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I WILL Make You Mine...

by Sin Katt

---------------Chapter 8: Fear ---------------

Ichigo looked at herself in the mirror that was hung on the wall. As she thought, the white shirt was a bit big on her. The pants were as well, but they still fit none the less. And the underwear...she didn't even want to think about why they were in Pie's room to begin with, or how Kish was able to give her the right size.

Part of her was dreading having to face Kish in her current attire. She was wearing a white shirt after all...with nothing provided for her to wear underneath it. As long as she staid away from any sources of water, that problem could be helped.

"Koneko-chan? Is everything fitting okay?" Kish asked as he tapped on the door. "Need any help in there?"

Ichigo's eyebrow twitched as she spun around and yelled through the door. "No I do not need any help in here!!!" She grumbled as she walked over and sat on the bed. Even though he was becoming quite an annoyance, Ichigo was still glad that he had began to go back to normal. 'Maybe he'll take me back home soon...I miss everyone so much...'

Kish slowly slid the door open and poked his head in. "Ready or not, here I come." He grinned as he closed the door behind him and walked over to where she was sitting. "I see everything fits okay. Don't I get a thank you?" He asked as he leaned down to kiss her.

Ichigo flopped back on the bed and rolled on to her side. "Not today," she said with a yawn. With everything that had been going on, she hadn't realized how tired she had become.

"You should get some rest Ichigo-chan. A lot's happened in just twenty four hours, and you haven't gotten to sleep for any of it," Kish pointed out as he sat on the bed next to her.

"Kish...will you take me back home...soon?" Ichigo asked as she turned her head to look at him. "You could come too. You could come and live on earth with all of us...and--"

"--I don't want to be around those people, and I don't want you to be around them either," Kish cut in as he avoided eye contact with her. "They don't care about you the way I do. I can offer you so much more than they can..."

Ichigo resisted the urge to yell at him. 'He's really starting to scare me now...he acts kind when he's around me...but the moment I bring up the others...' She sat up and forced a smile, "I'm not that tired...maybe we--"

"Don't put on an act Ichigo, a blind person could see how tired you are," Kish stated as he turned to smile at her. "You can take a nap, I promise I won't try anything."

"You'll....you'll stay here though...right?" Ichigo asked as she looked up at him sadly. "You won't go and attack my friends...will you...?"

His expression softened as he smiled back down at her. "No...I'll stay here with you..." he replied as he walked across the room and sat in a near-by chair. "Ill stay right here. Alright?"

She nodded and rested back against the pillows that sat behind her on the bed. 'As long as I can keep him here...the others will be safe....' She closed her eyes, and within moments, she was asleep.

Kish watched her sleep for a minute or two, before getting up and walking back over to her. He ran his fingers through her hair and grinned. "Don't worry koneko-chan...I promise to stay here with you..." He then held out his free hand as a blob-like creature appeared above it, "My kirema animal though...is a different story..."

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"Can you two please stop acting that way? It's making me sick."

Tart and Pudding looked over at Pie and stuck their tongues out at him. They had been blushing and flashing stupid grins at each other the whole time the group and been waiting for Zakuro.

Pie sighed and leaned against the wall just as she walked in. "It's about time you got here. How long can it possibly take for you to get dressed?"

"I had a clothing issue..." she replied in a monotone voice as she sat on the floor next to him.

The room sat at an awkward silence for a few moments, then the inhabitants jumped in surprise as Masaya decided to break it.

"Does this mean that Ichigo can transform too?!" he asked desperately, sitting up in his bed.

Mint looked up at him but shook her head, "I have no idea. I didn't even know that I was able to do it."

"Do you remember what caused it to happen?" Ryou questioned while making sure Masaya didn't protest.

"All I know is...when the others were about to be attacked to the kirema animal...I really wanted to be able to protect them," Mint explained at she looked around at the others in the room. "I guess I was wishing that I could be a Mew Mew again...and I was able to transform."

"But I thought that the animal genes that were inside of us had disappeared after we defeated Deep Blue. We havn't been able to use them for three years now," Lettuce stated as she turned her head to look at Ryou. "But now, Mint is able to become a Mew Mew again. How is that possible?"

"The genes must have been laying dormant inside of you girls instead of disappearing," Keiichiro spoke up as he typed on his computer.

