daisukezgirl13: Hello everyone! As I said in my profile a while ago, this is the new Tokyo Mew Mew story that I've been working on since I am in the middle of a really low dipping point on my other Tokyo Mew Mew story because I need more reviews. But if you review, I will update again soon. For now, please enjoy this story and please read and review! Enjoy Honky-Tonk Mew Mew: A Cinderella "Tail"

Chapter 1: Beginning

The day began normal, just like every other day started at the huge Chicago orphanage. The sun was just beginning to rise, casting a golden glow over the four story building. Cars were steadily moving past, the drivers' thoughts on what they were going to do that day. No one even glanced at the orphanage. No one cared about all the children inside.

Meanwhile, inside the big building, the cooks and some faculty were getting up and ready to prepare things for the sleeping children. All of the children were asleep, dreaming about what would come that day, all of the children but one.

On the roof of the orphanage, legs hanging over the ledge, a red-headed girl was sitting, watching the sun rise. She sighed and closed her eyes, letting the sun's warmth wash over her. After a while, the girl opened her eyes and yawned. Below her, she could hear the sounds of the kids in the orphanage beginning to stir. She leaned back, and began to sink back into her state of peace.

A few minutes later, a voice from behind the girl spoke. "Matsuru! I figured you'd be up here, like you always are." The red-head named Matsuru turned to face the other girl who had shoulder length brown hair. Her eyes were green and she was fairly tall. "Why do you always come up here?" The brown haired girl asked with her arms folded. Matsuru shrugged and continued to be at peace in the sun's rays. The girl walked up behind Matsuru and said in a stern tone, "If you'd like to come down, we might not be late for breakfast for like the umpteenth time!" Matsuru giggled and turned to look down at the girl. "Oh Sami, you worry way too much!" The girl named Sam began to tap her toe and Matsuru sighed heavily and said, "Oh, fine. Let's go to breakfast!" Matsuru got up from the ledge and jumped down with out any effort and landed with such poise. She and Sam ran through the roof top door, down the stair well, and to the ground floor.

Before the girls went into the dinning room, they each checked each other over to make sure that their uniforms were in order.

The uniform for the orphanage was very simple, actually. The girl had to wear a jean skirt and jeans for the boys. The shirt was the same for both, a button up white dress shirt with the orphanage's symbol over the left breast pocket. Shoes were not uniformed, meaning that the kids could wear what ever they wanted. Sam had on scuffed up black boots, and Matsuru had on raggedy all black converses.

When the check was over, the girls entered the room.

Most of the kids at the orphanage were already eating. Sam and Matsuru quickly grabbed trays and got in line. When they both had their breakfasts, they walked over to their normal table, which was the one furthest away from all the others. The reason was that really no one liked Matsuru, except Sam. Many people thought that Matsuru was too different. Other people were freaked out by her eyes, which were golden amber and were almost like a cat's. But, what most people thought was weird wasn't Matsuru herself as a person, it was how her time at the orphanage began.

One raining night, one of the teachers at the orphanage heard a loud banging on the front door. The teacher opened the door and saw a young red-headed woman standing there, soaking wet, with a year old baby bundled up in her shaking arms. The woman stumbled into the foyer and collapsed. The teacher ran over and the woman whispered, "The baby's name is Matsuru. I had to get her away so that she would be safe."

The woman offered the baby to the teacher and she took the child from the mother's arms. The woman got up very shakily and kissed the baby one last time she whispered, "I'll be back…..When all is safe…" And with that, the woman went back out into the rain and into a car. The car turned on and drove off.

Many of the kids at the orphanage made fun of Matsuru because her parents had abandoned her. Matsuru ignored these comments and was always hoping the day would come when her parents would come back for her. Even though fourteen years had passed since that night, as far back as she could remember she had always kept the dream alive of being claimed by her parents.

