Chapter 1.
Ichigo walked slowly down the street.Her blonde hair was tied in pigtails as usual with a familar red ribbon.She sighed her face taking a gloomy cast as she walked towards the cafe where she worked.She was'nt sad because it was the beginning of her work day.She was sad because she missed Maysia.Maaysia was her boyfriend-sorta and had left to go overboard at a unverisity.Ichigo was happy for him but since he left she had become to miss him...Her friends mint,lettuce,pudding,and zakura had tried to cheer her up but it was'nt working.She did smile grimly however as she thought that all her friends were named after food including herself.It did'nt help that she was fused with a wild cat and had to fight baddies with her friends who were also injected with there own species.Ichigo changed into her uniform and sighed as she began to start her day.Putting on a fake grin she served customers,said good morning so many times her tongue was dry,and worked like crazy to prepare the food and not drop it.Mint was'nt helping just lazing around and drinking tea and though lettuce tried to help she dropped everything she touched.Talk about butterfingers ichigo thought.Zakura did'nt come to the cafe often she was busy modeling which ichigo thought was unfair because she could'nt skieve off cafe duty.Her boss would'nt accept it.Ichigo grimaced,Ryou a blonde,highschool youth was the boss of the cafe and also the cause of the five friends fusing dna with animals.He let Zakura off because he had a crush on her and ichigo figured it was abouselty possible.Zakura had silky sheets of black hair while ichigo's hair was stringy and in ichigo's opinion ugly.She sighed again.Pudding poked her in the side"you sure sigh alot ichigo whats wrong?"
"nothing..really"ichigo answered.
A little later in the day,when the cafe was nearly empty.Ichigo saw Ryou.He had a glass of water in one hand and a riceball in the other.Ichigo glared at him though it was'nt his fault about any of these things.He looked suprised at the angry look on her face and walked over."hey whats wrong?"
"nothing"ichigo muttered.
"are you sure..you look kinda mad"
"i'm fine!"she stomped out of the room trying to ingnore the hurt look on Ryou's face.Ichigo ran into the bathroom and washed her face with ice-cold water.why was she being so cruel to Ryou?why was she being so critical at her friends and not sharing her secrets with them?she did'nt know.Ichigo walked out the backdoor of the cafe later at night.She did'nt want to talk to Ryou or her friends right now.Ichigo was suprised to see that it was already so dark.The moon hovered eerily above the sky with mist drifting around it.She started home,shivering.Soon her cheeks became pink with the cold and her hands trembled.No thoughts came into her head and for that she was happy she did'nt want to think anymore.Thats when she heard it a loud screech into the night and the flapping of wings.Very large wings.Ichigo turned and her way was a boy.A boy with dragon wings flying towards her.His wings flapped rapidly black and a shimmering blue.Ichigo could only gape at first then she started to run.It took her a few minutes to relize he would catch her.She was tiring while he was going faster.Ichigo skidded to a stop and turned around her heart pounding.THere was only one thing to do and that was fight.She wanted to run and switch her idea but it was to late.Without thinking anymore black kitty cat ears poked from under her hair.A tail grew swishing black and forth and her eyes turned yellow.The boy /dragon hissed as she transformed."come and get me!"she yelled.He hissed again,opened his mouth wide showing fangs and blew a stream of raging fire directly at her!.With sudden adjility she slipped to the side barely missing the flames.Before she could attack he striked again.Blowing out fire and more fire.All ichigo could do was dodge and hope for a time to attack.It did'nt come in time.A mother walked down the street a grocery bag in her hand and froze.She stared at the battle horror-struck.Then she started to scream.The boy/dragon turned towards her with a roar."look out!"ichigo shouted.A blast of red fire blasted from the boys mouth.Ichigo watched it as though in slow motion.The fire swerving towards the woman who was standing still.There was slience.The sky was illumated blood red and then the woman started to scream.Ichigo ran,ran as fast as she could.She might be able to save the woman.It half worked.Ichigo managed to push the woman out of the way,who stumbled then started to run but ichigo herself was caught by the fire.She screamed as she saw the red light before it smote her and she crumbled to the ground.Ichigo's tail disappeared and her ears returned to normal.The boy-dragon smiled in victory...