Hiya guys! It took a long time to write and stuff but here it is! The fifth chapter!
Brianna is doing the disclaimer today! Brianna...
Brianna:Pokechantixmewmew doesn't own Tokyo Mew Mew,she does however own this story.
Me:Thanks Brianna! Ok guys...i hope you enjoy this chapter!
Normal POV.
A slim black car pulled up outside the Tokyo cemetery. A young 15 year old girl stepped out of the car. "Here will be fine, thank you Godfrey." She thanked her English butler. Then she walked through the iron-wrought gates herself. She made her way up a long mossy hill until she got to the top. Two graves were underneath a old gnarled cherry blossom tree. Since it was early spring,the tree was in full bloom. The soft spring wind blowing made the cherry blossom petals dance about in the air. The young girl bent down and placed the two boutiquets on each grave respectively. Then she stood up. "Hi Mom." She said. "Hi Dad. I'm back just like i promised."
Sarasu'sPOV.
I took my Biology book out of my locker , however,because my Biology book was holding a few of my other books up,they all started to fall ,but using my Mew reflexes i caught them just in time. I jammed them in my locker,closed my locker door and walked off. But halfway down the corridor,i heard books crashing to the floor. Shit. Just another typical day. I thought walking over to my locker again. I knelt down to collect my books.
"Hi Sarasu." I looked up to see Lollie staring down at me.
"Hiya Lollie." I said,jamming my books into my locker(very firmly,this time) and then shut the door.
Once i was SURE my locker was shut,me and Lollie started to walk down the corridor together.
We walked in silence until i noticed Lollie looking at me ,her head tilted to the side, a quizzical expression on her face.
"What?" i snapped at her.
"Nothing it's just… you haven't caught it yet." Lollie said.
"Caught what?"
"Hay fever. It's only early spring and the whole school is having an outbreak of it. Okchi is sick because of hay fever. So is Noboru's girlfriend Naoko." Lollie had a sly grin on her face. Arggh,the bitch! She was STILL trying to make me admit i liked Noboru out loud.
"Oh?" i blinked,a blank expression on my face.
Lollie grinned slyly and dug her elbow into my side. "Don't deny it,your'e another one of Noboru's fangirls!"
"I am NOT!" I snapped. "God,Lollie,change the subject already!"
"Ok." Lollie said,totally falling for it. "Um….let's see…." AHA-HA! " She pointed at me like she had a sudden stroke of genius(which would be rare for Lollie,considering her ditzyness)
"Ok,so you know the Spring Play? Well, it turns out Eriko Origuil is playing the lead!" Lollie exclaimed,wide eyed.
"Uh…who is-" I didn't get to finsh my sentence because Lollie screamed at me in horror "YOU DON'T KNOW ERIKO ORIGUIL?!"
"Um…..no."
"SHE WON TOKYO ACTRESS OF THE YEAR WHEN SHE WAS 12!" Lollie screeched.
While Lollie was continuing her rant,i quietly slipped into my Biology classroom. She didn't notice i was gone until biology was nearly over.
Okchi's POV.
"ACHOO!" I sneezed into a tissue and threw it into the bin. I swear,that was like, my twentieth box of tissues. "NOBORU,IM OUT OF TISSUES!" I yelled downstairs.
"JUST A SEC,SIS!" Noboru yelled up.
I sighed. He was probably yakking on his phone to Naoko again, that pathetic excuse of a girlfriend he has. I put my head back against the pillow and stared at the ceiling.
"Sorry Okchi, but i was just calling Naoko to see if she was ok. She has hay fever too,you know." Noboru said,coming into my room. He sat at the end of my bed.
"Mmm." I said absent-mindly.
"Pity." He took two tickets out of his pocket. "I bought two tickets for me and Naoko to see the Spring play,but then Naoko fell ill, and i thought of taking you, but then the same thing happened to you so i don't know who to go with." Noboru bit his lip. I have to admit,he did look pretty upset. I mean,the spring play is always good.
Suddenly my brain had a sudden stroke of genius.
"Noboru…"
"Yeah?" Noboru looked at me,raising an eyebrow.
"I think i know who you can take with you to the Spring Play."
Sarasu's POV.
I was sitting down doodling in my notebook out in the rooftop garden. I was SUPPOSED to be studying for a Geography test, but to heck with that. Suddenly i felt someone sit down on the empty fountain space next to me.
I looked up. "Oh um…hi Noboru." I shyly said.
"Hey." He said,smiling at me. We knew each other from around,because i'd been over to Okchi's house a good few times. Not because of Noboru or anything.
Then he nodded at the notebook. "You drawing something there?"
"Um…yeah. Just a doodle…Nothing special.." Noboru leaned over and looked at it. I blushed a little. He looked ever cuter up close… his mahogany skin, his brown hair,those dreamy brown eyes….no wonder all of the high school girls and the middle school girls were crushing on him(Including me…although id NEVER admit that out loud, though.)
"Looks great. You did a good job." He said,n odding at me.
"Thanks." I nodded,smiling.
"Was that for an art project? Cause it has that kinda Picasso feel to it."
"Nope. Just a sketch. "
"Oh..cool." he nodded.
An slience passed between us.
"So….are you doing anything this weekend?" he asked me.
"Um...no. Not really." I was slightly blushing. "Why?"
"Well i have two tickets to the Spring play and i was wondering if maybe…..You wanted to go with me?"
I was frozen in shock. Did a high school dude just ask me out on a DATE? NOBORU ASKED ME OUT ON A DATE?!
But then another voice in my head was ringing alarm bells.Hold up there chica! He has a GIRLFRIEND!
"Don't you have a girlfriend?" i asked,raising an eyebrow.
