Chiyo: So, I'll introduce some very tiny characters in here, who will make a big apperance in the others I want to write, but I'm not sure if I'll acutally post them or not because... Well I'm not even sure why XD But this chapter, since it's the last/one of the last chapters, will have around 5k or more words, so beware. Also, like I said before, characters will die, be seriously injured, or lose someone they love. So if you don't like that, I don't want to be rude, but the door is right over there. I don't really want anyone hating this just because I wrote some sad things, I warned you ahead of timue. So, lets get on with it!
Chapter 32
The Girl's Loss
The girls sat down, but there was no sign of Mint or Zakuro. Izumi thought things were going to get better... But nothing like this has ever happened... Nothing this... Terrifying to the girls has ever happened. And it all starts when the Cyniclons come back, again.
About four weeks passed before anything happened. The girls were smiling, having fun working at the cafe. Zakuro and Mint were even having a small bit of fun as well. So... What made everything go wrong...? Why? Because of who? Was it... Was the Mews fault? No... It couldn't be... They did nothing wrong... They did.. Nothing... Wrong... Right? It wasn't their fault..!
Ichigo woke up early, hopefully her waking up early would lead to her getting to school on time. She was a bit early, but she was still happy. "Hey, there's Lilliana! She's a bit late though, isn't she?" Miwa asked, watching Lilliana sketch a picture.
"N- Lilliana...?" Ichigo's voice trembled.
Lilliana looked up and noticed Ichigo. "Ah, Ichigo! Hello!" She stood up and bowed politely to the girls. "Ma'am, madame." She spoke to Moe and Miwa with different female, castle-like, titles. "A bit early, aren't you, Ichigo?"
"Wh- uh- yeah." Ichigo forced a smile and gripped her bag tighter. Even the way she acted reminded Ichigo so much of her.
"Hey Moe, are you going to ask anyone to the dance?" Miwa asked, looking at all the boys.
"No, probably not..." Moe replied, her voice quiet.
"Noir.." Ichigo whispered.
"Come." 'Lilliana' pulled Ichigo away from Moe and Miwa. "Your little bat friend told us to be nice and live with the humans. That's what I'm doing." 'Lilliana' walked into the classroom, leaving Ichigo to think about what she just said.
Things with Izumi and Mitsukie were not going well. They had a bad feeling about later that day, and nothing was going right for them. At all. Lettuce's day was fantastic. Pudding's day... Was just Pudding's day. Then Zakuro's and Mint's day was fine, but what do they have to worry about?
The day passed and no one got hurt yet. The girls, not including Mint and Zakuro, went to the cafe after school. "What's up with Mint and Zakuro?" Mitsukie asked, pulling her school uniform off.
Ichigo closed her locker, fully dressed and ready to go. "I don't know, but it can't be anything good..." Izumi said, trying to stuff her head into her uniform.
"Well, they could decide to not work again." Lettuce said, patting out the wrinkles in her uniform.
"Yeah, or they found their love and refuse to do anything but be with them!" Pudding shouted, popping her head and arms out of her uniform like a turtle going into hiding.
"Well, let them do what they want. I'm tired of Mint's attitude." Ichigo said, walking out of the locker room. The girls shrugged and followed her.
Noir was floating in the dinning room, holding guns towards Ryou and Keiichiro. "You said you would be nice!" Ichigo yelled, taking a step forward.
A gun appeared from nowhere and pointed at Ichigo. "I can say what I want. Doesn't mean I have to do what I say." Noir said, keeping her eyes on the boys.
"What do you want with them?!" Mitsukie's voice rang through the girls' head, terrifing thoughts invading their minds.
"Stalling." Noir said coldly.
A loud laugh followed Noir's response. "You can let them go now!" She called.
The girls transformed and ran outside. "Killi?" Izumi asked, looking at the Cyniclon girl.
"Behold, my masterpiece!" Killi laughed, clapping her hands.
"Ugh, she's way to happy about this." Zephyr flew down to Lettuce, ready to attack.
Lettuce leaped backwards, grabbing her castanets. "I don't want to fight, Zephyr!" The green haired girl said, not wanting to hurt him.
"TARU-TARU!" Pudding screamed, running over to a limp, unmoving Taruto. "Taru-taru..."
"I got the doors, no one is getting in!" Mitsuki yelled, readying her swords.
Killi motioned for her new invention to have some fun. It was a blob. A blob of black liquid. "All that blood paid off... Phew, it was really starting to get on my nerves!" Killi clapped happily and spun around.
The blob took off after Ichigo, turning into a person as it bounced towards the cat-girl. It looked just like Ichigo, but with no face. Marin and Submarin walked over to Pudding, watching her carefully. Killi suddenly got serious and flew over to Izumi. Noir was ready to switch with Killi whenever, Ransurot was ready to switch with Zephyr, and Pashibaru was ready to switch with the Marin sisters.
Mitsukie was left alone, which just worried her more. Where the hell is Mint and Zakuro?!
"Let's dance, shall we?" Killi giggled, spinning around a black spear. "This better work..."
Pudding let go of Taruto's limp body and stood to her feet. "You hurt my Taru-Taru..." She had her head hanging down, so her hair was covering her eyes.
Zephyr sighed, lunging at Lettuce again, his shinai ready to hit the green-haired girl. He was moving much faster then he was before, giving Lettuce no time dodge. With a loud whack to the wrist, Lettuce fell to her butt. "Why do you insist on fighting?!" Lettuce asked, her wrist red and swollen.
