FWB: Whoah! I think that this chapter is the longest one yet! –gets up and does the "really huge chapter" dance-

Kish: O.O;;

Ichigo: O.O;;

FWB: Wh-a-a-a-a-t?!

Kish: -shakes his head- at least you finished the chapter...

FWB: -puts her hands on her hips angrily- Do you think that that is all that I am good for?

Kish: -thinks a moment- Yeah... pretty much.

FWB: Arrgggg!!! I give up! Oh... and I DO NOT OWN TOKYO MEW MEW!!!!!!

------------CHAPTER SEVEN------------

Kish slowly shook his head, trying to remember what had happened. He remembered Zakuro pouring some kind of sweet substance into his mouth. Yes, now he remembered! Pudding had called it some sort of hypnotizing liquid. So that is what must have happened. Well, at least now they would believe him. Now, they would probably be trying to find out where Ichigo was. Ichigo!

Kish thrust the covers off and shakily rose to his feet. He had to find Ichigo! Searing pain shot up his leg as he took a step forward. He immediately crumpled to the floor, gasping in pain. "Stupid leg!" he mumbled as he tried to rise again but fell roughly. "Well, as they say, third time is a charm!" he grasped the dresser and pulled himself up to a standing position. "There. Now all that I have to do is mange to walk all the way down the hallway, open the doors, and teleport to wherever Ichigo is. Heh, like that is possible!"

He reached the door and grasped at the handle. He quickly removed his hand. He had felt some sort of paper on the doorknob. He cautiously reached out his hand again and slowly lifted up the paper. He sat down and unfolded it, hoping that it bore some good news.

"Dear Kish, I see that you have had an accident of your own! Well, Ichigo is having multiple "so called accidents" here over at the-" the sentence ended abruptly. Kish squinted trying to make out the erased word. Lap? Lad? No, Lab! Lab, what lab? He continued reading. "If you look under the dresser, you will get a surprise of your own!" It was signed, Deep Blue... Deep Blue?

Had he read that right? Kish read it over again. It definitely said Deep Blue. What would Deep Blue want with Ichigo? Was it possible that he wanted revenge? Was Deep Blue still in the form of... Masaya? He had so many questions! He stopped as another thought hit him. If Deep Blue never really died, then where had he been these last couple of years, and what would he do to Ichigo?!

Kish suddenly remembered the surprise under the dresser. He very carefully reached under it and felt something. He pulled it out. It was a little bagwith something in it. He examined it, his eyes widening with realization. It couldn't be... but it was! What he saw was a little bit of Mew Aqua! Deep Blue had the Mew Aqua? How could that be possible?!

Kish scrambled to his feet as fast as he could, grimacing in pain. He had to find the Mew Mews! He grabbed at the doorknob and opened it. He looked down the hallway and spotted Mint. "Mint!" he called

Mint turned around, surprised. "Kish? What are you doing out of bed? You should be recovering!" She felt a tad bit nervous around him still.

"It does not matter tight now! I have some really important information about the whereabouts of Ichigo!" Kish gasped, his lungs burning from exertion as he made his way over to Mint.

"What," exclaimed Mint, "where is she?!"

Kish replied, "I don't know, but her kidnapper left this note!" Kish collapsed at Mint's feet, looking up at her. "Here is the note."

Mint scanned the note, her eyes widening at the signature. "Deep Blue?"

"Yes, and you won't believe what I found under the dresser!" Kish fumbled in his pocket for the little bag. He pulled it out and handed it to Mint. "Here."

Mint's eyes widened even more when she saw this. "Mew Aqua?" She snatched the bag from Kish and ran down the hallway. "I am going to go tell the others."

Kish breathed deeply, trying to regain his strength. If he could only get outside to his meadow. Then, he would recover much faster.

He heard the Mew Mews come rushing down the hallway. Lettuce spotted Kish and scurried to his side.

"Kish, are you ok?"

"I am fine, but I will be better if I can go to my meadow."

The Mew Mews looked confused. "Your... meadow?"

Kish sighed, exasperated. "Just take me to Pie. He will get me there."

Just that moment, Pie walked in, followed by Tart.

"Tar Tar! You are here na no da!" exclaimed an overly happy Pudding. She rushed over to the unsuspecting alien and hugged him.

"Arrgggggg! I don't want to be here!" yelled Tart, blushing terribly at the physical contact. Everyone could tell that he did not really mind Pudding.

"Kish are you ok?" asked Pie, worriedly looking down at his friend.

