Haha! I am back!! Yay for meee!!! Those of you who have read my previous story "butterfly" may recognize some of the first and second chapter, but still read 'em because it's all re-written and actually good now!! The second chapter is better, and like, three times longer, but you cant read that until I get my first, not one... but TWO reviews!! Mwahaha!! So yeah, enjoy it, don't enjoy it, love it, loath it, I really don't care, but R+R anywayz!! And now, I have Usui-kun from Maid-sama to say the disclaimer!!
Usui: Megyan doesn't own Tokyo Mew Mew, nor will she ever own it.
Megyan: Unless one of my readers wants to get me it!!
Usui: Somehow I doubt it...
Megyan: *depressed*
Ryou: Wait a second, why aren't I doing the disclaimer!? He's not even IN this anime!!
Megyan: Shut up, you have been replaced.
Ryou: *depressed*
Chapter 1
Early mornings, boredom, and a whack to the head
Ichigo slowly opened her eyes. She looked at her alarm clock without pulling down her sheets. 7:56. On a normal school day she would probably freak out, but it was Saturday and she wouldn't have to be at the café until 10:00 today, thank goodness.
She yawned and cautiously brought out a toe to touch the floor. It was cold, but not too cold. Clambering out of bed she trudged, half asleep, downstairs into the kitchen. Her mum was already there making a breakfast of some sort; unlike Ichigo, she could actually cook without poisoning everyone who ate it.
"Ohayo! You're up early! Well, for you anyway..." Ichigo's mum, Sakura, said cheerfully.
"Ohayo, 'kaa-san... I hope that tastes as good as it smells." Ichigo replied yawning. She sighed, it was the same thing everyday; get up, school, work, go home, homework, sleep, and repeat. It was enough to drive you mad.
"Is something the matter? Nothing's gone wrong with you and Aoyama-san has there?" she said her tone changing to concern, or maybe curiosity, it was rather hard to tell with Ichigo's mum sometimes.
"No, mum!" Infact, things were just... perfect... with her and Masaya, "I just wish I could do something useful... It's so boring just doing the same old things, over and over nyaa." Ichigo whined, at least when she was a mew, she accomplished things. Her hyper-active energy was being so wasted in the normal life she was living now.
"The world is coming to an end! First Ichigo gets up early, and then she complains about not helping enough!" her mother pretended to faint.
"Ichigo, if you want to do something useful, you could stop drinking all the milk before breakfast..." her dad said grumpily, staring at the empty milk carton, Ichigo hadn't even noticed him come in.
"Ahh, gomen, dad," Ichigo sweatdropped behind him. "I better start getting ready then," she sighed again and raced up to her room to get changed.
*****
Ichigo reached for the door of the bright pink café, she was still an half an hour early but she could hear Keiichiro bustling around in the kitchen, readying some of the cakes she would have the 'thrilling' job of taking to various customers.
Her delicate fingertips had just touched the handle when the doors burst open and hit her right in the middle of her face.
"Kyaa!!!" she screamed as she fell backwards on her bum. "Oww!!"
"Huh? Strawberry, what are you doing here, baka?" the annoying blond boss asked irritably, looking down on her.
"Shirogane! Uh, I do work here you know!" she yelled, scrambling to her feet and rubbing the sore red mark on her face.
"But you're supposed to be late... have the pigs sprouted wings?" he replied sarcastically. Ryou was in no mood to deal with her stupidity right now.
"Fine! If you prefer that I come in late, I'll just head home and watch TV!" she shouted and turned on her heels.
"Strawberry,"
She stopped in her tracks and turned around, What does he want now?
"Since you're here, you can start cleaning! Get changed and get to work or I'll count you as slacking off!" he ordered grumpily, and continued walking down the road to where ever it was he was going.
"Ugh! I hate him! I hate him, I hate him!" she screamed as she stomped towards the change-rooms. While she changed she wondered what was up; Shirogane was acting weird... Well, he was still a jerk, but usually he at least had fun when he teased her. Disregarding his unusual bad mood as displeasure at seeing her she got ready and started cleaning ready for the customers she would get bombarded with. Some things never change, no matter what baka Shirogane acts like, she thought grumpily, practically attacking the floor with the mop.
Megyan: And there you have it!! The next Chappy is far more fluffy... 'cuz I like fluff!! And remember folks; to get the next chapter I need TWO reviews!! *scary voice* SO REVIEW OR FACE THE WRATH OF USUI'S AWESOMENESS!!
Ichigo: ARGH! The awesomeness, it BURNS!!!
Ryou: *jealous*
