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Chapter One: Introducing Sakura: The Teenage Butterfly!
Konnichiwa! Watashi wa Sakura To Iimas.
I am a Junior at High School, I get good grades and I have a great bunch of friends. I was just an average teenage girl - note that I said was.
Summer is usually the time to relax, get a healthy tan, go on holiday and take a break from school and work. So why did I spend my last summer battling aliens?
It all started in Autumn 2006, when we began our freshman year at High school…
"Ohayou, Sakura-chan!" Minako greeted as she appeared next to me outside of the school gates.
"Ohayou." I turned my head to smile at her, my pink bangs moving with my head.
"Can you believe it, we're in High school!" Minako beamed as we began to walk through the school gates.
"I know, it seems like only yesterday when we were in diapers." I said in a mocking tone.
Minako didn't notice the mockery in my voice. "I know, crazy isn't it?"
I giggled at her simplicity. "Yeah, sure is." I tried to sound like I was serious, but unfortunately, I failed. There was a hint of sarcasm in my voice which Minako spotted.
"Same old Sakura." She laughed.
"Hey Minako!" Minako turned her head to see a girl with crimson hair walking up to her, waving her hand in the air.
"Oh, hey Ichigo!" Minako waved her hand in return while I just stood there…well I don't really know what I was doing or feeling or thinking. Minako turned her head back me. "Sakura, this is Ichigo. She's my next door neighbor. We've become really close friends over the summer."
Ichigo turned her head to me and smiled. "Ohayou, Sakura-chan."
I smiled awkwardly at her. "Hey."
I wasn't shy or anything. I don't know why I acted it. I think it was because of the fact that Minako had made a new friend while I had only been back in Japan for three days, because I had just got back from visiting my grandparents in Malta.
"Hey Ichigo, where's your form room?" I heard Minako ask her new friend.
"1-C." Ichigo answered, looking at a piece of paper that was in her hand.
"Ooh, me too." Minako smiled as the bell rang. "Let's walk together Ichigo." Minako linked Ichigo's arm and walked to registration, leaving me in the school yard.
This is going to be a long first day, I thought as I slowly followed the two new best friends.
"I can't believe Ichigo just left us there." I turned my head to see a blonde girl musing to her brown haired friend.
"I know. Just because she has a new friend, doesn't mean that she can ditch her old ones." The brown haired girl replied, turning her eyes to me as she walked past. She leaned her head towards the blonde girl, not taking her eyes off me as she whispered something.
The blonde girl nodded. "Hey, are you Minako's friend?"
I nodded.
"Have you seen her with a red haired girl, recently?" The brown haired girl asked me.
"Hai. They walked to registration together." I replied, looking down. "They just left me here on my own."
There was a moment of silence before both of my arms were linked with others.
"Well, we've just been ditched too." I heard the blonde one say as I looked up.
"Ichigo and Minako don't need us anymore, so we'll stick together for a while. Before they come to their senses and stop ignoring us." The brown haired girl added.
"I'm Moh." The blonde one smiled.
"And I'm Miwa. And you're Sakura, yes?"
"Hai." I smiled.
"Well let's get to registration." Moh shouted as the three of us laughed and headed to registration.
Maybe this day won't be as long as I'd thought.
"Konnichiwa, Sakura-chan!" Minako yelled from across the cafeteria. I smiled, then turned back to Miwa and Moh, who I'd got to know a lot better. They are really nice girls.
"So did you hear about coach Daini?" Moh began. "She's apparently a lesbian."
Miwa and I gasped.
"No way!" Miwa laughed.
"Is that why she became a P E teacher?" I asked, holding back a laugh.
"Probably." Moh pressed her lips together, probably trying to stop herself from laughing.
"And who told you this?" Miwa asked, taking a bite out of her sandwich.
"Well, you know Keke Shimatari in Junior Year?" Miwa and I nodded. Moh pierced a hole in her carton of orange juice before continuing. "Well, she was getting changed in the locker room, and Coach Daini couldn't take her eyes off her. And one of Keke's breasts was hanging out of her bra and Coach Daini noticed, but didn't say anything. Then Keke noticed her looking at her breast, so she looked down and saw her nipple on show."
Miwa and I looked at each other, then began to hysterically laugh.
"What's so funny?" I heard Minako ask. I turned my head to see Minako looking at Miwa and me like we were lunatics.
"Nothing." Miwa answered before turning to her lunch.
"Konnichiwa, Miwa-chan! Moh-chan!" Ichigo smiled as she took a seat next to Moh.
"Hey Ichigo." They said in unison with a monotone voice.
"So Ichigo." Minako took the seat next to Ichigo, much to Moh's dismay. "Do you wanna go to the mall with me later. We can check out that new CD store."
Moh pushed her tray next to mine and exchanged seats so she was next to me.
"Oh, I can't. I've got to work at the café after school." Ichigo answered sadly.
