A/N: Hi, everyone!! This is the last chapter of 'Heaven and Hell' and after this one is the next chapter for 'The Truth is Speaking to You, Ichigo.' I'm sorry that this chapter is so long but I promised you all that this is the last chapter so I was trying to fit everything into one place. I guess it was too much so please don't hurt me.

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Making choices to change the future for the better is the happily ever after, right?

Ch. 37: Future Changed for the Better

When Ichigo woke up, it was to the smell of cooking. She opens her eyes to the smell of bacon, eggs, and best of all, fish hitting her nose like a ton of bricks. She was daze when she opens her eyes and she needs to get up. She sits up in her bed and starts stretching. Then she yawns and looks at her surroundings. The walls are a tad bit on the tan side, she's lying on a white mattress with a white pillow but with a pink comforter, and she has a white rug for floor. She gasps at the results she sees here. This isn't her room. At least not from when she was staying at the café, this is her old room! Then that means that the smell of the food cooking isn't coming from Keiichiro.

Ichigo throws the comforter off and runs out of her room and down the stairs. Even going out of her room and going down the stairs is different how she's already used to at the café. The hallway is shorter as well as the stair case. She goes down and looks to her left to a very shocking sight. Cooking in the kitchen, making all of the delicious meals is a woman in her late twenties or earlier thirties and she has short fiery red hair. The woman heard her coming and turns around from the stove, greeting, "Good morning, Ichigo! Since it's the last day before school, I'm-" She stops talking when she sees Ichigo. "Ichigo honey, what's wrong?"

Ichigo has tears leaking out of her eyes and they're rolling down her cheeks. Instantly, she runs to her mom and hugs her. She cries, "Mama! I've missed you so much!"

Her mom is starting to freak out, asking, "You missed me? What do you mean? I haven't gone anyway where." Then she calms down when she feels Ichigo tightening her hold around her waist. Ichigo starts sobbing and her mom can feel her tears leaking through her shirt. Her mom wraps her arms around her daughter and says, "Shh, shhh, it's alright. I'm here now. Tell me, did you have a bad dream?"

Hearing that, Ichigo gasps and stops sobbing. She calms down a bit and answers, "Yes. I had a dream that you and dad died and I was left all alone. Even Kisshu died." Hearing the word 'die' made her mom make that face like her life is slipping away from her now. But she calms down starts rubbing her daughter's back.

"Well I'm here now and your father is at work. We're not going to leave you, not until we know that you are going to be taken care of and I'm sure that Kisshu-kun will do the same." Ichigo gasps in surprise again.

The Blue Knight's spell really worked! Then that means that he changed the past so that she and her friends won't be infused and they don't have to fight against each other. That also means that Tokyo is back to it's old busy lively city again. That also means that…Kisshu is still alive! Him and his brothers! And he's Dren!

Ichigo looks up at her mom and asks, "What is today?"

"Today is your last day of freedom before school starts. You also said that tomorrow is your special day," her mom answers with her cheery voice.

Ichigo thinks about it for a moment and concludes, 'Just like the Blue Knight said. We will go back to the day before we are infused. He also said that the angels will remember so that means that Kisshu, Pai, and Taruto don't remember anything! If he did, I'm sure that he would call me and ask me if I'm okay or that if I even remember being a Mew Mew. This is like…I'm stating over…'

Ichigo turns to her mom and smiles. "Tomorrow will be a special day, mama. I'm going to go change and come eat. Then I have to go out. There is something I still need to do before school starts."

Her mom nods and says, "Okay then. Breakfast is almost ready anyway."

"Oh, and mom!"

"Yes?"

Ichigo hugs her again and says, "I love you; you and daddy."

Her mom hugs her and says, "We love you too, sweetie. No go and change."

"Okay!" Ichigo cheers, letting go and going back up the stairs. As she's walking up the stairs, she wonders, 'If Kisshu doesn't remember that I know, maybe I can play a little trick. That could throw him off when I suddenly appear at his door.'

She goes to her room and opens the window a bit. She sticks her head out and looks at the old abandon-looking house next to her. She lets out a sigh and leans her cheek gently on her palm. A gentle breeze blows and flaps her hair everywhere. She uses her free hand to lay two fingers on her lips and then blow kiss to the hold. 'Just wait a little longer, Kisshu. You'll be in for a real treat.'

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"I'm off!" Ichigo announces, before opening the door. Fearing that Kisshu might hear her and then spoil her little surprise.

Her mom yells, "Bye! Enjoy your picnic!"

After Ichigo changes into a dark red skirt that's three inches above her knees and a light pink tank top with white and pink arm warmers on each arm, she goes down and starts eating. In her mind, she's is so happy to be able to eat her mom's cooking again. Sure Keiichiro is a good cook but nothing can compare to how good her mom can cook. It's homemade and nothing can beat homemade. After she eats, she goes back up to brush her teeth, fix her hair into her regular pig tails that are tied by red ribbons, and she grabs a basket. Her mom asks her what the basket is for and she answers that the basket is for her plans today. Her mom asks her if she needs help in the kitchen and Ichigo begs. Together, they made sandwiches, onigiri, omelets, wieners, and she packs about four bottles of healthy ice Japanese green tea. After making food, Ichigo grabs her purse and she's off with the basket in hand and her cell phone.

Ichigo goes up the sidewalk and then takes a quick peek at the windows. She does see a curious, familiar face but she pushes herself from staring. She starts running up the sidewalk to make the scene but before she knows that he has to go to another room to see where she's going. She hides behind a tree and takes out her cell phone. She looks at her contacts and finds 'Kisshu.' She dials it and waits.

In the house, Kisshu was going to go check another window to find out where Ichigo is going but his phone rings. Before he was going to ignore it, he look at the caller really quick to see that it's Ichigo calling him. Kisshu raises a brow and answers it. "Hello?"

Ichigo on the other side, tries to sound normal as she answers, "Yo, Kisshu. Can you come down for a minute?"

"Come down? What do you mean by that?"

"I mean come down the stairs and to your door. Then I would like for you to open it for a big surprise."

Kisshu blinks in surprise but then gets an evil grin on his face. He asks, "How do you know I have stairs?"

Ichigo rolls her eyes and tells him, "You know what I mean. Now go to your door and open it."

"Fine but don't be upset when you find out that you might have the wrong house. You've never been to my house."

"Yeah and you always been at my house by lucky guess. Now it's my turn to guess which house you live in. Now come down."

"Alright," he answers, still smiling like a dorky winner. He asks, "Do you still want me on the line?"

"Absolutely."

"Okay then."

Kisshu grabs his jacket and goes down the stairs. He goes past the living room and Taruto sees him from the couch. He looks up from his manga and watches as his brother asks, "Do you want me to open the door now, honey?"

"Not yet. Let me knock."

Kisshu just shakes his head in disapproval. He knows that she's not going to get it right. That was until he heard knocking from his front door.

Knock

Knock

Knock

Kisshu freezes in shock as Taruto raises a brow in curiosity. Getting out of his shock, Kisshu immediately opens the door and sees Ichigo with her phone at her ear and she's holding the basket. She smiles and tells him through the phone, "Looks like I guessed right." She hangs up her phone and smiles at Kisshu's dumb struck face. "Lucky guess, huh? Especially since it's right next to mine."

Then he starts mumbling. "Bu how did…when did…what…You…I…"

Taruto puts the manga down and yells, "Give it up, nii-san! She found out without you confessing." Kisshu tenses up and then slouches over in guilt with a gloomy aura. Taruto gets up and goes over to the door. Ichigo takes one look at him and is happy to see the little midget up and kicking. He greets, "Nice to meet you, Ichigo. My name is-"

"Taruto, right? You're the youngest brother of both Kisshu and Pai," she interrupts.

Taruto looks at the gloomy Kisshu and asks, "You've been talking about us, it would seem."

Kisshu comes back and says to protect himself in a nervous way, "No I haven't! All I said was that I have two brothers and she assumed that you both are gangsters."

"And you went with it," Ichigo point points out. That was like a stab in his ego right there.

Taruto asks, "Do I look like the kind of guy who would beat up people?"

Ichigo answers instead, "No, you look more like a performer kind of person." Taruto looks at her weird as she looks up at the sky. It's almost noon time. She grabs Kisshu's wrists and says, "Let's go for a picnic. Taruto, you can come with us too! Oh wait, is Pai here too?"

Kisshu is too busy staring at her hold on his wrists that he doesn't answer. Taruto answers, "No, he needed to get some work down at the hospital." Ichigo nods in understanding.

"I see. That's too bad," she says. She thinks, 'Shoots! I was going to call Lettuce to meet him there, but it might be best to wait until tomorrow to meet him. Besides if she just appears in front of him then it'll be weird. But it's a good thing I sent a text to Pudding before I left the house.' She looks up at Kisshu and gives him a sweet happy smile and says, "Well let's go!" Still holding his wrist, she pulls him out of the house and Taruto fallows, locking the door behind him. Kisshu is still surprise and doesn't say anything as they walk to the park. Ichigo is having a hard time keeping her laugh in. Her trick worked. It threw him off.

They walk to the park in silence and when they turn into the park, they see a performance by Pudding. The adults in a group are clapping and she's collecting tips. 'Perfect!' Ichigo thinks, entering. She looks at Kisshu and says, "Look, Kisshu! A performance! I wonder if she's an elementary student?"

"Well she's a beggar that's for sure," Taruto points out, noticing that she's collecting money. Ichigo has half a mind to hit his head while Kisshu just stares like he was lost a long time ago.

