Hey everyone, I'm back! I decided to take a break from writing my other story, which I haven't got a title for yet, but it's a RyouxIchigo fanfic, to continue writing this story. I'm going to try to put more couples in, but this is mainly just PaixLettuce. Thanks for all your reviews!  Thank you to

Tartarbabe

Applecake

Strawberry Sister

Mew-Dolphin

Maggie

Starsky - Chan

For reviewing the last chapter.

I don't know how long I will make this, but I really need help with my chapter titles. If you have some suggestions, please e-mail me!

Anyway, on with the story!

'Thinking'

"Talking

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Last Time

Ryou and Keiichiro came in the door. "Lettuce, w-what's he doing here!" Ryou said to Lettuce, pointing to Pai.

Now

"Uh…R-ryou…ummmm…" Lettuce didn't know what so say. She knew he hated the aliens, but she didn't know why. (A/N see TMM episode 36)

"It's not her fault that I'm here. I came to her, because I need help." Everyone looked at Pai in surprise. They hadn't expected him to say anything, let alone blame himself.

"Then why are you here?" Ryou asked him, his face expressionless. "And why did you come to Lettuce for help?"

"I thought that…maybe…she would help me…she's the only human on Earth that might," Pai replied. (A/N told ya there's OOC-ness in this story…Pai is never unsure of himself, or at least doesn't show it.)

"Well…" Ryou paused, uncertainty crossing his face. Keiichiro put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Why are you here?"

"I was exiled from my planet for helping Lettuce," Pai said coolly. Ryou seemed to be at a loss for words. 'What do I do…damnit, why can't Keiichiro be the leader of this project? He's much better at decision-making than I am…'

Keiichiro stepped forward. "How long have you been exiled for?" he asked calmly.

Pai seemed slightly surprised by Keiichiro's composure, but slowly replied, "Two years."

Everyone (except Lettuce, who already knew) was completely taken aback by that statement. 'Two years? That's a bit severe, even if he did save a Mew Mew…' was mainly what was going through the huge minds of Ryou and Keiichiro.

Finally, Ryou stuttered, "How are you going to survive for two years? Even with Lettuce's help, she doesn't make enough money to support two people…" Lettuce blushed.

Keiichiro pulled Ryou aside and started whispering to him. Lettuce and Pai heard Ryou say, "No. No way. That would not work," then Keiichiro said something back. The argument went on like this for about two minutes, then Ryou loudly said, "Fine."

Keiichiro came back and kindly said, "Pai, if you stay with Lettuce we could get you a job here at Café Mew Mew."

'So that's what they were arguing about,' Lettuce thought. 'This could end up interesting…'

"Really?" For once, Pai seemed genuinely surprised. 'They're letting me work at Café Mew Mew…with Lettuce…I wonder what the other girls will say? They won't be very happy…I just hope they don't attack me…'

"How are we going to tell the others? They won't be happy, especially Ichigo." Ryou looked slightly worried-the first time he had shown any emotion that day.

"We managed to win you over, Ichigo shouldn't be too much harder," Keiichiro grinned. Ryou grinned. "I don't know about that…" Everyone turned to face him. "What do you mean?" Pai asked. " I mean she has a grudge against the aliens too-because of Kish.

"Oh, of course," Pai murmured. "That imbecile. She might accept me…it's a good thing Kish isn't here. She'd never accept us then."

"Too bad." Kish walked into the kitchen. "Kish? What are you doing here?" Pai looked really angry, and Kish faltered a bit before putting on his usual smug expression.

"I'm sure Kitten will be very happy to see me," Kish said in that self-satisfied way of his. "I missed her so much. I'm sure she feels the same way."

Pai and Ryou rolled their eyes in unison, while Lettuce and Keiichiro fought to contain their laughter. Kish noticed this, looking indignant.

"What? It's true!"

As a way if changing the subject, Pai asked, "Why are you even here Kish? I'm the one who was banished, not you."

"Oh, I got myself exiled too, just not as long," Kish replied happily. "Taruto should be here soon too."

"WHAT!" Pai exploded. "When? Why? How? WHAT!"

Lettuce came up behind Pai and put a hand on his shoulder to try to calm him down. Ryou noticed and raised an eyebrow, and Lettuce blushed a deep red but stayed there. "You got yourself banished on purpose?" Keiichiro looked incredulous.

"Yep. We couldn't let Pai here have all the fun, could we?" Kish smirked again.

"How long are you staying on Earth for?" Pai asked, looking slightly afraid. A few months?"

"Nope," came the cheerful answer. "One year."

"Oh God," Ryou murmured and slumped into a chair dramatically.

"Enough questions about us…you can question Taruto when he gets here. For now, where is my neko-chan?"

Everyone groaned in unison. "At home, and you're not going there." Ryou replied.

"Oh yeah?" Kish challenged, and teleported off.

"This is going to be a long, long day," Ryou muttered and went upstairs.

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Yay! Thanks for all your reviews, everyone! I really need help with my chapter titles though. I suck at any titles. Look at this one. Anyway, please R&R and please help me with my chapter titles!