"Oh, well do you wanna come with me, Sakura-chan?" Minako asked.
"What?" I choked. Miwa and Moh gasped.
"So you're only asking you're ex best friend because you're new best friend can't make it?" Miwa asked, infuriated.
"No it's just that I-"
"Just what? You're just gonna use Sakura because she's a nice girl who doesn't like to disappoint her friends?" Moh shouted.
Wow, these girls knew me so well.
"I'm not using her I-I-" Minako was lost for words. Miwa and Moh had made a very good point.
Luckily for Minako, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.
"Well see you, Ichigo-chan." And with that, Minako jolted out of the cafeteria.
"What do you have now that she doesn't?" Miwa asked Ichigo.
"P E." Ichigo replied, not looking at her two friends in the eye.
"Oh no." I began.
Ichigo looked at me, slightly offended. "What?"
"We have Coach Daini." I answered.
"Oh." Ichigo sighed with relief that I didn't mean 'oh no Ichigo's in my next class'. I have nothing against Ichigo, it's just that Minako would rather talk to her than me.
"We don't have Daini." Miwa and Moh stated in unison.
"We have Biology now." Miwa added.
"Well that means me and you have a lesbian for our teacher." I frowned as I began to walk to the girls' locker room with Ichigo. "See you guys next lesson!" I shouted to Miwa and Moh. I heard them both laugh amongst themselves as they left the cafeteria through the west exit.
"Hey Ichigo." I began. She was really quiet during the walk to the girls' locker room.
"Um-hum." She replied, taking off her shoes.
"I'm sorry if Miwa and Moh seem mad at you." I took off my skirt and replaced it with a pair of shorts. "It's just that they're a bit angry that you're talking to Minako and I-"
"Oh, don't worry about it, Sakura-chan, it's not your fault." Ichigo smiled. I took of my shirt, turning away from Ichigo so she could see my back. I heard her gasp, causing me to turn around.
"What?" I asked, folding up my shirt.
"You have a-a-"
"A what?" I asked.
"Would you mind if you came to the café I work at after school?" Ichigo asked out of the blue.
I raised an eyebrow. "Are you changing the subject?"
"No no, of course not." She answered, waving her hands in front of her defensively. "But please say you'll come."
"Is the food nice?" I asked.
"Hai. Our head chef is really talented when it comes to cooking." Ichigo smiled, looking at me with pleading eyes.
"Okay, I'll come." I gave in, receiving a squeal from Ichigo and a hug which deprived my lungs of oxygen. "Can't. Breathe."
"Oh, gomennasai." Ichigo released me and we finished changing.
"Konnichiwa, Sakura-chan!" I turned my head to see Ichigo running towards me.
"Hey, Ichigo-chan!" I smiled. She stopped running when she was a few inches close to me, placing her hands over her knees as she caught her breath.
"Are you ready?" She asked me as her breathing became more even.
"Hai." I smiled as we walked through the school gates.
"Do you like the colour pink?" Ichigo asked me, oblivious to my hair colour.
"Uh-huh." I smiled, she still didn't realize that my hair is pink.
"Well you're gonna love Café Mew Mew." Ichigo giggled as we walked in the opposite direction of my home.
"Great." I smiled enthusiastically. Ichigo is a really sweet girl, no wonder Minako started to hang around with her while I was in Malta.
"Minako tells me that you were in a relationship last year." Ichigo brought up.
I looked at her surprised. "Hai."
"What happened in this relationship?"
"I ended it." I looked down. I wasn't in the mood to talk about my relationship with someone I didn't trust as a friend. Well, I didn't trust her at that moment in time. I needed to divert the conversation quickly. I jerked my head up and turned to Ichigo. "So, why did you want me to come to the Café with you?"
"Um…" Ichigo looked deep in thought. "…well I was thinking about getting you a job there."
"What?" I choked. "Why?"
"Well I need to talk to the owner first, but if there are any jobs available, you should take it. Not everyone gets the chance to work here and it's 1 500 yen per hour." Ichigo smirked, seeing my reaction told her that I would want the job if I reached the standards of what the owner was looking for in an employee.
I smiled. That was all I could do. I don't know why. The thought of money hypnotized me. I love money. Money can make a person quite powerful.
After turning a few more street corners, Ichigo stopped in front of a pink castle.
"Welcome to Café Mew Mew." Ichigo shouted. She grabbed my hand and dragged me towards the entrance.
The inside of the café was pretty. It was mostly pink. Hooray for pink!
"I'll be right back Sakura-chan. While I'm gone, take a seat and someone will be with you to take your order." Ichigo pushed me lightly towards the tables while she darted away.
I sighed as I walked to the nearest free table and collapsed onto the chair. I banged my head on the table, causing a throbbing pain to pulse above my right eye. I lifted my head while I scowled so I could rub my aching forehead.