"Because this is our home!" Zephyr snapped, hitting Lettuce quickly on the back of the head, then the middle of her back.
"Hng!" Lettuce was on her hands and knees now, shaking. "Stop it!" She yelled, pushing Zephyr down by a big wave. "Y-you're lying!" Zephyr rolled his eyes and stood up once more.
Pudding grabbed her tambraine and glared at the sisters. "You hurt him!" She was madder then anyone ever saw her. Marin was thrown into a nearby building while Submarin was kicked in the face and thrown into the ground.
Marin grabbed her triton and flew back to Pudding, furious. The little mokey-girl grabbed the triton from Marin's hand and stabbed the middle blade-like part into Marin's arm. "Ahh-!"
Submarin pulled her head out of the ground and fell backwards. "Leave Marin alone!" She yelled, charging at Pudding.
They were all fighting for their lives. But the Mews could never win in a battle like this...
Zephyr kicked Lettuce in the stomach, sending her flying into the side of the cafe. Lettuce coughed up blood and laid on her side, too weak to get back up. "Leave her alone!" Mitsukie stabbed one of her swords into Zephyr's shoulder.
With a groan, Zephyr pulled the sword out of his arm and stabbed into the ground. He was too busy with Lettuce to pay any attention to Mitsukie. "Let's just live together..." Lettuce whispered, struggling to her feet.
"Live together?" Zephyr looked around and noticed everyone else was fighting for the most part. "Noir and Killi run this group. We betray them, they'll, without a doubt, destroy all the humans on this planet. Noir isn't a girl you want to fuck with, and Killi is the wrong girl to be around if you're on her bad side. You think living together with people- no... Things... Like them is ever going to work? You have to actually know them before you throw out that suggestion."
"Things...?" Lettuce let down her guard, expecting a long history lesson.
Sure, that's what she got. But it was way more violent then she wanted. "Yes! Things!" Zephyr hissed and gripped his shinai tighter. "Things like them don't diserve anything like this planet!" He lowered his head and got ready to attack. "They just ruin everything..." Without another warning, he ran towards Lettuce. In one fluid motion, his shinai hit Lettuce on the back of the head, the middle of her back, her right wrist, then her stomach, and her kneecaps.
"Aaagh!" Lettuce collapased to the ground in pain, unable to move.
"Knock it off, Zephyr!" Mitsukie stood between the two, trying to protect her friend.
"This isn't your battle, panda!" Zephyr pushed her to the ground and walked over to Lettuce.
The black liquid seemed to know Ichigo better then she knew herself. Ichigo was a step behind the liquid. It had Ichigo's strawberry bell way before Ichigo even thought of it. "The hell are you?!" Ichigo's outburst only made the liquid more angry. Her own attacks were used against her. A bright, pink light swallowed her. Unable to breath, Ichigo started to struggle to get free.
The way the Strawberry Surprise was attacking her seemed to be way more dangerous then it should be. "Die, Ichigo." A voice, coming from the liquid, had rung through Ichigo's ears. There was no way she was getting out of this with her powers. She needed another way out, but how?
"Th-th...at's... N-not wh...at... I wo...uld... S-say...!" Ichigo pushed out her words, losing more air then she was gaining- in fact... She wasn't getting any air at all. The light dissapeared and Ichigo fell to her hands and knees, gasping for air.
The liquid glared intesnly at Ichigo, although it had no eyes. Ichigo just felt the liquid glaring at her. It walked over to the cat gir and lifted her by her hair. "I don't care. My job is to kill you, so kill you I will." The liquid threw Ichigo into the cafe wall.
She didn't even make a noise before falling onto the ground. Blood was dripping from her head and she was still dizzy from the lack of oxygen. She pushed herself off the ground, leaning against the wall she just smashed into.
Zephyr hit his shinai on the back of Lettuce's head, hurting her pretty bad. "Zephyr, stop!" Mitsukie yelled, trying to stab Zephyr in the process.
"Stay out of it!" Zephyr, losing his cool, stabbed Mitsukie's hand and shoulder into the wall. Lettuce was lying on the ground, face down, blood trailing down her cheek. She was breathing, but that was the only movement.
Mitsukie was frozen where she was, staring at Lettuce with tears in her eyes. Out of the blue, Zephyr was thrown into the wall. "P-P-Pai..." Mitsukie stared at Pai, tears flowing down her face like a waterfall.
The liquid sighed and walked over to Ichigo. "You have no clue what you're doing to Killi's race, do you?" It slammed Ichigo into the wall, it's liquid hand squeezing Ichigo's throat. "You're killing them."
Ryou and Keiichiro were thrown out of the cafe, through the doors. The doors were destroyed, but that wasn't wall. So were the guys' emotional stablity. Ryou watched as Ichigo's hands fell from the slime's hands, down to her side. Keiichiro watched Mitsukie struggle to get her weapons out of her shoulder and hand. The liquid Ichigo threw Ichigo to the side and walked over to Zephyr. "Oh, Ichigo's dead?" Noir asked, poking Ichigo in the back of the head.
Tears filled Ryou's aquamarine eyes. "Ryou, we have to save them, they're in trouble!" Keiichiro pulled Ryou to his feet, trying to snap him out of his daze.
Noir giggled and flew over to Izumi and Killi. Izumi had a dead look on her face, not paying attentition to anything else but Killi. She swung her scyte at Killi, skimming her arm. Blood started to run down her arm. Noir cleared her throat and put a black, old styled fan in front of her mouth. Killi pulled guns out of her short hair and pointed them at Izumi. Like an electric fan now-a-days, Izumi spun her scythe around, blocking the bullets.
