Ichigo was beyond frustrated. It had been three days since their last battle with the aliens. She was currently sulking in her bathtub. Ryou had benched her after Kish had stolen her power pendent. So she had to stay behind and work the café while her friends went off to fight. Plus, she had to listen to Ryou lecture her like a child for losing it. Ichigo sank down into the water until the water barely touched her nose. She wasn't being fair though. It wasn't right to blame the others. It was her fault. She was the one who let Kish steal her power pendent.

I swear, the next time I see Kish, I'm going to punch him right in his stupid face.

She soaked in the bath until the water turned cold, then she got out and prepared for bed. Tomorrow was Sunday, so no school. While exciting for most kids, for her it meant an entire day spent working at Café Mew Mew. Ichigo spent the next ten minutes brushing her hair and teeth and whining to herself about how unfair her work load at the café was. When she was finally done, Ichigo opened the door and headed for her room. She let out a heavy sigh as she closed to door behind her. Life was just too stressful sometimes. She rubbed her closed eyes before glancing around the darkened room. Her eyes focused on her window, which looked a little smudged in the darkness. This wasn't the first time she'd walked into her darkened room at night and got herself a little freaked out by a shadow, so she just brazenly flipped on the light and braced herself, expecting it to just be another branch scratching her window or a moon eyed owl peeking inside.

Once she flipped on the lights, Ichigo felt her entire body tense. She let out an ear stifling scream and nearly dropped to the floor.

Lounging on the window ledge like he owned to place was Ichigo's pointy eared little stalker. He was like the cat that got the canary with that look on his face.

"Ichigo, what happened?" she heard her mom yell. Ichigo's eyes darted toward Kish as she contemplated what to do. On one hand, it'd be nice to see Kish get told off by her dad like the creep he was, on the other hand she thought it best to keep her parents safe by not involving them at all. Kish stood up slyly and sauntered over towards Ichigo. He held a finger up to his lips and pulled out one of his swords. He wrapped an arm around her and held the sword close to her neck. Ichigo took a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself before she yelled back at her mom.

"Nothing, I just saw a really ugly bug on my window."

Kish pouted haughtily when he heard this. He lowered his sword and Ichigo whipped around, glaring at him angrily.

"What are you doing here? How did you get in?" Ichigo whispered fiercely towards him.

"I'm offended Kitten, aren't you happy to see me again?" Kish grinned in a teasing manner. He had started to float around the room, full of arrogance and hot air.

"No! Give me my pendent back and then get the heck out of here!" It was one thing for him to show up and bother her in public, but breaking into her bedroom was going way too far!

"I'll give it back to you." He smiled, pausing to savor the moment.

"If you go on a date with me" he grinned as Ichigo's face broke out into a full on blush. She was practically boiling with embarrassment. He just loved playing with his Kitten.

"Not going to happen Kish!" Ichigo said with a blush on her face. Why did they always have to go through this every time they saw each other?

Kish just smirked when he saw her flushed face trying so hard to not look at him. He was definitely going to enjoy what was to come. Now he just needed to set his plan into action. He stopped twirling his swords playfully and held them out in front of him, suddenly running toward Ichigo in a full on charge. Ichigo just barely jumped out of the way. She ran to the window and jump out. After landing on her feet she started to sprint. She could hear Kish coming after her, throwing taunts at her. Ichigo had to find at least one other Mew. She couldn't fight Kish without her pendant. Luckily, Ichigo was able to pull her phone out and text Lettuce before Kish threw one of his swords at her. The sword only narrowly missed her, but went straight through her phone, knocking it to the ground and cracking the screen.

"Hey! I've been paying that off for months!" Ichigo whined, glancing back at him. She frowned when she had seen his face. He was completely serious about this.

Perfect, Kish thought. She had contacted the other Mews, now he just need to get them all together and then the main event could finally start. He chased her for a few more blocks before the other Mews showed up. It was in a local park, abandoned at this time of night. When Kish saw all the Mews there, standing in front of his Kitten, he signaled for Pie and Tart to make their appearance.

Ichigo did not have a good feeling about this. Something was off. The Cyniclons were barely attacking them, really just deflecting the Mews' attacks. They weren't even using a chimera anima. Why did this feel like an attack? It was then that Kish pulled something out of his shirt. Ichigo gasped when she saw her little golden pendant.

"I wonder what I should do with this?" Kish said as he mockingly examined it. It was then that Zakura used her whip-not-whip to snatch it from Kish's hand and throw it to Ichigo.

"What are you waiting for? Transform!"

"On it!" Ichigo was so happy to have her power pendant back. She had felt naked without it. "Mew Mew Strawberry Metamorphosis!"

"HAHAHAH" Kish laughed when he saw Ichigo transform. The Mew Mews had played right into his trap.

"What's so funny?" Mint glared at him.

"Oh, you'll see." Tart replied with a dark grin. It was then that they heard Ichigo start to scream in pain. She was still transforming, but it was taking a lot longer than usual.

"What's wrong with her?" Pudding asked, her face wrinkled with worry.

"I'm not sure." was the only thing Lettuce could think of to say. She held Pudding by the shoulders as they braced themselves. When the transformation was complete, the girl standing there was clearly not Ichigo.

She had black hair, with bright pink cat ears and a tail. Her dress was the same style as Ichigo's, but the colors were off. The dress was black with pink lining. She had pink boots and gloves. Both her collar and her garter were black with pink lining, and on her tail was a black bow. When she opened her eyes, pink instead of red stared back out at them.

"Ichigo?" Lettuce stepped tentatively towards her. The girl who was supposed to be Ichigo just looked at her in contempt, before blasting Lettuce with her bell. The other Mews rushed to her aid and stared in shock at Ichigo. They looked up to Kish and Tart, who were laughing hysterically. Even Pie was smirking. Kish was looking far too pleased with himself. He grinned maliciously at the Mews.

"Tokyo Mew Mew, meet Mew Blackberry."