"Hi and welcome to Café Mew Mew. May I take your order?"
I looked up to see a girl around my age smiling at me. She had green hair which was braided and she wore thin, but huge, glasses. Her uniform was green, probably because of the hair colour. She held out a menu for me to have a look at, so I smiled and took it from her.
"Hmm let's have a look…" I skimmed through the menu, searching for a keyword: Cherry. If they served anything with cherry, I'll have that. After thoroughly examining the list of cheesecakes, I found a cherry cheesecake which was described like it was heaven. "I'll have a cherry cheesecake, please." I handed the menu back to the green haired waitress and she left with a smile. "She seems nice." I mused as I (gently) placed my head back onto the table.
"Sakura-chan!" Ichigo shouted, making me jerk my head up with surprise.
I'd only just put my head on that table, I thought as Ichigo ran up to me.
"Hai?"
"Come with me." She grabbed my wrist and yanked me towards the back room in the café.
"Ichigo, what're you-" Ichigo interrupted me.
"Ryou-kun, this is Sakura-chan, the girl I was telling you about." Ichigo turned me around and lifted my shirt up, revealing the lower part of my back.
"Ichigo. What are you doing?" I asked. She held the shirt up in place as someone approached me from behind.
"Hmm…" A deep voice began. I felt two pairs of eyes on my back.
Is this what Ichigo wanted me to come here for? So people could stare at my back?
"She could be." I heard a male voice - probably Ryou - say.
Could be what?
"But it's shaped like our marks. And Akasaka-san said that two more girls were infused with animals. She has a good chance of being one of the two!" Ichigo yelled, letting go of my shirt. I rolled it back down and turned to her.
"Ichigo, what exactly did you bring me here for?" I asked.
"Well…" Ichigo turned to Ryou with a look which said 'should I tell?'.
"Ichigo, if you really want to know, ask Keiichiro." Ryou stated, folding his arms.
"Ask me what?" Ichigo's and my head turned to the doorway, where a brown haired man stood.
"Akasaka-san. This is Sakura-chan. She could be…" Ichigo whispered the rest into Keiichiro's ear, making me feel very curious and slightly pissed off from all of the secrecy.
"Ah, I see." Keiichiro took a step closer to me. "Konnichiwa, Sakura-chan. My name is Akasaka, Keiichiro." He gently grabbed my wrist and placed a light kiss on it, causing my cheeks to colour themselves crimson. "Would you please come with me." He lead me to another back room.
This room was filled with computers and large screens which displayed pictures and scientific and mathematical language. I felt out of place in this room; I figured that you needed to be a genius just to set foot in here.
"Sakura-chan, could you please lift up your shirt slightly and turn around." Keiichiro asked nicely. I did as I was told to do. I turned slowly as I lifted my shirt so the bottom half of my back was showing. I felt his eyes on me, burning two deep holes in my back where everyone was staring at today. "Hmm…okay, you can turn around now."
I turned and rolled my shirt back down. Keiichiro turned to his computer, looking at a picture of a DNA strand and a butterfly. He then picked up a golden pendant and examined it before turning to me. "Sakura-chan, please hold this tightly." Keiichiro tossed me the pendant.
When my fingers came in contact with it, the pendant began to glow.
It was like a chemical reaction was taking place. My whole body glowed hot pink as I was covered with light. My school fuku was gone, and instead, a really short, long sleeved dress wrapped itself around me. The dress didn't cover my bum completely. It was so revealing. The sleeves covered my hands, only showing my fingertips when my hands were by my side. My hair colour turned a warmer shade of pink and it tied itself up with a hot pink ribbon. Hot pink thigh-length boots hugged my legs and feet comfortably and I felt a pair of wings sprout from my back. I felt two antennas grow on top of my head as a choker wrapped around my neck.
This weird transformation ended, leaving me in the hot pink clothing. Keiichiro was smiling at me. I don't know what the smile was for, and I didn't want to know, either.
"Welcome to our gang, Mew Mew Sakura!"
Well that's it for chapter one. Be sure to leave a review, telling my creator what you thought of me. She would be really thankful for it. Well i've got to go now so my creator can update me. Do you want me to be updated? Or do you think that i was boring? Did i put you to sleep? I will get better, honest i will. Don't leave me, we just got to know each other! Waah! And on the first date and all. I feel so weak. The next chapter should have some action in so stay tuned and my creator is tuning out. It's 02:16 am here in England so my owner needs to sleep. Or maybe she'll start my next chapter. Who knows. My owner knows, that's who knows. she won't tell me if she's going to update me. She needs persuading. But i don't know how to persuade, i'm only a body of words for heaven's sake. Help me persuade her to continue me, please. Pretty please...ah what the heck, she'll continue me, i know she will. But for her sake, please review her :D
Stay tuned for Chapter Two: Sakura's First Battle! Kisshu's new interest.