Me: :D So then it's settled, I will be adding a new mew! You'll find out who it is near the end or middle (I forget which) of this chapter! Yay! I'm actually rather surprised that I made it to chapter ten! Thank you to all the people who have reveiwed! Yay! *giggles*
Kish: She's slightly sugar high.
Me: :D And I'm home! I went on this little, one day trip to PA with my mom and aunt and we had a lot of fun but since we were going to pick some stuff up from out old house, that meant we had to go to the city, and I kinda really don't like the city, no offence to anyone who does like it though! We got back last night! But I just really feel like laughing for some reason! And I have no idea why!
Kish: That happens to you a lot. Now, on with the story!
Disclaimer: StrawberryKousagi does not out Tokyo Mew Mew nor anything related to it, only her OCs! :D
Kuriimu stepped out into the hall; Pai had just gotten back and reported where he'd bee and what he'd been doing. To say the least, Kuriimu was not happy.
"Pai." He said, just as the older alien was passing by.
Pai looked over his shoulder, turning only slightly. "Yes?"
"At the fair, you knew that was Mikuru's lamb, didn't you?" Kuriimu asked.
"I did." Pai answered.
"How?" Kuriimu was holding back a glare.
"It was a mere guess," Pai said, "I ran a few tests and observed the human girls on that farm, the results showed Mikuru for being the most suitable as a mew mew."
"Then I don't get it," Kuriimu said, "Why do you keep targeting her? Is there something wrong with her?"
"As far as we know, she is the weakest mew," Pai answered, "Her self-confidence is low and she does not believe she can fight against us well enough to be of any help."
Kuriimu raised an eyebrow, "How'd you find that out?"
Pai held up his hand and a small book appeared that had a cute illustration of Mary Had a Little Lamb on it and DIARY written on the center of the cover.
Kuriimu's eyes shot wide, "You stole her diary?!" Pai nodded. "Pai, that's a total invasion of privacy!"
Pai looked at him, "You…you idiot." Kuriimu realized what he'd said and how it must have sounded to Pai. "You've fallen for the girl, haven't you? You're no better than your brother!"
Kuriimu glared at him, gritting his teeth, "Don't talk about Kish like that! He is like a brother to you too, remember?"
"Was like a brother," Pai said, "Until he betrayed us, and unless you want to suffer the same fate as he, I suggest you get over your little crush and deal with the mews."
Now Kuriimu was pissed, "Who the hell do you think you are!? My father!?"
"No, but I do know that your father would not approve of you falling for the enemy!" Pai shot back.
Kuriimu suddenly remembered something Kish had said to him before.
"I'm not afraid to let people know that I'm in love with her."
Kuriimu curled his hands into fists and glared at Pai, "So what? So what if I'm in love with my enemy?" He smirked, "It's not like you can say any different for yourself." Pai raised an eyebrow, "Come on, even Tart sees it! You're so into that green mew mew!"
Pai glared at him, "No. I have nothing for any mew, let a human nor will I ever!"
Ignoring this statement, Kuriimu went on, curling a finger around his chin and folding one arm, looking thoughtful, "I wonder what Little Miss Fishy would think if she knew why you kept attacking Mikuru? What's her name again, Retsu? Restu…?" He looked over at Pai.
"Retasu-" Pai stopped, realizing what Kuriimu was trying to prove. "You know her name."
Kuriimu grinned, "And apparently you do to!"
Pai looked away, hiding an embarrassed blush, "We will continue to attack Mew Milk," Kuriimu frowned, "She is the weakest link and therefore, the most venerable." Pai walked away without another word, leaving Kuriimu standing there.
"But Pai," Kuriimu mumbled, "That's cruel." Seeing that Pai was still carrying the girl's diary as he walked away, he flew as fast as he could toward it and snatched it from him, teleporting without even glancing back.
"Idiot!" Pai exclaimed, he looked down and saw a red light flashing on the surveillance camera that had been following Kuriimu.
He reappeared in his room, grabbing a cloth sack off the back of his desk chair and sliding Mikuru's diary in it, then grabbing his knife and a change of clothes, stuffing them in along with the book.
Slinging the bag onto his shoulder, Kuriimu teleported again, only this time he reappeared outside the sliding glass door in the Chiyuuhoshis' kitchen. Around the table for breakfast sat Ichigo, Minto, Retasu, Purin, Zakuro, Mikuru, Kish, who was dressed in human clothes, and the two guys that were always around the mews. They appeared to be arguing over something and Kish just kept staring at his feet.
Taking in a breath, Kuriimu knocked on the glass door with his knuckles, everyone jumped. Kuri, immediately glaring at him, was the first to stand up and walk over to the door, sliding it open.
"What?" She asked, still glaring at him.
"Can I talk to…" Kuriimu glanced in at everyone, "Mikuru?"
"No." Kuri said, starting to slide the door closed again but Kuriimu grabbed it, stopping her.
"Then can I at least talk to Kish?" He asked.
Kuri sighed, looking over her shoulder, "Kish, it's for you."
Kish nodded, standing up and walking over to them. Kuri went and sat back down, watching them and listening carefully.
