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Mayumi was typing on the computer calmly, knowing her plan was succeeding. She looked down to the somewhat dead body of a young girl and an elder woman.

"Too bad you know the Mew Mews." She said evilly and went right back to her typing.

Pai suddenly entered the room and sat down on a broken column.

"Why do you think Deep Blue chose you?" Pai asked. "Don't give me the expected answer. I want to know what you really think. I don't think Deep Blue would choose you for this out of coincidence." Mayumi stopped typing for a moment and began thinking.

"Because he noticed that we are alike to humans in a way." Mayumi stated, and continued typing.

"What do you mean?"

Mayumi smirked. "Guys are encouraged to try their best with girls around."

With these words, she teletransported away, her face red from blushing.

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Mayumi went to her room the next day (I really won't describe it since it's an alien's room) and found a small note on her bed.

Meet me on the far East corner of the dimension.

-Pai

Mayumi held the note in her hand, not sure if she should be happy or angry at Pai. Either way, she went to the East corner and found Pai waiting there, with something that seemed to look like a very small smile.

"Pai, look," Mayumi began. "I really don't think we-" Mayumi was about to say "I don't think we can date", but she was interrupted when Pai suddenly stood up, cupped her chin in his hands and pressed his lips against hers.

Mayumi knew she shouldn't be doing it. That even though the past was the past, it was ruining her present. But she wanted to. She wanted to so badly that it tore her apart and made her keep hanging on to Pai's shirt desperately as she was then. And it was the first time in a long time that Pai and Mayumi had actually smiled.

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Kisshu had gone off to find Ryou and take his spirit, and he teletransported into the Café with Taruto.

"We're back!" Taruto exclaimed.

"Where are the other two?" Ichigo asked as she took her pendant calmly. She had done this a million times and was ready to kick Kisshu's butt once more.

"Other two? Hey!" Kisshu said angrily. "Pai bailed on us!"

"I bet he's with Mayumi!" Taruto laughed. "Pai and Mayumi sitting in a tree!"

"He's not even here to be annoyed!" Kisshu huffed as he crossed his arms childishly.

"What Chimera animal do you have now?" Minto asked defiantly.

"None. We're just here to pick him up!" Kisshu said devilishly while pointing to Ryou.

"Give us your spirit, sucker!" Taruto laughed. Kisshu stretched his hand out, when Lettuce suddenly jumped in front of him.

"Lettuce?" Ryou asked, and it was quite stupid since he already knew who it was. He knew Lettuce liked her, but he liked her as a friend, and it tore him apart to see someone as nice as her feeling so terribly because of him.

Because Lettuce had transformed before, her powers kept her from having her spirit taken, but not from suffering.

"Come on, blondie!" Kisshu encouraged. "Jump in front! Save her life! But not yours…" And he laughed quite evilly.

"Shirogane, don't! She will survive!" Ichigo yelled, but Ryou knew he wouldn't. He didn't love Lettuce that way. He never had. He just wanted them to be friends – nothing more, and felt bad for having her first love be her worst love, but he couldn't make himself love her back.

"D'ah! Mayumi was right!" Taruto said angrily. "We should have had a plan!"

"This is the plan!" Kisshu yelled sternly, as he continued to struggle.

"Well, it's a bad one!"

"Don't talk to me like that, kid!"

"I'm not a kid! Baka, baka, baka!"