Sorry. I, like Mukie did last week, have finals! So this update is just a break from studying (well, it's more cramming, but still..) I own nothing, and thank you to Power-of all for submitting your OC. Just a quick thing before I get to the story, you can submit female aliens! Sorry for blabbering.

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Footsteps were heard from the hallway, Kish scrambled to get into his uniform. He didn't want to fail another surprise inspection from General Bishamon Kano. General Kano was known for his cold demeanor, he reminded Kish of Pai in that perspective, but he looked like an older Tart. It was funny, Kano wasn't related to either of Kish's former comrades. After his "act of treason" Kish was sentenced to serve in the military. Kish quickly made his bed and stood up straight just as the general entered the room without knocking.

Kish saluted immediately, Kano smiled, "You look well, Kisshu," then with a smirk added, "for once." A touch of irritation rose in Kish, but he kept his mouth shut. "Cat got your tongue, private?" he teased as he inspected Kish's room and uniform.

"No, sir."

"Well, done, Kisshu, you passed the inspection. Now, let us proceed to the convention hall, we have much to discuss."

"Yes, sir," Kish responded and followed the general to the hall.

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Zakuros heels were silent on the tiled floor as she made her way to her dressing room. She let out a sigh, life had become rather, she struggled for a word, dull, since the aliens left. Her thoughts wondered as she changed out of her outfit for the photos hoot. No more Chimera, no more attacks, just work. Work, and parties. One got bored off such things after a while. While all envied her, it was she who was more envious. Having to struggle made things worthwhile, what did she have to do? Look pretty and show up on time. She thought of a

"Miss Fujiwara, there's someone here who wishes to see you," a secretary said, poking her head in the door.

Zakuro rolled her eyes, "Who is it?"

"I don't know, they swear they know you, but, I don't see how. He said his name is Ryou Shirogane."

Zakuro was suddenly alert, what could Ryou want, "Send him in," the secretary started to leave, "oh, and Jane?"

"Yes, Miss Fujiwara?"

"Don't listen to us."

"Of course not," she said embarrassed. After another moment Ryou entered the room.

"It's good to see you again," Ryou said with a smile. He had changed, Zakuro had to admit he was attractive, his features not as childlike, his arms well toned, and his blue eyes soft.

"You too," she said the corners of her mouth flickering upward. "Now, what do you want?"

Ryou chuckled, "You never were one to beat around the bush."

"Ryou, you wouldn't bother me and insist on seeing me for a courtesy call, now what's going."

"They're back."

"What?" she asked, not sure she had heard right.

"You heard, they're back, I don't know why, but there's more of them, many more."

"Can we still fight them?"

"I don't know," he confessed.

She smiled, "Well, what are we waiting for, have you gotten the others?"

"Yeah," he said and the two walked out.

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"Kish!" Kano called for him.

Kish saluted, "You wanted to see me, sir?"

"Yes, you're the only one that's fought the humans before."

"They weren't exactly human, the only problems we encountered were from the mew mews. With a invasion of this size we may encounter the human military."

"Yes, but it is the mews that concern me. They defeated Deep Blue-sama. What were they like."

"To be honest, sir, they were just teenage girls with enhanced DNA."

"What about their weapons?"

"They look like toys, sir, but they admit powerful blasts of energy."

"That may present a problem."

"Why is that, sir?"

"We have no experience with such weapons, we have no idea what we're up against. We don't know how many there are, we know nothing about the enemy."

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"Why are they back?" Ichigo asked.

"I don't know, all I know is that they are, and there are far too many of them for this to be a courtesy call."

"So you think they'll attack?" Mint asked.

"Why would they wait five years, why would they attack at all? I can't believe Pai, and the others would do this," Lettuce stated.

"I don't know what's going on, damn it! We'll meet them, we'll fight, either we'll win or we'll lose. That's how it works."

"And we have no other options?" Zakuro asked.

"None," Ryou said, his head hanging as he shook it.

"Well, then, what are we waiting for."

"Nothing, are you ready?"

"MEW MEW STRAWBERRY,"

"MEW MEW MINTO,"

"MEW MEW LETTUCE,"

"MEW MEW PUDDING,"

"MEW MEW ZAKURO,"

"METAMORPHOSIS!" They all transformed and Ryou showed them on a map where they would be going to.

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Kano looked at the sky, it was a good day for fighting, he wanted to test the mews strength, and fearing for Kish, he wouldn't let him go. No, Kano himself would be going, along with two patrol officers.

"Permission to speak, sir?"
"Permission granted, private, what is it?"

"Are you sure about this? "It's bad luck to lose men before battle has begun."

"You think they'll be killed?"

"No, sir, the mews don't kill, they'll only render the men incapable of fighting."

"They killed Deep Blue," Kano pointed out.

"That is another matter intirely," Kish said, his voice full of regret.

"The mews did kill him, right Kish?"

"Oh, yes, they did, but he had nearly killed five of them, and had killed Pai, Tart, and myself."

"That's right, well, I should be off to meeting our foes."

"I wish you the best of luck, sir." Kano smiled, then teleported to meet the mews.

