I am so sorry this took so long! I got hooked on an old farming sim' (I wonder why? I usually hate sim' games. o3o) called "Harvest Moon 64". WHY MUST IT BE SO ADDICTING?

A few minutes later, Keiichiro told Kisshu he could get down. Keiichiro prepared the x-ray, and then showed it to them.

"He does have a few broken ribs, I can't do anything about that unfortunately. But look at this." Keiichiro pointed below the left lung. "It's higher up then the
opposite one." He said, pointing at the right lung. "Is that normal for Cyniclons?" Keiichiro asked Kisshu.

"No." Kisshu said, sounding a little nervous.

"I think you may have ruptured your lung. It's not too bad from the looks of it, though."

"Yeah. I've got a hole in my lung and it's 'not too bad'. Of course." Kisshu said sarcastically. At that moment, Ryou burst into his laboratory, practically
foaming at the mouth.

"KISSHU! WHAT THE HELL?" Ryou shouted. Kisshu opened his mouth to scream back, when Ichigo interrupted him with

"Before you both start screaming at each other like you have gone completely, and utterly insane, I'll hold up my end of the bargain. I took him in because he fell out of the sky. He broke his ribs, and apparently ruptured a lung." Ichigo said calmly.

"AND THAT'S WHY YOU USED MY LAB? SO YOU COULD HELP THAT THING?!" Ryou screamed at Ichigo.

"Yes. Yes it was. And Kisshu still is not a 'thing'. And you are going to lose business if you keep screaming like that."

"We. We are going to lose business." Ryou corrected.

"I'm not. I quit." Ichigo said simply.

"No. You aren't going to quit" Ryou said, eyes flashing.

"Ryou, we can't force her." Keiichiro said.

"I know. But I also know where she lives. It's her word against mine, say, if something happens to her parents and that scum standing next to her. Ichigo, if you keep working here and tell the alien to go home, both it and your parents will live." Keiichiro started backing away from Ryou, and Ichigo gulped.

"Ryou, this is insane. I'm pretty sure Zacro is stronger then me." Ichigo replied nervously.

"You have one minute to decide." Ryou said. Ichigo looked at her feet. Why can't I just say yes? Ichigo thought. But, do I really want to work for that psycho? And is it right just to kick Kisshu out because Ryou is insane? But my parents... Ichigo looked up and opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Ryou toppled over, with a tranquilizer dart in his neck.

"It's very lucky that we had a box of tranquilizer darts lying around from the beginning of the project." Keiichiro said. Kisshu walked up to Ryou and kicked his head repeatedly.

"So...what are we going to do with him?" Ichigo asked.

"Drag him to the police, I guess. I'll take care of it." Keiichiro replied.

"Kisshu, you probably ought to stop that." Ichigo said.

"Aww, why? Do you want a turn?" Kisshu asked.

"Yeah, but we don't want the cops to think that we attacked him. It's already suspicious enough with the tranquilizer dart. Most people don't have tranquilizer darts lying around." Ichigo said.

"That's a shame." Kisshu said. A moment later Kisshu asked "Uh, Keiichiro? How high was the dosage in the tranquilizer darts? I just heard his heart stop."

"I didn't check. It must have been too high. I can't believe I did that." Keiichiro said.

"Okay, now what?" Ichigo asked.

"I can teleport him into Tokyo Bay, so everyone assumes it was a homicide and goes on a huge hunt for the murderer." Kisshu said.

"Works for me." Ichigo said.

"It's our best option." Keiichiro agreed, despite everything that happened somewhat sad. Kisshu teleported the body, and Keiichiro asked "Can you find the Mews, Ichigo?"

"Sure." Ichigo said, figuring it was the least she could do. Ichigo headed to the entrance, and a few meters away were the mews. Ichigo ran out to meet them and said

"Keiichiro needs to talk to you."

"About what, na no da?" Pudding asked.

"Yes, we would all like to know." Zacro said.

"He'll tell you inside." Ichigo said hurriedly.

"Okay, but keep it short. I have to go to my dance class in an hour." Mint said. Ichigo headed in, with the mews following her. They went into the lab, Keiichiro said

"Girls, Ichigo and Ryou got in a fight, and when Ichigo went to quit the job at the cafe-" Kisshu interrupted with

"He went insane, threatened her parents and me, and we killed him. I swear it was an accident." Keiichiro looked at him and said

"Are you done?"

