The Night That Changed Us

By: Faith

Ch.1

Pai was sitting at his desk trying to concentrate on the equations before him. He had a lot of work to do today and found it hard to concentrate. His mind kept drifting off to a certain green haired heroine back on earth.

This can't be happening! he scolded himself. He, of all the aliens, shouldn't be going through what he was going through right then. Never the less, he was slowly losing control of his emotions. Her soft face, flowing hair, sweet smile, and deep, sparkling eyes floated around in his mind. Her scent, and he had gotten close enough to her in his last battle to smell her sweet, perfumed scent, intoxicated him whenever his memories reminded him of it.

I'm no better than Kish or Tart! he exclaimed in his head. How could he? How could he fall for a girl like he knew he had? Especially an earth girl. An Mew Mew earth girl that was keeping him and his people from taking the planet over and restoring their rightful place there. He was so aggravated with himself. The pencil like writing utencel snapped under his grasp.

"Having a hard time concentrating?" a familiar smooth voice asked.

Pie spun around in his chair. He shot the dark green haired alien comrade a death glare. Kish, however, was completely unphased. The smirk still remained on his lips.

Pie let out a sigh, "What do you want, Kish?"

Kish leaned in the doorway and crossed his arms across his chest. He too, took a deep sigh, "You know, you aren't going to be able to concentrate for very long periods of time unless you go see her."

"I do not know to whom you refer."

"Well, it's not like you are hiding it well. I watched you in our last battle. I seen that look in your eyes and, as I recall, I believe I seen that same look in a certain fishy Mew Mew."

Pie turned around in his chair to hid the growing warmth in his cheeks. His cursed himself in his mind.

After a moment, Kish continued, "Listen, just go see her. Go watch her from afar if you must. Just give in to temptation, it'll relieve you for awhile and you might be able to met your report deadline."

With that, the younger alien left Pie to his work.

Kish's words circled around and around in his head. He knew he was right. Maybe, just a few moments wouldn't be too bad. His mind made up, he disappeared from the room in seconds.

It was early morning on earth in Tokyo. Pie landed neatly on a tree branch in the park. He looked down at the paved walkway below him. It was a beautiful morning with the sun sparkling off the lake's surface. The scene suddenly became even more beautiful when a young maiden of light green hair and fair skin walked down the walkway beneath him.

Pie felt his heart take off in a pounding race. Just the sight of her had this effect on him. She walked carefree with a content smile on her face. That smile, those eyes, that light hair that bounced with every soft step. He was falling even harder in love than before.

A noise alerted his super earing senses to something behind him coming up the trail the other way. He turned around and watched as three young boys, about Tart's age, on shoes with wheels came racing down the walkway. They didn't slow when they whizzed pass Lettuce and they were so close to her that the combined wind force knocked her off her feet.

One hand flew up in the air, the other went behind her and she flew back. Without thinking, Pie teleported in a nanosecond and caught the young girl before she hit the ground. The hand that was in the air found itself around his neck and one hand holding her back the other underneath her knees. Their eyes met and locked as a small gasp escaped her lips.

"P-Pie?" Lettuce stammered out in total disbelief.

Before she could say anymore, Pie closed the few inches between their lips in a warm kiss. His heart soared when he realized she was responding to his kiss. Not only that, but she now had both arms around his neck as well. When he broke off, a deep red blush was across her face.

Half a minute later, she scrambled out of his hold, "Oh, Pie, I'm so sorry. Um, thank you for catching me. I'm sorry, I didn't mean..." Her blush deepened and she let her feet carry her away.

When she got to the café, her face was still red. Ichigo immediately approached her, "Lettuce, are you alright? You look red as an apple."

Lettuce nodded, "I'm fine, I just though I'd be late so I hurried here. I apologize." She then maneuvered pass the Mew leader to the changing room. She hated lying to Ichigo, she hated lying at all, but, there was no way she could tell her the truth. She was too afraid to think of what Ichigo might say or do if she found out. Ichigo was, not only as the Mew Leader but also as a good friend, very protective of the Mews. There really was no telling what her wild cat instincts might prompt her to do.

Ichigo was however, suspicious of Lettuce's excuse. Not only was her instincts telling her this but plain logic as well. Lettuce was not suppose to be here until 9:00 and it was as of right now, only 8:35. And she said she was running to not be late but she was barely winded or sweaty considering how far away she lives. Something was just not adding up.

She was finishing washing dishes when Lettuce entered in her uniform. She wanted to press matters for she felt something was wrong but, after seeing Lettuce's smile restored, she thought it best to let it go. After all, why would Lettuce of all people lie to her?

Pie had waited until he could no longer see Lettuce before teleporting back to his desk. Kish was right, he was able to concentrate mush easier after he had satisfied his temptations. He had the report done in less than an hour. Then, however, he allowed himself to wonder back to that moment in the park. He couldn't figure out what possessed him to do what he did. Sure, saving her from falling was understandable, almost logical, in his state, but kissing her? Had he truly lost all control of his physical structure? Or was the feelings he had towards her destroying all logic and reason he possessed?

He sat back and took a long deep breathe.

"So? How did it go?" Kish returned to his position in the doorway.

"The equations have been completed. The report is ready. Our next attack should prove to be extremely advantageous."

"Uh huh." Kish rolled his eyes, "No really, how did it go?"

Pie sighed and did not meet Kish in the eye, "You were correct in your logic. Seeing her in her natural environment freed me from a lot of tension. It was like observing the first flower bloom in a vast field of wildflowers. The innocence, the peace. Only unpredicted consequence is that now, I want it more. To see her, I mean."

Kish went quite for a moment. When Pie finally looked at his comrade deep in though, Kish nearly nodded his head in simple understanding and left the room.

Misery always did like company he thought to himself. The fact that he had just done what Kish had been doing to Ichigo since they came to earth hit him hard. He had witness over and over what Kish went through because of Ichigo time and time again, now he would share in the same kind of pain.

Memories of Kish returning to the ship after sneaking out on unauthorized missions came to him. Kish would appear and sulk down to his room. Heartbreak and misery evident in his eyes and expression. Pie or Tart never did dare to asked where he was or what he was doing. It was written all over his face, sometimes in a deep red hand print. Kish always did try to hide it as best as he could with some remark or name calling of the Mew leader but Pie was more certain than ever now, that he had heard quite sobs leaking from Kish's room when he happened to pass by.

Realizing that he and Kish were in the same boat now, did not make Pie happy at all.