"I will be ok after you take me to the meadow."

"Ok then," shrugged Pie, "let's go." He picked up Kish and teleported.

Kish blinked, and in an instant, they were in a vast meadow full of flowers. "Set me down and leave, Pie"

Pie looked at him a concerned expression on his face, but did as he was told. Kish took a deep breath of the sweet-smelling air. He never told anyone this, but when he was in this meadow, he somehow acquired a healing ability. Kish concentrated on healing himself. He immediately felt a renewed. He sighed, contented, then remembered the task ahead of him. Ichigo. The name usually brought thoughts of a lovely girl dressed in pink. This time, the image in his head was that of the same girl, but this time she was in a tattered dress, her hair unruly and her eyes un-seeing too scared to speak. His heart pounded a mile a minute. Time to get back to business...

-------------------------Meanwhile---------------------------

Ichigo sighed with relief as she heard the whir of the machine slow, then stop. Maybe he was done. Maybe this was over with. Maybe she could go back and find Kish. Her hopes were torn down as she heard her captor chuckle with glee.

"Now we are done with stage one of my torturing... I will give you a little bit of time to consider my offer again. Either you will continue being tortured or you could come live a happy life with me...

Ichigo would have spit in his eye if she knew where to aim. Instead she waited silently for him to go away and leave her be. In the meantime she tried to figure out where she had heard that voice... it seemed so familiar, like a voice that she knew but just hadn't heard in a very long time... she paused as realization hit her... it couldn't be true, but it had to be! She heard footsteps approaching, then very boldly, she asked, "Masaya?"

The footsteps came to an abrupt halt. "So.... I see that you have finally recognized my voice... I was feeling very dishonored that you didn't know sooner... Well... the difference is that this time, Your Masaya let me take over his body! Did you hear me? He let it be so!" he laughed hysterically. "Now that I have a body to live in, I can do anything that I want!!! I am going to take over this world!!!!! Then... I will take over this galaxy!!!!! Then... I will take over this universe!!!!!!!!"

Ichigo cringed inwardly. Had Masaya actually let Deep Blue take over his body? That means... he didn't care that he would hurt her... she didn't matter to him... even though she didn't love him anymore it still hurt. She thought that she was loved by him for years. Had he ever returned her love? Was she just a toy to be played with, and as soon as he became bored with her, he threw her out? Tears sprang to her eyes, and she quickly wiped them away, hoping that he hadn't seen them. He had.

"Aww... is the little lady crying? Is there anything that I can do to help? I know!" he slapped her across her face painfully. "Snap out of it! It is no fun when you are crying for a reason other than torture... or are you being tortured? Have you a deep pain somewhere within you?" he sounded eager, as if he enjoyed her torment.

Ichigo stuck her chin out stubbornly and stayed silent.

"Fine... be that way." Deep Blue said in a whiney tone. "We will just continue with phase two!" he grasped her arm roughly and led her down a hallway. Ichigo swallowed fearfully. Could this be worse than the last chamber? Finally they stopped and she heard him fumble with a ring of keys. She heard him unlock the door and instantly she felt a wave of heat.

Was she to be burned alive? She gasped as he pulled her inside then escaped and locked the door behind him. She felt tiny beads of sweat forming on her forehead. Was this how it was to end? Would she never see her beloved Kish again? No. She would fight. Oh, she would fight. She would fight harder than she ever had. She would not let Kish down. She stood up and felt her way around the room. The heat was almost unbearable, but she still pressed on. She began to feel faint. All that she wanted to do was lie down on the ground an die. But no. She had made herself a promise. She would not give in. She would find her way out of this place, or she would die trying. Her legs were felling wobbly. She could barely stand. She strained to keep herself walking, but it was too much work. She collapsed onto the ground and tried to crawl forward when she felt a loose stone. She pried it off as quickly as she could. Her hand grazed a rope. She tugged the rope and a rush of cool air greeted her. It was an escape! She lowered herself into the hole and closed the trap door. She inched her way down the ladder, rung by rung until she could feel the bottom of the cavern. Then, a welcoming nothingness greeted her and she blacked out.

--------------------END OF CHAPTER-------------------------------

Ichigo: M-Masaya?!

Kish: What? He just tortured you so what do you care about him?!

Ichigo: -watery eyes-

Kish: Oh! Don't cry!

Ichigo:-starts hugging Kish- He hates me!

Kish: -in a heavenly bliss from the physical contact-

FWB: O.O;; Uh... yeah... see you next time!!!!!!!