Lexi: Let's just get this over with, BatUtonium doesn't own Tokyo Mew Mew, or else Mew Mew Power would have been given to Cartoon Network instead.

Raven: She gave you guys another ridiculously long chapter, even though none of you (except hitachiintwinsfan989) posted a dingle review. Honestly, anyone can post one, you guys.

Kitty: So, here's the story, enjoy nya!

Chapter 4

Zodiac New Mew

I was in an open field, with nothing but grass and flowers around me. It was warm; and the flowers had just bloomed, leaving a strong aroma in the air. I flew up into the clouds, pausing to take in the scenery. Then, I shot down, leaving holes in the clouds behind me. Just before I landed, I woke up next to Whiskers, who was already awake. "Since when do you wake up early?" I asked.

"I smelled fish," he said. My eyes widened.

"Salmon?" I asked, my mouth watering.

"Yeah," he said. We dashed down the stairs, past a dreaming Kitty. Violet and Claire were scarfing down a pile of salmon at the table, with Star just crinkling her nose in disgust. My mother was beside them, eating, but in a much more civilized manner. I ran to the table, grabbing two fish and scarfing them down.

"Where'd these come from?" I asked, tossing a fish to Whiskers.

"They were on our doorstep. There was a letter in the box saying it was to you. But I mean, how can you resist salmon?" my mother replied. My father came in the kitchen, looking like he was about to throw up at the sight of the fish.

"How can you eat that stuff?" Star asked as Kitty ran in, shoving fish into her mouth. Suddenly, our communicators started beeping. "What's that?" Star questioned as we opened them up. The top screen was divided into nine sections, each showing one of the Mews. Star leaned over my shoulder and I covered up the touch-screen commands so that she wouldn't know our secret.

"Hey, guys, meet us at the corner of Karasu and Z, as soon as possible! We've got something to show you," Lexi said, "I think we've got our new cover," and with that, her screen went black, along with Leo's.

"Star asked, "What does she mean by cover?" Claire, Kitty, Violet, and I all glanced at each other, closing our communicators.

"It's a long story," I finally came up with. Violet gave me a dirty look. I nodded at my mom and ate the rest of the fish, grabbing one for the road. Claire, Kitty, Violet, Star, and I all walked to the meeting spot, bumping into Jay Aoyama along the way.

"Oh, hey Jay. We're kind of in a bit of a hurry, so- uh-'scuse us," I said, not stopping.

"Oh… wait! Raven, would you wanna meet me and some people from school at the new place, Zodiac Café on Friday? Ryan, Justin, Kallie, and Cassie are gonna be there, along with a bunch of other people," he asked. I thought about it, seeing some of my friends again before the school year started again in the fall. I was still a bit confused, though, because he and I had kind of grown apart, and now he was asking me this?

"Er- sure! What time?" I decided to go. I mean, what was the worst that could happen?

"Three, see ya there!" he said, running off.

We continued the walk to the corner of Karasu and Z, when Claire said, "Aw… what's Redd gonna do without his little Rae-Chan?"

I growled, and then said, "I'm not his. Besides, he doesn't even like me anyway!" Claire just giggled as we reached a small green building. The other Mew Mews were there, as well as our parents. Personally, I thought the triplets and Pudding were about to pee their pants, but that was just a hunch.

"Raven-Oneesama! We got a job no na da!" Lily exclaimed while balancing with one hand on a beach ball. She flipped and landed on her feet perfectly.

"Hai. Keiichiro has offered you all jobs at our new-er-workplace," Zakuro said, noticing Star.

"Zodiac Café," Pie finished. We all looked at the building that obviously needed some repairing.

"So, after you find… um… Summer, Kane, and Alex, we can get started on repairing!" said Lettuce, a bit too optimistically. We all groaned, besides Star.

"Yes!" I shouted, jumping in the air, almost forgetting to land.

"What's so great about that?" Leo asked.

"Because! If we're looking for Mint and Ryou's daughter, where else would she be?" I said, and the entire group of girl Mew Mews (and Star) and I ran off to the mall.

