AN: Okay, so I've had this chapter finished for a long time, but never put it up. I wanted to go over it and make changes and add more to it. But alas, I never got around to it because of school. I might edit the chapter later on, but for now, this is the chapter.

Honestly, it takes me a long time to write chapters, because I tend to watch the episode as I'm writing them to get the correct dialog and make sure everything is chronologically correct.

Also, you may notice that things are spelled re or with an extra u, and thats just because I'm Canadian, so it how you spell it here.

:) Enjoy!

-AxA-

"This place... I thought so... a cute cafe!" Ichigo exclaimed in excitement, while Ryou hung his head. I snickered.

"We just opened recently," Keiichiro explained. Then, Keiichiro bent down and whispered something into Ichigo's ear that I couldn't quite make out.

"Eh, really? I'm glad." Ichigo smiled at him.

"Can we go in already..." I sobbed. "I have a lot of homework..."

"Momomiya Ichigo-san, Welcome to cafe mew mew, as well as..." Keiichiro trailed off.

"Our secret hideout," Ryou finished for him.

The doors to the cafe opened and Ichigo stared wide eyed at the inside. She walked in looking around at every little thing she could see. She seemed so happy and blissful when she stepped into the cafe.

"Waa, what a beautiful store," She exclaimed.

Ryou pulled out a chair from one fo the tables and took a seat. Keiichiro walked over with a couple white boxes with red ribbon around them in each of his hands.

"Now, could you change into this? The locker room is over there. Ember-san, you too." Keiichiro instructed us.

I looked at him in disbelief. Was he serious?

"Eh. What? Why do I have to change?" Ichigo asked, confused by all this.

"Just hurry up and do it," Ryou demanded.

"Hey!" Ichigo interjected.

"Won't you try it on please? Its something for a special lady." Keiichiro whispered in her ear as I watched her face grow a dark shade of red.

"O-okay.."

Ichigo took one of the packages from him and I took the other and the two of us walked off towards the locker rooms. Once we walked in we looked at each other awkwardly. Not knowing what to do since the two of us were in there together.

"Erm... could you... turn around and close your eyes while I change...?" Ichigo asked. She was totally embarassed and her cheeks were turning red. Mine were doing the same thing and I did what she asked with out question.

"So... is this your first time here, Shirogane-san?" Ichigo asked as she put on her uniform.

"No. I came here a couple days ago." I replied nonchalantly.

"Does that mean... you're a mew too?" Se asked hesitantly.

"Nope. I just... live here." I answered stuttering slightly. I was tripping over my own words.

"Eh?"

"Ryou... he lives here too." I explained to her. "But, don't get the wrong idea since we have the same last name. We're not related to each other in any way. I'm simply using his last name."

"Why?" She asked, turning around so I could put my uniform on, even though I didn't totally care if she did or not. We'd have to get used to changing in front of each other eventually, right?

"Well, wouldn't it seem weird for two teenagers to be living together if they weren't related?" I asked as I gaped at the uniform in front of me. I twitched involuntarily and began to put it on, thinking of all the possible ways I could kill Ryou.

"Ahh..."

"All done," I said, letting her know she could turn back around.

"Waa, you look so cute!" Ichigo exclaimed excitedly and ran towards the mirror with excitement. As soon as she saw her reflection in the mirror, she began checking herself out. I sweat dropped and walked over to the mirror to see what I looked like.

'I look like a slut...' I thought to myself, sobbing on the inside.

Unlike Ichigo's uniform, which was red, mine was black and looked like a maid outfit. I narrowed my eyes at my reflection. I wanted to kill Ryou even more. He was going to pay for this.

Ichigo ran back to Ryou and Keiichiro while I forced myself to walk back to the main part of the cafe.

"Well, don't you look cute," Ryou teased me. He was smirking and seemed to be enjoying this just as much as I was hating it.

"'Together for a long time?'" Ichigo asked. "What do you mean? And what was the meaning of leaving me to fight those monsters?"

"The one you fought wasn't a monster... Chimera Animal," Ryou corrected her.

