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Chapter 4 - puzzled Purin

Ryou opened his eyes, a sad smile forming on his features. He had been dreaming again, however, the blonde felt a warm hand on his forehead and was instantly drawn from his dreams and slowly into reality. He felt something press against his lips softly before removing themselves and the door closed quietly. 'had I been dreaming?' he thought as he looked out of the window, seeing no one. He was sure that it was ichigo but he couldn't tell because he had still been half asleep and unable to open his eyes.

Feeling that his heart was going to tear itself from his body if he didn't get up, ryou sighed and headed back down to the lab. His mind was now filled with other questions as he pulled on his shirt, 'why did both minto and retasu ask for raises when it's more then clear that they do not deserve it? Yet in those two days ichigo hasn't even spoken to me… something is going on, and I don't like it' he thought as he ran a scan on Tokyo. The usual red light that showed danger refused to activate causing the young boy to sigh as he dropped his head in his hands. It was times like these when he wished that ichigo could see the truth.

With ichigo

Ichigo was at a loss, "how the heck do I make such a hyper child late?" she muttered as she sat on the cold pavement. She had been there for half an hour and still was as clueless as ever, 'curse you candy' she cried inwardly before realization hit her. "heh he… purrfect" she mewled before her hands threw themselves over her mouth and her tail and ears popped out, she felt as if she'd never get used to that cat-like features. Shaking her head she headed for the department store, a smirk evident on her face. "hi," she said in an innocent voice, the man at the register eyed her accusingly before glancing at her attire. A smile found it's way on the large man's face before he responded, "yes kitten?" he asked as he glanced at her head. Ichigo looked up to see that her ears had re appeared and a terrified screech emitted from her mouth and she covered the ears, too bad that her tail decided to show and was twitching madly. "just direct me to the candy section" she cried as the man pointed and she ran off, "weird teenager" he muttered as he continued to read his magazine. One of the articles was about the famous super heroes, "the mew mews." He looked at the leader confused as he turned his head back to the direction the girl had gone in. she had just returned with a large stash of candies and some black items in her hands. "sorry about that sir, I just came from a costume party" ichigo said as she lifted up the black items. He nodded and scanned the candy. Ichigo paid for it all and looked at the article. "who are those girls?" she asked the man who stared at her in disbelief. "these are the famous super girls, they're so cute but my favourite is the pink one" he said, drooling a little. Ichigo twitched before her smile reformed and she left as fast as possible.

'what the hell- I have ugly old men in my fanclub' she cried inwardly as she headed for a lone house on the street. The windows were weak and some had even fallen off, however, ichigo knew that it was a house full of love… Soon to be a house full of hyperactive children. Ichigo jumped through the window and looked around to see what looked like a zoo, seven little children and ten little monkeys, all in one cramped room. ichigo sighed as she began to place all of the candy under each of their pillows. She was finished in half an hour and smirked in satisfaction as she ran home.

Ichigo was pleased with herself, it had been one of the quickest and she was now able to sleep for longer. "and not even an interruption" she sighed, crawling deeper into her blankets. That was, before she heard the call of her pendant, "I've got it" she whispered, hearing the beeping silence. Ichigo sighed, "too good to be true" she growled, transforming and following the pendant to a familiar discount store. "oh geez, it's my number one fan…" she cursed as she saw a small kid with brown pig tails yelling at the man. "taruto, just the alien I wanted to see" she said boredly as he tured to glare at her. "YOU!" he screeched, pointing wildly as he floated in the air, "YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MADE KISSHU FALL HEAD OVER HEELS, WELL YOU SURE AS HELL AIN'T GETTING ME TO FALL FOR PURIN, I HATE YOU HUMANS!" he ranted as Ichigo merely giggled, "but tar tar… I said nothing about Purin, you did. This means that I was correct in thinking that you have a crush on her." The tiny alien scoffed at her words before calling forth an alien, using the shopkeeper's soul. "bad move" Ichigo said as she looked at the large green lizard-like creature. Mustering up her most seductive smile, she winked at the monster. "hey there, I don't think that you'd want to hurt me… I thought you liked me," Ichigo pouted as the soul began to argue with the jelly like creature it was fused with. "now cutie, capture that mean little alien" Ichigo yelled as it complied and soon had taruto in the shopkeeper/evil monster's grasp. "LET-GO-BAKA!" he yelled as he attempted to scream. "ha ha ha I told you it was fruitless to deny the pull of fate, now I know you hold feelings for Purin, you don't need to tell me. Just voice it in your own way… and do it tomorrow or I'll set your friends against you got it?" Ichigo threatened as the young alien came to terms. "maybe I do care about her a LITTLE… and I MAY go to her tomorrow after work. BUT ONLY FOR A SECOND! I'M NOT WEAK LIKE KISSHU"

"he isn't weak taruto, he is strong because he was willing to give up his mission to be with the one he cares about" taruto nodded and the lizard man dropped him at Ichigo's command. "don't think that we're best buddies now wench cos we're not" he yelled as he de-fused the shopkeeper and orbed off. "are you ok sir?" Ichigo asked as a smile radiated on her face. He nodded as she continued. "I'd like to thank you for helping me back there, your strength is uncanny and I have faith that you can be something if you just persevere." Ichigo winked, running out of the shop and heading for home. "finally" she sighed as she put her alarm on and fell asleep.

Ichigo entered the café early as she had for the past few days as she glanced at the three who had already entered. "good morning y'all" she said cheerily as she changed into her outfit and opened the café. "8:00 guys, let's get to work!" Ichigo cheered as she began to work, hiding her victorious smirk with a happy-go-lucky smile.

