Chiyo: Hey! So the question from the last chapter has nothing to do with this chapter XD *claps* I'm so happy that I've come so far! But... *drags PrinceUrufu into the room* I wouldn't be this far if it wasn't for my great friend, PrinceUrufu! Please, listen~ You should totally go check out their story, Tokyo Mew Mew: Wrath of the Starburst Brigade ! ^-^ It would mean a lot to both of us!

Chapter 19

Happiness and Fear

"HELP ME!" A girls voice called, it was deeper pitched, making Keiichiro and Mitsukue pull away from each other...

Mitsukie licked the cake mix off her finger and ran outside, stopping dead in her tracks as the other girls ran up, stopping dead in their tracks as well. "P-please... Stop!" She begged.

Seiko had no expression on her face. "Sorry. Just remember you were part of a great cause." She said, staring into the girls eyes. "To destroy humanity." She smirked, summoning her fire sword and thrusted it into the girls stomach.

The girls covered their mouth, eyes wide with fear. Well... Everyone but Zakuro... Zakuro's eyes widdened in fear and surprise. Keiichiro and Ryou ran over, stopping in their tracks as well. "AHHHHH!" The girl screamed out in pain, her insides burning. The girls watching, frozen. Unable to do anything. Unable to say anything. And just seconds before she died, Seiko's sword turned to ice, freezing everything. "Stop!" She begged again.

"Killi... You said you needed more blood, right? Knock yourself out." Seiko said, flying away as Killi flew down.

"..." Killi was dead silent as she took the girls blood in a bunch of needles, but left her for Seiko to finish off. "Kill her if you want. I think I'm onto something." Killi shrugged.

"Huh... OK!" Seiko laughed and yanked her sword out of the girls stomach and stabbed her in the chest, peircing the girls the heart. She didn't even hesitate.

The girls watched in pure fear. Seiko has gotten stronger... A lot stronger... "We have unwanted guests..." Killi whispered, rubbing her eyes and yawning. "Ugh, I still need to do somethings with this... Oh!" With a happy cheerful 'oh' she flew down to Izumi and stabbed her in the arm with a needle at the same time she stabbed Pudding in the arm with a needle. The two were still going over what just happened as Killi flew off with a couple vials of blood. "Hehe! Seiko~!" She called, flying over to the tired Seiko. "I think I know what to do~" She teleported off, followed by Seiko.

"Wh-wh-wh..." Was all Mitsukie was able to squeeze out.

"What..." Izumi whispered.

"Just happened...?" Pudding asked, blinking cluelessly and fearful.

No one answered, but instead everyone just stared at the girls dead body, lying in front of them. "Seiko is so dead!" Izumi yelled, fear and anger shaking her voice as she clenched her hands in fists.

"You'll kill yourself!" Lettuce yelled, looking at Izumi, worried.

"I know! But it stops her from killing you guys!" Izumi responded, folding her arms. "Last time they came back in the park."

Mitsukie and Ichigo were stil frozen. "They won't get away with this!" Pudding shouted. Ryou grabbed Ichigo's hand, causing her to snap out of it and Keiichiro called Mitsukie's name.

The girls ran to the park. "You know... Izumi... You're quite brave..." Seiko said, glaring at her. "And I WON'T let you win this time." Seiko's light blue hair almost instantly turned dark blue as she stepped forward.

Izumi didn't say anything after she transformed, holding her scythe. She refused to use her scythe blades for defense since it would just slow her focus. Everyone else transformed and looked for the others. "I don't care how better you have gotten..." Izumi said. "You didn't have to kill her! She would have willingly done anything you wanted so she could keep her life!" She shouted. "She had a kid! She was my best friends sister!" She shouted, her eyes pretty much burning with fire. The girls gasped and looked at each other. Zakuro was silent as ever with Mint trying to be as cool as her. "Don't you even think about things like that?!"

"Huh... A kid huh?" Seiko asked, flicking her dark blue hair off her shoulder. "At such a young age too.."

"Don't bring age into this!" Izumi snapped, her grip on her scythe tightened.

"Awe why not?" Seiko asked, pushing her hand through her hair. "She was so young... And pretty too-"

"Shut up!" Izumi shouted, looking down with tears in her eyes. "She was nice... So caring... She was the best mother anyone could think of... And you just killed her, without hesitating..."