"Chimera... Animal?" Ichigo muttered.

Ryou snapped his fingers and the lights went out. A projection popped up on the back wall as well showing ichigo what they are.

"We're talking about aliens that possess animals and turn them into savages." Ryou explained to her, eyes focused on the screen.

"Huh? Aliens?" Ichigo asked.

"We don't know what their purpose is, but the fact is, humans are approaching a crisis." Keiichiro explained further.

"Who are you guys anyways?" Ichigo asked.

"Just rich high school students..." Ryou replied.

"... And owners of this place," Keiichiro added.

"To be honest, we are trying to guard against these aliens. Our means of doing so is with Red Data Animals." Ryou explained. "You're familiar with it, aren't you? You went to see it with that guy right?"

"How did you know about that!" Ichigo demanded, looming over Ryou outraged. "Waaa! You were spying on my date!"

"The DNA of Red Data Animals have a strong power to protect their species, when these animals encounter a Chimera Animal, their DNA enables them to withstand the attacks of the parasitic alien." Ryou continued to explain, completely ignoring Ichigos previous outburst. "That's why we are searching for people who can host the DNA of Red Data Animals."

"And... that's me?" Ichigo asked, starting to comprehend what was going on.

"You're qualified. Thats why you were able to transform into Mew Ichigo and use cat-like powers and turn that Chimera Animal back into a rat." Ryou told her.

"But... but... that means I'm going to be a cat!" Ichigo exclaimed in terror.

"That can't be helped. It comes along with being able to use the Red Data Animal's power." Ryou said.

"You're kidding me! Because of that, weird things have been happening to me: I fell and laded safely on my feet, feel sleepy all the time, and can predict weather." Ichigo began shouting at him in pure rage. "It's a PROBLEM!"

Keiichiro swiftly grabbed her hand and she immediately stopped yelling at Ryou who was sitting at the table with his arms crossed acting like he was so cool.

"It's a wonderful thing, Momomiya Ichigo-san." Keiichiro told her, calming her down. "It is very rare to be chosen, to be the Top Lady."

"Top... Lady?" Ichigo repeated.

"If you think about it, guys will be falling at your feet... you could end up being an idol." Keiichiro added.

"Really?" Ichigo asked, in a dream-like state.

"Yes, so please leave your dreams in our hands." Keiichiro kissed her hand for the second time that day.

"Well, thats how its going to be, just do your best, friend of justice." Ryou flicked her on the nose.

"What?" Ichigo demanded. "How come its just only me?"

"Its not just you. You have 4 companions." Ryou explained to her with his hands on his hips, back facing her.

"Companions?"

"They have markings somewhere on their body. That will let you know." Ryou told her, folding his arms over his chest. "If you need help... Find them! Ember will help you look for them as well."

"Yup!" I raised my hand. I was busy working on homework at one fo the tables. I didn't even bother to raise my head to look at them. I just needed to catch up since I was so far behind in my studies.

"Wait, does that mean I also have it?" Ichigo began searching her body for any strange marks. First her arms and then her legs until she spotted it on her right inner thigh. "Ahh! Since when! I wasn't aware! Hold on!"

"Stop screaming!" Ryou commanded. "Once the mission is completed, it'll disappear."

Ichigo turned to Keiichiro with a look of defeat on her face. "But, but until that time ti will be there? That is so cruel!"

"My apologies..." Keiichiro said, opening his hands to reveal Masha.

Masha flew up and around to Ichigo's side.

"Cute!" Ichigo exclaimed looking at Masha in awe.

"This is R2000, please accept him." Keiichiro asked. "He has an alien sensor in him."

"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you." Masha said, flapping his wings and smiling up at Ichigo from the palm of her hand.

"Nice to meet you." Ichigo said, returning the comment. "Waa, it got smaller."

"Also," Ryou began.

"There's more!" Ichigo retorted.

"You'll have to work as a waitress here." Ryou informed her.

"What! Is that why I look like this?" She demanded.

