A/N: I can't believe it's been so long since I've updated... I finished High school, I'm in my first year of college for Writing now. This story was by far one of my most popular(I was popular on an old site, Quizilla. Unfortunately, due to some mishandling of the site, I decided to leave.) I am very pleased with all the support I have received. I don't know how many of my readers are still out there and wanting to read this, but I managed to find Chapter 11 in my old files. A PM that showed up in my email(thank you forwarding mail system!) from a fan encouraged me to post. So, for all my avid readers, here is the 11th installment! I will mention future posts in a note at the end.

Chapter 11

I tossed and turned for at least an hour, realizing that it was still long before first light. I was bored and decided laying in bed like this was a pointless waste of time. Grouchily, I threw off the covers and slid out of bed. The hard wood floor felt like ice under my bare feet. I shivered, feeling my bones ache as the cold sunk into my body. Holding my arms in discomfort, I walked over to the door and twisted the knob. Click, click. The door was locked from the outside, leaving me trapped in here to wait for the sun rise.

Damn, Elliot...Why'd you have to lock me in?

Turning, I noticed that my window was still wide open and as the curtains parted due to the cool midnight breeze, I saw the tree whose limbs reached out towards the window sill. I grinned mischeaviously. This was perfect. I wasn't very pleased that I didn't have shoes, but who needed shoes if you weren't going to walk around? I moved towards my window again, crawling across the sheets which were now strewn over the mattress.

Ever so slowly, I slid my small form into the tall cherry tree, pausing only breifly to gaze up at the celestial bodies above me.

There's only one person I have yet to see. I need to explain before it's too late. I can't end it like I did...

Thinking about it, I remembered the last time I had seen him. When I bretrayed our sacred vow, the promise for which I still wore the ring. Oh, this was going to be far from easy. I reached into my shirt and pulled out a chain. Dangling from the delicate links was a small silver band. I never wore it as a ring anymore. I do not remember why. What I do remember is why I wore it on a chain though.

I was very young when I was promised to Pai. Innocent and foolish, the idea of one day being married to my best friend never bothered me. It actually made me smile. We had grown up together playing arithmatic games and passing the time with science questions. We were inseperable up until we chose our fields of expertise after schooling. Going our seperate ways, we had a hard time parting. I thought my life would be empty without him and that is exactly what it felt like for the first little while. Then as time went by it got better. I no longer felt the need for him to be by my side all the time. I had not seen him since that fateful day. When I saw him atop the roof that night a few months ago, my heart nearly stopped.

I hung my head and swung my bare legs back and forth. How was I even going to find him? It would take the rest of the night for sure. With a heavy sigh, I pushed myself off of the tree and into the navy blue night sky.

The lights of Tokyo caused light pollution to fill the night sky, making my long flight a rather bright one. The city was a buzz below me, cars and people still going about their business late into the night without a care in the world. At least I only had one care right now. I had to find Pai, and quickly. I needed to explain myself, and I needed to see him once last time before it was too late. I circled buildings that we had previously been to, and checked the places at which I was told that he used to observe other humans. Still no sight of him after three hours of searching. He was nowhere to be found, I had triple checked every nook and crany in this city.

He must be hiding in the Green Dimension...

As I was about to turn back I heard the roar of thunder above me, and then with a flash of lightening rain poured down from the sky. The cafe was more than twenty kilometres away, yet I was too tired to teleport and if I flew I had a high chance of catching a cold. So I turned to the nearest building that would keep me dry. Tokyo Tower loomed in the distance. A place where I had nearly died twice, now offered me shelter from the storm. I rubbed my arms from the chilly air, the Goosebumps becoming persistent pests. Weakly, I then floated over to the Observation Deck, hanging my head in defeat. I had officially given up, the feelings of regret coursed through my freezing body. I was so horrible at everything lately, I had hurt a lot of people. Now, I couldn't even find one person and tell him how I feel.

"Tsuki?"

My head shot up and my bright green orbs widened at the sight of my childhood friend, my fiancè, my comrade... He stood under the over-hang, a few droplets of rain water were strewn through his hair as if he had just made it here right after the storm began. I smiled slightly, glad that I found him before it was too late. I must have looked like a pathetic mess, soaking wet and shivering with bedhead to top it all off. He probably didn't even recognize me like this. He hadn't seen the new me...No, he hadn't seen me.

