Meeting the Gang

"Uh…." Sora moaned. She turned from her side to her back and carefully examined her surroundings. She groggily sat up and was surprised to say a tray full of sweets beside the bed she was in. 'What's going on? Where is Cloud? More importantly, where the hell am I?'

As if on cue, a guy came in her room carrying a back and white little dress. The guy had blonde hair, blue eyes, and a great build.

"Good to see your finally awake, Sleeping Beauty." The man had a deep voice. Sora knew she had to get down to the point, no matter how hot this guy was.

"Who are you?" she asked. "Where am I?"

"My name is Ryou and right now you are in Café Mew Mew. Have you ever heard of it?" Sora shook her head. "Oh, not a lot of people have. We're a small business but our food is positively excellent. Now, what about you?"

"What about me?"

Ryou gave her an annoyed look. "Don't play dumb with me. Are you an evil mew or not?"

Sora sighed and took a moment to think before she answered Ryou's question. "No, I am not an evil mew mew. It may seem as if I am….but I can't help it. Whenever I am evil, someone is controlling me. I am sorry for any of the trouble I have caused you."

"It was no problem. Anyway, you had better phone your parents before they get too worried."

"How long have I been out?" Sora asked. Half of her wanted to know, the other half didn't.

"Ever since last night." Sora sighed and shook her head.

"Is there anything I can do to repay you?"

Ryou thought for a moment. "Yes. You could work for me."

Sora gave him a puzzled look. "What do you want me to do? Just to let you know, don't have very many talents to brag about."

"I want to help out around the café…." Just as Sora was about to agree, he added, "and help out the mew mews."

"You mean you want me to be a mew mew? But, what would happen if the aliens tried to control me again? I wouldn't be of much use then."

"That's why we want you to join. We want to help you," Ryou explained. "So…are you up to the challenge?"

Sora stopped talking and thought deeply. Slowly she nodded her head yes.

"Good. I'll introduce you to the gang." Ryou got up and made toward the exit. "That outfit I brought in is your uniform at café mew mew. Meet me downstairs after you get dressed and tell your parents where you've been."

Sora nodded and watched as he left. "Wait!" Sora yelled running after him.

"What now?"

"Do you know where Cloud went? He is basically a little black fuzz ball." Ryou nodded.

"He's downstairs with mini mew." Ryou turned her around and gave her a little push. "Now go get dressed. You got work to do."

Sora sighed and went into the room. About thirty minutes later she was done and was walking down the stairs to the main part of the restaurant. She was immediately thrown off at what she saw. It was all girly.

"This is Café Mew Mew?" Sora asked. She could barely contain her distaste.

"Yes, you got a problem with it?" came a voice from behind her. She turned around and saw a girl, wearing an outfit similar to hers except it was all in different shades of blue.

"Hi, I'm Sora." She introduced herself and tried to shake hands with her new coworker.

"I'm Mint." But Mint didn't offer her hand. Sora pulled her hand back to her and looked away. "Let me introduce you to everyone."

"Thanks." Sora said gratefully.

Mint led Sora over to a table where a girl in green was taking someone's order. "Lettuce this is Sora, Sora this is Lettuce." Lettuce shook Sora's hand politely.

"It's nice to meet you. How are you feeling?"

"Okay…" Sora trailed off.

"Okay well, let's go meet Berri and her boyfriend. They walked over to a young couple sitting at a table. The girl had just laughed at something the boy had said when they walked over.

"Berri and Tasuku meet Sora. Sora meet the happy couple Berri and Tasuku." Sora couldn't help but think that Tasuku was a little cute.

"Hi…" Sora said shyly. They smiled in return.

"Don't even think about it," Mint said once they left the table. "Tasuku is with Berri." Sora gave Mint a puzzled look. "I'm not stupid, you know."

Next she led her over to a group of girls. The first girl was kind of short. She was wearing a yellow uniform. The second girl was wearing a pink uniform. The third person was a guy wearing a tux. It looked a lot like Tasuku's.

"Okay….The guy over here is Masaya, in yellow is Pudding and that," Mint pointed at Ichigo and said dully, "is Ichigo."

Sora smiled and said hello. "I'm Sora."

Everyone said they're greetings and then went back to work.

"Well the only person you haven't met is Zakuro," Mint explained. "Today she is off work. I think you met her last night anyway. Isn't she so cool?"

The question caught Sora off guard. "Sure?" Mint smiled and walked off. "I think you should go see Ryou. He always something for everyone to do."

Sora nodded and asked, "Where can I find him?"

Mint pointed to a door. Sora thanked Mint and opened the door. The door lead to stairs. Sora followed them, not knowing if Mint was telling her the truth or trying to get her in trouble.

"Hey, what are you doing down here?" came a familiar voice.

"Hi Ryou. Mint told me to come down here. She said you'd have something for me to do."

Ryou thought for a moment before he answered. "There's no need for you to work today. We have enough workers already working today."

"So you're giving me the day off?" Sora asked. She was already liking Ryou.

"I wouldn't necessarily say that," Ryou inquired. "But call it whatever you want. You can work tomorrow. Then you'll get to meet Zakuro. I am assuming Mint already showed you around?"

"Yeah…" Sora said, trailing off.

"Don't worry, she may not seem like she likes you very much. She's a little 'stuck up', as some people would say." Sora nodded her head in understanding.

"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow," Sora said as she exited the basement.

"Later," Ryou said over his shoulder.

"Bye everyone!" Sora said as her left. Everyone waved goodbye as she left. About ten minutes later Ryou's voice came on the intercom.

"Staff meeting after work."

Everyone groaned in response.

Later that Evening During the Staff Meeting…

"So…?" Ryou asked. Everyone exchanged glances.

"She's nice…" Lettuce said, breaking the silence. Everyone murmured and shook their heads in agreement.

"Is there anybody who doesn't think that she should become a mew mew?" Ryou asked.

No objections.

"Okay, well, I had to make sure you all were okay with this. We're a team, you know? Were in this together until the very end."

"All for one and one for all!" Ichigo said happily. Masaya smiled and placed his hand on her outstretched hand. Soon everyone put their hand in.

"To Sora!" Berri yelled happily.

"To Sora!" everyone else yelled. They threw their hands up in the air and cheered.

A little while later, after everyone else had left, Ryou got out his cell phone to call Zakuro. He had her on speed dial. He pressed the number 7 his lucky number then his phone automatically dialed her number.

"Hey Zakuro," Ryou said as someone answered the phone.

"Hey, how did everything go?" she asked on the other line.

"Fine. Although I wish you could have been here."

Ryou heard Zakuro sigh on the other end. "I had a photo shoot. I'm sorry."

"That's okay…." Ryou stopped and there was silence for awhile.

"You want to meet and have some coffee down at Starbucks? I heard they're open until ten on Saturdays."

"Okay…I'll meet you there in twenty minutes."

Ryou agreed. "I'll see you in twenty."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye."

Okay I know, nothing too interesting. I had to update though! I feel so bad….I've been so busy with stuff. I'm sorry to anyone I kept waiting. I hope you like it! R&R! I am going to reply to reviews next chapter!

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