"Huh… Yawn… Nya! I feel purrr-fect, this morning… Better than usual… No wonder… I mean last night… I-… I can't talk about that right now. I need to clear my head for school!" Ichigo combed her hair and put it in two nice ponytails tied together with two yellow ribbons.
"My hair looks great this morning… Oh, I can't hold it in anymore! I kissed him, I kissed him, I kissed him!" Ichigo jumped up and down happily. She ran over to her closet and slipped on her uniform. She twirled around looking at herself in the mirror.
"Ichigo!" her mom called her from downstairs.
"Yes, Mommy!" Ichigo called down.
"Breakfast is ready!"
"Okie-dokie Mom!" Ichigo pranced downstairs.
"My, my Ichigo… Someone's happy this morning." Her mom smiled.
"Yeah, a little too happy if you ask me." Ichigo's dad interrupted.
"What do you mean dad?"
"I saw that boy you were with last night!"
"Um, you did?" Ichigo started to blush a little.
"Yeah, he was watching you as you came in the door last night. You didn't do anything did you? Did you!?"
"Um, of course not dad!" Ichigo waved her hands, in front of her face, back and forth.
"Honey, he owns the shop that Ichigo works at," Ichigo's mom interrupted, "He was being a gentleman and walked her home because it was getting dark."
"Sure…" her dad turned his head.
Ichigo scar fed down her breakfast and headed out the door pretty quickly.
"By the way Ichigo, you've got some mail this morning. Do you care to read it?"
"No, just put it on my desk, I'll read it later! Anyways, bye mom! Bye dad! See you later!"
"Bye honey, have a nice day at school!" Her mom yelled.
Ichigo walked down the sidewalk full of confidence and enthusiasm. Her hair was flowing in the air and she was smiling brightly. She skipped all the way to school. Moe and Miwa looked at her funny.
"Miwa! Ichigo's going insane!"
"She's skipping!"
"Come on guys. Isn't today just a beautiful day?"
"Sure…" they both said at the same time.
The school day passed pretty quickly; and surprisingly Ichigo stayed awake all day, except for the fact she had been daydreaming all day. She had been very joyful, a lot more than usual. Ichigo got out of school and walked home slowly, enjoying the scenery.
"I know I'm happy but, for some reason I feel just so overwhelmed…" Ichigo rubbed her head.
"I feel like I've got a headache or something…" Ichigo wiped the sweat off her face and tried to avoid the throbbing in her head.
"I'm here, finally!" Ichigo had arrived at Café Mew Mew. When she opened the door she realized only Lettuce was there.
"Ichigo, you're very early, it's sort of unlike you."
"Well, aren't you glad I'm here? I'm usually late." Ichigo smiled.
"Pai when will it start to work?" Taruto asked.
"Let's just say, Ichigo won't be feeling like herself pretty soon…"
"Nya!" Ichigo put on her waitress outfit and smiled, holding a rag in her hand.
"Ichigo-san…" Lettuce let out a small laugh. Just then Mint and Pudding walked in the door. Mint stopped dead in her tracks. "Ichigo… Your, early?" Mint was very surprised and confused at the same time.
"Yeah! Cool huh?" Ichigo took her rag and started shining tables. A little after, Zakuro arrived and put on her outfit.
"Onii-chan is so happy!" Pudding smiled.
"Yeah, strange…" Mint commented.
"Especially, since Aoyama-san is gone…" Lettuce spoke up.
"Yeah, she's even singing…" Zakuro looked suspicious.
"Hey! Hey, you! You! I don't like your girlfriend!
No way, no way! I think ya' need a new one! Hey!
Hey, you! You, I'd like to be your girlfriend! Na, Na, Na, - Na, Na, na-na-."
"Yeah, and it's getting annoying…" Mint put cotton in her ears.
Most of the day was over and the girls were wore out, all except for Ichigo that is. She was still dancing around.
"I'm going home, I have to pick up Heicha." Pudding announced.
"Me too, I have a recital coming up I have to practice for…" Mint said.
"I, too, have to leave, I'm suppose to be making dinner." Lettuce said. Zakuro just looked at all of them and went to go change.
