Chiyo: Yay you're back! :) Well, I'm going to warn you, this chapter and chapter 8 is going to be just fills in, so you don't really need to read these... But please do, if you don't chapter 9 and the others will be confusing and you'll hate me for your own stuipidity of not wanting to read 3 chapters (Yes, 3. Chapter 8 is split into two chapters)

Izumi: So read them~!

Chiyo: Yeah, please read them!

Chapter 7

Sickness

Keiichiro held back his laugh. "I'll get it." He said to the redhead who was flailing, trying to get the egg out of her hair. "Hold still." He pulled the egg out of her hair, and dropped it into the trash can...

Ichigo sighed, walking to the stairs. "I'm going to take a shower..." She said, deep in thought of what Moe and Miwa said. 'So Masaya is spreading rumors about me now? Ha... He always was confusing to understand, but this goes to far! I'm going to have to tell him what's what!' Ichigo thought, hopping in the shower.

Izumi poked her head in the Cafe doors. "Ah! You're here! ANSWER YOU DANG PHONES!" Izumi shouted.

Ryou and Keiichiro looked at their phones to see that Izumi had texted them both, something about a Cyniclon. "You should have called!" Keiichiro said. "And you're acting calm about this..."

With a sigh, Izumi walked in the Cafe, her white hair soked, her clothes soked, and shivering. "Yeah, because I watched him teleport away."

"So why are you wet?" Mitsukie asked. "And who are we talking about? What's going on?"

Izumi walked over, refusing to sit down. "I was pushed into the fountian." She started. "I don't know his name, but..." She got deep in thought. "He was just a shadowey figure... It looked like he had a cape, so it wasn't Kisshu or Taruto, and it looked like he was going to be doing some kind of ritual... You know, like when you kill something and set up a tiny desk thing and sit infront of it, going," Izumi made her middle fingers and thumbs touch and held them in the air a bit and in front of her. "something like 'ooouuummmmmmmmm. oooouuuuummmmmmmmm' or whatever?" She dropped her hands and watched everyone laugh at her. "I'm serious! He was going to I swear!- No or he already did..."

Mitsukie, stopping her laugh enough to talk, said, "Izumi, what are you on?" Then Mitsukie started laughing again.

"Fine! Next time there's a Cyniclon in town, I won't bother telling you guys!" She shouted as Ichigo walked down the stairs. "At least take me seriously!" She turned her back to them quickly, making some of her hair fly over her shoulder.

Ichigo walked over, her hair not so wet anymore. "What's going on?"

"Cyni-" Izumi started.

But she was cut of by Mitsukie. "Izumi's taking something."

"I'M TELLING YOU I SAW THIS AND I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING WHY WON'T YOU GUYS BELIEVE ME?!" Izumi shouted, getting everyone's attention. She folded her arms and puffed out her cheeks. "You know, yelling like this isn't good for a singer who has a concert in a couple days..." She muttered before tunring around to face everyone. "What, does this have something to do with me walking in like he wasn't a problem?! I watched him teleport away, so I figured I'd head home! Be happy I'm even here to tell you this! One wrong move and I could have been part of his ritual!" Izumi folded her arms and puffed out her cheeks. Everyone started to giggle/chuckle at her.

Ichigo sighed. "Way to get her mad guys." She whispered. "Izumi, what did he look like?"

"He had a cape. Uh.. That was all I could tell though, he was just a shadowey figure, so I followed him until he teleported away." Izumi said, calming down now.

Ichigo looked at Keiichiro, not really caring about Ryou because he probably wouldn't care anyway. She noticed that Keiichiro did infact believe her, he was deep in thought. He stood up with a smile. "Izumi, you should rest-"

"I swear if this is because you're calling me crazy..." Izumi muttered.

"-You look pretty tired. I'll be in the lab, just get some rest. You don't have to worry about this." Keiichiro finished his sentence. Izumi nodded and waved to everyone before heading home.

Mitsukie, not too long after after Izumi left, decided to go home as well. Then did Ichigo, leaving Ryou and Keiichiro alone for the night again. "You think Izumi was telling the truth? I mean about the ritual part. Cyniclons don't noramlly do rituals do they?" Ryou asked, following Keiichiro to the lab room.

Keichiro shrugged. "Well look at... Kimi...?"

"Killi." Ryou corrected.

"She's different from Pai and Taruto and Kisshu..." With a drawn out sigh, the two headed for the lab room. After hours of research what whatnot, they headed for bed.

The next morning, Saturday, Ichigo woke up around 7:00 A.M. She got dressed and just sat on her bed. She had to be at work at 8:00, so she quickly snatched her strawberry pink phone of her dresser and charged out of the house. She got to the Cafe and as soon as she walked in, she had a feeling she was late. "Ichigo!" Izumi cheered happily. "Your hair is mess!" She yelled, a slight giggle in her voice.

Patting down her hair, the redhead headed for the changing room. She walked back up the stairs to see everyone cleaning, having fun. "Ichigo. Lettuce and Pudding are cleaning outside, they said they're mad at you, so left you to clean the floors..." Mitsukie smiled nervously. "I can help."

"No, I got it." Ichigo smiled. "It's okay, I can do it. If we all work together on different spots at once, it'll go faster." They day was uneventful and Lettuce and Pudding were sitting down in their normal spot, talking like always. "Argh! They're beginning to get like Zakuro and Mint!" Ichigo whisper yelled angerily.

