Betraying My People Chapter 31:
Search and Rescue
Everyone was sitting around in the Council room. They had been there for about two hours, and were getting bored. Just when Taruto was about to scream from boredom, Pai teleported in and said, "I found him."
"Who was it?" Siria-sama asked.
"The blood was Choji-sama's, and I've pinpointed his location," Pai said. "I think all the other members of the Council are there as well. The place I found is a large abandoned building on the outskirts of the town. I can lead you all there, but we need a plan first."
"You're right," Hiro-sama said. "I think we need to split up. Someone needs to protect Siria-sama and Hamaya and Aran. And we can't send a large group, you'll be noticed right away."
"That makes sense," Pai said. "I guess we should form groups. Hiro-sama, were you planning on fighting?"
"Hai," Hiro-sama said. "But I think you should form the groups."
"Alright," Pai said. "Mew Mint, Mew Zakuro, Taruto, Mew Pudding, you will stay here and protect Mom, Dad and Siria-sama. The rest of you will come with me and save the Council."
"That sounds fine," Siria-sama said. "Pai, can you be the leader?"
"Hai," Pai said. He turned to the others and said, "Come with me." They all nodded, and Pai led them off.
Pai's group got outside, and Pai said, "All of you who can't teleport grab one of us. Kisshu, Hiro-sama, I'll implant the image into your minds."
Kisshu and Hiro-sama came over, and Pai put a finger on each of their foreheads, then implanted the image into their minds. "There," he said finally. "Now, grab one of the Mews, and let's go."
Kisshu grabbed Ichigo, Pai grabbed Lettuce, and Hiro-sama grabbed Kasumi. Then they all teleported to the front of a big building. "We should be quiet about this," Pai said. "Let's split up into pairs. Take whoever you teleported with, and let's go in and start looking around."
"Hai," the others said. Pai quietly opened the door, which surprisingly wasn't creaky. They walked in together, then split up. Kisshu and Ichigo started up the stairs, Pai and Lettuce went down one hallway, and Hiro-sama and Kasumi went down another.
With Kisshu and Ichigo: They reached the top of the staircase, and looked around. They noticed there was a closed door at the end of the hallway, and went to check it out.
With Hiro-sama and Kasumi: They went into each room down the hall cautiously, but found nothing besides cobwebs. Finally they came to the last door, which was wide open for some reason. Kasumi carefully looked around the door, and saw a bedroom. Someone was in the bed, and she pulled back quickly, holding a finger to her lips when she saw Hiro-sama about to speak. Before either of them could do anything more, though, a net fell on them and they were pulled into the air. The person in the bedroom came out and said, "Well, it looks like I got two for the price of one."
With Lettuce and Pai: The two came to a door, but this one was locked. Pai touched the door handle cautiously- and suddenly blacked out. Lettuce caught him, and set him down quietly. Knowing better than to touch the door, she started trying to wake Pai up.
Back with Kasumi and Hiro-sama: "What is it you want?" Kasumi asked.
"Control of the Council," the man said. "I'm impressed you managed to return to normal, Hiro. How'd you manage that?"
"I don't want to talk about it," Hiro-sama said. "Do you seriously believe you'll get away with this, Sanosuke?"
"Once my new brainwashing machine is complete, I will," Sanosuke said confidently. "I'll need to keep all of you here for a while though. I wonder how Mizuki's doing with Kisshu."
"So we were right, Mizuki wants revenge on Kisshu," Kasumi said. Suddenly it looked like she had an idea, and she said, "Mist Daggers!" Her daggers appeared, and she cut herself and Hiro-sama out of the net. Sanosuke was shocked.
"How did you do that!? My traps cancel out Cyniclon powers!" Sanosuke shouted.
"I'm a Mew Mew, I'm only half Cyniclon," Kasumi said. "My powers are different."
Sanosuke took out a sword, and Hiro-sama did too. As Sanosuke lunged, Hiro-sama and Kasumi dodged.
Their fight was beginning…
Back with Kisshu and Ichigo: They reached the closed door, and Kisshu pressed his ear against it. "There are people in there," he whispered to Ichigo. "Let's be careful."
Ichigo nodded, and opened the door slightly. They heard evil laughter, then a voice said, "Well, are you coming in?"
Ichigo and Kisshu looked at each other, then flung the door open. They saw all the Council members tied up against the back wall, but what caught their attention was a boy Kisshu's age with dark blue hair and black eyes, standing in the middle of the room with a smirk on his face.
