"This woman has been trapped in a monster's body. If we don't fight her, she'll be a monster forever!" yelled Sherbet.

"You must let us fight her!" agreed Cream. Cream didn't wait for an answer, instead leaping over the Mews. "C'mon you two!" she whooped. "Ribbon Cream… Vivisection!"

"Ribbon… Licorice… Snap!"

"Ribbon… Sherbet Hurricane!"

The Chimera Animal howled in pain, whipping back and forth. Licorice prepared to attack again. "No, don't!" Pudding cried, grabbing onto her leg.

"Let us go!" yelped Sherbet, shaking Lettuce and Mint off.

"This leaves you two and me." growled Cream, pointing her dagger at Ichigo and Zakuro. "Pepper! You planned this arrangement, didn't you?"

"What, me? Naw, never!" laughed the female Alien.

Licorice finally shook off Pudding. "Sweet Treat Cannon!" she yelled, holding up her whip. Cream and Sherbet both held up their weapons. The three weapons flew together with a flash of light.

"Ah! Look at that!" cried Ichigo.

Cream and Sherbet now held up a large gun with an open-mouthed cat-head for the barrel. Licorice stood behind it. "PepperAnne! Remember this little sweet-heart?"

"Sure do!"

"Licorice!" cried the other two. PepperAnne was pinning Licorice to the ground with twin swords. Licorice was unable to get up, trapped beneath the Alien.

Sherbet twisted her head to look at the Mew Mews. "We need one of you to help us shoot it! It takes three!" she called. "Please!"

Pudding ran over behind the cannon. "How does it work?" she asked, resting her hands on it as Licorice had. "It feels… alive!" she gasped.

"Channel your energy into it! Picture it coming alive!" instructed Cream, her body glowing a pale blue. Sherbet was glowing yellow and magenta tie-dye. Pudding concentrated, and then glowed an orange-yellow.

All three opened their eyes. "Mew Mew Cannon! Attack!" they yelled. The eyes of the cat-head shone brightly, and a tie-dyed fire-ball leapt from the mouth of the cannon, smashing into the Chimera Animal.

"Hey! It's only supposed to work with you!" PepperAnne snarled, twisting Licorice's arm so that she cried in pain.

"Nice… try… but we knew… there were other… Mews here… so just before he died… our manager… made some tweaks!" Licorice grunted.

"Leave her alone!" Cream jumped onto PepperAnne's back, accompanied by Ichigo and Pudding. PepperAnne vanished, followed by Kisshu, Pai and Taruto.

"Dang it. I'm gonna get her one of these days. She always picks on you, never us!" snarled Sherbet. She and Cream helped Licorice up and walked away.

"They're stuck up." Mint huffed, also walking away.

Back at the café, there was still a lot of action. Ichigo walked back into the main shop in the middle of a fight. Two of the girls at one table were gripping at each other's shirts, snarling. Finally, the third jumped up, slamming her fist down on the table. "You two shut up! Don't you already fight enough?" she demanded.

"Zakuro, what's going on?" Ichigo hissed.

"Those two got into a fight. It's Carrie Leonard, Sharon Kokoro, and Lizzie Underwoods. They're American stars, and I'm working with them in a movie. None of them really get along." Zakuro informed her, going about her work. "Don't worry; this is the fourth fight in ten minutes."

At that moment, Lizzie jumped up and stormed out. She slapped a check down in Ichigo's hands before she slammed the doors shut. But through the window, Ichigo saw that she was leaning against the wall.

"We really blew it that time. How did we tick Lizzie off? She's the cool one." muttered Sharon, releasing Carrie.

The two sat almost dejectedly. Ichigo chose to leave them alone. Zakuro, however, walked right up. "What was the fight about this time?" she asked.

"Sorry, Zakuro. It was nothing again." whispered Carrie, just loud enough for Ichigo to hear. "I can't believe it. Lizzie blew her top with us."

"We better learn to live with it, because we're stuck with her for a long time." Sharon sighed.

"Just give her some time. You remind her a lot of her family." Zakuro said coolly. "Lizzie was orphaned just after she achieved stardom. Her family died in a fire."

Ichigo moved away, so didn't hear any more. But it gave her something to think about. The three stars knew that Zakuro worked in Café Mew Mew. But there was also something familiar about those three girls…

Lizzie burst back in, slapped something in Zakuro's hand, and dragged the other two away. "C'mon. She's after us!" Ichigo heard her hiss. The other two picked themselves up and followed her at a run.

Ichigo quickly followed them. What she saw made her call the other Mews. The three stars were being hounded by the Aliens!

They were fairing well. Lizzie was leading Kisshu and PepperAnne on a merry chase, while the other two fended off Taruto and Pai. "Kisshu! Leave them alone!" Ichigo cried.

"Hey, Kitty!" he laughed.

"You know her?" PepperAnne quizzed.

"Mew Ichigo. That's who that is."

"You should run, girl. We can take care of ourselves!" yelled Sharon, avoiding a thunder-blast from Pai.

"I won't run! Mew Mew Strawberry! Metamorpho-sis!"

"You're Mew Ichigo from this morning!" cried Lizzie. "Well, you should listen to fellow Mews!"

Everyone gasped as the trio all held up power pendants. "Mew Mew Sherbet!"

"Mew Mew Cream!"

Mew Mew Licorice!"

"METAMORPHO-SIS!"

"You three are those persistent Mews?" PepperAnne cried indignantly. Then she started to chuckle. "Oh well! I've been working on this counter for ages!"

Someone struck Ichigo in the back. "Mew Mew Dark! Attack!" laughed PepperAnne.

It was another Mew. Only she didn't look to friendly, and neither did the enormous dagger she was holding. She wore an out-fit similar to Zakuro's, only black and scarlet. Her eyes were red-violet, and her hair was black, just like the panther ears and tail her body sported. "Yes, PepperAnne." she hissed, flying at Ichigo, dagger out.

"Cream Dagger!" Carrie lunged in front of Ichigo, parrying Mew Mew Dark's attack. "Gah! Ribbon Cream… Vivisection!"

"Ribbon Death Dagger Strike!" A flash of indigo light slashed through Cream's attack and went straight on to Cream.

"Cream! Sherbet Fan! Ribbon… Sherbet Hurricane!"

"Ribbon Death Dagger Strike!"

"Ribbon… Licorice… Snap!"

"Ribbon Death Dagger Strike!"

Only Ichigo was still standing. She trembled, facing Mew Dark. "Your turn, Pinkie." snarled the evil Mew, jumping at her.