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Ichigo's heart beat faster and faster. "I... um, well...," she stuttered nervously. Her face felt hot, and she assumed it must have been beet red. Icing lowered her head, but came back up in her usual emotionless stare. Ichigo started to leave.
"Wait." said Icing. Ichigo stopped and turned back towards the girl. "Why are you afraid of me?" she asked, her voice still unscathed and dreamy. Ichigo felt so guilty... What did she really know about this girl? Nothing. How could she be so judgmental? As the thoughts raced through her head, her heart sped even more.
Sschhook! Ichigo gasped and covered her head. Stupid cat ears! she thought, wanting to hit herself. "I-I gotta go!" she stammered and bolted out of the door.
As she left, Icing was left there. She cocked her head slightly, recollecting what had just happened. Had she seen what she thought she did? Her eyes sparkled, and she gave the faintest of smiles...
Ichigo sat in a bathroom stall, fixing her cat ears and tail down again. Sighing, she walked out and looked into the mirror. Why did I do that? And worse, what will Masaya think, nyaah! She winced at the thought of looking so heartless in front of him, then almost jumped as a toilet flushed behind her. The stall opened and a girl walked out. Unlike her, she was not wearing the required sailor outfit, but a baggy orange T-shirt with the word 'cognoscenti' scrawled in permanent marker across the front, jeans that had been jaggedly cut at the knees, and dayglo-purple fishnets under those. Her hair was red (as in natural red, which looks orange) with blonde streaks. It was spiked, with two spiked pigtails in the back. Ichigo couldn't help but to stare. The girl looked up and raised an eyebrow.
"What?" she said skeptically, and walked over to the sinks, and pounded a fist down on the water faucet, making Ichigo jump a bit. She barely splashed her hands and walked out, leaving the water running. Ichigo watched the strange girl leave and slowly washed her hands. What is the deal with all these new people? she thought, biting her lip.
Meanwhile
Ryou Shirogane set his mocha down and turned back to the flashing computer screen, his face set in a hard scowl. There was a soft ticka-ticka as he typed. His blonde hair was left uncombed, and his eyes looked like that of a raccoon from his apparent lack of sleep.
"Just as I feared..." he mumbled grimly, looking at the information he had pulled out of the archives. Keiichiro stepped into the doorway.
"Ryou? Are you still at it? You should really rest for a-" he stopped when he saw that his friend was not responding. "What's the matter?" The brunette walked toward the screen.
"How could I be so ignorant..." said Ryou, shaking his head in disbelief.
"What is it?" asked Keiichiro. Ryou sighed and closed his eyes, regaining composure. He turned to his friend with a look of dread in his eyes.
"Do you remember the first mew project we did? The one that didn't work?" he asked shakily, his forehead covered in a cold sweat.
"Yes. Project MEW-P1148, was it not?" Keiichiro concurred. Ryou glanced back at the blinking screen, hesitating to continue.
"It worked." Ryou stared grimly at Keiichiro, who's own gaze was fixed on the screen in pure shock.
A few hours later
"You mean that new girl? She sooo creeps me out!" exclaimed Miwa. The three girls walked down the sidewalk.
"And you had to, like, sit by her?" asked Moe. Ichigo nodded and stopped as they reached the bus stop.
"Yeah..." she said, looking away guiltily. There were a few moments of awkward silence until – after seemingly an eternity – the bus screeched to a stop in front of them.
"See you later," said Ichigo, waving as her friends loaded the bus. They waved back from the windows, and the bus pulled away, leaving Ichigo standing there. She sighed and sat down on the bench beside her. How could she be so hopeless... Gossiping about that Icing girl after what had happened? Could she sink any lower?
The girl's self-pity was interrupted by a glint of silver to her left that caught her eye. She turned to see Icing, walking hastily down the sidewalk away from her direction.
"Nya, where could she be going?" murmured Ichigo, absentmindedly taking a step in that direction. No! I shouldn't spy on her! she thought. Her heart pounded... No, not now... Ichigo clenched her fists, but then relaxed. A mischievous, almost catlike smile spread across her face.
"I guess a little spying didn't kill the cat!" Ichigo said briskly to herself, and walked in Icings direction. Her path lead to the nearby elementary school, where she saw Icing stop and sit down in a bench near the front doors. Ichigo sneaked quietly behind a bush facing the school, watching as a stampede of small children flooded out onto the sidewalk. Icing stood up and looked around. She must be looking for somebody... A little sibling, perhaps? thought Ichigo. A shiver ran up as she felt something touch the back of her head. Quickly turning around, she let out a gasp. The culprit was a little girl, crouching beside her.
"Eh... Hello there?" she said awkwardly. The girl cocked her head, big green eyes staring at her with curious innocence. Her hair was white streaked with green, and cut short except for two small strands that hung down in front of her ears, falling to her shoulders. "Um... why don't you go find your par-"
She was cut off by the girl, who exclaimed something in English to her, that of which she could barely understand. The little girl stopped and looked at her expectantly. What should I say, what should I do! thought Ichigo frantically.
"Um... This... is a... flower..." she stammered, stumbling with a language she didn't know at all. The girl wrinkled her nose and then burst out in a fit of giggles.
"Flower!" she repeated, and giggled again, and then said something else in English. Ichigo blushed, not quite sure what to say. The little girl pointed to herself.
"Kiwi," she said slowly. Then she pointed to Ichigo. "Flower?" Ichigo gave an inward,'aah...' as she was finally hit with what the girl meant.
"No, no!" said Ichigo, shaking her head. She pointed to herself again. "Ichigo." The little girl cocked her head again and Ichigo bit her lip, thinking of how to explain this. "Er... Strawberry?" Kiwi nodded with understanding.
"Kiwi-chan! Time to go home!" called a voice from toward the building. Ichigo knew that voice... But no, it couldn't be! But yes, it was. Icing. Kiwi started to get up, but then stopped. She turned to Ichigo and smiled.
"Sayonara, Ichigo-san!" she said cutely, and ran off. Ichigo was shocked. Kiwi was Icing's little sister? How weird...
On Ryou's computer
Accessing... MEW-P1148 data archive.
Specimen One... Infused with white tiger. Height... 5 feet, 4 inches. Weight... 98 lbs.
Specimen Two... Infused with monarch butterfly. Height... 5 feet, 10 inches. Weight... 118 lbs.
Specimen Three... Infused with flying squirrel. Height... 4 feet, 11 inches. Weight... 109 lbs.
Specimen Four... Infused with nightingale. Height... 4 feet, 9 inches. Weight... 79 lbs.
Specimen Five... Infused with moon jellyfish. Height... 4 feet, 3 inches. Weight... 63 lbs.
Specimen Six... ... ... Processing... ... Error... ... Data unavailable.
Closing program... Firewall secured... Passcode... Safe...
Logging off.
