Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo mew mew.
Chapter 1: Partners
"Ichigo" Ryou said urgently "I need to speak with you in my office" she looked slightly confused they were about to close
"Since keiichiro is now a teacher of mayasa's class over in London, I need a co-partner for the mew mew project" ryou explained "And, since you are the leader of the mews, I figure you are a Valuable and should know more about the position your in….although you are a dumb strawberry"
"Ryou, thanks for the position, and don't call me a dumb strawberry you jerk…wait..Keiichiro is mayasa's teacher??"
"Yeah did I forget to say that?" Ryou chuckled "Anyway strawberry girl, there are new enemies they are the Saint Rose Crusaders, we don't know the names of our perpetrators yet but there are four of them"
"So… how do you know about them" Ichigo thought aloud
"They are using the remaining kirma Animas, the alien's that infect animals they collected them from the battle scenes after you mew mews left the scene"
"I noticed that the Remaining kirma animas were disappearing and I thought the aliens took them to put to use later…so I had masha stay behind and watch and saw them"
"Oh" Ichigo said she looked at the clock "ryou, its getting late I need to get home"
"Ichigo…if your going to be my co-partner….you need to live in the café…" ryou said looking away
"But my parents…" Ichigo said in a low tone
"I'll walk you home "ryou said they got up and walked from the Café
"Do your parents know you're a mew mew?" he asked curiously
"no." Ichigo said bluntly "how do you tell your parents that you are that you are a cat girl and you put yourself in danger to save the earth?"
"I don't know but they have to know, if you are going to stay at the café"
"Yeah" Ichigo said as they reached her house "come in you can talk to them now"
"Mom! Dad!" she called "I need to talk to you in the living room"
"Okay" her mom said in her usual cheery voice and her dad walked in seeing a guy
he yelled "No young man you can not marry my daughter"
"Dad!" Ichigo "he didn't propose to me"
"Oh okay" he sat down
"What we need to tell you is" Ryou started "Ichigo transform" ryou said looking over at Ichigo
"Strawberry mew mew metamorphosis" Ichigo transformed in front of her parents
"I... am mew Ichigo" Ichigo said looking nervously at her parents her dad was staring open mouthed "And ryou wants me to be his partner on the mew mew project since his other partner is in London teaching…But I would need to live at the Café for a little while, don't worry id get my own room dad" she said answering her fathers question before he asked it "so….mom dad? Can I go live at Café mew mew for a while?"
"You….are a …. Mew mew…" her mother processed slowly "Ichigo….Yes. you can go live at the Café " her mom started "But we need the phone number and you have to call us every day and this young man would be watching over you?" her mom asked still in shock
"Yeah mom, this is Ryou" she introduced ryou and he shook her parents hands.
"I am the Head of research for the mew mew project and your daughter will be my partner…"
"So you are getting married!" her dad sobbed
"Not that kind of partner dad "Ichigo said bluntly
"Yeah" ryou said agreeing "Ichigo you stay here tonight we will start moving you into the café tomorrow" Ryou left and he chuckled and thought 'her dad thought we were getting married… I wish.' He turned around to see Ichigo watching him leave out her bedroom window
"bye ryou" she mouthed and waved. Ichigo walked from her window and crawled into bed and thought "Mayasa….I'm co-partner to saving the world you love I'm not just a mew mew anymore…" And she fell asleep.
