Against each other

Disclaimer: Don't own anything, so don't sue.

The Second Part in my Tokyo Mew Mew trilogy. The First part is called 'trapped Is Serenity' Read it first, or you really won't understand piss about this one.

Okay, this fic will answer lots of questions not answered in the first part. Like I didn't put this fic at any exact point at first, but I've realized that with different conversations I'll have to point out what exactly happened. Everything in books 1-4 happened. Some things in book 5 happened, some didn't, and some things in book 6 will happen, when others won't.

This is AU, as you probably noticed, but I hope it's still readable. Give me at least two weeks after each chapter before you start nagging about updates… I got four other stories to update too.

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Chapter 4

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"Move it." Kish hissed at the three mews that had been kneeling near by, trying to stop the bleeding. The mews all turned at the irritated and angry voice, and flinched at the dead look on Kish's face. They even looked little in horror at all the slashes and cuts that were shown in his arms and legs that were not covered up by his clothing. Zakuro and Ichigo were little dazed. And the other mews hadn't even seen what was under Kish's clothes.

The mews fast scattered away, except for Ichigo and Zakuro who were holding Kish up. Kish took one look at Pai and groaned.

"Tartelett, get The Stone." Kish ordered. Tartelett's eyes widened, a human habit he had acquired in his stay on earth.

"B-but surely…" Tartelett tried to talk Kish over. Kish glared at Tartelett.

"You are well aware that at this stage of my recovering I can't do any healing on others, unless I use the stone. Pai is in pain." Tartelett nodded sadly.

"Then Pai is glad to have served the royal family." Tartelett stated, his face forcing into an emotionless mask, as he made no move to get The Stone. Purin's eyes widened at Tartelett's reaction.

"Tartelett…" Kish started. He was feeling grumpy as hell. First there had been the Incident. Then when he had been recovering from it, he had been awakened too early, and the sedative was already leaving his body, making breathing exceptionally painful, and he had to fight not the wheeze every time he took a breath. And on top of it, his comrade said no to a direct order, while his other comrade was fast bleeding to death.

And, Ichigo had seen him in his weakened state.

"… No. I just can't let you do that. You know what the consequences of using the stone are." Kish gritted his teeth and had to really hard resist the urge to send a blast of uncontrolled magic on Tartelett. Suddenly Kish's canines grew longer and his eyes became red.

"NOW." Tartelett turned his gaze to the floor. Maybe awakening the commander hadn't been a good idea. Maybe he should just have let his friend die. It would be the best of the elven race, after all. He took one shaky breath, and mews were startled to notice silent tears were making their way down his cheeks.

Because Tartelett knew what he had to do. He was no stranger to death, pain or torture. Heck, most of the time it was him inflicting all those things. But he knew what he was. A soldier and his duty was to ensure the safety of the people. The safety of the people required a prince very alive.

He found his hand was shaking as he walked to Pai. Somewhere in the back of his mind he noticed the commander was looking at him in anger, though his eyes were their normal amber colour now, and that his teeth were normal too.

He kneeled by Pai. It hurt him inside that he had to do this, and he knew he was going to be pained my bloody nightmares for nights to come.

But the best of the community came first.

This was why Tartelett's hands no longer shook when he covered Pai's mouth and nose. His eyes were filled with determination, as he cut off Pai's air.

The body under his hands jerked. The chest jumped up and Pai's eyes opened, filled with panic. Pai was a trained soldier, and he was able to take a look at the determined Tartelett and the sick looking Kish because of that. His soldier mind came to a quick conclusion, and he stopped struggling.

After all, Tartelett was his friend, and while he may have been too childish, he knew what had to be done, and he was not stupid. Pai trusted Tartelett's judgement, and looked at the ceiling accepting. He jerked one last time, not able to stop himself.

It felt like his lungs were on fire, and he no longer could feel his wounds. Darkness collected at the edges of his sight, and Pai closed his eyes, knowing no more.

Tartelett's eyes filled with pain and his hold on Pai loosened. His gaze turned to his friends now peaceful face and tears made their way down his face, falling on top of Pai's, mixing with the other boy's.

Tartelett's blond hair covered his face, and suddenly his shoulders started to shake.

I really didn't want to do this.

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The mews stared with shock. Tartelett had just suffocated his team-mate.

"Well hurry and freeze him. Otherwise the whole stupid thing you just did was for nothing." Kish said in a dull voice. He didn't quite know what to think about the whole thing. He knew Tartelett was ready to kill for him, but to kill Pai?

Unexpected? Yes.

"Y-yes." Tartelett said his voice cracking. He raised his hand and suddenly green vines appeared of the stone floor, and lifted Pai up from the floor. The vines circled around his legs arms and head, until they were fully covering him.

Sweat drops mixed with the tears on Tartelett's face as he concentrated hard. His eyes twitched as the vines that covered Pai froze. The vines started to turn icy blue, and frost spread from Pai's feet to his legs, chest and head.

"W-w-what happened to Pai?" Retasu asked, sitting on her knees, her eyes wide. Tartelett looked ashamed at his feet. Kish sighted, and Zakuro's face barely showed any emotion at all.