When Pudding woke up, she found herself at her old home and remembering that she might have gone back in time, she looks around the house and she sees her siblings in their bed sleeping and alive. Pudding couldn't help but start happily crying in the bathroom. Then she remembers that she hasn't met Taruto yet and since he didn't call then that means that he doesn't remember. Well that was her guess. After crying, she goes cooking breakfast and her siblings come running in from the smell. She instantly hugs them and kisses them, using the excuse of saying good morning. After breakfast, she gets a text message from Ichigo asking her to be at the park performing. She was going to bring Taruto and Kisshu with her. Pudding drops her siblings off at the day care and grabs her performing stuff. Then she starts performing, making some extra yen before she sees her old friend and her love.

Pudding turns around sees the three. First she sees Taruto and her eyes and her smile shines up in pure happiness. But when she sees Ichigo, Ichigo has a hand up and lowers it, making a sign to keep it low and to act like she doesn't know them. Pudding gets it and Taruto notices that she's looking at them.

Taruto tries to push the others away as he says, "She saw us! Let's get out of here before she has to make us watch some crappy show."

'Okay, Taruto that's just mean,' Ichigo thinks as she's being pushed away.

Then Pudding comes up in surprise, "Hello, na no da!!" she cheers. Both Ichigo and Kisshu step back as Taruto gets wide eye from her sudden appearance.

Taruto, being upset that she suddenly appears, gets a vein pulsing on her head and yells, "Don't just pop up out of nowhere, you midget!"

Pudding doesn't take that as an insult as she tells him, "I'm taller than you, geek so you're the midget, na no da." Ichigo mouths the word, 'oh shoots' after Pudding said that.

Taruto gets three veins pulsing on his head as he tells her, "Well I have to be older than you so it's 'Mister' and don't call me a midget!"

Pudding grabs two long sticks and two plates and starts rolling them. She asks, "Do you want to see my show, na no da?"

Taruto lost his veins and replace it with a sweat drop as he says, "Nope, I don't. Can you say zero interest?" Ichigo rolls her eyes and goes to her purse to look for some coins. Kisshu is still staring at her like he can't get over that she just grabbed his wrist when they left his house; the house that he didn't tell Ichigo about for the past five years.

"Then what should I do, Taru-Taru?" Uh oh.

Taruto asks, "What's with the nickname?! Hold on! How do you know half of my name?!" Before Pudding could accidently say anything else to that, Ichigo shows her a shinny yen.

Ichigo tells her, "I'll give you two more if you will show us your show. I'm Ichigo by the way."

Pudding gladly accepts the yen and cheers, "Pudding's the name, performing is my game, na no da! Thank you, Ichigo onee-chan!" Pudding does a back flip and lands gracefully on a huge ball. She starts balancing on her hands and starts walking. Ichigo claps her hands, Kisshu just stares, and Taruto raises a brow. He wants to know where the ball came from and he's a little impressed with her trick. She's actually good. "First, I do balancing, na no da!"

Taruto starts watching her observantly as Pudding gets off the ball and grabs a few more sticks and plates. One stick with a plate on top is her forehead, two on each arm, three on her left leg, and one on her nose. "I'm balancing plates now, na no da!!" Ichigo didn't see that one before.

Pudding goes to her stuff and gets out a cylinder, a wooden plate, and a rubber ladder. She piles the wooden plate on the cylinder and then puts the rubber ladder on top. She gets on top of it and balances it on one arm. "It's wiggling, na no da!" Ichigo claps even more and Pudding looks back at Taruto. He sees that and looks the other way immediately to show his zero interest. Her face frowns a bit and her arm gets weak. She slips.

Ichigo calls, "Pudding!"

Taruto looks up and sees her falling. Then instantly, he goes to her stuff and rolls the ball right under her. When she lands on the ball, she stands on it on one leg and he passes her a Japanese umbrella and a smaller ball. Pudding catches that and starts rotating the ball on the umbrella. She looks at Taruto surprise as Ichigo and Kisshu look at him in curiosity.

He blinks in surprise and asks, "What was I just doing?"

Pudding cheers, "That was great, na no da! I didn't know you're a performer, na no da!"

Taruto steps back and shakes his hands in front of him as he says, "I'm not a performer! I just passed you the items before you fell to your death, dummy!"

Pudding jumps off her ball and stops the rotating. She quickly goes to Taruto and grabs his hands. He turns a little red from it but she says, "We should do an act together, na no da!"

"Uh?!!"

Ichigo thinks, 'Wow, Pudding. Talk about hitting the punch line right on the mark.' She goes to her purse and takes triple the amount she gave her before. She gives it to Pudding and says, "That was an amazing performance! Especially when Taruto helped you. That was wonderful!"

Pudding eyes beam as she asks, "Really?!"

"Really!"

"Now hold on!" Taruto yells. "I didn't sign up for this! It was just a reaction!"

Pudding grabs his hands again and says, "Come with me, Taru-Taru!"

"Stop it with the nickname!"

"Let's go practice together and become the greatest performers in the world!"

"Wait, I said!"

But it was too late. Pudding grabs her stuff and Taruto and goes running off. Ichigo looks up at Kisshu and asks, "He knows how to get home right?" Kisshu looks at her and nods. She puts her hands on her hips and asks, "You haven't said a word since your house. What? Since I know where you live, you're going to avoid me?" He starts freaking out again.

"No, it's not that! How could you even think that! I'm just shock that you found out?! How did you find out? I was sure that you didn't fallow me home!" he tells her.

"Okay," and just like that, she let it go. Kisshu is now completely confuse and completely shock. She smiles at him and says, "Come on. Let's go eat."

She grabs his hand again and pulls him to their bench. Kisshu turns a little red from the touch of her soft hand grabbing his as he fallows her. He still couldn't even grasp her hand back because he's still in shock. She lets him sit down and puts the basket in between them. She passes him an onigiri and he takes it but doesn't eat it. He just stares at it, freaking out in his head as Ichigo takes a sandwich and eats it.

She says, "This is mega good!"

Kisshu is wondering, 'What the hell is going on?! She's never this good to me and she never smiled at me this much in one day. Since I came back, she hasn't ever smiled at me like this before. This must be a last day of summer trick! That has to be it!' Kisshu looks up at Ichigo, ready to say something but he couldn't. He just keeps staring at her. She catches notices of his stare and looks up at him from her second sandwich.

She asks, "What's wrong?"

Then he finally asks, "Ichigo, why are you doing this? You never smile in front of me like this before and you don't just grab my wrist for no good reason."

Ichigo lets out a huff and looks away. She says, "I just thought that since it's the last day of school, we should at least make the best of it. Besides, I have an important day tomorrow. Since you're a stalker, you should know."

Kisshu talks nervously as he asks, "Me? A stalker? Honey, you must be dreaming." He looks the other way and shows his anger there. 'She plans to confess to that bastard Aoyama! I have to get there an hour early so I can knock some sense into him before she gets there!'

Ichigo can actually see the anger from his back and couldn't help but smile at that. Ichigo puts some of the food away and says, "Kisshu, finish that so that we can go to our next destination."

Kisshu looks at her, all anger gone and asks, "Our next destination? Where?"

"You'll see."

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"No, Taru-Taru! You need to pass me the cannon and my helmet next, na no da! The fire breathing is the last trick, na no da," Pudding scolds as Taruto was ready to pass her a match and the bottle of oil. He looks like he's really dreading this.

He yells, "First off, the cannon trick is way too dangerous and second, I didn't ask for this! You just dragged me to the other side of the park so that you could tell me what items to give to you next! And stop with that 'na no da' thing. It's annoying."

"What I choose to say is my decision, Taru-Taru," she tells him.

"And stop it with the nickname."

"Whatever, Taru-Taru." He gets more annoyed from that. "Now let's start again, na no da."

"No! I've been passing you item after item for the past half an hour! You are a total stranger! I should be calling the authorities and charge you with kidnapping." The word 'authorities' struck a nerve.

She goes up to him and cringes to his shirt. She leans on his chest a bit as she tells him in a pleading way, "Please don't call them, na no da! They'll take my siblings away from me, na no da!"

He doesn't push her back because he's too caught up in something else. "Wait, wait, wait! Take your siblings away?"

Sadly, she nods and lowers her head. "Pudding and siblings are orphans." Taruto's eyes widen at that as she explains, "Mama died after giving birth to my little sister and papa was massacred in China two years later. They both left Pudding and her family alone for five years." She looks up at Taruto with tears starting to leak out and says, "When Taru-Taru saved Pudding during her act, she knew right then and there that Taru-Taru is the missing key to her act!"

He's turning red from her tears as he asks, "Hold on! You've been supporting your siblings and yourself for five years, by yourself?"

She nods and adds, "Pudding doesn't want her siblings to be sad that they don't have a mama or a papa. She wants them to live with her in the family home happily, so please don't tell them! They'll take them away from Pudding and they'll all be sad! Please don't tell, Taru-Taru."

His eyes stare down at her as he thinks, 'This little girl is strong enough to raise a family and she's been performing to get money so that she can still live with her family. I understand that but…' His eyes relaxed and he thinks about it for a little longer.

He raises his hands up to admit defeat as he agrees, "Alright, alright! I'll do it!"

Pudding looks up at him and then smiles in joy. She wipes away her soon to be tears and tells him, "Hooray, na no da! As payment, Pudding will give you half of -"

"No! I don't want payment!" he tells her. She stares at him surprise as he continues. "I have a sibling who has a job and is supporting the three of us. You are the only one who is supporting your family so you need all the yen you earned for your tricks. Which by the way I have to admit, you are pretty good."

