The Troubles With Love
A/N: Alright I don't own TMM and I'm not claiming to either. I use some lyrics and I don't own those either
Chapter 5 "Retasu's Confusion and Ryou's Search"
Retasu's sapphire eyes widened as she watched the alien come closer and closer to her. Confusion raced inside her head as Kisshu enclosed in on her. The last time Retasu had seen Kisshu they had just defeated Deep Blue. In her kind she just could not understand why Kisshu wanted to kill her. So there Retasu sat on her knees and totally stiff as Kisshu looked at her. Kisshu then grinned as he rose up one of his swords and swung it at Retasu leaving her in shock and consumed with fear.
Slice! Retasu's sapphire eyes stared in shock as she looked at the huge gouge in her right shoulder. Blood seeped onto Retasu's gray uniform top as her hand slowly touched the gooey liquid. Slowly the green haired girl stood up as she glared at Kisshu. "What are you doing Kisshu!" She shouted as she winced in pain. Retasu watched as Kisshu came towards her once more with his blades as she tried to run from him. Panic flooded Retasu as she tried desperately to think of what she should do.
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming. Am I too lost to be saved? Am I too lost?
A huge brick wall stopped Retasu from running any further as she turned wide eyed and stared at the approaching alien. Just then Kisshu swung his swords again. "NO! MEW MEW LETTUCE METAMORPHO-SIS!" She screamed as a green light surrounded her body. Her green hair became a brighter green along with her sapphire eyes turning a shade of green. Her school uniform was replaced with a weird costume the color of green. A choker formed around her neck with the source of her transformation hanging from it; a golden power pendant. Green knee high boots were on her feet as her transformation was complete.
The girl no longer stood in front of the alien as Retasu Midorikawa, but rather as Mew Lettuce infused with the DNA of the black finless porpoise. Her green eyes glared at the alien as she called upon her battle weapon. "Lettuce Castanets." Green castanets formed in the Mew Mew's hands as she looked at Kisshu. "If you take one step closer to me Kisshu I swear I'll attack you with everything I have."
"Now play nice you Mew Mew. Besides would I really be scared of a young girl." Kisshu smirked as he took another step closer to the green haired teen.
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The tires on Ryou's motorbike squealed as he came to a sudden stop and slid on the muddy street. His sapphire eyes looked towards the back allies where he had spotted a familiar emanating green light. "It can't be… Mew Lettuce?" The engine roared on the motorbike as Ryou began to race towards the familiar light.
>Ryou's POV
What in the world is going on? I know that I am not seeing things, that really is Mew Lettuce's aura? I wonder why she would transform there is no danger. God I hope that I was just seeing things. I don't want to force the girls to fight once more.
>End Ryou's POV
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"Ribbon Lettuce Rush!" Mew Lettuce shouted as she attacked the green haired alien nailing him in the gut. The alien fell to the ground as Mew Lettuce slowly approached him. "I do not want to hurt you Kisshu, but if you attack again I will attack." Lettuce then went to walk passed Kisshu, but he grabbed her hand forcing her to scream. "Let go Kisshu!"
His normal golden eyes were bloody red as he looked into Mew Lettuce's eyes. "Now you listen to me dumb girl you have no idea what you have gotten yourself into. I am more than you can handle. If I were you I'd stop fighting now and give in." He glared twisting her wrist causing it to crack. Kisshu then dug his nails into the girl's flesh as blood trickled down her arm. "Now what are you going to do? Are you going to give in?"
Mew Lettuce's green eyes stared at the blood that was dripping to the ground and became lost in thought.
>Retasu's POV
What are you doing Retasu? You can't just sit here and let Kisshu do this to you. You have got to get out of here so you can deal with telling Shirogane-san how you feel. I can't die here. I have to warn the others Kisshu is back. I have got to do something, but why won't my body move? Why can't I fight back? And why am I letting him draw m blood? What is this pain? It hurts badly… Oh my gosh there is a pool of blood on the ground. Is it mine?
>End Retasu's POV
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming. Am I too lost to be saved? Am I too lost?
The world began to blur around Mew Lettuce as she lost her transformation and Kisshu threw her against the brick wall. Blood seeped in between Retasu's chapped lips as her face grew pale. The young girl was in agonizing pain as she slowly lifted her head to look at the alien's blood red eyes. Chills ran down her back as she slowly rose to her feet. "Kisshu stop this please! I thought we were friends. Deep Blue is gone and your planet was saved thanks to the Mew Aqua!"
Kisshu cut into Retasu's right arm causing her to scream out in pain. "I'm doing this because I can. You were always the weakest Mew and this proves it. You aren't even fighting back. I don't know what you think you can do for this world, but you are only lying to yourself. Just give up."
