Summary: It's been almost a year since the aliens have come to Earth. Kisshu still loves Ichigo and Tart still won't admit his likes Pudding. Ichigo is starting to find unfamiliar feelings for a certain alien, and Pai is finding feelings for a green haired mew.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew... If I did Kish and Ichigo would be all makey-outy and Masaya would be dead. Sense neither has happened we can all safely say... "Hiroko-sama doesn't own Tokyo Mew Mew."

"I finally got all seven books and the second series! (Which only had two books anyways.)Hopefully I can do Kisshu and Pai justice.

Thank you, for reading my story!

Love,

. : Hiroko-sama . : . "

;…;

Ichigo grunted as she fell to the ground, blood splattering her Mew Mew costume.

"Well, kitten; it seems my time grows short," said a smooth voice from above her. "But do not fret. I WILL return." Kish winked at the wild cat and teleported away along with Pai and Tart.

"That seemed unnecessary." Pai said nonchalantly as they appeared on their ship.

Kish smirked, leaning against a wall, "It was."

Pai rolled his eyes, "Then why do you continue on with the pick-up banter?"

Kish winked and put a finger to his lips, "Because I love to make her blush and fluster."

;…;

Ichigo and the other Mews tended to each others wounds from the recent battle. "They've gotten stronger," the leader remarked.

Lettuce nodded wrapping up a nasty cut on Pudding's arm. "I think it's because they've been training or fighting us so much. They must need a break by now."

Mint scoffed, cutting off another ribbon of bandage. "Not likely, remember, they ARE aliens. Probably stronger then us in the first place."

Pudding sighed, "And not to mention; we've been fighting them for almost a YEAR. My mom's starting to question how I get so many injuries."

Ichigo smiled, "Maybe they'll just give up soon. I mean, they can't keep fighting forever."

The Mews nodded in agreement and went about the rest of the day normally, expect for one certain Mew.

;…;

She pushed her light green hair out of her face, letting her mind wander as she did the dishes at her home. "Pai is kind of cute," she whispered to herself, making her jump at the sudden noise.

"Did I say that?" She asked aloud, waving her sponge around in frustration. "Bad mind, bad mind, bad mind, BAD!" She hit herself continuously over her head with her tiny fists. "No fraternizing with the enemy! Then again…" she paused mid-thought. "Thinking about him isn't REALLY fraternizing." She sighed, she'd liked Pai for awhile now. However, she could never tell the other Mews. She was betraying her friends, and she knew it, but truth be told she didn't really mind that much. After all, he didn't seem TOO bad.

She reasoned with her mind while continuing her chores. He was just trying to save his planet, she figured. It wasn't that they had anything against them PERSONALLY. He was just doing what he thought to be right. She knew in her heart humans would do the same.

She sighed, looking at the bubbles in the sink pop as the hit the various silverwares. "What have I gotten myself into?"

:…:

Ichigo sighed and poked a particularly nasty bruise on her belly she'd gotten from a wolf Kirema Anima Kish had summoned up mere hours ago. "Owwie," she whimpered. 'Kisshu-san has gotten a lot stronger since we first met,' she sighed thinking of the first time he'd kissed her. A blush crept to her cheeks as she pulled on a pink nightgown from her closet.

"No," she said as she hit herself with her transformation charm. "No, no, no! Bad Ichigo!" What she was scolding herself for she had no idea, but she knew she could not let herself think about him all the time like this. It was not her. She was supposed to love Masaya, hate Kish and live happily ever after. Although… it seemed this fairytale had gone awry.

She pulled the covers out from her bed and climbed into under the covers. Looking at the clock next to her bed, she sighed, only 7:45. "Well…" she said to herself. "It's 9:30 somewhere." Unbeknownst to her, a certain alien had been doing and thinking the same thing right then.

;…; (I COULD'VE ended it here… Just remember that.)

Kish sighed and looked out the window in his room. It had only been a few hours sense he had last seen his kitten but he missed her already.

"This place is so close to the stars," he said. "And space is so cold… and lonely." He sighed again and crawled onto his bed, it was just big enough for one person but, oh how he wished it would fit two! He looked at the clock a few feet from his bed and sighed, 7:45 on earth, still so early. "It's 9:30 somewhere…" He covered his head with the pillow and let himself fall into a less then restful sleep.

;…;

Pai looked at the equations on the piece of paper in front of him, they were too easy to him. And STILL he couldn't concentrate. Like his younger comrade his mind was elsewhere, but not on a Mew. It was on his planet with Deep Blue and his home. He wanted to go home; Kish simply wouldn't let the Mew leader be destroyed, which he didn't understand. She was just a girl. Just a human girl. A human girl of no real significance. Why was she more special then going back home?

