So, you probably noticed I deleted two of the earlier vignettes. Purely selfish reason for that: I didn't like them. I wrote them when I was still new to writing TMM fanfics and joining in the Masaya-bashing. Since then, I realized I don't actually hate Masaya, and that I was more irritated with his anime and dub portrayals. (Sorry Masaya-Chan) But I added these two and they're really the last ones. I couldn't keep up with this project and I'm ready to put a completed status on it. It was fun writing these stories, though, and I'm glad that those who have read them enjoyed them.

Vignette Ten: Name the Kid Pudding

FRIENDS: Will go to the drug store and buy you a pregnancy test.

BEST FRIENDS: Will stand outside the bathroom door and yell at you to name the kid after them.

Ichigo paced anxiously, waiting for her friends to arrive. Finally, she heard repeated banging coming from the door. She went to open it to find her four worried friends.

"What's up, Ichigo?' Mint asked. "You said to get over here as soon as possible."

"Is something wrong?" Zakuro asked, her brow furrowed slightly.

"I… don't think so," Ichigo said as she led her friends into the living room of her house to sit down.

A year before, Kish had proposed to Ichigo, and six months ago, they had gotten married and settled down on Earth, occasionally making trips to Kish's home planet Cynnth for visits with his family.

A week ago, Kish had been called back to Cynnth for a minor emergency and had called Ichigo the night before to tell him that he was coming home that day. While Ichigo was glad that her husband was coming home, she was also worried. She had woken up ill every morning since Kish had left, and been moody with strange cravings.

Plus, she was late. Very, very late.

Ichigo had her suspicions, which she told her friends about.

All four young women started grinning. Lettuce instantly hugged Ichigo.

"Oh, congratulations, Ichigo!" She said. "You're going to be a great mother!"

"But I don't know for sure yet if I'm pregnant or not!" Ichigo said.

"Well, then there's only one way to find out," Mint said with a grin.

An hour later, the five girls sat at the kitchen table, the plain white paper bag from the drug store in front of them.

Her heart racing, Ichigo opened the bag and pulled out the small box holding the pregnancy test. She grinned nervously up at her friends.

"Well," She said, trying to sound confident as she stood up. "Here goes nothing."

Shakily, she walked to the bathroom, leaving Zakuro, Mint, Lettuce and Pudding to anxiously wait outside with their own excitement and nervousness.

Lettuce paced while Mint bounced on her toes and chewed on her manicured thumbnail. Zakuro studied the pictures on the wall, already imagining the frames to soon contain portraits of a red-haired, golden-eyed baby.

Pudding, however, couldn't wait the required five minutes.

I'm going to be the best auntie this kid will ever have! She decided with a grin.

Pudding went up to the bathroom door and banged on it.

"How much more time now?" She called.

"Still four minutes, Pudding," Ichigo called back, smiling at Pudding's eagerness as she watched the timer count down.

Pudding frowned, then said,

"Now?"

"Still four minutes," Ichigo responded.

Pudding pouted slightly, then called,

"Ichigo Onee-Chan, if it's a girl, name her after me!"

Zakuro, Mint, Lettuce and Ichigo all grinned.

"I'll think about it, Pudding," Ichigo promised.

Satisfied with that answer, Pudding went back to bouncing around the house, still coming back to the door every thirty seconds to ask how long.

"How long now?" Pudding whined after what she was sure was truly five minutes.

Ichigo opened the door, grinning.

"Now you just have to wait nine more months, Pudding," She said, holding the positive test up for the girls to see.

With squeals and grins, everyone hugged her, just as the front door opened and closed.

"Koneko-Chan! I'm home!" Kish called as he entered the hallway, grinning, his bag tossed over his shoulder. His brow furrowed at seeing the former Tokyo Mew Mew team all grinning at him.

"Uh," He said, setting down his bag, feeling suddenly nervous. "What did I miss?"

Zakuro, Lettuce, Mint and Pudding all met each other's eyes, then Mint said,

"Get him!"

With a cry of surprise, Kish hit the ground, being hugged by his wife's closest friends as she stood there and laughed.

"Ichigo, what's going on?" Kish asked nervously. "What did I do?"

Ichigo's smile grew, her eyes filling with tears and she waved the test in the air.

"What you did was get me pregnant," She said teasingly.

Kish blinked in surprise, staring at Ichigo.

"What did you just say?" He asked in stunned disbelief.

"I said, you're going to be a daddy, Kish," Ichigo said, letting the happy tears run down her cheeks.

Kish's eyes widened as an expression of pure bliss came onto his face. Shoving aside the other girls, Kish leapt to his feet and pulled Ichigo into his arms, kissing her as he twirled her.

"I'm going to be a daddy," Kish whispered, his own tears coming to his eyes, unable to stop smiling.

"And I'm going to be a mommy," Ichigo said with a small laugh, kissing Kish.

"And we're going to be aunties!" Pudding exclaimed, throwing her arms around the parents-to-be along with Lettuce, Zakuro and Mint.

They were ecstatic knowing that in less than a year, they would going to have a very loved—and very spoiled—baby to add to this group hug.

The End