Her eyes light up as she asks, "You like my show?!"

He tells her, "It's okay, but if you spend less time trying to get things ready, you'll be rolling in more money. That's where I come in, right?" He even flashes her a smile to show her that he is seriously going to go through with this.

Her smiles brightens even more as she hugs him and says, "Thank you, Taru-Taru!"

"Whoo!" he lets out since the hug was sudden and he nearly fell backwards. He looks down at her and hugs her back. "No problem, Pudding-san."

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"Excuse me, but does Pai Takokujin-sensei work on this floor?" Lettuce asks the lady at the front desk on floor five.

The lady answers, "Yes. Do you have an appointment with him?"

Lettuce's cheeks turn pinkish as she answers, "No. I just want to deliver this to him."

The lady smiles and asks, "Then how about I give this to him for you?"

Lettuce pulls her basket of cookies closer to her and shakes her head. "No, I'll just be a minute."

The lady tells her, "Well I'm not sure where he is though."

"That's okay. I won't be long." Then with that, Lettuce starts looking around the hospital floor. It would seem that Lettuce doesn't need Ichigo to call her up and tell her that Pai is working at the hospital.

When Lettuce woke up, she was deeply shock to find herself at her house. She looks outside and she can see life in Tokyo that it used to have before the massive killing. Before she knew it, she starts crying on her bed and her mom and her little brother comes in wondering what's wrong. Her only response was that her tears. After calming down, Lettuce uses the same excuse Ichigo used; she had a bad dream of the earth about to die. That caused both of them to ask if she was reading a bad book before she went to bed. The only book she thought of was Frankenstein. During breakfast, Lettuce was in a daze. She remembers the Blue Knight saying that they will remember and she knows that Pai has her number. Since she hasn't heard from him, it must mean that the formal agents don't remember. After breakfast, Lettuce asks her mom if she could bake something and then go out. Her mom asked where and she answers the hospital.

Now Lettuce is at the Tokyo Hospital with a basket of perfectly brown cookies, the shape of stars, circles, and diamonds. Her mom suggest hearts but Lettuce thinks it would be embarrassing to have heart shape cookies for someone who doesn't even remember her; no matter how much she loves him.

Fifteen minutes later, Lettuce has been circling around the floor about ten times. When Lettuce reaches the front desk the eleventh time, she lets out a sigh and puts the basket on the desk. She says, "I haven't found him so he must be at lunch. Can you give this to Pai-sensei when he comes back?"

Right when the lady was going to say something, Pai turns towards the desk after looking at a file and hearing his name being called and he asks, "Excuse me, but do you need something?" Hearing his voice, Lettuce looks up at him with the color of dark red roses coloring her face. Now realizing that she loves him, she's looking at him in a new light. He's always been handsome but now, to her he just looks so damn gorgeous. Hearing his beautiful voice and seeing him again after all of the drama she's been through, her heat started fluttering and pounding harder than Japanese Tiko drums. Pai's brows rise up a bit as he asks, "You look familiar. Do I know you, miss?"

That was when Lettuce completely turns red from hearing that. Even though she gathered enough courage to come to the hospital, she's still nervous and self conscious. She bows and quickly says, "Accept these, Pai-sensei! See you tomorrow!!" Then she runs out of there and straight for the stairs. She didn't bother pressing the button for the elevator and wait. Both the lady and Pai watch her go as she leaves dust from running so fast.

Pai asks the lady, "Nuriko, who is that?"

She answers, "Don't know but do you want to pass up this? She seems to be the shy type and it must have taken a lot of courage to come here." She passes him the basket and he accepts it after thinking about it.

He tells her, "I don't even know her." He removes the cloth off the top and sees the cookies and a little folded note.

Nuriko goes back to her desk and says, "Well she seems to know you. Maybe she has an appointment with you."

He still stares at the cookies and the notes as he says, "Not possible. I'll be working at Okurmura High School."

As he picks up the note and one star shape cookie to get a better look as Nuriko says, "That's right. You're only here for the summer job. You've been working here for so long that I've gotten used to you. You work like a real doctor here."

He says, "Thank you for the compliment." Then he starts walking away to go to his locker and during his way there, he takes a bite of the cookie. It's really good and he's surprise by how delicious it is. Then he opens the note and what it says stops him dead in his tracks.

The note says, 'You're not alone anymore. There is no reason for you to be sad any longer.'

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"Are you freakin kidding me?!!" Kisshu asks, his legs shaking and his hands gripping onto the rail for dear life.

Ichigo skates to the middle of the ring and turns around to him. She calls out, "Come on, Kisshu! It's not that hard!" She looks around and says, "Actually, I'm surprise that no one else is here."

Kisshu yells, "Probably because it's still summer and they're at someplace safe instead of this death ring you dragged me to!"

Ichigo turns to him and says, "Could be."

'I knew this was a trick! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!' Kisshu thinks, still holding onto the rail.

Seeing that he really does need help, Ichigo skates to him and grabs both of his hands off the rail. As red he could be from the warmth of her hands, he had other problems. When she pulled his hands off, he starts slipping. "Whoo, now Kisshu!" Ichigo lets go, starting to trip with him. "Calm down! Calm down! Just calm down and stand up straight." Still unsure about this, Kisshu stops trying to save himself and stands up straight. His legs are still shaking but for now that's okay. Ichigo says, "Good boy. Now take one step and push. It's real simple."

Kisshu slightly glares at her and says, "Yeah to you maybe."

"Just trust me on this, okay? Now try this. When you push stand on one leg for three seconds. Don't worry, I'm here so don't start panicking."

"If I die, I'm blaming you in the afterlife." Ichigo chuckles as he turns a little red from her laugh. He looks down and tries to take a step with his right foot. After the step, he uses his lef leg to push. Ichigo takes a step back with his left and pushes with that same leg.

"That's good. Now hold for three seconds. One, two, three. Next leg!" He does as he's instructed and steps with his leg as his right pushes. Ichigo's leg this time switches. "One, two, three. Next!" He switches and she switches. She smiles at him and says, "See, told you. This is fun!"

He looks at her, surprise and a bit red, "Fun?" Being distracted, he messes up and starts to fall, but Ichigo catches him and he clings onto her for dear life.

"Calm down, Kisshu! Calm down," she tells him. His legs are shaking again as he cringes to her; his arms wrapped around her neck and his body close. It's Ichigo's turn to turn red but she says, "Skating takes a lot of concentration so try to focus, okay?" She looks up at him and he looks down at her face. Because he's cringing to her, their faces are actually really close. If either of them moves an inch closer, then their noses will be touching but if they move about two more inches, then something else would be touching.

They are both lost in each other eyes and suddenly, everything around them just doesn't matter anymore. The only thing that does is that they are together in this long ice ring. Just staring into their eyes and being so close is starting to make their hearts flutter away into heaven itself. They know they want to but they don't know if the other wants to or is ready for it? Not denying the feeling any longer, Kisshu leans closer to her face; a bit hesitant since he knows her, the old her. Getting the message and for tasting his breath in her mouth, she closes her eyes and waits. Then she feels Kisshu's lips pressed against hers. Her hands go under his arms and grab his shoulders from behind to push him closer to her. His arms still wrap around her, tightens a bit to keep her close and they deepen the kiss. As deeper as they both want to go, they weren't sure if the other is ready so they part when they ran out of air. Ichigo's eyes look glossy as she stares deep into Kisshu's eyes. He looks like he's in a trance as one hand goes to her face and his thumb gently brushes against her cheek.

Then her eyes look down and she confesses, "There's another reason how I knew that you lived in that house, Kisshu. It's because I know who you are. I figured it out." He slightly gasps at that as his eyes get out of his daze and they widen a bit in surprise. She quickly tells him, "I don't blame you for not telling me right after I slapped you that day. You were hurt weren't you, that day? I blame myself for not recognizing you but what was I going to think when I saw that your eyes are a different color. Now, they look like your father's eye color. Congratulations, Dren-kun. You got your wish."

He lets out a sigh and puts on a half smile. He kisses her cheek and then tells her, "I know but now I wish that I could get my old eye color back. You liked that color, koneko-chan."

"Doesn't matter anymore," she tells him, smiling at him. "Because I love you no matter what your eye color or how many personalities you put on. Kisshu or Dren-kun; it doesn't matter because I love them both."

He leans closer so that his nose line is touching hers as he says, "Good." Then he kisses her again and she instantly kisses him back.

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"Mom? Dad? Are you two home?" Ichigo asks, peaking her head to the living room.

Her father answers, "Just got home, Ichigo!" As happy as she can be to hear also her father's voice again, she has something else to take care of first. She sees her mom making lunch for her and her husband and she sees her dad sitting down at the table, reading the newspaper. Must have forgotten to read it earlier today.

Ichigo goes into the living room and says, "Can I tell you two something?"

Her mom looks up from the food and her father lowers the newspaper to look at their daughter. Ichigo claps her hands together and announces, "Dren-kun's back! He came home!"

Her father drops the paper as her mom asks, "Really?!"

Ichigo nods and smiles, "He's here right now to see you both!"

Her mom puts down the food and turns off the cooking stuff so that they won't burn as her father folds the paper and puts it down on the table. They get up and walk pass their daughter to see Dren by the door, but they see Kisshu instead. He waves and greets, "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Momomiya."

Mr. Momomiya got angry fast. He yells, "What the hell are you doing here?!" Kisshu freaks out from the sudden anger as Ichigo runs pass her father and in front of Kisshu.

