Choosing the right kind of love by Young Wizard Link & Page Master
YWL: Oi, sorry for the delay readers, but whatever the reason is, I am back again from my small vacation. Normally I was going to update on the day of my birthday until I discovered that I wasn't the only one with the same birthday. Therefore, I went to celebrate other people's birthday with the rest of the family.
Sasuke: Hn.
YWL: Mostly for Sasuke and the governor of California, or Sasuke only. Well, that's enough with my ranting and I will give you the chapter
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew. On the bright side, at least I'm a fan.
Chapter 3: Kish with Ichigo? Welcome to the dilemma
Another job for the day done and the rest of the mews left to return home. All except for the remaining two, which was Ichigo Momomiya and Ringo Akaii, the newest mew of their group, waving their goodbyes to Berry and Tasuku as they too, begin to head home, holding hands with a smile on both of their faces. It was cute, but it starting to become a little annoying for Ichigo's taste. It reminded her too much about her time with Masaya.
No, Ayoma-Kun is no longer in her life anymore. She is free now, but why does she feel so empty?
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"Ichigo-oneechan, do you have to work late again today?" Ringo asked, breaking the girl's thoughts.
"No not tonight Ringo," Ichigo answered, locking the café's door with its key. "Shirogane-San said I should take a break from working so late. In my opinion, I think he doesn't want me to get a higher raise just like everyone else as usual."
"So does this mean that Ringo will be taken home by Ichigo-oneechan instead of Keiichiro-Oniichan?"
"Yep, just to make your older brother worry less about you and not have to be so suspicious to me!" The teen shuddered at the thought. Years ago when her and rest of the mews fought against Gato to save the penguin mew, her older brother made the cat mew promise that she would take good care of her if anything bad happens to him despite the fact that he didn't like them and the idea of his little sister fighting with them. Now that she thought about it, Ringo's older brother did have a big resemblance to almost looking like Ayoma-Kun.
Yet again, the name pops up and a small blush appears on her face!
Ringo gave out a small giggle as she reached for Ichigo's hand to take. Just as the two began to head towards the bus stop, Ichigo froze, feeling another strange and familiar feeling pass by, a feeling that she didn't like.
"Ichigo-oneechan, is something wrong?"
"Hm? Oh, it's nothing. I'm sorry if I scared you Ringo. You go on ahead."
As the second younger mew walked off, Ichigo turned to where the feeling once was, her lips twitching slightly.
Something bad was going to happen and she knew it!
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Tart never understood how women work. He knew all sorts of things that kids his age should know, all except for girls like Ichigo. However, he did understand how much she needed things done like cooking and cleaning. They both took turns each day since her parents were rarely at home. If he wasn't too stubborn, he would have even called her "Onee-chan" or "Onee-sama" if he wanted, but he would never live it down if he did, especially in front of his so-called friends like Kish and Pai.
Now that Ichigo is, once again, back in one of her crazy moods had locked the door to her room and kicked him out to sleep in the living room as well, as if it were his fault. He glared at the stairway with hard eyes. None of this was fair.
From behind, Kish was sitting down on the couch lazily, tilting his head left to right and twisting his wrist in the air as if he was humming to a happy tune.
"What are you so happy about?" Tart asked as he turned to face him.
"My little kitty still loves me," Kish answered with a happy sigh.
On second thought, it was his fault. All because he just had to get out of the house to avoid smelling anymore of those scented strawberry candles. Ichigo said it was made to calm her nerves like every other girl, yet to him the smell was all too much for him to bear! Making him find his middle-aged friend hiding in the ally, then taking him to their house, which caused many fights from Ichigo (who had enough on her plate to deal with.) and Kish.(who couldn't keep his hands and lips to himself.)
"No, she doesn't," Tart said with annoyance, crossing his arms over his chest. "And with no thanks to you, I don't have a place to sleep anymore! And I was really hoping to find out what the new plan is…"
"You mean you actually sleep in her room? I never thought you were the type to love older women! Especially with my kit—"
"It's nothing like that you stupid idiot! And stop calling Ichigo yours, because she isn't!"
"It doesn't seem like it to me, but since when did you call her by her name, I'm a bit curious to know why."
"Shut. Up. I don't like her like you do."
"Right, whatever you say."
"At least I'm not the one beaten by a group of protesters and then losing a comrade."
"Okay, you got me," Kish said with a fake hurt expression. "I know it is my fault that I lost him, but he did say to split up until everything's cleared up. So, I think we'll see him tomorrow in the morning."
"Yeah, you think," Tart muttered. Shoving the older alien off the couch, he made a bed for himself, using the blankets and pillows that the strawberry mew had thrown at them while his friend complained.
"Not to be rude or anything, but isn't that supposed to be my bed due to the fact that I was sitting on it?"
"Not anymore!" Tart said childishly with his tongue sticking out. "Besides, I wasn't the one that kissed her so you brought this upon yourself! See you in the morning!"
