Chapter Two

It was lunchtime. The mews were mulling over what Okami had said earlier. A silence had fallen over the group after Ichigo and Berry had filled them in.

"D-Do you think she really knows?" Lettuce asked the group, ending the silence. Lettuce's pretty face was covered in fear. Ichigo put a hand on Lettuce's arm to comfort her.

"I don't know Lettuce." She said.

"What will we do, na no da?" Pudding asked, her usual smile replaced with a frown. Suddenly, a shadow fell across the table. The mews looked up to see Okami smiling at them.

"S-Sure." Ichigo replied. Okami's smile widened, and she plunked herself and her stuff between Pudding and Zakuro. Rin sat at the end of the table next to Lettuce. And Shizuku sat on the other side of Zakuro. Ichigo noticed that Okami had received the school uniform. With a few quirks. Okami had purple legwarmers on, even though it was warm outside. The hat was peeking out of her schoolbag. She had a bow around her waist, which was of course, purple. When Ichigo noticed how alike Pudding and Okami's personalities were, she almost laughed. But when she saw Zakuro sitting in exactly the same position with the exact same bored expression, she did laugh. And then she let out a big snort. Everyone stopped talking, and stared at Ichigo. She gave a nervous laugh and sunk down in her chair. Pudding and Okami were paused in the middle of a round of Jan Ken Pon. Rin and Lettuce were in the middle of comparing notes. Mint had a teacup to her mouth. And Berry was…wait…was that a Tamagachi? Suddenly, they all started laughing. Ichigo turned red, but eventually started to laugh too. When her eyes traveled over the laughing group, she noticed a glint of red in Okami's purple eye. When Ichigo looked back, Okami's eyes were just as brilliantly purple as before. Ichigo shook her head. She must be imagining things. Soon, Ichigo was being taught by Berry how to care for a Tamagachi. The triplets fit right in.

"See you guys tomorrow!!" Okami shouted, as the groups separated after school. The triplets were heading home, while the mews were headed towards Café Mew Mew to work. Ichigo sighed as she resigned herself to another afternoon of cleaning up broken dishes, and serving loud and rude customers.

LATER

Ichigo was changing out of her uniform, when she remembered the red she thought she had seen in Okami's eyes. She frowned, and thought about what it could mean.

"Are you okay Ichigo?" Lettuce asked, awakening Ichigo from her thoughts.

"Yeah…" Ichigo replied, smiling a huge smile. Lettuce returned her smile, and waved as she left the café. Soon Ichigo followed. Ichigo thought about what it could mean all through dinner, her shower, and in her bed ready to sleep. Ichigo decided just to see what would happen. Yeah. She had probably just imagined it anyways. Ichigo smiled, as she drifted off to sleep.