Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo mew mew, but I own all the new characters.

Chapter two.

Later, at the café, Ichigo and the others recovered from the effects of the foxglove poison. And they were curious about the twins. Keiichiro and Ryo were confused. They only made the five, not the seven. The twins were maybe the result of an accident. But still, they were mew mews, and part of the team. A strange pair as well. The other mew mews were endangered animals that were known. The twins, however, claimed that the animals they were, there was only one left in the world of each. Ivory said that she was the mythical creature, the Chinese dragon and Ebony said that she was the mythical western dragon. Strange. Those two animals were mythical creatures, yet…

Ivory also said that she had the power over Ying energy and that Ebony had the power over Yang energy. When asked what school they went to, they said that they had never attended school, but been home taught by their foster father. So Ryo and Keiichiro decided to send them to the school that Ichigo attended. Ichigo felt that they did it so that she could keep an eye on them.

They were both given the café dress, Ivory in white and Ebony in black, and for the morning, they had to serve customers. Ichigo watched them in amazement. They seemed to move and act as one, not two individual people. Ichigo watched as they served a couple. They placed the cake in front of them at the same time, stepped back so they stood together and bowed and said "I hope you enjoy your cake" in unison. Or, what was even freakier, was one would start a sentence, stop, and the other twin would finish it off. In fact, with serving the customers, they were as anti-social as Zakuro. They did not seem to know how to act with other people. They were terribly timid as if they had never seen so many people in their life, Ichigo was of the opinion that their foster parent wouldn't allow them to interact with other people. So Keiichiro had them help in the kitchen, which they seemed glad to do. Keiichiro later commentated to Ichigo that they never talked to each other. If one wanted something, but was busy, the other would get it without a single word to each other.

At the end of the day, Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, pudding and Zakuro all sat around a table with Ryo and Keiichiro standing nearby. Ivory and Ebony were standing at the far wall, staring out of the window, totally silent. Ichigo watched them. They were like statues; fair skin and standing totally still.

"They are a strange pair, aren't they?" Zakuro said silently to Ichigo. Without talking her eyes off the twins, Ichigo nodded. Ichigo stood up and approached them, aware of the others watching her. She walked up to the twins and stopped just behind them. They turned round and stared at her with piercing eyes. Ichigo shifted uncomfortably under their gaze and said,

"Do you want to meet me outside my house tomorrow morning, if you know where it is?" The twins nodded and bowed to her. Ichigo smiled at them and turned to leave the café.

"See you tomorrow!" She called over her shoulder as she walked out the café.


The next morning, Ichigo woke up a little late. She rushed in getting ready, rushed down breakfast. She shouted her goodbye. She ran out of the door and down the garden path. She skidded to a stop when she saw Ivory and Ebony waiting for her. She blinked. They were both wearing the school uniform, and you couldn't tell them apart! Then, Ichigo noticed that around their neck was a chocker. Ivory's was white and Ebony's was black.

"Come on!" Ichigo cried and ran off, hearing the footsteps of the twins behind her. They managed to get to the school before the gates shut. Ichigo sighed in relief. She then motioned for Ivory and Ebony to follow her to her classroom.

"Ichigo, you're late again!" Ichigo turned to see her two friends, Moe and Miwa behind them. They ran up to them and stopped, staring at the twins.

"Who are you?" Moe asked, switching her gaze from Ivory to Ebony, unable to tell the difference. Ichigo coughed and pointed at Ivory,

"This is Ivory," She then pointed at Ebony, "And her twin sister, Ebony."

Moe and Miwa blinked. "Twins?" They said. They suddenly laughed and exclaimed,

"That's soo cute!" Miwa flew forward and hugged the twins tightly. Ivory and Ebony looked too surprised to act and they blushed slightly with embarrassment. Ichigo got behind them all and pushed them all to their classroom, where their teacher introduced the twins. During the day, they got attention for the fact that they were identical twins, which was uncommon. And Ichigo was in the middle of it, trying to get everyone to leave the twins alone, who looked scared at all the attention they were getting.

After school had finished, Ichigo walked out of the school gates with the twins, Moe and Miwa. Ichigo said goodbye to Moe and Miwa and was about to walk off when she heard her name called. She turned to see Aoyama walk towards them. He waved in greeting and stopped not far from them He looked at the twins and said,

"I heard that you had twin friends, Ichigo. Everyone's all excited as if they've never seen twins before. Please tell me, what are their names?"

"Aoyama-kun, this is Ivory and this is Ebony." She said, pointing to each one in turn. Ivory bowed, but Ebony didn't. She crossed her arms and humphed. Ichigo felt a chill go down her spine. Why did Ebony's posture remind her of Kisshu? Aoyama smiled at them. Ebony uncrossed her arms and stared at Ichigo.

"We should really-" She started,

"-be getting to the café now" Ivory finished. Aoyama jumped a little and stared at them. They then turned away and walked off.

"They seem nice." Aoyama said uncertainly. Ichigo giggled and said,

"But they are strange. They don't seem to be comfortable around other people as if they had never seen many people before." She sighed. They went to the park and sat on a bench, talking about anything. Then they had to split up as Ichigo had to go to the café. Everyone was already there, the twins in the kitchen and the others serving customers.


Kisshu watched as the twins walked away from Ichigo and the boy, Aoyama. Ichigo didn't know much about the twins, but if she knew the truth, she would be shocked and distrust them. And the twins were there to help them for what was coming. He sighed, the twins joining the mew mews was the beginning of something big, he could feel it. Kisshu rubbed his chest, that old familiar ache was there. He had to find it soon, he must complete his task.

Kisshu then felt it, the odd pressure at the back of his mind that he felt in the park when he saw the twins. He looked about, trying to spot it. Nothing.

He closed his eyes. He knew. It was her He opened his eyes again and saw that the twins were now gone. Same with Ichigo and the boy. Kisshu frowned, he had to go back, or the others might get suspicious.


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