Mew Koitsuzi took a deep breath as she created not one but two chimera animas; one a giant squirrel she guessed to be about eight feet tall with bucked teeth that were maybe two feet tall and wild fur, drooling everywhere. It had a look in its eyes that made Koitsuzi wonder if maybe it had rabies.
Her second chimera anima was cat that now towered over all the trees in the park outside of Cafe Mew Mew. Its tail now ended with a scorpion-like stinger, and its fangs looked an awful lot like that of a Saber Tooth, claws extended as it pawed at the ground anxiously, tail flicking back and forth.
Mew Tori only created one- a turtle that had been slowly passing by her. It was about as tall as the squirrel, its shell a foot taller than that. Its head and neck, legs, and tail all had what appeared to be protective armor, and the turtle now had.. teeth. Of course, Mew Koitsuzi wasn't sure if it had already had teeth, but it definitely had teeth now. Sharp ones, from the look of it.
Sato was with them, though Pai had given him orders not to interfere, just to simply watch them. So there he was, perched atop a branch.
Sato estimated it to be about 10 minutes before the mews suddenly came out, having been preceded by a bunch of people who'd probably been eating there. When they came out, they looked shocked to see three chimeras and two mews, as opposed to the previous two chimeras, a mew, and a cynaclon.
Everything was pretty evened out after that; Mew Ichigo went after Mew Koitsuzi once again, Mew Zakuro was dealing with the squirrel chimera while Mew Lettuce got the Turtle, Mew Mint went for her fellow bird, and Mew Pudding went after the cat-scorpion.
The fight was going well for Mew Koitsuzi and Mew Tori for a while, too, until Mew Koitsuzi got hit with sound waves to the back and went flying forward, crashing into Mew Ichigo and knocking her to the ground.
Growling, Mew Koitsuzi stood up and hopped a safe distance behind Mew Ichigo, looking up at the sky.
"Watch where you're aiming that stupid bell!" Mew Koitsuzi shouted, tightening her grip on her Bone Staff as she dodged an arrow from Mew Mint who took her chance while Mew Tori was distracted.
Mew Tori shrugged apologetically, firing the attack off once again. Mew Mint had figured it out a while before, however. Mew Tori would turn the bell whichever way Mew Mint went, leaving a few sound waves to go in whichever direction the bell happened to be pointed. So Mew Mint flew in circles around Mew Tori- which got the chimeras, and nearly Mew Koitsuzi again.
Mew Koitsuzi was prepared this time, actually seeing it coming. She held her staff out in front of her and began twirling it rapidly like a baton. As it picked up speed, a shimmering shield of light appeared in front of her. A neat trick she had discovered during training the day before.
"Damn it, Tori!" She yelled, watching as the squirrel was reverted to its normal form and it wandered off.
Sato was knocked out of his tree by one of the blasts, landing in a heap in front of where Mew Zakuro was now standing. She picked him up by the back of his shirt, holding him up.
"Look who I found!" She exclaimed- before doubling over as she was kicked in the stomach. Effective enough, she dropped Sato and he teleported behind Mew Koitsuzi who was still generating her shield.
It was a good thing too, because a second set of blasts headed towards her. This time, she didn't have to defend herself from her own teammate's attack for nothing as Mew Tori managed to actually hit the Mews, including Mew Mint.
"Thank you! For crying out loud, that wasn't even that hard! I could have hit them with my eyes closed, Tori!" Mew Koitsuzi yelled up at her as she tossed her bone in the air and watched the shield flicker away, catching her staff with ease.
"Maybe we should go.." Sato suggested, noticing from even where he was that Mew Tori's body posture showed she was getting angry- and it was evident that Mew Tori wasn't the only one angered.
"You can take Tori if you want, but I'm staying. I'm not done with Mint or Ichigo," Mew Koitsuzi growled, hopping up into the air and throwing her bone as she exclaimed, "Ribon Hone Ga Natta Jozan!"
She landed back on the ground as the bone multiplied into thousands. The Mews were still so stunned by the blasts from Mew Tori that they didn't have a chance to dodge the bones. The Turtle retreated into his shell, which rocked back and forth as bones hit the top of it and exploded. Thanks to his armored shell, he didn't seem too effected by it.
The Cat-Scorpion seemed entertained by the sudden rush of bones everywhere, and began batting at them- whether it couldn't feel pain or it was just stupid was up for debate as it didn't seem to care that the bones exploded as soon as they touched its paws.
