GODDESS OF DESTINY.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew, Mew Mew Power or Tokyo A La Mode.
Author's message for fans of Mew Look:
Don't worry! I'll still be writing Mew Look as Cream Miyuki is like my daughter now; considering I wrote from her perspective for so long. But, now a new idea has come to mind and I just cannot ignore it! Have no fear, Cream Miyuki will still be here! And, don't miss the Crescentors too much. They'll get the wrong idea and force me to quit this fanfic.—which I seriously do not want to contemplate.
Okay, well, here it is! Enjoy 'Goddess of Destiny.'
Episode 1: "Endangered Enchantment: Interesting ethics; but how could I do that?"
"More news today... Tokyo Tower was under attack by a large animal early this afternoon.. Tokyo Mew Mew showed up momentarily after, defeating the obstacle within the path of Japan's security. Once again... Tokyo Mew Mew wins this round."
"For the earth's future... we'll be of service ~nya!"
"In other news regarding this subject, you'll get your chance to meet the Mews at a safety convention this upcoming Thursday. Be sure to bring your autograph books and fan posters, because this'll be your one and only chance to meet them all at the Tokyo Dome! I'm Hiroshi Watanabe, for Tokyo Today."
The news droned onwards, towards the end of oblivion regarding any other fundamental broadcasters.
I sighed miserably. Tomorrow, I was compelled to attend Daikan Junior High School for the very first time until the end of winter, when I could finally return to America. It wasn't what I would call a transfer; more like a mission to discover the secret of Red Data Animals and the Mew Mew's.
Ever since the two days passing, they have shown up on the news tabloids, reassuring that the city was safe, quoting a hindrance of unexpectance to the lifestyle of Japan. But, still; even though they are superheroine's, surely they must be ordinary girls under the bravado. Their façade of superhero nature, was a hidden message within themselves; it was their job to protect and reassure... but who protects them?
I would be the one to find out... and the first stop on my list tomorrow after school, was the famous, inspired Cafe Mew Mew.
Early risings were tradition in my family tree, but this time I was, individually, awakening earlier then the possible premier. Therefore, I was running track around a 100 mile sprint field for the next half-hour.
It was only a fifteen minute walk from the hotel at which I was staying; I had discovered it while touring the sights of Tokyo. It was unexpectedly peaceful, despite the melody of the winds aroma; in order to atone this silence, I pressed the play button on my recorder.
While listening to the soothing tune, I let my mind aimlessly cruise towards the profile of the six, supernatural Mew Mew's.
I replayed their moves, their attacks, their posture, their beautiful forms, the way they handled the monsters so easily. They were goddesses on earth. And that was when I realised that it wasn't hatred surrounding my aura... it was jealousy. I envied them for their guidance, for their support and justice against all evil; and especially for their liability to protect Earth along with humanity.
"Excuse me?" A male intonation deprived my attention. "May I require after your injuries? It must of hurt falling from Heaven."
I turned around, dismantling my composure, to materialize in front of a tall, dark-haired teenager. He was a full head taller then I was, designing a masculine physique to his profile. He had a straight, angular nose, identifying the structure of his midnight blue eyes. His slight rectangular face combed tousled, chestnut brown hair. He seemed devoted to his looks, and therefore I surprisingly lost interest. Still, those eyes were too heartbreaking to turn away from.
"I'm not at all injured, because I may as well have awakened from the pits of Hades." I smiled wickedly.
He laughed hysterically, complimenting my attempted joke.
"You're funny." He continued to choke on his laughter, before coughing and composing his structure. "Watashi wa Yamamoto Endymion."
"Nice to meet you. Watashi wa Aurora Destiny." I introduced.
"What a beautiful name. Future Sunset." He praised. We were walking side by side now, towards a park wall where we sat to rest.
"You know flattery isn't what I would've expected from a guy like you. You have so much beauty on the outside, that no one knows what you are like on the inside. Most guys I've known in the past and present are applied to their looks rather then their personality. Ditto to the opposite gender." I blessed my opinion.
