Name: Chouko

Age: 14

Hair: purple

Eyes: purple

I walked out of the airport and looked around for my uncle, who was supposed to be picking me up, but he wasn't there.

I sat down on my suitcase and waited for him to show up. It wasn't long before I saw a girl with red hair tied up in red ribbons looking around the outside of the airport.

Then she noticed me and rushed over.

"Are you Chouko?" she asked.

"Yes, who are you?" I asked.

"My name's Ichigo Momomiya." She replied. "Keiichiro couldn't make it, so he sent me instead."

"Whatever." I said getting up. "So, how do you know my uncle?"

"Oh, I work at the café that he owns." Ichigo said.

"That's cool, I guess." ­I said as she led me away from the airport. "Whatever works for you."

Together we headed toward the café, not noticing that someone was following us.

"Hm, I wonder who that is with Kitty-Cat." A boy said as he followed me and Ichigo. "Maybe I should introduce myself…"

"This is Keiichiro's café?" I asked as we stood in front of the pink café.

"Yep, isn't it cute?" Ichigo said.

"If you mean cute as in revolting, then yeah." I said, but Ichigo didn't hear me.

"I hope Shirogane-san isn't back yet." Ichigo mumbled. "He'd ruin everything."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, in short, Shirogane-san is a heartless jerk who doesn't care about anyone except himself." Ichigo explained bitterly. "If I were you, I'd stay away from him."

"What were you saying about me?" came a voice behind me.

I turned around to see the hottest guy I've ever seen. He had blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Yo, name's Ryou Shirogane." He said to me. "Ichigo, aren't you supposed to be working?"

Ichigo grumbled and stalked off into the café, leaving me and Ryou alone.

"So, you must be Keiichiro's niece, right? What's your name?" Ryou asked.

"Oh, um, Chouko Akasaka." I said blushing.

"Are you okay, your face is red." Ryou asked.

"Oh, yeah, I guess I'm still a little shaky from the plane ride." I said nervously.

"Why don't you come inside." He said, walking toward the café.

"Okay…" I said as he took my hand and lead me inside.

Inside I could see that the café looked just as bad as it did on the outside. Ryou stopped in front of the kitchen and told me to wait for a second.

"Yo, Keiichiro." Ryou said from the kitchen.

"Ryou? I thought you weren't going to be back until later." my uncle said.

"Well, I finished early and found something outside." Ryou said, reaching out his hand and pulling me into the kitchen.

"Chouko-san, when'd you get here?" Keiichiro asked, walking over to me.

"Just a little while ago." I said. "Um, would it be okay if I took a look around town for a while?"

"Sure and why don't you take Ichigo with you? I'm sure she'd like a break." Keiichiro said as the sound of Ichigo and another girl yelling at each other drifted into the kitchen.

"Okay." I said walking out of the kitchen. "Hey Ichigo, mind tagging along with me for a few hours?"

"Love to." Ichigo said, following me out of the café.

"This is one big city." I said as me and Ichigo were walking through the crowded shopping center. "So, is it always this crowded around here?"

"Yeah, pretty much." Ichigo said. "But there's a lot of fun stuff to do around here."

Ichigo and I turned the corner into a deserted alleyway.

"Oops, must've taken a wrong turn." Ichigo said. "Come on; let's go back… um, Chouko, what's wrong?"

I didn't move. I had gotten a strange feeling that we were not alone.

"Something's here." I said softly.

The ground shook and something exploded at the end of the alleyway.

"Chouko, you have to get out of here!" Ichigo said, tugging on my arm.

"Why? What's wrong? It was just an earthquake, it's not like there's some maniac who's gonna try to do something perverted to us." I said.

"Just trust me, it's not safe here." Ichigo pleaded, trying to lead me out of the alleyway.

"Aw, looks like Kitty-Cat doesn't want to introduce me to her new friend." Came a voice behind me. "Guess I'll have to introduce myself."

"Crap!" Ichigo said angrily, looking around the alleyway. "Show yourself Kishu!"

A small ball rolled forward and stopped in front of me and Ichigo.

"Is this some kind of joke?" I asked, trying not to laugh.

But then the small ball exploded and filled the alleyway with smoke. I shielded my eyes and covered my mouth so that I wouldn't breathe in the smoke. I heard Ichigo scream and felt a hand wrap around my waist.

Without looking to see what was going on, I spun around and kicked whoever had grabbed me in the stomach. When the smoke cleared, I saw that some kind of giant mutant snake was holding Ichigo, who was struggling to get free, and a boy with ivy-green hair and large pointed ears kneeling on the ground holding his stomach.

"What's going on here?" I asked, taking a step back.

"Damn, that hurt." The boy said, staggering to his feet. He looked up at me and I saw he had golden cat-like eyes. "But I guess I can forgive you this once."

"Chouko, run! Don't worry about me, just get out of here!" Ichigo yelled, but then the mutant snake tightened its grip on her and she screamed out in pain.

"You should behave yourself Kitty-Cat, I just want to introduce myself to your new friend." The boy said.

"Wh-Who are you?" I asked backing away from the boy as he walked toward me.

"My name's Kishu. Your name is Chouko, isn't it?" he asked. "I guess you're the new Mew."

"New what?!"

"Kishu, leave her alone!" Ichigo yelled.

"You're in no condition to make a threat Kitty-Cat." Kishu said.

"Oh yeah, look behind you." Ichigo said.

Me and Kishu turned to see that Ichigo had somehow gotten free. She pulled out a golden pendant and kissed it.

"Mew Mew Strawberry, METAMORPHISIS!"

She was surrounded by a bright light, and when it died down, there was a girl with pink hair wearing a frilly pink dress and had cat ears and a tail, standing where Ichigo was.

"WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON!" I cried.

Then I felt something hit the back of my neck. I bent down and picked up a silver pendant.

"So I was right, you are the new Mew." Kishu said.

"What are you talking about Kishu? Chouko is Akasaka-san's niece, not a Mew Mew." Ichigo said, walking over to me. She noticed the pendant then said, "Or maybe she is…"

"What am I supposed to do with this?" I asked her.

"Just say the first words that come to mind." She said.

I waited for someone to say that it was all a joke, but no one did. Suddenly, words came up to my lips. I kissed my pendant and yelled,

"Mew Mew Chouko, METAMORPHISIS!