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Hello! This is a Pai and Lettuce story.

"Tokyo City…" Pai commented as he slowly floated above a skyscraper. Grey clouds covered the sky and Pai could actually feel the threat of rain in the air. Getting wet wouldn't bother him though...he had endured much worst then just getting rained on.

Pai glanced at the streets below and frowned at all the cars driving around. "Foolish humans," Pai whispered as he continued his journey. After reaching the outskirts of the city, Pai quickened his flight and soon reached a small park. He let out an annoyed sigh when he saw Café Mew Mew, the headquarters of his enemies, the mews.

It came to Pai as a surprise when Lettuce came walking out the front doors and started to walk towards the park. Pai didn't know why, but he wanted to see where she was going, so he carefully floated down until he was behind Lettuce. His feet were only a few inches off the ground as he started to follow her, making sure that he was about ten meters behind her. She didn't appear to notice his presence, so Pai continued to follow her as she walked to the pond that was located the middle of the park.

Lettuce stopped as she came to the edge of the pond and looked around before sitting down and looking out on to the pond. Pai had teleported behind a tree when she had stopped, so she didn't see him. Glancing around the edge of the tree, Pai took note of her style of dress. Lettuce was wearing a forest green sweatshirt with a purple flowing skirt that came down to her knees. She wore lime-green sandals, and had a golden necklace around her neck. Pai looked up at the back of her head and felt himself study her long, green hair that hung down to her shoulders.

Pai shook his head and coldly told himself, "I do not need this distraction. She has nothing to do with my search of mew aqua, so I should move on…" Ten minutes went by, and Pai still didn't move from his spot. He didn't know why, but he felt a strange urge to reveal himself to Lettuce.

"Damn this feeling…" Pai said softly to himself as he tried to move away, only to discover his feet wouldn't move. Instead, his feet stayed steadfast, so he continued to watch Lettuce. After a few more minutes of staring into the pond, Lettuce sighed and turned around to look into the trees. Pai felt a cold feeling go through him as she got up and began to walk towards the tree that he was hiding behind.

If I don't move soon, she is going to see me! Pai thought worriedly as he once again tried to move his feet. They still wouldn't listen to him, but he pulled his face back from the edge of the tree and prepared himself for being discovered. Pai held his breath for a few seconds before he heard Lettuce stop and sit down. Pai risked a glance over the edge of the tree again and saw Lettuce sitting with her back against the same tree that he was hiding behind.

Pulling his head back, Pai was about to teleport away when he heard Lettuce sniffle. Pai paused, deciding if he should chance another look. The decision was made for him when he heard someone new approaching from the other side of the tree. He looked around to see a boy about the age of nineteen standing a few meters away from Lettuce. The boy had blond hair, blue eyes and was wearing a black leather jacket with its sleeves torn off. His pants appeared to be a khaki coloring, but Pia wasn't sure about that.

"Lettuce-san," the boy said softly, his voice barely above a whisper. Lettuce looked up to the boy's face but didn't respond. "Lettuce-san, I know you don't want to fight the aliens, but you must…for the safety of the Earth."

Lettuce buried her face in her hands as she started to cry. After a minute, she sobbed, "I don't want to fight anymore Ryou-san! Please, just release me from this torment by taking away my powers and let me live my life in peace."

The boy, who Pai now knew as Ryou, said with rising anger, "Lettuce, don't do this. Don't leave your friends alone to fight and die because you were too afraid of hurting the enemy who wants to destroy us."

Lettuce continued to cry, causing a strange feeling to go through Pai. He carefully looked at Ryou's face and realized with a shock that the creator of the mews was standing there. Pai's resolution hardened and he prepared himself mentally to attack. His mission was to get more mew aqua, but if Ryou was killed, then Pai would have all the time he would ever need to look and not worry about it being discovered by the humans.

Unfortunately, Lettuce said something that stopped Pai cold. She said softly, "I don't want to fight Pai-san anymore. I can't bear the pain of watching him get hurt anymore. I just can't."

The strange feeling seemed to blast though Pai's body, originating from the area where his heart was. Pai grunted as the feeling, emotion Pai thought, took on a type of longing and pain. "What the hell is this?" Pai questioned himself silently as Ryou walked over to Lettuce and angerly grabbed her arm.

"You can't leave us Lettuce," Ryou said with unhindered anger. Lettuce tried to break free of his grip, but she was no match for his strength.

"Ryou-san…you're hurting me…" Lettuce whimpered before letting out a cry of pain as Ryou started to force her to walk with him. "Let go!" Lettuce cried out.

Ryou continued to walk and said in an angry voice, "No, I will not have you break off from the rest of the mews. You must stay with them no matter what, but don't worry because I've got a drug that will erase your emotions until you become like that tall alien."

Lettuce stopped crying and said defensively, "Pai-san does have feelings. He just has a hard time knowing what they mean…I can see it in his eyes!" Ryou shrugged like he didn't care, but Pai had heard every word of what she had said. Ryou forced Lettuce to move a few more steps before he tightened his grip again, bringing a shriek from Lettuce.

Pai moved his suddenly responsive feet and teleported in front of Ryou. "What the…" Ryou started to exclaim before Pai put all his strength behind a punch and hit Ryou in the nose. Lettuce fell down and flinched when the sound of breaking cartilage filled the air. Ryou's eyes rolled up into his head as he fell on the ground, out cold.

Looking at Lettuce's arm, Pai's eyes narrowed when he saw red marks from where Ryou had gripped her arm with such a force that it caused bruises to form. Lettuce looked into Pai's eyes and asked softly, "Pai-san?"

Pai ignored his name and gently brought her arm up so he could look at the bruises better. After a few minutes of examining her arm, Pai looked into Lettuce's green eyes and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Lettuce started to shake her head no but flinched when Pai gingerly touched the bruise. "I'm fine…" Lettuce said with a blush. She slightly smiled and watched as Pai looked at her arm and started to wrap up the bruised part of it. When he was done with that, he looked back into her eyes and thought about the situation.

Pai was confronted with a dilemma. He knew that he should kill Ryou and Lettuce, but he also couldn't stop the feeling that had taken over his body. Pai thought about what he should do for a few minutes until he realized that Lettuce was shifting nervously at having his attention for so long.

An idea appeared in Pai's head as he asked with a small smile, "You said that you don't want to fight anymore?"

Lettuce blushed and answered in a embarrassed tone, "I don't want to fight anymore."

Pai nodded his head and picked Lettuce up bridal style. Lettuce shifted uncomfortable as Pai said soothingly, "I'll take you back to my ship so you won't ever have to fight again." With that, he teleported them to his ship.

Well, what did you think? Please review, thanks!