TEARS FOR THE LOST
newmew: 0.0 Ichigo I'm going to write the next chapter now...
Ichigo: ...
newmew: please hand me the bat...
Ichigo: *hiss*
newmew: ok ok ok that's fine, just relax...
Kisshu: ugh what the...
newmew: Kisshu! You're awake!
Kisshu: Ya... Did Ichigo hit me with a bat?
newmew: yup.
Kisshu: 0.0 newmew4you does not own Tokyo mew mew... Hey Ichigo why don't you put that bat down please?
Ichigo: SHUT UP MAN WHORE!
Kisshu: 0.o uncalled for.
Chapter 14~ Ayuta, ATTACK!
Ayuta flew through the trees at top speed. She tried to make herself slow down, or stop what she was about to do. But an instinct inside of her pushed her forward. Her body didn't listen to her mind, just followed the orders.
"Ayuta, ATTACK!"
Ayuta shook her head, but didn't it stop her beeline to the springs. She gripped her fury dagger in her right hand, ready to destroy the first sight of the mews. Green flew past her in a blur, no longer able to enjoy the warm woodsy smell the forest gave off; she could only release her tears, as they fell to the dirt ground, staining it with her sadness and frustration.
The mews all stood around each other, still shocked at what had just unfolded in front of them. Ichigo looked out to the springs, away from the others. Zakuro looked at the ground with hard eyes, holding her cross tightly.
"Well we can't just stand here!" She growled at the ground. All but Ichigo looked at her. The wolf mew was holding her weapon so tightly her arm was shaking.
"It looks like she is being controlled by the aliens…" Lettuce said quietly. "There's not much we can do…"
Zakuro looked up her with an angry stare. Lettuce bowed her head.
"Oneechan, we all want to do something but, what can we do?" Mint asked comfortably which wasn't normal for her.
Zakuro clenched her teeth. "We can fight." She spat and turned toward the forest.
"Oneechan!" Pudding shouted before Zakuro burst off into the trees.
Zakuro was determined to restore Ayuta to her normal self. She would not be used as a tool by the aliens, would not be forced into the life of a mew mew, and would not be living a twisted and broken life. Zakuro narrowed her eyes and ran faster into the forest, the dirt from the ground kicking up behind her and seeming like a twister was raging through the forest.
"Ayuta…" She whispered and jumped into the trees as she saw ahead of her something coming toward her fast. A yellow and black figure up ahead, flying through the forest just as fast as she had been running. Zakuro hid behind a branch and tensed herself. As the girl flew closer, Zakuro started to hear small sobs. Zakuro clenched her cross and when the girl was a few feet away she yelled out her attack.
"ZAKURO SPEAR!" A beam of light flew out of her cross and wrapped around Ayuta as she zipped past. She gave a short yelp as she whiplashed and fell backwards. The whip was holding her arms against her sides, but as soon as the blonde haired blue eyed girl saw Zakuro she shouted out her attack.
"SWARM BEAM!" She shouted out in a desperate way. She bent her wrist so the dagger was pointing at Zakuro. Zakuro jumped to the next tree, avoiding the attack but pulling Ayuta with her. "I'm sorry!" Ayuta screamed, tears falling down her cheeks.
"Drop your dagger!" Zakuro called out to her.
"I can't!" Ayuta sobbed. Suddenly her wrist twisted and her dagger cut through the whip. It fell off her and Ayuta flew up and grabbed her dagger with both hands and pointed it at Zakuro. The whip regenerated and Zakuro twirled it over her head, ready to knock the dagger out of Ayuta's hands.
But instead of shouting out her attack, she charged Zakuro. The wolf girl ducked as Ayuta flew above her and stabbed the tree where her head used to be. Zakuro reached up and grabbed Ayuta's hand, but she retaliated by elbowing her in the nose. Zakuro lept back onto a branch of the tree, holding her nose. Ayuta pulled her dagger out of the bark and turned to Zakuro.
"Please! Stop me!" Ayuta whispered desperately, tears staining her perfect face and her usual blue eyes were red.