"Doesn't it look good on you?" Keiichiro asked, trying to calm her down once more. "The store is only a cover for us, and we won't get that many customers anyway."

'Pfft, thats what he thinks.' I thought to myself as I continued to work.

"Furthermore, you would be able to eat as much of the store's cake and sweets as you like." Keiichiro added.

"You're kidding!" Ichigo exclaimed with excitement in her eyes. "Really? As much cake as I want! But I'll get fat! Thats not what we're supposed to be discussing!"

-AxA-

When I walked into school the next morning, I saw Ichigo with cat ears, holding Aoyama's head and making him look away from her. Ichigo's things were sprawled all over the floor and she seemed quite flustered.

"Waa, Shirogane-san!" Ichigo looked up at me with frightened eyes. I took that as my cue to distract Aoyama.

"Ah, Good morning Ichigo-san... and you must be that Aoyama I've heard so much about. Everyone in the school is talking about you. You play kendo right?" I asked, trying my best to start up a conversation. It was turning into a complete disaster.

"Yea," He nodded, looking up at me. "Are you new? I've never seen you around before."

I nodded. "I just transferred here yesterday." I replied, while Ichigo fought with herself to get her tail to go away now.

"Ahh, do you like it here so far?" He asked, holding up a light conversation with me, and in turn giving Ichigo time to sort things out.

"Yea, its a lot bigger than my old school." I commented.

"Ah, have you made many friends yet?" He asked.

I shook my head, "Just Ichigo-san," I replied.

"Well we better be going, right Shirogane-san?" Ichigo asked quickly. "We don't wanna be late for class do we?"

"Eheheh, I suppose not," I sweat dropped as I smiled and let Ichigo drag me off to class.

"See you later Aoyama-kun!" Ichigo called back to him.

-AxA-

"That was too close," Ichigo sighed as she sat down at her desk. She flopped her arms on the desk and put her head down as well. "Shirogane has some explaining to do!"

I scratched the back of my head, not knowing what I should say to the cat girl. Especially since there were a bunch of people around. Its not like I could tell her either, because that would upset the storyline. I sighed.

"What do you think, Ember-san?" Ichigo asked. I quirked my eyebrows. "Should we look around town tonight?"

"Uh, sure...?" I agreed. "Where should we look? I don't exactly know my way around town very well yet, so you'll have to lead the way and make the calls."

"Okay class, everyone take your seats," Ms. Yamamoto instructed walking into the room and making her way to her desk.

"We'll talk about this later, okay?" I asked and headed towards my seat. I'd have to find a way to make sure that we wound up finding Minto and because I didn't know my way around town, that might be a tad difficult.

-AxA-

"Oh yea, so it actually popped out?" Ryou asked, as he sat in the kitchen reading a magazine. I really don't see why he couldn't help out. After all, it was just me, Ichigo, Keiichiro and about 30 girls. Not that Ichigo knew yet... and Keiichiro never actually had to go out and SERVE the dishes. Just make them.

Speaking of making dishes, he was busy putting the finishing touches on an apple tart. Let me tell you, Keiichiro's desserts are not to be taken lightly. They are the tastiest pastries and desserts on the planet. I could eat them all day!

"I didn't know that!" Ichigo retorted. She was absolutely fuming because of this morning's incident with Aoyama.

"Yeah, I didn't tell you." Ryou replied, not even bothering to look up from his magazine as Ichigo yelled at him. As a matter of fact, he was sitting there smiling the whole time, like he enjoyed all this.

"Aw, come off it!" Ichigo yelled, "Besides, I can't find my 'companions' at all! I'll NEVER want to fight alone" Now she looked like she wanted to bite his head off. I decided it was best to keep my distance from the two and just watched Keiichiro make his desserts. It was safer that way.

"Akasaka-san... don't you think you should do something about... you know who?" I whispered to him. He nodded in reply and picked up the plate he had just been working on with the pear charlotte and apple tart.

"Ichigo-san," Keiichiro called.

"Ah, yes?" Ichigo's attention suddenly shifted to Keiichiro and his delectable desserts.