Kish just sighed while shaking his head. The poor boy had no idea whatsoever about what he had been through to make it here. Both him and Pai had to run almost everywhere to avoid those freaks with animal costumes before being killed. In the end of it, it was all wroth it just to get a simple kiss from the one he loved and he knew that his kitten did enjoy the kiss than she thought.
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Ichigo could not believe it, she was right the entire time! Something horrible did happen and now he is sleeping in her living room along with the younger alien she had thrown out. 'I now have another mouth to feed,' Ichigo thought bitterly. Having Tart was okay because he mostly helped around the house. Kish on the other hand, let's just say, that she didn't like thought of it very well. All he would probably do is lie around while trying to woo and kiss her at the same time.
Although, the kiss wasn't too bad…
Wait, since when did she think about that! His kisses brought nothing but trouble whenever she's around him, and yet, why did her lips crave for more?
'No!' She told herself. 'This is stupid, stop thinking about it! You don't like Kish; he's nothing but a pervert and a jerk! You don't like him at all! Yes, keep telling yourself that.'
'Why?' Another voice asked. 'Why would you want to say something like that? Don't you like him enough as a friend? Why not take a chance to move to the next step?'
Ichigo froze. She didn't know how to answer that question. Masaya is gone and she liked Ryou, right?
She wasn't sure anymore. Perhaps a nice long rest would do the trick, yes, a nice long rest indeed.
Ichigo lay on her bed and finally drifted off in a deep slumber, letting her mind wonder away into careless dreams.
No one knew what the next day would bring.
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The next morning came by as quick as a flash. It was six a clock in fact which meant that the day has officially arrived. Well, for Pai's case it was even though some humans did not wake up until around 7:00 or 10:00.
However, Pai did not care how another person's life worked. What he did care about is that the close was clear and those annoying protesters were suddenly gone as if it were magic, a quote often used by humans to say that if someone else had stalked them for almost twenty-four hours non-stop had somehow stopped the next day as if they 'disappeared.' For one thing, Pai did not believe that something as big as that crowd could disappear in an instant: gave up looking perhaps, but never disappearing, unless, you were some type of magician…
No, the oldest alien of the group did not have time to think about useless things such as 'figure of speech'. Why people used it, was mystery to him as well. He had to find both Taruto and the idiot Kishsu before leaving this planet, and to his luck, the all too familiar café was in front of him. All he had to do was walk there to find all his answers. Or at least he was until someone with short dark hair and matching eyes came heading his way by using roller blades to travel.
'A kid,' Pai thought. What was a kid that looked like in his teens doing at this time of hour? When he last checked it was almost the end of June, which meant school won't be back until the beginning of September. However, this did not satisfy him just enough. Although he was dressed up nicely as if he were going to some sort of day/night job. Could it be that this kid worked at Café Mew Mew?
No, it couldn't be. The kid was going the wrong direction.
While still in his thoughts, the alien avoided the boy with ease as he rolled by. However, the person from behind did not, only to fall down and feel rather startled.
"Oops! My bad, are you okay?" A voice asked. Most likely, it was the boy.
"Y-yes, I-I'm fine, really!" Another voice answered, this time the voice was very familiar. "Besides, it's my fault for not seeing you. S-so I'm sorry!"
"Okay then if you say so," The boy said. "Anyways, I have to go and wake up Berry for work and her hug for today! So, I'll see you later during work Lettuce, bye!"
"B-bye…" Lettuce muttered quietly.
'Lettuce?' Pai thought suddenly. It couldn't be! Not the Lettuce he knew is it? He quickly turned around and sure enough, it was her, sitting on the cold ground while trying to put things back in her secure bag. Without even thinking, he walked over to her and held out his hand. The girl took it in return. "Are you sure you're alright?" He suddenly asked.
Looking up, she was surprised to see who it was, despite the fact that he disguised himself as a human being. "P-Pai-san?"
'She knew?' Pai only nodded, not entirely sure if he should reply or not. However, it made her blush in return. It looked sort of cute on her in a strange way, a word that he rarely uses in his vocabulary. Suddenly figuring out what he thought, he let go of her and turned away quickly. What was the strange feeling that he has? It felt odd and yet good in some sort of way. When he turned to look back to see that the girl was still there, he decided to ignore the feeling for the time being, remembering that he had a mission to finish.
"…I suppose you wouldn't mind if I walk with you to the café do you?"
Lettuce shook her head. "N-not at all Pai-san."
Pai smiled a little as he took her hand and walked towards the café. He knew that eventually he would find the two of them there.
TBC
YWL: Okay, chapter three is here and finished for now! I'm a little bit surprised that I added another couple to the story and I hope you wouldn't mind if I did. 'Till then make sure to review if you want and I don't mind if you give some ideas. And many thanks to Applecake for her support!