I took a long break from this story, didn't I? Let's just say that I was being lazy…I just thought of the weirdest Pai Moment in school today, so I decided to write it. Which made me remember the story existed! Everyone should be happy I'm so dedicated, haha…
Chapter Six: The Dieter's Nightmare
A week later, the mews were at Café Mew Mew watching an annoyed Mint drink black tea. They only knew she was annoyed because the tea was black. When she is happy, the tea has too much suger. When she's sad, the tea has too little sugar. When she's angry, she forgets to put the tea in altogether. And finally, when she's scared, she drinks herbal tea.
Why was she so annoyed? Mint stirred her tea aimlessly, forgetting that she forgot to put anything in there save for the teabag, and was really not stirring anything. Mint had a flashback, which caused her to nearly pop a vein in annoyance.
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Mint Flashback Time!—
"Acid rain" is a broad term used to describe several ways that acids fall out of the atmosphere. A more precise term is acid deposition, which has two parts: wet and dry. Wet deposition refers to acidic rain, fog, and snow. As this acidic water flows over and through the ground, it affects a variety of plants and animals. The strength of the effects depend on many factors, including how acidic the water is, the chemistry and buffering capacity of the soils involved, and the types of fish, trees, and other living things that rely on the water." said Aoyama.
"Do I look like I care?" asked Mint. Her short lovesick Ichigo-like spell was fading quickly. Aoyama was boring her. He was like a walking, talking encyclopedia.
"I'm not done yet! Don't you want to hear more, Mint-san?" asked Aoyama.
"No thank you! I don't know why I even invited you to dinner! This is so unlike me. Leave my house now!" Mint ordered. "I don't want to hear anything about acid rain ever again!"
"But…but Mint-san!" protested Aoyama.
"Why did you dump Ichigo in the first place? She loves you and you know it! You're just a filthy lier and a nuisance!" Mint was at her wit's end with all the boring environmental talk. She took back her offer of helping out Aoyama, and now does not want to have a thing to do with him.
"I like you better! You're rich, and I thought you were interested in the environment!" said Aoyama, with a pleading voice.
"Well, guess what? I don't like you, I hate you. And do you want to know what else? You're starting to make me hate the environment. Please leave now, so I can regain my love for our surroundings. Leave before I have to call security."
Aoyama reluctantly got up, and exited the house. He looked back mournfully, but Mint gave him such a cold look that he shivered and left.
--End Mint Flashback!
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Afterwards, Mint had security guards placed at the entrance of her mansion to turn away Aoyama, because he turned up nearly everyday to apologize and make up. Mint was so annoyed with his talk of the environment ever since the day she actually got to know him, and just knew that they weren't meant to be. She wondered how Ichigo ever loved him in the first place.
"Mint…" started Zakuro.
"Yes, Onee-sama?" asked Mint, looking up from her tea.
"You're spilling tea on that chair."
Mint gasped, and jumped up. She got out a handkercheif and immediately began wiping the chair.
Ichigo cautiously walked up to Mint, and asked, "Why were you so annoyed, Mint?"
"Because, I got to know Aoyama-baka." answered Mint.
"Isn't he dreamy?" asked Ichigo, with a dazed look on her face. She did not even realize that Mint insulted him.
"If you're a tree." said Mint.
"Aoyama onii-chan is getting married, na no da!" said Pudding, who was quietly listening in before.
Mint and Ichigo stood up at the same time. "WHAT? To who?"
"To whom." corrected Lettuce.
"To Eclaire, na no da!" said Pudding, happily.
"Who's that?" asked Mint. She didn't know any Eclaires.
"Eclaire is my bonsai plant, na no da! She lives near my front door, na no da!"
"Tell them that I said 'Congratulations'." said Zakuro.
"Yes. Please tell them I said so too. When is the wedding?" asked Lettuce.
"The day after tomorrow. They got engaged yesterday, na no da!" put in Pudding.
"That's not much time! I have to buy a new dress for the wedding!" panicked Ichigo. In her head, she thought, It's okay…Aoyama-kun may be out of the picture, but there's always Kisshu! And if that doesn't work out, there is Shirogane.
Mint panicked as well. "What would they want for a present? Where is the wedding? Are we invited?"
"Eclaire wants a silver comb, na no da. The wedding is at my house. We're invited, na no da." answered Pudding, calmly. "I'm in charge of invitations. Ichigo onee-chan, will you see Kisshu onii-chan? Can you tell him to give these invitations to Taru-taru and Pai na no da?" Pudding handed Ichigo three cards. Then she handed the rest of the mews their invitations.
"Kisshu onii-chan?" asked Lettuce.
"Ichigo onee-chan and Kisshu onii-chan are 100.2 compatible, na no da. I checked it when I was doing fortune telling na no da! Pudding always knows, na no da!"
Ichigo blushed. "Kisshu's dreamy too…" she said, with a second dazed look and brief daydream.
"Ichigo-sama, Ichigo-sama! Alien, Alien! Chimera animal, chimera" Ichigo punched it before it finished. It was repeating too many things for her to comprehend.
Zakuro realized that Ichigo didn't understand. "Kisshu. Here." she summarized.
