When I finally got there I saw Pepper in cute blue dress. She smiled and waved.
“Hey Chero!” she shouted.
She ran over to me.
“Hey Pepper! What’s up?”
“Just waiting for you.”
“Sorry. My Dad caught me on my way out.”
“It’s ok.”
“Ok so I figure that everyone involved in you hat thing is one of us. So we need to find those twins and that girl who stole your hat. This may be hard.....”
“Not really.”
“Huh? Are you serious?”
“Well yeah.... The monkey girl is right over there.” She said pointing to the girl who stole her hat.
“That was too easy.... It took me forever to find you!!!”
“Stop complaining and come on.”
Now that I got a closer look at her she wasn’t all that young. She looked around 13. She was dressed in acrobat clothing and was putting on a show for some people. We headed over to her. She recognized us right away.
“Hey! You’re the girl whose hat I stole! Are you back to give me my cash?” She asked Pepper.
“Ummmm..... Yeah!” Pepper said handing the girl money.
While she was distracted I decided to look for the mark. She noticed my hovering.
“ What are you doing?” she asked.
“Um.... Nothing!” I replied.
“Do you want to see my show?” She asked hopefully.
“No, sorry. I really don’t want to.”
She looked at me with those darned puppy dog eyes. I couldn’t give in. I had to remain strong. I was about to tell her no again when something cut my cheek. A shirikin? No. A feather? I looked up to see a strange girl with purple hair and eyes with big ears floating above us. ......FLOATING?! She was wearing a blue shirt that showed her belly and a skirt to match. Two steamers were trailing along behind her and she was quite pale too.
“Aw I missed.... I was aiming for her eye. Oh well....” The girl said sighing to herself.
“Who in the world are you?” I asked.
“Oh me? I’m Teshi, feather mistress. I’m here to kill you. “ she said with a giggle.
So, she must be one of the aliens Ryou was talking about.
“Well then let’s have some fun. Why don’t you transform?”
I sighed. I looked to Pepper and she nodded.
“Power Pendent Metamorphosis!” said in unison transforming our selves into our Mew forms.
“Mew Chero! Ready?” Pepper asked.
“Ready Mew Pepper! In order to protect the ones we care for we will make you pay!”
“Isn’t that sort of a long battle cry?”
“.......It was the best I could think of right on the spot. Next time you make one up.”
“Fine.”
“Fine!”
“Hello???? Are you even going to pay attention to me?”
“FINE!” we both shouted.
“Ok. Touchy....Since you wont make the first move I will!” Teshi said. She pulled out a kirema anima and threw it at a bird who happened to be flying overhead. The bird fell to the ground and started to grow huge! It’s eyes turned red and talons huge! It was a monster!
“Attack!” Teshi commanded.
“Get ready Pepper!”
I looked at the monkey girl. Her eyes were all starry.
“Oh my gosh!!! These guys are soooo AWESOME!” She said.
Pepper went on the offense staring down the kirema anima. She pulled out her darts.
“Feather Darts!” She called out. She aimed carefully.
“Ribbon Feather Shower!”
She missed, but she was off to a good start. I felt a tap on my shoulder.
“Shouldn’t you be paying attention to me?” I turned around to see Teshi grinning at me.
“Or maybe I should start attacking innocent bystanders....”
“Rainbow Staff!”
My staff appeared in my hand. I was about to strike her down when she vanished. I felt a piercing pain in my back as one of her feathers penetrated my skin.
“Too slow. If you keep this up you’ll die in no time.”
I heard Pepper scream. She was trapped in one of the bird’s claws. I tried to rush over to help her, but was blocked by Teshi.
“Don’t go yet. This was only just starting to get fun.” She said throwing another feather at me.
This time I dodged. She threw another and it missed my by a long shot.
“Lousy shot there Teshi.” I commented.
“I wasn’t aiming for you.”
I turned to see the feather heading straight for that girl. I ran. I had to protect her. I jumped in front of the girl just in time. I screamed in pain as the feather bit into my right arm.
“In minutes the poison that my good friend Grayda the poison master made inserted inside that feather will spread through your body and cause you to be paralyzed.” She said with a bone chilling laugh.
My arm started throbbing. I fell to the ground and couldn’t move. Teshi floated over to me and grabbed me by the hair.
“Sad isn’t it? Just when you found out who your up against you end up dying in the first battle.”
“STAY AWAY FROM HER!!!”
We both looked over to see the monkey girl. On her neck was the injection mark! It was glowing. She started to transform. Her blonde hair turned sandy brown and she wore a sleeveless top that showed her belly. It was sandy brown with dark brown fur across the top. She had an arm poof on each arm and a skirt that was a little bit shorter than knee length.( View Mew Ginger pic) On her head popped out a pair of Monkey ear and out popped a monkey tail.
“Ginger Whip!”
A brown whip formed in her hand at the top of the handle was a little heart.
“Ribbon Ginger Snap!” she cried out.
The whip got long and flew out towards Teshi. Teshi dropped me and teleported out of the way.
“We shall met again mew mews.” Teshi said teleporting away.
I knew she would be back. The girl ran over to me.
“Are you ok?” She asked.
With all the strength I had I said, “Yes....Help.....Pepper......”
She nodded and helped Pepper with the kirema anima.
I smiled. The poison was too much I tried to keep my eyes open, but it was all in vain. I blacked out.
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“Are you ok Pepper?” Ginger Lee asked.
Pepper nodded at her new team member.
“Yes thanks to you. We haven’t had a proper introduction. I’m Peppermint Leaf, you can call me Pepper.”
“I’m Ginger Lee. Oh yeah. Your friend over there needs our help. Teshi used some wacky poison feather on her.”
“Oh no! Chero! We have to take her to Ryou. NOW!” Pepper said worry filing her voice.
The ran over to Chero and carefully picked her up.
“Who is this Ryou anyways?”
“I’ll explain on the way. We have to hurry.”