Kisshu's Stomach Bug

Kisshu woke up fast one morning, feeling his stomach lurch. He ran to the bathroom at the back of his room, and threw up into the toilet, thinking, What happened? I was fine last night, and I don't think I ate anything bad for me.

By the time he was done throwing up, he felt awful, and decided to just go back to bed. He grabbed the bucket under the sink, and went back to his room. Setting the bucket down next to the bed, he climbed back into bed and laid back. His stomach didn't feel much better, but he didn't feel like throwing up, so he settled down and went back to sleep.

A few hours later, Pai teleported in, waking Kisshu up. "Kisshu, are you not feeling well?" he asked.

"I think I've got a stomach bug," Kisshu said. "Can you help?"

"Unfortunately, no," Pai said. "I just used most of my energy on our latest Chimera Anima. I don't have enough left to heal you and teleport the Anima to the next attack."

Kisshu sighed. "I guess I'll just get over it on my own," he said. "Have fun with the attack."

"Yup," Pai said, and teleported out.

Kisshu sighed again, just as his stomach started acting up again. He grabbed the bucket and sat up, barely managing to get the bucket on his lap before he threw up. When he finished, he put the bucket back on the floor and settled back, going back to sleep.

When he woke up again, it was because he heard someone teleport in. He opened his eyes- and was shocked to see Ichigo, holding some kind of machine. "Koneko-chan? What are you doing here?" Kisshu asked.

"Escaping," Ichigo said. "I destroyed my pendant and stole Ryou's portal machine, then quit over the phone. But Ryou didn't like that, so I had to use the portal machine before he came to my house."

"What brought that on?" Kisshu asked.

"I hate Ryou and I love you, so I decided I might be better off coming here and asking if you'd help me destroy Blondie," Ichigo said. "But you don't look too good; did you come down with something?"

"I've got some kind of stomach bug, and Pai used all his energy up on some new Chimera Anima, so he couldn't heal me," Kisshu said. His stomach started churning again, and he grabbed the bucket as more stuff came up.

Ichigo came over as Kisshu threw up, and started gently rubbing his back. By the time he was done this time, the bucket was pretty full, and he still didn't feel too good. "Kisshu, are you able to get up?" Ichigo asked. "I think we should empty that bucket, and it looks like you're still feeling sick. Where's the bathroom?"

"At the back of my room," Kisshu said. "I think I can get up." He got up, grabbing the bucket on the way, but he was shaky, and Ichigo said, "I'll help you, k?"

She helped Kisshu walk to the bathroom, and turned on the light. He emptied the bucket into the toilet, but before he could flush, he started feeling sick again. Swallowing hard, he barely managed to put the bucket down before throwing up into the toilet. He felt Ichigo rubbing his back again, as he coughed up more and more stuff.

Ichigo was getting worried; Kisshu had been throwing up for a while, and didn't show any sign of stopping. Finally, though, he stopped throwing up. Now he was even shakier than before, though. Ichigo helped him up, and said, "Can you get the bucket? I'll help you walk."

Kisshu picked up the bucket, and Ichigo helped him walk back to the bed. As Kisshu sat down, his stomach started hurting, and he put a hand on it. Ichigo noticed and asked, "Are you feeling sick again?"

"No, my stomach really hurts," Kisshu said.

"Do you have stomach medicine?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, but I can't get it, and Pai's still out attacking," Kisshu said. "I doubt I could keep it down anyways."

"I guess you'll just have to tough it out for a bit," Ichigo said. "I don't have any other ideas."

Kisshu sighed and climbed back into bed. Ichigo tucked him in, and smoothed his hair back. "Get some rest," she said softly. "I'll stay with you."

"Thanks…." Kisshu said as he fell back to sleep.

A few hours later, he was feeling sick again, and opened his eyes. He sat up, and Ichigo looked up. "How's your stomach?" she asked.

