Disclaimer: Neither Curse of the Demons nor BlackDragonFlame owns TMM. If either of us did, the two characters we are writing about would be in it and possibly nobody would even be watching TMM…

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Chapter 2

The same time the other Mews were going about their business, Blackberry had rushed home and dashed into the dining room. "Gomen," she said breathlessly as she sat down at the table.

"You're late," her father remarked coolly. Blackberry nodded and smiled meekly. "Daijoubu," he then smiled. "Daisuke isn't here yet too," he added. Blackberry smiled in relief. Her older brother, Daisuke, was more of a funny teen, easily making people around him laugh. Then there was her little brother, Mizuki, who was more serious but he and Blackberry were pretty close. The last of her siblings was her older sister, Sakura, Daisuke's twin. She was Daisuke's counterpart, keeping him in check and making sure he did his homework.

In return, he made her happy whenever she was sad and helped her have a fun time in life. Now, Daisuke ran in, shoulder length black hair messy. "Gomen," he murmured, bowing to his father.

Their father looked at Daisuke and then motioned for the male to sit down. The sixteen year old breathed a quiet sigh of relief. "Good, now that we're all together," her father smiled, flashing glances at both Blackberry and Daisuke, who flushed slightly. "Let us eat!"

"Itatdakimas!" their combined voices chorused as they dug into their food. Blackberry was eating her usual potato salad, Daisuke was tearing at his steak, Mizuki was sipping some of his soup and Sakura was wrestling a chicken leg out of Daisuke's grip.

Blackberry's mother shook her head as the antics of her children. "Is there not a thing as a quiet dinner with you four?" she asked quietly. The table was silent for half a second.

"No," the siblings said in unison before cracking up. Blackberry and Mizuki swapped glances that said plainly, "Wow…"

But their dinners were fun. And fun was good. But chaos was expected in this branch of the Shirogane family tree. Their father was a businessman, very successful. He had two very different sides to him in personality. There was the quick and efficient side he showed at work and the fun-loving, kind of sloppy side that he showed at home. Their mother was an actress, with lovely peach colored skin, large emerald eyes and straight black hair.

Their father was also quite slender though with broader shoulders. Brown hair reached his shoulders and he had sharp amber eyes. All of the children had black hair though Mizuki and Sakura took more after their father with amber eyes and broader shoulders.

Blackberry and Daisuke looked more like their mother, with a more slender form. Daisuke had inherited their mother's emerald eyes while Blackberry had her grandmother's black eyes. But they all had full lips and bright eyes. Blackberry finished her dinner first and pushed away from the table. Daisuke followed her. "So Juice," he grinned. Blackberry rolled her eyes. Juice was her nickname. The nickname only Daisuke used.

"So what Dai-chan?" she retorted mockingly. Dai-chan was the pet name their mother used for him. He flushed bright red.

"Why were you late?" he quickly changed the subject. This was another trait all of them shared. The ability to always be prepared with a ready retort. Their quick tongues got them in trouble very often though.

"I met Ryou-san," she answered slowly. Daisuke raised his eyebrows as they turned onto the stairs leading to the third floor, where most of the guest bedrooms were. The second floor was more of a gym/pool area. The sixth floor was where the servants lived and the fifth floor was their bedrooms. The fourth floor was their parents' bedrooms, the lounge and the arcade.

"Ryou-san," Daisuke said, his voice slightly surprised. They were halfway up the stairs going to the fourth floor now. Blackberry nodded. Daisuke nodded slowly. He and Ryou were pretty good friends. And he was always able to make Ryou smile. Besides, if he went to that café, he might be able to eat some of Keiichiro's cakes for free.

Blackberry glanced over at her brother and laughed. "Oh, who knows?" she murmured under her breath as they finally got to the fourth floor. "Ohysemi nasai nee-sama," she said"Ohysemi nasai Juice," he replied. Blackberry rolled her eyes and opened her door. She settled down on her bed, staring up at the emerald green canopy. Sighing, she opened her window and walked onto her balcony. The breeze was nice but it contained a slight chill. October was drawing to a close and November would begin. Her birthday was coming up very soon. Blackberry shivered in delight. It was around ten at night when she finally fell asleep.

