Disclamer - I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew, Petite Mew Mew is a short story found in the manga but this fanfic is my version of it. All characters have something to do with the anime or manga, except Shirayuki Cream
"Ichigo! Come down or you'll be late for the first day of school!" exclaims Momomiya Sakura, mother of the ditsy girl we all know and love.
"I'm coming Okasan!" shouts Ichigo.
A young nine-year-old girl came down the stairs. She had short red hair tied into pigtails with pink ribbons. The bangs covered her brown eyes. In one hand was a pink stuffed neko while in the other was a pink backpack. She would have looked ready for school if it wasn't for the fact that she was still wearing pink pajamas with little strawberries on it.
"Ichigo," sighed her mother. "You can't go to school like that. Come on let's find that kawaii pink dress I bought for you last week."
"Okay Okasan!" responds Ichigo.
When Ichigo comes back down she is now wearing a pink dress with red bows and red shoes. She walks towards the front door and waits for her mother to come down.
When her mom notices Ichigo waiting she says, "Ichigo you need breakfast!"
So after having breakfast and doing a bunch of other stuff that won't be mentioned, Ichigo's mother finally drove her daughter to school. She walked Ichigo inside and looked at the sheet of papers for her daughter's name.
"Well your teacher's name is Ikumi Mia," said Ichigo's mother. "It's Class 5 in the fourth grade division. Come on Ichigo."
"Okay Okasan!" responds Ichigo as she skips along.
Ichigo and her mother walked along the halls and up or down the stairs until they reached Class 5. They entered the room and as Ichigo's mother got to know the teacher, Ichigo decided to study her new surroundings.
The room was fairly large compared to other classrooms she's been in. There were fifteen desks lined up in rows, which was odd since Ichigo was used to tables. The walls were covered with posters involving little animals explaining numerical problems. The shelves had books, pencils, colors, and lots of other stuff.
Ichigo's mother tapped her daughter on the shoulder and said, "Ichigo I'm leaving now."
"Okay Okasan! Sayonara!" shouts Ichigo before giving her mother a good bye kiss.
"Now you're Momomiya Ichigo, correct?" asks the teacher once Ichigo's mother leaves.
"Hai!" responds Ichigo.
"Well Ichigo-chan, you're seat is right next to the girl with dark blue hair," says the teacher.
"Arigato gozaimazu Sensei," said Ichigo.
Ichigo took her seat and began petting her neko toy. A girl with dark blue hair tied into two buns giggled slightly at the sight of Ichigo, so of course Ichigo turns to the girl. The little girl had brown eyes and wore an expensive looking dark blue dress, black shoes, and a blue aqua necklace.
"Nani?" asks Ichigo to the girl.
"Oh it's nothing, I just wondered if all commoners bring their stuffed animals to school," replies the girl with a slight smirk.
"COMMONER?!" shouts Ichigo. "Well if I'm a commoner, then what are you?"
"I'm Aizawa Minto," replies the girl.
"Attention children!" said the teacher before Ichigo could remark. "It's time to take attendance!"
Aizawa Minto -- Present
Aoyoma Masaya -- Present
Azumi Kaoruko -- Tardy
Azumi Sakurako -- Tardy
Honjo Miwa -- Absent
Meguro Tasuko -- Present
Momomiya Ichigo -- Present
Saionjii Kanna -- Absent
Shirayuki Berii -- Tardy
Shirayuki Cream -- Changed Classes
Yanagida Moe -- Present
"Well now it's time to get started!" says the teacher once she's done with attendance.
So Ichigo stayed most of the time with Moe and Masaya because she didn't know anyone else. Well she did meet Minto but Ichigo disliked her. They did a lot of stuff to stay occupied and their lunch time was very early, but even before it was lunch time, Ichigo had convinced herself that she was dying of hunger.
"Ichigo-chan you won't die," said Moe for the 10th time.
"Yes I will!" moans Ichigo.
"What's wrong with Momomiya-san?" asks Masaya.
"Oh you know, the usual," answers Moe.
Well after a while it's lunch time and Ichigo comes back to life. Ichigo, Masaya, and Moe all sit down together outside. Ichigo is about to eat when…
"…Mine if I sit here?" asked a very familiar voice.
"Sure thing Aizawa-san," responds Masaya, to Ichigo's dismay.
So Minto sits down and starts talking to Masaya and Moe until…
"YOU BAKA!!" shouts three voices in unison.
"What's going?!" wonders Ichigo as she looks for the people who shouted.
Ichigo's eyes meet at four girls. One girl is on the floor practically in tears while the other three yell at her repeatedly.
"But you said apple juice," whispered the teary-eyed girl.
"WHY WOULD WE WANT APPLE JUICE WHEN WE LIKE ORANGE JUICE?!" shouts one of the girls.
"Looks like those girls are from the fifth grade," says Minto. "How odd they normally aren't here at this time."
"They're ganging up on her!" shouts Ichigo. "We need to stop them!"
Ichigo rushes up to the girls but suddenly... a little ball of orange blurs past her and tackles the tallest girl.
