Sorry, this one is kind of short. I hope you enjoy it!

- Lollie

Mandy was sitting on a chair at the café, her face looking guilty and her body looking weak. Everyone was freaking out, walking around and around the café in circle.

Ryou was the first one to say something. "You're DATING one of our ENEMIES?"

"Shirogane-san! It's not what you…"

"It's not what I think? You know damn well what I'm thinking is right!"

Keiichiro put his hand on Ryou's shoulder. "Now, Ryou, calm down. I'm sure she has an explanation."
All the mews, who were pacing around the café, turned to Mandy with worried looks.

"I'm…" She sighed. "It's a long story."

"We have time." Ryou pulled up a chair and sat next to her, waiting for her answer.

"Well… you remember when we first went to find the 4th and 5th mews?" She turned to Skye and Summer, who both nodded. They gasped at the next thing she said. "I heard laughter. He had jumped off of a building, landing right in front of me, and the kissed me."

"Why didn't you tell us?" Skye wondered, looking hurt.

"What did he do after that?" Isuzu enquired curiously.

"He disappeared."

"When did you see him again."

Mandy sighed once more. "The next morning. I went to get something to eat and he was in the pantry. He smirked and said 'nice to meet you again, pretty little wolf.' I was scared, but his smirk faded and he said he needed to talk about something serious."

"What was the serious talk about?" Holly asked.

"I-I don't know. He just kissed me, there and then – again! I… I…"

"What?" Ryou said sternly. "What did you do?"

"I kissed back... I'm sorry, I didn't know what came over me… I…"

"You dope!" Summer slapped her. "Do you understand how much trouble we're in because of you! Our lives are at risk! What if he goes off and tells his brothers everything you said to him! All our secrets! The Earth is at a much bigger risk because of you!" She walked out of the café, Skye following behind, looking worried.

"Summer! Skye! Wait!" Holly tried to get them back. "You can't just…" The door slammed shut and she sighed.

Isuzu shook her head, and also walked out of the café, mumbling. "This can't be good."

Mandy burst into tears. "I'm so sorry… I didn't…"

"It's fine!" Holly assured her. "If you both love each other, that's okay. You don't have to be enemies."

"NO!" Mandy stood up, wiping her tears. "I will fight back, with all I have. I can't let some boy lead me away from my mission! Even if he is… cute, and sweet… and…"
Holly looked at her like she was crazy.

"Damn, this will be hard!"

"Summer, you can't stay angry at her forever!" Her sister Skye was trying to reassure her, but it wasn't working very well.

"She's in LOVE with the ENEMY!" Summer glared, taking time to emphasize the two word

"So?"

"SO?" Summer looked very angry. Her face was red and her eyes were wide. Skye had no idea how Mandy was going to get out of this one. "This will ruin everything! We're trying to protect Earth. Now one of us has fallen in love with an alien from the opposition! We have to stop it, somehow."

"Love isn't something to be played with, Summer." Skye said, as softly as she could.

"Neither is Mandy's heart." Summer stopped walking and turned around to face her sister. "It's likely that the alien is going to betray her. He's trying to find out information about us."

"Maybe he wants to call a truce, too!"

"Then how come he sent a Chimera Animal on us?" Summer asked, before walking off. After a few seconds of silence, Summer said, "Yeah. I thought so."

"Wait, Summer." Skye called out for her sister.

"What?" Summer turned around once again.

"We will find a way."

Summer snorted, walked up to her sister. "How can you be so optimistic at a time like this?"

"It's not about optimisum, Summer." Skye shook her head. "It's about trust… And that's one thing you don't know how to do."

Before Summer could shoot a comeback at her sister, she realised. She may be right. Summer turned around fiercly and walked away.

"We could make this work, Shirogane." Holly told her boss.

"No, we can't." Ryou shook his head, then turned to Mandy. "You have to break it off with him."

"I-I know. I love him, but I love you all too. I don't know how to do this."

"Stop it, Ryou." Keiichiro shook his head and smiled. "You need to tell them."

"Tell us what?" Isuzu asked.

Ryou sighed. "The original mews… one of them fell in love with an alien. She loved him, and he loved her. She stayed with him on his planet for about two years, until she became pregnant. If his family found out that they were together, they would both have been killed. The alien suggested that they both run away to Earth, but the mew didn't want to. She refused to. She made sure that the alien stayed on his planet, with his family, while she ran away to Earth. When he found out, he was heartbroken. She left him a note… here it is." He pulled a bit of folded paper out of his pocket.

Isuzu read it out loud. "Dear Kisshu,

I love you with all my heart. I badly want to stay with you forever, and start a family… but I can't. I can't let you come with me to Earth… we will be killed there too. We need to go our separate ways. I will always love you." Before Isuzu read out the signature, Holly asked Ryou. "Is that from Ichigo?"

Ryou looked shocked. "Yes. How do you know her?"

"She's my mother…" Holly looked down. She put her hair behind her ears, to reveal small (smaller than an aliens') elf ears. "I'm a hybrid."

Ohhhh, cliffy... Sorry, I'm so mean XD There will be a lot of fights, drama, battles and forgiveness in the next chapter... but that doesn't mean it's over ;)

- Lollie