A/N To all the loyal people reading out there:
Sorry! I didn't update for like a year, but I've finally reawakened my story. I revised all the chapters and added a bit to each chapter I already had up. Please enjoy!
Becoming a Mew Mew (CHAPTER ONE)
"Let's go to the Mew Mew Café!" Azami whined.
"Oh, Tachikawa-san. You mean the one with your male twin?" Suika couldn't help but tease, smiling.
Mia chuckled, " Maybe we can find out his name!"
"Oh shut-up you two! Especially you Kanzaka-san," Azami said, pointing to Mia, "Do you ever hear Mihara-san and I teasing you about how much you love the him?!"
"You know he wouldn't be half-bad if he cut off that long black hair. But that blonde, wow, he needs no work done," Suika said as they entered the bustling café. The mixed aromas of the sweets and tea made their mouths water. What a nice way to end their school day! The girls loved the chaos of this place; all the waitresses seemed to be themselves, hurrying back and forth.
"Um—hello, welcome to Café Mew Mew. I'm Midorikawa Lettuce and—um—please follow me over here." They followed the shy girl over to a table and ordered some little tarts and the days special tea. Actually, come to think of it, she may actually be a student at their high school.
"I dig the green hair," Suika thought silently.
"Hmm…the girls here sure range from age," Azami said pointing to this little hyper girl, spinning plates on her head, then to this older lady carrying herself quite elegantly.
"Hey, I'm sure glad we didn't get that waitress. She's so mean!" Mia commented as they saw the elegant-lady put down a tray and stomp off.
They thanked the arrival of the tarts, which was brought to them by the little girl.
"Pudding says it's just her job!" She giggled happily. The girls all laughed at this; was her name really Pudding?
"Well, thank-you," Mia politely said.
"Tip?"
"Isn't it customary to give the tip after the meal?" Mia asked at the table.
Mia looked at Azami and Suika.
They all started cracking up, "How about we give you that when you come with the bill, when were all done, okay?" Suika replied. With this Pudding, leaped off and onto the next table.
"Cutie, huh?" Azami stated.
The girls giggled through there meal, eying everything as it happened. It looked like all the workers were busy, but enjoyed working here.
"Hey, there's a back room. We should go in! I mean, I bet it's a treasure load of sweets. An all-you-can-eat buffet!" Suika suddenly whispered, really excited.
She pointed behind the counter, her curiosity only encouraged when Mia's eyes sparkled.
"All-you-can-eat? " Mia was incredibly skinny, the only time she deviated from her diet was at the Mew Mew Café, so she made the other girls laugh with her reaction.
Mia immediately agreed to explore, but Azami hesitated, "What if we get caught? Then, well, what if we're kicked out or something? Then, what? How about I distract the cashier and you two go back there?"
"Psh, whatever. It's your choice. But it will help. C'mon Mia!" Suika smiled.
"What are you going to say?" Mia wondered, questioning Azami.
"I'll question about the waitress' age or something and if they deliver. I can do it. Just you guys don't die or something. If there really is oodles of cakes, don't forget about me!" Azami grabbed the bill.
Azami gave her friends a corny thumbs up,then walked over to her long-haired "twin" and started talking. Suika and Mia crawled behind the counter and into the back room, the guy fully distracted as he displayed his cakes.
Shocked by the sheer size of the back room, they still could admire its beauty. "Hey, Suika, do they live back here? Like a house connected to there shop? I didn't think about that…"
Suika huffed at Mia's concern for their privacy. Whatever, if Mia wanted, she could turn back. They got up from there crawling positions and started walking, peeping into rooms.
"Hey, what's that?" Mia ran a little ahead, going into a room with a reddish glow, "Whoa, Suika, come see this!"
Suika walked in and glanced around. It looked like a modern lab. Several computers were lined along the wall, making random beeping nosies.
In the center, was an area of red light, "Is this where they make there delicacies? Bummer…." Sukia said. She started pouting at that fact that there was no buffet, should have gone for the kitchen...
She glanced at Mia, who had on a mischievous smile as they sat cross-legged on the floor.
"What?" Suika questioned.
Mia only looked between the light and Suika for about a minute.
"Do you dare me to touch it?" Suika assumed, "Dude, I'll turn into like a radioactive tart!"
"I dare you to totally stand in it!"
Suika got a determined look on her face. Mia always dared Suika to do crazy shenanigans, in retrospect, almost killing them both sometimes. It's what made the friends so close.
Suika pulled herself up and got ready to jump, then leapt into the light.
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The whole world around Suika turned red, a soothing warm red, that made her feel as if she was in heaven. Suika felt like the delicate fur of a fox was rubbing her all over the face. She could feel her body changing, dressing itself in some odd dance. Suika felt so wonderful she couldn't break out of it.
Her delight was so distracting, that Suika didn't see Mia fly out of the room, horrified.
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Mia ran out of the room, panting, after letting out a little scream. Why had she dared Suika?
I thought it was only a light, but maybe the long-haired guy and that blond boy are mad scientists, performing some crazy bakery experiment! That's why they have all these cute waitresses and great food!
Mia had to get help; she only saw enough to see Suika start floating in the light, like if she was sleeping. Mia ran, tears starting to form on her eyes. She ran smack into the blond boy right at the entryway, "Oof!" she said stumbling back.
