Gah! I've got EXTREME writers block! Oh why, cruel world? Why!

But that does not excuse my writing. And even though I wanted to hold this off longer, it's going to happen now.

But first, thank-yous!

Kaneko and Neko – TMM rules

Chibi Strawberry Neko

Mew Lizzy

BlueButterfly aka Darkmistress

Hikaritenshi2000

Spider fairy

Iluvboys

Thanks to all my reviewers. But man, I remember on the 1st or 2nd chapter, I got a whole bunch, and now I'm not getting much. Need I remind you I do not have a review limit, and I could always set one. So for all people who read and don't review, please do review.

I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew.

"Ryou! Can we please go home!" Ichigo whined. They had been on the road for two weeks in America and she had had enough. "Meo, its only two more weeks. We spend four weeks here, three in Europe….."

"I don't care!" she complained, interrupting Kish.

"Meo, if we go back, you're dating life with Aoyama will become more publicized. Do you really want your personal life open to the public?" Mint suggested.

"Not like it wasn't back then…." Ichigo muttered.

"You say something, Meo?" Ryou said.

"Oh, nothing."

"Well hold on for about 10 more minutes. We'll arrive at the hotel and you can relax. The concert, however, is not for another two days. We'll be practicing a little bit after we get there, so you'll get about three hours to relax."

"But we practiced this morning…" Ichigo complained.

"No one ever got good at anything by just standing and doing nothing. You have to work to achieve your goal."

"Pai, I never wanted to join," she felt like saying, but kept her mouth shut, in fear that they would question her more.

"Meo?"

"Yes, Masaya!" she beamed.

"I was wondering if you'd like to go out on a date tonight. We can rent a car and…"

"That sounds fabulous!" Ichigo said, forgetting her troubles. Ryou ignored the happiness in her voice as she and Masaya continued talking about their date, sighing every now and then. He went into one of the rooms inside the bus, sitting on his bed with his head in his hand. A knock penetrated the silence as Ryou muttered, "Come in…."

"Ryou? Are you feeling ok?"

"Hey Mint. Yeah, I'm fine."

"I've known you since grade school. You are not fine."

Ryou smiled. "You know me better than anyone, huh?"

"Yeah. And I think the reason you're so down, would it have anything to do with….Meo?"

Ryou scowled at her name, and at the slyness in Mint's voice. "Maybe…"

"Aha! I knew it! You're in love with her!"

"Yeah, I've been in love with tons of girls. Like our little bride out there…"

"This is different, Shirogane. And I can tell. You never really liked Lettuce 'that way'. You never really liked me that way either…"

"Mint, can you drop that for once? That was when we were kids…"

"Yeah, but you promised in sixth grade that you'd never leave me. And….well…..i forgive you for doing so. I mean, Lettuce was part of that gang Masaya was in…"

"Yeah, as his pet. He always said he loved her, but then turned his back when fame came to him. She was all alone…"

"And then she sang and it was like….well, you know the rest. But I can tell you're really serious about Meo."

"Please, she won't even give me the time of day. All she cares about is Aoyama."

"Well, I have a feeling things are going to change in their relationship tonight. After seeing what he did to Lettuce and Zakuro, he's bound to do it to Ichigo…..and soon, might I add."

"Yay! We're finally here!" they heard Ichigo shout from the other room.

"Think about what I've said, Shirogane."

She left him. Ryou wondered about his past before getting off the bus. "Mint, you were a young love, and if memory serves, you left me first. You were the first to get a boyfriend, tell me we were just really close friends. I cared for you like a sister after loosing mine, Lettuce too. But Ichigo is different. I don't know why, but she is."

"Ryou? Are you coming?" Ichigo said, breaking his train of thought. Ryou smiled at her before standing up. "Yeah, I am, don't worry."

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"I'm leaving guys!"

"Just be back for practice in an hour," she heard Ryou shout.

"Will do!"

She walked outside where Masaya was waiting for her, with a black 2005 Chrysler Crossfire ((Might I add, those are really cool looking cars)) waiting for her. He had put the roof down and opened the door for her, like a perfect gentleman. ((Me: gag))

They drove into the country as the sky started to darken, signaling that nightfall was approaching. The couple drove to the bluffs and watched the sunset, kissing each other on the way. The stars finally set into the sky when Ichigo even bothered to glance at the time.

"Oh God! I am so late! It's already been three hours and Ryou told me to be back for practice in an hour! Masaya! We need to go back."

"Meo, you really know how to break the mood…..when a guy is trying to make his move…"

"Excuse me?" she questioned. Masaya pulled over by another bluff, and the grin on his face was scaring Ichigo a tiny bit. "Masaya?"

He clicked a button on the door and put up the roof. He then gently touched her keg, and the feeling sent a chill up her spine, where as hours ago, it had made her feel safe. Ichigo tried opening the door only to find it locked. She was now terrified as Masaya started kissing her and fumbling with the buttons on the front of her shirt.

"Get off!" she shrieked. Trying to push his away was not effective though, because he had pinned her down.

"There's no point in yelling, kitten. You are locked in this car, and we're in the middle of nowhere. No one can come help you."