Mew Koitsuzi hopped back into the air to catch her staff, landing on the ground with a pose akin to that of a ninja.
Mew Tori just stared, open-mouthed at the carnage that Mew Koitsuzi had done with her attack. She was all too aware that Mew Koitsuzi hadn't destroyed any of their chimeras with her attack, but she was a bit too angry to actually think about it right now.
"...Are you done now, Koi-Chan?" Sato asked hesitantly, a bit frightened by the blood lust he could see in Mew Koitsuzi's eyes.
She shook her head no, and fired her attack off once again. By the time Sato got her to agree to leave, he was pretty sure that the Mews had lost consciousness.
When they teleported back to the ship, Pai raised an eyebrow.
"You were gone an awfully long time. I assume everything went well?"
"Yeah, once Tori stopped hitting everything but the damn Mews with her attack. She needs to work on precision." Mew Koitsuzi snapped, shooting a glare at Mew Tori who scoffed in response.
"I was trying to hit Mew Mint!" Mew Tori defended herself, feathers on her wings and tail flaring out in a show of anger.
"Yeah, well you hit me instead! Not to mention destroyed my squirrel chimera, who was doing perfectly fine until you hit it with your stupid sound waves!" Mew Koitsuzi yelled back, turning to face Mew Tori and actually snarling.
Koitsuzi de-transformed and teleported to her room, leaving the rest of them a bit stunned.
"Hey.. Pai? Aren't Possums.. Timid, usually?" Taruto spoke up after a few moments, turning to look at Pai who looked just as surprised by the sudden argument that had taken place.
"Yes- However, being endangered may have changed that particular species of Possum." Pai admitted, crossing his arms with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"I hate to point out the small details, but did anybody else notice Koitsuzi's crystal was cracked? Maybe it caused her Possum side to go.. I don't know, feral or something?" Kisshu suggested, shrugging. In all honesty he wasn't sure if what he had just said made any actual sense, but it was what had come to his mind.
"If the crystal cracking had physically hurt, perhaps. But if that crystal was cracked, she must have been hit pretty hard. Yamaguchi-San, what exactly happened after you accidentally hit her with your attack?" Pai cocked his head, clearly intrigued and ready to pursue Kisshu's suggestion.
"Uh.. She went flying forward and crashed into Mew Ichigo. Then she.. jumped over her so that she was a safe distance behind her- almost kind of like she panicked for a moment, I guess? Then she yelled at me- more than once, and then.. kept attacking the Mews even though they were on the ground. Unconscious." Tori slowly explained, thinking back to the events that had transpired as she de-transformed.
"Hmm.. Well, I would say it was the possum side of her doing that. They are timid creatures, but if they have to fight, they are more than capable of it. Sharp teeth and claws- not like a Raccoon, but still sharp." Pai mumbled as if mostly just talking to himself yet again. Thankfully everybody in the room had advanced hearing and was able to make out what he'd said.
"She was really angry.." Sato whispered, arms crossed as he stared down at the floor. He had been genuinely afraid of the Mew back there, and wasn't ready to deal with a scary Koitsuzi instead of an easy-to-talk-to Koitsuzi forever.
"Maybe the anger made her more vicious- it happened with Kisshu before, when Ichigo kept rejecting him for Aoyama." Taruto pointed out, earning a glare from Kisshu.
"You make a good point, Taruto, but that was a jealous rage. For Kawamara-San it sounds like she was more.. Irritated and it just evolved into something more severe." Pai elaborated, quiet for a few minutes afterwards before adding, "It's entirely possible that that's just what Kawamara-San is like when angered. Violent, that is. Her new found powers may just strengthen that feeling because she feels more powerful."
"So.. Don't get on Koi-Chan's bad side? I can do that!" Sato grinned, the prospect of scary Koitsuzi being a temporary come-and-go thing cheering him up quickly.
"Having said that, I think Kawamara-San made a good point before she left. It may be best for you to do some more training before returning to the field, Yamaguchi-San."
Tori huffed in response to Pai's suggestion and left the room without a word. It wasn't clear where she went, but there were a few ideas. She was either going to her room or to the training room- Pai hoped it was the training room. Training while angry, as he had seen from Taruto many times in the past, wasn't entirely a bad thing. It helped blow off steam, and sometimes it actually helped you train.