"It's my conduct... because I, too, was like the boys you are describing, but only in the past. I changed my rite of passage, reincarnating the path of my future. I knew that, if my attitude were to continue the way it was back then, I would've ended up alone and unwanted, an outcast..." He empathetically discussed his pain, conflicting it against my heart. "By the way, Destiny-san... oh, is it okay if I call you that?"
"Daijōbu. Back in America, people called me Destiny all the time, so it's not unusual." I permitted his request.
"Arigato. Umm, why are you out at such an unreasonable early dawn?" Endymion sounded worried about this event, but it seemed perfectly casual to me.
"Oh, it's a repeated occurence in my family tree. By the census registry, our surname concludes that we are always awake just before sunrise, and always asleep just after sunset." I smiled willingly, but it only lasted at a fraction of an angle. "Right now... I have no family accompanying me on my trip to Tokyo, so therefore I could disobey. But, somehow, I'm genetically programmed to fully activate my brain cells at that appointed time. I think it's a curse against my name, because it's my destiny to awaken before second aurora."
"Amazing analogy, Destiny-san... but, I shamefully didn't even corrupt the conclusion of why you were alone by my own accord. I could've promptly solved the mystery without making you go through the trouble of revealing your sorrow. Gommen." His apology was nothing more then concern for my sadness, and that drained my depression away from my mind.
A smile touching my eyes replaced the grim frown upon my lips.
"Daijōbu. Your concern has made me forget about my worries, so you shouldn't have to apologise. I should be thanking you..." I smiled, and this time it wasn't forced. "Arigato."
Endymion turned to stare at me, blinking as if he were trying to clear a dream from his thoughtful mind.
"N-no... no problem." He dazed cosmically.
I laughed behind the smile, tittering compassionately.
"Hey, look Destiny-san," he pointed towards the brink of the northern sky. "It's second aurora. A start of a new day, allowing us to remember this moment of our first meeting."
"Hai!" My smile remained; it was easy not to burden my emotions around Endymion, he helped me show my true feelings instead of concealing them. "It is beautiful, isn't it?"
"Hai! That's another reason for your given name, and you have a birth certificate to prove the print." His admiration for my label was unexpected, but still charming.
"That's hardly an understatement, you know." My voice sounded disapproving, but it was only a fraud.
"To me it is an understatement, because it's the truth." He blushed with this admittance. "Say, Destiny-san... why were you up before sunrise, instead of exactly on the point of it as you noted earlier?"
"Oh... I awakened half-hour early for some strange reason. I couldn't stay cooped up in that hotel room any longer by myself, so I decided to run the routes a bit. That way, the breeze would banish all dilemmas in my soul, instead of having to endure the piercing discipline against my heart." I unveiled.
"Has it worked?" He asked hopefully.
Nodding approvingly, I stood with cause.
"Hai, and I'm very happy to have met you."
"Are you leaving already?" Endymion sounded cheerless now.
"We'll meet again, Endymion." I winked, turning my back away from him.
"Destiny-san!" He called after me. I turned to look over my shoulder.
"Meet me at Cafe Mew Mew at the start of noon, 'kay?" I smiled cheerfully.
"I'll be there." He promised vibrantly.
Within this commision, I didn't know what was lingering upon the hilltop, waiting for my arrival.
"Ribbon... Zakuro Spear!" I witnessed the fair, black-opal haired girl destroying a carnal, purple lasers shooting out of her religious cross.
"CENTAURRRR!" The monster vociferated in torture. But the ray of light wasn't enough to consume its soul.
It's spiked, purple tail collapsed in the air, aiming for the heroine. She jumped high enough to dodge it, yet she seemed weak in comparison to the brute.
"Ribbon Strawberry Surprise!" The leader of the troop joined in, ambitioning her Strawberry Bell to hit the centaur. She accomplished her goal.
"REFRESH!" It yelled, fading away into glitter dust and a floating jellyfish.
"Recieve!" A little, pink puffball with wings collected it into its mouth, smiling delightfully.
"Nya! Where are these Chimera Anima's coming from?" Heroine number one, the one with bubblegum pink hair, instituted.
"No idea, but it must have something to do with those mysterious people in the tabloids." Heroine number two, the one with a wolf tail and ears, guessed. "I wonder when they'll reveal their true form?"
