(My very first Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew Mew Power fic. It IS AU. Before I get a bunch of flames,let me say that I have not read the manga (well much of it),or seen the original Japanese anime. I use the Japanese names,but Ichigo's attacks,as well as the attacks of the other Mews will be from the English Dub. Please do not flame or I will have to report you,and I don't wanna do that.


Disclaimer:I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew Mew Power or any of the characters involved with it. Anything you don't recognize is mine.

Chapter One-Kisshu's Soft Side?

"Arissa! What do you think you're doing!" Mollie Stewards stared at her six-year-old in exasperation. The elder of the two had a splitting headache, the result of her all night clubbing, and having just woken up, the first thing she saw was Arissa making a loud mess in the kitchen. She started to advance on the child, but she slipped, falling on her face.

"I just making you breakfas'..." Arissa mumbled softly.

"You made a mess! Go to your room, now!" Mollie snapped, as she got into a kneeling position on the tiled kitchen floor. "I'll let your father see this mess!"

"Nooooo! Not Daddy!" Arissa started crying. The last thing she needed was another belting. "Please,Mama. Don't let him see!"

Mollie turned and glared at her daughter now. "I said go to your room! And don't come out for the rest of the day!"

Arissa sighed heavily, sniffling. She hated her life, and she desperately wished someone would come and take her away from it. Little did she know, someone was about to.

Kisshu studied the young girl from his perch outside her window. She was only a young Earthling, but yet...she had the kind of life Kisshu wouldn't have wished on his worst enemies. He dismissed the thought of killing her mother for the cruelty she'd shown. He leaned closer to the window, to get a better view of his subject. If this is the girl they want to make Mew,maybe I better interfere while she's still young...He tapped on the glass window just light enough to get her attention. He watched the young girl get up, and come over to him. He switched to the persona he used to talk to Tart on a regular basis. The one that really annoyed the youngest cyniclon. "Hey there...can you let me in?"

Arissa's eyes widened, as she stared at the levitating being at her window. "You a stranger." She said finally, after contemplating for a minute. "I not allowed let strangers in."

Kisshu thought for a minute. "Actually, I'm your friend...Kisshu." He waited,as the young earth child seemed to think this over. "I came to help you.."

"How?" Arissa wanted to know. She had moved to climb up on her bookshelf carefully to reach the window locks.

"Oh,I don't know. You look like you need a friend, little one." Kisshu replied slowly. How do I help her? Killing anyone in front of her would also kill my chances of gaining her full trust! Maybe there is something else I can do...He looked up at the sound of a soft click. He helped Arissa get the window open more, and then entered the child's room. "Hmm. Very nice room..."

"I no like it." Arissa replied, folding her arms. Now that Kisshu had a better look at her, he saw that she was no more than six. She also looked like she hadn't had a bath in a few days. Her thick teal colored hair was a tangle of knots going in every direction. He felt sick to his stomach at this sight. Didn't Earth people care about their young! He held out a hand to her..wanting to offer comfort that she obviously needed.

"C'mere." He said softly. "You don't have to be afraid anymore. I'll take care of you." He pulled her into his arms,as he sat on the floor. He wrapped his arms around her,comfortably. "How did such a pretty thing like you get into such a mess as this?" He asked no one in particular. He smiled to himself when the girl relaxed in his arms. "That's it, just relax, and feel safe. No one will mess with you while I'm here."

"I'm glad you comed." Arissa replied,wiping her misty eyes. "I real glad."

Kisshu's heart leaped. It was for the first time, he realized, that he was needed for something other than taking over Earth. He didn't even care that this child was to be his future enemy. In his mind, Kisshu was re-writing her future to include him in every aspect. He rested his chin on the girl's hair, and sighed contentedly. If only it was as simple as just bringing her back with me...Deep Blue will most certainly be against it, and Pai and Tart...He shuddered, and pushed the plans for that out of his mind for the time being. He still had so much he had to find out about her.

"He's lost it." Pai snorted, as he and Tart watched Kisshu with the Earthling child. "I think all those blasts from the cat girls have gone to his head."

"She is kinda cute..." Tart replied. "What do you think he's going to do with her?"

