Yay! Update time! D

Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew. If I did, there would be more KishXIchigo scenes and no Masaya.

Claimer: I own Sakura, Yumi, Fala, yadda yadda yadda. I had a few instances where people stole my characters. You'd have to have my permission to use them.

And just in case if you haven't figured it out, 8888888 etc. means a change in POV. Simple. Got it? Okay!

Yumi's POV

I got dressed in my ballet outfit. Today was the big ballet recital and I was one of the main dancers. I got my hair ready and put on some make-up. The girl next to me, Kykyo Tenmeino, looked at me. "Are you nervous Yumi-chan?" I shook my head. She was asking for comfort for her first recital with a big part. I'm used to the pressure and stuff, so it doesn't bug me. "Don't worry Kykyo-chan. You'll do fine." When we were finished and ready to get on stage I had done my best to calm her down. Let's hope she doesn't flunk.

Halfway through the recital nothing extraordinary had happened. Just the dancing and jumping stuff. Mother was in the audience watching me. I glance back at her at times. Then when I took a peek at Mother again she wasn't there. I scanned the audience wildly for her. It turned out that Mother moved seats right next to….. Ginger, Fala, Umeko, and Ryou! I gawked at them too long that I missed my next move. For that I got a kick in the stomach.

WHAM!

I fell on the floor on my arm. Both my arm and stomach stings badly. People in the audience started to murmur. Kykyo rushed over to me. "Oh my gosh! Are you alright Yumi-chan! I'm so sorry! It's all" I stopped her. "It's not your fault." I whispered to her. By this time the ballet teacher had came over to my side. "Kykyo, continue dancing." She shooed her off. Then she helped be to the backstage. I sighed. "My arm feels better. I can still dance." To prove this I stood up. Almost immediately I collapsed on the floor. The teacher shook her head. "You can't dance when you can't even stand up. You'll have to sit out of the rest of the recital." I tried to stand back up again, but failed. "Really. All I need is probably a couple minutes and I'll be fine." She shook her head. "You were daydreaming out there and I can't allow people daydreaming out on stage. Or people will get hurt worse than you." With that she left me mumbling about not being able to dance.

I was dancing since I was little. Mother took dancing when she was young too, so it's natural I'd take up some lessons. She was even a professional ballet dancer. But instead of teaching me to dance, she sent me to another dance school. (Mother says that she's horrible at teaching and it would be better if someone with better teaching skills taught me.) It's not that I hate the school. It's quite nice actually, and the people there are so nice. Especially my classmates. But what really bugs me is that the teacher….. isn't the best. She's kind-hearted and all, but I have a feeling that even Mother would teach people better than her.

When the recital was over I was still in the backstage. I didn't even hear the footsteps proceeding towards me. When someone tapped my shoulder I finally looked up. Mother was above me smiling. "You did well for the time being." I still sat there. "How can you say that? I wasn't even in at least half of the recital." Mother tested my legs. "Can you stand up?" She asked. I nodded and stood up from the chair. My legs became rubber and I fell again. Mother helped me up. "Do you someone to help you walk?" I shrugged. I didn't really want to see anyone else right now. Maybe I'll just lay here until my leg feels better. As if Mother read my mind, she said to me, "I'm not going to leave you alone. I'll get someone to help you." She walked away briskly. I sat there alone again. I don't want anyone to help me. I can walk by myself. I got up and tried to walk out of the backstage. My legs wobbled a bit but I could move. I heard something scurried. What was that? A rat?

Something black ran across the room! I lost my balance and fell. Stupid rat. I attempted to stand up but I couldn't. I really hope that I haven't damaged my leg further. But from the looks of I probably did. I sat up. What was taking Mother so long?

There was a chuckle from the back of the room. "You can't leave yet. I was just beginning to get some fun out of your clumsiness." I turned around eyes wide open. Somehow I hadn't noticed it but a black haired alien was standing against the wall. "Do I know you?" I asked nervously. He laughed again. "In my opinion everyone should know me. But since you don't I'm Pantheres." Pantheres. That name rings a bell. But I can't remember anyone with that kind of name. "You know someone named Sakura Momomiya?" I nodded. Who is this guy? How does he know Sakura? "Then I got the right person." He started walking over to me. "This won't hurt if you don't struggle." Pantheres held out both of his hands and 2 knives appeared in tem. I back away. "What are you doing?" I shouted. "I'm trying to kill you what does it look like?" He replied. I tried to open the door to the outside but it wouldn't budge! Someone jammed the door! "See, I have my people everywhere. It all comes down to this death trap I laid out for you." I gasped. "You mean that you're the one who injured my leg?" He shook his head. "Not exactly. I was meaning to cripple you anyway but you got yourself hurt first." I scowled. "Why do you want to kill me? I didn't really know you existed until you came." Pantheres swiped at me but I dodged. In the process I fell flat on my face. "So Sakura didn't tell you about what happened at Yukyro village." "Actually she did tell me." I muttered. "Why does it matter?" Pantheres struck again. I only got a slight scratch from the knife being saved by rolling aside at the last minute. "I was the assassin you idiot! She didn't tell you that either!" Ah, so that's why he was attacking me. But wouldn't he go after Sakura first? I got my answer. "And speaking of Sakura, she's dead. Now isn't that great?" I froze. Sakura? Dead? If she died then I should have known by now. He's lying! "Sakura isn't dead! MEW MEW MINT METAMORPHISIS!"

