AN: For those who are wondering "Why didn't you ever do the last chapter of Mew Mew Abduction?", my answer is simply this: 4Kids lost the rights, they aren't doing any new episodes and they don't even air them anymore. So, basically, I've lost inspiration to do the last chapter. I'll try to get to it when I feel up to it. I'm more in the mood for a serious fanfic right now.

So anyways, on to the first chapter of my new story!

Verus Benevolentia: Chapter 1

"Ribbon Double Berry Check!"

A whole flock of Chimera Birds turn back to normal as the Para Para fly around. Masha and Ucha immediately went to work collecting them. Six girls landed in front of a cheering crowd, receiving praise for saving Tokyo once again. two girls, one wearing a pink dress with black cat ears and a tail and the other wearing a creamy, white dress with bunny ears and a cat tail stepped up in front of the other girls.

"Thank you, everyone!" shouted the girl in white who goes by the name of Berry Shirayuki, or Mew Berry when she was in this form.

"You can always count on us to serve for you, meow!" announced the girl in pink, known as Ichigo Momomiya or Mew Strawberry.

"Enough showing off, girls!" commanded Ryou Shirogane, a boy in is mid teens with blond hair and crystal blue eyes, "We have to hurry back to the café."

"Shirogane, you don't have to be such a grouch about it," Ichigo said as she transformed back to normal.

The rest of the girls, known as Tokyo Mew Mew, changed back as well. The headed to a red car, belonging to the long-haired, brunette Keiichiro Akasaka who is the head chef of the café they all worked at.

Ichigo went to the side of the car that Ryou was at. "Shirogane," Ichigo started, "Why are all these Chimera Anima appearing lately? The Saint Rose Crusaders are gone and we're on good terms with the aliens still, aren't we?

Ryou sighed, "To be honest, I haven't received any transmissions from the aliens for the past month."

"This is getting so troublesome," complained Minto, the blue Mew Mew, "Right now, it's getting so bad that even I have to come up with excuses to leave home and ballet classes. People are getting suspicious."

"I know it's hard but we're just going to have to deal with it the best way we can," Ryou tried to explain, "I'll try to contact the aliens but don't expect much since their communications are down. We'll meet you back at the café."

With that, the car drove off, leaving the girls to walk to the café themselves. Ichigo stared until the car was out of sight. Then she turned to the other girls.

"Let's go back then."

All of the Mew Mews began to walk to the café. The green-haired girl with glasses, named Retasu Midorikawa, hesitatingly started to talk.

"Umm... Do you think everything's really going to be okay? ... I mean, what if something bad happened to Pie and the others?"

"No need to worry!" shouted the youngest Mew Mew named Buling Huang, "Tartar and the others are strong! They can handle anything! If something bad happens then they'll fly up!"

Right when she said that, she jumped into the trees.

"And they'll take out their weapons, like Big Brother Pie's fan thingy...," she explained while taking out a huge fan prop out of nowhere, "... and they'll attack the bad guys like" she said as she swung the fan, "Kuu-Rai-Sen!"

WOOOOOSH! A huge gust of wind, caused by the fan, blew strongly at the other girls, causing them to scream, except for the purple Mew Mew named Zakuro, who remained silent as always.

"Buling!" Ichigo yelled, "What do you think you're doing?!"

"I was just showing you what the aliens would do when there was trouble."

Berry took out a compact mirror and looked at herself, "My hair is ruined!"

Ichigo tried not to laugh, "Don't worry. I'll help fix it up once we get back to the café."

While the girls walked, Ryou was busy looking through the data on his laptop on the car ride back. Keiichiro glanced at him every now and again until finally he broke the silence.

"Ryou?"

"What?"

"What do you think is happening?"

"I didn't want to say this in front of the girls but new Para Para have been appearing on Earth. I think the aliens are responsible."

"But we're on peaceful terms with them."

"It might not be the same ones. It might be possible that some of them still aren't satisfied with the current situation they're in."

"What are we going to do?"

"I'm not sure but until I find out what we're dealing with, it's best we stay on alert and keep doing things as usual."

A bus stops near Inohara park and opens the door. A long, raven-haired girl with bright blue eyes steps out of the bus and looks around. Seeing that there was only trees, she kept walking until she came to some buildings.

"So... this is Tokyo, Japan," she said to herself as she took her wallet out. She opened it and counted her money.

"30 euro... how much is that in yen?"

She then took out a small brochure and a calculator, sat on a bench and started punching numbers.

"About 4,868 yen... Not enough for a hotel room for the night and a ticket out of here tomorrow," she sighed, "I don't have much of a choice. As much as I hate the thought of it, I need to get a job until I can afford it."

