Last time I remember I left everybody on a cliffhanger, didn't I

Last time I remember I left everybody on a cliffhanger, didn't I? I love doing that to everyone, minus the part where everyone starts throwing things at me (I'm still hiding behind my computer desk). I couldn't help but start on this chapter as soon as I finished the last chapter because I was so psyched about it! I couldn't resist putting in a recap because I thought the beginning of this chapter called for one. All the readers should feel free to skip over the recap if you want because you don't want to have to reread something you've already read or you're just so excited to read the story that you just can't wait for a recap… Yeah, it's probably the first choice, huh? This chapter is dedicated to the one and only (drumroll) ponies1998! Yeah, it sucks that I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew, just the OC's if I did own Tokyo Mew Mew though, it would be insane! Enjoy this chapter of The Life and Times of Half Aliens, Half Mew Mews!

Chapter 3 A Visit to Café Mew Mew

Recap:

"Well, I'll just excuse myself and go upstairs if you don't mind," Ringo said as he stood up from his chair and began to walk away.

"No, you're not excused," Ichigo said.

"But, Mom, I'm tired," Ringo wined.

"You can go as soon as you explain what's on your backside," Ichigo said as she used her fork to point at Ringo's furry, black tail.

"Ummm, yeah, about that…" Ringo said nervously.

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Ringo nervously stared at his mother. A big, sheepish, goofy grin was pasted on his face below a big embarrassed blush.

"Well, you see, ummm… It's fake! It's just some dumb outfit, heh heh! Yeah… It's for the school's sports… um… bad mitten… uh… team…" Ringo lied, "Our team is called the Wildcats! But it makes me really nervous to talk about it because no one knows I like bad mitten and all my friends say bad mitten's for losers!"

Kish and Ichigo stared at their son like he was wearing some dumb outfit. They exchanged glances before returning their gaze to their son.

"You do know your son is just as bad at lying as you were, dear," Kish said to Ichigo.

"I'm not lying!" Ringo said as he took his tail in his hands and started to stretch it around like it was supposed to be fake, "See!"

His eyes were welling up with tears of pain that he tried to blink back.

"Right," Ichigo said.

"It's true, he's not lying!" Sekkai said as she jumped up from her seat at the table.

"See, even Sekkai says I'm not lying!" Ringo exclaimed pointing at Sekkai.

"And since when did you two stick up for each other?" Ichigo said as she sighed.

"I don't know… Maybe just now I guess… but that's besides the point!" Ringo said as he snapped himself from his train of thought.

"By the way, Ringo, since when did you actually wear your baseball caps out of season?" Kish asked as he tried lifting Ringo's hat from his head.

"Don't… it's… uh… my hair! My hair's a mess and I thought Mom wouldn't want to see it in a mess!" Ringo said as he pulled at his hat.

"So that's supposed to explain the two lumps under your hat," Kish said as he tugged a bit harder.

"Yeah, they're… cowlicks! Big ones! Now stop trying to take my hat!" Ringo said as he ducked away from his father's grasp.

"Why can't you show us your messy hair?" Ichigo said.

"Because… I don't wanna!" Ringo wined.

Sekkai knew Ringo was running out of excuses and their parents (mainly Ichigo) were running out of patience.

"Ah ha!" Kish said as he finally took hostage of Ringo's hat, "Now, explain the cat ears."

Ringo hid his cat ears from further observations from his parents, "Ummm… it's part of the costume…"

"Then, you won't mind if I do this!" Kish said as he started pulling at Ringo's ears.

Ringo held out for a while but then, he just couldn't take it, "Owww!! Stop it!! That really, really, really hurts!!"

"Stop Kish, you're hurting him!" Ichigo said sternly to Kish.

Kish let go of Ringo's furry ears and sat back down.

"Fine, they're real, happy?" Ringo said in defeat, "Can I leave now?"

Sekkai only sighed at her brothers poor fortitude, Ringo was always a sucker for pain. Sekkai watched her parents interrogate her brother for information.

"I wonder…" Ichigo said to Kish, "Could it be Ryou up to his old tricks?"

"If it was his fault I'm going to kill that son of a gun."

Ha, as usual they haven't noticed anything about me and still make a fuss about Ringo, Sekkai thought to herself as she zoned out of the conversation.

"Kish, don't use that language in front of the kids!" Ichigo shouted at her troublesome husband.

"What? I'm just speaking my mind," Kish replied with the same goofy grin Ringo uses, "Besides it's not even bad. You say it!"

"So, tell us from the beginning exactly how you got those ears," Ichigo told her son.

