Memory Loss

Ichigo finds Kisshu unconscious in an alley while on her way home from another day at Cafe Mew Mew. However, she discovers something strangely unexpected after waking him up. Kisshu somehow ended up getting amnesia, and he doesn't remember who he is... or anything about Ichigo. Will Kisshu ever get his memory back, or remain forever without ever remembering Ichigo? And how will Ichigo be able to help him? Well, I'll just let you find out. ^_^

I don't own TMM; just my insane imagination.

Chapter 1 Amnesia?

Ichigo was walking home from another long and exhausting day of working at Cafe Mew Mew, and she was still frustrated with Mint for not helping out. Honestly, all she ever did was sit around drinking her tea while Ichigo and the other Mews did all of the work.

As she was walking, she suddenly noticed someone either asleep or unconscious in an alley. Sighing, she decided to go over and see who it was. 'It couldn't hurt to go look, I guess,' she thought to herself. When she was close enough to get a good look at who it was, she immediately realized it was Kisshu.

'But why would Kisshu be sleeping in an alley?' she thought. 'If Pai had anything to do with it, I'm gonna have to have a word with him about it the next time I see him!' She knelt down next to him and gently shook him to wake him up. "Kisshu?" she asked. To her surprise, he started to stir. And he looked a little startled to see her. "Oh, good," she said as he began to sit up. "So why were you sleeping here anyway? I thought you would normally sleep in the tree in the park when Pai kicks you out, or if Taruto's ever on sugar high."

"I don't really remember for some reason," Kisshu replied. "And my head really hurts."

"Well, what happened before you ended up here?" Ichigo asked him. "Did you hit your head on something?"

"I really don't remember," Kisshu replied sadly. "And who are you?" he suddenly asked her.

Ichigo nearly fell over in shock as he asked that. "I'm Ichigo," she replied. "But you also sometimes call me 'Koneko-chan'." Kisshu still looked confused, and that's when it hit her. 'What if he has amnesia?' she thought. 'Maybe that's why he doesn't remember me. If it was Pai who was behind this, he is SO dead the next time I see him! In the meantime, maybe Ryou or Keiichiro might be able to help me with Kisshu.' She got out her phone and dialed Keiichiro's number.

After a few rings, Keiichiro answered. "Ichigo, is something wrong?" he asked worriedly. "I thought you were headed home now."

"Well I was one my way back home, when I found Kisshu sleeping in an alley," she told him. "And he can't remember how he got here for some reason. I think Pai might have had something to do with it, so if you ever run into him again can you tell him he's dead the next time I see him?"

"Hmmm... Ichigo, does your Mew form still have healing abilities?" Keiichiro asked.

"Hai! I still haven't figured out why or how I ended up with healing abilities after I became a Mew Mew, though," Ichigo replied.

"Try using it on Kisshu to see if he has amnesia or not," Keiichiro suggested. "And as for Pai, I'll see about giving him your message if I ever see him again. Or I could also have Lettuce tell him about that."

"Ok, thanks," Ichigo told him.

"No problem, I'm happy to help," Keiichiro replied. "In the meantime, I think it's probably best if you took Kisshu home with you for now. And I'll talk with Ryou about possibly letting you take the day off tomorrow so you can stay home and look after him."

"Alright, arigato," Ichigo replied. "Well, I guess I should get home now before my parents start to worry. And I'll explain to them about letting Kisshu stay too."

"Alright then, I'll let you go now," Keiichiro said.

"K," Ichigo replied and hung up before turning back to Kisshu. "Kisshu, do you want to come home with me?" she asked him.

Kisshu still looked confused. "You keep calling me Kisshu. Is that my name?" he asked her.

"Yeah," Ichigo replied. "But I could also call you Kish too if you want."

"Ok, I kinda like that," Kisshu replied.

Ichigo giggled. "K!" she said. "Oh, and Keiichiro suggested I use my Mew Mew healing abilities to see whether or not you have amnesia. I guess I have time to do that now." She put her hand on his forehead before saying; "Mew Mew Strawberry: Healing Ability!" Her hand began to glow pink as she concentrated most of her energy into trying to find the source of Kisshu possibly having amnesia. After another hour of searching for anything, she couldn't find anything inside his mind that was causing amnesia even though she was still positive that it was amnesia. "I can't really find the source of what's causing amnesia," she admitted sadly. "Pai's really gonna be in for it now if he ever shows his face again! Oh and before you ask "Who's Pai?" he's your older brother. And he's SO dead if I ever see him again! Anyway, I better get home now before my parents really start to worry. You can come too, Kish. My parents won't mind, although I'd probably have to explain the fact that you're not human."

"K," Kisshu replied.

Ichigo smiled as she got to her feet and began walking out of the alley, followed by Kisshu right behind her. Ichigo soon arrived at her house with Kisshu and opened the door as she called out; "I'm home!"

"Ichigo-" Sakura started as she walked into the room, but was surprised when she noticed Kisshu with her. "Oh, who's you're friend?" she asked her.

"Mom, is it alright if Kisshu stays here for a while?" Ichigo asked. "I found him either asleep or unconscious in an alley while I was coming home, and I think he might have amnesia because he doesn't seem to remember anything. And that's also the reason why I'm kinda late getting home too," she added.

"Of course, I don't mind if he stays here," Sakura replied. "At least now we'll have a reason to use that spare room across from your bedroom, Ichigo."

