The meaning of true love

Chapter 1

Surprises

It was a normal day to Ichigo Momomiya. Besides having to go to school and work more than any other girl in the world at Café Mew Mew, it had been normal. After all, it was two years ago that they had defeated Deep Blue and that the aliens had gone back to their planet. So, life was quite peaceful now but they still had to work at the café...

Ichigo sat at her desk after a busy day of school and work, remembering the 2 years that had passed by. She had changed in those 2 years: her hair was longer and she was taller too, and her body was more mature now. After all, she was 15 now.

She remembered everything. The battles, the three aliens that were now gone and that caused so much havoc, her dates with Masaya…

A tear rolled down her cheek.

"Why did he do this to me?" she asked out loud.

When she thought of their dates and the fun they had together, it made her remember the day she caught him cheating on her.

Flashback

It was a sunny day, so Ichigo went for a walk. That kind of days made her happy, so she liked to go to the park to enjoy that hapiness. Maybe Masaya was there and they could walk together!

When she finnaly got to the park, she headed to the bench near the lake, where she liked to sit. But when she got there, she saw the only thing that could ruin her day: Masaya kissing another girl. She ran to him.

"You cheater!" she screamed and then she slapped him. "I can't believe that you've done this to me!"

"Ichigo, this is not what you think!" he tried to explain.

"On yeah? Then this is what I think!" she slapped him again and then said "I hate you!"

Then, she headed home, where she cried for a whole hour.

End of flashback

It still pained her, and it had passed a month.

"I have to stop thinking about that bastard, he doensn't deserve my pain." She said. Then she walked to her balcony, sat there and watched the stars. Then she looked to the tree next to her house.

"Kish used to sit there watching me." She said to herself "and everytime I saw him there, I would start screaming for him to get out… He would eventually leave but not before giving me his smirk or a kiss." She smiled. She liked to remember those moments with Kish. He was pervert, noisy and, like she would always say, a plague. But after he left, after he had died for her, she coulnd't stop thinking of him and those moments with him. She have even dreamt about him!

"Am I falling for him?" she asked herself, thinking. She shook her head "Of course not! I just miss him that's all. And thinking of him kind of calms me down after what happened with Masaya."

She sticked with that idea. She just missed him.

It was getting cold so she went inside.

"Ichigo! Can you come here please?" her mother called.

"Yeah, mom. I'm coming."

She ran to the kitchen where her mother stood smiling.

"What is it mom?" Ichigo asked, looking at her mother suspiciously. That smile was hidding something…

"Well, " she started "We received a letter from your school, and guess what it says?"

"Have no idea."

"It says you were one of the few chosen to go to Portugal as an exchange student!!" Her mother said with a huge smile on her face.

"Really?" Ichigo was shocked. She never thought that she would be chosen. "When do I have to leave?"

"Well," her mother answered "the plane leaves in one week, Monday to be precise, and you're going to stay there for a month."

"Great! Thanks mom!" she said hugging her. "I will start packing my things today!"

And with that she ran upstairs.

The week passed really quickly and, when Ichigo realized it, it was already Monday and she was heading with her suitcases to Café Mew Mew. Surprisingly, Ryou had offered to take her to the airport. So she was heading there to go to the airport. But at that moment, she felt a pair of arms encircle around her waist and heard a voice that she recognised too well but wasn't prepared to hear it.

"Hi, Koneko-chan."


Hey, I'm back! Hope you like the first chapter of The Meaning of True love!

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Disclaimers: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew because, if I did, Masaya would be dead and Ichigo would be with Kish.