The Hartman Chronicles Season 2 Chapter 6
Calvin turned to Abbie, "We make a good team."
Abbie laughed "You mean we all make a good team."
Calvin looked at all the Mew Mews and nodded, "Yes, Yes we do."
A happy thought ran into my mind and I smiled.
"Come on Calvin" I said "Time to head back to the café"
Calvin nodded and we began to walk away from the hunting goods store where recently fought Chimera Animas. As we walked back Calvin sighed.
"What is it?" I asked
"Nothing," He said "I'm just thinking about the future"
"So you do want to get married to Abbie?" I asked
He laughed "Yeah right. Besides, I don't know what her parents would think"
"You never know!" Kyoto chimed in "Kou thought the same thing when he first met me, but if he had never asked me we wouldn't have become boyfriend and girlfriend!"
Calvin looked at Kyoto oddly "This wasn't your conversation!"
"Well seeing as all of us can hear it, don't expect us not to join in" Nashi sighed
Abbie nodded, "Calvin I think my parents would be okay with it. They don't have to know though"
Calvin sighed, "Yeah, but it is our duty to tell them what you're doing and to make sure you're safe"
Abbie huffed, "You know I'm capable of doing well on my own!"
Calvin laughed, "Weren't you the one saying that wolves have to stay in packs to ensure their survival?"
Abbie blushed, "Well yeah, but…"
I interrupted her, "Look we can sort this out later. For now, let's focus on getting to the café and relaxing!"
The girls nodded
"Finally something I can agree with" Lisa smiled.
I laughed and motioned for everyone to follow and started to run. We ran all the way to the café. When we got there we quickly piled in and relaxed for the day. Pretty soon all the Mew Mews had gone home and I had gone to bed. As I was about to fall asleep I looked up at the ceiling.
"I wonder if there are anymore Mew Mews?" I asked myself before falling asleep, soundly
I woke up the next morning when the sun spilled onto my face. I got up and out of bed. I stepped over Nashi, who was still sleeping, and got dressed. I headed downstairs and saw that Calvin was already up. He was wearing a uniform similar to mine. Except his shoulder collar was a bit shorter, the vest was a dark grey and the leggings where grey with black lines.
"You look nice Calvin" I smiled.
"Really now?" Calvin laughed "What are you, a fashion expert?"
"Well hey I'm wearing almost the exact same thing. So if it looks good on the likes of me it must look even better on you"
"Way to be suck up" Calvin joked as he began to get things ready. He then pointed toward the kitchen, "Get in there now!"
"Yes master" I chuckled as I went to the kitchen. I set to work on making the treats for the day. After a few hours, Ryou came into the kitchen.
"Adrian, I need you to find this person"
Ryou handed me a picture. It was of a girl with dark skin and wavy brown hair that went down to her waist, it in a loose ponytail. Her bangs were fluffy and ended just above her eyes, which were large and almond shaped. She also had small, rimless glasses with rectangular frames. She looked as tall as an average fourteen year-old would be. She also a wee bit on the chubby side she was actually the cute kind of pudgy.
"Do we have a name?" I asked
"Fudge Botanjiban" Ryou said
"Such an odd last name"
"Whatever, she's supposedly at a coffee shop downtown. See if you can head there and talk to her"
I nodded and looked around the café; I spotted Momo and walked up to her.
"Hey Momo" I said "You up for going to a coffee shop with me?"
"Which one?" Momo asked "I was just on my way to visit a friend who works at one"
"Really?" I asked "Well I was headed to place like that to look for this girl"
I handed Momo the picture Ryou had given me.
"Fudge!" Momo smiled. "Great! Let's go!"
"You know her?" I asked.
Momo nodded, "We've been best friends ever since we first met at a writers club!"
I smiled "Why don't you come with me then"
"That would be great!" Momo smiled as she nuzzled me "In fact that means we get to spend some more time together!"
"Sounds like a plan. Let's skeedaddle"
"Skeedaddle?" Momo asked.
"The corny way of saying go" I smiled.
Momo chuckled, "I see, something you Americans say a lot?"
"Not really," I laughed.
Momo nuzzled me again and I nuzzled her back.
"I love you," I smiled.
"I love you too honey" she said and kissed me
I kissed her back. We soon came to the coffee shop and sat down. After a few minutes, we saw the girl that we were looking for come to our table.
"I'm so sorry that I'm late I had some, uh, things to take care of." The girl said, and then looked at Momo "Oh hey Momo! I didn't see you here!"
Momo smiled, "How are you doing Fudge?"
"I'm doing well," Fudge smiled "but you have to order soon I'm already half a second off my schedule"
"We'll order when we want to!" I stated
"We'll both have water," Momo said
Fudge nodded and headed to get two glasses of water. I looked at Momo.
"What's her problem?" I asked.
Momo sighed "It's not a problem"
"Then what is it?"
