The next day

The next day

Tikal woke up late... again. "Waah! Only 30 minutes to prepare!" she yelled to herself running down stairs and grabbing a piece of toast. "Okaa-san! I'm running late again! Jaa ne" she gave a peck on he mom check and ran back upstairs to change.

Tikal changed and ran out the door. "See you later mommy!" and blew a goodbye kiss. Her mom caught the kiss and put it on her cheek. 'Just like a little kid...'

--

Saki woke up an hour before school. "Geez. Time for 'school' what a bummer..." and he fell back down to snooze some more.

--

Shana was awake into the wee hours of the early morning and slept for about only 4 hours. 'This raccoon DNA sure comes in handy...' She thought as she put on her uniform for school.
She looked at the clock and decided she'd start walking. "Sayounara for now, mom!" She said, grabbing her lunch off of the counter and heading out the door.

"Have a nice day at school, sweetie!"

--

Saki got changed later. "Oi. Kuri. Which was is that Raccoons' high school?"

" Akihiro High School ." Kuri replied. "I'll be on the other side of town at Mizuki High School .

"I'll have to change my demeanor completely... It's for mistress..." he reminded himself.

Saki nodded. "Yeah yeah. You can act like you are. Just be nicer and open up to people. I'm off! See ya later!" Saki stood there for a minute before sighing. "I forgot I can't teleport." and then walked off.

"Tch." Kuri replied, and walked out the door to Mizuki High.

--

Tikal luckily got to school early. As she was passing by a Junior class room she heard, "We have a new student today! His name is Kuri Daiki." followed by some squeals of girls. Tikal also caught a light shade of purple, but she was to in a hurry to get to class to notice.

--

In Shana's school after the teacher took role call he announced, "We have a new student today! His name is Saki Akane." the red haired human stepped in winking and said,

"Yo! Watashi wa Akane Saki desu." and he bowed. Zha raised his eyebrow while some freshmen girls had hearts in their eyes.

"Oh! It's a hot new student!" you can hear.

Shana took one glance at the guy and rolled her eyes. "He's probably so full of himself." She thought, "Just like other conceited egotistical jerks I know..." An image of Zha popped into her head. Her eyes faltered for a minute before she shook her head. "Get the baka out of my head!"

"Akane-San you can sit behind Kureshi-San."

Saki nodded. 'Bingo!' His mind rejoiced. Zha gritted his teeth.

'I'm getting bad vibes from him...' he thought.

After sitting behind Shana he tapped and her shoulder. "Heya there!" he winked, making Zha angrier. But the he told himself to calm down.

She raised an eyebrow and looked back to her work, ignoring all the jealous stares from girls in the class. Saki sighed, 'This is a tough one... I hate tough ones...'

at lunch

Saki looked around for Shana. Zha glared at him from the barrier of his friends. "Oi! Zha-kun! You listening?" his friend told him shaking him.

"Eh? Oh yeah what happened?"

--

Tikal was sitting alone outside eating her bento. Alone as always. She looked over at the groups. "It's always like this. The Freshmen together... the Sophomores together... the juniors together... and the seniors together! It's all so boring nyan!" Kuri noticed Tikal sitting alone and walked next to her.

"Is this seat taken?" He grinned as he pointed to the spot next to her Tikal looked up and was about to jumped.

"Whoa! You scared me!" she sighed and nodded. "Sure!" she looked at him. "Umm... Who are you?"

Kuri smiled. "I'm Kuri Daiki. A new student here at Mizuki High." He said, sitting down. Tikal made her 'oh I remember now!' eyes.

"Ah! You're that new Junior student! Nice to meet you Daiki-San! Watashi wa Tikal Sahoma desu." she ate some of her lunch quietly. "Umm... so how is it here in Mizuki High school nya?" she covered her mouth when she said 'nya'. "Gomenasai... it's a habit a picked up..." Suddenly some girls went up too the two.

"Oi! Sahoma! Why are you hanging out with the new person?" The leader looked at Kuri, "Hi there!" she said in her sweetest hot tone. "Wouldn't you want to eat with me instead?"
Kuri looked skeptical.

"I don't think so." He said. "I'm fine just where I am." He smiled at Tikal charmingly. Tikal turned red. The girls turned red of anger, went up to Tikal and pulled her hair, "You're going to pay for that... Freshmen!" and then walked away. Tikal rubbed her head and said,

"Gomenasai for that once again." Tikal bowed. "It always happens..."

"Are those girls always that mean?" asked Kuri, acting like he cared.

--

Saki was still looking for Shana. "Just where else would she be?!" he stumbled upon the library and saw Shana. Hurrah! I found her. he smirked to himself and walked up to her. "Hey there Kureshi-San! Mind if I sit next to you?"

Shana looked up at Saki, surprised. "... Sure..." She said, poring over blueprints of her airplanes.

