Sorry again for not updating quicker. I'll try to be a little faster next time.

I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew

(Just like the title says)

A little Kaguya walked home from school, a worry look on her face. Her brother noticed this and asked, "Kaguya….are you ok?" She looked up at him. She was a little shorter than her twin, but seemed to be twice as loud. "What…..what that big kid said today…..do you think its true…..what was she talking about?" she asked.

"I'm not sure….but we shouldn't tell mom, alright?" Riley said. Kaguya looked even more worried. She finally managed to give a shaky reply. "Ok."

A twenty-two year old Ichigo waited at the front of the house to see when her two children would be coming home. She had seen a couple kids go by already, and wondered if maybe she should go looking for them. But she finally saw the two little figures walking toward the house; one with a smile on his face, and the other with a sad look. The little boy saw his mother, and ran up to hug her, the little girl just walked like she was, took her mother by the hand, and didn't say a word.

Ryou came home from the lab and a hard day at the Café. Ariel, who lived there, hadn't shown up. He went to check on her earlier, but she was gone. Kish showed up earlier than usual, and he remembered Kish didn't go back to the house that night. He was greeted by Ichigo with a long kiss after he had hung up his coat. February had arrived and it was still pretty cold.

"Ryou," spoke Ichigo as they walked up the stairs. "I think something's troubling Kaguya." Ryou frowned. "You think Riley has something to do with it?" he asked.

"A little," she replied. "But something doesn't seem right. If Riley would have done something to her, she would have told me….i think it's something else," she said. They had reached the top of the stairs. To the right was Kish's room, and down the hall further was Kaguya's and Riley's room. They figured that the two should share a room until they were at least seven. Ichigo knocked on the door and heard a little voice say quietly, "Come in," while the other hopped on their bed. (Two beds, Riley was hopping into his own bed)

Ichigo opened the door and peaked her head in and found both of them already in bed. Ryou and Ichigo approached Kaguya, who got scared when both of them went for her. "Kaguya….did everything go alright at school today?" her mother asked. Kaguya looked at her brother, who shook his head and waved his hands like crazy, symboling "Don't tell them". Ryou noticed Kaguya look at Riley, and turned his head toward him, watching him wave around.

Kaguya's cat ears and tail popped out. So did Riley's. They both knew what that meant; they were hiding something. Kaguya couldn't take it anymore. "Mommy…during recess….a big kid came up to us and…..i think her name was Hari…." At the mention of that name, she knew who it was. Hari was Ari's daughter. She remembered well that in the past five years ago, she was one of the brattiest kids in kindergarten. She remembered because once, the teacher asked for help controlling the children, and Hari made two of her classmates cry.

"Go on," her mother answered. Kaguya had little tears forming up in her eyes. "Well….she started calling us bad names…..and then….she said you were a….a….i think it's a bad word…" she finished. Ryou turned to Riley over on the other side of the room. "You say she was making fun of you and your brother….now why didn't one of you say something?" he said. Kaguya wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "Yes, me and Riley (childish mistakes because a child is talking) mommy, should I whisper the word in your ear?" she asked. Her mother nodded, and Kaguya whispered in her mother's ear. Her mother's face twisted up at that slight mention.

"What does that word mean, mommy?" she asked. Ari must have told Hari of Ichigo's past. Although she felt she made a wise decision, she should have waited. "What was the word?" Ryou asked her. Ichigo spelt it out to him. "Hari said to them I was a S-L-U-T who went sleeping around with guys," she whispered, but Riley, who had gotten closer, just said, "Yup, that's what she said."

"What does it mean to do that mommy? I don't understand," she said, and started sobbing uncontrollably. Her mother embraced her, and patted her on the back. "It's alright Kaguya…..you don't have to worry…it wasn't your fault," she whispered. But Ryou overheard, and muttered, "More like my fault," and started walking toward the door. Riley got up and grabbed onto his father's legs just as he was about to reach for the knob.

