Chapter 2: The encounter

DISCLAMER: Don't own Mew Mew Power or Yu Yu Hakusho.

"Waaa, I'm late again!" Shouted a red-head girl. "Ryou's gonna' kill me." She said as she ran out of her school and around the corner to the café that she works at.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"She's late again!" A blonde boy shouted from his office.

"I donno' why he sounds so surprised after all this is Ichigo we're talking about." A short hyper blonde girl said, as she skated around the café, blanching plates on plates.

"But she should know better by now." Said a average tall girl, wearing glasses, as she watched the blonde girl skate around the room.

"She'll be here soon." Said one of the other girls sitting down at a table closet to the door drinking her tea.

"Why should we worry?" Responded a tall slender girl with purple hair.

They all stopped to look at the taller girl only to hear the front door swing open.

"I…..I'm here!" Announced the red-head as she feel to her knees, breathing heavily.

"Ichigo." The blond girl turned to look at her.

"You're late!" A stern voice came from the doorway of the kitchen.

"It's not my fault Ryou." The red-head stood up in defense.

"And who's fault is it Ichigo?!" Ryou said crossing his arms across his chest.

"My teachers." Ichigo responded innocently.

"How so?"

"She put me on the cleaning crew."

"Well go get changed."

"Nayy." She stuck her tongue out as she went to the back to change.

"What am I going to do with her?" Ryou said to himself running a frustrated hand through his hair.

"Ryou she is still going to school and coming here right after, she's still a kid at heart. Try to go a little easy on her." Keiichiro said as he entered the dinning room.

"Yea I know that Keiichiro, but she still has responsibilities."

"Well I have an idea on what you could do with her." The girl drinking tea started.

"What?" Ryou asked as he and Keiichiro looked her way.

"You could always ask her out on a date?" She said as a smile curved her lips.

"W-What!?" He started to blush, "I can't do that!"

"Actually she does have a point. You and Ichigo are always fluting without noticing it." Keiichiro said as he thought about it.

"Yes you can." Said the blonde girl.

"No, you three know it'd be wrong." Ryou said shaking his head.

As they all continued their conversation the front door opened and four men stepped in.

"Mint, Keiichiro stop!" Ryou shouted and stomped out of the room with Keiichiro following him.

"Mint, why do you do teas him so?" The girl wearing glasses asked.

"Do what?" Ichigo asked as she came back.

"Nothing." Mint said, then looked over at the door, "we have customers." Mint announced as she eyed all four men.

"Hello, can I help you?" The taller girl asked as she walked up to them.

"Yes, we're looking for some very heroic people." Kurama said trying to think of the right words to use.

"Heroic how?" Mint asked setting down her tea and crossing her arms as she turned to stand by the table she sat at.

"We're looking for superheroes." Yusuke said as he sat down at a table that was next to the door.

"Well we don't know any heroes around here." The girl who was standing in front of them said as she shoot Yusuke a glare.

Kurama sighed and spook up. "My name is Kurama."

"I'm lettuce." The girl wearing glasses said as she gave a little bow.

"Hiya', I'm Pudding." The blonde girl said hyperly.

"It's nice to met you both." Kurama said with a smile.

"Likewise." Lettuce responded.

"Hello." Kuwabara started, just now taking notice as to where he and his friends were and, eyeing the taller girl. Then sat at the same table as Yusuke just to be next to her. "I'm Kuwabara, and you are…?"

"Not interested ." She said shooting him down.

Kurama shook his head only to stop and look at a giggling Mint.

"Psstttt, Mint." Ichigo whispered to Mint, she stopped giggling and looked over at Ichigo with a questioning look on her face.

"Someone's checking you out." Ichigo teased as she lightly nodded her head to Kurama.

"Shut up." Mint told Ichigo as she looked at Kurama. "Hello I'm Mint." She introduced herself.

"And I'm Ichigo." She said, bouncing next to Mint.

"If you don't mind my asking, who are your friends?" Mint questioned.

"This is Hiei." Kurama said pointing to the three eye demon, "and this is Yusuke." Pointing to the boy sitting down.

"It's nice to meet you all." Mint said kindly.

"And who is your lovely friend?" Kuwabara asked.

"My name is Zakuro." The taller girl said turning around and going to the kitchen.

"So can we get you guys anything?" Ichigo asked.

"Yea an explanation why your friend is so cold-hearted." Kuwabara said a little upset.

"Nee-sama isn't cold-hearted!" Mint snapped.

The room fell silent and Mint felt her face heat up. Just as Ichigo was about to open her mouth a bell went off, and everyone looked around, but only to find out that the sound was coming from of the boys.

"Cell phone?" Ichigo and Mint asked in unasion.

"Uhh why yes it is, and now if you all will excuse us we have to go." Kurama told them as they all left.

"Awwwwww" Pudding said sadly as she sat down where Mint had been seated before.

Mint and Ichigo looked at each other and nodded as to say that they know what each one was thinking.

"Hey Pudding" Ichigo walked over to her.

"Yes?" Pudding looked up at Ichigo.

"Do you wanna play detevtive again?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah!" Pudding exclaimed and jumped up.

"Zakuro, we're leaving." They all called out.

"Bye." She waved over the counter.

All three girls went to go get dressed in their school clothes and get ready to leave only to stop and look at Lettuce.

"What's wrong Lettuce?" Pudding asked.

"I don't think this is a good idea." She said looking down and twirling her thumbs.

"Come on Lettuce, this'll be fun." Pudding said. Lettuce took a moment to think about this and nodded, "alright, lets go." She said happily.

"Yay.!" Pudding yelled as she jumped up.

The girls walked out of the café door and followed in the direction the boys had gone.