A/N: Okay, I was bored and I suddenly got this idea struck in my head. Since one of my stories is almost done, I just thought that I should give you all a sneak peek of this new story. Just to let you know, I was thinking about a really desperate scene and this story will have that but later on. I needed a story line for that desperate scene so I made this one up. If anyone made a story similar to this, I did not read it, I swear to god! Just check my favorites. When I read a story I like, I favorite and I usually pick stories that 'call out to me' for say.

I do NOT own TMM or the songs I used in my stories. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews and please keep them coming. Thank you and please enjoy this new story I have for all of you! Yeeeeaaaa!!"

History Repeats, Almost

Ch. 1: How It Started

"Congratulations!!" everyone cheers.

17-year old Ichigo just giggles. She tells her friends, "Everyone, thank you! But you didn't have to do this."

17-year old Lettuce tells her, "Of course we do, Ichigo-san. You got into the collage you wanted and you'll be able to get closer to Aoyama-san. We want to congratulate on your hard work."

17-year old Mint says, "But I must say that I am surprise that they accepted you. Maybe they made a mistake on your tests."

20-year old Ryou agrees, "I couldn't agree more." Two veins appeared on Ichigo's head, pulsing.

She asks, "I thought we were here to celebrate, not for you to make sarcastic comments."

24-year old Keiichiro faces Ryou and calls, "Ryou." Almost like he's scold him with his gentle, sweet voice; like that helps.

20-year old Zakuro, however tells Mint and Ryou, "Mint, Ryou! Be nice. This is a special day for Ichigo. We need to support her."

Mint, getting enchanted by Zakuro's words of wisdom, answers, "Yes, onee-sama," while Ryou only looks away in almost disappointment on how Mint suddenly acted. As surprising at how Mint is so easily moved, Ichigo lets out a sigh of relief. Thank you, Zakuro!

16-year old Pudding cheers, "Enough talk! The club looks fun, the music is good, and the drinks are cold! Gumbai!" She raises her glass and the others soon fallows.

They cheer, "Gumbai!" They all click their glasses together and then choked them down; Zakuro and Mint – tonic water, Lettuce – ice tea, Pudding – juice, and Ryou, Keiichiro, and Ichigo – sake. Right now, the whole gang is at a nice, dancing club and they're here for a congratulations part for Ichigo on getting into the college she has spent months studying for.

It's been four years since the Tokyo Mew Mew battle between the aliens and things look like they are heading up hill for the most part. The café is still very popular and is still a place where high school students would come after cramming in school or for anyone who have a sweet tooth. Even though everyone is no longer a Mew Mew, they still come to work to just be able to relive those peaceful crazy days, but without the hassle of running off somewhere to fight off aliens. Since the aliens left, they haven't gotten any news on how they were doing. The Mew Mews do wonder sometimes if things are okay now since they have the remaining Mew Aqua, at least that's what everyone told Ichigo since she was still 'dead' when they left.

For two of those peaceful years, Ichigo and Masaya were finally having a normal relationship. No ears or tail popping up when she's getting excited during a date, no turning into a cat when she gets kissed, and no running off during dates to save the world or coming too late for a date. Ichigo is the one being early and both her boyfriend and her have had their dates to the fullest. But when they were studying for high school, Masaya wasn't studying for the same high school Ichigo was applying. He was studying for a high school in England. His parents were moving and he had to go with him. He said that he doesn't want to go but the high school they have there are really good on environmental subjects. He wants to learn that but he will be sad that he will be apart from Ichigo. Ichigo was devastated about him leaving but smiled and supported him all the way. But right before he went, both of them finally did it and she was happy about it. She was happy that she was at least able to do it once with him before she won't be able to see him for a long time. Ever since then, she has been studying hard in high school to make him proud and to be with him in college.

Mint has been very successful in her dancing. In one year, she has been asked to be the prima donna of very famous ballets at least eight times; Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, the Nutcracker, etc,. But between her busy schedule, she always seem to have time to come to the café and relax with tea while Ichigo goes crazy with the customers. Her bond with Zakuro has also gotten deeper, to the point where they can have private lunches in between their busy schedules. At least once or twice, Zakuro would come down to see Mint's performances as Mint would get lucky enough to watch Zakuro rehearse for a movie or see her fashion shows. There was something else too. Mint and Ryou started going out since Mint has started her high school year. They do go on dinners from time to time and both of them have really enjoyed it. They have so much in common to begin with anyway, such as making Ichigo work harder during her hours and making snobbish or mean comments towards her.

