Mew Chi: Chapter 6, yeah, and I don't own TMM.

Ichigo ran in to the attic, and came down with a large box. "We couldn't get a real tree this year, so we're using this fake one" she said to Kish that was staring at her confused.

"Why do you need a tree?" he asked.

Ichigo stared at him "Huh? Have you ever heard about Christmas traditions?"

"I'm still trying to figure out what Christmas is" he said.

"Oh right, they probably don't have Christmas on his planet" Ichigo thought to herself. "Oh, well...Christmas is where people decorate their houses and give presents to people, it's just a happy time of the year" she said to him. (A/N: I could give a more in depth summary of Christmas with all the religious stuff, but I don't want to start a religious debate with the people that read my story, so yeah)

"Oh, I see" he said "But why do you need a tree"

"At Christmas people put Christmas trees in their houses, and hang ornaments from the branches"

"Why?" Kish said

"I don't know…" Ichigo said, now wondering herself why people put pine trees in their houses as she began to put the tree up in the corner of the living room.

"I'll put the ornaments on the tree later, I like to save that for last" Ichigo said happily.

Kish smiled at her. Ichigo was so happy, he was so happy that she wasn't so sad and troubled by her memories. He remembered how scared she had been, it hurt so much to watch the one he loves be in so much pain, so he felt really happy seeing her be so cheerful about this whole Christmas thing. Just then the phone rang.

Ichigo picked it up, the voice at the end belonged to Pudding.

"Hi Ichigo Onee-chan" she said happily.

"Hi Pudding" Ichigo said happily. She heard voices in the back, she heard the laughter of Pudding's siblings, and she heard another voice.

"AAAAGGGHHH!" Get away from-mmph…" the voice stopped.

Pudding then said, almost forgetting that Ichigo was on the other side of the line "Taru-Taru, you look so funny!" she said.

"Tll em oo et ee oo!!"(Tell them to let me go!) Taruto mumbled angrily.

"Taruto's at your house?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, he didn't want to go back to the ship so I said he could stay here" Pudding said. "Oh, I gotta go, Taru-Taru is trapped in wrapping paper" she said quickly and hung up.

Ichigo put down the phone, Kish looked at her.

"Taruto's staying at Pudding's, and it seems Pudding's siblings are giving him a hard time" Ichigo said.

An amused grin came on to Kish's face. Ichigo looked at the time; it was already 4 in the afternoon.

"NYAAAA! I have to hurry and get the house decorated, I won't have time tomorrow" she said as she got all of the decorations from the attic.

(A/N: I feel like rhyming right now, sorry for the retarded-ness of the next part)

Ichigo went quickly in her haste, the day was half over, and there was no time to waste. She hung stockings above the fire place with cheer, but do not forget she had the help of an alien this year. He hung the wreath, up on the front door, decorating was quite fun, it wasn't a chore.

(A/N: Ok, I'm done rhyming, -.-… sorry about that)

They hung up all of the other decorations, tinsel, and lights. It was soon time to hang the ornaments on the tree. There were round ornaments, musical ones, and some with pictures in them. Kish and Ichigo were talking as they hung up the ornaments.

"You really like Christmas, huh?" Kish asked Ichigo.

She smiled at him "Yeah, it's such a happy time, and everything looks beautiful"

"Including you" Kish said, as he stared at her lovingly.

Ichigo blushed and looked down at the ornaments on the tree. She could see her reflection in one of them; Ichigo saw a face that looked different from the one she used to see. One battered and bruised slightly, with some scratches. But that wasn't it; she saw a smiling face, one that was really smiling, in the eyes too. One that wasn't tear stained, it wasn't sad. She lifted her head to see Kish staring at her happily; she stared at him and smiled. They were almost done hanging the ornaments on the tree; Ichigo was pulling the last few ornaments out to hang. She then saw an ornament with a picture of her and Masaya in it. She stared at it for a second, but then walked over to the trash bin and threw it away. She did not feel sad, and she thought she'd never feel sad again, not with Kish around. All she felt at that moment was her love for Kish, nothing else. He saw him hanging the last ornament on the tree.

"I think that was the last one" he said.

"Now we have to put the star on the top" Ichigo said.

"Star?" Kish questioned. Ichigo came with a large golden star. The top of the tree was a little high for her, she reached to put the star on, but she couldn't reach it.

"I'll get the ladder" Ichigo said as she was about to walk to the garage, before she could she felt arms wrap around her waist and lift her near the top of the tree. She turned her head to see Kish.

"You gained weight, huh Kitten?" he smirked. She smiled at him and set the star on the top of the tree.

"Very funny" she said.

He chuckled as he lowered her to the ground. Ichigo checked the time again, it was only 7 PM.

"That didn't take very long" she said to herself. She then saw that she missed one decoration in the box. The little green mistletoe with a little red ribbon tied to it. She picked it up and went to hang it above the front doorway.

"What's that?" Kish asked pointing to the small decoration Ichigo was hanging.

She tied it to a hook and said "That's mistletoe, a common Christmas tradition is that people kiss under it"

"Really?" Kish asked.

"Yep" Ichigo said naively still standing in the doorway. Before she knew it Kish had disappeared from his spot near the Christmas tree and reappeared right in front of her. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for a kiss. Ichigo stood surprised for a moment, but then closed her eyes and

put her hands behind his neck. After the long and passionate kiss, they finally broke away from each other.

"I like that tradition" Kish said smiling,

"Me too" Ichigo said still in his arms.

Mew Chi: Oh, the sappiness

Kish: I would hug you right now for writing that chapter if I knew you weren't going to kill me if I did.

Mew Chi: very good judgement on that decision

Samara: arg…so sappy…so romantic…it burns us (falls to the ground)

Kish: is she going to be okay

Mew Chi: yeah, she just can't stand romantic things

Samara: how dare you write that chapter…with the rhyming, and the kissing…I hope all of you die!

Mew Chi: Ok then, bye people, R&R!!!!!! R&R!!R&R!!! Or you will not get the next chapter!

Kish: PLEASE R&R!!!!!