The Authoress Speaks

Satou: My word program is beign a pain so I can't make anything bold today o.0;

Kish: So?

Satou: It's sad, that's all...

Kish: o.0;

Satou: Anyways... NEW CHAPTER! BWAHAHA!

Chapter 14-------------

"I am Deep Blue..."

"Deep Blue...?" Ichigo repeated, staring at the man who had taken Masaya' s place. She turned to Kish, feeling so much hate and sorrow building up inside her heart yet... She didn't want to release it on him... But she did! Didn't she? Ichigo trembled horribly, so confused and scared. This wasn't right, not right at all. Did she love Kish or Masaya?

"Kyaaa!" Ichigo turned around as she heard the screams of her precious friends. "Minto! Retasu! Purin!" She yelled, not calling Zakuro because Zakuro was no longer in the group. She paused and stared at the group for a second, then realized that Zakuro was missing and turned around.

"Zakuro Pure!" Zakuro screamed as her whip tied around Pie's ankle and she dragged him across the ground. Pie didn't even have a momment to protest, his face beaten and battered by the drag.

"You demon!" Zakuro hissed at him "Haven' t you caused enough trouble?! Give Ichigo her boyfriend!"

Pie teleported away, next to Deep Blue, and kneeled to her Master. He then turned to Kish and Tart, glaring darkly at them. Tart stared at Deep Blue, her body shaking with fury.

"Bow!" Pie ordered Tart, eyes lit with anger "NOW, TART!"

"N-No!" Tart said firmly in protest "I won't!"

"Yes you will!" Pie yelled angrily as he got to his feet and summoned two giant fans.

"Tar-Tar!" Purin screeched as Pie ran towards Tart "Ribbon Pudding ring Inferno!"

A dome of jelly formed around Pie and Tart took this moment to teleport over to Purin. Pie easily broke the cage and raced towards Tart, not remembering that Kish hadn't bowed.

"Enough of this!" Boomed Deep Blue's angry voice "I, myself, shall take care of all who do not obey me."

"Then go ahead and try!" Minto yelled angrily at Deep Blue "But you won' t get far!"

"As Princesses of these lands we won' t let you!" Retasu yelled in agreement.

Deep Blue didn't answer, but simply put out a hand. A spiral of dark energy shot from his hand and pushed Minto and Retasu aside, both Mews screaming in pain.

"Retasu!" Ryou yelled as she hit a fallen rock "Are you ok?"

"I' m fine..." Retasu said softly as she forced herself to sit up "Just... Fine..."

"Good..." Ryou said in relief.

Minto weakly got back to her feet as Ryou helped Retasu up and summoned her Minto Arrow, holding it tightly in her hands and glaring at Deep Blue. "I'll leave the rest of this to you." Deep Blue said to Pie and Tart as he vanished to the diamond that hung in the skies above the Kingdom. Kish hissed and vanished as well, hoping Pie and Tart wouldn't miss him much.

"Ryou!" Keichiiro's voice came from Masha and all the Mews turned to him "There is Mew Aqua in that diamond above the Kingdom."

"Got it! Mew Ichigo, you know what to do!" Minto said to Ichigo, smiling brightly.

"But... You guys will get hurt!" Ichigo protested "I can' t leave you behind!"

"Ichigo, get yourself in gear! We' re Princesses too!" Minto said with a grin "Even a vulgar girl like you can figure that out."

"You go get that Mew Aqua!" Purin cried out happily. Ichigo's expression broke into a smile and she turned around. "I won't let you guys down!" She called as she ran towards the dome, stopping mid way "How do I get up?"

"Can I help you?" Tart asked, much to Pie's protest "I'm not about to let Purin's Kingdom get destroyed!"

"YAY! Tar-Tar the hero!" Purin cried out happily as Tart grabbed Ichigo and teleported away "COME BACK TAR-TAR! Don't be gone long na no da! I LUV YOU!"

"Now, where were we?" Minto said with a grin as Pie looked around for back up.

"Oh. Weren't we taking care of a little pest, Minto?" Zakuro asked with a smirk.

"We sure were, Onee-sama!" Minto said, cackling evilly as she pointed her arrow at Pie "Ribbon Mint Echo!"

"Ribbon Zakuro Pure!"

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"Here we are." Tart said simply as he left Ichigo at the diamond "Now, if you'll excuse me..."

