YO!

YO! WITH A PEACE SIGN

I DON'T OWN TOKYO MEW MEW

I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS

AND I DON'T OWN THE SONG; AT THE BEGINNING WITH YOU-BY DONNA LEWIS AND RITCHERD MARX (BY THE WAY YOU SHOULD ALL REALLY LISTENED TO IT, ITS REALLY GOOD, ITS MY FAVERITE SONG EVER. AND THE LYRICS ARENT THE SAME UNTILL YOU HEAR IT. SO LISTEN TRO IT, REALLY)

BUT I DO OWN AN IMAGINATION.

AND NOW IM GONNA PUT IT TO A GOOD USE.

ENJOY

I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR SMILE

~A few days later~ third period~

Retesu was late, again. But it wasn't easy, staying awake in French, there was a reason she had been born to speak Japanese…French was boring, hard and complicated. Mrs. Lane was a nice lady, but seriously needed to change her tone. Whether she was explaining the importance of the distinction between 'Il and Elle' or shouting about the building being on fire, no one would be able to tell the difference.

That is if she could arouse themfrom their sleep first. And it wasn't Bridget's fault that she fell asleep each lesson, its just that Mrs. Lane's voice reminded her of the etiquette CD's her father would play for her while she slept.

But other then French, Bridget loved her lessons; she was an intelligent girl and quickly became the favourite of most of her teachers as she answered every question correctly.

Suddenly Bridget passed a room, and stopped. She backtracked her steps and took in what was in the tiny room. It was a grand piano. It stood there, in the middle of the room.

Instantly, Bridget's mind told her to back away, to turn around and not come back. But despite her thoughts, her feet stepped towards the piano. Her fingers traced over the cover and niggled under the crack until it swung open with a clank to reveal the black and white keys.

She gasped at the sudden noise and took a step back. But soon her fingers were tracing along the keys of the piano again. 'NO' her mind cried 'you can't risk it" but still she felt her fingers press down on a single C# note, causing a deep sound, to echo through the room, she shivered.

Bridget hadn't realized how much she really missed piano. It was torture, walking past the grand piano in Music, pretending she couldn't sing, just to keep up her pretence. But now, Bridget looked around her, as if someone was just going to materialize from out of no where and see her. But the room must have passed her inspection, because she bent down, and began to play her favourite song.

* ~ * ~ * ~ *

Pai was also late, but unlike Bridget, he was doing it on purpose. It wasn't like he was going to need Art; he was going to end up taking control of his father's company, not drawing pictures of flowers and seaside's.

But then a loud clunk and a little gasp, made him stop. Did that gasp sound like Bridget? He looked to where the sound had come from, the music room?" he thought curiously as he walked over to the room. Pai held in a gasp of surprise when he saw who was inside.

Bridget was leaning over a large grand piano, he fingers grazing over the keys with a longing look in her eyes. She looked so sad, like she missed something? She pressed down on a key and he saw her shiver slightly. Suddenly she leaned forward and played the introduction to a familiar song.

Pai was surprised, she was good! He had heard her try to play the piano once when he passed by the music room during lessons, she was terrible. But now…

For one second, he thought of Retesu, could it…, could she be…? No, the music was different. Retesu's music had been different and he should know, he never forgot her music. Retesu's music had been happy, full of joy. Bridget's song was sad, soulful, but still very…beautiful. And then she started singing:

We were strangers,

Starting out on a journey

Never dreaming,

What we'd have to go through

Now here we are,

And Im suddenly standing,

At the beginning with you…

She was…fantastic, her voice was soft and gentle; as if she was scared that someone would hear her. She was singing so sad, that if anyone else was listening, they would have probably been reduced to tears by now. But since it wasn't somebody else, and it was him listening, he was only shocked and mesmerized.

Suddenly Pai recognized why the melody sounded so familiar. He knew this song, he had heard it once before on a radio last summer.

She began the second verse, but instead of singing it, like he was hoping she would, instead she hummed each line quietly to herself. Pai leaned in forward slightly to hear her voice better, and his arm brushed against a mop that was resting against the door, knocking it t the floor with a lot of clatter and bang.

Bridget instantly stopped playing and whirled her head to where the noise had come from. Her eyes met with Pai's "I- Im sorry, Gomen, Gomen Nasai" she stuttered "y-you never saw that" and with that she pushed past Pai and ran away, leaving him stunned.

