Mew Thirza ran down a city street, her wrist glowing bright as energy charged to her weapon. Mew Destiney was also preparing from a different area, as was Mew Aki. The goal was to get the two chimera anima that had appeared together so they could take them both out at once.
"Dessie, Aki! Get ready!" Thirza shouted.
The one Chimera animal chased Thirza as she ran towards them, and Aki simultaneously distracted the other. Destiney was told only to charge energy so they had enough to defeat. Thirza ran only a short distance more before she jumped up onto a city street light, and lead the two Chimera into each-other.
"Attack now!" She shouted.
"Alright!" Aki said in reply.
The large brown and green hammer Aki used for her attack appeared in both of her hands, and it glowed as she screamed out her attack. Destiney and Thirza both threw out their arms, the charging energy glowing brighter than the street lights could ever.
"Sweet Toothache!"
"Shining Starlight!"
"Ripping Moonshine!"
All three of the attacks went at both of the monsters, and left a bright display of light as the Chimera Animas cried out. They both disappeared, and two small animals flew away from the scene as two mice skittered away. Destiney jumped down from a street light, and sat down on the ground as she released a loud sigh of relief.
"Finally d-done!" Destiney cried.
"Yeah... These guys have been appearing more and more lately." Thirza said.
"Maybe whatever makes these Chimeras is reproducing at an alarming rate!" Aki said.
Thirza looked over at Aki.
"Exactly how old are you?"
"M-Maybe Aki's r-right..." Destiney said.
"Maybe... But that wouldn't explain why they have been getting tougher to beat." Thirza replied.
"They're getting tougher because we have Destiney Onee-chan with us!" Aki implied.
"A-aki!" Destiney exclaimed.
Thirza snickered in amusement.
"That was cute Aki."
"Oh... A-am I not t-trying hard enough?"
"Well..." Aki said, beginning a sentence.
Thirza rolled her eyes and looked over at Destiney.
"You are doing fine Dessie, honestly it may be the Chimeras."
"A-alright..." Destiney said.
"Now that this is handled, lets go get us some coffee!" Aki said.
The two girls laughed, Aki was being cute.
"How about some tea? It's too late for coffee."
"Wah! Please? Please can we have coffee?"
"A-aki-chan..."
The night trudged on, all three of the girls tired. The next morning broke out in bright rays of sunlight, the scene moving onto Destiney's room as rays of light shone down on her pale skin. The sudden sound of an alarm went off, it was 8:00 in the morning. Thirza and Heina have been in an attempt to have Destiney awake by 8:30. However this plan was not working quite well, as Destiney was not only one who needed a surplus of sleep but she was also one to sleep quite heavily. She turned onto her other side, her back now facing the window.
The door to Destiney's room slowly creaked open, it was Heina. And in her hands she held a large glass of ice water. Heina had a sneaky grin, if the alarm wouldn't wake her up then ice cold water certainly would. She slowly creeped up to the foot of Destiney's bed, preparing to dump it on her.
Thirza was sitting out in the living room when she heard a loud shriek and laughter following the scream. When the sound occurred she jumped in her seat, she thought that someone had seen a ghost from the sound of it. She ran out to Destiney's room, swinging the door open only to see Destiney shivering, soaked with cold water and Heina rolling around on the floor as she howled with laughter.
"Heina! What did you do?" Thirza yelled.
"I woke the kid up!" She said, trying to subside her laughter.
"By dumping freezing cold water on her?"
"Yeah!"
Thirza was about to open her mouth to scold Heina, when suddenly her cellphone went off from in the other room.
"You got lucky, Heina. I'll get it!"
She ran out of the room and looked to see who was calling her; it was Nigai. Normally he called to remind them of their shift, or with news about the Mew project. She pressed her finger on the screen where it said "answer", picking up the call.
"Thirza? Is this you?" Nigai asked.
"Yeah, what is it?" She replied.
"Well, you and the others need to come down to the Cafe for two reasons."
"What is it? Do I need to tell Eimi and Aki?" She asked him.
"Yes, tell them to be here at 10:00."
"Why 10:00?"
"So we have enough time for Aki to get here."
"Right!" Thirza said.