"P-Pai, I messed up again..." I stuttered, feeling the tears form in my eyes with every syllable.

He didn't say a word, but instantly left the safety of the overhang to embrace me. All those stupid mistakes, how I had hurt him and my friends with my bad choices. I never took the time to think until it was too late. Still trembling in his arms, I began to sob. I could see the entire year pass before my eyes. All the people I had met, all the battles I had fought, all those I had hurt, and all those I had pleased. I needed somebody to tell me that it wasn't the end of the world. That somehow I would get to see that light at the end of the tunnel. He didn't even care that I had changed, it was like I had never looked different to him. With Pai, not a word needed to be said. We have been friends since we were toddlers. I felt safe with him, he was always going to be my knight in shining armour, my best friend.

"You know, even if we're not married, I'll always love you, right?" he murmured.

"Y-Yeah," I chuckled slightly, attempting to wipe some of the rain and tears from my face.

Soaked from head to toe, we smiled at each other like we did as children. I would never forget my friends, no matter who or what I was. Pai may not show it very often, but his compassionate side is always there. I was sure he would make some girl very happy when the time came. I just had to teach him to be more of a softy around the other girls, not just me.

"We're going to get quite ill if we don't get under cover," Pai stated, pulling me along.

"Right now, I actually couldn't care less about that. I just need to talk," I explained.

"Then talk. We're not going anywhere," he replied, running a hand through his dripping wet hair.

"Well, I am pretty sure that the next time we meet will be on the battlefield. And I know, that in the end, only one of us will walk away. Either way, I didn't want our last goodbye to be said while we clash swords."

"Who says it's really a goodbye? Even if we lose, I'm always with you," Pai answered.

"Hahaha, your favourite science question! That's what memories are for, right?" I laughed, a wave of nostalgia washing over me.

"Well, that's what it used to be. I've learned recently from observing the humans, that even though the mind stores the memories," he paused briefly to touch his forehead and lower his hand to his chest,"the love for that person remains in the heart."

Lifting my head, I gazed at his pale indifferent face. He looked on into the distance as if trying to put our entire ordeal behind us. This battle would be hard on everyone. I still wondered why I hadn't been asked to rejoin my old comrades, I had only been asked why I didn't have enough faith in them to help me. But floating there out of the rain, I realized why. Everybody saw the issue of Earth from different angles, different points of view. We all had our opinions, and we all thought ours were the right ones. But after looking back over everything we've done, everything we've been through... We each start to see the Earth from other angles. The Mew Mews turned my world upside down with their point of view. Elliot too. I still partly believed that it was unfair for Cyniclons to be stranded on that god-forsaken planet, but I also think that we have no right to take back what we left behind. I had even changed both Dren's and Pai's points of view ever so slightly. Now they understood my decision, even though it still cuts them so deeply.

"So when the sun rises, we're enemies?" he sighed.

"I guess so. But who knows, it may be a little while before Deep Blue decides to make his appearance," I replied calmly.

"True. Though he seems anxious...I have never seen him like this before..."

I followed his gaze and noticed that he was watching the clouds.

"I have... It was when the Council back home gave me this assignment. Deep Blue did not truly believe we could infiltrate the Mew Mews successfully. I guess he was right in the end," I sighed, following his gaze out to the reddening horizon.

Pai placed his hand on top of my head, then slowly ran his fingers through my striped hair. He looked at me with an endearing smile. I returned the smile, unsure of what Pai was thinking.

"No, Tsuki. He was so wrong. This mission was a success, Deep Blue just doesn't understand the results."

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. It's been hiding away in old word documents, seperated into four parts. I thought I lost it when I bought my new desktop, but it survived the transfer. As for further posts, I do not know if I will be able to keep up with finishing this story right away. College is keeping me busy with homework, so I do not have much free time. Granted, now that I have found this story I feel that it deserves an end. I will try my best to find time to finish this story, but I make no promises. I feel so horrible for letting down my fans that I do not want to get your hopes up again. Thank you all for your wonderful support over the years. I will do my best to make sure that Tsuki gets to tell the rest of her story.