~the next day after period 5 (last lesson) ~

"Ichigo…Ichigo class is over" Bridget tried to wake her red haired friend by shaking her gently by the shoulder. But it wasn't doing much good. "Oh Bridget dear, your doing it all wrong" Mint chided from the door "the only way to wake her up…" she took a pitcher of water from the shelf "…is like this" and with a smile, she dumped the whole contents on the sleeping girl, who said girl, jumped up with a screech "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" she screamed "MINTO!!! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR?"

Minto only smiled innocently "I thought you needed a wake up call" she sang "or you'll be late for work" and with that Ichigo immediately calmed down a little "Oh…yeah". Bridget used the opening to grab the towel that was kept for spills, and handed it to Ichigo "Job?" she asked.

Ichigo took the towel gratefully "oh yeah, we didn't tell you. Minto, Zakuro, pudding and I, all work at this place called Café Mew Mew part time" she said drying her hair. "Café Mew Mew" she repeated, Bridget seemed to be doing that a lot. "Hey wanna come and see" Ichigo asked. Bridget was about to refuse, until she saw the hopeful look in Ichigo's eyes and knew she couldn't say no. "Ok"

* * *

"Im not going" Pai said for the twentieth time to his green haired friend who stood before him. They went through this routine every time; Kissu would ask him to come with him to 'Café Mew Mew' to see his beloved Ichigo, and Pai would downright refuse each time.

Sometimes, Pai would win and Kissu would have to go alone. And sometimes, Kissu would win and Pai would end up sitting at an extremely girly table for hours, with girls usually tittering and blushing all around him, while Kissu got rejected by Ichigo…again.

"Oh come on" Kissu whined "just a few minutes, and besides, I don't know why you hate going there. Most normal guys would love to have girls drooling all over them, 24/7" he said shaking his head. Pai raised an eyebrow "some of us have better thing's to do with their time" he said, somebody better win this fight, he was getting board. "Why do you like that girl so much any way?" he asked.

While Kissu rattled on about all the reason that he loved Ichigo, I stared out of the window and thought about yesterday's events. Bridget…that girl was a mystery. For one second, he had thought that she could even be his Retesu, but the minute she had started singing, he knew she wasn't. And yet…his heart had skipped for her, why?

He had never had any kind of feelings for a girl before, no matter how pretty they were, so then why, for a girl like Bridget, had his heart skipped. He blamed it on her looking so much like Retesu again, and tied to put her out of his head. But still, her face kept popping up in his mind, her smile, her confused look, her concerned look, her fear, and the look she had on the day that he had caught her nearly crying back then in the classroom. To put it short-he couldn't get her out of his head.

Kissu sighed "Well, if you aren't going to go with me, ill just have to go there and create a scene to see my dear Ichigo. And when they call the police, ill tell them 'Im an accomplish of Pai-san.' Oh the joy".

He feigned turning away, but was stopped by Pai' steal like grip "you wouldn't" she said, his voice like ice.

Kissu grinned wickedly "Oh I would" he said "and I will unless you come with me" he said.

Bridget stared around her in awe. The café was soo cute, the main colours were pink and white, and a huge chandelier hung in the centre of the ceiling. She was stunned. But the cutest thing in the restaurant was the uniforms. Ichigo and the other's came bouncing in from the changing rooms in bright coloured, lacy dressed with aprons, ribbons and boots.

"Hey Bridget, what do you think" said Ichigo twirling around. Bridget smiled, but before she could answer; she heard a male voice shout "Hey girls, I don't pay you to dance around. Stop bothering the customers and get back to work"

A man walked out of the kitchen and stood there with hands on hips. He was wearing white, almost skin tight pants and a black shirt, with no sleeves and a collar that opened around the neck. The man wore a red band around his neck and two black bands on his arms. He had short blond hair, and not a pale, feeble blond, a rich, clean blond and aqua-marine eye. Bridget's heart jumped a little, he was…beautiful.

He looked to her, and Bridget felt herself blush. "Who's that" he asked "Ryoh, this is Bridget Verdant", Ichigo said to him, and to her she said "Bridget, this is Ryoh Shrigane". "Bridget just transferred to our school"

He bent over her and Bridget felt herself go red as she failed to look him in the eye. "Hmmm" he said "hey do you have plans after school?" he asked "n-no" she stammered. He stood up "Hmmm" he said again "hey how would you like a job here?"

Bridget stared at him for a while until she burst out "NANI!!!?" Ryoh covered his ears "not so loud" he complained "you're going to break my ears". "hey Ryoh" Ichigo interrupted "why the sudden decision" she asked. Ryoh shrugged "we need the help, the café is getting more popular, and one more waitress would be a good thing".

