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Ichigo's two years of studying abroad in Paris are over and she returns to Japan. But when she gets to school, none of the members of Team Ichigo seems to be around. It turns out that Hanabusa and Andou are taking leaves of absence from school to pursue their own dreams. Kashino reveals that because he had the best grades in the Paris Campus throughout his whole studies there, he was allowed to skip a grade and become a second year in the same class as the Heiress. Lemon, who has transferred from Paris to Japan, was also allowed to skip a grade and is now in Group A with Ichigo, Rumi, and another member. Later, while in the Salon de Marie, Ichigo meets Johnny McBeal, the final member of A group. While praying to the Queen Sweets Spirit statue, Ichigo meets Mari who reveals that she is living in New York working on Henri's new "project." Ichigo receives a letter from Henri-sensei, telling her to meet him at a location to discuss something (aka his secrete plan). When she goes to the meeting place, she finds that Johnny, Kashino, and Lemon all got the same letter. Henri tells them he wants them to run sweets shops on the main street of his new project, "Marie's Garden" named after his grandmother.
10/3/2010
