I know I haven't updated anything in a while, but I'm really trying my hardest to write as much as I can. Thing is though, I'm trying to update all of my fanfics at once - which I don't recommend you try, it's way too confusing!! Anyway, hopefully this chapter will make up for that…

Ruby: So without further ado, she will now state the obvious.

KKKO: Hey! Why'd you come back?!

Ruby: Quit whining, you should be happy I've come to see you. You would get bored without me.

KKKO: (mutters) I wish…

Ruby: What did you say?

KKKO: Absolutely nothing!

Ruby: That was a rhetorical question. I heard you.

KKKO: Do you have heightened senses or something?...Did you steal Ichigo's ears?

Ruby: Idiot, they're attached to her head…most of the time…

KKKO: Whatever! (sticks tongue out) Anyway, I wasn't going to get you to do the disclaimer!

Ruby: Why not?

KKKO: Cos I wanted Claudia to do it.

Ruby: Why?

KKKO: She's nice to me.

Ruby: Whatever. KO doesn't own TMM. Now she will actually get onto the story - you hear me Kitty, WRITE!!

KKKO: Fine! Fine! I'm writing! ENJOY!!!!

Chapter 2

Meet My Sister

Mist-like steam covered the windows for a moment before disappearing. A second later it was replaced by more. This process was repeated for a while, steam seeming to magically appear on the freezing glass. One last time the window fogged up, but this time fingers attacked it, pressing against the hard surface, moving up and down, scribing words. But before the fingers were able to finish their work, the steam disappeared. However, it came back instantly and once again the fingers began to stroke letters onto it. Although, this time, initials were opted for so that the message could be completed.

Another hand joined the first and together they began clapping at the successive completion.

"What are you doing Purin-chan?"

Even though the voice was soft - although sly - the owner of the hands jumped slightly from the shock of the sudden question and she twisted her small body round to face the speaker.

"Nii-san!" she exclaimed happily, throwing her arms around the elder boy in a hug. "I was just playing with the windows, na no da. Did you know that when you breathe on them they get foggy and you can write on them?" she said excitedly into his chest.

"I can see. But it seems to have disappeared now, Purin-chan," he replied.

Turning, she saw that the window was clear again and her eyes began to brim with tears. "It's gone, na no da," she agreed sadly, her lower lip trembling.

Seeing the young girl so distressed, he decided to cheer her up. After all, he was nice sometimes.

"You know, if you breathe onto the window again in the exact same place, the letters will show," he explained.

"Really?" she asked hopefully.

He nodded and stepping forward he let out a breath, creating the mist once more. And there, in the middle were the same initials.

'PF 4 T-T-k'

She squealed with joy, giggles escaping and she gripped the boy tighter. "Arigato Shirogane-nii-san!" she thanked him.

He smirked, enclosing his own arms around the girl for a minute before moving them underneath her and lifting her down and onto her feet. She grinned, looking up at him.

"We're getting the decorations down from the loft now. So we'll be putting them up as soon as everyone gets here," he informed her.

"Ok. I hope Tar-Tar-kun is here soon, na no da," she smiled.

"Oh, I didn't tell you, did I? He's already here. In fact, he's in the kitchen," Ryou said.

Purin's eyes lit up and not a second later she had dashed off to find her alien friend. The blond boy chuckled to himself. As he was about to walk away, he glanced out of the window to see if any of the other girls were in view of the café.

His eyes darted between a limo, a green haired girl running towards the café and a taller purple haired girl walking casually not too far in front of the her friend. Smirking, he turned on his heel and went off in search of his little companion. No red-head in sight. He was going to enjoy it when she did finally arrive…

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Running as fast as she could through the snow blanketed city, one thought continuously surged through her mind - Shirogane's gonna kill me!

Once again the cat-girl was late. Hence the fact she was sprinting. But nothing could rid her face of the impish grin. And this time it wasn't because of the crunchy white stuff beneath her feet. No, this time it was because of the surprise she was bringing.

Trailing behind her, moans of tiredness emitting from the other girl due to the lack of stamina and running ability was her twin, Kiichigo.

"Ichi, can you slow down a little bit please?" she wailed, her hand clamped to her side.

"Sorry, Ki. I can't. Shirogane'll kill me if I'm late. Especially since he told me I had to be on time today," Ichigo explained, gaining speed instead of obeying and getting slower.

