Chapter 13 (At Last) With The Authoress' Annoying... Ness...

Satou: ANNOYING?

Kish: Yup.

Satou: -smacks Kish with a frying Pan- Anyways, thank you for all your reviews nyan!

Purin: Now, for Zakuro/Pie fluffy ness! Wh00t!

Chapter 13

Ichigo moaned lightly as she sat up, only to find herself in the last place she expected to be. A warm, cozy bed. The sheets were pure white and the bed was rather small but it was a bed... And she felt rather refreshed. Ichigo sat there, trying to recollect her past thoughts, and then gasped.

"Good morning, Kitten, did you sleep well?" Ichigo heard a voice asked her. Her heart nearly stopped as she turned around to see Kish, who was walking in with a plate of freshly cooked waffles and strawberries. What was going on? The last thing Ichigo remembered was falling into the water after finding out...

"Why didn't you tell me?!" She demanded angrily, remembering her discovery from a while before "And where am I?!"

"Tell you what? You're in my space ship, of course, Kitten." Kish replied while pushing the food closer to Ichigo. Ichigo was tired and weak from battle so eagerly took the food and almost forgot what she'd been complaining about seconds before. Then the thought came back to her and she put the plate down to look at Kish. She'd only known him for about one date (if that was a way to measure time) yet she was sure she loved him more then anything... But about Aoyama? She couldn't get over him so quickly, could she? She still loved him... Right? Of course she did! They were supposed to have gotten married…

Or did she?

"Kish? Why didn't you tell me you were a prince?" Ichigo asked quietly. Kish looked a little bit upset about her bringing the question up again and looked around desperately for some way to dodge it but he was out of excuses.

"I don't know... I could ask you the same thing. Why didn't you tell me you were a Princess?"

"I was..." Ichigo swallowed hard, trying to hold back tears. She couldn't help but cry when Aoyama came to mind "I was running away..."

"And...? Why?" Kish asked slowly, not wanting to ask a painful question. Too bad his question was painful as it was, though. Ichigo broke out in tears and put her face in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably.

"H-He... He died..." She said through her sobs. Kish turned bright red and thought frantically for some way to make Ichigo stop crying and finally did the only thing he knew would work... Ok... So he' d just wanted to do this for a while because Kish is Kish.

He kissed her, right on the lips, and Ichigo quieted long enough to slap him.

"N-Not helping." She said in a firm voice, even though her whole body was shaking with a cross of fear and anger.

"Then tell me who died or I'll do it again." Kish threatened her, though he seemed very sarcastic.

"Aoyama-kun... We were going to get married and he died in the war..." Ichigo narrowed her eyes at Kish and suddenly tackled him, hands around his throat and tears pouring out of her pink eyes.

"And it's all your fault! YOUR FAULT! You had to try and invade our Kingdom and he died protecting me! I HA--" Ichigo stopped and let go, hurrying back to the bed and throwing the sheets over her head, as if to hide like a young child from the scary world around her. Why couldn't she say that she hated him?! She did! Kish stared at her for a moment, wondering if it was safe to get closer, and then finally wandered over and sat on the bed.

"I' m sorry, Koneko-chan." He said with a weak smile "It wasn't my choice, though. It was Deep Blue's."

"Deep... Blue?" Ichigo said softly as she slowly pulled the covers off her head "Who is... Deep Blue?"

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The Mews were running, which wasn't the best idea. They were running to the place Ryou had told them the dome could be deactivated from. It was a large diamond of stone floating in midair... It was the Kirema Anima castle, or at least a chunk of it that was being used to invade.

As the Mews neared the diamond they found themselves panting, and it wasn't because they were out of shape. Normally this run was no problem but the oxygen was dissolving... Masha made himself known, beeping insanely and moving towards a large hole in the ground. The team moved over slowly and stared down into the hole.

"What's this doing here?" Retasu asked softly.

"Some one might fall into it…" Minto whispered. Zakuro peered into the hole and then caught sight of something. Her ears perked. She could hear the sound of rushing water…

"Everyone get back!" She yelled, pulling the two Mews a way from the hole as the ground rumbled.

A jet of water shot from the ground and tore the ground a part, forcing the Mews off their feet. The impressive waves of water quickly reached the ends of the dome and began to build up, bit by bit, and the water just kept coming.

Minto was first to break the surface. She gasped and panted for breath, craving oxygen but most of it was in the water and unusable now.

"Oh no!" Minto screamed "If water is everywhere the oxygen we have will be lost! This is going to cut our time in half! Arrrrg.... Where's help when you need it? WHERE' S THE MEW AQUA?!"

"Minto, don't yell." Zakuro warned her "Don't use up much oxygen..."