Lettuce used to have a crush on Ryou but after hearing that Mint and Ryou are going out, she gave up on him. Besides, her crush seemed to have died soon after the battle was over. Right now, she's just good friends with Ryou and supported Mint all the way. During the years since the battle, Lettuce has been a growing her confidence a lot. In school, she is studying about marine biology to learn more about the water life and how to save it. She volunteers at the library on the weekends and works at the café on the week days.

Pudding has also been successful. When she interrupted a circus show at the doom, since she was unable to in the beginning, she gained a lot of money for her show and she was nearly arrested. She also got a contract from those same circus people to perform in her show. She only did it as long as they stayed in Japan and close to home. From tips at the café and the money she earned from the show, she was happy because she was making a fortune. The only problem was that her friends were worried if she was over doing it like the last time. She was still healthy and did her best not to overdo it. When the show left, she stayed. She still had a responsibility to her family. So the money amount was less than the money she was making before but she didn't mind at all. As long as there was food on the table and her siblings were happy, she didn't mind it in the least.

Zakuro, like Mint, has become very successful in her career. From time to time, she would have to leave Japan for a little while to go to the mainland and do a photo shoot or a movie but that was only at least twice or once a year. Over the years, she learned to smile more in public and to even laugh for real. She was coming out of her hard mask shell and that was a major improvement. However, she was still silent and less emotional than the others. While she had lunch with Mint and her job at the café, she got some time to date Keiichiro and they have been dating for at least three years. He was kind to her and respected her like a perfect gentlemen. All the more, he understood her busy schedule and didn't complain. That made Zakuro happy because she was worried if she could ever fall in love with her career and her traveling.

After gulping down the drinks, everyone put the glasses down and Ichigo was shaking her head like she was shaking off the sensation of the sake. She says, "Wow! That was interesting."

"Just don't have too much," Mint tells her. "Don't want you drunk on the first day you tried alcohol. It might look bad on your record."

Ichigo tells her, "Oh come on, Mint! I'm not as dumb as to get drunk. I'll just have two or three more shots of sake and I'm done. It's my congratulations party and I intend to live it up!"

"Oh now, she's using the party as an excuse," Ryou comments. Keiichiro's face was a pleaded for Ryou not to go too far.

Then Pudding looks at her watch and then she looks all over the café. Finally she notes, "They're late!" Everyone looks at her in surprise.

Lettuce asks, "Who's late?"

"Friends you invited to crash the party?" Mint asks.

Pudding smiles and winks. She points her finger to the ceiling and puts it in front of her lips and answers, "Yep, but their identity is a secret until they come."

Ichigo whines, "Ah, Pudding! Come on, tell us! Who did you invite? A boy?"

"Pudding!!"

Everyone but Pudding jumped on their chairs after hearing that voice. Pudding looks over Ichigo's shoulders and smiles even brighter. She jumps off her chair and runs towards the voice. Everyone fallows her and sees three unexpected people.

Pudding calls, "Taru-Taru!" She jumps on him and he nearly falls backwards as she gives him a hug attack.

"Aah! Pudding!" he complains, catching himself. He tells her, "Don't do that! I nearly fell over."

The other unexpected guy goes up to him and says, "But you would have loved that."

"Wouldn't you?" the other asked. The one who asked starts laughing as the other is smiling. All the while, Taruto is red and he looks crazy embarrassed as Pudding is still clinging to him.

Taruto, Pai, and Kisshu. It's them, it's really them and they look human. All of the Mew Mews are shocked to see them. They barely changed at all. Yes, they look older and a lot taller, especially Taruto, but their looks are still the same. All three still have the same hair style and are wearing their favorite style of clothing and color.

Kisshu looks like he could be 18 or 19-years old now and he still has his short dark emerald green hair with the strands in front of his now human ears longer and are tied by a dark red bandage. He's wearing at the moment, long black jean material pants that just reach his ankles. The pants are hanging on his hips and his shirt is short so it bares his midriff. The shirt is also a black turtle neck sleeveless shirt and under it is another shirt that's green, made of thin material, and is still short like the turtle neck. They could be connected.

Pai seems to be at least 20 or 21-years old and his hair is the same as the day since they left; short except for the hair strands in front of his left ear that are braided now. He's wearing long dark purple pants that look more like dress pants than anything. His top is also a dark purple color and it's a sleeveless turtle neck like Kisshu's shirt. But instead of bearing his stomach, he has a thin light purple shirt that looks tucked in. On his arms are also dark purple arm warmers that go from his ankle to three inches past his elbow.

