"Hey! You with the red hair!" The girl who had commented about the Tokyo Mew Mew's saving the world tapped Ichigo on the shoulder.

"Yes?" Ichigo asked, turning to look at her.

"It looked like you knew that teacher guy…he seemed kind of creepy huh?"

"Yeah, totally…." Ichigo murmured.

"I mean, he seemed like he didn't like the Tokyo Mew Mew or something, but who doesn't like the Mew Mews! They rock!"

Ichigo grinned without thinking. "Hey, thanks!"

"What?"

"Huh! Uh, yeah, they totally rock! Yeah, they're great alright!" Ichigo scratched her head nervously. "Um…say, I didn't catch your name…by the way, I'm Ichigo Momomiya." She held out a hand to shake.

"I'm Nika Oracelle!" She laughed and skipped ahead of Ichigo.

"Uh…." The 'red head' followed her, then ended up leading.

"Where are you going?"

"To Café Mew Mew…have you ever heard of it?"

"Of course I have! They're known for their awesome pastries and stuff right?"

"Yeah…."

"Why are you going there? They're closed on Monday's right! No, wait, let me guess! You're going because…." Nika put a finger on her chin in thought, staring at the sky with a smile. "Oh! I know!" She snapped. "You're going to plan a end-of-school party , right! I knew it! This is the last week of school…."

"Uh…sure…." They arrived at the Café, Ichigo leading them to the door and knocked. "Ryou! Kouchiro!"

Kouchiro answered the door, a half-smile on his face. "Why hello Ichigo…and your friend….?"

"Right…this is Nika Oracelle, she wanted to tag along…." Ichigo nudged her way past Keiichiro and looked around suspiciously as if looking for anything unusual. "I need to speak to Ryou in private…."

"This isn't about…." Keiichiro stopped.

"It is." Ichigo answered breezily.

"Oh dear…I knew this time would come…." He sighed. "Well, I'm so sorry for being rude Miss Oracelle, but I must escort Ichigo through a very…serious matter. I hope you don't mind…."

"Of course not! I have aaaaallll the time in the world!"

Kouchiro led Ichigo to the basement where Ryou was, of course on his computer.

"I presume you're wondering about Kish, am I right?" Ryou asked tiredly. Ichigo wondered if he had been up the whole night.

"I am! What was he doing at our school! How in the world did he disguise himself as a 30-year-old! What has he done with Mr. Kawakama!"

"There's no news on your teacher but there is news on the cyniclons. They are planning a different approach. They want to shut down all the systems in the entire world and take all the gasoline and petroleum they can find to keep us from using automobiles and to stop pollution…as they hope…."

"I can't fight them by myself!" Ichigo put a fist over her heart, trying not to think of her loss of friends….

"You won't have to. I've fused 4 other girls with animal DNA. You have to find them, recruit them and fight the cyniclons…you know. The usual…."

"It won't be the same…without them…." Ichigo's eyes were cold and her voice was shaky.

"It won't. But you can make new friends with the other mew mew's. Juts like you did with the others." Kouchiro placed a comforting hand on her shoulder and Ichigo awakened from her dark memories.

"I know you're right. Now. I have to look for a mew mew mark right? Or is it different this time?"

"Nope. Mew Mew mark would be good to look for. But this time the animal fusions are different…all the animal DNA are of the feline's. A fox, two different tiger's and a leopard. Therefore, they will have the same reactions to nervousness as you would. Ears will pop out of their head and they will grow a tail. And if they get hyper enough, they can turn into a full form of their animal."

"Ok." Ichigo nodded.

"Ah!" A voice came from the entrance of the basement and Ryou stood. "Show yourself!" He ordered. Nika appeared from the shadows, orange ears on her head.

"Nika! You're a mew mew!" Ichigo gasped, caught completely in surprise.

"I started acting like this a month ago. I…I had just sent a fake love letter to a nerd at our school and when he wrote back in this beautiful poem I was touched and then these ears popped out, and then the tail, and…." Nika stopped to grin and gasp. "I'm a Tokyo Mew Mew! I'm gonna save the world! I always wanted to be a superhero and fight in the name of justice—yeah!" Nika decided, nodding.

"She was obviously fused with the Wild Tiger." Kouchiro explained, tossing her a power pendant of which she caught in her mouth, then dropped onto her palm. "Cool! Is this the thingy I use to transform and stuff!"

"Yes. Don't misuse it. And don't take this job for granted. Being a superhero can be hard work!" Koichiro smiled. "And you'll have to start working here to look out for any other girls that have a mark. It pays ten dollars an hour…."

"I'd love to! Great, I'll start today! Oh! And let me guess again! Ichigo, you must be…the cat girl!" Nika hugged Ichigo excitedly. "Yay! Now you're my leader!"

"Uh…yea…."