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This is a Celtical Colours production

Please respect me as the writer of this story

All other rights go to Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida

And Studio Pierrot, TV Aichi, Tv Tokyo and Noriyuki Abe

Anyway, if it did belong to me, the series would be longer, and have a few more important parts in it. And a LOT of changes too.

Series: Tokyo Mew Mew

Characters: Momomiya Ichigo, Ikisatashi Kisshu, Shirogane Ryou, Akasaka Keiichiro, Fon Purin, Midorikawa Retasu, Aizawa Minto, Fujiwara Zakuro, Ikisatashi Pai, Ikisatashi Taruto, Honjö Miwa (Not Mentioned), Yanagida Moe (Not Mentioned), Aoyama Masaya (Not mentioned)

Couples: IchigoXKisshu

Also PaiXRetasu, PurinXTaruto, ZakuroXKeiichiro, RyouXMinto,

Rated: T

Genres: Romance/ Humour

Words: 4196 ( This chapter isn't as long as the previous one, yet the word count is almost as much, how unfair)

Finished: 17-3-2013

Time: During the series, after episode 26, before episode 37

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Thank you so much Kisshuismylife, Anony mouse101 and megadracosaurus for the reviews, and everyone else who has favourited/alerted this story. And of course a thank you for everyone who has read this story so far, I wouldn't have done it without any of you.

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WARNING: This Chapter will contain a few important things you will need in the distant future, If you want, you can pay attention towards it, but it's not yet too important to remember.

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Chapter 5: Planning, Escaping, Discovering.

Ichigo sat still in the darkened room, Kisshu had brought food a few hours ago and quickly left after having a few bites himself. The two hadn't spoken during that time, and the silence frightened the girl. Something in her told her that she should at least apologise for what she said, as it had obviously hurt him, but the words just wouldn't get out of her mouth, no matter what she did. But every time she cleared her throat and those pained golden eyes turned to her, a look of forced anger quickly trying to overrun the sad look, all words left her mind and she could only stare in regret. Ichigo's mother always taught her that hurting another persons feeling is the worst thing in the world, even if you have no real choice. Always try to avoid it, and if that doesn't work, apologise to them. You shouldn't give them hope if it is impossible, but you should apologise for the broken heart and in simple ways, try to help mend it.

But even so, apologising seemed so hard now. It shouldn't be, as the only thing she should say is 'I'm sorry', but somehow, even in her mind, it sounded fake, as if she was lying. But that wasn't true, she really was sorry, and she didn't want to hurt him. But even those facts didn't make the feeling go away. How could she lie when she was telling the truth. The truth is that she was sorry for hurting him, and that she shouldn't have been so harsh on him, even if it was the truth. But why does that thought leave such a bitter taste in her mouth, as if it's a lie.

'Has it ever occurred to you that maybe it is a lie, and that you're feeling guilty for another reason.' The calm voice in her head reasoned softly, like a mother giving friendly advice. Ichigo couldn't help but look up as the meaning of the thought fully reached her and she stared towards Kisshu, her eyes looking him over. His body looked tense and his eyes were narrowed in thought, while his teeth grit in frustration. But most importantly, he looked so lonely, as if he really had nobody. Which may be true, Ichigo realised, remembering the footage they Masha had managed to steal.

'If he really likes me as much as he says, than what I had said must've nearly broken him.' Ichigo though silently, her eyes now staring at the ground, and she only felt guiltier, a lump forming in her throat. She hadn't noticed it at that moment, but she had begun to cry silently because of the guilt, she had never hurt anyone emotionally, heck, she had never even hurt anyone physically, and here she sat next to someone who may have a broken heart because of her. How could she be so selfish and cruel.

Lost in her thought, the girl hadn't noticed the alien standing up to teleport out of the room, but only after glancing in her direction with hope. He hoped she'd stop him and tell she was sorry, and that she did... care, but she didn't. She just sat there, her hair hiding her face and her shoulder trembling slightly. Was she crying?

Well it didn't matter, he had work to do.

And so Ichigo was left alone, her tears flowing freely down her face as the harsh truth of her actions came crashing down on her, and she cried and sobbed for nearly an hour, until her tear ducts were dried up, and she couldn't cry any longer. But the heavy feeling of guilt was still hanging on her shoulder and the only thing she could do was stare straight ahead and think. Think of all she had done.