"Father, stop that! You're scaring him!" she yells, protecting the scared Kisshu from her father's rage.

He asks, "What is he doing here?! I thought you said that Dren is here!"

Ichigo yells, "He is and you're yelling at him!" The dad losses his anger and her mom gasp as Ichigo hugs Kisshu and he hugs her back. She's still looking at her family as she says, "Kisshu Takokujin is Dren Takashiro." Both of her parents blink in surprise by that.

After that little shock, they started from the door to the couches. Ichigo and Kisshu sitting on one across from the one Ichigo's father is sitting on. He's look at Kisshu intensively and Ichigo is getting annoyed. Kisshu is just getting nervous. It would see that some of his Dren traits is kicking in now. Mrs. Momomiya comes back to them with a tray of four hot cups of tea. She places them on the table between the two couches and sits next to her husband.

Right when she was going to say something, Mr. Momomiya ask, "You seriously believe that I would be willing to believe that this gangster is Dren?"

Ichigo and Kisshu answer, "Yes."

Mrs. Momomiya says in her husband's place, "I believe that your father would like some proof of this. I believe this since now I see the likeness from the Dren I last saw eight years ago to Kisshu-kun here."

Kisshu lets out a sigh and says, "For Valentine's day when you were out with Ichigo, Mr. Momomiya promised that he would cook dinner for the three of you and I would help but instead he goes out to get take outs and puts them in the refrigerator and waits until you two come home. He made me promise not to tell and in return, he would never complain about me coming over to play with Ichigo." Everyone looks at him surprise, even Ichigo is shocked to hear that.

Both Mrs. Momomiya and Ichigo get flaming angry and looks at their husband/father in rage. They asked, "You fed us take outs for Valentine's Day?!" Ichigo instantly calms down when she remembers something else about that day.

She hugs Kisshu and says, "At least you did something nice that day."

Kisshu giggles in embarrassment as he says, "I don't think climbing a cherry blossom tree to get you a branch was very safe but it was worth it when I saw you smile that day." Ichigo giggles and that brought attention back to Mr. and Mrs. Momomiya.

Mrs. Momomiya gasps and breathes out, "Oh god…You are Dren-kun!"

Both Ichigo and Kisshu wonder, 'I thought she said that she believes that he is/I am Dren?'

Then she hugs Kisshu and cries out, "Welcome home, kiddo!"

Kisshu hugs her back and says, "Thanks, Mrs. Momomiya. You know when I came back five years ago, I had to admit that I thought Ichigo had an older sister that she didn't tell me about when I saw you." Mrs. Momomiya places a hand on her cheek and flaps her hand in front in embarrassment.

"Dren-kun, please!" she squeals.

"No really, I mean it!"

"Also," Ichigo interrupts. Her parents look at her as she grasps Kisshu's hand and says, "We'll be dating from now on and we plan on getting married when we're older." The word 'dating' and 'married' just blew Mr. Momomiya's head right off while Mrs. Momomiya is looking at the cute couple with sparkles and lovey-dovey stuff.

Then Mr. Momomiya yells, "Absolutely not! The Dren from eight years ago was shy but a good kid and I approved of that since he respected you, but now he's a violent gangster that can easily get you into drugs and violence!"

"Dear!" Mrs. Momomiya calls, getting out of her lovey-dovey trance.

"But daddy, he's not a gangster. He never was and never will be, right?" Ichigo asks, looking up at Kisshu.

He nods and says, "No thank you, I got enough of that from Hiroshima."

Mrs. Momomiya asks after her husband calmed down a bit, "Hiroshima? You were all the way over there?"

He answers, "Not really. I was sent to an adoption home and was adopted by drinkers from Osaka. I will never know why they wanted a kid in the first place, but I stayed with them for about two years; dealing with the millions of gallons of alcohol and their beatings. I ran away to get back to Tokyo but I took the wrong direction by going from Osaka to Hiroshima. I was attacked by gangsters there and it would seem that no matter where I'm going, I'm going to get beaten. So to survive, I fought back. Doing that made them leave me alone and I got food in my stomach. Half a year later, I was mobbed by two gangs who joined forces just to beat me to death. I was already half dead because I haven't eaten for a week. I was left to die on the streets but my little brother, Taruto found me and took me to his apartment that he and my older brother Pai were staying for a vacation. They treated my wounds so I wouldn't die just yet before they took me to the hospital. Then they found out who I am and they decide to adopt me. They took me back to Tokyo and we've been living in my old home for the past five years."

Mrs. Momomiya says, "I knew that someone must be living in that house. I thought it was haunted because I saw movement in there."

'Haunted?' Both Kisshu and Ichigo wondered.

Then Mr. Momomiya asks, "Likely story but how do you explain your eye color? Eight years ago, you had sapphire eyes."

"Eye infection," he answers. "Those guys that attacked me put oil in my eyes as torture while they beat me."

"And the hospital saved your eyes from behind completely blind, right?" Ichigo asks.

He answers, "Yep. The only difference now is my eye color."

Ichigo turns to her parents with a smile and asks, "And doesn't it look like his father's eye color now?"

Both of her parents lean forward a bit to look and Kisshu had to lean back so that it won't get awkward. Her mom says, "You're right. He had amber golden eyes if memory serves."

Her father agreed. "Indeed."

They both sat back down on the couch and Mrs. Momomiya says, "I approve of you two and I fully believe since he gave that helpful information."

Ichigo and Kisshu smile at that. Kisshu bows as they said, "Thank you!"

Mrs. Momomiya turns to her husband and asks with a dark threatening voice, "Dear?"

Both Ichigo and Kisshu look up at him and when he looks at them, they almost look like puppies wanting to be adopted. He can actually clearly see the puppy dog ears flat against their heads and the puppy tail wagging. Even their eyes look cute.

He immediately looks the other way and mumbles, "I'll approve of you dating but not the marriage part until you two are both thirty."

Mrs. Momomiya slaps him in the back of the head. "Dear!"

He grumbles, "Fine, eighteen!" That was good enough.

Ichigo hugs her father and Kisshu bows again. "Thank you!"

Mrs. Momomiya smiles at the scene and then turns to Kisshu and asks, "Why not have your family come over for dinner some time. I love to meet them."

Kisshu looks up at her and says, "Sure. Is tomorrow okay? My little brother was planning on making us dinner and if you tell him that we're going out to eat when he already has plans, he goes crazy."

She asks, "Oh, your little brother cooks?"

"And he cleans. He seems to enjoy that a lot."

"How have you three been living for the past five years? It sounds like you have no parents to help support you."

"Oh, no need to worry since my nii-san has a job."

The father grumbles, "What does he do? Drug deals?"

"Dad!"

Kisshu answers, "Similar. He's a doctor so instead of dealing, he sells the drugs to patients who need it. He's actually the youngest doctor who takes a summer job at the Tokyo Hospital while he works at schools during the school year."

"He's the school doctor, amazing! How old is he, if you don't mind me asking."

Kisshu looks up to try to remember and he answers, "He's about…seventeen, I believe." Both of Ichigo's parents just froze over from hearing that. Judging by their silence that they're shock, he tells them, "After middle school, he went straight to college and skipped more years there and got a doctors degree because he's a genius."

There silence for a good minute before they both exploded. "WHAT?!!!"

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At the dinner table at Kisshu's house, it was silent and they were barely eating. They would take a bite here and there but no one would talk or anything. All three just seem to be in a daze. Pai is red and he seems to be in a daze from that little note that Lettuce left when gave him the cookies, Taruto is red from what Pudding told him before he told her that he has to go home, and Kisshu is in a trance from what Ichigo told him before she kissed him goodnight.

What Pudding told Taruto was, "Taru-Taru!"

"Must you always call me that?"

"Yes! It's my friendly nick name to you, na no da! It's to prove that we're friends, na no da. You can just all me 'Pudding-san', if you want na no da."

"Oh, okay."

"One more thing, na no da!"

"What?"

"You shouldn't be filled with so much anger all the time, na no da. If you notice that your brothers are happy now, then that means that there is no reason for you to hold a grudge against things that no longer make them sad, na no da. Well that's what I think, na no da! Goodnight, na no da! See you tomorrow, na no da!"

Then with that, she went home from the park. He was so shocked by what she said that he didn't even mind the last part. If he just met her today, then who did she know that she's going to see him tomorrow? It probably means that she'll meet him at the park tomorrow but right now, he's still in shocked by her words that he came home with his head in the clouds. All he can think about is her words and her dazzling, childish smile she kept flashing at him.

Kisshu is red from after the craziness at her house. She told her parents that she's going to walk him home and the father warned they both better not do anything. Of course, her mom smacked him for that and told them to take as long as they want. They both walked back to his house holding hands. Ichigo goes in front of his door and then talks to him.

"Sorry about my crazy family."

"I'm used to it besides I didn't expect less from Mr. Momomiya, especially with the way I've been behaving lately."

"Yeah, my dad is way overprotective."

"But I hope that we can be like that when we're older."

"Me too. Kisshu,… or Dren-kun. Which one do you prefer?" He laughed at that.

"To me, it doesn't matter anymore. You can call me by my real name or by my new name. I doesn't change my feelings for you one bit."

"I love Dren-kun, but I also love Kisshu. I'm sure he doesn't mind if I go with Kisshu. Can I tell you something else too?"

"Anything."