Purin eventually entered at 8:30, puffing and panting as she was barely able to make it to the change rooms. "hihi Purin-chan na no da!" Ichigo cheered as she served customers on a ball. Purin just sighed in annoyance as she began to also serve customers.

"Purin, Ichigo dropped a strawberry cake!" Retasu said

"I didn't mean it, I'll do it right this-crash-oops" Ichigo cried

"Purin, she just broke another three plates and a cup" Retasu called

"I've got it" Purin said as she cleaned the mess but not before hearing Minto pipe up. "oh Purin, please get me some tea seeing as Ichigo is trying to pour it blindfolded and is aiming for the register" she said calmly. "NO ICHIGO!" Purin called as she turned and sprayed the liquid on the floor. "g-go-gomen ne" Ichigo sniffled as Purin calmed her down and moved to clean up the mess.

-crash-

"Purin, Ichigo broke a plate!"

"ok I've got it"

-squish-

"Purin, Ichigo dropped a cake"

"coming"

-whoa… CRASH! CRUMBLE! BANG!!!-

"Purin, Ichigo slipped and fell on the chairs and now they're on the floor"

"alright"

-squeeeeeeee! POP!-

"Purin, Ichigo's ball popped and she dropped the food"

"ICHIGO!!!" Purin yelled as the pink haired girl looked at her from upside down. "yes, the café is closed na no da… so what is it?"

"STOP BREAKING PLATES, STOP MAKING A MESS, HELP ME HERE I'M OVERWORKED!!!" Purin yelled as she threw the rag on the floor. Ichigo pretended to sympathize with the girl as she spoke. "why are yo so upset Purin-chan?"

"why? I'll tell you why. Somehow my sister and brothers found heaps of candy and then they refused to listen and were really hyper. Then once I had finally gotten them to school I was late and then you kept breaking things and you always messed up your tricks and I had to clean up after you all day. THAT'S WHY I'M MAD!" Ichigo feigned confusion.

"But why are you mad at me Purin-chan. It's Ryou who's making you work so hard," Purin understood as her resolve strengthened. "yeah… I should ask him for a raise!" Purin went up stairs and second later she heard a "RYOU PUT A SHIRT ON!" a few minuets later, an angry and blushing Purin stomped down the stairs. "did he say no? na no da?" Purin nodded as Ichigo smiled and threw the rag in the young girl's face. "too bad, anyways you have tables to clean while I go home. Bye bye Purin-chan" Ichigo smiled as she left, opting to instead sit in her usual spying tree and watch the next scene unfold.

Purin was cleaning the tables, grumbling about bosses who don't give to those who deserve it when she felt a familiar presence nearby. Immediately her pendant went off "I've got it" she whispered to it as the beeping went away, "hi hi tar tar, why are you here?" Purin asked tiredly as she just looked at the tiny hovering alien. Sensing her distress, he dropped to her level and looked deeply into her eyes. "I-I have a-a g-gift for y-you P-Purin." He stuttered as a blush adorned his cheeks, he couldn't believe that he was doing this but after seeing her forlorn face, he couldn't say no. quicker then ever, taruto pulled out a gift wrapped box and turned before he could see her reaction. "what is it?" Purin asked

"it's a present… from… me" his blush returned, now beginning to show on Purin's face as well. "whoa" the little monkey opened the gift to see a bag of candy, all different colors. "wow tar tar, you even got my favourite candy, thank you" she said as she hugged him tightly. "well… I just wanted to tell you… that-that… I-I like you" silence was heard before Purin innocently placed a chaste kiss on his lips. "me too" smiles adorned both of their faces as they hugged. "hey tar tar you wanna go play at the park, my brothers and sister won't be back until later tonight."

"I'd love to" taruto said as they both ran off giggling.

"aww how cute" Ichigo sighed as she went to jump out of the tree. That was until she hear a feminine voice behind her. "so this was your plan all along huh?" Ichigo turned around to see purple haired woman and a stern look on her face. "oh hey Zakuro how's the weather?" Ichigo said as she rubbed the back of her head nervously, the wolf-girl just sighed as she continued. "fine Ichigo, I shall comply with your little act of affection, I will not however, be forced into caring about that tall, strong… uh brainy alien got it?" she glared, blushing lightly and hoping that Ichigo wasn't as perceptive as she seemed. Ichigo nodded insincerely as she watched the older woman leave. 'hmm, so Zakuro, you like nerdy pants eh? Ok then we'll see what we can do' Ichigo thought as she looked into Ryou's room. 'I wonder what he dreams of' she thought as he seemed to toss a little. 'maybe just a peek' she thought as she entered the room.

'I knew it' Ryou thought as he watched her enter through the window. Ryou hated being confused and he had to know if her presence was a reality or just a dream. He had been right in saying that she was truly there. As she watched him with a worried expression, he stilled and became relaxed by her presence. "goodnight Ryou" Ichigo whispered as she leant in to kiss his lips lightly and was about to leave when she saw his eyes open. "Ichigo?" he said confused as the pink haired girl's eyes became as large as saucers. "no don't go" Ryou called, but it was too late because she had jumped out of the window and was gone in an instant. Touching his lips, Ryou fell asleep, finally having a good dream of strawberries and kittens.

"damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Ichigo cursed as she sped towards her home. 'why did I kiss him?' she asked herself, finally stopping in the middle of the road. Ichigo touched her lips as Zakuro's words echoed through her ears,

"fine Ichigo, I shall comply with your little act of affection, I will not however, be forced into caring about that tall, strong… uh brainy alien got it?"

"what ever Zakuro, I may have fallen for that over pompous and arrogant jerk, but that doesn't mean that I'm giving up on you." Ichigo resolved as she turned and headed for Zakuro's mansion, this would be her most difficult task she had ever faced.

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