A/N: Hey guys! It's me! Chiharu! XD Nothing much to say here, except I love this chapter. Well, it isn't my best, and I hate writing about me... but yeah. Here ya go! Who's up next? Strawberry? sakuuya? Cherrie? It's one of you. Or Zeph. I dunno. I tried to be funny in this, as I figured I'd be the comic relief in this.
The woman opened her eyes and saw a world of dim-lit colors. She felt lost, and more importantly, she felt a throbbing pain on the left side of her chest. She clutched her aching chest as she struggled to stand up straight. As her vision cleared, she glanced in total awe at tall, blue-colored trees scratching the sky.
"Wow! Look at all the sparkles!"
The woman's eyes widened as she looked at some sort of phenomenon. They looked like small, lightly colored orbs dancing in the sky. The woman shook her head to the melodious tune they were singing. She started to walk towards the ominous orbs, but fell to the ground, tripping over what looked to be a rope of some kind.
The woman sat up and glanced at the rope. She tugged on it, and while she did, she began to pull her head. It was her hair! The blonde woman glanced at her hair for a while. She couldn't figure out how her hair had gotten so long. After a while, she stood back up and tried to walk towards the orbs again. This time she was successful. She stepped into the group of orbs floating in mid air. They began to glow brightly. She extended her hand out, wanting to know what it would feel like if she touched one of them.
"Who's there?"
The woman quickly looked at a man holding a flashlight in his hand. The man was slightly short, had blue-hair, and was wearing goggles around his neck. His eyes were green, and had spirals in them. He also had a weird accent. The woman smiled sincerely at him.
"What's your name? Do I know you, guy? Aw, man. You're invading my very weird fantasy world, y'know?"
As the man observed the woman, he noticed that she was bare. Naked, if you will. Though, she smiled at him as if she was absolutely comfortable without wearing clothes.
"My name is Para--hmm. I don't know. What do you think I should be called?"
The woman pondered his comment for a while.
"Who me? Nah…couldn't be." she replied, in a cheery tone of voice. This girl was clearly an idiot. That, or she really was intoxicated. "I'm calling you Rin. Rinny."
"Please… c'mon, now, I know you can think of something better than that. I don't think that's a great sounding name, don't you think?"
In a matter of seconds, Rin found himself staring at the woman's hazel-colored right eye, and her azure-colored left eye face to face. She suffered from Heterochromia. This made his face turn a deep crimson color.
"You're kinda jumpy," she said flatly, poking the man. "So then, there you go, Rinny. Welcome to my utopia."
-: Chapter Four: Hometown Glory :-
You say you got a finger on my stuff
Forget about the boring
we're born too tough
You're in my way you
know you're luck
Is anybody saying
you're way too rough?
You're getting all wild
On things that I'm gonna think
That I'm gonna want
That I'm gonna see
That I'm gonna need
That I'm gonna need to take more of
You – can't stop.
"Can't Stop" -- Pre (thing
Let's see. How do I describe beauty? The sky. Every hour of the day it's different. It's fluid, graceful, elegant. Any time you look at it, it's restorative. And it doesn't demand anything from you. When I look up, I think. Wow, sky. I should do that more often.
Beauty is the moment when I'm walking to meet friends, and a dark flock of birds lifts and turns all at once on the horizon, in harmony, as if they were all one being, and then later, when we're sitting outside the restaurant and someone inside starts to laugh so hard that we sitting outside start to laugh too, all of us, turning and wheeling together like a flock, one being, laughing. Yep. And I was laughing. Laughing with my brother, at seven in the morning. I had no idea why. Half of my brain was still asleep, I couldn't taste anything, and I was walking kinda funny. …I liked the little guy.
...So, I ruffled up his hair a bit, making sure I hurt him with my nails. What? No pain no gain.
"So, what you're saying is that people beating you up in your own home is homeless?" I asked, laughing loudly with a smile stretched across my face. "Ha! Homeless? Dude, that's going to be the new 'pwnage'!" Let me tell you how funny 'homeless' was to me. It was hilarious! It was just the way that he said it that made me tear up. My brother was taller than me by about two inches, and my dad absolutely freaked out. He got all oh-I-can't-believe-my-son's-taller-than-my-daughter! Man, I'm not even going to lie. My brother's a sap. Without me, he would probably be someone's bitch. And that was were I come in.
It was breakfast time, so my dad was making some food for him. Fatty. I stuck out my tongue. While his back was turned, of course! My little sister, Aemilia, was sitting at the table, doing… something with her DS. I think she was playing Final Fantasy X or something. I hoped to God that she wasn't. Aemilia sucked at games. Hard. How she didn't get the gaming genetic from my dad was a mystery. Yep, she was my mother's child alright. Fail-ity, fail fail.