Pai walked up to Kish, "He doesn't know what he's gotten himself into."

"No, my friend, he has no idea. And I fear for him, not his body, but his heart."

"I know what you mean, he'll find himself smitten soon enough."

"Being back makes it harder."

"Huh?"

"Back home their weren't reminders of her everywhere, I felt as if I could come back, and fight, but here, everything reminds me of her, I don't know if I can do it."

"Yes, still won't say Ichigo's name, 'ey?"

"Not anymore then you will say Lettuce's," Kish said solemnly.

"I wonder how Tarts coping with it."

"Probably worse than us, he's younger, the feelings, while not any stronger, are backed up more by hormones."

"Yes, that is true."

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The air around them shimmered.

"Stand your ground," Ryou ordered, and the three aliens suddenly appeared.

"You don't look so big and bad," one of the patrol officers stated.

"Yeah, well you don't look so hot yourself!" Ichigo fired back.

"Come now, let's be civil, the mews have done nothing, yet," Kano said with a smirk, his blue hair blowing in the breeze, his gray eyes piercing.

"And who are you?" Ryou asked.

"My name is Bishamon Kano, I'm a general in the alien army, this is Taki, and Kaemon."

"Well, General Bishamon, could you tell us what your plan is?" Zakuro asked the alien of about six ft., two inches, who looked as if he weighed somewhere around 160 pounds. His forest green jacket was open and revealed a well-toned chest and six pack abs. He also was wearing jeans with holes ripped at the knees, not revealing much of his long leather boots.

Kano's heart flipped when he saw Zakuro, "The plan, my dear, is simple, we're here to take back what is ours," he said, trying to keep the cause in mind.

"Well, then, if we're going to go through this again, then I suppose we ought to introduce ourselves," Pudding suggested.

"Yes, I do believe so," Ichigo said and each mew summoned there weapon wordlessly.

"Yes, I would like to at least know the names of the women I'll be enjoying later," Taki said.

"Taki!" Kano barked at him.

"Sorry, sir."

"Mew Ichigo!" Ichigo shouted and released an attack on Taki.

"Mew Minto!" Mint shouted and shot an arrow into Kaemon's sleeve.

"Mew Lettuce!" Lettuce screamed as she let loose a tidal wave.

"Mew Pudding!" Pudding shouted and coated Taki's weapon in jello. Kaemon shouted something and everyone but Zakuro vanished

"Mew Zakuro!" Zakuro Shouted a lashed Kano across the wrist, causing him to drop his sword, which she rolled and caught.

"Come now, you wouldn't attack unarmed men, now would you?" Kano asked.

"Of course not," Zakuro responded and threw his sword through his coat, pinning his to a nearby tree. Zakuro smirked, her faces inches from his, "Who's not so big and bad now?" She pinned him to the tree further.

"I underestimated you, it won't happen again," he said, making no attempt to struggle.

"Yes, but you see, I have a bit of a dilemma. You have my friends, and you're in a quite a sticky situation, perhaps, if you were to let them go, you just might return to your camp."

"You drive a hard bargain, but I don't think that you'll get what you desire."

"And why, pray tell, do you believe that?"

"Because, my darling, as a soldier, I'm taught that the race is more important than myself, and this is far too great, having kidnapped the mews, to give myself up. If you kill me so be it, but at least I died for a cause."

"You speak big, but I'm sure that you'll change your mind after awhile," she said, and bound his hands together.

"What, may I ask, are you going to do to me?"

"At the moment? Nothing, later? Who knows?"

Their faces were still but centimeters apart, and Kano couldn't control himslef, he pressed his lips against Zakuro's, and put his bound hands awkwardly around her neck. She didn't know what she was doing, but she tangled her hands in his long blue hair and returned the kiss. When they finally realized what they were doing they both pulled away immediately.

"What the hell did you do?" she demanded, not believing what just happened.

"Well, I don't know what you humans call it, but on my planet we call that kissing, two people do it when they love each other."

"I know what kissing is, and damn you, I'm aware we just did! Why? Why did I let myself, why did I kiss back?"

"I don't know about you, but I can't control myself all the time, and I could tell when I saw you that we were meant to be."

"When you, when you did that, all thoughts just vanished, nothing mattered but that kiss," she confessed.

"I suppose this puts us in a bit of a situation."

"Let's just not talk about this again, and just act like it never happened, we're enemies, that's how it works."

"We could do that, or we could convince the two races to share."

Zakuro smirked, "You think it's that easy, you think we didn't try that, you think that one kiss means that I'll abandon my team?" she asked, her voice rising with each word.

Kano realized that what he had said, and what he had meant were two different things, "I mean, who cares about them, it could be just us! Zakuro, have you ever taken such a risk? Think of the fun this could be."

"Fun? You think betrayal is fun?"
"How is it betrayal, enemies by day, lovers by night?"

"Because, we'd still be enemies! Don't you get that this is wrong?" Kano kissed her again, and all thoughts melted immediately. He quickly pulled away, "Don't you see, we were meant to be?"

"Kano, it'll never work."

"Have faith! While this is fast, I know, but tell me this, do you love me?"