Noboru guiltily blushed. The fangirl part of my head was squealing like a Justin Bieber fan.
"Um….yeah…..it's just…..she's come down with hay fever. I would have taken Okchi,but she's come down with it too so….yeah. And i guess…it would be a shame to let those tickets go to waste." Noboru shrugged. "And we would be going as friends." He quickly added.
"Well.." i considered it for a spilt second. "If it's as friends….. ok. I'll go with you."
"Cool. I'll be pick you up at 6,ok?"
"Ok."
Noboru got up and walked off.
As soon as he was out of sight, i silently started to get all freaked out. OMG OMG NOBORU ASKED ME OUT! My fangirl side celebrated.
It's just as friends ,bozo. The sensible voice of my head said.
DOES HE LIKE ME? ME? A MIDDLE SCHOOLER?
You're just friends. He's the high school track team captain and school heartthrob. You're a snarky middle schooler. WHY would HE go out with YOU?
Because sometimes age doesn't matter! Not when it comes to love!
Ugh, forget it. I'm taking a nap.
Ok…..OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'VE BEEN ASKED OUT ON A DATE! SORTA!
WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?OH GOD WHAT DO I DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?
Xy's POV.
I looked at the tiny glass capsule i was gripping between my fingers. Everything was ready. "LEO!NASHI!" I barked for my two best aliens.
Leo and Nashi marched in in a straight line and said "Sir,yes sir!"
"See this?" I held out the test capsule to them.
"It's a capsule. An DNA capsule,sir." Leo said.
"Exactly. I want you to show yourself to the Mews . DO NOT battle them. Just…show them a taster of what they are up against. And Nashi, i want you to use this needle-" I handed him a whisper-thin sharp needle "to gather DNA from Mew Brownie."
"Why,Sir?" Nashi asked.
"For…for tests. I want to see how exactly this Shirogane created the mews." I said,quickly making up an excuse. It wasn't exactly a lie…i was doing tests.
Nashi looked at me uncertainly ,took the capsule,and put it into the pocket of his tunic.
"Um…yes sir." He said with doubt.
"Good,You are dismissed. Go." I ordered with a wave of my hand.
The two puzzled aliens left the office.
Soon….everything will make sense. I thought with satisfaction.
A few days later.
Brianna's POV.
"Where are all the others?" i wondered to myself,out loud. "They should have been at work HOURS ago!"
I was in my café uniform,sitting on top of one of the many empty tables,swinging my legs above the ground.
"Don't ask me." Shirogane shrugged ,coming out of nowhere. "Cause i have no clue."
I rolled my eyes. "You say that YOU are concerned for OUR safety,and yet when THREE of the mews don't show up to work,You don't get WORRIED? That some CHIMARA OR ALIEN is just gonna attack them at ANY minute? They could be out there in the street,wounded! I mean,look!"
I gestured towards the café door. A dark gloomy sky with omnious clouds was the night sky tonight, rain was lashing out of the heavens. A flash of yellow light flashed outside,as an loud BOOM was heard.
"Yeah,i know that. But i got a feeling that they're safe." Shirogane asid.
"Argh!" I got off the table,put two hands on my hips,and glared at was the final straw. He had been acting REAL jerkish for the past week or so. And i'd had enough.
"You don't get it ,do you? " i snapped at him."Ya just don't get it. It's NIGHTTIME. It's RAINING outside. A CHIMARA ANIMAL could be on the loose. LOLLIE or SARASU or OKCHI could be wounded. They could be KIDNAPPED by one of the aliens. And your'e just sitting here,doing nothing,LIKE NOTHING IS WRONG?" By now i was yelling.
"WHAT KINDA BOSS DOES THAT? NO,WHAT KINDA PERSON DOES THAT? A JERK,THAT'S WHO. YOUR'E NOT MY BOSS! YOUR'E NOT TELLING WHAT I AM! I DIDN'T WANT TO BE INFUSED! I DIDN'T WANT TO BECOME A MEW! I'M ONLY TEN YEARS OLD! I COULD DIE IN THIS BATTLE! I'LL NEVER KNOW WHO MY BIRTH PARENTS WERE!" I stopped shouting all of a sudden. I realised what i said. "If i die…..i'll never know why my birth parents were." I said quietly to myself.
I had a sudden pain in my tummy. I couldn't breathe properly. I realised i was scared. If i didn't come out of this alive, there would be a lot of questions about my life left unanswered. I'd never get to see my mother and father. Hug them. Tell them i loved them. "I…i…" i stuttered. I burst into tears. I sank into a chair.
Shirogane looked like he was thinking really hard,biting his lip. "You don't know who your birth parents are." He said flatly ,after a long silence. I looked up at him,tears running down my face. I nodded. He continued to bit his lip. He was thinking all of a sudden. Thinking REALLY hard. Then his face lit up like, he had just connected one memory with another. And the look on his face was pure shock. "Kid-" he began. But that's when alarms started sounding from the lab.
Shirogane swore fiercely under his breath ."Wait here." He said. Then he bolted down the corridor to his lab. I wiped the tears from my eyes. Eventfully Ryou came back. "Kid,get to Tarento High School FAST. Warn Lollie and the others." He said,tossing me a mew pendent. I started at in in confusion. "I already have a mew pendant.." i trailed off in confusion. Then i figured it out.
"Kid,the fifth mew is in Tarento High School. And there's a Chimara animal heading there to rip here into bits." said Ryou.
Sarasu's POV.
I tapped my finger impatiently on the hall table. I checked the time on my phone for the hundredth time. 6:10. Damn,where WAS Noboru? He better not have been messing with me. Cause he would have picked the wrong girl to mess with. I looked at my reflection again,just to make sure i looked ok.
