Okay, I've finally decided on my own original idea for line blockers, so don't steal it!
Guess what? Here we go, this is the final chapter of Pandemic, ending with nine chapters. I was hoping to go longer, but I decided that I really like this ending for this story, so I hope you enjoy it, too! Yes, I know some people like warnings before the story ends, but as you all probably know, I'm very unorganized when it comes to writing fics. It takes away my creativity! LoL...
Great thanks to everyone who reviewed! (After all, it was your choice on the pairing XD) You are all very loved here!
Kody: I don't love them…
Sammi: Yeah well this is my story and I love them!
Kody: You spend too much time here!
Sammi: You don't spend enough time here! Ug, get me a disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew. I do own Isuzu and Nasubi.
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Isuzu just stared at the large building Kish took her to. She'd never seen it before. In fact, she'd never been to this side of Tokyo before, so she would've never had a chance to see it in the first place. But if this was the home of one of her mother's friends from long ago…it seemed odd that it was unfamiliar. She spun around to face Kish. "Are we going in there?"
Kish looked straight ahead right over Isuzu. "We don't have to go through the door, if you don't want to. I can just teleport ourselves in, if you want." He was thinking about something, Isuzu could tell, but what he was thinking about was beyond her.
"Telaport?" Isuzu asked. Of course, how they had gotten to the mansion in the first place. But he could take them inside, as well? Though the trip before had made her feel a bit on the queasy side. "Let's just walk in, okay?" she told him, though to Kish it sounded more like an order. Isuzu started to walk forward, but not without grabbing Kish's hand first, startling him. She wasn't scared of him. In fact, she trusted him. But then again, she was just a little girl, not to mention the daughter of a Mew. Still…
The two were standing in from of the Aizawa manor, about to open the door. Kish's hand went for the knob, when he felt a tight squeeze on his other hand. Isuzu looked up at him. "I want to open the door," she said, reaching for the knob, turning it, and pushing the door open. Yet at the same time, the other door was opening. Friend met friend. Nasubi was opening up the other door from the inside, Mint behind her.
And as friend met friend, foe met foe. Or rather, feared met fearful. Nasubi and Isuzu hit each other with a tight embrace, heavens, they were close friends. But as far as it got for Mint and Kish, their eyes were locked. Neither of them moved. Finally, Kish spoke, "Isuzu, you've found Nasubi, can you get home from here?"
Nasubi answered for her, "I flew with Aunt Minto, I can go!" she exclaimed. She looked back at Mint. "Aunt Minto, it was fun flying with you. I wish I met you before. You should come visit me, Mommy, and Daddy sometime!"
Come visit…sure, that is, if I hadn't tried to kill your father on the full moon…though it'd be nice to just come see you, Nasubi. Kindness overpowers fear.
Isuzu's turn, "Uncle Kisshu, you're a very kind person, er," Isuzu stammered, "…alien? Oh, and Uncle Pai really misses you, so come say hi sometime, okay?"
Come say hi…sure, that is, if I wasn't on your mother's death list…though it'd be nice to just come see you, Isuzu. Kindness beats fear.
Waving, the two content friends ran off, shouting "Bye!" and "See you soon!"
Which left Mint and Kish alone. At first, Mint was about to turn and leave, but she felt a clasp over her wrist. She turned to find Kish, looking at her longingly. Mint scoffed, "Alright, Kish, what do you want?" she asked, uninterested. If he's here to bother me, fine, but he won't last long…
Kish's face turned to sorrow. "I want to end your pain, birdie," he said without emotion, very unlike Kish. At first Mint wasn't sure of what to think of his statement, was he here to kill her? Not that it would work,
Mint chuckled, "Kish, your dagger won't work. Nothing will. Trust me, I've tried to kill myself how many times, and I can assure you, I'm invincible, so-" she was cut off by Kish's fingertip. "I know, birdie, I've been watching you," he said matter-of-factly, as if she was already supposed to know about it. But she didn't, and she shook her head at his actions.
"Kish, quit being foolish," she scolded him, grabbing his chin, "I guess that means you've had nothing better to do throughout the years other than ridicule me? Watch me from afar? Can't get much lower than that," she ranted. Mint started to pull something out from a pocket on her skirt. Kish saw a flash of blue in front of his face, and his eyes eventually settled to see a blue feather. The traditional blue feather.
"You're not going to kiss me," Kish said, giving a slight laugh first.
Mint cocked an eyebrow, "Oh really?" she asked, leaning in for the fate twister, but she was cut off yet again by a finger. "Really," Kish informed her, "Because I'm kissing you," he corrected. Kish took the feather from Mint's trembling hand, and brought his mouth to her open, surprised one, closing it at first. It started with a soft peck, but Kish, being Kish, wanted more. After all, he hadn't kissed anyone in ten years!
Kish took his arms around Mint's middle pulling her in, dropping the feather, it slowly drifting to the floor. Mint's face was between confused and satisfied. "Baka," she sighed, bringing her arms up around his neck, "You do know you're going to die a painful death now, don't you?" she asked him in a mocking tone.
"Do you think I care?" Kish asked back, leaning in for another soft peck, "Besides, you needed some encouragement," he said tauntingly, murmuring the words with his lips up against Mint's cheek, her face infuriating with pink.
