Description: Zakuro fights back against the ruler and tries to understand why he hasn't killed her. The mews try to find her, but another girl is taken.

Rating: T

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Deep Blue slowly retracted his hand as the mew pulled her head away. Zakuro took a shaky breath, her teeth clenched together. The violet haired girl whipped her head up toward him and stood up, he stared at her, an unamused look on his face. Her body was still shaky but she mustered up her courage.

She glared up at the alien, he was slightly taller than her, looking at her with an icy stare. Deep Blue's lips slightly curled to an amused smirk as she took a breath.

"What am I doing here?"

The alien stared at her for just a moment before looking away and walking back toward the glass.

"Girl I have no need to explain myself to you. You're free to guess if you wish, I have no reason to fear you. Just know you will not be in my way any longer"

Zakuro snarled and ran toward him, she shoved him but grabbed his coat and attempted to yank him around, but he didn't budge. He turned and grabbed her by the neck, his expression quite serious.

"I've no time to play with you human. So please, if you would-"

He then threw her back away from him onto her rear, she slid on the ground. Her head whipped into his direction, her eyes firey with rage. Before Zakuro could push herself up, two aliens appeared beside her. She gasped and looked up at them as they swooped down at her. Each alien grabbed one of her arms and pulled her haphazardly to her feet. The mew struggled and fought them as they began to drag her out of the lords chamber. There was a small solid section of wall behind where she had been first dropped, on it was an enormous door. But the aliens teleported before they reached the door, and appeared in a dark hallway, it was wide and very dark.

Zakuro writhed around, yanking and fighting the two aliens. They began passing doors, large steel doors with tiny slot windows at eye level. Zakuro felt her heart race, she was being held in another room. Before she could break free, the aliens opened one of the steel doors and threw her inside. Zakuro crashed to the ground, her teeth clenched. She turned and watched as the automated doors slammed closed with the aliens outside the room. The wolf girl jumped to her feet and glared at the door, she took a shaky breath. Her body quaked with rage at this treatment. She finally stopped to look around, it was a small holding cell. About as large as a small bedroom, but there was nothing in the room. Just cold steel walls and a hard steel floor. The wall opposite the door was all glass, showing space like the other windows.

Her heart sank as she stared out, the blue Earth staring at her through the panes. Zakuro walked over and looked out, her body starting to calm down from the outburst. She stared at the tiny blue planet, it just floated amongst the stars so peacefully. Zakuro stared, wondering what the other girls were doing. If they were being attacked, or kidnapped like herself.

Ichigo collapsed to her knees, her eyes suddenly tearing up. Her chest hurt from the lack of oxygen, her breath in large heaves. Lettuce walked up and knelt beside her, shaking her head.

"Ichigo, What are we going to do?"

Mint was up ahead of them, just shaking with her fists clenched. The aliens were gone. They had taken the youngest member of the team. One by one they were disappearing with the aliens. Ichigo grit her teeth and shook her head, fighting the tears as the rolled from her eyes.

"I let them take her! It's my fault! I'm not strong enough to stop them!"

Mint suddenly clenched her own hair and let out a scream as she fell to her knees,

"What are we going to do!"

Lettuce sobbed quietly beside Ichigo with her face in her hands. A sporty red car pulled up behind the girls, two men darted out of the vehicle and up to the trio. Keiichiro dove onto his knees in front of Ichigo and Lettuce. Ryou stared at Ichigo sadly as he walked over to Mint. He knelt beside her,

"What happened?"

Keiichiro smiled weakly at the two as Ichigo looked up at him. Lettuce kept her face buried in her hands. The brunette chef leaned forward as Ichigo mustered words.

"They took her…. We couldn't stop them… They attacked us so fast… and there were two more aliens… It's all my fault Akasaka-san!"