"When they do, we'll have to keep on guard. They're more powerful then the Cyniclons and Saint Rose Crusaders considering their past powers of infusion." Heroine one informed.
"It's completely unsanitary for Earth's environment. We should notify Ryou of our discoveries immediately." Heroine two demanded.
Heroine one sighed, lifting up a vial of purple, sparkling substance.
"Who are these guys?"
Luckily, my presence had gone unnoticed, and I was back at the hotel room, lingering by the balcony. At such an hour, the Mews were already at their duties. I had stayed hidden in a nearby bush, peeking through a crack of branches. They jumped upwards into the air together, onto buildings and beyond, so I could no longer view their profiles.
It surprised me to only see two of them, and I wondered if maybe the others knew by now.
Silently, I looked down below from the penthouse, calculating the height before me. Yet, I didn't feel the need to. I couldn't exactly be bothered with estimations... who would be? So, I voomed slowly towards my temporary mirror, slanted into a dresser.
Combing my black cherry hair, I let myself be drawn to my appearance. Faded, crystal white eyes with flecks of blue, framing thick, black lashes; slightly full pink lips, my bottom lip pouting out thoroughly; an inverted triangle shaped face, therefore destining a wide forehead, pointed chin, narrow jawline, prominent cheekbones and a high thin nose bridge... that mounted curved eyebrows.
My physique was feminine. I was always considered a fashionista, and therefore I took advantage of the compliments throughout my lifetime. But still.. I was only an ordinary girl.
As I moved my hair away from the nape of my neck, past the locket I always wore, I observed, and let, my fingers hover over the Sagittarius marking.
Finally, after long-awaited hours, I was walking to school; a little too early for my standards. But, I couldn't be tardy on my first day could I? And besides, I could fill out the paperworks voluntarily instead of wasting my time during homeroom. I would have to schedule a date for my mock transfer exam.
"Who's that girl?" I heard people whisper suspiciously in the corridors.
"She's the transfer student from America, right?" Another guessed.
"Kawaii! She's beautiful, isn't she?" A student flatteringly commented.
"She sure is!"
The hallway was now filled with endorsements.
"Destiny-san?" A familiar voice required after my name. "It is you! I didn't expect to see you until this afternoon!"
"Endymion-kun!" I smiled, glad to have found someone I could walk the grounds with.
"It must be fate, huh? Meeting in such a place like this?" He dazed off into his own little bubble.
I narrowed my eyebrows.
"It's a coincidence. Doesn't mean we are going to date or anything." I refused his hint.
"Ohohohohoho! Destiny-san, you sure are forceful. I didn't mean that! I was making a joke of it!" He continued laughing.
"You know, it's really mean to laugh so hard..." It's hurting my feelings, I added in thought.
"Gommen!" He apologised, but still chuckled.
"Hrmph."
"Hey, don't be like that!" Endymion pleaded.
"Boy, they sure are getting cosy, aren't they?" I heard someone relieve.
"It's scarely seen, isn't it? Endymion being so cheerful. Since he's all alone, I never would've thought that I'd see a smile upon his face." Another noted, informing me of Endymion's life.
So me and him had something in common after all.
I stared astonishingly at the youthful boy in front of me. Seeing his laughter, I didn't want to ruin his seldom happiness. So, I just let myself smile, watching him with intense interest.
"Yamamoto-kun!" A female voice called.
"Huh?"
We both turned to see a fair, pretty young girl with blonde hair, blue eyes and a feminine physique running towards us.
She fell into Endymion, though it was clearly on purpose.
"Oops. Gommen, it was an accident." She closed her eyes and smiled, her face angled towards him.
He grabbed her wrists lightly and guided her away from his chest.
"No worries, Ami-san. Oh.." He turned towards me, leaving Ami speechless. "Ami-san... this is Destiny-san, the American exchange student."
I smiled uniquely.
"It's very nice to meet you." I bowed.
"Very nice to meet you, too!" She bowed in return.
"AMI-SAN! ENDYMION, GET AWAY FROM HER!" An outraged male vocal shouted down the hall, echoing through all vibrations.