Noir stood behind Izumi, watching her movements. Izumi looked like a professional thief from the way she was standing and attacking. The second she took a step forward, Noir flicked her fan, turning it into a bow. An arrow flew from Noir's bow, exploding on contact to Izumi's scythe. The shock of her burning hot scythe stopped Izumi in her tracks. She dropped her scythe, steam rising from her own weapon. Her hand was burned, her palm and the back of her hand. Killi laughed as her invention, the black liquid, covered her wound, stopping the blood.
Killi shot Izumi's shoulder. The impact pushed Izumi to the ground, blood soaking her shirt. "Awe, I was hoping to have some more fun!" Killi whined.
"Just kill her, Killi." Noir's bow turned back into a fan.
It was instant, no one saw it coming. Kisshu lied on the ground, his hands on his stomach, his skin more pale then it should be. He was breathing heavily and unevenly. "Kisshu!" Izumi panicked and pushed her hands onto the bullet hole in Kisshu's stomach.
"I-Izumi, you..." Kisshu looked emotionally hurt. He pulled Izumi down a bit and put his lips near her ear. He whispered something, shocking Izumi more then what just happened.
"B-but Kisshu, what about you?!" Izumi looked down at Kisshu's pale face.
"J-just...save her... P-Pai can h-help..." Kisshu's eyes began to close.
Pai walked over to Izumi with Mitsukie in his arms. "I'm about tired of these guys. Izumi, where is Mint, Zakuro, and Pudding?"
"Pudding's missing now too?!" Izumi's face was soaked with tears.
"LEAVE MY TARU-TARU ALONE!" Pudding shouted, throwing Marin and Submarin into the ground.
They were stuck head first into the ground. "They're late to the party. Ransurot, Rin, take care of them." Noir said, fanning herself.
"Izumi! Pudding!" Ryou shouted the girls names, not seeing Mint and Zakuro coming. Izumi recieved a lighter scythe and Pudding recieve daggers. "They aren't much better then your first weapons, but, they are better."
Not even a second later, Izumi took off towards Ransurot. He tried to block her attack, but he wasn't used to the lighter scythe. Mint shot an arrow at Ransurot's back as Izumi attacked. "You guys are nothing but greedy, rude, people!" Izumi yelled, her scythe cutting Ransurot's shoulder.
The black liquid was lied across the ground, sticking to the bottom of Izumi's shoes. "I only came to see how much potential you girls have." Ransurot stepped out of the way of Mint's arrow.
"Hngh!" Izumi fell backwards, an arrow stuck in her stomach.
"Mint! The hell?!" Zakuro yelled, snapping her whip at Ransurot. Rin sighed and threw a fireball at the girls.
Pudding had no clue how to use her new daggers, but she ran between Ransurot and Rin, who were standing close together, and stabbed them in their stomach. Ransurot froze for a second while Rin just tossed the dagger to the side. Zakuro was dodging attack after attack from Rin while Mint had to deal with Ransurot and Noir. Pudding was with Izumi, trying to stop the bleeding. Noir had her bow back, swinging it around, bored.
Ransurot couldn't really think straight since Pudding's attack while Rin was dizzy. The boys looked at each other and came up with a plan to destroy the girls. Rin grabbed Zakuro's whip and yanked it out of her hand. "Zakuro-oneesan!" Mint shoved Zakuro out of the way of her own attack. Zakuro's whip cut Mint across the chest, knocking her back as well.
Izumi got to her feet, but she was unstable, to put it nicely. Her vision was blurred and she couldn't hold her scythe tightly. Mint struggled to her feet and pulled her bow out. Zakuro grabbed her weapon and got ready to attack. "I'm tired of you guys coming in and trying to kill us! This is our home too! I don't care where you used to live! Share the planet!" Mitsukie stabbed Rin in the shoulder and shoved him to the ground. Taking advantage of the moment, Mint shot an arrow at him and Izumi snuck up on Ransurot.
"Leave them alone if you want your precious bosses to live." Everyone froze to the sound of Noir's voice. Izumi lost her strength to stand and fell to her hands and knees.
"What are you doing with them?!" Zakuro flicked her whip and shot a glare at Noir.
Killi and her blood-based icky friend of hers snuck up on Izumi. The black liquid found it's way to every Cyniclon that was injured and inserted part of itself into their wound, healing them. Killi went to steal Izumi's scythe, but someone turned on them. Seiko grabbed Izumi's scythe before Killi could and yanked her to her feet. "Izumi! You're about to get killed and you're just sitting there!" Seiko shoved Izumi's scythe into her hands and charged at Killi.
"Enough!" Noir shouted, pushing a sharp blade to an unconscious Keiichiro.
"Leave him alone!" Mitsukie shouted, leaving one of her swords in Rin's shoulder.
Ryou layed unconscious on the ground next to Ichigo and Pai looked dead next to Lettuce. Pudding was hugging Taruto and bawling. "Mitsukie, is it?" Noir asked, floating behind Keiichiro, who seemed to be feet taller then her. Mitsukie stared at Noir, waiting for a chance to attack her. "You pull the girls off my men, your dear Keiichiro lives."
Mitsukie turned to Mint and Zakuro. "Leave them alone, Mint, Zakuro." She turned to Izumi who was trying to stop the blood from Mint's arrow flow out all the way. "You too, Izumi. And Seiko, don't touch them." Mitsukie turned back to Noir.