Kisshu snarled and said, "Mizuki. Why did you do all this?"
"I wanted revenge on you for humiliating me time and time again, so when Sanosuke offered me a chance in return for helping him take down the Council, I was more than happy to accept," Mizuki said. His smirk faded as he said, "You always had to be better than me. It was irritating when we were kids, and it's still irritating. But this time will be different, since I'm going to win this time."
"Yeah right," Kisshu scoffed. "You sucked all through training, you couldn't even beat Kiri, and you expect me to believe you can beat me?"
"I've changed," Mizuki said. "Are you ready?"
"Hai," Kisshu said. "Ichigo, stay out of this."
Since he only called her Ichigo when he was serious, Ichigo simply nodded and stood against the wall. Then she realized while Mizuki was distracted, she could get the Council members out. As Mizuki and Kisshu started fighting, Ichigo edged around them, staying against the wall, until she reached the back wall. She noticed they were all unconscious, but she still started untying them. As she did, she realized why they were all unconscious- the knots were extremely easy to untie. They must have been put under a spell. When she was done untying all of them, she noticed they were starting to wake up. She looked over at Kisshu and Mizuki, who were totally absorbed in fighting, then turned back to the Council, and said, "Can all of you teleport?"
They nodded, and Ichigo said, "Teleport to the Council meeting room, Siria-sama is there, along with some others who are protecting her and Aran and Hamaya."
"Is Siria-sama okay?" one woman asked.
"Hai, she's fine," Ichigo said. "Go, while Kisshu is distracting Mizuki." The Coucil members nodded, and they all teleported out. Ichigo sighed and turned back to the fight, just as Mizuki used his sword to try to cut Kisshu's neck. Kisshu dodged, but got a small slash on his cheek. Ignoring it, he lunged forward, and Mizuki flew back. Kisshu teleported behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. "Why do you always have to do that!? I hate being mocked!" Mizuki screamed.
"So do I, but did that stop you from coming up with about a million nasty jokes about my hair?" Kisshu asked. "Payback, loser." With that he stabbed Mizuki in the shoulder, causing him to drop his blade. Kisshu quickly kicked it out of reach, and it skidded to a stop in front of Ichigo. She picked it up as Kisshu formed an energy ball that Mizuki teleported away from.
Suddenly Ichigo noticed Kisshu was looking a bit paler than usual. Not wanting to distract him, she didn't say anything- until Mizuki smirked and said, "I see the poison's taking effect. Finally."
"You had poison on your sword!?" Kisshu asked.
"That's its ability," Mizuki said. "You can create balls of pure energy, I can poison people."
"Jeez, I didn't know you were such a coward that even your weapon thinks so," Kisshu said. "Poisoning the enemy instead of beating them fair and square? Where's your pride? Oh that's right- you're such a loser that you don't have any."
"You're pretty cocky for someone who's going to die in about an hour," Mizuki snarled.
Kisshu smirked. "I have an hour? That's good to know," he said. "That's still enough time to kill you." With that he lunged forward, and stabbed a shocked Mizuki through the heart. Mizuki coughed up blood, then collapsed.
Kisshu let his Dragon Swords disappear, and dropped to his knees. Ichigo noticed he was gasping for air, and dropping Mizuki's blade, ran over to him.
Kisshu looked at Ichigo, and said, "I don't feel good, can you help?"
"I'll heal you, lie down," Ichigo said. Kisshu obeyed, and Ichigo put her hands over his heart, then began to glow. As usual, the glow flowed into Kisshu, and slowly faded five minutes later. "How are you feeling now?" Ichigo asked Kisshu.
"I feel tired," Kisshu said.
Ichigo sighed. "That was tough, the poison was trying to reach your heart," she said. "I got rid of it, but you might be a little out of it for a while. I think we should find the others, can you get up?"
Kisshu sat up, but walking was a problem. Ichigo noticed and said, "Are you able to teleport?"
"Hai, I just can't walk," Kisshu said.
"Then teleport to the Council room, I'll go help the others," Ichigo said.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Kisshu asked, worried.
"I'll be fine, so go on," Ichigo said. Kisshu still looked unsure, but teleported out. Ichigo sighed and stood up, then left the room, on her way to find Pai and Lettuce.
Well, Mizuki is dead. And Kisshu can't fight. And what's happening to the others? Review and find out!