"I know that you probably hate the fact that your parents died and that you and I had to be apart. I also know that you hate those adoptive parents of you for treating you like they did and you hated how your life was in Hiroshima. I understand that getting rid of all of that hate will take a while but there is something I need you to know." She hugs him and tells him, "I'm here for you. I'll help you get rid of that hate because I'll replace it with love." She goes up to him and kisses his cheek. He turns completely red and he's so shock to hear her say that. Then they start hearing her father having an episode but she ignores it. She tells him goodnight and goes back to her house; leaving him to daze off.

That was about it. All three of their heads are in the clouds while they were eating their dinner. There was just one problem. When Taruto was making dinner, his head was in the clouds so most of the stuff was over cooked and some were under cook. About an hour after they ate, one went to the bushes in the back, one went to the bathroom, and the other went to the trash. All three puked out their dinners.

Meanwhile, Ichigo was on her phone talking to both Pudding and Lettuce. "Then I told him that I knew he was and we kissed again! It was so good to kiss them again."

Pudding told her on the other line, "Lucky, na no da! I was only able to hug him but that's good enough for me, na no da. I get to see him tomorrow, so I'm happy, na no da!"

"I'm happy for you both," Lettuce told them on the other line. They know that voice.

Ichigo asks, "Lettuce, what's wrong?"

"Nothing! Nothing! I'm just happy for you guys!"

"Lettuce onee-chan told me that she made cookies for him and as soon as she saw him, she was so nervous that she left the basket on the desk for him, na no da," Pudding told Ichigo.

"Pudding-san!!"

"Aw, that's so cute!" Ichigo squealed. "You have a lot of courage to make cookies for him and to go to him when he was working. I'm proud of you, Lettuce!"

"Ah…Th-Th-Thank you, I-Ichigo-san." Both of her friends can literally see her blushing right now about what Ichigo just said.

Then Pudding brought up, "Has anyone heard from Mint onee-chan or Zakuro onee-chan, na no da?" That made them both quiet and tried to think about what else they did.

Lettuce answered first, "I didn't get a call from them and I didn't memorized their number."

"Me neither," Ichigo tells them, "All I memorized were yours. Those two should've called us by now."

"Maybe they don't remember, na no da."

"Not possible. Blue Knight said that the angels will remember. Maybe like what happened to us, something happened but it's taking them longer. Mint is head over heels for Ryou and I think the relationship between Keiichiro and Zakuro is getting somewhere."

"But," Lettuce starts, "what if they don't remember because they weren't in love with the agents. We remembered and we all are in love with them."

Ichigo admits, "Well I guess when you put it like that, all three of us were certain that we got love in return. Not one of them was told that they are also loved by the guys they like." Things were silent after that.

Finally Pudding lets out a sigh and says, "I have to get my siblings to bed, na no da. I'll talk to you guys later, na no da."

"Same here," Lettuce tells them. "I have to go to bed for school."

"Okay," Ichigo tells them. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight, na no da."

Then with that, all three hung up. Now that they got the boys back in their lives again, they're happy about that. But now all three are a little upset about their friends. Do they remember and forgot to call them? Or did they forget everything that happened between them all?

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"Hey, Masaya! Why were you late?!"

Both Kisshu and Ichigo heard that. They were just about to turn at a corner when they heard those jocks talking. Ichigo looked and she saw Masaya and his pals. Kisshu grabbed Ichigo's hands and told her, "Let's go, koneko-chan."

"Hold on a moment!" she whispered to him. "What are those jerks talking about?" Now he's surprise to hear that. The conversation continues.

"Well that girl Ichigo was supposed to meet me at the park this morning but she never showed up. I waited a whole hour for her but she never came. I should've told her 'no' about meeting her if she was going to make me late on the first day of school. Now it will look good on my record."

"Yeah, but at least you only got a warning."

'A warning?!' Ichigo yells in her thoughts. 'When Kisshu and I were late, we had to do community service and we had to join a dance. That is so unfair you principle's pet!'

"Well you know what, I saw her coming to school with the gangster and they looked pretty chubby together," one of the boys told him. Masaya raised a brow from hearing that.

"Oh really?" he asks.

The other one told him, "Yeah. They were talking, laughing, and they were even holding hands for a short moment in time."

"So that's why she ditched me? For a loser like that gangster?" When Masaya asked that, Ichigo is fuming and Kisshu remembers that all too well.

He places his hand on her shoulder and told her, "Calm down. I may not care but you'll get chew up if you get caught fighting."

So badly Ichigo wanted to say, "Yeah I know! I'll get suspended like last time!" But she doesn't say it because she got suspended when she was an angel and in the middle of the school year. Kisshu would just be confused.

One of the friends said, "That violent punk is a pain in the ass if you ask me! Right before Ichigo was going to confess to me one time, I was threatened to go to hell if I told her yes and dated her. Not to sound like a coward, I said yes. I just didn't want him to ruin this perfect face I have." Both Kisshu and Ichigo were ready to barf from that.

Masaya says, "What I want to know is why would Ichigo finally say yes to that guy? He was after her for years from what I could remember."

"He wasn't just after her," his friends corrected, "He was deeply in love with that witch." If Kisshu could get cat ears, his ears would be popping up now.

"Sounds like to me that she really changed over the summer. Maybe he slipped in some drugs into her and she then enjoyed the gangster life. A lot of things could happen during the summer."

Masaya rubs the back of his head and says, "Well I guess now I feel bad for both of them."

His friends asked, "Why?"

"Because Ichigo is going out with a weak, stupid son of a bitch like him and he's going out now with a selfish, whiny, stupid wench like her." Okay, they both snapped.

Kisshu was the first to go up to them. He grabs Masaya by the collar and pounds him to the lockers. Masaya's friends are scattered away from since they know his reputation and they certainly don't want to get messed up with him. But as they stood back, Ichigo tapped both of their shoulders. They turned around and she did a black flip. Her feet hit both of them in the chin and they both go flying. Her hit was hard as she stood up straight, flaming and angry as all hell. Like Kisshu is any different now.

He asks, "What did you say?"

Masaya is absolutely terrified as he asks, "Wh-What?"

Ichigo looks at him and yells, "You heard him, you fuckin asshole! If I heard correctly, you called him weak and stupid and a son of a bitch."

"And you called her a selfish, whiny, stupid wench. When it's obvious you just described yourself, dumbass!" Kisshu yells. He drops Masaya and he takes a few steps back to get away from the angry couple. He straightens his shirt and next thing he gets is two punches in the face. He goes flying about twenty feet from where he stood and both Kisshu and Ichigo stand up. "I hear that one more time or anything badmouthing her, I'll hunt you down and send you straight to the emergency room, personally!"

"You badmouth him again and I'll make sure that you die in that emergency room! And don't expect me to back off on that because I'm not afraid to get suspended or expelled like you weaklings!" After she says that, she spits at him and walks away. Kisshu does the same and they both are still fuming that they can kill something. But those guys are not worth it.

But when they came up the corner, guess who was there and heard everything; Mr. Takaharu. Both of them didn't look surprise or angry to see him. He looks down at them and asks, "Oh really? Come with me." They're angry expressions still didn't change. He started walking to his office and they fallowed. Kisshu has his arms crossed in front of him as Ichigo has her hands in fists on her side.

About half an hour later, Ichigo, Kisshu, Pai, and Mr. Momomiya are in Mr. Takaharu's office and Ichigo's father is having a tantrum as Pai is just quiet and calm.

"Expel the boy immediately!! Obviously he's the reason why my daughter got in a fight!" he screams.

Pai leans towards Kisshu and asks, "This is her father?"

He tells him, "Just wait till he starts looking like the devil."

"I thought he already did."

"Not yet."

Both Kisshu and Ichigo are still too angry to really care that they're in the principal's office and their guardians are here. Mr. Takaharu tried to reason with Mr. Momomiya. "Please, calm down. I'm sure that either of them didn't mean it."

"Sure as hell didn't mean it," they both mumbled. Unfortunately, all three adults heard that but Pai is the only one who wasn't surprised by it. He looks like he's already seen this all before and he's tired of having to go through the same processor all the time.

Mr. Momomiya still continues to yell and scream. "Even that! My daughter used to never swear! I should've never let them date!"

Pai asks like a lawyer defending his client, "And how long have they've been dating?"

"A day," he answers.

Pai tells him, "One day of dating seems highly unreasonable for the change in your daughter's behavior."

"Not to mention, I used to swear all the time," Ichigo tells him, acting like she's bored of all of this, "I just didn't do it in front of you."

Kisshu mumbles, shaking his head, "You should've heard her."

"You shut up, you wise ass punk!!" Mr. Momomiya yells, fire starting to escape his mouth now. All Mr. Takaharu does is raising a brow in surprise of now the parent swearing. All four of them are now acting like he's not there. Especially when Ichigo responds to her father's comment.

She stands up to face her father and yells, "Don't call him that, dad! It wasn't his fault that this happened! I was the one who stayed and hide to listen in on those jocks' conversation! All those morons are is stupid, weak, cunning, jocks that just mess with the hearts of the school girls here!" That was when Kisshu lost his anger.

He grabs her hand and tells her, "Calm down, Ichigo. I don't want you to get in anymore trouble."

Mr. Momomiya screams, "Get your hands off her!"

Ichigo tells him, "No!" Then she grabs Kisshu's hand and tells her father, "Those jocks were the ones that started it in the first place! They backstab at every chance they get when they think that people are not looking! They called Kisshu a weak, stupid son of a bitch!" Now they're surprise she said that.

Mr. Momomiya still tried to blame things on Kisshu as he yells, "But that's him! You have no right to stand up for this gangster!"

