It was early in the morning when Lettuce and Ichigo got up and met at the cafe with Pudding and Minto. "Happy Thanksgiving, now let's get cooking!" Ichigo said. "Are you sure we can do this on our own?" Retasu asked. "Yes! Now, Pudding you make the mashed potatoes, Retasu you work on the turkey with Minto, and I'll do the salad and rolls. Luckily Ryou's learned to cook so he made the pies and Cranberry sauce yesterday," Ichigo said and they got started.

Meanwhile at the Tokyo Airport...

"They sure will be surprised," Keiichiro said. Zakuro smiled and put her head on his shoulder, "They sure will."

Back at the Cafe...

Ryou was waking up it was 7:30 A.M. and he smelled food cooking in the kitchen. "What could be going on?" He asked himself and ran down into the kitchen with only his boxers on. "RYOU! PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!" Ichigo yelled at him when he entered the kitchen. His eyes grew and he blushed running back upstairs to put on some pants. They all laughed, "To curious for his own good!" Ichigo said and they all laughed again. He came back down in his usual attire and asked, "What's going on?" "We're cooking Thanksgiving Dinner," Pudding said as she whipped the mashed potatoes with butter and pepper. "Oh great, now Ichigo make sure you don't kill anyone," Ryou said and Ichigo gave chase playfully hitting him with the dishrag. "Oh Ryou you silly man!" And she swatted him once more before going back to the rolls.

12:00 P.M.

The girls had finished dinner and had set up the cafe area with one big table where everyone could sit. They set two extra places, for Zakuro and Keiichiro should they happen to show up. The aliens appeared and sat next to their fiancées or girlfriend in Tart's case. Ichigo and the girls had set up, cooked, cleaned, and prepared for a week! And now to have all but two of their friends and lovers together was such a thrill and made them feel so good. They felt ever better when they saw the door handle turn and open to reveal a very happy Zakuro and Keiichiro. "KEIICHIRO!!!ZAKURO!!!!!!!!" The girls all screamed and ran right into them hugging them to death then seating them. This was the real meaning of Thanksgiving, friends, love, and food. Oh yeah, and football.

"COME ON! There was holding! COME ON!" Ryou shouted. "Oh Ryou don't be a sore loser," Pai said. "Shut up Pai!" Kishu said. "Guys stop it it's just a game," Keiichiro said. "JUST A GAME?" Pai, Kishu, Tart, and Ryou said in his face. "Okay so it's not just a game but don't yell at each other," Keiichiro said a sweat drop forming on his head. "Are any of you going to help us clean?" Ichigo asked hands on her hips. "Sorry we're busy," Kishu answered. "KISHU YOU GET IN HERE AND HELP US WASH YOUR DISHES!" Minto screamed. Kishu went into the kitchen and grumbled. "YES! I'm free! Now to watch football," Ichigo said and ran out and sat on Ryou's lap. "Man.. you're lucky Ryou, Pudding's not like that..." Tart said. "Yup! I sure am!" Ryou said with a large smile on his face as Ichigo pulled on her OSU jersey #28. "GO GO GO!!! COME ON RUN!!!!!!" She yelled. All the guys sweat dropped, "Ichigo?" Keiichiro asked trying to find the ditzy teenager he met 3 years ago. "What?! I'm watching the game!" She said and ignored everyone after that.

Later that day...

"Zakuro and Keiichiro are back which means we need to start figuring out how we're going to decorate the rooms in that house," Minto said. "Yeah she's right," Retasu, said, "That also means Pai and I can start planning things for the school we're going to start in here! The bookshop has been a big success so we're ready to start the school," She finished and smiled at Pai who was holding her hand and smiling down at her. "Let's see, you need to choose paint colors and either wood or carpet and then what color or shade of wood or carpet," Minto said. The whole group nodded and split up for the night. Lettuce and Pai were living in the second floor of their bookshop, Ryou and Ichigo were living in the cafe with Zakuro and Keiichiro and Tart and Pudding, Minto and Kishu were living in the new house in their bedroom which was finished already. The couples talked late into the night about things to come and things past and finally went to sleep knowing that their loved one was near.

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Okay there you go I started it... may not have been the best beginning but OHIO STATE BEAT MICHIGAN!!!!!!!!! WH00T!!!!!!!