The Revenge of Dark Red Chapter 7:
The Confrontation
The next morning, everyone got up and got ready to go. The Cyniclons teleported the Mews and Kenji to Dark Red's palace. They landed in what looked like a throne room. Emiko and Hanna went inivisble and quickly teleported off, just before Dark Red and her three generals appeared.
"Why are all these others here?" Dark Red demanded.
"We wanted to say goodbye, and the messenger you sent never said Kisshu had to come alone," Ichigo said.
Dark Red glared briefly at the Cyniclon to her left, but said, "Very well, you may have time to say goodbye."
Meanwhile, with Emiko and Hanna: They had found the dungeon, and now were searching for Ayame, making no noise in case there were guards down there. They couldn't teleport directly to her, because they'd be stuck too.
Finally they came to a cell that was actually guarded. Emiko said telepathically to Hanna, "Bind the two guards and set the time limit for two hours. I'll handle the rest."
Hanna replied, "I've got it. Let's go!" Then, while keeping the invisibility spell going, Hanna said softly, "Bind." Clapping her hands together, she froze the two guards. Then she took the invisibility spell off herself and Emiko, and said, "Spell, self-maitain. Time limit, two hours." With that, she snapped the fingers of her left hand, and nodded to Emiko.
Emiko snapped her own fingers, and the keys to the cell flew towards her. She handed them to Hanna and said, "Go get Ayame. I'll handle killing these two." Hanna nodded, and took the keys. Emiko waved a hand, and the two guards flew away from the cell door. Then she summoned her large sword, and stabbed both the frozen Cyniclons through the heart. Meanwhile, Hanna had opened the cell door, and was working on breaking the sleep spell on Ayame. Finally she snapped the fingers on her right hand, and Ayame woke up.
"Hanna? What are you doing here? What happened?" Ayame asked.
"You got kidnapped by Dark Red, and taken here. We came to rescue you, but we need to hurry, or Uncle Kisshu could die!" Hanna said.
Ayame and Hanna ran out of the cell, and found Emiko and the two dead guards. "Ayame, I'm glad you're safe," Emiko said. "Hanna, great work. Let's go, girls."
The three of them became invisible thanks to Hanna, and teleported back to the throne room.
With Kisshu: Kisshu only had three more people to say goodbye to before his luck ran out. Lettuce, Kenji…. and Ichigo. They were all getting nervous, but not showing it. Kisshu gave Lettuce a long hug, then turned to Kenji. "Be good to your mother for me, okay?" Kisshu said, shaking hands with Kenji.
Kenji nodded, and said, "I will. Sayonara, Kisshu."
Finally Kisshu came to Ichigo, who was fighting back both her nervousness and tears. Kisshu stood in front of her, and said, "No matter what, I'll always have a place for you in my heart, Ichigo. Sayonara."
Tears ran down Ichigo's cheeks, and knowing this was their last hope, she flung her arms around Kisshu's neck, and kissed him passionately. Kisshu swept his arms around Ichigo's waist, and kissed her back with everything he had. Both of them were thinking the same thing: This is our last hope. Please let Emiko get back in time.
In the next moment, their prayers were answered. Teleportation sounded in the room, and Emiko appeared with Ayame and Hanna.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" Dark Red shouted when she saw them.
As Kisshu and Ichigo broke apart, and the Mews transformed, Emiko turned to Dark Red and smirked. "All part of my plan. Though I'm surprised. You didn't seem to notice that Hanna and I were missing."
Dark Red looked shocked, she hadn't noticed. "AAAARRGH! Utau, Ongaku, Odori, ATTACK!" she shouted angrily.
Emiko and the others put in their earplugs just in time. Odori took out a wooden flute and began to play. Noticing nothing was happening, Utau and Ongaku attacked as everyone got out their weapons.
Ongaku got out his bow and started shooting sonic blasts at the Mew Team. Zakuro used her whip to block a blast as the others attacked. She sent the blast back at Ongaku just as Ichigo unleashed her Strawberry Surprise on him. Ongaku held up his weapon to block. This turned out to be a big mistake. The bow shattered, and a piece of it hit him in the eye. This left him running around screaming in pain, and he didn't notice Kisshu come up behind him until it was far too late. Kisshu ran him through with his Dragon Swords, and Ongaku collapsed, dead.
Utau was more of a problem. She was a good sword fighter, which worked to her advantage, as the sound attacks were useless. Emiko teamed up with Ayame, and they were fighting her together. Emiko was distracting Utau with her own sword as Ayame came up behind her. Suddenly Emiko and Ayame switched places. Ayame stopped a swordstroke with her Phoenix Swords, and Emiko took that moment to drive her sword through Utau's heart. Utau collapsed.
Hanna and Kenji (aka the Green Knight) had teamed up against Odori. Hanna froze him, and the Green Knight used his sword to slice the flute in half. This left Odori in so much shock that he didn't even notice when the Green Knight stepped aside to let Hanna by. Hanna summoned her weapon, the Tanken Muchi, and using it like a whip, wrapped it around Odori. He screamed as the weapon basically chopped him up.
Finally, only Dark Red was left. Kisshu and the others faced her confidently. "Are you really going to try to fight ALL of us?" Emiko asked.
Unfortunately, Dark Red was an evil psychotic freak, so the answer was, "I'll NEVER give up!"
"You asked for it," Emiko said, and the others nodded. They all readied their weapons as Dark Red drew her sword. Dark Red raised her sword above her head, then brought it down on the ground, creating a huge rift in the floor. Everyone jumped out of the way, so luckily, no one fell in.