"Good, now, another thing for him to live." Noir said, hiding her smirk behind Keiichiro. Mitsukie nodded, showing Noir that she was listening. "That Seiko girl. I don't like her. Get rid of her."
Mitsukie and Seiko gasped and looked at each other, then back at Noir. "No! She's my friend!"
Noir pushed the blade harder into Keiichiro's neck. "Mitsukie, don't fall for her tricks!"
"S-stop it!" Mitsukie threw her other sword at Noir, trying to stop her from hurting Keiichiro.
She simply dodged it like it was nothing. The ghost on Noir's chest flew over to Ichigo while one on her stomach flew over to Mitsukie. The ghost started attacking her with it's candy apple so much to where blood was dripping down Mitsukie's forehead and mouth. "Then how about your leader?"
Zephyr stood up, bracing himself on the wall of the cafe. "How about playing fair?" He asked, picking up his shinai.
A ghost on Noir's hand and shoulder flew after Zephyr, whacking him with candy apples. He was just chucked into a wall, so he was still dizzy. He wanted to look cool though. Mint pulled her bow back and aimed at Rin. Ransurot glanced at her and sighed while Rin layed on the ground still, but on his back and looking at the stars. "Pointless attacks mean nothing with your potential." Ransurot said, folding his arms.
"What if I pulled that attack on you?" Rin asked, keeping his eyes on the stars.
"Argh..." Mint growled and detransformed.
Rin and Rasnurot took the advantage and teleported behind her. Rin burned her back and Ransurot had some kind of weird spell. There was a bright beam of light that came from the sky. From about where the zodiac sign of Aquarius is. Before anyone was able to react, Mint was thrown into the cafe wall, face first. Ransurot had pretty much hit her with a huge hammer like the game in a circus where you hit the panel and try to get the ball to his the bell... But much stronger then how that hammer is swung. Mint just layed there, eyes closed.
Zakuro shot a glare at the Cyniclons and tried to attack Ransurot with her whip. "Stop!" Seiko shouted, grabbing the whip before it hit Ransurot. "Leave my family alone! I-I know what they're doing is wrong... But... They're still the same race as me..."
Without hesitating, Zakuro flung her into the ground. In return, Noir and Killi shot bullets at Zakuro. The entire time, the black liquid was healing the Cyniclons, entering their body from their wounds to make sure they didn't die. One bullet hit Zakuro in the shoulder and the other hit her in the stomach. "STOP IT!" Pudding screamed, holding Taruto tightly agaisnt her chest.
Noir sighed and, instead of killing him, stabbed Keiichiro in the stomach with her knife and dropped him to the ground. "Well, we got our point across." She looked at the unconscious girls and the girls who were in too much pain to move.
All of the girls were detransformed. Mitsukie looked up to Noir. "N-not so...fast...! Who... Are you?"
"Fine, I'll tell you." Noir, with the ghosts back on her body, sat in the air with her legs criss-crossed. "Izumi's homelife. You know how that is. She's poorly treated. Abused at home by a father who drinks, ignored by a mother who hates her, but loved by her siblings. She's a famous teen popstar, so she has huge responsiblities, in home and in her work. You, Mitsukie. You live with your father, your mother left you when you were kid. You're not really popular, but well loved by the people you hang around. You try your hardest, and that's why everyone likes you. Ichigo's homelife. It's quite lonely. Her parents leave all the time, Moe and Miwa don't talk to her anymore, and the only person who will stay with her is Ryou. She's terrified that you all will leave her, even Ryou. Even her parents. Everyone. Lettuce's homelife. It's the same as it was when she first became a Mew Mew. Nothing really changed. Well, she likes a few guys, but she's to shy to anything. Pudding has to take care of all of her siblings alone. She's still young. Mint and Zakuro are the most confusing. Zakuro is a model, but her homelife is a mystery. Mint does ballet, her brother doesn't contact her anymore, and her grandma is ill." Noir looked at Mitsukie who was forcing herself to pay attention. "Look, what I'm getting at is... I'm not a Cyniclon."
"Correct. We haven't stopped fighting you girls because..." Killi appeared next to Noir, sitting in the air like she was sitting on a fence. "...Because we have lives like you guys. These Cyniclon idiots can't understand it. Taruto, Pai, and Kisshu understood it, but they couldn't get the point across."
"Right. Killi and I come from a time where witches were burned at the stake." For a moment, Mitsukie though she saw pure fear in Noir's eyes, but it vanished seconds later. "I know more about you girls then I should because..."
"We were forced to know more." Killi sighed and folded her arms.
"After my parents death, my two idiot brothers follow me around all the time. I love them... They're my brothers... But I don't want to be treated like a baby anymore!" For once, genuine emotion was showing from Noir.
"We came here to fight for our home. Cyniclonia is dying. We need somewhere to go, but humans would never accept us. Especially witches like Noir or mad scientists like me." Mitsukie couldn't keep up with what Killi was saying, but she tried.
"As a witch, I'm able to gain abilities that no othe Cyniclon has. An abiltiy that is pure sin."
"And as a mad scientist, I find new ways of doing everything. That itself had stripped me of my Cyniclon emotions."
Noir and Killi kept talking. It was rare to get Noir to talk like this, so the Cyniclons stayed quiet. "I would rather live in a world where I'm laughed at for having huge ears then a world where I'm laughed at for knowing magic." Noir said, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes. "Actually... I was never born."
"I created her." Killi said, a bit dissapointed.
"I was given to this family in hopes that they would live better, but I just caused them trouble." Noir's voice was shakey and quiet.
"Let's go." Killi grabbed Noir's hand and teleported off.
