I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew, if I did Kish would have killed Masaya and Berry would have been run over by a truck! R&R

last time...

The older spoke up "We will find you, Ichigo, and you will pay for what you've done!"

present...

Kish held Ichigo for hours before he realized she was asleep. He picked her up bridal style, being careful not to wake her, and teleported to her bedroom. He gently laid her on her bed and pulled the covers over her. He kissed her softly on the forehead before whispering "Good night, my lovely Ichigo." He looked down on Ichigo for a few seconds and then teleported back to his ship.

Shortly after Kish departed, a man with black hair and cold grey eyes filled with hatred appeared in Ichigo's bedroom. He stood silently watching Ichigo sleep. Little did either Kish or Ichigo know that this man was plotting revenge. If his plan worked, then this would be the last time Ichigo would sleep in that room. As the black haired man leaned over Ichigo, he hissed, "Sleep well cat-girl, your life will belong to me soon." Malice filled his eyes as he stared at the sleeping girl. Then he vanished.

uh...um...somewhere...

"Darien, watch where you're doing!" a boy with blond hair and bright green eyes yelled at his friend who was flying their plane. The two boys were flying in a small two seater with one propeller that would miss a beat once in a while and dip to the annoyance of Jonny.

"Aww, Jonny, relax. I know what I'm doin'." The boy with orange hair and brown eyes yelled at his friend with a trace of laughter in his voice. Darien gave Jonny an impish grin just before the plane started to head for the ground at an alarming rate. Darien's attention was fixed on keeping the plane up. Jonny was yelling, "Keep her up, you idiot! Do you really know what your doing? Remember if you crash this plane, you won't be seeing Ichigo, you moron!!" Darien shot a quick dirty look at Jonny for just a second and returned his attention back to the plane. As Darien began to laugh like a maniac, Jonny's heart fell to the ground and only the whites of his eyes could be seen as the plane continued to descend.

It was hopeless. The plane really had only be a work in progress when Darien "borrowed" it from his Dad. The need was great though. Darien had read his sister Candy's dream about the plans to capture Ichigo - Darien's one and only love. With the help and support of his best friend Jonny, the two of them packed up and "borrowed" the plane and headed for Tokyo. It wasn't going to happen. As Jonny's screams grew louder, the plane quickly descended. Darien held it together long enough to land it with the nose down dangerously scrapping the ground. Miraculously the only damage was to the plane, which would never fly again, ever.

Darien and Jonny scrambled out of the wreckage and ran a safe distance away in case of an explosion or fire. Jonny fell to the ground and stared up at the sky still not believeing that he was alive. Then he heard Darien's anguish screams, "Oh, my God! Oh, my God! My Dad is going to kill me!!" Darien turned to Jonny who laid mute on the ground. "What's the matter with you!! How can you be so calm!!"

Jonny slowly turned his face to his friend and quietly said, "It was your fault. Your Dad ain't going to do nothing to me! Besides, I am not sure I'm really alive!!"

"You a real creep, Jonny!! You're rather heartless!! Besides, you are alive. Thanks to me! I did some spectacular flying there."

Jonny sat up and cried, "That was good flying? We were almost killed. In fact, we may be dead. I have my doubts. I think I saw a light as we were headed down."

Darien walked over to his friend and kicked him.

"Ow!" screamed Jonny. "What was that for?"

"Well, did you feel it? You think you're still dead?" sneered Darien.

"Okay, okay. I believe. Now, where the hell are we?"

Darien thrushed his right arm towards the sky with his index finger extended and declared, "With my superior navigational skills, I declare we are lost!!"

"Great! That is just great! This is what I get for helping some love-struck fool. I told you we could have taken a commercial flight. Didn't the others? No, you couldn't have that. Now, look at us."

"Well," Darien chirped because he was never one to stay down long. "I guess we need to get what supplies we can out of the plane and start walkin'. We got a lovely little lady to help out."

