Sakuya: LOTS OF REVIEWS:D

Ryou: Hurry up and get the reviews over with….u.U

Sakuya: Yes sir Ryou but after this. (In serious tone) some people have been complaining that this intro/conclusion thing I do with Ryou is too long, so I'll try to shorten it up a bit. Gomen nasai!

Ryou: YAY! No more bashing!

Sakuya: WHACK!

Ryou: X.X

Reviews!

Baka-Schla:

I hope they kiss soon too! But I need the three aliens to appear first lol :P Thanks for reviewing.

Kayra909:

LOL! Poor Ryou. Now he's being tortured by you! AND also with another muffler! Poor guy. He's going to suffocate soon! Muhahah….that'll be nice lol :p Thanks for reviewing :D

PrettyPinkSugar:

Hahah Now everybody is blaming Keiichiro, but oh well. Lol I like Ryou better lol :p Thanks for reviewing :D

Angelic Ichigo:

Yup I'm updating! Thanks for reviewing!

kairi sunisaki:

It's okay if you didn't review the other chapters, just glad you're reviewing this one :D Thanks and YES! Ryou is HOT :D But don't tell him I said lol :p

Artangel:

Yesyes I'll try to make it longer lol :p Thanks for reviewing :D

RedMewIchigo:

Hahah Ryou will ALWAYS be hit because he's NEVER a good boy. LOL he's too evil lol And don't feel sorry for Ryou. He deserves it lol :P yes I'll try to do all the stuff you said! Lol :D

BubbLy01:

o.O omg! I got an order! Lol :p Anyways, hahah it was genius? O.O does that mean I'm a genius? WOOHOO! (Runs around celebrating, and then stops and runs back) Anyways, thanks for reviewing.

RibbonStrawberryCheck101:

o.O my number one fan? LOL how interesting. Thanks for uh…wanting to be my number one fan? LOL :P Anyways yes I'm flattered. Thanks for reviewing!

dream-cloudstar:

YEAH! The sight of Ryou blushing is a cool sight. Maybe I should stop the story and take a picture LOL XD yes I'm updating even though my homework pile is VERY HIGH! O.O

Mew Choco:

Heh thanks! And yes thanks for reviewing :D

Megtao:

Hehe I love Ryou/Ichigo too :D Thanks for reviewing :D

Tokyo Mew Mew lover:

I shortened it up a bit. Sorry.

Yin vs. Yang:

Yes! Ryou/Ichigo stories rule :D Another fan to add to my list :D Thanks for reviewing!

Sakuya: Now to start the story!

Ryou: Yes….u.U (Is not enthusiastic because he is still embarrassed from last chapter)

Sakuya: Don't worry! It'll be all good soon :D

Chapter 6 – The Three Aliens Appear

The next morning Ichigo awoke to the sound of Purin and Mint getting up to do their morning duty of breakfast. After they had left, (Purin was extremely loud even in the early morning), Ichigo could not get back to sleep. She laid in bed thinking about everything that happened the previous day. She knew that she had to apologize to Ryou but she just didn't know how to do it, or say it. After about 30 minutes of laying in bed thinking, Ichigo finally got the courage to go to Ryou's cabin and talk to him.

While she walking to the boy's cabin, Ichigo admired the beauty of the lake. It was even beautiful in the morning. The sun was reflected by the lake making a beautiful landscape. Once arriving in front of the boy's cabin, Ichigo got nervous. What am I going to say? Ichigo thought. Actually, what if they're not even awake yet? Omg, why didn't I think of this when I was still back in bed? I can't just wake him up and tell him I want to talk to him. That would just sound stupid.

All of a sudden, someone came from behind Ichigo and grabbed her around the waist. "How have you been honey?" said Kish.

Ichigo was taken by surprise and screamed. "What are you doing here?" By the time, she had recovered and asked that question, Ryou and Keiichiro came rushing out.

"What's going on?" asked a very sleepy Keiichiro in his pj's. Ryou just plain looked frustrated.

Kish drifted in mid-air and smirked. "I was just visiting my neko-chan."

"I'm NOT your neko-chan!" Ichigo yelled in frustration.

Now, all the other Mew Mews had arrived. "What's going on now?" Mint asked annoyed. She was wearing an apron and looked like she had been in the middle of something.

Pudding on the other hand was looking for Taruto. "Where's my Tar-Tar na no da?" She also had an apron on but she was the opposite. The young girl looked like she was glad she could take a break from cooking.

As if they came from mid-air, Pai and Taruto appeared next to Kish floating in the air. Taruto pouted at once. "I'm NOT yours Pudding! And stop calling me Tar-Tar! I'm Taruto." The little alien said this as if his name was something to be proud of.

"Okay Tar-Tar." Replied Pudding, making Taruto madder.

Over the fight between the two young kids, Pai had said hello ONLY to Rettasu.

Rettasu blushed slightly and said her hello back.

While this was going on, Ichigo and Kish were fighting in the background. Between the "I'm not your kitten!" and "Stop calling me Tar-Tar! It's Taruto!" it was a big mess I would have to say.

In the Mess Hall…

After everybody had settled down, Pudding and Mint had resumed cooking. It was already 9 am when everybody sat down to eat. Actually, it was 9 am when they just entered the Mess Hall. It took another 15 minutes before they started to eat because they were arguing about whom they wanted to sit with and who they did NOT want to sit with.

