I'll Be Yours

"Ichigo! Open your eyes!" Ichigo started to wake up, hearing a familiar voice calling her. She opened her eyes- and was shocked to see Kisshu looking at her, his hands gripping her shoulders. "K-Kisshu?" she asked, shocked.

Now that the dream Chimera Anima's spell was broken, the bubble she was in burst, and she started to fall as Kisshu let go of her shoulders. She called out her transformation, and landed on the top of a building fully transformed.

Kisshu landed on the other side of the building's roof as the other Mews landed behind Ichigo. Ichigo looked at Kisshu, noticing with… worry? that his injury from the Blue Knight's sword was far from healed, and he was covered in blood.

She started a bit when Kisshu said seriously, "Choose, Ichigo. Become mine- or die."

Choose? Ichigo thought. She thought about her teammates and Ryou, all of whom, except Lettuce, believed the aliens were evil and should die. But is that really true? she wondered. She didn't have time to ponder it; Kisshu was lunging at her.

Halfway through lunging, though, Kisshu stumbled. To her own surprise, and clearly to everyone else's, Ichigo caught him as he fell. She felt him shaking, and realized he must be freezing. "Ichigo….why? Why won't you listen?" Kisshu asked.

"What do you want me to hear?" Ichigo asked.

Kisshu heard a softer tone in her voice, and said, "I want you to be mine."

"And if I agree?" Ichigo asked. "What then?"

"Um… We live happily ever after?" Kisshu suggested.

Ichigo giggled. "You didn't think that far ahead yet, did you?" she asked.

Pai and Taruto had landed, and were watching from a slight distance. The other Mews were watching as well, and both sides were silent until Ichigo said, "Fine, Kisshu. I'll be yours- on one condition."

"Do I want to know what the condition is?" Kisshu asked warily.

"You have to be mine as well," Ichigo said. "A relationship is a two-way street."

Pai and Taruto obviously heard her loud and clear, because their jaws hit the ground. The other Mews were puzzled, until Lettuce said, "We'll let Ryou know. Good luck, Ichigo-san."

Ichigo looked at Pai and Taruto, then back at Lettuce, and said, "I think I'll need it. Thank you, Lettuce."

Lettuce just smiled. Pai finally collected himself, whacked Taruto, and came over to Ichigo and Kisshu as Ichigo detransformed. "Why now?" Pai asked.

"I finally decided," Ichigo said. "And I'm lonely. It might be nice to have others to live with."

Pai sighed and asked, "Kisshu, are you still able to teleport?"

"I'm getting dizzy…." Kisshu said.

"I'll take that as a no," Pai said. "Let's get you both back to the ship. Mew Ichigo, hang on." He took Kisshu out of her arms, and said, "Grab my shoulder." Ichigo obeyed, and Pai teleported to a green room with an entire wall covered in pictures of her.

Pai put Kisshu down on the bed, and said, "Mew Ichigo, go get a washcloth from the bathroom in the back of this room."

Ichigo went off to do that, and Pai teleported out. He came back as Ichigo did, carrying a bottle of antiseptic. He took the washcloth, and looked at Kisshu, who was unconscious now. Sighing, he carefull took Kisshu's shirt off and said to Ichigo, "I need you to make sure he doesn't move around too much."

"K," Ichigo said, coming over as Pai started cleaning out the wound. Kisshu's eyes snapped open, and he tried to jerk away. Ichigo pushed him down, holding him as Pai cleaned out the injury on his chest.

By the time Pai was done, Kisshu was unconscious again. "Mew Ichigo, stay quiet," Pai said. Ichigo nodded, and Pai put a hand on Kisshu's injury. Ichigo watched with interest as the wound started to heal.

Twenty minutes later, Pai took his hand away, and said a bit breathlessly, "That's the best I can do; he'll have a scar, but at least he won't die. I need to rest after that; but do you mind seeing if you can use telepathy? If anything happens, that's the best way to reach me."

"How do I do that?" Ichigo asked.

"Focus on me and think what you want to say," Pai said.

Ichigo focused and asked, Can you hear me?

Yep, Pai said. Call me if something happens.

K, Ichigo said. Is there somewhere I can sleep?

Kisshu likes cuddling, you can sleep with him, Pai replied. I spent hours lecturing him on not going too far; and in that condition, he won't be able to do anything weird.