'For the last time, I'm/he's not a gangster,' both Pai and Kisshu thought, getting tired of hearing that as well.

Ichigo's voice goes dead and she also reminds, "They called me a selfish, whiney, stupid wench." Mr. Momomiya goes real silent for a couple of minutes.

Then he starts yelling at Mr. Takaharu, going, "I demand that you expel those jocks immediately!"

'Figures that will work,' Ichigo, Kisshu, and Pai thought watching him become the devil in front of Mr. Takaharu's desk like a lawyer and the judge.

Finally being part of the conversation, Mr. Takaharu says, "Mr. Momomiya and Ms. Momomiya please calm down and sit down." They did as they were told, hoping that by some chance, the principal will do as he was asked. Kisshu still holding Ichigo's hand started to stoke it to try and calm her down. "I cannot expel them since not only are they the victims of what happened and I have no physical truth of them doing anything besides being working hard students. But from what I've seen, I won't expel or suspend these two." Both Kisshu and Ichigo got bored once again as Mr. Momomiya raises a brow; Pai still sitting there calmly. "But I can give them two community services."

'Oh joy,' was all Kisshu and Ichigo could think about that.

"They both will clean the back of the school by cutting weeds, picking up the new or old leaves, and sweeping the floors. There is also a dance show coming up as well."

'Oh hell no! Don't tell me!' Ichigo fears, looking at the principal.

"I need you two to be part of it and the dance open is the tango."

Then suddenly, "I can't/don't dance!!" Both Ichigo and Kisshu yelled, going up to his desk. Mr. Takaharu, Pai, and Mr. Momomiya jumped a bit from the sudden yell.

The principal calmed down and says, "Well since you two are together and you trust one another, I don't see the problem."

Ichigo tried to say, "But-But-But the last time I did the maraca, I sent five people to the emergency room!"

Mr. Momomiya mumbles, "It's true." He got a glare from his daughter and he backed away in fear. Now Pai looks bored, unsurprised that his younger brother would act like this. He is a teenager after all.

Mr. Takaharu ignored them and says, "Classes start next week after school at the studio on the third floor. The lessons are from three to five and now both of you can go back to class." Both Ichigo and Kisshu collapse on his desk in defeat. Mr. Takaharu turns towards the guardians and says, "Thank you for coming today. I'm sure that you both have a busy schedule."

Pai tells him, "You just called us in case that you have to suspend or expel these two. Thank you for going easy on my immature brother."

"Well it is the first day of school."

Then with that, Kisshu and Ichigo go back to class while their guardians go back to work. But right when Ichigo was going to step in the classroom, she almost stepped into buckets of water. She went over them before she knocked them down by doing a handstand and landing on her feet. Their teacher told them that even though the principal gave them punishment doesn't mean that he doesn't get it. He told them to stand outside holding a bucket in each hand and standing out there for ten minutes. Ichigo saw that coming.

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When Lettuce was done playing the piano, she looks up hoping to see Pai there but he wasn't. He wasn't there listening to her play or clapping that she did a good job. It was just her in that room and all she can see is an empty hallway. She looks away and gets ready to cry.

She uses her sleeve to stop her tears and says, "Don't cry. Sometimes these things don't happen twice. Just deal with it, okay? There's always tomorrow. He works at this school and I attend this school." 'But, this was where we first met and learned about each other.'

Apparently, the meeting with the principal made Pai a bit behind in his work so he had to stare at his office longer than what happened before. Little did Lettuce know as she closes the piano and leaves the music room, still upset, Pai heard her play from his office. By the time he got there when the music stopped, Lettuce was heading for the elevator at the next corner. He saw her from the corner of his eyes and the only thing he saw was the green hair swaying in the wind when she walks.

'That hair!' He remembers the color of that girl's hair from when she left the cookies and the note for him. Immediately, he rushes to the corner to try and talk to her.

When he got to the corner, the doors were closing on the elevator. He yells out, "Wait!" and Lettuce heard him. But she couldn't stop the doors. For one moment, she saw Pai and he saw her again. Her cheeks flare up for a bit as the elevator closed the doors and she was heading back down to ground level.

She has her hands on both sides of her face and turns red. She wonders, 'Could it be…that he heard me?! Shoots, I left early!'

Ring

Ring

Ring

Lettuce goes to her pocket and her cell phone is ringing. Strangely how it has signal in a moving elevator. She checks the ID and it's an unknown. She answers, "Hello?"

"Lettuce, hi!" It's Mint.

Lettuce asks, "Mint-san?! You remember?!"

"How can I not? Listen! Come to the park as soon as you can! You're going to be really surprise."

"Why?" she asks, curious on Mint's call and her little enthusiasm.

"Because the Café Mew Mew is offering jobs."

"What?!"

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"Man, I hate this!" Ichigo whines leaning on the bench that both Kisshu and her are resting on for the time being. At least there was one thing that didn't change between them.

Kisshu tells her, "Can't be help. One thing with this principal is that once he makes a decision, he doesn't change it no matter what the excuses are."

Ichigo asks, "And you had experience?"

"You know it!"

Ichigo giggles and smiles as she says, "I forgot. You were acting all tough before I found out."

"It's only been a day since you found out. How can you forget things that fast?"

"I didn't completely forget about it. It's just going to take some getting used to on how the once irritating, stubborn Kisshu is actually the shy kind Dren-kun."

"I thought you told me that you love Kisshu."

"I do. Him and Dren-kun together. You're kind and stubborn at the same time." Then with that, she kisses his cheek and he turns red for one moment. 'Apparently, he still has his shyness left in him.'

Trying to be normal again, Kisshu asks, "Well shall we go home. I forgot to tell Taruto about coming to your place for dinner tonight so I need to tell him now and deal with his yelling and screaming."

"Is it as bad as my dad's?"

"Almost."

They got up and started walking back home, staying at least one inch away from the other. But as they were walking, Ichigo notices something. She stops and looks up and then gasps. Kisshu stops and looks up to see a pink castle looking building that could be two stories high.

Kisshu asks, "You know this building?" But she doesn't answer. She goes running to the door. "Hey! Ichigo!"

Ichigo just opens the door, which was unlocked, and enters to see both Mint and Zakuro inside, drinking tea together. From the sound of the door opening, they look up to see a very shock Ichigo. Zakuro softly smiles as Mint looks like she's angry.

"Did you have to come barging in here, Ichigo? It's rude to just barge in here."

Ichigo ignores that as she goes up to the table and hugs her. "Mint!" Mint turns red from the sudden hug as Zakuro jumps from that. Ichigo hugs Mint tighter and is on the verge of tears as she says, "Thank goodness. I thought you forgotten everything!" Ichigo lets go of Mint and goes to Zakuro. She hugs her as well and says, "You too! I was so worried."

Mint gets a vein pulsing on her head as she tells her, "You could've called if you were so worried."

Ichigo lets go of Zakuro and laughs nervously. She admits, "I didn't memorize your phone numbers like how I memorized Lettuce's and Pudding's."

Zakuro asks, "They remember too?"

Ichigo gets back her energized smile as she says, "Yep and the best part is that we all got the guys back in our lives!"

Mint asks, "Uh? You mean that they don't remember."

"Thankfully, they don't. I don't think Kisshu would've like it if he knows that he killed thousands of people that are still alive now."

"I bet he would think it was a dream more than it actually happened."

"Koneko-chan!"

All three girls look up at the door and Kisshu is by the door and he asks, "Why did you run off like that? You know this building?" Then he sees both Mint and Zakuro and blinks in surprise. Didn't expect to see them and they didn't expect to see him.

"Sorry Kisshu, but these are my friends," she introduces, "This is Mint and Zakuro I met them about six years ago and I was just telling them that I'm dating right now."

Getting the act, Mint asks, "So this is your boyfriend. He's cute. Can I keep him?"

Ichigo grows, "Hell no, Mint!" She's flaming up again and Kisshu is getting a little worried.

"What's the noise in there?" All four of them look to the kitchen and both Keiichiro and Ryou came out. Ichigo is now completely surprise to see Ryou and looking like how he did before he found out Deep Blue is his father. Oh crap, then!

Ichigo shutters, fearing the worst, "Keichiro?! Ryou! Bu-Bu-Bu-But how?!" Kisshu eyes the blonde boy and for some reason, gets jealous.

Ryou smiles and greets, "Nice to see you too, Ichigo."

Keiichiro smiles and says, "Good to see that you're doing well and with a boy no less."

Ryou looks at Kisshu like he just notices him and lets out, "Oh darn! And here I thought I could sweep you off your feet." Everyone senses a sudden dangerous, electronic field that it distracted Ichigo from being embarrassed and Mint angry. Ryou was the only one who didn't care as the others look at Kisshu and he looks incredibly dark right now.

He goes up to Ichigo and grabs her wrist. He pulls her towards him and holds her. Ichigo is surprise from the sudden action as Kisshu looks at Ryou and tells him, "Well she's mine now, thank you. No need to sweep anyone off their feet."

Ichigo is shaking a bit as everyone but Ryou thinks, 'He's deadly even when he's not an agent anymore.'

Trying to change the subject and the moon, Zakuro informs Ichigo, "Since we're all together again, we were thinking about a karaoke party in celebration."

"Karaoke party?" Ichigo asks, getting both Kisshu's and her attention.

Mint says, "Yeah, but we need Lettuce and Pudding too. Actually, I think I'll call them now." Mint goes to her pocket and takes out her cell phone is surprise about what she said about 'Pudding.'

