Chiyo: Hey guys! :D back with chapter 17! Again, sorry for slow uploads .

Killi: CAN I KILL THAT BASTARD NOW?!

Pai: *folds arms*

Chiyo: No. BTW I DO NOT OWN TMM!

Chapter 17

Izumi's Big Day

After using the device that Mint brought along onto the ship, the girls went back to the cafe. Ryou pulled Ichigo into a hug, holding her tightly. Ichigo smiled and hugged him back, happy she was finally home. Izumi walked Ichigo home and the two fell asleep in Ichigo's room. Ichigo still had little red dots on her arm where Killi stabbed her with the needles.

"Ichigo!" Izumi yelled, shaking her redheaded friend. "Wake up!"

"Nnnn... 5 more minutes..." Ichigo mumbled, rolling away from Izumi.

"The boys are going to KILL us! " Izumi yelled, causing Skaura to stop and listen. "And how would you want your boyfriend to get mad at you?" Izumi laughed, backing away from Ichigo.

Ichigo sat up quickly. "HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Ichigo shouted, folding her arms.

"Hmm... That's why you two are MADLY in love and just can't resist each other." Izumi yawned with a smirk.

"Sh-shut up!" Ichigo whinned, hopping out of bed and changing into a long sleeve pink shirt with a pair of skinny jeans and pink sneakers. "Just... Don't tell dad..." Ichigo said, not realizing that Sakura heard part of the conversation and walked to the kitchen.

With a giggle, Izumi nodded. The two walked downstairs "ICHIIIIIIIGOOOOO!" Her dad screamed from the kitchen, running over to her.

"D-dad?!" Ichigo stumbled backwards a little.

"WHO IS HE?! I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT GOING TO GET A BOYFRIEND FOR A WHILE!" Her dad snapped, his arms folded.

"Ichigo!" Pudding yelled running inside. "Mr. Boss Man misses you!" She laughed.

Lettuce ran inside to try to catch Pudding. "You're not supposed to say that! He's supposed to!" Lettuce laughed.

Shintaro glared at Ichigo, causing Izumi to giggle nervously and walk away a bit. "Dad, I am not dating anyone, calm down!" Ichigo snapped, folding her arms.

"And Ryou says if you don't hurry up he's going to kill you!" Pudding yelled.

"That was Mint, Pudding..." Lettuce corrected and tackled Pudding, dragging her outside.

"I have to go, dad." Ichigo said, running to the door with Izumi not to far behind her. "Bye mom! Bye dad!" She yelled as she got outside.

Mint had her hands on her hips. She was in a pretty expensive light blue dress with a darker blue pair of flats. "Ugh, take long enough?" She asked.

"Let's go!" Pudding yelled and started walking the wrong way.

"Wrong way..." Everyone said in unison, watching Pudding slowly turn around and keep walking.

Izumi led the group to her studio. She wore a while, long sleeve half shirt, for the first time, everyone noticed she was

wearing a necklace. She had on a black miniskirt with white knee high socks and black knee high boots. "Why did you guys want to come?" Izumi asked, looking over her shoulder to everyone.

Lettuce wore a short sleeve plain green shirt and jeans. "You're our friend, we want to support you!" Lettuce smiled.

Zakuro was in a short sleeve purple shirt with a couple flowers in the bottom right corner. The flowers were a lighter purple with a little pink in it. "Should we not have come?"

"No! That's fine! It's just... My friends don't really care, so I wasn't expecting you guys to come..." Izumi said quietly

Everyone smiled as they got to Izumi's studio. A black limo pulled up as Keiichiro and Ryou walked over. "ICHIGO MISSED YOU" Pudding yelled as she ran around Ryou.

Ichigo's face was deep red as Ryou chuckled. "Izumi!" A boy about Izumi's age ran over. He had just the opposite color eyes Izumi did he had a dark purple eye and a light pink eye. "He- ah you brought friends!" His voice was soft and gentle.

"Ah, Chitose!" Izumi smiled. She introduced him to her friends. "And guys, this is my... Brother..." Izumi said quietly, waiting for everyone to start asking questions.

Chitose smiled as he opened the door to the limo. "Geez sis, way to make it sound like you don't love me." He teased. "You won't see much of me though, I came back for her concert. I'm supposed to be in Russia right now..."

