I do NOT own Tokyo Mew Mew! (But it would be really cool if I did!)
Switched!
Chapter 1 – Confusion
Rachael stared at her computer in shock, or rather, Ichigo's computer. Somehow, she switched demintions with her! She looked at her hands. They were bigger and the nails were very neat, unlike her bitten, worn-out nails. A thought came into her head,'Oh no! What if--.' But she quickly put that thought to the side when she saw a mirror. She looked at her reflection expecting to see her long blackish-brown hair and tan face, but her eyes widened when she saw a pink-haired lighter skinned confused Ichigo looking at her. 'Well, at least my eyes are the same,' she thought, trying to look on the bright side. But that was very hard, considering she had the body of Ichigo Momomiya, leader of the Tokyo Mew Mews. Suddenly, the room started getting darker and darker. Her body fell, as she lost consciousness...
She was having a dream. She saw her body jumping, but she wasn't in it. Ichigo was in it instead. She was screaming,"Aaah! Who am I? How did I get here? Masaya, save me!"
My mom rushed into the room. "What's wrong, Rachael? Are you okay?"
"Who the hell are you?"
"Excuse me? That is no way to talk to your mother, young lady!"
Ichigo was taken aback. 'Mother? What did she mean by that? I guess I'll just play along...'
"Sorry, erm..Mother, I was just having a nightmare," Ichigo thought up quickly. "I thought you were the monster."
"Oh, okay," Mom said suspiciously, but she soon forgot her suspicions when a ferocious yawn came out of her. "Well, I am going to bed. Make sure you don't stay up too late, you know how your father gets, even though it's Saturday. You don't want to repeat what happened last time."
"Right, last time," Ichigo mumbled.
When Mom finished walking downstairs Ichigo closed the door and locked it. She started pacing. Even though her lips weren't moving Rachael could here everything that she was thinking. 'I need to figure this out, like how did I get here, and why am I not me?' Ichigo thought. 'I hope my questions will be answered tomorrow.' She crawled into her "new" bed and fell asleep...
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
'Uggh...There's my alarm clock. Too bad I was having a wonderful dream,' Rachael pouted. She threw her arm randomly around to turn off the alarm. When she finally hit it, she kept her eyes closed. She didn't want to wake up from her exciting dream. She was curious of what was going to happen next. 'Oh well. Today's a new day.' Her eyes flickered open. She saw a pink ceiling with strawberry and kitten wallpaper on the walls.
"Aaaak! I'm still Ichigo!" She jumped thirty feet into the air. She then noticed that I was sleeping on the floor. 'Did I pass out or something?' Then she remembered what happened last night.
"Well, I might as well--. WHAT IS GOING ON! MY VOICE HAS CHANGED!" You'd think that she would have noticed that before, but this was only the second time she actually talked before the switch. Suddenly, the computer blinked on, and a voice said, "You've got mail!"
She walked over to Ichigo's computer surprised to find that she even had an email address, since it was never mentioned in any of the Tokyo Mew Mew episodes. Here is what the email said:
This may sound strange, but is your name Ichigo? If not then what is your name? Please respond by emailing me back.
Rachael didn't even bother to look at the address to see who sent it. It was probably Mint trying to trick Ichigo again. She just ignored it, pretending that she wasn't home or that she was still asleep.
Two hours had passed since Rachael got the email. She heard a faint ring and vibrating in her right pocket. She stuck her hand in it to find Ichigo's pink cell phone ringing. Trying to ignore it like she did with the email, she started getting annoyed because it wouldn't stop. Finally, she answered it.
"Umm..Hello?" she asked.
"Ichigo, WHERE ARE YOU? You were supposed to be here an hour ago!" Rachael heard Ryou Shirogane's angry voice yelling at her.
She couldn't handle this, so many confusing things were happening. Tears started to form in her eyes. "I'm sorry..." she sniffed."I don't know what to do..First I was in my room..Now I am here...I am Ichigo now...I am not Rachael anymore..I don't know what to do.." She panicked. She wished someone could tell her what was going on and how she suddenly turned into Ichigo. Will she never turn back to her regular self, and was the girl in her dream really Ichigo in her body?
"Ichigo," Ryou's voice suddenly became calm. "Ichigo, are you crying? Is something wrong?"
"No, I'm fine," Rachael just noticed she was pouring out information to Ryou. She tried to cover it up. "I was just--er--I mean, HA! I, um, TRICKED YOU! I wasn't really crying, it was all just a joke!" But Ryou got angrier than she thought he would.
"Ichigo this is no time for fun and games! Come here quickly, THE CAFE IS LOADED!" With that he hung up.
Ichigo got up to get ready for work. She remembered Ryou saying that they were going to open the Cafe today because they closed it on Friday to fight the aliens. They were starting to get complaints on why they closed it so often. They didn't want to blow their cover so they agreed to go to work on Sunday. Of course, Ichigo didn't agree to it at first, but for some reason Ryou was very good at dropping guilt bombs on her. Still half-asleep, she walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
"What? I'm still this Rachael kid?" Then she remembered something. She ran to the Rachael's computer, because she is the one who sent the strange email.
"Humph, she didn't answer it," Ichigo said, disappointedly. Then and idea popped into her head. She grabbed the nearest phone and dialed her cell phone number.