Me: Finally. Chapter two is here! (Drops in a chair with much exhaustion and smudges on left hand.)

Zoey: Please note that TMM or Twilight doesn't belong to Julianna Tala. What is in Twilight anyways? (Looks at me confusingly)

Me: It's basically a paranormal romance about a girl who is stuck between her love for her vampire boyfriend and her friendship with her best friend who is a werewolf.

Zoey: Sounds like me during the anime show.

Me: You have no idea. (Gives signature salute) Enjoy and review please!

Zoey plopped down on her bed, feeling every limb of her body was just about to fall off. Another day, another session of slave-like work under her slave driver, aka Elliot Grant. He really knew which buttons to push on her stress and anger levels. "Well," she sighed, "at least Christmas is coming up. Then, I'll be able to relax a little."

Smiling at the happy thought, she got up from her bed and walked over to the box on top of her desk. Inside the box had all the Christmas gifts she planned to give. She had gotten a cute aquamarine dolphin necklace for Bridget, a silver dove necklace for Corina, a wolf amulet with a purple stone for Renee, and for little Kiki, a gold necklace with two monkeys holding an orange stone. She had also gotten a white sportswatch for Elliot, seeing it how he was always telling Zoey that he needed a stopwatch to see how long she was taking to be late, and for Wesley, a drawing set for cooking to replace the one Kiki accidentally misplaced. All these items together costed a pretty penny out of her account, but they're worth it. "I'm just glad that my salary at the café is ten dollars an hour plus tips," she chuckled.

Looking next to the box was a picture from when the girls were still Mew Mews. Wesley and Elliot weren't in the picture because they were the ones taking it (well Wesley was. Elliot wasn't so great with a camera). Bridget was next to Zoey, but her mouth was agape due to the fact that Dren had appeared behind Zoey, wrapping an arm around her petite shoulders. Zoey had a mix of shock and anger across her face, Kiki was tackling a struggling Tarb into an air hug, Corina and Renee held their pendants, ready for action and Sardon was showing no feelings(not surprising), but his gaze was directed towards Bridget. Even though it wasn't quite showing, his gaze was softened from his usual bored or agitated glares. It seemed only yesterday that they were fighting for the protection of their own people.

Turning back towards the bed, Zoey was about to lay down when she suddenly felt two arms sneak around her waist and shoulders, pulling into a warm embrace. "And how was my cute kitty today?"

The voice was what scared her. It was different. Instead the usual kiddish tone that she often heard, it was slightly deeper(Think Len Tao from Shaman King, english version). She struggled and squirmed but it served useless as the arms tightened around her. Not enough to bruise but enough to make her stop. "Who are you and how did you get in here?" she yelled. Thank god her parents were on that 2 week cruise for couples. Otherwise, her father would kick down the door after hearing his daughter screeched.

"Aww, did you forget about me already," he whined, trying to sound disappointed. "Well this oughta' help." The figure turned Zoey around and lowered his mouth on to hers. She half-squeaked at the sudden pressure, her eyes shot open, but slowly closed as the kiss continued. It wasn't hurried or forced. It was…soft…and comforting, like a kiss that was given to someone after a long wait. After what seemed forever, they broke the kiss due to lack of air and Zoey opened her eyes. She couldn't believe who it was after so long. Dren! But he looks a little different.

It was true. Not only did his voice slightly change, he was a whole head taller now, his figure supported more muscles then she recalled and his hair was different too. It was slightly longer, but he still kept the same style he had before he left. His unwavering golden eyes held compassion rather than their usual cruel playfulness. He gave her his trademark grin as he asked, "Did that jog your memory a bit, honey?"

She couldn't help the tears that began to fall out of her chocolate-brown eyes. His expression turned to worry when he saw her crying. "Oh, kitty. I didn't mean to scare you. Don't cry. I just-" his words were cut off when she hugged him again, burying her head into his chest. He was half-surprised, half-shocked that Zoey was hugging him as if he was her life line. He expected her to be screaming pervert and her other remarks. He came out of his daze when she spoke softly, "You big idiot."

O…kay. Not the type of greeting he expected but it didn't come out as a scream either so it was going good so far. She continued crying, soaking his shirt, but he didn't mind. "Did you know how much I missed you? How much I wanted to talk to you? To tell you that even though you were constantly stalking me and teasing me that I still missed you?" She cut him off with a kiss of her own. Dren moved back, due to his original shock, still had his arms around Zoey as they tumbled onto the bed. As they broke the kiss, both of them were, safe to say, breathless and completely and utterly happy.

Dren rolled Zoey underneath as he continued to hug her. "You have no idea what this means to me," he said, inhaling her strawberry scent as he buried into the crook of her neck. "This feels like a dream that I don't want to wake up from."

Zoey sighed contently, bringing up her fingers to tangle in his emerald hair. "I feel the same." A sudden thought clicked in her head. "Wait!" She immediately sat up, bringing Dren up as well as he sat on the side of her. "If you're here then that means that Sardon and Tarb are here as well too."

Dren couldn't help but laugh at her sudden display of intelligence. She had indeed grown up over the last two years. He gently grabbed her chin and turned towards him so he could place a chaste kiss on her forehead. "Don't worry honey. They aren't here to cause trouble. Knowing the little tyke, he's gone off to see the little monkey mew and Sardon, I think, said something about going to talk with someone who has been on his mind lately. I think it's the porpoise mew," he inquired. "But enough of about them," he said, waving his hand off to the side as if in attempt to shoo away the thoughts, "I want to know what has been happening to my cute little kitten."