Until she had become so tired she fell down on the bed, her head resting on the pillow, and she closed her red and puffy eyes letting sleep taking over, nightmares already plaguing her mind.

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After having done all the work he had to do, and several hours of simple training to get evrything from his mind, Kisshu decided to go back to his room, hoping that his love was still awake, but knowing that she probably wasn't. What he didn't expect was that she would be laying in such an uncomfortable form, with her still over the edge of the bed, a bit like a sitting position, and her body laying sideways on the bed near the edge. She was luck she hadn't already fallen down. A soft smile appeared on his face, but it was quickly replaced with a worried look. Her cheeks were still tear stained, so she really had been crying. Why was she always making things so hard, did she have to be so stubborn. Well yes, she had to, that was one of the things he likes about her, but sometimes he can't stand that part about her.

Sighing softly, Kisshu silently walks over to the bed and moves the sheets of the other side of the bed so that he could carefully put her underneath it. Seeing her laying in his bed made him want to crawl and lay next to her, but he knew he shouldn't, especially after what had happened. So he quickly his spare mattress and blanket and slept on the ground, as content as he could get with his slightly torn heart.

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"Hey, Kisshu, nice job. I don't know what you did, but it worked like a charm."

"But why didn't you tell us Kisshu?"

Kisshu looked up from the dummy he had been attacking, and his eyes met the two pair of eyes from his 'brothers'. They looked at him questioningly, and he started to sweat slightly underneath their penetrating stare. How was he going to explain this. He couldn't tell them that Ichigo was currently residing in his room, in their dimension. And since his attack on the green and yellow mew was during a time where he was pissed off, he had a hard time remembering what had happened.

Thinking back, it had already been a few days since that happened, five days to be precise. And he still hadn't managed to get any further with his kitten. A depressed feeling came over him as he remembered exactly why he was training, to forget another one of their fights. She had once again asked him to bring her back home, and he had reacted with angry 'no', having expected that she would be fine living here for a while. The fight ended with him teleporting away, once again pissed off, to make sure he wouldn't hurt her.

Sighing, he once again turned his attention to his companions, who looked at him weirdly and somewhat impatiently.

"I don't know, Pai, Taruto. I had attacked them five days ago, and I may have hurt them badly during it, but I can't remember." And with that, Kisshu flew past them, quickly heading towards his room.

"Hurt. Does he mean Purin. N-not that I care, but I want to know what he did, so I could do that too. I still have to make him cry." Taruto said, his eyes following Kisshu. His face had gotten red at the end of his sentence and his brother took notice.

"It can't be helped, they are our enemies, and we have to do whatever is necessarily to defeat them." Pai said quickly, but even he felt a twinge of guilt and pain towards the fact that Mew Lettuce was probably hurt, too.

But he quickly shook it off and teleported towards his room to work on something. Taruto, too, teleported to his room, to enjoy the candy he had stolen from some random shop.

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Ryou and Keiichiro were in the basement, trying to help coordinate the two mews who were able to help, but even with that the odds were not in their favour.

Pai and Taruto had attacked together again, leaving the bird and wolf mew to fight against multiple plant chimeras and one big Chimera that had the form of a monkey with wings, it wasn't a pretty sight. But Mew Mint and Mew Zakuro managed to stand their ground, with Zakuro attacking the Big Chimera, while Mint was focusing on undoing the Plant Chimeras. But even if things were going fairly well now, the two would not be able to keep this up, and this worried the two geniuses.

"Maybe we have to find a way to get Ichigo back. There is no way they can keep this up, and Pai and Taruto know this." Ryou stated after a while, angry at their misfortune. He was at a complete loss of what to do. With Retasu and Purin temporarily out of the way, and Ichigo captured, he was sure they would lose this war. And he couldn't wish for any more miracles either.

The two injured mews were lucky, they had all realised. Retasu may have a concussion, but her overall damage is far from worrying, and she'll probably be able to at least help a little in the café and eventually in battles sooner than initially thought. And Purins injuries are even less worrisome, with only a broken arm and a slight concussion. It seemed that something in their DNA had made their body stronger and less brittle, making the chances on heavy injuries slim. This was very good news for all the mews.