Pai looked at Emiko, who nodded, grasping the plan at once. Pai took out his fans, and shouted, "KUU RAI SEN PUU JIN!"
At the same time, Emiko shouted, "HI NO KEN!" The fire from her attack combined with the lightning from Pai's. Pai swept his fans in a circular motion, and his lightning and Emiko's fire became a tornado that attacked Dark Red. Dark Red was engulfed by the tornado, but somehow managed to throw her sword, aiming for Pai. Pai jumped out of the way, but Lettuce was behind him. Seeing this, Kisshu dived into Lettuce, knocking her out of the way, but not before the sword hit. Instead of hitting Lettuce, however, the sword embedded itself in Kisshu's right shoulder!
Everyone's reaction was immediate. Emiko teleported over as Lettuce rolled out from under Kisshu, who was losing consciousness. The others formed a circle around them as Taruto ran to Pai, pouring his power into the tornado attack, killing Dark Red. Pai dispelled the tornado, and he and Taruto went to make sure Dark Red was really dead. Luckily, she was.
Meanwhile, Emiko was examining Kisshu, who was unconscious. She had managed to take the sword out and stop the bleeding, but Kisshu had already lost a lot of blood. Suddenly Emiko saw something, and her eyes widened. "There was poison on the blade!" she cried. "We have to get back to the palace, now!"
Each of the Cyniclons grabbed a Mew, and Emiko picked up Kisshu. They then teleported back to the palace, landing in Kisshu and Emiko's room. Emiko put Kisshu down on their bed and immediately began giving orders. "Pai, Taruto, go to the members of the Council, and explain the situation. DO NOT let them in here while I'm working. Ichigo, take Hanna to your room. Keep her calm and out of here. Ayame, Lettuce, stay here. The rest of you, feel free to do what you like, as long as it's not in here. Understand?"
"Hai!" the others responded. Ayame and Lettuce stayed as everyone else left, Ichigo literally dragging Hanna out.
"Emiko-san, why did you want me to stay?" Lettuce asked.
"You're the only Mew capable of giving a power transfer to a Cyniclon," Emiko explained. "Ayame and I will combine our powers, and if we need a power transfer, you're it. Pai and Taruto won't be back for a while."
"O-okay, but is there anything else I can do?" Lettuce asked.
"Actually, if you could get a bowl of warm water and a washcloth, that'd be great," Emiko said.
"Hai," Lettuce said, and went off to get those items. When she came back, she handed the bowl and towel to Emiko, and stepped back.
Emiko put a hand over the bowl of water, and her hand began to glow blue. After about a minute, she took her hand away and said, "Now the water is antiseptic." She took the towel and soaked it in the bowl, then began cleaning Kisshu's wound. Luckily the wound, though severe, was nowhere near his heart.
Unfortunately, Kisshu started to wake up from the pain of the antiseptic water. He jerked away from Emiko's touch, then cried out from the pain of moving.
"Kisshu!" Emiko cried. She turned to Lettuce. "Hold him down while I do the cleaning."
Lettuce obeyed instantly, and Emiko continued cleaning as fast as she could without being sloppy. Luckily for them, Kisshu passed out again, and Lettuce was able to let him go.
Emiko finished the cleaning and turned to Ayame. "Go get me another bowl, empty this time. I'm going to extract the rest of the poison." Ayame ran off and came back with an empty bowl.
Emiko put a hand over the wound on Kisshu's shoulder. She then lifted her hand in a pulling motion similar to when she got rid of the parasite that infected Kisshu during the Midori no Kishi incident. Emiko pulled her hand up slowly, and the poison lifted out of Kisshu's wound. Emiko quickly put her hand on Kisshu's chest to see if she had gotten out all of the poison. Since Kisshu had lost so much blood, he had actually bled out most of the poison.
Emiko put the poison bowl to the side, washed her hands and dried them, and looked at Kisshu's shoulder wound again. She put a hand over the wound, and looked pointedly at Ayame, who quickly got the message. She put her left hand on Kisshu's shoulder, and grabbed Emiko's free hand with her right.
Before they began, Emiko said, "The muscles in his shoulder were cut badly, and this might take time to heal more thouroughly, even after we can't do anything more. Lettuce, if we need a power transfer, I'll say your name. If I do that, grab my shoulder, and I'll do the rest."
"I understand," Lettuce said.
"Good," Emiko said. She nodded to Ayame, and they began. Ayame and Emiko began to glow a soft white. Lettuce looked on as Kisshu's wound began to heal right before her eyes. She had never seen Emiko or Ayame heal before, and she found it fascinating. Suddenly, the wound appeared to stop healing. Lettuce was confused by this, until Emiko cried out, "Lettuce!"
Remembering her instructions, Lettuce grabbed Emiko's shoulder. Emiko started to glow brighter, and the wound began to heal again. Finally, Emiko and Ayame cried out together, and the wound closed.
Emiko sighed. "Thanks Lettuce, we couldn't have done it without you."
"Is Kisshu-san going to be okay, Emiko-san?" Lettuce asked.
"I'll be able to tell you more when he wakes up. For now, we have to watch him to make sure he doesn't develop a fever or anything like that," Emiko replied.
"You both must be tired. I'll call Mint and Pudding, and they can get Pai and Taruto. I'll take the first shift," Lettuce said.
"Are you sure? I just drained a lot of power out of you. You should rest too," Emiko said worriedly.
"I'll be fine, and if I get too tired, I'll just call someone to take the next shift," Lettuce said.
"Okay. Thanks, Lettuce," Emiko said gratefully.
Lettuce smiled and took out her pendant to call Mint and Pudding.
Yes, I know, very long chapter. Sometimes I just can't help myself.