"Dad…what do you mean 'your fault'? I thought it was ok to sleep in the same bed as a girl," he said. Ryou and Ichigo blushed. They knew that day was coming, but didn't expect it so soon. Ryou picked up Riley and sat him down right on the edge of Kaguya's bed. Ichigo started with, "Well…..i guess its ok…..it depends what you do when you're in the bed."

"Why wouldn't you just sleep? I would be tired," said Kaguya. Ichigo sighed. "Ok….its ok if under the circumstance that there is only one bed in the room and there just happen to be a boy and a girl in the room who have to share the bed, but…"

"If you do something other than sleep or read or think or anything else that seems ok, a girl can have a baby later on," blurted Ryou. Riley looked confused. "So…what do you do?" he asked. Ichigo looked at her son. "We'll tell you when you're older, alright?" she said, ruffling his blonde hair.

"Get to bed you two," Ryou said. Rile ran to his bed and jumped into the covers face first as his mother tucked him in. Ryou gave Kaguya and Riley a kiss and Ichigo did the same. "Goodnight," said Ichigo as she flicked off the light. Kaguya smiled before going to bed, the first time in hours.

Once out of Riley and Kaguya's sight, Ryou wrapped his arms around Ichigo. She immediately turned around and started kissing him. Once they broke, Ryou spoke. "You didn't tell them did you? About there new sibling." Ichigo slapped her forehead. Ryou chuckled. "Its alright; we'll tell them tommarow. Ryou yawned. "I'm gonna get ready for bed. Ichigo nodded and went over to the phone. No one had bothered to check the answering machine. Caller ID said it came from Café Mew Mew. She pressed the button, and heard Ariel's voice. "Ichigo? Please call me later, please."

Ichigo picked up the phone and dialed the café's number. Someone picked up, but not who she expected. "Hello. My name is Yuki. Do you wanna be my fwiend?" Ichigo laughed. Apparently, Keiichiro and Zakuro's daughter had gotten to the phone before they had. At least the two and a half year old was saying stuff like that instead of saying "Hello, buh-bye," like last time she called.

Ichigo heard a males voice in the background. "Yuki, do you know who it is?" he asked. She heard Yuki say "No" and laughed. Keiichiro took the phone from daughter and said, "I'm sorry, but the café is closed now. Our hours are…."

"No Keiichiro, its me. Ariel called and asked me to call back," Ichigo said. Keiichiro went to get Ariel, and in a couple minutes, she was down. "Ichigo? Is that you?" she asked. A worried look crossed Ichigo's face. "Ariel…is something wrong. You sound sleep-deprived," Ichigo replied.

"Ichigo…I'm…..I'm going to go home for awhile….Kish and i…..we need to go plan….our wedding…" she stated. Ichigo dropped the phone and then picked it back up. "You two are getting married! That is so cool! Wait…your going home?" she asked.

"Yeah, back to America for about a month. Don't worry; I'll come back and we can have another little ceremony here. Oh, and Ichigo…..please don't tell anyone this." Ariel's voice got a little more stern. "I…I think I'm pregnant," she said. Ichigo almost dropped the phone again, but managed to catch it. "Wait….but you can't be…unless the reason Kish wasn't here last night," she stated.

"It's only been a day, but I'm so sure of it. I know it'll take about three or six weeks, but….wait...i'm babbling again, ain't i?" she asked. Ichigo nodded. "Kish doesn't want to go back to your house….he says he wants to stay with me," she said. Ichigo started crying. "Oh, that's so sweet. Didn't think Kish would ever be like that. I always saw that if he was with someone, it would be like Strange Love with Bridgette and Flava Flav," she stated. She heard Ariel laugh. "Well, don't get your hopes up because it is."

Again, I am sorry I did not update quicker. I have a book report due and I was reading A Northern Light. Truly extraordinary book; might make a fic about it. Plus, I was working on another music video. Ok, so i wasn't going to post until i found my f-drive, which had the chappie already, right? Well, i couldn't find it, so i dug through the computers reycling bin and found half of this chapter. I write it differently, and once i was done writing, my dad called "Caitlyn, are you missing your f-drive?" He found it. It went through the washing machine and surpirsingly still works. Anyway, read and review, over and out. -Nibzo