On Thursday morning, Ichigo and Ichia were on their way to school together.
"I can't believe my little cousin is Mew Ichigo and has a boyfriend," said Ichia who was dressed in one of Ichigo's school's uniforms.
"I can't believe you're going to my school," said Ichigo in a low voice.
"Hm, did you say something?' asked Ichia with a creepy smile that would but Zakuro's to shame.
"I, I said nothing," said Ichigo with a scared face.
"Hey, Ichigo!" said Masaya as he ran over to them.
"Morning Masaya," said Ichigo with a happy voice and a smile on his face.
"Oh, so this is the boyfriend I have heard about," said Ichia with the same creepy smile as before as she looked Masaya over.
"Y, yes I am, but who are you?" asked Masaya as he looked at the two and noticed the similarities between their hairs, Ichia's being a little lighter in color. Even their facieses looked similar.
"This is my cousin Ichia," said Ichigo.
"Yeah and from what I have seen so far, she is one mean girl," said Kasai who was up on a tiny hill sitting under a tree.
"Kasai, how long have you been here" asked Ichigo as Kasai jumped off the hill and landed next to them.
"I was here a few minutes before you," said Kasai. Just then Masha appeared before them.
"Ichigo, Shadow Beast King, Shadow Beast King," said Masha as his wings fluttered.
"What, how close?" asked Ichigo with a series look on her face.
"To close, to close," said Masha. Kasai then started to sniff the air.
"Shadow Shark," said Kasai with a freaked face.
"Why do you look so scared, haven't you defeated several of them now?" asked Ichia.
"That's true, but he is the third strongest of them, and the toughest to find," said Kasai as he started to look around.
"So what kind of shark is he?" asked Masaya.
"He is a Port Jackson Shark," said Kasai.
"I've heard about them, they're dorsal fins hold poison in them, they are usually in the coastal region of southern Australia," said Ichigo. Everyone else just stared in shock as if she had just said the meaning of life.
"I wanted to learn more about endangered animals, so I did some research," said Ichigo with a shrug of the shoulders.
"Well, you have learnt a lot about my people," said a voice that came out of nowhere.
"Where are you Shadow Shark?" asked Kasai as he looked around.
"Right here," said the voice as a humanoid shark jumped out of the ground right before them.
"Nice entrance," said Kasai. All three of the Mew Mews then transformed
"We won't allow you to hurt anyone," said Ichigo.
"I just want to talk, you said that you learnt about my people, right Mew Ichigo?" asked Shadow Shark
"Yeah, I did," said Ichigo.
"Then you know about how my people are being threatened," said Shadow Shark.
"The humans who are doing that are bad once, there are those who want to protect you all," said Ichigo.
"Are you one of these people?" asked Shadow Shark.
"I am, and so aren't all of the Mew Mews, right guys?" asked Ichigo as she looked at Blue Knight and Phoenix.
"That's right, it's why we fight, so we can protect all the lives that inhabit this world," said Blue Knight
"Then why do you fight us, we just want to save our people," said Shadow Shark with a sad tone of voice.
"Hurting others is not the way to go about it, we need a peaceful way to do it," said Phoenix.
"Shadow Shark, what are you doing?!" asked Shadow Drag who was hovering above them.
"Shadow Drag they sound like they really want to help us," said Shadow Shark as he looked at him.
"They lie, humans only want to hurt our kind," said Shadow Drag.
"That's not true," said Ichigo.
"Then prove it, Beast Blast," said Shadow Drag as he shoot an energy blast at a nearby stray dog.
"No!" said Ichigo as she ran over and took the blast in her back.
"Sir, if that had hit the dog, it would have been," said Shadow Shark as if he couldn't even finish his sentence.
"You disappoint me Shadow Shark," said Shadow Drag as he put his hand out toward him.
"No, please," said Shadow Shark as he backed up.
"I thought you would have been the one to defeat them with that poison of yours, but it looks like I was wrong," said Shadow Drag.
"You might get my powers, but I know the Mew Mews will defeat you," said Shadow Drag as he vanished with a tear in his eye.
"What a fool to trust in humans," said Shadow Drag as he left.
"Ichigo!" said Blue Knight as he transformed back into Masaya and ran over to check on her.
"I'm fine," said Ichigo with pain in her voice.
"How did you survive that attack?" asked Kasai.
"Let's just say that I'm glad that I have the spirit of a griffin now, it made feel like I just got talked" said Ichigo as she stud up and a pair of wings formed on her back.
"Whoa, griffin wings, nice," said Ichia. A bell then rang in the distance.
"Oh man, we're late for school," said Kasai. They then took off as fast as they could, Masaya carrying Ichigo on his back.
"I promise you Shadow Shark, I will try to help save all the species of earth," thought Ichigo to herself.