Chemistry

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A misconception resulting from incorrect information.

Rating: K+

Word Count: 875

Pairing: Kagome/Pai

"You're what?" The Tokyo Mew Mew gang's mouths dropped open in shock at the young shrine priestess they had met so many months ago. She had found them, rather than the other way around, and had exposed their true identities (in private of course). When questioned about it, she told them she could sense their powers faintly, but after the final battle with Deep Blue, their aura signatures had spiked considerably, enabling her to track them easily.

Ever since then, they had relied on her as a constant friend, and someone to talk to about their problems. People didn't understand the double life they were living, and it helped to have one person who could relate. To the loneliness, the pain, and the suffering.

Kagome smiled. "I said I'm pregnant."

Ichigo stuttered. "But how? Who?"

She only giggled. "Do I really need to explain how?" Ichigo blushed , and Lettuce took over the conversation.

"Who is the father? We haven't seen you dating anyone." That was when Kagome became nervous. She stammered and an embarrassed blush covered her cheeks.

"…" She mumbled.

They leaned in closer. "What was that? We didn't quite hear you."

"…ai…" Came the reply. They only leaned in closer.

"I said it's Pai, dammit!" She shouted, causing everyone to take a step back at her tone. Her chest heaved with exertion and her eyes gleamed with frustration.

They were speechless. Ichigo couldn't restrain herself. "But why? How?"

Kagome only chuckled softly. "Feels like Déjà Vu. I met him the day you fought the giant moth. He had been injured by your final attack and had landed on my shrine grounds, hiding himself away in the branches of the Goshinboku as he recovered.

I found him there not even a day after he had arrived, and nursed him back to health. We grew closer, and one thing led to another, and we found ourselves in love. He even introduced Kish and Tart to me. Tart never forgets to visit every once in a while for some candy. Kish won't stop teasing me about Pai and I, which annoys Pai greatly." She smiled, breaking the spell on everyone else.

Rubbing her stomach gently, she called to the tree branches of the Sacred Tree. "You can come out now. I know you heard our conversation."

A lone figure leaped out, and the Mew Mews tensed once they realized it was the eldest of the Aliens, Pai. He wrapped an arm around her waist and nuzzled her neck, his other arm meeting hers at her stomach. They gaped and then relaxed when she reached up to place a small kiss on his cheek.

He turned to them. "Is there anything more you need here?" They shook their heads. Kagome scowled.

"Pai! You don't have to be so rude. Don't make me make you sleep on the couch tonight." He only smirked and pressed his nose into the crook of her neck once more, licking the shell of her ear.

"Then who will be there to warm your bed at night?" She shivered at his husky tone, and everyone around them blushed at the scene.

Ryou pushed the girls off of the grounds, waving a hand in farewell at the couple, who didn't respond.

Mint smiled gleefully. "I knew something was up!" They looked at her incredulously. "What? Oh for the love of—don't tell me you haven't noticed?" They only stared. She sighed in exasperation. "She has been really distant lately, and she has had this glow around her. I only figured she had finally found herself a boyfriend. I never thought that it would be Pai, or that she would be pregnant. But I'm happy for her!"

They could only nod. Ryou scoffed. "I guess Aliens aren't that bad after all, considering how well Kagome is at reading people's hearts. There must be at least a speck of good in him, though I doubt it."

Mint laughed. "That's only because your still sore after she rejected you." She teased. He stepped back in shock.

"H-How did you—when did you?" She waved a finger in the air.

"Never ask about a woman's sources. You'll never get a girlfriend like that." He blushed in discomfort.

Lettuce looked on the verge of fainting from the couple's antics, Ichigo had a dreamy look on her face that she only got when thinking about Masaya (not hard to guess what she was thinking about), and Zakuro looked on with cool indifference. Pudding, however, was the first to speak.

"When Ichigo-nee-san asked how it happened, why didn't Kagome-nee-san answer her?" Nervous chuckling arose from Ryou and Akasaka, and the rest of the girls began blushing. Zakuro was the only one capable of answering.

"We'll tell you when you're older." Came the monotone reply. Pudding only pouted.

"Why does everyone say that to me? It's not fair!" They only laughed at her expression. Zakuro turned back towards the shrine grounds in time to see Pai kissing Kagome with eagerness. A slow smile made its way onto her face and she turned away, continuing to follow her teammates as they discussed the scene they had witnessed almost ten minutes previously.

Good luck at happiness, Kagome. You more than deserve it.