Keiichiro frowned and clenched his jaw, he leaned forward and pulled both off the girls to his chest embracing. The two mews cried heavily onto Keiichiro's chest as he held them tightly. He placed his head on top of Ichigos head and gently rubbed Lettuce's back as they both continued to bawl. Ryou glanced back over his arm that was now around Mint's shoulders, he felt just a slight amount of jealousy for not being the one holding Ichigo. But that wasn't important now. The aliens were picking them off one by one.

A blond girl flipped around and struggled as she was dragged down a hall. She had been tied up, her legs and arms binder by some sort of rope. Tart trotted after her and the tall alien that held the rope binding her arms, dragging her.

"Pai what are you gonna do?"

Kish had disappeared once they were back on the ship, his whereabouts were unknown. Pai didn't look at the small alien that was beside him,

"Deep Blue has instructed us to bring all the mews to his ship one by one. Zakuro was one of the strongest so she went first, Purin is the one that will draw out emotion in the girls because she is a child. They are very weak now. We can activate the mew aqua and destroy the humans much quicker once Master Deep Blue is ready."

Tart huffed and looked at Purin a few times, struggling to find words. He felt so confused and that this was wrong.

"So what are you going to do with her?"

He stated, sounding a bit more urgent than he meant. Purin clenched her teeth and wriggled in the ropes, they hurt her joints the more she struggled. Pai looked over at Tart as they walked, his expression now bitter,

"Tart we're taking her to Deep Blue's holding cells, he requested they stay on his ship. It's the most secure area we have."

Tart looked down and felt his heart wrench, he knew Purin would never come off that ship alive. Deep Blue was probably killing them off one by one, or perhaps he was waiting to kill them in front of each other. Tart felt mixed emotions about taking her. Pai stopped walking and took a deep breath,

"I'll take her myself. I was going to have Pyro do it, but I have not the time nor patience to deal with him right now. "Pai turned and didn't even glance at Tart as he took a hold of Purin with both hands. Tart stared as the two disappeared before his eyes, he felt his heart ache once they were gone. He clenched the cloth over his chest, he lowered his head. Was that the last time he'd ever see the monkey girl?

Zakuro stared into space, now sitting with her back to the wall left of the door. Various thoughts flew through her mind. Would she die here? Was the evil leader going to kill her? Was he just going to let her rot in this cell? What about the other girls? Had they been captured?

A long sigh escaped her lips as she lowered her gaze. She felt strange about being kidnapped. She probably wasn't even noticed on Earth. She was just one of millions of people, and many famous stars. She would soon be forgotten, why would anyone remember her? She had no living family, just the mews. And if they defeated Deep Blue, they had no way of getting to her. Her body could be found hundreds of years from now by a space expedition perhaps. A depressing thought.

Deep Blue's eyes were engraved in Zakuro's mind. She wasn't afraid of them though. She knew he was a fierce leader and a person to be afraid of, but somehow, she wasn't afraid of his stare. Most feared his power, she would accept she feared his abilities, but not his presence. He seemed unapproachable, not warm and inviting. Zakuro shook her head, why were his eyes so prominent in her thoughts? All she could picture were those beautiful icy eyes. Her heart beat a bit quicker. Her eyes shot wide and she felt her chest. What was this?

Before she could answer her own question, the steel doors shot open. Zakuro flinched and her eyes shot to the door, who was it this time?

Two aliens appeared in the door, one had brown medium length hair, and another had pulled back dark blue hair. Zakuro just stared at them, her eyes slightly narrowed, she was quite agitated. The two chuckled and the brown haired one pointed at her,

"Thats her?"

The blue haired one nodded and slid his hands in his pockets, he stared at her, "Yeah, she's human."

"Well I'll be damned, humans aren't ugly like I imagined. But she's so mean looking."

The blue haired one rocked back on his heels and chuckled looking over at his comrade, "I suppose so, it's my shift so we can stay till my shift is up."

Zakuro clenched her jaw, full well knowing what these aliens were thinking. She clenched her fists and slowly rose to her feet, keeping her angry eyes on them. The brown haired one eyed her and then chuckled,

"So Pai is the one who brought her here? Man I wonder if he fooled around at all."