"Encouragement?" Mint cried, quickly pushing Kish away at the chest, "All you're doing is breaking me! Breaking the pieces that were already broken, Kish!" tears were coming to her eyes, "All you're doing is rubbing in the fact that I'll never fall in love!"
"Fall…in…love?" Kish repeated, the words acting as a crash point for his brain. It wasn't like he could just pick up the first Mary Sue that he laid eyes on, either. "You think life is a bowl of peaches for me, too?" he objected. "At least this will end my misery! Do you think I wanted to stay here on Earth? I'd be back on my home planet if I could, you know!"
His home planet, Mint had forgotten all about that. Something must had come up that he hadn't gone back. "Kish," she whispered, crying now from all the stress of yelling at her former enemy, "why didn't you go home?" She didn't know anything about anyone from the time of fighting as a Mew, even though she was the only one who could still transform.
"It's…" Kish looked away, dreading bringing up the topic, "gone. No more. Destroyed. It was in worse shape than Earth was. Instead of fighting for Earth, we should've been fighting for our own planet, so that was our own mistake," he ended. He, Pai, and Tart were the only ones of their own kind left, or that they knew of.
Mint was about to comment back on how sorry she was, but why should she? She'd be happy if the world was taken away from her, and…wait. Mint gave Kish a funny look. He was still alive. She'd kissed him, so why wasn't he at the floor, choking on his own blood, at the mercy of her hated blue feather? "You're…" she stated blankly, unsure of how to react, "you're still alive?" Mint remembered back to the last person she kissed…the mail-carrier. He died instantly, hadn't he? And before that, it was the traditional full moon…Tart! Tart was still alive! He was the best man at Pai and Lettuce's wedding!
"I," Kish fumbled for words. He was sort of hoping for this to happen, but he wasn't totally sure of what he was going to do if he was still alive. He wanted to support the lost girl, even if he was a lost boy, "I'm here because of you, Mint," he said surprised. Okay, let's get out what should've been done ten years ago… "I'm here for you, Mint. I'm alive for you Mint. And maybe that's why you're still alive, too. Maybe…" Geez, what am I trying to say? But where are these words coming from?
Mint tried to take a step forward, to get closer to the alien, but her body wasn't cooperating. "Maybe…" she said, trying to get herself to finish for him, she really wanted too, "maybe we shouldn't have been pushing fate away for the past ten years. Maybe…" Fate? Oh great, is he playing mind games with me? Or…or is this…
Mint's mind was blurred. The impossible was happening, right now. The impossible, the unbelievable, the destined. But she didn't know how to react to it, resulting in equivalent tears to blur her eyes as well. She probably would've fallen over if it weren't for two arms holding her tight around her middle. Kish brought his arms higher, around her back, to give the deadly girl more support. He removed one hand, taking it to her face, using his thumb to wipe tears away. Yup, this is where I have to be, not just for myself, but for Mint…forever…
Kish used his free hand to lift Mint's devastated face to look up at his. "Are you upset?" he asked softly, "I can go, if you want," but he was cut off by Mint's lips giving him a soft peck. "No," she murmured, not taking her lips away from his, "You have to stay," she brought a hand up to his shoulder, holding him tight, "You must stay." And she let go of his shoulder, taking her arm around behind his neck, her other arm doing the same, drawing him in closer. Her mouth immediately asked for entry, and Kish sweetly replied with an open gap between his lips. The two held each other ever-tightly, savoring the moment, even if this was destined for them.
Kish was the first to break away, even though it was after awhile. Mint responded with a slightly upset look, but before she could protest, Kish put his words in. "My Mint," he said, "there are no more worries, for I do believe that the long feared Pandemic is over, and Tokyo has no more need for fear, but what does my Mint think?"
Mint giggled slightly, massaging the back of his neck, eventually running her hands up through his hair, "The Pandemic is over."
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The next full moon…
The Shirogane, Akasaka, and Midorikawa households were probably the only homes in all of Tokyo that were at rest that night. Sure, Ryou and Ichigo were wary, but Isuzu convinced her parents that everything would be okay. As for Nasubi, things didn't go over so well with her mother. Years went by, and no one had ever heard from Kish and Mint again. Well, almost, but you can imagine Isuzu and Nasubi wouldn't sit for that.
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So on the news…
"For the first night of the full moon in ten years, the Lustrous Lorikeet hasn't attacked. Authorities are confirming this information as we broadcast, but whether this is the end to a feared Pandemic is still a question to be answered. Over the past ten years, the Lustrous Lorikeet has taken the lives of over 135 males all across Tokyo. Her identity is still unknown, but it's a theory that she belonged to the family of Aizawa. Is this the end to the legendary carrier of the bird flu, or is she planning a mass attack? Researchers suggest…"
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This was a very satisfying story to write. YAY! I really hoped you guys liked it! I DID! Wow, I can't believe this is over. But I'm glad I finished it before school started…which reminds me, school for me starts in only six days! I'm going to be a freshman! –cries in a corner- -sighs- Oh well, I'll escape here on fanfiction, right?
So did you like this chapter? Hate it? I know I don't need to ask, but I will anyway: Please review! I don't care if you haven't before, or if this story was posted however long ago, it still makes me feel good! YAY! Can you tell I'm really hyper right now? It's the excitement of finishing my third mystery…so now on to the fourth…heehee!
Sammi's signing out!