"Ichigo…" She turned around to see Ryo. He walked up to her and smiled, "Shall I walk you home?" Ichigo just shook her head. Keiichirou was watching from the kitchen and smiled.
"Akasaka-sama…" Keiichirou heard a voice from in the kitchen. He turned to find Zakuro.
"Akasaka-sama, I'm worried about Ichigo."
"Why? She seems a lot happier lately." He smiled.
"I don't know…" Zakuro walked up beside him, " You think she'd still be sad… You know, about Masaya… It just doesn't seem like her…"
"Isn't it a beautiful night, Shirogane-san?" Ichigo smiled.
"Yeah, its nice I guess…"
"Yeah, I- Hhhh…!" Ichigo fell to the ground.
"Ichigo!" Ryo lifted her head from the ground and stared at her face, "Ichigo! Wake up!"
"Oh, oh…" Ichigo's eyes slowly opened, "Sh-Shirogane-san…"
"Ichigo…"
"I'm tired…" Ichigo's eyes closed shut again, and she started purring. Insinuating she was sleeping. Ryo just stared at her.
"I hope you're all right, Ichigo…" Ryo carried her all the way back to her house. Ryo knocked on the door.
"KNOCK! KNOCK!"
"Who is it?" Ichigo's mom called out.
"Ryo!" he yelled back. Her mom opened the door.
"Oh my goodness! What happened to Ichigo?"
"I'm not sure, really; but she's sleeping right now. Here, I'll carry her to her room." Ryo walked in sideways through the door by Ichigo's mom.
"Oh thank you, Mr. Shirogane-san." Her mom smiled. Ryo carried Ichigo to her room and laid her on her bed. He gently placed an extra pillow under her head. He stood up and looked around her room, staring at old photos, and stuffed animals on her shelves. Then, he looked back at Ichigo; admiring the fact of how cute she looked.
"Ichigo…" Ryo turned back and walked out of her room.
"Goodbye, Mrs. Momomiya-san!" Ryo waved as he walked out the door.
"Bye-bye! Arigato, Shirogane-san!" Her mom waved as Ryo left.
The next morning, Ichigo woke up to see her alarm clock going off. She hit the top of it and busted it. "Stupid clock…" she picked it up to see what time it had on it last. " Seven forty-five? Huh, I'm late." She sat it back down and stretched. "You know, I don't think I'm going to go to school today…" she sat up and walked to her closet. She closed profusely through her clothes to find something vibrate to wear. "Man! What have I been wearing all these years!?" Ichigo finally found something and smiled.
Ichigo through on her clothes and smoothly, combed her hair staring into the mirror. "I don't understand why I ever wear these clothes, it really shows off my curves…" She smiled at herself and walked downstairs.
"Bye, mom!"
"Ichigo, aren't you late?" her mom yelled from the dining room.
"Yeah but I'll catch the subway…" she said and walked out the door before her mom could see her. Ichigo walked through the park and headed to Café Mew Mew. "I'll pop in on Ryo while I'm at it." She smiled and headed to the Café, "Hmm…" Ichigo searched through the bag she had brought with her, "Oh look, and some lipstick… I outta wear this." She smoothed it over her bottom lip and rubbed it together with her top lip.
It didn't take long to get to Café Mew Mew, considering it wasn't very far away. Ichigo pushed open the doors to see it empty with the kitchen light on. Ichigo smirked.
"Its' working…" Pai smiled.
"Just as planned…" Taruto agreed.
"Oh Ryo!" Ichigo busted through the kitchen doors. Ryo and Keiichirou, who were in the middle of a conversation, stared at Ichigo wide-eyed.
"I-Ichigo…" Ryo stuttered. Well, they couldn't help staring considering the fact, Ichigo had on a bright red dress, with black heels and red lipstick.
"Ichigo you look…" Ryo couldn't finish his sentence.
"… Hot? Better? I know." Ichigo smiled and walked over to Ryo. She put her finger under his chin. Ryo back away a little.
"I've been thinking about you…" Ichigo leaned her face in towards Ryo.
"What's wrong with you Ichigo!" Ryo pushed her away.
"What do you mean what's wrong with me! I'm perfectly fine!" Ichigo put her hands on her hips.
