Bu-Ling rushed to get Heiicha's body out of the room, but Mint disobeyed. "Onee-sama!" the blue mew cried out. She scowled at the Chimera Anima before summoning, "Mint Arrow!" Taking aimed, she shouted, "Ribbon! Mint Echo!" The arrow hit the Chimera and caused it to squall, releasing Zakuro when it opened its mouth.

"Two against one isn't fair," Pai commented with a tone of dry humor. He then pulled out the spirit of one of Bu-Ling's brothers and infused it with a parasite. A giant vulture with bull's horns was born. When the creature opened its mouth, it had teeth.

"Onee-sama, are you okay?" Mew Mint flew over to the older girl.

Despite the burning pain in her arm, Zakuro forced a neutral expression and nodded. "Hurry and get the children out of here," she ordered, nodding at Bu-Ling, who was struggling to do just that.

"But-" Mint tried to object.

"Go!"

Mint obeyed and grabbed two of Bu-Ling's brothers, dragging them outside through the hole in the wall that Zakuro had created. Bu-Ling followed her with another brother, Lucha. Heiicha already lay in the frozen grass. There was a loud bang behind them, and Bu-Ling cried out, "Honcha!" – the name of the only brother left inside. Zakuro's whip wrapped around the boy's body, and she tossed him out the hole with the others. Mint, luckily, had deposited her two charges onto the grass so that she could catch the flying Honcha. After putting the boy down, she watched Bu-Ling rest Lucha on the ground. The blonde's eyes were filled with tears. "Mint onee-chan, Pai said that he had taken care of… of Lettuce onee-chan. What does that mean?"

Mint made a worried face. Mew Lettuce hadn't shown up yet. Was she dead? No, she couldn't be. Surely, if Mew Lettuce were dead, the other mews would feel something. Right? Mint looked Bu-Ling in the eyes. "Why are you not fighting?" she asked.

"If Bu-Ling fights, then Taruto will hurt them." The blonde looked at her unconscious siblings. "He said that if Bu-Ling wanted them to live, then Bu-Ling had to surrender."

Mint scowled and gripped the child by the shoulders. "And if the aliens win this fight and take over the world? What will become of your siblings then?" she spoke loudly.

The little girl sniffled. "Bu-Ling didn't think of that."

"So now that you have, what will you do about it?" Mint asked strongly.

"I will fight, na-no-da! Mew Mew Pudding, METAMORPHOSIS!" The monkey mew transformed and immediately summoned her weapon. "Pudding Ring!" The tambourine-like weapon appeared in her hand. "Let's go help Zakuro onee-chan!"

Mint nodded and then ran toward the building. "Onee-sama, we're coming!"

Kisshu scowled. He knew that it would be improper to remain here with Ichigo when Deep Blue was about to conquer Earth. He teleported over to where Ichigo lay on the bed. "Stay here," he commanded her. Then he looked around the floor for his clothes. After getting dressed, he put the weapons back on the wall. Then he vanished, leaving Ichigo alone. He had to assist Deep Blue.

"Ribbon! Zakuro's Pure!" The purple Mew managed to land an attack before falling to her knees. The pain in her arm had spread to her chest and she found it extremely hard to breathe.

"Onee-sama!"

Zakuro looked up to see Mint and Pudding and then began to cough into her hand. The younger two girls worriedly glanced at each when Zakuro began to wheeze.

"Is Zakuro onee-chan okay?"

Zakuro nodded and quickly wiped her bloody hands on the floor so no one would see.

But Mint saw. When Zakuro stood up and charged the enemy, Mint saw the blood on the floor. "Onee-sama!" Mint exclaimed. She shook her head. She had to save Zakuro – and the world – mostly Zakuro.

Mew Pudding stared down the giant, horned bird. "Ribbon! Pudding Ring Inferno!" The Chimera was incased in a huge glob of gelatin. "That's what you get for hurting my siblings!" Pudding declared and looked up at Minto so she could finish it off.

Unfortunately, the blue Mew was too busy trying to help Zakuro, who seemed to have more and more trouble standing.

While Pudding wasn't looking, the bird broke free and sunk its teeth into her arm. The monkey mew screamed in terror and pain.

"Onee-sama!" Mint bent over Zakuro, who was now lying on the floor.

"Minto," she coughed, "it bit me. I'm not going to make it."

"Onee-sama, no!" Mint cried, her eyes tearing up. "You'll make it; you will! I promise."

"Minto," Zakuro stared into the eyes of her biggest fan. "There's nothing you can do to save me. But you," she paused to cough, "can save the world. It's up to you, Minto." Zakuro Fujiwara took one last, labored breath and then stirred no more.

"Zakuro! Zakuro, Zakuro!" Mew Mint bawled. Standing, she shook her head and aimed her weapon at the manticor Chimera, firing over and over and over again. "Ribbon! Mint Echo! Ribbon! Mint Echo! Ribbon! Mint Echo!" She took out her frustrations on the monster, never giving up the barrage of attacks until the Chimera was dead. After avenging Zakuro, she helped Pudding free herself from the evil bird. The monkey mew's arm was bleeding badly, and Mew Mint gave up decorum for a string of curses and an outpour of rage. "If Mew Ichigo and Mew Lettuce had only shown up, we wouldn't be in this mess! How dare they ignore the distress call? D*mn them!"

She stopped when she heard Pai's snide laughter. Taruto cackled too, crossing his arms over his chest. The little alien looked proud of himself when he said, "We kidnapped the old hag and locked her up in our armory."

Mint looked up in shock. "No!"

"Yes," Pai answered her. "Mew Ichigo is our prisoner. And as for Mew Lettuce..." Pai took out the pendant that he had earlier taken from the green-haired girl and tossed toward the mews. It landed before their feet, and Mint stared at it in horror. "It really is ironic that the finless porpoise can't swim," Pai finished.

"Lettuce onee-chan!" Pudding cried.

Mint brought her gloved hand up to her face and fought the urge to wretch her guts out. She had been wrong. Mew Lettuce had died, and she hadn't felt anything at all. Mew Lettuce was dead, Mew Ichigo was a prisoner, and Mint had just cursed them for not coming to fight. She dropped her hand and shook her head before looking over at Mew Pudding. The little girl was bleeding terribly, and Mew Mint could tell that all of that precious, red life would drain from the yellow mew. And then Mint would be alone to fight the aliens. Zakuro was right. She had to save the world. She was the only one who still could.

Kisshu watched his god destroy Tokyo Tower with just the flick of the wrist in awe. The sound of the building crashing down and people screaming were like a symphony to his ears. How perfect was this? Deep Blue, their god, had been Aoyama Masaya and the Blue Knight all along! Now that he was awakened, Deep Blue assured him he would never have to see his hated enemy again. Kisshu was also relieved that Ichigo was safe from this whole mess. Deep Blue was allowing her to survive. She would be the only human left, thanks to him.

The leader of the Cyniclons looked up at Kisshu and nodded. Understanding the command, the green haired alien flew over to the rubble and summoned his dragon swords. He was to kill any humans that had survived before the two would move on to the next area. Kisshu was more than eager to do this. He wanted to get back to his new mate as soon as possible.