The other alien shook his head, "I doubt it, he's all business."

The brown haired alien walked over to Zakuro, she stepped away but her backside pressed against freezing glass. Her fists clenched, she breathed shallowly. Her whole body felt light and nervous, a warm sensation made her anxious. The brown haired alien approached her, a silly grin on his face. Her heart raced as she pressed against the glass, she felt like a caged animal.

The alien surged forward and Zakuro bit the bullet and smashed her small fist into the side of his face. He winced and growled as she sidestepped, he threw his arms after her madly. Zakuro snarled and tried smacking his arms away. The other alien walked up behind her and reached around her body, grabbing her forearms and yanking them behind her. Zakuro writhed around and elbowed him in the jaw. He chuckled at her blow and locked their elbows, holding her arms behind her back, she leaned forward. The brown haired alien grabbed her neck and forced her to look at him.

"You're pretty feisty, kind of a wild one. "

The blue haired alien laughed and kept her pressed against him, she grit her teeth and writhed around, "I thought you liked that, when they were a bit wild."

Zakuro tried to kick as the one holding her neck reached down to untie the robe. She flinched and flailed about, and as the robes ties fell loose. She felt a presence, outside the door. Her heart was racing and the aliens lecherous grin faded as the doors opened. A taller alien entered the room, long black hair and a blue robe billowed behind him. Zakuro felt her stomach flutter at the sight of him. The alien holding her immediately released her,

"M-Master Deep Blue!"

He choked, the leader's eyes flashed to the brown haired alien and he looked bitter,

"Come outside. Both of you."

His words were like needles under skin, Zakuro closed the robe and backed away from them. Deep Blue exited the room and the two aliens fearfully followed suit. Zakuro was shaking, she pressed her back against the solid wall behind her and sank until she was sitting with her knees to her chest. Her heart was racing, her skin was hot and tingled, she was shaking. Her mind raced as the doors slammed closed. Outside the doors she could hear voices, what they were actually saying was unrecognizable through the wall.

A yelp was heard and a loud clanging noise ensued. She shook, holding her knees to her chest. Zakuro took a deep breath, she had never been so afraid. The aliens couldn't be trusted at all. Her heart pounded in her chest as the door opened. Deep Blue elegantly entered the room, his expression one of boredom.

"I apologize for the hostility human. I-"

"Why'd you save me!" She snapped, staring up at him, completely lost in the moment. The ruler seemed surprised at her outburst,

"I would rather my soldiers not kill you I suppose. I don't want to clean up the mess."

Zakuro felt lightheaded, her heart was slowing down. Deep Blue stared numbly at the girl, he looked deep in thought. The wolf mew just locked eyes with him, she felt as though she couldn't look away, something drew her in. Deep blue then looked away, out into space, she continued looking at him. What was he thinking about?

The alien ruler suddenly turned and walked out of the room, Zakuro felt her body grow cool.

"Do not fret about any other soldiers, I will take a bit more caution next time with whom I leave guarding this cell."

The steel doors closed behind him leaving her alone in the dark room. The cold temperature made her shiver. What was she to do? That alien didn't care for her, she was merely property, he was torturing her. He was going to force her to watch the fate of the human race and her friends, and rot in this cell. Some would say this is a fate worse than death. Zakuro stared at the blue planet, no getting a bit more calm.

All those unsuspecting people had stolen the aliens planet, but not by choice. Deep Blue wanted his planet back. Zakuro continued to stare blankly, getting lost in thought. The aliens had reason to hate the humans. Even though taking over the planet wasn't the humans decision, they were now destroying it and it was killing the planet. The humans were a young race, but needed to be taught the errors of her way. Her eyes lowered, there was nothing that could stop Deep Blue and his army of aliens other than Tokyo Mew Mew. But now their group was being picked off one by one. There was nothing they could do. Deep Blue held immense power, he could do as he pleased. Zakuro knew she would die here. Alone.

