As Sumomo entered the Café a few days later, she heard a crash and a yell.
"Shirogane-san! I'm so sorry!" it was the quiet girl, Retasu. Apparently, she had dropped a platter on Ryou's foot.
So his name's Shirogane, hmm? Sumomo mused, going to change into her uniform. She had received it the day before, being told that she had to wear it for work. Surveying herself in the mirror, she smiled crookedly. It was cute, in a ruffly, poofy way. She tightened her ponytail and went out to work.
"Take this to table ten?" the request was given by Keiichirou as he handed a platter to Sumomo. She nodded, took it, and headed to the directed table. As she was setting it down, she heard something crash outside. Expecting it to be Retasu again, she wandered outside to see what it was. Instead of Retasu, though, she found it was another mushroom-monster! She heard running footsteps behind her and turned to see the rest of the girls and almost all the customers had come out.
"Alright, guys, let's go!" Ichigo directed, grabbing at her locket. Minto stopped her by pointing out the crowds around them. Sumomo looked as well and saw that it wasn't just the customers of Café that had gathered, but other people who had been passing by.
"You do, and your picture will be on the front page tomorrow," Minto pointed out. The pink-haired girl saw she was right, and led the way into the now-abandoned Café, where the girls could safely transform. They did, and sprinted back outside.
"For the future of the Earth, we will be of service!" Ichigo announced.
What if I don't want to be of service? Myuu Sumomo wondered as Myuu Zakuro summoned her weapon.
"Ribbon, Zakuro Pure!" The wolf-Myuu cried, her whip lashing out at the mushroom-monster. It screamed in pain and rage and a light flashed above it's head. The Myuus whipped their attention upward, to see what it was.
"How dare you hurt my poor pet?" A… creature floated above the mush-monster's head. She was very odd-looking. She was mostly human-shaped. She had a normal body that, instead of the tan skin of normal humans, was a light grey-brown color, like Oyster Mushrooms. She had a short frilly, wet-looking skirt, and there didn't seem to be a definite line where the skirt ended and her skin started.
Sumomo raised one eyebrow. "Your 'pet'?" She asked in disbelief.
"Of course!" The creature dropped from the sky where she floated onto the mush-monster's head. Her hair, which was a slightly darker shade than her skin, was plastered to her head as though it was wet. "One of my finest."
Minto eyed the alien suspiciously. "Who, or what, are you?" She demanded.
"I'm Oyster, and I am of the superior race of Champignon," The alien informed the Myuus. "We've come to claim Earth from you pitiful humans. Now, enough of this!" Oyster threw her arm up. The monster she sat on roared and attacked, thrashing out at the Myuus.
"Sumomo Spear!" Sumomo cried, summoning her weapon. "Ribbon, Sumomo Slash!" She twirled the short spear and flung it at the monster's head, at Oyster. Oyster snarled in fury and jumped up, out of the way of Sumomo's attack. It thunked harmlessly into a tree trunk.
"Strawberry Bell!" Sumomo glanced over at Ichigo, who had just summoned her own weapon. "Ribbon, Strawberry Surprise!" The attack flew at the monster and hit. It disappeared with a scream, leaving a harmless mushroom where it had stood. Oyster glared at the Myuus and disappeared.
"They're called Champignons, hm?" Ryou affirmed. It was the next day and Ryou, Keiichirou and all the Myuus, dressed and ready for work, had gathered in Ryou's lab. Their attention was focused on the large computer screen.
"It's French for 'mushroom'," Keiichirou told the girls.
"That makes sense. All their monsters are over-grown mushrooms," Ichigo reminded them. In a container on the counter, the mushroom that had appeared when the monster disappeared had been placed.
Ryou sighed and everyone turned his or her attention to him. "It's a normal mushroom. Now, at least. Apparently, these Champignons have a way of changing mushrooms into monsters much like Kisshu and his friends changed animals into Chimera Anima," Minto, much to Ichigo's amusement, had gone a light shade of red when Ryou mentioned the green-haired alien. About to mention it, Purin spoke up,
"How, na no da?" she asked, looking computer then the mushroom. Ryou didn't answer but started typing. Just as he started the search, the computer sputtered and went black.
"How did that happen?" Retasu inquired. Ryou looked over at the modem. It was smoking.
"I'm not sure," He admitted, going to open the modem to look inside. When he did, he groaned. "Now I do." The others clustered around him, peering into the modem.
"How in the world?" Ichigo gasped. The inside of the modem was covered in mushrooms.
"They shouldn't even be able to grow in there," Sumomo murmured.
Ryou flapped a hand at them for them to go. "I'll see what I can do. There are customers to serve." With a nod, Ichigo left and the others followed. Retasu paused when the others had left, lingering in the lab.
"Uhm, do you need any help, Shirogane-san?" she asked hesitantly.
Ryou glanced up at her. "No thanks. I've got it."
"Okay. Good-bye," with a shy smile, Retasu left to get to work upstairs.
In the air above the Café, Oyster grinned. "That's what you get for prying."