"Oh my, you grew attached to her..." Seiko sighed, stepping towards Izumi. She was in range of Izumi's scythe, so she took advantage of that. She swung her scythe at Seiko, wanting to kill her then and there. Seiko just laughed, jumping back out of range. "Izumi... You're stupidly brave. You know you're going to kill yourself fighting me right?"

"I don't care. As long as I can get revenge... I'll be fine." She said, still looking down and holding her scythe tightly.

"Izumi, don't! J-just calm down!" Lettuce said, stepping forward. "Please, we don't want you hurt..."

Izumi heard her, but ignored her at the same time. "We won't let you fight!" Mitsukie yelled, staring at her friend with sadness.

"Why don't you listen to your friends?" Seiko laughed, putting her hands on her hips. "They're smart you know."

"No..." Izumi whispered, holding her scythe so that the handle was behind her.

Pudding and Mint didn't say anything, they had no clue what to say. Ichigo ran over to Izumi's side, holding her strawberry bell tightly in her hand. "Ichigo!" The girls yelled.

Seiko and Izumi didn't look at Ichigo, they just shot glares at each other. "I'll come back, Izumi. But don't get yourself fooled. You won't beat me." She said, turning her back to Izumi.

Izumi watched as Seiko went to teleport off, but stopped. "What else do you want?" She asked, stepping towards Seiko.

Turning around suddenly, made Izumi get ready to swing her scythe. "That girl. How old is her child?" Izumi didn't say anything, getting Seiko pretty mad. "The kids age."

"I won't tell you." Izumi growled.

"How old was she?" Seiko asked.

"I won't tell you." Izumi repeated, causing Seiko to growl and teleport off.

The girls detransformed and ran over to Izumi. "Izumi..." Mitsukie and Lettuce whispered in unison.

The tears finally fell, streaming down Izumi's cheeks like waterfalls. Keiichiro sighed, walking over to Izumi. "Come on, we should go home." He said, feeling bad for Izumi.

Izumi detransformed with the rest of the girls, and everyone followed her to the cafe. Izumi picked up the dead body of her friend and headed to her best friends house, everyone following Izumi. She knocked on the door, knowing that someone would come rushing to the door since it was so late at night. A girl with mid back length, black, wavy, and somewhat poofy hair ran to the door. She had on a black dress where the bottom of it was wider then the top. The pink stripes at the bottom matched the big bow she had a bit above the bottom and the bow in her hair. The bows were black with white stripes. The bow in her hair had a big, beautiful red rose in the middle with a smaller, pink rose underneath it. Her purple eyes filled with tears the moment she oppened the door. She couldn't do anything but bring her hands to her mouth and whisper, "M-mother..."

Izumi forced a smile on her face and waved to the girls. "I'm going to stay here for the night, goodnight, guys." She said.

Everyone nodded and split up, Ryou and Ichigo walking together and Keiichiro and Mitsukie walking together. The entire way home was silent for both girls. "K-Keiichiro..?" Mitsukie asked, looking down.

"Yes?" Keiichiro asked in a warming voice, trying to make her feel better.

"What if..." The start of Mitsukie's sentence made the two uneasy. "...What if when the Cyniclons come back... And they're too strong for us...?" Usually Keiichiro would tell her not to worry, that everything would be fine, but he didn't say anything this time. "I-I don't want to lose you guys..." She said, tears forming in the corner of her eyes as she spoke. "You're all so nice... I wouldn't be able to stand losing anyone of you. Even if it's Zakuro or Mint."

"Mitsukie..." Keiichiro said softly. "It's fine." His voice both calmed her down, but got her heart racing. "You girls are strong. I'm sure if they're too strong, you'll be able to find a way to save each other."

Mitsukie stopped in front of her house, worried about Seiko coming around and killing her. She looked up at Keiichiro, her expression easy to read. She was worried, mainly about Keiichiro and Ryou, and had no idea what to do. Keiichiro pulled her into a hug. She burrowed her face into his shoulder, and his shirt started to get a little wet. She was so scared she was crying. Mitsukie couldn't hold it back anymore, since day one she was always worried about everyone, but she always put on a smile like she wasn't worried that much. But after Izumi's friend died right in front of everyone, she was terrfied. "K-Keiichiro..." She whispered, quite tired from crying. "Everyone will be fine... Right?" She asked, holding Keiichiro tightly.

