Sakura: Final Chapter! x) w00t!

Minto: Finally…-.-

Sakura: For once, I agree with you. But for a different reason, I'm sure.

Minto: -Nods-

Sakura: This'll be my first finished fanfic! -Cheers- And right before my Birthday, too!

Pudding: -Gives cake and muffin- Happy Birthday!

Sakura: Yays!

Minto: Just finish it already… -Takes a sip of tea-

Sakura: Okay! On with the story!

Remember: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew and sadly never will…T.T

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'Oh no…' Ichigo gasped, taking a step away from the window. 'No…not now…' She looked back at Shokora, her feeling of worry rising. 'I have to…but I can't just leave her…should I…?' Ichigo shakes her head and dashes out the door before she could think about it anymore. 'I have to…' "Mew Ichigo Metamorpho-SIS!" She calls, her original clothes changing to her battle costume. She summons the Strawberry Bell and glares up at the Kirema Anima she thought she had beaten before. "How did it…"

"It's not the same one." Someone says from behind the Kirema Anima. "It's a different one. Modified." Pai comes out from behind it, his arms folded. "Now go get the girl. We have a score to settle."

"I thought I told you to leave, Pai!" Ichigo yells, her grip on the Strawberry Bell tightening.

"I did. And now I'm back. Go get the girl."

Ichigo looks at the window a couple floors up. Why her? What had Shokora done? 'Arrgh…I should have gotten there sooner…its all my fault!' "I won't." She states boldly, holding out the Strawberry Bell, ready to attack. "Leave, or I'll have to fight you myself."

"My fight is with her, not you." Pai says, pointing behind Ichigo.

Ichigo looks over her shoulder in the direction Pai had pointed. "Wha…?"

Shokora limps over to Ichigo's side in her Mew Mew form, her eyes looking unfocused. "A…alright, then… Let's settle this…" She manages to mumble.

"Shokora! No! You're in no condition to fight!" Ichigo says quickly, placing her hand on Shokora's shoulder. "Please don't. You're pushing yourself to far."

"No…I can…do this…" Her hazy eyes tried to focus on Pai as she summoned her weapon. "Just…get rid of the Kirema Anima…" She commands, taking a step forward. "If we fight, we fight on our own…no help from anyone or anything."

"Fine." Pai agrees, teleporting the Kirema Anima away. "Now. Kuu Rai Sen!" He shouts, sending his usual lighting attack towards Shokora.

"Ribbon Shokora Slash!" She calls, sending a white aura straight through the lightning and hits him. "I'm not weak…I can…win this…"

"Shokora, stop!" Ichigo shouts, standing in front of Shokora.

"Out of my way…" Shokora says darkly, her eyes faced towards Ichigo now. It seemed almost as if she was glaring at Ichigo, but it was hard for her to tell…

"S-Shokora…" She stutters, not able to move. Shokora walks past Ichigo and towards Pai. "Ribbon…"

"K-Kuu Rai Sen!"

"…Shokora Slash!" She finishes her call, once again going through Pai's attack and hitting him. "You're going to lose." She states plainly, her eyes emotionless as she looks down at Pai, now standing inches away from him. "Give up, or die."

"Shokora…what's gotten into you…" Ichigo asks, horrified. 'S-Shokora can actually act like this? I-I never…would have…expected…'

"You interfere with our plans! Are you not Kisshu's sister? Then why stop us from trying to get out planet back?" He demands, trying to move further away from her, failing due to the tree behind him.

"I don't care what Deep Blue's orders are for us. We should all find a new planet, or try to live with the humans. I won't let you destroy them. I have friends here now…"

"You dare to address Deep Blue-sama with such disrespect…"

"Yes. Leave now..." She says, summoning her weapon. "Or, like I said, you die." Ichigo grabs Shokora's hand, holding her back.

"Please leave, Pai..." She says softly. "She's not fully recovered yet and I don't think she knows what she's saying..." Pai narrows his eyes and looks behind the two.

"Fine..." He says slowly, teleporting away.

Shokora leans back a little, letting Ichigo support her. A low growling comes from behind Ichigo and Shokora. Ichigo whirls around, ready to attack. "N-no! I-it's back...why?" She grabs Shokora and jumps out of the way of an attack. "Shokora! Get out of here!" Ichigo yells, pushing Shokora towards the hospital slightly. "I can't let anything happen to you."

