CHAPTER 2

Transformation

The next day for Charlotte was pretty much uneventful. She had homework to be done, find some work to ease up on her bills, and study, which something that her influent Japanese couldn't help. The brunette-haired girl always had this question buzzing in her head every time recently. When would she be going back to United Kingdom?

After her school period, Charlotte decided to take a walk in the park. That's where she saw Lettuce with the three girls who kept picking on her. She decided to stop it but she stopped in her tracks when a book bag whizzed past her and to one of the girls.

Rubbing her sore head, the girl turned to her back. "Who threw that?"

"I did. Let go of your filthy hands off Lettuce, or else something harder will hit your head."

"Aya, it's the 'Wicked Child' from Shitama Middle School! Let's go!"

"What?"

"Come on!" Her friends started yanking the girl's right arm.

All three of them ran away. Ichiro then came over to Lettuce with Charlotte behind Lettuce.

"You're okay?"

"I'm fine."

"We're late for work, Lettuce. Let's go."

"Okay." She said shyly. "Want to go to the café where I work?"

"Sure…"

Charlotte followed Lettuce to the Café Mew Mew.

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"Wow, this café looks very cute."

"Sure."

Ichiro ignored the girls, as if he didn't know a single word both spoke. Later on, Charlotte treated herself with some tea and a slice of cake.

"Who is she, Lettuce?"

"She's a new student at my school, Charlotte Orleans' her name."

"Is she an American?" Mint asked, slowly sipping into her tea.

"No. She came from United Kingdom."

As Charlotte watched, Amirah Hannan was busy taking orders from the schoolgirl customers. She wondered why she was so darn familiar.

Then it hit her.

The girl she saw was actually her neighbor downstairs!

"Huh?"

Suddenly, there is a loud commotion outside. Ichiro took a look out of the café before running back inside.

"What is it, Ichiro?"

"Chimera Anima! Chimera Anima!"

Charlotte was already out by then, and when she encountered them, the brunette-haired Briton tried to run away, only to be taken captive by the Anima.

"You're not going anywhere." A figure in strange clothes snapped behind the Anima. "Bring her away."

"Charlotte!"

"I'll get to her!"

The snake Anima ran away, and Ichiro quickly ran after it. At a point where it's safe, he transformed.

"MEW ICHIRO METAMORPHOSIS!" He then lunged on the Anima. "Ichiro Moon-Star Whip!"

That Anima released Charlotte and it started attacking Mew Ichiro instead. The red grey wolf swung his whip harshly. It counterattacked by spitting venom.

"Hey, is that all you can do? Ribbon Ichiro Morning Star!" He taunted as he swung the morning star whip on the Anima. However, the oversized Anima evaded that attack nimbly before making a tail swipe on Ichiro.

That had hit him so hard that it made the Grey Wolf knocked over till he hit his back on a tree. Ichiro jumped back on his feet but he was lashed back to the tree.

"Stupid snake…" He muttered under gritted teeth.

From his crouching position, he stood up back and jumped up, lashing the whip on to a branch of the tree behind him. Ichiro then swung back, before crashing his feet to the snake anima at a terrifying impact.

But at the end of 'Indiana Jones' swing, the whip's end left the branch too early making him fall prey to the Chimera Anima's venom. He was drenched in that paralyzing venom.

Charlotte watched in horror when the Anima slithered towards Ichiro.

"Come on guys… don't fail me now!"

You're dead. Pai's voice echoed in his mind.

"NOOO!!!" Charlotte screamed.

Her actions made her body glow. The British girl realized her actions, but it was too late. In the bright gold flash of light, she can feel wings sprout out behind her back.

"What… happened?" She asked herself as she held her hands in front of her face. She was wearing gloves and she was wearing a different outfit as well.

She's a Mew! Ichiro screamed in his mind.

A/N: Phew! Sorry for not updating this story for so long, presumably 2 months or so. I'm busy with the boarding vocational/technical school stuff, and I can only touch a computer to edit my stories at least once a week. Updating now seems harder as I can only use the Internet once a month! That's only if I hadn't the chance to use the computer in the Teacher's Room with permission. Read on and review! TQ!