"How should I know? Kisshu's been more unpredictable than usual. Something tells me he does have an ulterior motive for befriending her besides trying to get cuddles though." He studied the scene a little more. "Maybe he knows something about her we don't. I don't know what's in his head anymore. He better not bring her up here. Deep Blue won't have it!"

"No kidding. He'd probably try to kill her on the spot." Tart agreed. "Hmm...hey,Pai... what if that is the plan though?"

Pai shook his head in exasperation. "It better not be. I won't tolerate either. He'll only cause more trouble for us if he tries to pull that."

Tart sighed, and went back to writing again. "Pai...I think Kisshu wants honestly to help her..."

"Help her? He can't even help himself!" Pai shook his head. "Maybe I better go down and talk him out of it.."

"No, not yet." Tart said now, going back to see what was going on down on the Blue Planet. "He's helping her bathe right now. He's not causing any harm. I think she needs him."

"When did you start caring what Earth children need? We're supposed to be conquering the planet, not helping it!" Pai through up his hands in disgust. "Deep Blue is not going to be pleased with this turn of events. This I know." He left to return to his quarters. He was too busy working on a new strategy to defeat the Mews to worry about Kisshu and his idiocy.

Oblivious to the goings on back home,Kisshu was genuinely having a good time with Arissa, whom,in turn,genuinely seemed to love his company. He helped her bathe, and get into some comfortable clothing. When it came time to straighten out her hair, he frowned. "Well now..I'm not much for doing hair,but..." He gently brushed out the girl's now silky locks. "It would look,in my opinion,really good in braids."

"I like braids." Arissa replied. "Mama used to put them in for me..." She swallowed hard. "But her not nice no more."

"What happened? Why is your mother so mean?" Kisshu asked carefully. He pulled her into his lap, as they sat in her chair.

"Her goes to a lot of parties..." Came the quiet reply. "And Daddy's always angry."

"Would you like to get away from all this?" Kisshu asked her now. "We can go far away from here!" His displeasure with Arissa's parents was growing rapidly, with everything his young friend told him.

"I get in trouble.." Arissa started to get down now. "I have stay here."

"Wait...they can't punish you if they can't find you, right?" Kisshu smiled, scooping her up as they stood. "And I promise you, they won't."

"Kisshu...? Where from?" She'd just realized he wasn't human, it seemed.

"Uh well...see,I'm...from a place...called...er...it's a whole different planet." He decided to tell her, figuring it was a safe answer. "We're called the Cyniclons."

"You're an Aliem! Cool!" Arissa snuggled up to his chest now.

"Alien...eh. Well, I guess I am..." Kisshu refrained from being annoyed by that term. Besides, Arissa was only a baby in comparison to him. "Now, what do you say we go find a new place to hide?"

"'kay..." Arissa giggled, and laid her head on his shoulder, as her elder friend teleported the two of them out. She had the feeling she would never be the same again.

Now that I've got her safely asleep for at least four hours, I'm going to go pay her parents a visit. I couldn't do it in front of her, but she' s safe here in this boxcar for now. Kisshu smiled down at his newest charge. "Sleep well, little one. I'll be back soon." He teleported back to the girl's house, an infuser in hand. He looked around,and found a squirrel. "Go my infuser. Make those negligent Earth parents pay!"

"Stop right there, Kisshu!" Ichigo leaped in front of the doorway to the house. "Just what do you think you're doing!"

"Going to battle for someone who can't." Kisshu replied calmly. "Are you going to stop me from dispensing justice?" This was one time when he was not happy to see his much lusted after crush.

Ichigo looked bewildered. "You mean Arissa?" Suddenly, a look of panic came over her. "Where is she!"

"Don't worry,Kitty cat. She's perfectly safe." Kisshu replied, still holding the infuser. "Her parents have really hurt her."

Ichigo raised an eyebrow. "Since when do you care about children!"

"Since I found out how cruel you Earthlings can be with your young and helpless! Now,infuser,go!"

Ichigo watched in horror,as the predacite merged with the innocent squirrel. "Alright,Kisshu! You asked for it! Power Pendant, Mewtamorphosis!"

Kisshu growled, knowing he would not get his way. "So be it,Kitty cat. But you'll never find Arissa! She's mine now!" He teleported out then.