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Raspberry ran to her house and into the living room. Keiichiro was already there. "Tazaima!" she said, breathing hard. She had run all the way. "Hey, how did you get back so quickly anyway?" she demanded.

Keiichiro smiled, jangling his car keys. Raspberry rolled her eyes. "Okayli," he replied.

"Am I late?" Raspberry demanded, moving onto another subject.

"Nope, you're the first one. Not including Yukito-san who gets home early anyway." Keiichiro replied. Raspberry's younger brother, Yukito, popped out of nowhere, much like the rabbit he was in personality.

"Okayli Raspberry-chan!" he said, smiling broadly and giving his little sister a big hug. Raspberry grinned and ruffled his hair. He was more of a best friend to her then a brother. Or, more like a brother/best friend mix.

"Oh! It's my turn to cook dinner tonight!" Raspberry remembered. "Or, more like help cook dinner." She laughed. "So, what do you guys want?" she asked.

"Tazaima!" a cheerful but loud voice broke through the air. Raspberry's older sister, Nakuru, had come home. A smile adorned her face, stretching from ear to ear. As usual.

"Nakuru-onee-sama! Okayli," Raspberry said over her shoulder. "Now, what do you want for dinner?" she whipped out a pen and pencil, ready for orders.

"Takoyaki," Naruku said immediately. Raspberry quickly wrote it down.

"Ramen," Yukito piped up.

"I'll make my own," Keiichiro smiled broadly. "But if you want, why not make cook some of those prawns in ginger sauce and sprinkle some hot sauce on them?" he suggested

"Hai." Raspberry grinned and darted into the kitchen. She ripped out the paper and began preparing the dinner. Cook came over and helped with chopping and slicing, plus applying the sauce.

It was about an hour before dinner was ready. But as soon as the food was on the long white table, a chorus of "Itatdakimas!" rang through the dining room.

"Oishi!" piped up Yukito. The steam from his noodles was wafting up into his face, already slightly red from the heat.

"Arigato," Raspberry replied. "Keiichiro told me some secrets."

The brunette smiled, suddenly remembering that Raspberry's 15th birthday was coming up. The family ate swiftly for the food was very good. Raspberry finished first. "Wow Raspberry-san, your cooking has improved!" Naruku smiled in satisfaction.

"Gotsousan," Raspberry was done with her dinner and pushed away from the table. "Well…oyesemi nasai," she called over her shoulder as she proceeded up the stairs. Her house had four floors, first floor, dining room, living room, etc. second floor, bathrooms, computers, etc. third floor, maid's and servant's rooms, and guest rooms, and the fourth floor, every body else's rooms.

Raspberry got to her room and pulled out her homework. She began working on her math and then realized she was stuck. Great…Suddenly, she had an idea. Blackberry would help her right? Her friend was pretty good in math…Eh, where was the harm? She pulled out her cell phone. She quickly dialed Blackberry's cell and waited for her friend to pick up.

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"Moshi-moshi?" Blackberry asked, picking up her cell phone from her desk. She lay down her pencil, for she was working on her homework. Tenshi thumped his tail from where he was on the ground next to her chair.

"Hey Blackberry-san," Raspberry's voice came from the other end.

Blackberry grinned and kneeled down to stroke the dog. "What's up?" she asked.

"What answer did you get for number fourteen on the math homework?" Raspberry's voice was thoughtful. "I can't figure it out."

Blackberry glanced at her answer. "I'm not entirely sure it's right. But anyway, so the equation is 9x 53y 9 right?" she said. "We're solving for X. You want me to walk it through for you?" she asked.

"Sure…"

"But in return, you have to tell me what you got for number nine." Blackberry grinned.

"Fine, fine," Raspberry replied. "Now tell me how to do question fourteen."

"Reorder the problem first," Blackberry began. "So now you have 5 9x9 3y. Got it? Good, now add -5 to both sides, thus getting rid of the 5 on the right side. Now you have 9x4 3y."

"Mm-hmm," Raspberry's pencil was scribbling across the paper.

"Now you know what to do." Blackberry said. Raspberry did know. She divided both by nine. The answer she quickly wrote down. Four repeating plus three repeating y is what x equaled. "Now tell me what you got nine," Blackberry said. Raspberry flipped the page.

