n the modern dance room, Ms. Benjamin was accompanied by a group of cute alien robots. Each of theme were monkey-like and had the same color scheme as the Mew Mews. One by one, the girls were chatting when they spotted the tiny little monkeys.
"Look at them," cooed Saatvika "They're cute."
"And they smell like chocolate, vanilla, strawberries, apples, blueberry, honey, peanut butter, and grapes," Vada replied as she used her strong smelling.
"These are Mini-Mews," explained Ms. Benjamin. "Elliot gave them to me recently as evil-detectors in case of emergencies."
"Elliot Grant?" recalled Saatvika. "One of your mentors?"
"That's him," answered Ms. Benjamin. "These Mini-Mews are based on each of Earth's monkeys."
A tamarin lion monkey flew up to Chanel, a macaque flew up to Vada, a pygmy marmoset flew to Saatvika, a Mandrill flew up to Carla, a chimpanzee flew up to Danna, a capuchin flew up to Harley, a langur flew up to Presley Beth, and a velvet flew up to Julianna.
"Sometimes you're gonna look at lifestreams," said Saatvika. "Sometimes the Mini-Mews wil detect danger."
"Now that they met you," Ms. Benjamin smiled, "you have to name them. They're brand-new Mini-Mews created by HQ, and they need names."
Thinking quickly, Harley found the perfect names for them. She called the tamarin lion monkey "Taro," the macaque "Sichuan," the pygmy marmoset "Bok Choy," the mandrill "Congee," the chimpanzee "Won Ton," the capuchin "Lotus Leaf," and the langur and velvet monkey "Lo" and "Mein."
"Those are all Chinese food," recalled Chanel.
"I know," Harley replied. "Took a menu from the bulletin board today. There's a restaurant called Chòu Yòu's Custard Bun."
"I know that place," recalled Kiki. "I took cooking lessons there and I'm their number one customer. Plus, they know how to make a good egg custard bun."
Remembering from her monkey books, Danna recalled that they really love bananas and they can be a bit mischievous. "We better keep an eye on them," she recalled. "We'd promised to help out Leighton with her interview for the girls' basketball team. Today is their first game of the year."
"I remember playing b-ball with the boys back in Tennessee," recalled Presley Beth, "and not the ones who teased me for being a girl."
XxoxX
Ten minutes later at the gym, Leighton was waiting nervously. She was getting her notepad ready when she spotted the ACS with Ms. Benjamin.
"Girls!" shouted Leighton. "I'm so glad you can make it."
"We would do anything for our friends," replied Chanel.
"And our female sports team," Vada replied. "They say that sports are for boys, but no."
"I got some good news and some bad news," said Leighton.
"Usually," replied Vada, "we would start with the good news first."
"The good news is," Leighton replied, "few of the boys basketball teammates will be here to prep talk the newbies."
"And the bad news," asked Presley Beth.
"You're late!" shouted a nasty voice. "We must have all members for the game!"
"Coach Landon is substitute coach," Leighton answered annoyingly.
"Because of Mrs. Payne being stuck at the airport in Brooklyn," explained Coach Landon, "I will be covering for her. Though I should be watching those prank shows instead of this dump."
"But coach," added a freshman player, "we need an advisor."
"Here's some advice!" shouted Coach Landon. "Mind your own business!"
"Back off, Coach!" shouted one of the basketball players from the boys' team.
Harley looked up at the player who stood up to Coach Landon. He had curly black hair, was quite tall, and wore basketball clothes. Harley couldn't help but look at him and fall in love. Seeing their friend, Julianna and Saatvika could tell that she was in love. Remembering that she needed to be her nerdy self to impress cute boys, Harley decided to do it. "Hey," she said to the cute basketball player. "That's really brave of you to stand up to Coach Landon. Most of the students hate her."
"No problem," replied the cute boy. "I'm Curtis. I'm a member of the boys' basketball team."
"Harley," greeted Harley as she adjusted her glasses.
"Yeah," Curtis replied. "Dean Dennis' niece from Australia. There's something about a girl's natural accent that makes me smile."
"You like girls with foreign accents?" Harley asked him.
The girls' basketball team and the ACS was thrilled because they'd gotten all crazy about Harley and Curtis, while Coach Landon was repulsed, "Shouldn't you be a bikini model to get guys to like you?"
"Coach," groaned Curtis, "Harley doesn't need to be all those things. She's fine the way she is, for an Australian nerd."
Instead of taking it well, Coach Landon left in rage.
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Meanwhile, Poach, Arethra, and Elthunt were at the outside of Chon You's Custard Bun Chinese restaurant. They were rumaging around the trash cans when they spotted a skunk. Thinking swiftly, Poach got out a McCart Bug and turned it into a McCart Monster.
XxoxX
Back at the game, Leighton and the ACS were enjoying themselves before the game when the Mini-Mews started saying, 'Wéixiǎn, wéixiǎn!'. Fortunately, Leighton was listening to Kimberly Kelly music. The ACS didn't know what it meant, but Ms. Benjamin did. "The Mini Mews can detect danger nearby." she explained.
