In this story, Tart has grown up, meaning he's gotten a little taller and doesn't act like a total brat anymore! xP

Note: I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew! This is just a fanfic. (Not to mention my first story as well! )

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A couple of months after the Mew Mews saved the world from the aliens, and peace was restored we join Tart on his quest to win the heart of his dear Pudding. Off, at the spaceship, Tart was sitting down and pondering while staring at Earth which seemed so pretty from where he was.

Tart was sitting down, gazing at earth. 'I really miss Earth' He thought 'But, I guess it's in better hands now...'

"That's right! It is in better hands! The Mew Mews are going to protect the world!" Tart paused and thought 'The Mew Mews...' He clutched his candy drop that Pudding gave him, and stared deeply into it.

"Pudding…I can't get you out of my mind..." He whispered to himself. He thought of her very often after she gave him candy drops and left earth. Tart loved everything about Pudding, her bubbly personality, her golden hair, her bright smile. Just thinking of her made him depressed. 'After the way I've treated her in the past, there's no way she'd like me back...' Tart thought. He reminisced about the final battle between him, Pie, Kish, and the Mew Mews. He let her know part of his feelings but that wasn't enough for him, he wanted to show her his true feelings.

Meanwhile Kish was out and about, and noticed Tart sitting down and looking awfully somber. He didn't care though! He just wanted to cause some mischief. Kish slowly crept towards Tart and kept his distance from him. He eavesdropped on Tart.

"Pudding, will you ever accept me for what I've done?" He asked him self. "After the way I've treated you, will you ever forgive me?"

Kish couldn't help but snicker and blow his cover. Tart shot up and turned around immediately. "Kish, you jerk! How long were you listening to me?" Tart was furious.

Kish smiled and composed him self and said "Just long enough to hear 'Pudding, will you ever accept me for what I've done?'" Kish burst out laughing and fell to the floor.

Tart was clenching his teeth and tightening his fists. Tart was swelling with anger and he yelled out "I don't care what you think!" He paused "I'm going out!"

He left Kish still laughing on the floor and teleported to Earth. He arrived at Café Mew Mew and saw no one outside. 'My love is in there…' he thought. Tart walked up closer to the front doors of Café Mew Mew and was reaching for the knob to open it. It was locked. His heart sunk and turned his head to see a sign saying 'Closed for today'. His heart sunk even lower.

Tart gave a sad sigh. He didn't want to go back to the ship because of Kish, so he decided to just walk a round, or in other words, look for Pudding. He walked to the park and heard a familiar giggling. Tart shot his head up and looked to see Pudding performing on her giant red and white ball to visitors. His heart was racing and he hid in the trees, waiting for Pudding's crowd to walk away.

An hour had passed before the crowd died down and Pudding was plenty tired. She let out a small sigh of relief and smiled. Tart loved seeing her smile, so he couldn't wait any longer. He jumped down from the trees and walked up to Pudding. Immediately Pudding noticed Tart at the corner of her eye and called out "Tar-Tar! I haven't seen you in a long time!" She smiled once more.

Tart didn't reply but just walked closer to her. "Hey Tart…" Pudding said "Would you want to walk home with me?" Tart's eyes widened and he was too embarrassed to say anything. He just simply nodded. Pudding squealed and jumped on her ball and started to exit the park. Tart remained motionless until at one point Pudding turned around and motioned for him to follow her. His heart was racing and he slowly caught up to her.

Pudding stared up into the sky, and watched the clouds float by. The clouds reminded her of monkeys, so she laughed. Tart carefully watched her as she gazed up into the afternoon sky.

"Hey Tar-Tar, what have you been doing ever since you've left?" Pudding inquired.

'Thinking about nothing but you,' Tart thought.

"Nothing much…"He said, "Just some boring stuff..."

"Oh…" Pudding said. "Have you thought about me?" She put on her dazzling smile that Tart adored.

His eyes widened. 'This is the perfect moment, Tart! Don't screw it up!'

"I…I…I," he stammered.

Pudding continued to smile at Tart until he said something.

"I've gotta go!" Tart yelled out as he quickly teleported away.

Pudding's smile faded. "Tar-Tar…" she said softly as she looked in the sky and started to slowly headed home.