"Nemu! Ringo! If you don't hurry up you'll be late!" my mother called up the stairs.

I put my hair in a ponytail and ran downstairs.

"Nemu, where's your brother?" mother asked.

"I'm right here." Ringo said as he walked into the kitchen. He pulled on his jacket as you grabbed your bag and headed toward the door.

"Come on Ringo, we're gonna be late." I said irritated.

"I'm coming!" Ringo said, walking out of the kitchen. We both headed out the door.

We both ran as fast as we could towards the school. Luckily, I got to my seat before the bell rang and knew that Ringo made it too. I was breathing heavily as the teacher walked in and began lecturing us about some Japanese legend.

"Are you sure you're okay with walking home by yourself?" Ringo asked.

"Yeah, I'm perfectly fine with going home by myself." I replied. "Besides, I've got a lot of homework to do anyway."

He smiled and nodded before walking back into the gym. I turned and headed home. When I got home I saw a note stuck to the fridge.

Dear Nemu and Ringo,

Working late, will be home around ten

Love,

Mom and Dad

I sighed and walked upstairs. I sat at my desk and began working on my homework.

"I'm home!" Ringo called as he walked into the house.

"How was kendo practice?" I asked walking downstairs.

"Fine," he replied. He looked at the note on the fridge. "Another night to ourselves, I guess."

"Yeah, but at least they're working hard." I said. "Hey Ringo, want to go search the attic?"

"Sure," he replied. "I don't have any homework anyway."

Lucky! I thought jealously. It wasn't fair that he was in another class. He never got homework!

We walked up to the attic and I handed Ringo a flashlight. Searching the attic became a hobby of ours whenever our parents weren't home at night. They always told us not to go up there unless we were searching for something. It felt as if they were hiding something, and we wanted to know what it was. I began to search the attic for anything interesting as it began to rain. I searched through a large box and found a large photo album and a little leather book.

"Hey Ringo, check this out." I said, taking them out of the box.

"What is it?" he asked walking over to me.

"It looks like a book and a photo album that mom or dad used to have." I said, turning the books around in my hands.

I walked over to the dusty cushions and sat down with the books. I patted the cushion next to me and Ringo sat down beside me. I handed him the book and opened up the photo album.

I saw pictures of our mom and dad, and some of five other girls and two guys, nothing out of the ordinary. But then I saw pictures of six girls in different colored outfits. The pink one had cat ears and tail; the blue one had bird wings and tail; the one in purple had wolf ears and tail; the one in yellow had monkey ears and tail; the green one had some kind of antenna, and the cream one had rabbit ears and a cat tail.

"Look at these pictures." I said excitedly. "They're amazing!"

"Hang on, listen to this," Ringo said. "'Today we fought against one of Kishu's Kimera animas and easily destroyed it. I hope he won't succeed in destroying the earth.' …what's that about?"

"Let me see that." I said taking the book from him. I read the page and my eyes widened. "This is amazing!"

Ringo took the book and began reading aloud. I leaned on his shoulder as I listened to him read the story about the protectors of the earth: Tokyo Mew Mew.

Ichigo POV

Masaya and I walked into the house.

"Kids! We're home!" I called as I put my coat into the closet.

"Guess they're asleep." Masaya said as we walked up the stairs.

I noticed that the door to the attic was open and I could see a light inside. I nodded toward the door and Masaya and I walked up to the attic. I saw Ringo and Nemu sitting on the cushions with their flashlights. Ringo was asleep with a little book lying on his chest and Nemu was asleep with her head on Ringo's shoulder and she was holding a large photo album in her hands.

"Look at that." I whispered to Masaya, pointing at them. "That's just adorable."

"Looks like they found our secret," Masaya whispered back. "That's the photo album we made of us and the others and the journal you used to keep a record of all our accomplishments."

"They were bound to find out sooner or later." I sighed. "But at least they won't know that it's us unless we tell them."

"At least the aliens were taken care of before they were born." Masaya said. "They'll be able to live a normal life… without Mew Mew powers."