He sighed again and put the equations in the desk to be done when he wasn't so confused. He stood and walked to the door, for some reason or another it seemed like hours sense he'd left that room. He went into the kitchen and took an unknown food out of what seemed to be a refrigerator.

He was startled slightly when he ran into Tart in the doorway, although he didn't show it.

"Kish already went to bed," he said, looking slightly worried. "Do you think he's ok?"

Pai looked down at the younger boy, "I'm sure he is. He's probably just thinking of Ichigo-san, again." He let out an exasperated sigh. "Just let him sleep."

;…THE NEXT DAY…;

Ichigo woke up to the sound of ringing. After several minutes of trying to ignore it she finally gave up, muttering obscenities about clocks, work, and wanting a doughnut.

She sat up, yawning and stretching out her arms as wide as they would go. "It's Saturday! Why do I have to go to work?" She asked herself, finally getting out of the warm comfort of bed. "Ryou-kun will SO pay for this!" She huffed, pulling off her nightgown and discarding it on the floor. She mumbled disapproving remarks at almost everything she took out of her closet. Finally she decided on a green pleated skirt and a short sleeved t-shirt with a strawberry on it. She sighed; her wardrobe was so predictable, so dull. She'd go shopping that evening after work, it was pay day anyway.

Putting her hair in a quick ponytail she ran out of her room. "Mom, I'm leaving!" Ichigo's mother popped her head out of the kitchen. "Ichigo, your not leaving without breakfast again, are you?"

"Sorry mom, no time!" Ichigo said as she grabbed her jacket and ran out the door. Her mother sighed and leaned against the wall. "If it's cold enough for a jacket then why the mini skirt?" She sighed and went back to cooking. "I swear I'll never understand teenagers."

;…;

Lettuce had been up for hours, she was just now cleaning the kitchen after she'd cooked the breakfast. She looked at the clock, wiping her brow. "Hm… I need to leave soon." She hurriedly finished up with the kitchen and ran out of the door.

Lettuce took her usual route through the park, admiring the sakura trees and freshness of the green grass. She sighed contently and walked a little faster. She had left later then she intended too originally so she had to go faster, despite the fact this sight was so relaxing.

Finally she arrived at the café, actually a little earlier then she usually did. She sighed and ran through the front doors to be met by Ryou. "I'm here, Ryou-kun!" She announced, even though he had already seen her.

"Always either right on time, or early with you, Lettuce," he chuckled, handing her uniform to her. "Go on now, get changed."

Lettuce bowed and obediently ran into the changing room. 'Ryou-kun's in a good mood today… you'd think he'd be mad for the battle the other day.' Mere minutes after she'd gone in the room in the first place she came out in her uniform, all dressed up and ready to work.

Ryou gave her a broom and told her she'd be on waitress and broom duty, along with Ichigo. The others would be welcoming and taking orders. She nodded and went to work sweeping the entrance. 'I wonder what Pai-sama's doing right now?' She thought, blushing slightly. Leaning on the broom she sighed again. She had been sweeping so much lately, the floors were usually spotless. Lettuce waited for her friends to show up, it always seemed to take forever for them to get there when she was early.

She smiled and decided to sing a song that she used to hear on the radio all the time. After looking around to make sure no one was around, she started singing.

"Matsudai bakari ato hi sakini, Muku na mama de sarasarete hanabira o chirasu hana no you ni. Sotto dakishimete kowasu you ni." She sang gently, having no idea she was being watched.

;…;

Pai growled, he still couldn't focus on the equations… After a well enough sleep and eating something he punched a wall in his room, hoping it would make him feel better… It did, but just a little.

He couldn't figure out what Tart and Kish found so interesting about the humans. Oh yes, he knew about Tart's crush on Pudding, he wasn't very good at keeping it secret. 'If I picked a human at random I bet I'd find nothing interesting at all.' He thought, '…The porpoise girl. If I watch her for twenty-four hours and find nothing good about her I agree to keep my state of mind on humans and on how idiotic Kish and Tart are.' He rubbed his chin in thought. 'And if I do find something interesting about the porpoise girl… I'll wash Kish's foot bandages for a month.' He mentally gagged at the thought, but was willing to risk it, what was so good about them anyways?

He teleported to the café, where he knew the girls worked and looked around for the porpoise girl—(that was the only name he knew her by.)—He found her sweeping and singing softly to herself, her voice soothed him, even though he did not know the song. He teleported into a tree nearer her so he wouldn't be seen by a human and he could watch her more closely.

