Last chapter. Short chapter. Ends rather suddenly - I know ^^". I apologise.

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*~ Chapter 4 ~*

That first day had gone by pretty fast. Nothing much had happened - except for laying in the arms of the alien I loved. Yeah, I know...I only intended on visiting him to see if we could still be friends - so then I guess being lovers was a bonus, huh? Heh!

When it was very late - almost extremely early - with the three moons high in the sky, I got changed in to some nightwear that Pai had quite considerately presented me with. When I accepted them with a pleased yet questioning gaze, he told me that he had noticed that I had no luggage with me. I thanked him politely, and then again for the shelter, and then again for the dinner that I had shared with them earlier that day. In the end, I couldn't help myself and I hugged him!

That was probably one of the things that six years ago I never thought I'd ever do – hug Pai. So I suppose that him looking rather surprised yet happy afterwards was a bonus.

I got in to the warm bed and sighed contently smiling to myself as I looked up at the high ceiling. I giggled to myself merrily and laid there for a few moments. I then shot up to a sitting position and smiled devilishly at my reflection in the mirror, across the room, as a thought came rushing to the surface of my mind.

Hm, though it's rather obvious, I should go ask him if we really are lovers now, I then thought as I stood up out of bed, Oh, Ichigo! You're just making an excuse to go see him again!

I decided to teleport in to his bedroom but when I appeared he wasn't there. My face fell, disappointed, and I folded my arms across my chest as I heaved a heavy sigh.

Just then two strong arms weeved themselves around my waist and pulled me closer to their owner as he cooed in my ear, "What's my pretty kitty doing in my bedroom then?"

I giggled and turned around in his arms answering his question with a deep kiss.

He was the first to break the kiss, "Did I really have to wait eight years for this, koneko-chan?"

"It took me a while to realise my feelings, Kisshu-sama," I purred, trying to sound seductive.

I guess it worked because he had to take a moment to keep his breathing under control, "S-sama?"

"I love you," I whispered to him and waited for his reply.

He smiled overjoyed and his hold on me tightened as he replied, "Thank you, Ichigo, I love you too - so, so much."

"I know you do," I linked my hands behind his neck and continued to smile up at him, "I thank you very much for that."

It had been the best choice I had ever made in my entire life. Ten years on and I was still with Kisshu, we had been bound together - which was like the equivalent of a human wedding. That - and we also had our children.

Honey - nearly ten years old (conceived on the day we were reunited), named for the golden honey colour of her eyes which she had inherited from her father. She had my human hair colour - a reddish brown - and she let it flow to the middle of her back.

Cookie - eight years old. He had always been small for his age and he was so very cute. He had cherry coloured eyes and he had short green hair which I used to tie up in Taruto's style to make the family laugh - oh yes, we were all a family, Pai and Taruto included.

Our last child, our youngest child was Sugar - five years old. She had dark sapphire hair which seemed to stick out in odd places and - being the reason for her name - sugar pink eyes. She had surprised us a bit; we had expected either amber, red or brown but instead she had my mew coloured eyes which definitely confirmed that the cat was still with me.

Yes, my life on Earth had been ruined beyond repair. Completely shattered hope. So when I had the brilliant idea of splicing my own DNA again - without really understanding the dangers - and flying across the galaxy without knowing what I'd find...well, someone must have been watching over me the whole time either that or I was insanely stupid and extremely lucky.

Either way I'd like to say thank you for giving me a second chance.

Crappy short story finished ¬¬ Sorry, guys...not much to hope for - I know...but thanks for reading all the same ;)

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