A/N: The characters are Kane: tall ex-bully that likes to hunt for dinosaurs. Yamanaka: also tall with dark hair and likes to play baseball. Iwashima: the short little guy that likes UFO's. They all like Megumi.
A/N2: Thank you for reading my story and I hope that I have no spelling or grammatical errors.
Mamodo's and Mew's
by Sk8er7
Chapter 3
School
"How do I look?" Kiyo sighed as he looked at Zatch. The little boy had decided to wear a set of clothes that belonged to Kiyo. To say the least, Zatch was not tall enough to fill in the spaces.
"You look stupid," Kiyo replied truthfully.
"Hey!"
He sighed as he straightened his shirt and pants in the mirror. His hair was always unruly, but he always toned the messiness down a bit everyday. Why couldn't he have normal hair? Even hair like Zatch's... Shuddering at the thought of his hair being replaced by Zatch's, Kiyo grabbed his school bag before quickly exiting the room. Zatch had yet to notice as he had changed back to his regular clothing and started to play with his Vulcan 300.
"Morning," greeted Kiyo. Hana Takamine set down a plate of eggs and bacon, a western style breakfast. Saying his thanks, he dug in quickly. Smiling lightly, his mother returned to fixing the lunch boxes for both Zatch and Kiyo. It was surprising how Zatch could sometimes eat much more than Kiyo could...
"Good-bye Kiyo! Have a good time at school!" She made sure to hand him the food before he left. Her son waved back while still chewing on a piece of bacon. He picked up his schoolbag at the front door before heading off.
"Ahh!" yelled a familiar blonde. He had thankfully changed back to his original clothing and was now looking around wildly for Kiyo, Vulcan in hand. "Oh no! Did Kiyo already leave?" Rushing downstairs, Zatch saw Hana finish tying up his lunch.
"Mother, did Kiyo leave already?" asked the mamodo frantically.
"Yes he did," she replied. "Only a few minutes ago. You can still catch up to him." Hana gestured to the full plate of bacon, eggs and a piece of toast. Zatch downed the scrumptious meal quickly. "Thank you mother!" He quickly went to the front door and got into his 'bag' suit. Then he placed his shoes on his feet.
Hana came up to him. "Don't forget your lunch." With sparkling eyes of happiness, Zatch accepted the food and thanked her greatly. As soon as the door was opened, he was out like a bullet, heading towards an unsuspecting Kiyo.
"WAIT - FOR - ME!"
"Ouch." Kiyo winced in annoyance as Suzy poked him again. "That kind of hurts you know."
With a ditzy smile, she said, "Sorry." Kiyo sighed. It was hard to be mad at her. He set his eyes on Zatch, currently concealed in his green duffel bag costume.
"You didn't have to tackle me," Kiyo said. Zatch only shuffled around in his bag.
"Attention, class!" The teacher walked into the room, his stern look subsiding slightly. He seemed... excited? But why?
Everyone returned to their seats to hear the morning announcements. Depending on how their teacher was feeling, sometimes they could receive the most unfairest of punishments.
"We have a new student joining us today," he began. "She transferred here from a prestigious girl's academy to our very own Mochinoki middle school. Please give a very warm welcome to Ms. Misaki Subaru." The class lazily looked forward to see a black haired girl walk in. Following here, was the ever so familiar Tia.
A few eyes paid closer attention to the new transfer, and especially Kiyo's, Tia was happy to say. (Although the majority were males anyways.)
"My name is Misaki Subaru. I hope that we get along well." She bowed and all of the male population within the classroom had their eyes on her. Kiyo stood up abruptly and pointed an accusing finger at her, although no words came out.
"Kiyo, what's going on?" came Zatch's voice. His head popped up from the bag. "I thought I just smelled Tia..."
"Hey Zatch!" The blonde's face visibly brightened as he jumped out of his costume and headed towards his friend.
"What do you know!" he exclaimed excitedly. "It is Tia! And Me - " His last word was cut off as Tia covered his mouth with her hand.
"You remember Misaki, don't you?" Tia asked, although her voice was hinting slightly of uncertainty. Zatch densely stared at his friend before looking at Megumi, only to be shocked.
The face was the same compared to his mental image. Everything was the same, except for the obvious exception of the clothes. But... was her hair always black?
"Megumi's new name is Misaki," Tia whispered quickly. The blonde mamodo nodded in realization. After all; it wasn't very common to find someone with the exact same face as you in a place like Japan.
"You - you!" Kiyo's words were at a loss. Megumi merely smiled and waved.
"Hey Kiyo!" The idol grinned and waved. That instantly caught the attention of Suzy as she clutched an orange tightly in her fist. She looked from Kiyo to Megumi.
"Kiyo," she began eerily, "how do you know her?" The ever so smart Kiyo Takamamine was stumped for words. It wasn't as though he could say that Misaki was actually Megumi, the famous pop idol, and that they had met at one of her concerts while fighting a mamodo.
