When I woke up the next morning I dragged myself down the stairs still in my Pj’s since it was Saturday. When I walked in the kitchen my dad embraced me.
“Eh?” I said.
“Good Morning Chero!” He said and then whispered so I could only hear, “Today you should go and try to find the other girls.”
He let go and went over to kiss my mom. Great.... It’s Saturday and I have to play detective. I never liked those mystery novels.
After breakfast I decided to go to the only place I could think of to start looking. It was back to the exhibit. I walked around for a while and then I saw my clue!
“YES!!!!” I exclaimed.
I was then being stared at by a bunch of stranger.......The hat! The hat was up in a tree where the monkey girls was playing keep away from pigtail girl.
“Now if only I could reach it....”
I tried jumping to get the hat and then climbing. I failed...... Then I saw a tall guy.
“Excuse me? Sir? Could you get my hat down?” I asked.
He nodded, reached up and grabbed it. He turned and handed it to me.
“Thanks!!”
Yes! My clue!!!!! I finally had it! I looked inside the hat and found the location of the hat store..... Of course it was all the way on the other side of town...... After WALKING to the other side of town and getting the girl’s address I was on my way!.......Her house was on the same side of town I just came from!!!!!!!!
After what seem like hours I was finally at the girl’s house. It was HUGE!!!!! I walked up to the front door and rang the door bell. Still in awe by the huge house I didn’t notice the butler standing at the door.
“Miss???? What is you want?”
“Sorry....... Oh yeah. I’m here to return this hat. I went all the way to the hat shop to find the address so I could return the hat.” I said.
“I’ll call Miss. Leaf down so she can get her hat back. In the mean time please come in. Don’t sit. Madam Leaf would be angry if I let a common girl with a dress like that sit on her nice furniture.”
The butler led me inside and then went to fetch the girl. I was fuming!
“How dare he make fun of me like that! My Mom made this dress for me! I like it. It’s very...flouncy.” I thought.
The dress I was wearing was about knee length and was pink with strawberries all over it. Today I wore matching hair clip and everything!
A few minutes later the girl walked in. She was wearing along sleeved sweater? It was at least 80 degrees out.
“You’re one of the girls who tired to get my hat back. You got my hat? Thank you!” She said with a smile.
“No problem,” I said handing the hat over.
“My name is Peppermint Leaf, but you can call me Pepper.”
“Eh? Oh. My name is Chero Aoyama, and you can call me Chero.”
“Yeah my Mom named me Peppermint. Her name is kinda weird too. It’s Mint. I
guess she wanted me to be like her.”
“Well my Mom’s name is Ichigo.”
We started giggling at our parent’s weird names. Then a lady with black hair
pulled up in two buns one on each side came over.
“Pepper! What did I say about socializing with commoners?” the lady asked.
“To not....But MOM! She was returning my hat!”
“You got your hat back. Now show her the door.”
“Ok...Sorry Chero...”
Pepper led me to the door and then walked outside with me.
“I’m sorry about my mom....”
“It’s ok. I hope to see you again.”
I turned and started walking away. Ugh! I forgot to look for the mark......
Then I heard Pepper scream! I ran back to see what was wrong. There floating over her was a huge bird like kirema anima! I had to transform!
“Hey! Ugly bird kirema anima! Over here!!! Pick on someone who can put up a fight!” I said.
The thing turned it’s attention to me.
“Don’t worry Pepper! I’ll protect you.”
I noticed her sleeve was ripped off and on her wrist was the mark!
“Pepper! You’re like me! You have to transform!”
“Are you crazy Chero???? I can’t!!!”
“Yes you can!”
The bird thing grabbed me in it’s talons. I was in pain.....
“Pepper.....”
“No!!!!!!!!!!!”
Then the amazing happened....She transformed! She was wearing a short red skirt with matching sleeveless top. She had a little straps on each arm just below her shoulders. A pair of small red wings unfolded from her back, while a matching tail sprouted out. Her hair turned a red and her eyes a dark red color.
“Feather Darts!” She said making a bunch of feather like darts appear in her hand, “ Ribbon Feather Shower!” She threw the darts. They split into millions of red beams of light, striking the monster destroying it. She and I went back to normal.
“You did it!” I cried hugging her.
“I did. Didn’t I?”
I nodded.
“Come you must meet everyone else.”I said dragging her with me.
“But I have to tell my Mom.”
“Ok just tell her you’re going to Café Mew Mew because you want to go get a
job. If she ask why say you just want the experience. Ok?”
“Ok! I’ll be right back.” She said running into the house.
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Pepper came running inside to her mother, Mint. The former Mint Aziwa was enjoying her afternoon tea as she does everyday.
“Mom! Mom!” the girl cried running in the room.
“What is it Pepper?” Mint asked her daughter.
“Mom is it ok if I go to Café Mew Mew?”
A look of shock crossed Mint’s face.
“Wh-Why would you go there? You might spoil your dinner.”
“Well I get sooo bored around here and I thought maybe I could get a job
there. I always wanted to see how it feels to earn some money of my own for once.”
“..........Ok......”
“Thanks Mom!” Pepper said rushing out the door.
“Café Mew Mew is hiring? They never let anyone work there unless they had a
relation to the Mew project. Could it be that Ryou has started the project once again? Could it be my daughter is apart of it?” Mint pondered.
Mint then decided to pay a visit to an old friend down at Café Mew Mew.
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We rushed into Café Mew Mew and headed straight for the lab. I saw my Dad at once working on the computer with Ryou.
“Dad! Look! I found the first addition to the team!” I said full of
excitement.
Dad look up and saw Pepper. He smiled.
“Good job Chero.” he said turning to us, “My name is Masaya Aoyama. I and
Chero’s father and I helped with the research for the second Mew project.”
“Hi. I’m Peppermint Leaf. You may call me Pepper.” Pepper said shaking my Dad’s hand.
“I’m Ryou. I’m the founder of the Mew project.” Ryou said.
Keiichiro walked over and smiled.
“I’m Keiichiro. I own this café and will be your boss once you start working here on Monday. We’re having the official Re-Opening of Café Mew Mew then. You see café like this attract girls and in order to find the rest of the Mews you have to be able to listen to rumors of newly developed skills or power. So, the best way to do that is to be a waitress.” Keiichiro said.
“Wow. So what exactly is going on?”
“You have been injected with the DNA of the Scarlet Macaw as Chero has been
with the White Tiger’s. You and Chero have to fight monsters like the one you saw to protect the world from a race of aliens.” Ryou said.
After explaining to Pepper everything that was going on we were each given a uniform. We were told that we had to wear them to work. Mine was black while Pepper’s was red.(I’m not going to say anything else about the outfits, since everyone reading this should know what the look like.)
After a while Pepper went home. I helped get the café ready for Monday. Dad drove me home later. It was getting late when we finally got home and Mom was waiting.
“Why are you both just getting home now? Why were you out so late? I was
worried! My pot roast is cold!” Mom complained.
“Ichigo. Honey, Chero was exploring the town and I ran into her on my way back to work from picking up some supplies. She asked if she could come and see my office. I said yes and gave her a tour. The reason we’re back so late is that my boss changed the due date on one of my projects. I asked Chero to wait with me until I finished it. I forgot to call. Sorry.” Dad said.
“Well....Ok...I’ll go warm dinner up.”
More later. ^.~
