Kisshu: so…You actually updated on time!? I am rather proud of you!

Me: Awwww thank you :D

Ichigo: yeah, I am surprised. I already had a speech to scold you and everything.

Me: You have little faith my dear and for that you shall be punished in later chapters *looks at kisshu and winks*

Kisshu: *winks back* oh Ichigo you will soon be forever mine!

Ichigo: No I won't. she doesn't own us so all things you say are invalid.

Me: She makes a good point, I don't own Tokyo mew mew but I do own this story so therefore I can make you do anything I want. Now on with the story!

Ichigo POV.

Walking to school was always one of my favorite parts of the day. It gave me a chance to be alone and not have to pretend to be happy and wonderful for people. It was my time to think and relax. To get to my school I have to walk through the park, which gave me plenty of time to myself. Lucky for me it's was a beautiful day out, the trees are bright with green leaves and there were little flowers blooming hear and there in the grass. You can tell spring is just around the corner with the way things are starting to look right now. Trees swaying lightly in the wind, the sun shining bright on everything blade of grass, and the feeling of new life all around you.

Continuing my familiar walk through the beautiful park, I start to feel something. I'm not sure what exactly it is that I am feeling. I feel strange in a way, like I have felt this way before. " Must have a storm on they way. Stupid cat genes." I mumble to myself. I look up at the sky and see not a cloud in sight. Sighing to myself I shake my head and continue walking, blowing the feeling off.

After walking a bit I see that I am just coming up on the center of the park. This is the one part of the park that I hate and love the most. I come to a stop and just stare at the big water fountain. I watch as the water crashes down into the pool where you can see what looks like a thousand coins that have all been wished on at the bottom. I have come to learn that wishing on coins is pointless and disappointing. Wishing on coins didn't bring back Masaya. Wishing on coins didn't make the pain go away or help me forget anything. All it did was show me how life is a bitch that likes to bite you in the ass and kick you while you're down. Wishing on coins is for the people who still have a chance to make something out of there lives.

Walking up to the fountain, I sit on the edge and just stare into the water at myself. The girl I see looks nothing like the old me. I don't see a hint of the old me in this new girl. All I see is a girl with red hair hanging down on her shoulders with an expressionless face. Her eyes are guarded and she doesn't show the hint of a smile. All I see is a girl I have come to know as the new me.

Sighing, I glance down at my wrist watch that reads 7:38 pm. 'Late. Oh well, I might as well take my time and enjoy my walk.' I think to myself. I stand up and start walking when I feel it. I can feel eyes watching me from behind. Being part cat I have the unique ability to feel when I am being watched or followed. I slow my pace and start to listen very carefully for any sign of a threat. I can't hear anything at all, but I still can feel eye burning into my back. I know someone is following me. You don't just be a Mew Mew leader for years and not be able to tell when you're being followed.

I stop walking dead in my tracks, finally annoyed with this game and I say low yet very clear " I don't know who the hell you think you are that you think you can follow me, but you have another thing coming if you don't back the fuck off and leave me alone." Silence was all I got. Who ever is there is still watching, I can tell they have stopped also. My patients are wearing thin right now and I really am not in the mood. I slowly turn around and start to say leave me alone when I stopped mid-sentence. There in front of me, hovering over the ground is someone from my past I never in a million years thought I would see again. "kisshu." my voice comes out as a whisper but he defiantly heard me because he smirks and says " hey kitten, long time no see!" That's all I remember before I can't breath and start to black out.

Kisshu POV.

"Hey kitten, long time no see!" I say in a happy voice that for once is completely not force. Then something happens I didn't expect at all, Ichigo blacks out and starts to falls to the ground. Racing forward I catch her in my arms. 'Hm well I know it's been a while but I didn't think it's been that long.' I think to myself.

while carrying Ichigo to a bench near by and laying her down to rest. It's then now that I have a good look at her that I see some surprising things. Ichigo has changed. Her hair has grown a little past her shoulders and she keeps it down now. Her clothes aren't the bright pinks she used to wear, instead she is wearing a plain white short sleeved shirt and tight black skinny jeans that have rips all over the legs. Then I see some things that cause my face to turn red hot. "my kitten has changed in more ways then one." I mumble to myself embarrassed. Looking at how she has grown and now has all the right curves now makes me long to be with her all the more. Her chest is much more pronounced then it used to be and her body has more of an hour glass figure to it now. 'She certainly has physically grown to be beautiful, just as I thought.' I think to myself.

It's then she starts to come too. She opens her eye and starts to sit up. I decided to sit at the end of the bench to let her collect her thought before saying anything more. She looks a little confused at the moment. 'still as cute as ever when confused.' I think to myself. She turns to me and I think I could literally hear the click I her head go off. She stares at me for a long moment before saying " I must have finally cracked. Now I am hallucinating kisshu's here." It seems to me like she is talking more to herself then to me. Then she stands up and starts walking away. I jump up and teleport in front of her saying "hey where are you going? I have been gone for like ever and you are just going to up and leave kitten?" she stops and looks at me for a second then says to herself "damn I must be worse then I thought if my hallucinations are following me." she then continues walking down the cobble stone pathway. 'what the hell! Is she serious?! She thinks I'm not real. How do I prove I'm real?! Wait! Physical touch will prove it!' I think real fast. I teleport In front of her, grab her by the shoulders and press my lips firmly against hers. I can feel her tense up from the kiss and then start to relax as I ease up and the presser of my lips. 'god how I've missed her and the touch of her lips against mine' I think happily to myself.

