Strawberry Ice

Sorry we have updated in ages and have left you guys on a cliffhanger. We had to go on a caravanning holiday where there was no computer, let alone Internet. Anyway, thanks to everyone for reviewing, we hope you like this chapter!

Declaimer: If we owned Tokyo Mew Mew, would be writing fanfic? No, we would be designing episodes.

Unknown, Unknown

Ichigo woke up with a huge pounding in her head and absolutely no idea where she was. After staring into the dark that surrounded her for a few minutes and using her wildcat genes, she managed to make out that she was in a room of some sort. She leaned back and sighed, as she did so, she realised she was leaning against someone, not a wall as she first thought. She turned round, only to find that they were chained back to back against each other. Okay, she thought, At least I'm not alone in here. All I have to do is find out who this other person is, and maybe they know where we are, and who chained us together.

Ichigo cleared her throat and called out. "Hello?" There was no response. Immediately Ichigo began to panic. What if they had tied her to a dead person? She hated dead people, they gave her the creeps. Ichigo took a couple of deep breaths and tried to calm herself down. She flexed her fingers and found out that her hands were tied to the other person's. They were soft and warm, so they can't have been dead. She smiled and began to move her hands over the other pair, hoping that her actions would inspire a result from the other person.

"Hey, no offence, whoever you are, but why are you rubbing my hands?"

Ichigo's face lit up at the sound of the person's voice. Surprisingly, she found out she had hoping it had been him in the first place.

"Ryou!"

"So…we were walking along that my street, talking, and that's the last thing either us can remember, right?"

" Right. That must have been when we were knocked out and taken here. " There was a pause before Ryou spoke again. " Hey, Ichigo, do you know where we are by any chance?"

Ichigo shook her head and then realised Ryou couldn't see her.

"No, I was hoping you did." They sat in silence for a couple more minutes, until once more Ryou broke the silence.

"Ichigo, can you help me get my mobile out of my back pocket? I can't reach on my own." So that's what he's been trying to do! Thought Ichigo. She had felt him pulling their hands around just now.

"Sure. Where is it?"

They had just managed to get the phone into Ryou's hands when the door of the room they were opened. They both looked up to see the person who had opened it. Ichigo began to scream, but Ryou could only stare.

Wednesday, 15th March 6p.m

Kish looked down on the bodies he, Pie and Tart had just found.

"Do you think they're dead?" he asked, turning round to his friends. Pai shook his head in response.

"But they're obviously badly injured." Tart piped up. "They need an…" He crossed his legs, floating while he searched for the name of the word he was looking for. "That's it!" He jumped up.

"We need an ambulance! They take really injured people to hospital!" He stood there, hovering a few inches above the ground looking incredibly smug. Kish narrowed his eyes and decided to spoil his little brother's (A/N: does anyone whether they're related to each other or not? In this fanfic they're all brothers, Pie being the eldest, Kish next and finally Tart.) happiness.

"Well where are we supposed to get on, Smart Aleck?" At Kish's words Tart's own eyes narrowed at his older brother.

Before Tart could retaliate, causing a fight between Kish and him, Pie interrupted.

"Look, the Mews are over there, why not just ask them?" Kish and Tart looked over in the direction Pie was pointing, and saw everyone who worked at Café Mew Mew (except Ichigo and Ryou) watching Pudding show off her new tricks to a crowd of people. Kish immediately floated over to them and tapped Mint on the shoulder.

"Mint, How do you get hold of an ambulance?"

"Telephone 999 from a telephone and ask for ambulance." (A/N: We're English so we're using the emergency number you use in England. Does anyone know the Japanese one?) Mint replied without looking over her shoulder or thinking.

15 minutes after Kish had thanked her and gone to go and tell his brothers what to do, Mint suddenly realised what she'd been asked. She spun round, spotted the aliens and ran towards them.

"What pant do you pant want an ambulance pant for?" she panted when she reached them. Pie pointed at the ground below to answer her question. Mint felt herself retch as she looked at the bodies. Below her lay Ichigo and Ryou. Ryou had an arm across Ichigo's body as if he was trying to protect her from something. They were both covered in scratches and bruises, but what really made Mint want to hurl was the looks on their faces and a large cut running down Ryou's arm. It was green, looked infected and blood was coming from it like there was no tomorrow. Mint hated blood, the sight of it made her faint. The last thing she heard before she blacked out was the siren of an ambulance.

Thursday, 16th March 10a.m

Lettuce sighed, lowered her eyes briefly before snapping her head back up to look at Ichigo's and Ryou's seemingly lifeless bodies. It was hard to believe that one of her best friends and her boss, who had both seemed fine 5 days ago, were now in the Critical Care Unit of the local hospital fighting for their lives. What happened? She thought. What happened to them to hurt them so bad, and more to the point scare them so much? Lettuce sighed once more and was about to get up to go to the toilet when suddenly Ichigo began talking and thrashing around violently. Like everyone else, Lettuce immediately looked at her, but she wasn't awake, it looked like she was having a fit, or sleep talking in a really bad dream.

"No…No…Go away! Get away! Ryou!" Ichigo let out a scream, and stopped talking, but continued to thrash. Keiichiro looked urgently at Lettuce.

"Lettuce, get some nurses quick, before she hurts herself!" Lettuce nodded and ran out of the room, happy to be able to help Ichigo, but also happy because Keiichiro had trusted her to go for help.

What happened to Ichigo and Ryou when the door opened? What caused them to be in such a mess? Does Lettuce have feelings for Keiichiro? Will we stop asking annoying questions? Probably not. Read and Review to found out what happens next. Baibai!