"HEY!! WHAT GIVES?!" shouts the girl tackled.
"THAT'S A NO-NO NA NO DA!" shouts the tackler.
"IT'S JUST A CHIBI!!" shouts another girl.
While the other two girls help their friend get rid of the chibi, Ichigo and Minto walk up to help the teary-eyed girl up. The teary-eyed girl had green hair braided into pigtails, blue eyes, and glasses. She wore light green blouse, dark green skirt, and dark green shoes.
"Arigato gozaimazu," murmurs the girl.
"Dou itashi mashite," respond Minto and Ichigo.
"I'm Midorikawa Retasu," says the teary-eyed girl.
"I'm Momomiya Ichigo!"
"I'm Aizawa Minto."
"Who's that chibi girl?" wonders Retasu.
"GET OFF CHIBI!!"
"THIS CHIBI IS FAST!!"
"OWWWW SHE BIT ME!"
"BE NICE NA NO DA!" shouts the little girl.
Ichigo, Minto, and Retasu stare at the scene taking place in front of them. The chibi girl was jumping up, down, and all around the three girls, but then she slipped on a banana peel.
"Owie Na No Da," whimpers the chibi girl.
"HAH! NOW WE CAN GET YOU!!"
The leader of the girls raises her hand and is ready to hit the chibi girl but… someone else grabs her hand!
"WHAT THE-?!"
"Bullying someone younger than you… that is just… totally unacceptable!!" shouts the girl grabbing the leader's hand.
Ichigo and Retasu dash to help up the chibi child up. The child was very small close up-she looked around four years old-and appeared Chinese. She had short blonde hair, brown eyes, and wore orange, Chinese-styled clothing.
Minto was just staring at the older girl with big hearts in her eyes. The older girl had long purple hair, dark blue eyes, and wore a light purple blouse, black pants, and black shoes.
"OMG!! You're Fujiwara Zakuro!!" screams Minto in a fan girl squeal. "What are you doing here?!"
"I'm supposed to get something from the office," said Zakuro. "I heard the screaming and thought you girls could use some help."
"HELLO?! I'M STILL HERE!!"
Zakuro glares at the girl and her posse and whispers, "If I ever find out that you girls bully someone, you WILL regret it. Understand?"
"WE UNDERSTAND!" answers the girls in unison before running away.
"Fun Fun Na No Da!" said the chibi girl. "Purin is Fon Purin Na No Da!"
"Well I got to leave, later girls," says Zakuro as she goes back inside the school.
"Who was that girl?" asked Ichigo once Zakuro leaves.
"WHAT?!" shouts Minto. "HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHO SHE IS?!"
Then Minto ran inside and came back with lots of newspaper and magazine clippings. She put them neatly on the table so everyone could see. They all had pictures of Zakuro with different headlines.
(Oh by the way Moe and Masaya were gone.)
"Fujiwara Zakuro is one of the most talented twelve year old girls ever to grace this planet!!" began Minto. "She knows several languages like Japanese, English, German, and is already learning French! She was born in North America, New York to be precise, but her parents are Japanese. There she participated in a play were she got discovered!! She moved to Tokyo and started dancing and a little acting, but she also plays lots of instruments and singing!! She was in a commercial for a kind of perfume and is planning on a modeling career in about 2 or 3 years!!"
"Why two years?" interrupts Ichigo.
"I guess you got to be a certain age."
"Purin sleepy Na No Da," yawns Purin. "Nap Time Na No Da!"
"I'll walk you to your class Purin-chan," said Retasu.
"We need to get to class Minto," said Ichigo. "Lunch's almost over."
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
"Not again!" whines Minto as she finishes putting the clippings in her bag.
"Hey isn't that girl from our class?" wonders Ichigo as they get closer to the monkey bars-the place the shriek came from.
"Calm down Berii-chan! It's just a small knee scrape!" tries to shout the school nurse to a crying girl.
"NO IT'S NOT!!" shouts the girl much louder than the nurse. "ALL THE BLOOD WILL COME OUT AND I'LL SHRIVEL UP LIKE A RAISIN!! AND I HATE RAISINS!!"
The little girl had long blonde hair with dark red hair clips. Her eyes were all red and puffy since she was crying even more than Retasu. She wore a cream colored dress with big dark red bows, dark red shoes, and gold earrings.
"You won't shrivel up!" shouts the nurse.
"Berii-chan," says a little black-haired boy as he stroked her head. "It's going to be all right."
"Sniff… Ii-desu Tasuku-chan… Sniff," whispered Berii as she calmed down little by little.
"Well that Meguro Tasuku seems to have things taken care of," said Minto as they watched Tasuku place the band-aid on Berii's knee. "Let's get to class before Story Time."
"Ii-desu!" happily exclaimed Ichigo as she went running to the classroom, Minto running after her.
Japanese Terms
Okasan – mom
Neko – cat
Kawaii – cute
Sayonara – bye
Hai – yes
Arigato gozaimazu – thank you (polite)
Sensei – teacher
Nani? – What?
Baka – Idiot
Chibi – tiny
Ii-desu - OK
Dou-itashi mashite - You're welcome