I was wearing a jean skirt with a pair of black tights underneath. My shoes were white Converses. I wore a white shirt. The sleeves of the shirt were short and puffy.I had barely any make up on,just a hint of mascara and a slick of natural lip gloss. I looked casual enough.
"Looks like my little sis got herself a date,huh?" I turned around and glared.
"Oh shut up Kado." I snapped."It's not THAT Obvious."
Kado chuckled,he put his two palms up in defence. "No offenceJeez,don't get so snappy with me." He then squinted at me. "Hmm."
"What?"
"Nothing,nothing."
"Just TELL ME ALREADY!"
"I think…..there's a zit on your face."
I gasped. I looked at myself in the mirror. "Where?Where?Omigod,is it a big one? Omigod! Omigod!" i panicked. That's when i noticed Kado was rolling around ,laughing,literally.
My mouth fell open. He had been joking all along. "Bastard." I hissed at him.
Suddenly the doorbell rang. "Your….date..is…" Kado was laughing so much he couldn't even speak as he walked back up the stairs to his bedroom.
"Fuck,fuck,FUCK you." I hissed quietly as he shut his bedroom door. I opened the door to see Noboru standing there. He was dressed in a black flannel shirt over blue jeans and red converses. "Hey." He said,nodding. "Uhh…hiya!" i said,blushing a little.
"You look good."
"uh…thanks."
"Soo….we should get going,yeah?"
"Yeah." I nodded. "Yeah i think we should."
Brianna's POV.
I ran as fast as I could downtown. Damn these stupid chimara animals! Do they EVER GIVE UP? I thought. Luckily ,i was on the Tarento elementary school long distance running team,so i could cover a good few miles in under an hour. I just hoped id be fast enough to find and activate the fifth's mews powers before she became shark bait.
After about ten miles of running,i manged to get to the high school. I quickly scanned the crows outside the school with my eyes. Then i saw a familiar figure in a peach pink floral strapless dress and pink pumps. She had her hair up in a bun and she had two peach fabric flowers in her hair.
"Lollie!" i hissed. "Lollie!" I ran over to her.
Lollie turned around and her eyes widened in surprise. "Brianna." She blinked. Her expression started to become panicked. "BRIANNA?!" she yelled.
I felt 50 pairs of eyes all looking at me. Thank god i was in my gymnastics tracksuit and not my café uniform. "Uh…hiya…..sorry…. im just her annoying cousin….who just needs her for a second…heh heh.." The crowd shrugged like this was a plausible excuse and went back to chatting in line.
I dragged Lollie around the side of the school. "What the eff, Lollie?" i hissed.
"What? I was shocked and happy to see you!" Lollie shrugged.
"But that doesn't mean you scream and attract strangers!"
"But if i didn't say that,then you would think i wasn't happy to see you! But really i was!" Lollie said blinking in confusion.
I sighed and facepalmed myself. This was pointless. Why on earth was a ten year old girl explaining to a FOURTEEN YEAR OLD why you SHOULD scream like you just saw a MURDERER when you're screaming in surprise?
"Whatever!" i snapped. "Why weren't you at work today?"
"I thought today was a day off?" Lollie frowned in confusion.
"NO!"
"ohh…." Lollie sheepishly looked at the
What REALLY matters is that.." i checked around to see that no aliens were around. The coast was clear. I turned back to Lollie.
"The fifth mew is here in the high school."
"WHAT?WHERE? FIFTH MEW MEW, WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUUUUUUU?" she looked around frantically as if the girl was just going to pop up at any minute.
A few stage backhands pushing props out of storage gave us a funny look,as if we were physchos.
I slapped a hand over Lollie's mouth and smiled sweetly at them.
They looked at each other,shrugged,and pushed the backdrop they were holding through the side door.
Once they were gone,i took my hand off Lollie's mouth .
"LOLLIE!"i hissed.
"What?"
I sighed. "Ugh! Never mind! There's a play on tonight,right?"
Lollie nodded.
"Maybe the potenical mew could be acting on stage or sitting in the audience! You never know! C'mon let's get tickets!" i said,dragging Lollie behind me as i began to walk.
We rushed out to the front entrance and ran up the granite steps. The queue had disappeared. The makeshift ticket kiosk had a sign saying All sold out above it. "Damn!" i said,stamping my left foot on the ground. I quickly sprinted up the steps,Lollie following behind me.
"Sorry kid,but we're all out of tickets." The senior boy running the ticket stall shrugged. He started to light a cigarette.
Lollie started to burst into hysterical sobs. I stared wide-eyed at her.
The senior quickly stubbed his cigarette looking guilty and at the same time,his eyes had widened in panic. "I didn't mean to say that what i mean is that…uh…WE DO have …" he quickly rifled around in the drawer behind her for tickets.
"Here." he handed us two blue tickets. "Row J,Seat 16 and 17." he said. "Thank you. I won't forget this." Lollie said,wiping her tears from her eyes and batting her eyelids flirtishly at the boy. The senior boy looked very disturbed. I quickly dragged Lollie through the front entrance.
"Very good,although VERY creepy acting." I said.
Lollie's head tilted to the side in confusion. "That's acting?" she blinked.
Sarasu's POV.
"Sooo…."
Me and Noboru were sitting in our seats waiting for the play to begin. The auditorium was buzzing with people sitting in their seats,talking,shouting,laughing,and yet there was an ongoing silence between us.
"Sooo.." i said again.
"Yeah?" Noboru asked .
"Your'e captain of the track team,yeah?" i blurted out.
"Yeah,i am."
A pause.
"What's…..what's it like? You know,being the captain?"
"It's ok. It's hard work but….it's worth it ,i guess." He shrugged.