Thirza abruptly hung up the phone, forgetting to hand up and then ran into Destineys bedroom. Heina was trying to keep Destiney from drifting off by shaking her constantly. Thirza hit her head off of the wall in frustration.
"You're going to screw Destiney up by shaking her like that Heina!" She said.
Heina suddenly stopped, thinking for a moment. She was almost tempted to continue until Thirza spoke up.
"We need to go to the cafe earlier than we expected, Nigai has information about something." Thirza said.
"About what?" Heina asked.
"I... Do not know. Just get ready to leave at 9:30 and head for the Cafe." Thirza replied.
"R-right... Th-thirza-chan..." Destiney said, half asleep.
The hour and a half they had before they had to leave was over before they knew it, and Heina was already running out the door. Thirza was helping Destiney find her cell phone, although it wasn't like she would need it anyhow. After finding it, they made a mad dash to catch up with Heina who was on her way to the Subway.
"Hurry up Dessie, she can't have gotten too far!" Thirza yelled to her.
"I-I'm going a-as f-fast as I c-can!" Destiney replied.
It wasn't long before they finally caught up to Heina, however it seemed that at their current pace they would not be able to make it. Thirza decided to run at full throttle and hopefully make up for time lost trying to find Destiney's cell phone. Heina grinned, she enjoyed Thirzas bold action and followed along with her. The two of them maneuvered through some small groups of people and continued forward. It was not until they were gone that Destiney realized that they had realized that they had gone ahead and began to panic.
"Th-thirza? H-heina? Wh-where are you?" She cried.
In her panic, Destiney began running. Running to find her older sister and Thirza. However, Destiney was not only panicked but confused and ran in an entirely different direction than that to make it to Cafe Mew Mew. She ran into countless people, endlessly apologizing as she blindly ran off. However, hope for finding her way to the cafe was awaiting not too far away. Another girl was running straight for Destiney. Only a split second before they were about to collide did they realize that they were in front of each other.
They both crashed into each other, stumbling onto the ground. Destiney rubbed her right leg, which had been injured in the fall. The other girl looked at her and immediately went to her aid.
"Gah! Are you alright?" She asked.
"I-I'm f-fine... I-It's just sc-scraped..." Destiney replied.
"Oh! That's great!" The girl replied. "I've been trying to find my way to Cafe Mew Mew." She said, then making a stressed face. "I transferred here from Hokkaido and I was supposed to take a bus to that area, but unfortunately I missed it... I'm suppose to work for my uncle there."
"Y-you're working a-at C-cafe M-Mew Mew? A-are you a-another Mew?" Destiney asked.
"A Mew? You mean like one of those girls that have been fighting those aliens? I honestly would love to, I have been wondering what it's like to be one, they're half animal and I would like to see if gives you a great connection with animals. And would be great for studying animal behavior."
The girl continued rambling about animal Science and how she fantasised about how the Mews could contribute to understanding animals on a greater level until Destiney could take no more, and felt as if smoke were to come out of her ears from all of this girls communication.
"Y-you're a-a talkative one... A-aren't you?" Destiney said to her.
She suddenly stopped talking and then proceeded to hit herself in the forehead.
"I'm sorry! I get that a lot, I guess I need to learn how to shut up, huh?" She replied.
"N-no no no! I-it's f-fine, r-really!" Destiney said. "B-but... C-can you help m-me? I-I a-actually need t-to h-head to Cafe M-Mew Mew..."
"I'm just as lost as you are, but I think it's back towards the way you were coming from. So sure, let's go see if we can get to it."
She then grabbed Destiney and pulled her up to her feet. They then dashed back down the direction Destiney had come from, racing through city sidewalks and going around bends. Either this girl had lied and knew where she was going, or they had a large amount of luck on their side. Within twenty minutes, they had made it and were standing in front of the Cafe. Destiney leaned over, her hands gripping her knees as she attempted to catch her breath. The other girl patted Destiney on the back and raised an eyebrow.
"Do I need to go grab my uncle? You seem pretty tired there." She said to Destiney.
"A-ah! N-no! I-I'll... I-I'll be f-fine!" Destiney replied.
The girl stood up and thought to herself for a moment, she was bad at medical issues that involved human beings rather than animals. She shrugged, she would let it go unless something that was actually life-threatening came up.
