hey guys starlight here hehe :D this is my first tokyo mew mew fanfic yay :D so i hope that you enjoy it, sorry if it may start off slow but well in my opinon it gets better hehe (i think) :D well please review it and tell me what you think of it or how i could improve. by the way im gonna apologise in advance for ichigo's and ryou's points of view i dont really no if i got the personalitys right i found it a challenge but heyy challenges are cool ;) any way enough of boring you with my little suposed to be note that has turned into a lecture here you go hehe :D also another advanced apology... my horrible spelling lol ;) hehe

Disclaimer: i do not own tokyo mew mew or any of the characters in this (sadly :'( )

Chapter 1- The brake up

Normal pov

It was an average day at café mew mew. Mint sat at her normal table sipping her tea, lettuce; making more of a mess dropping plates then actually helping, pudding practising her tricks causing more of a mess, Zakuro scaring away the costumers with her hostility and finally Ichigo rushing around doing all the work, taking orders, clearing up after lettuce and pudding and cleaning.

"ichigo table three's waiting to order" mint said taking another sip of tea.

"coming!" ichigo shouted running over while stopping to drop off an order on her way.

lettuce walked accross the cafe carrying three plates when pudding knocked into her on her ball causing her to drop them all.

"ah im sorry, im really sorry!" lettuce appologised to the people whos food was now over the floor before running to get another order for them.

"ichigo! lettuce dropped some plates" mint said taking another sip of tea.

"i got it!" ichigo shouted running back over to lettuce and helping her to clear the floor.

"ichigo-oneechan check out my new trick na no da!" pudding said spinning three plates while on her ball dropping one of them.

"ah pudding nya!" ichigo said clearing up that mess as well before going to serve people at the door.

"ichigo get me more tea" mint said holding her tea cup up. ichigo stormed over face matching her hair in anger.

"get your own tea mint! or better yet do some work!" ichigo screeched at the girl who didnt look put off one bit.

"i am working, im tasting the tea, now refill for me and get back to work" mint said still holding her tea cup out. ichigo growled steam coming from her ears.

"you cant tell me what to do your not my boss and i have costumers to serve!" ichigo said back and mint smirked looking at something behind her.

"no strawberry im your boss and unless you want your pay dropped for not working get back to work!" Ryou said to the angered ichigo.

" Nya! i am working why dont you tell mint to work im doing everything!" ichigo shouted back at him.

"im not talking to mint though im talking to you strawberry and thats no way to talk to your boss now get back to work" he said with a smirk on his face, flicking her in the head before walking off. ichigo growled again before putting a fake smile on her face and walking back over to the costumers.

When the café had finally been closed up after an extremely busy summer's day, Ichigo finished sweeping the floor while the others sat around and did nothing except for pudding who was jumping around like always.

"Seriously this isn't fair, I do the most work yet I don't get a raise and I don't get a day off or a brake because I'm late because of these stupid cat genes making me sleep more! This is so unfair I really need a brake!" Ichigo moaned to herself while the others watched with amusement. When Ichigo had finished cleaning she went to get changed out of her cafe uniform and back into her normal clothes before plopping herself down beside the others just in time for keiichiro to bring in some cakes for them.

"Thank you Akasaka-san" lettuce said and the others nodded as well.

"Its no problem it was a very busy day today so I thought you could all use some cake" he said with a gentle smile. While the others dug in Ichigo hesitantly picked up one.

"I have to stop being bribed into working with cake its summer I need a brake I'm the only one who does any work!" Ichigo moaned slumping her head down onto the table.

"Actually I think we could all use a brake" keiichiro said smiling.

"What do you mean?" mint asked and the others looked at him curiously.

"It means we are taking you for a week away" Ryou added walking in and joining in on the conversation. Everyone's smiles widened slightly except for Zakuro who barley ever smiles.

"We decided that we all needed a break after all your hard work battling and working in the café" keiichiro added.

"Yay! Finally a break! Where will we be going?" Ichigo said her smile big as she shouted at the two.

"We are going to be staying in a hotel beside the beach for a week; we will be leaving on saturday which is three days away"

"Yay this is going to be so fun Na no da!" pudding shouted jumping up with Ichigo.

"And don't worry about asking your parents we have already checked and asked and they have said its fine, and pudding your brothers and sister will be cared for for the week" keiichiro added and all the girls were started talking excitedly.