"No…please….someone….anyone…." she thought. "Ryou."

As his name whispered through her head, she heard the cracking of glass. She opened her eyes to see Ryou, a large branch clutched in his hands. He grabbed for Ichigo and pulled her from Masaya's grasp. Placing her gently on the ground, he turned around to slam his fist as hard as he could at Masaya's eye.

Ichigo huddled into a little ball. She hung onto her knees and cried, hoping this was all some nightmare. Maybe, she'd wake up in her bed at home, and none of this would have ever happened.

"Ichigo!" Ryou practically screamed, gently trying to calm her down. She resisted. "No! Get away from me! Stop it!"

"Ichigo, please, I won't hurt you!"

"No! Just get away!" she screamed, struggling against him. He felt her hot tears his hands as he held onto her with all his might. "I'm not letting you go, ok? Just please calm down. Don't be scared….I won't hurt you."

Ichigo stopped moving and trusted the man who held her. "Please….don't let go, Ryou." And then, her body seemed to droop more, as if she was no longer holding herself up. "She must have cried herself to sleep…" though Ryou as he lifted her up onto his back.

"You think you've won, don't you?" a voice said.

"Masaya! I thought…."

"You thought I was unconscious, don't you?" He stepped forward, and was forcing Ryou to step back, until they were on the edge of the bluffs. He then punched Ryou in the stomach, causing him to fall backwards off the bluffs.

"It's been a pleasure knowing you, Ryou. But I think the media will appreciate it when I tell them that I tried to stop you from killing yourself and Ichigo, and how you jumped off the edge. And how about you say hi to your sister for me?"

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((Ok, I was thinking of ending the chapter here, but you all deserve a longer chapter!))

"Wh….where am I?"

Flashbacks flooded into Ichigo's head, how Masaya had tried to take advantage of her, and how Ryou had rescued her. She scrunched herself into a ball again as she cried her eyes out, noticing Ryou was no where in site.

"Oh…you're awake…"

She looked up to see a familiar face. Ryou crouched next to her to wipe the tears from her eyes. "I thought your dad once said at a conference, 'Momomiya's are strong. And they certainly do not cry!'"

"I….I know…" she stuttered out. Her voice was being strained trying to say this to him. He sighed as he god closer to her, placing a hand on her head and pushing it into his shirt. "Since we fell down here and it got a little dirty…it's not the cleanest thing in the world. But if you want to, you can cry into it."

Ichigo wasn't afraid of holding back her tears anymore. She sobbed loudly into his shirt, Ryou stroking her hair, telling her everything was going to be ok.

"You know, our old boss told us there were some people down here. He thought they were both dead though. And he told us if they weren't…"

The two mean Ryou had seen earlier in the tour were back, along with some of their friends. Including Masaya. Ichigo hid inside of Ryou, praying that someone would come and help them.

"And you know what? We haven't seen you guys for years! How 'bout we give them a happy three brothers greeting?"

Pai, Kish, and Tart dropped from the edge of the cliff. Ryou recognized the get-up they had chosen. The three wore similar outfits like a uniform. And they had their deadly weapons with them.

(Quick descriptions:

Pai has on a turtle-neck matching the color of his purple hair with a black Matrix-like coat and black jeans. He also wears a belt with a strange symbol on it.

Tart: identical to Pai, his turtleneck is blood-red like his hair, Matrix-like coat, black jeans. Strange symbol found on forehead.

Kish: identical to Pai and Tart, turtleneck is dark green like his hair, Matrix-like coat, black jeans. Strange symbol found on chain around neck)

"But….you guys….."

"Yeah, we did break off connections with our old gang. But who ever said we couldn't have fun with our old rivals?"

Kish whipped out something that looked familiar to piano keys. But they had been shaved and when Kish through them, they cut through the men like knives. Pai looked to his left to see men charging at him. He sighed at how pathetic they were before take what looked like a bass guitar. He swung it at them, causing the men to break some bones.

And Tart helped Ryou and Ichigo escape, fending off people who were trying to chase them by using the two metal bars he carried in each hand. The other two brothers quickly caught up with them as they ran in the direction of the city. They made it back unharmed, but causing a few people to stare at the costumes the three wore.

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"She's asleep now, right?"

"Yeah Kish. She's cried herself to sleep again. Must be from the shock."

"Well, good news is that idiot Aoyama has taken himself out of the tour. He's heading back tomorrow."

"Good. The world will be a better place when he leaves."

"You know Ryou…..this thing that happened to Meo….do you think that it happened to anyone else?"

"Yeah, and I don't doubt it."

"But…..we don't have any proof…."

"What do you mean! We've got that model, Lettuce, Zakuro, and Ichigo! Not to mention the other millions of women Masaya has probably harassed, including my sis….."

"What!"

"I mean…..never mind…."

"Wait a minute….did you just say….he did this…to your sister?"

Well, I hope you enjoyed that chappie. Hopefully it doesn't take you as long to read as it took me to write, because then you'll be reading this quite awhile. I started this at about 12:30, and its about 3 now. I might just set a review limit on this; depends on how good this chapter gets it. Well, read and review, over and out. -Nibzo