Well, only a few hours after i posted the 1st chapter, and I've already got a hit. Mad props out to DarkWingedLove, who gave me my first character. Hopefully, this'll prove that I'm not like most authors. Ah well, that'll be your opinion.
Murasaki sighed, as she shouldered her bag. Another school day ended. It was another one of those, 'Why did I even bother getting up this morning,' kinda days. It wasn't the fact that something went wrong. It's just, nothing happened, period. It pissed her off. If something bad happened, then she could blame it on THAT. But because nothing bad happened, then, people'd just start calling her emo and anti-social.
Reaching into her pocket, Murasaki pulled out her release from the world. A deep purple iPod. Putting the buds in her ears, she cranked up the volume, as her favorite song came on. She never understood why music was so, soothing. Piano, string, orchestra, even jazz, techno and rap. If it had a beat, she'd get lost in it.
She finally put her finger on it. What was making her so, funky, today. That dream. All the other girls in her class were into the whole, Tarot Card fortune telling ride. Personally, she didn't really find it all amusing. But dreams. She closed her eyes, remembering it. She had felt, powerful, yet calm. As if she found the true peace in the world. Completely naked, she had stood in the middle, of a swirling vortex of deep, purple light. And before her, was a small, back cat. Only, it wasn't domesticated. It was a panther kitten. It's emerald eyes glared at her. Yet, she felt no fear. In one leap, the panther jumped up, and strait into her.
A dull 'thunk' snapped her back to reality. She'd walked into a tree. Again. Murasaki groaned. Whenever she went all sentimental and meditating, she went completely outta tune with reality. Rolling her eyes, she realized, this wasn't her usual route home. She found herself standing outside a café she'd heard some of the other girls talk about.
"Café Mew Mew?" She spoke. The words sounded so familiar. Like the answer to an unknown riddle.
A groan in her stomach signaled her next move. "I got cash, time. Might as well." She sighed, opening the door.
"Welcome to Café Mew Mew!" A small kid, about eleven years old suddenly jumped up in front of her.
"Um, table for one?" She asked.
"Right this way." The girl shouted, nearly dragging her along. Murasaki sat down at a small, corner table, and looked at the menu.
"Um, I guess a blackberry parfait sounds good right now."
"Coming right up!" The girl shouted, before scrambling off.
Murasaki shut off her iPod, to conserve battery, and looked around the table. Most of the people here were from either her school, or the other one. And they all were so friendly.
"On the outside looking in." She mumbled.
"WATCH OUT!" Murasaki spun around, to be drenched in a lemon iced tea, another waitress was carrying.
"I'm so sorry." She gasped. Murasaki could tell, this happened a lot.
"It's ok." She told her, batting away her hands.
But as soon as their hands met, something happened. It was as if Murasaki grabbed a doorknob after rubbing along a carpet. She then felt something burn on her arm.
"What was that?" She gasped, as she rubbed a spot on her arm. She saw the other girl rub a spot on her chest. "Um, you ok?" Murasaki asked. The waitress just gasped, and ran back into the kitchen. "These people are weird." Murasaki groaned to herself, as she stood to walk out.
"Please, wait!" Someone shouted. Murasaki turned, and saw someone standing in the door to the kitchen. "I apologize for my employee's clumsiness. Please, allow me to offer you your parfait free of charge." Something about his smile won Murasaki over. She followed him into the kitchen, where she saw a large, blackberry parfait waiting on the counter. She walked over to it, and grabbed it. She
also saw a small, golden pendant, lying on the counter as well. She wouldn't have noticed it, if it didn't start glowing as soon as she got near it.
"Um, is that supposed to happen?" She asked.
"As a matter of fact, it is." The man told her.
"And now, I'd like to introduce myself." Murasaki whipped around, to come face-to-face with a blond teenager. "I'm Ryou Shirogane, manager of Café Mew Mew, and head of the Mew project."
"Mew Project?" Murasaki asked. Then it hit her. "Wait, you mean the Tokyo Mew Mew, those five superheroes who saved Japan last year?" She really hoped this was a joke.
"Yes. And you're the sixth."
Now, there are many potential reaction to news like this. Some people scream, some people deny it. Others, welcome it, jumping at the chance. Murasaki, however, did nether of the three. Instead, she fainted.
Murasaki came too, lying in the arms of the man from before.
"You ok?" He asked.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You passed out." The blond teen, Shirogane told him.
"But wait, what did you tell me?" She asked, getting to her feet.
"You're the sixth member of the Tokyo Mew Mew."
"But that's impossible. I don't have any superpowers!" "That's what the pendant's for." The man told her, offering her the pendant.
"What's the matter with you two?" Murasaki could feel one of her explosions coming on. "You take, an innocent girl, right from the street, and tell her now she's gotta drop EVERYTHING and save the world! Well I'm not buying it!" She could feel tears coming down her face. "My life is complicated enough, without two freaky pedophiles trying to catch a peep!" She turned around and was ready to storm out.
"Please." It was that man again. Murasaki turned around, and locked eyes with him. "We're sorry. We didn't know it would be you. But the girls, they need help." He flashed that smile again. That smile. It reminded her of the one person who could make her smile for no reason what so ever. The one person who she would do anything for.
To buy herself some time, Murasaki snatched her parfait off the table and began to eat. "So, IF I do say yes, what would this entire Mew gig entail?"
Shirogane sat down. "Simple. You'll work at the café, and whenever we get word of an attack, you and the other girls take care of it."
"What about school, family."
"The only problem we've had is with relationships. I guess as long as you don't have a boyfriend, there's no issue." Shirogane told her.
Murasaki was really starting to hate the blond teen. Acting like he knew everything. But, something was keeping her from storming out.
"Keiichiro, we need more cherry cheesecake!" Another waitress poked her head into the kitchen. "Um, Shirogane, what's going-"
"Not now Ichigo. When we need you, we'll call!" Shirogane shouted, pushing her out the door.
"I'm really sorry about him." The man, who she assumed was Keiichiro, whispered. "He needs to work on his people skills."
Murasaki looked at the pendant, lying on the counter.
"We know we're asking a lot from you." Keiichiro told her, as she picked the pendant up. "But if the Mew Mews can't protect Tokyo, then who knows what'll happen next." Murasaki picked the pendant up, feeling the warmth in the small piece of metal. For once in three years, the empty void in her heart, seemed filled. Maybe, just maybe.
"I could always use some extra cash."
Keiichiro smiled again. "I assume that means?"
Murasaki turned to him, tossing the pendant in the air, and catching it. "My good man, you've got yourself a Mew."
I'll get into Murasaki's powers next chap. As for the other Mew Mews, well, that's up to you. As my readers will know, i suck at making oc's. Well, read, review, and enjoy.