(A.N./
Oh here, oh here
Comes chapter four
It's knocking right
At your front door
I'll shut up
So you can read
The L/P shippers
I'll try to feed.
Happy Halloween, everyone! Guess what? I've been working myself hard this summer to make my little sister -also a Tokyo Mew Mew fan- a Mew Ichigo costume! It comes complete with ears, tail, wig, boots, and gloves! XD Yeah, now you know why I wasn't too fast updating PcB... -sheepish grin-
Anyways, I hope you guys have a great holiday!)
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Ichigo felt the wind rush around her newly-grown cat ears and tail as she dashed up the stairs on all fours, the aliens right behind her.
"Oh, what would I give for my pendant right now…" she muttered to herself, stealing a quick glance behind her. She really shouldn't have though, because Kisshu was close enough so he could reach out and touch her tail.
She caught up with Retasu on the top of the stairs and they skittered down the hallway. Ichigo felt the cold skin of Kisshu's hand touching her back. She shivered and tried to think quick. An idea dawned on her when she spied an open doorway to her right at the end of the hallway.
She motioned to Retasu to follow her lead. She was almost past it and into the wall when she made a sharp, right turn and dashed in, slamming the door behind her and Retasu. A huge crash was heard outside the doorway, inevitably Kisshu's face meeting the end of the hall in his distraction of trying to grab Ichigo. Sure enough, they heard a loud groaning noise and,
"I think I broke my nose! Go on without me!"
"Here, let me see it, Sir Distracted-a-lot."
Ichigo and Retasu exchanged nervous glances.
"What now?" whispered Ichigo. Retasu furrowed her brow,
"Try the window!"
"But it's the second story!"
"Cat powers." Ichigo grinned sheepishly,
"Right. What about you?"
"Just get yourself out!" Retasu said, "We don't have much time!"
Ichigo nodded and went over to the window. She saw it was one that you pull upwards to open, so she undid the latch and pulled. Nothing. She looked at the sill to see it was sealed shut with some kind of plaster. She went to the window at the other side of the room, but it had the same plaster seal on it.
"The aliens must have trapped us in here!" she hissed. Retasu was fidgeting and shifting her feet,
"W-what n-n-now?!" Ichigo walked over to her,
"Retasu, calm down. We've-"
She hadn't finished before a teleportation hole began to open up in the middle of the room. That was when Retasu got an idea. She nodded to Ichigo,
"Jump! Hurry!" They both ran forward and sprung off their feet, flying into the hole. Taruto was knocked out of the hole and into the bedroom. He looked around and saw no Mews. That's when he put two and two together. Those pesky Mews had used him to get out!
"They're gonna pay…" he growled, clenching his fist. He re-teleported back to where he came from, and where the Mews were to be.
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Ichigo and Retasu suddenly felt impact with the hardwood of the mansion's hallway. They groaned and sat up, rubbing their heads. Ichigo stood up, offering her hand to Retasu,
"Come on, we'd better get ahead." Just as she was helping Retasu up, two sets of feet came pounding down the hallway,
"Ichigo, onee-chan!"
"Lettuce-san!" Ichigo and Retasu were relieved to see the two other Mews come running down the hallway. They all fell into a big hug,
"I'm so glad we're together!"
"Where were you?"
"Purin was really worried, na do da!"
"Let's never split up again in this scary house!" They were all giggling in joy of their reunion, overjoyed to be finally together again.
But they weren't loud enough so they didn't hear a quiet, fifth voice from the end of the hall,
"Don't think this is the end..."
Kisshu rose up from the floor at the end of the hall. He looked angry. Really angry. Blood was dribbling out of his nose and down his chin to create a dramatic, horror-movie-like effect to his already dark aura. Purin whimpered and clutched onto Retasu's nightgown. He spoke again, taking a strong step forward,
"You'll all be dead by morning, you know? It's really too bad," he laughed darkly; no humor was portrayed in his voice, "I was actually having fun on this mission. But they need us back on our planet, so I guess you guys will have to die sooner or later anyways." He summoned a Dragon Sword in his right hand. Minto turned to run, yelling after her,
"Let's get going!" The other mews quickly followed, all except one. They looked back, gasping, as they saw that Kisshu had a firm grip on one of them by their neck. He pointed a sword at the captive Retasu's neck, saying,
"No one move, or she dies." Ichigo took a step despite the warning, and Kisshu moved his sword farther toward Retasu's neck, scraping it just barely. Retasu whimpered,
"Just get going! Don't worry about me!"
"No, Retasu!" Minto yelled, "It would be stupid to leave you behind!"
"Go ahead," Kisshu coaxed in a velvety voice, a wide smirk breaking out on his face, "It's one less Mew to take care of."