When we reached the mall, we did almost anything but look for the new teammates. Lily and Leilee went to the Blaster Zone Arcade to challenge people to games of Dance Dance Revolution, Claire and Kitty went to Petco, and Violet, Lexi, Star, and I went to the electronics store. We really geeked it up in there, so much people stared at us.

I gasped, "Oh my gosh! The Tokyo 200 processor! That thing's, like, hardcore!"

Lexi shouted, "The 4000 HTY computer!"

"Is that the N62 PGR?"

We were gazing in awe at the machinery, before someone shouted, "The new LMI SOS laptop! Woah!" we turned around and saw two girls who were dragging a little boy, about the triplets' age, through the store. One, who looked older than the other, about fourteen, had her long blond hair tied up in pigtails with red ribbon. Her eyes were brown, and she wore a brown jacket over a button up polo shirt. Around her neck was another red ribbon, tied into a neat bow. The other girl, looking about eleven, could have been the other's twin. She had the same dark brown eyes and blond hair, only hers was in one ponytail. She wore a gray, short, dress with a white bow on the neck. The little boy, however, looked like he was taken from a whole other family. He had shaggy black hair and electric blue eyes. He wore a white button up shirt with black pants, which were the exact same color as his hair. The boy mouthed, Help me and we laughed. The two girls looked up.

"Oh, hi. Did we bother you? Sorry, we'll be quieter…" the smaller one said. I smiled.

"No, it's okay, the LMI SOS laptop is awesome! You totally had a reason to yell!" I said.

"Oh… thanks… my name's Summer, and this is Alex and Kane… you are?" Summer asked.

"Raven, Violet, Star, and Lexi," I told them, "nice to meet you!"

"You too. So, who wants to look at some super-processors?" Alex asked. We all cheered. We headed to the far end of the store, only to be interrupted by our communicators going off. We sighed as our birthmarks began to warm up, and a rat Chimera Anima appeared outside. Star ran behind the counter while we pulled Alex, Summer, and Kane right outside.

"Midori, do your thing," I commanded, and Midori spit out a communicator in each kid's hand.

"What are these?" Kane asked.

"You'll know what to do. Ready?" I asked.

"Mew Mew Taurus!"

"Mew Mew Aquarius!"

"Mew Mew Capricorn!"

"Mew Mew Virgo!"

"Mew Mew Sagittarius!"

"Scorpio!"

"Metamorphosis!" we shouted together. Instinctively, I turned to look at the new Mews to see their outfits and attacks.

Mew Virgo, Summer, was wearing a white cupcake-style dress, trimmed with yellow. She wore yellow gloves and white combat boots that went up to her knee. Her hair had turned white with two yellow streaks. Her hair was straight but short, with a tiny strand sticking up. The thing I noticed, though, was that she had fluffy, white bunny ears and… was that a cat tail? I couldn't tell.

Mew Sagittarius, Alex, had changed into a tight-fitting purple dress with pink lining that showed off her curves. She had on pink gladiator sandals, and her hair, too, had turned a light pink and was pinned up in a single bun on her head. Her eyes were now red, and she had on long, slender, pink gloves. She had a pair of gray cat ears sticking out from her head, black bird wings, and a gray cat tail.

Kane, now Scorpio, had on a maroon hoodie over a red t-shirt. He had on red jeans and maroon tennis shoes and the exact same animal features that his sister, Mew Sagittarius, had. His hair color had changed to maroon, along with his eyes', too.

The three gazed at Mews Aquarius, Capricorn, and I, unsure of what was going on.

"Just go with it!" Mew Capricorn shouted over the sound of the Chimera wrecking the Food Court. All six of us ran to the center of the mall, where the others already were.

"I see you've found the others," Mew Cancer said, looking at the new three additions to our team.

I flew out of the way when the Chimera Anima tried to run into me.

Mew Aquarius shouted, "Aquarius Spear! Ribbon Aquarius Wrap!" pinning the Anima to the ground. "Leo, now!" she shouted, the usual blue glow still attached to the Spear.