"I can't really describe it."
I sighed "Whatever"
Fudge then came back with the two glasses of water. As she set them down she clenched her stomach.
"No! Not now! My calculations couldn't be off!" Fudge groaned, she then made a bee line for an exit "I'm sorry that I have to go so soon! Sorry!"
I looked at Momo "We're going after her"
Momo nodded and we dashed after Fudge. We quickly came to an alleyway, where Fudge had fallen down. As she stood up, there were brown rabbit ears coming out of her head.
"Thank goodness no one saw me" Fudge said with a sigh of relief. She then turned around and saw us "Please! This isn't what it seems!"
Momo looked shocked for a second but then smiled "No it is exactly what it is, you're a Mew Mew."
Fudge got up and looked at us "R…r…really?"
Momo nodded.
"Wait, how would you know?" Fudge inquired.
Momo looked at me and then at Fudge.
"Mew Momo Metamorphosis!" She said
I slammed my fists together and grimaced. Both of us then went into our Mew forms.
"Oh my…" Fudge stammered. "You two are Mew Mews?" Fudge gulped before standing up right. "This is great!" She smiled as she hugged Momo and me
"So what was it about your calculations?" I asked
"Well I calculated that I grow these" Fudge said and pointed to her bunny ears "Every two hours for five minutes"
"When did this start?" Momo asked
"It was about two days ago, I was surrounded by these strange alien creatures. This scientist guy said that he needed my blood for something. I was terrified," Fudge explained "The next thing I knew Bunn-chan came out of nowhere and jumped into me"
"Bunn-Chan?" I asked
"Her pet rabbit," Momo said "Then what happened?"
"Well I grew bunny ears and someone got into a strange dress and had these egg rattles. I said some words and the animals disappeared. The scientist fled too. Now these bunny ears grow from my head at the exact times I just mentioned"
I thought for a second and then nodded "I believe I know someone who could help you with your "problem""
"Who exactly?" Fudge asked.
"His name is Ryou Shirogane. He is one of the managers at the Mew Mew café"
Fudge nodded "Well then take me there"
"Right now?" Momo asked. "Don't you want to finish working?"
Fudge's eyes shot wide open, "You're right! I totally forgot about my job! Momo send me a text and I'll try to work it into my schedule! I'm sorry that I have to go!"
She dashed back to the coffee shop and Momo shrugged and she and I went back to our human forms
"Well I hope we'll see her again soon" Momo said
"Let's head back to the café"
"Good idea"
When we got back to the café, I decided to relax for a bit. After a good thirty or so minutes, the doors to the café swung open. Fudge stood at the entrance, she still had her bunny ears.
"Where is Ryou?" She exclaimed.
Lisa came over and looked at her. "He isn't going to bother with you. You don't even have a mark and take those ridiculous ears off! You're not fooling anyone"
Ryou came forward "Someone called my name?"
Ryou then saw Fudge.
"Ah Fudge, I was wondering when you would turn up," Ryou smiled. "I see you're here about your "complications," am I correct?"
Fudge looked shocked "How could you of known?"
Ryou took out his PDA and pointed to a thing on the screen. "See this, It tells me when a Mew Mew's power prematurely activates."
"Oh"
"Now seeing as you've only triggered your powers and have no means to control them, I've come up with a special injection that should help you balance it out," Ryou said
Fudge nodded, "Alright, can you give it to me now?"
"Just follow me"
Ryou went downstairs and I looked at Momo.
"You think she'll be alright?" I asked.
"Of course she will" Momo smiled.
Lisa huffed, "Whatever."
"You know you could at least be a bit nicer to her!" Momo stated
"She reeks of perfection" Lisa complained and grumbled "Something I wish I could obtain."
"So you're just jealous?" I asked
Lisa gave me a sharp look, "Yeah, when your dad is…"
"Your dad is a what?" I asked.
"Never mind!" She snapped.
Soon, Nashi, Kyoto, Lavender, Abbie, and Calvin came in.
"Where were you all?" I asked.
"Well," Calvin said "I decided to take them out to eat"
"And you didn't invite me?" I laughed "I'm ashamed"
"You would have had to pay for your own meal," Calvin said
"By the way we got a new Mew Mew"
"Another one?" Nashi said, displeased "How many are there?"
"Not sure," I said.
"Just great," Nashi sighed.
Fudge and Ryou came upstairs; Fudge didn't have her bunny ears sticking out anymore but Nashi took one look at her and snickerred.
"Wow that girl is faaaat!"
Calvin sighed, "Nashi, she's not fat, she's pudgy"
"Same difference!" Nashi snapped "What is her animal? A swine?"
Nashi burst into laughter and Calvin elbowed her in the stomach.
"Show some respect," He said.
"Yes father," Nashi replied with much sarcasm.
"If I was your father I would have done more than elbowed you in the stomach!" Calvin said.