"We met through our parents," Megumi explained smoothly. "We haven't had many chances too see each other since we moved away from each other. Kiyo also tutored me for a while."
"Very good!" The teacher interrupted their conversation upon feeling the killer intent leaking from Suzy. "Since you have had some previous interraction with Kiyo, why don't you take the seat next to him?" Megumi obeyed and the boy who had sat beside Kiyo gave the genius an envious glare, before turning on his supposed charm for the idol. He was moved a few seats over.
Tia and Zatch left via the front door to the playground, knowing that the classes would probably be boring. It was quite scary when Tia met Naomi, but all was not lost for the pink haired child.
Throughout the lessons, Megumi showed to be quite knowledgeable, not at a genius level, but close to Kiyo's 'rival'. To say the least, Suzy was not happy.
Lunchtime came around, and Megumi quickly joined Kiyo. "Hey," she greeted with a smile. He still had not lost that dumbfounded look on his face. "I'm working at the cafe today, so why don't you drop by?" Kiyo nodded.
"You don't mind if I join you, DO YOU!" Suzy slammed her lunch box down on the desk which Megumi and Kiyo were meeting on. The singer smiled brightly before moving her food over a ways.
"Of course!" she said. "Your name is Suzy Mizuno, right? It's very nice to meet you!" Suzy took out her knife and began to peel an apple. More girls, including Marylou, began to sidle over to the pop star.
"Can we join you as well?" they all asked. Something about the beauty andkindness of Megumi attracted other girls to her. Megumi replied, "Sure." The girls pulled a couple more desks over and seated themselves around Megumi. They began to talk amongst themselves as well as throwing a few questions at the idol.
"Why did you choose our school?" Megumi smiled while inwardly thinking. Her manager had asked her the same thing when she had asked for a transfer of schools.
"I didn't like mine very much," she replied somewhat truthfully. "There were some girls who, for lack of a better word, were snobbish. Most were only there due to their parents' wealth. All that they really did was brag and flaunt their cash." 'And continue to stalk me for being a "rich and famous" idol,' she thought to herself.
"Do you have any sports?" asked Marylou. This time, Megumi struck a thinking pose.
"Well," she began, "I don't know if it counts as a sport, but I do know Judo and Akido. Mostly for self defence, however," she added hastily at the end. Megumi did not want to be thought of the insanely strong maniac/tomboy that everyone feared. That was Tia's job.
"Are you a fan of Megumi?" asked Suzy. Both Kiyo and said idol froze at this. Megumi was unsure of what to say. If she said that she loved herself, she would seem vain in front of Kiyo. If she said that she didn't like herself, Kiyo might get mad. (It also seemed that the girls liked Megumi.)
"I think that - she's good," was the vague reply. Jaws dropped and time seemed to freeze. And then came the barrage of voices.
"You don't like Megumi? Megumi isn't good, she's great! Have you even heard her music before? I'm her greatest fan!" The last comment came from Suzy, who held up a limited edition doll of the singer in costume. It was quite life-like, Megumi noticed, if she overlooked the backwards bent arms, slightly messy hair and crumpled dress...
"She seems to be an all right person," Megumi said somewhat nervously. She, along with everyone else there, was surprised to see Kiyo stand up and bang his hand on the desk.
"I bet that Megumi is a great person," he started in a loud voice. "I think her singing is amazing and she has feeling into her lyrics. I think that she is very kind person with amazing talents and more people should respect her." During the length of his entire speech, he stared at Megumi. He fell into a lax position with his hand behind his head, idiot's position, and said with a laugh, "But it's not as though I know her or anything!"
Megumi nodded, a warm feeling welling up her chest. "I guess so then." Taking a few more seconds to look at Kiyo, Suzy's orange was squashed under her iron grip.
"So you're working at the cafe now?" Kiyo questioned as they walked to their respective homes. Megumi nodded.
"I'm going too!" Tia exclaimed. "Megumi's is black and white and mine is pink and white. They look so cute!" This was a side of Tia that most were hard pressed to find.
"Can I come too?" asked an excited Zatch. The blonde had really like the look of the shop, and loved it even more when he heard what it was for.
Megumi was hesitant in her answer, knowing that he could probably bankrupt the shop with his eating habits and sidetrack Tia from any work. Luckily, Kiyo beat her to speaking.
"No way." Kiyo bonked Zatch in the head. "You shouldn't go and cause trouble for other people, you know." Zatch thought for a moment before pouting innocently.
"Okay," he agreed, somewhat sadly. Then he brightened, "Tia, if you make a cake, can you bring me a piece? I'd really want to try it!" The young girl's face turned bright red and she turned away from both Kiyo and Zatch.
"Fine, but only since you asked." Megumi and Kiyo could not help but feel that she was lying...
