Ichigo POV
I was sweeping up outside the café when Berri came walking up.
"Hey Ichigo, sorry I'm late." She said.
"It's okay, I was late too." I said. "Be careful though, Mint just got through yelling at me for being late, she might do the same to you."
She walked into the café and I continued sweeping up. Then I got the feeling that I was being watched. I looked around, but nobody was there.
Okay, this is totally freaking me out. I thought. Kishu was the only person that used to spy on me, but he's gone, isn't he?
I decided that it was just my imagination, and got back to work. But then I heard something in the bushes. I went over to the bushes and searched it, but nothing was there.
"Okay, snap out of it Ichigo!" I told myself. "Kishu's gone now, and I don't need to worry about him anymore."
I walked back toward the café when I heard something in the bushes again, but tried to ignore it.
"ICHIGO ONEE-CHAN!!!" a voice screamed, as someone jumped onto my back.
I spun around and tried to shake the person off of me, but they had a good grip on me.
"Please get off! Please leave me alone!" I begged.
"But I'm having so much fun onee-chan!" a familiar voice said.
I stopped spinning around. "Who are you?" I asked.
The person jumped off my back and I turned to see that it was a girl with pink hair in two ponytails and golden eyes. I don't remember seeing her before, but she seems familiar.
"giggle that was fun!" she laughed. "I've missed you so much onee-chan."
"Okay, enough with the jokes, tell me who you are." I said a little annoyed.
"Don't you remember? I'm Sakura!" she said. "Your cousin."
Sakura POV
Ichigo looked shocked when I reminded her that I was her cousin, but I expected that since I hadn't seen her in a while.
"How've you been Ichi-nee?" I asked.
"Wait a second—how do I know you're really Sakura?" Ichigo asked suspiciously.
I thought for a minute, then stole Ichigo's broom and ran toward the café, Ichigo chasing after me. When I ran around the corner, I bumped into someone and fell to the ground.
"Ow, that hurt." I mumbled. I looked up and saw a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Are you okay?" he asked, reaching down to help me up.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine." I said, blushing.
"Okay, I get it now, you're definitely Sakura, now give me back my—Ryou?!" Ichigo said, turning the corner.
"Hey Ichigo, who's you're little friend here?" Ryou asked.
"She's my cousin," she mumbled. "Sorry about that."
"No, I don't mind." He said. He picked up the broom and tossed it to Ichigo. "Here, now get back to work."
Ichigo grumbled and walked into the café. I took Ryou's hand and he helped me up.
"You know Ichigo?" I asked him.
"Yeah, she works at my café and… never mind." He said. "So, you're Ichigo's cousin, huh?"
"Yeah, her dad and my dad were brothers—"
"Were?" Ryou asked.
"Oh, I mean are. Sorry, sometimes I think one thing and say another." I laughed. "My dad and her dad are brothers and we come visit her sometimes."
A girl with long purple hair walked out of the café.
"Ryou, Mint, Berri and Ichigo are fighting again." She said.
"Man, not again!" Ryou groaned. "I'll be right there. See ya later."
He ran back into the café. The girl with the purple hair walked over to me.
"You're Ichigo's cousin right?" she asked. I nodded.
"Ichigo said she'd be right back and asked me to tell you to wait for her." She said.
"Okay," I said, and the girl walked back inside the café.
I walked over to a bench and sat down. A minute later, Ichigo came out and sat down next to me.
"Where's Nandeshiko? Isn't she with you?" she asked.
"Oh, she's waiting at home. I said that I'd come here and get you." I replied. "But it looks like you're busy."
"Yeah, I got to work late so Ryou's making me stay late to clean up." She said. "But I get off in a couple hours, so I can see you guys after that."
"Okay, well, I got to go back to Nandeshiko, or else she'll get worried." I said, standing up. "It was nice seeing you again."
I turned and ran into the forest part of the park. Once I got into the trees, I turned around to see Ichigo walking back into the café.
I turned around and my sister walked out of the bushes.
"Did you tell her?" she asked.
"No, not yet. Let's just keep it a secret for a little while longer." I replied.
FF--Ichigo POV
"I'm home!" I called as you entered the house.
"Hi honey, how was work today?" my mom asked.
"Dreadful," I replied. "Hey, where's Sakura?"
"Who?" your dad asked.
"You know, my cousins Sakura and Nandeshiko. Aren't they here?" I asked.
"Are you feeling alright dear? They haven't been here in a long time." my mother said.
"But I saw Sakura today! She came by the café and said that they were staying here." I said.
"I think you're working yourself too hard." my father said. "Why don't you go and get some rest."
"Maybe you're right." I said, walking up to my room. "Maybe I did just imagine it."
Sakura POV
"Are you sure it's such a good idea to not tell her?" Nandeshiko asked. "She is our cousin after all."
"I know, but if we told her now, she'd think we were freaks." I said.
"Maybe you're right." She said.
"For now let's just get some sleep, and then we can figure out what we're going to do."
The Next Day--Ichigo POV
"Hey Ichigo, where's your cousin?" Zakuro asked.
"She's not here." I replied. "I don't know where she is."
"Well it's a good thing she's not here, right?" Ryou said. "I mean, if the aliens showed up, we'd have a hard time trying to keep it a secret from her."
"True, I never thought of it that way before." I said. Just then, the alarm started going off.
"Girls, a Kimera Anima just appeared!" Keiichiro said. "It's not too far from here. It's in the forest in the park."
The others and I transformed and ran outside. We saw the Kimera Anima above the trees, but we saw two other figures near it too.
"Who's that?" Mint asked.
"How dare you try to destroy this beautiful planet!" one figure yelled.
"We won't let you harm this planet any more!" the other yelled.
"Ribbon Double-Blossom ATTACK!!!" they both yelled in unison.
Two huge beams of light shot from the two figures and hit the Kimera Anima, destroying it.
When we got closer, the two figures jumped down and we could see them clearly. They looked like Mew Mews, but I'd never seen them before.
One of them had long pink hair up in ponytails and she had white fox ears and tail. The other had short pink hair and had arctic wolf ears and tail. They were both wearing black and white outfits with masks. Before we could say anything, they turned and disappeared into the forest.
"Man, how rude." Mint said, annoyed. "Destroying the Kimera Anima before us and then taking off with out saying anything."
"You have to admit, they sure were awesome." Berri said.
"I wonder who they are, though." Lettuce said.
"What's wrong Ichigo? You've been unusually quiet lately." Berri asked.
"No, nothings wrong." I lied. "Come on, let's just get back to the café and tell Ryou what happened."
As we all walked back to the café, I looked back over my shoulder.
'I can't explain it, but when I saw those two... I felt as if I knew them. But I've never seen them before... have I?'