Chapter 7 of Dream World

"Ribbon SUGAR WIND RING!"

A blast of sugary scented wind pushed Yousei back as the Pixie Girl attempted to kidnap a young child who lived in Dream World. The pixie shrieked and dropped the young child, who was caught by Mew Satou as the pink Mew Mew flew by.

"Darnit, you'll regret that!" Yousei yelled, sticking her tongue out maturely at the Mew Mew as she vanished.

Mew Satou looked up and sighed, flying to the ground and putting the young child on the ground. It was strange that she was all alone right now. Usually, the others Mews were nearby, but tonight was an odd night. Kelly was out with her parents, Meron was sleeping over with a friend, Sumi and Anneka were running around somewhere (Just not sleep running), and Amme was on a sugar high and having trouble sleeping. It was just Satou, Shugo and Kisshu tonight.

And it seriously sucked.

"Nya! This is boring!" Mew Satou complained as she returned to her normal form, "Wah!"

"Stop complaining." Shugo scolded, walking over to the girl and patting her head, as if to congratulate her on defeating evil once more, "You're working very hard, so I've decided..."

"Decided what!" Satou asked, her eyes wide and sparkly. Would today be the day she got a pretty new henshin or attack!

"I'm taking you out for ice cream."

Kisshu and Satou both froze. Satou wanted to go out for ice cream with her Kishy-kun, and Kisshu was questioning Shugo's sanity. Why would Shugo ask Satou on a date?

"... And Kishy-Wishy come?"

"No. We're going in Reality." Shugo explained, flicking Satou's nose. Satou whined, then looked over at Kisshu and gave the poor alien boy a tight hug.

"Ok, fine. I will miss you, Kisshu-Shu!"

"Yeah, sure, whatever. I should take Ichigo on a date tonight, anyways."

"Sounds good." Shugo said with a shrug, grabbing Satou's hand. Than, the two vanished.

+Reality+

"So. What ice cream flavor do you want?"

"Butter Pecan, nya!"

"Ok, then. Sounds good. Two scoops of butter pecan"

"In a cup, nyu!"

"... Yeah, in a cup... And one scoop of vanilla."

As Kisshu was wandering home, questioning Shugo's sanity and wondering if he should talk to Ryou about having Shugo visit the same "Special Doctor" as Purin was visiting, Shugo and Satou were getting Ice Cream. They'd conveniently appeared in a quiet alley way near the mall, and Shugo had just bought Satou's ice cream. As the cat girl grabbing her bowel and a spoon, Shugo began wondering the same thing as Kisshu; What was he doing? He'd never thought about purposely inviting Satou out somewhere with him. ALONE. Just them to. This couldn't possibly classify as a date, could it?

"Date date date!" Satou chant, "Shugo, what's the date?"

Shugo rolled his eyes. For now, he'd just assume he'd snapped.

"Dunno. Why do you want to know?"

"I just did, that's all." Satou replied, "Nya. Thanks for da Ice creamy nyu!"

".. No problem." Shugo replied, turning a bit red. People were staring... At them... And making strange comments.

"L-Let's go sit down." Shugo finally said, grabbing Satou's hand and dragging her outside. It was a nice, warm summer's night. The lights of the stores, seeing as this appeared to be a mall, were bright like stars. Everything seemed perfect.

"Ah! My ice cream! It's melllllllllting!" Satou whined, taking her spoon and shoveling ice cream into her mouth, "Ulp! BRAIN FREEEEEZE!"

Shugo sighed, just sitting there and quietly licking his ice cream cone. He should just leave her... That was it, he'd leave her. And she'd be lost.

"Oh. Shugoy-kun?"

"Shugo." Shugo corrected firmly.

"Oh, right. Shugo? I whazz wonderin'... Was it ok to take me directly from Dream World like dat?"

Shugo froze.

Good question. Somehow, he'd managed to drag just Satou's Dream World self here. Her actual body was probably still at her house, "sleeping".

"Oh... Uh... As long as you'r careful, you'll be ok. Besides, what could possibly happen in reality...?"

SNAP.

The lights suddenly snapped on and off. It was like there'd been a 2 second blackout. Even the stars had gone out. When the lights came back on, everything was... Different.

For one, there was a large stage in the middle of the street that all the mall shops lined. The stage had a banner hanging over it that read "Welcome to the Live Show!" and...

"Good evening! It's me, Yousei, you're luffly idol! Please, please, please! Don't take any pictures until the performance actually begins, ok?"

It was Yousei. The girl was in her Pixie Form, too.

Mostly everyone turned to stare in awe at the beautiful green haired girl, and Yousei just beamed proudly. Her fans. How she loved them...

But Shugo was a different story. Satou seemed to be very excitedly about the live show. The only thing that kept her from moving was her ice cream. Shugo probably wouldn't let her go, anyways. Perhaps he'd spoken too soon. Yousei was going to be a problem...

"Satou?" He whispered. Satou wasn't listening. She just dropped her ice cream and ran forward excitedly, towards the stage.

"Live show, nya! Live show, nya!"

"ACK! SATOU!" Shugo called, running forward and practically turning the table they'd been at over in the process.

As Satou ran forward, Yousei turned around swiftly and noticed the girl. Satou's ears and tail were showing, but just hearing that girl's voice was enough to remind Yousei of who this insane child was.

"OH GREAT. Just before my show, too." Yousei snapped bitterly, "Oh? And she's still in dream form? Killing her will be a piece of cake, then..."