Leo ran forward, "Leo Ring! Leo Freeze!"

As soon as the Anima was trapped, all of us started our attacks, one by one. However, the Anima broke out of the orange prison before anyone could fully finish them. One of Mew Capricorn's Capricorn Stars was lodged into a pillar next to Bath and Body Works.

"Mew Taurus! Cover me!" she shouted as she ran to get her weapon. I didn't think that I would really have to until the Anima turned around to face her.

"Taurus Crossbow!" I shouted as the gun appeared in my hand, "Ribbon Taurus Check!" and, once again, my arrow hit the monster's eye, blinding it. It stumbled backwards, almost on top of Mew Sagittarius, Mew Virgo, and Scorpio. They shouted summoned their weapons and attacks all in a row.

"Sagittarius Arrow!" Mew Sagittarius commanded. She wielded what looked like a string between two purple bird wings with a red heart gem in the center. It was loaded with a pink arrow that looked exactly like the Sagittarius symbol.

"Virgo Stick!" Mew Virgo said, a white stick appearing in her hands. At the tip was a 3-D yellow Virgo symbol, surrounded by white cartoon rabbit heads. Below the rabbits, the stick leafed out in yellow, slightly curving up.

"Scorpio Sword!" the boy of the three said, clutching a maroon sword with a red handle. In the middle of the handle was a maroon orb containing a red Scorpio symbol.

"Ribbon Sagittarius Shatter!" Mew Sagittarius shouted, shooting her bow at the creature's chest. It started shaking as a burst of pink electricity went through its body.

"Ribbon Virgo Sower!" Mew Virgo exclaimed as she pointed her weapon above the Anima's head, where a shower of yellow and white acid drops erupted, landing on top of the Chimera.

"Scorpio Poison!" Scorpio yelled, stabbing the beast in the nose. It screeched in pain, clutching the spot of the cut. Its nose turned maroon, and it looked like it had lost the ability to smell, too.

Mew Gemini used this opportunity to send a second electric shock through its body, "Gemini Snaps! Ribbon Gemini Static!"

Mews Aquarius and Libra finished it off with their mother's attack, "Ribbon Zacros Pure!" the Chimera, defeated, transformed into its original state and scampered off. Midori went and ate the blue orb that was taken from its body. In front of us, the air rippled and revealed four Aliens that I really didn't want to deal with that day: Redd, Yin, Yang, and a smaller alien, about Kitty's age. He looked exactly like Yin and Yang, only his clothes and hair were gray, and his eyes were purple.

"Hello, you twelve now, is it?" Redd questioned. I was about to shoot an arrow at that stupid, disgusting face, but I couldn't I could only move my eyes. I looked at the other Mews, who looked like they were in the same state. It was also harder to breathe that way.

"Anyway, we wanted to introduce you to our little brother, Yo," Yin said, grinning evilly at Lexi, whose eyes darted away.

"If you don't mind, we must be on our way. Thank you for your time," Yang said.

Yin punched him in the stomach and whispered something to the extent of, "Yang, you idiot! We don't say 'Thank you'!" and with that, they teleported off, freeing us from our state of paralyzation. We fell to the ground, gasping for air.

"That… little… thing… I'm… gonna… kill 'm…" I said between gasps. When I had my breathing back on track, I stood up to see Star running at me with a pen and paper.

"Can I have your autograph?" she asked, her eyes twinkling. I took the pen and was starting to sign as Raven, but then realized that she still thought I was Mew Taurus. I scratched my name out and signed the correct name, Mew Taurus. Star looked at it, confused. "That's funny. You have the same handwriting as my friend. Oh well, I guess it's just a coincidence," she said, shrugging it off. She ran back to the electronics store, probably looking for Violet, Lexi, Alex, Kane, Summer, and I. I motioned for the five to follow me, and we ran into the destroyed Claire's, de-transforming. We ran into the next store to make sure that nobody would catch on that we were the Mew Mews, and snuck back beside Star.

"Look what I got! And YOU five weren't there!" Star said, holding up the autograph.

