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The midnight moon shone brightly on the city of Tokyo. Millions of people were sleeping in their homes, waiting for morning sun to rise and go on to their daily lives. Too bad for Ichigo that she wasn't one of those sleeping people.

"Strawberry Surprise!" Ichigo yelled as her little heart shaped weapon threw out bubbles that hit the giant rat looking chimera anima. The creature gave out a terrible shriek that shook the streets before the chimera anima detached itself from a rat and was eaten by the pink fluff ball Masha.

Ichigo sighed and gently wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. Sweat clung to it, so Ichigo shook the cool liquid off her hand. Looking around, she heaved a sigh of frustration. It was her patrol night, meaning that none of the other mew girls were awake. Masha was her only company tonight. "Well Masha, do you sense any other aliens?" Ichigo asked wearily, her body sore from already fighting five rat chimera animas.

"Danger: alien!" Masha cried out, its little body turning and looking at a tree.

"For nothing more then a puffball, you sure are nosy," Kish's voice rang out.

Ichigo held her strawberry bell in both hands while she turned to face the tree that Masha was looking intently on. Some branches shifted, and slowly Kish floated to the ground. He wore his normal clothing; a black T-shirt with a thin brown vest on top of that, both of which were cut off at the top of his stomach. He wore his normal black shorts with a brown cloth hanging off the front and back of him, and two long pieces of black cloth attached the back of his pants. A small smile spread across Kish's face as he looked around and found that Ichigo was alone.

"Where are the other mews at this time of night Ichigo?" Kish asked with a smirk, his golden eyes glittering as she didn't answer. "Is that so? You're the only mew out here tonight?" He questioned with a knowing smirk. It was his plan after all; get Ichigo alone and too exhausted to fight.

Ichigo began to pant slightly, her vision seemed to throb. Her normally comfortable mew outfit seemed unusually tight and constricting. Sweat made her bright pink clothes cling to her skin. "Kish…what's…going…on?" Ichigo panted, her breathing becoming difficult. The strawberry bell slipped from her suddenly numbed fingers.

Kish shrugged as he said, "Nothing really, except you are more exhausted then you first realized." Ichigo realized with a cold certainty that he was right. The amount of times she had to use her weapon had literally drained her of all strength, and yet she had pushed past it…at least, until she had stood still for the last few minutes, letting her body's weariness catch up with her mind.

Kish smiled disarmingly as he walked forward. "I'll protect you Ichigo!" Masha cried as he got in the way of Kish. Before Ichigo could say anything, Kish touched the pink puffball and it fell to the ground, stunned.

Kish laughed and came face to face with Ichigo as she was struggling just to stay standing up. "Come with me, my pretty kitty," Kish said with one hand extended to Ichigo.

She didn't have the strength to slap it away, but she did say, "I won't ever go with you Kish. You should understand that by now."

Kish's eyes narrowed, but not with anger, but rather with amusement. "You're barely standing up now, and yet you still defy me?"

Ichigo started to fall to her knees and placed her hands forward to catch herself, only to have Kish grab her arms and force her to remain standing. It was physical torture now just to stand. "Let go Kish!" Ichigo screamed, not having the strength to break free of his grasp. Her cat tail hung limply to the ground.

Kish smiled evilly and said with a friendly voice, "I'll let you go…as long as its with me to somewhere else."

Ichigo shook her head no, but Kish kept her standing. It literally felt like her legs were dipped in hot wax and the pain was unbearable. After thirty minutes of standing, Ichigo could almost swear that there wasn't any worst torture. All that time, Kish kept her standing, never once letting go of her arms.

"Stop…please…I'm…begging…" Ichigo begged, her words punctuated with pain. Her cat ears laid flat across her head, a sign of true weariness. Kish smiled and leaned his head forward, his pointed ear almost touching her lips.

"I'm sorry, what did you want Ichigo?" Kish said teasingly, his grip unrelenting. It wasn't hard enough to bruise, but it was strong enough to almost be holding up most of Ichigo.

"The pain…its unbearable Kish…" Ichigo said pleadingly, her eyes half closed.

Kish smile never left his face as he said softly, "say you are mine Ichigo…and I will let you rest your legs."

Ichigo started to say no, but then a fresh wave of pain came through her legs. Pure, agonizing pain exploded in her legs, and it caused her to scream. Kish still didn't let go, his grip slightly shifting though so he really was holding her up. "Please, please, please just let me go!" Ichigo cried, tears of anguish rolling down her cheeks.

Kish continued to smile reassuringly as he said soothingly, "Say you are mine and I will." Ichigo clenched her teeth, determination in her eyes. However, the determined look disappeared after another thirty minutes of standing.

"For the love of god, let me sit down!" Ichigo cried, her spirit almost broken now. Even with all that time to rest her arms, the simple act of continual standing drained any strength she would normally had and she still had no energy to break free of his grasp.

"Say it Ichigo," Kish said, licking his lips. He saw how close she was to giving up and giving in.

"I'm…I'm…" Ichigo started to say, her eyes full of pain and suffering.

"Yes kitten?" Kish teased, letting her hold some of her own weight for a change. The sudden shift of having no weight on her legs to having most of it finally broke her.

"What do you want from me!" Ichigo screamed, her spirit broken.

"Say these words Ichigo…Say: I am yours forever Kish," Kish said with triumph.

Ichigo started to say something, but then she screamed in pain. "Say it now Ichigo! Say it!" Kish yelled, his eyes flashing with excitement.

"I'm…I'm…" Ichigo started to stammer as fresh tears rolled down her cheeks. Kish let Ichigo carry her full weight, and it caused her to scream out, "IamyoursforeverKish!"

"What Ichigo? I don't think you said anything intelligible in that last statement," Kish said, adding a little of his own weight to hers.

Ichigo gritted her teeth and said with a begging tone, "I…am…yours…Kish…"

"Yes? You are mine for how long?" Kish said in a questioning tone.

"…forever…" Ichigo sighed as her consciousness fell away. Kish gently laid her on the ground.

"Was that so hard Ichigo?" Kish asked with a smile, grinning with triumph.

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