"Well, let's go in then!" She said.
Just as the girl had uttered those words, the loud high pitched and rather excited sounding squeal of a familiar sounding small girl was heard and Destiney was knocked down onto the ground by none other than Aki. Eimi grumbled and groaned, annoyed by the fact that she even gave into picking up Aki and bringing her to the Cafe. Aki squeezed Destiney with hug so tight Destiney felt as if her own eyes would pop right out of her skull if it were any tighter.
"Yami-San... Remind me never to allow your sister to convince to take this nuisance of a child with me anywhere with my ever again..." Eimi said.
"Wait, what? I'm a nuisance?" Aki screamed, letting go of Destiney as if an unknown forced her off with great strength.
"Yes! A tremendous one! You need to learn to shut up!" Eimi barked.
Aki burst out in childish tears, Destiney holding her ears due to how loud her crying was. The one girl stood there awkwardly, she was not going to get involved due to the fact that she was never any good with kids. Destiney began to panic, she did not know whether to run for assistance or have Aki calm down herself. Much to the relief of just about everyone who was out there in the commotion, Heina and Thirza slammed open the doors to the cafe and took charge.
"Okay, explain t'me what the heck is goin' on?" Heina yelled.
"This nuisance of a child began breaking down in tears when I told her the cold truth!" Eimi shouted.
"Are you telling me you're yellin' at a little kid?" Heina snapped back at Eimi.
"I am not going to stand here and allow it to be anymore of a nuisance than it already is!" Eimi exclaimed back.
As Heina and Eimis fight went on, Thirza went to Destiney's side and the two attempted to get Aki to calm down. The other girl sat down on the ground and pulled a small book out of her pocket that read "Animal Fun Facts; On the Go". The fighting and crying did not last much longer as Nigai appeared at the door and let out a strong, sharp, and loud whistle which gained everyones attention. All of the heads turned to the door of the Cafe.
"Just great, everyone come inside! I have some important news for each of you!" Nigai said to them.
Heina and Eimi felt a small twinge of guilt for yelling at eachother after seeing how stressed and annoyed Nigai seemed, however they both were tempted to blame each other for it as well. Destiney hesitantly carried Aki in on her back, however she could not make it more than a few yards before she crashed and Thirza took Aki into her own hands. The other unknown girl closed her book, shoved it back into her pocket and then proceeded to enter the Cafe. Nigai tapped his foot impatiently as the girl entered and Destiney closed the doors to the cafe.
"There we go... Everyone is here. Alright, Sumiko-Chan, your Uniform is in the back. Destiney, Heina, Thirza, Eimi, and Aki. I have business to discuss with you." Nigai said.
"Yes! Finally!" Sumiko shouted as if she had just won a marathon.
Sumiko ran off to the back changing rooms as Nigai hurried the rest of the girls into the laboratory in the upper level of the Cafe. He shut the door to the Laboratory behind them and then made his way to the computer, where he pulled up a video. Sitting down in a rotating chair, he spun around the face the group of girls.
"We only have a few minutes, so I will make this quick and simple before I send you to child labor." He said, wearing a teasing grin. His grin however turned to a serious frown and he spun his chair back around to play the video.
The video consisted of three parts; in the first part, Heina and Eimi were fighting the suspicious Martial Artist who appeared to know quite a bit about the two. The second part consisted of one of the Mews very first fights with the Chimera Animas. Then the third was the fight from the previous night with the two Chimera Anima. There was a difference however; The first Chimera fight looked rather easy whilst the second one appear to be rather troublesome for Destiney, Thirza, and Aki to defeat together.
"And what exactly are you showing us?" Eimi asked.
"I suppose I should have put it in the correct order, however this is showing you that ever since you and Heina fought that girl the Chimera Animas have gradually been gaining strength." Nigai replied. "Which could pose as a threat... If they become strong enough you could get killed in battle, and we cannot risk that. The only possible solution on my mind is to figure out how you Mews can become stronger..."
" Put me and Eimi on Steroids, we'll take 'em." Heina said in an enthusiastic voice.
"You are a mad woman!" Eimi snapped at Heina.
"Girls! Keep quiet!" Nigai yelled.
