Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew or Arthur and the Minimoys.

A.N.: Let's find out how many of you are willing to stick with me! And yes… the kissing thing was from after I read Arthur! I was young! I thought it was a great idea! (whispering) please don't sue me.

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Chapter 2

"Tell them!" The tall alien looked disgruntled, crossing his arms over his chest. "Hm! It's your problem. Solve it yourselves!" The brat puffed his cheeks in annoyance. "We'll have to take the crap later! Besides! You explain things better!" Eyeing a more and more depressed Kishu from the corner of his eye, Pai finally sighed in defeat. "Fine…".

The purple haired alien grabbed a nearby chair and promptly made himself comfortable. Everyone sweat dropped but decided to follow his example. The other two aliens let themselves fall in the floor with Pudding mimicking Taruto and getting closer to him. Mint and Zakuro took one table while Ichigo and Masaya took other. Keiichiro took a seat a bit further behind, near the kitchen door. Lettuce brought her chair closer to Shirogane, who in turn refused to let his guard down and preferred to stand.

Watching the group in front, Pai straighten his back and began. "Every specie's has its own unique way of mating. Generally, it develops in order to allow a better development of the specie. For example: some species have one male impregnating several females, others favor a single partner for life. Humans are confusing in that manner. His hard to determinate if they have only one partner, several, or if that partner is changed over time." The aliens fidgeted on their seats, while the earthlings tried to understand what the purpose for all that talk was about. "Apart from that… When we are recruited to work in this type of missions, others went in search of new planets before us, we are usually fairly young. Normally very young orphans. Now a days, things are different. Our planet was successfully recovered and we returned to the ancient ways. But I'm getting sidetracked! There were things we weren't taught. Or that I thought that they…" He gave a quick glance at his companions. "… didn't really needed to know. They were irrelevant to the mission. And that got them into trouble. Somehow… it was also my fault. I'm sorry." He bowed, equally followed by the other two.

Shirogane was tapping his foot on the floor. What the hell had any of it to do with their return? And it was exactly what he voiced.

Pai looked unfazed by his anger. "I was getting to that. If you weren't able to guess the problem yet… But first I must explain how we mate. We have one partner for life and we mate with no other. When we mate, a unique mental connection is made. Among other things, it keeps life essences connected and allows the transmission of information. Those were some of the advantages this type of mating gave our kind."

"What does this have to do with us?" Massaya could feel his girlfriend tense at every word. "It's quite simple. To consummate our mating, or in human words, to "marry" someone a simple act is needed: a kiss." Silence filled the room for what seemed like long hours. Then suddenly Ichigo seemed to wake up and started screaming and freaking out. "W.H.A.T! Are you saying Kishu is married to me?" Quickly she covered her mouth. She really hadn't told anyone about how her first kiss had been stolen. "Ichigo? What do you mean by that?" Massaya was looking absolutely dejected. "Technically, you are married to him, you know!" Taruto interjected.

Acusations and yelling followed and a fight almost issued before Shirogane was able to get control of the situation. When things looked calmer, Pai turned to Kishu. "Don't you have something to say to Momomiya-san?" Sadly, Kishu got up from his spot. He hadn't moved an inch despite all the disorder. "I'm sorry koneko-chan. I didn't really knew what I had done." He sighed deeply. "And now I'll pay the consequences. I know you like Romeo there so… I won't do a thing. It hurts me a lot, because on my eyes you are mine. I guess that explains a lot of my earlier actions but… And I really can't return to my planet now so… I wanted to apologize properly." His head had slumped down so much that his gaze was now perfectly parallel with the ground. "Kish…" But Massaya didn't let Ichigo finish. "What do you mean? Why can't you return? Won't you suffer more here?" But it was Pai who answered him. "I never got explain everything… I told you about that mental connection that it's formed, but it has a pretty strong physical presence really so that the two parts can always find each other. It can stretch and bend; but… like an elastic, if stretched beyond its limits… breaks." Pai had all human eyes on himself. "…Breaks?" "What happens if it breaks-nanoda?" The purple alien's expression turned grave. "… Both parts die."

The Café was silent for a long time. Ichigo was the first to recover from the shock. Stepping further she stood in front of Pai. "How do I know if it will break?" The eldest alien looked genuinely surprised. "I think you already know the answer to that! Think about it! You and Kishu were apart a year, millions of years light from each other! You must have felt some type of symptom!" Surprisingly this seemed to leave a very bright smile on the girl's lips. "That's just it? So everything's fine now? Kishu only needs to stay close from now on and everything will be fine!" The aliens seemed taken aback by her sudden cheerfulness. "… Well… Your Verbindung, the connection, still needs to heal, but..." But Ichigo was no longer listening. Quickly she scrambled to explain her boyfriend why she had kept such a secret from him.