Pulling back but still holding her there I stare into here eyes." Ichigo I'm really here. You are not having any hallucinations do you understand me?" I say gently. She slowly starts to non her head and she looks to be thinking hard about something. 'There's something different about her, I can't place it yet but something is wrong' I think worriedly.

Ichigo looks up at me for the first time and I finally see it. She is wearing same exact face I have been wearing sense I go out of the hospital. I can see it in her eyes. They have lost that spark that I loved so much, now they are dull and guarded. This worries me greatly but I don't let it show. Ichigo starts to speak quietly " Kisshu. You're really here. I'm not going crazy?' she asks as she slowly brushes her fingers across my cheek as if checking again to make sure I'm really there. " Yes Koneko-chan I'm really here. And no you're not crazy." I say with a smile on my face. Then once again I am surprised by my kittens actions, she pulls me into a death grip hug ." Oh my god! You're really here. I'm not crazy! When did you get back? Why are you back? Did the others come with you? How long are you staying?" she says in a fast one sentence breath. " Hahaha there's the reaction I was waiting for koneko-chan. I'll explain everything but lets go find some to sit down, it might take a bit." I tell her with a big smile on my face. She laughs and says okay as we make our way to a near by hill.

Once we make it up the hill Ichigo and I take a seat when I notice she has a bag in her hand. "Were you busy today?' I ask gesturing to the bag. She shakes her head " I was going to school but I was already late. I'm not going to go today anyways, seeing as we have a lot to talk about." she explains with a small smile that's not quite Ichigo. I'm worried about this but decide to put it off till late to think about. Now is the time to catch up, not be worried over something that may be nothing.

Ichigo POV.

He's changed. looking at him now I can tell. I'm not talking about physically either. There is something off in the way he is acting. He used to be so playful and cocky but now for some strange reason he is acting odd. I want to say he is being guarded but that's not quite it, there is something else, something I can't place. This alone kind of scares me but I might as well let it go. It's not like I know what has been happening in the year he has been gone. What I can tell is how he has changed physically. I didn't really notice until now how much he had grown.

Kisshu looks like he is thinking hard about something, It's now that I notice the changes. He is now about a half a foot taller then me. I won't lie, he filled out quite nicely in the time he has been away. Probably from working out I'm guessing. He isn't wearing the same type of clothes either. His attire looks exactly like pie's outfit except that his shirt is the same dark green as his old shirt with a red collar. His pants are a dark brown that looks almost black, but he is still wearing his wrappings around his arms and has the same kind of shoes that look newer. His hair has grown out a pit as well, its now about shoulder length and still in it's same old hair style thankfully. I always thought his pigtails were kind of cute, though I would deny every admitting to it.

"hey koneko-chan? Hello, Ichigo are you listening?" kisshu says while waving his hand in front of me. Shaking my head and looking back at him I say " I'm sorry, I guess I got lost in thought. He looks at me odd and gives me a funny smile, then shakes his head and starts to laugh. "I was just asking you what you want to know first?" he says in a giggly voice. " Oh, ummm well how about what happened when you got back to your planet?" I asked. Then kisshu looked away from me and said in a voice I didn't really recognize " well, thing about that…" he started to trail off and then got really quiet. 'did I say something wrong? All I asked was what happened when he got home' I thought to myself. " kisshu are you alright? I asked. He looks back at me with must be the fakest smile I have ever seen him use. I have seen him smile before and this is totally fake. " it's noting kitten, anyways umm yeah where was I" He said in a rather peppy fake voice.

Kisshu and I sat on the hill all day just talking. Well he did most of the talking but I asked a lot of questions. He told me everything. How they used blue aqua to restore there planet into a paradise that had everything they needed. He described the planet to me and it sounded beautiful. He told me how when he got back he was put in charge as a high commander in the military, which kept him pretty busy with the council that is in charge there. He basically told me he and the guys became overnight heroes on the planet and how he hated it because there were tons of girls that wouldn't leave him alone. " I find that really funny, you were always saying how you could get any girl and now that you have them you hate it hahaha." I told him. He just smirked and said "It's okay kitten I only have eyes for you." That caused me to roll my eyes. It was just about sunset when I finally asked the question kisshu somehow kept avoiding. " kisshu so you still never told me. Why did you come back to earth?" I asked him curiously. His sighed and looked at the sunset, wind playing with his hair. With out looking at me he asked me a weird question. " Ichigo, back when we were fighting to take over earth, did you ever consider what it would be like for us to live together? The Cyniclons and the humans I mean." he asked almost cautiously. 'live along side them? Hmm, now to be honest back then I never really thought about it before. But now thinking about it I sounds interesting.' I think to myself. Pondering this thought a bit I look back at kisshu , who is still looking at the sky that's getting dark. Living with them and not fighting…..that might have solved a lot of problems back then. It really would have.