"Of course." Keiichiro smiled, pulling away from her so she could see her smile. He brushed her hair out of her face. "Just get some rest tonight, okay? You all have the day off tomorrow, to relax and calm down... So take it easy." He placed a kiss on her forehead, smiling at her red cheeks. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight..." Mitsukie waved and walked inside, leaving Keiichiro to walk home alone.

Ryou and Ichigo's walk home was completely quiet until they got to her house. "Ryou, do you think Izumi will be okay?" Ichigo asked, unlocking her door and walking inside.

"Yeah." Ryou said, following Ichigo.

The two were silent again. They walked up to Ichigo's room and Ichigo quickly changed into her pj's. She crawled into bed with Ryou, but couldn't fall asleep. Before she knew it she was trembling. The events of the day passed through her mind and kept replaying the girl dying in front of her. She felt an arm pull her close. "Huh- Ryou?" She asked, still trembling.

"Calm down, it wasn't your fault." Ryou said quietly, his warm breath tickling her neck. Ichigo's heart started to speed up, and she stopped trembling. "You girls have the day off tomorrow, just get some rest, ok?" He said, his breath still running down her neck, making Ichigo blush. The two fell asleep quite quickly, Ichigo being held tightly by Ryou.

Izumi was comforting her friend all night, Pudding couldn't sleep at all, Lettuce tried pushing it off and feel asleep after a while, Mint lied in bed staring at the ceiling, and Zakuro fell asleep like nothing happened. The next morning, the girls woke up early and headed off to school. Ichigo was already at school, waiting for her friends. Once her friends showed up, they looked like they saw a ghost. "Whoah... Am I seeing things? Or is Ichigo like..." Miwa started.

"Really early..." Moe finished. "Ichigo, what's up?" She asked, looking at her redhead friend. "You're really early..."

"Nothing." Ichigo said, quietly, walking with her friends to her classroom. She was completely zoned out all day long, and like everyone else, they walked to the cafe.

Izumi was a mess, like she didn't get any sleep at all last night. They didn't say anything as they walked inside, shocking the boys. "You girls have the day off..." Keiichiro said, his head poking out of the kitchen.

Zakuro was the only one that didn't have the events of the night before running through their head. "I..." Izumi started. "...Don't want to go home..."

Keiichiro looked worried for the girls, but nodded, understanding. "I wanna do something to get my mind off of it..." Pudding said, Lettuce and Ichigo nodding along with Pudding.

Mitsukie and Mint didn't say anything. "Well, should we get working?" Zakuro asked.

The girls nodded, following Zakuro downstairs. "I hope they're okay..." Keiichiro said to himself.

"They're the Mew Mews. They're strong, they should be fine." Ryou said, turning his back to Keiichiro. "Just... Keep a close eye on them." He said before walking off to his room to do some paperwork.

The girls cleaned up the cafe in silence, changing the closed sign to open. Mitsukie, as always, went to help Keiichiro in the kitchen as the other girls took care of customers. "You're pretty quiet today, Mitsukie. Do you want to talk?" Keiichiro asked, putting a couple peices of strawerry cake on a plate. "About anything. Anything at all?"

"I'm just... I guess I'm still in shock..." Mitsukie said, washing the dishes. "About last night..."

Keiichiro smiled at her, causing her to not feel so lonely and depressed. "You should calm down, especially today, Mitsukie. You shouldn't be worrying so much over that, there was nothing you could have done."

With a sigh and a nod, Mitsukie helped out Keiichiro whenever he needed it and the girls were busy like always. The day passed by and Lettuce was smiling, for the first time today.

Chiyo: Geez what am I turning my life into XD Well, anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! :D *hugs laptop* but I'm so happy I got my laptop fixed \^O^/ So I hope you guys enjoyed this... *nervously scratches head* I mean... Beside death- wait that's like beside this entire chapter... Well shit... Eh! You learned more about Izumi~!

Izumi: ;a; you made this so sad for the people who like me...

Chiyo: Heh... Sorry... Wait you make it sound like nO ONe likes you ,,,

Izumi: *shrugs* whoooo knooowwwssss