"Take good care of Purin, Tart." Ichigo said with a smile, her words making Tart blush like a love struck idiot, which he kind of was.

"C-Come again?"

"Take good care of her, ok?" Ichigo repeated with a bright smile "Bye, then!"

"Uh... Ok... Bye." Tart said as he teleported away, leaving Ichigo all alone. Ichigo stood in Kish's kingdom, tears coming to her eyes as she slowly walked towards the place she thought Deep Blue would be.

"You' re going the wrong way." A voice warned Ichigo. Ichigo stopped dead in her tracks and looked up, a weak smile coming to her face. "KISH!"

"Yup. Now, you have to take the first left, two rights and then go straight."

"Eh?"

"Directions to Deep Blue, of course." Kish said with a smile "It's the least I can do after causing you all this trouble."

There was a moment of silence and Ichigo compared this to when Kish said it wasn't his fault. "But... You said this wasn't your fault..."

"Has Kish been telling you lies?" Asked a cold, deep voice. Ichigo felt herself going pale and slowly turned around. Within seconds she found Kish's hands holding her shoulders tightly. "Deep Blue-sama." He hissed at Deep Blue, who had brought the fight to Ichigo.

"So sorry to have made you wait, Kitty." Deep Blue teased her "What nonsense has Kish been feeling your mind with?"

"SHUT UP NOW!" Kish yelled angrily at Deep Blue, lifting Kish into the air and glaring at him. If Ichigo wasn't mistaken, Deep Blue was about to tell some deep dark secret about Kish.

"Kish? What's he talking about?" Ichigo asked quietly.

"Oh, so he hasn't told you yet, has he?" This only seemed to fuel Deep Blue's amusement "Hasn't he told you why I'm here?"

"What's going on?"

"Shut up!" Kish yelled again at Deep Blue, seeming very protective of Ichigo at that moment since he was hugging her awfully tight. It was kind of uncomfortable.

"It's his fault, you know." Deep Blue said coldly, his words cutting Ichigo hard "As long as he exists, I exist."

"What? That can't be true..." Ichigo said softly, completely stunned.

"And now that you're here... Well... It makes this so much more amusing."

"Leave her out of this, Deep Blue!" Kish ordered "This has nothing to do with her!"

"It has everything to do with her, Kish. It's her choice."

"What choice?" Ichigo asked firmly, her whole body shaking. It took her a second to realize it was Kish shaking in fury and, within seconds, he dropped her. Ichigo screamed and landed very well, only to find Deep Blue gliding across the floor towards her.

"Kish! Kiiish! Help me!" She screamed as Deep Blue got closer, grinning rather evilly.

"So, 'Ichigo'. Who do you like more? Kish or Masaya?"

"This has nothing to do with Masaya!" Ichigo protested.

"Oh... But it has everything to do with him. And you. And Kish."

Ichigo didn't reply. What was Deep Blue going on about?

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The battle between the Mews (plus Tart) and Pie continued. Pie was pretty badly beaten and the battle seemed 1on 1, Zakuro VS Pie.

"Rotten demon!" Zakuro hissed at Pie as she once again lashed his face with her whip.

"Stupid fox!"

"You mean stupid WOLF!"

"Fox!"

"WOLF!"

"Look at those two lovers na no da." Purin said happily. Almost instantly Tart covered her mouth and laughed weakly.

"You'd never guess that Pie's a fan of Zakuro Fujiwara, huh?" He asked them with a weak grin. "He' ll kill me when he finds out I told you."

"He's a fan of hers too?" Minto asked in delight "So cool!"

"Uh... How can you guys be smiling during all of this? Isn't this supposed to be a tense moment?" Retasu asked quietly.

"Does it seem very tense to you?" Ryou asked sadly "Arrrg... The two lovers really know how to spoil a mood."

"Not that we mind, of course." Minto commented happily "I think it's cute."

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Satou: -points to the diamond- The tension's up there for now.

Minto: Thanks, if Zakuro onee-sama started sweating she wouldn't look pretty for her photo shoot tomorrow.

Satou: You're very welcome... Anyways, please review people! I'll update whenever but I'd be SUPER HAPPY to have 80 reviews, or at least 75, but that might be pushing it. My goal for this story is 100 reviews By the way, Zakuro/Pie fluff is murder to write, those emotionless people --; So they'll be a bit OC when the real fluffiness appears x3