Everyone got in the limo, confused. Chitose closed the door when everyone sat down and hopped in the front passanger seat. Ichigo sat next to Ryou, who was between Keiichiro and her. The other girls decided to gossip while Ichigo yawned, looking tired as crap. "Tired?" Ryou teased.

"Hey... You weren't the one being stabbed with needles." Ichigo replied, rubbing the inside of her elbow. "I didn't know their jelly fish ate blood..." She whispered.

Keiichiro looked at her oddly. "They eat blood? What?" He asked, concerned.

"Uh.. Yeah. A couple people were next to me, they had a lot of blood taken as well... Killi I guess is a scientist, so she was mixing blood with other of whatever I don't know I'm failing science..." Ichigo said, yawning again.

Looking worried, Keiichiro got into deep thought. Just moments later, the raido started talking. "Everyone must get to saftey. There are giant monsters attacking the city! It's not safe! Everything is closed down, get to saftey!" The reporter yelled, causing the girls to look at each other.

In a panic, a car zoomed in front of the limo the girls were in. CRASH! The cars collided, causing Lettuce and Pudding to scream, Izumi and Mitsukie stayed quiet, their eyes closed tight. Ichigo instictivly grabbed Ryou's hand, her eyes closed tight as she huddled close to him. Zakuro and Mint kept their cool as their eyes were shut tight. After what seemed like hours later, the limo stopped rolling, but smashed against the side of a building. No one was unconisous, so everyone helped each other un buckle their seatbelts and climb out. "Chitose, are you ok?" Izumi asked, taking her sleeve, patting it against the blood dripping down his forehad.

"You all ok?" Zakuro asked, patting down her hair.

Ichigo held onto Ryou's arm tightly, slighty dizzy with a bad headache. Keiichiro leaned against the wall, feeling quite dizzy himself too. Lettuce and Pudding were sitting down nextto each other, hugging their knees and rocking back and forth. Izumi seemed to notbe hurt, but her hair was a mess and it had a reddish tint to it. Chitose ande the driver seemed to not mind having blood run down their forehead. "Get 'em, ctuie!" Killi yelled, taking advantage of the moment. Instantly, only Izumi transformed and summoned her scythe while the girls were trying to calm down. "Eh? Your friends deciding they don't wanna be Mew Mews?" Killi teased.

"Leave my friends alone!" She shouted, standing in front of everyone."Guys, just calm down, I'll hold them off for as long as it takes!" Izumi yelled charging at a two headed, red dragon. With a loud roar, it charged at Izumi too. Izumi was determined to protect her friends and her brother. "You hurt my friends!" She yelled, her hand still burnt from Seiko's sword, but that didn't stop her from using her full strength. Mitsukie stood up from the wall she was sitting against.

She transformed as well, pulling out her Lightning Swords and charging at the dragon. "Izumi, don't waste your strength..." She whispered.

Moments later, Mint and Zakuro transformed and helped fight. Ichigo was still holding onto Ryou's arms tightly. "Are you ok?" He asked, gently pulling Ichigo to the wall and sat down with her.

"...Yeah..." The redhead whispered. Before she sat down, she started to get really dizzy again. "I'm just dizzy."

Keiichiro smiled worriedly. "Well, if you stay still, you should be feeling better soon."

Ichigo nodded, staring blankly ahead. Ryou looked worried as he looked at her. There was a loud scream, Mitsukie's scream. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" Izumi shouted. All the girls could see was a scythe flying towards the ground, Izumi as the end of it, and a large cloud of dust.

"Heeeheee." Killi's small giggle was evil, like she had a plan for all this. "I'll be sure to have some fun with you when you're mad later, Izumi." She laughed, spinning around in circles.

The dragon stood up, like nothing happened, and walked over to Ichigo and Ryou. Ichigo immediately transformed and stood between them. With a loud roar, Ichigo's head began to pound. "Leave my friends alone!" Izumi shouted, running between Ichigo and the dragon. Ryou stood up as Ichigo began to fall to catch her easier. Gently catching her, he and Keiichiro stepped out of the way. Izumi was pissed, which wasn't like her at all. "Stop this, Killi!"

"Nope." Killi snorted.

With an angered expression, Izumi jumped in the air, stabbing her scythe in the dragon's head. She put her foot on the scythe and jumped towards Killi. As she kicked off the scythe, she kicked it up with her other foot. As Killi turned around, she saw Izumi with her scythe, ready to hit her. "Izumi! Be careful!" Pudding yelled, still rocking back and forth. As she swung her scythe, Killi laughed and teleported away, leaving Izumi alone as she fell to the ground.

