Rune Aoyama and Kish

" You meeting Ichigo again?" I asked my brother who rushed past me in the hallway, looking flustered.

" Ergh, yeah I'm meeting her by Tokyo tower" he blurted out quickly, gathering up his things. I raised my eyebrows at this fact.

" Tokyo mew mew are trying to destroy a cocoon on the top of Tokyo Tower, I'm surprised people are allowed near there." I said suspiciously, noticing his face turning a pale colour. Instead of answering me, he ran out of the door his pace faster than usual. My own curiosity getting the best of me, I grabbed for my coat and followed him. As I briskly walked down the ominously dark street towards the dark spectre of Tokyo Tower, I thought about my theory. My brother's new girlfriend is always disappearing out of his sight on days where Tokyo mew mew are fighting against the aliens. My brother has had a huge growth spurt. We were once on equal height levels, but now he towered over me. I started to run faster, as I noticed people wearing gas masks and retreating away from the battle site. I had to squint, but at the top of the tower I noticed the cat mew mew standing next to a tall man who was wielding a sword against one of the alien enemies. There was no doubt about it that was Ichigo and my brother!

(The next day)

" I can't believe your sister figured all of this out, Masaya!" Ichigo chirped up, cuddling up to him at one of the tables in the café. Mint pulled a sick looking face and lettuce shuffled in her seat uncomfortably at the public displays of affection. The café owner was looking at me sternly, with his arms crossed.

" Its not good that someone from the public, knows about us so you will have to help us to prove your loyalty." Ryou explained, and motioned for me to follow him. He led me into a dark control room, which was only lit up by the big computer screen.

" Rune, first things first. I think you deserve to know about the alien's claim to earth. These are the three we are fighting at the moment." he clicked on images of them so that they would appear on the big screen.

The first image was of a tall alien with purple hair and dark eyes. He looked like he was the leader. His name was Pai.

The second image was of a short alien with wild red hair and startling green eyes. He looked too young to be joining in such a battle. His name was Taruto.

The third image was of an alien who looked about my age. He had shiny green hair, captivating hazel eyes, which carried a cheeky glint within them. I blushed slightly, at the sight of him. It was Kish. I would always observe Tokyo mews mews battles, and he was the first one to grab my attention.

" Okay, I'll remember their faces." I promised, focusing on Kish the most. Ryou clicked onto a video, and turned to look at me seriously.

" Don't let this sway you. This is clips of the current conditions they are living in. The diplomatic aliens within their groups sent me this, before they sent the battle unit." He clicked on it, and I instantly felt for them.

It was an image of a dark, cold looking cave. All the children were huddled up in blankets next to their mothers, and the fathers were trying to scavenge food for their families. In corners of the cave, dead bodies were huddled up, because they couldn't bury them. It was a horrifying image. I tried to keep my expression seriously, but Ryou frowned at my eyebrows furrowed worriedly.

" Sorry, I'm just very shocked." I apologized, looking away from the forlorn images that were surely going to play on my mind.

" They have tried to kill thousands of humans, in order to win back earth. I can't have you having doubts, ok?" he lectured me, pointing his finger at me accusingly.

I stroked my heart charm with my thumb, trying to calm my thoughts. I looked him straight in the eyes and nodded, before running out of the room. I was struggling to erase the images from my head; I could really understand why the aliens were so desperate.

" Are you ok Rune? You look a bit solemn?" Ichigo asked me with a friendly smile, handing me a plate with a very nice cheesecake on top of it. I looked around at everyone's concerned faces. I tilted my head and smiled reassuringly. I needed to forget about what I saw. I sat down with the other mew mews, and listened to the conversation.

" Seriously, Lettuce one foot in front of the other, its not hard." Mint retorted, sipping at her earl grey tea. Lettuce looked down at her empty plate in shame, inching back into her shell. Zakuro sighed, whilst she flicked through her glamour magazine, but didn't volunteer anything.