Taruto not only looks like he had a massive growth spurge but he looks like he could be 16-years old, probably. He still has his orange hair up in two pony tails on both sides of his head; as much as hair that can stay up there. What he's wearing is interesting. He has medium shade of blue jeans on and they look longer than his own legs. They don't hang like Kisshu's pants but it's still short enough to pass his belly button. Unlike his friends that are wearing a turtle neck shirt, he's wearing a short red thin shirt that bare his stomach and it's under a knee length sleeveless dark blue jacket. The jacket has a stiff collar that hides his neck like a turtle neck shirt and it's first three or two buttons are buttoned while the others are not. That really stood out from his friend's outfits.

After looking at them and how handsome they've all gotten over the years, two people turned red and let out steam in clouds; Lettuce and Ichigo. Ichigo may have Masaya but he has to admit, Kisshu looks drop dead gorgeous and to Lettuce, Pai looks incredibly handsome. After laughing so much, Kisshu looks up at the table and notices the red Ichigo. She turns even more red when he's looking at her in amazement. But he smiled at her in the most sweetest way Ichigo has ever seen him. He greets, "Ichigo! Hi! It's been a while. You look amazing."

Ichigo soon shakes off the blush on her face and swallows the drool in her mouth so that she could answer, "Thank you." Then she gets off her chair and walks up to him. That was unexpected. But not so much when she just slaps him across the face. That shocks everyone; even Pudding when she noticed that Ichigo walked up. Ichigo yells, "That was for leaving without so much as good bye! The least you could have done was waited until I came back to life! Last time I saw you, you died in my arms!" He was surprise and confused by her hit but became shock from her words. He couldn't say anything to that and she didn't let him. She points a finger at him and says, "Don't you dare get the wrong idea, okay?" Then she hugs him. This girl is just full of surprises. After the short hug, she pulls away and smiles. She says, "It's good to see you again! Have you been well?" That makes Kisshu get his smile back.

Mint yells at Pudding, "Hey, Pudding!" She turns from Ichigo to Mint as she asks, "Why didn't you tell us that they were back?"

She answers, "I wanted it to be a surprise! Surprise!" Taruto just rolls his eyes and shakes her head from her childishness. It's amazing on how old she is but her character changed during the five years. The only thing that did is that she doesn't say 'na no da' at the end of every sentence.

After finally coming back to earth, Lettuce adjusts her big round glasses and asks, "Would you guys like to sit down?"

Ichigo agrees, "Yes, you should! Since you guys already crashed the party, might as well come over and enjoy. You guys need to tell us on what happened after you left. You guys haven't contacted us or anything!"

Kisshu scratches the back of his head and gives her a nervous smile. He says, "Sorry, Ichigo. We've been busy."

"Extremely busy," Pai agrees.

All three walked over and takes a few empty chairs from other tables. Ryou looks a bit upset while Keiichiro looks unease from Ryou's fury. Lettuce moves to Pudidng's seat because she wants to sit by Taruto. So now Lettuce is sitting next to Pai, Pudding is sitting next to Pai and Taruto, and Kisshu is sitting next to Taruto and Ichigo.

Ichigo asks, "Okay, spill it! What happened during the four years?"

Both Kisshu and Taruto just collapse on the tables at the very thought of that while Pai only leans his hand over his forehead. A sign that those four years have been the most tiring years of their lives. Pai explains, "After finally reaching our planet's atmosphere, we used the remaining Mew Aqua to cure it."

Kisshu adds, "It was really pretty when it happened. We didn't land but from afar, we saw all of these rainbow bubbles fall to the ground like gentle rain and everything was healing. The weather finally calmed down, the trees and plants started to grow healthy and strong, and there was clean air for our people to breathe. When our people noticed the amazing changes on the surface, they came out of the underground city and the ground closed up under them. Thank god no one was inside when the hole closed up."

"Then came the hard part," Taruto says. "We had to explain to everyone Deep Blue's real intentions on Earth and that was not easy for those who have believed with all of their hearts that Deep Blue was going to save them all. That took months but it all soon calmed down because they finally got the idea that they have a beautiful planet and can now live in peace. The hard part was all of those yelling, screaming, and protests that were against us for going up against Deep Blue."

"Then we had to help build homes for everyone to live in and they all told us that we should be their leaders since they don't have. We had to bring order, think of rules, find food, find ways to live, and find what's poisonous and what's not," Pai finished.

Ichigo notes, "Sounds like you guys have been busy." They collapsed again.

