Woot, it's been awhile, hasn't it? I don't know what will get finished first, this or Kichi Cat, but I'm trying my hardest. It seemed I updated more when I was still in school...
Just a reminder: The author is Sammi. I do all the Tokyo Mew Mew stories. I don't Kody would touch one of the manga. He'd rather read DeathNote.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew, just some manga. I do own Isuzu and Nasubi (eggplant power!)
"So Mint ran away?" Isuzu asked, starting to become curious of how this was related to the Lustrous Lorikeet.
Ichigo shook her head, "Not quite."
---------"Mint, wait up!" I called to her. She could run pretty fast; it must have been all that dancing. "Mint, please! I need to talk to you!" She must have heard me, because she stopped and turned around to look at me. I looked around, wow, we had gone quite a ways. Mint was atop a bridge, about to crossover to the side of the city where she lived. "Mint," I gasped, out of breath, "what's wrong?" I caught up to her. We stood looking over at the stream, seemed we'd be there awhile.
"Ichigo," Mint's eyes were sorrowful, her face red from crying, "Ryou and Akasaka-san made a mistake…" Another tear slid down her face, causing what little reaction it did to the stream below us. "Remember my dream? Those birds…they had bird flu," she was choking. I put my arm around her back to try to help her calm down. "I have bird flu, too," the tears were streaming, now, "you won't get it, it's only passed by saliva, but…I'll never die."
That part confused me, "Wait…bird flu is a fatal disease. If you gave it to someone, they would die instantly, but why should you complain?" I didn't think it was a big deal.
"Ichigo!" came a voice. We both looked around to see where it came from, "There," Mint pointed, "That's why I complain." She was pointing to Masaya. I still didn't understand what she meant or why she was so upset
"Ichigo, I've been looking for you," Masaya said, coming up to us.
---------"Ichigo," Ryou said, pointing to the clock, "We can finish this up in the morning. Let's get these rascals into bed, hm?" He lifted Isuzu over his shoulder and spun around. "Daddy!" Isuzu cried. Nasubi giggled.
"Now come on," Ichigo motioned, "Upstairs."
"Night Mommy! Night Daddy!" Isuzu yelled, running up the stairs. Nasubi stayed behind. "Thank-you Mr. and Mrs. Shirogane for letting me stay the night." Then she ran off after Isuzu, "Izu-chan, wait!"
Pudding giggled, "They're so cute. I can't wait to have kids of my own someday!" she nudged Tart. He only looked annoyed.
Ryou sat down, putting his head back, and closing his eyes, "Pudding, you have plenty of time to think about kids," he rolled his head to look over at Ichigo, "We could've waited longer, I think."
Ichigo looked upset, "What're you trying to say?" Pudding giggled again.
"I want to bicker with my husband, too," Pudding giggled, "It's so cute. You two have been fighting ever since you first met, and look what happened, you got married!" she just couldn't quit laughing.
Ryou tried to smile at Ichigo, but she only continued to look upset. He sighed, then chuckled a bit, thinking about what Pudding said. He turned to look at Tart, "You have any symptoms?"
Tart shook his head, "Nope. Well actually, I don't know, I'm not familiar," he scratched his head in thought, "I don't think I'm familiar with a 'cold.'"
"Maybe he can't get sick? Ryou, you should know," Ichigo said, looking at Tart very strangely. "If it's true, that's not fair." Tart stuck his tongue out at Ichigo.
"But," Tart said, reaching in his pocket, "I do have this." He pulled out a blue feather and held it up for them to see. "So she did kiss me, so we have proof."
"Ow! What was that for?" Tart cried, as Ryou pulled a hair from his head. "It's for testing, that's what," he said coolly. Even after ten years, he was the same Ryou, "and if you want me to make sure you won't die, you'll go along with it."
Tart gulped. Pudding's eyes bugged out. She quickly grabbed Tart's hand. Ichigo couldn't help giggle at her sudden reaction.
The next morning in Isuzu's room...
Ichigo-------Where were we? We had spotted Masaya, and he had been looking for me. -------Ryou left the room, "Ichigo, I'm making coffee, you?" "Please," but she knew that was his excuse for getting out of hearing the next part of the story.
--------Anyway, the thought of Masaya looking for me made me happy, so I greeted him warmly, "Hi, Aoyama-kun…" but Mint grabbed him by the shoulders, turning him so he would face her.
"You might as well hate me for this, since you'll never see me again, or anyone for that matter," Mint said, hot steaming tears sliding down her already red cheeks. Masaya only looked confused, but he had no idea of what was coming next. Mint quickly pressed her lips to his, keeping a firm grip on his shoulders.
And however this may be shocking to me, what made me mad was that Masaya didn't pull away. No, he brought his arms around Mint's waist. Then it hit me: 'it's only passed through saliva.'
Mint broke away. She threw Masaya's hands off of her. "Have a nice life," she said, yet smiling, and she rand away never to be seen again.
Masaya picked something off of the ground, a blue feather. Then he looked at me, "What was that all about?" he asked, as though he knew nothing.
That jerk! And he was going to die because of it. I didn't answer him. No, I couldn't answer him. I ran away from him, crying, on my way to the Café, wanting some answers.
And that's why Masaya's not in the picture. The Lustrous Lorikeet killed him with her fateful kiss (readers add it to their 'ways to kill off Masaya' lists) But you can guess Ichigo was probably freaking out at that point. What will the other Mews have to say? Why do I always ask questions at the end of chapters?
I know that this is a confusing story, but it's supposed to be that way. If you have questions, go ahead and ask me, but I won't answer if it's something I plan on answering in a later chapter.
So what'd ya think? Tell me in a review!