"But…..isn't it stressful on you sometimes?"
Noboru frowned. "What do you mean by stressful?"
I considered my words carefully before speaking."Well….like….say if you weren't in the best of sorts…and you lost a race….and the coach and team blame it all on you….wouldn't that just be….frustrating? Because you weren't one hundred per cent and….gah! Forget it! I'm messing up my words….." I looked down at my shoes,blushing slightly.
NOOOOOOOOO! I SCREWED UP WHAT I WANTED TO SAY! NOOOOOO!
Told you so. I KNEW you would screw it up! I KNEW it!Why waste your time on someone who's only interested in you as a friend?
I snapped out of my thought to see Noboru staring at me. "You are so right." He said.
My eyes widened."Huh?"
"There are days where i'm like that. And the days like that are the days my coach pushed me harder. Where the whole team is depending on me. And then when i screw it up,they look at me as if im something they've scraped off their shoe. And i feel so frustrated because they KNEW i wasn't at the top of my game." Noboru said. He had a real deep look of frustration and hurt on his face.
I bit my lip and looked at him for a long while. "If your'e not happy….you should just quit."
Noboru looked at me like i was crazy. "What?"
THAT was a smart move genius.
"Look,hear me out. " i said ,putting my palms up in defence. "You love track running. It's your dream to win an Olympic gold medal,right?"
Noboru nodded.
"Right." I continued. "So. Your'e on the high school track team. You love it,but it's obvious there're playing good cop bad cop."
Noboru frowned.
"Ok….look at it another way." I said." They think you're the man when you're winning races for them. But THEN,they turn on you if you lose a race. And it's not even your fault. You just had a bad day. That gives them absolutely NO,and i mean,NO reason to dump the blame all on you. Which means they only want your if your'e winning every race" i paused for a second.
"And if you lose,they don't take it so well. I mean,in sport,if you lose a race,you say "Ok so we lost today but in the end the other team did better,kudos to them,let's focus on GETTING BETTER for the next race." You don't just blame your team captain just because HE'S the one who's running. You kinda need to find a new track team. A team that knows the TRUE meaning of sportsmanship.A team that's there for you and actually respect YOU, Noboru,the athlete,not Noboru the guy who wins every single race for us.A TRUE team."
There was a long pause. Noboru was looking at me as if he'd just realised something. Then he sighed. Then he smiled at me.
"You know what?Your'e right. Even Okchi was saying it to me for a while. There's no point being there for a team if they aren't going to be there for me . Cause they won't treat me any differently." He smiled at me. "Thanks,Sarasu-san."
I blushed slightly and smiled. "Your'e welcome."
Noboru hesitated and then said something."They were all wrong."
I frowned. "Who were wrong?" i asked,like an idiot.
"The rumours. They said that you were a mean,snarky girl….but your'e the exact opposite. Your'e….amazing.I mean,your'e really amazing. You're proabaly the only person other than Okchi….kinda sees past the athlete ego and sees me for me." He smiled at me.
I was stunned.
. . DID HE JUST SAY THAT I WAS AMAZING? OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD!
But those rumours ,dumbo. They say your'e mean and snarky!
Shut up and let me have my moment of HAPPYNESSSSSSSSSS!
"Well…i guess i just like to speak my mind. Good or bad. And if that makes me a bitch for stating my honest opinion…" i shrugged.
Noboru nodded. "I totally get where your'e coming from."
We smiled and looked at each other for a long time.
Then the lights came down and the play began.
From the minute that Eriko girl took to the stage,we were hooked on every word she said. She was amazing. It was probably the best piece of acting i've seen ever.
When the curtains came up,Noboru turned to me and said"I'm just gonna go and get some popcorn to share,ok?"
I nodded and he went to the food stall .
I scanned the crowd in boredom. Then i jolted with a start. Because Lollie and Brianna were coming right towards me. Lollie was in a peach strapless dress and Brianna was in a blue tracksuit.
"Lollie?Brianna?" i asked,frowning. "What are YOU guys doing here?"
"It's the fifth mew!" Lollie said,her eyes widening. "She's here! And there's a chimara animal coming to get her!"
I scoffed. "Lollie if there was a chimara animal it would have been here by n-"
I didn't get to finish my sentence because at that moment there was a huge BOOM! People ran away and started screaming until the doors were shut leaving me ,Lollie and Brianna trapped in the theatre.
"SARASU!" i heard Noboru yelling from outside.
Sorry dude,but Sarasu has left the building. It's Mew Salsa's turn now.
The chimara animal had arrived.
Eriko's POV.
I looked around in fear trying to hide from that….MONSTER that just broke in to the theatre. I desperately looked for a place to hide backstage. The cast had fled, the stagehands, the makeup artists, the lighting team,even the understudy's. All gone. Except for me. Suddenly,i heard a thundering roar from behind me. I turned around slowly in fear. The reptilian face of the monster was right behind me. I screamed. Suddenly three girls ran up behind me.
"HEY STUPID CHIMARA ANIMAL! LEAVE HER ALONE!" the girl with the flowers in her hair said.
"Wh-wha?" i stuttered?
"You're not going anywhere!" the girl with the long straight blue hair growled.
"Hey! Use this!" the girl with the brown pigtails tossed a small golden pendant at me. As soon as i touched,i felt a warm glow spread through me. I was glowing all over in autumnal colours.
"What's happening….feel so.." then out of nowhere i cried "MEW MEW LAKIKO,METAMORPHIS!"
A glowing sphere surrounded me. When the light faded,i looked down at myself. I gasped."What the-"
I was wearing a backless v neck tutu dress that had a Turquoise top and a layered black bottom that reached past the knees with black high heeled wedges, I wore a diamond and sapphire heart necklace .My hair was in two high pigtails. My hair had turned black with white streaks. But the most shocking things was…
"ARE THOSE FOX EARS?" i screeched.