"Well, I was in my room, I was thinking about a cat I dreamed about-,"

"A cat?" Ichigo interrupted.

"Yeah, it was black and kinda big for a cat," Ringo said as he measured the cat's height with his hands, "Anyway, I was in my room, and when I thought about the cat, I felt funny on my head and butt. I started panicking and when I ran out of my room, Sekkai was there and she tried to help me get rid of the ears and tail saying something about having cat whatevers too."

"Oh, really," Ichigo said as she shot a severe glance at Sekkai, "What kinds of cat whatevers?"

Sekkai only shrugged at her mother as she lowered her eyes, "I've got cat eyes,"

"Hey, you're right!" Kish said as he inspected his daughter's eyes.

"So, then, Mom started yelling from the stairs about dinner and Sekkai tried to find me a hat," Ringo said as he started to back away to the stairs, "Now, here we are? Funny, huh? Now I'm going to bed, if you don't mind."

"You hold it right there, I'll go call Ryou," Kish said as he stood from the table.

"No, I'll go call Ryou, you'll probably hang up and go kill him when you finish talking," Ichigo said as she walked to Sekkai's parents' bedroom.

"How did you know?" Kish asked innocently.

The rest of the family followed as Ichigo crossed into her bedroom.

"Sorry kids, curiosity killed the cat, and we don't want that cat to be you two," Kish said teasingly as he blocked the doorway.

"Kish, let them in, I might need to see them anyway," Ichigo said as she punched in Café Mew Mew's phone number, "Hi, Keiichirou! It's me, Ichigo, is Ryou available?"

"Ah, Keiichirou, Ryou's gay lover," Kish sighed earning him a bonus death glare from Ichigo.

"… Oh… He's not?... Well, can I talk to you then?... That's good! So, my son and daughter, Sekkai and Ringo, came to dinner with odd features that shouldn't be where they are…. No! Not like that!!... No, they already have alien features, shouldn't I know my own children?" Ichigo said as Kish, Sekkai, and Ringo all sat on the small couch in the bedroom.

"I wonder what he's saying," Sekkai said.

"I don't want to know what Pansy's saying," Kish commented rudely earning yet another death glare from Ichigo.

"Well, my daughter for one has cat eyes… No, she wasn't born with them… Yeah, yeah… But get this, my son has cat ears and a cat tail, it looks almost exactly like mine used to…" Ichigo said.

"Mom used to have cat ears and a cat tail?" Ringo said in wonder.

"That doesn't concern you, that's all I've got to say," Kish said dropping a hint that Ringo should stop talking.

"Do you know anything about it… No?... Well, do you know if Ryou does?... No?... Well, tell Ryou I called and have him call me back, okay?... Alright… Bye..." Ichigo said before hanging up.

"So, what's the diagnosis?" Sekkai said jokingly.

"Nothing, yet," Ichigo said, "So, why don't you two go to bed now while me and your father talk."

"But it's only 6:30!" Ringo wined.

" I thought I recalled you wanting to go to bed earlier," Kish said.

"I guess I can't argue with that," Ringo said as he left.

Sekkai followed Ringo, avoiding talking back to her parents while she wondered to herself.

Why would mom have cat ears and a cat tail when she was younger but not anymore? Sekkai thought, I think Mom hasn't told us something yet…

Sekkai went about normally as she did when she prepared for bed but her thoughts were a whirlwind inside her mind. She stared admiringly at her new eyes as she brushed her teeth and washed her face and so on but Ringo stared at his ears like they were a bomb waiting to explode.

This is definitely not normal puberty! Ringo thought in fear, Or is it? Are all the parents in the world hiding something from their children?... Oh, I need to stop thinking so stupidly!!

Sekkai was just the opposite, she was happily enjoying her ominous changes. She thought it was good to have something change her life for once, be it having cat eyes or having a half-cat twin brother. Sekkai skipped merrily to her room opposite of the one big room of the upstairs and snuggled happily into her bedcovers. She couldn't wait to see what would happen the next day as she turned off her bedside lamp. The darkness never came though. She could see perfectly fine, in fact Sekkai could see just as well as if she was in daylight minus the fact that everything were different shades of grays and blues. Sekkai soon realized she was seeing through a cat's night vision.

THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!! Sekkai mentally screamed.

It took Sekkai awhile to quiet down the excitement inside of her before she could actually go to bed (which by the way was a looong time). Sekkai finally dozed off in a restless sleep. In the morning she was hardly rested at all and the top of her head and all throughout her spinal chord hurt. She sat up in her bed and popped her back so much that it might of sounded like she had just snapped it in ten different places. She walked past her mirror but stopped to see that like Ringo, she had cat ears and a cat tail.