All while he was saying this, Bridget's mind was racing, 'her, work a job? Could she really do it? Bridget always wanted to work as a waitress, and wear those cute uniforms, to do something normal for a change. It was like dream come true' "Ill do it" she cried before he could change his mind, but instantly regretted being so forward as everyone in the café turned to her. She held back a flush.

"Bridget dear, you don't have to let Ryoh bully you into it" Mito said sympathetically. Bridget shook her head "N-no, he's not bullying me, I want to do it" she said.

"You heard the girl" Ryoh said happily, pushing Ichigo out of the way he began to guide her to the changing room "I have the uniform the perfect colour for you"

* * *

Pai was board, not just board, but half ready to beat him unconscious, board. It was just as he had feared, and worse. Only this time the girls weren't only sighing behind him, they were chatting too "he's so hot" they said "I wish he would turn around and look at me". Pai actually looked around to see if he could find something to hit himself with.

CRASH "BRIDGET WATCH OUT" another CRASH echo through the café and half the people in it looked up to see a green haired girl drop another plate, while a red haired girl stood next to her shaking her head. "Bridget, maybe I should just carry out the orders, and you can take then, Ok?" the girl nodded and disappeared behind closed doors.

Pai used her leaving to collect his thought and come to grips with what he had just seen. He didn't know that Bridget worked here; she must be new, since he'd never seen her working before. Minuets later Bridget came out of the kitchen, clutching a little black notebook and a pencil. Pai noticed the clothes she was wearing. The same uniform as the others, only on her it was less annoying.

He sat there and watched her running around the café, bumping into workmates and customers alike, as she tried to get their orders as fast as possible. He smiled, she was almost kinda cute. Suddenly she appeared by his side "Oh Sempai" she cried "you a… you a…"

"You didn't expect to see me in such a girly café, huh?" he finished for her, eye-brow raised.

Bridget blushed and stuttered "n-no…"then paused and gave him a half smile "well actually…yes. It's not the first place I expected to find you". Pai sighed "one of my pea-brained friends has a crush on one of your friends, he makes me come with him every time he comes to bug her at work" he explained. As if on cue, a scream rang through the kitchen that followed with a SLAP! "Kish, get out" she screeched, literally kicking him out. Pai and Bridget sweat dropped. "Some thing's never change" Pai murmured.

Bridget giggled "oh well, with that determination, something's bound to give" she said as they watched Kissu make his way back into the kitchen.

Pai noticed that she had stopped stuttering, and guessed it was to do with her feeling calmer once in a conversation. Which is why he hated himself for doing this, but it was getting on his nerves, he had to know. "Hey" he said. Bridget turned to him with her big blue eyes "you're a really good musician, why did you pretend you were bad in music?" he asked.

Bridget stiffened, "I-I don't want to talk about it" she stammered and tried to turn around. Fair enough, Pai thought understandingly, if she didn't want to talk about it then he wouldn't force her, Pai knew how bad that was. But still… "Well then, can you at least tell me one thing? It's nothing important, but still…it's bothering me".

Bridget turned back to him agitated, both eye-brows raised, looking like a cornered animal. "w-w-well I guess" she stammered again. Pai sighed, ~"calm down", he said, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. Man this girl was jumpy.

Bridget took a deep breath. "Back then, the song you were singing I know it, don't ask me how, but I know it. There's is a boys part, but you didn't sing it, you hummed it, most girls love singing that part even more then the girls part…so why?..." he trailed off.

This time Bridget's smile wasn't a half-smile, or scared or longing. It was gentle, her whole face was serene, and her eyes almost sparkled! "Well" she said cautiously "T-the thing is…Well…I-I think the boys part is so beautiful, too beautiful to be sung by a girl. If it's sung by a girl, then it looses all its meaning".

Pai was stunned by her answer, but before he could say anything, a loud "YES!!!!!!!" came echoing through the café, as Kissu came bursting through the double doors that led to the café kitchen. "Sorry to cut your charming conversation short" he practically sang, as he grabbed Pai by the inside of his arm "but we have places to go things to do, and later…people to see" and with that he dragged Pai outside the restraint.

Bridget watched him be dragged out the doors by his friend with hidden amusement as she gave them a little wave. She had made a huge mistake by letting Pai-sempai see her play the piano, it nearly blew her cover. It would have, had anyone seen her, but Pai-sempai wasn't the one to pry obviously, or he would have probably have gotten it out of her by now.

And he was the one person who she didn't want finding out who she was, it would ruin her second motive for hiding her identity.

"Oh that Kissu gives me a right headache" Bridget turned to see Ichigo coming up behind her, holding her head. "He left unusually happy this time, it was just plain…well unnatural" sneered Minto with a smile from her table that just happened to be near by.

