Riiiiing! Riiiiiiing!

Aya sleepily grabbed her cellphone, flipping it open and looking at the time. It was 6:30. Who would be calling her at this hour! She switched over to the Caller-ID menu and saw it was an unrecognized number.

She shrugged and pressed the green phone button. "Hellooo?" she yawned into the phone, blinking. "Hello, Ms. Naren. This is Keiichiro from Cafe Mew Mew, and you and your friend Zenobia have gotten the job! Could you do me a favor and call her and notify her as soon as you can?"

"Yesssssss!" Aya exclaimed, half in excitement and half in response to his question. She squeed in delight. "Of course! When do you want us to start?" Keiichiro paused. "Hmm..how about you drop by the Cafe around noon? You could have some tea as well. I'd like you to also meet the owner of the Cafe, Ryou. We have alot of things to talk to you about. Au revoir, Ms. Naren."

Excitedly, Aya jumped out of bed and flipped her phone closed, exclaiming, "Yeeeah! I got the jooooob!" Her door opened and her Dad's head appeared, his eyes closed, his hair messed, and him still in pajamas. "Keep it down, Aya.." he grumbled and closed the door.

She flopped down onto her bed, looking up at the ceiling. "Oops," she said, flipping her phone back open and punching in Zen's number.

"Unhh..he..llo?" came Zen's voice from the other end. It was obvious that she was asleep. "Heh..ZENWEGOTTHEJOB!" Aya squealed quickly into her cell. "..wha?" Zen murmured. "Zen, WAKE THE HECK UP! We've got the job at Cafe Mew Mew. Keiichiro told me to tell you, and we have to both go to the Cafe at noon because he wants to tell us stuff and wants us to meet the owner or something. SO GET THE HECK UP AND COME TO MY HOUSE IN AN HOUR! BYE!"

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Finally, Zen arrived at Aya's house around 11:55. She was 20 minutes late..no surprise, though. That's why she told her to be early, because she knew she'd be late, so she'd really be on time. Kind of confusing but it did make sense if you knew Zen.

"Soo..let's hurry up and go, I have plans later," Zen sighed. "Ooooh..Whatcha doin'?" Aya asked cheerfully. "I'm just going shopping with my mom, you moron," Zen scowled. "Don't get so snaaaappy!" Aya giggled.

The two girls walked together down the sidewalk and finally reached Cafe Mew Mew, opening the door. There weren't many people inside like usual, just a few. "Hi Keiichiro!" Aya said with a smile, spotting the dark-haired man. He greeted them warmly and led them through a door and up stairs, down a hall, and into a room with the word "Ryou" on the door. He knocked and entered, leading the girls inside.

The room was obviously an office. In front of them was a desk with a boy sitting at it..he didn't look a day over 18. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. The two girls sat in the chairs in front of his desk and Keiichiro stood behind them.

"So you're Zenobia," he said, pointing to orange-eyed Aya. "And you're Ayane." He then pointed to the teal-haired Zen.

"Uh, NO. I'm Ayane..errr..AYA! Don't you DARE call me Ayane!" Aya said. "Yeah..I'm Zen.." Zen said with a slight nod.

"Hrm. So sorry. My name is Ryou..and I own Cafe Mew Mew. You two are to work here every day after you get home from school. $10 an hour, and you'll be paid more if you work on weekends. If you want to take a day off, by all means, take one off. I'm not too strict. If you ever need help, ask Keiichiro, or even one of the other 5 girls, Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, or Zakuro. They'll gladly help you out.

"But there are more important things to attend to. The only reason you two were hired is because..your genes are compatible with our experiment, Project Mew Mew X. Do you remember on TV a while ago, when the 5 Mew Mews saved the Tokyo Dome? You two and one other girl will become the new Mew Mews, because the old Mews powers are starting to diminish. We need new Mews in case there are more enemies, which I'm sure there are.

"Are you starting to understand? Sort of? Well, that'll do until I'm finished. We have already found the third compatible girl, but she won't be here for a few days because she lives far away. She understand the urgency of our situation and is going to be moving into one of the spare apartments above the Cafe. But yes. I'm sure you're wondering what animal's DNA you're going to be fused with, hm? Well..it's easier now than last time. We have a wider variety of animals, and alot of them aren't even extinct. So, we will use your favorite animal that you have provided on your applications. We'd like to start this as soon as we can, so please follow Keiichiro. Thank you," he finally finished.

Both girls' eyes were wide and their jaws were dropped. They heard about the Mew Mew hype, but now they were to be a part of it all? It couldn't be! The two of them found themselves speechless.

"Please, come along.." Keiichiro said, ushering them to follow him. He went over to the wall and moved a book from a shelf and a hole in the wall next to it appeared and steps were visable. "Follow me..Do watch your step.." he said, leading them down the stairs.

At last they reached the bottom. They were in some sort of labratory. "Please lie down on these beds," Keiichiro said, pointing to two beds in the middle of the room. Scaredly, they obeyed. "Um..will it hurt?" Aya mumbled. Keiichiro chuckled. "Oh, no. You'll be put asleep using anesthesia, but it wouldn't hurt anyway. I'm just using it because I don't want you to get scared.

Zen shrugged nervously and lay down on the soft bed, looking around worriedly. Aya did the same, gripping the edge of the bed. Keiichiro put a mask on each of their mouths that had a tube attatched and then went into a big machine. The gas started to slowly flow through the tubes and into the girls. "M-must..stay..a..awaaa.." Aya murmured into it, but was cut off as she fell asleep. Zen was asleep much faster than her.

A laser-like thing came out of the machine and first pointed at Aya. A red beam shot out of it and engulfed her body. She whimpered but was still asleep. The ray died down and then the laser moved toward Zen, a red beam going around her as well. She had less of a reaction.

The laser went back into the machine and Keiichiro examined them. "Success!"