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"Yay, Electives Day!" Rika said happily as she and Melanie sat in their seats.

"It's technically not a holiday." Melanie replied looking at Rika like she was an idiot. "It's the end of the second marking period. So we get to select what we want to do for the final half of the year."

"Yeah I know." Rika replied looking at her. "But it sounds cooler as a holiday."

"Whatever." Melanie replied as she looked back on the sheet.

"Ok, we need to find a class where we can both be in." Rika said as she looked at the sheet as well.

"There's a computer class." Melanie said with hope.

"But remember, I can't type without looking at the key board." Rika pointed out.

"True, you would fail that course within the first day." Melanie said with a chuckle.

"Oh haha." Rika said sarcastically. "Let's just find something else."

"Hey how about cooking?" Melanie asked as she pointed to it.

"Cooking?" Rika asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I hear Drake's doing it." Melanie replied in a sing-songy voice.

"Shut Up!" Rika whispered to Melanie strongly.

She then looked up to see Drake walk past them .

"Hey Drake." Melanie called to him.

"Yes?" Drake asked as he stopped and looked at them.

"Your doing cooking, right?" Melanie asked as she looked at Rika and then back at Drake.

Rika softly shook her head 'no'.

"Of course." Drake replied with a smile. "I love cooking. Hope to see you both in it."

With that he then continued to walk away.

"Hmm, he want us both to be in it?" Melanie said in a quizzical tone of voice.

Rika then turned and slammed her head on her desk. The time soon came where it was time for them to go to their new classes. Their classes where the last periods of the day. Rika and Melanie quickly hurried to the kitchen where they waited. It was a white painted room with three tables evenly spaced out on either side of the room.

On them where burners and on the sides where cabinets that had other cooking supplies. In the front was a chalk board and a table with burners for the teacher. They made it as the bell rang. As they looked around only Melanie, Rika, and Drake where in the room.

"I guess not a lot of people wanted to do cooking." Rika said as she was next to Melanie.

"Oh good you guys are here." Drake said with a smile.

"Hello students." a soft voice said from the front.

As they looked up their teacher was there. She was a tall thin woman with soft pale skin. Her black hair reached her shoulder as she had soft brown eyes. She had on a long black skirt and a black collared long sleeve shirt which was the dress code for the women teachers. She had a white apron on as well.

"My, I expected more would come out." She said in a small disappointed voice. "But no matter. My name is Mrs. Karna. And I will be your cooking instructor."

"Karna-Sensei?" Melanie asked as she raised her hand.

"Yes Melanie?" she replied as she looked at her.

"What will we make first?" Melanie asked with excitement.

"Well, I was going to let you all decide what to make." she replied with a smile. "I want to see what you all are capable of making."

"Sweet!" Rika said with a smile.

"There are cook books in the top draws. I want you all to make something or you cannot leave. " Mrs. Karna said as she held up an example book. "Good luck."

The three quickly got out the books as they each studied the recipes. Mrs. Karna then left the room.

"Oh, brownies!" Melanie said with glee. "And the recipe is so simple."

"Look, sushi." Rika said as she looked at a picture of exquisite rolls.

"I love sushi." Drake said as he gave her a smile.

"Really?!" Rika said as her eyes where replaced with hearts. "I do to!"

"What are you talking about?" Melanie whispered to her. "You hate fish."

Rika quickly elbowed Melanie.

"Fine, blow up the place." Melanie said with a shrug.

"Would you like to make it with me?' Drake asked as he looked at Rika.

"Hai, Hai!" Rika said quickly.

"Great, why don't we get started?" Drake said with a smile.

A 'ding' then caught Rika's ear. As she turned she saw Melanie holding out a tray of brownies.

"How did you make those so quickly?" Rika asked in shock.

"Hey, I said the recipe was easy." Melanie replied with a shrug.

She then set the brownies down and exited the room, leaving Rika and Drake alone. But before she left she gave Rika a wink.

"I'm gonna kill her." Rika thought to herself as she glared at the door where Melanie left. "But I'm alone, with Drake!"

