Hello, again, and welcome to the world of short chapters. I'll be your guide, Merodi-chan.
Thanks to Azzie-chan, i love athrun,and Blackrose108 for reviewing on the first chapter.
Azzie-chan: Yeah, I know my profile's a liar. I'm never who I seem... Just kidding!
i love athrun: Here's the new chapter; please stop shouting at me...
Blackrose108: No, I'm not obsessed, but at least we got our project approved...
Taiyaki put the tip of her pen on the line. She hesitated for a moment, unsure.
What if... something really weird happens? Like if I grow a tail? Oh, no one's going to care.
Her hand hovered for another second, and then she forced her arm to sign her name on the line.
"Perfect!"
In a short while, the doctor had her hooked up to a variety of machines. Taiyaki stared at the various wires on her body.
"Oh, don't worry," Dr. Shirougane assured her, "most of these are just to monitor your vital stats."
Somehow, Taiyaki didn't feel very assured.
The doctor flipped a heavy red lever in the middle of the floor. The lights blinked out, replaced by a soft glow from a peculiar mechanism on the far side of the lab. It looked like a laser, Taiyaki was alarmed to realize.
Wh-what's happening now? Is he going to shoot me?
A white beam streamed from the device and hit Taiyaki full in the chest. She felt a jolt, and her heart vibrated. Taiyaki seemed to separate from reality, as a warmth spread through her body. She seemed to see a glowing ball of light form into the shape of a catlike animal, which pounced on her with the sensation of merging.
As the beam faded, Taiyaki was aware of her surroundings yet again. Strangely tired, she collapsed on the cold, tiled floor.
"It's a success!" She heard the doctor exclaim.
"What's a success?"
Suddenly, she realized that she wasn't wearing her school uniform. Instead, it was replaced by a skimpy white suit with a long, flowing sleeve on one side and a wrist-length glove on the other hand. She reached her gloved hand to her head to find two cat ears sticking up from her hair. A white tail lashed behind her.
Ears! And a tail! I really did grow a tail! What's Mom going to say?
The young doctor scurried over and clasped her hands in his.
"I've done it! I've done it! The DNA injection has resulted in the very first Mew Mew!"
"What the heck is a Mew Mew?" Taiyaki wanted to know. But Dr. Shirougane was too excited to answer.
His happy mood was interrupted by a loud crashing noise.
"Dr. Shirougane, we've found you at last."
Two beings with pointed ears floated into the room through the broken window.
"C-cake... Muffin..." The doctor slowly backed away from them.
Cake, the taller one, pointed at Taiyaki.
"Who's this? Oh, well, it doesn't matter. Today, you die!" He drew a long, black bow and shot and arrow through the air.
Dr. Shirougane quickly dodged and called to Taiyaki.
"Use your power!"
Muffin pulled a ball of fire from the air and aimed it at Taiyaki. She flipped up over it and landed on the shelves.
Whoa... I can't believe I just did that!
She pushed off the shelves toward Cake, who was drawing his bow to shoot at the doctor again.
My... power? What...
"Ribbon Taiyaki Blade!"
A white sword appeared in her hands, and she grasped the hilt tightly to aim at the doctor's attacker.
Cake saw her out of the corner of his eye. Assessing her as a threat, he called to Muffin.
"We'll come back later. It seems that he has a new weapon." They disappeared into the air.
The sword dissipated as Taiyaki's booted feet touched down on the floor.
"What the heck is a Mew Mew?" she repeated.
Please review... I need to get out of this rut so I can work on Flower in Ice again...