Ichigo gasped. The door opened behind her. It was dark and she couldn't see who was standing there at first. But after she got a closer look, she realised who it was. It was Aoyama. She hadn't seen him since that day when he visited her in his house and kissed her. She was expecting to see him one day, just not in a place like this.

'A…Aoyama…Wait…What are you…What are you doing here?' Ichigo stuttered standing up.

'It's alright Ichigo. It's me, I won't hurt you,' Aoyama said softly giving her one of his smiles.

Ichigo was glad to see him at first. She has been stuck in the same room for days and she felt happy when she saw a familiar face at last. But it took her a few minutes to realise what was going on. She was stuck in a room having no idea how or why she was there. When someone finally came inside she expected it to be the person responsible for her ending up there in the first place. In other words, the person who kidnapped her. In this case, it was Aoyama…

'I have looked for her everywhere! I can't find her!' Mint told Zakuro who was still searching. She decided to phone the others to see if they were having any sort of luck. Mint watched her get her phone out of her bag. When Zakuro was left with a disappointed expression in her face Mint knew what the answer was going to be.

'They didn't find her either,' Zakuro sighed.

'Where do you think she is?' Mint asked.

'I don't know.'

Mint and Zakuro went back to the café where everyone was going to meet. By the time they went there Lettuce, Ryou, Keiichiro and Pudding were already there talking to each other.

'This is not going very well na no da,' Pudding shook her head in disappointment.

'I am guessing you didn't find her either,' Ryou looked at Mint and Zakuro, they shook their heads.

'I don't get it,' Lettuce told everyone, 'she was with us in the beach for a moment and then she was gone!'

'I don't understand either,' Mint said.

There was a sound of teleportation at the back of the room. Pie and Taruto teleported in the café, 'Don't bother asking,' Taruto mumbled.

'We didn't find her,' Pie gave a sigh and looked at everyone else. It seemed to him that they weren't going anywhere with this either.

'Where is Kisshu?' Mint asked.

'Oh he said he was going to look for her a little bit more and then come back afterwards,' Taruto answered.

Everyone sighed and just sat there helplessly. Kisshu was their last hope but they doubted he was going to find her. She could be anywhere.

'We looked for her everywhere. I mean, we went to her favourite places and least favourite places, we called Moe and Miwa, her school friends to see if they had any idea where she was and we asked everyone. Her friends and her parent as well. They have no idea where she is and they are really worried,' Lettuce said trying to get everything in her head.

Everyone sat down quietly feeling helpless. They had a lot of explaining to do to Ichigo's parents. They won't be happy at all after they have heard about Ichigo going missing. A few minutes later Kisshu finally teleported in the café. He shook his head to say that he didn't find Ichigo yet before anyone could start asking him questions.

'We need to tell Ichigo's parents about her being a Mew Mew,' Lettuce whispered.

Everyone looked at each other. They knew she was right.

Ichigo stared at Aoyama for a moment. He was smiling like there was nothing going on. But she learnt to see beyond his fake smile. It was him. He was the one who bought her here. He was the one who wrote that note.

'No. It can't be,' Ichigo thought shaking her head to herself.

'Ichigo, are you alright?' Aoyama walked towards her.

'No,' Ichigo whispered.

'What? What do you mean 'no'?'

'No!' Ichigo screamed.

Aoyama tried to approach her but Ichigo just walked back.

'Don't touch me!' She screamed again, 'It was you, wasn't it? You were the one who bought me here?'

Aoyama sighed. He was expecting that sort of reaction anyway, 'Yes, I was the one who bought you here.'

'Why?' Ichigo cried. Tears filled up her eyes. Out of all the people why did it have to be Aoyama who kidnapped her? Why? Even though they both had broken up a year ago, she still liked him. She still liked him as a friend. She knew she could never get back together with him since she now loved someone else, but she never expected him to be the one who would do something like that to her.

'Why?' Ichigo repeated.

'Because I love you!' He said angrily.

'What? That's stupid, we broke up remember?'

'I am sorry, I was thinking if we could get back together.'

Why was this happening to her? Why did she have to deal with these types of problems? Fighting aliens, saving the world, falling in love…

If those weren't bad enough, now this! And to make matters worse than they already were, she had to explain all of this to her parents -who were probably worried sick- too. How on earth was she going to do that? But she tried not to think about that right now.

'Why did you bring me here?'

'Because I love you.'

'Why did you kidnap me?'

'Because I love you.'

'Shut up!' Ichigo screamed, 'Just shut up…'

Aoyama sighed, 'I only want you to love me back.'

'I don't love you, ok? Please try to understand! I love someone else!' Ichigo cried.

Aoyama's smiled faded and he had a blank expression in his face. Ichigo never saw him like that before.

'Who? Kisshu?'

Ichigo gasped. He knew about her and Kisshu all along, 'Why are you doing this?'

'How many times do I have to tell you? It's because I love you!'

'Well I don't love you back!' Ichigo cried, 'do you know how much I cried after you left me?'

Aoyama kept quiet and just stared at her eyes that were filled with tears. He remembered that day when Ichigo and he decided to break up. He knew that Ichigo wouldn't like the idea very much. But it was for the best. Or at least, that's what he thought at that time anyway.

'But that's alright,' Aoyama whispered.

Ichigo gave him a questioning look. Alright? What was alright? Ichigo couldn't find a single thing about her current situation 'alright'. Nothing was alright.

'It's alright if you don't love me. I just have to make you love me,' he whispered again.

Ichigo stared at him, her eyes widening.

'Please, please,' she thought, 'someone get me out of here!'

I know I haven't updated in a long time now. I am so sorry for the long wait! I hope you liked this chapter and I will try to update more quickly. I would just like to say thank you to everyone who is reading this story and reviewing. It means a lot to me, so thank you!