Ami-san raised one eyebrow angrily, hitting her animosity point.
Endymion sighed, pressing his hand firmly against his forehead.
"Here we go..."
"Ami... I brought this rose for you..." He held out a beautiful, bewitching rose. "Please accept it as a token of my love."
She stared at it for two seconds, before swatting his hand away. Her admirer was left speechless, tears almost brimming over his ducts.
"I've told you before Akeno! The only one I love is Endymion!" She quickly flung herself back into his arms.
Endymion shut his eyes and lightly pulled her away.
"Gommen..." he sounded pained. "I cannot return your feelings for me."
"B-but... Yamamoto-kun!" She cried into his chest soundlessly, but it was only audible to my ears.
"Endymion, you made Ami-san cry! You'll pa-" He paused when he first noticed my profile.
"Kon'nichiwa!" I smiled preciously.
His control lost all etiquette. He shoved past Endymion, holding out the rose to me. I took it willingly.
"Arigato." Smelling the aroma of its leaves, I held out a hand. "Watashi wa, Aurora Destiny."
He shook it originally.
"Watashi wa, Yamashita Akeno. But, please, call me Akeno. Just so long as I can call you Destiny." He asked for my consent.
I smiled. Everyone was staring now.
"Akeno." I granted. "Umm, since Endymion is overwise engaged, would you be so kind as to show me around?"
"HAI!" He accepted promptly, linking arms with me. "Here we have 2-B... 2-A... 2-E..." I lost interest, looking back towards Endymion, who was returning my gaze with an enmity expression.
"So you're going with Akeno now?" Endymion's lips no longer modeled a smile. We were at the shoes exchange section now.
I closed my eyes distressingly. He was so typical, jumping to those conclusions...
"I asked him to show me around, and now suddenly we're an item? Is that it?" I argued. Truth was, seeing him and Ami together, I knew that I was second in line, so I grasped at a chance to make Endymion jealous. It was a selfless thing to do, I know that... but for some reason, it felt like my heart had been struck by an arrow.
Maybe that was it. Maybe I had been struck by cupid's arrow.
"Well I was the one who wanted to sign up for that job! And then Akeno had to come along..." His fury made me want to tease him more. But I endured the urge.
"Listen..." I turned to him, placing my hand on his shoulder. "I have no intentions of dating Akeno. I just wanted to befriend him so that Ami wouldn't hurt him anymore. If he asked me out on a date, I would accept for his happiness. That's just my nature, okay?" I was outspoken by my own, truthful words.
"So if I asked you out on a date right now, would you accept my invitation?" Endymion was still angry, but his proposition was a tale not worth turning down.
"Hai..." I lowered my head. "For the sake of your happiness."
"Is that all? Just to make me happy? You're going to end up with a bad reputation around here if you accept all attractions." He warned.
"No, because most guys won't ask me out." I was confident about that. "And you see, everyone has a halo in their heart; like you do. Just now, you were concerned for me, about my reputation. Therefore, I won't be an inability to Daikan. I promise."
"Destiny-san..."
The warning bell rang, signaling for us to make our departure.
"I'll meet you at Cafe Mew Mew as we arranged! Bye for now!" I was running towards last period, smiling all the way.
"Welcome to Cafe Mew Mew!" A girl with short, cherry red hair welcomed us enthusiastically.
"Momomiya-san?" Endymion purred softly, his lion-like posture no longer tightening with anger.
"Ah, Yamamoto-kun! What are you doing here?" She asked, guiding us towards a decor table.
I took a seat in one of the two, matching heart chairs.
"I'm here with my friend here, Destiny-san." He inclined his hand towards me.
"Aren't you the American exchange student?" She requested for a second opinion.
"Hai! Destiny Aurora, nice to meet you." I nodded, insisting that I was glad to have been introduced.
"Nice to meet you, too. Watashi wa, Momomiya Ichigo." She advanced her announcement with a flip of her hair.
"I never knew you worked here." Endymion sounded surprise as he took a seat, leaning back against the rest.
"Hai! I've been working here for over a year now, sadly." She lowered her head objectively. "Masaya works here, too, so I'm not alone and am no longer depressed of work!"