"And that means...?" asked Tart as he scratched his head in confusion.

"It means the genes were just hiding themselves until they would be needed again," Pie explained. "They'll probably never truly go away, I guess you could say, they remain in storage until you need then the next time."

Tart nodded his head. "I so knew that."

"So all of us can transform then?" Zakuro asked as she stood up and stretched.

Keiichiro nodded. "Yes. I guess it just takes an extreme condition and a strong will to make your powers usable again."

"Hey guys...I think I may have found your extreme condition," Masaya spoke up as he pointed out the window.

The others turned to look and pudding let out a screech. "That's the biggest kirema animal that I've ever seen!!!"

Visible through the window was a large kirema animal, swimming in the ocean. It was clearly a shark...only about ten times as huge.

Mint ran out onto the balcony and gasped. "How did it get so big?!"

Pie and Tart ran out with her, but took off into the air. "We'll go ahead!"

"Hey! I'm coming with you!" Mint yelled as she flew after them.

"I still want to know how she's able to fly with those tiny little wings," Pudding stated with a blink.

Lettuce grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of the room and down the hallway. "Think about it on the way there, Pudding-san!"

Zakuro followed closely behind them, and Masaya began to get up from his bed.

"I don't think so, you stay put," Ryou ordered as he closed the door behind Zakuro.

"Stay put my ass! You saw how huge it is! There's no way I'm going to just sit here and let them fight it!" Masaya protested as he stood up. "Look, my wound is healed. Do you see any blood? No, so I'm going."

"It may be healed in the outside, but it may still be bleeding internally," Ryou explained. "If you fight, you risk the chance of hurting it more. Then what will you do when it comes down to getting Ichigo back?!"

Masaya glared at Ryou and clenched his fist. "Fine...but if they can't handle that thing...I'm going to help them."

The blonde shrugged and walked out onto the balcony. "Suit yourself."

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"You're going to have to kill her sooner or later, Kish..."

'I know...'

"Now is the perfect time...don't you think so? She's asleep, she won't feel any pain if you do it nice and quick..."

The alien shook his head and stepped away from Ichigo's sleeping form. 'Stop it...! I don't want to kill her!'

"So...you still have some fight left it you, ne? You know that you can't win against me, Kish...it's surprising that you had me fooled into believing that I had complete control of you already..."

'I'll never let you hurt Ichigo...' Kish clutched his head as the pain intensified. 'Damn you! Stop it!'

He fell to one side, knocking a lamp off of the dresser and waking Ichigo up.

"Kish? Kish! What's wrong?!" She got out of her bed and ran over to him, dropping to her knees. "Kish! Are you alright?!" As his body finally relaxed, she reached out to tough his face. "Kish...?

To her surprise, he slapped her hand away. "Leave me alone!!!"

She fell backwards and her eyes widened at his action. "Kish..."

He stood up and turned away from her, shooting her one last glance with cold eyes as he left the room.

She shook in fear as she didn't move a muscle in her body. For the first time since he had brought her to his ship, she was completely scared of him. And for her life.

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"RIBBON MINT ECHO!!!"

No matter how many times they attacked, the kirema animal kept diving under the water to avoid it.

"We have to find some way to get it on land! we'll have a better chance of fighting it if we can beach it!" Pie explained as he tried another attack.

"But how? If we can't even hit it, how can we get it to shore?!" Tart asked, raising his eyebrow.

"That's easy...we just use bait. It is a fish after all," Mint answered matter-of-factly.

"Oh yeah, and just where are we going to find bait big enough?!"

---5 minutes later---

"This is not what I meant by that comment! Do you hear me! Not what I meant!"

Tart floated alone just above the water, wearing a fish costume and a very unhappy look on his face.

"Stop complaining!" Mint called to him. "Just get it's attention and lead it to shore!"

"Easy for you to say!!!" Tart yelled in a very angry chibi form.

"Poor Tar Tar," Pudding commented as she, Lettuce, and Zakuro stayed behind Mint and Pie.

"What is he doing out there?! Why hasn't the kirema animal showed up yet?!" Mint whispered loudly.

As if on cue, the large fish rose out of the water, right behind Tart. He turned around slowly and laughed nervously at the creature. "Nice sharkie...good sharkie..."