"What? Homeless?" my dad chuckled. "You both are silly."
"What? I mean, you started using 'pwnage' when I brought it to the house!" I laughed. "And before that, the word was 'beasty', remember?" I paused, chuckling slightly. "And now, it's homeless. You're homeless. Home-eless."
"Just like your mom?"
"Oh! Oh! He just killed you, Remedios!" My brother laughed, grabbing his stomach and twirling into a laughing fit. I narrowed my eyes. Oh man, I failed at mom jokes. At least… I failed at mom jokes when I was battling my dad. No way! I wasn't going to go out like this!
"Oh yeah? Well, your mom's so fat, when she sat on a rainbow, Skittles came out!" Yeah! Take that, mister jump-in-my-conversation!
"…Really? I mean… she's your grandmother." Damn. I hate that line so much! This… this was why I couldn't hold a good 'your mom' conversation against this dude. He's lucky I had something to do today. I was going to go to that new café that opened up. Yeah, I was going to check it out with my boyfriend, Ricky. I heard they had breakfast. Umm. Breakfast. I couldn't eat anything my dad made. It's all nasty! Nasty I tell you! And besides, we planed this thing. I had been looking forward to this. I mean, I was really excited! I woke up at four o' clock in the morning and got dressed. You see, we moved from the Chi all the way to Brooklyn, and I hated it here. Hated. Hated it here. Did I mention hated? It had been a whole year since we moved, and I still couldn't forget the guys I had left back home.
I thought that maybe Brooklyn had some redeeming qualities. I was wrong. This place was just as bad as I had imagined it to be. Horrible. I missed my peeps. And I missed my old home. And more than anything, I missed my Hot Krunchy Kurls! Yeah, the name makes me cringe, but Brooklyn doesn't have any 'hot' chips down here. And that's why I had to represent my hometown. Because this place sucked. Well, some of the people in it were cool, I guess. And while I was lost in thought, I couldn't help but smell something burning. Hmm. My dad sucked at cooking, yes, I knew that. The smoke didn't have to remind me of that.
"Remedios! You're on fire!" My sister yelped.
"Huh?" I said. "Well, yeah. I'm always on fire, Aemilia. Anything else new?" That was a stupid thing for her to say. Oh course I was hot. So? And?
"No, your hand! Your hand!" I heard my brother scream. Y'know. Like a little wimp. I could barely hear him over the sound of bacon popping. Or was that bacon? I dunno. All I knew was that I was about to eat good in a few seconds. Ricky should have been coming towards the house any second now.
And then it happened.
I looked to my left to see my hand sizzling in a black pan. That was on the counter. Now you see, the first thought that came into my head was, "Why the hell is there a hot pan on the counter?!" And then I pulled my hand out of the pan with my other arm and started yelping like a baby. It hurt so bad! I started jumping up and down and waving my hand in the air.
"Why are you screaming?" My dad yelled. Why the hell would I be screaming? I stopped jumping and brought my hand to my dad.
"Waaahaaa! It hurts! Kiss it, it'll make me feel better!" There was this creepy silence, and then my dad pointed outside of the kitchen. Was he just going to leave me hanging like this? Yep.
"Stop your whining and get the door, Remedios." Oh, yeah, the door. Right, the door was the thing burning! Yeah, forget that your daughter had a second-degree burn on her hand! I grabbed the door with my burnt hand, and quickly jumped back in pain. I opened the door in rage.
"WHAAAAAAT?!" I yelled out loud, but then I kinda stopped my raging, as it was my beloved boyfriend standing at the door. And then he walked past me. My jaw dropped, and I stared at my dad walking up to him and giving him a man-hug.
"Ricky! Glad you could make it so early. Going to help me beat season mode on Super Smash Brothers Brawl, huh?"
"Man, y'know it. Now c'mon. My mom's going to be looking for me soon. See, she doesn't know I'm gone."
"Even better!"
But—but—but—what? "Hey, Ricky! What the hell, man? You're suppose to be with me! We're suppose to be going to that Café thing! And furthermore, dad, c'mon, stop kidding yourself! I play Brawl with you, and you know it!" I was so mad! I was so furious! I wanted justice, damn it! Or some answers! Anything would have worked! "Dad, he's not your boyfriend… give him back!" Yeah! And I remembered the first day we met, too!