" You can't really say anything Mint, you don't really help out much do you?" I snapped at her, turning to give her a glare. Ichigo snorted into her drink as I said this and I noticed Zakuro biting her lip under her thick curtain of hair. Mint stood up and walked out of the café, throwing her head up high. As everyone started to kill themselves laughing, Lettuce turned to me and said:

" You didn't have to do that, Rune." She said timidly, playing with her pigtails. I smiled at her, as I shook my head.

" No-one picks on my friends." I said, with a cheerful smile. She blushed at my bold statement and nodded in thanks.

I could really settle in here.

(Battle)

As the mews mews transformed to fight the grotesque creature snarling in front of us, I looked around for Kish floating above the creature and listened out for his teasing laugh. I frowned, as I couldn't sight him anywhere. From my analysis of the battles the creature usually needed him to give them direction, as they had low intelligence. I looked to the left of me and noticed that Ryou had gone back into his car, so I started to walk away from the scene. Everyday that I came to view the battles, Kish tried to attack me knowing that I could look through his tactics. Instead, we always ended up arguing.

(Flashback)

" Who do you think you are, getting involved?" Kish shouted at me, setting up his portal due to his quick loss. I shrugged and gave him an innocent smile. He shook his head and shook his fist at me, causing me to laugh at the comical way he lashed out at me.

" Don't laugh!" he screamed at me, his cheeks turning red. I started to walk away, stifling my giggles as I went. He appeared in front of me, and pushed me backwards.

" Hey, what was that for!" I exclaimed, steadying myself.

" I'm sorry, I thought you were a door that's why I pushed you. Must just be your flat chest." He smirked, flying over me to escape through his portal as I shouted and screamed abuse at him.

(Back to present)

I kind of missed seeing him. I mean he was my enemy and we only ended up in each other's faces, but I kind of had fun arguing with him. Whenever I watched their battles, I saw his determined face and remembered the shivering forms of the alien children in the planet underground. That might have been Kish once. I tried to remember the research I had done on the teleportation portals. They always appeared where the aliens first left! I ran towards the last battle site, behind the shopping mall. As I reached the corner I made out the rippling movements in the air, and stepped through it with no second thoughts. Sure enough, I was in a misty green atmosphere surrounded by identically green pillars, which seemed like they would topple over any second. A figure floated down directly in front of me, and the mist cleared to reveal that it was.. Kish.

" What are you doing here, Human?" he snapped at me, crossing his arms expectant for a good explanation.

" Firstly my name is Rune and secondly, why weren't you at battle site today?" I asked him, daring to walk closer to him. He eyed my steps warily, but rolled his eyes at my question.

" Firstly I don't care about your name and secondly we have developed the kirema animas intelligence so that we don't have to be there." He explained, with a simple shrug of his shoulders.

" so you developed that, because you can't be bothered?" I couldn't help sniping, giggling a little at his outraged expression.

" Well I can be bothered to come down to earth and fight for it! You lot can't even be bothered to recycle!" he snapped, pointing his finger like it was my entire fault.

" Yeah, unleashing random monsters and getting defeated every time is really working for you." I laughed, walking right up to him as I said this, causing him to lean back a little.

" Well, I don't see you fighting." he sputtered out as a last resort, taken aback by my boldness. I gazed up at his bright eyes and soft hair, which was already escaping its pigtails. One thing I failed to notice the first time I saw him was how tense he was. The way he moved, the way he held himself. He was constantly stressed and worried. Right now, all his movements spoke of feelings for his people trapped in the underground hell of the barren planet.

He opened his mouth to make another comment, but I stopped him by stepping up on my tiptoes, and kissing him as my own little comeback. My eyes were open a little, so I noticed his startled expression, but his usually tense self relaxed as I felt his lips reply to my comeback. I had never kissed anyone before, but it felt great to communicate this way. As he kissed me, I felt like he was opening up to me about his doubts and fears and I felt like he understood mine, as we continued our affectionate kiss. As we broke apart, I stared into his hazel eyes and saw my brown eyes reflected in his. His eyes were a mirror true to myself, because the real me belonged with him. The one who held his hand to let him know I was here and couldn't stop smiling after our embrace. As I blushed, he leant in for another kiss again and I wrapped my arms around his neck, continuing our silent argument.

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