"That means I will get to spend the week with Zakuro-oneesama" mint said happily looking at the model with hearts in her eyes, the models expression just stayed the same while the others laughed.

"Oh and Ichigo you can invite Aoyama if you wish as well since he has helped us lately as well" keiichiro said with a smile.

"But that means you will have to work extra hard the next couple of days strawberry" Ryou said before walking out of the front door of the cafe.

"But I'm the only one that actually works anyway! But thank you Akasaka-san" she complained and thanked before leaving the café as well.

The others just shook their heads at there leader.

Ichigo's pov

It's so nice outside today and I really want to tell Aoyama-kun about the trip. I looked at my watch, it was slightly earlier then the time we normally met but he may be in the park already so without waiting any longer I took off to the park to look for him.

The park seemed really peaceful today more then normal, there were some people having picnics and enjoying the nice weather and a couple kites in the air in the gentle breeze, I enjoyed the park when it was like this it just made me happy and relaxed.

It wasn't long before a saw him stood beside a tree. I smiled at just the site of him that is until a saw another girl walk up to him, and him smiling at her, not just a friendly smile but the smile he always smiles at me, it was confirmed when he kissed her.

I stood there frozen in place as I watched the scene in front of me unravel. My supposedly loyal boyfriend kissing another girl. I began shaking. This just has to be a bad dream this can't be real. Aoyama-kun would never do this to me, I pinched my arm but didn't wake up. I didn't realise I was crying till I felt something drip down my cheek.

I felt anger, sadness, hurt but mostly betrayal. I decided to confront him so I stomped up to him.

It seems he heard me as he broke his kiss and turned to look at me before I had even fully reached them. The shock on his face when he seen me made me no he had been cheating on me for a while. I didn't think it was possible to feel anymore pain, but I did.

"I-Ichigo this isn't what it looks like" he said to me quickly but his stutter told me otherwise.

"It's exactly what it looks like I'm not stupid! How could you do this to me! You told me you loved me and I trusted you! you liar! And especially after everything we went through! …" I shouted at him more tears leaked out of my eyes. I had to pause as my throat was becoming tight like it does when I try and hold in my tears, my pain. "I hate you! I never want to see you again you cheating, lying scumbag!" I said as harshly as I could since my voice wouldn't allow me to speak any louder.

He whispered my name and reached out to touch my shoulder, I slapped his hand away before he could touch it.

"Don't touch me!" I said as loudly as I could with out shouting. I stood there shaking and crying. What did I look like? Some people in the park had stopped what they were doing and were looking at us. Some giving me sympathetic looks. None of those looks could take away the pain of my heart breaking in two and the betrayal though. Aoyama took a step backwards and I realised why when I heard the familiar voice of my arrogant jerk of a boss behind me.

"What's going on here?" he asked, with out thinking I turned around and buried my face in his chest and cried, I let everything I was holding in come out. He seemed to tense under me for a second before wrapping a protective arm around my back. In his arms at that moment I felt safe.

Ryou's pov

I left the café after me and keiichiro had told the girls about the vacation next week. They all seemed excited about it, exspecially Ichigo. Ichigo my strawberry. i know i like her but i wont say anything its not like she likes me anyway im just her jerk boss, and anyway she has that Aoyama jerk, there must be something terribly wrong with me, how can i like that baka. I thought before i shook the thoughts of her from my head.

Being drawn away from my thoughts I noticed that I had ventured into the park. Might as well walk through now I'm here. It's a pretty nice day today anyway, it seems peaceful. I was slightly aware of someone shouting further over in the park and noticed people pointing and looking over sadly. Since there seems to be nothing else for me to do I might as well go and see what was going on.

Walking over to that area of the park I noticed a blond girl stood beside a guy and a red head shouting at him in front of them, he went to touch her shoulder before she slapped his hand away. Walking closer there was something familiar about the red head then it hit me it was Ichigo. I picked up my pace and walked past the staring people and walked up behind Ichigo.

That jerk better not of hurt my strawberry. he seemed to see me coming and took a step back. I walked up and pretended not to know what was going on.

"What's going on here?" I said before looking at ichigo's shaking form before me. Ichigo turned around and buried her face in my chest crying. I tensed not expecting her to do that but enjoyed it at the same time I got over my shock and wrapped my arm around her protectively.

"Nothing" Masaya said turning his eyes to the ground obviously not wanting trouble to arise. I rose my eyebrows at him and looked at the girl that was stood awkwardly beside him and then looked at Ichigo.