"The Apple tart and Pear Charlotte are ready now," Keiichiro told her, handing her the tray.

"Its so pretty!" Ichigo looked like she was ready to devour them.

"Sorry for the trouble," Keiichiro apologized.

"Ah... oh yeah," she said, suddenly remembering that she couldn't eat them and had to serve them to customers. I let out a little chuckle as she walked out the saloon style doors and towards the hordes of customers that awaited her.

"Must you be so tough on her?" Keiichiro asked Ryou once Ichigo was long gone.

I grabbed a few tea cups from the cupboard and a teapot that had just finished brewing its tea and put them all on a platter. Picking it up, I walked out to the cafe and began my first day of work at Cafe Mew Mew.

-AxA-

"Ahh, I'm so tired," Ichigo sat down on a bench just outside a huge theatre where Minto was currently performing. I had practically dragged Ichigo in every which direction just to get here.

"My feet are killing me..." I complained as I took a seat next to her on the bench.

"Yea, well its no wonder," She muttered glaring at me from the corner of her eye.

"I said I was sorry! I don't know where anything is," I explained for the 10th time.

Ichigo looked down at her cell phone. Masha was strapped to it like a little keychain and in all honesty, it was pretty cute.

"Oh yeah, I haven't given you a name yet," Ichigo suddenly remembered. "What should it be? Hmm... I know! Since I like Aoyama-kun, how about Masha? What do you think Ember-san?"

"Drop the '-san' and sure, it sounds like a great name," I agreed nodding.

"Then Masha it is!" Ichigo exclaimed

Masha flew off the keychain and went back to full size. "Masha! Masha!"

"Do you like it too?" Ichigo asked, giggling.

"Like it, like it!" Masha exclaimed rubbing up against Ichigo's cheek like an affectionate cat or fluff ball or some sort.

"I think... just saying his name makes me happy." Ichigo squealed with joy.

Masha suddenly turned towards the theatre. He sensed the new mew. Aizawa Minto.

"Umm, what's wrong?" Ichigo asked Masha, turning her head in the same direction that he was looking in.

"Its there, its there, Chimera Animal!" Masha exclaimed floating up and down, flapping his wings every which way. Just as he said that, he popped back into his smaller form and Minto and her grandma walked down the steps towards us.

"That girl from yesterday?" Ichigo whispered to herself. "Wait, Masha there's nothing there."

"Its there, its there!" Masha persisted. "Its leaving, its leaving now."

Ichigo and I stood up as the car took off down the street. As I was trying to figure out how we would follow the car to Minto's house Ichigo pulled out the handkerchief that Minto had given to her the other day.

"It couldn't be..." Ichigo said to herself, staring down at the handkerchief in disbelief and curiosity. All of a sudden, Ichigo took off running after the car as fast as she could.

"Hey! Wait, Ichigo!" I ran after her, pushing my legs as much as I could to catch up to her and the car so we wouldn't lose her.

-AxA-

"You came all this way to return the handkerchief? But I thought the young miss presented it to you as a gift..."

"Yes, but its too much of a gift." Ichigo countered.

"Woahh, so cool," Ichigo and I exclaimed at the same time.

"Now please, come in." The old woman asked.

Just as we walked in, Minto walked down the stairs. Probably to see who was at the door, or because she felt like it. I never knew with her.

"Hmm, a guest?" Minto asked, loooking down at the two of us.

Ichigo had completely tensed up when Minto looked down at us, "Err, thanks for the handkerchief yesterday, thats why I came..."

"You're the girl from before?" Minto asked, looking uninterested.

Just as she asked, her dog barked at her feet. It was a very playful dog, and having an owner like Minto meant that he didn't exactly get to go out for walks very often. The dog ran down the steps towards Ichigo and stopped right in front of her.

"Its just Miki right? Good evening." Ichigo greeted the dog, kneeling down to pet it. I simply stayed where I was, looking up at Minto.

"I'll get you some tea," The woman said and walked off.