"No, I come in peace. There, now I'm done."

"What I was going to ask you, is if you want to keep the cafe running." Keiichiro said.

"I don't think that would work without Ichigo." Kisshu said. "Zacro scares the customers if they don't like anything." Zacro pursed her lips.

"I'm not that harsh." She said.

"Lettuce breaks anything she touches."

"Ah! I'm sorry..." Lettuce moaned.

"Pudding is too hyper, she won't stay still long enough to listen to anything the customers order." Pudding didn't respond, she was too busy setting up a trapeze to swing from.

"And Mint doesn't lift a finger to help." Kisshu finished.

"What? Tea Time is very important!" Mint said.

"Kisshu does have a point. Do any of you girls want to keep the cafe open? Keiichiro asked. The girls were silent.

"Then that settles it. I'll start clearing stuff out after you leave." Keiichiro shrugged.

Kisshu grabbed Ichigo's wrist, and teleported them into her room.


"So, what will we do about your parents?" Kisshu asked.

"I'll check if they're home." Ichigo said, looking out her window. Their car was in the driveway.

"They are. I bet my mom might let me help you out. But then I'd have to explain the whole 'Mew Mew' ordeal." Ichigo said, she paused for a moment, then asked "Oh, and how many times did you stalk me at the cafe?"

"I don't know. I lost track after twelve. It was probably a lot more than that though." Kisshu shrugged.

"I'll freak out about that later. I'm going to tell my parents about the Mew Mew thing now. I'll tell them that I'm hiding you in my closet later." Ichigo said.

"Good idea." Kisshu said. Ichigo started down the stairs then realized something. Mom and Dad don't know I'm home. It would take a lot of explaining why I'm suddenly up in my room. Ichigo thought.

"Can you teleport me outside, Kisshu?" Ichigo asked.

"Sure." Kisshu said, grabbing her wrist and teleporting her. Ichigo headed inside her house.

"Mom, Dad. I'm home." Ichigo called.

"Hello. Dad's getting groceries." Her mom called out.

"I have something to tell you..." Ichigo said. Her mom came out.

"What is it, Sweetie?" Her mom asked, with a concerned look on her face.

"I...I was one of the Mew Mews." Ichigo said.

"Seriously, what is it?" Her mom asked.

"No, that was it." Ichigo said.

"Honey, you can tell me anything." Her mom said, believing Ichigo was hiding something. Ichigo sighed, I guess it does sound ridiculous. She thought.

"Do you have a newspaper clipping with Mew Ichigo on it?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, there was a picture in today's paper." Her mom said, grabbing it off the table.

"Compare my face with Mew Ichigo's." Ichigo said, sighing.

"Oh...oh my God. You really are a mew." Her mom gasped, looking at the photo.

"Yeah...oh, and we currently have a truce with them." Ichigo explained.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Her mom asked.

"I didn't want anyone to know, My boss at the cafe was leading the project and injected the five of us with animal DNA without our knowledge. I thought I would be rejected for being half cat." Ichigo said sadly.

"Honey, we would never reject you." Her mom said, embracing Ichigo. "Now, do you know where your boss is? I need to ensure he never does anything like this again."

"I have no idea, the cafe is closed today." Ichigo lied. Her mom let go, and Ichigo decided now would be the best time to bring this up

"Mom, you know how I said we were at peace with the aliens...? Well, one of them literally fell out of the sky, and I sort of took him in last night. He broke some ribs and ruptured a lung. At the moment he is kind of stuck on Earth and needs a place to stay. Can I please help him until he gets better?" Her mother's jaw dropped.

"Where did he sleep last night?" Her mother asked sternly.

"On the bed. I slept in my sleeping bag, on the floor." Ichigo said, pretending he hadn't gotten on the floor next to her in the middle of the night. Her mother looked relieved.

"I personally don't mind, but your father...how old is he?" Her mother asked.

"I don't know, but he must be about my age." Ichigo said, leaving out the detail that Kisshu would be making out with her right now if he had his way.

"Your father will not be happy with this. Do you think you could just make sure he doesn't leave your room? It's for his own safety."

"Yeah. I think I could." Ichigo said.

Yep. Ryou always seems to get killed in these. The tranquilizer was for an elephant, but then Ryou realized it would be a bad idea to make a teenager any heavier then she already was. Keiichiro just grabbed the first thing he saw. Now, I'm going to go buy a sheep in Harvest Moon...