Her feet pattered quietly as she stealthily ran through the dismal night and her heart thumped against her chest. She could feel him behind her, following her, wanting to kill her.

The bushes and trees rustled as she passed them and eerie clouds drifted like ghosts across the frigid night's sky, creating a spooky, tense atmosphere that kept her on edge.

Moonlight shone down through torn white sheets which hit the never ending stretch of concrete. Little dots of light appeared on the path, almost as if they were trying to imitate the dim stars above.

Ichigo took it as a sign an unpredictable sign and chose to follow them.

The knife in the cat girl's hand shimmered as moonlight hit it and thick crimson liquid slid down the deathly blade, splattering onto the floor, leaving evidence of where she had been.

That wasn't a good thing when an obsessive rapist and potential murderer was trying to find her. Taking no notice of the blood splattered floor she continued to sprint.

Her lungs ached and she breathed in heavily and fast. Head spinning, the exhausted girl stopped from fear of passing out. I can't stop for long, she reminded herself, terrified of the possibility of what events could unfold if the blonde caught up with her. Only a minute.

Taking in a deep breath, she flinched as the icy air filled her burning lungs. She started coughing once again.

It was only then, bent over and clutching her stomach, did she notice her state of clothing. Her dress was badly ripped and she could feel the deathly cold air leaking through the tares and wrap around her small fragile form, trying to freeze her.

Her cheek and lip wounds stung from exposure to the air and her eyes were bloodshot from crying. Her mind screamed in an unheard agony.

She cursed the fact that she couldn't run home to her parents since they weren't even in town, she cursed Ryou for destroying her pendant so she couldn't transform, but most of all she cursed the location of the café.

Why it was the other side of a gigantic park, cut off from the rest of the city was a mystery of its own.

Hearing heavy footsteps approaching behind her, she continued to run down the deserted road that led towards the park. Her mind plummeted into a raging whirlpool of questions.

Ryou must have found out about Kish but how did he find out? Surely Lettuce didn't tell him. And why is he so bothered about it any way? And is what I'm doing really so bad that he feels that he has to kill me? And why would he resort to 'that' before even trying to talk to me? She frantically asked herself, hoping the answers would pop up in front of her.

She didn't know who to turn to. She couldn't rely on the other mews since they didn't understand what was happening and Ryou would probably brainwash them into believing a terrible lie.

She wouldn't get Lettuce involved because Ryou would go after her as well for hiding her friend's secret and she had no idea where the alien was.

"KISH!" She screamed, hoping that wherever in the universe he was her would here her cry for help.


Holding onto his wound, the sadistic blonde forced himself to stumble after the cat girl and watched as she darted around the corner and into the park. Spitting some blood from his mouth he continued to lunge himself forwards after her.

The blade that he had snatched out of the drawer after the petrified girl had fled from him dug into his hand as he squeezed it in anger.

Blood dripped down from the several gashes on his hand and onto the floor, some mangling together with hers.

He sneered, picking up his slow pace. He knew he couldn't let her reach the other side of the park. If that was to happen then he knew it would be game over. He'd lose.

She had to die and then he would blame it all on the alien, framing him, making it look like he was her murderer, her rapist.

Turning the corner, he ran as fast as the wound in his side would allow him to move. Feet stomping heavily from under pressure of trying to stand, he pursued her through the trees, eyes scouting the area to try to locate her again. Eyes locking onto her form he smirked deviously.

Tonight the girl he loved, but knew he could never have would die.


It had started to rain heavily and Ichigo could feel the ground below her quickly turning to mud.

Her feet slid in all directions as she tried to maintain the speed that she was moving and feeling light headed and dizzy wasn't helping the matter. She knew he was close behind and she knew she couldn't keep running for much longer.

Approaching the bottom of a steep muddy hill the cat girl stopped running and stared at it lifelessly, almost about to give up hope. There's no way I can get up that, she thought sadly. But I have to try… I guess.

Taking deep, wheezing breaths she tried to pull together the last of her energy and sprinted towards the challenging obstacle.

Her feet slid in the flowing mud and her body came crashing down heavily as she reached the hills midway point. Frantically she reached out for something to hold onto but found nothing and the slippery ground beneath her pushed her back down to the bottom.

Feeling the putrid gunk full her mouth, she choked.

Spitting as much as she could of the disgusting mixture out of her mouth, she sat on the ground and gazed at the hill again. Knowing it was impossible to climb she let out an exasperated sigh and decided to give up.

Breathing heavily the cat girl bit her lip hard and tears began to fall from her eyes once again as she felt her vision start to go black.

Ichigo heard footsteps squelching closer to her and a knowing cackle escaped the blonde's lips. He walked over to her and crouched down to look into her dazed, lifeless orbs.

Stroking one of his hands over her cut and trembling lip he brought his other back and slammed into the side of her face hard.

Her head snapped to the side from impact and her hands clawed tightly at the muddy ground.

"R-Ryou…" She mumbled weakly, trying to talk to him. He ignored her and pushed against her chest roughly, forcing her to fall onto her back. Climbing on top of her he grabbed her chit tightly and forced her to look at him.

"I've changed my mind. Your not going to fucking enjoy this!" He spat angrily. Swiftly, he cut open the top part of her dress, exposing her breasts to the frigid air.

Finally giving up hope, the weak girl once again tilted her head and looked to the side.

She could vaguely see in the distance the entrance to a narrow path, surrounded by a row of trees on either side. Drifting fog brightened by the moonlight, clouded her view as it drifted amongst the trees.

Feeling the perverted young man's hands trailing over her body roughly, her eyes welled up with tears threatening to overspill again. She gazed forward and focused her mind on the entrance of the path, trying to distract herself and willing the alien to come for her.

"Kish…" she mumbled.

Through her watery eyes Ichigo noticed a blur of blue slowly emerging from the clearing in between the trees. Masked in the fog the figure walked closer towards them and suddenly she knew who it was. "Masaya…" Tears finally spilling and her vision becoming un-blurred, she looked at the figure again.

This wasn't the blue knight that she once knew. Something was very different.