Satou: -blush- Look at the pretty reviews, Kish!

Kish: .....?

Satou: Aren' t they lovely?

Kish: Where' s the Ichigo/Kish fluff?

Satou: Somewhere in the later chapters. Deal with it. By the way, the first lip to lip kiss is in this chapter ; Hope no one's offended by it o;;

Chapter 12----------------

"Do you think they' ll be alright, Ryou?" Retasu asked as her and the other Mews rushed towards the ocean side. Ryou merely smiled for a breif second and then kept running. The oceanw asn' t far, much to their luck, and was near Retasu's Kingdom. The girls all panted heavily as they pushed throguh the dense jungle and, finally, the jungle thinned until they were standing in front of the ocean. Only, it was hard to tell this was the ocean. In front of them was a sea of oil, or at least it looked that way. Two young men were floating in midair above the mess, both grinning evilly.

Ichigo stared and felt ready to barf, not over the ocean but the two princes of her rival Kingdom. "KISH?!" She blurted out, eyes watering as the name escaped her mouth. Almost instantly the shorter of the two princes, Kish, turned and stared blankly. He hadn' t seen Ichigo transformed before so wasn' t aware of the fact it was her yet.

"Yeah, what about it, Mew Mew?" He replied harshly, golden eyes narrowed at the pink neko. Ichigo dropped her strawberry bell and Minto tried to keep her from walking towards Kish. They were standing on a cliff that dropped quickly into the polluted waters and Kish was kind of far away. But Ichigo was too dazed to take notice of the danger she was in and kept walking towards the edge of the cliff, eyes locked on Kish.

"It's me... Ichigo..." She said softly, her large pink eyes leaking salty tears. Kish gasped as Ichigo introduced herself and, all so suddenly, the ground under Ichigo' s feet began to crumble.

"ICHIGO!" Ryou yelled as he jumped out to grab Ichigo. He did manage to grab her tail but the ground continued to crumble and both of them tumbled into the sea.

"ICHIGO! RYOU!" Retasu yelled together as they both hurried to the side of the cliff. Zakuro's whip warpped around their arms and dragged them a way from the crumbling cliff and Kish yelled a couple swear words angrily.

"ICHIGO! NO!" He yelled. He prepared to dive downwards but Pie grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him to face the Mews. This was when Zakuro's flashbacks began to kick in.

"It's... Him..." She murmered. Pie had been thinking the same, only not the same way as Zakuro and he was thinking "It's Her" not "It's Him"... Anyways!

"What now?" Retasu yelled angrily as she stared at the ocean. Ryou wouldn' t leave Ichigo and he couldn' t possibly save both himself and her. "Well duh! Retasu, you' ve got fins! You go get them while us two take care of these bullies!" Minto said firmly. "HURRY!" Retasu nodded carefully and walked to the edge of the cliff. Then, without sayign another word, she dove in and began to drop towarsd the oil filled water. She' d need a bath after this...

"Tar-Tar! How ish ya feeling na no da?" Purin asked, her arms flung around Tart as he woke up. Purin and Tart were sitting in Purin' s bed room, both trying to recover after their Mew Aqua encounter. "Tar-Tar?"

Tart's vision snapped to Purin and he recovered froma mild gaze, trying to smile. "Purin... You feeling any better?" He asked her as she wobbled to her feet and fell back, far too dizzy to stand up.

"Uh-huh. Purin' s fine na no da. Never been better! Why na no da?" Tart couldn' t help but chuckle. He got to his feet and forced Purin to lay down before looking out of the window.

"'member when we met there na no da?" Purin asked happily "You kidnapped me na no daaa!" She squeeled in delight. Tart laughed lightly but still looked out the window, towards Retasu's Kingdom. Purin was too happy to realize just what had happened. He was in love with her and she liked him back... The two rivals over land were in love. It was like Romeo and Juliet only, hopefully, minus the death.

"Purin, you rest up ok? You' re going to need your strength..." Tart said softly, thinking of plans his brothers had ready to come...

