~Chapter 3~

.:Mew Mew Party!:.

(Part One)

Café Mew Mew was decorated head to toe in multicolored streamers and balloons. The lights were dimmed and the room was dancing with multi-colored lights. Dance music was playing loudly and all of the Mew Mew's were dancing. No one really knew why exactly they were throwing a party, but Keiichiro said that they all really needed a break from working so hard all summer.

"This party is so awesome na no da!" Pudding exclaimed beaming.

"It really is!" replied Lettuce. The other mews nodded in agreement and continued dancing. Ichigo, who was dressed in a pink shirt with a short dark skirt and knee high socks did a small twirl, her skirt fluttering around her like an umbrella. Ichigo smiled at her friends.

"It's really too bad that Masaya couldn't come though, Ichigo" Lettuce said to her friend.

"PFFFTT! Masaya is so boring!" Pudding spat at them, remembering Ichigo and Ryou hugging earlier that week. She giggled at the thought of Ryou being Ichigo's boyfriend.

"He is NOT!" Ichigo crossed her arms and glared down at a still giggling pudding.

"Is too! All he says is like 'blahblahblah nature' or 'blahblahblah save earth go green'," Pudding snorted. "He is NO fun at all!"

"Then who would you view as fun, Pudding?" Ichigo frowned down at her.

"Taru-Taru was always a lot of fun," Pudding snickered "Or maybe Shirogane" Pudding laughed madly and rolled all over the floor. Ichigo, being the only one who understood what exactly pudding was hinting at turned bright red.

"SHIROGANE! PFFT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" Ichigo yelled.

"You like him, Ichigo-chan!"

"I DO NOT! I like Masaya…,"

"THEN WHY DID YOU HUG HIM YESTERDAY! Hmm?" The other quiet mews look over at Ichigo curiously.

"You hugged SHIROGANE!" Mint squealed, raising a hand to her mouth to stifle her laughter.

"I did not! Pudding is lying!" Ichigo yelled, turning as red as her strawberry hair.

"AM NOT! I SAW YOU TWO IN THE KITCHEN! HE HUGGED YOU! AND YOU SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING IT! NA NO DA!" Pudding growled and tackled the petite strawberry headed girl to the ground and they both starting wrestling, screaming at each other. Mint grabbed onto Ichigo's slender leg and tried to pull her off Pudding, only to result in a hard bite from pudding. Mint yelled in pain and joined in the tussle. Their fight began to draw quite a crowd, and a certain blonde, blue eyed man pushed through the crowd and yelled really loud at them.

"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU ALL DOING!" Everyone went silent. Anger very present in his voice.

"PUDDING STARTED IT!" Ichigo and Mint yelled in unison. Mint rubbed her now red arm where she had been bit hard.

"Hmph! You all are NO fun at all! I'm leaving!" Pudding stomped to the front door of the café, turned around to stick her tongue out at all of the gawking people, before turning around and slamming the door hard, shaking the café's walls.

Pudding strolled down the sidewalk outside of Café Mew Mew for awhile before sitting down on a bench. "No one is fun anymore…" She pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them tightly. A few tears slipped down her rosy cheeks and fell to the pavement.

"Pudding-chan?" said a child-like voice. Pudding looked up and saw her best alien friend, levitating with his small legs crossed with a concerned look on his small face.

"Taru-Taru!" Pudding exclaimed, a wide grin opening across her face. "I've missed you so much, na no da!" She jumped off of the bench, and grabbed Taruto and gave him a tight hug in mid-air, Taru lost his balance and they both fell to the ground giggling and blushing deeply.

"You gotta quit calling me that!" Taruto scowled before his expression changing to concerned again. "Why are you sad, Pudding-chan?"

"The other Mew Mews are being mean to me…" Pudding said softly, crossing her arms across her chest. Taruto looked over her strangely and then he grinned widely.

"You wanna go get them back!" Taruto beamed.

"FOR SURE! NA NO DA!' Pudding smiled before grabbing Taruto again, and giving him another tight hug. "You always know just how to cheer Pudding up, Taru-Taru! You're the best friend I've ever had!" Taruto blushed and scratched his long alien ear, embarrassed.

"…Anything to make Pudding-chan smile again," He blushed again before pulling Pudding to her feet. "Now let's go! We will get them all really good!" Taruto flew up into the air, pulling a giggly Pudding with him.

They flew into an open window of Café Mew Mew and settled down onto an extravagant chandelier hanging by a thick chain. They were both small enough to sit comfortably inside the chandelier, and peep over the side without anyone noticing them.

"Alright… now what should we do?" Taruto asked.

"I have JUST the idea," Pudding said to him, winking.

Meanwhile, Ichigo continued to dance with the other mews and secretly feeling a little guilty for upsetting Pudding, All because of stupid Ryou! WHY DID HE HAVE TO HUG ME! Ichigo shook her head in frustration and looked down to the ground. She decided to go outside for some fresh air.

She walked outside and sat on the front steps of Café Mew Mew, she re-did her high pigtails and looked up at the sky. It sure was a pretty night out. All of the stars were glistening in the night sky, making it sparkle.

She wished all nights were like this one. She stayed outside for quite awhile before stretching her arms above her head, standing up, and deciding to go back inside. She turned around and before she could walk back inside, the door to the Café slammed shut. "What the…?" Ichigo questioned softly, cocking her head to the side and looking at the door suspiciously. She then saw two sets of heads pop up in the door, sticking their tongues out.

"PUDDING! TARUTO! YOU BETTER OPEN THIS DOOR UP RIGHT NOW!" She yelled at them, now knowing that they had locked her out. Pudding and Taruto laughed at her and disappeared away from the door. Ichigo ran up to the door and beat on it. "HELLO! Hellooooo! Someone open this door up right now!"

She yelled and yelled, but no one noticed her or heard her, the music was much too loud. Ichigo sat down, frustrated "When I get my hands on pudding… I swear to god" Then an idea popped into her head, the back door of the café was probably unlocked! She stood up and ran around back, and grabbed onto the back door, twisting the knob. It opened, and Ichigo walked right in. The back door lead into the kitchen, and Ryou was leaning against the counter-top, drinking some punch.

"Baka? What are you doing?" Ryou looked at her strangely.

"Pudding and Taruto locked me out… So I had to walk around back to get in,"

"Taruto? What the hell is he doing here?"

"I don't even know" Ichigo sighed. "I'm going to get a bottle of water," She groaned, before heading over to the pantry. Ichigo opened the door to the pantry and walked inside, bending down to pull a bottled water out of the case of water bottles sitting in the corner of the small room, before she heard a crash and a bang outside.

"PUDDING! TARUTO! LET GO OF ME!" Ryou yelled, before Pudding wacked him over the head with a fry pan. It didn't quite knock him out, just made him kinda go all derpy for a moment. Pudding and Taruto dragged Ryou over to the pantry, threw him in with Ichigo, and locked them in together, before pushing a large table across the door, barricading it just in case.

"Shirogane! What the hell!" Ichigo yelled as she heard a small giggle outside.

"Have fun in there Ichigo! Na no da!"

NEXT ½ of CHAPTER:

~Ryou and Ichigo are trapped in the pantry closet for quite awhile

~Other aliens show up