A/N: Hi guys!! I have two questions to ask of you. Number one! Should I add another chapter to this story to see how everyone is coping with Kisshu and Ichigo being dead and what happens after or should I just leave it at that? And number two! Should I write down in author's note things like how I'm communicating with the TMM characters or leave no author's note at all unless I have an announcement or question like before? I don't know. But I do need answers so let me know!!

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Ch. 12: Restore

After moments of crying, Flamiche's tears begin to cease. Kisshu is still leaning against his brother's back at the time. Flamiche tries to calm himself down before he asks, "Kisshu, do you think I failed mother and father?"

Kisshu shakes his head. "No." To express his answer, his hands move from his back to his neck. He circles his arms around his neck and Flamiche can feel them around him. It causes him to smile a bit with sad eyes.

"Even though you did, I feel like you didn't fail me either," Flamiche tells him. "The mission was to save the people we love and you love that girl, right? Even though she's a human?"

Kisshu answers, "Who cares if she's human!" His arms tighten on his hold to prove his point as he tells him, even though he can't hear, "I love her all the same."

Almost like he did hear him, Flamiche lets out a chuckle. "I guess you're right about that." Kisshu couldn't help but smile at the success of his brother understanding. Then he gasps when he suddenly has a really bad feeling.

Kisshu pulls his arms away from Flamiche all too quickly for Flamiche to feel comfort. Kisshu stands up and he's suddenly very, very worried. "Ichigo!!" The weird part, Flamiche heard him. But when Kisshu turns around to go to Ichigo, she's suddenly right there in front of him as soon as he turned around. He jumps back from the sudden surprise as Ichigo takes a step back from Kisshu's sudden jolt. Kisshu lets out a deep breath and places his hand on his chest over his heart like he just had a heart attack. "Don't ever do that again, koneko-chan," he tells her. "You scared the death out of me." After breathing for a moment, Ichigo doesn't say anything and that is weird. Kisshu calms down and asks, "Are you alright? I got worried all of a sudden." That was when she started crying. He's surprised by her tears as she looks really sad and guilty.

"Kisshu," she whimpers. "I am so, so sorry."

"Koneko-chan," he calls gently. "What are you sorry for?"

"Mew Ichigo," he hears Flamiche breathes out. Kisshu turns around to look at his brother as he stands up.

"Flamiche?" Kisshu calls, confused. Of course he doesn't hear his younger brother as he begins to run right pass them. The weird part is that he just ran like he didn't even see Ichigo. Like she's not here…

Kisshu looks at Ichigo in surprise when his brother left as she raises her hand so that her palm is facing him. A bit cautious, he raises his hand and gently presses his against it. But to him, her hand feels solid. He pushes even more and still his hand won't go through. He gasps in shock. He pulls his hand away quickly and she slowly drops hers. He asks, "A-a-are you…dead?" Ichigo's only answer was a nod. From her answer, he yells out, "Damn it!" Ichigo jumps from the sudden swear as she hears him starting to blame himself. "Why did I listen to you about staying here?! If I was there, then you wouldn't be dead. Damn it, I failed my promise."

Ichigo quickly tells him, "Kisshu, listen to me! I'm happy I died." Kisshu looks at her startled by what she said but also in shock of what she could mean when she said those words. But she explains, "It's not that I committed suicide or that I was hoping that I would die in battle. It was an accident. Masaya is dead as well. He actually wasn't completely being controlled by Deep Blue like he claimed and Masaya tried to take control over his body again. But right before Deep Blue died, he sent a blast at me unexpectedly. Both of them are dead and I got hit. There was a sharp rocking sticking out from the commotion we created." She died…similar to how Kisshu died.

He tells her, "That is exactly why it's my fault that you died. I should have protected you from that blast and you would still be alive now."

"As I said before, Kisshu," she starts. "I'm happy I died because then now we can be together."Of course he's surprised to hear that. Counting the time that in the park and when he came back, this is the third time that she ever said something about a relationship they have with the other. But hearing it causes Kisshu's heart to bleed.

"You think I want that?!" he asks her. "If I had wanted that, I would have told you to commit suicide the day I came to you after I died."

