Foreword: This is My very first TMM fic and a test fic at that, so please bear with me on some details- I'm still learning the ropes you know. TMM is the exclusive property of the creators and so on-Order 01, start!

Order 01: Prelude to Awakening- Part One: What the, I'm a Cat!

'Hi, My name is Sally Vie Andronfelt, sixteen. People who know me call me by Sally or Sal but my father calls me by a strange name: Salvia- which I looked at the dictionary and found out that it was the name of my favorite herb as well- Sage (scientific though). As normal as I look, I have some things to brag about. My father, Andrew Andronfelt, is the head of an organization called Axium Gun Knight Guild, a legally recognized international mercenary group- a small group compared to the illegal private armies that run freearound South America, but more professional and less of a problem than what I said earlier- and according to my father, even terror camps of a hundred or more strong were of no match. Anyway, since I'm a daughter of a soldier- basically, I have learned the ways of the gun- to expend less than needed and so on. And as normal as I look, there are some things that make me feel strange- for example, I noticed that my friends are still in high school while I get stuck in the university- I have noticed that I learn too fast for my age. Another thing is, I have a thing for cats- really, cats! They seem to be attracted to me as I'm attracted to them- to the point that I often get caught meowing with them- talk about weird! And one thing else scares me to death- I love fish so much that I often ask first if they have fish in their meals!- but since its me, it must be normal...'

"Salvia, time for dinner, and it's your favorite- sole fillet in lemon sage butter sauce!"

"Okay dad, I'll just finish this!" Sal replied, putting the finishing touches to her project (actually her hobby) - a model of a nuclear reactor, complete with moving parts to simulate the real thing.

"And bring your cleaning kit with you, we'll be cleaning the guns in the cellar later..." her father continued.

'Well then, time for me to eat... later!'

The long golden-haired girl stood up and took her cleaning kit and went downstairs for dinner. After a week of normal things- that including graduation, Sally woke up to a strange feeling.

"What a dream..." she woozily spoke as she went to her bathroom sink. "What was turning into a cat all about?"

She began to scratch her back and as she lowered her hand, it caught something. She dragged it to her field of view and was shocked.

"A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta this is a tail! Okay Sal, calm down and assess the situation..." she let go of 'her tail' and looked at herself in the mirror. She then filled the sink bowl with water and submerged her face for a full minute. "Okay... you are now sober, so check carefully..."

She again touched the area where she had caught 'her tail' and...

"It's still here! Oh no! What is happening to me?" she almost screamed as something twitched on top of her head. She then fully saw what was on top of her head, a pair of cat ears. "This isn't real- I'm not turning into a cat... no way... NOOOOOOO!"

After a few moments the door opens, revealing Sally's father and their head housekeeper.

"Salvia, are you okay?" he asked, seeing nothing. "Where are you?"

"I'm here..." she replied, shaking from under the sheets- apparently hiding. "And don't come..."

"Salvia, its okay..." her father replied, closing the door. "You can come out from under there baby..."

"I said, don't come..."

"No one's looking... so take off the blanket..."

"Don't even dare..."

"Baby..."

"I SAID DON'T COME NEAR ME!" Sal suddenly hissed, accidentally exposing her tail loose and in the "anger" position, pointing straight up- like an angry cat.

"Oh dear... I knew that this was going to happen..." Andrew puffed and then called Sal's still young looking nurse- for a 50-year-old. "Nana, get the box please- It's high time for our little kit to know..."

"Happen? What do you mean? What do I need to know?" she asked as she removed the blanket covering her.

Moments later, after the nurse gave him the box- which she knew too well.

"That's the box you told me many times not to open or even touch... what's inside of it?" Sally asked, seeing her father open the box and taking out a shiny capsule. "A capsule?"

"To tell you the truth my child, you are not my real daughter- biologically... you were found in this capsule during one mission of the guild..."

"You're telling me that I'm an alien and I have a cat for a mother and who knows for a father! Because that looks like a space capsule..."

"Listen to me- Here's the story..." Andrew began to tell the tale. "Sixteen years ago, even before my mind grazed the possibility of being the guild master, Chief Andersen, the previous had led the team I was in into a genetic facility in northern Japan. That facility was doing some negative genetic experiments with animals, so we were ordered to destroy it at once- UN orders. We have done this sort of thing before so we know what to expect- but upon entering, even all that training was not enough for what we saw- humans. The facility was running DNA experiments on human embryos- of what nature was still unknown up till now..."

"How terrible- our science (all three of them) and minor theology teachers told us the moral negatives of such activities- DNA- it is not to be toyed around with..." Salvia replied, taking in the story.

"Well then... We managed to take out all of the security, remove all of the scientists and rig the place to blow. But as with our chief's protocol, someone has to double-check the target before razing it to the ground. Since I was the new face in the team, it was my job to double-check each area for anything human that might stop the detonation. And then, in one room that we did not noticed before- I accidentally touched the switch that opened a secret room- there you were, sleeping peacefully inside this capsule with a sage twig held in your hands. My heart instantly melted at the sight of you- you being a little angel, not a perfect angel though- with your cat ears and tail. I took you- capsule and all, to my chief- who coincidentally had a liking for babies... she told me that since I took it, I must take care of it- so that I can live the life that I should have lived- if it not for my wife's death- your stepmother that I was talking to you about. So I took you in and raised as my own... and my, you have grown into a fine young woman..."

"I see... so, if my DNA was mixed with another animal, what animal was mine mixed with?" Sal then asked, not knowing that her ears and tail had disappeared. "What kind of cat exactly?"

"According to the data we have gathered in this capsule, yours is the legendary (and very rare) Egyptian white Mau- a cat described in hidden legend to be the faithful envoy of Bastet (or Bast in some texts), the cat goddess of luck and war. I don't know the real purpose of this 'infusion' but... there are ways to control its side effects..."

"I see... if there are bad side effects, like my ears and tail, are there by chance any good effects?"

"Yes there is... its just mind-over-matter..."

'It's been a week since my father revealed to me my true genetic identity- that of a person infused with some animal's DNA. My blood may be the reason on the strange behavior I've been having all my life- hating and being scared of dogs, chasing mice until they tire or vanish, loving fish, meowing to the cats often and even my so called "addiction" to catnip. So far, so good with the lessons- that of trying to control my body so that my ears and tail would not pop out in the middle of the street- now that would be embarrassing. So I'm a cat- half or part cat to be exact... it's still me but, am I still normal? Am I the only one with this kind of circumstance? If not, what kind of people are they? Are they nice and friendly? Or dark and evil? I couldn't tell. Today though, I'm in a flight to Tokyo- under father's orders... he told me to meet someone called Arua Mendel- a monitor angel or something like that- he said that she will teach me on how to tap into my mix- I hope so, or I'll end up in some nutty place...'

Mew Mew Café- some hours away. The now sixteen-year-old Ichigo was finished with her tour for the day when she suddenly stops; drawing attention to a new regular customer- who goes by the name Arua Mendel.

"What's the matter?"

"I feel that something's coming, but what?"