She continues walking until she comes to another park and starts walking along the path until she comes along a two story pink café. She stares at it for a few minutes.

"... Pink... Talk about an eyesore but I guess being a maid waitress might be better than being a janitor like my last temporary job."

She then looks at a sign, "Café Mew Mew... Weird."

She opens the door and looks inside. At first sight, she can already tell that she would hate the place. She stares at all the frills and hearts while walking into the kitchen, which was already filled with different pastries, cakes and other desserts. She grabs a cookie and takes a bite.

"... Not bad. If I get this stuff for free, I might ignore the girl-fest that's all over this place."

She keeps looking around the place and walks down the hallway.

"Weird. There was no closed sign, so they have to be open. Where are all the employees?"

She continues to walk until she sees a door marked with the word "Basement" on it and opens it. She looks down and hesitantly walks down the stairs until she comes to another door marked "Lab." She opens it and sees nothing but a soft glow coming from the computer at the other side of the room. She walks towards it, sits in the chair and tries to read what's on the screen.

"It's all in English," she said as she clicks on the screen, "I didn't think anyone at this place would know how to speak it... Hmmm... Mew Project. Must be some stupid operation name for this café... Wait a minute."

She continues to scroll down the screen until she comes up to a list that says "Red Data." She clicks on it and a whole bunch of scientific names come up.

"Are these endangered species? So the owners of this place are nerds as well?" She continues to scroll down the list and stops near the bottom and reads, "Newest specimen: Ophiophagus Hannah... hmmm..., "She looks around until she sees a gun-like device marked with the same name with a book about snakes next to it. She picks it up and reads, "Ophiophagus Hannah, or King Cobra, mostly live in Southeast Asia. They're main diet consists of other snakes and sometimes small reptiles and rodents. Although they are not endangered, loss of habitat might make it a reality in the near future."

She puts the book down and picks up the injection gun.

"Doesn't look like there's anything in it... Reminds me of a water pistol, "she remarks as she pulls the trigger.

Suddenly a bright flash comes from the gun, causing her to drop it. She closes her eyes as the light absorbs inside of her. Then the light suddenly goes out. She uncovers her eyes and looks down at the floor. She carefully picks up the injection gun and puts it back on the shelf.

"... so they're Sci-Fi obsessed too?" she asks herself as she goes back up the stairs. She then goes down the other hall until she goes to a door that says "Locker Room." She goes in and looks through the closets, looking at the dresses in disgust.

"There are only dresses here...," she sighs and goes to the other locker room and looks through it. She then comes across a suit with a formal white shirt, brown slacks and black suspenders. She stares at it for a while,"... I wonder if girls are allowed to wear this stuff." She goes through them and takes one out that's about her size and tries it on.

She looks at herself in the mirror. "Not bad," she comments to herself and walks out. She goes back into the kitchen and starts cooking.

"I guess the only way to prove that I can do this job is to show them."

Keiichiro pulls the car up next to the café, unbuckles his seat belt and gets out. Ryou does the same and goes to the front door, which he notices that it's slightly opened.

"Keiichiro?" he starts to ask.

"Yes, Ryou?"

"Did you lock the door and put the closed sign on before we left?"

"... I didn't! I'm sorry, Ryou. The attack happened so suddenly that I rushed to the car to take you there. I guess I forgot to."

"No kidding."

Ryou slowly pulls the door completely open. He then sees that the kitchen is lit up and hears sounds coming from inside.

"Keiichiro, someone's inside."

Keiichiro walks up to Ryou and looks in the door.

"Do you think it's a thief?" Keiichiro asks.

"I'm not sure. Go to the back door. I'll try to get him and if he tries to run, I'll lead him to you and you grab him."

"Okay. Be careful."

Keiichiro runs to the back as Ryou goes inside the café. He creeps over to the doors suddenly swings them open.

"HEY! What do you think you're doing?!" Ryou shouts.

The girl, still wearing the male café uniform, turns around and looks at him while laying a tray of cookies on the stove. Ryou just stands there with a perplexed look on his face.

"You broke in here just to cook?" he asks.

"... I'm here for a job."

Ryou's eyes nearly bulge out, "You're a girl!?"

"Yes."

"Then why are you wearing that?!"

She suddenly runs out of the kitchen. Keiichiro, who was running towards the kitchen bumps into her, causing her to fall back onto the floor.

"I'm sorry...," Keiichiro started to say but looks closer at her, "... young lady"

"..."

