Tokyo Mew Mew Ribbons!
Authoress Notes
Yay! Thank you for the reviews! As a note, the title makes little sense right now, but that should be cleared up further into the story. Thanks for reading!
Chapter 02 : Mew Project Start!
The next day seemed unreal. It was hard for Shiro to even believe that he was doing this. Though he woke up the same he would have on any other Saturday, and dressed in his uniform, and headed off to school, she knew that when the half day was over he'd be at the Cafe and Shirogane-creep would make some mews.
I wonder what he expects me to do, though.
The question, he knew, was not worth asking. And he had a whole day of school to suffer through before he could go to work and get "Mew Project: HELP MY LOVE" in action; Retasu really needed this help...
Hmmm... but what if this isn't enough? Maybe I should make her lunch...
"HEY!"
I am told I'm a pretty good cook. But what would she like? And do I ask to make her lunch or just give it to her...?
"Move move move!"
No no. Maybe this is a bad idea. Amamiya will take away another one of my man cards.
"MOVE IT KNUCKLEHEAD!"
Perhaps this situation was proof of why being a scatter brain boy often sucked. For, as Shiro walked to school, a girl in roller blades had snuck up behind him and lost the ability to stop. Of course, should Shiro have had the ability to think and listen at the same time, said roller blading girl may not have ended up running into him and dragging his sorry self to the ground.
"O-ow!" He mumbled, rubbing his head and finding himself in the uncomfortable situation of being on top of the girl. Blushing, Shiro scooted away.
"S-Sorry!"
"I told you to move, moron." The girl grumbled, standing again. She had long brown hair tied back in a ponytail that went to about her shoulder blades and dark, glaring red eyes. Just the mere sight of her made Shiro shrink a bit. She looked scary!!
With a sigh, the skater girl got up easily and reached out to drag Shiro to his feet. Reluctantly, he let her bring him up, knowing his friend would take away a man card if he saw this.
"Watch where you're going next time." The girl snapped, "Because next time I won't help your sorry self up."
"R-Right."
She stared hard at him, not moving for a moment, then sighed.
"Are you ok?"
Hearing such a tough looking girl ask that made Shiro's cheeks turn a bit pink. He nodded silently.
Nodding, the girl then skated forward a bit, turning around to skate backwards for a few yards before skating off right-way without another word. The only hint to her name that Shiro had was when he saw her last name on her black bag's name tag; "Pinkumiya."
Shiro sighed and continued on his way to school, hoping he'd never have to face that scary girl again. And what a sad wish that was.
-.-...
Much to his surprise, despite the terrifying incident, Shiro did arrive to school on time. He quickly made his way to his locker, switched his shoes, and attempted to make it to class without any further chaos.
If only if only.
"SHIIIROOO!" The voice was terrifyingly energetic and accompanied with a hard slap on the back that caused the poor boy to stumble forward. The owner of the voice was Kane Amamiya, a classmate of Shiro's and his best friend since childhood. Of course, Kane also had other roles to fulfill, such as the self-proclaimed "Dr. Manly" who was working on building up his friend's manliness and getting his two year old crush on Retasu somewhere.
"I saw what happened. Hand over a card."
Shiro pouted and dug into his pocket, taking out a blue card with a smiley face on it and handing it to Kane. Upon seeing the card, Kane sighed and shook his head, holding out another hand.
"Shiiroooo. What did I tell you about putting stickers on them?"
"It's just a smiley face..." Shiro pouted, "My little sister liked them."
"Another one."
Shiro handed it over. The card system was supposed to encourage him to be a man. There were five cards and whenever Shiro had all five he got a "reward". But they got taken away when he displayed his "lack of manliness."
He had yet to be rewarded, even though Kane had thrown in a sixth "pity card" to try and help him out.
"You really have to stop daydreaming, Shiro. You fell pretty hard." Kane scolded with a sigh, before his expression changed to a twisted smirk, "Aaand... How did walking Retasu home go?"
His brown haired friend blushed and looked at the ground. "F-Fine... She got there safely..."