Saki looked at Shana's blue prints. Knowing a bit about airplanes himself he noticed out, "Ya know if you make this a little longer and extend that you will be able to fly a bit calmer." She looked at him even more surprised.

"You know about airplanes?" She asked.

"Yeah. My dad was a pilot." he lied.

--

Tikal nodded. "Yeah. They made me cry once but now I'm gotten used to it." she sighed and finished her bento. She glanced over at Kuri's. "Ah! Daiki-San! You didn't touch your lunch..."

"Hm?" said Kuri, "Oh! I guess I was a bit.. Distracted..." He grinned at her. "It's no problem!"

Tikal smiled and got up. "Well I have to go pick up some books in the library. I guess... I'll talk to you later?" she bowed and ran off thinking to herself, 'What was that about...!?'

Kuri smirked inwardly. 'Phase 1. Complete.' He thought.

--

"Really?" She said, beginning to get interested in the conversation, "So was mine."

"Really? That's cool!" Saki said. "So you're making your own airplane?"

She nodded. "One of many." She said.

"Cool! Maybe I can come over some time to help?" he said friendly. 'Geez... being so bored that I learn about airplanes really pays off...'

Shana looked unsure. "Maybe..." She said a little quietly.

--

Tikal was in the library picking out some books. The same couple of girls went over to her and pushed her into the shelf making tons of books fall over on top of her. "Owie..." she moaned. The girls were snickering and running out the library.

Kuri happened to be walking by and saw this spectacle and rushed in. "Hey! Stop that!" He said, glaring at the girls.

The girls rolled their eyes and ran on pass. Tikal started pilling up the book so they would go on the shelf.

Kuri kneeled down to help her. "You shouldn't take that from those girls." he said.

Tikal shook her head. "They always do this. I don't mind." she put all the books back on the shelf. "What are you doing here Daiki-San? Doesn't you class start in a few minutes?"

"I was just passing by..." He said. "I better hurry!" He said as he put the last of the books on the shelf and walked out of the library, some girls staring.

Tikal blinked. "What was that about."

--

Saki sighed. "So how much percent are you done with this airplane?"

"Umm... about 80 percent..." replied Shana. "It's almost ready for me to pilot it."

Saki nodded. "Saa... Maybe I can help. What are some problems?" Zha walked inside the library to have a talk with Shana but then he spotted Saki.

"WTF is he doing here..." he gritted and hid behind some shelves listening to their conversation.

"The rudder won't flap when I need it to. What kind of metal do you reckon I should use that will bend easily for that?" She asked, getting used to this new student more and more.
Saki thought and suggested some stuff to her.

"So if you use that the rudder might flap when it needs to..." Shana nodded and realized that he was right.

"Thanks!" She smiled. She looked at the clock. "Oh! We better head to class." She said, gathering her stuff. Saki tried smiling in return.

"You go on ahead. I can run fast."

"Ok. See ya there!" She waved goodbye and walked out of the library. Saki got up and was about to exit the library when Zha stepped in front of him.

"Get out of my way." the blue eyed human said. Zha glared at him.

"Watch where you place is." he said giving a sneer then going to class. Saki stared at him coolly as he walked away. When no one saw he sighed and said,

"Phase 1. Complete... But sadly... I gained a road bump. Oh joy."

At cafe Mew Mew

Tikal was pondering about what happened in school.

Shana was taking orders and as she passed Tikal , she whispered. "Hey, Zha's acting weird. Usually, he's mad if I whacked him or sumthin' but now he's just mad for no reason."
Tikal blinked.

"Eh? Nani? I wonder why..." She also said. "Hey! Shana-Chan! I made a new friend today. He was new at the school."

"Hm? So did I. Sorta..." She replied

"His name was Daiki Kuri-san... a Junior... what about yours?"

Zha listened into their conversation secretly he raised an eyebrow. 'They both got new students on the same day?'

"Akane Saki. In mine and Zha's class. Talked to him a bit during lunch."

"Really..." Tikal thought. "Daiki-San was so nice to me. But he was a junior... I wonder why he'd talk to me instead of people on his level." Zha turned to Ren.

"Oi. Ren. I'm a bit worried so do you mind if I ask you a favor?"

"Hn? What is it, Zha?" asked Ren.

"Transfer to Tikal 's school... and keep on eye on her. Those new transfer students are odd..."

--

Saki met up with Kuri in front of the school. "Successful?" Kuri nodded.

"Saved the girl from bullies. Too easy. You?"

"Somewhat hard. Likes airplanes. Wanna switch?" Saki smirked.

"But I think I got this one." they looked at the towering building in front of them. "This is their HQ? Pretty girly if you ask me..." Kuri opened the door.

"Let's check it out." The door opening let in a breeze. Shana let out a small "Ip!" Holding onto her uniform to make sure it didn't fly up and reveal anything.

