The Ultimate Bet
Chapter 2: Earth, Sweet, Earth
Kish, Pai and Tart were back on earth again. They breathed in the sweet scent of evening air as they made their way to Café Mew Mew.
Pai and Tart were walking up the front side by side while Kish was just lagging along behind them.
They were eager to see if the mew mews still worked there.
When they finally got their it was there just as they remembered it.
Bright, Pink and Cheerful. They wondered if the mew mews were still working there. But they couldn't see anyone outside. They figured it was closed now.
If anyone was watching them they would've noticed that their ears drooped a little. But then Pai noticed that there was someone outside. Someone sweeping the front of the Café wearing a red uniform. Pai perked up knowing that café mew mew wasn't closed.
Tart saw who it was.
"damn. The old hag" said Tart but even Tart was cheerful to see Ichigo
Kish heard that comment and looked up and to his astonishment he saw Ichigo in front of the café. He felt a small wave of happiness at first then a small hint of sadness in his heart.
The aliens were now less than a metre in front of the café.
Ichigo was sweeping the front of the café, she was bored and she couldn't help that occasional wave of sadness that flooded her sometimes. She herself, didn't quite understand it. She thought she was perfectly fine being single but she knew she was lonely.
Sometimes when she wasn't working at the café, she would sit at home in her room thinking about the time when they were still fighting against the aliens and tears would well up in her eyes. She missed it when Kish used to tease her. She quite frankly, missed all of the aliens. She missed how Tart used to call her old hag and how Pai used to say nothing at all to her.
She was about to go back inside the café when she heard a voice.
"Oi, Konekochan" came the voice.
Ichigo thought the voice seemed very familiar, she looked up. And to her amazement the three aliens stood before her. Dressed in the same clothes, nothing had changed about them at all, except they had gotten taller. Especially Kish. The last time she saw him he was taller than Tart but shorter than Pai, now he about was the same height as Pai. She felt for her pendant in her pocket because she wanted to tell the others the aliens were back as Ichigo was sure they wanted to see them. She pressed her pendant and a few seconds later the other 2 mews appeared outside.
She felt herself choke back a sob. As a couple of tears couldn't help but trickle down her cheeks. She chucked the broom to a side and run and flung herself at Kish. Zakuro just held her hand out at Pai but he just bowed down at her. Pudding instantly grabbed Tart and pulled him into a suffocating hug.
After the very happy reunion was over Pai said the first word.
"I though there were 5 mew mews, not 3" he said.
Zakuro replied. "the others went on vacation" she explained.
"I see…….." said Pai
"Um…………do…you guys want to….um……come in…………" mumbled Ichigo
They nodded followed the 3 girls into the café.
Once they were inside the café, Zakuro gestured for the aliens to sit down. They sat. The mew mews also sat down.
"So……" said Pudding ever so cheerfully "what brings you back?"
"We missed earth" said tart
"Oh" said Pudding
"How's your planet going?" asked Zakuro
"Fine, very pretty, it's like earth now" replied Pai
Kish and Ichigo just sat they're silently. Failing to notice that the others were waving their hands in front of their faces.
"Hel------loooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Earth to Ichigo" said Pudding
Ichigo was startled then she sat up straight.
"yeah?" said Ichigo
"You were staring into space" said Pudding
"Oh….sorry" said Ichigo.
"Tart nudged Pudding and looked pointedly at Kish.
"Kish-niichan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Pudding
Kish jumped.
"What, monkey-girl?" said Kish
"You were staring into nowhere too" said Zakuro
"Oh" said Kish
"Do you guys want something to eat?" asked Zakuro as she stood up.
The aliens shrugged.
"Ok….then" said Zakuro as she went to the kitchen.
"I'll help" said Pai as he got up.
"Uh….thanks……." said Zakuro
"Ooooohhhhhh!!!! Pudding help too. Tar-tart will come with her" shouted pudding as she dragged Tart out into the kitchen with pai and Zakuro.
That just left Kish and Ichigo sitting opposite each other. Saying nothing.
"Crap. She still hates me……………." thought Kish
"Oh….man……why did Pai, Zakuro, Pudding and Tart do this…..what am I going to say to him?" thought Ichigo
Kish couldn't help himself. He just had to blurt the whole question out.
"Why do you still hate me?" asked Kish quietly.
Ichigo was surprised and hurt.
"I don't……….., kish. I don't……" said Ichigo
"Uh….I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that………" mumbled Kish
"Huh??...that's not like Kish…………..he never gets tongue tied and apologizes. What happened to him, he used to be so…….so………happy and flirtatious. It's like he's grown up. He's so……….mature………." thought Ichigo
But before Ichigo could reply, the other arrived with a huge plate of pastries.
"dig in" said Pudding as she put the plate on the table.
They all grabbed a pastry.
Before they knew it, it was 8:54PM.
"Ok……….I guess we'll sort rooms out" said Zakuro
"But how……………..we only have 3 rooms" mumbled Ichigo
"I know2 of us can stay together and one of us'll have to stay with the guys" said Pudding
"That's not fair" said Ichigo
"Yeah, Pudding" said Zakuro
"Oh, ok" said Pudding
"Fine, this is how it'll work, it's either you pick one of us or we pick on of you' said Zakuro
"You pick" said Pai
"Oh….ok…………. who goes first" said Zakuro
"Pudding will!!!! Tar-tar;s mine!!!!!!" she shouted as she dragged him over.
"Ok…..Ichigo it's either you or me now……" said Zakuro
"You go" said Ichigo
"Kay……………..um……..I guess….Pai" said Zakuro
he just nodded.
"So that just leaves you and Kish, Ichigo" said Zakuro
They nodded.
Everyone headed to their rooms and thankfully there were two beds.
"Night guys" said Pudding
"Night replied" the others
In Kish and Ichigo's room it was plain silent. They just sat on their beds and looked at each other.
"Um….Ichigo…………."
Ooooooo!!! Ciffy!!!!! Well, that's all!!!!!!
-Zoey