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Changing Genes

Author Note:

Well here it goes. Sorry it took me so long kind of got lazy with the whole typing it up thing. O.O; Well here's a special note to my two faithful reviewers.

Alphamech: You said this killed Romantic Tension? You will be proved very wrong. Well I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Prongs: Yea, Yea, Okay Ditzy wolf…Here you go. Don't bite the kitty.

So here we go! EARTH LICHI GO:Cat Pose:

Chapter Four:

"House Calls and War"

Momoshi sighed, she and Maiko had been washing dishes for about a week now and she was kind of getting tired of it. Though it gave her plenty of space to day dream about Ryou. He hadn't actually come in contact with her since. They kind of smiled at each other and blushed. Not able to speak, because they didn't know what type of words to share.

Ever since that time in the lab, the kiss they had exchanged. It made Momoshi nervous; she used to be able to talk to him. What changed? Don't you think it would be easier? Knowing he felt the same way, but it clearly wasn't. Momoshi was quickly awakened from her thoughts.

"Momoshi!" Maiko exclaimed. Water was pouring from the sink. Momoshi was so busy thinking that she had forgotten to control the riseing water levels.

Momoshi quickly jumped up, turning off the water. "Umm towels?" she muttered still in a daze.

"No wait…I'll use fire bending…dry it up." Maiko suggested.

"Okay." Momoshi moved out of the way a bit hesitantly. She hated when Maiko used fire bending, it brought back such hateful memories.

Maiko started at her work. The fire evaporating the water, it was working out fine. In till Maiko caught the table cloth on fire.

Momoshi quickly jumped back. "Omigosh! What did you do!" She panicked.

Maiko quickly stomped out the fire but the smoke had already reached the outside. And they soon found Keiichiro bursting in the doors.

"What's going on here?" Keiichiro demanded.

Momoshi and Maiko sweat dropped. "Oh umm nothing…" Maiko hid the burnt mark from his view.

He didn't belive them though. "What's behind your back, Maiko?" He asked.

"Well umm, I can explain." Maiko cautiously handed him the table cloth.

Keiichiro twitched. "Why don't both of you…umm…work up front okay?"

"Okay!" Maiko said quickly, a bit too over excited.

They left the kitchen into the main area of the café, where Mint sat as normal drinking tea and Lettuce was tripping over orders. Pudding was performing a trick for a young couple and Zakuro kind of just lounged by Mint. While Ichigo and Berry did all the work as usual.

Ichigo sighed in relief at the sight of them. "Oh finally someone to help me and Berry." She muttered quickly returning to work.

Maiko and Momoshi smiled and quickly got to work, everything going wonderful.

It was later in the day till anything had actually gone wrong. It was getting late and closer to closing time, and the late crowd was coming in.

This was the crowd no one wanted to deal with, teenage boys and their group of friend and the popular stuck up girls. They divided the café almost, one side sat the girls and the other the boys. Though you wouldn't think that any guy would want to come to a café like this, it was extremely girly.

The truth of it all was that they came for the girls. Hoping they could pick up something fast and easy. As sick as it was it was the truth.

Momoshi sighed from exhaustion.

"Don't worry, just one more table for you to wait and the your done for the day." Ichigo smiled.

Momoshi sighed in relief but her relief was quickly cut off as Ichigo pointed to the table that she had to wait on. It was a group of boys, 4 to be exact. A blonde boy, the obvious leader of the group had been looking at Momoshi in the wrong sort of way since he came in.

Momoshi put on a nice fake smile and came to their table. "Welcome to the Mew Mew Café may I take an order?"

The blonde boy smirked. "Well do you make house calls?" His friends all laughed at his comment, but clearly Momoshi didn't understand what he meant.

"I'm afraid I don't know what you mean…" She muttered quickly.

"Well do you?" He asked again nudging her on. His hand was dangerously close to her. She took a step back.

"Sir, if you're not going to order…" Momoshi said firmly.

The boy and his friends laughed. "I think I made an order."

Though, this time Momoshi didn't get the chance to speak because apparently Ryou had been watching. He stormed forward grabbing the collar of the blonde boy looking him straight in the eye.

Everyone in the rooms jaw dropped. No one had ever seen Ryou so mad, or him reacting this way. He was normally calm and didn't show his emotions.

"What did you say to her?" Ryou snapped.

"I-I-" The boy stuttered. "I'm sorry I didn't know she was-"

"Ryou calm down." Keiichiro said stepping in front of Momoshi. Momoshi took a step back over too Ichigo who kind of stood eyes wide.

"OUT!" Ryou bellowed.

"It was just a bit of fun." The boy complained as Ryou let go of his collar.

"I said out." Ryou said in his normal calmness.

The boy and his friends trotted out, trying to make themselves look cooler in the situation.

Ryou didn't look at Momoshi as he turned to leave. But Momoshi caught his shoulder.

"Thanks." She mumbled blushing a bit.

Ryou didn't look at her, but he stopped giving her a quick. "No problem." Before turning towards the door down into the lab.

"Everyone I need to show you something in the lab." Ryou announced now looking at everyone. Everyone except Momoshi, he really didn't know what to say to her. At least not anymore, and from the way she looked she didn't either.