-2 days later-

Deep Blue sat in his throne quietly observing the stars around him. He had two of the girls and was going to take another soon. It wouldn't be difficult to eradicate the human race once the girls were dealt with. He stared intently at the universe before him. That girl had quite a fire in her heart, it was a shame to lose such an interesting specimen. A small smirk appeared on his lips as he remembered the anger in her eyes when she attempted to attack him. No one had come that close to him and lived. She was the only person to actually reach him, it was quite unexpected. That girl had a fighting spirit. She was to be executed soon.

His eyes shifted to the large double doors, that fire in her eyes gave him chills. She must hate him with a passion for destroying her people. He planned on making her watch as well. That girl needed to see true power, and appreciate it. Deep Blue closed his eyes, her fierce expression was all he could see in his mind. Her throwing her arms and grabbing at him desperately. He knew he would always be just beyond reach of everyone, except her. That man reached him and was hell bent on trying to kill him. What a dangerous, wonderful, interesting feeling it was. It was a dangerous attraction.

The steel doors opened and revealed two alien soldiers. The duo entered the room and looked at the violet haired girl. Zakuro turned her head slightly to look at them. She sat slouched against the same wall, her skin pale and her body exhausted. She had not eaten in over two days, she was starting to look sickly and weak. The mew glared at the aliens and attempted to pull herself upright. It was a sad sight to see someone so deteriorated. The aliens walked over and seized her by the arms and dragged her out of the room and down the halls.

The wolf girl fought them, but her body was far to weak to even phase the aliens. They dragged her through corridors until they reached Deep Blue's throne. Her heart sank when they dragged her through the enormous doors, she kicked and writhed. Her energy was far too low to put up a decent fight. They dropped her on the long carpet inside the room and the aliens exited without a word. Zakuro slowly pulled herself off the ground and glanced ahead of her. Her stomach fluttered when she saw the alien sitting in his throne. Bright eyes stared her down, no real expression on his face. Zakuro weakly pulled herself to her feet, and stood, but wobbly. Her posture was bad and her hair hung around her face like a dark curtain. She felt so tired, she hadn't hardly slept, and hadn't eaten.

Deep Blue stared at her as if she was the only thing to look at. He seemed far to interested in her. Zakuro glared and walked forward,

"So you're just toying with me? Seeing how much you can make me suffer?"

She said bitterly, her voice a bit raspy. Her steps were weak and she quivered as she walked. She felt as though she could collapse at any moment. But she didn't care anymore. The passed two days were just time for contemplation and acceptance of her death. She knew he would be the death of her, she decided to attack him with whatever she could and try and die before she had to watch the world burn.

Deep Blue didn't move as she walked toward him. His eyes stayed on hers as she approached him angrily. Zakuro took heavy raspy breaths as she began to trot, and run up to him. She ran up to him and grabbed the front of his coat. The evil alien seemed amused as she tried to pull him forward, but only pulled herself to her knees in front of him. She released his coat and fell to her hands and knees right before him. Her head hung as she gasped for breath. Zakuro knew she couldn't do it. She couldn't fight him.

This alien. He was an obstacle in her path, an immovable object. She couldn't get passed him. It was a hopeless cause. Zakuro felt her heart wrench, never had she felt this helpless. Never in her life did she feel this sort of helplessness. Here she was before the one that would soon be responsible for the deaths of millions, and she couldn't stand up to him. She never imagined she could feel this weak. Her eyes teared up and her throat ached. This was her breaking point. Zakuro felt she had but moments left. She fought the tears. She never cried. Especially not in front of others, especially the enemy. This alien couldn't possibly understand. He was going to kill her no matter what, and he would be the last to see her. Why did she care if he saw her cry?

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MewMid: I'm really loving where this story is going. I love the emotional exhaustion of Zakuro so far, I hope everyone likes it!

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