When Ichigo disappeared, Mint, Zakuro, Pudding, and Lettuce rushed into the cafe and through the room where Shirogane and Akasaka was.
"Akasaka-san!" Lettuce shouted. "Shiroane-san!"
Mint and Zakuro knelt to Akasaka and Lettuce and Pudding tried to free Shirogane from the dark mist.
"What happened?" Zakuro asked.
"Ichigo." Akasaka said. "Ichigo did this."
"That's not true!" Pudding said, facing Akasaka. "Ichigo Onee-chan would never do that!"
"She did." Shirogane said. "But it wasn't her. She was different. Everything about her. Her appearance, her voice, everything."
"How? What's gotten into her?" Mint asked.
"We don't know." Shirogane said. "One moment, we were watching her dreams, and we saw Deep Blue, attacking Ichigo. After the attack, Ichigo suddenly woke up and was different."
"Deep Blue's gone. There's no way." Lettuce said.
"Meeeh!!! You think smelly ol' Blue boy did it?" Pudding said.
"50-50% chance it could be." Akasaka said. "Help us get out of here. We've got to track down Ichigo."
Zakuro, Mint, Lettuce, and Pudding transformed.
"Ribbon...Mint echo!" Mint fired an arrow at the dark mist surrounding Akasaka, but the arrow hit back at Mint. Mint crashed into the wall.
Dark mist swirled in the center of the room.
Dark Ichigo appeared once again.
"I have told all of you to not struggle. Now it appears that you must all DISAPPEAR FROM THIS WORLD!" Dark Ichigo pinned everyone to the wall. Dark mist swirled around everyone.
"I can't move!" Lettuce said. "My fingers can't move, either! I can't use Lettuce Rush!"
"Legendia!" Ichigo said, summoning her dark staff, with dark mist swirling around. "Prepare to disappear!" Ichigo raised her staff, gathering dark mist.
"Haaah!" A voice said, who's sword crashed into Dark Ichigo's staff.
Kisshu came out.
"Kisshu!" Mint said.
"Ichigo! Snap out of it!" Kisshu said.
"Don't interfere!" Ichigo kicked Kisshu in the stomach. Then she raised her staff.
"Dark void!" Ichigo released the amount of energy stored inside the dark staff which hit Kisshu, crashing him to the wall.
"Urk!" Kisshu looked pretty beat up.
Pai and Taruto came, too.
"Pai-san." Lettuce said.
"Taru-Taru." Pudding said.
"Hissas....Ho rai den!" Taruto said, with his weapon crashing into Ichigo's staff.
"Fuu rai sen!" Pai said, waving his fan, electric charges hit Dark Ichigo.
"Fuu Rai Sen!" Pai had managed to free Kisshu and the others.
"Kisshu! Are you all right?" Taruto asked.
"I'm fine, but Ichigo's not." Kisshu said.
Dark Ichigo laughed. "Cunning." With a smirk on her face, she disappeared.
"Ichigo!" Kisshu called out.
"All of you, find out where Ichigo is!" Shirogane said.
Kisshu and the others left, tracking down Ichigo.
"Akasaka-san!" Lettuce shouted. "Shiroane-san!"
Mint and Zakuro knelt to Akasaka and Lettuce and Pudding tried to free Shirogane from the dark mist.
"What happened?" Zakuro asked.
"Ichigo." Akasaka said. "Ichigo did this."
"That's not true!" Pudding said, facing Akasaka. "Ichigo Onee-chan would never do that!"
"She did." Shirogane said. "But it wasn't her. She was different. Everything about her. Her appearance, her voice, everything."
"How? What's gotten into her?" Mint asked.
"We don't know." Shirogane said. "One moment, we were watching her dreams, and we saw Deep Blue, attacking Ichigo. After the attack, Ichigo suddenly woke up and was different."
"Deep Blue's gone. There's no way." Lettuce said.
"Meeeh!!! You think smelly ol' Blue boy did it?" Pudding said.
"50-50% chance it could be." Akasaka said. "Help us get out of here. We've got to track down Ichigo."
Zakuro, Mint, Lettuce, and Pudding transformed.
"Ribbon...Mint echo!" Mint fired an arrow at the dark mist surrounding Akasaka, but the arrow hit back at Mint. Mint crashed into the wall.
Dark mist swirled in the center of the room.
Dark Ichigo appeared once again.
"I have told all of you to not struggle. Now it appears that you must all DISAPPEAR FROM THIS WORLD!" Dark Ichigo pinned everyone to the wall. Dark mist swirled around everyone.
"I can't move!" Lettuce said. "My fingers can't move, either! I can't use Lettuce Rush!"
"Legendia!" Ichigo said, summoning her dark staff, with dark mist swirling around. "Prepare to disappear!" Ichigo raised her staff, gathering dark mist.
"Haaah!" A voice said, who's sword crashed into Dark Ichigo's staff.
Kisshu came out.
"Kisshu!" Mint said.
"Ichigo! Snap out of it!" Kisshu said.
"Don't interfere!" Ichigo kicked Kisshu in the stomach. Then she raised her staff.
"Dark void!" Ichigo released the amount of energy stored inside the dark staff which hit Kisshu, crashing him to the wall.
"Urk!" Kisshu looked pretty beat up.
Pai and Taruto came, too.
"Pai-san." Lettuce said.
"Taru-Taru." Pudding said.
"Hissas....Ho rai den!" Taruto said, with his weapon crashing into Ichigo's staff.
"Fuu rai sen!" Pai said, waving his fan, electric charges hit Dark Ichigo.
"Fuu Rai Sen!" Pai had managed to free Kisshu and the others.
"Kisshu! Are you all right?" Taruto asked.
"I'm fine, but Ichigo's not." Kisshu said.
Dark Ichigo laughed. "Cunning." With a smirk on her face, she disappeared.
"Ichigo!" Kisshu called out.
"All of you, find out where Ichigo is!" Shirogane said.
Kisshu and the others left, tracking down Ichigo.