Last chapter of this story. A bit of tarutoxpudding as well :) ..sorry for the slow update.. oh well, enjoy!

'How's Kisshu going?' Taruto's voice interrupted Pai as he planned out the next attack on the humans.

'He's asleep now and recovering, I guess. I don't think any vital organs were punctured, although it'll take some time for everything to fully heal. Just make sure he doesn't go running off and paying a visit to that pink Mew and killing himself again.' Pai gave an annoyed sigh as he continued with his work.

'Got it!' Taruto smiled cheekily.

Kisshu was lying on an incredibly soft bed as he awoke from his long sleep. Groaning and temporarily forgetting what had happened to him, he sat himself up only to feel incredible amounts of pain coming from every nerve of his body, sending him crashing back onto his pillow. Defeated, he closed his eyes once more to let the pain mellow out into a subtle throb.

'Ichigo…' He was hoping he was still in the human world, tenderly being cared for by the one he loved.

'It's Taruto, baka. Get it right' Kisshu's eyes flew open to see his half-brother floating cross legged above him, an annoyed look on his face after being mistaken for an old hag. 'Anyway, how you feeling?'

'Ehh, not too bad now' He slowly sat himself up. 'So, excuse me, but I have someone I need to see' Everything was done in exaggerated care as he got himself out of bed and floated up to look at Taruto in the eye.

'Ja ne!' Kisshu gave a small wave before teleporting away.

'What? Wait! You're not supposed to go!' Taruto growled into the air before he, himself, teleporting away to bring back Kisshu.

Breathing in the crisp air, Kisshu looked down to see how torn he really was. Grimacing at the neat line of teeth marks lining his stomach and then going all the way down to his right leg, he gingerly touched a few to make sure he was fine for flying for the whole day. Feeling only dull pain, Kisshu brushed it off as being okay and went to look for Ichigo.

Today is..Sunday? Good she should be at home, I'm pretty sure I know where it is. Kisshu smirked at the thought of giving his favourite kitty a little surprise visit. He flew silently towards her house, rather than teleporting, so he could feel the comforting breeze against his fragile skin.

Ichigo was sitting in her room, window open to let a relaxing breeze through. She was smiling stupidly at her phone as it vibrated against her hand, indicating that she had just received a text from Aoyama. She read through it, pausing to think up a reply and began to text back. Her thumbs were working overtime as her excited brain formed jumbles of words. Just as her finger was about to press the send button, a Sais flew from nowhere to pierce the phone onto her desk. She screamed as her head immediately turned in the direction of her window, seeing a smirking alien floating casually outside.

'Yo Koneko-chan!' he shot her a sly smile, 'you know it's not very nice to be talking to someone else, especially when I come to pay you a visit.'

'K-Kisshu! W-What are you doing here?' Ichigo's face twisted here and there, trying to portray the emotion she was feeling at the time. Although it was proving difficult, as a million thoughts ran through her head, faster than her thumbs could ever text.
Kisshu! You broke my second phone! What do you seriously think you're doing? Wait.. Kisshu was nearly killed the other day. Oh Kisshu your body! It's.. it's totally torn and those puncture wounds haven't fully healed. Why are you here, you have to go back home and recover properly! That's right, you never told me why you were fighting it in the first place! Hold on, Kisshu … Kisshu … confessed to me! Kisshu.. loves me? What? What is this? I'm so confused…

Ichigo slowly got up and sunk into her bed, unable to form coherent words as each thought was pushed around by another, contradicting themselves in her mind. All the while, Kisshu made himself comfortable in her room, obviously enjoying the fact that Ichigo was having a mental battle over him.

'What's wrong Ichigo?' He mocked, 'Wondering how I'm still alive? Or maybe why I was fighting the Chimera Animal? Might it be the fact that I confessed to you? Although I'm not fully sure you understood, seeing as you're pretty dense when it comes to me and you.' Kisshu sighed at the last part.

'Arghhh! Stop-Stop talking! This is too much for my head…' she turned and faced her pillow, head butting it a couple of times.

'Ichigo?' Kisshu looked on in amusement. 'Fine, I'll help you; let's start with the day with the Chimera Animal. I'm guessing you're wondering why I was fighting it huh?'

Ichigo could only nod stupidly as she sat herself upright on her bed, hair slightly messed.