"You have no idea," they mumble. Pudding had to laugh at that and Taruto is red from her laughing.

"But besides those who were angry at you," Lettuce starts, getting their attention, "was there anyone who was glad to see you all safe and sound?"

Kisshu answers, "My sister."

Taruto answers, "My cousin."

Pai answers, "My niece who's only a year younger than me."

Ichigo blinks in surprise. "You didn't tell me you had a sister. Only that you have friends or family."

Kisshu reminds her, "You never asked because you kept trying to run away."

Ichigo reminds, "Well I wouldn't be running if you hadn't been trying to either kill me or make you yours." Kisshu becomes silent after that.

Mint asks, "How long have you three been here?"

Taruto answers, "About two days, counting this one."

"When do you have to go back?"

All three answer, "Tomorrow." That's upsetting news to three people.

Then a new song starts and Pudding is clapping, ignoring the sadness building up in her heart. "Oh, I love this song! Come on Taru-Taru!" She grabs his hand and insists, "Let's dance!" Before he could answer, Pudding is already off the chair and is leading him to the dance floor.

Ichigo says, "Well it is a party." She grabs Kisshu's arm and tells him, "I'm hyper and I need to let it out. Come on!" Before he could answer, she was already leading him to the dance floor.

Ryou says, after being silent for so long, "Well it would be rude if they're dancing and we're just sitting here." He offers his hand to Mint and she gladly took it.

She tells him, "You're too kind." They both started to walk towards the dance floor as Keiichiro offers his hand to Zakuro.

"Shall we?" he asks. Zakuro smiles and nods at him. They both left, leaving Lettuce and Pai alone. Lettuce is red as Pai is watching everyone just walk towards the dance floor or was dragged there.

Finally Pai looks at Lettuce and just stares. She notices and asks, "Yes, Pai-san?"

"Nothing," he answers, looking away nervously. She looks down at her lap and there was silence. Until Pai finally asks, "Would you..like to dance?"

Lettuce got really nervous and red real fast. She waves her hands in front of her very fast and answers, "No, I mustn't! I'm a terrible dancer!"

He tells her, "So am I. I never danced before. We could just talk if you don't want to dance then."

Lettuce is surprise to hear that. She stares at him in amazement as he's looking at her in almost a pleading way. Soon she smiles and answers, "Sure." He smiles at that and they started talking while their friends were dancing; two of them didn't know how to dance and were very nervous.

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In Ichigo's room at her empty house, Ichigo is making out with Kisshu on the bed. They're both sitting on the bed and Ichigo is on her knees while she leans down to kiss him and her hands are on his shoulders. He's facing up to kiss her and his hands are on her waist. Their kisses are fast and wild and Ichigo looks the most drunk.

After dancing for about an hour, Lettuce and Pai were in a very friendly conversation and the others came back. They all ordered drinks but this time, three people decide to try alcohol; Kisshu, Pai, and Lettuce. Pudding and Taruto decide soda and they pick the one with the most sugar. The party soon got wild and it was midnight. Keiichiro decided to take Zakuro home while Ryou drove Mint back home. The aliens took care of the other girls.

Taruto and Pudding were walking towards her house and Pudding was more hyper than ever. She kept jumping up and down, screaming. Taruto tried to calm him down but it was impossible. Then when they arrived at her house, Pudding was crying. She says that now Taruto has to go and she won't see him anymore. He tried to calm her down but it was really hard. He tells her that he'll try to come back and she asks him if he'll promise. He promised. Then she goes to her pocket and shows him a candy drop. She gives him about five so that he could always remember her and she shows him how to eat one of them. She pops it in her mouth and tells him that he needs to suck on it. She decide to give him a little taste test. She kissed him and passed the candy drop to his mouth. He was surprise to get a kiss from her and he got the candy drop. She was still crying and he wanted to kiss her again. So he did but it was only a small one. Then she went inside and told him bye. He said bye to her too and was surprise by her kiss and the one he gave her. He turned back into an alien and teleported back to his ship.

Pai decided to walk Lettuce home and she wouldn't stop talking. She kept telling him about what she found out in her marine biology sessions that she thought was really cool or needed concern with. He agreed with her and told her things he found out from when he was last here. She added that information to her brain and really appreciated that. Then she passed out half way and he carried her the rest of the way to her house. He opened her apartment and laid her on the couch quietly since she still lives with parents. But before he left, she suddenly got up and hugged him from behind. She told him that she really likes him. That surprised him as she confesses that she missed him over the years and because she ended up falling for him, she gave up on Ryou and thought only of him. When he looked at her, she was out again and was sliding off his back. He caught her and they both ended up sitting on the floor. But instead of picking her up and carrying to her couch, Pai lifted her face up to look at him and he kisses her lips. After the kiss, he holds her and tells her that she's really important to him. After that, he puts her back on the couch and closes the door from the inside. He teleports shortly after having one last look at her and turning into an alien.