"Yeah because nothing would make Ichigo cry, baka I'm not stupid. How can you just stand there and say nothings wrong when you've obviously hurt her you jerk" I said trying not to let my emotions get into this because else I would've punched him by now.

"I didn't mean to make her cry I didn't think she would even no about it, I didn't want to hurt her I swear" he said like he was trying to get me to understand him like what he has done is right it's like he's waiting for me to say 'yeah I understand' like that was happening that creep.

"So you were just hoping to cheat on her, to lie to her and get away with it? You're a bigger jerk then I thought, you don't deserve Ichigo she's to good for you, keep away from her if you no what's good for you" I said to him angrily trying my best to keep my cool.

I started to lead Ichigo away from the scene when he came up behind me.

"You can't tell me to keep away from Ichigo, you can't tell me what to do and it's not like you own her anyway!" Masaya said putting a hand on my shoulder properly to stop me.

I had it, I turned around and with my free hand punched him in the face he stumbled backwards slightly stunned and glared up at me.

"yes I can tell you to keep away from her and no I don't own her and neither do you, shes not some toy or something dont talk about her that way and right now all I see you doing is hurting her, so if you come anywhere near the café I'd watch your back and you no exactly what I'm on about, my employees wont be to happy to hear about this you no" I said leaving the baka and guiding Ichigo over to the fountain to calm her down.

Ichigo pov

I'm guessing that Shirogane punched him but I was to busy crying to really no but I do no that he stuck up for me. I heard the noise of running water before he sat me down, and I removed my face from his chest and realised we were at the fountain. I looked down embarrassed surly he's going to take the Mick out of me now I mean look at me, I'm a mess. I was still sobbing and still hurt I looked up at Shirogane-san and seen him looking down at me. He actually looked concerned.

"Are you ok strawberry?" he asked me then made a weird face at what he just said but I felt to broken to comment on it, Instead I just nodded numbly. He made a face at me telling me he knew I was lying before putting his arm around my shoulders and pulling me close to him. I rested my head on his chest and tried to stop crying.

"Strawberry don't cry over him he's not worth it if he's going to cheat on you" Shirogane said to me.

My crying was less bad now but I was still crying quietly. I still couldn't get the thought of aoyama-kun and that bimbo out of my head, and how he lied to me.

"Its ok, don't cry he's not worth it he's just a big jerk" he said to me and patted my shoulder sort of awkardly which made me smile, I was shocked at how nice he was being to me normally he was annoying and a jerk but maybe he actually is a really nice person. I lifted my head up and looked into his eyes, i blushed slightly realising he was sort of hugging me.

"Thank you Shirogane-san" I whispered and smiled slightly up at him, he smiled slightly back at me.

"Its fine" he said as if it was nothing.

"Why did you help me though? And why are you being so nice to me your usually a jerk" I asked as I was slightly confused and stated the last part matter of fact. It seemed to make him laugh for a couple seconds. I've never really heard him laugh except those couple of times when i said really stupid things but i was to busy i guess sulking to really listen. I smiled slightly again.

"well I wasn't just going to stand around well that jerk made you cry and I am a nice person you no you don't need to look so shocked" he said with a smile before adding "you baka". I just shook my head with a small smile before saying "I'm not a baka" I finally took in my surroundings and noticed it was getting dark.

"Well I should be getting home now its getting late and my parents will be wondering where I am" I said getting up and wiping the remaining tears from my face.

"Ill walk you" Shirogane said standing up as well "in case that jerk comes back" he added before walking in front of me slightly.

He's never been this nice to me before I had actually forgot he could be nice sometimes what with the amount of times he teases me and is mean to me. It wasn't long until we were at my house.

"Thank you again Shirogane-san I will see you tomorrow I said with a small smile before opening my door.

"its fine, get some rest and ill see you tomorrow" he said before walking away I closed the door before bidding my parents goodnight as I wasn't really in the mood for talking and went up to bed. It wasn't long before my tears started flowing again and the pain in my heart came back from today's events.

well thats the end of the first chapter :P oh well please review and tell me what you thought of it :D i dont really like writing in pov so im sorry if it was really bad hehe anywayz keep a look out for the next chapter hopefully it will be better then this one but oh well lol ;) see you sooooonn :D ps next chapter shall be up soon ;)

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