IchigoTikaru: Well, Its time to continue this once again. Im kind of doing this on a whim, so it won't be my best writing. Actually, I can't write good at all, so please bear with Tomomi even though the way I write is interesting yet horrible.

Like all my other chapters I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew. They belong to their creators and im mearly using them for people's entertainment. What does belong to me is all the new ideas and Mizuki Shirogane.

If you don't know what her outfit looks like already just look up Tabatha on DeviantART and you'll see the pretty little outfit

Chapter 12: Tainted with Darkness

"Dark Tsunami rush!"

All the mews were engulfed by a strong force of wave that sent them flying underwater. It felt as if you we're caught in a current. You try to swim ashore, but the hungry waves won't let you escape. They we're all at a disadvantage since their arena was underwater.

"To the surface!" Mew Berii cried.

Maybe if they would just get out of the water and unto land they would have an advantage. Water was hard to move through. The only one that wasn't having a difficult time swimming was Mizuki. Probably it's because she was mixed with an underwater creature herself, the Orca Whale.

"As if I'll let you mews escape that easily!" Dark Mew Lettuce sharp metallic voice echoed in the water. She whipped her clawed hands and created a violent cyclone. The underwater tornado hit them and spun them as if they were cotton candy. Deeper and deeper that plunged into the water unable to escape to the surface.

Masha and Ucha we're in the back of the fighting. "Ucha! Do you sense anything different? Masha does! Masha does!"

Ucha wiggled its small strawberry body. "Hai hai! Lets go check it out."

The pasted as Ichigo tried to attack. The Dark one however deflected at the same time and went to go attack Pudding who was backed up by Zakuro. They fought for a good while before the wolf was caught off guard and blasted away by the force of the tsunami. Puri Mizuki and Mew Ringo attempted to attack tag team but they we're soon defeated. This battle kept on going on and on as the two little robots we're able to past the battle unnoticed. Which brings us the question, where are those dreaded aliens?

"Hey look I haven't noticed this before…" Taruto said as they entered the underwater base.

It was brought to their attention that there was someone on the floor beside the shattered human-sized tube. By this time Ucha and Masha had gotten into the base.

"Masha spots Retasu! Masha spots Retasu!" The pink fluff ball said way too loudly.

"Masha! Your being to loud! They'll hear us!" Ucha cried and attempted to put it's small arms (A/N: Or is it hands? I can't tell…) over Masha's mouth.

Pai turned abruptly around to look at the two robots huddled together in the top corner of the room.

"They saw us! Run!" Ucha yelled grabbing Masha and hovered(?) as quickly as it can towards the exit. With the aliens barely on their trail they reached the on-going fighting scene. When will it ever end?

"MEW MEW'S! MASHA FOUND! MASHA FOUND!"

"IN THE BASE MEWS!"

But before Ucha could finish it's (A/N: Girl? Boy?) sentence Taruto seized the critters. With a proud expression he yelled, "Gotcha annoying things!"

"Take those things and put it in a cage or something." Kisshu said.

Mizuki and Ichigo looked at each other. Each we're thinking the same thing. The orca and wild cat sped as fast as they could towards the base. Of course it wouldn't be easy. Two antagonists we're blocking their way and a rabid mew wasn't that close behind.

"Distract Lettuce!" Mew Mint ordered. She brought out her large fan. "Ribbon!...Mint Flash!" her attack brought about an underwater cyclone. For once Dark Mew Lettuce was caught off guard.

Dark Lettuce retracted and looked back and forth between the mews that were escaping and the ones that we're distracting her.

"Tch. How annoying." She decided to take care of the one distracting her. Before she attacked them she yelled to the aliens. "You two! After them!"

Pai and Kisshu looked at each other bewildered. "Her?! Ordering us around!?" Kisshu complained, but he had to do what she wished. It's not like they had a choice anyway. Mew Mew's coming at them going towards the base. They're the ones that are blocking them, what would a bad guy do?

"Out of our way!" Mew Ichigo hissed. "Ribbon Aqua Drops!"

Bubbles from her weapon aimed at the amber eyed alien. While she dealt with Kish, Puri Mew Mizuki got her batons. The same weapon as Mew Lettuce's when her green Mew Kashi is fused with her weapon.

"Mizu Batons! Water Tsunami Pure!" A similar attack from Dark Mew Lettuce appeared and set both of the aliens of course. They we're sent by the current a good few feet away from them. "Now Mew Ichigo! While they're trying to come back, let's get to the base!"

It took a few minutes after Puri Mizuki to reach the base since Mew Ichigo was a cat. Soaking wet they saw Taruto putting Masha and Ucha in a glass cage.

"Ichigo! Mizuki!" They both cried.

Taruto abruptly turned around and groaned. "Awh man! What happened to Pai and Kish! Those idiots!"

Mizuki lazy eyed him. "Squirt…." The next thing you know it, Taruto has replaced the two little robots with more bumps on his head. "Let me out of here! I demand it! Arughhh!" He tried breaking off the bars but it was no use.

"That oughta shut him up…' Mizuki said which Ichigo sweat dropping. She was way different from Lettuce when it came to attitude.

"Now Masha, Ucha, what did you see?" Strawberry girl inquired.

The two little robots hovered over to the shattered test tube and to where the lifeless body was. As predicted the two mews gasped. Mizuki ran over to where she was first. She flipped her over to reveal broken glasses and she was in her normal clothes.