Ricky cursed under his breath as he glanced at an ice-cream kart that looked as if it were decorated by a three year old. Wait—he was giving that piece of crap too much praise. It looked as if someone pulled a number thirty-two on it—and then hit it consecutively with a train. 'Ice-cream' was even spelled wrong. Or at least, it was decorated to a point where you couldn't see half of the word. Ricky refrained from laughing, and then continued to walk.
"Hey, you! Buy some ice cream will ya?"
Ricky quickly turned around. Oh great…. The kart was talking to him. Ricky slapped himself on the forehead and sighed. The last thing he wanted to do was go crazy. Maybe his family was finally getting under his skin.
"Man, Ricky… you gotta get it together," he said to himself
Ricky started to walk again, but he heard faint giggles behind him. Now Ricky was scared. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he was terrified of ghosts. And rape. Especially rape. Ricky turned around slowly, and to his surprise, a woman with long, blonde hair popped up in front of him. He nearly pissed his pants.
"What do you think your doing?! Scaring me like that!" Ricky exclaimed, panting wildly from fear.
The woman smiled at his reaction. Ricky looked at the woman, and a questionable look spread across his face. It was snowing outside. This girl had on a Baby Phat dainty tee-shirt that looked five sizes too small on her. She also wore a skirt that started with a ribbed waistband that lead to a plaid overlay that adorned a daintily trimmed hem. Signature detailing sat above the embroidered logo crest with ribbons placed on the left corner of the skirt. What was her deal? Was she retarded?
"Are you gonna stand there… or are you gonna buy some ice-cream?"
Ricky stood there baffled. What the hell? Selling ice-cream while it was snowing? You had to be kidding. Who would buy ice-ream in the winter?
"Are you serious? Are you really selling ice cream in the winter?" He had to ask.
"Yeah! Boneless ice cream! Thirty nine cents a pound! …My sister came up with that line, sure, and she fails at life, but still! Buy something! I can't buy Final Fantasy XIII without it!"
Ricky burst into laughter. "That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard! I bet you don't even know your own name!"
"Well…sure! My name is Remedios!" she replied, a bit irritated at Ricky's comment. This woman… Remedios… looked like a woman, but she sounded like a clueless, bratty, baby. She was voluptuous, sure, but every time she opened her mouth, it was like she had brain cancer. Her blonde hair fell into her eyes as she walked closer to the Ricky.
"W-woah…. That was priceless! Please tell me you were joking about that boneless ice cream thing."
"Well… I had got the fresh from the farm." Remedios spat sarcastically. But poor Ricky didn't pick up on that. Instead, Ricky exploded with laughter. Remedios scowled. She pointed her index finger at his face and flicked his nose. Ricky quickly grabbed his nose and winced in pain.
"Damn! What the hell was that for?!"
"Then shut up! If you want to buy something, do it! And then go away!" she yelled at him, a murderous intention deep with in her voice.
"What the heck is wrong with you? I just thought it was funny—what you said—"
Remedios shot a glair at him. After a long, awkward silence, the woman had a smile plastered on her face.
"Hey! Come back again, mm'kay?"
"Wait, what do you mean come back again?"
"My schedule's all messed up. I can't kick your ass today, that's why."
But of course they didn't listen to a word I said. They just walked upstairs. Man, that blew my mind.
"Fine then! I'll just go without you!" I huffed, storming out the door. And you know what I saw next? I was expecting to see some kind of trees or something. But you know what I saw? A big, f'in ball of this green snot. It was only pure instinct that I jumped out of the way. The sheer sound of snot hitting my front door was just enough to make me cringe in terror. But that wasn't even the worse part. I looked up, and a saw this… mutated looking monster just staring me in the face. For whatever reason, I smirked and placed my hands on my hips.
This thing was huge! And nasty, might I add. But it kind of looked like an aardvark. But then again, it kinda looked like my dad, ha.
"You wanna mess with me?!" I yelled, pointing at the beast. "Let's see… burned hand, dateless, confused… it sounds like a perfect time to kick some ass! Or beast ass!"
"Mew Mew Polas, Metamorpho-sis!"
I looked slightly to my left to see some chick wearing a white, strapless dress. And you want to know what was even more confusing? She had some sort of cat-ears. And a tail. What the hell?
"All right! Keep your dumb food, Café! I don't want it anymore! I'm going home!" I exclaimed. Brooklyn was a freaking death trap! I didn't come here to get blown to little tiny Remys! Before I could turn around, I collapsed onto the ground. I felt extremely exhausted now. Two people, a man and a woman surrounded me, and I winced loudly. My chest started to hurt now. It felt like I was having a heart attack or something.