"Pudding? The acrobat from yesterday? You know her?" Kisshu asks, remembering how his little brother got 'adducted' by her.

Ichigo defends, "I don't! They do!"

Kisshu is still suspicious as Ryou says, "And since this is a new café, I'm offering jobs. Would you like one, Ichigo?"

Kisshu pulls her closer as he says, "She's not getting a job here, especially when her boss is you."

Ichigo thinks, 'Sheesh, he's like dad who's still going through puberty.'

Ryou adds, "Well you can have a job too. You can even offer your little brother a job too."

Kisshu raises a brow and asks, "How did you know I have a little brother?"

"You just said it." Now he's pissing Kisshu off and Ichigo can tell with the three veins pulsing on his head.

Ichigo quickly tells them, "We accept but we have dance lessons starting next week so we're going to be late." The Mew Mews didn't need Ichigo to say anymore. They understand but now they're a bit nervous because they know what dance they're going to have to do and it didn't end well. Mint hangs up her phone when she heard about the lessons. Ichigo looks up at Kisshu and smiles. "If you work with me, then you don't have to worry right? You'll be here the whole time."

Kisshu lost all of his anger when he saw her smile. He looks the other way, embarrassed by how effective her smile is and says, "I guess."

Slams open

All six of them turn to the door and they see a sweating, trying to breathe Pudding and a dizzy Taruto that was being dragged by her. She looks shock as she looks at who's there and the inside of the building. Kisshu is surprise to see Taruto and unconscious like that no less. Pudding smiles and cheers, "Hooray, na no da!!! You're back, na no da! You're all back, na no da!! I'm so happy, na no da!"

Taruto stands up and asks, "You know these people, Pudding-san?" after coming back to earth.

Kisshu asks, "Pudding-san? You're friendly with her now after the attitude you showed her yesterday?"

Taruto attacks, "Like you showed any attitude yesterday, nii-san."

Mint asks, "This is your brother? He's so cute!"

Ryou adds, "Yep. He looks nothing like you." Now he has four veins pulsing and Ichigo is quivering with being in the arms of someone very, very deadly right now.

Ichigo quickly greets, "Hello, Pudding! Remember me? I was the girl from yesterday." Remembering that, Pudding got the idea that she doesn't know her.

"Oh right, na no da! Ichigo onee-chan, how are you doing, na no da? Thank you for the money by the way, na no da. I was able to buy desert for my siblings yesterday, na no da!" Kisshu blinks in confusion by that as Taruto turns red in embarrassment. It would only be a matter of time before Kisshu figures it out.

"Why don't you four sit down and I'll bring you something to snack on?" Keiichiro offers.

Right when Taruto and Kisshu were going to object, both Pudding and Ichigo let out, "Yes, please/Yes, please, na no da!!"

Kisshu asks in Ichigo's ear, "Why?! You're father is going to be more upset with you if we don't go now!"

Ichigo tells him, "We won't be for long. Can't we stay for a little bit? You can think of this as a date." The last word just heated Kisshu up like a marshmallow in the microwave.

He mumbles, "I guess it wouldn't hurt." Ichigo slightly cheers from his decision as Pudding was giving Taruto the old puppy dog pow. He fell for it without even realizing it.

They sat down at their own table and both Ichigo and Kisshu acted like they're on a real date. Pudding and Taruto are having a rather awkward talk for he knew nothing about her and it was real hard to talk to him when she already knows everything about her and he doesn't even it. But they had a few small talks here and there but it was still awkward. Mint and Zakuro had to admit that they were a little disappointed with that process but are glad with the results that both Kisshu and Ichigo are having. Then…

Boom

Everyone, including Keiichiro and Ryou from the kitchen, look up to see Lettuce at the door and she's trying her best to get air back in her lungs. They can see the cuts and bruises on her legs and they can see the dirt smudges on her face and arms. She's practically covered in sweat as Pudding goes up to her and hugs her immediately from seeing her.

"Lettuce onee-chan!!" she cheers. Taruto looks at this interested as Lettuce hugs her back and starts crying a bit.

"Thank goodness. Everything is still here," she whispers.

Mint and Zakuro get up and walk to her and she sees them. "Mint-san? Zakuro-san? You two remember?"

Mint lets out a sigh and asks, "Why do you people keep insisting that both onee-sama and I don't remember? Jeeze…"

Lettuce ignores that as she lets go of Pudding and hugs them as well. She breathes out again, "Thank goodness." Mint and Zakuro just smile and hug her in return.

Ichigo tells Kisshu, "Hold on a moment." Before he could say anything, she goes up to the happy group and Lettuce notices her. She backs away from Mint and Zakuro to hug her but Ichigo's eyes tell her to not do it. Then she smiles and greets, "Hello! My name is Ichigo Momomiya. I am very please to meet you. I'm a friend of Mint and Zakuro." Ichigo bows after her introduction.

Lettuce is confused but bows down and greets. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ichigo-san. My name is Lettuce Midorikawa." Lettuce looks up a bit and then sees Kisshu staring at them, curiously. She got it right then and there.

"Oh, Lettuce-san. Good to see you again."

Lettuce looks up at the kitchen and she sees Ryou and Keiichiro with a cup of hot tea. Her eyes blink in surprise when she saw Ryou in a form that she's already been so used to but if the Blue Knight changed the past so that they wouldn't end up infused, then how come Ryou still looks like Robert?

Keiichiro distracts her with, "Do you want some tea. It's cool right about now. I'm sure that your thirty after you ran all the way here."

Lettuce nods and accepts the tea. "Thank you," she tells him, sipping the tea.

Mint says, "Now that we're here, mind telling them what you told us." Kisshu and Taruto just sit there, feeling like they shouldn't interfere but they heard everything.

Ryou takes a breath and tells them, "Well you guys know that my mom and my real dad had problems so what happened, finally was that he went back to her and started listening to her. Then he won her back and got married fair and square. My mother's ex-boyfriend then had to go to a shrink and got better. Then I was able to come here because I told them that I wanted to see you guys again." For one moment, Ryou looks at Kisshu and he gets startled from that. Then Ryou goes to Ichigo and picks up her hand. He tells her, "And it was all thanks to you. I am entirely grateful." Then he kisses it and that set Kisshu off.

Suddenly Kisshu is behind Ichigo again and pulls her away into his arms. He glares at Ryou and tells him, "I'm sure that she feels the same. Mind keeping your lips to yourself?"

Ryou only smiles and tells him, "Of course. I keep forgetting that she's taken."

Even though Kisshu and Taruto got the fake story, the others pretty much figured it out what he meant. Blue Knight must have went back in time before the fight and listened to Angela's plea on drinking the water that she begged him to drink. He drank the water and cured the poison in his system. Then at the fight, he defeated Robert and suggested that he went through a purification ceremony. Then Angela and the Blue Knight got married and little Ryou was on the way already. No war between heaven and hell; just peace. Then that means that no one will infuse Kisshu, Pai, or Taruto and there will be no need for the girls to be infused as well. Problem solved and worried dissolved!

Keiichiro then tells them, "We're also going to have a karaoke party in celebration of being together again. The café won't open until three days from now so we can use those days on which to have the party. How about tonight?"

Kisshu tells them, "Sorry but we got dinner planned."

"Ahh, nii-san," Taruto calls, almost sounding nervous. He goes up to them and says, "I actually have nothing planned."

"Good because we were invited to Ichigo's house for dinner," Kisshu tells him. Taruto looks appauled.

He asks, "And you were going to tell me when?!!"

"You don't have anything planned anyway!"

Keiichiro asks, "Then how about tomorrow night?"

Kisshu was going to say something else but then the girls cheer, "Yes!" Kisshu collapses on the floor, letting go of Ichigo and shuns.

Taruto goes to him and pats his shoulders, "You got beat."

Ichigo turns to Kisshu and hugs him, bringing him back to the light. "You can come too, Kisshu! You can be my date!" He perks up at the word.

Pudding goes to Taruto and hugs him, saying, "And you can be my date, Taru-Taru!"

Taruto gets really red. He yells, "D-D-D-Date?! That's going too far too fast, Pudding-san." Then she puts the puppy dog pow again.

"You don't want too?" she asks, nearly whining. Taruto is doomed until one thought goes through his mind.

"How about we go as friends?! You know, start off as friends and then go from there," he suggests, hoping that she'll buy it. Even though it's not a date, hearing him say that if they start as friends, it can lead to somewhere gave Pudding a reason to smile and hug him.

"Hoorya, na no da!"

All Lettuce does is smile at her friend's happiness. Mint nudges Lettuce's side and asks, "What about you? You have a date in mind to bring tomorrow, right?" Lettuce turns a little red from that but it fades away, remembering how they were so close but not there. Lettuce looks away from Mint to not reveal her sadness, but they saw it; they all did. The only ones that didn't were the formal agents.

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"Listen girl! You seem to be smart so make the smart choice," one of girl ordered Lettuce.

Just like she know what's coming, the three girls who always order her around before are now cornering her in front of the pool on the second day of school. She could've avoided it, but she was so sad about Pai that she forgot. Now she's in a pickle and she's scared out of her wits. The difference between this one and the one she knows is that she wasn't infused with the heavenly powers of heaven so she has no powers over water. She is completely defenseless.

Lettuce is shaking by the corner of the gate as those three girls are in front of her with their hands on their hips. One leans closer to her and asks, "So?"

"We'll be your friends if you do what we say and do our homework," the other one tells her.

But all Lettuce does is shake her head in no. "I'll be your friend but you two need to do your own work. It won't be fair to the other students." Her voice is small and a little shaking. They can tell but it didn't bother them. What did was the fact that she disobeyed them.