Retasu could barely see under the water. It was murky and black, thick and slimy. Her porpoise fin helped her push herself through the water and she struggled to find her friends. A sudden, warm feeling began to creep up her body, though, and she stopped to observe her surroundings. Suddenly she saw Ryou' s body slip through the darkness and dove after it. She hit a rock, got tangled in hidden seaweed, but was always able to see the body of her prince. She was pretty lucky that Ryou stood out so much...

She suddenly froze that train of thought. She couldn' t see rocks in front of her, seaweed or even her own hands so how come Ryou was so easy to see...?

"Mew Aqua! Mew Aqua!" Masha chirped as Minto and Zakuro fought. Kish was horribly stung by the fact Ichigo was not only the person he' d set out to kill but now falling deeper and deeper under the water... It simply wasn' t fair. And now he was letting her slip closer and closer to her doom while Pie made final preparations for his plans...

"Kish! Help?!" Pie yelled as he dodged Minto's arrows and Zakuro's whip of purity. Zakuro was moving rather slow, as Minto realized, and seemed to purposely miss Pie. Was she the enemy? What was going on?

"Onee-sama?" She said softly to Zakuro. Zakuro' s whip then faded a way and she motioned for Minto to fly her back to land. "What's wrong?" Minto asked quietly, concern swarming in her eyes. "That man... I know him..." Zakuro said softly "And he knows me..."

"HUH?!"

Pie couldn' t wait another second. If he kept this up the senseless creature (That's Pie) would end up having to hurt and kill Zakuro! He didn' t want to yet she was keeping him from his work so he' d just skip step 2, kill the mews, and procede to step 3. He lite a match and the two Mews on the surface swung their attention to it.

"What's going... No way... He wouldn' t..." Minto whispered softly. He wouldn' t put fire to the town... Would he?

"Minto, get up in the air!" Zakuro ordered and Pie tossed his flame at the jungle. Minto grabbed Zakuro and they jumped into the air to dodge the fire. The flames consumed the jungle almost instantly and then spread along to the towns around the beach.

"This is awful! All the water has oil in it so how can we effectively put out a fire this big?!" Minto asked "And worst of all, I can' t fly forever! Where's the Mew Aqua!?"

"Mew Aqua! Mew Aqua!" Masha yelled "Ocean! Ocean!"

Zakuro gasped and then kicked Masha into the water "FIND RETASU!"

"ZAKURO ONEE-SAMA! What are you doing?!" Minto yelled as Masha flew into the water.

"This is Retasu's Mew Aqua, I just know it is..."

As Pie prepared his second flame to put fire to the water Kish dove under water. He couldn' t stand this anymore! He HAD to save Ichigo! Enemy or not! As Kish slipped under water Pie dropped the final match and chuckled. "So, Toki? You think you can still save this planet?" He asked simply before trying to teleport away. But something stopped him.

Ryou's glowing... Could it be? Retasu swam harder and managed to reach Ryou. She grabbed him and turned him around to face her and just stared. Then she hissed and started to blush. Her heart was giving her direct orders to kiss him. Why? Mew Aqua... Get the Mew Aqua fast. The voice said quickly but Retasu didn' t move. Why a kiss? WHY?! But she knew there was no choice. Summoning all the courage he had she kissed him, quickly, and then started swimming to the surface. Words were bubbling up in side her and she needed to find Masha.

Just as Retasu started swimming up she hit Masha, head to head, and yelped. She couldn't stop now... She grabbed Masha and sped to the shoreline. The water was getting hot now that she went up... What was happening?

Fire... There was a lid of fire on top of the water. Searchign for a second she found a fireless patch near the beach so swam through the put Ryou on the sand. This was bad... She had to get rid of the fire and oil fast. The fire was inching closer and, since he was covered in oil, Ryou was highly flamiable.

"Masha!" Retasu yelled. It took her a second to realize that her lips were glowing. Darn kiss! Ryou had somehow gotten the Mew Aqua on his face so retasu had kissed it off. She wanted to be sick... But there was something else she needed to do. She moaned softly and gave Masha a quick kiss to get the Mew Aqua to him. "MEW AQUA ROD!" Retasu yelled. There was a bright flash and Masha's body changed into the Mew Aqua Rod, which Retasu grabbed quickly. She spun the wand around, feeling energy flowing through her body.

