Pai wasted no time mentally calculating the trajectory for his next attack. He aimed his fan carefully, and a gust of wind hit Ichigo in the stomach, knocking her over. The axe went with her, and the angle at which the wind had hit prevented the weapon from slicing into Taruto's skin. Taruto fearfully teleported behind Pai. "She's a crazy old hag!" he squeaked.

Pai aimed again, this time shooting a bolt of lightning at the axe. The electricity coursed through the metal blade and down the metal handle, forcing Ichigo to either release the weapon or be electrocuted. She chose the former. Pai teleported over, picked up the axe and put it back in its place. Pai shook his head at the cat girl. "You thought you could beat us in our own base? You really are a fool. And just so you don't try that again, I'm going to have you punished for those actions." Pair looked at his little brother. "Go tell Kisshu that I've changed my mind. We'll save the weapons for later. I want him to torture her his way while her mind is still fresh; I want her to remember everything."

Taruto sulkily teleported away. He really wanted to torture that hag! Why was Kisshu having all of the fun?

Pai turned back to Ichigo. "And this time, Mew Mew, there will be no questions to save you." After saying that, he left as well.

"NO! I'M SORRY!" Ichigo screamed and lunged for Pai's leg, but he had already vanished. This caused her to fall face-first onto the cold hard floor. Ichigo burst into tears. She couldn't tell if the liquid that was spewing out of her nose was blood or snot. Her entire body- inside and out- froze when she heard the sound of a teleportation portal.

"It seems that you've been naughty in my absence, kitten," Kisshu said coldly. Slowly, his voice began to warm up. "It seems that you wanted to be punished. It seems that you wanted me to come back and finish what I started." His eyes were half-lidded and seemed to glow with passion. "I'll..." he began, slipping off his shorts, "fulfill that wish." He stood naked before Ichigo, lost in his fantastic delusions. "I'll make you mine, just like you've always wanted."

"No!" Ichigo protested. "Get away from me. You're crazy!"

"I am," Kisshu admitted, "crazy for you."

And then he teleported. Appearing behind her, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her off of the floor.

"NO!" Ichigo sobbed and flailed and thrashed. She reached back and dug her nails into his arms, trying to get him to release her. She even managed to head butt him with the back of her head, but he was relentless. "If you d-do this, I'll never FORGIVE YOU! I'LL DIE!" She screamed and kicked.

"You won't die," Kisshu assured her. "I won't be that rough." He moved his hands down to her hips and slid them under her shirt. Working his hands upwards, he slipped her shirt off. Ichigo now wore only her bra and panties; the white bra mismatched the pink briefs, revealing that she hadn't planned on revealing these garments at all.

"I will!" Ichigo protested and still tried to break free from Kisshu. "I will die! And you'll be sorry!" She would never be able to live. Not without her virginity, but more importantly, not without Masaya: her beloved Masaya. She had been saving herself for him, for when they got married. It was supposed to special. It was going to be special, but not anymore. Now her first time was going to be disgusting and horrible and then she would die. Tears of hate cascaded down her cheeks. Even being pressed up against the alien's naked body- half-naked herself- she felt cold. "I hate you so much." she whispered, her voice cracking.

"Shut up!" Kisshu screamed. He summoned one of his sai and used it to cut open the clasp of her bra. He was getting very angry that his toy wasn't cooperating. "You will love me and like it, d*mmit!" Then he brought down his sai and sliced open the back of her underwear.

When it was over, Kisshu gripped her tightly and pulled her close, pressing himself against her. There had been so many nights that he had lost sleep over her. Now, finally, those sleepless nights would end. He buried his face into her hair and fell asleep.

A tear trickled down Ichigo's cheek. She felt numb. She wanted to die. If Kisshu hadn't been holding her so close and tight, Ichigo would have gotten up, taking one of the swords off of the wall and plunged it through her heart, killing herself physically like Kisshu had already done emotionally. At least now Ichigo had no reason to give away anymore of her friend's weaknesses. Heck, she'd be happy if Pai murdered her, now that she had nothing to live for.

Pai reappeared. "Perhaps you're ready to cooperate now?"

Ichigo looked up at him with listless eyes that were filled with hatred. "Kill me," she told him. "I don't want to live anymore."

Pai clicked his tongue in disappointment. It seemed that Kisshu's disciplinary actions had had the opposite effect that Pai desired. However, Pai was not shaken. "You will answer my questions, or I will personally kill both of your parents."

Ichigo looked at him with her mouth agape. "No," she gasped.

"Yes," Pai answered. "And then I will have Kisshu get rid of that boy, – what's his name? – Aoyama Masaya, in whatever manner he sees fit."

"No don't!" Ichigo put both hands over her mouth and began to tear up. She was torn. This was a horrible, lose-lose situation. She could only pray that the rest of the Mews could somehow prevail over this. "...I will... Tell you whatever you want to know." She finally whispered. It was the only way she could talk without sobbing.

"Good girl," Pai said with a nod. "Now, what is the weakness of Mew Lettuce?"

Ichigo hiccuped from the stress. "Retasu... Retasu can't swim if she isn't transformed," the redhead whimpered.

Pai wrote that down. "Thank you. Now, what about Mew Mint?"

"Her brother," Ichigo told him. "And Zakuro. Mint has a crush... on Zakuro."

She look down and watched her tears drip on Kisshu, who was still asleep. She had felt so dirty after being raped, but didn't think it could get any worse.

Ichigo was wrong.

"Y-you...what will you do?" she asked Pai.

"I will exploit their weaknesses and kill them all," Pai answered. Then he grinned. "And then, Mew Mew, I will kill every other human on this planet. That includes your parents and special boy. You really are a fool, Mew Ichigo, not to have figured that out on your own." Pai laughed at her idiocy as he teleported away.

Ichigo's bloodshot eyes widened. Her brown orbs shrank. Her head started to spin. "Aoyama-kun...everyone..." She slumped forward, resting her head on Kisshu's bare chest and began to sob. Ichigo jerked up when she realized who she was laying on. She glared at the sleeping alien in disgust. "This is your fault," she whispered, tears still spilling. Ichigo then looked around the room at all of the weapons. She now had nothing to lose. Only this time, her desire was not to kill herself.

Pai sat down his collected information and began to make a plan. Mew Lettuce would be easy to get rid of. He would steal her pendant, and then Pai could drop her out in the ocean somewhere. He could make Chimeras from all five of Mew Pudding's siblings, and just the fact that children were being endangered would be enough to affect Mew Zakuro, if that occurrence with the Momoka girl was any indication. Finally, getting Zakuro to give up would be Mew Mint's undoing. Pai grinned. This plan was perfect.

"Hey Pai." Taruto appeared and floated over to his older brother. "What'cha doing? Why are you smiling? Can we go torture the hag some more?"

"Go torture her all you like," Pai answered. "We don't need her anymore."

"Yes!" Taruto cackled. Then he teleported.