"Shall we get started?" Drake asked as he tied an apron around his waist.

"Sure." Rika said as she did a circle so she was facing him.

He then bent down and got out two bowls, short grained rice, seaweed, and salmon.

"According to the recipe we need to wash the rice off first." Drake said as he looked at the book. "So that it drains clearly."

"Let's get started." Rika said as she cracked her knuckles. She then stopped as he knuckles hurt, a lot. "Note to self, never crack knuckles again."

Rika and Drake took the next twenty minutes draining the rice until the water flowed clearly as they drained it.

"So um, nice weather we're having." Rika said in an attempt to make conversation.

"Yeah." Drake said with a soft chuckle. "It's been great."

"So um, what do the directions say that we need to do after this?" Rika asked as she continued to wash the rice with her wrinkled hands.

"Well, the salmon needs to be cut as the rice gets cooked." Drake said as he looked at the recipe.

"Hm, cutting salmon." Rika said to herself as she drained her rice.

The water was perfectly clear.

"Hey, I'll chop the salmon." Rika said as she then put her rice into a pot.

She quickly added the right amount of water and set the stove to medium high. She then went over to a freezer that was in the back of the room and pulled out a wrapper that had three long layers of salmon. She took one and bought it back to the table. She quickly got a cutting board and a sharp knife. Rika then started to chop the salmon into thick short slices.

"I wonder what Drake is thinking right now." Rika thought to herself as she started to day-dream.

A small prick and a warm feeling brought her back to Earth. As she looked down she saw her right pointer finger bleeding.

"I'm cut." Rika said bluntly not even taking in the sight fully.

"What?!" Drake said shocked as he looked at her.

"I…. I'm cut." Rika said as she turned to him and showed him.

"Here, let me see." Drake said as he took her hand in his.

Without even a pause Drake put Rika's finger into his mouth. Rika stood there trying to take in the scene. Drakes eyes where closed as Rika's finger occupied his mouth.

"Drake." Rika thought as she looked at him. Her face then flushed a soft pink.

She could feel the roughness of his tongue from her finger. She could also feel the blood going away. Drake then quickly took it out of his mouth, helped her wash the cut, and wrapped it in a bandage.

"There we go." Drake said as he put a bandage over it. "That ought to help."

"Thank you." Rika said softly.

For a moment Drake and Rika shared a moment of looking into each others eyes. A whistling quickly caught her attention. Rika quickly looked over to see her rice pot bubbling out of control.

"O MY GOSH!" Rika yelled as she ran over to her stove and quickly turned off the burner.

The sputtering and the whistling soon stopped as the pot cooled. After it was fully cooled Rika softly opened the lid. The bottom was littered with yellow rice. Rika took a fork and poked the rice. It was as hard as rocks as it didn't budge.

"Great." Rika said in a 'this is bad' tone of voice.

"You can use some of my rice." Drake said quickly.

"No. Thank you, but it wouldn't be fair to you." Rika said as she turned to him.

They then quickly locked eyes.

"Well, well, well." a familiar voice called out. "What do we have hear?"

As they both looked over in the doorway stood Tarish.

"Who's the cutie?" Tarish asked as she looked him up and down.

"Rika, get out of here." Drake said as he got between her and Tarish.

"No one's going anywhere." Tarish said with a devilish smile. "Didn't you kiddies even wonder where your sensei was?"

"Karna-sensei!" Rika said shocked. "What did you do with her?"

"Why don't you find out." Tarish said with a smile. "ATTACK!"

A blur quickly jumped into the room. The Chimera Animal then stopped as it stood before them. It was a human-kangaroo hybrid. It had large legs, a large pouch, and a long tail. It had tan fur all around it and long dark hair. It had brown eyes as a white apron on.

"Let's get cooking." it said in a distorted woman's voice.

With that it reached into it's pouch and bought out three knifes. It quickly threw the knives at Rika and Drake. Drake and Rika quickly hit the floor as they missed the knives. The knives stuck fast into the wall on the other side.

"Rika, run." Drake said to her.