After breakfast was settled, the group amazingly agreed on playing tennis. Off to the side of the lake, hidden by the trees, there were 4 tennis courts that the Mews had not seen the day before. After a lot of arguing and fighting (mostly from Kish), they were going to play as follows. Keiichiro and Zakuro were to play doubles against Rettasu and Pai. The other three courts would be single games. Taruto would be playing against Pudding and Kish, after lots of reassurance, was playing against Mint and the last pairing was to be Ryou against Ichigo.

(A/N: You don't have to play/know about the rules of Tennis to understand this. :P Watching Prince of Tennis would help though. :D)

Rettasu surprisingly was really good at tennis and Pai was a very fast learner. They were almost equal to the Keiichiro and Zakuro team. Taruto refused to learn the game of tennis and Pudding was teaching him really weird rules in tennis, stuff like "Tar-Tar! I got a point! That's 15-love. That means I get a kiss na no da!" Mint was being bossy as usual and teaching Kish all the basics of Tennis. "NO! Not like that! Like this." Mint was saying. Ryou and Ichigo were the only ones that were not exactly talking. They were just hitting the ball back and forth.

Ichigo knew why there was a weird air between her and her boss, but she didn't know what to say. "So you've played tennis before?" Ichigo managed to ask.

Ryou hit the ball back to the red haired teen and replied with a meekly "I guess".

Ichigo was losing her concentration because first, Ryou was making her guilty without knowing it and Ichigo was not particularly good at tennis so she was stumbling. She was feeling guilty and tired from all that running away that she didn't even notice that Ryou was walking towards her side of the court. Suddenly she saw a shadow and she realized it was Ryou.

"What are you doing over here Ryou?"

"We have to change courts." Ryou mumbled in a monotone voice.

Ichigo blushed because she actually thought that Ryou was there to forgive her. Guess not. "Oh…yeah right. Gomen nasai." Then she ran to the opposite side and started the game again.

After a few games later, Ichigo was really tired. She was sweating like crazy and Ryou didn't even look like he was exercising. She was so tired that she called for a timeout and just sat on her side of the court to rest. She put her head between her hands supported by her knees. When she looked up again, she saw Ryou.

The teenage girl gasped. "Oh…do we have to change courts again?"

The older boy just simply said, "Get up."

Even though Ichigo was very tired, she did as she was told. Suddenly she could feel Ryou's hand on her shoulder. "You should do this, so that this way you don't have to use as much energy and you don't have to run around as much." he whispered into Ichigo's ear.

Ichigo blushed at the closeness of the two. "Um…okay. Like this?"

"Lower your elbow a little bit more." Ryou whispered in the same tone.

"Like this?" Ichigo found herself also whispering.

"Mmm…yeah. Try it now." Ryou handed Ichigo a ball and backed up so that Ichigo could swing.

Ichigo swung the racket and connected it with the ball. "Omg! That was so much easier and better! Thank you Ryou!" She was so excited that she didn't think and hugged Ryou.

Ryou was embarrassed all over again and Ichigo finally realized what she had done. "Oh um…sorry." Ichigo apologized.

"It's okay."

Ichigo blushed again. "I mean…sorry for yesterday…I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions."

"Yeah…and I said it's okay." Mumbled Ryou back with a slight blush.

"Really? You mean it? You're going to forgive me? Oh yay! Thank you so much!" Ichigo was excited and hugged him.

"Yeah…okay let's play some tennis." Ryou replied pulling away.

"Okay!" Ichigo replied now eager to concentrate really hard to get as good as Ryou was.

Later on, at lunch, the aliens had announced that they would be staying with the group for the rest of their camping trip. Ichigo looked around happily. Everybody was happily eating. Keiichiro was being his perky self talking to Zakuro, who looked like she was bored out of her mind, but Ichigo knew better. Pudding was showing yet another trick to Taruto and "Tar-Tar" actually looked interested. Pai was in deep conversation talking about something with Rettasu. It was probably about math but Rettasu looked happy. Mint was sitting next to Kish drinking her tea while the two appeared to be arguing. As for herself, she was sitting next to Ryou asking him more about tennis. It really is better when we're NOT fighting and just happily talking. Ichigo thought and then turned to Ryou and asked him about lobs.

End of Chapter.

Sakuya: YAY! I'm done! Sorry if anyone thinks this chapter was too short. Basically, it's just the appearances of the aliens :D

Ryou: heheh…me and Ichigo. Ichigo and me.

Sakuya: o.O are you okay?

Ryou: Ichigo and me….me and Ichigo. (is daydreaming)

Sakuya: HEY! (Shouts REALLY loud into Ryou's ear)

Ryou: Huh? What? U.U What was with that?

Sakuya: What were you just daydreaming about?

Ryou: I was just daydreaming about-ohhhhhhhh you tricked me!

Sakuya: (whistling) No I didn't.

Ryou: u.U For your information, I was daydreaming about all the…erm…money! Yes the money I would get from your fanfics…

Sakuya: SUUURE! Now we all know what Ryou daydreams about! (wink wink) Anyways please review if you want more Ryou/Ichigo fluff :D