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Ichigo knew she had immediately gotten to Mayumi's bad side when she asked her again to teletransport her. But it didn't matter to her – she just cared about seeing Kisshu again.

"Where is he?" Zakuro asked, as soon as the Mew Project members had gotten to the other dimension.

"He's probably at our corner." Ichigo guessed, leading the way. And she guessed correctly, because there he was, arguing with Taruto about how Kisshu was ignoring them too often. Taruto, at the sight of the Mew Mews, suddenly jumped.

"Kisshu!" he yelled.

"Leave me alone!" Kisshu replied.

"No, Kisshu, look!" Taruto screamed, as he kept pointing to the Mews. Kisshu turned around and locked eyes with Ichigo for quite some time.

"Why did you bring them here?" Kisshu asked, obviously referring to the rest of the Mew Project members.

"We have to talk to you!" Ichigo said, trying to brighten the situation.

"We are willing to take you three in." Zakuro explained. "We all have the same goal. To live on Earth in peace. But we would like to talk to you first."

Kisshu was obviously mad at Ichigo for bringing them and performing a plan that he disapproved of.

"Why?" he asked suspiciously. "Do you want to get us into a room and then kill us for being the 'bad guys'?"

"We want you to be our onii-chan!" Pudding said happily. Kisshu just looked at them cynically.

"Please, Kisshu." Ichigo pleaded.

"Oh, let me think!" Kisshu began sarcastically. "No."

"For me?" Ichigo smiled angelically.

"D'ahh! Stop it with the puppy eyes!" Kisshu yelled, irritated, as he tried to look away. Ichigo pouted, knowing that it was working.

"Fine! Just… stop doing that!" Kisshu stood up and crossed his arms, awaiting for questions.

The group talked for a long time, and Kisshu truly opened himself. It was very funny to watch, because whenever Kisshu got emotional, Taruto would call him a wuss, and the two would fight for awhile until the Mews separated them. Other than that, the talk had no interruptions and the plan seemed to be very successful.

"Good." Zakuro concluded. "Now we must talk to Pai."

"You don't need to." Pai stated. He had been standing behind a wall the whole time, listening closely to what was said. "Even though I don't feel too comfortable being with humans, I shall for the safety of my brothers."

Ichigo nodded understandingly and put on a smile from ear-to-ear.

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