Zoey couldn't help but laugh at his playfulness. He was still the same old Dren, even though his appearance changed. She had told them about what everybody has gone through; them keeping their jobs at Café Mew Mew, her getting back on the gymnastics team after much persuasion from her friends, she, Corina, and Bridget getting ready to graduate from high school, Kiki's father coming home and finally she told them how Mark and her broke off with each other, even though they were still good friends. Dren smiled at the last bit of news as he pulled her into another hug. "Yay! That means that your mine, kitten." She couldn't help but blush at the comment until he said, "And also I have something to tell ya'."

Zoey reluctantly pulled out of his warm hug and looked up at him. She absolutely adored his cat-like eyes, but she wouldn't tell him now. It'd just boost his ego just a bit beyond bearable. "Okay. What is it? Did you just come back for the holidays or is there something else?"

Dren scratched the back of his head as he spoke. "Well, it's the latter part. Have your powers come back anytime while we were gone?"

Zoey shrugged her shoulders. "Not really. Except the day after the battle with Deep Blue, our powers came back, but once we tried to find the enemy, they just disappeared. Elliot and Wesley had tried searching all over the world, but they came up with nothing. " She looked towards her pendant that she kept at her bedside drawer next to her clock. "It was like they fell off the map."

"Damn," he cursed. "That means that they are already here."

Zoey looked at him confusingly. "Who's here?"

"Well, back on our planet, after we had gotten back with the blue aqua and revitalized the planet, we had told our council what had happened on our mission. Everything from first encountering you and the mews to Deep Blue's betrayal and vanquishment. The council didn't order any punishments on our behalf seeing how we brought back our planet's key to survival, but a few people weren't so much….,"he tried searching for the right word, "agreeable."

Zoey, again, was baffled. "I'm guessing that these people weren't exactly happy about Deep Blue's….demise."

He gave her a thumbs up. "Got it in one, kitty cat. Anyway, apparently, Deep Blue had some followers before he became an astral projection. When we told them that Deep Blue had been eliminated, they had fought against the council on the verdict. Needless to say, the council overruled their objection. The next day, however, we were notified that they were heading towards Earth."

"But what for?"

His gaze became serious and deadly, as if he was ready to kill the person who made the decision. "They want revenge for their fallen leader. Starting with the people who had done the deed which would be you guys," He pointed towards Zoey.

Okay, this was more then she can comprehend. Zoey began to freak out at this, her emotions clearly showing on her face. First, it's being injected with the DNA of a rare mountain wild cat, then; it's being stalked by an alien who claimed to love her while she was going out with her ex-boyfriend, and finally its aliens who are out to get her and her friends because they had taken out their blood-thirsty leader. Was this divine retribution for an evil deed in past life or something? She took a calming breath and straightened her shoulders. "Okay. What's their plan?"

Dren had watch Zoey having her little internal battle and he thought she was still cute even if she was confused, like a kitty that didn't know where her favorite toy was. He chuckled as he relayed what he was told by Sardon earlier on. "So far, we know that they are planning something big. Sardon had managed to hack into their computers and found blue prints of their latest plan. It seems that they are trying to create a Predasite that has the capability to cross time and space."

"Wait, hold up!" Zoey exclaimed, holding up her hand like a stop. She had heard about traveling through time but that was through legends, but traveling space. This seemed something out of sci-fi movie. "Cross space, what does that mean?"

"Don't know," he shrugged, "Sardon has the answer for that, which hopefully, we will see him tomorrow to talk with your bosses." He wrapped his arms around her waist as he brought her down on the mattress and spooned himself next to her. "Right now, I just want to sleep with you."

Zoey began to blush furiously and squeak as she tried to wiggle herself out the cage-like embrace. Her cat ears and tail popped out, causing Zoey to squeak again as she tried to cover her ears. Dren couldn't help but laugh at how cute she was right now. "I didn't mean like THAT, kitty. I don't want to leave and this feels way too nice to leave." He reached up and unclasped her hands from her ears and began to scratch and rub gently one ear, earning a purr from Zoey.

She couldn't help but sigh contently at the predicament. Let's face it. She really didn't want him to leave either, not when what he was doing felt sooo good. "Alright," she said, finally giving in to her desire. She held up a finger as she spoke, "You can stay if you don't try anything."

He held up two fingers as he promised, "I promise."

Once she calmed down and managed to get her cat ears and tail to disappear, she turned herself around to turn off the lamp and began to snuggle into the blanket. "Goodnight Dren," she softly sighed before falling into sleep's grip.

Dren snuggled closer to Zoey, burying his head into her soft crimson hair. He breathed in her strawberry scent before closing his eyes. "Goodnight, my beautiful princess."

And with that, the two lovers began to dream fantastic thoughts; the only physical proof was the smile on both of their lips.

Me: Wow that was a long chapter. Again sorry for any OOC's in this chapter, but I wanted to do a cute scene. Just for the record, I was listening to Swaying Necklace from the Naruto Soundtrack when I wrote this.

Zoey: YAY! Dren's back! (Cat ears and tail pop out) I'm so happy (Begins dancing around).

Me: Yep and the next chapters will be about Tarb and Sardon's return. Hopefully then I'll be able to get another inspiration.

Zoey: Yeah and then Kiki and Bridget will be so happy. Please leave any advice or comments on what the enemy's names should be.

Me: Please do. I love hearing from you! By the way, I posted the girls necklace on my profile if you want to look

Zoey: Cool! I love the necklaces. They're so pretty and shiny! (Looks at necklaces with huge sparkling eyes)

Me: Yeah. I think I did great with the descriptions and personalty coordination's with each stone.

Zoey: Yay! I think they suit them just well.

Me and Zoey together: Mew Mew style, Mew Mew grace, Mew Mew power in your face! ~~Nya! (Does the signature pose) =^_^=