"Well, actually," Summer began, but I slapped my hand to her mouth, shutting her up.

"We were… uh… we saw the whole thing!" Violet lied, and Star looked at us suspiciously.

"Eh, oh well. Anyway, shouldn't we be getting back to the café? I thought your parents wanted us to go back once we found Summer, Alex, and Kane?" she asked.

"Oh… yeah… I'll be right back, I've got to go to the bathroom," I said, running. I opened up my communicator, and pressed the touch-screen button, Message Mew Mew. On the screen, it had the names of the eleven other Mews. I pressed Sagittarius, Virgo, and Scorpio, and began to type my message.

ths is raven. jst go alng wit it, ill b out in a mnit n xplain it 2 u l8r.

I rushed, and ran back out, hoping they could understand. I heard their different ringtones going off, and they all opened them up, reading, then glancing at me.

"You guys too? Gosh, I have got to get a new phone upgrade," Star said, rolling her eyes. The other Mews met us inside, and Star said, "Ready to go?" the others nodded, and we walked- yes, walked- not teleported, like we were getting used to- we walked back to the Café, where four more people were standing there, who I assumed were Alex, Summer, and Kane's parents.

"You took long enough," said a new woman with black hair tied in two buns, and brown eyes. I, from Kitty being obsessed with dancing, could tell that it was Mint Aizawa/Shirogane, the famous dancer.

"We finished renovating the little things, we just need your help bringing in the furniture and decorating," Keiichiro smiled. I now noticed that the café had been painted green and light blue, the colors of Mew Aquarius's and my Mew outfits. The top was painted green, and the sides, around glass doors and glass wall, were painted light blue. Parked in the parking lot next to the café was a U-Haul truck, its back opened revealing an array of tables, chairs, paintings, and more.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Start unloading!" said a blond-haired man with aqua blue eyes. He stood by Mint, so I supposed that he was her husband. We ran to the truck, each grabbing a piece of furniture. Star and I grabbed a table, and saw the triplets, who were walking on their hands, carrying three tables on top of each other, with their feet. Afraid that the blond man would be angry if they fell, my cat ears and tail popped out for a moment, making me drop the table. The stand broke off of the table, and my feline features came back in.

"Oh crap!" I exclaimed, and examined the damage. I fixed it easily; it popped back together. We took it inside and set it down in the corner; my favorite spot to sit in restaurants. When I actually go to look at the table, I noticed that it was leafy green and had the Taurus symbol on it. I examined the other tables that the triplets brought in as well. One was yellow, with the Gemini symbol on it, one was orange, with the Leo symbol on it, and the other was red, with the Aries symbol on it. I thought that this was pretty intriguing, and I wondered where they had gotten the furniture. I shrugged it off and went back outside, where my mom stopped Star.

"Star, your mom called. She said you needed to do some chores? I can drive you home is you'd like," she offered.

Star sighed at the thought of having to do chores, then said, "No thanks, I'll walk," she turned to me and told me, "Call me, I'm not doing anything," and walked off toward our house. I was actually happy that she was gone, because now I could just teleport the furniture into the café. I jumped in the truck, and with the help of my Alien genes, I slipped to the back. I grabbed four green chairs and teleported into the café, placing the chairs next to the matching table. The chairs also had Taurus symbols on them, like the table. I teleported back into the truck next to Lexi, who I startled and made her animal features pop out.