"Hey man, I don't do too good with strangers…" I said, coughing a little. I guess that didn't stop them from walking towards me. Ah, this was bad. This was really bad! Dad! Ricky! Where were you guys when I needed you the most? You'd stop these guys… wouldn't you? The pain was getting worse… I could hardly breathe…
"May I?" The guy offered. He must wanted to help me see what was causing me so much pain. I nodded my head while wincing. This guy had a really long pony-tail. What? I needed the help. I thought I was going to die. The guy moved some of my hair away from my shoulder, and there—right where the pain was coming from—was this weird looking mark was sitting right ontop of my right boob. It looked like a cloud, and it was glowing. Like, it was glowing in a burgundy light.
And then I screamed.
The two of them both jumped at this. What? I have a fully developed voice ya know? Can't sing if my voice is all flat!
"She's our next Mew Mew, Ryou." Ryou's friend spoke. What? Am I going to die! No way!
"I wanna go home!" I managed to shriek. They both sweatdroped. I would of ran, but now my whole body felt really numb. I felt as if my whole body was being submerged with a whole lot of power. Too much power. The weird mark on my chest began to throb even faster. I could practically feel my self drifting into sleepyworld. I blinked. That was all I could do. Oh man… I was totally screwed…
"Yes… I think we've found her, Asakura."
I couldn't tell who exactly had said that. My vision was all hazy. Everything looked all burgundy-looking. Great I was going blind! Ryou's friend grabbed my shoulders and began to shake me wildly. I couldn't tell, but I think I was… drooling?
"Hey, are you ok? My name is Asakura Akasaka. Can you hear me?"
"My name is Patrick Simon and I was born in the first tooth paste tube to enter Big Mama's house." ...I think I said that very random sentence. I was so lost right now. All of a sudden, a blinding burgundy light engulfed my whole body. I was standing up, but now I was… naked? What…
"Mew Mew Remedios… Metamopho-sis!"
Wait who said that? Was it... me? Suddenly I felt my whole body plunge backwards. What was going on? I thought I might had done some kind of back flip. I thought my feet were covered with some sort of strange boots…
Something was wrapping around my hands! I-I couldn't stop them… ah, they felt like some sort of ribbon… Why was I rambling? After my body started to move in weird positions, I finally got my consciousness back! Hooray! I was me again! I looked around me and saw Ryou and his friend eyeing me.
"So, urm… what just happened?" I questioned. Ryou… I think… straightened himself out, surprised at the gaping hole underneath my feet. I looked down too. Whoa, I did that? When did I do that? Whenever I did it, the hole was awesome!
"Hey, Remedios," Ryou started, "Go find Mariah, and fast. She'll tell you all you need to know, hopefully."
My mouth formed into a small 'o'. I looked over my shoulder, and I think I saw Mariah. So wait. Mariah was a cat… girl… thing? Before I started to walk over to her and that big aardvark thing, something on my back felt heavy. ...And then I looked at myself. I was wearing this short tulle/charmeuse halter dress that featured a plunging neckline, drop waist, and dazzling sequins. It was pale-blue, but it faded into a burgundy color at the end of it. I also wore long burgundy gloves. Cool. And then I started to walk towards Mariah and that monster.
"I'll make this brief," Asakura slightly yelled towards me. "You have been infused with The Magnificent Bird of Paradise! I'll need more time to find your source of power."
Bird? Wings? I looked behind me to come into contact two big, blue and burgundy wings. I smiled. And you know what was even better? I had this long tail. Yep, a bird's tail. And I almost tripped on it, had I not noticed it.
"How do I fly?!" I beamed as I jumped into the air multiple times. But then I was blindsided by another ball of snot. It was disgusting! The monster let out this earth-shattering roar as I rolled out of the way. Wait just a second. What the heck can that snot do? I looked behind me, and I saw my front door. Except it had this big giant hole in it. My family was deaf!! "Mariah!" I yelled, testing out her name. The girl looked at me with a serious expression. I couldn't tell if she was happy to see me, or terrified. And then I put on a smile. "Looks like I've gotta help you with this problem?"
"I guess so," she answered, jumping away from the monster and sort of sliding next to me. Yeah, she was definitely some kinda cat thing. But then again, I was some kind of bird thing. "You're the next Mew Ryou was telling me about! Thank goodness! I didn't think I could take this alone!"
"Well, duh. But'cha see… who's pet is this so I can yell at them for INCINERATING MY HOUSE?!" I yelled. Mariah flinched a little bit, and my eyes kinda softened. Oopsy. I didn't mean to lash out on her. "Sorry about that. I haven't had the best day, I'm telling you. I burned my hand, my dad took my date, and just—" Before I could finish my sentence, that thing hurled another snot ball at us. We both screamed out loud, barely dodging the snot ball. This was insane.
