"You're crying…."

Ichigo noticed that hot tears were running down her face and Nori was once again staring blankly.

"You've got to understand Nori…." Ichigo begged, keeping her arms up protectively to the door.

"I'll say this for the last time…move…." Nori said darkly.

"No…I can't…." Ichigo sobbed.

Nori gave a small scowl and shoved Ichigo to the side—hard.

"NORI!" Nika screamed.

"I told all of you I didn't want to participate yet you still tried to stop me. I gave her my warnings." Nori left, her sad eyes still emotionless.

"That brat! Ichigo, I will make sure she pays for what she's done! She's 15,000,000,000 times as bad as Fugiwara (Zakuro)!"

"Ryou…." Nika delicately laid a hand on Ryou's pumped arm. "Don't hurt Nori…she's been hurt…." Her expression was extremely sad and pitiful. It was so unusual Ryou immediately stopped.

"I think we've had enough drama for the day…what do you say we close early today?" Keiichiro suggested, ruining then dead silence.

It was midnight and Ichigo awoke, surprised she was able to wake up after the exhaustion she had endured that day.

If I go to their planet they'll keep me there as their slave…my friends wouldn't want that to happen to me…would they….? If they said friends…that would mean Nori too…. Ichigo pulled a jacket and legwarmers over her and went for a walk around her neighborhood. But I just couldn't let them be destroyed! I have to go! But they would use my power and inflict it on earth I bet! And my friends would still be angry at me…. "Oh!" Ichigo moaned and sulked. Either way I'll be miserable! Which could be worse? If they were destroyed or if the entire world was mad at me…if they're still alive!A lurching feeling in her stomach overwhelmed her and she ran to the nearby park and hid in the forest and cried her eyes out.

"Aw! You must be positively miserable! I'm sorry kitty-cat but I'm not the one who makes the rules!" A roaring kirema animal picked it up with it's mouth. When the tears had fallen off her eyes Ichigo got a good look at the lion that had her in it's mouth. "Oh, and here's the best part I forgot to tell you about! When I said your friends, I meant your precious little Masaya too!"

NOT MASAYA!

"Let go of her." An odd calm yet threatening voice came after a loud thump and a scowl from Kish, Ichigo was released and squinted up through tears and there was Nori. Talk about déjà vu….

"You're that annoying brat from earlier!" Kish smiled and glared.

"Ribbon Moonlight Ecslipe!" She announced and there was once again a blinding light.

"Ha! Light won't work on me anymore, I won't flee this time!" Kish boasted.

Nori grabbed Ichigo under her arm and carried her to the top of a building….a very high one in the city. "Thanks." Ichigo said, slightly mumbling. Nori didn't even glance at her.

"Why did you bring me here?" Ichigo asked, looking off the edge of the building at the many cars and people.

"Incase."

"But I should be getting home, it's a school night!"

"There." Nori pointed to a giant lion roaring through the streets. "He's come after you." She told Ichigo bluntly, turned around, walked towards the other end of the building, then ran at full speed to the lion.

"Mew Mew Metamorphisis!" Mew Ichigo wondered if she too could make that jump…Nori looked as of she had tried it a thousand times. Ichigo closed her eyes and gulped as she ran across the top of the building and jumped. When she opened her eyes she was about to fall to the ground! IT CAN'T END LIKE THIS! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE! I can ever hear Nika's laugh…what would happen if I could stay here longer and help her? Nika is desperate by herself fighting monsters…but Nori could become the new leader—right! And Masaya…. "Oof!" Ichigo exclaimed, stopping her thoughts as someone with orange grabbed her in mid air and landed on the lion. "Sutoro Bell Bell!" Ichigo yelled and was repelled back when she hit the angry lion. She landed gracefully on the cement sidewalk behind it. She glanced up at the person who had saved her but that one glance made her stare; it was Nika! Wearing the same outfit as Nori in orange; A one piece suit with slightly poofy shorts, very short sleeves, and a v-neckline. It is a bright orange colour, with a few dashes of yellow on the shorts. Over the shorts, there is a translucent red-ish skirt. Her feet are clad in sunset-colored hiking boots with hearts on them, and she wears a pair of short fingerless gloves, one orange and one yellow. She has a long, orange tiger tail and ears poking up from her head.

She must have jumped from the building and caught me in mid air! But when did she come! I didn't see her up there!

"Wow Ichigo, it's Tokyo Mew Mew's 2nd generation 1st battle! Isn't it awesome!" Ichigo's hairs rose on her when Nika said this though luckily Nori had released a blinding light again to hide Nika.

"Nika, get out of here before Kish sees you!"

"Huh? Why?" It was if she had saddled the lion the way she rode it when it rocked back and forth, roaring. She laughed.

"Nika, get out of here!" Nori ordered fiercly, straining to keep the blinding light going.

"No! This is part of being a mew mew right! But—we're still stronger together!" She laughed and dove, feet first into that blinding light.

"ARGH! What are you doing little girl!" Kish screamed, with his teeth gritted.

"WHOO-HOO!"

Nori sighed and stopped the light.

"Yes! Sun Sceptera!" Two short, hand-sized sticks with bright sun-symbols perched at the top, a yellow heart situated in the middle. From the suns' bases flow ribbons of red, yellow, and orange appeared in her hands. "Ribbon Sunny Entice!" Nika connected the two sticks by the sides, and the suns merge together, letting off a bright, warm glow, then she directs this light towards the enemy as a powerful light-based attack. Kish turned wide-eyed again as she attack was hurtled at him. It hit him and sent him propelling at a tremendous speed backwards and right into a hard brick wall.

"So this is your 3rd mew mew, eh?" Kish smiled despite the obvious pain.

In an orange flash Nika appeared in front of Kish, her lips pouting, her hands on her hips and her legs wide apart.

"You're fast…." Kish sneered. "It doesn't matter. We know who you are."

"Of course you do silly! That's what being a mew mew is all about! Fighting kirema animals and slimy cyniclons like you!" She grinned and without warning kicked him very hard on his left cheek with Nika's fast leg and then as she turned around lifted up her left leg and hit him again. Kish moaned and felt the red mark.

"You'll pay for that!"

"Then make me!" She stuck out her tongue and pulled down on the skin below her eye.

"Ribbon Strawberry Bell!" Ichigo attacked from behind and aimed her attack straight towards Kish who disappeared right after it hit him. The kirema animal had gone with him. Ichigo nodded contentedly then gasped. "Does anyone have a watch!"

Nori appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Ichigo and Nika, who's feet were allowed to touched the ground which made them go extremely fast. Nori was the one who led them to another very high building where Ichigo transformed back.

"Guys, that was great teamwork! Nori, you would do great with us!"

"No I wouldn't." Then she yanked on Nika who gave a 'sorry' look and they speeded off.

Ichigo sighed and got a glance of her watch; "2:30 am! Why are these people still driving! What am I doing here! Oh! I should've asked Nika and Nori for a ride home!" Ichigo cried to the sky. "Why meeeeeee!"