"Shana! Table 3 needs serving!" Tikal went to the entrance to greet the new people. "Konn-ichi-wa! Welcome to Café Mew Mew!" she opened her eyes. "Eh?! Daiki-San?" she gasped.
Zha looked at the entrance and nearly popped a vein.

"HIM AGAIN!?" he yelled at Ren, who sweatdropped. Shana grabbed the order and served Table 3.

"Here ya go!" She said happily. She heard Zha yelling and looked at the entrance. "Nani? Akane-san?"

Saki waved and winked, "Yo Shana-Chan! I didn't know you worked here." he looked at the girl in the black mew mew maid dress. 'The other mew?' Tikal quietly led them to the nearest table and asked,

"So what would you guys like to order today?" Zha growled and nearly bit off a piece of the wall.

"Why the hell is he here!" he pointed an accusing finger at Saki and asked Ren.

Ren sweatdropped. "Now now, Zha. Calm down. I'm sure it's just a coincidence."

'Chan?'' Thought Shana, 'Since when did me move up to chan so quickly? Only my mother and Tikal-chan call me that.'

"Coincidence my ass!" he muttered under his breath.

Kuri smiled at Tikal-chan. "Nice place to work, ne?" He asked her. Tikal blinked and said,

"Eh... I was kind of forced to work here. I got a debt." Since no one ordered Tikal shrugged. "I'll just get you two some water." Saki looked at the menu.

"I know it might be against the rules but..." he licked his lips as he looked at the pictures of some cakes. "This looks kinda yummy." Kuri raised an eyebrow.

"I see you're settling into the human image quite comfortably, Saki." Saki glared at Kuri.

"Your getting awfully soft aren't you Kuri?"

"Not at all. My jaw hurts from all this smiling." Kuri replied smoothly. Saki scoffed,

"Ouch. That must be painful huh?" Tikal came back with two drinks.

"Here you go." she bowed and then walked away to go tend to other tables. "Hey. Does this mean you're going to fight her instead of Shana when they turn into Mews?"

"I don't care who I fight as long as they're both destroyed." Kuri said, "And we should speak no more of this. The humans might hear us."

Saki rolled his eyes and muttered. "So rigid... as usual." Saki ordered himself and plain cheesecake and wolfed it down. "Oi! Kuri! You should try this!"

"I shall not. You know as well as I do I don't enjoy sweets." Kuri ordered himself a Minto Tea.

Saki sighed and finished the last bite. "You're missing all the GOOD stuff!" Saki got up left some money and said, "Lets go." and walked out of the café.

Thank you for coming to the cafe!" Shana bowed and took one of the last customer's orders.

Closing Time

"Thank you come again!" Tikal waved at the customers as they exited the building.

"Those maids we're so cute!" a middle aged girl commented. Tikal smiled wider and you can almost imagine Tikal waving dog ears and flapping wildly. As Zha saw the scene he said to Ren.

"Hey Ren. Do you mind giving that request I asked of you a thought?" he glanced at Ren and said, "I know you go to a Private High school, but for some reason.. those exchange students of Shana and Tikal seem... odd... I need you to attend Mizuki high and watch over Tikal and don't let that Kuri guy do anything." he commanded. Ren nodded.

"If you're sure about this, I will." said Ren.

Shana wiped some sweat from her brow. "Another hard working day, ne Tikal-chan?" Tikal nodded.

"Hai! Shana-Chan Shana-Chan! The customers think we're cute!" she flailed in Chibi form. "Doesn't that make you happy?!" Zha grinned.

"Glad you understand." He went up to the girls and gave them their money. "Here. Nice job today." he looked at Tikal and sighed. "Well. See you two tomorrow!" he nodded and went up stairs to his room. "Ne, Shana-Chan... if Zha-San is major rich from his family bearings... how come he doesn't have a fancy big house?"

"He does." said Shana, "But it's too big for him alone. That's why he prefers to live at the cafe."

"Poor him..." Tikal and Shana went to the changing room and got back into their normal clothes. They said bye to everyone and left. "Nya.. Tomorrow is Friday right nyan?"

"Yep." replied Shana, "Why?"

"Ah no reason. Just the last day of school this week." Tikal took small steps forward and added. "Do you think Zha-San will let us take a day off tomorrow?" Shana snorted.

"Probably not." She said, "He wants to work us to the bone."

"I'll ask him tomorrow." she shrugged closing into their intersection. "Ah. I go this way. See you tomorrow Shana-Chan!"

--

In the apartment of the two aliens Saki said, 'Hey. Kuri! Orders from the boss! She said to release a Chimera Anima in the Pink Mew's school to cause some destruction."

"Hn? What kind of animal should it inhabit?" He asked.

"Uhh... I don't know. She just told me that." Saki sucked the last bit of popsicle and got into the bed. "Do whatever you want. Oyasumi." Kuri rolled his eyes.

'Saki may not admit it, but he likes human food way too much.' thought Kuri.