"Yeah" squealed Pudding from the top of her chair tower on a striped, red and white ball "what gives?" Ichigo sighed "Im sorry guys. But he was giving me such a headache, and then when he said 'if you don't go on a date with me, I promise ill be here Every Single Day to cause havoc, until you cave' I-I just couldn't take it. I probably wasn't going to survive the next few hours let alone Every Single Day!"

Minto raised her eyes "and" Ichigo sighed, defeated "I agreed to one date" she groaned, slumping to the ground in a comical anime manner. "Well" Minto only added in response "your life as you know it is as good as over." "But that's not all" she groaned from the floor. She had Minto, Pudding and Bridget's attention now, as they waited for Ichigo to get up.

"I told him… no, actually I more yelled then told…but anyway, getting back to the point, I" "Oh spit it out already" Minto snapped.

Ichigo shook her head "I said… well basically the best way to put it is I just agreed to go on a triple date with him and his two friends".

* * *

(Meanwhile)

"YOU-DID-WHAT!!!!!!?!!!!!!!!?" Pai seethed as his green haired friend backed away slowly "Its just one night, and she wouldn't go out with me any other way" Kissu said with his hands up. "And why, pray tell, should that matter to me?" he said menacingly. "Because you're my friend" he grinned "And because Im begging ya" he cried.

"Yeah Pai, he's beggin ya" laughed Tart from the sidelines. Pai glared "I wouldn't be laughing if I were you" he sneered "he said Triple date".

With that Tart's face instantly took on a new look as he slowly realized the sad truth. "And…" Pai continued "which one of her friends do you think she's gonna pair you up with?" "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Tart screamed.

He jumped up and grabbed Kissu by the scruff of his collar "you wouldn't dare include me" he growled, for a little guy, he could be really menacing when he wanted to be. Kissu forced a laugh and said "if you do it, ill make it worth your while" "NOTHING" Tart screamed "I REPEAT, NOTHING, WILL MAKE ME AGREE TO THIS…" "A months worth a free Candy" Kissu put in confidently. Tart paused "Three months and we call it a deal" he finally said as he walked back the place he was sitting.

"I can't believe you just gave in that easily" Pai wanted to scream. Tart only shrugged "He knows my weaknesses, what ya gonna do?"

Pai huffed, "well he doesn't know my weakness, and what in the world made him think I was going to agree to this, must have been some wild idea" Pai said turning round "bye-bye". "Lap-top" Kissu said, and Pai froze "What" he snarled. Kissu calmed and said with a new confidence. "Every time, before I ask Ichigo out I do get something to use against you, just in case I need your help. And last night, I paid a nerd crash your hard drive

(I don't have much of a clue about computers outside my ICT class at school, so if none of this makes sense, then please don't flame me)

And wipe out everything, and I had him teach me how to reverse it. If you don't go on the date, then you can kiss all your files good-bye" he grinned, and Pai had to force himself not to hit him square in the jaw.

Because he was right, that morning he had checked his lap-top, and his whole hard drive had been wiped out. All his files, all his calculations, everything "Fine" he sighed angrily

* * *

(At the same time)

"Oh no, absolutely not, don't even think about it" said Minto, cutting Ichigo off" "But Minto...Please" she whined "I can't do it on my own, I WONT MAKE IT…pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease". "I go" Pudding piped up randomly "If we go somewhere fun". Ichigo crushed Pudding in her arms in a huge, grateful bear-hug "thank you, I knew I could count on you, and I promise you'll have fun"

Pudding tried to talk, but found it impossible until Ichigo finally released her, by then, she was to squished to remember" "one down and one to go" Ichigo confirmed, and turned back to Minto. "NO!" Minto shouted "I SAID NO! "

"But…" Ichigo moaned "why not, it's not like it's a blind date, its Pai-sempai, his best friend." At that Bridget jolted, but Minto didn't seem affected "he's even worse then a blind date. Pai-sempai? The one who looks so like he's gonna hit you at any second, the cold, rude, sore for conversation Pai-sempai? No thank you" "But" Ichigo tried again, but Minto intervened before she could even try again "NO MEANS NO ICHIGO, besides I have to practice for a ballet recital soon" and with that she got up to re-fill her tea pot.

"Well fine then" Ichigo huffed at Minto's back "THERE'S PLENTY MORE PEOPLE I CAN ASK" she turned to Zakuro…and then turned away again, once fixed with one of her legendary cold stares. And then, came the final moment, when Ichigo rested her eyes on poor Bridget. And that was that.

End chapter

Sorry to take a loge time to update-I promise to write more often don't loose faith in my stories please