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Outside of the stadium-thing, Chimera Animals were attacking in hoards. "RIBBON GINGER STREAMS!" Ginger cried out as she attacked one. The Chimera animals appeared out of no where and this was the Mews' first appearance in public. But that didn't matter to anyone right now. "RIBBON PUDDING FIRERINGS!" Fala attacked another Chimera animal. Umeko was whipping some of them with her Umeko crosswhip repeatedly. But they still kept coming. There seemed to by no end to the waves! "Where's Yumi-chan?" Ginger asked Fala. "I have no idea na no da!" She replied. "She might be still inside na no da!" Ginger gasped and pushed Fala and herself down. A pouncing Chimera animal flew over them and got obliterated by Umeko. "Should we go inside for her?" Ginger shouted. Umeko turned to them. "Ryou and Minto said to stay her and destroy all of the Chimera animals." Fala stood up. "When is that na no da?" She moaned.

Meanwhile Minto and Ryou were running around in the building looking for Yumi. "The entrance to the stage should be around here…… There!" Minto pointed to a locked door. Both of them tried to shove it open but it wouldn't budge. "Damn, something jammed to door the other way." Ryou cursed. He bashed to door again. Minto pressed her ear to it. "Fighting is going on in there! Yumi's trapped with someone else!" Ryou looked around. "All the doors leading to where Yumi is are jammed. Any other way in?" Minto stayed silent, ear still against the door. She's worried about what's going on in there with Yumi. Finally Ryou tapped her shoulder. "Help me reach up to that vent." He pointed up to an air vent. Minto sighed. "You're not planning to go in there aren't you?" He nodded and took out a clear vial. Inside was a small amount of shining liquid. "Yumi might be able to use this." Minto gasped. "Ryou! You still have a small sample of that!" "Yes. Now help me open in." She nodded slightly and stood on Ryou's shoulders. A moment later she managed to pry the vent open. Ryou put Minto down. "Tie this around my neck." He told her. Minto obliged and did so with a piece of ribbon. A flash of blue light later, Minto picked up Ryou and tossed him up to the air vent. "Good luck Alto." She whispered.

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Yumi's POV

I was seriously getting my butt kicked. My leg wasn't in pain anymore, but it was dark backstage and lots of clutter. Therefore when I try to maneuver I always crash into something and my wings get injured. Plus in fear of breaking stuff, I couldn't attack. Pantheres didn't seem to attack full force either.

"Why don't you come down here Yumi? Are you scared!"

Currently I was sitting on a ledge far up high. I flew up there for the time being to rest and to think on what to do. And also to think of the fact of Sakura. How can she be dead? She was in my life as long as I remembered! Was it Pantheres who killed her? How did he know she was on vacation anyway! I smell a conspiracy…..

"Why don't you teleport up here and get me you big oaf!"

He growled. "I have my reasons!" Then Pantheres threw a knife at me. I just barely dodged it. I continued to sit there. Maybe if I can aim well I can hit Pantheres without damaging anything. "MINT ARROW! RIBBON MINT GUST!" My attack soared straight at him. Unfortunately Pantheres dodged at the last second. The Mint Gust destroyed a chair and dissolved. He snickered. "If all of the Mews had this kind of skill, then it should be easy to finish you off." He got another knife out and tossed it viciously. The aim was a mile off and struck the wall behind me. I relaxed a little. "Your aim really stinks!" I stuck my tongue out at him. Then a hissing sound and I saw some smoke. The smoke came from a fire extinguisher. Pantheres wasn't aiming for me, he was aiming for the fire extinguisher! I started coughing and fell of the ledge. Immediately he put his knife up to my neck. "You just lost your life. Bye bye Yumi." I felt my blood spurt out of my neck. I also felt my conscious fading away………

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Wow, I'm feeling like I'm killing off my characters. XD

Will Yumi die? What will happen to the other Mews outside? And what was Minto surprised about? Find out………. Next month. No, actually it probably won't take that long.

Should I kick the rating up to T? The story is getting darker…….

My story was stolen 4 times already. So let me repeat this again:

Claimer: I own Sakura, Yumi, Fala, yadda yadda yadda. I had a few instances where people stole my characters. You'd have to have my permission to use them.