Apples
Set after the final battle.
Ichigo was walking home from school. Aoyama had dumped her a week ago, and she hadn't seen him since, because Moe and Miwa had beaten him so badly he ended up in the hospital.
Strangely, she had been thinking more about one person in particular lately. Kisshu was constantly on her mind, and she had been dreaming about him too. I wonder how it's going on his planet, she thought. I hope he's happy now. I kind of doubt he still loves me, but it would be nice to see him again. I think I'm getting feelings for him, but considering the way I treated him, they probably won't be returned, even if he does come back.
Little did she know, the object of her thoughts was currently following her, and wondering why she hadn't noticed him yet. Then Kisshu saw the clock tower where they had first met, and smirked. He teleported to the top, and as he saw Ichigo pass by, he called out, "Oi, Koneko-chan!"
Ichigo's head snapped up, and she looked up. "K-KISSHU!?" she shrieked.
Kisshu floated down, and started to say, "That's my name, don't wear it out-" but he didn't get that far. To his complete shock, Ichigo threw herself at him, and pinned him down the way he used to do to her. Too shocked to say anything, Kisshu just lay there, unmoving. He looked up at Ichigo, who was looking down at him. "You're really here?" she whispered.
Kisshu finally forced his mouth to move, and said, "Y-yeah… can't you tell?"
"It's not just another dream?" Ichigo asked.
"You've been dreaming about me?" Kisshu asked, shocked.
"Non-stop," Ichigo said. "Do you still like me?"
"No," Kisshu said, and was startled as her eyes filled with tears. Her tears fell on his face as he said, "I don't like you- I love you. There's a difference."
He got another shock when Ichigo smiled brightly and said, "I love you too, Kisshu."
"Y-you do?" Kisshu stammered.
"Yes," Ichigo said softly.
"Does that mean you don't like the treehugger anymore?" Kisshu asked hopefully.
"He dumped me, and my friends landed him in the hospital for that," Ichigo said.
"Your friends beat me to it?" Kisshu moaned. "I should have come back sooner…."
Ichigo giggled, then realized she still had Kisshu pinned down. Blushing, she got off him, and he sat up. "So what took you so long, anyways?" Ichigo asked.
"We were busy restoring the planet," Kisshu said. He got up, then pulled Ichigo up.
Ichigo smiled and said, "Come home with me, and you can tell me all about it." She took his hand, and started pulling him to her house.
"Aren't your parents going to have a fit?" Kisshu asked.
"They're not home, but even if they were, they know," Ichigo said. "And Ryou was a slave driver, so I decided to quit Café Mew Mew. There really wasn't any reason for me to be there, since you guys were gone."
"What did Blondie say?" Kisshu asked, curious.
"Nothing, he fainted," Ichigo giggled. "He was so shocked when I told him I was quitting because he was a slave driver with neon yellow hair that he fainted. I just skipped out of there."
Kisshu was laughing too hard to speak as Ichigo said, "Pudding was laughing like that."
Suddenly Ichigo's cell phone rang, and she picked up. Before she could say anything, Ryou's voice said, "Ichigo, the aliens are back!"
"I'm aware of that," Ichigo said cheerfully. "Got a problem with that, Blondie?"
"MY NAME IS NOT BLONDIE!" Ryou shouted. "And what's that noise in the background?"
"I told Kisshu about your reaction to my resignation," Ichigo said, giggling. "And now he can't stop laughing. You'll never hear the end of it now."
Ryou groaned. Ichigo giggled and said, "So Kisshu's not the only one who's back?"
"Taruto just teleported out with Pudding and a bunch of cake, and Pai's kissing Lettuce," Ryou said. "Taruto got a picture, you should come see."
"I'll see if Kisshu can calm down enough to come with me," Ichigo said. "See you soon!" She hung up and looked at Kisshu. "Kisshu, Pai's kissing Lettuce," Ichigo said.
Kisshu immediately grabbed her hand and teleported to Café Mew Mew, landing in the main room. Pai and Lettuce were holding hands, but not kissing. "WE MISSED IT!?" Kisshu shouted.
"Taruto got a picture," Ryou said. He came over and handed Kisshu a picture of Pai and Lettuce kissing- pretty passionately, too.
Kisshu snickered. "Looks like the runt's gotten better with that camera," he said.
Pai came over and tried to take the photo, but Kisshu held it out of reach. "NO, you can't rip it up," he said. "Unless you want Lettuce to know about your obsession."
"Which one?" Pai asked- then covered his mouth.
"Hey Lettuce, did you know Pai's obsessed with peaches?" Kisshu asked.
"That's not too bad; peaches are healthy," Lettuce said.
"Wanna know what ELSE he's obsessed with, besides you?" Kisshu asked.
"What?" Lettuce asked.
"Plushies," Kisshu said.
EVERYONE burst out laughing as Pai turned dark red. "PLUSHIES!?" Ichigo shrieked, laughing.
"And he color-codes them on shelves," Kisshu added.
Lettuce asked timidly, "Why are you obsessed with plushies, Pai?"
"I don't really know, but I DO know that Kisshu is going down. Now," Pai said.
"You couldn't take me down if your life depended on it," Kisshu said.
"I'm not going to attack you," Pai said, smirking. That made Kisshu nervous, and rightly so, because Pai said, "Ichigo, did you know that Kisshu had two reasons for coming to Earth?"
"One's to see me, right?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes," Pai said. "But he also came to eat apples."
"Kisshu, you like apples?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm ADDICTED to apples," Kisshu said gloomily.
"There's nothing wrong with that," Ichigo said. "It's better than Pai's creepy plushy obsession."
"Nngh…" Pai said.
"Come on, Kisshu, there's apples at my house," Ichigo said.
Kisshu took her hand and teleported straight to her room. "You do know the apples aren't in my room, right?" Ichigo asked.
"Where are they?" Kisshu asked. "I only teleported to your room because I don't know what the rest of your house looks like."
"The kitchen, come on," Ichigo said, and pulled Kisshu downstairs. They reached the kitchen, and Ichigo watched Kisshu's eyes light up when he saw the bowl of apples. "You can have some," she said when he looked at her hopefully. Kisshu smiled happily, and took a large apple, then bit into it, looking like he was in heaven.
He really likes that, Ichigo thought, watching Kisshu savor the apple. She smiled, then came up with an idea. "Kisshu, do you want some apple crisp?" she asked.
"Where is it?" Kisshu asked.
"I have to make it, so I'm going to need the rest of the apples," Ichigo explained. "What's up with the apple obsession?"
"Fruit was non-existent on my planet before the Mew Aqua, and that's the first type of fruit I ever ate," Kisshu said. "Can you make apple crisp now?"
Ichigo smiled. "Sure."
Okay, so this is the first one-shot in a line of them. I thought it would be fun to do something about apples. What do people think of a line of one-shots about different foods? Review and tell me!