'Heh, well it was one of those weird spirits I got again, from some man who wouldn't listen to his wife,' Kisshu looked thoughtfully at the ceiling, 'huh, now that I think about it, maybe that's why that baka of a Chimera Animal wouldn't listen to me.' Pausing, he smirked, 'I was going to lay back and let you stumble along it and defeat it yourself, but then it started attacking me as well. Seeing as it wasn't really obeying me and attacking me, I decided I'd just get rid of it and make a better one.' Realizing this situation could be taken a different way, he muttered, 'It's not like I wanted to save the park or anything…'

He got up to show the full extent of the damage he had suffered.

'Don't know if you saw or not, but these were the injuries I sustained' Kisshu shrugged, never expecting Ichigo's reaction.

'Kisshu…' She slowly walked over, eyes locked on his damaged leg and stomach.

An arm extended as Kisshu suddenly stiffened under the gentle touch of her fingers on his lean stomach. He sucked in a breath, waiting for the dull pain to disappear. She looked up immediately at the sound, her face showing nothing but concern. She traced the edges of the crescent shaped marks on his body, careful not to trigger any painful broken nerves. She slid her whole hand down to his right leg, feeling the little scars along. Somehow, she was entranced by the perfect shape of each scar, all an equivalent distance apart. Kisshu couldn't help but shiver under her gracious touch. It was heavenly for him, now his torn nerves sending him not signals of pain, but of pleasure instead. Kisshu placed a gentle hand on her cheek, which unfortunately snapped her out of her trance and brought her back to reality.

'Ah! G-Gomen!' Ichigo jumped back when realizing what she was doing to Kisshu. Her face flushed a gorgeous red as she bowed, her bangs covering her uncertain eyes.

He was about to approach her, to comfort her when he stopped as she began to speak.

'Oh, that reminds me… Kisshu?' Her voice was soft, uncertainty thickly evident.

He looked up curiously as Ichigo stumbled over her words.

'K-Kisshu, do you .. love me?'

'Jeez, that Kisshu. Where did he fly off to? Pai's not going to approve of this' Taruto sighed as he searched for the green haired alien.

'EYYY, KISSHU! WHERE ARE YOU?'

Resting himself on a branch of a tree, Taruto looked around to find he was in the park. The same park where Kisshu nearly killed himself and also the same park Pudding liked to perform in front of her amazed audience. Pudding.. he thought in his mind as a picture of the hyper monkey girl came up in his head.

'Gah, why am I thinking about her, I have to go find that baka!' Just as he was about to fly off after his quick rest, his thoughts were disturbed by a round of applause just behind the main fountain. Curious as to what it was, Taruto flew up and hid himself behind dense trees as he watched a blur of yellow jump from here and there while chirpy laughter filled the air. His eyes widened as he instinctively hid himself further as the yellow mass perched itself on top of a massive ball to reveal itself as Pudding.

'Pudding happy! Arigato Gozaimasu!' she sang to the crowd as coins were dropped into a waiting hat. Waving wildly until the last of her audience had dispersed into the late evening, Pudding plopped herself on a bench and counted her earnings. She sighed, closing her eyes from her tiring performance.

'Ey Pudding, what are you doing?' Her eyes shot up at the sound of a familiar voice.

'Taru Taru!' Her happy smile was back once more, only this time it showed real delight, as if she had been waiting for Taruto to talk to her.

'Did you watch Pudding's performance?' She asked enthusiastically.

'I, uh, yeah' He gave her a sheepish smile. He was tired from all flying he had done so he went to sit down next to her.

There was silence between the two until Taruto froze as he felt Pudding's head rest against his shoulder. He turned his head stiffly to look at her sleepy serene face.

'P-Pudding?' he whispered.

'Sorry Taru Taru, Pudding is just so tired,' she yawned, 'Need to pick up Heicha later and get dinner ready…' she spoke in slurred rambling, 'ah, I think I need to clean the house today, oh and do the washing.'

'Pudding…,' he hesitated, 'it's.. it's okay if you sleep on me for a while.'