"We're turning this way." Kiyo pointed to the left. "Okay, then." Megumi, Tia, Kiyo and Zatch said their good bye's before heading towards their destinations.
"Taxi!" Tia waved her arms and jumped up and down, trying to attract the attention of a driver. Luckily, a yellow vehicle stopped in front of the two girls and they got in. "Cafe Mew Mew, please." The man nodded, knowing where they were headed. It had become a pretty popular place.
"We're home!" Kiyo called out. When there was no answer, Kiyo realized that his mother was probably out shopping or visiting a friend. Shrugging his shoulders, he headed to his bedroom, Zatch hot on his heels.
"What are we going to do today, Kiyo?" asked Zatch. Kiyo's brow twitched and he fiddled in his drawers for something. Triumphantly, he pulled out a video tape.
"See this, Zatch?" He waved the shiny cover in front of the mamodo's face. Zatch was entranced by the picture of his favourite super hero, Mantis Joe. "This is the limited edition special episode of Mantis Joe. Do you want to watch it?" The blonde bobbed his head up and down excitedly. "Then be a good boy." Kiyo took some string and tied it a horizontal pole near the ceiling. 'And just in case...' As an added treat, the student decided to also hold Zatch's Vulcan 300 captive.
"Oh no! Joe! Vulcan!" Zatch vainly jumped, trying to reach his beloved friends. "Don't worry, I'll rescue you!" Snickering at his evil deed, Kiyo picked up a small duffel bag, much smaller than Zatch's and headed downstairs. He wrote a message for his mother before leaving the house, locking it behind him.
'That should take care of Zatch...'
"Welcome to Cafe Mew Mew!" The two girls who entered the building were greeted by two very cute girls. One Ichigo Momomiya and, unknowingly, Megumi Oumi.
Seating the two girls and taking their orders, Megumi and Ichigo headed to the back to pick up the food. It was then that the red headed girl could not keep quite.
"Oh my gosh!" she squealed in excitement, holding her tray tightly against herself. "I can't believe that you're Me - " 'Misaki' clamped a hand around Ichigo's mouth before sidling into the worker's area. "I am so sorry about that!" An extremely flustered Ichigo bowed repeatedly, ashamed that she almost let the identity of the singer go outloud.
"Ahh! I'm so sorry about that!" Red-faced in embarassment, she bowed continuously to the lightly laughing star.
"No harm done," Megumi replied easily. "We should probably hurry up with those girls' orders, right?" Ichigo nodded and they headed off to the back to pick up the cakes.
Back at the front, Retatsu took it upon herself to greet the guests. "Welcome to Cafe - Kiyo?" The green-haired girl was somewhat surprised to see the man from yesterday.
"Hi," he greeted with a wave. "I'm just here on business. If you see Megumi before me, don't tell her I was here, okay?" He smiled at her as she nodded, before heading off into the back room.
" - and he had pineapples!" Megumi finished. She and Ichigo shared a laugh before stopping at their customers' table and gently placed down their plates and cups. "We hope you enjoy." They walked with smiles on their faces before Megumi bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry!" Reflexively, she stopped to bow, only to hear a familiar voice laugh. Looking up, she confirmed her suspicions. "Kiyo?" She and Ichigo both noticed that he was wearing a white dress shirt and black pants. He also wore a red bowtie.
Scratching the side of his face in slight embarassment, he asked, "So, how do I look? I'm a waiter here." Megumi's jaw dropped. "You might want to close your mouth, unless you wish to catch flies."
"You. Wait here." Megumi hurried off, leaving Ichigo and Kiyo standing there.
"So..." began Ichigo.
"How about that weather?" Kiyo added. Their awkward conversation was ended as Tia came along, led by Megumi.
"Megumi, why did you pull me away? I was helping Keiichiro make a cake - Kiyo!" She excitedly ran up to him. "Why are you here? Are you wearing that to work here?" she asked, seeing his uniform.
"Yeah,"Kiyo replied kindly. "I've never actually had a job before, so..." He trailed off and scratched his head. Tia grabbed his arm and pulled it gently.
"It's all right Kiyo!" she said enthusiastically. "I'll show you everything there is to know!" She tugged him away to the back with Kiyo waving back to the other girls.
"That - was interesing," Ichigo stated somewhat awkwardly. The two girls were called out by a few customers and continued their work day.
DONE!
this chapter is somewhat of a filler, but I really wanted to make "Misaki" a part of Kiyo's school. also, her hair is not dyed or a wig. due to her powers, like Ichigo told her in the last chapter, it responds to her will. she willed it to turn black. kiyo working here too was a vital point... not too vital, but just wanted to make it known.
tia's a waitress there! big surprise? i don't think I'll let zatch work there... he'd eat everything...
if you're wondering what the part when Megumi says, " - and he had pineapples!" meant, please PM me (or reviewing would make me happier) and I'll exlpain it. it's a joke i heard called cannibal island. it may not be appropriate so there's an edited version.
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