This chapter is a little longer than the others, I think...

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"What the heck is a Mew Mew?" she repeated.

"A Mew Mew is... well... you. I've infused you with the DNA of the white tiger. With the power of a Rad Data animal, you'll be able to fight the aliens when they try to take over the world," the doctor responded. Taiyaki was about to ask about the aliens when there came a knock at the door. Dr. Shirougane yanked the door open to reveal a pretty, young lady, older than Taiyaki. She had light brown hair that she wore curled into a bun on top of her head, and she wore a pale rose long-sleeved blouse and a dark blue knee-length skirt under a spotless white lab coat identical to Dr. Shirougane's.

She was breathing hard, as if she had ran all the way to the building where the lab was housed, and then up all of the stairs, too. Her face was flushed red, and wisps of hair had escaped the bun on her head.

"D-doctor... I'm sorry..." she managed to gasp. Then, she spotted Taiyaki, standing in the middle of the room in her Mew Mew uniform. The new woman's eyes brightened, and she laughed delightedly.

"You did it!" she exclaimed. "A real Mew Mew!"

"Yes," the doctor agreed, "and I was lucky to have her with me when the aliens attacked this time. Oh, by the way, I did some more research last night. I found your animal."

"Really?"

Taiyaki stood silently as the doctor and the woman chatted some more in the doorway. Finally, as she was about to ask to leave, the doctor turned to her and said,

"This is Taiyaki Ikono." He motioned for her to come over, and she did, slowly.

The woman held out her hand and smiled at Taiyaki. "So you're the first Mew Mew, are you? My name is Okonomyaki Akiiru, Dr. Shirougane's lab assistant. I hope we'll become good friends."

So that's what was weird about this! His lab partner wasn't even here.

On the outside, Taiyaki returned the smile, but inwardly, she had a lot of questions for Miss Akiiru, and also for the doctor.

The cuckoo clock on the wall chirped loudly. Somehow, it hadn't been damaged in the battle, in contrast to the rest of the room, which had charred scraps of paper floating through it. The doctor jumped, startled by the noise. "4:00 already? You'd better get on home, Taiyaki. You've done enough for one day. Okonomyaki and I have papers to file and research to conduct."

He shooed her out the door and quickly closed it before she could get any of her questions out of her mouth. A few moments later, the door opened again, but only to let her bag fly out.

Okay... Now, how do I get out of this costume and into my regular clothes?

She pondered this for a minute, until her uniform began to glow. She floated into the air, and her uniform disappeared into specks of light, which were drawn to a necklace that wasn't on her neck before. Her school uniform reappeared, and she lowered down to the ground lightly.

Aha...

-0-0-0-

Cake and Muffin sat on the cold tile of their spaceship. They were the surveyors of their race, sent to check on the world that was soon to become theirs.

Muffin scowled. "The heat isn't working, again."

Cake sighed; this was the fifth time she had said this in the past hour.

"I told you, this is an old model and the heating systems aren't very stable. We only had so much to spend on a spaceship, and this was the only one we could afford."

"Yeah, well, we're surveyors, the ones who do the dirty work for Deep Blue. They could at least give us a raise once in a while."

Cake sighed again, and got up. He paced around before he spoke again.

"Instead of complaining, we should be planning our next attack. The doctor has succeeded in creating the first Mew Mew. We needto come up with better weapon, and soon, or else setting up the Earth base will become close to impossible."

Muffin sneered at him. "And you think you have a good plan?"

"Yes, I believe I do."

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-Merodi-chan, 10.30.05