I merrily hummed to myself as I continued chopping carrot heads with my claws, not even bothering with my fan. My specialty was multiple enemies, so this was nothing to me. I kept an eye on the Mew Mews, though, who didn't look like they were having as easy of a time. Even with their powered attacks, it looked like they could only focus on a couple at a time, so they were going at a much slower rate than I was.
"Ribbon Pudding ring Inferno!" the yellow girl, who I immediately placed as Pudding, yelled as she trapped two carrot monsters in her pudding of doom.
I decided to help and sliced the pudding with my claws, destroying the carrots trapped inside.
"Thanks!" Pudding said before moving on to the next carrot.
"Ribbon Mint Echo!" I heard Mint yell behind me.
I turned around to see Mint's attack strike a carrot trying to sneak up on me. Mint then flew to my side and shot off another attack to a distant carrot.
"Thanks for that," I nodded to Mint.
I scanned the area to see only five mutant carrots left. I just crossed my arms and stood back, knowing the others could handle the leftovers.
"Ribbon Zakuro Spear!"
"Ribbon Pudding Ring Inferno!"
"Ribbon Lettuce Rush!"
"Ribbon Mint Echo!"
"Ribbon Strawberry Surprise!"
I watched lazily as a pink puff ball-like creature suddenly popped up and ate all the jellyfish monsters that started coming out of the decapitated carrots. That was too easy and boring. I looked up to see a pair of inquisitive eyes.
"Hey, White Fox, why didn't you use your powers to beat them? It would have gone way faster," Kisshu asked.
"That would have been too easy. I mean, it was boring enough just swiping them with my claws. None of them put up a very good fight."
"But there were so many! Weren't you worried about getting hurt?" Ichigo asked taking a step towards me.
I chuckled a little before responding, "I wish. I have yet to be hurt by my opponent."
Kisshu looked at me with a raised eyebrow and a smirk planted on his face.
"You are obviously more powerful and interesting than Ichigo, foxy," Kisshu whispered.
I probably would have missed it had I not had my fox ears.
"Foxy?" I questioned.
He merely made a bigger smirk and disappeared.
"We will meet again," Pai said before leaving.
"See ya!" Taruto said following Pai.
Huh. Weird bunch. I'm not one to talk, though. I turned around to see the Mew Mews staring at me with questioning looks.
"Why are you in Japan?" Lettuce asked.
Oh, boy.
"Girls!" I heard two guys yell just as they came into view.
"Uh, time to go!" I hastily said jumping into the branches and from tree to tree.
"Wait! No…" Ichigo started, but I had already left.
I had turned back to normal by the time I got back to where I was before the explosion. Uh. Now, where was I? Oh, yeah, I was going to the palace of frills. I stuck my tongue out in disgust as I approached the pink building. When I got to the gate, I noticed a sign above my head that read Café Mew Mew and a sign behind a red rope that said closed. I scoffed in response to the "coincidence" of the restaurant being the group name of Tokyo's heroines. Yeah, this must be where she works, I thought with a sigh. I ducked under the ropes and walked up to the door. Thankfully, it was still unlocked. Probably in too much of a hurry. I opened the door and walked in to see a room filled with hearts. It was a girly disaster zone. It was also void of people. I must have beaten them. Oh, well. I might as well make myself comfortable. I grabbed a chair from a table and sat down, laying my head on the table. I'm not quite sure how much time passed, but eventually I lifted my head at the sound of the door opening.
"Alright, let's finish packing everything up," the male blonde said as he walked in.
He stopped when we locked eyes. His eyes grew big in surprise as I continued to look on lazily.
"Uh, may I help you?" the brunette male asked noticing and walking up to me as the rest of the group started to file in.
"Well, not you, but Mint can," I said nodding my head to her as she walked through the door.
Mint paused for a second before yelling, "Ambrosia!"
We both ran to each other and gave each other tight hugs.
"It's so great to see you again! Well, not under these circumstances, but you know what I mean!" Mint said letting go of me as I nodded with a warm smile.
"You look familiar…" Zakuro muttered loud enough for me to hear.
"Really?" I replied trying to sound as innocent as I could with a half-smile.
"You're really different. I've never met anyone young with silver hair before except that girl in the…!" Pudding remarked pointing at my unique feature, but was quickly cut-off by Ichigo's hand.
"It doesn't matter! Stop judging her looks!" Mint said getting annoyed before turning back to me, "Let me change out of my uniform, and then we can go. Oh, by the way, that's Keiichiro Akasaka and Ryou Shirogane."
As Mint ran off to get changed, I did a double-take as I realized what the girls were wearing. Wow! I thought the restaurant was frilly! Those uniforms literally are. How typical that they are wearing their colors. When Mint had left the room, the other girls quickly went about putting everything away that still needed to put in its proper place. Keiichiro glanced at me once before rushing off into the kitchen. Ryou just continued to stand there and stare. Okay…
"…You don't have to stay here on my account. Please, do whatever you need to do," I said hoping to get rid of his icy eyes.
"I'm done with everything I need to do," Ryou stated before grabbing a chair and sitting down next to the chair I had been sitting in.
Once he was sitting, he continued to glare. Weirdo. I sat back down in my chair, resigning to my unfortunate fate. A moment or two passed in pure silence between us.
"Um, so, exactly how old are you? Uh, do you have any pets? Can you please say something so I stop sounding stupid?" I asked desperately, trying to kill the silence.
A chuckle escaped from his lips at my last question before he replied, "I'm 16 years old. I don't have any pets. And, you don't have to worry. I'm the one who's just staring you down and making you feel uncomfortable."
I smiled warmly and he immediately returned it. Wow, he's really nice. A little on the weirdish side, but who isn't anymore? I looked around the store and watched the rest of the group clean.
Did Mint tell you about everybody?" Ryou asked.
I nodded as I pointed out everybody, "That's Ichigo, that's Lettuce, Pudding, and Zaukro."
"You know all of them, but how come you didn't know Keiichiro and me?"
"Well, all she really said about you two was that you owned the restaurant she worked in. Even then, she didn't mention your names. I'll be honest, though; I don't see why you made such a frilly restaurant when you guys already could attract all the girls you two want with just your looks."
Ryou smiled and leaned towards me until we were only inches apart. My eyes went wide as I felt my cheeks turn pink from the sudden proximity.
"You really think so? Any girl?" Ryou questioned.
"Well, yeah, sure. Except the smarter girls who know better than to be bought by good looks alone," I replied regaining my composure and gently pushing him back with a smirk.
We both chuckled.
"Hey, Ambrosia! Ready to go?" Mint said running towards Ryou and me.
"Sure! It was nice meeting you, Ryou. It was nice meeting everybody! Bye!" I said as I got off my chair and followed Mint out the door.
"Bye!" everyone yelled before the door closed.