ZephyrFiction, does hereby present, the final chapter, in Tokyo Mew Mew: Breaking New Boundaries

Murasaki felt herself suspended, weightless. She wasn't entirely sure what she was supposed to be doing, but she felt at peace. Finally, she was at peace. It never felt so good. But she was alone. No one was around her, in that formless space. She remembered her mother, that warm, caring smile, her older brother, who would always be looking out for her, when her father wouldn't care. And her friends.

As memories of them filled her mind, the more she felt. No longer was she weightless, rather, her arms and legs felt like lead. She felt warm, and secure. The more she remembered, the more her body felt. Until finally, Murasaki slowly opened her eyes.

She was lying on her back, in a big, soft bed. Strapped over her face, was a plastic oxygen mask. She could feel tubes and wires in her arms. When one thought struck her. We won.

"Murasaki-chan." The blond haired face of Ryou entered her vision. "I'm glad you're ok." She was about to say something, when Ryou held up a hand. "Just sleep. You need it. I'll answer any questions later." Taking his advice, Murasaki allowed her eyes to close, as she drifted away into the realm of the subconscious.

When next she woke, the mask was gone, along with several wires. However, there was one thick tube taped to her right wrist.

"Glad to see you're awake." She looked over, and saw Ryou leaning on a windowsill, with the last rays of evening light streaming in. "First and last one up, congrads." He chuckled.

"Murasaki!" She turned, and in the bed next to her, was Mika, propped up on several pillows. Around her, were the other Mews, all awake.

"Ryou, how long were we out?" Elizabeth asked. Murasaki could hear Jack mutter something in English. To which Ryou replied, and took several earpieces out of his pocket, and gave them to Jack, Adam and Kyra.

"I picked these back up from the lab while you were out. Universal translators"

"Holy crap!" Adam exclaimed, this time, in Japanese.

"How long WERE we out for?" Kyra asked.

"Two weeks." He replied.

"Holy shit." Jason swore.

"And in that time, more things have happened, than in the past two years of the Mew Project."

"What did you do Shirogane?" Minto asked.

Ryou smirked. "After you all collapsed, I was able to have you moved into this hospital. We filled the ICU with you all, nearly gave the nurses heart attacks." General snickers filled the air. "Anyway, while you fourteen were off in La La Land, Keiichiro and I, were busy playing politics."

"How is Keiichiro-san?" Lettuce asked.

"He's still on crutches, and he might walk with a limp from now on, but the doctors say there won't be too much lasting damage."

"What about that man who shot him?" Zakuro inquired.

"From what I hear, he's going to be Court Marshaled for treason."

"Now there's something you don't hear every day." Jack smirked.

"Moving on." Ryou announced irritably. "Keiichiro and I have been trying to persuade the UN to use our idea for the second phase of the Mew Project. But we hit a snag." Ryou sighed. "It turns out, reports are coming in, of newborn infants, having genetic mutations. These mutations, give them the proper DNA sequences, to become Mew Mews. I believe it was a side effect of the Mew Aqua attack."

"So, they won't become Mew Mews, I don't see the problem." Ichigo huffed.

"That precisely is the problem. ANYONE can inject them with animal DNA. Including Chantilly." Everyone went silent. "Which is where Phase 2 comes in."

"Dare I ask." Mika groaned.

"I had to convince the UN, that the Mews are more than just weapons of war. They were designed as protectors, guardians of the world. So, several treaties have been passed. In general, they forbid the use of Mews in any war, or armed conflict."

"So we can't get drafted?" Jason asked.

"Precisely. And it crated the Mew Network. A global web of sensors, that will be able to detect abnormal energy signatures, be they Mew, Mew Aqua, or alien. This network, will radiate from Tokyo, and New York."

"Why both of them?" Ame asked.

"Because Tokyo is one of the most technologically ahead cities in the world. And because you can call New York, the unofficial capital of the world." Ryou explained. "And at the center of these Networks, the Mew Institutes."

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Kyra sighed.