"Is he dead?" The words seemed to hang in the air, and some of the mews turned to look from Pai's frozen body to Zakuro, who was still staring stonily at Pai. The edges of Kish's mouth moved slightly upwards in a way that couldn't quite be called a smile.

"No. He is frozen. That is the last way out, and his awakening is highly unlikely. About ten percent." Kish looked down while talking. He stood shakily, leaning on Ichigo, while Zakuro had a firm hold of his upper arm.

"…people just sacrifice too much for me… No more…" Kish murmured so silent that only Ichigo heard. His eyes glimmered determined before a sob wrenched through his body. He made no sound, but couldn't stop himself from shaking. Ichigo tried to find his eyes from somewhere under the wet bangs, but gave up, instead comforting him by moving her arm on his back in lazy circles.

Kish froze at the motion, before he practically crumbled down, hugging Ichigo. He buried his head in Ichigo's neck. Maybe he could use this opportunity to find comfort in Ichigo, even though the girl would never be his.

"Would you help me to my room…?" Kish silently murmured, and Ichigo nodded, before nodding to Zakuro who let go of Kish's arm. Ichigo looked surprised by the action, but Zakuro just looked at her pointedly, making Ichigo blush. The message was quite clear. Ichigo was to take care of Kish.

Ichigo blushed before leading Kish to where she knew his room was. The way to the bedroom, which was only three hallways away was painful. To Ichigo's aching muscles, to Kish wounds, and to their emotions.

I just don't know what to feel anymore!

Ichigo felt like screaming inside. She loved Masaya didn't she? She could loose herself on the big brown eyes that lately had been looking at her possessively.

Possessively.

But that was what Masaya felt towards her, or so Ichigo thought. He had been treating her more and more commanding every time they had seen each other. The grabbing of her hand to pull her somewhere, the crushing strong hugs that made her feel like she was suffocating, and the kisses he seemed to except on demand.

She felt like she was suffocated.

But then again, Masaya did all those things because he loved her, right?

But… It's not like he had ever said 'I love you'….

Ichigo and Kish neared the bed, and Ichigo was just about to help Kish to sit on the edge of his bed when Kish stumbled over the edge of his rug, sending both him and Ichigo flying towards the bed. Kish would have regained his footing and caught Ichigo easily, had he not been injured. But now, as he was hurt, he didn't really accomplish anything.

They flew on the bed, Ichigo at the bottom, Kish on top. The force sent them rolling across the bed before the finally flew down from the other side of the bed. Kish acted so that he landed on bottom, as he knew that if he were to fall on Ichigo, he would not have been able to remove himself while his muscles didn't cooperate.

They landed on the floor with a shared 'huff!' Kish groaning in pain. The laid there, eyes closed and panting for few moments before Ichigo opened her eyes and immediately blushed.

She was straddling Kish's hips firmly, her other hand inside his shirt and another in his green locks. The hands had been moving by themselves before Ichigo had time to react. Kish was looking up to her, his amber eyes glowing in the soft light, his other hand on the small of her back, and the other holding her cheek. Only couple of inches separated their lips and Kish felt her warm breath on his face.

Sorry.

Was all Kish could think of before he drew her face closer and kissed her gently. She didn't resist. He nibbled slightly at her lower lip, before sucking and licking it, making the girl gasp. Kish used the moment to put his tongue into her mouth, moving it across her teeth and then her tongue, that seemed little hesitant before answering his administrations.

After a moment they separated for air, and Ichigo made no move to move from Kish. Her eyes were wide and she brought her fingers on her red lips, as if savouring the touch. She rested her gaze on Kish, who was looking at her gently. There was a tint of question in her gaze, and Kish gladly answered.

He pulled her down again, ravishing her mouth, making her to gasp fro precious air when he let her go. She looked at him in shock, and just as she was about to pull off, he spoke.

…I love you…" She froze, hearing the words that had never left the lips of her boyfriend, the words she had wanted to hear some time already, as Kish pulled her into another kiss.

Maybe I can give up…to do what I have longed to do for a long time.

I should just let go.

Tears gathered in Ichigo's eyes, her emotional turmoil shaking her roughly.

No.

This isn't right.

I shouldn't be doing this.

I…

I…

I shouldn't be doing this.

I-is…

This real…?

…Masaya…

Ichigo's eyes widened and she slammed her palms on either side of Kish's face. Her eyes widened in horror at what she had done, before she scrambled hurriedly away. She jumped onto her feet, leaving Kish alone on the floor, panting slightly.

"I… I just can't. I can't do this…" She looked at Kish, tears falling from her eyes, before she bolted from the room. Kish watched her go silently, before letting his head fall on the floor with a 'hunk!'

…Fuck…

… How is it that I can't make her love me…?

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A/N: Next chapter will be little longer, and then there's only epilogue left! I can't believe I've scraped up a story this fast…I'm impressed with myself. Maybe I'm curing myself from my lazy habits, neh?

Well, anyway, sorry for the wait. I had to write several chapters together so that the story would with together better..

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