It had been eight years. Eight long years since the aliens came, since they had been Mews. It had been eight years since Ichigo meet Masaya and Kisshu. Now twenty years old, Masaya and Ichigo were engaged. Things couldn't be better for Ichigo. She was on 7th heaven, planning her wedding…buying her wedding gown, picking the church. It had been pure bliss.

But as of late, as the day loomed closer and closer a certain green haired perverted alien was on Ichigo's mind. She kept wondering how it was for Kisshu, did he make to his home planet, did he find him a wife to love as much as he did her? She kept hearing his laugher, seeing his smirk, his smile, his kiss…And it bothered her. Shouldn't she be thinking about Masaya? Thinking about Masaya's laughter, Masaya's smile, Masaya's kiss and embrace…but…

The day had finally come. Ichigo stood under that sakura tree. The very one so many years ago she killed and nearly took her life. She remembered that fight as clear as day. She remembers his heart wrenching screams that she would die. She remembered early in the day Masaya had shown her that tree, but that part of the memory was scratchy and old, blurry.

She looked up to sky and wondered why she was here even? Why was she thinking of him on her wedding day. Ichigo sighed. Memories of Kisshu flashed in her mind. She tried to push them out weakly. She weakly tried to replace them with memories of Masaya...

"Oh, Kisshu…where are you now?" she asked the sky. She crossed her arms and looked down. "I don't know if I can do this…Can I possibly marry Masaya knowing that I love you too…Can I do it?" She asked an imaginary Kisshu.

He merely smiled and reminded her she had somewhere to be.

Ichigo looked beautiful, Masaya thought, smiling as his high school sweetheart made her way down the isle. To the young woman the service seemed to last forever…finally the preacher said, "Do you Ichigo Momomiya, take this man as your lawfully wedded husband to love and to hold, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health until death do you part?"

Tears welled in Ichigo's eyes as she squeezed them shut. "I don't. I can't do this! I'm sorry, Masaya! I am so sorry!" The girl turned and ran from the building leaving her friends stunned. She ran to Inohara Park.

She stood underneath that tree. "Oh Kisshu…" she says. She wishes Kisshu to come take her to paradise….but it's too late Ichigo.