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Chapter 1

It seemed like just another ordinary day.

The final battle had been won and the years after that passed peacefully and without any other complications.
So Ichigo Momomiya made her way to school, not knowing that many things were about to change.

"Hey Ichigo!" The redhaired girl turned around to see her friends Miwa and Moe standing near the school entrance.
"Good Morning~" With a happy smile on her face, she joined them. "I'm on time today~ Isn't that a reason to celebrate?", she joked
and threw her arms around their shoulders. This earned her a few giggles.

"Yeah, we should totally throw you a party for that reason!", Miwa said with a big grin on her face.
Then they made their way to their classroom not noticing that a few older girls nearby were watching them with rather grim faces.

Hours later...

School was finally over and since Ichigo needed to head over to the cafe for work, she parted ways with her school friends at the school gate.
Now that she was alone, it didn't take long until she found herself face to face with one of her seniors who had been watching her earlier this morning.

"Ichigo Momomiya", the older girl said in a disgusted tone. Confused by the hostility, Ichigo just stayed silent.
"The girl who stole our Aoyama-kun." Her two companions nodded while throwing dirty looks at the redhead.

Suddenly the mew knew what this was all about. "Listen, if you want to blame his behaviour towards you on me, just forget it.
It's not like I have anything to do with that.", the 16-year-old retorted. After all these years of fighting against the aliens and their chimeras,
Ichigo wasn't the helpless girl she used to be. These girls didn't scare her one bit and she wasn't going to let them speak to her like that.

"After YOU broke up with him, he stopped talking to us like he did before! He even stopped allowing us to watch him practise! All because of a stupid girl like you!"
"You didn't even deserve to be with him in the first place! You ugly, stupid, disgusting -"
Before the girl could finish her sentence, a lightning bolt struck the tree right next to her, missing her body by a few inches.

Letting out a loud scream, the girl stared horrified at the mew, who looked just as scared, and then began to run as fast as she could away from the scene.
Her friends followed her.

Alarmed and confused, Ichigo looked left and right, trying to identify what or who the cause of the lightning bolt was.
The only thing she saw was a shadow which disappeared the second she laid her eyes on it. "ALIEN, ALIEN!"
As Masha cried out the almost nostalgic alarm signal, the mew suddenly knew who had been there a few moments ago and
who had attacked the girl that was insulting her. "Kisshu...", she whispered in disbelief. "You are back?"

At the cafe

"Do you think all of them are back?", Minto asked her fellow team members. "I think if he is back... He wouldn't come alone, would he?", Retasu commented with a
thoughtful look in her eyes. "It's none of my business, but wasn't he obsessed with Ichigo? Maybe he came back to stalk her again", Zakuro said while crossing her
arms and leaning against the wall. They had closed the cafe and were now sitting at one of the bigger tables, discussing the recent event.

"I don't know... it's... I think if he wanted to harrass me like before, he wouldn't just disappear like that... I mean.." A dark red blush appeared on Ichigo's cheeks.
"You know how he acted all the time!" Minto just smirked at the flustered girl.

"Are you by any chance talking about him KISSING you all the time?" "MINTO!"
"Calm down, we can see your ears and tail again" "RYOU!"

Embarrassed, the cat girl tried to cover them as quickly as she could. "Maybeee I can see Taru-Taru again!", Purin chimed in and started dancing around the table
with a big smile on her face. "I'm going home, this conversation doesn't seem to go anywhere", Zakuro commented and left the room.

A few moments passed while Retasu twirled a strand of her long green hair around her finger. "Um... How about we stop overanalysing the situation...?
Kisshu didn't harm you, right? So I think we should just wait for him... or them... to contact us instead of trying to search for him... or them... "
A bit embarrassed, the porpoise mew looked away after ending her sentence.

"I agree with her", Keiichiro said softly and smiled at the shy girl. "I do too! They're our friends now, remember?", Purin told them while dropping herself onto
one of the chairs. "Hmm.. I'm just concerned about possible attacks. We don't know if he came back with peaceful intentions", Ryou commented with a serious look
on his face. Minto and Ichigo glanced at each other.

"Anyways... you all have your pendants with you and Ichigo has Masha as well, so even when he tries to attack one of you, you are able to defend yourself.
Just try to be careful, okay?" Ryou sighed. It was obvious that he didn't like the situation. "You can go home now and if you find out anything else,
don't forget to call me or Keiichiro."

The girls nodded and left the room to change out of their work clothes.

"Okay, I'm going to walk home with Purin... See you tomorrow...", Retasu said with a soft smile.
Purin grabbed her hand and waved happily at the remaining mews. "Goodbyeee~"
Then she began to drag the green haired girl towards the park area.

"I bet the second I'm alone again, he's going to appear and harrass me!", Ichigo whined.
"Call me if he kisses you~", Minto joked with a smirk on her face. "It's not funny!", the redhead retorted.

"Oh yes, it is~ See you tomorrow!" The bird mew shot one last smirk at her friend, before walking towards the nearby parking lot,
where her chauffeur was waiting for her.

Ichigo took a deep breath and let her gaze drift towards the cloudy sky. "I don't even know what I would do if he kissed me...

All this time without him... I don't know why, but I really missed him, which is very strange...
I broke up with Masaya, because I realised that it had never been love, it was just a crush. But what about Kisshu? How do I feel about him?
How should I feel about him...? I'm so confused."

The cat girl shook her head, trying to organise her thoughts.

"Kisshu died for me... He really loved me. He protected me even when that meant giving up his life."

Just like a guardian angel.

"But do I love him?"

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