"As much as I hate to admit this, I think so," tears started to openly flow as she realized this.

"And I you, so it'll work," he kissed her forehead, and wiped away her tears.

"Return my friends, and I'll let you go, we don't have to tell, we'll just say you bested me."

"All right," he said and she cut loose his binds and released him from the tree. She got down on the ground.

"Pin me to the ground and we'll look like we're fighting, signal the troops to come back.

"All right, we have to make it look convincing," he said and got on top of her. He signaled Taki and Kaemon to return and the two started pretending to struggle. Kano delivered a punch to her cheek and unluckily it actually hit her. She kneed him in the balls and he released her for a moment. She pounced, but Kano flipped her.

Kaemon released the power holding the other mews and Ryo. Lettuce and Ryou pulled Kano off of Zakuro. Zakuro sat on the ground fake panting, Ryou and Lettuce immediately began examining the blow to her cheek.

"I'm, okay," she said and caught her breath that was never really lost.

"Next time," Kano told her, delivering a glare.

"In your dreams," she spat at him. The aliens vanished.

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"Sir, are you okay?" Kish asked, seeing Kano weak, though it had been a week since the attack.

"I'm fine, Kish," he told him with a smile, "more than fine. He paused, "I don't get it," he admitted to Kish.

"Get what, sir?"

"The mew mews."

"Sir, if you recall, we left on good terms with the humans, I don't think they expect an invasion, nor do I believe have they been preparing for one. I believe there will only be the five original mews."

"I highly doubt they are that trusting."

Kish chuckled, "I apologize for laughing, sir."

"Kish, what happened last time?"

"What exactly do you want to know about?"

"Our leader and three of our strongest warriors were defeated, how?"

"Love, sir."

"What does love have to do with it?"

"The mews, they have an," he struggled for a word, "alluring presence. And when one is around them so much, one tends to find himself attracted to the innocence, and well, the everything, of them. Pai, and even Tart, found themselves in my possession. We were in love. That is why we failed, and we turned against Deep Blue, that is why he died."

"You must be kidding."

"No, sir, one of them stole my heart, and I'm afraid if I see her again it may stir up old feelings."

"You must control those urges, Kish."

"Yes, sir, I know, sir, but, if I act out, keep in mind what I've told you. If I find my loyalties are split, I'll do what's right."

"Kish, our cause is right, this is our planet, we had it first."

"And the second it got the least bit spoiled we fled, and what did that accomplish? Suffering, do we make them suffer because we did? Is that right?"

"No, Kish, I suppose it's not."

"I'm sorry, I spoke in haste," Kish said with a bow.

"What should I do?" Kano asked, sinking to his knees, his face in his hands.

"You didn't listen to my warning, I take it?" Kish asked.

"I listened, but I didn't think I'd fall for one."

"Which one, may I ask?"

"Zakuro," he admitted, just the thought of her made his heart to a summersault.

"She was a beauty," Kish told him.

"Which one did you fall for?" Kano asked.

"Ichigo," Kish said, his heart wrenching at the name, he clutched his chest. He hadn't said the name in 5 years.

"And Pai?"

"Lettuce," he choked out.

"And Tart for Pudding?" Kish nodded, and Kano noticed the grimace on Kish's face. "I apologize for bringing you pain," Kano said solemnly.

"I know it wasn't intentional, sir," he replied, his eyes elsewhere.

"No, but that doesn't excuse the act."

"I, I don't know what I should do." There was a knock at the door. "Who is it?"

"A messenger, there are orders from back home."

"Bring the message." The messenger entered, saluted, and waited to be dismissed. Kano read the notice, his eyes widened, "A re-recall?"

"What?" Kish muttered under his breath, then rephrased, "Could you repeat that, sir?"

"They want the army to return, after only a little over a week? It's puzzling."

"I don't know, sir, but, we best prepare to leave."

"Go, see her," Kano said.

"Sir, are you sure?"

"Yes, Kish, and you don't have to call me 'sir' anymore, not when we're alone anyway."

"Yes, Kano, thank you," he said embracing his friend then teleporting to the café. Kano smiled, then a thought struck him, he had to say good bye to Zakuro. He had only seen her once since the fight, but that didn't change anything, not how wither of the two felt anyway. He didn't know where he could find her, but he teleported to a random spot in the city, consequentially, Zakuro's home.

"Kano?" Zakuro asked in disbelief as she saw him in her home as she walked in the door.

"Zakuro!" he exclaimed in disbelief, and took her into his arms. "Oh, Zakuro, I can't believe I found you."

"What's going on?" she asked, sensing something was wrong.

"They've recalled the army."

"Recalled?" she asked, not believing she had heard him right.

"Yes," he told her with a look that made a widow on the anniversary of her husband's death look like she was jumping for joy.

"No! It's not right! This, this always happens to the people I care about!" she cried and she started sobbing into his chest.

"It's not fair, but we'll make this work," he promised.

"How? We'll be on different planets!" Zakuro asked him, suddenly angry.

"I'll come back, I swear I will," he said stroking her hair. She kissed him and after a moment, he pulled away. He teleported away.

"I'll come back," how many times had she heard that phrase?