A/N Chapter Three- The War. Still not owning. I wish I did...Then they wouldn't have stupid names in the anime...Which is on this saturday, and my friends are going to tape it until we can get the undubbed goodness. Oh -sighs- when will we ever get to see TMM undubbed?

Chapter Three- The War

She stuck her tongue out at him, and stepped over, climbing back into bed. He sighed. She won this battle, but would she win the war?

"Ballet, huh? Another stupid human past time, I suppose?" Pai guessed. Mint glared at him.

"Stupid? Stupid! You've never even seen a ballet!" She exploded. Pai smirked. He had finally hit a nerve.

"How's it feel to be annoyed?"

"I hate you!" She pulled a pillow out from behind her head, and chucked it at him. He caught it, and placed it under his own head. It smelled faintly of spearmint, from being under Mint's head. It smelled even more faintly of green tea.

"You're hair smells nice." He commented, after a few moments of silence. Mint blinked, and shot up.

"What did you say?"

"Your hair smells nice." Pai repeated simply, then rolled over on his mat.

Mint smiled, not completely displeased with the compliment, although she would rather have heard it from Kishuu. "Just go to sleep." She muttered, clicking off the lamp on the bedside. The room went dark, but not before Pai got a glimpse of Mint's slightly reddened cheeks, and smiled. He settled down on his mat, and covered himself up in the blanket.

The Next Morning

"I'm changing, so get out, and don't peek, you pervert!" Mint instructed, shoving him out of his own room.

"Wait, what are you changing into!" He demanded, knowing she had brought nothing with her when she was kidnapped.

"Uh, you'll see." She replied, locking the door. 'Why didn't the pervert thing bug him?' She wondered, as she dug a vest and a pair of baggy black pants out of the dresser. The vest had silver trim, and was black like the pants. She slipped out of her clothing, and into the clothes. The vest was kind of snug, because it was Pai's and he had no chest at all, being a guy. The pants were overly baggy though, for the same reason. She shoved her boots back on, and emerged, smiling.

"Why are you wearing my clothing!" Pai yelled at her. Mint stuck her tongue out at him, as she did the previous night. "Stop that."

"Uh, no." She replied, beginning to walk down the hall to find Kishuu.

"Hey, Pai, is that Mint?" Kishuu asked, poking his comrade in the back. Pai jumped, and turned around.

"Kishuu, what was that for?"

"I don't know. But, that was Mint, right?" Kishuu repeated, awaiting Pai's answer.

"Yes. Do we have any other girls onboard?" Pai questioned sarcastically.

"No. I guess not." Kishuu sighed, rubbing the back if his head, feeling sligtly stupid. "Is she in your clothing?" He continued, in disbelief.

"Unfortunately." Pai responded. Kishuu stared at him.

"What do you mean? I would love to have a pretty girl wear my clothing!" Kishuu exclaimed.

"Well, if you think she's so pretty, then you take her!" Pai growled angrily, stepping back into his room.

"Pai, I meant Ichigo! I meant I would love it if Ichigo wore ny clothes!" Kishuu tried to explain.

"I don't care, Kishuu. She likes you, so I don't know why I have to put up with her." Pai grumbled, flopping down on his neatly made bed, Mint's fault of course, and picking up a thick novel.

"Because. I don't like her." Kishuu answered, leaving.

"Hey Kishuu." Mint said, hopping up behind him. Kishuu jumped, and yelled an obscenity.

"Mint!"

"Yeah?" She asked, stepping closer to him.

"Back off." He said firmly, flinging out his arm to stop her.

"Why? How can you like Ichigo so much?"

"I just do."

"It's not fair!" Mint screamed, clinging to Kishuu's chest. He pushed her off, hard, just as Pai exited his room.

"I heard you arguing again..." Pai started, then flew back into his room as Mint knocked into him. They landed on the floor, Mint crumpled down on Pai, and Pai flat on his back. The door slammed shut, and something clicked. Pai frowned. The door was now locked from the outside. "Mint. what did you do this time?" Pai accused, sitting up. Mint leaned against him, crying.

"I didn't do anything." She sobbed.

"Like you didn't get kidnapped on purpose." Pai snarled scathingly.

"You don't even know why I did that! You unfeeling jerk!" Mitn snapped, still crying. Her tears landed on his vest.

"Unfeeling? Is this unfeeling?" He asked, angered, as he wrapped his arms around Mint. She sobbed harder.

"Yes. Because you don't like me!" She cried, her sky blue eyes squeezed shut tightly. She shook her head desperately in his embrace. They were two teenagers trying to prove different points.

"Kishuu doesn't."

"I don't know why. Ichigo will never love him. I love him now." Mint agreed depressedly.

"You guys are in the same position. I think you should give him up." Pai suggested, as she stopped shaking her head.

"Why?" She wondered, as if she needed a reason to do so.

"I just told you."

"That's not a reason." Mint argued, looking up at him. He grabbed her shoulders, and shook hard.

"Does nothing get through that thick skull of yours!" She blinked at him. "You just don't get it! He doesn't like you! He won't ever like you!" Mint pulled away from him, as much as she could, for sitting in his lap on the floor.

"I don't care! I'll keep trying!" She protested, pushing a strand of her dark blue hair out of her eyes defiantly.

"What will happen next time, Mint? What if I'm not there to break your fall? What if he kills you?" Pai demanded, his cold dark gaze locking with her sad and scared light one.

"Why do you care? You hate me! All you think is that I'm annoying, and that watching me trip over myself for Kishuu is pathetic! You don't know anything about human girls!" Mint screamed at him.

'On the contrary. You're not pathetic at all, Mint. And I don't hate you. And, I have no clue why I care. Maybe someday, you'll get a clue about Kishuu, and I'll learn about human females.' Pai thought. "I'm taking you back to Earth. Now." He decided.

"You can't stand me that much, huh?"

"Whatever you think, Mint." He phazed out, still holding her, so she fazed out as well. The came back in a deserted area of the park.

"I guess you can't stand me." She concluded. She stepped back away from him, and looked at the ground. "Tell Kishuu...That he's a jerk, and I could do better." She said softly. Pai nodded, and began to levitate.

"Like who?" He asked.

"Like you care." She spat.

"Fine, Mint." He snapped, and disappeared. Mint sunk down onto her knees in the green grass, and began to cry again.

"I hate you Pai!" She shouted as he fazed out. "I hate you, you stupid jerk...You stupid oblivious unfeeling jerk!" She continued, distressed, until Ichigo and Lettuce, hearing her calls, finally found her, and called Ryou to come and pick her up.

A/N That's the end. No one gets anyone. Until the sequel, of course, when everyone's true feelings come out! Look for it! 'Why the food names?'