Episode 2
Plum Neko!
Sumomo saves the day
"I'm a m-Mew Mew!" Mikan stuttered, "But how? My DNA"
"Matches perfectly" Ryou interrupted, "Yes, you are a Mew Mew. Let me explain." Ryou led her over to the computer and pulled up a screen that had many pictures and words in it. "A couple of days ago Keiichiro and I discovered recent Chirema Anima, which was what you just fought, attacks all over Tokyo. And there is only one explanation…" Mikan's eyes widened.
"But Mom and the others defeated them, how?" she asked. Ryou sighed.
"I'm not sure," he started, "but since we had no choice, I injected you and the other girls with endangered species DNA." Mikan followed Ryou up the stairs and into the Café where all the adults were sitting at a table. Berri got up and ran over to her daughter and hugged her.
"I'm sorry honey, we all disagreed with Ryou at first, but in the end the world is at stake- again…" her mothers voice trailed off. Mikan felt a tap on her shoulder; it was the white fluff ball robot that captured the parasite alien.
"That is the R2004, take good care of it. It has a built in alien sensor and will help all seven of you in battle." Ryou said, "Now why don't you go take a walk or something."
Mikan found herself wandering around Inohara Park in a confused daze. Why me? She thought, why couldn't it be someone else? Mikan wasn't bothered with the fighting monsters thing; she was worried what Tasuke say is he found out. She sat down on a bench. "What do you think R2004?" she glanced at the fluff ball, "That sounds so dull. I know I'll give you nickname…" She thought hard until, "I got it, I'll name you Taysu after Tasuke!" she said happily. Maybe he won't find out, her mind said. Suddenly her cell phone started to rang, it was Sumomo.
"Hello?" she said wearily in to the receiver.
"Hey, Mikan! I got the news from Ryou! How cool is it that we're Mews! nya!" an excited Sumomo answered from the phone.
"Not really Sumomo." Mikan sighed, "Hey, why are you saying nya?" She heard a couple of loud mewing noises from the other end.
"Can't help it, nya! Well don't worry, Ryou told me you were in Inohara park, I'm coming there right now! Nyaa!" she hung up.
Mikan closed her phone. She suddenly felt like something or someone was watching her. A jellyfish alien floated into the body of a carpenter ant making its body grow huge. Mikan sensed trouble and changed. "Mew Mew Orange, Metamorpho-sis!" she yelled henshining in to her Mew form. But there was no Chirema Anima in site. Suddenly Mew Orange felt herself beingg picked up and then was thrown hard against a tree by a giant ant. Mikan was hanging for her life from one of the branches. The ant moved under the branch and opened its jaws. If she let go, she would get eaten. BAM! A rock hit the side of its face leaving a large bruise. The ant turned to see who did it. It was Sumomo, not realizing what she did. "Uh, umm" she said nervously. The ant charged towards her, jaws open. But before it reached her,
"Mew Mew Plum! Metamorpho-sis!" she screamed and was surrounded by a purple light. Sumomo was in her mother's mew outfit only it was purple and a pair of short caprices replaced the poofy skirt. "Oh wow! Kawaii, nya!" she said examining her costume further and touching her black ears and tail with aw.
"Go Sumomo!" Mew Orange said cheering her friend on. The insect raised its giant foot and attempted to squash the mew but Mew Plum did a high back flip out of the way.
"Plum Rod!" she called out and a purple rod with a plum on the end appeared. She drew the rod back. "Ribbon, Plum Spire!" she yelled. The monster was struck with a bright purple spike and returned to its original size. Mew Orange flipped out of the tree and changed back to normal.
"That was amazing!" she said hugging her friend, "Come on, lets go back to Café Mew Mew!"
Back at the Café, all the daughters of the Mews were there. "Okay everyone," Ryou said, "You all know you are Mew Mews. But you need to know the DNA. So you can research." Everyone groaned. Ryou pretended not to hear. "First Mikan. Like your mother, you are infused with the Amami Black Rabbit and the Andes Mountain Cat." He turned to Sumomo and Peppermint. "Sumomo is infused with the Black Footed Cat and Peppermint has Andean Condor DNA." He went on. "Pineapple has Grey Dolphin, Caramel has Squirrel Monkey, Cranberry has Red Wolf, and Cinnamon has Artic Penguin. The future of the world is in your hands; you must help protect the environment and the people in it. We are counting on you!"
As they left the Café, Pineapple whispered something to Sumomo and Mikan. "I have a swim meet tomorrow," she said shyly, "Could you guys come along incase they show up?" Sumomo and Mikan nodded.
The next day was beautiful and clear, perfect for swimming. Sumomo and Mikan watched their friend swim gracefully through the water before the competition. Wow! Mikan thought as Pineapple flipped over just like a dolphin, those dolphin genes come in handy, and I wish I could swim like that! A metal whistle blew. "Time for the competition, wish me luck!" Pineapple said then she climbed out of the pool and ran in to a crowd of people.