"Wait!" Ryou calls out as he leaves the kitchen, "Keiichiro? What are you doing in here?"

"You were taking a while so I got worried that you got hurt or something. What's this lady doing here?" Keiichiro asks. Then he tries to help her out but she slaps his hand away.

"She was cooking," Ryou answered, "She said that she was looking for a job but I didn't get the chance to tell her that there aren't any openings for one."

Just then the front door opened and Ichigo and the other Mew Mews walk in. The first thing they see are Ryou, Keiichiro and the girl sitting on the floor between them.

Ichigo stares for a minute," Shirogane... what's that boy doing here?"

"It's a girl," Ryou answered," She managed to get into the café because a certain someone forgot to lock the door."

"Sorry," Keiichiro apologized.

Ryou looks down at her, "Sorry but we don't have any openings. You're going to have to look elsewhere."

The girl gets up and gets her clothes, grabs her bag and walks out.

After the girl leaves, Ryou walks down the hall and into the lab while the girls go to their locker room and got their café uniforms on. Keiichiro goes into the kitchen and starts cooking.

Ryou goes into the lab and gets on the computer. He then notices that the images on the screen were different than when he left. He gets up and looks around the room and sees the injection gun. He immediately picks it up and notices that it's empty.

"KEIICHIRO!"

Keiichro immediately runs downstairs into the lab. He slams the door open,"What is it?!"

"We need to get that girl back. I think she took the King Cobra DNA."

"King Cobra... That's not even an endangered species."

"I know but it was getting so close to becoming one that I decided to take a specimen so I wouldn't have to go through the trouble of getting one before it'd be too difficult to."

"Will there be any bad side-effects from being injected by animal DNA that's not endangered? Also, what if she's not compatible?"

"I'm not sure. We better get her so we can find out."

In a dark room filled with green fog, with remnants of buildings from old civilizations, two figures talk to each other in the shadows while looking though a data device.

"I can't believe that our own people would make peace with the humans. This planet is ours and should only belong to us."

"I agree. The Mew Aqua that was brought back by Quiche and the others was only able to restore a fourth of our world. It's not enough. What about the people who aren't registered to live there?"

"That's why we're here. The only sure way for us to survive is to succeed in taking back Earth but we didn't count on the Mew Mews still having their powers."

"I just hope that the communications malfunction we made lasts long enough for us. We need to finish as soon as possible."

"I'll go collect more information."

One of the two teleports away, leaving the other one to look over the current information they have.

The girl walks along the park path looking for another café for a job. She stops suddenly and looks to the side. A mouse scurries by and she suddenly rushes to it, grabs it and puts it in her mouth.

Ryou, running through the park finally spots her.

"There she is!" he calls out to Keiichiro. He runs and grabs her shoulder, "Hey, I need to talk to you."

The girl turns around showing a mouse tail sticking out of her mouth. She stares at him blankly. Keiichiro runs up to them and notices.

"Is that what I think it is?" he asks while his face starts turning green.

"Spit it out!" Ryou demands while smacking her on the back of the head.

She spits it out and the mouse lies motionless on the ground. Ryou picks it up and checks it.

"It's dead... by venom apparently, "he stated while handing it to Keiichiro.

Keiichiro grabs it but then remembers that it's a dead mouse and drops it. "Eww!" he shrieks while trying to clean his hands.

"Open your mouth," Ryou says while grabbing her chin.

The girl suddenly tries to punch him but he blocks it with his free hand. He then forces her mouth to open and looks inside.

"She has fangs," he stated as he lets her go, "This is the first time that a test subject has had a physical animal characteristic that shows without transforming."

Keiichiro finishes cleaning his hands, "So she's a Mew Mew?"

"I'm not sure yet. Either it's that or it's just a side-effect," he answers and looks at her, "What's your name?"

The girl looks down, "... Ténèbres."

"That's unusual. That doesn't sound Japanese or English."

"I think it's French," Keiichiro stated.

"... My parents were French," she confirmed his statement.

"Still looking for a job?"

The girl nods.

"Okay, you got a job as of today."

"... Okay but only if you agree to 3 conditions."

"What would those be?" Keiichiro asks out of curiosity.

"1: I hate dresses so I'll wear the male uniform. 2: I get free dessert, and a free place to stay," she pauses for a bit, "The last one is... I don't want anyone to talk to me... I hate the company."

After she says these 3 terms, she starts walking back to Café Mew Mew. She stops for a second, "And remember, this is only temporary. I'll work until I have enough money to leave the country." She then starts walking again.

Ryou sighs, "If only it were that easy..."

To Be Continued...