The blond girl shrugged. "We Mews all have animal features!" I noticed for the first time she had transformed too.
The blue haired girl was delivering a spinning high kick to the monster's back. The monster howled in pain and swung its tail,knocking back its tail and hitting the youngest girl straight in the tummy.
"BROWNIE!" the blue haired girl yelled. She quickly helped her up. The monster lunged for me. Before i knew it,i had delivered a expertly aimed cobra twist to the monster's spine. The monster yowled in pain,it's spine disorted,it twisted and writhed in pain on the stage floor.
"Good job Lacrimosa!" the blond headed girl smiled at me.
"Thanks." I said,smiling politely.
"Well,well, the new mew thinks she's doing well,does she?" All of us turned around. I gasped. And then screamed. Because there were unmistakably two aliens floating in front of the crippled monster.
Lollie's POV.
"Le-" i began to gasp,but Leo shot me a quick frown. I quickly stopped what i was going to say.
Sarasu's eyes widened in surprise when she saw the second alien,then it tightened into a fiery glare.
"Don't glare too much,we don't want them to think we glare all the time!" i hastily whispered to Salsa
"Shut it Lollie."Brownie hissed.
"Well,well,well if if isn't the Mew Mews….it seems you're short of one,hm?" Leo smirked.
"It's none of your business where Okchi is, jerk. Who are you guys anyways?" Brownie glared and crossed her arms over her chest.
"The name's Leo." Leo said. I suddenly remembered that Leo had never met any of the Mews before except for me."This here is Nashi." He jerked his head to his friend,the tall pale blond headed muscular alien.
"And we came to start our little….campaign, shall we say?" Nashi smirked. The look in his eyes was of pure malice.
"You mean,destroy all humans in Tokyo,then Asia,then the world,and build your stupid little bases here?" Salsa snapped.
Yikes. Looks like Salsa ust hit a proably did, by the pissed off expression on his face.
"We don't build BASES-" Nashi spat out "bases" like it was a Cynaclon swear word while glaring at Salsa-"We build a whole new civilization of Cynaclons. And with your planet's resources, our race will become more stronger than ever."
"Cynaclonia is dying even as we speak." Leo stepped forward. "All its life energy is fading are wilting. Trees that have been intact for thousands of years,are starting to rot. And for such a race like ours,a dead planet is no good to us. If we stay on Cynaclonia,our race will die and fade into nothingness. We need a suitable habitat for our race to continue. A habitat such as yours."
Leo stepped forward. All of us,including Lacrimosa flinched when he did,like he was going to attack at any minute.
"So ….in other words….your planet is dying,you don't want your race to end,so you want to STEAL OUR HABITAT INSTEAD?" Lacrimosa snapped.
"Pretty much."Leo nodded, like it was the most casual thing in the world to take over a planet without their kind, it probably was.
Salsa shook her head, glaring at the aliens ,b reathing sharply through her nose. "Unbelievable." She growled.
"Maybe….maybe you can try Venus for your new home planet?They have a habitat like Earth's, you know." Brownie blinked. The look on her face was pure innocence. Which scared me . A LOT. Because Brownie may have only been a week on the team,but there was one thing we all knew when she had that look on her face: Either she had a brilliant plan that was going to work or she was going to land us headfirst into trouble. I was thinking the latter.
Leo raised an eyebrow. "Nice try kid. But on Venus,we'd suffocate from the thick carbon dioxide pressure,we would be fried by the 480 degree surface temperature, crushed by the pressure which is 92 times greater than Earth, choke from the sulphuric acid clouds,and if the atmosphere's not nasty enough, there are trace elements of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogren chloride,but that's not all, fast winds blow at speeds of up to 300 kilometers an hour,and there's no water,and to make things worse,even you WEREN'T instantaneously crushed,suffocated,and fried,a single day on Venus would last the equivalent of 243 days on Earth."
There was an awkward slience.
"Dude." Nashi's eyes were so wide they were like big golden gobstoppers. "Seriously?"
Leo blushed. "I got it in a book that humans use…i think it was Heineken World Records…."
"Guinness World Records." I corrected him.
"Right." A pause.
"Well….i'm not letting you." I said,stepping forward,putting on my best brave face.
Nashi raised an eybrow. "You think you can stop us?"
"Yeah." I said,my courage building up. "I think we can. We are Tokyo Mew Mew. We are human girls with the DNA of Red Data Animals in us.
"Why are you doing this to me?You were…so…sweet on our date…" i pouted while deflecting his attacks.
"Lollie." He hissed. "WE ARE friends,rember?But if people find out we are friends,we are dead meat. Because we aren't supposed to be friends. Ok?"
I suddenly rembered. "Ohh…ok!" i smiled at him.
"Glare!" Leo hissed again. "Rember to glare at me!" I shot him a death smirked at me. "That's more like it."
Nashi's POV.
"You stupid bastard!" Salsa snapped at me. "YOU have to interfere on my date! You had to!"
I felt a pang of jealousy in my chest. Sarasu\Mew Salsa was on a DATE? With some another guy?
"You were on a date?" i muttered.
"Oh,don't look so hurt Nashi. We weren't a thing anyways." Salsa snapped,making me feel worthless even more. "And yes, i was on a date. With Noboru." She pronounced the name with great care,like it was honey on her tongue.
"Noboru?" i repeated like an idiot.
