The other mews had been well occupied by a huge snake chimera and the moment Ichigo happened to be out of easy sight for them, Kisshu seized his chance, teleporting to directly behind her and clasping his closed fist infront of her face. After the initial shock of it and after a moment of glaring, she seemed fascinated by whatever he was holding. He smirked as she pushed her nose into his hand then brought her hands up to his, trying to open it. Soon, she settled for holding his wrist in one hand and the back of his hand in her other while rubbing her nose against his fingers. He laughed in amusement as she purred, still holding his hand.

"Kitten? Kitten?" She completely ignored him, still nuzzling his hand, still trying to open it, still purring. Until he moved his hand. She followed it with her nose then, once it was out of reach, she snapped back to reality.

"Kisshu! What was that?! What did you just do?!" He moved his hand a little closer to her, amused by the slightly dazed look that entered her features.

"I didn't do a thing. It's cat nip." By this time, he had his hand open and Ichigo had taken to eating the substance, nibbling slightly at his palm and fingertips, purring all the while. Kisshu just watched her in fascination. After a while, nothing was left, most of the cat nip over Ichigo's face or on the ground and Ichigo leant heavily against Kisshu. He sat down, still hidden as the mews battled the chimera, and allowed Ichigo to paw at his chest before curling up into him and fall asleep.

As she slept, he scratched gently at her cat ears and she purred in her sleep. For a moment, everything was perfect for Kisshu, minus the mews a few feet away infront of the now defeated snake.

"Kisshu! What have you done to Ichigo?!" Lettuce shouted out in a rare moment of rage.

"Nothing, just a little experiment." The girls' eyes narrowed. "I just wondered how much cat DNA may have altered her. Cats like cat nip, therefor..."

"Ichigo! Wake up!" Mint shouted. The pink haired girl mumbled in her sleep, the woke up and hissed at Mint before her human mind took over. She looked in shock at Kisshu.

He smirked as she sheepishly pushed herself away from him and walked backwards, still facing him, to the mews. He stood up and floated a foot from the ground.

"I'll be sure to bring you more cat nip soon, kitten." Then, he gave a laugh and teleported.

"So...that cat nip stuff is..." Ichigo forced out, a dreamy smile on her face.