'Taru… Taru… Ari..gato' She was asleep in moments as Taruto shifted uncomfortably under her weight, trying to get into a more practical position. Relaxing finally, he watched her chest rise and fall rhythmically. Why? Why is she doing this to me? No one has ever.. slept on my shoulder before.. so why is Pudding? Looking at her sleeping made Taruto feel slightly drowsy as he cautiously leaned his head towards hers, so he was resting on Pudding. Geez Kisshu, looking for you has made me so tired… I guess you'll have to wait. Pudding beats you any day... WAIT, what did I just think? His eyes shot open as his breathing became heavier, comprehending what his wild mind thought. Argh Taruto, he mentally scolded himself, don't think about that, just sleep while you can…

The park was filled with lazy bird chatter and the gentle splash of the fountain as human and alien slept peacefully on a bench, letting the orange sky paint a romantic scene that both were unaware of.

'K-Kisshu? What are you doing?' His face held a cheeky grin as he floated closer to Ichigo who had seated herself on the edge of her bed. He roughly pushed her down on the mattress while he too fell on top of her, pinning her arms down.

'Answering your question' he breathed.

His tongue darted out of his mouth as he leant down further to delicately lick Ichigo's bottom lip.

'K-Kisshu! I told you before, I –'

'I know, I'm just seeing what I can and can't do' he sighed before tracing his tongue around her full plump lips. It was so tempting, to smash his lips with hers and kiss her with raw passion and aggression. To open her mouth and have battle of power with their tongues. To taste her sweet mouth, and feel her kiss him back with equal passion. He withdrew his tongue as he looked up with her, his body burning with white hot desire.

He brought his lips to her nose, placing a few kisses there before travelling up to her eyes. He kissed her wherever possible, but never the lips. He moved to her ears, nibbling and licking while his hair tickled her face as she shivered with pleasure. In those few moments, Ichigo had taken common sense and shoved it out of her head. Aoyama too, had been forgotten as she focused all her attention on one very passionate alien.

He brought his head down to her neck and began kissing the smooth grooves of her, feeling each contour of her bones on his lips. He gently nibbled and sucked, mentally noting to remember to inspect her neck the next time they would see each other. She was trembling against each touch, with more pleasure than fear. He smiled against her neck, feeling no resistance coming from Ichigo's part. Her arms were still held down by Kisshu's grip as her face twisted with new feelings of unimaginable pleasure. Ichigo wanted to respond to what he was doing, to kiss him back but she was powerless under his control.

As much as he was enjoying it, Kisshu could not rid that buzzing feeling in his stomach that told him to forget about reality and kiss her waiting lips. He glanced up to see them slightly open, an escape for her silent moans. Gritting his teeth, he left Ichigo's neck to stare at her mouth. Please, just one kiss… It wouldn't hurt to kiss her lips only once…

He silently moved his body till it was gently pressing against hers, his lips level with hers. He moved with exceptional care, for the sake of his own body, and so he made sure she was prepared for what they were about to do. Inching closer, they closed their eyes, savouring each long second they were together. He could feel her breathing heavily and inhaled the intoxicating scent she had. He really couldn't control himself any longer as he closed the gap, ready to engulf Ichigo with newfound passion through his kiss.

'AH HAH! I FOUND YOU KISSHU!' Radiating with triumph, Taruto was floating outside Ichigo's bedroom window. Snapping his head back, Kisshu glared in surprise before releasing Ichigo to float back to Taruto. She sat up slowly, raising a clenched fist to her heart, still unable to comprehend everything in that given moment.

'What do you think you're doing?' he growled.

'What do you think you're doing?' Taruto retorted. 'Anyway, Pai said you should've stayed back home, so I had to waste a perfectly good day to go looking for you.'

Kisshu looked at Taruto incredulously. 'It took you the whole day for you to find me when this was possibly the most obvious place I could've been?'

Taken aback by this remark, Taruto quickly defended himself, only to stumble over his words, trying to explain as to why he had taken so long.

'Ah. I-I had uh um, some uh, I got s-sidetracked halfway' he sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

Kisshu sighed in annoyance. 'Pai huh? Then I guess it can't be helped.' He turned back to give Ichigo his trademark smirk.

'I hope you realise what my answer is.'

He turned back to face Taruto and with a quick hand gesture, both aliens teleported away into the night leaving, once more, a stunned Ichigo to slowly collect up the pieces in her mind.

…I do …Kisshu. I know what your answer is … and although I am not certain I can say I have the same feelings for you, you will always have a place in my heart…

wow whee um well, I haven't watched Tokyo mew mew in ages..so this story has terrrrible OOC. I'm soo sorry :( and that ..that ending was terribly cliché. hahaha but no matter, this is the last chapter, so it's all good :) um, so yeah review please? :) thanks you in advance :D