"So Basically... The Chimera Animas are powering up?" Thirza asked.
Nigai calmed down at Thirzas serious answer.
"In a way, the enemy may just be messing with them so that they gradually gain strength. I want to keep watching this in order to see what happens, however I also want you to try and keep careful in battle. If something were to happen, I would never forgive myself." Nigai replied to Thirza.
The girls all stood there, confused and worried for both themselves and others. Everyone except Aki, her attention had drifted from Nigai long before the conversation finished. There was a sudden knock on the door to the Lab and Nigai jumped, knowing it was Sumiko.
"Uncle? Are you there?" Sumiko asked.
"Yes, Sumiko. I'll be right out with you!" He replied.
Nigai stood up from his seat, and began walking towards the exit.
"Stay in here until I send Sumiko away for a moment, then I ask that you all dress into your uniforms.
He walked out the door as the girls heard him begin a conversation with Sumiko and then they heard footsteps going in a direction away from the Laboratory. Heina knew that now it was the chance to go since Sumiko would not be able to realize the Lab was there when she wasn't nearby to see the door to it open. And so she rushed everyone out and yet did it quietly, and they did it just with almost a hair-thin second before Sumiko and Nigai walked back out.
"The apron tie wasn't loose before! I can hardly breathe now that you've made it tighter!" Sumiko complained.
"You need to keep it tight in order to make sure it doesn't fall off, Sumiko." Nigai scolded her.
"Those two almost treat each other like siblings, not like just relatives... Don't they?" Thirza asked, whispering in Destineys ear.
"Y-yeah... Th-they k-kind of d-do ~Nya~..." Destiney replied.
Heads turned at Destineys "Nya" as if an unexpected guest had arrived at the cafe. Once she noticed all eyes on her, it did not take like for her pale skinned face to become as red as the streaks in Heinas jet black hair.
"Er... Uncle? Did this girl just go 'Nya'?" Sumiko asked, almost more confused than the rest of the girls.
"Um... Well, you see... Destiney is an entertainer!" Thirza implied, trying to cover up the fact that it was actually her cat DNA.
"I-I am?" Destiney asked Thirza, oblivious to her intentions.
"Yeah! She dresses up as a Moe neko and entertains parties! She says 'Nya' sometimes because it's begun to stick to her!" Thirza said.
Unfortunately, Sumiko did not seem convinced and Nigai was almost as confused as Destiney. Heina began roaring in laughter and Aki decided to jump onto Destineys back to try and support the fact.
"Yup! Destiney entertains! Entertain me Destiney!" Aki squealed in excitement.
"A-ah! H-how?" Destiney said, seeming more and more confused.
"Ahem! Girls! I suggest the five of you go change into your uniforms! Destiney and Thirza, I want you two to help Sumiko get the hang of things around here!"
"Y-y-yes N-n-nigai-San!" Destiney Squeaked.
Destiney and Thirza darted out of the room and went straight to get their uniforms. Nigai let out a loud, stressful sigh and went to begin his work in the kitchen. Heina, Eimi, and Aki proceeded to change into their uniforms and once they had Destiney and Thirza were already finished throwing them on. Sumiko was beginning to lose whatever patience she had once Destiney and Thirza finally met back up with her.
"We're here! Ready for day one of your work at Cafe Mew Mew?" Thirza asked.
"It took you a long time, but alright! I'm ready! Show me the ropes of how to be a waitress!" Sumiko replied.
"Alright! So, do you know how to take orders?" Thirza asked.
"Um... I think. Do I need Roller Skates?" Sumiko asked, she obviously didn't know anything about more practical jobs like this.
"We don't use Roller Skates here, we use a notepad and trays!" Thirza replied.
"Oh! Alright! Sorry, I don't know how to be a waitress. If you have any animals here though I can help you out!" Sumiko said, trying to be enthusiastic about her abilities.
"That won't get you anywhere here... Just try to do it!" Thirza exclaimed.
The morning and afternoon slowly dragged on, Sumiko was slowly getting the idea of being waitress yet at the same time she was being oblivious to it. Thirza and Destiney began to feel over-worked around 2:00 and felt extremely lucky once the day and their shift came to an end. Eimi and Aki had already left, so it was down to Destiney, Thirza, Heina, and Sumiko. The four girls then went to go change back into their regular clothes. A silence filled the air as all of the energy drained girls slowly changed.