"Like what?" Nashi laughed.
"Like…" Calvin said, but he was interrupted by the Chimera Alarm "Son of a…"
Ryou patted Fudge on the back "You ready for your first Mission?"
Fudge looked up at Ryou and gave a timid nod.
"Well the attack is taking place outside a library by the Tokyo Tower," Ryou said "Get a move on!"
"Yes sir" I said "Come on girls, guys, and whatever Calvin is. Let's go!"
I rushed out the door as the Mew Mews ran after me.
Calvin ran behind me smirking "Why you little! Wait till I get you!"
I laughed and we soon came to the library. When we got there, we saw a monkey-like creature with red bird wings. It stood upright like a human.
"That has got to be one of the strangest things in the world!" Calvin said "So let's kill it and get this over with!"
I slammed my fists together, "Mission start"
"Just like Guile would say," Calvin laughed as I went into my Mew form "It's time to prowl!"
Then Calvin went into his mew form. The girls said their phrases as they too went into their mew forms. I was surprised to see that Fudge, unlike the other girls when they first got their powers, already knew the words to her transformation. As Fudge transformed her hair took on a lighter brown tone with pink tips and tied itself into two loose pigtails. Her eyes retained their burgundy color but became almost pink. The standard, brown fabric choker and brown armbands appeared on her body, along with a brown leg garter on her left thigh. These had a fuzzy burgundy trim. Her dress was now a strapless brown top with a fuzzy trim around the top of the dress. She had brown shorts underneath. There were two brown bracelets on her arms. She had a pair of brown ankle-high boots, both of which were decorated with burgundy ribbons. Huge, floppy rabbit ears with pink tips shot from her head and she gained a rabbit tail with the same color scheme. She than took out a pair of egg-shaped rattles. They were brown, (Seriously, what was with this mew form and brown things….then again her name was Fudge) had rabbit like "ears" sticking up from the tips had molted burgundy spots and had the familiar bow-like medallion and heart shaped crystal commonly found on most Mew Mew weapons, save for mine and Calvin's.
The monkey seemed to take notice of Fudge and started to run towards her. Calvin rolled in front of Fudge and said.
"Nightwolf Barrage!"
He let a flurry of bullets fly from his pistol as they dug into the monkey's flesh. The monkey howled in pain and grabbed Calvin. It was about to smash him into the wall of the library before Abbie used her attack.
"Ribbon Truffle Strike!" Abbie exclaimed as she the wolf tooth from her necklace, which transformed into a spear, and hurled it at the monkey creature. The creature was struck in the side by the blow. The spear then returned to Abbie.
Calvin jump out of the monsters grip and landed on the ground.
"Thanks Abbie" He smiled.
"No problem" Abbie giggled.
I looked at Momo and she looked at me. We both nodded as if we knew what the other was thinking.
"Siberian Cannon!" I said as I thrusted both of my palms forward, sending a sphere of blue fire at the monster.
"Ribbon Peach Blossom!" Momo exclaimed as she shot an orange fire in the shape of a flower at the winged monkey. The monkey flew out of the way and then tried to pick Momo and I up. Lisa took out her microphone.
"Oh no you don't!" She said "Sour Lemon Howl!"
She howled into her microphone and sound waves shot from the mic. The sound waves hit the winged monkey and caused it to plummet to the ground. When it hit the ground, Kyoto's staff glowed white. She ran over to the monkey with amazing speed.
"Ribbon," She said as she spun her staff around, smacking the monkey several times.
"Apple" She said as then landed and a blow to its chin
"Strike!" She exclaimed and she jumped into the air, the sound of a roaring panda was heard before Kyoto's staff made contact with the beast's spine. The beast whimpered from the blow, but got up.
"Alright my turn!" Nashi laughed as she ran up to the monster.
"Ribbon Nashi" Nashi said as she smacked the beast into the air with her hammer. "Slam!"
She hit the beast in the chest with her hammer. As the beast went flying Nashi turned to Fudge and laughed "That's how it is done!"
The beast recovered from the blow rather quickly and flew towards Nashi. It picked her up and held her close to it'\s mouth, as if it was going to eat her.
"Ribbon Fudge Quake!" Fudge exclaimed as she held her shakers above her head. The shakers began to vibrate slowly, but soon picked up speed. Once the shakers reached full speed, pink sparks flew from them. After that there was a flash of light and the monkey-creature covered its eyes and roared in pain. It then collapsed onto the ground and Nashi jumped out of its grasp.
Nashi huffed, "I could have gotten out of it myself!"
Momo went over to Fudge and patted her on the back "You did great!"
"You think so?" Fudge asked.
"I don't think so," Momo smiled "I know so!"
Fudge smiled and hugged her. I smiled and looked at Calvin. He seemed to be enjoying the moment. It wasn't everyday we got to see two girls hug each other.