"You two still together then?" He guessed reluctantly.
"Hai!" She smiled angelicly.
"I'm glad!" He congratulated. "I would like a chocolate parfait and coffee, please."
Momomiya-san wrote it down exquisitely on her waitress pad. After, she generously angled her weight towards me, a silent message sending through my vibes. She was requiring after my order.
"I'll just have a coffee, arigato." I wrapped my hands together, pressing them against the table.
"Coming right up!" She promised, taking her leave towards the kitchen.
I looked at Endymion, who was watching me with an intense expression.
"Nani? Do I have something on my face?" I touched it just to make sure.
"Beauty is all that covers your display." His bouquets of eulogy was quite flattering, but not enough to reveal his personality.
"I'm not the one you should courtesy; I'm just an heiress to my mothers looks. It's generic." Apprising my assurance was a little grotesque.
"I see." Ominously, he reached for a spare glass of water that was beside the centerpiece.
"Here is your order! Let me know if you want anything else." Momomiya-san smiled, before turning her back. I had a feeling glower over me that she was trying to give us privacy.
"She seems nice, then again I don't know her. Pray tell me, what's your relationship with Momomiya-san?" I authorized.
"Oh... her boyfriend is my second-cousin." He sipped at his coffee as he expressed this tale.
"That's it?" I raised an eyebrow. There was something more that I would soon unveil from his concealment kingdom.
"And I used to like her back in first grade." He still kept his casual, bluffing composure at its principle.
"Oh." I was jealous, so I lowered my head to hide my face, designing a thick curtain with my hair.
He leaned over the table towards me, his sweet fragrance of breath soothing across my face.
"But it was only window shopping." He winked, tapping his finger against my nose.
"What do you mean?" I couldn't help but ask.
"It means that we never really dated. I was just surveying her from the outside rather than looking within. She wasn't able to exceed my touchstones back then." His moral was concluded, and my broken heart was healed by the heartbreaker.
"Is she mean, then?" It was hard to believe that such a pretty face could have such a brutal aura.
"Quite the opposite." He allowed.
"Then why didn't you date her?" I demanded tenderly.
"Because she was an archetype for what I really wanted to look for. And what I was looking for, was an prototype." He explained confusingly.
"Eh? Come again?" I was cluttered in a baffle cloud.
"What I was searching for, was a girl who wasn't afraid to be outspoken by the truth, a girl with beauty but still refined with a sweet temper. A girl who wakes up not knowing what to expect of her day until she met me. A girl who wouldn't fall for my looks but my heart. A girl that was a listener rather then an attention-hogger slash hogger. And a girl with complimentary attitude." He described his dream-girl. "But most of all, I wanted a girl with a complex to nature, love, and happiness."
"Did you find her?" I had to be direct with this question, because it could change everything.
"Yes." He paused to peek up from his thick lashes. "And her name is..."
He was cut short by a loud scream.
"SOMEBODY HELP!" A maternal woman's voice yelled from outside. Everyone ran towards articulation. "PLEASE! PLEASE SOMEONE SAVE MY DAUGHTER!"
A young girl was thoughtlessly in the arms of a floating man in the sky.
"I'll take your soul..." He purred into the young girls ears. But only I could mime those words.
"MAMA!" She cried out helplessly.
"Yusuko!" The mother was in tears now.
"Geh, geh!" Yusuko was gagging for breath as a transparent, pink barrier surrounded her guise.
"Ribbon... Lettuce Rush!" A colossus wave of water flung at the enemy.
"Huh?" He managed to say, before the tidal hit him.
Yusuko slipped from his arms.
"YUSUKOOOOOOOO!" Her mother yelled.
Reflexively, I flung myself forward, jumping into the air just in time to catch her. I handed her to her mother.
"Mama..." Yusuko smiled, glad to be at safety.
"Yusuko." Her mother kissed her on the forehead. "Arigato! Arigato for saving my daughter."
I was speechless of the commotion, and I wasn't the only one. A loud uproar of applause gathered around me, changing my opinion of silence.
"Destiny-san, you were great!" Endymion was laughing happily, clapping apprasingly.
They were... interesting ethics: but how could I do that?