The leader grabs her collar and pulls her close to her. Lettuce is terrified now as the girls tells her, "Don't act all high and mighty just because you skipped a grade! Do you think you're better than us because of that?! Just because you're new here, doesn't mean that we'll go easy on you! Now do as we say and we'll be best friends, alright?"

Lettuce still shakes her head, saying, "No! I already have best friends so please let me go." That set the girl off. The girl gets ready to punch Lettuce and she sees that. She closes her eyes, ready for the punch but someone stops them.

"You three, stop it, now!" a stern and hard voice yells. The girls look at the entrance of the gate to see Pai there, glaring at the three girls threatening Lettuce.

'Pai-sensei!'

Lettuce is surprise by his sudden appearance. But then remembers that when she was close to drowning these girls, he comes in and comforts her. Maybe this will not be different.

One of the girls ask, "Who are you, punk?"

"Pai Takokujin and your school doctor," he answers, his voice hard and very scary.

Those girls fell for that as one of them asks, "Y-Y-You're….Can't be! You're way too young!"

"If you don't believe me, then allow me to call the principal and they can tell you in his office, where you three will also be expelled for threatening a student." Those three really freaked out this time. Besides the threat, he just looks way to terrifying than his agent self, from Lettuce's point of view. Looks like he doesn't need the hellish powers to be life threatening.

The three girls drop Lettuce and ran out of there; climbing the fence to escape and not be anywhere near him. They ran like they're on a two hundred meter dash. Lettuce, on the floor, fixes her collar as both her and Pai watch them run away like mice. It was pathetic.

Pai goes to Lettuce and offers his hand to her. She looks up at him, a little red as he asks, "You alright?" His voice and his face are softer now as he looks down at her.

She nods and accepts his hand. He helps her up and she bows down to him. "Thank you for helping me."

"You're the girl from the hospital, aren't you?"

She gasps and looks up at him, surprise that he mentions that. He also reminds, "And you were in the music room yesterday. I heard you playing the piano but I didn't see you. That piece was 'Ode to Joy,' wasn't it?"

She nods and answers, "It was one of my favorite pieces created by Beethoven. Did you like the cookies, Takokujin-sensei?"

"They were very good, thank you," he answers. "But there is something I want to ask. Why did you do that and left that note inside?" Lettuce turns red as she remembers the note she left him. He must think that she's weird since she left that note for him and they don't know anything about each other. Well Lettuce does but he doesn't. Is that considered a stalker for knowing everything about the other without actually meeting?

She has to say something so she mumbles him, "Well…uh…" He raises a brow in confusion as she looks down at the ground and let her imagination run wild through her mouth. "I wanted to thank you for helping other people rather you didn't know them or not. I skipped a grade and ended up in high school and you looked so young yourself to be a doctor so I thought that you and I can understand one another. Those cookies were a thanks and a way to show that I want to…be your friend. That note was something to tell you because when I first saw you, you looked so sad and tormented by something. I wanted to help so I put that note in to tell you that you're not alone anymore. I'm sorry if I sound weird but-" She was interrupted.

His hand went under her chin to make her look at him and he kissed her lips. Her eyes widen in shock from that. She wasn't expecting to feel these lips for a long time, but she's too afraid to kiss him back for making him think that she really is a stalker. After a moment, he pulls away quickly, surprise that he actually did that. He's also red.

He tells her, "Sorry. I didn't mean to…It's just…" He can't seem to finish any of his sentences but he doesn't need to.

In Lettuce's heart, she thinks that maybe by some chance they're still connected. She touches her lips, still having his taste on her lips and she smiles a bit. She does turn red from the kiss, but she looks up at him and tells him, "It's okay, Takokujin-sensei." He looks at her, surprised. He expected her to probably run away and think that he's some kind of pervert or something. But instead, she just smiles at him and tells him, "I know that was weird but how about we be friends. We seem to have thinks in common but we can get to know each other as friends. Is that okay, Pai-sensei?" He stares at he for a good minute as his blush fades away a bit.

Then he nods and says, "Alright." She smiles at his decision and he lightly smiles at her.

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A neverending dream a dream of you I believe I received a sign of you
tonight I want to hide my feelings too
as you do and I want to be with you

When Pudding finishes her song, she smiles and gives everyone a peace sign. Everyone applauses and Pudding bows.

It's finally the karaoke party and it seems that everyone is having a blast. Ichigo and Kisshu are enjoying themselves and when Pai came home that day, Taruto told him that they're going to a party and he's welcome to come. Then they told him about how Ichigo found out about Kisshu and how Taruto met a strange but fun girl named Pudding. Kisshu even teases Taruto about that and he got hit in the head for that, by Pai. When he got there, he sees Lettuce and that was awkward. She was trying to say that she wanted to invite him but she thought it would be too weird to suddenly do something together when they just met. Pai forgave her after she looked like she was going to hyperventilate by apologizing. Kisshu and Taruto ask him if he knows her and he says that she goes to the school he's working at. They both started to tease him that he's hitting on a student. They both got hit in the head for that. While Lettuce is as red as a cherry, both Ichigo and Pudding just shook their head in disappointment. Ichigo even mumbles that even though Kisshu is Dren, it's going to take some time before he breaks the habit of teasing.

Pudding gives Mint the microphone and then goes to Taruto to hug him. "Tau-Taru!" she cheers. He turns red as she asks him, "How was it? Was I good?" How is he going to answer that in front of so many people and they're staring at them.

He looks the other way and says, "It was okay, I guess." She accepts that for now, hoping that soon he'll open up more.

Mint asks, "Okay, who's next?" That got an idea lightening up over Taruto's head.

He says, "How about we let Kisshu have a try?"

"Taruto," Kisshu calls. When he looks at him, Kisshu looks really, really, really scary with the dark aura and everything. "What the hell makes you think that I can sing?"

While Taruto is practically scared out his mind that he's as white as a ghost, Mint suggests, "How about that Ichigo sings with you. You two can do a duet." Now both of them are red.

They both said, "No way! We can't sing."

Pai asks, "Like how you two can't dance?" That shot them dead in the head. But Mint ignores that as Zakuro looks through the book for a song.

Mint gives them both a microphone and tells them, "Everyone has to sing so you two might as well get it over with it." She pushes them up in the front and both Ichigo and Kisshu are just thinking one thing now.

'We're doomed.'

Zakuro finds a song and asks Mint, "How about this one?"

Mint looks at the tile and the artist and tells her, "I don't know this song. Is it any good?"

"I don't know," Zakuro tells her. "But it comes with a music sheet incase. Seems like it needs a piano." Mint blinks and then smirks.

Mint takes the music sheet and gives Lettuce the music sheet. "Can you play this for them? It needs a piano."

Lettuce turns red and asks, "Me?"

"Hold on!" both Kisshu and Ichigo yell. They ask, "What song is it?"

"Happy Ending by Mika. You know this one?" Mint asks.

They both mumble, "Unfortunately, yes."

"Good. Now you both can sing it."

Mint pushes Lettuce to the piano and Lettuce looks at the music and then at her friends in the front. 'I'm sorry, Ichigo-san. I'm sorry, Kisshu-san.'

Pai looks over Lettuce's shoulder and then whispers in her ear, "I'm sure you'll do fine."

Lettuce turns red from that but nods and says, "Thank you." She sets herself ready with the piano as both Ichigo and Kisshu start freaking out.

"What do we do now? We're doomed!" Kisshu mumbles to her.

She tells him, "Well I'll take the backup parts and you can take the main ones. It is a guy singing the song."

He tells her, "What makes you think that I can sing that high?!"

Ichigo pats his shoulder and tells him, "I'm sure you'll be fine, Kisshu. I believe in you."

He just mumbles, "Traitor."

When Lettuce was ready, she looks up at the two and asks, "Ready?"

They both let out a sigh and nods. Might as well get it over with, but this is embarrassing. Then she starts playing and Ichigo (italic and bold) sings first. Kisshu (italic) comes up later as Ichigo starts to sing.

Happy Ending by Mika

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.

When it was Kisshu's turn, he was a little red but his voice is good.

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wastin'
And I'm wastin' everyday

When Ichigo started to sing again, she got used to the feeling on singing and Kisshu looks at her as a form of inspiration.

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Kisshu sings again and this time, he feels a little comfortable now, especially with Ichigo by his side.

2 o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just carried on

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wastin'
And I'm wastin' everyday

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

A Little bit of love, little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love [repeat]

The audience then started to clap in rhythm of the music as Lettuce is now enjoying playing the piano for these two.

I feel as if I'm wastin'
And I'm wastin' everyday

Everyone even started to sing with them for a bit on the next verse.

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
To live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Since it was close to the end, the clapping stopped and Ichigo got the solo to herself. This time, singing with her heart.

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.

Everyone claps and Taruto and Pai have got to admit. Their brother was good and when he sang with Ichigo, it was magical. Everyone claps as Kisshu looks at Ichigo and gently touches her cheek with the back of his hand. She looks up at him and smiles. Then with the microphone in one hand, her hand goes to the back of his neck and kisses him. Not caring anymore, he kisses her back and pulls her close. Pudding giggles and looks at Taruto. He notices it that and looks the other way, blushing red. Lettuce looks up at Pai and smiles at him. He could help but smile back at her. Mint looks at Ryou and he notices it. He smiles at her and she turns red from the smile. Zakuro and Keiichiro just look and smile at one another.

The difference between the song and now is that there is a happy ending.