Sekkai started to jump up and down in a happy dance but had to stop from the growing pains she had received from her new features. Sekkai walked to Ringo's room and opened his door.

No wonder Ringo was complaining about having all these cat features, the pains you get hurt bad! Sekkai thought as she let herself into his room.

Ringo was curled up into a cat like position and was sleeping like a baby. Sekkai walked over beside his bed and stared at Ringo looking for anymore features. She spyed long, curved, pointed claws for nails on his hands, so Sekkai inspected hers and saw the same result. She pondered at the transformations for a bit before descending the stairs to the first storey of their house. Her parents were already downstairs, Kish was sitting at the table sipping coffee while Ichigo was at work cooking breakfast. They were conversating between the kitchen and dining room. There wasn't hardly a wall to separate the two rooms, just some counters.

"Morning, Sekkai," Ichigo said without looking up from her work.

"Honey, you do realize that Sekkai has seemed to change overnight," Kish said calmly but Sekkai could tell he was furious about something.

"Huh, what are you talking-," Ichigo said before looking up at Sekkai, "Great, now you, too?"

"I guess," Sekkai said sleepily as she rubbed her eyes and sat at one of the chair at the dining room table.

"Now if she had red hair, she would look just like you did," Kish said to Ichigo.

"Shhh!" Ichigo shushed Kish.

This only got a sleepily confused look from Sekkai, because she was too dazed to know what her parents were talking about. Sekkai tried not to pay attention to her parents fussing about her furry ears and black tail as she set her head on the table and tried to fall back asleep. Sekkai couldn't though with all the noise her mother was making in the kitchen though so Sekkai dragged her feet to the living room and laid down on the dark green couch. It wasn't long before Ringo was sitting in the beige recliner next to the couch watching TV. To Sekkai, the volume of the TV was immensely loud and she would grumble in annoyance at her brother's bothersome appearance. Later, Sekkai gave up on trying to sleep and went back to her parents.

"Mom," Sekkai mumbled as she pulled at her mother's sleeve like a child, "Make me coffee…"

Ichigo did as Sekkai asked and brang a steamy mug of hot coffee to her sleepy daughter. Sekkai took a big gulp and ended up burning her tongue and mouth, not to mention she hated the bitter taste.

"I don't like it…" Sekkai said as she handed the mug to her mother.

"Then, why did you ask for it?" Ichigo said, taking the mug from her daughter.

"You drink it when you feel sleepy, so I decided to try it," replied Sekkai in an unhappy tone, "But I don't see why you like it, it tastes nasty!"

Sekkai stumbled and tripped upstairs until she was in her room and she tried making her bed but only made it a mess and said, "Good enough."

She fell back downstairs and ate her breakfast and then walked a little less exhaustingly upstairs to change clothes for the day. Her attire of the day was a purple, pleated mini-skirt and a white, cotton shirt with long, purple sleeves. Sekkai walked out to the coat closet and found a hat to hide her ears under, it was just a simple blue and white cap. Sekkai walked back downstairs to see Ichigo with the car keys.

"Are you going somewhere?" Sekkai asked as she brushed her green bangs out of her brown cat eyes.

"No, we're going somewhere," Ichigo said as she grabbed her purse, "Go get Ringo and bring him down here."

Sekkai obeyed her mother's orders and managed to drag Ringo downstairs.

"Where are we going anyway?" Ringo asked as he snatched his arm away from Sekkai's iron grasp.

"We're going out for lunch," Ichigo replied, "To Café Mew Mew."

"Isn't that where Nobodou's dad works?" Ringo asked..

"Why would you want to know?" Sekkai said in her teasing voice.

"That's besides the point," Ichigo said as she tried to put a stop to her children's constant arguing.

"Isn't it a little early for lunch, anyway?" Sekkai asked her mother.

"Fine then, we're going for brunch," Ichigo corrected herself as she massaged her aching head.

"Did you say Café Mew Mew?" Kish said.

"Yes," Ichigo answered.

"That's where Ryou lives," Kish said as he cracked his knuckles, "I'm coming."

"No, Kish, you're staying home," Ichigo told her aggressive husband.

"But why? It's boring here!" Kish complained.

"You heard me, and don't try following," Ichigo said as she herded her children out of the front door.

At the Café Before Ichigo's arrival

Ryou had just arrived from running an errand. He walked into the kitchen which had barely changed ever since Tokyo Mew Mew had retired. He stocked the refrigerator with groceries and left to attend some other chore.