"Okaa-san! Okaa-san!" she cried. She attempted to shake her. "Wake up! Otou-san's waiting for you! Okaa-san!"

Ichigo came beside her and knelt beside the daughter. She took one look at Lettuce her face seemed really pale and tired. Once glance and you might think she wasn't breathing.

"Her soul was tainted with darkness…"

Mizuki was in tears now. "Aoyama-san! If Kaa-san dies now then I won't exist!"

Aoyama? Not exist?

Ichigo look once again at Lettuce. Suddenly her eyes widened. Something has caught he attention.

"She's still breathing!" The mew cried and bent over to examine her more.

As stated she was still breathing but barely. Mizuki's tears shimmered even more as more poured out, but these we're tears of happiness. Not sorrow. There was still a chance to save her! But they we're underwater. What could they do to get her out? Then it hit the neko like a bolt of lightning.

"Mizuki. Give Retasu-chan your air pumper." She addressed meaning the thing that has been giving them air while they were underwater.

With no questions asked she took it out and put it in the sleeping beauty's mouth so she would be enable to breathe underwater. It would be troublesome if she we're to breathe with water going in her lungs, especially since she was barely breathing. Ichigo put Retasu on her back piggy back style.

"Mizuki cover me."

Almost forgetting that Tart was watching them he huffed which made them jump slightly in response. "We don't need her. She's completely useless."

Annoyed, Mizuki used her water attack and drenched the brat to shut him up, and then they were on their way outside the base. Dark Mew Lettuce, the other two aliens, and the rest of the Mews we're too busy fighting each other. From the bystander's point of view, it would look like the good guys were losing.

"Mew Ringo! Use your wand!" Puri Mew Mizuki suggested yelling as loud as she can.

Mew Ringo looked confusingly at Mizuki. She didn't know how to use her wand properly. If only it came with an instruction manual! All she has been doing is distracting Dark Mew Lettuce by using paralyzing combination 'Up, Up, Down, Right, Left, Right'. It took a bit of time but it did something.

What else could this useless weapon do? Her internal voice said.

Teleport.

Quickly, as if by instinct, she gracefully waved the wand in the directions 'Down, Right, Left, Up'. Glitter followed the wands movements as if Mew Ringo was dancing ballet with it.

"Teleport!"

Suddenly all of the mews glowed and disappeared in the flash of a light. Dark Mew Lettuce and the Aliens let them escape for now. The evil on scowled at the area that was once occupied by the mews.

"I'll defeat them for the pain they have caused me!"

()Back on the surface()

The mews were already rushing towards the hospital in their normal forms. Once they got Lettuce in the emergency room all they could do is sit and wait.

And wait.

Waiting.

A little longer.

It was nightfall and Ryou called her parents and gave them a cover up story. The rushed to the hospital and saw their precious little daughter with a mask on breathing almost normally now. They thanked Ryou and Keiichiro for all their help. Of course being the nice guy he is (A/N: SARCASM! YEAH RIGHT!), he offered to pay for the hospital bill. Of course, they declined, but he went ahead and did so anyway.

"Why does Ryou no baka get all the credit Na no da… we did all the work!" Pudding sneered at Ryou and mouthed the word 'Liar'. Ryou replied by sticking the fist at her.

So everyone stayed in the hospital but hour after hour they had to go some. Saying their farewells they left the hospital wishing for Lettuce's safety. It was 11 o 'clock in the morning. The only ones left waiting for Midorikawa was Mizuki, who was fast asleep, Ichigo, who was half asleep, her parents, who fell asleep beside her bed, and Ryou, who was wide awake keeping watch of her. His dynamic duo, Keiichiro, offered Minto a ride home.

"Ryou, you should go home now." Ichigo said from her chair. She was stroking Mizuki's hair as she slept soundly.

"Look who's talking." He answered taking a quick glance at the two girls.

"I'm staying right here. My parents said I could."

Ryou huffed and turned his attention back to Lettuce. There was a different feeling he was getting. Mournful? Regret? He couldn't understand why his chest hurt so much. Was it worry? Maybe. But who knew worry could be this painful? The last time he felt this was when he saw Mew Ichigo die due to the epic battle. What was it?

"Love." Ichigo murmured finally falling to sleep.

Ryou looked befuddled at her. Why the hell was she saying that? The pink shrine was probably dreaming of Masaya again. Love…?

()Ohayou Gozaimasu()

Ryou awoke finding the whole gang back as if they never left, but they're faces we're happy.

"Ryou! Come on wake up! She's about to wake up!" Mint said shaking him fully awake.

The blonde followed the ballerina into the room where everyone is. He saw Lettuce struggling to open her eyes. He parents we're near to tears and so was Mizuki. The rich boy held his breath. Finally she opened her eyes.

"Retasu!" every cried in unison and started to talk at once. Questions, and phrases of thankfulness were being thrown at the green mew. Everything seemed normal. Until this one phrase that change the whole atmosphere in once second.

"Who are you?"

IchigoTikaru: Since Tomomi loves her readers so much. I've decided to leave you all on a cliffhanger yet once again. Haha! Genius aren't I nyoro? I'm sorry for the shortness of the chapter, but I hope this can satisfy you! Don't worry, I'll update it as soon as possible. Ideas are appreciated. Flames and Reviews are loved nyan! See you in the next chapter!