Sam and Matsuru began to eat their breakfasts. They ate in silence for a long while. Finally, Sam broke the silence by saying in a low, quiet tone, "Were you thinking about your family again?" Matsuru laid her fork down and nodded. Sam sighed and said, "Well, don't worry about it. Today is a day to celebrate! It's the last day of school!" Matsuru nodded and continued to eat in silence. Sam didn't have the hope that she had. Sam's parents had died in a car accident when Sam was a year old. Fourteen years later, Sam was sitting here telling her not to worry about her possible family? It made Matsuru almost laugh inside.

A bell rang and everyone got up from their tables and threw their trash away. Sam and Matsuru did the same, put their trays on the rack, and then walked out into the hallway toward the direction of their ninth grade homeroom.

They got into the classroom, grabbed their bags from the back of the room and sat down in the back of the classroom.

In the span of a few minutes, all of the other students filled in, grabbed their bags and sat down. As the bell rang, their homeroom teacher walked in carrying some papers and a mug of coffee. Matsuru liked their homeroom teacher. Her name was Ms. Karsen. She had always treated Matsuru very sweetly, ignoring the brash comments from the students.

"All right everybody, settle down. The bell already rang." Everybody settled down and she took attendance. When that was over, she let them talk.

Everyone got up and began to move around, talking to other students. Sam got out a piece of blank paper and so did Matsuru. They began to draw. When the bell rang, the girls got up and traded their papers, as was accustom. Matsuru looked down at Sam's flowers, and other various doodles.

"Wow!" Sam exclaimed. "This picture is as good as last times!" They re-exchanged their papers and walked out of the room. "You should seriously consider a job as an artist Ru. How do you do such great works of art in such short amounts of time?" Sam rambled on and Matsuru smiled. She looked down at her picture and recalled while drawing it, she barely paid attention. Now looking at it, she thought it was pretty good for not paying attention.

The picture was of a blue haired woman with blue eyes. Her hair was up in buns with two pieces of hair hanging over her ears. She had on a blue neckband with a gold pendent hanging from it and blue puffy arm bands. She was also wearing a tight blue dress that was low cut and came up to her upper thigh. On her right thigh was a blue band. She also had blue wings and a blue feathered tail. She had on blue gloves and in her hands, she was holding a small bow and arrow. On her feet, she was wearing blue boots that came up to her ankles.

Matsuru smiled at her new picture and put it in her drawing folder as they walked to their class, which was English Literature.

Their English Literature teacher's name was Mr. Bran. He was also nice to Matsuru and he trusted her because she was always so extraordinary in his class. So, for that reason, he pretty much let her do what she wanted.

The bell rang and everyone sat down in their assigned seats. Mr. Bran looked up from his papers and said in a happy tone, "Class, since it's the last day of school, I'm not going to teach." Everyone cheered at this, but he calmed them down and continued. "I would like you all though, to do something creative with your time in class, a poem, picture, or story. I'm not going to collect this, because I want you to keep them. Now go on and have some fun!" The kids pulled out paper, pens, pencils, and other various things. Sam pulled out a notebook and a pen. She loved to write fiction stories. Matsuru pulled out a pencil, a blank piece of paper, and her colored pencils. She closed her eyes, thought a minute, opened her eyes and began to draw. Yet again, she barely paid attention to what she was drawing, her hand just glided over the paper effortlessly.

Before Matsuru knew it, the bell had rung. Everyone around her was packing up. She grabbed her papers, her bag, and her newest drawing. She turned toward Sam as they walked out of the classroom and asked her, "What class now?" Sam turned toward her and said, "Don't you remember? We have that assembly until lunch." Matsuru exclaimed, "Oh yeah!" Then Sam hit her on the forehead and said, "Smart one!" They were laughing and poking each other, so they didn't even see the guy in front of them. Matsuru bumped into him and what they were both holding ended up on the floor.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Matsuru apologized as she bent down to pick up the stuff. The guy she bumped into bent down to help and he picked up her newly drawn picture and some other things. When everything was picked up, they stood up and that's when Matsuru got a good look at him.