Almost instantly, Mitsukie lost consciousness. Seiko sighed and watched the Cyniclons teleport away. Taruto, Kisshu, and Pai were left behind. "I'm sorry I can't help anymore..." Seiko whispered before teleporting off.
About half an hour later, a young girl was passing by and saw the team out cold, by will or not. She called the cops and the team was rushed to the hospitial. First one awake was Ryou. He and Keiichiro were placed in the same room. He rolled on his side to face Keiichiro. "They'll pay for what they did to you..." He whispered.
The nurse walked in and smiled at Ryou. "How are you feeling, sir?" She asked.
"Where are the others?" Ryou asked, sitting up. He had no wounds, Noir just knocked him out by hitting his pressure points a bit too hard.
"The other rooms, sir." The nurse responded, confused.
"Are they okay?" He had to go see them, but he knew the nurse wouldn't let him up.
"The girl with red hair and the girl with green hair probably won't wake up soon, the little girl should wake up soon, the blue haired girl should be fine, and the purple haired girl should wake up by the end of the day." The nurse responded.
Hearing that Ichigo probably won't wake up soon emotionally destroyed Ryou. "C-can you let me see Ichigo..?"
"Ichigo?" The nurse asked.
"The girl with red hair." Ryou's eyes filled with tears as he thought of the worst.
"Sure." The nurse lead Ryou to Ichigo and left the room.
Ryou sat next to Ichigo's bed and held her hand. He had no clue what to say, so he stayed quiet and just held her hand. "R-Ryou...?" Mitsukie, in the same room as Ichigo, was facing the cute couple. "H-how is... Everyone?"
The answer was terrifying to her. Ryou responded with what the nurse said and added on the fact that Keiichiro was also in bad shape. "He... He will be fine... But I don't know when he'll wake..."
"K-Keiichiro...!" Mitsukie teared up and sat up.
"Don't kill yourself walking to his room..." Ryou whispered, his head down on the bed and holding Ichigo's hand tightly. Mitsukie was pretty much okay, she was bandaged up and the blood was cleaned off, but she was still dizzy. She made her way to Keiichiro's room and sat on the bed with him. Ryou squeezed Ichigo's hand and tried to hold back tears.
"You think we want to fight?!" Noir asked, in response to the boys question. "We're not fighting for fun! I was abused as a kid, if that's what you'll even call me. Look, boys. Kisshu, Pai, and Taruto couldn't get their point across and fell in love with one of your girls. Ichigo gave Kisshu Mew Aqua, which he had brought home. It didn't save our planet."
"Yeah, more like it destroyed our planet." Killi said, teleporting in the cafe, floating next to Noir. "He didn't know any better and we all trusted them. But the place where he put the Mew Aqua... It's completely dead. Living conditions got worse around that area. The only place that got life was the so called park we have. There's finally grass on our planet, but we can't keep living like that."
"Then why fight us?" Keiichiro asked, keeping his cool.
"Because we're being forced to. Just like Kisshu, Pai, and Taruto." Noir said, avoiding eye-contact. "Ransurot's Deep Blue's son or something like that, I don't like him enough to care, but Ransurot will do what he feels like doing. Because he's Deep Blue's son, he has power over us." With a heavy sigh, she continued. "I hate bloodshed. I hate hurting people. I hate this entire mission! Killi can easily whip something up to make all of the Cyniclons blend in with humans! Why the hell do we have to fight for this?!"
"Noir!" Killi grabbed Noir by the shoulders and slapped her across the face. "It's for my people's sake. Fighting is wrong, we know that, but those idiots out there don't understand it."
If they didn't like fighting then why did they hurt the team? Tears fell down Ryou's face as he thought about the conversation Noir, Killi, Keiichiro, and him had. He couldn't stand losing Ichigo to people who didn't even want to hurt her. In fact, he couldn't stand to lose her at all. "Oh my, are you crying..?" A girls voice broke Ryou's thoughts. He kept his head on the bed while the girl walked in the room. "Hey... the girls woke up... Pudding is with Taruto, Lettuce is with Pai, and Mint and Zakuro are together still. Kisshu is still out though." She still couldn't get Ryou to say anything. "Come on, I know you're awake. Ichigo will be fine-"
"How can say that so relaxed...?" His voice muffled and quiet, but Izumi could still hear him.
"Because she's Ichigo. She knows that you're there for her right now and she loves you quiet a lot." Izumi said, sitting on the bed Mitsukie was on. "And hey, she was chucked into a wall, give her some time."
Hours passed and Ryou fell asleep, waiting for Ichigo to wake up. "Well, we'll be off, so don't stay too long!" Izumi said, waving to Mitsukie. She walked with the girls home and left Pai, Taruto, and Kisshu alone. No one really knows what happened to Pai though, so everyone was extra worried.
Mitsukie and Ryou were kept over night since they wouldn't wake up. "Hey, Mitsukie, shouldn't you be in school?" Although scratchy, his voice was still there.
"Keiichiro!" Mituskie shot her head up with a huge smile. "You're awake!"
"Yeah, I'm fine." He smiled and grabbed her hand.
"I-if you say so..." She looked down again at the tiles.
He moved his hand from hers and put it on her cheek. "What's wrong?"
"I... I don't want to fight anymore..." She whispered.
"Then don't." A different voice stopped the two from talking. "Look, like I was saying yesterday, I don't want to fight either. Just stop fighting them if they come back. Well, they probably wont because I got pissed at them and I think I might have killed a few of them." Noir giggled sat on the bed next to Keiichiro. "I'm sorry about all of this and Killi is too. She's sleeping right now though. If you want... I can get her to make something that'll get all of you to feel better... Nevermind, you don't trust me anyway so what's the point..?"