"Kisshu, I get it alright!" she yells, now a bit irritated. He stays silent as she asks, "You were going to say that you wanted me to live a full and happy life, right?" He took a moment but he nods. "But I can't. That's the thing." Kisshu's eyes are wide in surprise of that but for only a moment. "I can't live a full and happy life, not without you. How do you expect me to live the rest of my life without you if I had lived pass this?" Her hands rise up to his face, both of them and now they cup his face without going through his skin. Her hands and his face feel solid to each other. He can feel her caring touch and oh how he longed for this touch. Then she tells him, "I love you, Kisshu."

Ichigo can clearly see that Kisshu did want this to happen but it wasn't the right thing to do. It was only his selfish desire. Now it's happening right now. His hand goes to her face and his thumb rubs against her cheek, now soft and solid to him. He tells her softly, "I love you too."

Ichigo then smiles. "I know," she says. "Let's be together forever, okay?" He didn't answer with words, only his lips. He quickly kisses her and she instantly gives into the kiss. Now that they can touch each other, they can now kiss as hard and firm as they want without holding back. Ichigo's arms circle around his neck and his arms wrap around her body. They hold each other tight and they pull each other closer to deepen the kiss.

Soon the kiss ended and both of them just stared into each other's eyes for a moment longer. Ichigo goes back to her story shortly after they took a rest. "Masaya gave me one more thing when I died." Kisshu looks confused as Ichigo slides her arms off him and pulls away from his hold. But she grabs his hand and places it over his heart. When he touches it, it feels so warm, nostalgic, and really powerful. His eyes widen in surprise of the power and looks at her as she tells him, "The Mew Aqua was inside his body the whole time. The last small fragments of it entered his body when he turned into Deep Blue. With this, I cannot only restore earth to its natural beauty but I can also restore your planet as well."

He asks out of concern, "But what will it do to you?"

She answers, "I will feel weak but I'll be alright. I'm dead. What's the worst that can happen? However, I can't do it by myself. I need your help."

Kisshu stares at her a moment longer, still trying to progress it all in his mind. Then he softly smiles at her and grasps her hand. "What do you wish for me to do, koneko-chan?"

She smiles from his question. She doesn't answer the question as she goes up to him and hugs him; her arms wrapped around his chest. He hugs her back with one arm around her waist and the other with its hand in her short neon pink hair. He holds her close and they both stay silent to savor the moment.

Soon Ichigo tells him, "Let's save our homes together. It's the last thing we can do before we go, right?"

He nods. "Yes." He looks down at her face again and she looks up at his. They kiss again without another word.

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The Mew Mews are still at the bottom of the castle resting or at least trying to stop their tears. But it's hard. Pai did after all die to save Lettuce and Taruto was Pudding's best friend, to her at least. Now both of them are dead and Lettuce and Pudding are trying to stop crying. Mint and Zakuro are still resting and they are still at the same spot they collapsed at, waiting for Ichigo to come down those stairs.

Then they hear footsteps coming down the stairs.

Mint and Zakuro look up and Mint asks, "Ichigo?!" Lettuce and Pudding look up after hearing Mint's call. But instead of seeing their best friend, they see Flamiche slowly coming down the stairs with their best friend in his arms. He's carrying her bridal style and her head is limping backwards. Mint asks as soon as she sees them, "Flamiche! What did you do to Ichigo?"

At the bottom of the stairs, Flamiche answers sadly, "I did nothing." After that answer, the girls thought they could breathe easier now but why is Ichigo asleep?

Lettuce asks, "But what's wrong with her?"

"I did nothing," Flamiche repeats. "But she's dead. I found her with a sharp rock through her body." None of the girls could believe what they're hearing. Ichigo is dead?!

Mint then gets up and runs to him. The other girls watch as Mint only stops a few feet away from Flamiche and Ichigo. She gasps and covers her mouth in terror. Now that she's closer, she sees the wound the rock created on the body. Mint sees Ichigo's bloody Mew Mew uniform and her chest is not going up and down to show that she's breathing.