"Ribbboooon... AQUA DROPS!" Retasu yelled. The heart shaped wand began to spit up bubbles and the flames began to fade away. All the oil vanished and the ocean water became insanely clean. Ryou moaned lightly as he began to wake up and Retasu giggled in delight. He wasn' t dead!

"Ryou! I did it!" She cried happily, hugging him tightly before he had to time to flee... I mean sit up.

Retasu wasn' t the only one trapped under water now. Though Kish could breath under water he didn' t liek catching fire and needed to save his kitten. He searched despratly, eyes scanned the water for any trace of Ichigo. He heard a bell ring somewhere below he and swam down as quickly as he could. Once he reached the bottom of the ocean he bgan to walk around until he kicked a body.

"Koneko-chan?" He said quietly. It was his Koneko, he could see the golden bell on her tail reflect in the thin rays of light that got passed the oil's dark coloring. He bent down and scooped her up before teleporting himself and his only love to safty where he saw Pie tied up and the ocean clean.

Ichigo's eye lids flickered open and he looked up at Kish, just staring. "Kish?" She murmered softly, smiling a bit, before falling asleep. Two encounters with Mew Aqua was enough for one day... Kish couldn' t help but feel bad since this would be the last day of their fighting now that plan D was being set in motion.

Zakuro's whip clung desprately to Pie' s leg and she yanked him down. He tried to free himself but the threat of Minto's arrow, ready to be fired on a second's notice, forced him to be agreeable.

"What do you want?" He demanded angrily, glaring darkly at Zakuro. Zakuro merely smiled back and then released him.

"You spared my life and now I' ll spare yours." She said coldly "Next time you won' t be as lucky."

"What are you talking about?" Pie demanded as he hovered a way from Zakuro. Bubbles filled the air and Pie swore openly in front of "innoucent" Minto.

"The street. You saved me from some desprate jerk." Zakuro said firmly "And now I' m repaying my debt."

"I should' ve just killed you then, you' re too much trouble now. KISH!" Pie snapped as he saw Kish fly over with Ichigo asleep in his arms. "WHAT are you THINKING? She' s the enemy! You should' ve let her drown!"

"Ichigo' s not like the rest of them." Kish snapped back at Pie "She' s special and I' m keeping her."

"You act like she' s a pet." Minto murmered in disguist "Give me my friend, please, 'Kish'. I need to take her home."

"And leave your beloved Kingdoms unprotected? I think not." Pie said with a cruel smirk. As he said this a dome spread out from over the ocean and, slowly but surely, the oxygen under it began to fade away into nothing.

"You have 30 minutes... I doubt you' ll make it in time." Pie said with a grin "Have fun, Mew Mews." And with that he vanished. Kish, on the other hand, stood there for a second. He was still holding Ichigo. She looked so peaceful and he couldn' t leave her to die... So he teleported away. She could sleep at his Kingdom for a while.

THE AUTHORESS CHATS

Satou: I' m so sorry nya! I promised not to post short chapters anymore! Anyways, let me recap where these stories link up with the original Tokyo Mew Mew. In case you can' t tell, I' m purposely trying to link them. For one, Minto's Mew Aqua was in the sky and it was first. Then we had Purin who saves a building from falling and the Mew Aqua grows some trees to hold it up. I crossed the anime and manga of that and made Tart help. Next was Retasu who saved the ocean and the kiss with Ryou was inspired by an anime I saw of them kissing under water, Ryou looking KOed with a light-thing on his neck . And now we have the DOME! If you can' t tell who' s Mew Aqua this is Read Book 6 but don' t expect it to be the same. Remember, there's no Masaya no more Oh! And Kish kidnapping Ichigo while her friends are in danger comes from that part in Book 6 after Retasu's Mew Aqua. Anyways, thanks for reading! Join us again for Chapter 13 at 50 Reviews nya!