"Well... Now I know why Uncle says you complain about this so much... It's tiring." Sumiko said, trying to clear up the silences.
"Yeah, because customers can't make up their minds and we are forced to rush around all day!" Heina replied, the tone in her voice was slightly annoyed.
"But it's not all bad, at least we're earning money." Thirza said, rolling her tights off of her legs.
"Yeah, at least. And speaking of money... We still have some left over from last week, do you wanna go out for something once we're changed?" Heina implied.
"Y-yeah! ~Nya!~" Destiney said, her face became beet red once she realized she had once again said "Nya".
Sumiko raised her eyebrow, this was the second time Destiney had done that this day and it almost seemed suspicious.
"Hey, did she just say "Nya" again?" Sumiko asked.
"Nope! I didn't hear anything, did you Heina?" Thirza said, in the back of her mind she was hoping that this would cover it up.
"Nah, it was probably the vents in this place... If it has vents." Heina replied to Thirza.
Her eyes rolled, it was still rather suspicious however since both Heina and Thirza had not heard it she figured she may just be imagining it. It was only a few mere moments until Nigai slowly opened the door with the sound of a creak to check on them, however the reactions were not pleasant.
"Sumiko, are you hurrying up in there?" Nigai asked, however before he could even finish his sentence he was cut off.
"Uncle! Get out, you old pervert!" Sumiko screamed.
The following action was the door being slammed shut on Nigais hand, courtesy of Thirza. He pulled it back and gasped from the pain of it.
"I'm sorry, you need to leave soon though!" Nigai yelled.
"Why, can't stand having a bunch of teenage girls here?" Sumiko teased.
"Sumiko! I am very serious, I am closing soon and if you don't hurry I will be locking you in the Cafe tonight!" Nigai exclaimed.
"Suu-ito... You know girls don't like boys who rush girls to do things!" Heina said, in a very mocking tone.
"Just hurry!" Nigai yelled, walking away.
"Fine!" Thirza yelled, annoyed. "Jeez... Why is he being so demanding all of a sudden?"
"He did this last night when I tried to sneak into his room, he said it's private business. I really think he's looking at Manga he shouldn't be... Well, I'm going to find out one of these days!" Sumiko replied to Thirza.
"U-um... I-isn't it the o-other way a-around, th-the manga th-theory?" Destiney asked Sumiko, almost confused.
"Uh... Your right." Sumiko said, suddenly realizing this.
"No duh!" Heina replied, slipping her regular shoes on with definite ease. "So... Do you guys want to go out to eat or does Sumiko wanna stay over our house tonight and watch me and Thirza fight over who gets the last bit of dinner again?"
"I just met you guys... Why are you inviting me over?" Sumiko asked them.
"Your our co-worker! Sure we don't know you that well, but this is a great chance to get to know you!" Thirza replied, a cheerful tone in her voice.
"Are you sure it's alright?" Sumiko asked once more.
"Yeah, totally! We don't have any school tomorrow and you can borrow Pajamas from us if you wanna!" Heina said, the tone of her voice was beginning to become rather excited.
"Uh... Okay then!" Sumiko said, finally finishing.
The four of them ran out and Sumiko yelled at the top of her lungs as they ran out the door.
"I'm going to stay at the Yami's for the night Uncle!"
"That's nice!" Nigai yelled back.
The door slammed from behind Destiney and she jumped from the rush of air as Heina and Thirza ran down the street, leaving Sumiko and Destiney in the dust. Sumiko shrugged and ran off, and Destiney followed however she barely managed to keep up with her. Time passed and they finally made it to the Yamis house. Destiney was panting heavily as Sumiko stood there quietly, waiting to be given permission to enter.
"Wh-why... Why aren't y-you e-entering?" Destiney, asked Sumiko.
"It would be rude to just barge into your house!" Sumiko exclaimed, feeling a little embarrassed.
However the embarrassed one was truly Destiney, as she jumped up to open the door. Before Destiney's hand could even come close the door flew open and standing at the entrance was Thirza.