She came after Zakuro again quickly and Zakuro dodged another stab and upercutted Ayuta in the stomach. Ayuta let out an Umph and doubled over in pain.
"I'll try." Zakuro simply said, before Ayuta came up suddenly and scraped Zakuro on the side of her leg.
Zakuro jumped to a higher branch, and Ayuta held her dagger up to it.
"SWARM BEAM!" She chocked out, and yellow light gathered at the tip of her dagger. Zakuro tried jumping to another branch, but the shot hit her right foot and caused her to fall through the air. She quickly reached up and grabbed onto a branch, it gave way to her weight and she continued to fall. Zakuro threw her whip out and it caught onto a branch. Zakuro held on tightly, and flew up with the whiplash. She reached out and grabbed onto a thick branch and pulled herself up.
She retracted her whip and looked around, trying to find Ayuta.
"I'm honestly sorry…." The girl's shaky voice said. Zakuro looked all around her.
"Where are you?" She called out.
"Here." She said sadly and Zakuro looked up to the girl diving at her about to stab her. Zakuro jumped back and barley avoided the attack. Ayuta landed in a crouch, and then looked up at the wolf mew through her blonde hair. She pulled out of the branch and turned toward her.
"Ayuta… just try to resist." Zakuro said to the girl.
Ayuta shook her head. "I can't!" She chocked out.
Zakuro glared at her, and then threw her whip over the branch.
"Zakuro! What are you doing?" Ayuta exclaimed, watching the cross fall to the dirt.
"If you can't resist, kill me." She stated.
"No! Defend yourself! I-"
"Resist." Zakuro stated, and then held her arms out.
Ayuta took a step towards the vulnerable mew. "Zakuro!" She shouted. She took another step and closed her eyes, tears flowing down her face. "I… I won't hurt you!" She shouted.
The mews stood around, trying to decide what to do.
"We need to go after her!" Mint shouted.
"But what if the aliens come back and hurt the people living here?" Ichigo growled, throwing her hand out towards the house.
"Fine! Half go with me, half stay here!" Mint growled.
"Pudding will go with Mint oneechan na-no-da!" Pudding said, holding her rings to her chest with a determined gleam in her eye.
"I'll stay here and protect the house with Ichigo." Lettuce stated, her large sad eyes looked into the forest.
Ichigo crossed her arms and her cat ears twitched with irritation, whether it was what Kisshu said earlier or something about Lettuce or staying put, Mint didn't know and didn't care at that point. Mint turned away from the house with pudding and they looked at each other, giving a nod simultaneously, they raced into the forest.
Ichigo and Lettuce stood there, watching the two mews disappear into the trees. Lettuce turned towards the house and jogged over to the open door. Ichigo turned slowly, and stared at the hot springs.
"Ichigo!" Lettuce called and the cat girl tore her eyes away from the spring and stiffly walked towards the house.
Lettuce walked over to the sleeping couple on the bed with a steaming cup of tea and washcloths in her hands. She placed them on the table and sat in a chair next to their bed, placing the washcloths on their foreheads.
Ichigo stared out the window; whatever had been bugging her was still doing so. Lettuce pulled the covers over the two. The woman had fainted and had been lying on the floor, the man passed out from what seemed like pain for he was in a ball on the floor. Lettuce and Ichigo had dragged them into the bed, and they were now waiting for them to wake up.
Lettuce stood up from her seat and walked over to Ichigo. She placed her hand on her shoulder and the cat girl didn't move.
"Ichigo, is something wrong?" Lettuce asked kindly.
Ichigo's tail swished back and forth irritably. "No." She said with a hard voice.
"Because you seem to be-"
"Nothing's wrong Lettuce! Just leave me alone!" Ichigo snapped and turned on her heel, stomping out of the front door. Lettuce watched her fellow mew leave with sad confused eyes.
Mint blew through the forest, just slightly flying off the ground. Pudding kept a good pace with her, jumping through the trees. Mint scanned the trees, searching for the wolf mew or Ayuta. Suddenly the sounds of shouts reached both their ears and they stopped to listen.