"You get the same idea?" I asked. She answered by teleporting into the café. I looked at my options and decided to take a painting of a bull. I realized that this, too, went next to the Taurus table. After all, the Taurus symbol was a bull. When I was finished with my spot, I hovered to the top of the café, in the corner so nobody outside could see me. I took notice of the flooring, which was a different color along each wall. The glass wall, where the Taurus table was, was green, and it also contained the Virgo and Capricorn tables. The two's paintings, since they were right up against the window, had what appeared to be gel stick-ons instead. Starting in the opposite corner of the Taurus table was blue-tiled, and contained the Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces tables; the one at the end of the blue was red, containing the Aries, Scorpio, and Sagittarius tables; and the last color was yellow, containing the Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius tables. In the center of the floor was a circular chart, with four rings inside. There were twelve sections in each ring, and each section contained information on a particular Zodiac sign. For example, for the Taurus sign, the inner ring was solid dark green, the second was a bit lighter green, containing the Taurus symbol, the fourth was even lighter, containing the sign's gloss, in Taurus's case, the bull (on a light green background), and the last ring, almost white, spelled 'TAURUS'. When I looked up, I saw the ceiling decorated with a constellation map. The walls were all solid dark blue, the same color as the ceiling. I saw an emerald door opposite the entrance that was transparent, that must have been the kitchen. Right next to it was another door, also transparent but blue, with a solid plaque that said, Women. There was also an identical one next to it that read, Men. On the wall to my right was a green door, but it was solid. Engraved in a lighter shade were the words, Changing Rooms: Employees Only. At first, I wondered how the adults did all this while we were gone, but then remembered that Keiichiro and Zakuro may have been working on it for a few days. I floated back to the ground, when the other Mews walked in, along with our parents. We each sat down at a table, admiring our work.

Keiichiro announced, "Well, welcome to your new workplace," he told us, "When the Mew Project began, we had a café as well in Tokyo called café Mew Mew. Although when we moved to America, we had to make a new cover when we found out about your powers and the new enimies. So, I give you, Zodiac Café!"

Lily raised her hand, "Oh, oh! I've got a question! Do we get paychecks no na da?" saying that, every kid in the room gave her a dirty look.

Keiichiro laughed, "Yes, yes you do, Lily. And, without further ado, I'd like to show you your new uniforms!" he said, a bit too optimistically. "Raven, here's yours. You can go change into it in there, if you like," he told me. I made my way into the room behind the green door, which revealed a short hallway. To my right was a door labeled, Women. I went inside and unfolded my outfit, also losing the shoes and socks that were tucked in along with it.

It was a dark green dress with a white, heart-shaped apron with the Taurus symbol. It had an array of buttons, ribbon, and different shades of green. It also had white, poofy undershorts, but the thing I couldn't get over was the heart apron. I hated anything heart-shaped, but the outfit was okay, I guessed. When I finished putting on the dress and apron, I started to put on my socks and shoes (which had a heart at the toe…eh…). Then, Leilee, Lily, and Violet walked in with their uniforms. I also noticed that I had dropped a little headband-thing while unraveling my uniform. I put it on my head and went back into the café, where the boys were already standing.

My mother screamed, "Aw! Raven! You look sooooo kawaii!"

I turned away. This definitely wouldn't have been my outfit of choice, but I guess I had to deal with it. Leo looked at me with an odd expression and asked, "Why do women always take so long to dress?" I reached forward and slapped him, not very hard, but hard enough to make my point.

"And that's what you get for questioning a girl's actions," I said, turning to the changing rooms.

My father laughed, "That's my Raven! Just like her mother!"

Like me, my mother turned to him and slapped him, saying, "And that's what you get for saying that I slap people all the time," which caused everyone to erupt in laughter, that is, except for Leo and my dad, who were rubbing the spots where they'd just been hit. When the others came out of the dressing rooms, they all were wearing the same outfit I was, only in different colors and different Zodiac signs.

I could overhear Leo, who was in the same waiter outfit as the other boys (but with a purple bowtie), mumble to Claire, who was in a pink uniform, "You look nice," which caused her to turn redder than her dress.

"So, the grand opening is in a few minutes, so… SUMMER, ALEX, LOGAN, KANE, YOU'RE ON KITCHEN DUTY! KITTY, LEILEE, YOU'RE ON DISH DUTY! THE REST OF YOU ARE BUSSING TABLES! COME ON PEOPLE, LET'S GO, GO, GO!" Ryou shouted, and we all scrambled to fulfill his orders. Lexi, Leo, Lily, Claire, Violet, and I grabbed notepads from the kitchen along with menus and pens.

I could hear Logan and Kane whispering to each other, "Do you know how to cook?"

"No."