"I got x7-5y." Raspberry remarked. She heard a sigh of relief from the other side.

"Good, that's what I got too. Damn, gotta go. Oyesemi Raspberry-san," she said swiftly and turned off the phone. Raspberry finished the rest of her math homework and moved onto English. This was easy.

Blackberry had finished her English homework. She was on her bed, listening to her iPod. She began singing along to Complicated by Avril Lavigne. "Chill out, whatcha yelling for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you let it be, you will see…"

Tenshi barked and Blackberry pulled out a headphone. "Blackberry-san," her mother's soft voice came from the other side of the door. She opened Blackberry's door and smiled at her daughter who was lying on her back, staring up at the canopy of her bed. "Time to sleep," she said.

"Aw…" Blackberry whined.

Her mother smiled. "You've got a tennis match tomorrow. Oyesumi nasai," she gently shut the door.

"Oyesemi nasai okaa-san," Blackberry replied and got off her bed. She turned off her iPod and took off her school clothes, changing into her black nightgown. She looked out at the full moon and breathed in the cool air.

Meanwhile, Raspberry had just finished her homework and was reading her book. She had her iPod earphones in her ears and hummed along to the tune, her feet raised into the air as she lay on her stomach. Keiichiro let himself in and sat down next to Raspberry on her bed. "It's time to go to sleep," he said softly. Raspberry rolled onto her back, grinning at her brother. "Remember, you've got to go cheer on Blackberry at the tennis match tomorrow," he smiled.

"Hai, oyesumi nasai nee-san," she replied. He got out and went to tuck in Yukito. Raspberry got to her feet and pulled on her white silk nightgown. She looked out at the moon, smiling wistfully. Suddenly, a dark shadow covered her view.

An alien, brown-haired with brown eyes and wearing what Kishu wore except that the green parts were amber and the dark parts were a dark brown, stared at her with dark brown eyes. "Hello," he said. His voice was a smooth drawl.

"W-who are you?" Raspberry demanded, slightly shaken by the sudden appearance.

"Oh, just the twin of somebody that's paying your little red panda friend a visit," he smiled, showing one of his fangs. He grasped Raspberry by the wrist and lifted her into the Tokyo air. His grip on her was firm, no matter how hard the girl struggled. "Baka," the alien murmured. "Don't even try and escape."

They met in midair with a different pair. This one was made up of a struggling but very furious Blackberry and a slightly annoyed but satisfied Kishu. Blackberry bit Kishu's hand and he swore loudly. Blood dripped from the hand clamped around Blackberry's mouth.

His other hand was around her waist and as he shook the injured limb, Blackberry twisted out of his grasp and fell. "Mew Mew Blackberry!" she shouted, flipping over in midair. "Metamoropho-SIS!" she transformed, right there in midair.

Raspberry twisted and turned but the strange alien's grasp was tight. She swung her leg up and placed a hefty kick on his stomach. The wind whooshed out of the alien and he doubled over in the air. He kept his grip firm though. "Nice try," he wheezed. After he got his breath back, he shook Raspberry furiously. The girl snarled and punched him with her free hand.

His nose began to bleed and he clamped one of his hands to his bleeding nose. Raspberry twisted free. She began to fall, the air whooshing past her. The gray face of the building beneath her quickly became larger. "Transform damn it!" she heard Blackberry shriek.

Raspberry's mind worked quickly and she pulled out her transformation stone. "Mew Mew Raspberry!" she said. "Metamoropho-SIS!" she closed her eyes and felt the transformations take place.

She landed on top of the building without any harm, her eyes flashing dangerously. Blackberry turned, glaring at Kishu. "Why did you take us?" she demanded fiercely.

Kishu smiled, showing a sharp fang. "Why wouldn't I?" he purred. Blackberry growled. Raspberry snarled up at the other alien.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" she screeched, desperately wanting to know the identity of her captor.

"Shokora," the alien replied, his voice soft. Kishu rolled his eyes at the other alien.

"Nee-san," he growled.

"Nee-san?" the two girls glanced at each other in puzzlement.

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