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Lettuce looked around and gasped. She had been expecting Pai's ship to be white walls, bright lights, and overflowing with technology. Instead, Lettuce saw that Pai was standing on a floor that looked like he was walking on the earth sky. It even had clouds that were slowly shifting beneath the floor. What was even more amazing was that the floor rippled like water every time he placed a foot on it. There were no walls or ceiling, allowing Lettuce to see into space. After looking around, Pai let Lettuce down on her feet.

Lettuce was unsure of herself as she tried a few steps before giggling at the feeling of flying she was getting. Pai slightly smiled and asked, "I guess you've never been to my ship before, have you?" Lettuce nodded her head in a yes while she slowly sat down on the floor.

"Where is Kishu-san's and Taruto-kun's ship?" Lettuce asked, placing her hands to feel the slight vibrations of the floor.

Pai's eyes narrowed slightly, but he shrugged and said, "they live here on my ship, but sometimes Kishu claims that this is his ship. It makes me…annoyed, when he makes that claim."

Lettuce nodded her head again and sat silently for a few minutes. Pai sat down after a minute, where he found himself looking deeply into Lettuce's eyes. The strange feeling came back, causing Pai to look away from Lettuce to rid himself of it. What am I going to do? Pai asked himself. He didn't think that Kishu or even Taruto would care if Lettuce was in the ship with them, but it was an entirely different matter if Deep Blue found out about Lettuce. He would order her death, something that Pai wished to avoid if possible.

"Um…Pai-san?" Lettuce asked, a puzzled look on her face.

"Lettuce-san, just call me Pai," Pai said with a frown, not caring for the formality.

"Only if you call me Lettuce," Lettuce said with a smile. She looked around shyly before asking uncomfortably, "I don't want to intrude or anything, but…you wouldn't happen to have any food? I'm hungry."

Pai looked at the floor and thought about it. He personally didn't eat very much, so he had no idea what he should give her. Do humans even eat the same food as us? Pai asked himself. Standing up, he said, "wait here until I return." With that, he teleported to a different location of the ship. The floor was now covered in a white tile, but there was still no walls. There was however a small, metallic table a few meters away from Pai. He walked over to the table and hit his fist on top it. A small purple fruit appeared out of thin air and fell into Pai's open hand.

Pai teleported back to Lettuce, who was still staring at the floor with amazement. "Here you are Lettuce, a fresh rasple," Pai said as he handed Lettuce the apple looking fruit. Lettuce didn't look at it as she accepted the food and took a bite out of it.

Suddenly, she looked over at it and said with disbelief, "this is an apple? It tastes like…a chocolate shake! Yes, I can even feel the cooling effects of it."

Pai looked shocked as he said, "that's not an apple…it's a rasple! Did I get something bad? I thought that a food item that gave the eater their choice of flavor and texture would be good, but if it's not…"

"This is great Pai! Thank you!" Lettuce cried out before eating the rest of the fruit. Pai sighed in relief.

After Lettuce was done eating, she blushed and said, "sorry about troubling with such a simple matter as food."

Pai waved it off and flinched when he felt a presence behind him. Turning around slowly, he came face to face with Kishu. "Pai? What the hell are you doing with this earth girl?" Kishu asked, his eyes narrowing into slits.

Pai's face immediately went cold as he said, "You will not question me Kishu. I give you a place to come back to, and this is how you repay me? Get out of my sight before I decide to punish you with death."

Kishu swore under his breath before teleporting away. "That was not a nice thing to do," Lettuce said, standing up. Pai looked at her and sighed.

"With Kishu, it doesn't really matter how much I threaten him. He always disobeys me, and yet he's still alive. I wouldn't ever actually kill him…without just cause of course. It is more of a instinctive saying then anything. Don't worry about him though…he was just upset that his latest attempt at getting mew Ichigo failed." Pai said with a shrug.

"Why, what happened?" Lettuce asked.

Pai looked at the floor and said with a smile, "Well, Kishu followed mew Ichigo around and started to leave little presents for her. For a little while, mew Ichigo thought it was sweet until Kishu got too hasty and told her that the gifts were from him. Then, I don't really know what happened, but he's been acting strange ever since then."

"That sounds sweet. What type of presents did Kishu-san leave?" Lettuce asked, curious.

For a few seconds, Pai just frowned and continued to look at the floor. He didn't say anything for several minutes. He then looked up into Lettuce's green eyes and said, "Kishu left presents of rasples for her."

Lettuce was curious why he had hesitated, but she didn't ask. Instead, she yawned and stretched. Pai noticed this and asked with a smile, "are you feeling tired Lettuce?"

Unsure of what to say, Lettuce simply nodded her head yes. Pai looked up at the stars and said, "I think it's safe to say that you maybe wondering why you are so tired. From my calculations, you're body's been through ten hours while you were here."

"Ten hours? How?" Lettuce asked, confused. It only seemed to be thirty minutes to possible an hour, not ten hours.

Pai placed his hand on the back of his head and said with a slight blush, "I guess I forgot to tell you that time accelerates in this part of my ship, allowing us to sleep for only an hour to get the effect of a full night's sleep quickly. It also works the opposite way as well, unless you go into the correct chamber. I wasn't thinking when I brought you to this room, but if you sleep here, you will only sleep for an hour before waking, fully refreshed…or do you wish to sleep naturally?"

"Before I answer that question, how long have I been away from my home?" Lettuce asked nervously.

Pai did a quick calculation before saying, "You've been away for about one hour earth time, but you've aged ten hours physically."

Lettuce bit her bottom lip and thought about it. "If it's ok, I would like to be in one of the rooms where time flows normally, since I don't want to wake up as an old lady," Lettuce said with a smile.

Nodding his head, he teleported Lettuce and himself to a new room. It was a perfect replica of Café Mew Mew dining room. "Pai…?" Lettuce asked before Pai blushed deeply.

"This is the strategic room, and it takes on the form of the current object of study…which is this building's weak points," Pai said, causing Lettuce to gasp.

"Why would you be studying our café's weak points?" Lettuce asked with a shocked look on her face.

Pai shifted uncomfortable before saying, "well, technically…the mews are…you know, our…"

"I get it," Lettuce said, sounding heart broken.

"I…I mean, I didn't mean it like that Lettuce…" Pai said hastily, having no idea what to say. Until earlier today, Lettuce probably considered him the enemy as well, so he thought she would understand what it was like. Pai realized that Lettuce might still consider Pai an enemy. As for Pai, he was still debating with the strange feeling what he actually considered her.

"Pai…you said that I would never have to fight here. How can you possible say that if you are planning to kill my friends?" Lettuce questioned with a sad voice.

Honestly, Pai didn't have an answer for her. He did however give her a promise. "Lettuce, would it be better if I swear to you that I will not kill your friends? I can also swear that neither Kishu nor Taruto would kill anyone either. Would that be enough to ease your worried mind?" Pai asked with a calm voice.

Lettuce nodded her head and smiled. Pai looked up at the ceiling and thought, that was damn stupid of me…I can't swear that and still carry out Deep Blue's will! Lettuce looked at Pai with a curious look on her face, causing Pai to look at her and smile. "I think that the mew creator's room is somewhere in here. You could find it better then me, so I'll leave you alone while you go sleep." Pai said softly before teleporting away, allowing Lettuce to go to "Ryou's" room and sleep.


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