Betraying My People Chapter 19:
Rescue Operation
After emptying the buckets, Kisshu and Ichigo went back to their room. Ichigo picked up her cell phone and dialed Keiichiro's number. "Hello?" Keiichiro said.
"Hi Keiichiro," Ichigo said.
"Hi Ichigo, how are you and Kisshu?" Keiichiro asked.
"Better, we healed each other," Ichigo replied.
"Can you come to the Café?" Keiichiro asked. "I'm calling all the Mews together right now."
"I think so," Ichigo said. "Let me ask." She turned to Kisshu and asked, "Can you teleport?"
"Yeah," Kisshu said.
Ichigo turned back to the phone and said, "We'll be there soon, call the others."
"Will do," Keiichiro said, and hung up.
Ichigo turned back to Kisshu and said, "Let's get dressed, and go."
Kisshu nodded, and grabbed some clothes, then went to change. Ichigo stayed and changed in the room, then transformed. Kisshu came back a minute later, and asked, "Ready?"
Ichigo nodded, so Kisshu took her hand and teleported to the Café. Keiichiro was waiting in the main room with Kasumi, and he as soon as he saw them, he said, "The others will be here soon. Are you both okay to fight?"
"Hai," Ichigo and Kisshu said.
"Good, I think we'll need all the help we can get," Keiichiro said. "I still can't figure out who did this, but the only one I can think of is Deep Blue. I guess if it is him, that means he's been awakened. I hope this isn't a trap."
"I hope not too," Ichigo said. "But if it isn't, why kidnap Pai and Taruto?"
"I guess you'll find out when you get there," Keiichiro said.
Soon after, the rest of the Mews ran in, already transformed. "Good, you're all here," Keiichiro said. "I made a portal to the dimension where Pai and Taruto are being held, so come with me. It's in the basement."
Everyone followed him downstairs. Keiichiro went to a small machine and pressed a button, and a portal opened up. "Good luck, minna," he said.
The others nodded, and jumped into the portal.
They all landed in a deserted hallway, and cautiously looked around. "We should split up," Kisshu said. "A large group will attract attention."
Ichigo and the others nodded, and they split into pairs. Kisshu and Ichigo, Zakuro and Pudding, and Mint and Lettuce. Kasumi went with Zakuro and Pudding. "Let's meet back here in an hour," Kisshu said. He took out one of his swords, and carved an 'X' into the wall. "We'll know this is the spot by looking for this X," he said. "Let's get going."
The others nodded, and went off in different directions.
With Kisshu and Ichigo: They came to a staircase, and looked at each other. Then they started walking up it.
With Lettuce and Mint: Mint saw a door, and said, "Should we check what's in there?"
Lettuce nodded, and they opened the door. Almost immediately, a cage fell on them, trapping them! "Hey! Who did that?" Mint yelled. Her only answer was a dark chuckle, and then silence. She and Lettuce looked at each other. "I hope the others are okay," Lettuce said.
With Zakuro, Kasumi and Pudding: They too came to a door, and Zakuro pressed an ear against it. "There's a voice in there," she whispered. "It's a man's voice, but it doesn't sound familiar to me." Suddenly her eyes widened. "I can hear a fainter voice, and it sounds like Taruto!" she said.
"Should we go in, or get the others?" Kasumi asked.
"Let's go in, but be careful," Zakuro said. She quietly opened the door, and peeked in. Almost immediately, a hand shot out and grabbed her by the throat, then yanked her into the room, and slammed the door. Kasumi and Pudding heard a click, and knew that the door was locked. They looked at each other, worried.
"Should we break the door down, na no da?" Pudding asked.
"Hai," Kasumi said. The two girls slammed themselves into the door, but it didn't budge. They tried again, but it was like trying to move a wall of stone. Finally they stopped, and looked at each other. "Kasumi-oneechan, what about your daggers, na no da?" Pudding asked.
"It's worth a try," Kasumi said, and called out, "Mist Daggers!" Her daggers appeared in her hands, and she crossed them, then shouted, "Ribon… Mist Flame!" A burst of fire attacked the door, and it collapsed into ashes. Kasumi and Pudding waited for the smoke to clear, then ran in. To their shock, the room was now empty. "Whoever grabbed Zakuro must have teleported," Kasumi said. The girls turned back- only to find that the door was replaced by bars. "This WAS a trap after all," Kasumi said grimly. "I hope the others are okay."
Back with Kisshu and Ichigo: The two of them reached the top of the staircase, unaware of the fate of the others. There was another hallway, and at the end was a door. They kept walking, and reached the door. "I hear voices in there," Ichigo said.
"Let's get out our weapons and go in," Kisshu said. Ichigo nodded, and called on her Strawberry Blade while Kisshu got out his Dragon Swords. Then he opened the door, and they went in.
What they saw shocked them. Pai, Taruto and Zakuro were tied up together, and a Cyniclon with long black hair and ice blue eyes was standing over them, holding a sword. He looked up as Ichigo and Kisshu came in, and said, "Good, you're here. Now you can watch me kill your friends."
"We're not just going to sit around and watch you kill them, we're going to take you down," Kisshu snarled. "I suppose you trapped the others too?"
"Very good," the Cyniclon said with an evil smile. "I knew I couldn't take you all on, so once I realized the illnesses weren't working, I lured you all here, and trapped the others until I could get you two alone. Now I'll be able to defeat you two for good!"
"You seriously think we'll go down that easily?" Ichigo asked incredulously. "You make it sound like we're just going to hand ourselves over willingly."
"I have your friends," Deep Blue said. "I can kill them well before you even reach me. What are you going to do?"
Kisshu and Ichigo froze; he was right. Deep Blue noticed their hesitation and smirked. "I thought so," he said. "I knew if that I had your brothers as hostages, you'd be unable to attack me."
"What is it that you want?" Ichigo asked. "I don't think you're doing all this for no reason."
"I want the Earth," Deep Blue said. "I could care less about those living on it. So I used the Cyniclons to get started on eliminating the humans. I didn't expect anyone to realize that I never had any intention of saving anyone. The Cyniclons and humans alike could die out, but at least I'd have the Earth."
Kisshu growled low in his throat, his eyes starting to glow. Suddenly Deep Blue started to look less smug. Not yet concerned, but certainly less smug. Then Kisshu lifted a hand, and snapped his fingers. The ropes on Pai, Taruto and Zakuro snapped, and they woke up. Pai immediately noticed that a confrontation was going on, and grabbed Zakuro, then teleported out of the way, followed by Taruto.
The battle was beginning….
Okay, I know it's short and filler, but I wanted to put in one more chapter before I got to the final battle with Deep Blue. Plz review and I'll start the next chapter soon.