Ohayō sweeties! How y'all doing? I hope you're ready for this chapter because I um… I don't really have anything interesting to say in this A/N so, on with the chapter! Xx


Ichigo

She woke up in the muscular arms of her beloved; she looked up at him and saw that he was still sleeping and slightly snoring. She smiled briefly at him and put a sweet peck on his cheek, next to his lips. He woke up, eventually, with a frown and a little sleepy groan. But his morning mood disappeared when memories of last night flooded his mind. He opened his eyes and gave a sweet glance at his grinning kitten. He kissed the top of her head and realized that they were still in the highest Mount Mint's mansion.

"Morning Kisshu-Kun." she said.

"Morning Koneko-Chan." he replied "Slept well?"

"Yes, you're a very comfortable pillow." she joked.

"Well that's all muscles!" he said "Jokes aside, we need to get to the castle's infirmary for our awakening."

She frowned "I thought that we could do it from wherever…"

"You need to be next to your corpse when it is time for you to wake up" he explained "Come, Ichigo, we need to get there as soon as possible."

"Okay." she said reaching for her 'spirit dress'.

Rirī

She, along with the three available Mews, Orenjinohana and her sisters were in the main living-room. They were discussing every topic that went by, just spending time and trying to forget that two people that they love were in comas. There was a knock on the door…

"Who is this?" Rin asked aloud.

"Er… Boys?" a male voice said hesitantly.

She giggled "Come in."

No! Rirī mentally hissed.

What? Rin whispered as the door opened.

I don't want to have to face him, she said.

Oh well, too late for that. she said apologetically.

Gohan, along with Ryou, Taruto and Shimesu came in with the same expression of disguised sadness.

"We thought that you'd like company." Tart said teleporting between Pudding and Rōzu.

"We already have company." Rirī said irritated.

"She means to say that a little more company would be delightful, thanks." Rin said prying her sister off mentally.

"How have you been since we got separated?" Mint asked hugging a red round cushion.

"Oh well, you could say whose jungle it was!" Rōzu said giggling.

"Pudding wouldn't stop asking for directions." Shimesu said, somewhat amused.

Rirī frowned "What do you mean? I thought that it was deserted…"

"She was asking animals for directions." Taruto said caressing her blonde hair.

"Well I can understand them so I thought, why not?" she said "Pudding monkeys are the best!"

"I bet they are!" Rin said sarcastically.

"I figure that Lettuce was amazed by the looks of the rainforest." Rirī said.

"She was, she wouldn't stop whispering that it looked 'magnificent' or 'breathtaking' or a one hour long list of other adjectives." Rin said.

"How were the mountains?" Pudding asked snuggling against Tart's chest.

"They were so beautiful and had that very smooth snow everywhere it looked so…" Mint paused searching for an adequate word.

"You?" Zakuro asked a bit amused from where she sat next to Shimesu.

"Exactly!" Mint sighed in delight "Gracious and noble and rich."

"How many mansions did you go by without her complementing herself?" Rōzu asked her elder sisters.

"Pretty much none, she always found a way to babble about how amazing everything was, just like herself." Orenjinohana said.

"Well I'm glad I wasn't there." Rin said "Especially with my little sister who wouldn't stop complementing Mint and babbling as well."

"How do you know she was like that?" Zakuro asked.

"Well I know for a fact that my sister has bird brains and the same amount of conversation as a fifty year old woman gossiping about her life thirty years before." Rin said.

"Well thanks for the sisterhood, Rin Onee-Chan." Rirī said sarcastically.

"Anytime." she said winking at her.

"Did you find anybody at the base?" Mint suddenly asked.

"Not really, it was as empty as in the comas dimension." Shimesu said.

"What's the comas dimension?" everybody asked.

"It is an alternate dimension between life and death where our spirits wander together." he explained "Kisshu and Ichigo are more than likely enjoying themselves at the moment but they might as well come back before it's time for them to regain their bodies though."

"What if they don't?" Ryou asked.