"Yes…Noboru…he has the most gorgeous skin…..brown eyes like pools of chocolate…..every time he smiles ,my heart stops, my tummy flips, and i feel myself blush.." The dreamy look in her eyes confirms my worst fear. The girl who i'm supposed to hate,but really REALLY like instead…..her heart belongs to another boy.
I say nothing, gritting my teeth in frustration. "CHIMARA,ATTACK!" I bellow,pointing at Salsa. My heart breaks as i see pain etched across her face as the tail smacks into her belly and wacks her up against the wall ,knocking all her breath out of her body for a few seconds,but my deep dark feelings of jealousy and hurt and anger take over my actions more.
I look at Brownie,her face is twisted in rage as she fights the chimara animal. Larcimosa is doing quite well for a beginner. I sneak up behind Brownie,needle in hand. I jab the needle into her thigh just as the chimara animal disappears,having been defeated by Lacrimosa .
She lets out a sharp yowl of pain,and crumples to the floor,tears running down her face.
"Ow!" she glares at me. "You meanie!"
The mews look at me in pure rage.
Larcrimosa helps Brownie to her feet."You bastard." She hisses.
"Exactly what i was thinking." Salsa hisses.
Leo is back to back with me. "Dude. This is NOT what Commander Xy told us to do. " he mutters out of the corner of his mouth. Lollipop,the leader,is glaring at him furiously,ready to rip him up to bits.
"On the count of three we teleport." I mutter quietly,so quietly only he can hear.
"Got it."
"One…"
The Mews are poised ,excluding Brownie, ready to start ripping our guts out.
"Two…" Leo mutters.
The Mews are about to strike.
"Three!" we both count at the same time. The Mews have let out a thundering battle cry and are using their animal reflexes ,leaping towards us. We close our eyes and picture the relaxation room of our lair. Everything starts to spin. I see blurs of peach,green,black,and white all lunging towards me. I keep utterly still. When the spinning stops, i see that we and Nashi are on the ground of our lair. Panting with relief,we both stand up.
We made it. "Well boys." A figure appears in the doorway.
"Did you get the DNA?"Xy asks.
Lollie's POV.
I'm sitting in the café,doing my homework, while Ryou is explaining to Eriko that's she's now a a Mew Mew and excepted to save the world from a bunch of cynaclons. Keiichiro is giving Brianna first aid for her injury.
"I don't have a clue what the cynaclons with want with your DNA,Miss Brianna." Keichiro says as he bandages the last of her cuts.
Brianna shrugs. "I'm just as clueless as you are." she says ,not meeting his eyes,looking down at her feet.
Sarasu comes out from another room,her mobile in hand. "I told Okchi about what happened." She muttered,scrolling through her messages. "She says that maybe there was something in Brianna's DNA that the aliens wanted."
"Say that again,Sarasu."Ryou says frowning,coming out of his lab with Eriko.
Sarasu repeats what she said. "Who said?" Ryou said. "Okchi."Sarasu replied.
Ryou ponders this for a moment. "She could be right. We need to take a DNA test. Just to check in particular if there's anything in your DNA that the aliens need." He turns to Brianna. "Would it be ok if i gave another injection,to the place where you got jabbed?"
Brianna bits her lip looking worried ,then eventually she nods.
Ryou says"This way,please." and leads Brianna to the lab. He shut the door.
There was an ominous silence. Then Eriko muttered "I….i need time to get my head around this." She grabbed her coat and left through the front door.
Sarasu shrugged. "I don't know about you guys,but i'm going home."
"I'll stay here for Brianna." I said. "She'll need someone to walk her home. And besides…" i gesture to my schoolbooks. "I have A LOT of schoolwork to catch up on. Including 5 assignments that are due tomorrow."
"Ok." Sarasu nods. "See ya tomorrow then,Lols."
I raise an eyebrow. Lols is a new nickname to me. "Um…see ya." I say as she leaves the café.
I sigh and turn my attention to my schoolwork.
"Do you need some soothing camomile tea, Miss Lollie? It will help your concentration and detox stress." Keiichrio asked.
I smiled at Keiichrio nodding." Thank you Keiichrio, that would be very nice. And please,just call me Lollie."
"Ok Miss Lollie."Kechiirio grins, walking towards the kitchen.
I shook my head,grinning before going back to my homework . Some things never change.
Sarasu's POV.
I'm walking into my estate at precisely 11 PM. I'm feeling UTTERLY wrecked and my body has cuts and bruises all over from fighting the chimara animal. Being a Mew isn't an easy job ,but it's worth it i guess.
Luckily ,i got to finish my date with Noboru. After everything was under control, we watched the second half and the play ended successfully.
We were standing in the foyer when i got the message from Ryou to come to the café ASAP.
"Do i have to?" i had moaned into my mew pendant\walkie talkie.
"YES,Sarasu. NOW. And THAT'S an ORDER." He had snapped.
Jerk. I had thought shutting my pendant shut and slipping it into my bra.(Yeah i know, a bit weird, but a purse would just make my casual date outfit look NOT so causal. )
I had walked back into the main hallway ,and made an excuse about my "strict curfew" and that "my mum would MURDER me" if i didn't get home by 11:30.
"That's fine." Noboru had grinned. "Do you want me to walk you back home?I mean.." Noboru looked out the window. It was completely pitch black outside. The only thing separating us from pure darkness was the street lights, glowing brightly in the empty street. "It is pretty dark outside. And it's not safe to be on your own at this time of night."
"Nah,i'm good." I said, shaking my head. "It's really sweet of you,but TRUST me,i can TOTALLY hold my own out there." I smiled at him.
He smiled back. "Yeah….well….see ya Sarasu." He said.
"Bye Noboru."
I was feeling a bit daring, so i stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek. I still can't figure out if he was blushing or not. Then i waved at him and walked out the front door.
