(A.N./
Here we are
At chapter three;
Makes me laugh
And jump and squee!
About those reviews,
Keep 'em coming.
I smile at them
While I munch on my muffin.)
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Taruto gritted his teeth as he tried to make out the light footsteps of Purin wandering the room.
"Mr. Flashlight, na do da? Mr. Cell phone, na do da? Come out, come out, wherever you are, na do da!" Taruto scowled at the childish behavior.
In his opinion, stupid, silly girls such as she shouldn't be recruited to this sort of important mission. Did they really think so little of them that they sent out warriors such as the Mews? What were they, a bunch of preteen and teenage girls in frilly outfits?! The more he thought about it, the more angered he got.
After a few moments of brief calmness, though, he smirked deviously to himself as he came up with a plan to get rid of Purin. Not rid rid, though, just enough to get her out of the way for a considerable amount of time.
Putting his plan into action, he waited patiently for Purin's footsteps to come near to the bed. When she was close enough so that he could hear her breathing, he suddenly leapt up from the covers and raised his arms, hands in claws, while roaring,
"RAAAWWWRRR!"
Purin hesitated for a moment, and just looked at him strangely. Taruto, still posed like some kind of animal, sensed the awkwardness of the situation. A bead of sweat ran down his forehead as he observed Purin, who seemed completely unfazed.
After a little bit, Purin finally reacted.
"Hic." she covered her mouth instantly, a small smile creeping up her lips. She grinned,
"Taru-taru gave Purin the -hic- hiccups, na do da!" Taruto blinked, relaxing his position to a cross-legged slump on the bed, and looked at her strangely,
"…what's…'hiccups'?" Purin giggled at Taruto's ignorance, hiccupping once or twice, and Taruto didn't look all-too-happy about it. Purin finally recovered,
"Purin's not exactly -hic- sure, na do da, but -hic- you just make funny noises -hic- and they won't stop, na do -hic- da!" Taruto felt a smile also find its way onto his face. He found this situation rather amusing.
"So," he said, "How do you get rid of them?" Purin cocked her head to the side,
"Purin-chan invented -hic- special pills you take -hic-, na do da, but Purin didn't -hic- bring them, na do da -hic-," she thought for a moment before continuing, "Purin will be -hic-right back, na do da. Stay right here -hic-, na do da." She darted out of the room.
Taruto, of course, wasn't about to take orders from a little girl, so he teleported to the downstairs restroom. There, he turned on the faucet of the sink and the bathtub. He easily hacked the toilet with several tweaks and adjustment. Soon, with a flush, the bowl began to overflow, quickly spilling out onto the bathroom tiles. Satisfied with his work, he teleported back to the bedroom.
Purin was waiting there impatiently, tapping her foot, a fake-ish angry look plastered on her face. She grumbled,
"Taru-taru, where were you, na do da?" Taruto shrugged,
"Hey, it's not like you can keep me confined to this bedroom. I can wander wherever I want to, kid." Purin sighed,
"I guess you're right na do da…" she perked up slightly as she spoke, "Why are you here anyways, na do da?" Taruto blinked, fidgeting while he tried to think of an excuse,
"Well, I came to…um…visit you?" Purin's face lit up momentarily, but it sank again. She frowned,
"You're lying, Taru-Taru, na do da."
Taruto's eyes widened,
"W-who says?!"
"Purin does, na do da," Purin said smugly, maintaining the frown, "It's a Fong family talent, na do da." Taruto quick-wittedly came up with another excuse,
"It's a secret, okay?" Purin sighed,
"Fine, na do da. Purin will leave you alone, na do da." she was about to leave before she stopped and peered back at him, "By the way, na do da, have you seen Mr. Cell Phone or Mr. Flashlight anywhere, na do da?" Taruto shook is head,
"No." Purin nodded,
"Thanks anyway, na do da!" she smiled and turned out to the hallway. Taruto rolled his eyes as he regarded Purin's ignorance. Soon, however, he was distracted by a shriek. He turned his head sharply to the door where Purin was, who had just jumped back into the room in surprise. He glimpsed two blurs rush past the door.
One of them he identified to be Mew Minto; he could recognize her hair and height anywhere.
The second was a bit more difficult because of its shape, but it was also soon identified as…Kisshu? He was holding some kind of plastic, red thing that made noise. Taruto hid his face in his hands and groaned in the humiliation of his dim-witted companion.
Of all the times to play pranks, he really had to go chase a mew with a noise-maker during what Taruto called "Operation: Lights Out on 'Tokyo Zoo Crew'".
Not only that, but how long would it take before the Mews found out their plans? With this sort of plan, there was no telling if secrecy and stealth would remain an option.
Regardless, there was still an alien and a noisemaker on the loose, and he was about to ruin their secrecy.
Little did Taruto know that secrecy was already a thing of the past; Pai and he had already made sure of that.