"Two schools, dedicated to the education of a new generation of Mews. Government funded. And I was hoping you all would teach there."

"So, was this the ten year program you had in mind?" Melody asked.

"Something like that, got the idea from an American comic book."

"Since when do you read comic books?" Ichigo asked.

"Since Jason left it in the lab." Ryou replied.

"So that's where my X-Men comic went."

"Anyway, I should get going. I've got a new job."

"Are we opening another café?" Murasaki asked.

"No. In fact, I'm closing Café Mew Mew. It's done its job." Everyone was shocked. "I've been made official advisor to the Secretary of Defense. Hopefully, we might be able to come up with better measures against Chantilly's future attacks." He headed towards the door. "Anyway, there's some people here to see you."

The door snapped open, and in came the one group of people the Mews almost forgot about.

"Mom, dad!" Ichigo shouted. The families off all fourteen Mews crammed themselves into the ward.

"Shirogane-san told us everything." Ichigo's mother told them.

"Actually, once we learned Fujiwara-san was a Mew, it wasn't too hard connecting the dots, as you American's say." Minto's grandmother chuckled.

"I'm sorry mom." Ichigo whispered.

"For what honey?" She asked, kneeling down to her bedside.

"I lied to you. I'm just a freak." She whispered.

"No daughter of mine is a freak!" Her father shouted. "You're a real trooper kid. You've got more guts than me." He told her, with a massive smile.

Around the room, the different families were having their small reunions. Murasaki was having a tearful reunion with her mother, while Jason was getting an earful from his younger sister. Mika was receiving some battle tips from Tank, while Melody and her father were talking together. Ame's parents were in hysterics, sobbing over their daughter. But the one reunion that made everyone's day, was Zakuro's.

"Mother." She gasped, sitting up in her bed.

"Zakuro-chan." The woman whispered. She was a tall, lean woman, with the same hair and eyes as her daughter, only her hair was up in a tight bun.

Almost simultaneously, the two of them broke down into tears, and embraced each other. Lettuce sighed, as her mother rolled a screen around Zakuro's bed.

"I think they should receive some privacy." Ryou stuck his head back into the room.

"I almost forgot. Pudding-san." The youngest Mew looked up at her boss. "Your father should be here by the end of the week. He was training the Chinese Military in hand-to-hand combat."

"YAHOO!" Disregarding her injuries, the monkey Mew leapt out of bed, and started running around the room, shouting for joy at the top of her lungs. The cheerful sounds of Pudding, and of Jason's little sister, who joined in, coupled with the general laughter of their audience, eroded away their weariness. When they were all together, united in body and mind, the future didn't seem so daunting.

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And that's it. My first real story, completed. Wow. This has been one HELLUVA roller coaster ride. So, let me take this time to thank some special authors.

Cherrie Sakura. You were a personal source of inspiration during this insane hell trip. I don't hold anything against you. And thanks for letting me borrow the Mew Academy idea for my sequal

sakuuya. Yes, you deserve a place here too. You were the one who smacked me around a couple of times, and kept me from making some major mistakes. Not to mention, you helped me out when I really needed it. Don't worry, Atsuko will have a role in the next story.

And to everyone else, who reviewed and submitted Mews. Thank you all so much. You don't know how much I appreciate the feedback.

Well, sentimentality over. It's been nearly a year since I came to this site. And since then, I've established an interesting group of co-authors. What comes next, only I, and few others really know. But what I CAN tell you, is the sequel.

Tales from the Mew Institute: A sequel to BNB. Years have passed since the final battle over the East River. And now, the torch is passed to a new generation. Enter Daniel. A young boy, abandoned as a baby, to the New Mew Orphanage. Now, he begins his journey in the Mew Institute. Destiny has his number, but what kind of a story would this be, without friends?

That's right, it's ANOTHER Mew Submition. It's on a massive scale, like, Death Star scale. I'll post the rules for submitting in the first chapter. Keep an eye out for it soon. In the meantime,

May the winds of inspiration, always be in your favor.