He was tall with tan skin. His hair was just touching his collar and it was light brown. What really caught Matsuru's attention were his eyes. They were crystal blue and when she looked into them, she felt as if they would sweep her away into them. He wasn't wearing the uniform which surprised her. She didn't know what to say to him. She stumbled for words and finally said, "Um…I'm so sorry about that. I wasn't watching where I was going." He smiled making Matsuru's heart jump, and replied, "It's okay." His voice was like an angel to Matsuru. He paused a moment and told her, "You're a really great artist."" He handed her the picture and she said, "Thank you!" No one, besides Sam, had told her she was good at anything.

They exchanged a silent minute of staring into each other's eyes before Sam cut in. She tugged on Matsuru's sleeve and said, "As nice as this moment is, we have to go…now! Nice meeting you!" She pulled Matsuru away and they down the hall to the auditorium.

They got auditorium, and sat in the back as far as they were allowed. It took a few minutes to quiet everybody down, but once everyone was quiet, Mr. Hobbs, the principal got up on stage. Many of the students made fun of him. He was tall, bald, and had a hook nose. Many people called him the "Hobbit" or "Bald Eagle". He was also known for making his many stupid "Hobbisms".

He got up to the podium and said, "Hello everyone. Today is a sad day for many teachers as we let you out into the evil world of summer, and…" By that point, everyone was zoning out, even the teachers. Sam had pulled out her notebook to write in her story. Matsuru pulled out her newest picture and thought back to the guy she had bumped into. Who was that guy?

She looked at the picture and was happy with what she had drawn.

It was of two guys. One was tall with short purple hair, and the other was short with brown hair up in what looked like pig-tails. They both had pointed ears, like an elf's. The brown haired guy's outfit was short shorts and what looked like two rags tied together with a bow. He was barefoot and he was very goofy looking. He was sticking out his tongue at the purple haired guy. The purple haired guy was so serious looking. His expressionless face was looking at the brown-haired guy. The serious guy's out fit was a long sleeved shirt and pants. His shoes were like boots, but looked as if they were made of cloth. Their clothes looked almost…alien.

Finally, Mr. Hobbs' speech broke through the walls of boredom.

"And now students, I have a very important announcement. We will have a new boy coming to live at the orphanage. He is nervous, so please treat him nicely!" He began clapping and everyone followed in suit. "I wonder what kind of person he'll be." Matsuru thought aloud.

"Probably some nerd or something!" joked Sam. Matsuru laughed and began to clap. The boy walked on stage and Matsuru almost fell out of her seat.

It was the boy she had bumped into earlier.

"Everyone, this is Cole Sanders. Give him a big 'Hello'!" Everyone mumbled a small and pitiful "Hello." Sam leaned over to Matsuru and asked, "Isn't that guy you bumped earlier?" Matsuru nodded and kept staring at him. Suddenly, Sam poked her and whispered, "Hey, almost lunch!" Cole walked off stage and sat in the front row. Matsuru kept staring over at Cole and her body shuddered. She had never felt this way about a guy before, and a guy she barely knew none the less!

Suddenly, the bell rang and everyone began to get up. Matsuru grabbed her bag and she and Sam walked out into the hall down to the dining room. Matsuru walked into the dining hall and she and Sam set their stuff down on their normal table before they stood in line for their food. Once they had it, they went back to their table and sat down.

As they were eating, someone came over and sat down. He took one of Sam's chicken fingers and shoved the whole thing in his mouth.

"Hayf, wafs fup?" He said with a full mouth. Matsuru laughed and Sam pinched him. "Kyle, I told you not to do that!" He swallowed the whole thing in one huge gulp and laughed as he said, "I'm hungry! Can't help that, can I?"

Kyle was Sam and Matsuru's friend. He was originally Chinese, but he ended up in America when his parents died in China when he was seven. He came over to live with his grandmother. She had died of old age a few years later and so, Kyle was sent to the orphanage. He was 16, but he was so very immature!

Kyle looked over to the door and waved at someone to come over. He shouted, "Hey! Over here! Hey!" Matsuru bit into her chicken finger and took a sip of soda. When she saw Cole walking toward her table, she showered Sam with chicken and Coke. Matsuru gasped and handed Sam many napkins accompanied by "sorry" many times. Matsuru didn't know why she felt so weird around Cole….He made her feel so strange and nervous.