"Oh, Ryou," Keiichirou said grabbing Ryou's attention, "Ichigo called last night but since you were asleep I didn't bother you."

"Great, her again," Ryou grumbled moodily.

"She wanted to see you but she talked to me instead," Keiichirou explained, "She told me something about her children you might want to know."

"Okay, what is it then?" Ryou asked his friend.

"She told me they have been forming cat like attributes, such as cat ears and a cat tail," Keiichirou said which made Ryou's eyes widen, "But that's not all, she said that they looked like hers from when she was a Mew Mew."

There was a silence in which Ryou pondered what Keiichirou said could lead up to. His sapphire blue eyes searched the floor as if it might be hiding something while his eyebrows sloped downwards making his face look entirely immersed in thought.

"I don't understand," Ryou finally said, "How could they have any DNA if Ichigo was the only one with the same DNA."

"Well, it seems possible since they are her children," Keiichirou thought aloud.

"Your right, when's the next time Ichigo might be possibly coming?" Ryou asked Keiichirou.

If she's probably coming, she hates me enough already, Kish must be ready to kill me, Ryou thought to himself.

"She's coming at ten o' clock," Keiichirou replied, "And she's bringing her kids."

"Good, we might need to examine them," Ryou said as he walked out of the kitchen.

"All right, we're here," Ichigo said as she parked on the side of the road.

"I still don't see why we have to eat in there," Ringo said as he looked at the girly restaurant with much despise, "Now I see why Dad calls these guys gay."

"I think it's adorable," said Sekkai as she usually went against her brother's words.

"That's cuz' you're a girl," Ringo replied.

"And you're not?" Sekkai cunningly retorted cunningly.

"HEY!!" Ringo shouted at his sister, "I'm not a girl!"

"Come on, and quit bickering," Ichigo said to her two children, "You're going to have to behave nicely, this isn't like we're at home, you know."

"Yes, ma'am," Ringo mumbled as he glared at his sister.

The twins followed their mother into the femininely decorated restaurant. They were seated by a white blonde girl, the same age as Ringo and Sekkai.

"Hello, my name's Shira and I'll be your waitress, I'll seat you right quick if you follow me, please," she said nicely yet as if this was a daily routine.

Ringo couldn't help but stare at her. He thought she was so pretty. Her hair was wavy and was so white that there was hardly a trace of blonde. Shira quickly noticed him staring and gave him an icy cold scowl while everyone else wasn't looking. Ringo felt a little hurt at this cold gesture and depressingly averted his gaze at the pink carpeted floor.

It wasn't long until the family was seated at a table with chairs that had heart shaped backs. Ringo thought he was going to lose his breakfast from all of the girlyness he had to stare at. Despite his hatred for the feminine decorations, he found a plentiful display though on the menu of millions of sweets that made him want to purr contently. Ringo licked his licks and soon discovered that he was purring when he received his order, earning him puzzled stares from his mother and sister.

"What? Can't a guy enjoy his junk food?" Ringo sniffed before chowing down on the strawberry shortcake that had extra whipped cream.

Sekkai was amused at Ringo's animal like behavior when it came to food. Sekkai just concluded that she would never understand her brother.

"You wait right here, I've got to go see to something," Ichigo said as she headed for the kitchen of the restaurant.

"I wonder what mom's up to," Sekkai said after their mother left them.

"Who cares? I sure don't!" Ringo said carelessly as he licked his hand like a cat would lick its paws.

"Ringo, could you please try to restrain from doing that in public… oh, who am I kidding?" Sekkai said as she gave up on trying to keep her brother from displaying any cat like behavior in public.

Later, Ichigo had beckoned her kids to join her in the kitchen. Sekkai and Ringo walked to the white kitchen where they saw their mother chatting with a man with long, brown hair pulled back in a ponytail.

"I could tell they were your children from when those two first walked through the kitchen door," he said, "I'm Akasaka, Keiichirou. You may call me by my first name, please."

Ringo and Sekkai nervously greeted him, they weren't very fond of strangers. Then, a blonce man with sapphire blue eyes entered the kitchen.

"So, I'm guessing you want me to figure out what's wrong with them?" he said to Ichigo.

"Isn't it obvious?" Ichigo told him.

"It certainly is, you should've been able to figure it out on your own, your kids inherited your Mew Mew DNA!"

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Yay! I finished chapter 3! It took me way shorter then it usually does to do a chapter for fanfiction I just haven't been making myself update as fast! Alright thankies for the reviewies! I hope I get more! Hey, the next chapter's dedicated to the 20th reviewer! Make sure you review so you can speed up the updating and even get a chapter dedicated to you!

Ja ne!

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