Retasu rose to her feet as tears streamed from her face. "You do not know what you are saying Kisshu! MEW MEW LETTUCE METAMORPHO-SIS!" Retasu went through her transformation once again, but she knew that she was very weak and probably would not be able to stand against Kisshu for long. Darkness seemed to surround Mew Lettuce and she could feel her body become weak from the loss of blood. "Ribbon Lettuce Rush!" She called out totally missing Kisshu. Her green eyes strained to stop seeing double as she aimed at Kisshu once again. "Ribbon Lettuce Rush!" She cried out sending her attack right into Kisshu's gut full force.
Blood was spat from Kisshu's mouth as he fell backwards into a wall and winced. The rain completely stopped as Kisshu stood up and glared at Mew Lettuce. "You brat! I am going to make you pay for this and I'll get rid of you and the others be aware little mew!" With that Kisshu disappeared into nothingness and left Mew Lettuce all by herself. Light surrounded Mew Lettuce changing her back into Retasu.
Retasu winced as she looked at the various cuts and wounds on her body. Blood was in piles around her and it was enough to make her vomit. A fever began to develop and Retasu could feel herself get light headed as she ripped part of her skirt off to be a makeshift bandage for her wrist. She wrapped it as tightly as she could around the bleeding wound. Agonizing pain shot up her arm causing her to tremble slightly as she decided to walk and try to find her way home.
Late night was becoming early morning, everyone was well asleep by now and in a couple of sort hours everyone would be awakening. Retasu was shaken up and could only hope that no one she didn't know would try to talk to her. Retasu was scared and alone in a part of town she didn't know. To only make matters worse for the young mew she was injured extremely badly.
>Retasu's POV
How come nothing looks familiar anymore? I know that I need to get home and clean up so I can go to school in the morning. I wish I had never gone to the café yesterday, then I would be just fine right now. How can I say that I loved seeing Shirogane-san again. What is wrong with me? No one else would have run out if Purin-chan said anything like that about them. Maybe there is something wrong with me… Maybe I don't deserve to love.
>End Retasu's POV
Retasu leaned against the cold brick wall as she sat against it. The ground was cold and wet under Retasu matching almost exactly how she felt inside, cold and lost. Fear was never something Retasu really had to deal with, she was shy and quiet yes, but never really fearful. Life seemed pointless to Retasu. She had given her heart to someone and had no way of letting him know how she. When Purin had told Ryou that Retasu had liked him everything seemed to shatter before her. How could Retasu possibly face Ryou now that he knew she liked him. Everything would go how Retasu had imagined, things would be awkward between the two of them. Cold tears fell down Retasu's cheek as she hid her head in her knees.
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming. Am I too lost to be saved? Am I too lost?
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Dawn slowly approached as Ryou walked into the café cold and wet. His biker helmet was on the table in front of him as Keiichiro offered Ryou a cup of coffee and a towel. "You still weren't able to find Retasu?"
Ryou shook his head sadly while taking the towel from Keiichiro's hand. It was warm and felt good against Ryou's frozen skin. He then looked at Keiichiro. "I'll talk in a minute I have got to get out of these cold clothes. Arigatou for the coffee Keiichiro." Upstairs Ryou quickly threw on a pair of black pants along with a white shirt with blue on it. He then threw on a blue chokers and walked back into the dining area.
Keiichiro poured more coffee in his coffee cup as he sat in a chair across from Ryou and looked at the blond. "So Retasu hasn't returned home yet, which means that she must still be out there somewhere." He said taking a sip on his warm creamy coffee.
"This may seem weird for me to say, but when I was searching for Retasu I could have sworn I saw Mew Lettuce's green aura." Ryou responded taking the towel he had left on the table and drying his hair with it. "I have reason to believe that Retasu was in some kind of danger and had to transform."
Brown eyes looked at Ryou in confusion as Keiichiro was trying to interpret what his partner had just told him. "Are you saying Mew Lettuce has been reborn and was in some sort of battle, Ryou?" Clearly confused Keiichiro looked at Ryou awaiting an answer.
"Nothing is positive Keiichiro; however, I am pretty sure my eyes know what they saw and it was Mew Lettuce's aura. Only once we find Retasu will we know if what I saw was correct or not." Ryou replied as he stirred his coffee slowly and stared at it.
"In any case we have got to continue the search for Retasu. If what you said was true and she was in a battle, she may be injured badly. " Keiichiro replied as he grabbed a jacket. "You get a little rest Ryou and I will continue the search now."
Ryou's blonde hair moved gently as he shook his head. "No I'm going to go out and continue searching for Retasu as well. She needs to be found and I'm not going to stop searching until she is."
"Alright Ryou, however, don't make your self sick from being out in the cold too long or not getting any sleep. Please be careful." Keiichiro replied watching Ryou grab his helmet.
"There is no need to worry Keiichiro I will be fine. You should be more worried about Retasu. Now let's stop wasting time chit chatting and go find her." Ryou stated rushing out the café doors and back over to his motorbike. "If you find her Keiichiro phone me on my cellular."