With this good news, Keiichiro and Ryou could focus more on the rescue mission as well, although the results of that were... very low. They had no way of knowing hoe to enter the dimension again, nor how to get out of it, and as long as they did not posses that knowledge, saving the cat-mew seemed far from possible.

Things were so very difficult at this moment.

"Shirogan-san, Akasaka-san, We're done." Zakuro's cool voice broke Ryou from his thoughts, and his gaze turned back to the screen to see a tired Mew Zakuro, her face covered in minor scratches and bruises. In the background he saw Mew Mint heading the screens way, and she didn't look much better, but at least there were no serious injuries again.

"All right, better come back then. We'll see what we'll do then." Keiichiro said with a reassuring smile, but his eyes showed the concern he was feeling.

Why was this happening. He knew that things would get difficult for the girls at some point, and there may be a kidnapping of some sort, or someone would get seriously injured, but he never expected to have everything happen at once, and so sudden, too. But, he also hadn't expected one, and possibly more, of their enemies to develop affection for one of the girls. He did understand it though. Each one of the girls was special and unique. That is why they were chosen.

"Alright, Minto and I are coming your way then." Zakuro said to them, returning Keiichiro's smile. Keiichiro couldn't help but feel his heart flutter at that, and his smile unconsciously widened. Then the screen went black, and the two boys signed off.

"Let's head upstairs to meet the other girls, Ryou." the brunette told the blond, who was leaning back in his chair, having closed his eyes and let one of his hands rest on his forehead. Ryou opened his light blue eyes and muttered something in acknowledgement before standing up and leading the way.

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"Minto-Oneechan, Zakuro-Oneesan, Na No Da~. You're back, Na No Da~." The blonde girl exclaimed happily, jumping in front of them. She winced slightly, but soon smiled happily up at her 'older sisters', glad to see that they weren't hurt. Minto smiled back, and Zakuro also let a small smile slip at the young girls' antics. It was amazing how someone could stay so happy all the time, and Zakuro had long since decided that she was happy that she met someone like her, who could even make her smile, if not laugh.

"It seems you're feeling better, Purin." Zakuro muttered, lightly putting her hands on the blondes shoulder, trying to calm her down a little. She was sure that if the girl didn't have a broken arm, she would be bouncing around the room. Minto shook her head, and walked past them, towards an equally happy Retasu.

"I'm so sorry we couldn't help you two." Retasu said, feeling guilty, although she knew that she would only be a burden to them. The green haired girl hated to feel weak, and not be able to do anything. She had been feeling that feeling ever since she was young, and she hated it.

Minto sighed at Retasu's reaction to their arrival, although she did understand why the girl acted that way. "Don't worry, Retasu, you'll help us more if you heal quickly anyway." The bird mew told her friend, trying to say something she'd expect Ichigo to say. She felt as if she failed that, but at least it helped her friend, as she started to smile somewhat happily.

But nonetheless, the two were unable to say anything else to the other. They may be friends and companions, but in the end, the two rarely talked to each other unless someone else was involved. This had to do with the fact that they both had very few friends before the mew project, and both simply didn't know what to talk about or how to start a good conversation.

"There you are." Keiichiro said cheerily, holding a plate with various drinks for the girls. The somewhat dense atmosphere between the blue and green mew broke, and they happily took one of the drinks, orange juice for Retasu and milk tea for Minto, and the blunette helped her friend to a seat, where they sat in a more enjoyable silence.

Purin and Zakuro also quickly walked over towards Keiichiro, after having a brief conversation about what happened during the fight. Zakuro had noticed how the Monkey mew always seemed happier when the brown haired alien was but in the conversation, and Zakuro was happy Purin was already able to feel that feeling, even if it was for the enemy. But as they say, love knows no boundaries.

Smiling happily, Purin quickly grabbed her glass of drink, strawberry lemonade, and joined her fellow mews to sit around the table. Zakuro also grabbed a drink, Coffee with a hint of sugar, and continued to stand up, having a short chat about the battle with Keiichiro, reporting everything she had found unusual. Keiichiro listened intently taking in everything, and trying to think up reasons as to why this and that happened in the way they did.

Ryou was the last to enter the room. He was rubbing his temples trying to get rid of the slight headache caused by stress. The somewhat happy atmosphere was not helping, as he did not have good news, but also didn't want to ruin the good mood. It really did seem that neither waiting nor telling would be a good idea. He sighed first before clearing his throat, gaining the attention of the five other occupants of the room. He almost didn't want to look them in the eye, but he had no choice. 'If only I was more social, this would probably be easier.' he thought grumpily.

