Chapter one: Ichigo Things
"Ichigo," Masaya knocked on the bathroom door, "you've been in there for quite some time. Is everything alright?"
"Yes, Masaya, everything is fine," Ichigo replied, "you can come in now."
The smile in her voice let Masaya know she wasn't lying. Then he walked in to see her holding a pregnancy test and suddenly he became nervous.
"Ichigo... are you... did we... am I..."
"Yes," Ichigo giggled, "I'm pregnant. We did it. You're going to be a father."
"Oh, Ichigo," Masaya hugged his wife. "It finally happened."
"I know," Ichigo sighed, "I was actually beginning to lose hope."
Masaya brushed aside a lock of red hair and stared into shimmering brown eyes. "It's so nice to see you happy again."
"I'm sorry," Ichigo blushed, "but ever since Ryou extracted my iriomote yamaneko DNA, I just haven't felt like myself. I thought I'd be glad to be normal again, but it sucks!"
Masaya laughed. "So, now what are you going to do?"
Ichigo beamed, "arrange a mew mew reunion!"
"A mew mew reunion?" Masaya blinked.
"That's right, nya!" Ichigo replied, "I'm gonna get a hold of Minto and Purin and Rettasu and even Zakuro, Ryou, and Keiichiro!"
"Ryou?" Masaya's voice held a hint of jealousy.
"Yeah," Ichigo grinned, "don't you wanna rub it in his face? You didn't get to do it when we got engaged because he pulled a Houdini, and he never responded to the wedding invitation, nor did he show up. This may be your last chance!"
Masaya shook his head, rolled his eyes, and smiled. "how do you do that?"
"It's a gift," Ichigo shrugged, knowing neither of them could put into words exactly what 'that' was.
"Alright," Masaya gave Ichigo a quick kiss, "I'll go find the current locations of the other former mew mews and their former managers, and you... I don't know, do Ichigo things."
"Ichigo things?" Ichigo blinked as she watched her husband walk away. With a mischievous grin, she pounced on him, wrapped her legs around his waist, and hugged his neck. "Ichigo things, huh?"
Masaya laughed, "get off me. You know what I meant."
"Then why should I get down?" Ichigo purred. "Masaya is an Ichigo thing. I wanna do that."
"But Masaya has other things to do," Masaya responded.
"Other things can wait," Ichigo said, "Masaya told Ichigo to do Ichigo things. Masaya is an Ichigo thing, and Ichigo always obeys Masaya."
Masaya sighed. "Okay, you win. But please, if you don't want to let go of me, at least let me carry you where I can see you."
"Fair enough." Ichigo hopped down, then walked in front of Masaya and allowed him to pick her up. With an exchange of smiles, Ichigo was carried to a room where she could do Ichigo things.