"Yes, I-I... I want Ichigo to wake up and Ryou to be... Ryou and the others okay..." Mitsukie said, squeezing Keiichiro's hand with tears falling down her face.
Doctors and nurses ran by the room. "Quick! To room 263!" One nurse yelled, waving others to follow.
Mitsukie watched them for a moment. "Room 263 is the room Ichigo and I were in..." She said, fear and worry in her voice. But that was washed out with sadness after a few words.
Noir and Mitsukie helped Keiichiro to Ichigo's room. The door was closed and Ryou was sitting by it, his knees close to his chest and staring at the ground. "Hey, Ryou, what happened?" Mitsukie asked, sitting next to him.
He was silent, as if he never heard her. "Hey, Ryou..!" Noir flicked his head, but he still acted like he never heard them.
Keiichiro sat down next to him and pulled him into a one way hug. "She'll be fine, Ryou." He whispered, holding his friend tightly.
"I'll be back. Don't... Get too sad on me..." Noir said, walking off to an area where no one could see her and teleported off.
About 45 minutes later, the doctors left the room and went back to whatever they were doing. Keiichiro pulled Ryou to his feet and pretty much dragged him in the room. Mitsukie followed, but stayed by the door. Ryou sat by Ichigo's bed again, holding her hand. Mitsukie and Keiichiro looked at each other with a smile after looking at Ichigo. They knew, but Ryou still thought he had lost her. "Hey, Keiichiro, when do you think she'll wake up?" Mitsukie asked, hugging Keiichiro's arm.
"Hopefully soon." With a heavy sigh, Keiichiro lead Mitsukie out of the room. "Lets go check on Pai, Kisshu, and Taruto."
"Yeah, they should be awake now anyway." Mitsukie replied.
"Don't touch him!" Pudding shouted. Keiichiro and Mitsukie poked their heads inside the room Taruto was in. She was standing on the bed, protecting Taruto from the doctors around him. "He'll wake up! Just leave him alone!" Tears were flying down her face, her hair was a mess, and she looked like she hadn't slept at all last night.
"Miss, we have to take his blood pressure." The female doctor said in annoyance. It seemed like they were going through this for a while.
"No! Get lost! P-Pudding won't let you touch Taru-Taru!" Pudding fell to her knees and looked back at Taruto. "T-Taru-Taru..."
Mitsukie walked in the room and stood in front of Taruto. "You weren't going to check his blood pressure, we're not stupid. Just because he's younger then his brothers doesn't mean you can just kill him!"
Keiichiro sighed and stayed by the doorway. His voice wasn't up for much use yet. The doctors got tired of fighting the girls and left. "Taru-Taru! Wake up!" Pudding yelled, shaking Taruto.
"H-hey... I-if you keep shaking me, I-I won't wake up..." Taruto forced his eyes open and smiled warmly at Pudding.
"TARU-TARU!" Pudding smiled happily and squeezed him in a hug.
After a moment, Taruto gently pushed Pudding away a bit. He wiped her tears away with finger. "I'm... Sorry I worried you, Purin..." He whispered, brushing her hair out of her face. He didn't care what she looked like, he was just happy she was there. He sat up and looked into her beautiful eyes. Taruto pushed his lips against Pudding's, holding her close to him.
Mitsukie smiled and walked over to Keiichiro. "I just hope Ryou will be as happy and Pudding is sometime again..." Her voice was shaky, as if she was scared of the same thing.
Killi and Noir were waiting outside the room for them. "Hey, I don't think this'll help Ryou at all, but for Pai and Kisshu it will. It works stronger on Cyniclons then humans since I used some Cyniclonia plants. And hey, you know, some of that extra blood I had came in handy in this too. So... All you really have to do is insert it in their veins- I can do that..." Killi sighed and patted down her messy hair.
"Y-you're really going to help us...? After we tried killing you?" Mitsukie asked, tears forming in the corners of her eyes.
"More like, are you sure you trust us after we killed Ichigo-"
"You what?!" Mitsukie squeezed Keiichiro's hand and her eyes widened a bit.
"Hey, the doctors saved her..." Killi couldn't even force a smile. "I-I-I..."
Keiichiro couldn't think of anything to say to calm down Mitsukie, all he could do was hold her hand back and just be there. "You killed her?! If you knew that then why did you come back?!" She snapped, actually scaring Killi and Noir.
"B-because I wanted to save her... I-I-I didn't want anyone dead..." Killi stared at the ground, playing with the end of her shirt.
"Hey!" Noir grabbed Mitsukie's attention. "If you want to get mad at someone, get mad at me! Killi had nothing to do with this! I was the one that got everyone together and brought them here! It's my fault that the slime attacked Ichigo! J-just... Leave Killi alone..."
She wasn't actually dead, she just lost consciousness. Well, she did stop breathing in the hospital room. With a glare, Mitsukie turned her back to the girls. "Can... We go see Ichigo?" She asked, looking down at the floor.
With a nod, Keiichiro and Mitsukie walked off to Ichigo's room. "Hey, Mitsukie. Don't you think you were a bit harsh? I mean, they are just trying to help." He had his arm around Mitsukie's shoulder and was holding her close to him as they walked.
"Y-yeah but... I don't want them to hurt anyone else..." Mitsukie sighed heavily and grabbed her skateboard from the outside of Ichigo's room.