"Well I don't really know, I only missed about four times of waking up" he said "Kisshu didn't miss that occasion, which by the way came right after Ichigo woke up here."

"So you woke up when I was at your bedside?" Zakuro asked with a frown.

"Yes… What's cool with that dimension is that you're never tired, your speed and strength are infinite and you can never get hurt. Kish and I jumped off a cliff and through the window down the hallway of the third floor."

"Cool!" Pudding squealed.

"Where are Pai and Lettuce?" Ryou asked.

"Well I accidentally declared his love to her and he appeared looking like he was going to kill me." Rin said blushing.

"How could you accidentally do such a thing?!" Pudding exclaimed.

"Not my fault that we're twins!" Rin said waving her hands defensively "We're born with a bond that makes us telepaths with one another, we can sense what the other is feeling and it's same for wounds…"

"Then how did you survive the final battle, five years ago?" Mint asked.

She bit her lip just as soon, knowing that she shouldn't have said that when she saw the Cyniclons between scandalized and shocked except for Taruto who slumped in his seat almost trying to hide behind Pudding. His three sisters glared hard at him and his blushing intensified.

"Otouto" Rirī started.

"Is there something that you didn't mention…?" Rin continued.

"… about that final battle?" Rōzu finished folding her arms on her chest.

They were standing right in front of him and Pudding. Rin was in the middle, Rirī on her right and Rōzu on the other side. They were grilling Taruto who gulped hard and Pudding suddenly felt like disappearing. Rirī lifted her hand and snapped her fingers.

"Do you know what this means?" she asked.

"That you won't be able to run away from this." Rōzu answered.

"So you'd better start spilling." Rin said.

"You girls are really scary, right now." Mint commented.

"Alright, so first of all I only know half the story." Taruto said carefully.

"Who knows the whole story?" Rirī asked with an eerie calm voice.

He looked hesitantly at the Mews who shook their heads in panic "Pai" he let out.

"Pai?" Rin said steaming.

"B-But Kisshu knows most!" Pudding suddenly exclaimed.

"What about you girls?" Rōzu asked turning to the older Mews as Rin disappeared, most likely to bring the missing couple to the conversation.

"I recall you telling me that you were there, Shirogane-San." Rirī said still so calm.

He gulped hard before saying "I er… I have said so." standing every word.

"We were busy fighting that Chimera Animal, back then." Mint said.

"That's right, we were." Zakuro said.

Pai

He and Lettuce were talking about mostly nothing special when he sensed Rin weirdly close to him, physically. He turned to see a serious looking twin sister, her arms folded against her chest.

"Is something the matter, Rin-Chan?" he asked standing up to face her, Lettuce soon following the move.

"Yeah, is something the matter, Pai-San?" she asked sarcastically "Maybe something related to that final battle five years ago."

"Uh oh" Lettuce let out.

"Yeah, uh oh" Rin said, anger rising gradually in her voice "Pai it's thanks to Mint that I knew I should've felt something that day."

"What thing?" he asked obviously trying to gain time "How did she say it, exactly?"

"Oh do not try to gain time, Pai. You're going to tell us everything" Rin said opening a teleportation portal "Get in here, I'm looking forward to hear about this passionate story of yours."

They went through the portal and found themselves in the main living-room where practically everybody else was. Pai sighed in relief when he didn't see their parents in the room.

"Pudding, will you please give your seat to Pai?" Rirī asked in an overly sweet and calm tone.

Pudding shook her head "I'd rather stay by Taru-Taru's side for the story… You'll understand why."

"Alright we'll tell you everything on one simple and very important condition." Pai said with a sigh, sitting next to Lettuce who curled her right arm against his.

"What condition, liar?" Rin said harshly.

"Whatever happens, our parents must absolutely not know what we're going to tell you."

Rirī glared at him, sending daggers with her eyes, before saying "Why wouldn't we? They deserve to know the truth."

"Yes" Pai said, patiently "They certainly deserve to know the truth but they don't deserve the pain that this truth implies."

