Author's Notes: Here's chapter 19! Enjoy!
(My disclaimer was in chapter 2)
Cherries and Pears – Chapter 19
Then suddenly, Sakura felt a sharp sting of pain throbbing in the palm of her left hand. Sakura removed the pendant from her hands to look at her hand. When she saw her palm, Sakura cried out in shock and fear. A red mark, a heart with tiger ears, was gradually forming in the palm of her left hand.
"Hmm?" Ryou noticed Sakura's pain and took her left hand in his to examine it as she winced in pain
"Ow!" Nashi wailed, clutching her right knee. "It hurts!"
Zakuro moved Nashi's hands from her knee and examined it. An orange mark in the shape of a circle within a circle was forming on Nashi's right kneecap.
"That's weird. The others didn't feel pain when their marks formed. But don't worry," he told Sakura and Nashi calmly, grinning. "It's all part of the process of becoming a new Mew Mew, I guess. The pain should leave you within a few minutes."
"…A… Mew… Mew…" Sakura whispered to herself, trying to process this new phrase.
After about two more minutes, Sakura and Nashi saw that Ryou was right. The pain was gone and the marks were completely formed on their skin. Sakura looked up at Ryou with an expression of confusion and tiredness, then fainted as Ryou caught her in his arms. Nashi sighed and fainted onto Zakuro, who hoisted the unconscious girl up into her arms. Ryou and Keiichiro looked at each other.
"White Siberian Tiger," Ryou announced.
"Australian Koala Bear," Keiichiro added.
