Aya smiled as she looked around her. She was in a dense forest, with all kinds of animals and creatures in a circle around her. They all stared at her with loving yet curious eyes. Finally, the red fox stepped forward, its head held high. Slowly, it padded up to her and she knelt down to stroke its head. The fox touched its cold wet nose to hers. Fox eyes gazed into orange human eyes. They were connected.
Zen was in a dark meadow. No colors at all. Not even on herself. The place made her depressed. A tiny little turquoise butterfly appeared, and everywhere it fluttered, color would appear. It encircled the whole meadow until she was the only colorless thing there. It seemed to take an eternity, but finally the small butterfly landed on Zen's outstretched finger. Color burst all over Zen, and she felt weightless..She felt like she was flying...flying..
Both girls awoke with a gasp at the same exact time. They were both in comfortable beds, in a cheery pink room. Zen was the first to notice that Keiichiro, Ryou, and the other five Mews were all in the room as well, relieved looks on their faces.
"Oh, I'm so glad you're okay," Keiichiro said. Ryou nodded. "Yeah," he agreed. "Girls, introduce yourselves."
"I'm Zakuro," the purple-haired girl said monotonously. "THE Zakuro? The MODEL? OHMYGOSH! ZEN!" Aya squealed. "I'm Pudding! Nice to meet ya!" the bubbly monkey-girl exclaimed. "I'm, um, Lettuce. It's a pleasure to meet you.." the shy looking green-haired girl murmured. "And I'M Mint. Have you heard of me? Well, you should have," the rich, blue-eyed girl smirked. The red-haired girl stepped forward, smiling. "My name's Ichigo..I'm the leader of the original Mew Mews. I'm sure you guys will do great!"
Aya was still in bliss that she met Zakuro, and Zen smiled. "Thank you, Ichigo," she said softly.
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Everyone sat in the dining room of the Cafe. The Cafe was closed early on Sundays. The two boys and then the seven girls chatted amongst themselves. That is, until they heard a tapping on the door.
They all turned to face the door to see who was there. It was a semi-tall girl, looking around Zen and Aya's age, with very very light brown hair that fell to around her waist. She was kind of pale, and her eyes were chocolate brown. The girl was clothed in a brown pleated mini-skirt, a tan cami tank-top, brown flipflops, and a tan and brown butterfly clip in her hair. She was actually quite pretty. "Who is she?" Aya said loudly. "Ah, I know who she is..She's Cream, your other team member!" Keiichiro said, jumping up and rushing to the door, unlocking it and letting her in.
The girl timidly stepped in and looked at everyone. "Uh. Hi..my name is Cream Saskata. I'm 13. Who are you?" she said, seemingly confident.
Everyone took a turn and said their name. "I'm Ryou..owner of the Cafe." "I'm Keiichiro. It is a dear pleasure to meet you." "I'm Ichigo, leader of the original Mew Mews." "I'm Mint, and I'm rich and loving it." "My name is Lettuce, and..um.." "I'M PUDDING! Monkeys are sooo cute! Wanna see my act? Do ya? Do ya?" "The name's Zakuro.." "Hi there! My name's Ayane..but..IF YOU CALL ME THAT YOU'LL DIIIIE! Please call me Aya!" "I'm Zenobia, but please, call me Zen."
Cream blushed. "It's nice to meet you all. I have a question, though, Ryou..Who is the leader of our team, Mew Mew X?"
Ryou blinked. "Uhhh..I don't know. Work it out amongst yourselves, I guess?"
The three girls sat in a circle. "I think I should be the leader, just because I..uhhhh..I'm cool and I said so! So that means I'm leader, right?" Aya said. The two other girls glared at her. "No way!" Zen growled. "I should be leader because I would make smart decisions for the team!" Cream rolled her eyes. "You guys are being so..ugh! Why shouldn't I be leader? I'm not viciously arguing with you!" Cream said impatiently. "YES YOU ARE ARGUING!" Zen and Aya said at the same time. The girls bickered on for a long time.
Ryou rolled his eyes and sighed. "I just don't understand teen girls, Keiichiro, I don't." Keiichiro slightly smiled. "They'll work it out. I know they will."