*Yolei POV*

I stepped out of the airport and waited in front of the terminal. My cousin Ichigo was supposed to be picking me up. I looked at my watch and realized my flight had landed a bit early.

"Well, I'm sure she'll be here soon." I said to myself.

I looked around and finally saw a familiar red haired girl coming my way.

"Go-go!" I said using the name I gave her when we were babies. "It's been way too long."

"Yo-Yo, I'm glad to see you made it alright." Ichigo said smiling. "You ready to go?"

"Of course, I'm ready to get out of this place!" I said stretching my arms.

"Oh, and Yolei, we have to stop by the place where I work first, alright?" Ichigo said. "I'm sorry, but I forgot to tell them that you were coming."

"It's alright, I understand." I smiled, picked up my suitcase and followed Ichigo down the street.

Walking away I felt somewhat uneasy… as if someone was watching us. I casually glanced around, but nobody stood out. Oh well, guess it's just my imagination. I thought.

*Kishu POV*

I watched as Ichigo picked up a blue haired girl at an airport. It seemed like they knew each other well. As the two started to leave, the blue haired girl looked around as if she knew I was watching them.

Seems like kitty cat has a little visitor… I wonder who she is…

*Yolei POV*

I stared at the overwhelmingly pink and cute café that Ichigo worked at. My eyes twitched at the sight of it. Inside everything was so colorful. I'd never seen so many bright colors in one place before—it almost hurt my eyes being there. I didn't hate bright colors; I just preferred things in darker shades.

"Wait here, I'll be right back." Ichigo said before rushing of into the kitchen.

"You must be Ichigo's cousin from Okinawa,"

I turned to see a man wearing a casual tuxedo standing behind me.

"Oh, um, yes, I'm Yolei Momomiya." I said hastily.

"My name is Keiichiro Akasaka," he said politely. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"You too," I said with a small smile.

Ichigo came out of the kitchen and took my hand. "Yolei… run for it!" with that, she sped off with me flying behind her. As we were getting farther away from the café, I saw a blond guy running out of the café shouting at Ichigo.

Finally Ichigo stopped when we reached her house. We collapsed on the sofa in the living room and that's when I realized…

"Oh no! My suitcase!" I exclaimed. "We left in such a hurry… I forgot it at the café!"

"Don't worry about it, we can get it tomorrow." Ichigo said with a sigh. "I don't think I'll be able to show my face around there until then anyway…"

"Why's that?" I asked.

"Ryou is so cruel! He said that just because you came to visit doesn't mean I can skip work." Ichigo said furiously.

"Then why not just quit working there? I mean, if you hate them so much…"

"I can't, they've got me trapped with this whole Mew stuff and…" she clamped her hands over her mouth. "I mean, I uh, just really need the money, that's all."

I yawned. "I think I'm going to go to bed now." I said tiredly. "I had a long flight and the two year old next to me didn't help any."

"Oh, alright, let me know if you need anything." Ichigo said as I went up the stairs.

I went straight to the bathroom to brush my teeth, and then I realized I didn't have a toothbrush. Maybe I can just use her mouth wash for tonight… I grabbed the mouthwash. I gargled and spat into the sink.

"Spitting isn't very ladylike,"

"It's just mouthwash, you know." I said, thinking it was Ichigo behind me. "You know, you should probably use it more often—not that your breath stinks or anything."

"Why don't you judge that for yourself?"

"Ichigo, what the hell are you—" I had spun around only to be pushed back into the counter. Before I could finish what I was saying, lips pressed against mine. The bottle of mouthwash fell to the floor and spilled everywhere.

The person pulled back so I could see them…and I soon wish they hadn't. Holding me against the counter was a boy not much older than myself. He had large pointed ears, cat-like golden eyes, and messy green hair.

He smirked. "Like my welcome gift?"

"Did you just…" I stammered. "But I… who…"

"Oh, did you like my kiss? You're so different from kitty cat…"

"I, uh… I… ICHIGO!" I screamed almost automatically.

The door burst open as Ichigo ran in. She saw the mouthwash spilled onto the floor and then saw the guy holding me against the counter. She gaped at the scene.

"Hey there kitty cat," the guy said playfully. "Your friend is really cute."

"Get away from her Kishu!" Ichigo shouted.

"Aw, is kitty cat worried I found myself a new toy?" Kishu teased pulling me closer to him and holding me with his arms, pinning my own arms to my side. "No need to worry, I'll still play with you."

"Kishu, she's got nothing to do with anything!" Ichigo said.

"Ichigo, what is this guy? What's going on?" I asked confused.

"Oh, looks like kitty cat's keeping secrets from her friend… that's not very nice of you kitty cat." Kishu teased.

Kishu pulled me back with him and he pulled me out the window, shattering it. He floated in the air, me still in his arms. I was beginning to get worried.

"I said to let her go!" Ichigo shouted, jumping out of the window as well.

"You better hurry kitty cat, wouldn't want your friend to get hurt now, would you?" He pulled something out of his pocket. At first I couldn't see it but then I saw that it was a snake and I totally lost it.

"Let me go! Let me go!" I screamed struggling as hard as I could. Finally he lost his grip on me and I fell to the ground. There was a light behind me and when I turned around the snake had mutated and grown into some kind of monster. "What the…" there was another bright light, this time around Ichigo and when it died down, I saw that she had changed. She was wearing a pink frilly dress and had cat ears and tail. "Holy…"

I was too shocked by Ichigo's transformation that I didn't notice that the snake monster was wrapping its tail around my leg. Suddenly I was lifted into the air as the snake hung me upside down.

"Ichigo! What's going on?" I shouted trying to keep my skirt down, my face red.

"I promise to explain later," Ichigo said.

"Better hurry kitty cat…" Kishu said as the snake lifted me up to its open mouth. "Looks like my chimera anima is hungry…"

I shut my eyes. This is it… I'm going to get eaten by a snake!

There was a ray of light and then the snake dropped me. I screamed as I hit the ground. Ichigo had sent an attack at the snake. I had no idea what was going on, but I felt so helpless.

I noticed something lying in the ground in front of me. I picked it up and saw it was a small gold pendant. I looked at it confused. "What the heck is this thing for?"

Suddenly, my body began to glow. I was surprisingly not freaked out by the glow as much as calmed by it. Before I knew it, I was engulfed in light.