He came over and saw Sam and Matsuru. He smiled, sending Matsuru's heart into a flurry of off-beats, and said, "Hey, you're the girl I bumped into in the hall. I never caught your name. I'm Cole Sanders." He sat down and Kyle said, "I invited him to sit with us since he's new. You guys don't mind, do you?" They shook their heads and Matsuru took a drink of Coke before she introduced herself.

"I'm Matsuru, just Matsuru. I don't know my last name." He smiled and asked, "How old are you? I'm turning sixteen in about a month." She leaned back in her chair and said, I'm fifteen and everyone assumes my birthday is March 13th because that was the day I was brought here fourteen years ago."

He stopped asking questions and ate his food. She ate her food and thought about her family again. Sam recognized went Matsuru went into her "family world" and so she picked up a conversation with Kyle and Cole.

Matsuru drowned out everyone's voices and thought to herself, I wonder where my mom and dad are now…I really wish I could've gotten to know them…I want to have a family…

Off in the distance, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. The foursome got up and as they were walking to throw away their trash, Mr. Hobbs' voice rang over the intercom.

"Would all of the students please report to the auditorium instead of sixth period for the awards assembly? Thank you!" They threw away their trash and Kyle began to turn around to walk with the girls, but Sam gave him a stern look and he turned to walk with Cole.

Sam walked slowly with Matsuru and waited until most people were out of earshot. After that, she said quietly to Matsuru, "Hey Ru, are you okay? You seem out of it…" Matsuru sighed and said, "Yeah…I'm fine…" Sam shot her a look and Matsuru sighed.

"Okay…I'm not fine…I can't stop thinking about my family. I know you will try to make me feel better by saying 'Don't think about it', but I know that they're out there somewhere…I just have this feeling that they're alive and will come for me…one day…" She stopped talking and Sam said nothing.

They soon arrived at the auditorium and were waved over to their normal, back-row seats by Kyle. Cole was sitting with him and when he smiled, Matsuru's heart went into its normal flurry.

They sat down together and within a minute, Mr. Hobbs stood up in front of the kids and cleared his throat.

"Today, we will look back at the accomplishments of our students. Remember the people you meet could be famous one day. Always think back to previous accomplishments and look forward to new accomplishments. There are two things that can change you, the people you meet and the books you read. Now, for the awards." He grabbed the folder with the awards in it and so began the ceremony.

They went through various awards for sports, music, attendance, and other extracurricular activities.

"And finally, one last award." The room sat up and almost everyone's gazes shifted to the nearest watch or clock. Every time keeper read "3:13". Two minutes more and the bell would ring…two more minutes and they would be free.

"This award," Mr. Hobbs continued. "Is fairly new, but it is going to an extraordinary person. The award for best artist…It was a hard decision, but it will go to…Matsuru!" The kids applauded and Sam whispered as she pushed Matsuru up and into the aisle, "Go on…You deserve this!" Matsuru walked up the aisle and onto the stage. She grabbed her award and Cole smiled at her. She smiled back and walked back to her seat.

It was at that moment that every person, save for Mr. Hobbs who had continued to ramble on, was looking back to every watch or clock. No one listened to Mr. Hobbs, only the slow ticking of the clock. It read "3:14" and every person, teachers included, counted down…

Thirty more seconds…

Twenty more seconds…

Ten…Nine…Eight…Seven…Six…Five…Four…Three…Two…One…SUMMER!

The bell rang and all the kids jumped up, threw papers into the air, and cheered. They all ran of the auditorium leaving Mr. Hobbs and all the teachers behind as they ran to the freedom of summer.

daisukezgirl13: So, that's chapter one. If you guys like it, I'll post more. I'm in the process of writing the good part of this story so, if you wanna find out what happens, you'll have to wait for more. I do so hope you like this story after all the work I put into it!

With Many Smiles,

Daisukezgirl13