"Yea, you're right," Jonny countered, "My little Ichigo, is a lovely lady."

"W-what do you mean your Ichigo?" stammered Darien. Jonny only laughed.

The two guys packed up as much gear as they could carry and headed east, which Darien figured was the way to Tokyo. Jonny sighed as he thought of their long trek ahead. He turned to Darien and complained that he really didn't want to walk or carry this stuff. Darien shot him his crooked grin and stated that as soon as they could find a woman all Jonny had to do was give his "killer " smile and they would have it easy. Jonny cringed at that suggestion. It was always like that since he was just a baby. He was Mister Cutie Pie. Shortly after reaching a highway, it wasn't long when there was a screeching of tires and the smell of rubber burning when some woman was caught by Jonny's smile. The two "knights" were on their way.

The next morning:

Ichigo pushed herself to get out of bed and get dressed to head for work. She was determined that Masaya and that little blimp of a twit (Berry) were not going to keep her down. Ichigo told herself she was through with that cheating tree hugger. She saw them in her mind wearing "cement shoes" and being dropped into the ocean. Good!! Let them feed the fishes!! That ought to make that tree hugging cheater happy to feed the fishes. Then Ichigo had a vision of a mighty oak falling on top of Masaya's head and buried him deep in the ground. She liked that. She saw Berry bald, toothless, and flat chested. She enjoyed that vision.

As Ichigo walked down the street with these visions of Berry's and Masaya's torments, suddenly five girls appeared in front of her. It was just as if they materlized out of nowhere. "What?! W-what is this?! Who are you people?!" Ichigo screamed.

The tallest of the group with long purplish red hair with black streaks stepped towards Ichigo. She fixed a hateful gaze with her dark brown eyes on Ichigo. She sneered, "You know us, you ratty little cat. Don't pretend with me. You're not going to fool with me, you little brat. Now come with us. Don't give me any trouble. Or I'll make you regret it. And you know I can do it, Ms. Ichigo."

Ichigo was startled and she frantically tried to recall anyone like this. This girl was really bitchy and scary. She certainly wasn't someone you could easily forget. Not with those eyes. And what about that hair? What about those black streaks? Ichigo took a deep breathe and quietly said, "Ah, I'm really sorry but I don't remember you and I think I would if we had met before. Maybe you have me mixed up with someone else? Huh?!"

That was the wrong reply. Ms. Purplish Hair snapped her fingers and all five girls transformed. Ichigo was struck speechless as she looked at these five people. In front of her was a girl with panther eyes, ears, and tail without her black streaks. Her outfit, which was a skimpy one piece looking swimsuit, matched the girl's purplish red hair. To her immedate left was a girl with blood red hair, the same skimpy outfit but blood red like her hair. She had bat wings and little bat ears. Next to the batty thing, was a girl with orange hair with mouse ears and a mouse tail. Orange hair had on the same looking skimpy swimsuit thing, of course it was orange. Ichigo looked to the right and there was a girl with red hair with sort of a pinkish tint. She sported leopard ears and tail with the pinkish tint swimsuit thing. The last girl had raven black hair with red fox ears and bushy tail. She also had a black skimpy outfit just as the other four.

Ichigo noticed they all wore black masks and had swords tucked into black sahes that were around their waist. The odd thing is, Ichigo wasn't afraid. In fact, there now was a flicker of something in the back of her mind. Did she really know these people? Why wasn't she afraid? She should be afraid. Especially with Ms. Purplish Red hair now minus the black streaks.

Suddenly there were streaks of light emitted from each girl's hands. The light surrounded Ichigo and turned into red and black streaks as it wrapped around her. The only thing Ichigo noticed was the heat. She did not feel bound. There was no pain. But she could feel herself starting to change. She started to grow and her hair began to form two pigtails toward the back of her head, In addition, her hair started to curl. Ichigo suddenly realized she was transforming.