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

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last time

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.

present

As Ichigo reached a height of 5' 7" and her hair curled into little ringlets of strawberry red, her outfit changed into a red strapless dress that reached mid-thigh. She, too, had the black mask around her eyes and the sash and sword. Ichigo's sword had a red ribbon tied at the hilt. Her cat tail sported a red bow with a bell. Her familiar cat ears were in place. The red and black streaks that had surrounded her faded away. Ichigo stood there looking at her five adverseries with an even stronger thought that these people were known to her. Yet, she still couldn't recall anything about them. There was something definitely about Ms. Purplish hair that made Ichigo uneasy. Without conscious thought, Ichigo drew her sword and raised it above her head and began to spin it by the ribbon at the hilt. Then she released the sword at the girls and it spun wildly towards them. Four of the girls jump to the side but the leopard girl was not quick enough and was hit. She fell to the ground unconscious as the sword returned to Ichigo's right hand.

Ms. Purplish hair began to scream in a rage at Ichigo, "How could you hurt her? How dare you hurt Cherry? What is wrong with you? You heartless alley cat!! You are scum. You will feel my wrath for hurting imooto!!"

She lunged towards Ichigo as the foxy girl ran to the fallen Cherry.

A black light formed above Ichigo's left hand and driven merely by instinct, Ichigo reached for the black light and grasped it into her hand. It formed into a black whip that she lashed out at the three standing girls. She hit the bat and mouse but Ms Purplish hair received only a glancing blow. The bat and mouse immediately fell to the ground unconscious like Cherry. Ms. Purplish hair turned and ran away leaving her four comrades behind. Foxy stood up with a startled look. As foxy looked into Ichigo's eyes, she fainted.

Ichigo reviewed the scene in front of her and in the corner of her eye she notices a shadow. She quickly turned but there was no one there. Ichigo felt like a cold hand griping at her heart. Suddenly, Ichigo was grabbed from behind and she heard an unfamiliar voice crying out, "Ichigo, it's wonderful to see you again. I've missed you so much. You were awesome!!" Who was this? And it was hugging too hard.

"I can't breathe. Let me go!!" Ichigo stomped on her captor's toes with the heel of her boot.

"Ow!! Hey, it's me!! It's me - Darien!!"

"Darien, give it a rest." A second unfamiliar voice reached Ichigo's ears. She finally broke free and turned to see a cute guy with orange hair. Next to him was the most gorgeous guy, Ichigo had ever seen. Blond hair, green eyes, cute little nose, and a fabulous set of lips. Then she scanned his body. It was hot. Ichigo's mind went blank. Was this love at first sight?

She was grabbed again by orange hair who cried out, "Ichigo, Ichigo, are you all right? Whoa, what happened to Candy?" Darien released Ichigo and walked over to the orange haired mouse girl and dropped down and called out to her.

"Jonny, come over here. Here's Melon. Look over there - Cherry and Lico. Uh oh, Jonny, Razzy ain't here. Not good."

Jonny shot a smile at Ichigo and moved slowly over to his friend. "So, Nishin, really was going to do it, wasn't he?"

"I told you what I saw in the dream."

"I know. But dreams can be awfully funny and not mean anything."

"Excuse me. Hey, over there! Who are you? Why did these people attack me? Who is this Razzy and Nishin?"

Darien stood up and looked at Jonny. "This really ain't any good. I don't think she remembers."

"I think you're right. I don't think we know the whole story. I think we're flying blind again. I knew it. It's always this way with you, Darien. You never get all the facts. You can't even pick out a plane that will stay up in the air."

"Oh, no. You're not going to start that again. I heard enough of that on the way to Tokyo. I saved your life, man. Show some gratitude."

"Gratitude!" shouted Jonny. "You almost kill me and I'm supposed to show gratitude? What kind of nonense is that?"

"EXCUSE ME!! YOU DIDN'T ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTIONS? WHO ARE YOU? WHO ARE THESE GIRLS? AND WHY DO I HAVE THIS STUPID OUTFIT AND CURLY HAIR?!"

Darien and Jonny turned towards a fuming Ichigo. "W-w-well. I don't know what to tell you. It's sort of a long story. I think we better help the girls out. They're really nice girls. Candy is my baby sister. She is a little goofy but the problem is really Nishin. I don't like talkin' about your brother, though."

"B-b-b-brother?! I don't have a brother. I am an only child." shouted Ichigo.

"About that," Jonny started slowly. "You saw a girl with red hair with black steaks? Mean eyes."

Ichigo nodded.

"Well, I hate to break it to you but that's your sister. That little one over there with red hair? She's your younger sister."

Ichigo was totally stunned. There was a slight vibration and Kish appeared. "Wow! Cool outfit, neko-chan. Let's go be alone for awhile. It looks kind of crowded here and most of these people seem to be sleeping. So, let's not disturb them."

"Hey, you little fella, with those funny ears. Who are you and who is neko-chan?" inquired Darien as he stood up to face Kish.

Kish laughed and rose above the ground. He smiled and said, "I'm the guy that is going to take you down and you'll never get up again. Somebody with that color hair, shouldn't make fun of anybody else's appearance. For your information, neko-chan is my girlfriend; this cute little kitty." Kish floated above Ichigo's head.

"I can't handle this anymore. Kish, please don't do this. You're driving me nuts." Ichigo flopped to the ground and sat there looking at the two guys and four bodies of the fallen girls. She sighed and put her face in her hands.