"Ichigo Momomiya, it wasn't really a question," Kiichigo stated firmly, coming to a stop.

Knowing her sister would get lost without her there, Ichigo had no choice but to halt also and wait for Kiichigo to catch up to her. When she finally did, considering she was far behind Ichigo, she still insisted upon walking.

Biting her lip, the younger of the twins began to get anxious as to what her boss would say because of her lateness. She was already almost half an hour into her normal shift, and if she wasted any more time she knew she would probably get her pay reduced and would probably have to stay long after her friends had gone home. Although, maybe Ryou would let her off, since she did have Kiichigo with her…

Of course, she couldn't ask Kiichigo to run if she didn't want to run. Actually, she probably wouldn't run even if she got down and begged.

Seeing as she was the eldest by nine minutes, Kiichigo had always told her what to do - even when they were tiny babies who were not able to walk or talk. It was never the other way round. Ichigo just didn't feel right ordering her sister to do something. Kiichigo was quite stubborn and although Ichigo herself had been like that, she was at a loss the first few months after her sister had left.

So, brushing the matter of the time off, Ichigo continued to walk beside the other red-head who had seemingly started a one-way conversation about boys.

"…they've got to be taller than me. Ooh - popular too! I mean, who would date someone if they weren't popular? I know, I know, I didn't even need to ask…"

She kept on talking all the way to the café, never stopping once to take a breath or let Ichigo speak, whilst the other girl just smiled and nodded every once in a while, listening intently to every word. It had been so long since the two had seen each other that she just had to acknowledge everything Kiichigo said or did. They had been so close when they were younger, hopefully it could be like that again…

"Where are we going anyway?" Kiichigo suddenly asked.

"Oh, just to the café," Ichigo replied.

"Which café?"

"Café Mew Mew. It's the big pink building over there."

"No way. Café Mew Mew?! My friend came to Tokyo on holiday and went there! Apparently it's not only the cutest café but it has the cutest owner! And you honestly work there?! KYAH!! Ichi you're the luckiest girl ever!!" Kiichigo squealed.

"Anou…I'm not the luckiest girl ever…"

"Why not?" she asked, placing her hands on her hips and raising an eyebrow.

"Because Shirogane's going to kill me for being super late when he told me to come early. Well, on time - which is early for me."

Grabbing her hand, Kiichigo began to stomp off in the direction of the building, dragging Ichigo with her.

In less than five minutes they were there. Walking the up the path that led straight to the café, Ichigo found a nervous smile plaster itself to her face. She shook her head and took a deep breath before opening the door and stepping inside.

She hadn't even got a meter from the entrance when she heard a yell from the direction of the kitchen.

"Strawberry! I thought I told you not to be late today!"

Looking up as he spoke, Ichigo shot Ryou an apologetic glance. He returned it with a glare. Her expression instantly fell into a frown and she sighed sadly.

"Ichi!"

Twisting, Ichigo looked at the girl behind her who had just entered. Kiichigo was smiling at her but she noticed her eyes darting at Ryou craftily, trying not to make it obvious that she wanted to stare at him. Strutting towards her, Kiichigo linked her arm gracefully with Ichigo's own. Leaning over, she whispered into her twin's ear, "Introduce me then."

But when she turned back to face him, she found she couldn't say anything. Instead, Ichigo found herself biting back laughter. The expression on his face was definitely a sight not to miss! He was taken aback, a look of bewilderment spread across his features. Now, Ryou Shirogane was not someone to get shocked or be disbelieving, but this?! Two Ichigo's?! It was hard not to be even the slightest bit surprised. Ok, maybe the best way to describe it wasn't 'surprised', maybe it would be better to say…completely freaked out.

"Aww. Speechless are we, Shirogane?" she teased, a few giggles escaping.

He shook his head, as if coming back from a daze and replied with the highly intellectual answer of, "Huh?"

…Which pretty much sent the girl into hysterics. She was laughing so hard she was doubled over, her free arm clutching her side whilst her sister just stared at her strangely and Ryou continued to try to overcome the shock.

After a couple of minutes, Ichigo's mad giggling fit came to an end. Standing upright again, she looked over to the blond…and was dismayed to see him smirking at her.

"What's that look for?" she asked, pouting.

