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Chapter One

My life has become one big screwed up mass! And it is all Ryou Shirogane's fault! If he hadn't shown up at my school yesterday and told me that I am some sort of animal super hero freak none of this would have happened and I wouldn't be stuck with a bunch of alien loosers right now!

My name is Mari Arisa Dark-Rose. I am 14 years old and I am a Mew Mew.

Yesterday started like any other Friday. I was late for first period, ate lunch on the roof of the school by my self and then was late for fourth period. It was when I walked into fourth period that things got wierd. Standing next to the Sensei was a blond man of about 15 maybe 16. He had blue eyes and a look that said he was there for one thing and one thing alone. But when he looked over to see me walk in his eyes lit up and his expression changed from one of seriousness to one of surprise, wich I have gotten used to, me being the only person in my entire school who refuses to wear the uniform and gets away with it.

"Mari-san! You are late yet again!" the sensei said angerly. "Take your seat!"

"Yes Sensei," I replied, walking to the back and the class, sitting down, and putting my feet up on the desk. The sensei just roled his eyes in annoyance cause he knew that if he said any thing it would have started a huge debate that he would loose, again.

"As I was saying, Mr. Shirogane is here to find a new girl to work at the popular Cafe Mew Mew," the Sensei said. "The girl who recieves this job will be able to get extra credit in class."

"There is no need," Ryou said, watching me. "I know wich girl would be perfect to work at my cafe. Girl in the combat boots. Come with me."

I pointed to my self confussed, but he just nodded and started walking tward the door, signaling me to follow. As I stood up I could feel all the girls in my class glaring at me. I had heard obout Cafe Mew Mew but had never been there because it was so popular.

Out in the hall Ryou turned to look me over. He studdied my black hair that was short and spiky in the back and my bangs that covered my left eye. My black and blood red outfit that went totaly against the dress code. And especialy at the tatoo on my neck. The tat was a black cresent moon (think of the symbol of the negaverse from sailor moon) and had a black dot at either side of it like a vampire bite.

"How long have you had that mark?" he asked me, pointing at the tatoo.

"I got it a few days ago. why do you care about a tatoo? Do you really think I am gonna work at your stupid cafe?" I asked, crossing my arms over my chest.

"If that were a real tatoo you would have a bandage over it still," he noted. I took a step back, no one else had notcied that I didn't have a bandage over the mark that in all honesty had apeared on its own a few days earlier. "That is the mark of a Mew Mew," he continued.

"Are you saying thatI am a Mew Mew?" I asked, laughing. "As if! No way am I some preppy super hero!"

"Just come with me," he said, roling his eyes.

"What about the rest of my school day?" I asked as he started to walk away.

"Since when do you care about school?" came a voice from behind me. I turned around to see a red head with a bell around her neck. "And what are you doing here Ryou?"

"You come too Ichigo," Ryou said still walking.

When we finaly got to our destination all I could think was There is no way in hell I am gonna work here! "You have got to be kidding me!" I snapped when I saw the cafe. It was totaly pink! "There is no way in hell I am gonna work here!"

"You aren't really gonna have a choice," Ryou said, turing around to face me. the look on his face was clear that he wasn't gonna argue about it but that was because he didn't know me.

"Bull shit! I'm outa here!" I snapped back turing to walk away. Ryou grabbed my arm and started draging me tward the cafe. That was when I had had enough. I spun around and gave him a swift punch in the jaw, something he had not expected. He instantly let go of my arm.

"Holy shit!" he yelped in surprise. He rubbed his jaw where I had punched him. Then, I took off running. I heard people running after me but I didn't stop and I didn't look back to see who it was or how far behind me they were.

Sudenly, from out of no where, the was a guy in all black, with black pigtails, freak-ish ears, and had gold eyes standing in front of me. "Holy shit!" I said, trying to stop before I hit the guy.