"What are you doing back here?!" the boy seemed more worried, than angry, "Did you scream?" Behind him stood Azami and the black haired man. Mia shook her head, but couldn't answer.
"You didn't scream?" The blond guy seemed a bit irritated now, seeing through her lie.
"Our other friend is back there! Where's Suika, Mia?" Azami shrieked. The other waitresses stopped cleaning as they watched this dilemma, whispering things that Azami didn't understand. The café looked so lonely, as it was closing, and it didn't reassure Azami at all about Suika.
"Keiichiro, go check the back room. Did either of you touch anything?" the blond boy commanded, obviously bossing the black-haired guy around.
" Umm—she touched a red light, but I told her to...." Mia stammered, starting to cry more; it was all fun and games until they were caught, but Suika usually got them out of trouble.
The mention of the light made both the guys jump, like if it was what they didn't want to hear. Before leaving the counter, Keiichiro reassured them, "I will take good care of your friend. She probably just hit her head. Ryou, will you show these young ladies to the door?" with that, Keiichiro walked into the back room.
Ryou nodded and smiled at the girls, "You heard Akasaka-sama. The Café is closed, but we'll send her home when she wakes up. You'll see her tomorrow."
At least, that was Ryou hoped.
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Mia and Azami hugged each other as they walked out, past the staring waitresses, who kept glancing at each other. Pudding called out, "Thank you for coming!"
From the outside window, the two watched the waitresses clean a while longer and then walked home.
What happened to Suika?
Suika landed gracefully after what felt like a trip to the spa. Her eyes fluttered open and shone brightly. Suika turned to announce her dare to her friends—Wait, where were they? Suika searched the room, "Mia?" she whispered loudly. Had she left her here? Crap! Suika searched so crazily she fell on her back.
That's when she noticed. Her clothes were different! Suika wore what looked like one of those dresses that story characters wear. It was red and green, very charming.
"I have got to be dreaming," she said aloud.
This was only confirmed when she saw her reflection off a computer screen. She had fox ears and a tail. Her hair had changed to a brick red as well as her eyes brightened in their green hue. Little fangs and scar lines accented her face now.
Suika giggled sarcastically, "Oh beautiful."
What did she eat before this dream? Those cakes….
"So you were compatible? Aren't you lucky?" Suika blushed as she turned around to the voice. A blond boy she had occasionally seen at the café was there in the doorway.
"This dream is getting weirder and weirder," she remarked upon seeing him.
Ryou smiled, "Sorry, this isn't a dream. Well, at least we can tell your friends not to worry. Maybe if you hadn't touched anything you could call this a dream."
Suika stared at him; this couldn't be real.
"W—who are you? How can this be real?" she could feel the panic rising.
He got closer, about an arm-lengths away, "I'm Shirogane Ryou, a rich high school guy. This is Akasaka Keiichiro, store manager," Ryou said, nodding to the long-haired man, who was holding some box.
"Have you ever heard of Tokyo Mew Mew?" Keiichiro responded coolly.
Of course Suika had heard of them! They were young girls with there cute faces plastered all over the media. Isn't it whom the café was named after? People raved over them!
Was she to be one herself?!
"Oh my god! I'm a Mew Mew!" Suika jumped all over, screaming with joy. Keiichiro smiled at her. Ryou backed away a little, not expecting such a reaction. He explained some about the secrecy of this, the other mews, and her new job at the café. Suika just bobbed her head up and down, not really paying attention.
She did listen closely as Ryou explained how to change back and the way she'd fight.
"You'll just know inside what to do," Ryou said.
"Oh, so much description!" Suika said, disappointed that the only time she listened held such useless information, "Do I just think to dress back normal again then?"
"Basically…. too hard? Oh, and to turn into Mew Suika, just kiss this and always carry it with you." Ryou handed her this little gold thing, etched with a design.
"Where is your birth mark?" He said looking her up and down.
"Um—is it this?" Suika said, pointing to her shoulder. The mark looked like an abstract shape. It had been there as long as she could remember, and people always mentioned it. As Suika got older, she was just like, "Yeah, it's my tattoo....from...Africa...yeah."
"No some other mark. Geez, are all Mews this way?" Ryou stated, sarcastically.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Suika glared at his insulting manner of speech, "Since it doesn't look like you're going to ask, I'm Mihara Suika, a regular high school freshmen," She turned her head, introducing herself mainly to Keiichiro.
Ryou looked at Suika confused, then said smiling, "You start work tomorrow Suika."
"It's Mihara-san," she corrected.
Keiichiro handed her the box, while Ryou glared at her questioningly.
"It's your uniform, Mihara-san. We can't wait to see you tomorrow!" Keiichiro spoke really kindly to her, bowing slightly as he handed her the clothes.
"You can call me Suika, Akasaka-sama!" Suika said, glancing at Ryou.
Keiichiro smiled as Ryou just looked away.
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Suika walked out after changing into her normal attire, a skip in her step. The evening sky looked so pretty.
The waitresses—er—the other Mews, had all gone. Suika called Azami and Mia on her cell, telling them everything was okay and she was working after school at the Café Mew Mew starting tomorrow.
The only thing she didn't say was the thing she wanted to say the most.
She is a Mew, Mew Suika!