"Ano… Pai-san…" Lettuce timidly turned to the shocked alien. "Why has Pudding-chan been demonstrating the same symptoms?" Pai's explanation was cut by Taruto rant.

"Hey! You ruined the surprise! I wanted to tell her!" "The me what, Taru-taru?" Pudding was looking very excited with huge bright stars in her eyes. The small alien blushed and nervously scratched the back of his hair. "Well… you see… I know you have a fiancé but… that day under the dome…Everything was falling on top of us… and… and… '…" Taruto was talking so fast that almost all meaning was gone but the yellow mew seemed to understand and quickly ended his tirade by giving him a small peck on the lips. "Oh, Taru-taru! Pudding feels so happy-nanoda!" "… Re-really?" "Of course! Pudding never liked Yuebin very much either way-nanoda!" For a moment the small alien looked dumb-struck but a victorious smiled slowly made his way into his face.

"Pudding-chan… is this really okay?" The other mews looked quite displeased by her quick acceptance. The small mew eagerly nodded. "Pudding is sure-nanoda!" Taruto awkwardly rubbed his when he suddenly remembered something important. "Whoa! Wait a moment! We're doing this backwards!" Unclenching himself from Pudding's crutching huge teleported away. Sighing, Pai also teleported.

"Where did Taru-taru and Pai-onichan go-nanoda?" But Kishu didn't answer her. He still looked quite depressed, seating away from everyone in a corner, a dark aura surrounding him.

"Here they are!" Taruto and Pai returned, alongside with a huge pile of objects. "Taru-taru! What is all of this-nanoda?" Taruto stuck his chest out very proudly. "They're gifts for you! Normally, I would propose, give them to you, court you and if we decided that it was fine, we would finally "marry". Right, Pai?" Taruto turned to the elder in confirmation. The purple haired alien nodded gravely.

Pudding quickly searched through the pile of presents. It consisted basically of many strange exotic fruits, some rolls of light colored and almost transparent fabrics, what seemed like golden stemmed glasses and jewels. Most of it were craved in precious stones. The five girls were drooling and had shiny eyes while looking at them.

"Get away! These are Pudding's-nanoda!" The yellow mew growled protectively in her monkey ways. The other mews hissed and threatened her with their claws but remained away.

With the female a little more calm, Pudding turned to hg Taruto once more. "Thank you-nanoda! It's a shame though… When Pudding pictured her wedding she thought that there would be a big party. Alien wedding is not the most cheerful one-nanoda." The small alien titled his head in confusion. "Wedding? You mean the wedding party? Of course we can have one!" Everyone was confused. "But aren't you married already? You said that you married by kissing." Pai had seated once more and had been contemplating the world outside the window, but immediately rose at the question. He had already accustomed to be the one to explain things. "Indeed. But considering how easy our mating his done, it certainly isn't uncommon to have wedding parties after the marriage."

"Pudding want's a big altar! And music! And food! And her family-nano-nanoda!" "What is a human wedding like?" While Pudding quickly explained, Shirogane and Pai discussed their living arrangements. "The ship?" "Yes. There is plenty of space in there. We can keep living there as long as needed."

Ichigo was feeling somewhat conflicted. She was happy that Kishu wasn't going and try to interfere in her love life anymore, but she also felt sad for Kishu. She knew that his love for her was as real as Aoyama-kun's and he was also suffering from the connection, Verdi-something! "Ichigo. Is something wrong?" The pink mew smiled at her boyfriend constant kindness. Masaya smiled back and pulled her close for a kiss. She closed her eyes readying herself, almost feeling his taste on her lips when she suddenly pushed him softly. Aoyama was looking confused a bit hurt. The redhead signalized the bulge near the wall whose dark aura kept growing. The boy understood. It would be very cruel.

"We figured it!" "We figured it-nanoda!" The two youngsters suddenly screamed stealing all the attention. "What did you figured, you oversized monkeys?" Mint angrily inquired. "Hey! We decided how we are going to do our wedding! We mix things a bit!" The two yelled at the same time.

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A.N.: Took me a bit because my computer broke down. Next time we'll discover how to have an alien wedding.