"What's up?" Kish asked, "Something wrong? Aren't you still under surveillance?"
"Eh heh…" Kuriimu smirked sheepishly; rubbing the back of his neck, "Well, about that…"
Kish narrowed his eyes at him, "What'd you do?"
"Um…" Kuriimu slid the cloth sack off his shoulder, reaching in and pulling out Mikuru's diary, holding it up for his older brother to see.
"You- where'd you- how'd you…?" Kish trailed off, confused.
"Pai had it." Kuriimu said. "It's Mikuru's and I wanted to give it back to her so…oh and there's something I want to tell you."
Kish sighed, nodding, "Alright, come in I guess."
"What the hell-" Ichigo, sitting in a chair next to Kuri, clapped a hand over the girl's mouth.
"Relax, Kuri." She said.
Kish cleared his throat, "Kuriimu has something he'd like to say, and also something that should be given to Mikuru."
Kuriimu held up the book. "My diary!" Mikuru squeaked, she got up and quickly made her way around the table to retrieve it, she'd been looking everywhere for it.
"What is that you would like to say?" Keiichiro asked.
Kuriimu took in a deep breath, letting it out slowly, "The reason…Pai has been targeting Mikuru-"
Kuri sat up strait, "He's been targeting her?"
Kuriimu nodded, "Yeah, um, i-it's because…"
Kish sighed, "Would you feel better if it were just me?"
Looking at him, Kuriimu pouted and nodded vigorously. Kish rolled his eyes, "Come on." He led his brother to the mudroom. "Now, what's up?"
"Okay, so the reason why Pai is targeting Mikuru is because he said she's the weakest mew mew." Kuriimu said quickly. Kish just stared at him for a minute; he didn't understand how his little brother could be a nervous wreck in front of other people but completely fine in front of him.
"So…she's the weakest mew mew?" Kish asked.
Kuriimu nodded, "Yeah, he said it's because she doesn't have confidence in herself, she doesn't think she can be of any help to the mews."
"Hmm…" Kish thought for a minute, "Well, I think the best person to tell would be either Ichigo or Kuri."
Kuriimu raised an eyebrow, "Why Kuri?"
"She's her sister, though I'm not sure who's older," Kish said, "But Kuri is really overprotective so Ichigo might handle it better, but then again, Kuri has known Mikuru for longer so…I'm not sure."
"What if…" Kuriimu trailed off, knowing Kish would be curious as to what he had to say.
""What if" what?" Kish asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, what if I were to stay here too?" Kuriimu suggested, "And, you know, help Mikuru with that?"
"I knew that's what you meant by that letter!" Kish exclaimed, "Kuriimu, what about Mom? And Uncle Jiro? You have a choice, Kuriimu, I didn't!"
"But, Kish-" Kuriimu started.
"No!" Kish interrupted, "Sure, I get to be with Ichigo, but Mom and Uncle Jiro need someone to look after them, they need you!"
"Kish-" Kuriimu tried again.
"Go home, Kuriimu!" Kish interrupted again.
"Damn it, Oniichan, would you just listen to me!?" Kuriimu shouted, balling his hands into fists and squeezing his eyes shut. Slowly opening his eyes, he looked up and saw Kish looking a little surprised by the outburst, but at least he was staying silent, so he spoke. "Pai already knows I'm gone. I teleported right in front of him so it's not like I won't get exiled to Earth as it is." His voice was quiet, just louder than a whisper, "I know it was stupid, but what Pai is doing is cruel and he has to be stopped."
Kish's expression softened, fading into a smile. He nodded, "I understand."
Kuriimu beamed a smile at him, "So then…?"
Turning to head back into the kitchen, Kish said over his shoulder; "So long as Kuri is okay with it, you're staying!" Kuriimu grinned as he followed his older brother back to the team of Tokyo Mew Mew. Kish knew why Kuriimu thought it was cruel, if it had been any other mew he probably wouldn't have really cared, but it was Mikuru, and he was falling in love with her. Kish would have done the same thing for Ichigo.
Pai was pacing the computer room, trying to think of what to do. The surveillance guards already knew he was gone; the idiot had teleported right in front of the camera. If he banished him like he had Kish that would only leave him, Tart, and Sherbet to fight against the mews. Him and two children…Pai sighed, slumping into a chair. He thought over the past few days.
"You can't pretend you don't give that little fishy girl looks, 'cause I see them!" Kish had said to him.
"I wonder what Little Miss Fishy would think if she knew why you kept attacking Mikuru?" Kuriimu had said just before disappearing, that did actually make him feel a little guilty.
Pai shook his head, why was he thinking about that of all things? What people had said to him about a human girl..."They do know me best…" Pai thought, then shook his head, chasing the thought away. There was no way he could have feelings for a human…was there?
"Damn it…" He cursed in his mind, "I'm turning into Kish."
Mikuru was gripping her diary tight in her hands, so hard that her knuckles had turned white, as she stared down at it, her bangs covering her eyes. Kuriimu knew she was rather upset with him, he'd just told everyone what she didn't want them to know, not even Kuri.