"What happened to you?" Keiichirou spoke up.
"Didn't Ryo tell you?"
"It's Shirogane-san to you!" Ryo shouted angrily.
"Why Ryo, I'm hurt! I thought you loved me! Take this!" Ichigo walked up to Keiichirou and planted a kiss on his lips, "What do you think now?" she flipped her hair and walked out of the café. Ryo just stood there angrily. Keiichirou turned and looked at him. Ryo glared at him.
"Help me go find what's wrong with her…" he said, and just headed up to the lab. Keiichirou followed him close behind, still in a small daze.
Ichigo walked out with a frown on her face. "How dare he! I can't believe him! Kiss me one day, then disses me the next! I bet it was that Lettuce girl! She's always had a crush on him! I'll get them later! Although there are still other fish in the sea…" Ichigo smiled. She walked back to the park and sat under a cherry blossom tree.
"Oh Kish! I know you're out there somewhere! Come out, come out wherever you are!"
"POOF!" Then, Kish teleported beside her.
" Konnichiwa, Ichigo." He smirked, "you rang, kitten?"
"Hello, Kish…"
"Ryo look!" Keiichirou called him over to look at the computer, " I was watching a security camera on the Tokyo tower, and from the day we last fought with the aliens. Look, the chimera animal dusted, only Ichigo, with a powdery substance. It's someone reacting with her cat-like hormones and is causing her to act 'unichigo-like'. I'm guessing it used some type of catnip in the powder to cause this…"
"Well, what do we do?"
"Get the others! We might need their help; but we need to give her this!" Keiichirou held up a glass.
"Warm milk?" Ryo scratched his head.
"It should work just go!"
"BEEP, BEEP!" The mew mew's crests started beeping.
"Someone's in trouble!" they all yelled.
"MEW MEW MINT! METAMORPHOSIS!"
"MEW MEW ZAKURO! METAMORPHOSIS!"
"MEW MEW LETTUCE! METAMORPHOSIS!"
"MEW MEW PUDDING! METAMORPHOSIS!"
They all headed to the park.
"Hello Kish…" Ichigo stood up to him and looked him in the eyes.
"You couldn't resist my kiss could you Ichigo?"
"Course not." Ichigo leaned in a kissed Kish compassionately. He roughly kissed her back.
"Ichigo!" Ryo yelled as he was running towards her. Ichigo stopped and looked up.
"You…" Ichigo glared at Ryo angrily and smirked.
"MEW MEW STRAWBERRY! METAMORPHOSIS!"
"I'll never forgive you." Ichigo jumped up and tried attacking Ryo with a swift kick, but he avoided it.
"RIBBON… ZAKURO'S PURE!" Zakuro struck at Ichigo and grazed her arm a little.
"You!" Ichigo turned and glared at Zakuro. Lettuce and the others came running.
"Lettuce!" Ichigo yelled with deep abhorrence, "you took him away from me!" Ichigo's strawberry bell attached to the special rod, and Ichigo rose up in the air.
"RIBBON… STARWBERRY…-."
"RIBBON! MINT ECHO!" Mint struck Ichigo before she could attack Lettuce.
"Ah!" Ichigo fell to the ground with bruises all on her.
"This plan cannot fail!" Pai yelled.
"If she doesn't get up she can never kill the others! Pai, it's failing."
"No! Ichigo get up, you weakling!"
"Ichigo?" Kish tilted his head and stared at Ichigo, "something weird is going on, I'll come back at a better time… I promise I'll come back, though, my little kitty…" Kish teleported back to the other dimension.
"Grab her now!" Keiichirou commanded. Lettuce grabbed Ichigo from behind before she could get up.
"Get off me!" she yelled.
"I'm sorry, Ichigo! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"Here!" Ryo ran over there and forced the warm milk down her throat.
"What are you?! - Do-ing…" Ichigo's eyes slowly closed, and she untransformed and fell asleep. Ryo scooped her up into his arms and carried her home. Everyone stood up and watched him as he walked into the distance.
"Something's going on, and Pudding wants to know what!" she shouted.
I hope you enjoyed that chapter! So, just keep reading to the end! It's not too far from now!