Taruto came flying down the hall behind him, calling,
"Kisshu, what are you doing?" Kisshu shrugged nonchalantly,
"My job." Taruto rolled his eyes,
"Your job is NOT to try and kill them, okay?" Surprisingly, a third teleportation hole opened up, and Pai made his first appearance to the group, still lightly drenched in flour. He observed the scene before him; all of the Mews and his allies' eyes were on him. He sighed,
"No, Kisshu, you do it like this." He went over to Retasu and took hold of the back of her nightgown. He took Kisshu's sword from him and assumed the position of captor. He spoke,
"We are not intending to harm you…for now. We will spare this Mew under one condition: you tell us where your base is."
"Our…what?" Ichigo said, playing the 'stupid' card. Pai sighed,
"The place where you are led and operated from." There was a small silence in the group. Ichigo looked at the Mews gathered around her, trying to see if they knew to keep quiet. Finally, Purin spoke,
"Oh! You mean like Caf-" Ichigo shushed her,
"No, not that kind of thing, Purin." She laughed nervously. Pai narrowed his eyes,
"What were you about to say, then?" Purin burst out before Ichigo could stop her,
"Café Mew Mew!" Pai raised an eyebrow,
"And where exactly is that?"
"Purin doesn't know, na do da." Purin shrugged. Ichigo mentally sighed in relief. Purin got the hint to play stupid along with the other Mews. Minto stepped in,
"We still won't tell you! Give us Retasu back!" Pai shook his head in mock disappointment,
"Let us try something a little different, then. I will give you your friend back if you can tell us why you are here, how many people are here, and why I have not seen any humans here. We were planning for a raid before we saw it was vacant." Ichigo stepped up boldly and quickly,
"We are here alone because Minto dismissed her maids, and her family is out with her brother." Pai smirked, murmuring to himself,
"Perfect."
He released Retasu gently, and nudged her down the stairs. Retasu, though, almost toppled over before Pai caught her neatly. He sighed, picked her up, and flew her down to her friends. He set her down gently and flew back to the top of the stairs, unfazed. Retasu's face turned a beet red as her comrades rushed to her,
"Retasu! Are you okay?!"
"Retasu-onee-chan!"
Retasu nodded, a bit star-struck, and sweating,
"Y-y-yeah, I'm…fine." Pai muttered something inaudible to Kisshu before all three of them teleported to who-knows-where.
"Are they gone?" asked Minto. Ichigo shook her head,
"I don't think so. They wouldn't just leave an opportunity like this."
Purin began a quick descent down the stairs and soon made a splash. She yelled,
"Woah, na do da! It's like a kiddy pool, na do da!" The other three mews turned to look, and saw that the entire first floor was beginning to flood; the water level was already a foot or two deep. Ichigo gasped,
"That's insane! How did they fill the huge first story so fast?!" Retasu shook her head,
"They must have turned on all of the faucets in the house. Maybe they got into the water pipes of the house? They surely could if they wanted to." Minto looked panicked as she spoke in a voice of aggravation,
"What am I going to do about the house when my parents get back?! I can't just tell them that aliens broke into my house and made it flood!" Purin was the only one who didn't look worried. She was splashing in the water like a kid at a water park,
"Don't worry, Minto! It's like your house is a giant swimming pool, but you didn't have to pay for it!"
"That's not the point!" Minto snapped. Ichigo sighed,
"Would you two quit it? We need to find a way to drain out all of this water!" Retasu was next to speak,
"Remember when we were stuck in that bedroom? All of the windows were glued shut. I think that's why they were like that; the aliens don't want us to drain the water, and we'll drown if the water keeps going at this rate."
The rest of the Mews were silent in thought. The quiet lapping of water on the steps was beginning to irritate Minto, so she spoke to break the silence,
"Do you guys hear that?" Ichigo furrowed her brow and listened. Concentrating harder, she began to hear rushing noises coming from all different sides of the house, though they were very faint. She said,
"I hear rushing of water!" Retasu thought for a moment before saying,
"If we can follow those sounds, maybe we can try and turn off faucets or plug any source of water. After that, we can try to cut a hole in the wall so it can drain."
"I'm not very good at karate, na do da, but I can try, na do da!" Purin exclaimed, excitement building once again. Ichigo smiled,
"So we have a plan! At least that's one step further. Let's all split up to find the most outlets of water." Lettuce bit her lip nervously,
"I…I thought we weren't splitting up." Ichigo's face fell,
"Oh…right. Fine, then, everyone to…um…the right!" she pointed to where she perceived to be the first faucet. Ichigo took Lettuce's hand, who took Purin's, who took Minto's. The chain of Mews stepped down to the floor, everyone being knee or thigh deep in water. After a few groans of complaint, they splashed and spattered off to their first destination.
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Ryou listened to Masha intently while the little robot spoke,
"…Purin told to go to Tokyo Tower. Mews in danger there! Mews in danger there! Purin sound funny!" Ryou raised an eyebrow,
"Masha, where was this?"
"Minto's mansion! Minto's mansion!" Ryou swiveled to his computer and tapped into Mew Zakuro's pendant. He spoke,
"Zakuro, I need you to investigate Minto's home immediately. Something suspicious is going on around there." A voice soon answered him,
"I'm on my way."
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