"It can't be true," Mint breathes out, unable to believe what' she's seeing. The other girls' eyes widen and soon Lettuce and Pudding could feel more tears coming. Mint is crying too as she screams, "IT CAN'T BE!!" She collapses on the floor again and begins to sob in her hands. Flamiche just stares at her a bit longer, seeing the grief this girl has over Mew Ichigo. Zakuro looks down at the ground tragically and tries to hold back her tears of grief. As the girls cry, Flamiche looks up and around. He sees the damages that the fight down here created and he sees the bodies Pudding and Lettuce are next to. Pudding is still holding the dead body of Taruto as Lettuce is leaning over Pai's body.

"Did they die for your sakes?" Flamiche asks. Hearing that causes both Lettuce and Pudding to cry again. Even more now since their friend is also dead. Flamiche takes that as an answer; yes.

Rumble

The Mews and Flamiche look up sharply as the ground beneath them continues to shake. An earthquake or a ship quake?

Mint asks, "What's going on?!"

Flamiche answers, "There's something wrong with the ship. We have to leave now!" As the rumble continues and now boulders are falling from the ceiling, Flamiche rushes to Mint. Lettuce and Pudding are holding onto both Taruto and Pai as the rocks continue to fall. Flamiche passes Ichigo to Mint and tells her, "Take Mew Ichigo's body and go to Pai. Hurry!!"

Before Mint could nod, Flamiche gets up and flies over to Pudding and Taruto. Mint gets up as best as she can with Ichigo's body limping on her and she runs to Lettuce. Zakuro gets up as well and fallows her. When Pudding senses Flamiche's presence, she opens her eyes and looks up at him. He takes Taruto's body and Pudding allows him. He tells her, "I'll take Taruto. Go to Pai." He gets up before she could answer. As he flies over to the ground, Pudding tries to get up as best as she can and runs after him. One or two times after she pass a certain area, the ground would crack and separate from each other. Lettuce is still covering her ears from the commotion even though she's surrounded by her friends.

Flamiche arrives with Taruto's body and with Pudding fallowing him. He places Taruto on the ground next to Pai and orders everyone, "Make sure you're all in physical contact with each other!"

Mint instantly grabs Zakuro's hand and Zakuro grabs Lettuce. Lettuce grabs Pai and Flamiche moves Taruto's arm close so that Taruto and Pai would touch. Pudding grabs a hold of Taruto and then Flamiche's wrist. He grabs on to Ichigo's hand and concentrates. In moments time, he teleported everyone from the shaky grounds of the castle to the still ground of earth. On earth, they let go of the other and look up at the sky.

The castle begins to dissolves into billions and billions of molecules into thin air. In moments it was completely gone but then a big bright white light appears from where the castle once was. The light became so bright that the mew mews and Flamiche had to cover their eyes to protect them. But in that light, Ichigo and Kisshu are there. Ichigo stands before Kisshu and Kisshu watches as Ichigo places her hand over her chest where the Mew Aqua should be. She pulls her hands from her chest and with it, the Mew Aqua is pulled from her breasts. She presents it to Kisshu and he places his hands under hers. Then they pull their hands away and thus separating the Mew Aqua. Ichigo puts her half back into her chest and Kisshu puts his half in his bosom. Once the Mew Aqua completely enters their bodies, they both end up glowing white. They lean back and Ichigo's hand points to the sky. Up from the dark shadows above Tokyo, colorful bubbles begin to fall from the sky.

The light begins to fade and the Mew Mews and Flamiche open their eyes and lower their arms. When they see the colorful bubbles falling from the sky, they look up to watch them fall. Soon trees and flowers begin to grow. They look at the ground when they notice how flowers and trees suddenly appeared. Then they see the bubbles land on the once fallen buildings of Tokyo. Just like the flowers and trees, the mess Deep Blue created disappears and the buildings are standing as if they were never destroyed. The bubbles give off a soothing light and the Mew Mews and Flamiche notice that when the bubbles fall on them, they feel so warm.

Pudding looks up and wonders, "This is…Mew Aqua, na no da?"

Zakuro has her hand over her chest as she mumbles, "Such a wonderful feeling."

Mint looks at her arms and lets out in surprise, "My scars and wounds are gone!"

