinner like a normal family!"

"And I thought defending the earth was hard!" Masaya sighed, tossing his jacket onto his couch and heading off into his bedroom.

"Aw, it wasn't that bad!" I tried to comfort him. "Daddy really likes you, honest!"

"He tried to set me on fire!"

"That was an accident! Honestly, you don't have to be so worried about my parents liking you."

"It means a lot to you," He replied, falling onto the bed after taking off his shirt. "I can't help it."

I sat next to him and began to rub his back. "You have a class first thing in the morning; you don't need to be stressed like this."

"Mmm…"

I smiled and straddled his waist, kneading his back gently. "Wow, you're muscular."

"Kendo will do it to you…" He yawned.

"I see," I trailed a finger down his spine, making him shiver. Of course I already knew how muscular his body was, but I liked teasing him. "I'm going to shower."

"I'm going to sleep." He lazily pulled a pillow under his head and rested on it.

"Ah, you're cold," Masaya pulled back lightly from my embrace as I slid into the bed with him.

"And you stink and didn't even change cloths, now hush before I make you go shower too."

He rolled over and went back to sleep, leaving me to place my back against his and doze off.

"Mmmm... Mmm?" I didn't feel like waking up. My body was sore and I really didn't feel like going to my classes, or even work after words. I was tempted to just roll back over, snuggle up with my boyfriend and catch another ten minuets of sleep. Unfortunately, I knew all to well that if I didn't wake up right here and now, I wouldn't wake up again until noon. That meant missing all of my classes, and I couldn't afford to do that.

I sat up slowly, rubbing my eyes and yawning. Once again the desire to flomp back down hit me, but I forced myself up anyway. Looking at the clock, I realized it was only about six in the morning. Masaya would have just enough time for a shower, a bit of breakfast, and he could make it to his seven o'clock class. My first one started at eight, but I wanted to cook for him, so I got up anyway.

"Masaya?" I shook his shoulder lightly. "Masaya, wake up."

His eyes opened lightly, glazed and unfocused. My dear boyfriend moved his head lightly; half focused on me, then greeted me in a loving and caring way. "Go away."

And he fell back onto his pillow and went back to sleep.

"Wake up!" I protested, shaking him again. This time I managed to make him sit up and rub the sleep from his eyes. "Get a shower, you stink."

"I love you, too…" He crawled out of bed behind me, stumbled once, and then made his way to the bathroom. "Thanks for waking me…" He was still almost asleep.

I smiled to myself, also getting out of bed and padding softly to his closet to look for some cloths to wear for the day. Discarding my long sleep shirt, I decided on a tight fitting knitted sweater along with low cut blue jeans. Smiling at the mirror, I picked up a brush and began combing the knots from my hair where I didn't dry it properly last night.

"Have a good day!" I smiled up at him. "I'll be here for dinner, so I'll cook tonight."

"Thanks, Ichigo." He smiled down at me before leaning down and kissing me. "I'm off then."

I blushed, grinning. "Bai bai!"

The door closed lightly and I heard him run off to his class. I giggled to myself, bringing my hand up to my mouth to cover it a bit. "It's like we're married or something, nya."

Walking into the living room, I fell down onto the couch and cut on the T.V., deciding to kill some time before heading off onto my day as well.