"Huh?" Izumi walked over to her, watching the green haired girl and blondie talk and laugh.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just they've been putting more work on me..." Ichigo sighed, hearing a sneeze from upstairs. Although faint, she still heard it. "...They never get sick, I wonder what got into them." Ichigo giggled.

Keiichiro sighed and walked out of the kitchen. "Ah, you guys can go home, it's after closing time and you did all your cleaning." He smiled warmingly.

"Pudding has to leave to take care of her little brothers and sister!" Pudding yelled, speeding out of the cafe.

"Ryou's sick?" Ichigo laughed. "Talk about you boys never failing to surprise me!"

With a nervous laugh, Keiichiro backed up slowly into the kitchen. He really did enjoy baking, that's what made him cute in Mitsukie's eyes. But still, she only liked him as a friend. Adding the fact that she almost kissed him. She set her bag down and walked into the kitchen. "I don't get it. How can you stay in one room they entire day and not go crazy when all your doing is baking?" Mitsukie asked.

Keiichiro chuckled, setting the last strawberry on the cake he just finished. "That's just it, I'm baking all day. I enjoy baking."

No one noticed Ichigo walking upstairs, Izumi was watching Keiichiro and Mitsukie. Ichigo stood infront of Ryou's door, just standing there. She slowly brought her hand up to the door, and knocked lightly on it. "What." Ryou called, sniffling.

Ichigo giggled, and opened the door to see Ryou on his side, the blankets over his shoulder, and he was just laying there, eyes closed. "I can't believe that you got sick, Ryou."

"Shut up." He snapped. "What do you want?"

Ichigo didn't actually know why she went up there, but she did. She sat on the bed next to Ryou, causing him to sit up and question her, without saying anything. "I remember that one whole week last year..." Ichigo started. "When I got sick again, and my parents weren't home, you came over the first day and stayed home with me the entire week..." She said, her cheeks slightly red.

"W-why are you..." Ryou started, but chuckled as he noticed Ichigo's red cheeks.

-Flash back- Last year during the winter

"So Ichigo's sick. Again!" Mint yelled. "And frankly, I'm tired of even working here." She slammed her uniform on the table in front of Ryou. "You can say whatever you want, I'm done working here! This is just a stupid cafe now!" She walked to the door, storming her way out of the cafe.

Ryou had his thumb and pointer finger pinching the bridge of his nose. "You're quitting too, Zakuro?" He asked, annoyed as crap.

"Yes. You understand, so I don't have to explain myself. If you need anything, call me. I guess I still haven't lost my spirit of being a Mew Mew like the others have. Although I'm probably going around the world, so I may not be able to come here right away." Zakuro said, gently setting her uniform ontop of Mint's.

Keiichiro picked up the uniforms and walked off somewhere. Ryou headed for the door. "Where do you think you're going?" Pudding asked, trying to sound bossy so he'd stay.

"Out." Ryou responded, walking out of the doors of the Cafe. He walked to Ichigo's house and knocked on the door, expecting no response. He opened the door and walked in, making sure not to make a mess or anything. He found his way up to Ichigo's room, knocking on her door.

Although muffled, her voice was still understandable. "What." She asked her question in more of a statement then a question.

He walked in and smirked. "Sick again huh?"

"Shut up." She growled, sitting up."What do you want?"

-End of flashback- Back with Ryou and Ichigo

Ryou chuckled, causing Ichigo to look at him with an odd look. "Remember when I spent the week at your house when you were sick?" Ichigo nodded.

Not too long after realizing what he meant, she started giggling. She found it funny that he said the same thing as her when she was sick. "I should... Probably get to work." Ichigo said, standing up.

"Aw, I was going to ask for you to stay here." Ryou smirked, messing with the redhead.

"W-what?! N-no! Make Keiichiro stay!" She yelled, walking out of the room, leaving Ryou there alone to laugh at her reaction.

Izumi was working harder today, she was smiling more then ever. "I wonder what got into her today." Mitsukie said, sighing as she brought drinks to a table.

"Yeah, she's like Ichigo when we first started working here." Lettuce said, cleaning an empty table.

"I wonder if she likes someone!" Pudding yelled, bouncing at the cash register.

Once work ended, Izumi got changed and started heading out. "Ah." She turned around to everyone. "I have to leave, I'm sorry I couldn't say longer. I'll come early tomorrow!" She rose her hand to the girls, saying goodbye as she ran out of the door.

Pudding, giggling evily, rubbed her hands together. "Lets follow her, Lettuce!"

"Mmm.." Lettuce sighed. "Ok." The two followed Izumi, leaving Mitsukie and Ichigo in the Cafe alone.

"Mitsukie, I'm going to stay here for a bit, I'll finish cleaning." Ichigo said, noticing she was worrying about something.

"Wh- oh my!" Mitsukie bowed to Ichigo. "Thank you!" She said happily and ran out of the door.

Ichigo walked into the kitchen, helping Keiichiro make soup for Ryou...

Chiyo: Ok, I know this is short, but I have an idea for the next two chapters :3 Chapter 8 will be split into two parts. 8.1 and 8.2. They aren't really going to be that exciting... Just a lil Izumi x Aito (OCxOC) and Ichigo x Ryou so yeah heheh,,

SPECIAL THANKS TO - PrinceUrufu

:) You're so kind, and I'm so happy that you love this story. When I read your review, I wasn't joking about the tears of joy! I was crying because I was so happy :) So thank you again for being so nice!