"We'd better handle this—" Mariah began, not knowing what my name was. I smirked.
"Remy. Only my family can call me Remedios," I said, grabbing Mariah's hand and shaking it wildly. "And it's pronounced Ree-me. It rhymes with dreamy. Now… how do we go on about this?" Mariah smiled nervously at me before she extended her hands.
"Incense Bearers!" Mariah exclaimed, and these two glow sticks appeared in her hands. Cool. I was hungry. And those sticks smelled good, too. Like lilacs. I snatched the sticks out of her hands, and she just looked dumbfounded. I tried to eat them, but they tasted kinda weird.
"Um… Remy…?" Mariah said, putting her hand in the air slowly, trying to get my attention.
"Man… what are these?" I carped, biting even harder on the sticks. "I think you overcooked these pizza sticks, Mariah. Eww, did you make these? They taste like flowers and lies." I hope she didn't make them. But if that was the only food I had to eat, I'd have to make due. I guess Mariah was still trying to tell me something, but that was when we got pwned. I mean, we got pwned. Or at least, we were about to be pwned. The aardvark thing picked up its hand, and was going to turn us into a pancake. I didn't notice it at first, but Mariah did, and somersaulted out of the way. But my stupid-ass stayed there.
"I—um—Remy! I've got to do something," Mariah began. "Reborn—Purifying Breeze!" And the next thing I know, I just started coughing. Insanely. And every time I coughed, I moved. That's when I noticed the aardvark was trying to thrash me, because every time I moved, it tried to flatten me. Mariah made her way over to me, and took those horrible-tasting sticks out of my hands. "Sorry. It was the only thing I could think of…" I coughed for the next five seconds before I could get a coherent sentence out of my mouth.
"So what do we do next, Mariah? Get eaten?"
"No, Remy, you've got a power inside of you! You've got to help me out!" Me? Well, yeah. I'm full of power. But I didn't have enough power to take that big thing out. And then it hit me. I could take on the whole world if I put my mind to it. And then I put my mind to it. I was going to speak my mind. I had something on my mind. "Say the first thing that comes to your mind, Remy!"
"Nachos!" I exclaimed. "Mariah, I'm hungry," I moaned. "But wait. There's something else!"
"Really?" Mariah said, her eyes shining with hope. I nodded my head.
"Sure. I want a Coke too."
I dunno. I think something in Mariah died a little inside. And then, I couldn't shake the fact that something wanted to escape my body. Yep. "Capricious Curve!" I yelled, extending my right hand out. Dude! A giant pen appeared in my hand. A giant fountain pen. This pen was really slender, and I threw it over my shoulder cause it was heavy. The pen had a picture of that weird mark on my chest—just below the clicker. The pen was black, by the way. The needle was razor-sharp and jagged. Yeah boy! I was going to have fun! "I'll do something all right, Mariah! Reborn—Remedios Spellchecker!" I slung my pen over my shoulder and black ink sprayed out of it, covering the aardvark. The aardvark didn't move, roar, or spit slime at us! Yay for that!
And I couldn't stop smiling. I nodded my head at Mariah, and her grip tightened on her sticks. "Reborn—Purifying Breeze!" And just like that, the monster was gone. Gone! Yeah!
"Hi-five, Mariah!" I yelled, putting my hand in the air. Mariah smiled at me and slapped me five fingers. Not literally… but you get what I mean. And then I started dancing.
"Yeahs! Do the victory dance! The dance! The dance—OH OW OW!" I … stepped on my tail. It was so long. I kinda forgot it was right there.
"Good work girls," the blonde guy said, walking over to us. "So, Remedios. You're the next Mew. I guess you need to be informed of our operation." I quirked my nose. His operation? Who the hell was this guy?
"What do you mean your operation? Was this your pet?" I said, pointing an index finger at the innocent, harmless aardvark next to me. And then there was this jelly-fish thing floating in the air. "Who the hell are you?"
"Ryou Shirogane. And this is Asakura Akasaka." Oh. So those were the guys that helped me. Still. "And we are apart of the project that made you a Mew. A Mew is a person infused with the DNA of an endangered animal."
"Wait? What?" Yeah… all of that this flew right past my head.
"Just come with us!" Mariah said with a sweet-sounding voice. "Come to the café! We'll explain everything there, huh?"
"Meh. Okay. But I still don't like those guys." I answered. And thus, my chapter began. But that stupid aardvark kept following me. Oh boy.
A/N: XD I ate KO'S sticks. I dunno. Well, yeah. Bye guys. XD