"Oooh!" said Ichigo, snapping into action. They ran out of Café Mew Mew, and near Pudding's house, where the aliens were located.
"Mew Mew Strawberry! Metamorpho-sis!"
"Mew Mew Lettuce! Metamorpho-sis!"
"Mew Mew Pudding! Metamorpho-sis!"
"Mew Mew Zakuro! Metamorpho-sis!"
"Mew Mew Mint! Metamorpho-sis!"
Kisshu and Taruto patiently waited for them to finish transforming. They were about to call forth their newest creation, when Ichigo started to jump up and down.
"What's up, kitten? Why so hyper today?" asked Kisshu.
"Aoyama-kun and Eclaire are getting married! Here's your invitations!" Kisshu flew down and took them, and then passed one to Taruto.
"Where's Pai?" asked Lettuce.
Kisshu's and Taruto's faces fell. They exchanged looks. "You tell them." said Kisshu. Taruto nodded.
"He…he's on a diet…"
"Why?" asked Lettuce.
"He thinks that all that ice-cream gave him too many calories. He's trying to cut down." answered Taruto.
"He can still come to the wedding, right Taru-taru na no da?" asked Pudding.
"Yes, as long as there's salad there."
"I can make the salads!" said Lettuce excitedly. She was looking forward to seeing Pai.
"Okay! Lettuce onee-chan is in charge of salads na no da! I'll make the main course!" said Pudding.
"I'll buy the chairs!" said Zakuro.
"I'll get the wedding cake!" said Mint.
"I'll make the desserts!" said Ichigo. Everyone shuddered.
"Uh…anyway…" said Kisshu, still not recovered fully. "Go chimera animal!"
A large orange jellyfish started to attack. It's tentacles grabbed Ichigo, Zakuro, and Lettuce, and threw them one mile away. Now only Pudding and Mint were left. It lunged at Mint, when a sword clinked it.
"The Black Knight, na no da! He didn't get an invitation!" exclaimed Pudding.
"Hurry! Give him one!" said Mint.
The Black Knight received the invitation.
"Ribbon…Mint Echo!" yelled Mint, shooting the jellyfish in the eye. It shrieked and lunged at her again.
"That wasn't very healthy, na no da. You almost killed it, na no da." said Pudding, disapprovingly.
The Black Knight finished the jellyfish off. "I can't make it to the wedding." he said.
"Why not?" asked Mint.
"I am…Aoyama Masaya." said the Black Knight reluctantly.
"Then…" Mint gasped.
"You're getting married, na no da!" exclaimed Pudding.
"Yes! I just got engaged!" said Aoyama. "Eclaire was my ex-girlfriend before Momomiya-san and Mint-san. We used to have pleasant chats together, until she moved."
"Now you can live together, na no da!" said Pudding.
Aoyama transformed back. "I'll be looking forward to it. I hope everyone will be there." Aoyama left.
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Deep Blue was crying. "My other self is getting married…such a joyous occasion!" His tears of joy didn't seem to run out.
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"Meat gives a lot of calories. So does bread. So does every food! I can't eat anymore!" said a crazed Pai, throwing things out of his food storage area as he named them. "I cannot resort to anorexia!" he vowed.
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Ichigo, Zakuro, and Lettuce finally ran back to Pudding's house. They were out of breath, as they had just ran a mile.
Ichigo panted. "You're back, kitten." said Kisshu with a grin on his face.
Taruto looked at Kisshu. "I know we lost, but I kind of don't want to go back to Pai." he said.
"You can stay at my house tonight, na no da! You can stay in one of my brothers' room, na no da!" offered Pudding.
"Okay! Thanks Pudding!" said Taruto. He swooped down, and they both entered the house, leaving everyone else outside staring after them.
"Traiter!" yelled Kisshu. "I'll remember this! I can't face that lunatic alone!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." said Zakuro. "He's not 'that lunatic'. He is 'the' lunatic."
Kisshu payed her no mind. "Taruto! You'll be sorry!" he yelled again.
Zakuro 'tsk'ed again, and walked away. She had to make room in her schedule to accomadate for the wedding. She absolutely could not miss that, because it was the union of human and plant.
Lettuce also left, saying that she had to prepare some salads.
Only Ichigo remained. Kisshu was shaking his fist at Pudding's door.
"Good luck with Pai!" yelled Taruto from inside.
"Ah, I'll manage. Kitten, help me out." Kisshu grabbed Ichigo and found out that she was too heavy. They dropped to the floor.
"Ichigo-sama needs to go on a diet too! Ichigo-sama needs to" Ichigo punched Masha so hard that it fainted.
"I think you need to work out, Kisshu." she said.
Kisshu made a face, and then kissed Ichigo. She turned into a cat. "It's much easier this way." said Kisshu. "Just watch yourself." (Author's note: refer to…uh, some chapter that I don't remember. He means to make sure she doesn't wet him like last time)
Ichigo mewed angrily and bit him. Kisshu winced, but teleported safely. He kissed her again, to turn her back into a human, and because he enjoyed it.
They were in the alter-dimension, and what they witnessed is possibly one of the scariest moment in all of history.
Pai was burning all the food in the alter dimension…