"That's true," Ichigo replied. "So where's dad?"

"He started to get impatient when you took a while coming home, so I made him go to bed just so I wouldn't have to put up with him until you got home," Sakura replied.

Ichigo giggled. "Nice, mom!" she said.

Sakura smiled. "Well let's go clean out that spare bedroom for Kisshu now, shall we?"

"Hai!" Ichigo replied. "Come on, Kish," she added to Kisshu.

"K," Kisshu replied.

They go upstairs to the spare bedroom across from Ichigo's room, and Ichigo helps her mom clean it out a bit for Kisshu to use. A few minutes later, the room was now clean and Sakura left the room to go get ready for bed.

"Don't stay up too late now, Ichigo," Sakura said before leaving the room. "You too, Kisshu."

"K! We won't," Ichigo replied.

"Well, we'll try not to stay up too late anyway," Kisshu added.

Ichigo giggled, then yawned. "Well I don't know about you, Kish, but I'm getting tired already," she said.

"I'm feeling tired too," Kisshu said. "And I still have a headache."

"Maybe I can try healing it," Ichigo suggested, putting her hand on his forehead. "Mew Mew Strawberry: Healing Ability," she said as her hand began to glow pink once again. A few minutes later the pink glow stopped. "How are you feeling now?" she asked him, once she was finished.

"It's a little better now," Kisshu replied. "Thanks."

Ichigo smiled. "Sure," she replied, and yawned again. "Well I gonna go get my pajamas on now. I'll be right back, k?"

"K," Kisshu replied, as Ichigo went into her room to change into her pajamas.

After changing into her pajamas, Ichigo went into the bathroom to brush her teeth before going back into the spare room where Kisshu was now staying only to find that he had fallen asleep already. She smiled and went back into her room to go to bed too, and she fell asleep almost immediately as soon as she hit the bed.

The next morning, Ichigo felt someone gently shaking her shoulder to wake her up.

"Nyaa... Whoever it is, go away and let me sleep in," she grumbled as she tried to ignore whoever was trying to wake her up.

"Ichigo," Pai's voice said. "Ichigo, have you seen Kisshu anywhere?"

Ichigo grumbled something incoherent as she sleepily looked over at Pai, before closing her eyes and going back to sleep.

Pai sighed. "I just want to know if you've seen Kisshu anywhere," he told her again.

Ichigo grumbled again and finally sat up to glare at him. "Kisshu's here, if that's what you wanna know. He's in the room across from mine," she told him. "Which reminds me, you didn't happen to have anything to do with him getting amnesia did you?"

"Kisshu has amnesia? When did that happen?" Pai asked worriedly.

"Gee, I wonder!" Ichigo retorted sarcastically. "I assumed you would know what happened! Unless you somehow erased it from your memory after you gave him amnesia!"

"Ichigo, I can assure you I had nothing to do with Kisshu getting amnesia," Pai told her. "I bet Deep Blue was behind it."

"Well, since you so rudely woke me up, how about letting me go back to sleep now while you go see if Deep Blue did anything to give him amnesia!" Ichigo replied. She was about to go back to sleep, when Kisshu walked into the room.

He looked confused when he noticed Pai standing there. "Who are you?" he asked him.

Pai looked over at him. "I'm Pai, your older brother," he replied. "Kisshu, do you remember what happened that caused you to get amnesia?"

"No," Kisshu replied sadly. "Ichigo said you had something to do with it."

"My guess is, it was probably Deep Blue," Pai told him.

"Who's that?" Kisshu asked.

"Our leader, who we came here to Earth with," Pai said. "If I'm right, he probably had something to do with giving you amnesia."

"Ok, so go see if Deep Blue had anything to do with it already and let me go back to sleep!" Ichigo snapped at him.

"I don't see why you're in such a bad mood today," Pai told her.

"Well, let's see. You woke me up while I was still sleeping, and I'm still not happy about that!" Ichigo replied. "And it's like only 8:00 in the morning-" She grumbled something incoherent again, something about cats needing at least 10 hours of sleep.

"Well, I guess I'll go see if Deep Blue knows anything about Kisshu getting amnesia then while you continue your sleep," Pai said before teleporting off.

"Finally! Going... back... to sleep now," Ichigo said sleepily, and was soon asleep again when she heard her mom walk into the room.

"Ichigo, today's still a school day," Sakura told her.

"Can you call me in sick today so I can be with Kish?" Ichigo asked.

"Alright then," Sakura said and went back downstairs to call Ichigo in sick for school.

"So, are you really feeling sick?" Kisshu asked her.

"Hmm? No, I just wanted to stay home today so you wouldn't be bored," Ichigo replied. "And besides, I wanna still be here when Pai finds out whether Deep Blue was the cause of you getting amnesia or not."

"K," Kisshu replied. "I'm glad you're gonna stay," he said, as Ichigo smiled sleepily.

Ok, originally this was going to be a one-shot but I don't know how long I intend to make it, so I'm breaking it off into chapters instead. Ichigo was wrong about thinking that it was Pai who gave Kisshu amnesia, and Pai assumed it was really Deep Blue who was behind it. What will Pai find out when he goes to question Deep Blue about it? Is Deep Blue really the one responsible for giving Kisshu amnesia? Find out in the next chapter. If anyone has ideas on what should happen in the next chapter, feel free to shout out. Ideas are always helpful. ^_^