"Get in a kiss or two?" Kane teased, making Shiro blush more and step back. Later, Shiro would come up with a conspiracy theory and believe Kane had set the whole thing up, because he bumped right into Retasu. They both squeaked in alarm and pulled back to avoid knocking each other over.
"A-Ananono-san! G-Good morning!" Retasu stuttered, blushing deeply, "Sorry... About that... uh... And thank you! Ichigo-san told me what happened... umm... Gotta go!"
The conversation was short, but Shiro would forever treasure it.
She'd thanked him!
Him!
I have to get that project going. She really seems to appreciate it!
Kane chuckled.
"Hmm... Looking good... Well, class starts soon. So, let's get moving."
"R-Right!" Shiro nodded and followed Kane, "To class!"
He was part way to class when something went "fwomp" and someone screamed. Shiro turned swiftly, only to see Ichigo and Minto kneeling over someone.
Someone with green hair.
"Midorikawa-san!" Shiro exclaimed, dropping his bag and running over. In deed, it was the girl of his dreams laying KOed on the ground and it didn't take Shiro long to realize she must have been over-exhausted again.
"Is she okay?!" He asked Ichigo, who was now scooping Retasu up in her arms. Shiro would have loved to carry her, but the last time he tried that he had needed to go to the ER after falling down the stairs and cutting his head (but Retasu survived!).
"Yeah... I'll take her to the nurse." Ichigo said with a worried sigh, "Don't worry about it. Go to class and take notes for us, okay?"
Then, with Minto close behind, they left.
Shiro watched, fist clenched and head down.
How could he not worry?
Kane did not have the guts to take away another man card, and instead, walked Shiro to class.
-.-...
School ended just like that. Shiro yawned, packing up his bag and going to switch his shoes. Since he was headed right to the Cafe after school, like the three mew girls, they all ended up meeting each other at the school gate and proceeding as a team (Kane given gave him another man card for getting three girls on a single date!).
"So. Today's the big day!" Ichigo exclaimed happily, stretching and sighing, "Finally! Things'll get better!"
"Mmm mmm. Shiro, you've really impressed me. I never thought Ryou would agree so quickly." Said Minto with a giggle, "Good job."
"Y-Yes. Thank you so much, Shiro-san... Sorry for getting you into this."
Of all the praise, it was Retasu's that really made Shiro happy. His cheeks changed shade again and he smiled.
"N-No problem... Glad to help." He replied shyly, "I just hope this works... I don't know quite what Ryou wants me to do yet either..."
The question brought a bit of an uncomfortable silence. In fact, the rest of the walk was silent. Shiro couldn't help but wonder if the three girls knew something that he didn't.
It was a bit worrisome.
Once at the cafe, the girls went to work while he retreated to the basement. There, the room was dark except for bright computers with pictures of five animals on them.
"So. You actually showed up."
It was Shirogane-jerk again.
Shiro tightened his grip on one of his man cards and nodded.
"I'm here to help! What do I do?"
Ryou smirked only slightly, as if a bit impressed, before frowning again and handing Shiro a silver box with a bright red button. He almost dropped it at first, but managed to get a good hold.
"Once you press that button there will be five new mews." Ryou explained, "And your life will be changed forever."
Blinking, Shiro looked at the box, then Ryou again.
"Changed... how?"
The rich blonde shrugged. "I can't say. It could be bad or it could be good. It depends on you."
Once again, Shiro looked at the box. Ryou's words were hard not to find a bit frightening; Minto and Ichigo talked about him in a way that Shiro already knew he only spoke truth. Or close to truth. But how could five new mews really change his life? It wasn't like he was that involved.
And then there was Retasu.
She really needed this.
Really bad.
Unless there were new mews, she'd get sick more often and Shiro couldn't stand that.
So, taking a deep breath, Shiro pressed the button. The only sound in the lab was that of the button going down and up again.
"And that marks the new beginning." Ryou muttered, "Now, get to work. Ichigo can fill you in on what happens now."