Keiichiro nodded as he ran off to go find Retasu and with that the motorbike started and off went Ryou. The two boys were now searching for Retasu with no clue where she could possibly be.
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The brilliant sunlight shown on Retasu's pale face as her sapphire eyes slowly fluttered open. Somehow she had managed to fall asleep in the cold ally way. Chills ran up Retasu's spine when she actually got a good look at the ally. It was covered with trash and mice. Retasu stood up quickly reminded of her wounds as she left the ally way and sighed. She could see since the sun was out and people were walking all throughout the sidewalks. "Maybe I should ask someone for help. I don't know how to get home…" She said quietly to herself as she started walking.
Retasu then walked up to a man and smiled. "Gomen for bothering you sir, but I was wondering if you could help me figure out where I am." She asked politely as she looked at the man.
The man smirked as he put his hand under Retasu's chin. "That depends on if you give me anything." He smiled as he grabbed onto her wrist. "Now how about a kiss." He said pulling Retasu closer to him.
Retasu's sapphire eyes widened as she tried to get free from the man's grip but she couldn't. The man was getting closer and closer to her as she looked up at him in fear. "No…" She whispered trying to break free again. "Stop! Help Someone!" She cried but no one around her seemed to notice her. Tears filled Retasu's face as the man forced a kiss from Retasu as he laughed putting his arm around her. "RAPE!" She cried out forcing herself to break down.
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Ryou was riding his bike around town when his tires stopped and he listened. Someone was crying and screaming, but he didn't know where. All of a sudden he turned and saw a familiar green haired girl who was cut up and bruised. She had tears streaming from her face and a man had his hands on her chest and other places. "RAPE!" Cried the girl as Ryou jumped off his bike. He ran over to the man and punched him in the face as hard a he could causing his knuckles to bleed. He walked over to the girl who was on the ground crying covering her chest.
"Retasu?" The blond questioned looking at the frightened girl. Her eyes met his with tears streaming form hers. Ryou got down on his knees as he put his hand on her cheek. "You don't need to be afraid anymore Retasu that guy won't bother you anymore."
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming. Am I too lost to be saved? Am I too lost?
Retasu looked up at the blond and realized who it was and nerves tightened in her stomach. "Shirogane-san… I… I…" She looked at him figuring he was going to be mad at her for running and she looked at the ground.
"Come on Retasu your parents have been worried sick about you. Let's get you back home and cleaned up then when you come in for you shift you can explain wha the hell was going through your mind when you ran." Ryou stated slowly helping Retasu up and helping her on his bike. "One sec I have to call everyone and let them know that I finally found you."
It didn't take Ryou long to call everyone and let them know that Retasu was safe. He looked at Retasu who was injured pretty badly and he sighed. "Come on let's get you home."
Ryou drove Retasu home and it was a pretty quiet ride. Neither of them spoke a word until they got to Retasu's home. Her sapphire eyes looked at him and she smiled very lightly. "Arigatou Shirogane-san and gomen for running off." She said quietly as she went inside.
Mr. and Mrs. Midorikawa came outside as they looked at Ryou. "Mr. Shirogane do you know anything about what happened to Retasu?" Mr. Midorikawa questioned as he looked at Ryou. "Arigatou for bringing her back home."
"You are welcome sir. When I found Retasu she was with a man who was attempting to rape her from what I understand." Ryou explained as he looked at Retasu's parents. "I think she should be fine. She was just a little shaken up that is all."
"Arigatou again Mr. Shirogane I appreciate you bringing our daughter home." Mrs. Midorikawa thanked as her and her husband walked inside.
Retasu was up in her room all alone as she cried silently on her bed. All of her wounds were cared for and bandaged all of them that is except for her emotional wounds. Never in her entire life had Retasu been so fearful and scared. Then when Ryou saved her from that man he seemed so cold towards her.
>Retasu's POV
Is Shirogane-san really angry with me? Good going Retasu you have ruined everything now. Shirogane-san is upset with you and you made everything worse. How stupid could you be? Then you talked to that stranger and almost got raped. Kisshu almost killed you as well. What the hell is wrong with me?
>End Retasu's POV
Once more tears filled Retasu's eyes as she buried her face into her green pillow. "Now how am I going to face Shirogane-san?"
A/N: Chapter 5 is done please tell me what you think of it! Hopefully you didn't think it was too bad. I'm going to be working on Chapter 6 real soon, but hopefully I get some reviews! Until chapter 6 laterz!
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Japanese Words and Meanings
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Gomen- Sorry
Arigatou- Thank you
Nya/Nyan- Meow
Na No Da- Purin says it at the end of each sentence; a form of exclamation
Oneesama- Minto refers to Zakuro as Oneesama; This is a form of big sister but with a lot of respect
Oneechan- sister
Oniichan- brother
Ohayou- Good Morning
Konnichiwa- Good Afternoon