Hi, BlackBeltGirl17 here and I've decided to start my first Tokyo Mew Mew story. After all, we all know who Ichigo should have ended up with (cough Kish). I've seen plenty of amazing stories for this couple, so I figured, why not make one myself? I think I came up with a pretty original plot as well, but you readers will be the judge of that! Sorry this chapter is a little short. It's just a prologue, but my next chapter will hopefully be a bit longer. Anyways, please read and review!

A young girl awoke to the loud beeping of her alarm clock, shortly before slamming the off button. She slowly, sleepily sat up and stretched. Morning had never been her favorite time of the day. Ever. Nevertheless, she changed into some clothes, brushed through her short red hair and continued to get ready for the day.

A lot had happened since the defeat of Deep Blue, three years ago. Since the mews and aliens had managed to save both Earth and New Earth. Since Kisshu, the ever most annoying alien, was gone.

She supposed she should've been happy that such an irritating, perverted boy was no longer in her life, but she still couldn't help missing him. He had really grown on her and seeing him go saddened her a little. She simply couldn't get him out of her head, no matter how hard she tried. His alluring golden eyes. His dark green hair, held securely by two red bands. His teasing, yet playful grin.

The day he died had been the worst day of her life. It was the day that her crush, Masaya, transformed into the evil Deep Blue, a powerful alien almost seen as a god. He'd wanted nothing more to take over their planet and destroy human kind. It was the day that all three aliens had perished. It was the day that Kisshu had sacrificed himself for Ichigo and died in her arms.

But it hadn't ended as horribly. Ichigo and her fellow Mew Mews had been able to defeat Deep Blue. And in doing so, the Mew Aqua had been enough to revive Kisshu and his two comrades, Pai and Taruto. The Mew Mews and the aliens decided to form piece and in return, the girls gave them the remaining Mew Aqua to save their planet.

The aliens departed and Ichigo ended up going out with Masaya. Happily ever after right? Wrong.

Yes, she had dated Masaya and she loved it, at first. However, in the three months that they dated, they had gone to the library, volunteered at environmental clean ups and studied many endangered species. At first it was ok, but then it turned out to be all they did. And as much as she hated to admit it, Kish had been right. Masaya wasn't her true love.

In fact, he seemed to be more in love with his studies than her. It was only a matter of time before he received a letter about being accepting into an academy in London. He'd told her he simply couldn't refuse and had even asked her to go with him, but she declined. Not only was he asking her to go to a foreign country and study for the entire year, but he was also asking her to leave all her friends, family and everyone she cared about.

That was when Ichigo had broken up with him. She told him that it wasn't anything he did, just that they weren't meant to be together. It was then that she'd realized that he never was meant to be with her. He didn't understand that she wanted more in a relationship besides studying together, that she wanted to be kissed no and then and more so than anything, that she would not leave her family and friends behind.

So, he left. She stayed in Tokyo. Three years went by and she'd yet to find the right guy for her. Sure, she'd dated a few people. What teenage girl hadn't? Still, no one could really compare to him. Every time she thought of Masaya, she couldn't help but regret choosing him over Kish.

'Kish wouldn't ignore you. He would've worshipped the ground you walk on if you had said yes.' a voice nagged her as she headed downstairs. Immediately tell herself to shut up, she went into the kitchen, where her parents currently sat.

"Morning dear" her mother, Sakura, greeted happily as her father, Shintaro, read the newspaper. She smiled and greeted her as well, shortly before eating her breakfast. Today was the day that her parents were leaving for Sapporo to help Sakura's sister move in. They would be gone for a few weeks and since Ichigo still had work, she decided to stay home. Although it worried them, she assured them that everything would be fine.

"Now, I don't want you out past curfew. And no boys. Spend your money wisely. And no boys." Shintaro began to go off on his rant of house rules. "Don't let any strangers in the house. And-"

"I know dad. No boys." Ichigo interrupted him, slightly annoyed. Sakura smiled playfully scolded her husband for being so paranoid. Their daughter was sixteen now and could take care of herself for a few weeks.

After giving each of them a hug, promising her mom that she'd call every night and promising her dad that there would be no boys coming through the door while they were away, she left for work. It didn't take long for her to arrive at Cafe Mew Mew. The cat mew quickly headed into the cafe and changed into her pink waitress outfit, meeting the other girls soon after.

"Ichigo Oneechan!" a girl called. She turned to see Pudding, the youngest mew, jumping up and down, her short, wavy blonde hair bouncing as she did so. She always was such a hyper girl. Ichigo smiled and walked over to the monkey mew to see what the commotion was about this time.

"Tar-Tar sent me a present!" she beamed, holding her new object out. Ichigo was impressed. It was a sparkly yellow baton with an orange ribbon in the center. The material was clearly not from this world, seeing as Taruto was an alien.

"That's so pretty Pudding." she smiled. "Taruto sent you that?" The eleven year old nodded her head, bouncing up and down.

"It was after I sent him some more candy!" she giggled. "I miss Tar-Tar sooooo much!" Ichigo sighed and nodded. Pudding and Taruto had developed an interesting relationship. Both were too young to really understand the whole relationship thing, but both definitely liked each other. They'd been writing every month since he had left. The other mews had found it absolutely adorable.

Even Pai sent Lettuce a letter every now and then, but they were much less common than Pudding's notes. Still, the green haired mew had secretly saved each one and sent him back letters as well. In fact, Ichigo was even a little envious of the two. After all, she hadn't heard from him at all. According to one of Pai's letters to Lettuce, Kish was going through a lot at the moment and it was best that he not contact Ichigo. That only seemed to make the cat mew even more curious.

On the other hand, Mint and Ryou had just started dating a month ago and Keichiro was now Zakuro's boyfriend. It seemed that everyone had someone, except for Ichigo. So, she busied herself with other things, like work. Work was consistent. Work was with her friends. Work was-

"Oi! Ichigo! Go take orders for table 5!" Ryou yelled, causing the mew to groan. Of course, some things never changed.