"Is that the only reason you're here?" Minto asked, after walking down the steps and towards Ichigo and I.

"Ummm... I'm Momomiya Ichigo," She said, completely disregarding Minto's question. "And this is Shirogane Ember."

"Nice to meet you," I bowed respectfully to Minto, trying to show that I had some sort of etiquette.

"Likewise," she replied.

"Aizawa-san?" Ichigo asked, holding the handkerchief out to her.

"You can call me Minto," she instructed.

"Well... Mint..." Ichigo began, "This is a really cool house you live in." Ichigo commented as she began to walk around the house with her cellphone out. She walked over to different area's of the room holding Masha up to them.

"Err... Don't mind her..." I told Minto, scratching the back of my head.

"Whats wrong Masha? I thought you said there was something here? This is weird..." Ichigo whispered to Masha.

"What are you doing?" Minto demanded. Ichigo put Masha behind her back and smiled back at Minto, face bright red.

"Nothing. Its just that this house is so big and amazing..." Ichigo trailed off. She was at a loss for words.

"How is it Masha?" Ichigo asked once she was far enough away from Minto.

"Hold on... stop that now!" Minto commanded Ichigo. She was beginning to get angry with Ichigo, seeing as how she was snooping around her house. "Coming into people's houses and running about here and there. You should excuse yourself and leave."

"I'm sorry..." Ichigo apologized to the girl as she walked up the stairs.

"Miki, you shouldn't go near that vulgar girl," Minto instructed the dog, not that it could actually understand her.

"V-vulgar?" Ichigo was beyond shocked. Her eyes were wide and she was totally tensed up. Though, I think a part of her was pretty pissed as well.

"We'll be taking our leave now," I waved and grabbed Ichigo and hauled her out of the house, steaming with anger.

"Geez... What was that! What was that!" Yep. She was mad alright. I stopped dragging her along and she stomped right along beside me as I walked down the stairs. "Well sorry for coming to your house but there's no need to react that way!"

I didn't say anything to her, knowing that if I did, it would turn out badly. She was in a bad mood, so it was just best not to bother her.

As we got to the bottom of the steps, I heard Miki's barking come from behind us.

"Miki?" Ichigo and I both turned around to see Miki run up to Ichigo. She crouched down and began petting him as I just stood there, itching to pet the cute little thing.

"What is it?" Ichigo asked the dog as she knelt on the ground. "Oh yea, is that so? Its okay... But if Minto sees you with me she'll be mad again. Be a good boy and go home. See you!"

"See ya," Ichigo put the dog down and I waved to the dog along with Ichigo and walked away from the dog and the house.

Miki came and followed us down the next flight of stairs and whined. Both Ichigo and I turned around and smiled at the small dog. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was ready to follow Ichigo all the way home. I smiled at the dog and waved once again.

"I'll come play with you again. Bye bye!" Ichigo called out to Miki and we began walking off once more.

"Miki... he's such a cute dog, nee?" I asked Ichigo as we walked towards the front gate.

"I know..." Ichigo sobbed. "I would have loved to take him home... but if I did that Minto would probably kill me."

"She'd probably sue you first. Then kill you," I said receiving a chuckle from Ichigo.

Once we reached the front gate Minto let out a blood curtailing scream. Ichigo and I instantaneously turned around and looked back towards the house. Masha flew up out of Ichigo's pocket and went back to full size.

"Chimera Animal, Chimera Animal!" Masha wailed.

"Eh?" But you didn't detect anything all this while..." Ichigo protested.

"Incomplete! Incomplete!"

"I think he's trying to say that it wasn't a complete mutation. Something must have triggered it... or something like that," I reasoned with the red head. "So lets not waste any time and go check it out."

We exchanged looks of confidence and determination with one another and began running towards the house. I had been waiting for this moment all night. It would make all this trouble we went through worth while.

Ichigo and I burst through the front doors and saw Miki as a huge red and white mutant dog chimera animal.

"Quick, Ichigo!" I shouted to her. She nodded, knowing exactly what I was thinking and ran behind the door so she could transform.