Now,20 minutes later i'm walking up to the driveway of my house. I walk up the tarmac,up the steps,and i slowly ,quietly unlock and close the front door .
It's pitch black inside the house.I quietly let out a sigh. I'm about to make my way upstairs until a voice asks"Did you have a good time,dear?"
A slender figure steps out of the shadows. "Mom?" i asked. "What are you doing up so late? I thought you were in bed."
My mom's honey blond hair is tumbling down past her waist. My mom may be a business woman like my dad (ok,she MAY be a dental assistant but STILL!),but she refuses to cut her hair short. She says if she cut her long hair it would be like losing a part of herself. She smiles at me,and the few wrinkles on her face show up that she tries way too hard to hide with facial cream. She's still wearing her dental uniform but she has replaced her sensible mules for pink fluffy bunny slippers.
"I heard from Kado that you were on a date,honey." She says,with a mocking lilt in her voice.
I groan. I sit down on the bottom step. "Stupid baka. I KNEW this would happen." I groan.
Mom walks down the stairs and sits down beside me. "Don't think i'm going to ground you for coming home so late,hon. I started dating boys when i was your age ,you know."
I blush. "It was just as friends,mom. Nothing more." I mumbled.
"Oh sureeeeeee you were."Mom says, with a mischievous lilt like she's 15 and not 30.
I roll my eyes, but i'm smiling. "Ok i'll admit that i KINDA have a little bit of a crush on him." I say,smling. "But really Mom….Noboru is just….you know those old film stars? THAT'S how handsome he is."
"Hmm…i'm sure he is honey." My mom says, i notice she has taken her feet out of her bunny slippers,and through the glass panels on either side of our front door ,in the dim light,i can see her red nail polish,the increate blue veins on her feet, running and crossing in and out of each other .
I'm reminded vaguely of a memory from when i was 6 years old, when playing in the park.
A girl came up to me and said "Can i read your hand?"
I had blinked at her and said "There's no words on it."
She had giggled,a pure clear giggle. "No,i mean your veins."
"You can't read veins,dumbo!" i had laughed.
"No." The girl now had a mysterious glint in her eye. "But i can use your veins to tell me your future."
"Ok!" i had giggled,holding out my palm.
The girl had eagerly grabbed my hand, TOO eagerly like a lion diving for a piece of meat. She had muttered various things in a language i didn't understand. Her eyes had widened as she had ran her tiny fingers across my veins. Then she had pulled back and said "At a certain age,you will encounter something and discover something about yourself that will change your life forever. One will be forced to make a decision that will break her heart. One will be have to think over a tough decision. One will die heartbroken in the struggle of the battle. One will discover her true identity. One will be with the person she truly desires with all her heart. One will show her true feelings and be rejected. And ultimately ,the one who will succumb to the dark and become the angel of darkness."
I had been so scared i had run crying for my mother. When i had dragged my mother to the spot where the girl was,she had disappeared. That had left me even more freaked out, but my six year old mind had quickly forgotten the whole thing when my mom bought me an ice cream from the ice cream truck.
However,as i was looking at my mother's veins the memory suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks.
At a certain age,you will encounter something and discover something about yourselfthat will change your life forever.
Me becoming a Mew. I automatically thought. But the OTHER ones….
One will think over a tough decision.
One will be forced to make a decision that will break her heart.
And ultimately ,the one who will succumb to the dark and become the angel of darkness.
What did that all mean?
What does she mean? Is this some kind of prophecy,somehow? Involving me?And maybe…the Mews?
I sighed out loud and rubbed my forehead. I probably needed a good night's sleep to get my head over all this madness…"Well…..guess i'd better hit the hay then." I said,getting up.
"Ok then. We'll talk more about your date in the morning hon." Mom says getting up and going to the kitchen.
"Momm!" i quietly groaned.
Mom quietly giggled.
"Love you." I whispred,going up the stairs.
"Love you too,sweetie."
Okchi's POV.
I woke up blearily,to the sound of my alarm. 8:00 am. I groaned. I STILL hadn't gotten over my hay fever. Either this was more serious or…..it was just a REALLY bad case of hay fever. Luckly,i had recovered a little to dress myself and wander around the house. Sarasu had called me,gushing about her date with Noboru,and how a new member had been added to the team "Some famous actress chick called Eriko" as she had put it.
I walked into my en suite and washed myself and got dressed into a plain blue t-shirt over navy tracksuit bottoms .I brushed my teeth and then went downstairs to get a bowl of granola. I had just sat down when a voice behind me said "Hey sexy."
I jumped in surpise and looked around. There was Hideki,dressed in his track practice gear,leaning up against the counter smiling all flirty and cocky at me, with a raised eybrow.
"Stop trying to seduce me,bozo,cause it aint gonna work." I snapped,picking up my spoon and bowl of granola,stomping out of the kitchen, to eat my breakfast in peace.
"Oh come on,Okchi,don't be like trying to cheer you up after your…heartbreak…shall we say?"
I whirled around in shock. The bowl slipped out of my hands,and it shattered into a million tiny Delphi pieces on the floor. I was standing barefoot amongst soggy granola ,Delphi shards,and ice-cold milk but i didn't care. Someone knew my secret.
"Wh-what do you mean?" i said, shakily laughing.
"I MEAN" Hideki slowly walked over to me "your Valentine's mishap with Naoki." He took small steps towards me, giving me his usual cocky self-confident grin,but there was something different in his eyes, like a hunter hunting his prey, that sacred me.
"T-that has nothing to do with you. That is a p-private matter. And h-how d-do you know anyway?" i stuttered.
Hideki continued walking closer to me. "Everyone is talking about it. It's the newest rumour going around the Tarento middle and high school block. Of course,nobody knows it was you….yet."
