"Masha? Masha speak to me!" Ichigo shook her puff-ball companion in a panic, eyes beginning to water. The other mews watched in silence, staring down at the motionless robotic form. Pudding was the one who broke the silence.

"He's not waking up, Ichigo-Nee san" The young girl bit her lip, the growing tear droplets glittering in the bright morning light shining through the window "Why won't Masha wake up?" Pudding sniffed. Lettuce moved in to comfort the monkey girl, turning her around and holding her in a reassuring embrace, as if she was a mother cradling her child in a thunderstorm, but glancing towards Ichigo with concern. Zakuro, however, was staring out the window, a look of worry on her face.

"Just wait!" Mint scoffed "Just wait until Shirogane finds out about this!" the girls all looked at her in disbelief as she dashed to her suitcase, and rummaged through it to find her mobile phone, she grasped it and held it up triumphantly, just in time to hear the shout from behind her.

"You Bitch!" Ichigo pounced on her, as a cat would to a bird, and attempted to wrestle her to the ground. Minto yelped as she was attacked, attempting to slap Ichigo away, hitting the girl in the face with her phone, causing the girl to hiss, her feline ears lay back against her head in aggression, and she brought her hand down in a clawing action towards Minto's face. "How dare you?!" As Ichigo withdrew her hand she ignored the blood that had come with it and continued to strike the bird who screamed loudly as she was hit. Zakuro jumped into the fray and quickly pulled Ichigo off, who gnashed her teeth and yelled obscenities toward Minto, who backed off into the corner of the room, and turned her back to the girls, holding her face in her hands as tears rolled down her cheek.

"What's going on in here?" A loud know-it-all voice came from the door to the room "We can hear your shouting from..." Hermione blinked as she looked over the scene; Zakuro stood holding back a struggling Cat-girl who was growling aggressively at the young girl behind a hastily opened suitcase, facing the corner, hunched over, making short, pathetic sobbing noises. On the other side of the room was another suitcase, with clothes scattered around it, and behind that two girls. The young monkey girl clinging onto Lettuce, both staring towards where Hermione stood herself, with panicked tear-stained faces. "...the common room..."

"Ichigo! Stop!" The harsh, scolding words that came from Zakuro's mouth startled Ichigo. She looked down at the bloodied fingernails and gasped and looked up to her friend in surprise as Zakuro loosened the grip that had been on her previously.

"Oh my god...Minto!" Ichigo broke free from Zakuro with a sudden movement, who then dashed between the remaining space between Ichigo and Mint, expecting another wave of anger. Ichigo slowed down to a standstill and walked cautiously around to where Mint was huddled. "I'm sorry...I-" Her apology was cut short, however, when Mint batted her away with one hand. Ichigo backed off as Zakuro stepped in towards the mess of the girl.

"Minto-san...are you okay?" Zakuro turned Mint around slowly so she could get a better look at her face. Hermione gasped as she caught a glimpse of the scratch marks that adorned the girl's face, then immediately realised who the assailant was and walked forward hurriedly to grab Ichigo by the arms.

"Wha-Hey!" Ichigo objected as she was grasped. Hermione looked into her pink eyes warningly as she spoke "Do you know how much trouble you're going to be in?"

"No, don't" Minto piped up from behind Zakuro, causing all heads to look at her in surprise. Blood almost entirely covered her face from the scratches, the worst ones being across her entire face, from the upper right corner, to the lower left. "Don't get her in trouble...Please..." Hermione eyed Mint worriedly and dropped Ichigo's arms, instead walking to the scratched girl and putting an arm around her back.

"Let's get you to the Madam Pomfrey, okay?" Minto nodded silently as they walked out the dorm door and down the stairs to the common room, Zakuro and Ichigo following behind them anxiously.

As the group walked slowly down the enormous staircase, they couldn't help get strange looks from the people they passed, worried looks from either side as students strained to get a glimpse of the blue haired girl, who's head faced the ground. Those who did get to see the condition of the girl's face gasped and whispered to their companions in fearful tones, making Ichigo's head lower a couple of centimetres each time in shame. On their way they met Professor Ichor, who joined the group, after spotting mint's face.

Eventually the group reached the medical room "Madam Pomfrey, are you there?" The Professor called out.

"Yes dear, I'll be there in a moment" A few seconds later the form of Madam Pomfrey appeared, she instantly moved towards Mint, and tilted her head upwards, breathing in sharply. "What happened to you?"

Before any of the other girls could answer Mint spoke herself "I was scratched by a cat." A smile of relief appeared on Madam Pomfrey's face. Professor Ichor eyed Mint after this statement, then glanced towards Ichigo, who was staring at the ground by her foot, tail between her legs, and ears folded downwards. The Professor, then turned and walked off quietly.

"Well, that's not too bad is it, come with me, we'll have you right as rain in a few hours. At least it wasn't one of those beasties Hagrid keeps on the grounds" Madam Pomfrey smiled reassuringly as she put an arm around Mint's neck, "You girls can go back to what you we doing, She'll be fine with me, don't you worry" The other girls turned and slowly returned back to their rooms, Hermione Spouting out a lecture to Ichigo about behaviour in the school, which really didn't help the guilt that Ichigo already had over her head.

Once the group had arrived back at the Dormitory, Hermione was about to leave before she noticed Lettuce holding out a phone to the other mews "Minto's phone doesn't work, either." She announced. Zakuro protested, as she had seen Mint using it on the train, and it had been on full battery.

Hermione frowned, but spoke loudly "You girls do know that electrical Muggle devices don't work on school grounds, right?" All the girls stared at Hermione, dumbstruck.

"Uh...What?"

//AN

Hey guys, and so, I have written another chapter of HPxTMM your reviews guilt me into it, what can I say? XD I do enjoy writing it, especially as I can start developing the plot properly now!

Also, proof that I am not amazing: (A conversation between me a Jhaede over MSN)

Ethy says:

*I need a good word for attack

*Damn I wish I had a thesaurus with me

Alexandra says:

*she says whilst on a computer

*XD

Ethy says:

*...

*true.