A Friend Indeed
Hey, everyone! It's been a reaaaallly long time since I've attempted an on-going fanfiction, and it's the first I've published on this account! Anyway, I decided to go in a direction where Tokyo Mew Mew usually doesn't go. Should be fun, enjoy!
Introduction; Ichigo's POV 3 years later
It's been 3 years since I've saved the Earth, 3 years since I've led the Mew Mews head on into the battle with Deep Blue. I am now 16 years old; it sounds so different from 13, so much more mature and yet not so much. I'm aware of my youth, and intend to use it selfishly.
Most people who knew me those precious preteen years I spent fighting aliens, probably wouldn't recognize me anymore. Gone are my pigtails and hair ribbons, gone is my cheerful disposition and wasteful fretting over that idiot Aoyama.
I haven't spoken to the other Mew Mews in almost 2 years. I don't remember exactly what happened, I think they all became angry at me. Angry with the fact that I started hanging with a new crowd, a new crowd that came with a set of unfamiliar yet exciting sense of morality.
Morality in the sense that they did whatever they wanted, when they wanted. A terrain I was too afraid to cross alone, but they offered to hold my hand in each step of the journey into their world.
With them, it was gradual. Weed was first. Then I wanted more, a stronger high. Ecstasy was next, along with cocaine. I have to say I prefer ecstasy, cocaine makes me too erratic, too irrational. To top it all off, the come down is absolutely awful. It's like the whole weight of the world is crashing into every organ of your body, and you have no idea how to make it stop.
I like Xanax too, especially after doing ecstasy for a while. The tranquility, the sense of calm I feel is incredibly invigorating. None of the Mew Mews, Aoyama, or my bosses noticed at first. I hid it pretty well, especially when it came to working in the café.
Unfortunately, I was getting addicted to the feeling all of these substances brought to me, although not necessarily to the drugs themselves. At least not yet.
I needed to constantly feel like I could take on the world. Ironically, I couldn't feel this way with scientific superpowers in my genes. Nothing like what these drugs could do to my psyche.
Ryou was the first to notice; I came to the café to work high on ecstasy and was acting way too friendly towards him. He is a handsome fellow, as much as I try to deny it. It's those intense blue eyes and the way he would just pissed me off, was really what drove me wild.
I vaguely remembered him demanding what had gotten into me, and Mint finding the bottle of ecstasy tablets in my work uniform pocket. God, I was an idiot to leave them there. Everyone just made such a big fuss, but like I said before, my memory of that day is pretty fuzzy. Eventually, I just stopped going to work, stopped going to the café.
Aoyama started to notice that I stopped texting and calling him, lied about my whereabouts consistently, and just basically started to not give two shits about him. Poor little Aoyama-kun's ego couldn't handle the fact that his previous adoring girlfriend moved on to other interests besides him. So he broke it off with me.
Cool, you saved me the trouble.
As far as I could see, the world was already saved, why did I need to go to The Café anymore? Why go when I could get high instead? They didn't need me anymore, and I really didn't feel like I needed them anymore. I found new friends, new interests; for the first time in years, I was living for myself again. And I didn't think that routine would change, until he abruptly came back to Earth, back into my life like a long forgotten memory.
Well, here it is! More details about Ichigo's current life and friends will become clear in the next chapter! I just thought it would be interesting to gain Ichigo's point of view first. Yes, she is a little out of character, but remember, people can change in a good three years, and all those drugs she's using can definitely warp her personality. So what do you guys think? Should I continue? Please leave your input in a review! :D Anonymous reviews accepted!