"Oh god…oh my god…" i quickly walked out into the hallway taking quick steps,trying to take deep breaths in and out. "oh gawd…this is bad…very bad.."
"BUT i have a way of preventing them from ever knowing it was you. Think of it as….a proposition,shall we say." Hideki said, flopping down into a beanbag,sipping from a juice box,but at the same time looking like he meant business.
"Ok,what proposition do you have in mind?" i ask,sitting on the couch,trying to look calm, when inside i was FREAKING out,because i had a really bad feeling about the whole "proposition " thing.
"I,Hideki, will keep your little secret…" Hideki moved closer to me "if you Okchi…..will be my girlfriend."
The instant those words were spoken i said firmly "No."
Hideki smirked. "I had a feeling you would say that. Well that's too bad,because if you DON'T agree to be my girlfriend.." he held up a very familiar sheet of paper "I will show Naoki PERSONALLY the secret Valentine and the TRUE IDENTITY of the sender."
My eyes widened. My stomach churned. My stomach was having a sudden bout of nausea. If there had been anything in my stomach to throw up,i would have hurled it all up by now.
"Your'e ….your'e blackmailing me….aren't you?" i gulped out ,almost in tears.
"I prefer to think of it as "bribing". Rather than blackmailing." Hideki's lips were now formed in a cold ,triumphant smirk.
"I'll….i'll tell Noboru about this,you know." I gulped.
"He won't believe you. Do you REALLY THINK he'd choose HIS SISTER over his best friend?"
I felt tears starting to well up in my eyes. I sniffed and wiped them away.
Hideki's expression softed. "Look Okchi, your'e the only girl I've REALLY wanted-"
"To date,i know. " I glared at him. "Don't think i'm a sucker for that romantic shit,because i'm not.I know you just want to get into my pants. And that method aint gonna work on me cause your'e not a romantic person,your'e just a perve-"
I was cut off by Hideki's lips meeting mine. I had been so caught up in my rant that he had walked over to me and kissed me. His kiss was horrible ,his tongue was swirling around in my mouth like a washing machine. Not to mention he had bad breath. As well as that,he was trying to cup my breast.
I slapped his hand away and tried to break free,but Hideki had VERY strong lips. It sounds weird i know,but he kept his hold on me by kissing me even harder. He pushed me down on my back onto the couch,so his body was on top of mine,and i was squirming nonstop.
I didn't notice his footsteps coming up and saying bitterly "Well,it seems i'm not wanted here."
I finally broke away,gasping for air. And froze. There was Naoki,looking bitterly at us two from the doorway.
"Yeah,she's my girlfriend now. Got a problem with that?" Hideki snapped,putting an protective arm around me,never taking his glare off Naoki for one second.
" at all." Naoki turned to leave.
"No! Naoki wait!" I cried,wrestling myself free from Hideki's grip and running after him out the front door.
"I know what i saw Okchi. I'm not a fool,you know." He walked away.
I stayed frozen looking after him as he walked away. Hideki walked into the hall behind me. A tweet noise came from Hideki's phone. He checked it.
"Looks like Naoki just tweeted that we're a couple." Hideki said,a sly grin on his face.
I stormed up to my room,and locked the door to my room,so that my "boyfriend" woulden't pester me for the next 24 hours or so.
2 days later, i'm walking into Café Mew Mew ,my head held high.
"Okchi!" Lollie squeals ,hugging me."I missed you,girl! Where have you been?"
"I had a REALLY bad case of hay fever,but i'm better now." I replyed,smiling and nodding at her.
"Hey Okchi ,good to see your'e back on your feet again." Sarasu says wearily,walking up to me,with a friendly yet weary smile on her face.
I raise an eyebrow."I KNOW why your'e weary of me Sarasu. It's fine. Honestly i don't mind at all. I'm cool." I don't mention Noboru's name as Lollie can be a very big gossip sometimes,and i don't want people to be spreading a rumor that my best friend is dating my brother,and i don't want Noboru to get angry at me for even saying it in the first place,when he cops in who said the rumor mill going.
Sarasu visbly relaxes,her smile is now genuinely friendly. "That's good." She says.
"No fair!" Brianna pouts. "Your'e talking about super top secret teenager stuff and i don't know what your'e saying!"
"Me neither!" Lollie pouts.
Me and Sarasu both giggle.
I spot a tall dark-haired gir,around l in a black version of the café uniform,serving tables. She must be Eriko,the fifth mew.
"Hi." I say, once she has finished serving a table."you're Eriko,the new recruit, aren't you?
"Yeah."the girl nods."I am. You must be Okchi,right?"
"Yeah,yeah i am." I nodded.
Later on Ryou called us all for a meeting.
"Girls,i don't need to tell how important this is." Ryou said,pacing up and down the orderly line that we had formed.
"We now all have the mews together. Which is why i will now tell you the main and ONLY objective of your mission-" Ryou was interrupted by Kechiro bursting in her door. His face was as white as a was sweating like he had been running.
"Ryou.." he panted. "Ryou…you should really come see this."
Ryou without a word,nodded and followed Kechiiro.
"What's happening?" Brianna asked ,breaking the awkward silence.
"Don't ask me." Sarasu shrugged.
Eventully Ryou walked back into the room. His face was now a mask of utter of plan,girls." He said.
We all moaned.
"What's holding us back now?" Brianna moaned.
Ryou faltered. "I…I can't say just now."
"Just tell us for god sake!" Sarasu snapped.
Ryou sighed.
"Fine." He said. "It seems…..the team isn't complete after all. There's two mews we need to find."
"Which means?"Lollie prompted.
"There's seven mews,not five."
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