As the beast snarled in Tart's face, it began to snap and charge at him.

"Bad sharkie! Very bad sharkie!!!" Tart began to fly towards the shore, the shark right behind him, swimming almost as fast.

"It's working!" Pie shouted with pride. But his expression changed as the kirema animal snapped it's mouth closed around Tart, trapping him inside. "Well...it almost worked."

"Tar Tar!" Pudding yelled as she ran past the others and into the water. "Let my Tar Tar go!"

"Pudding-san! Wait!" Lettuce called as she tried to stop her. But Mint cut her off. "Mint-san?!"

"Just wait. Let Pudding handle it."

"But..." Lettuce watched the younger girl swim out into the ocean, "do you think she'll be alright...?"

"This could be the type of extreme condition that Akasaka-san was talking about," Zakuro added in support to Mint's order.

Lettuce nodded and took a step back. "You're right..."

Pudding stopped swimming as she came nearer to the shark. 'I just need to concentrate...that's what the other's said...'

The others watched from the shore as the large kirema animal swam up and devoured Pudding as well.

"Pudding-san!"

They stayed silent for a moment then Mint smiled. "See, what did I tell you."

"What are you talking about?! She just got eaten!" Lettuce yelled as she looked at Mint.

"See for yourself."

No sooner did Mint get to finish her statement, when a yellow light shot through the shark.

"PUDDING RING INFERNO!!!"

As the creature was trapped in the attack, Mint readied her arrow.

"RIBBON MINT ECHO!!!"

With a single shot, the creature yelled in pain and turned back into a regular shark.

"Recovering alien!" Masha squeaked as it flew out into the ocean.

Tart, who was covered in disgusting goo, landed on the shore with Mew Pudding in his arms. "That...was the most disgusting thing...ever!"

"You did it Pudding-san!" Lettuce cheered as she ran over to her friend.

Tart set Mew Pudding down and pulled off the fish costume. "I can't believe you people made me wear this thing." He continued to grumble as he threw the goo covered outfit out into the ocean.

Mew Pudding smiled at her friends and held her fingers in a V form. "Piece of cake!"

Tart's eyes widened as he looked around. "Cake?! Where?!"

Pie sighed and slapped Tart on the back. "I guess we should go back now. There's no use in staying here if the battle's over."

As the group turned to leave, they were stopped by a familiar voice.

"Going so soon, are we?"

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Sin: That's the end of chapter 8! Sorry it took so long to update, and sorry the chapter is short, but I've had a writer's block for about a week now. I really want to thank everyone for reviewing my story! I've passed the 80 review mark, so I've decided to hold a little contest!

Tart: As long as it has nothing to do with fish, I'm all for it.

Kish: (snorts) What type of contest could you possibly come up with? You have no material items for people to win.

Sin: (grins) Oh. I know that! That's why...(grabs Kish and holds him in front of her) I'm giving away this!!!

Kish: ME?! You can't give me away!!!

Sin: Hey, this story's gunna end sometime. I won't need you until I start my next one, so someone can take you off my hands for a while

Pie: Is that the whole contest? A Kish give away?

Sin: I might decide to put certain reviewers in my final chapter as well o.o

Mint: That seems like a better prize then giving away him (points at Kish)

Kish: Yah...listen to the bird.

Mint: On second thought, get rid of him.

Kish: No! I don't want to belong to some random fan girl!!! Knowing you, you're going to pick someone who's totally insane!!!

Sin: Insane is good

Masaya: (smiles and waves) Bye Bye!

Kish: You can't do this to me! I want to see my lawyer right now!

Sin: (sighs) Fine. Jeez, what a baby. (drops Kish and looks at the reviewers) Do any of you really want him anyway? If you do, tell me in your review. I'd be more then happy to hold the contest for real (laughs)

Kish: You mean...it was a joke?

Sin: It was...but if the reviewers really want to fight over you for a chance to win you, I'll let them o.o

Ichigo: Please review everyone!

Sin: That's the spirit Ichigo-chan! I'll have the next chapter up soon! (waves)

Kish: Wait! What about me?!

Sin: Please review!

Kish: Wait!!!

Sin: Ja ne all my lovely reviewers!!!

Sin Katt-