"I'm not leaving you." Rika replied forcefully.

The monster gave a roar as it reached into it's pouch. It bought out a rolling pin. It then jumped towards them and was upon them in a second. It swung the rolling pin. Drake and Rika quickly rolled away as the attack missed. They then quickly got to their feet and started to run for the door. The monster quickly chucked the rolling pin and it slammed into Drakes head. He collapsed onto the ground as Rika stopped running.

"DRAKE!" Rika said as the monster approached him. Rika quickly grabbed her pendant.

"Mew Mew Rika! Metamorphosis!"

Rika softly kissed the pendant as it exploded with light. Rika stood in a blue sparkling background naked. Bands of orange light swirled towards her as she twirled. They wrapped over her body as she had a tube-top shirt that covered her breasts and left her chest bare. She also had on what looked like orange two-piece swim bottoms. She then swayed her hips back and forth as a orange mini-skirt formed over the bottoms. She then jumped down as the background was now green as orange cat ears appeared and an orange tail popped out from under the skirt. She reached out both of her arms a orange puff things appeared on her upper arms and orange wrist bands appeared. She then lifted up her left leg as long boots covered her legs up to her upper leg and stopped. A leg band then covered the rest of her right leg. She twirled as the pendant was hung from a thick orange collar necklace.

"For the sake of Drake's future. I'll be of service, Nya!" Rika said as she was fully transformed.

The monster then reached into it's pouch and bought out four knives. It then chucked the knives at Rika. Rika quickly forced her body onto her right hand as she dodged the knives.

"I already got a cut, I don't need another one." Rika yelled at the beast.

The monster then got out another rolling pin.

"Solar Medallion." Rika said as her weapon appeared.

She quickly grabbed it as the monster lunged at her. Rika jumped into the air and held out her medallion.

"Ribbon-32 Shot!" Rika yelled as it started to fire.

Light needles rained down onto the monster as it gave a moaning sound.

"Light Transformation 1!" Rika yelled as she landed.

Her weapon quickly changed into the heart as she pointed it at the monster.

"Ribbon-Tiger Heart Check!" Rika yelled as the beam of light enveloped the monster.

The monster gave a roar as it disappeared with a flash of light. The para para was then visible as a gem fell to the floor.

"Not bad." Tarish said as she had her arms folded. "We'll meet again."

She then disappeared along with the para para.

"At least it's over." Rika said with a sigh.

A grunt then caught her attention.

She looked back to see Drake coming through. She quickly faced the other way so Drake wouldn't see her face. Drake then looked up as he saw a girl in orange standing there, back facing him. He then noticed her right hand. On her pointer finger was a tan bandage.

"Rika?" he asked silently.

"O No!" Rika thought to herself as her face displayed a look of shock. "What should I do?!"

She then quickly turned and kicked him in the face. Drake slammed against the wall and was unconscious again.

"Sorry Drake, but it had to be done." Rika said softly as she looked down at him with a sad face.

She then softly pressed her pendant as she returned back to normal. She then looked back as she saw her sensei's soul lying on the ground. She quickly gathered her soul in her hands as she quickly exited the room. She ran down the hall as she then looked out the window. She saw her sensei's body lying next to her car. Rika quickly ran over to her sensei's body and released her soul back into it. As her sensei came to Rika quickly got away.

"Ugh." Drake said as he awoke again. He then looked around. "Rika?"

He then saw that she wasn't there and the sun was beginning to set. He looked around the room and then he looked down at the floor.

Drake then looked up as he saw a girl in orange standing there, back facing him. He then noticed her right hand. On her pointer finger was a tan bandage.

"Rika?" he asked silently.

"It couldn't have been her." Drake asked himself. "Could it?"

Ah! What should I do?! Drake somehow recognized me in my Mew form. I don't know what to do now. What if he thinks I'm a freak and he never wants to see me again?! I couldn't take that! What should I do? Nyaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Next Time: A Little White Lie?

Drake keeps growing suspicious of me. And now I found out something horrible happens when I tell a lie. How can I keep the truth from him now?

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