Meanwhile, Kisshu and Ichigo were the two who are more drunk and hyper out of anyone. Ichigo was drunk and Kisshu was hyper. He teleported her home and into her room. She told him that her parents aren't home and she's really hungry. He was acting dense for a few minutes by asking her if she wanted something to eat and she said yes. But then she pushes him on the bed and tells him that she's hungry from some quiche. He was surprise to hear that but not so much when she kissed his lips. Then her tongue came next and he was enchanted. When they were younger, he always yearned for her lips. Now he has a full taste of it and he's enjoying every moment of it.

At the time, Ichigo was wearing a light pink short sleeve shirt with dark pink designs. It is tight on her chest but baggy on the bottom. It's waist length and it has a low collar. She also has long jeans on. But soon it was starting to get undone. Kisshu's hand went up a bit and first he was just holding her close to deepen the kisses. Then one hand grabs the zipper and starts pulling it down. Ichigo was smiling while it was going down as her hands started to go under his shirt. Then he woke up from the magic spell.

When his hands only brought the zipper half way down, he stopped and pushes her away, causing her to extract her hands from his shirt. He looks down, trying to breathe as Ichigo is a little out of breathe hers elf. She asks him, "What's wrong?" Her hands slide up to his shoulders and he was shaking his head. She stopped at the shoulders.

He looks up at her but she ends up kissing his lips again. He couldn't help but close his eyes every time she kissed him. It was short and he was trying to pull away but how can he? He tries to tell her in between kisses, "Ichigo. Listen. There is. Something. I need. To tell. You."

She tells him in between kisses, "Talk. Is not. Important. Right. Now."

"But. I need. To tell. You now."

"Don't."

She didn't kiss him after saying that one word. She sits down on the bed, her hands still on his shoulders and she's looking down. He's glad she stopped but now he's wondering why she just got into depression mood on him. It could be mood swings.

She's crying and now he's worried. "Hey, Ichigo. What's wrong?"

"Why did he leave?" she asks. That was shocking to hear. Then Ichigo starts sobbing. "I understand that he had to go with his parents but did he have to? Especially when he already gave me a taste of what love is. I will probably always love him but how can he just leave me like this? I hate him! I hate him for leaving me like this!" Her hands slide from Kisshu's shoulders to his face and she looks at him straight in the eyes. "You left too. I was so upset because I wanted to know if you were alive or not. I should have faith in my friends, but a part of me wanted to see for myself that you were still alive. Didn't you notice that you became so dear to me when we were young?" She pulls herself closer towards his face and with only an inch away, she tells him, "You showed your heart to me. A heart that's gold, passionate, caring, and loving. You're precious to me so please, heal my wounded heart. You want this too, don't you?" After that, she kisses him and he closes his eyes half way. She was right. He wants this.

He kissed her back and wraps his arms around her to pull her close. After the kiss, He took his shirt, or shirts off and she finished taking her top off. They kissed again and went at it; most to Kisshu's yearning and Ichigo's pleasure.

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It's been a week since that crazy party and the aliens were long gone. Their only goodbyes were Taruto's kiss, Pai's words, and Kisshu's night. Lettuce didn't remember anything about the kiss that Pai gave her and she was sad he left. However, his facts on marine biology were very interesting and it made the teacher proud of her. Pudding remembered the kiss and the candy drops she gave Taruto and now her only wish is that he would come back soon. However, Ichigo's been sick. For three mornings straight after a few days after that night, she was throwing up in the morning and she had these yearnings but could barely keep them in her stomach. She kept them a secret because she decided to let them pass but when she started to familiarize two and two together, she was ready to have a heart attack.

While Ichigo is throwing up in the bathroom while her mom is cooking, causing the smell of bacon and eggs to make her stomach feel worst. There was something else too. In one hand, she was holding a white stick and it looks like something is appearing on it. After flushing the toilet, she goes to the mirror and leans on the counter. During that time, she looks down at the white stick and on it is a sign; a pink plus. She looks from the stick to her reflection in the mirror. She looks horrified.

"I'm…pregnant? I'm pregnant with Kisshu's child?"