Yousei's staff appeared and she turned to face Satou, an amused grin on her face. This was going to be easy. Yousei sang a sharp note into the staff and, as quickly as she'd spotted Satou, a nearby plant grew ten times it's original size, with thorns and everything, and fell on top of the air headed cat girl.

"SATOU!" Shugo yelled. Not good. Not. Good. Satou had had no time to move. She'd simply been smushed. You may picture gory details, if you wish. Have fun, it's your imagination. I'm not responsible for what you picture.

Anyways.

"Oh deary me. Is this Shugo, the 'guardian' of Dream World? And here I was, thinking our plan would be hard. Shouldn't you be guarding your pretty lil'World, Shoey?" Yousei asked playfully, seeming very proud of herself. Satou was 100 dead now. She could hear the gasps of the crowd, and people calling 911, but the police wouldn't save them now.

"Why did you do that!" Shugo demanded angrily, staring at the plant that had killed Satou. If he'd ever hated Yousei before, you could double that hate now.

"Because you have to, silly. But why does it matter? You don't like her, do you?"

Shugo didn't reply.

"Ooooh! Shugo has a crush! Shugo and the airhead, sittin' in a treee! K-I-S-S-I!"

"SHUT UP." Shugo snapped, "Why are you here, anyways?"

"Well, since I'm a villain, and this is where villains reveal their evil plans, and I've almost won anyways, I'll tell you. We're supposed to attack both worlds at once today. Fun, huh? Yes, as we speak, Satoshi and Hikari are taking care of Dream World. And your pink mew is DEAD. I find that very amusing, you know."

Shugo just glared at Yousei, than vanished. He didn't to get the other Mews, and fast. And he needed to contact an old "friend" of his.

+ The World of The DEAD +

It's creepy.

It's scary.

It's DEAD.

Yes, those exact words were written on a lovely card box box that had been nailed to a dieing old tree in a lovely land that smelt of rotting flesh and the like. Rotting Flesh scented soap was hard to come by, and managing to smoother your whole living room in it was even harder. There were even "burning flesh" scented candles scattered on the tables of the waiting room and everything.

"Uggg... Those words on the front sign sound like a nursery rhyme. I can't believe I inherited this dump." Muttered a miserable voice as a 16 year old girl began unpacking bags. Yes, it was the glory of... KRYS! And she'd just recently inherited the World of the Dead from some random relative who she'd never heard of until now. She was just remodeling the place, too. It hadn't spoken "Death" to her when she first came here. It was more like a celebration. But no. Krys didn't like the "Dead" being greeted by balloons, confetti, and cookies. No no no no NO. It just wasn't good enough.

And this was just the place Satou found herself in. Not the happy one, but the one that smelt like death. Krys' new place. She just suddenly appeared, her body completely fine, which was kind of fun. No janitor wanted to clean up her remains after Yousei's pretty flowers had gotten through with her.

Krys moaned, noticing the arrival of someone new who'd died and had connections with this place.

Now, let's hold up a minute and explain how this all works. For magical beings like Shugo, death was common. You usually had to get "Death insurance". It's similar to Life Insurance, only it's... Dead. N' stuff... Yeah...

Anyways, Shugo had all the dream mews set up so that they would come here and, hopefully, he could have them spared.

Only, that was when Krys' random relative owned the place. She'd accidentally kicked a bucket while sleep walking. Really.

"Name?" Krys asked boredly, hurrying over to a heavy book full of names and information on what to do with the people who owned the name.

"Satou Kuroneko."

"Awesome. It says here I need to check your IQ. So... What's your favorite food?"

"Ummmm... Strawberries... No... Raspberries... Uh...Wait wait. MANGO!"

"... Right. A girl who doesn't know her favorite food." Krys nodded and slammed the book shut, "Sounds like an idiot. I'll just have you sent to your doom, then."

"Eh? Well! UH! In that case, I like to eat books!" Satou said quickly.

This obviously wasn't helping.

"Oh. Wait. Phone call." Krys said, hearing a phone ring. She hurried off to the phone, deciding to put Satou's little death-thing aside for a moment.

"Hello? Who is it? Make it fast, I have to kill an idiot here."

"Well, if that idiot is Satou, please don't kill her!" It was, yup, you guessed it, Shugo. Krys moaned.

"Ummm... Fine." She said slowly, "But you owe me."

"Ok. Thank you! You can send her to Reality."

"Alrighty." Krys hung and looked over at Satou, "Your boyfriend-person called. Is he rich?"

"... Dunno. Do I have a boyfriend?"

"... Uggg... Just forget it. Listen, does 'Shugo', the guy who signed you up to come this dump... Does he have anything I'd want?"

"He buys me ice cream and he says that if he got a penny for every time I did something dumb he'd be rch, so I guess he's pretty rich!"

Krys just moaned. So much for that. She'd think of something she wanted later.

"Ok, you're free to go. Just don't hurt yourself on your way out..."

"Okies dokies smokies!"

"... Yeah. Ja."

Satou: whine I'm sorry. Xx; This chapter sucked. Krys currently has no relation to ShikyoNoKrys, though, ok? x-x; Krys-san, can you confirm if this sounds like you at all? I'm so sorreh, I didn't want to bug anyone anymore about Dream World ; Gomen that the chapter sucked, I'll try harder next time. bow bow bow