My first story! I feel so nervous...um, I thought this was a cute idea, though I kind of feel bad for Mint, being such a clean rich girl. I hope no one minds, but like to use the original Japanese names like "Retasu" and "Purin" rather than "Pudding" and "Lettuce."
Pairings: OCxOC KxI TxP (and som PxL)
She sighed, walking up the yellow brick path leading to the large pink café, it was her turn to go shopping that week for food and other necessities but she always dreaded it, she hated the city. It was much too crowded and noisy compared to the quiet and nearly deserted farm town that she was used to. She pushed open the doors, not noticing the CLOSED sign, and peeked in to see the lights turned off.
A girl with pink hair walked down the stairs, "Oh, I'm sorry; we're not open right now." She said.
"Oh, sorry to bother you…" She turned and left quickly, closing the door behind her. The ground under her began to shake and a bright red light flashed, she felt warm…fuzzy…good. Not quite noticing that she was naked, she saw a small white lamb in front of her, it was fluffy with wool and began floating toward her.
"Wait…sheep can't fly…" She thought numbly. She watched the little animal advance toward her and before she could really understand what was happening, it sunk into her chest. After that, everything went black.
"So," Ichigo said, "Basically, what happened yesterday is this, you were trying to screw around with our mew DNA's, which, by the way, could have been very dangerous, and accidentally ended up injecting a girl who we don't know."
"Exactly." Ryou answered bluntly.
"You BAKA!" Ichigo shouted.
"Now Ichigo," Minto said, "Anyone could have made this mistake easily, what with all that advanced equipment and such, so you really shouldn't be getting mad at Ryou, if it had bee you handling that injector gun we'd probably be dead by now."
Ichigo twitched; did Minto always havet to defend Ryou? She knew why she did it to; just because she knew it annoyed her.
Ichigo sighed, frustrated, "Do we at least know where she is?"
"We do," Keiichiro answered, "We believe she is one of the young girls that live on Berry Sky Farm."
"A farm?" Minto asked, "Our new member lives on a farm?"
"So we believe," Keiichiro said, "But she could very well be any other young girl that lives in the small town around there."
"I'm guessing this place is pretty isolated, huh?" Ichigo asked.
"Quite," Ryou answered, "There are four farms in that area, all with a lot of land being used for pastures, and the suburban houses also have large yards. But over all, the place is pretty small."
"Please tell me there's a least one mall around there." Minto said after a sip of tea.
"There is," Ryou said, "But remember, we're going only to find our new member."
"Yes, yes, of course." Minto said, "I was just hoping for some sort of modern civilization there."
"To Amish people, that is modern cibilizaiton, na no da!" Purin piped up.
"Civilization," Retasu corrected the girl, "Not cibilization."
"Oh." Purin said, giggling.
"So then," Ichigo said, "What are we going to do there? Besides looking for the right girl."
"Keiichiro has already got a place for us to have a small café in the town," Ryou said, "A man, Kei Chikyuuhoshi, used to own it to sell products from his farm; he'll be helping us set it up."
"When do we leave?" Minto asked.
"Two days," Keiichiro answered, "Tomorrow Ryou and I will get everything settled with your parents, as you all know it is summer break, so school won't be a problem."
"Great," Zakuro said, "I have a photo shoot tomorrow."
"Well," Keiichiro said, "Ryou and I have some preparations we have yet to do here; I recommend that you girls get ready yourselves."
"Hai." All five answered, one ending with a "na no da".
The girls were packed, ready to go; the two days had gone by in a flash. They were going to drive a white van for the four hour car ride, Keiichiro and Zakuro would be switching on and off with the driving, the other girls and Ryou in the back seats.
The trunk was loaded up with everyone's luggage, the plan was to stay for two weeks, possibly longer if need but they didn't think it would really take that long to find the right girl. As to what they would do once they found her; no one knew.
On the aliens' spaceship, they were also getting a new recruit. Kuriimu, Kish's younger brother.
