Tokyo Mew Mew Season 2:8

Sitting casually on the windowsill was an alien girl. Her hair was a dark green and hung over her shoulder in a long tight braid. Her eyes held mischief in their golden brown depths and a smirk stretched across her lips. A long strip of black linen stretched across her front covering everything below the shoulders and above her stomach. A black skirt covered the upper half of her legs and had a long emerald tassel hanging from the side.

Next to her stood an alien boy of about the same age (late teens). He was balancing precariously on the sill and had to bend his head to look in the room. His redish brown hair was cropped just below the ears and odd clumps stuck out on his head. He wore a dark brown tank top and knee length shorts, which fit his slender form nicely.

Ichigo was about to cry out in surprise when Dren spoke from beside her, “Dreya! Lucas! What are you doing here?!”

Ichigo was startled beyond belief.

“Y…You know them?” she asked in surprise.

To late he had realized his mistake.

Dreya started cackling, “Uh oh looks like you slipped Kishykun!”

Ichigo was utterly shocked, “Kishykun?” she whispered, “Kisshu?”

He sighed turning to face her, “I didn’t want you to find out this way.”

His eyes tried to search hers for some indication she understood but her eyes were utterly empty.

“Ichigo?” he whispered reaching for her hand.

She was trembling and pulled just out of his reach shaking her head. `No. You’re dead. It’s not possible. It’s a joke.’

“Well not that watching this interesting development isn’t fun” Lucas complained, “but I came to give Rutabaga grief.”

“Don’t call me Rutabaga!” screamed Alex dashing out of the changing room with James on his heels looking troubled.

“Ah I see the little shrimp still knows his nickname” Lucas laughed landing in the room.

“Don’t call me a shrimp you stupid tree!” Alex shouted throwing himself at Lucas.
With one swift movement Lucas lifted off the floor and Alex went sprawling. As he crawled to his feet Lucas landed next to him and placed his arm on the top of his head.

“Is it me or has Rutabaga gotten even shrimpyer?”

“Damn you Lulu I’ll get you for this!”

Lucas just started laughing and kept his arm firmly on Alex’s head preventing him from moving.

“You know that calling me names never works Rutabaga!”

Alex tried to struggle out of Lucas’s grip but he couldn’t seem to get farther than a couple of inches before he was trapped again. All the while Lucas just laughed at his struggles and kept insulting him.

“Lucas that’s enough” Dreya commanded alighting on the floor, “You’re making me forget why I agreed to date you”

Lucas grinned, “Sorry Rey I couldn’t resist tormenting my little bro.”

“Little bro?” a quiet and surprised voice asked from behind the two boys.

“P…Pudding!” Alex exclaimed in surprise not having noticed she had arrived until that moment.

“What does he mean little bro?” Pudding asked Alex quietly.

“Oh so Kish isn’t the only one that hasn’t told his girl who he really is?” Lucas grinned wickedly.

“Rutabaga here, or you probably know him as Taru, is my baby brother.”

Pudding stared at the two boys in shock until a grin broke across her face.

“Taru Taru!” she shrieked throwing herself onto him in a crushing hug, “Pudding knew it was you! She knew it!”

Lucas looked shocked at first but then grinned, “She’s not easily troubled is she?!”

Taru groaned trying to escape from Pudding’s clutches, “Sometimes I wish she was!”

That got Lucas laughing more until a look from Dreya silenced him. She motioned towards the other side of the room.

Lettuce had come into the room awhile back and she was now looking at James.

“You’re Pie aren’t you?” she whispered.

He ran a hand through his hair and nodded slowly.

She nodded too but let her eyes remain downcast.

Ichigo and Kisshu seemed to be the only two that had been ignoring the whole rest of the conversation. He was staring at her with a pleading look on his face.

“Ichigo please say something” he begged, “Anything!”

She whirled around to face him a fire blazing in her eyes.

“What do you want me to say?!” she snapped, “That I’m happy?! That I’m relieved that this past week I’ve been falling in love with someone that I already love?! Who I thought was dead?!”

He flinched in surprise at those words trying to turn to the others for an explanation of why she thought he was dead, but she pulled his attention back with her next choked words.

“Why?” she sobbed her anger defeated, “Why didn’t you come earlier? When I needed someone? And when you finally did come, why was it in disguise?”

“Ichigo” he whispered trying to keep the tears from his eyes, “I…I…”

“I don’t want to hear it!” she screamed turning tail and racing for the door.

“Ichigo!” he called after her, “Wait!”

She didn’t stop but kept running until she reached the comfort of her room where she collapsed in a sobbing mess on her bed.