Masha's sensors were driving the little robot insane and he finally separated himself from the rest of the group with Zakuro as a wave tore the two away. Minto opened her mouth to scream but Retasu put a hand on her shoulder, her fin keeping her a float effortlessly.

"It's ok." She said, holding Minto up with one arm and Ryou with the other.

"Don't worry. This is Zakuro's Mew Aqua." She said calmly as Zakuro vanished from sight. Minto just floated there, her tears adding the watery doom that was breathing down the necks of Mew Kingdom...

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"Purin?" Tart said softly, shaking Purin from her sleep. Purin moaned and sat up, panting lightly for air "Purin, what's wrong?"

"I don't know na no daa... I can't breath."

"EH?!" Tart looked very alarmed and instantly grabbed Purin and lifted her out of bed "Something is happening and your friends are going to need your help."

"Eh? Okies na no daaa..." Purin murmured softly as Tart teleported out of the kingdom.

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"Mew Aqua! Mew Aqua!" Squeaked Masha as he struggled to find the Mew Aqua while Zakuro held him tightly in her hands. The waves were pushing the two around and Zakuro kept feeling her body pressed against stone walls, buildings... So many things in the Kingdom that were submerged. Masha finally screamed out a new word, "Alien", and Zakuro's attention shifted to a pair of hands above her. She let herself get pulled out of the water and it wasn't until she noticed who had grabbed her that she kicked her "Rescuer".

"PIE!" She yelled angrily as the purple haired alien let her go. She crashed into the water and dove under to make herself invisible to him. Masha was squealing again and Zakuro could see something glowing brightly in front of her... In was perhaps 10 yards in front of her, now that she bothered to estimate the distance, which was still in her reach. She swam forward as fast as she could but a wave of power cut between her path and pushed the Mew Aqua back. Before Zakuro could react, Pie had appeared in the water and grabbed one of her ears.

Zakuro growled like the wolf she was and summoned her whip and was sure to hit Pie' s face nice and hard. A pink line of fresh wound was left on Pie' s face, right across his nose, and he growled in a canine-like fashion as well and reached out to grab her, but she was hurrying towards the Mew Aqua. He swam forward and attempted an underwater kick in her direction but Zakuro heard his movement and got herself out of the way.

Finally, Zakuro reached the Mew Aqua and grabbed it. Masha prepared to swallow it but Pie intersected, hitting the little pink fluff ball and forcing him to spit out of the drop of pure hope. The Mew Aqua fell down towards the bottom of the see and Zakuro swung around, kicking Pie and stunning him.

"Just stop it!" She managed to yell "Stop hurting people to get more land! What use is a chunk of land where no one likes you?!"

With that, Zakuro swam off towards the Mew Aqua and grabbed it as it fell. Masha ate it and turned into the beautiful Mew Aqua rod, which Zakuro snatched. She began to spin around and around, bubbles spilling out in every direction, until the dome was lifted off and a dark cackle broke through the silent ocean.

"You think you've won, don't you? The main course is about to begin!" Pie yelled, before vanishing. Zakuro realized for the first time that she needed air and swam to the surface, poking up and breathing in sweet, clean air that was no longer dissolving into nothing.

"ONEE-SAMA!" Minto cried as she swam over. The water was draining away and soon Minto was running through waist deep water. "ONEE-SAMA! You did it! You saved us!"

"Konnichiwa na no da!" Cried Purin as she fell from the sky, only to be caught by a very pale Tart. "Purin! Don't do that! You scared me!"

"Sorry na no da! Hey, what's up na no da!?"

Tart looked towards the diamond in the sky and gasped "No... Not now..." He murmured softly.

"Eh?" Purin said quietly, hugging Tart around the neck and kissing his cheek "What's wrong na no da?"

Tart didn't answer.

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"Deep Blue is our leader." Kish explained "He wants your Kingdom and to destroy everything in it..."

"WHAT?!" Ichigo yelled angrily. Suddenly a blue blur cut through the quiet room and grabbed Ichigo, pulling her away from Kish. "Don't you dare touch my bride, you monster." The figure said, holding Ichigo rather protectively.

Ichigo's eyes widened and she looked up. Blonde hair... Blue eyes...

"I am... The Blue Knight." The figure said to Kish firmly. Ichigo gasped and almost instantly hugged the "Blue Knight" around the neck.

"MASAYA!" She screamed, smiling brightly "You're alive!!!"

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Satou: Let's aim for... 55 Reviews! The story's coming to end, nya, so stay on yer toes! More ZakuroxPai, KishxIchigo, PurinxTart, RetasuxRyou, etc. to come! Don't forget your popcorn meow!!!