"Please- go- hurt- don't- sorry-"
Bits and pieces of an agonized voice reached their ears. Mint flew up higher, now at level with pudding in a tree.
"Is that Ayuta na-no-da?" Pudding asked.
"I think so, come on!" Mint said and now flew next to pudding, desperately trying to find the pair.
"There!" Pudding squealed. Mint stopped and turned to the left, to see Zakuro and Ayuta on a branch not far away. Mint made a noise and summoned her Minto Arrow, blind with fury at the scene of the blonde holding her dagger out to the wolf mew. "No! Oneechan!" Pudding shouted, trying to stop Mint from shooting at Ayuta.
"MINTO ARROW!"
Ayuta was trying to pull her arm back when she heard the bird mew's attack.
"MINTO ARROW!"
"Perfect, kill me now! Stop me!" She screamed in her head, and closed her eyes, ready to die.
But she didn't feel the pain shoot through her, instead she felt a pair of arms grab her, and push her down. Ayuta's eyes flew open and she saw Zakuro over her.
"Oneechan…" Ayuta whispered, and saw a trail of blood leak over her back and a drop fall onto the bark.
"Why?" She whispered to the wolf girl.
She lifted her eyes up to the stunned blonde and made a small smile.
"Because you aren't the enemy." She whispered back.
Ayuta's eyes got wide as the wolf girl collapsed on top of her.
"Zakuro? Zakuro? ZAKURO!" She screamed, shaking the purple haired girl on her. Her dagger lay next to her on the branch and she had a sudden impulse to grab it and stab the wolf girl.
"No…" She whispered fiercely. "I WONT BE YOUR WEAPON!" She screamed and pushed her dagger off the branch, and it landed with a thump next to Zakuro's cross.
Mint stared in horror at what had just happen. The arrow had almost hit her when Zakuro pushed the girl down, and it landed in her back. She collapsed on top of Ayuta, and Ayuta screamed. Pudding stared also.
"Z-Zakuro-san?" She stuttered, her young eyes welling up with tears. "ONEECHAN!" She shouted and started jumping trees toward her. Mint stared at the unmoving Zakuro eyes wide mouth agape.
"Zakuro," She whispered, the harsh tears blinding her. She shook her head, the tears falling out of her eyes. "ZAKURO!" She screamed into the sky.
Lettuce turned towards the window from her seat next to the bed, hearing a scream. "Ichigo?" She whispered, standing up and going outside. "Ichigo? Where are you? I think the others are in trouble!" She yelled into the open, looking around wildly. "Where did she go?" She wondered.
"So is it only you?" A voice asked behind her. Lettuce spun around and saw Taruto sitting on the edge of the house, looking at her mischievously.
"You will pay for what you did to Ayuta!" Lettuce called out to the young alien and held out her weapon.
"LETTUCE RUSH!" She called and spun around then aimed her weapon at him and a spray of water shot out. He easily dodged it and grabbed his clickety-clackers out of his pocket.
"Take this fish!" He yelled and spun them at her. Lettuce jumped to the left and attacked again. The two battled and from afar away, Ichigo saw them clash. She was hiding behind one of the rocks of the springs, tears running down her face. She knew she should help but couldn't bring herself to move from her hiding place. She pulled her knees to her chest and sobbed quietly.
Pai floated with Kisshu, watching the two mews gather around Ayuta and the fallen Zakuro.
Pai grinded his teeth together. "How the hell did she resist?" He growled.
Kisshu made a 'pft' sound and Pai snapped his head to him.
Kisshu cocked his head towards Pai with an 'isn't it obvious?' look.
"What?" Pai hissed.
"She's a strong girl; I didn't expect that control to last on her for very long…" Kisshu chuckled and looked back to the girls.
"Well maybe she just needs to be told again." Pai said darkly and called out again.
"AYUTA ATTACK!"
newmew: Ohhhhh cliff hanger!
Kisshu: Ya… Is Ichigo ok?
Ichigo: *on ground*
newmew: ya, she's just sleeping from the shot I ga- I mean, she was really tired…
Kisshu: 0.o
newmew: *Has innocent look*
Kisshu: Er ok… REVIEW PLZ!