"It took you long enough! Come on in, me and Heina already grammed Bento boxes while we waited for you!" Thirza exclaimed.
"B-bento Boxes? R-really?" Destiney asked.
"Heck yeah!" Thirza exclaimed, seeming confident.
Destiney seemed to have become excited, the sound of Bento meant Sushi, and Sushi also meant fish. And she wanted fish badly. She immediately ran into the door, Sumiko blinked for a moment before following. All of the Yami girls had strange behavior from Sumiko's point of view, however Destiney had been exhibiting more cat-like behavior. It wasn't very natural, at least in a teenage girl. However the smell of whatever food was in their Yami's residence distracted her train of thought. Sumiko had realized she was hungry, very hungry.
"What kind of Sushi is this?" Sumiko asked, slowly looking throughout their house in curiousity.
"It's Inarizushi, good stuff!" Heina said. "So anyways, you can take your shoes off and go find the runt. She's probably getting ready t'eat."
"Alright then."
Sumiko walked over towards the door and slipped her sneakers off, leaving her in her vivid pink socks. She then walked through their house aimlessly, however she was not snooping but merely doing as she was told. The sudden feeling of Destiney's somewhat small body ramming into her caught her off guard and so she stumbled backwards. Thirza walked into the room to see the two in an almost tangled mess and burst out into laughter, it was too soon before both Destiney and Sumiko were laughing.
The rest of the evening passed and it was true, Heina and Thirza did bicker over who got the last bit of what. They watched Anime for several hours, however Heinas pick out of all of the girls was not as appealing. However while most of them crashed by three in the morning Sumiko was unable to sleep. She continued thinking to herself, while it seemed the Yami girls were nice she was suspicious of their almost animal like behavior. She sighed, it did not seem like a huge deal. It was probably just how they were raised was what her suspicious of it now was. And so she turned over to her other side and made an attempt to fall asleep.
The next morning was rather eventful, the very first thing she woke up to was freezing cold water. Then she and Destiney were both dragged around town by Heina and Thirza. The following week was just as eventful, she and the Yami girls seemed to be getting rather close. It was something enjoyable, Sumiko knew hardly anyone as she had just transferred so it was nice to be making new friends.
About two weeks afterwards the sleepover, Sumiko was busily scrubbing away at the floors of the Cafe to earn extra money. It was tiring, but she wanted the money to buy new clothing and possibly new hair dye. Scrubbing the last few bits furiously, she was finally finished. Wiping sweat off of her eyebrow, she yelled out to her Uncle.
"Uncle! I'm finished cleaning!" She yelled, waiting for an answer.
There was no reply except for the sound of her voice echoing throughout the empty Cafe. She yelled once more, still no reply. Her fist clenched, and she made an annoyed expression.
"Well, if he isn't going to answer me then I'm going to have to go find him!" She said to herself.
She marched around the entire Cafe, yelling out for her uncle. There was still not answer, it was almost frightening. Had he left, or did something bad happen? She was suddenly nervous, and the only room she hadn't checked was the one he made off limits to her. However, due to her reckless determination she entered the Laboratory. However Nigai was not in there, but another man. He looked more like a young adult, maybe 18 or 19 years old. He looks over at Sumiko and grinned.
"Say... Would you like to know a little secret about..." He paused for a moment, waiting to see if she would become curious.
She was almost scared to talk to this man, however in desperate attempt to find her Uncle just so she could get her extra pay did she talk.
"About... What?" Sumiko asked.
"The Mew Mews, of course..." He said.
"What about them?" She replied.
"Oh, let me tell you all about them, Sumiko Suu-Ito..."
The sound of footsteps, running. Heavy breathing, gritted teeth, The loud pounding of a fast beating heart were all of the noises Sumiko was making. She was looking for someone, she was looking for Destiney. Not to weep, to tell her anything, but Destiney was the first on her list. It appeared Destiney was nowhere to be found, so she texted her, setting up a meeting for the two at a bus stop.
Around early evening where most people were out eating, Destiney met Sumiko at a bus stop which was rather far from her house. Destiney seemed almost out of breath, however she made a run to meet her anyhow.
"I-I'm here! Wh-what was it th-that y-you w-wanted?" Destiney said.
"Yami-san... I needed you here, so I could get rid of you."