"It would seem that entering the alien dimension is almost impossible now." He said quickly, thinking that getting to the point quickly would make the problem seem easier. Nothing was less true.

"What do you mean, we can't enter the alien dimension?" "We had done so before, right?" "Then how are we gonna safe Ichigo?" Were the a few of the questions Ryou got flung to his head, and he quickly shook his head, demanding himself not to think to deeply on them, or he may lose hope. "I didn't say that we couldn't get in, just that it would be very difficult. And I know we have done this before, and that's why it's gotten harder. The aliens have obviously taken precautions. And don't worry, Minto, we'll find a way to safe Ichigo, that I can promise you." He finished, staring straight at the flushed girl, who was about to get back to her silent depression.

His answers were met with silence as he let everything sink in. Keiichiro was looking in his direction, giving him a sorrowful look. He knew how much Ryou hated the fact that he was so direct, even if he knew that it would get the job done.

"Can you think of a way in?" Retasu finally asked, looking up.

"Not at the moment." Ryou answered curtly.

"But we're going to try our hardest to find a way." Keiichiro finished, while putting a hand on Retasu's shoulder reassuringly.

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It had been five days since her kidnapping, and Ichigo was bored. Actually, bored was an understatement. If sleeping is not even an option anymore, especially for the half cat-girl, that's when you know you're worse off than just bored.

The days were all the same, seeing as Kisshu didn't let her out of his room, and his room didn't have anything fun in it. It was just a simple dark room with a bed, dresser, desk and chair and a door to the bathroom. There weren't even any clothing laying around. It was all simple and boring. Nothing interesting to look at, nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing, NOTHING! Why was there nothing, because they had it bad. Ichigo knew that, and wouldn't complain, but still. It isn't a place where you want to be stuck in for even a day. At least, Ichigo didn't, and she was already stuck here for five days. Without. A . thing. To . DO!

Well, he did have some books, but they were all in a different language. Ichigo had checked them all on day three.

So all there was left to do was think, and at the moment, Ichigo had had enough of that as well. She had been thinking about everything the past five days, and she had also had many conversation with the voice in her head, whom was becoming more and more of a mocking voice in her head. Plus, all thinking did was give her a horrid feeling in her stomach, as she remembered how awful she had acted to so many people. She had been so selfish in her live.

She had decided this morning that when she got out of this place that she would apologise to everyone who deserved it, even Kisshu, but he still had to get her out of here first, and that probably wouldn't happen anytime soon.

The two had had a fight again this morning, Ichigo and Kisshu, because Kisshu just wouldn't bring her back home, even though Ichigo was behaving rather nicely towards him. It just didn't make any sense to her.

Sighing, Ichigo rolled off the bed and walked towards the desk and chair, walking past Kisshu's makeshift bed that lay on the ground.

'Well,' Ichigo thought while smiling softly 'At least he is smart enough not to lay with me in the same bed.' She had definitely learned that Kisshu really cared about her well-being, and she found it sweet that he acted the way he did. The biggest problem with Kisshu was that he was very possessive and obsessive. After Ichigo had become Mew Ichigo, She had come to love freedom more and more. The ability to stand up for herself, the confidence and the happiness it all brought were nearly overwhelming at times, but still wonderful altogether.

Thinking about it, that was also the reason why she was having such a hard time with her boyfriend. Sure she loved him and everything, but Aoyama-kun could also be too protective over her, and she just couldn't stand that no longer. She was growing up and she wanted others to see that as well. She wasn't a little girl anymore, who needed everyone's help. She was becoming a growing teenager, who was already saving the world on a daily basis. Even if not everyone would be aware of that fact, they should at least notice the fact that she was becoming more and more self-sufficient.

Moe and Miwa did, as do her parents from time to time. It's just Aoyama-kun who had trouble keeping up.

'But,' Ichigo thought quickly 'I know that that's just because everything is going so quickly, I'm sure that when everything is back to normal, and I don't have to safe the world everyday anymore, that he'll understand. After I've told him everything, of course. Aoyama-kun is too nice to call me a freak if he knows I'm Mew Ichigo... I hope.'