Rin scoffed "What could possibly hurt them, apart from the fact that you shamelessly lied to them of course?"

"Just… Listen to the story and judge by yourself." Lettuce said.

Pai took a seat on Taruto's free side and Lettuce snuggled against him.

Ichigo would've loved assisting to this conversation, he thought.

And so he started telling the true final battle's story. When he said which attack he used against Taruto, Lettuce frowned because she didn't know it and Rin was glaring hard at her twin, cursing at him mentally in their mother tongue. Pudding had silent tears in her eyes while Tart hugged her, whispering reassuring words to her ear while she sobbed quietly.

Rirī frowned before saying "This attack is known as deadly." under her breath.

Pai nodded slowly "I didn't want him to die at Deep Blue's hand. At that time, I was still confident that Deep Blue was going to win Earth over so I didn't want Tart to oppose him because his death would then be slow and painful…"

"This is how you justify your own brother's murder?" Rōzu said glaring hard at Pai who she once admired so much.

"Zakuro beat him up pretty bad after he did that…" Mint muttered.

"Still not enough!" Rin spat "How could you do such a thing?! He's your brother, for heaven's sake! You had to let him out of the battle, it would've solved everything kisama!"

"Rinda-Chan" Pudding said, her voice trembling "Please let him tell you the rest of the story… Taru-Taru and I have forgiven him because we know what he did… After that"

Rin scoffed and sat on the carpeted floor Indian style "Fine, you may continue." she said bitterly.

He kept on telling how Zakuro nearly killed him until Deep Blue's death when Tokyo nearly disappeared.

"I saw the Mews and Ryou unable to move out of the attack's way, within a second I found myself right between the two sides, my fans out in ultimate attack position…" words died in his throat as he simply didn't remember what had happened next.

Lettuce stroked his arm comfortingly before muttering "He saved us all, along with Tokyo and probably planet Earth."

Rin had tears in her eyes, Rirī looked sad and Rōzu was curled up against Tart's chest by then, trying to calm her sobs.

"My next memory is waking up to see Taruto walk up to me." Pai said, his throat tight and looking like he was about to break down and cry at any given moment.

"Mew Aqua had restored everything by then" Mint explained "Even the lives that were lost."

"Except for Ichigo, she needed a kiss from Aoyama Onii-San because he still had Mew Aqua left in his body." Pudding said wiping away her last tears.

"Happily, Kisshu didn't hear you pronounce his name." Taruto said rubbing her arm.

"What do you mean?" Mint asked.

"He simply hates him." Tart said.

"That's self-explanatory" Ryou said "And he's not the only one."

"Ditto." Zakuro said.

"You two have always hated him." Lettuce said.

"Well you could've said it earlier, we would've been friends way before Deep Blue's awakening." Tart said.

Just then, Rin and Pai who haven't uttered a single word since the telling stopped teleported away.

Zakuro

"Where do you think they went?" Pudding asked.

"They were certainly having a mental conversation while we were talking…" Rirī said with a sad sigh "Well I have to go check on my beloved brother, see if he wakes up and send him right back to sleep if he ever does."

"Why would you do that?" Mint asked with a frown.

"He hid the truth from her as well…" Taruto explained stroking Pudding's hair while Rōzu sat back up.

"Let's hang out in my room" she said aiming at the couple who was nearly her age.

"I think that Pudding needs a little 'Tart-Time', Rōzu." Rirī said.

"Would you like to train with me?" Mint proposed kindly.

Rōzu nodded and kissed her brother's cheek before grabbing Mint's hand "We're in the gymnasium."

"I'll go with Rirī and Yuri to check on Ichigo and Kisshu." Lettuce said as she and the Healers teleported away.

"We're in the winter garden if anybody needs us." Taruto said as he and Pudding teleported away still in their comfy position.

"Are you free for a training session, Gohan?" Ryou asked.

"Anytime" he said teleporting Ryou and himself most likely to the gym's locker-room.