Lettuce looks at her hand and gasps in surprise. Then she sees something at the corner of her eyes. She looks up at Pai's body and she sees a very shocking sight. She sees a glowing Kisshu kneeling before Pai as if he's checking his body. "Geeze, Pai!" he lets out. Everyone heard him and gasp. They look at him and he seems to be ignoring him. He scratches the back of his head as he says, "When I mean 'follow your feelings', I don't mean throw your life away when you could do so much more. Next time, create a barrier or something." Then he hovers his hand over Pai's forehead and moves it down to his back. Slowly, Pai's disjointed body begins to return back to it's proper form. When Kisshu hovers his hand back to Pai's forehead, Pai then opens his eyes. Lettuce couldn't believe what she's seeing as Kisshu pulls his hand away and Pai flutters his eyes open.

When Pai looks up and sees Kisshu, his eyes widen and he suddenly sits up. "Kisshu?!" he breathes out in surprise.

Kisshu greets, "Yo, Pai! Scuse me." He flies over Pai's body and glides down to Taruto. Pai's eyes didn't look away as Kisshu shakes his head when he sees Taruto. "And they call me the idiot." He does the same to Taruto as he did to Pai but instead of hovering his hand over Taruto's body, he just places his hand over his forehead. In seconds, Taruto opens his eyes and gasps. He pants to breathe in the earth air as Pudding can feel her heart pounding with joy in her chest.

Taruto sees Kisshu and lifts himself up in a sitting position like Pai. "Kisshu?!"

Kisshu looks annoyed as he tells them, "Okay, guys. I think I know my name by now. 'Nice to see you again' would be nice, maybe." Then Pudding could no longer contain it.

"Taru-Taru!!"

Before the three aliens knew it, Pudding hugs Taruto and she pushes him back to the ground. "Aaahh!!" he lets out before crashing onto the ground. Kisshu watches blinking as Pudding has tears at the corner of her eyes.

"You're alive, na no da!" she cheers. "Taru-Taru's alive, na no da!"

Taruto grunts, "Yeah, I get that!" Kisshu just shakes his head in disappointment.

"Pai-san!"

Kisshu looks up and Pai does the same. Next to him is Lettuce. She's smiling and she has tears at the corners of her eyes. She tells Pai, "Thank goodness. You're alive. I'm so glad." Then her tears explode from her eyes. Kisshu stares at Pai, waiting to see what his reaction would be.

Pai's eyes grow tender and his hand rises to her face. She looks at him as he wipes away a tear. "The sight must have been terrible," he tells her. "I'm sorry you have to witness it." But all Lettuce does is hold his hand and presses it against her face. She smiles warmly at him and he had to give her a small smile to reassure her. Kisshu smiles at how his friends are progressing with their girls.

He rubs his nails on his shirt and notes, "My work here is done." Pai, Lettuce, Taruto, and Pudding look at him like they didn't notice him before and Mint's eyes widen in disbelief.

She screams, "What about Ichigo?!"

Kisshu looks at her and then sees the body she's holding. He stares at Ichigo's body for a moment before smiling. He tells her, "Sorry, but I can't."

"Why?" she asks, angry. "I thought you love her!" He doesn't lose his smile. In fact, he disappears. Everyone gasps in surprise of his disappearance before they hear, "Hey, honey! You done yet?"

When the others turn around, they see both Kisshu and Ichigo, who is also glowing. He holds her hand like he's leading her as they gently land on the solid ground of earth. He just looks at her as she looks at only him as well. She giggles slightly and tells him, "Almost. Your leader left quite a damage in Tokyo and most of the earth is still contaminated."

Kisshu lets go of her hand and scratches his chin. "Hmmm," he lets out. "I wonder why." Ichigo slightly hits him in the side with her elbow and he laughs. "Ow." She laughs with him as well.

"Ichigo?!" Mint calls.

Both Ichigo and Kisshu look at the group like they just remembered that they're there. Now everyone is standing up and staring at them in disbelief since one glowing person is someone who has been dead for weeks and the other is just recently dead. The bubbles are still falling.

"How the heck did you die?" Mint asks, her voice close to crying. "Did you commit suicide or something?"

"I just explained that," Ichigo answers. "I died because of a battle accident. Do you think I would run into a sharp stone and have it go all the way through my body? Not possible with my strength."

"Okay, honey," Kisshu says, getting her attention. "I don't think we need the gruesome details."

"I'm just saying," Ichigo tells them. Then he turns to her friends and smiles. "I am sorry that it happened, guys. But I'm happy. Tell my parents that I'm sorry too but there is something I need to do and I can't do it when I'm alive."