O-okay, Ichigo said. Oh, can you do something about the tracking device in my pendant? Ryou uses the pendants for spying on us.

Can I just destroy it and make a new one? Pai asked.

Sure, Ichigo said. She handed him the pendant, and he took it, then teleported out. Ichigo sighed and took off her shoes, then settled down on the bed next to Kisshu and smoothed his hair back, then started stroking it gently. Thinking of something, she took her cell phone out and turned it off, then went back to stroking Kisshu's hair. He sighed happily and leaned into her hand.

A few hours later, Ichigo was getting tired, and Kisshu was still sleeping, so she decided to join him. She carefully slid under the blankets with him, and was startled when he snuggled up to her in his sleep. She put her arm over him, and fell asleep.

The next morning, she woke up because someone was shaking her. She opened her eyes to see Kisshu looking worried. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"You've been sleeping for ten hours," Kisshu said. "Are you sick?"

"No, I'm half cat," Ichigo sighed. "Cats need nineteen hours of sleep per day, and while I don't need that much, ten to eleven hours is normal for me."

"Oh…." Kisshu said. "I usually need seven."

"Lucky," Ichigo said. "How are you feeling this morning?"

"I think the blood loss finally got to me; I'm not sure I can sit up," Kisshu said.

Ichigo put a hand on his forehead, and said, "You've got a fever, too. I think I should call Pai; he said to call him if anything happened."

"You can use telepathy now?" Kisshu asked.

"Yup," Ichigo said. She concentrated, and called, Pai!

Yeah? Pai asked.

Kisshu has a fever, can you come help? Ichigo asked.

She heard a sigh, and then Pai said, I overdid it last night. I don't have enough power to heal him right now. Can you take care of him?

Sure, but do you have fever medicine? Ichigo asked.

I knew I was forgetting to do something…. Pai said glumly. We're out, and I need to make more. Can you try to keep his fever down with cool cloths until I'm able to heal him?

I'll do my best, Ichigo said, and felt Pai cut the connection. Then she looked at Kisshu. "Pai can't heal you right now, and you're apparently out of fever medicine," she said. "I'm getting a cool cloth; that will help a little."

"K," Kisshu said. Ichigo went to the bathroom in the back of the room, and soaked a cloth in ice water, then wrung it out and brought it back to Kisshu. She put it over his forehead, and he shivered. "That's cold…." he said weakly.

"I know, but it'll help your fever," Ichigo said softly. "Do you have more blankets?"

"In the closet," Kisshu said sleepily. Ichigo went over and got a stack of blankets, then spread them over Kisshu.

"Is that better?" she asked.

"Yeah…." Kisshu said.

"You should get some more rest, you sound tired," Ichigo said. "Do you want me to stay?"

"Can you play with my hair again?" Kisshu asked sleepily.

Ichigo climbed onto the bed next to him, and started stroking his hair as she said, "Sure."

Kisshu fell back to sleep after a few minutes, and Ichigo continued stroking his hair. It was very relaxing.

However, at Café Mew Mew: "Why the HELL didn't you stop her!?" Ryou screamed at Lettuce. "We need her, and when she decides to join the aliens, all you say is, 'Good luck'!?"

"It's her choice," Lettuce said, strangely calm. "And you are the one who needs her, Ryou. Tokyo Mew Mew will manage with or without Mew Ichigo. And I hope you realize that falling in love with Kisshu isn't her only reason for doing this."

"So what are her other reasons?" Ryou asked disgruntledly.

"One is that her parents aren't really there for her, and she's lonely," Lettuce said. "But that actually isn't the biggest factor here, and neither is her love for Kisshu."

"What's the biggest factor, then?" Ryou asked.

"You," Lettuce said. "You are the main reason behind her decision to leave."

"What did I do?" Ryou asked sulkily.

Lettuce looked at him in utter disbelief. "You treated her like she meant nothing to you, you overworked her more than anyone else, you docked her paycheck simply because you liked the look on her face, you made her stay after for at least three hours if she was more than two minutes late- need I go on?" she asked. "You're completely racist, which is another thing she can't stand, you think it's funny to be nasty to her, and I know about your brainwashing machine."

At this point the others, who were listening, looked puzzled. "Lettuce, would you explain that statement?" Keiichiro asked.