Orenjinohana blushed a bit before mumbling "I-I'll be er… Somewhere, bye"

With that, she teleported away leaving only Zakuro and Shimesu. He smiled at her and scooped her up in a warm hug.

"It must've been hard to have to hear that story you've lived all over again." he muttered.

She sighed before mumbling "Even thinking about it kills me every time."

He kissed the top of her head before whispering "You can let it all go, I'm not judgmental… And I understand you in some way."

"Huh?" was all she let out looking up at him with a frown.

"My parents… They died in a similar tragic way… I'll tell you about it someday…"

Zakuro nodded before curling up against his chest "You're so comfy." she muttered.

He chuckled "I'm glad you think so." he said in a husky voice.

Lettuce

They were facing Kisshu and Ichigo's beds. Lettuce was paralyzed and couldn't find it within herself to walk up to Ichigo. All of a sudden, Kēkki stormed in and floated towards her brother sobbing.

"Kisshu Onii-Chan!" she yelled hugging him.

"Kēkki-Chan, careful with his needle!" Rirī called out as she teleported next to her brother and sister.

Lettuce sighed and went over to Ichigo "Ohayō, Ichigo-Chan." she muttered fixing her crimson locks.

"Lettuce-Chan, can you please watch Kēkki while I'm checking if she did or did not kill our brother?" Rirī asked plainly annoyed.

"Uh of course." Lettuce said walking up to the now calm kid.

"Wh-What happened to Onii-Chan?" she sobbed.

"I don't really know… He had just saved Ichigo when he passed out." Lettuce muttered.

Kēkki sighed and took the hand Lettuce was giving her, she frowned "What is this?"

The green haired Mew realized that Kēkki was holding her left hand, the one bearing her engagement ring.

She shrugged before saying "Er a ring."

"I know but I've never seen it before… Is it new?" the pink haired girl asked.

"Kind of…" she said.

"Hey everyone!" Risa said with a pleasant smile on her face.

Rirī erased her sadness before waving at her mom "Hi Mama is everything alright?"

"Well sort of, Keiichiro led the castle just the way we're used to do it." she said still smiling.

Rin had just come through the doors "Rirī we need to decide if we tell…" she said trailing off as she saw the person who she was about to name "Hey Mama."

"What is it you have to decide?" Risa asked.

"Nothing of particular importance." she said looking everywhere but towards her, then she noticed what Kēkki had just witnessed "Is this an engagement ring, Lettuce-Chan?"

Lettuce was matching Kēkki's hair as she fiddled with the said ring "Well er… To be completely honest I er…"

"Oh my god, it really is an engagement ring!" Rirī squealed.

"I would very much like it if you didn't mention seeing this to Pai-Kun" she said "He wants to announce it at the dinner table when Ichigo and Kisshu are doing well again."

"Announce what?"


A rather long chapter, huh? Well I don't really know yet, iPhone is making it difficult for me to judge. But there were some events, right? Right? And no, this isn't a Z/S chapter yet… I even think I'll do something between a pairing I have in mind before them. I left some hints of who that pairing is a few chapters ago, tell me who you think it is.

Alright, who does that voice belong to? DID PAI FIND OUT THAT THEY FOUND OUT?! Well I'm not that cruel…
Ichigo: Yeah right…
Imène: I've been treating you rather good these past few chapters, you got to have your lime with Kisshu in a comfortable bed and all that stuff…
Ichigo: I wasn't there when they told about the final battle's story!
Kisshu: Neither was I.
Imène: It was awkward and sad, what do you think would've been interesting there?
Kisshu: I could've been the one to tell the story!
Imène: You weren't even there to begin with!
Ichigo *blows a whistle*: Clam the heck down, you two!
Kisshu *pouts*: Gomen, Koneko-Chan.
Imène: Gomenasai. Well 50 views for the next chapter, you guys… Maybe more I don't really know.
Ichigo: Review!
Kisshu: Leave a trace!
Imène: Take care!