Miki looked like he was about to eat Minto for dinner, so in order to help her, I ran over to the other side of the room and I began shouting at him. "Hey ugly!" Miki turned around to glare at me with his bright blue eyes and abnormally large and sharp teeth. I gulped "Y-yea, you!" Miki growled and I gulped again. "I bet you can't get me!" I stuck my tongue out at him and that was a really really bad idea. Miki suddenly charged at me and I just managed to dodge his claws.

"You there, alien! Release Miki now!" Ichigo shouted from the doorway and not a moment too soon, Miki's attention was suddenly diverted to Ichigo instead of me. "Or else... for the future of the Earth, at your service nya!"

"Wait... thats..." Minto muttered.

"I'm sorry for the surprise I'll explain it later!" Ichigo shouted to Minto.

Miki took a swing at Ichigo, but thanks for her cat-like reflexes, she managed to dodge it pretty easily. Minto let out a shrill scream and unfortunately, Miki's attention was back on her. Just as Miki took a swing at her, Ichigo came and grabbed her, getting her away from Miki's deadly blow. Ichigo had landed by me and set Minto down right next to me.

"Strawberry Bell!" Ichigo shouted, holding her hand out in front of her, calling for her weapon. It suddenly materialized in her hand and she took a step forward, about to attack.

"Stop it!" Minto shouted at her, from her place beside me. Ichigo immediately stopped and turned around to stare at Minto. "Don't hurt him."

"Ichigo! Watch out!" I shouted as I noticed Miki bring his paw back to take a swing at Ichigo. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't manage to get away in time and Miki's hit threw her over to the other side of the room, crashing against the wall. She slid down the wall into a sitting position on the floor, her body limp, like she had fainted.

Minto went down on her hands and knees and begged Miki to stop, but the dog wasn't in control of his own body, the alien was.

"Minto, thats not Miki! An alien is controlling him. He doesn't know what he's doing," I explained to her as the dog slowly approached Ichigo and pulled his arm back to take another stab at Ichigo. Minto suddenly got up and ran over to where Ichigo was sitting to protect her from Miki's hit. She managed to get over to Ichigo in time and took the hit for her, but the two of them went tumbling to the other side of the room and Minto's dress tore at the back, revealing her Mew mark. Two pink wings on her back.

Ichigo sat up and got a good look at Minto's back. "Minto..." she muttered.

Minto got onto her hands and knees as well and looked over at Ichigo in curiosity.

"That mark... Could it be?" Ichigo muttered to herself, getting another look at the girls back.

Masha suddenly flew over and opened his mouth really wide, and a power pendant suddenly popped out of his mouth and onto the floor in front of Minto. She stared down at the pendant, not knowing what she was supposed to do with it.

"You're... you're one of our companions." Ichigo explained to her.

"What are you talking about?" Minto asked, arms folded over her chest and staring at Ichigo with confusion.

"You may not believe it, but you can transform too!" Ichigo informed her, getting onto her knees and putting her fists to her chest in determination.

Miki let out a big growl and began making his way over to Ichigo and Minto. I ran over to where they were sitting and said to them, "If you're both done talking now... defeating him might be a good idea."

"Please... transform!" Ichigo begged.

"Thats not possible. How am I supposed to do that?" Minto asked, stubborn as ever.

"See that pendant in front of you?" I asked.

Miki raised his paw up again about to attack us. Minto quickly reached for the pendant and a blue light engulfed her, transforming her into Mew Minto. When the transformation finished, Minto was standing up and staring at her hands in disbelief.

"No way!" Minto muttered.

"Jump Minto!" Ichigo and I shouted to her as Miki growled once more.

Ichigo grabbed me around the waist and both her and Minto jumped over tot he other side of the room. Ichigo set me down once we landed.

"Strawberry Bell!" Ichigo shouted, summoning her weapon once more. She turned back to Minto. "Now Mint, listen to your heart and call out the words."

Minto looked to her in surprise and body completely ridged.

