I'm sorry that I took so long to update...Please enjoy this chapter!
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"Pudding-san," Lettuce began, but was cut off by Ryou.
"It's alright, Lettuce. We just need everyone else to get here."
"Are they coming?" Lettuce asked.
"Hai." Ryou replied, "We called them while you went to get Pudding."
"Oh." Lettuce said, "Is that them?"
"Hey Taro." Nanaho asked, "Do you think that it's really them?"
"Probably." He answered, "There is a ninety-nine percent chance that it is, in fact, them."
"Oh." Miharu looked down, "It isn't them."
"Miharu." the teacher said, "That means that it probably is 'them'? Who are 'them,' anyway?"
"Our parents." Nanaho answered quietly.
"Did you know that they were here?" she asked."
"We guessed." Taro replied, "You said that Zakuro Fujiwara was in front of this café in that picture. The pictures of their parents seem to be in front of the same building, so we guessed that they somehow knew each other and were here. You helped us a lot, sensei, arigato."
Their teacher had a confused look on her face, but said calmly, "You're welcome."
Meanwhile in the kitchen, everyone was waiting for Kish to arrive. Everyone was there except for him. Finally, Pai spoke up, "I'll go get him." He then teleported. When he came back, he was dragging a complaining Kish.
"What do you want?" Kish demanded, "I was sleeping, you know!" He then looked over at Ichigo. "Oh, hey honey."
"Hey Kish." Ichigo replied, smiling.
"Okay, now since everyone is here," Ryou began, "we need to discuss the issue at hand."
"The what?" asked Kish.
"The issue at hand, what is going on." Pai explained.
"Oh, okay." Kish replied, "Go on."
"As I was saying," Ryou continued, "our children, the ones that we had left at the orphanage to protect them from harm, are here at the café."
"Really?" Kish asked, wide-eyed.
"Hai." Ryou replied, and opened his mouth to continue, when Kish interrupted.
"You mean, here?" He asked, "Like, right now?"
"Hai, Kish." Ryou said, "Now please stop…"
"Whoa!" Kish interrupted once more, "Where's Miharu?"
"I can't believe that Kish remembered and you didn't." Ryou teased Ichigo, "Anyway, Kish, please..."
"Is she the one with Koneko-chan's hairstyle, but it's green?" Kish asked.
"Yes, now please…" Ryou was too late. Kish had already left the kitchen to inspect the group.
"Hey cutie." Kish said, looking at Miharu.
"Hi!" Miharu said excitedly, almost falling out of her seat.
"Excuse me sir, but do you work here?" the teacher asked.
"No. My koneko-chan does, duh." he replied, rolling his eyes.
"Your what?" she asked, wide-eyed.
"My koneko-chan." Kish said slowly, sounding out the syllables.
"Who's that?" she asked, still confused.
"My wife, duh." he replied, rolling his eyes once more, "You people are stupid."
"For your information, sensei did not know your wife's pet name, so it is no proof that we are, in fact, stupid." Taro explained.
"Sensei, eh?" he asked, "So you're not their adoptive mom or anything? What's a pet name, anyway?"
"Why would you think that?" she asked, "I was just taking them out for a treat. Do you know these children?"
"Yeah, and you still didn't answer my question." Kish stated.
"A pet name is sort of like a nickname that couples and such have for each other, such as honey, sweetheart, and in your case, koneko-chan." Taro explained.
Kish was still confused, "Can you translate that?"
Taro shook his head, "It's a nick name."
"Why didn't you say that in the first place?" Kish asked.
"Because we assumed that you knew what a pet name was, and the definition that I gave you wasn't really that complicated." Taro pointed out.
"Man, you sound just like Pai." Kish commented, "Do you hang out with him or something?"
"No, I've never met him, but I hope to." Taro replied.
"Okay. Whatever." Kish said, then turned to Miharu, "Do you hang out with this guys often?"
Pai came up behind Kish and dragged him into the kitchen. "Hey!" Kish complained, "What was that for?"
"Baka." Ryou muttered, "Anyway, as I said before, our children are here. Pai, do you have any ideas on what to do about this?"
"Hai." Pai answered, "They all know that we are here. Surely, they must believe that they are ready to face this danger. We should take them in, and if it is too much, we can send them away once more."
"Excellent observation." Ryou said, "Does everyone agree?"
Kish raised his hand. "Yes, Kish." Ryou called on him, rolling his eyes.
"So, what's going on?" Kish asked.
Ryou answered, pronouncing every syllable slowly, to try to get the clueless alien to understand, "We are going to take the children home with us."
"Really?" Kish asked wide-eyed.
"Hai." Ryou stated, "Let's go get them then."