"Mitsukie! How... How is Ichigo?" Lettuce ran over to the two, Mint, Zakuro, Pudding, and Taruto behind her.
"She's okay." Keiichiro smiled. His voice was killing him, but he wouldn't let that stop him from cheering up his baby red panda and her friends. The gang stood around Ichigo's bed. "Hey, how are you doing, Ryou?"
"I'm fine." His cold voice sent shivers down the girls spine.
"Y-y-your... Voice d-doesn't a-agree with you..."
Ryou shot his head up when he heard her voice. "I-Ichigo!" His eyes were a bit red from crying, but hey, who wouldn't be crying in a situation like this?
"H-hey, Ryou." Ichigo smiled a warm, caring smile, her eyes half closed. She pushed herself into a sitting position with her free hand and squeezed Ryou's hand back.
"ICHIGO!" Pudding tried to jump ontop of Ichigo, but thankfully Lettuce and Mint grabbed her before she landed.
"Ichigo-san! I'm so happy you're okay!" Lettuce smiled brightly. It seemed like the life of all of the girls was back just by one girl.
Everyone was smiling and happy. Yes. Even Ryou. Pai snuck into the room and behind Lettuce. "I'm glad you're okay." He whispered as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Living with them was a pain in the ass." Kisshu grumbled. "But I'm glad to see you're all okay."
Once Ichigo was awake enough to walk, they went home. "Ichigo sweetie!" Sakura hugged Ichigo tightly. "I was so worried about you!"
"YOU BETTER NOT HAVE TOUCHED HER!" Shintaro yelled from the living room.
"Come in! Come in!" Sakura pretty much dragged Ryou and Ichigo in the house.
The two sat on the couch, holding hands. "You, young man, better not have done anything to my sweet baby Ichigo!" Shintaro folded his arms and puffed out his cheeks.
"I didn't." Ryou sighed, pushing his blonde hair out of his face.
"Then what did you do?" Ichigo's father leaned forward.
With another sigh, Ryou answered simply, "I fell in love with her."
Ichigo's face turned redder then her hair and her father stormed out of the room. "I got cookies!" Sakura placed a plate of cookies on the table and sat on the couch opposite of the adorable couple. "So, how long have you two been together?"
"M-mom!" Ichigo burried her face in her hands, getting a chuckle out of Ryou. "S-stop laughing at me!" She tried her best to sound angry and playfully smacked Ryou's arm.
"Not too long. Few weeks maybe?" Ryou shrugged.
"Well, treat her well because her father and I are leaving for Italy soon." Sakura smiled as she dragged Shintaro up the stairs by his ear.
Ichigo kidnapped a cookie off the plate. Her parents were going to be gone... Again... For another two months or so. Ryou wrapped his arms around her and pulled her onto his lap. "You still have the team and I, you know. Time will fly as long as you're happy."
A few hours later, Ichigo's parents left, leaving Ryou and Ichigo alone. They decided to go the amusement park to waste time. Weeks passed and soon, it was their one month anniversary. "Hey, Ryou, isn't it Mitsukie's and Keiichiro's one month anniversary?" Ichigo asked, hugging Ryou's arm as they walked to the cafe. It was pouring and the umbrella they had wasn't really doing anything. Their heads were dry, but their body was soaked.
"Mhm. Did you want to get them something?" Ryou looked down at Ichigo.
"Yeah!" Ichigo did a tiny jump and nodded.
They went to a nearby jewlery store and set their umbrella near the door. Ichigo didn't realize that today was their anniversary as well, so she was looking for something for Mitsukie and Keiichiro. While looking at things, Ryou remembered that today was also Lettuce and Pai's one month anniversary and Pudding and Taruto's one month anniversary. Mint and Zakuro shrugged off the relationship idea and Izumi just had terrible luck with relationships. Ichigo got Mitsukie a heart shapped locket, Lettuce a bracelet, and Pudding a ring. Ryou got the boys the same thing, a locket. Naturally, guys don't wear lockets, but he knew Taruto would if Pudding gave it to him, and Pai and Keiichiro would if it was something dear to them.
They paid for it and left. It wasn't raining anymore so they didn't have to worry about keeping their presents dry. They walked by a clothing store. In the window was a really cute outfit. Purrfect for Ichigo too! It was a longsleeve pink turtle neck shirt, a pink beanie, a light pink, almost white, short shorts, and ankle boots with a small heel. Ryou saw the way Ichigo looked at it, but didn't say anything. They entered the cafe to see that only Keiichiro was there. "Wow, Ichigo, you're quiet early!" Keiichiro laughed as he patted his apron, flour going all over the place.
"What did you explode?" Ichigo asked, laughing at the flour cloud around him.
"Nothing..." Keiichiro chuckled nervously.
"Yet!" Mitsukie poked her head out of the kitchen, her hair full of flour and her face covered in it. "Well... We kinda exploded the flour bag... It's all over the kitchen... Hey! Ryou! Please, can you go get us some more flour?"
Ichigo gave Ryou a kiss on the cheek and went to go change before Ryou left for the supermarket. Once everyone got to the cafe, Izumi watched as everyone exhanged gifts. She felt like they completely forgot about her since the rest of the team was having fun and smiling. She started cleaning up for opening. The cafe was busy, not giving Izumi any time to talk to the boys. "Hey, Ichigo, can you take over my shift for me? I-I gotta go..." Izumi bowed to Ichigo, apologizing to her after asking.
"Sure!" Ichigo smiled and nodded, going off and working extra hard.