"So," Kish said, "They really sent you?"
"Shut up!" Kuriimu said, "I bet we'll get this mission done before you know it!"
"Really? That's what those two said." Kish said, gesturing to Pai and Tart.
"Hey!" Tart exclaimed, slightly offended.
"Yeah, well, I'm not dumb enough to fall for my enemy." Kuriimu said, "I bet this mission would do better if Deep Blue sent you home."
Kish let out a low growl from the back of his throat, "We're the strongest four left on our planet under the age of forty; he can't send me back!"
Kuriimu sighed, "Such a shame, really. I don't get what you see in that pink cat."
"I don't get what Tart sees in that money girl." Kish said.
"Kish!" Tart whined, "Shut up! I do not like her! At all!"
"Right, right, you keep telling yourself that." Kish said, smirking.
"Shut up!" Tart yelled.
"All of you shut up!" Pai ordered, "I have been tracking the mews for the past few days, they seem to be planning to head somewhere, my guess is that they've got another mew somewhere and are searching to find her."
"Great." Kish said sarcastically, "Yet another mew to deal with."
"I say we follow them." Kuriimu said, "It'll be interesting, and maybe we'll find the girl before they do and we can destroy her then and there. She won't be a problem then."
Kish stopped listening when Kuriimu suggested following them, he had other things on his mind, "Follow them, huh?" He thought, "Maybe that's not such a bad idea, I could get to see Ichigo a lot…she's so pretty…my kitten…"
"Pai!" Kish shouted, making Tart jump, "We're going to follow the mews!"
"Please tell me this doesn't have something to do with Mew Ichigo." Pai said.
"If it does then you'll just have to deal with it." Kish said, "So, when do they leave?"
"Today." Pai said.
It was already one hour into the car ride when Ichigo had a thought, where would they be staying? She decided to ask.
"Hey, Ryou?" She called from her place in the farthest backseat.
"What?" Ryou answered from the seat in front of her, Minto, sitting in the seat across from him, listened to what the cat girl had to say.
"Where are we going to be staying?" Ichigo asked.
"Berry Sky Farm." Ryou answered, "Its Kei's farm, apparently this town doesn't get to many newcomers, everyone there is pretty friendly and trusting."
"It's seems an awful lot to be taking in five girls," Retasu said, "Plus you and Keiichiro-san, are you sure it won't be to much for him?"
"He said he'd be happy to let us stay," Ryou said, "With the exception that we help around the farm."
"Ew!" Minto said, "I refuse to stick my hand under a chicken's ass!"
Ichigo, Retasu, and Purin, the three in the farthest backseats, began giggling. Ryou rolled his eyes and sighed, massaging the bridge of his nose, "Minto, please don't be hard about this."
"Well sor-ry, but farm life has never exactly been my ideal living!" Minto snapped.
"Well," Keiichiro spoke up, "If it makes things any easier for you, they have horses there; I heard you can ride them too."
"Really?" Minto asked, "Horse back ridding…surprisingly I've never tried such a fancy."
"Its fun," Ryou said, "I used to do it when I was little."
"Oh? Is it hard?" Minto asked, "Or is it as easy as it seems?"
"It's not too hard, once you get used to it." Ryou answered her.
"What other aminals do they have, na no da?!" Purin exclaimed.
"The other animals on the farm," Ryou began, correcting the girl with emphasis, "are usual farm animals; sheep, cows, chicken, pigs."
"We won't have to get all muddy and stuff, will we?" Ichigo asked.
"All depends on the farm's land," Ryou said, "Some farms are muddy, some aren't."
Ichigo sighed and leaned her elbow on the armrest next to the window and looked out at the barren world that passed by, they were out in the middle of nowhere, and she knew that some people called this home, yet to her; a totally new world.
Well, that's it. I hope you enjoyed it! Contructive criticism is appreciated, if anyone even wants me to continue. Thanks for reading though!
Purin: BYE BYE, NA NO DA!
*gasp* How'd you get here?!