Kisshu grasps her hand and brings it to his mouth. Ichigo looks up at him as he gently kisses it and says, "We have one more stop to go before we can leave for good." Ichigo nods in agreement.

Mint asks, "Where?"

Both of them answer, "Just one more planet to restore." The aliens' eyes widen in shock of which planet they mean.

Then the bubbles stopped falling. As soon as the last bubble hit the ground and sprouted another flower, Ichigo feels really weak. For one moment, the living doesn't see her like she just disappeared but Kisshu sees her ready to faint. Ichigo falls towards Kisshu's direction and he catches her. When Kisshu touched her, she became visible for the others to see. "Whoa!" Kisshu lets out, catching her. Ichigo leans on Kisshu's shoulder for a bit before looking up at him. He asks her, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm a little tired," she answers. "But I'll be fine." Then both of them look back at their friends. Ichigo tries to straighten herself as Kisshu still holds her up. She tells them, "This is the final good bye, guys." That was when her friends started to cry again. Tears exploded from their eyes and rolled down their faces, well Mint, Lettuce, and Pudding are crying like that. Zakuro is trying to hold her crying back. But they weren't the only ones crying, tears begin to fall from Ichigo's eyes as well. She tries to say, "Take care of my parents, okay?" They didn't answer. Mint, being the closest, nods with her hands covering her eyes to try and hide her tears.

Kisshu then turns his attention to Pai and Taruto. "Pai, Taruto!" he calls. They look at him and he says, "When you guys go home, don't be gone too long. You both have something on earth to return too."

"Shut up, idiot!" Taruto yells, tears starting to fall from his eyes as well. Taruto tries to wipe them away and Kisshu just lets out a small chuckle from his reaction.

Then he looks at Ichigo. She nods and he kisses her forehead. When she lets her go, she disappears from the eyes of the living. Her friends call, "Ichigo!"

But then Kisshu flies up to Flamiche. Before he knew it, Kisshu hugs him. Flamiche's taken back by the hug as the smile on Ichigo's face sweetens. Flamiche is surprise by his touch. Kisshu doesn't feel like he can go through his body. It almost feels like he's right here in front of him but he has no warmth. Before he could progress it, Kisshu pulls away. "Stop getting so upset all the time," Kisshu tells him. "Also, go find yourself a girl. Love can do many strange things to a person and it can make them do strange things too." He winks right after he said that and Ichigo has an eerie feeling from that wink.

"Kisshu!" Ichigo calls a little embarrassed. Kisshu looks at her confused as she tells him, "Don't say things like that!"

Kisshu lets go of his brother and shrugs his shoulders. "I'm just saying." The others are confused but Flamiche only smiles.

Kisshu feels Flamiche's hand on his head and looks up at his older brother. He says, "Now I understand why you love Ichigo so much." Ichigo is blinking in surprise as Kisshu looks like he's getting the wrong idea of his older brother's words.

"When I say get a girl, I don't mean my girl, Flamiche!" Kisshu tells him as another way of saying 'Back off, buddy!'. But Flamiche only continues to smile.

Now he's ruffling his brother's hair as he says, "You're still a hot head, little brother." Kisshu crosses his arms in front of his chest and he pouts like a little kid. Ichigo laughs.

"Now I know where Kisshu gets his teasing character from," she notes before laughing again.

Kisshu turns to her after he heard that and whines, "Koneko-chan!!" She continues to laugh as Flamiche then starts to pat his head.

Kisshu looks back at him as his brother says, "I'll miss you, Kisshu." Kisshu stands still and stares from that. Flamiche pets his head a little more before dropping his hand from his head.

Then Kisshu smirks and tells him, "Get yourself a girl and you won't miss me as much." After he said that, he goes back to Ichigo. She offers her hand to him and he grasps it, causing her to appear in front of everyone again. He asks her, "Shall we go?"

Ichigo nods at him before they both look at their friends. She waves as she tells them, "Bye-bye!" Then Kisshu flies up and helps Ichigo up in the air. She fallows him and he leads her up to the sky.

Some of her friends scream, "Wait!!" But they just continue to fly off to Kisshu's planet. Soon they were lost with the billion of stars in the night sky, not looking back.