"You are such a baka," he muttered under his breath, but she heard him. Though she decided not to say anything. His gaze rested on her for several moments before switching to her mirror image look-alike then back to her again.

Meanwhile, Kiichigo was beginning to get bored with the other two conversing without her and promptly jabbed Ichigo in the side with her elbow to let her know she was still waiting to be introduced to the boy. Getting the message - although an "Ow!" accompanied it - Ichigo once again began speaking to Ryou.

"Shirogane, this is my sister Kiichigo. Ki, this unfortunately is my boss, Ryou Shirogane."

"Nice to meet you," the girl in question said, smiling at him.

"Likewise. Although, Strawberry never told me she had a sister."

"Twin sister, actually," Kiichigo corrected sweetly, batting her eyelashes.

Ignoring the slight, though obvious flirting, Ryou smirked, "Twins? Please don't tell me that you act the same."

"Ye --"

"No, not entirely. We haven't really seen each other since we were four so

naturally our personalities will be different," Kiichigo interrupted her sister, contradicting the answer she was about to give.

Ichigo looked at her puzzledly, but shook it off. She had never considered the possibility that they would be anything but identical in personality aswell as appearance. But they had grown up apart, and not only that; Kiichigo had grown up in another country.

She had to admit she was a little disappointed about this. Actually, greatly disappointed.

"Still, I can't believe Strawberry never told me about her having a twin. Must be the first secret she's ever kept from me," Ryou said. Whilst Ichigo had been lost in thought, the conversation between the two other occupants of the room had continued.

"Maybe she finally learnt not to blab everything."

All three turned to face the new speaker.

"Thanks Zakuro-san…wait, was that a compliment or an insult?" Ichigo asked, eyeing the model suspiciously.

"A compliment on your part," the elder girl replied, folding her arms across her chest.

"And how exactly was it supposed to be an insult to me?" Ryou asked, raising an eyebrow.

"That wasn't. But this is: you don't know everything about us Shirogane-san, like you think you do. You're not that smart."

"Zakuro-chan, you really need to think of better insults to throw at me. Because that wasn't a very good one." Once again, the smirk had taken up it's regular position on his face as he retorted.

After shooting a quick glare at the smug boy, Zakuro focused her attention upon the new person.

Walking over and holding out her hand, she said casually without a hint of emotion, "Watashiwa Zakuro desu. Dozo yorishiku. (My name is Zakuro. Nice to meet you.)"

"Hi, I'm Kiichigo. Ichi's twin. Nice to meet you too," Kiichigo smiled, breaking the link with Ichigo to shake hands with her.

Zakuro nodded then turned to Ichigo. "Minto-chan wants to see you in the changing rooms," she informed her, grabbing the unsuspecting cat-girl's arm and dragging her to where her friend would be.

Cocking her head to the side in confusement, Kiichigo shrugged then followed.

She walked in silence, taking in the appearance of every detail of the café's appearance. Pink, pink and more pink. Great, so there's pink just about everywhere I go. In my own house the room I sleep in is pink. And this café is pink. I'm going to go insane if there's anymore pink anywhere! she thought aggravatedly, though her expression remained vacant.

Noticing that Zakuro and Ichigo had stopped and were about to enter a room a little further ahead of Kiichigo, she ran to catch up. Halting behind them, she waited for them to go inside before doing so herself.

And instantly she grinned. All the attention was on her.

"Who…? Two…?" a blue-haired girl stuttered, not able to finish either question.

Two other girls - a tall one with green hair and glasses and a petite, bouncy one with blonde hair - at the other side of the room were also trying to figure out who she was and why she looked so much like their friend.

"Oh, yeah. Girls, this is my twin sister Kiichigo," Ichigo explained.

And with that, the blue girl immediately fainted.

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A/N: Finally I finished it!! Took me a whole two days work (I did have some written before that, however, I changed my mind and deleted the chapter and re-wrote the it (did the same with my other fanfics, though they're not finished yet))!! But I know it seemed a little boring. It'll get better!!

And my Japanese lessons are paying off - I was able to use some of what I learnt in them in this chapter (Zakuro's introduction). Before that, I was using online translators but could never seem to find a good one that worked properly.

Well, I'll leave for now, seeing as if I don't, the A/N will be longer than the story itself. Sayonara xoxo