Izumi went and changed into a longsleeve black shirt, black miniskirt, black ankle heeled boots, and she had a black bracelet with a boy's picture on it. She walked into the kitchen and bowed to Keiichiro. "I'm sorry, b-but I have to go..." Her voice was quiet.
"Hey, we should all go, Keiichiro." Mitsukie said, tripping over her own feet. "Eeek!"
Without even looking, Keiichiro grabbed the bowl full of cake mix and set it on the counter. "If Ryou is okay with it, sure, why not?" Keiichiro shurgged, helping Mitsukie up.
"Whooo!" Mitsukie ran out of the kitchen and up the stairs. "Hey! Ryou! Open up!"
"Come in." Ryou closed the book he hand and set down his pencil. "What's up?"
"I don't know where she's going, but Izumi wants to go somewhere and she looks sad and I wanna go with her and we should all go!" Mitsukie giggled, a pile of flour on her nose.
"..." Ryou just stared at Mitsukie.
"I think she's going to a funural." Mitsukie lost her happiness and hyperness in that sentence.
"Sure, we can go. It's been real busy lately so you girls can leave early." He stood up and chuckled a bit. "First I think you should clean up. You have some flour on your nose."
"Thanks!" Mitsukie hopped onto the railing of the stairs and slid down. "We can go~!"
A bit later, the cafe was empty and the girls washed up. Mitsukie was wearing black skinny jeans and a black t-shirt with her black converse. Ryou and Keiichiro were wearing black outfits, pretty much the same thing, but Keiichiro had a rose in his pocket. Ichigo was wearing a short sleeve black shirt and black jeans with black converse. Lettuce had on a black hoodie and black skinny jeans, Pudding had a long sleeve black shirt and black jeans, Mint wore a black dress, and Zakuro wore a black, tight dress. "You guys don't have to go..." Izumi smiled, hiding the picture on her bracelet.
"We will anyway! Izumi shouldn't go to this funural alone!" Pudding smiled and marched to the door.
Pai and Taruto were waiting outside for their girlfriend and Kisshu was just sitting on the stairs, looking at the stars. The group started walking, following Izumi. Mitsukie was holding Keiichiro's hand as she rode beside him on her skateboard, Ichigo and Ryou were holding hands, Lettuce was too shy to hold Pai's hand, and Pudding was too hyper to hold Taruto's hand. "So, who is this person anyway?" Mint asked, patting down her hair.
"...M-my... Older brother..." Izumi's voice was a whisper as she answered Mint's question. Izumi walked up to the coffin and noticed a note in his hand. She took it, since it adressed to her, and sat down. After the entire thing, she opened the note and gasped.
"What's it say?" Lettuce asked, sheilding her eyes from the sun. The group was outside, well, the group as in everyone but Kisshu, waiting for Izumi to calm down.
Tears flew down her cheeks. "I-it's from Noir... I-it says 'Dear Izumi, I-I'm sorry about your brother. I t-tried to save him.'" She choaked up and wiped the tears from her eyes.
Lettuce gently took the note from Izumi and read the rest of it out loud. "Your father pushed him too far and he decided to take his own life. I wanted to go see you, but instead I found your brother, hanging there... I'm sorry, and if you still want to hear what I have to say, stay at the funural house, I'll be there at 4." The group was silent, listening to Izumi try to hold back her tears and failing.
It's not like Izumi had a boyfriend to cuddle or anything, the guys she liked moved to America. It was 3:30, so they hung around there for half an hour. "Hey, you waited for me!" Noir smiled as she walked over. She had human ears, but that was the only difference. She wore the same thing too. Izumi just looked at Noir, not saying anything. "Killi, being the mad scientist she is, can make something, with the help of Pai, that can put your brothers soul into something to let him live again. If that's what you want. Your brother left a note, saying he didn't want to do any of what he did, he didn't even have thoughts of killing himself. Your father is arrested, so I want to help you guys."
"Hey! Geez, taking off without me?" Killi ran up ad folded her arms. She had human ears too. Did they get into Pai's stash of pills that turn the ears human for 12 hours?
Izumi couldn't say anything without tears in her eyes, so she just nodded. "Pai, are you up for helping out Killi?"
"Sure." Pai shurgged and figured it wouldn't hurt.
With the Cyniclons not attacking anymore, the girls felt safe. Months passed and Izumi was acting like herself again. It looks like Killi and Noir actually are on the Mews side now. They go to school, act like humans, do everything like a human would. They went through with Mitsukie's plan, to join the humans and live together. Izumi's brother's soul was inserted into a passed away Cyniclon and was living happily with Izumi again.
Years passed and no attacks happened at all. Everyone was happy with their boyfriend/girlfriend. Ichigo even wears that outfit once a month. The day of hers and Ryou's anniversary. The outfit she was looking at when she bought the necklace, ring, and bracelet for the girls. Who knows, maybe Izumi will find someone she loves again. And who knows... Maybe Ryou and Ichigo, Mitsukie and Keiichiro, Pai and Lettuce, and Pudding and Taruto will get married sometime in the future...
Chiyo: Phew... I got it done! I'm so sorry it took forever to type, but I mean come on, it's over 8k words... XD I'm in volleyball, so I don't have much time to type... Also, I know the 26th, but Merry Christmas! :D What did you guys do for Christmas? I hope it was great! So yeah... I might make a squeal... I'm not sure... But whew this was hard to type with very little free time... I hope you enjoyed it! And if you're still reading, leave a review to tell me how I did or what you liked about it or what you didn't like or whatever... But please review to let me know how you felt about this story!