"Are you sure, Ryou?" Keichiro asked.
"Yes, I'm sure. Besides, you and the girls will be fine without me for a few weeks. I'll only be gone to pick the five ideal girls and to get them settled in. A new cafe is already being built and one of my trusted friends from childhood will be there to run it." Ryou answered.
"You trust this person enough to handle this kind of task?" Keichiro wondered aloud.
"I trust her with my life." Ryou replied firmly. "I will be leaving tomorrow. I know that the Chimera Anima that showed up on the radar won't be the last. It caused much damage and it's too far for our mews to handle it every time. Don't worry, this time I will pick girls that are a bit older so that they will accept this and deal with it a bit better."
"Alright, you'd better tell them then."
"I will." Ryou walked out of the labratory and into the cafe. "Employee meeting in the basement!" He called.
The five waitresses for Cafe Mew Mew rushed toward the sound of the rich, blonde's voice. When everyone had gathered Ryou began speaking. "Three days ago, a Chimera Anima showed up on radar."
The girls began to interupt. "Why didn't you tell us?! We could have dealt with it!"
Ryou waited for them to quiet down before continuing. "I didn't mention it to anyone but Keichiro because..." He paused. "Because it was in America. In New York City."
All of the girls, except Zakuro, gasped. "Tomorrow, I will be leaving to go there. I will choose five girls and inject them with red data animal DNA. They will become the mews of New York. I won't be staying there permanantly, just long enough for the new cafe to be finished and to get them settled in. I already have a new manager for it." Questions were thrown at him but he simply said "You may go back to you're tables now." and walked away.
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Ame woke to the annoying sound of her alarm clock and groaned as she switched it off. It was New York and right now, in this one city, 6 million other alarm clocks were going off(Me: It's a true fact). She rolled out of her bed and walked into the bathroom. She ran a brush through her shoulder-length brown hair and splashed water on her face to wake herself up quicker. She slipped into her white and black school uniform that consisted of a button-up shirt with a collar and slightly puffy sleeves, a wavy skirt, long socks and simple shoes.
She went downstairs, snatched a piece of buttered toast, and began the daily walk to school.
It was an ordinary day: 1st hour biology, 2nd hour english, 3rd hour P.E., lunch, 4th hour art, 5th hour history, 6th hour math.
The final bell rang and Ame left room 226 and raced to her locker. Shuichi was in room 236 today, instead of 227, which was closer to the 'E' stairs, where their lockers were, than her classroom. She made it to her locker, which was right next to his, as he was just gathering his books.
"Hi, Shuichi. How was your day?" She asked.
"Uh, pretty good...I don't have a whole lot of homework. You?" He replied.
"Same. I was alone at lunch today though, no one was here today." Ame said as they began to walk down the stairs.
"Oh, yeah?"
"Mm-hm."
"Well, I guess that wasn't too pleasant."
Ame laughed. "No, not really. But how was your weekend?"
"Alright. I didn't really do much, just kinda hung out." Shuichi answered.
"Yeah, I didn't do much either. Spent most of my time on the computer."
Usually now was the time where neither of them could think of something to say so they walked in silence until it was time for them to part.
"Well, see ya, Shuichi."
"Yeah, see ya, Ame." Ame always felt better once she had talked to Shuichi, no matter how bad her day had been. Her friend Asumi was convinced that it was a crush but Ame wasn't so sure. At times, she thought that maybe she was just refusing to believe that she loved him because of a misunderstanding that had happened in one of her previous years of school. It led to the ever-so-painful rumors and now she wondered if it made her question her emotions and if she really did love Shuichi. And other times she convinced herself that he really was just her friend.
These confusing thoughts took up all of her concentration and, as she took the usual shortcut through a small park, there was a flash of light that made everything disappear, leaving a sparkly, white, emptiness. Suddenly, a large, brown wildcat landed in front of her. It surprised her at first, but then it seemed almost as if it was calling for help. Ame began to feel sorry for the creature and it raced toward her... Into her? 'I'm merging with a wildcat?' She wondered. These were her last thoughts as she drifted into blackness.
Mew Mai: Yeah, it's kind of short, but half of it is a prologue so... Well, yeah. Oh! And in your reviews, I would like to know what advice you would give to Ame about her situation with Shuichi. I'm thinking about having all of the New York Mews giving her advice about it, kind of like the way all of the mews gave Ichigo advice about Masaya. I'll try to update soon! Ja ne!