Sighing again, Ichigo quickly grabbed the chair and sat on it, and decided to look at the room from a different angle until Kisshu returned.

That was, until she saw something in the corner of her eye. It was on the wall above the bed. It was grey. It was a ventilation shaft.

It was her way out.

And she couldn't believe she had missed it the past five days.

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"Pai, don't you think Kisshu is acting a bit strange." the brown haired alien asked his brother, while nibbling a piece of candy. He heard his brother sigh softly, before turning around. Kisshu and Pai were not on the very best terms ever since that happened, mostly because Pai just couldn't forgive him. Not that Kisshu could forgive himself, but Pai always chose to ignore that fact. Because of all that, the two had been on bad terms for four years.

But even with all that, Pai cared about Kisshu and was genuinely worried, even if he was to stubborn to ever let it show.

'It's the same with the green haired Mew' Taruto thought while snickering quietly. His brother was a stubborn ass, and everyone knew it.

"I do. But knowing him, it probably got something to do with the mew leader." Pai finally managed to say, without sounding to worried. He knew his little brother knew, but that didn't mean he would let it show because of that.

"Yeah. Probably." Taruto said nodding. "I do wonder what happened to them, I mean, it's strange that they don't show up, it's nothing like them... I think at least."

"True. Those girls take a lot of pride in protecting their people, and wouldn't stop before we are no longer a threat." Pai agreed, finding it all very odd. It could be that Kisshu had injured at least Mew Pudding and Mew Lettuce, but not Mew Ichigo. That was something Kisshu could never do, even if he acted and said that he could.

"Could he have kidnapped her? Mew Ichigo, I mean." Taruto asked absent-mindedly, having had the same train of thought as Pai, but he was more concerned with Purin.

A very innocent question, and probably the truth.

Pai didn't lose any time, and quickly teleported towards Kisshu's room, hoping to catch him in the act. He did not.

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Ichigo quickly ran through the hallways, hoping to get caught by the other aliens. This was her chance to get out, and she'd take it, no matter what.

Her heart was beating as quick as possible, and the adrenaline was rushing through her veins. Ichigo was doing something dangerous, and she loved it. The feeling was great, amazing even, and she wanted to feel this more and more. And she was sure she would when she got tout. She was no longer a little girl. She Momomiya Ichigo, AKA Mew Ichigo, and she wasn't scared anymore. All those crazy plans her old friends always had, from which she was terrified and never wanted to take part in, they sounded great right. All those ideas were flashing through her mind, this time with her taking part in it.

She loved it. She loved it all! But she knew that she should be concentrating, Getting caught probably meant that all those thing may never happen. And she'd hate that. She wouldn't let that happen.

She remembered watching a certain movie once. Some spy movie or so. In that movie something similar to what was happening to her happened. She could remember it vividly, and she could also remember how she felt, her hope that the person would make it was so great, that she just couldn't sit still. She was completely lost in the movie back then, just as she was completely lost in the moment now. But there was one significant difference between her situation, and the situation in the movie.

And that was the fact that the aliens could teleport.

Ichigo had forgotten that, and it completely ruined all her chances as she collided into the suddenly appearing alien.

"Old Hag!? What are you doing here!?"

"Who're you calling Old Hag!?"

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TBC

CC: It is done, finished, yeah.

Minto: And you actually managed to finish it rather quickly.

CC: Shut it Blue bird!

Ichigo: Why didn't you let me escape? And to have me found by that little brat of all people!

Taruto: Who're you calling a brat.

CC: All in due time young one, all in due time.

Ichigo: * Grumbles*

Purin: Are we going be healthy soon, Na No Da? Purin doesn't like being hurt, Na No Da~

CC: Ah that, you will be by the end of the story, but not for now. Anyway, your injuries are necessary for a later chapter.

Retasu: Why would our injuries be necessary?

CC: Oh, You'll see~ * grins evilly, while glancing towards Pai and Taruto*

Pai: I have a bad feeling about this

CC: Good, Well until next time, and please review and tell me what you think.

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Next time:

After finding out Ichigo was brought to their dimension by their companion, the two aliens try to question Kisshu. Meanwhile, we see how Purin and Retasu are recovering from their injuries, and how Keiichiro and Ryou are trying to find a way to save Ichigo.