"I can't do it," she protested.

"You can do it! You transformed, didn't you?" I reasoned.

Minto looked taken aback and suddenly her expression changed from defiant to determined. Miki went charging towards us and Ichigo took charge, being the leader and all.

"Ember, stay back! Let's go Minto!" Ichigo commanded.

I did as told and ran back towards the wall behind us while Ichigo and Minto took fighting stances. Both Ichigo and Minto jumped up into the air while Miki attacked the ground right in front of me. My eyes widened, looking at the damage that the alien dog had just done right in front of me, seeing that if I had been any closer, I would have been crushed.

"Minto... Arrow!" Minto shouted reaching out for her bow and arrow. Once it appeared she grabbed it and took a shot at Miki, hitting him spot-on. "Ribbon... Minto ECHO!"

Miki shriveled in pain, but he wasn't done yet. It was Ichigo's turn next. "Ribbon strawberry... CHECK!" Just like what happened with the rat, light struck the Chimera Animal and it turned into a small pink ball and then into Miki and an infuser. Masha then came along and ate the wandering Alien.

Miki happily barked at Ichigo and Minto. Minto walked over to the dog and picked him, up hugging him.

"Miki... I'm so glad you're back." Minto said with tears in her eyes. Even Ichigo looked like she was about to cry with happiness.

I sat down, releaved that we had gotten through this and found the second mew with out too much trouble.

-AxA-

"Its wonderful," Keiichiro complimented as Minto posed with her new cafe mew mew uniform on. I grinned, happy that it wasn't just me and Ichigo that had to wear them now. Keiichiro began clapping while Ryou looked like he could care less about the whole matter.

"It looks so good on you," Ichigo told her.

"Yea, it does," I agreed.

"So, I'll leave finding the other three to you then," Ryou informed us before walking off. He was probably going back to the lab or to the kitchen so he could just sit around reading again.

"Well, I need to get ready to open the store," Keiichiro told us before heading off to the kitchen to go start baking.

Minto looked at Me and Ichigo with a somewhat depressed and sorrowful look. I raised my eyebrow along with Ichigo, who looked completely taken aback by this.

"What is it?" Ichigo asked, taking a step back.

"Thank you..." Minto said. Ichigo once again looked startled and confused and I couldn't blame her. "For saving Miki."

'Oh, right.' I thought, remembering what happened next.

"We helped each other because we're friends." Ichigo exclaimed. "Let's do our best together from now." Ichigo placed her hand out in front of her, waiting for Minto to shake it upon their agreement and working together. Minto just started at it. A few seconds later she reached out for Ichigo's hand like she was going to shake it, but just smacked Ichigo's away.

"Don't mix different issues together. I don't have the intention of cooperating with someone so vulgar." Minto turned around with her arms crossed with her nose high up in the hair like the little princess she is.

"V-VULGAR?" Ichigo shouted in disbelief, her body turning to stone and eyes wide. "Geeee... Can't we just get along! Nyaa!"

"Its okay Ichigo, don't worry too much about it..." I told her, receiving a 'look' from Minto. I shrugged at her.

"Oi," Ryou said, annoyed as he walked back into the main part of the Cafe. "I'm not paying you to argue. Get to work."

"Yea, well you don't pay some of us at all.." I muttered under my breath, glaring at him from the corner of my eye.

"That'll be another 10000 Yen you owe me," Ryou said triumphantly, folding his arms over his chest.

I flopped down onto one of the tables, arms stretched out and head facing down on top of them, crouching down on the ground sobbing. "I'm Sorry..."

"Too late," Ryou chimed walking back into the kitchen.

-AxA-

"If you don't do something about that pest, it could put our mission in danger. Do you understand what you need to do," a voice asked out of no where.

The place looked like it was underwater, waves of blue coming from the centre and a long-eared man kneeling down in front of it, as if it was worshiping the blue. The man kept his head low and facing the floor, not looking at the blue.

"I understand."

-AxA-

AN: Well, that ends Chapter 2! I hope you liked it! Review!