"Mikuru," Kuri said softly, "Is this true?" Mikuru nodded but stayed silent.
"Mikuru," Kuriimu mumbled, "I…I'm sorry." Mikuru didn't respond.
"Mikuru, you're a mew mew!" Ichigo said, the white haired girl looked up at her, "And so long as you're a mew mew, you're a big a help to this team!" Mikuru gave the tiniest smirk.
"I'm really clumsy," Retasu told her, "But I still try my hardest, even when I don't think I'm strong! And at those times, I have my friends to cheer me up!"
"I don't think there is a weakest mew mew, na no da!" Purin exclaimed. Mikuru smiled.
Ryou spoke up, "Okay, I can't tell!" Everyone looked at him, "Which of you two is older? Kuri or Mikuru?"
The two girls giggled, "Technically," Kuri said, "I am, but only by five minutes. We're both eleven!"
"You're twins, na no da?!" Purin asked.
"Yup!" Kuri answered.
Ryou suddenly turned serious again, "Twins?" Kuri looked at him and nodded, "Mikuru, would you feel better if Kuri could fight with you?"
"Er…" Mikuru didn't answer for a minute, thinking it over, "Um…y-yeah." She nodded.
Keiichiro smiled, getting where Ryou was going, "Then Kuri, would you be willing to fight?"
"If it makes Mikuru feel better, heck yeah!" Kuri said, "And also, I'd be able to make sure she stays safe." She sent a wink to her sister who smiled back.
"Good, then it's settled," Ryou said, "We'll go to Café Mew Mew and see weather or not Kuri can take animal DNA or not."
"If I can?" Kuri asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well," Keiichiro said, "There's a very likely chance seeing as you two are twins, your DNA is closer than that of just simply older sister and younger sister. Your DNA would probably be able to infuse with the DNA of something closely related to a sheep."
"So…how exactly is a mew mew made?" Kish asked.
Ichigo smiled at him, "You'll see!"
"Oh, yeah!" Kuriimu said suddenly, "Um…I can't go back to the ship…"
"Oh, lovely!" Kuri said sarcastically.
Cherry threw her hands up, "If we get anyone else staying here, people are gonna start having to sleep in the hay loft! And what about Grandma and Grandpa? Do they even know Kish is here?" Everyone around the table laughed, but then someone ran down that stairs and swung around the corner, into the living room, and dashed across into the kitchen, stopping in the doorway and raising an eyebrow at Kuriimu.
"Uh, he's cosplaying!" Kuri covered.
"…Okaaaay…" Kurumi headed into the mudroom and out the door.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh my gosh!" Kuri said, "It's so kawaii!" She stared down at her café uniform, it was dark brown with lighter brown accents. She looked up at her sister, "And Mikuru! You're adorable!" Kuri didn't have the animal DNA…yet, but they were going to wait until after work to run any tests.
Mikuru blushed a bright red. "No I'm not…" Her own uniform was light gray with black accents. Kuriimu, however, seemed to disagree with her, he kept glancing at her and then blushing as he looked away again.
"Aaaw!" Cherry said as she picked up her little sister, "Cookie, you're soooo cuuuute!" Cherry was wearing a light pink uniform with red accents, it was Ichigo's only the colors were switched.
"Yay!" Cookie exclaimed, tossing her hands into the air. Even little Cookie had a uniform, it was black with light gray accents, Mikuru's uniform with the colors switched.
Kish was staring at Ichigo, he wasn't even trying to look away, he loved her uniform, it looked adorable on her but he didn't get to see her in it that often. Ichigo looked over at him, blushing from having felt his gaze on her, "What?" She asked.
Kish shook his head slowly, smirking, "Nothing. You just look adorable in your uniform. I think I might have to talk to Ryou about it, it's too cute for you to be seen in by any other guys; they might try to steal you away!"
Ichigo blushed strawberry red. "Oh…be quiet!"
Kish chuckled, walking over to her. He entwined his fingers in hers and whispered into her ear, "You know, your friends are going to have to know about us sooner or later."
Ichigo was a little confused. "What…? Oh!" Then she remembered, she'd said she would give Kish a chance.
"What? You forget or something?" Kish asked, still whispering into her ear.
Ichigo blushed and nodded. Kish seemed a little disappointed but kept smiling at her, "Ah, its fine, with all that's been going on around here, I don't blame you. But I must say, I am looking forward to our first date."
Ichigo blushed again, deeper this time, "First…date?"
Me: Ta daaaaa! Okay, just so everyone is clear on this, it is NOT supposed to be a "oh, poor new mew" kind of thing, it's just that in every fic I've read that has an OC mew, which actually isn't that many, the girl NEVER has any problems with self-confidence or anything and she nevers doubts herself, so I wanted to do something a little different. And also that's just how Mikuru is.
Kuriimu: She's so cute!
Kish: Hah! You finally admit it! You love Mikuru!
Kuriimu: Yes. Yes I do. *trying to play cool but failling miserably*
Me: :D I have a few ideas for the next chapter, so Read and Reveiw please is you want to find out what happens! ;P