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Retasu and Ichigo walked around the dining room, inspecting cupboards and shelves. Occasionally Retasu would knock over a glass or dish, and it would shatter with a loud noise that would scare her out of her skin. Ichigo would just giggle and remark that Minto has enough fancy dishes.
Once, they heard something similar to a scream or a shriek through the closed, glass dining room door, and they both were a bit scared. Ichigo reassured Retasu, and herself, that it was probably the water pipes or something. Then they went back to work of finding the cell phones.
Ichigo looked up from searching and turned to Retasu,
"Retasu-san?"
"Yes, Ichigo-san?"
"Do your feet feel weird?" Retasu moved her foot around. Sure enough, they felt cold and somewhat…heavier, like she was pushing weight. She waved her foot around and heard a sloshing noise. She peered into the darkness to look at her foot, and, sure enough, the room was covered inch-deep in water.
"I-Ichigo-san! It's flooding!" Ichigo gasped and examined her numb feet,
"You're right! I can't believe I never noticed it before! We must've been here a while!"
"Do you think this is what the aliens were doing?" Retasu asked timidly. Ichigo nodded, her face solemn,
"Possibly. Come on, Retasu, we have to forget the cell phones; we need to warn the other Mews now!" Retasu nodded and followed Ichigo out the door to find even more water outside the dining room.
"W-what are they doing to get so much water?!" Retasu asked. Ichigo shook her head,
"I don't know. We'll find out soon enough, I'm sure," She smiled, trying to lighten the mood, "It's like they brought a fire hose in here!" Retasu smiled back and they both sloshed over to the stairs, and slowly began to ascend, tripping and slipping the whole way.
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Pai was, in fact, bringing in something similar to a fire hose. Actually, he was hacking the sprinkler system in Minto's mansion. Instead of all of the water dispensing in showers throughout the house, he had cut off the sprinkler part of the device and let the water flow freely like a hose. After a few adjustments to the networking in the systems, he had the giant hose-in-the-ceiling gushing water.
Not only that, but he had found as many "faucet" devices throughout the house as he could, clogged their drains, and let them run. He had sealed all doors and windows shut, for the purpose of there being no escape for the Mews, and that the whole house was watertight.
He smirked to himself. Only an estimate of about two to three hours until he had flooded the entire first story like a giant fish tank…
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Kisshu was having the time of his life. Actually, that was sort of exaggeration, but he was still having a ball. How long had he yearned to make the annoying, blue mew scream and run. Her prissy attitude made it an extra fun experience that he enjoyed almost as much as pestering Ichigo.
So here he was, chasing Minto with a vacuum down her hall.
Soon, too soon, he felt the air ripple around him as a hand clasped the back of his shirt. He was force-teleported to the bottom of the stairs of the mansion. Taruto, his captor, whispered harshly to him,
"Idiot! What do you think you were doing?!" Kisshu rolled his eyes,
"What, I'm not allowed to have fun? If I'm not mistaken, I just saw Purin come out of the bedroom room you were in!"
Unbeknownst to both of them, Ichigo and Retasu were listening quietly and intently to their conversation from halfway up the stairs. Ichigo was having a hard time keeping quiet, as was Retasu. They exchanged perplexed looks as they leaned forward to hear the voices,
"Never mind that, you could have blown the entire mission! Once Pai is done with all of the house modifications, then you can mess with the mews all you want. They'll be drowned in the morning anyways."
Ichigo scowled at Tart's confident attitude and bit her lip.
"It sounds to me like you're giving orders to your superior."
"Who said you were my superior?"
"I'm older than you, so, obviously, I am your superior. Now, pitiful worm, go fetch me an ice crème sundae."
Despite the situation, Ichigo couldn't help but giggle at their conversation, leaning forward dangerously close to the handlebar over the railings. Beyond those railings was eight feet of air until the ground. Retasu noticed this and cautioned Ichigo in a whisper,
"Ichigo-san, please don't-"
But it was too late. Ichigo, being her klutzy self, made a slip off the stairs and went tumbling over the handlebars, falling with a shriek. Kisshu and Taruto both looked up with surprised faces, frozen to the spot. Ichigo, however, being a cat, landed squarely on her feet. She breathed a sigh of relief, but then moved her foot in the water and slipped. This time, Kisshu teleported in time to catch her neatly by the back. He grinned, pulling her to himself,
"You know spying is bad, kitty." Ichigo scowled and yelled to Retasu, who stood, frozen in fear, on the staircase,
"Retasu, get out of here and warn Purin and Minto, quick! I'll be right behind you!" Retasu nodded and started her climb up the stairs, keeping a quicker pace. Kisshu looked down at Ichigo curiously,
"What makes you say-"
He didn't finish before Ichigo had given him a hard slap across the face. Kisshu released her in shock and Ichigo took the opportunity to struggle out of his arms and skitter towards the staircase, breaking into a fast sprint. She began to run on all fours like a cat when she heard voices from the bottom of the stairs,
"Get them! They know too much!"
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