"Ryou is sick of Ichigo being in love with other people, so he's working on a device that will brainwash Ichigo into thinking she only ever loved him," Lettuce said.

To everyone's surprise, Pudding said, "Lettuce-oneechan, Pudding gave it away."

"Good job, Pudding," Lettuce said. "Was the recipient grateful?"

"Pai-oniichan liked it a lot," Pudding said. "He patted Pudding's head."

"Um… aren't you worried about him using it on us?" Mint asked.

"Pai-oniichan wanted to dissect it," Pudding said. "Pudding isn't worried. It's better than letting Ryou keep it."

Keiichiro looked at Ryou, and asked, "Ryou, why would you do that?"

"I just wanted Ichigo to love me," Ryou said.

"Frankly, judging by how much she hates you by now, even brainwashing might not work," Lettuce said. "But that reminds me, I need to make a phone call. I know EXACTLY how to deal with your insanity and evilness, Ryou."

The others were puzzled as Lettuce took out a cell phone, and dialed a number into it. She walked a ways away from Ryou, and said, "Hi Moe-san. Ichigo-san went with Kisshu. I know, I think we'll all miss her, but I was wondering if you were still interested in taking down Blondie. Now that Pudding stole his brainwashing machine, we're good to go. You are? Good. Do you need me to get Miwa-san? Okay, that's great. See you soon." Lettuce hung up and put her cell phone in her pocket.

"Um… What was that about?" Mint asked.

"You'll see," Lettuce said. "We just have to wait."

"For WHAT!?" Ryou asked.

"Your doom," Pudding said calmly.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Ryou asked.

"There are two more people in Tokyo who hate you beyond human comprehension," Lettuce said. "Since they've been waiting a while, I decided today was their day to doom you."

"Why am I getting doomed?" Ryou asked. "Why can't you people doom the aliens?"

"Because compared to YOU, they're not that bad," Lettuce said. "They're trying to save their people, and although this isn't the best way to go about it, I think that can be fixed."

"They're completely evil, and you're defending their actions!?" Ryou asked incredulously.

"The only one who's completely evil is Ryou, na no da," Pudding said.

"Pudding is right," Lettuce said. "The reason you say the aliens have no hearts or sense of remorse is because you are trying to pin your own lack of those things on someone else. You just want us to think you're the good guy, so you try to convince us that the aliens are evil monsters. You seem to have Mint and Zakuro-san convinced, but Pudding and I know that the aliens aren't that different from us; and frankly, some humans have done things far worse than what they're doing."

"Humans are still superior to those scumbags," Ryou said.

"EXCUSE ME!?" Lettuce shrieked. "They can do things humans can only dream about, and you say they're inferior to us? Frankly, I think their race is much more evolved than we are. You don't see any humans floating in midair, do you? And I don't know anyone who can teleport, either."

"Lettuce-oneechan is right," Pudding said. "Humans are pretty primitive compared to the aliens. And they are NOT scumbags. Ryou is a racist jerk."

Before Ryou could respond, there was a knock on the front door, and Lettuce went to open it. "Hi, come on in," she said.

"Thanks," Moe said. She and Miwa came into the Café, and Pudding ran over happily. "Hi Pudding," Moe said. "You know you don't get to watch, right?"

"Aww…" Pudding said. "Pudding can handle it!"

"I'm sure you'll get the idea from the noise," Miwa said. She cracked her knuckles and asked, "Lettuce-san, where do you want us to do this?"

"The basement, please, cement will be easier to clean," Lettuce said. "Pudding and I will keep the others out of your way."

Pudding took a large coil of rope out of nowhere and said, "Pudding is ready, na no da!"

"Pudding, you always amaze me," Miwa said. "Okay Blondie, we need to 'chat' in the basement."

"I'm not going anywhere with you two," Ryou grumbled.

"Oh, we're not giving you a choice," Moe said. She and Miwa quickly grabbed Ryou and dragged him off.

Keiichiro started after them, but Lettuce said, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"Why?" Keiichiro asked as Moe and Miwa dragged Ryou down the stairs.

"It's not going to be pretty," Lettuce said simply. "And if you interfere with them, Moe and Miwa will beat you up. They don't like distractions."

"What are they going to do?" Mint asked.

"I would think it would be obvious," Lettuce said. "They're going to kill Ryou."

I think this will be a two-shot. Review plz!