Hiya again :) I realized most of my authors notes things are at the beginning ; Oh well. Silly putty! (Ok sorry. That was random. I was holding silly putty when I was typing) Yeah. Anyways. This is my new chapter! Woohoo! Whatever. Thanks for commenting those two people who did --; I'm not impressed. Please comment. I just wanna have an actual RECORD of WHO read it. Even saying hi is fine by me. I don't like the stats cause it doesn't tell you who read it. Thanks to Anjuali who's always reading this! Ok, this next chapter tells of WHAT crazy thing Ryou and Keiichiro were planning in the past chapters. You could hear, er, read their voices in the background. Well, here! Sorry, but most of the text here in this here chapter is spoken by the two men. When I go to the next "quote", it means the other man is speaking.

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Chapter 6: DNA Antibodies!

Ichigo's first thoughts were: I hate you Shirogane.

"Come on people," Ryou pushed, "We don't have time to lose if we want to tell you before Mint gets back."

"Why are we keeping this a secret from Mint-san?" Lettuce asked.

"We'll tell you later," Keiichiro said, "Now, take a look at this hologram."

A hologram popped up. The hologram showed some Mew Aqua.

"Now, as you all know," Keichiro began, "Mew Aqua has many magical properties. And it can cause transformations in all of you, just like it did to Lettuce."

"Now, take a look at this diagram," A big screen lit up behind Keiichiro, "This is the DNA injected into you."

"Over time the DNA will grow stronger and merge with your bodies, making it something like an organ."

"The DNA has latched on to Ichigo's blood cells like oxygen and had spread around into her body."

"It'll happen in all of you, don't worry. We're making DNA antibodies right now. They will destroy the DNA in the wrong parts of the body, but not the main one."

"Any questions?"

There was a silence.

Zakuro spoke up, "So, what does Mint have to do with this?"

"It'll speed up her DNA spread too. Then, we can give the antibodies and she won't have this happen again. The same with all of you," Ryou replied, "Any more?"

"Pudding has one, na no da!" Pudding raised her hand.

"Yes Pudding?" Ryou sighed.

"Why did we all fall asleep in the helicopter, na no da?"

"That was the DNA spreading, sort of like when you get sick," Keiichiro responded.

"One last question," Lettuce rose her hand, "Why do you need to wait until the transformation has taken over? Why can't we do it now?"

"Good question," Ryou paused, "It's because if we don't wait until then, the antibodies may destroy the DNA that we want to keep, and we don't want that to happen, now do we?"

Just then, Mint came into the room, "Why is everyone down here and not outside?"

"We were just studying the Mew Aqua," Zakuro lied.

"Oh, ok. Why do you guys have Ichigo-koneko?" Mint asked.

"ICHIGO-KONEKO?!" the three girls and Ichigo (mewing of course) cried and mewed unison.

"Is there a problem with calling my kitten that?" Mint put her hands to her hips.

YOUR KITTEN?!

Mint went down the stairs and picked up Ichigo off the floor. Then, she exited the room and went to the lodge.

"I got some food for you, Ichigo-koneko!"(Ichigo-koneko kinda means Ichigo-kitty I guess) Mint put Ichigo on her bed.

"I hope you like tuna," Mint gave Ichigo some tuna, on plate of course, so Mint's bed wouldn't get dirty.

Instantly, Ichigo ate. She liked fried tuna as a girl, so regular tuna must be a filler for a cat. Soon, there was nothing but bones left on the plate.

"How was that?" Mint smiled.

Ichigo's face beamed.

"I'm sure it's better to be with me than those urchins, huh?" Mint grabbed a tissue and wiped Ichigo's face, "Well, except for Zakuro-oneesama. She's cool."

Mint put Ichigo in her lap and started to pet her. Ichigo started purring, "Don't worry about anything, Ichigo-koneko,"

Suddenly, Lettuce came into the room, "Mint!"

"What is it Lettuce?" Mint scowled.

Masha came from behind Lettuce, "Alien! Alien!"

"Come on, Mint!" Lettuce rushed.

"Why the hell are they here anyways?!" Mint complained as she turned to Ichigo, "Ichigo, I'll be back. Be good."

Mint left with Lettuce.

Ichigo sneaked and followed them outside.