Her eyes perked up as she saw the first of her comrades, "Pudding-chan, Ichigo-chan!" She dropped her broom and ran to greet her friends. "Konichiwa, Lettuce-chan!" The monkey girl threw her arms in the air and hugged the green haired girl. "You're always so punctual, na no da." She proclaimed, letting go of her friend. Ichigo sighed, "The alarm clock is evil, I tell you. And Ryou-san is evil for making us work on a Saturday." She huffed exasperatedly. "How and why do you always get here so early, Lettuce-chan?"

"Um… I don't know… I just do." She replied shyly, blushing at the attention.

Pai inwardly chuckled at her blush, yes he could see it. She was bashful, he could tell already. What he had seen thus far was a little interesting, but not worthy of washing ANY of Kish's clothes, he decided. That was a fate he wouldn't wish on his enemies. He continued to watch them, despite "Lettuce" wasn't alone anymore. "Maybe just a bit longer," he reasoned, watching her give Ichigo a broom and smiling.

"I'm going to go help Ryou-san keep the plates away from Pudding-chan," Lettuce smiled and walked into the slightly obnoxiously pink café. Pai sighed, his entertainment for the day and he couldn't even see who he was trying to stalk. He gave up and turned to go back through the park, it seemed relaxing enough. Of course he needed the relaxation for living with a lovesick moron and… Tart was frustrating.

Walking through the park was less relaxing then he had wanted it to be, people kept staring at him, two or three—or ten—children had jumped out of trees at him to tug on his ears. To which he responded ever so politely by stepping out of the way at the very last minute so the child in question would fall onto the concrete.

Pai finally got to a secluded area and sat in one of the sakura trees to try to nap, or something. "Well, how did it go?" A voice from above asked nonchalantly. Pai opened one of his eyes to find a green haired, rather smug looking alien smirking at him.

"How did what go?" He asked, trying to play dumb. (As if Pai could ever be dumb.)

"Don't lie to me… I know you went to go spy on them." Kish smiled and patted his lavender hair. "I see you've caught the fever."

Pai rolled his eyes at him, as he did every so often. "What fever? I'm only spying on the porpoise girl to see what you find so interesting about them."

"…Why?" Kish asked, sincerely confused.

"Because if I don't prove you wrong I have to wash your foot wrappings for a month." He said bluntly, getting out of the tree and walking on in search of another relaxing spot.

"My foot bandages aren't THAT much of a punishment, are they?" He yelled after him, hoping he would say no, but got no answer.

;…;

Lettuce picked up a cup of chai tea and took it to a back table. "Here's you tea, Sir. Do you need anything else?" She asked, innocently smiling at the young man.

"Nope, thanks hun." He smiled at her and went back to reading his paper. She walked back to her post at the register--Ryou had a previous commitment. She sighed and rested her head on a dainty hand. 'So… bored.' She thought, looking around the café, nothing interesting was happening, it was so quiet. Pudding hadn't broken anything, Ryou wasn't around to bug Ichigo, Keiichiro hadn't gotten wind of any Kirema Anima's. It was just an all around dull day.

Lettuce sighed and laid down on the cash register, making it chime and open. She incoherently mumbled something about sleep. After a few minutes she got up from the uncomfortable position and looked around to see if anything was happening yet.

Nothing.

Lettuce sighed, looking at the clock her face brightened. It was almost time to go home. Maybe she could escape this boredom in the park, or the mall. Certainly not at home, no one was ever home and she always did all the chores. Ryou, of course, came in right on cue; most of the customers had left. He politely demanded everyone get out of the café, for it was closing.

After several minutes of getting the customers to pay their bills Ryou turned to his waitresses, Pudding balancing on the ceiling fan, Mint sipping her tea, Zakuro sitting across from Mint, Lettuce still at the register, and Ichigo looking like she REALLY needed a bathroom break. "Ryou-san, you're not making us stay late are you? It's Saturday!"

"I'm well aware of the day of the week, Ichigo-chan." He said huffily, "Kish and them have just unleashed another Kirema Anima. In the park," he sighed. "Like always."

Ichigo sighed and stomped her foot. "Darn that Kish! I was going shopping for clothes after work today."

"This is more important then clothes shopping, I'm afraid." Keiichiro said from his seat on the computer. "This seems to be the strongest Kirema Anima yet."

They all gasped, even Ryou. "But the last one barely left us alive!" Pudding protested. "He can't have possibly gotten so strong already." Mint said, looking around at the other Mews, she was still aching from the last attack.

"Let's hope you all got stronger too, then," Ryou said, dismissing them with a wave of his hand.

;…;

"Kish?" Pai asked as he, Tart, and Kish waited for the Mew Mews to get there.

"Yes?"

"…When are we doing laundry next?"

;…O.o…;

There you have it! My very first chapter of my very first Tokyo Mew Mew fan fiction! What didja' think? Good? Bad? Somewhere in between? Do tell all! . Just push the lovely 'Submit Review' button, please!