Summary: It's been three years since the aliens left the earth. Ichigo hasn't really though of them at all since then, so why does she keep having dreams about them now? Is it a sign? Also, Kirema Animas keep popping up around Tokyo with no clue as to who sent them. What's going on? One thing's for sure, things just keep getting stranger and stranger. Guess everything's not going as smoothly as Ichigo would like to believe.

Hello peoples! I'm very excited! This is the first fanfic with chapters that I'm going to put up on FF! It makes me very happy to think that I'll finally have something else besides one-shots on here, heheh.

So here it is, my first chapter. It's not very long, and my next one won't be either, but the one after that will be! So yay! But I guess it all depends if you like long chapters or not, huh?

Well, I'm going to stop babbling in a minute, but first I'd like to bring everyone's attention to my title! It sucks. I really have a problem with coming up with good titles, so I was hoping maybe after a few chapters one of you wonderful readers would have a good idea of a new title I could give this. So if you read anf come up with something, tell me and maybe I'll like it and change it.

Babbling done now. But first, the magical DISCLAIMER! Dun dun dun! (I'm just a little hyper, in case you didn't notice)

Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew, and I'm not going to, so stop taunting me because you don't either!

Everything around Ichigo was on fire. What little plants there were growing from the barren lands were also on fire. Fire was everywhere, and the air was hot and humid. Slick sweat slid down her down her body. Her pink hair was in matted tangles because of it and her pink Mew outfit stuck uncomfortably to her body.

Ichigo gazed wearily around the barren land. There didn't seem to be anywhere for her to go that wasn't on fire. The ground underneath her red clad boots suddenly started to rumble and ripped in half. Ichigo ran. Behind her a flare shot into the sky. The cracks had yielded to boiling lava.

The cat girl stumbled over her own hurrying feet and cried out in pain as she fell to the ground. When pink eyes opened they met a fiery red sky. Wincing, Ichigo pushed herself to her feet and started running again, only to stop as pain shot up from her ankle. She must have landed on it wrong when she fell.

Where am I? She thought as she gazed at the barren, fire-ruined landscape. This place seemed familiar somehow, but Ichigo couldn't think of how. She knew she'd never been in such a place. Shaking her head, she started running again, careful to not hurt her ankle more.

It seemed to Ichigo that she'd been running for hours trying to escape this place when she stopped. Her feet felt sore and her ankle was killing her. Both of her sides ached and it seemed like she couldn't get enough air into her lungs.

Sharp eyes scanned the area, weary of all the fires and any lava flares that periodically shot up from between the cracks in the ground. When they found no one, Ichigo continued her running.

She didn't have to run long before finding who she was looking for. For a moment Ichigo felt surprised that these two were the ones she'd been looking for, but one second later it seemed completely normal.

"Ichigo!" The two ran to meet her. A flare shot up in front of them and Ichigo froze. What if it got them? The flare died just as she opened her mouth to call to them, see if they were okay. Relief flooded through her, enough to allow a small smile to show as Pai and Tart reached her.

"You're okay. Good," Ichigo said.

"We're not dumb enough to get caught by a stupid flare, ya old hag," Tart teased. The insult slipped past Ichigo as she realized with a dreaded horror that Kish was not here.

"Where is he? Where's Kish?" Ichigo shrieked. Panic had seized her now and her head was busy filling itself up with all of the things that could have happened.

"He's right behind us...," Pai said, trailing off. He had looked behind him and seen the same thing that Ichigo had: no Kish. Ichigo took off running.

She wanted to stop. Her body told her to stop, that it was exhausted and her brain told her that it was most likely too late, but Ichigo's heart screamed for her to keep running and not stop. So Ichigo kept running.

Her body felt like it was ready to collapse and her lungs seared. The only thing that kept Ichigo running on trembling legs was her pounding heart, chanting "Just a few more feet" in her ear.

"Ahh!" Ichigo yelped again as she fell. Her muscles had locked up and cramped. Her protesting body had had enough.

"Come on Ichigo. Pull it together. Get up!" She commanded herself. Trembling, Ichigo got back on her feet and took a few shaky steps. That was all she needed. Some feet in front of her stood Kish.

"Kish!" All weariness and exhaustion gone and injured ankle forgotten Ichigo ran to Kish. He turned and looked at her.

"Ichigo?"

Out of nowhere, a flare shot up.

Ichigo woke up screaming. As she realized slowly that she was no longer in that horrible, empty, fiery area but instead in her bedroom she stopped screaming. It was a good thing that her parents were heavy sleepers or else they would have woken up and been in here wondering what was wrong. She turned on the light beside her and looked around to reassure herself that she was indeed in her room.

As Ichigo tried to calm her shaking body she thought about her dream. It was the third time she'd had this dream and all three times it had been the same. She would always be running through a fiery land, looking for someone. She would find Pai and Tart, and then go off to find Kish. And then she would die.

"Why... Why am I having these dreams? Why am I thinking about the aliens? It's been three years. Why am I thinking about them now?" Ichigo mumbled to herself. Maybe something was happening. Something bad with the aliens.

Try as she might, Ichigo couldn't think of anything that could relate to her dreams and something being wrong with the aliens. She hadn't seen or really even thought about the three of them since the battle for the fate of Tokyo three years ago. So she really didn't know if something bad had happened or was wrong.

Despite this, Ichigo couldn't shake the fear that something was wrong and somehow it had something to do with her. Ichigo climbed out of her bed and headed to the window.

The full moon was shining brightly on the earth that night, bathing everything in it's warm glow. Ichigo threw open her window and climbed onto the windowsill. Careful not to fall, Ichigo jumped onto the nearby branch of the tree next to the window. She inched her way onto the branch until she was at the trunk of the big tree. If she moved the branches just right, she could still see the moon through the leaves.

Kish... As Ichigo looked at the celestial moon her thought drifted to the alien who had a long time ago told her that he loved her. Somehow, sitting in this tree always reminded her of him, which was why she didn't sit in it often, despite the excellent view of the moon. Tonight though she wanted to sit in it and think of him.

I was looking for him, Ichigo realized. Not Pai or Tart. I was happy to find them but Kish was the one I was searching for.

"Tsuki, you're so bright and beautiful tonight. Can your light even reach them, wherever they may be? Do you send them your warm glow? Can you also send my concern? I think something may be wrong," Ichigo called out to the moon.

"Or maybe it really all is just a dream," Ichigo said to herself as an afterthought. "Maybe I haven't gotten enough sleep lately, or have been working too hard, or it's stress from school. Or perhaps it's this tree that's reminding me of him-of them. I ought to have it removed."

It's all just a dream. Nothing's wrong with them at all. I'm sure they're all living happily on their planet, Ichigo thought as she climbed back into her room. She closed the window and climbed back into her bed. She felt tired and sleepy all of a sudden and wanted to just go back to sleep.

You must save them. You must save him.

Wha...? What does that mean? Ichigo thought. A few seconds after asking the question though she was fast asleep.

Yay first chapter! Kind of confusing, I think, and I know it should provide questions, but hopefully you all liked it. If there are any questions just ask and I'll answer if I can.

I've already got the next chapter all typed up and everything, so I'll probably be adding that soon. So in the meantime, please review! Tell me what you like, tell me what you hate! Just drop a review! Thanks!