Shokora looks at Ichigo for a moment, then runs at the Kirema Anima. "This is stupid! Why can't Deep Blue just take everyone and give up on trying to get this planet back?" She shouts, attacking the Kirema Anima. It left a big wound, but it could still fight. "That's the cause of all this! Why my onii-san was taken away! Why Ichigo and her friends can't live normal lives! This is all so stupid!" She falls forwards, no longer able to stand.

"Shokora!" Ichigo calls, running over to Shokora. "Ribbon Strawberry Check!" She shouts, destroying the Kirema Anima. (A/N: It wasn't really that weak...it was just because it was already hit by Shokora...-) "Shokora, wake up!" Ichigo lifts Shokora up and shakes her softly, tears running down her cheeks.

"Koneko-chan?" Kisshu asks, appearing in front of the two. His face seemed blank as he stared down at the wounded Shokora and Ichigo's tear stained face. "What...happened...?" He asks slowly, kneeling down to Ichigo's level.

"Sh-Shokora tried to...fight Pai...and then after...she tried to destroy the Kirema Anima...when she should have been...recovering... I-I think it...was t-too much..." She sobs, trying to control her tears.

"Onii-san...?" Shokora asks weakly, trying to focus on Kisshu.

Kisshu forces a smile and nods. "Are you alright?" It was a silly question, he knew, but what else was there to say?

Shokora gives a small nod. "I'm just kinda...cold..." She says, shivering slightly.

Ichigo covers her mouth with her free hand, giving a light gasp. Her eyes were filled with more tears. She had a pretty good guess as to why. 'This...this can't be happening...' "Then lets...get you inside..." Ichigo says, trying to hold back more sobs.

"Onii-san...you're going to take good care of Ichigo, right...?" Shokora smiles, her sight begining to fog. "Right...I know you will..." She lowers her head and closes her eyes.

Kisshu stares down at Shokora, his eyes filling with tears now. "Why did you fight...?"

"I didn't want...anything to happen to Ichigo. She's...very important to you, isn't she...?"

Ichigo closes her eyes, the tears that had filled her eyes flowing down her cheeks as she looks away. 'Why Shokora...? What had she ever done to diserve something like this...?'

Lifting her hand up slowly, she lightly punches Kisshu's shoulder. "What's with you being...a crybaby, hm? You better not...let anything happen to...Ichigo..." Her hand dropped down as her body went limp.

Ichigo stares down at Shokora, her eyes wide. "Sh-Shokora...?" She stutters. 'S-she's...' Ichigo shakes Shokora lightly. "Shokora...wake up..." She sobs, the tears in her eyes overflowing. Shokora's battle costume, ears and tail disappeared as her form began to fade. Kisshu just stares blankly, not completely aware of anything but Shokora.

'Gone...just like mom and dad...why?'

"It's...my fault..." Ichigo mumbles, her eyes shaded over by her bangs. "It's my fault she got hurt...that she died."

Kisshu blinks and looks at Ichigo. "No." He says with a small smile. Ichigo shakes her head.

"I could have stopped her...why didn't I?" At this point, she just wanted to cry, but nothing came. All her tears were gone. Kisshu leans forward and pulls her into his arms.

"It's better than seeing her suffer..." He stroked her hair softly, trying to comfort her. "Don't you think so?" Ichigo, with new found tears, begins to cry again, hugging him tightly.

"But she didn't diserve any of that! I should have protected her!"

Kisshu rests his cheek on top of her head. "Nothing can be done now. We can't change the past now, can we?" A small smile lifted his lips as he hugged her closer. "Just as Shokora wanted...I'll protect you..." He closes his eyes. "Forever."

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Sakura: Okay, thischapter was short… Dang. It felt like forever to write it. (Stayed up all night with Mitsuko-chan trying to finish…xD)

Minto: Really? You spent all that time and it still sucked? Wow.

Sakura: -Sighs- Okay, I might do a sequel to this, but only if people want me to. If you would like a sequel to this, please say so in your review. :)

Minto: …So you're going to write more sucky stories?

Sakura: T.T No…they're going to be good. –Shoves Minto in closet- Oh, and sorry for not doing some pairings that I said I would do. I was too lazy to…-.-'

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