Everyone was shocked. The chaos died down, but of course, everything was still closed and people were inside. Well... Everyone but the camera men. They recorded the entire thing, but they didn't get the girls transforming, so there was a plus. "Can you please get the camera out of my face?" Izumi asked, backing up from the camera that was shoved in her face. She detransformed in a hidden area and ran back over. "I-I have my bubble... I'm pretty claustrophobic..." She said, making the camera men back up. Ichigo, Mint, Mitsukie, and Zakuro were still transformed, which helped out Izumi a lot.

"Izumi! What happened?!" The director asked, holding a mic to Izumi's mouth.

Izumi took a step back. "The Mew Mews saved my life, that was all." As if on que, everyone detransformed, but made it to where the camera men didn't see them. "They came when the monster came, and left when he was taken care of. I didn't get to see what they looked like." Izumi's voice was shaky, like she was scared. But she put on a smile, still very angry though. "I'm glad they got here when they did!"

"Did you see the figure of anyone?" The reporter asked.

"Nope. They all looked the same height, and looked as if they all had long hair." Izumi knew what she was saying, she didn't want anything to think any of the girls were Mew Mews, so she planned her words safely. "Why do you ask?"

"We would love to talk to them!" The reporter replied, sparkles in her eyes. "How are you?"

"I'm ok, and alive thanks to only the Mews." Izumi responded, her hands behind her back. Everyone noticed that she was squeezing her hand to keep herself from being angry.

After the news people left, Mitsukie ran up to Izumi. "Are you ok? You're unusually mad..." She pointed out.

"That Cyniclon!" Izumi yelled. "She used Ichigo as a test subject!" Not quite the answer everyone was expecting, but they all smiled. "Erg, next time I see her she'll get the better of what I was going to do today." She said, folding her arms.

The girls smiled, Ichigo almost fell again. "Are you sure you're okay?" Ryou asked, catching her again. "You have to lay down, so you're going straight home." He said, making the other girls smile.

"I... I don't want to..." Ichigo whinned, holding her head out of pain.

"Oh well. Everyone's in a panic still, your parents are probably worried sick about you." Ryou said, turning to Chitose as everyone else did.

"It's fine, I'm waiting for someone anyway." He said with a smile. "Just, get my sister's friend to safety, please." Ryou nodded and started walking towards Ichigo's house.

"I-I'm fine...!" Ichigo whinned, her cheeks slightly red.

"So if I let you walk, you're not going to pass out on me, right?" Ryou asked, teasing her.

"Nope!" Ichigo said bravely, her headache going away. She walked beside Ryou, wanting to grab his hand, but stopped herself. "Ryou?" She called to the blonde. He looked over at her, his hands burrowed in his pockets. "...I was thinking... That maybe we could..." Ichigo started, not being able to finish her sentence.

Ryou was quiet for a bit. "Go out?" He asked, Ichigo's face getting redder. His cheeks were a light red as he looked the other way.

"Wh- I- ... Yeah... I-I mean we know we love each other... So wouldn't that be... O-ok?" Ichigo asked, stopping when Ryou did.

Ryou smiled, kissing Ichigo passionately. Without even hesitating, Ichigo kissed him back, neither of them realizing Masaya was walking behind them, watching them. Once they pulled away, they were smiling at each other. "Does that answer your question?" Ryou chuckled as he started walking.

Ichigo chased after him, grabbing his hand. 'Wow... Of all people... I would have rather fallen for Keiichiro, but I mean... I like Ryou, but I never dreamed of us being together...' Ichigo thought to herself walking next to Ryou, their fingers intertwined.

Chiyo: Typing on a tablet is very weird... Eh, I wasn't really up for having Izumi have a concert, so I messed everything up by letting Killi run free...

Killi: heeheheheheheeeheheheheeeeeeee

Chiyo: ...So uhhh... I hope you at least liked this? If you didn't catch it, (I doubt most of you did because I suck at explaining through characters talking...) the Chimra Anima that Killi made was 1). One of the jelly fish she fed the blood to. 2). Not dead yet. 3). Is very strong and overpowering. So if you didn't catch it, there you go! ^-^