Not wanting to get caught, they hid in the girls locker room and saw the Mini-Mew projection vision. On the projector, they saw patrons running from Chon You's Custard Bun. Thinking of Leighton, Ms. Benjamin suggested that Carla and Danna should go, because they had a really beautiful aquarium and bird paintings.
Carla and Danna agreed to the plan. "But, how are we going to get from Point A to Point B?" asked Danna.
"Girls," Saatvika replied, "I saw this on their anime. They run like ninjas and they jump like kangaroos."
"Perfect," Harley smiled. "While Dumplling, Peanut Butter, and Jelly fly to the location, Chocolate, Vanilla, Sundae, Cupcake, and I will hop to the location."
"Enough small talk," replied Carla. "We got one loco zorrillo to stop."
Mew Mew Cupcake, Metamorphosis
Mew Mew Dumpling, Metamorphosis
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When they arrived, they saw leftover fried rice and mushu on the ground. Very stealthily, Mew Mews Cupcake and Dumpling snuck into the reastaurant and saw McCart Skunk.
"What have we here?" asked Poach. "Tresspassers?"
"You must be Poach McCartnet?" guessed Mew Mew Cupcake. "Ms. Benjamin warned us about you."
"That's right," answered Poach. "And these are Elthunt and Aretha, two of my three cohorts."
"We specialize in making Earth animals into our alien monsters," explained Arethra.
"Let's make it drafty," Elthunt shouted as he got out his keytar and sent food flying.
Using their gymnastics skills, they avoided the flying food, including some sweet and sour pork,
"Stop!" shouted Mew Mew Cupcake. "I'm allergic to pork!"
But they didn't listen. Instead, Elthunt played his keytar in an alien tone.
"How are we going to stop that piano man?" asked Dumpling.
Seeing a bowl of tomatoes, Mew Mew Cupcake got an idea. "You know how skunks don't like tomatoes?" she asked.
"Yeah," replied Mew Mew Danna. "Outdoor experts say to bathe in tomato juice to get rid of the smell, so maybe we can give skunk a tomato meal."
Using her crested umbrella, Mew Mew Dumpling sent the tomato bowl towards the McCart Skunk. The tomatoes landed on his eyes and started going around like crazy. "You thinking what i'm thinking?" she Mew Mew Dumpling.
"Oh, si," replied Mew Mew Cupcake.
Mew Mew Style
Mew Mew Grace
Mew Mew Style
In Your Face
Just like that, McCart Skunk turned back into a normal skunk and ran off. Not wanting to get caught by the owners, Mew Mews Cupcake and Dumpling took off while Poach, Elthunt, and Aretha teleported off.
The owner of the shop came in while drinking some tea. He saw the pigsty and spat out the tea."The nerve of people, he groaned.
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Later at the game, the CKH girls basketball team were against the Jenskins High girls' team. Quickly, a freshman made the goal and CKH won the game. Now, Carla and Danna were arriving on time to see CKH's victory. This left them wondering: how did they get the courage to continue? Curtis explained to them that Coach Howland became the substitute after Coach Landon left to watch her Australian soap operas.
Walking towards the team, Carla and Danna could see Coach Howland congratulating the team for doing their best. Seeing Leighton coming up, Carla and Danna decided to help her with their interview.
Over the next ten minutes, Leighton, Carla, and Danna interview the basketball team and their substitute coach. When Leighton asked what makes a good team, Coach Howland answered, "What is more imporant than winning is doing your best and being a friend. That's what encouraged the girls to compete."
XxoxX
The next day, the ACS was joining Ms. Benjamin for a Chinese lunch from Chon You's restaurant. "Thanks for getting us Chinese take out for lunch, Ms. Benjamin," Danna said to her. "I can't believe that the Mew Mew organization fixes damage before anyone suspects."
"Yeah," replied Saatvika. "And Ms. Benjamin told me that the agents erased the owner's memory of the damage."
"If you think damaging a Chinese restaurant is crazy," replied Carla, "you should try these egg custard bunds. Their teeth-rottening."
"I know how to make a good egg custard bun," Miss Benjamin smiled. "I don't like green onion pancakes, but regular pancakes are much better, especially with maple syrup."
By the door, the Mini-Mews detected Curtis coming by. Quick as a rabbit, they hid in Carla's bag. Curtis came in and saw the ACS having Chinese takeout. "Ms. Benjamin decided to give us Chinese takeout for lunch for our hard work this past month."
"Nothing can go wrong with Kiki Bu Ling Benjamin," replied Ms. Benjamin.
"That's cool," replied Curtis as he sat next do Harley. "Har, I was wondering if you and I wanna go to the roller rink after school."
"I don't have much studying to do," Harley answered, "Okay!"
Hearing this, Curtis smiled.
The End.
Note: Bu-Ling Huang was Kiki's Tokyo Mew Mew name.