"We're screwed."

"Nyaa!" I screamed when I saw that people were starting to come in.

Before serving a ditzy teenage girl, Lexi mouthed to me, 'Wish me luck,'

Soon, I was pulled into the mob of people, when ran into-yeah, you guessed it- Jay Aoyama. "Oh, uh, welcome to Café- forget it, just come with me," I sighed, pulling him through the crowd of people. I sat him at the Taurus table, which was about to be taken by Leo and a teenage boy. It was then that I decided to start a friendly rivalry between us. He stuck his tongue out at me, and I did the same, and then turned back to Jay. "Ugh. Anyway, do you know what you want, or do you need a menu?"

Instead of answering me, he looked up and said, "So… you work here?"

"Yeah, apparently I do. I hate how there has to be so many hearts on our uniforms, though," I said. He looked behind me.

"Who's that?" he asked, pointing at Lily, who was serving people while balancing six plates each on her hands, head, and left leg.

I widened my eyes, running over to Lily. "Lily, be careful! You'll break- something…" but I was too late. All 24 plates came crashing to the floor.

Ryou ran over from nowhere, his eyes fiery red, "RAVEN! CLEAN THIS UP! YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER!" he shouted. I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a broom and dustpan from the supply closet. I quickly cleaned it up and got back to Jay, who was laughing his head off.

"What do you want, before Ryou kills me?" I asked, but this only made him laugh harder.

I could understand, through his laughing, his order, "Taurus-HAHA-ice-HAHEHA-cream -HAHAHAHA!" he laughed. I wrote it down on a piece of paper while he tried to stop his uncontrollable laughter.

"RAVEN!" I could hear Ryou shout. I ran the order into the kitchen right before my animal features popped out. Everyone on kitchen duty seemed busy, so I tried to get the ice cream myself. I looked in the freezer that was in the kitchen, and saw seven large tubs of ice cream. I finally found one labeled Taurus, and pulled it out. I grabbed an ice cream bowl and spoon and started dipping the dark green, sweet-smelling ice cream into a bowl. As I dipped it out, I noticed that there were little green Taurus-shaped sprinkles scattered around, mixed in with the rest. Closing the ice cream and putting it back in the freezer, I shoved a random spoon in the ice cream and took it out to Jay, who had stopped laughing.

"RAVEN!" I heard someone shout.

"RAVEN GET OVER HERE!"

"RAVEN, WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?"

"RAVEN!"

"RAVEN!" gosh, this was going to be a long day.

By the end of the day, Jay had left, and I was getting ready to clean his table when I saw the triplets involved in what could be considered a cage fight in some manners. I kept walking, not moved at all by their fight. After I picked up his bowl, I found a crisp ten dollar bill. I gasped.

Then, Lily came over to spoil my happiness. "Leave it there Oneechan! That's what we're fighting over, no na da!" she said.

"Lily, I hate to break it to you, but this is mine. I waited on this kid, he gave me a tip," I said. Lily's smile turned into a frown.

"So no ten dollars for Lily no na da?" she asked.

"Maybe, I don't know. Go check on your table," I told her. She did so and gasped.

"Five dollars no na da!" she exclaimed. I knew she'd get something from doing all of those tricks. Everyone did the same, but I still ended up with the most money.

That night, the triplets were staying at our house, because their parents had to go to China again for who-knows- what. "Okay, who wants to play Monkey in the Middle no na da?" Lily asked. I groaned and bolted into my bedroom before I had to commit to anything. I locked my door and windows then went straight to bed- but, of course, I watched old Powerpuff Girls reruns, too. And somehow, through the screaming and yelling of the triplets, I somehow managed to fall asleep.

Jay: Heh, heh. Your boss hates you.

Raven: YOU TRY WORKING THAT HARD FOR JUST AN HOUR, YOU LITTLE-

Kitty: Oneesama, this story's still rated K+...

Raven: Grrrz... I guess you're right, Kitty. Anyway, people, review. Now. Or I'll go Mew Mew on you.

Lily: She's made it so that anyone can no na da!