"Aw-" Kisshu broke off, grabbed the bucket, and got it on his lap just in time for what felt like a weeks' worth of stuff to come up. Soon the bucket was full again, and he swallowed hard. Ichigo noticed, and said, "Try your best to hold it, I'll go empty that for you." She took the bucket, and started walking as fast as she could to the bathroom. She went in, and emptied the bucket, but before she could run back, she heard Kisshu throw up again.

Kisshu had watched Ichigo go to empty the bucket, but soon after she entered the bathroom, he felt more stuff coming. Swallowing seemed to make things worse this time; he nearly choked, and the minute he coughed, everything he had been holding in came up, and he threw up on the bed. The pain in his stomach came back, and he doubled up as he stopped throwing up. Ichigo came back at that moment, and asked, "Are there more blankets around here? I don't think you want to sleep with those anymore."

"In the closet," Kisshu said. Ichigo carefully folded the dirty blankets around the mess, and put them in a corner, then went to the closet, and grabbed more. She spread the new ones over Kisshu as he laid back, and said, "Go back to sleep, the bucket's right next to your bed. Can I go sleep on your sofa, or do you need me to stay up?"

"You can go to sleep," Kisshu said.

"Thanks," Ichigo said. She grabbed another blanket and curled up on the sofa, falling asleep as Kisshu did.

The next morning, they were both woken up by Pai shouting, "Mew Ichigo, what the HELL are you doing in Kisshu's room!?"

"Taking care of him yesterday, and currently, trying to sleep," Ichigo said. "But if you meant why am I even on your ship, it's because Ryou's out to get me for quitting, so I stole his portal machine and set it to take me here. Your ship is safer than Tokyo. And don't worry about him tracking me; I destroyed my pendant."

"You are SO strange," Pai said. "You destroyed your pendant and THEN came here?"

"I can transform without the evil little thing," Ichigo said. "Can you heal Kisshu now, instead of trying to figure out why my mind works the way it does?"

"Mmph," Pai said. He went over to Kisshu, and put a hand on his stomach, then started healing him. About ten minutes later, he said, "Better?"

"Yeah, thanks Pai," Kisshu said.

Pai put his hand on Kisshu's chest and said, "You need to rest today, but tomorrow you can go back to your usual schedule."

Kisshu sighed, but didn't argue. "I'll stay with you," Ichigo said.

"Do you love me?" Kisshu asked.

"Yes, but I couldn't tell you until I figured out how to destroy my pendant," Ichigo said. "I'm sorry I had to make sure everyone thought I hated you."

"Why did your pendant make a difference?" Pai asked.

"Ryou spies on us with our pendants," Ichigo sighed. "I wonder if it's just me, or if he does it to Mint, Lettuce, and Zakuro? He's a pervert, and he's far worse than Kisshu."

"If he's spying on Lettuce, he's going down," Pai snarled.

"Before you take him down, let me ask two of my friends if they'll help you," Ichigo said. "I don't want the other Mews to take you down, even though it's unlikely Lettuce or Pudding would fight."

"Friends?" Pai asked warily.

"My two school friends are about the most amazing hand-to-hand fighters I've ever seen, and they could care less if they're fighting someone with weapons," Ichigo said. "They know about me, and they'll keep anyone from finding out the truth. Oh, and they've been looking for an excuse to take Blondie down. Let me call them, and then you three can go annihilate Blondie, k?"

"Uh… okay…" Pai said. "Where do you want me to meet them?"

"My front door would work," Ichigo said.

"Fine," Pai said. "Call them."

Ichigo took out her cell phone, and dialed Miwa's number. Two rings later, she heard, "Where are you? If Blondie did something, he's going DOWN!"

"That's what I need to talk about," Ichigo said. "Kisshu's brother Pai is going to take him down for spying on Lettuce, and he could use some help. Can you get Moe and meet him at my front door?"

"Sure, but why are you with the aliens?" Miwa asked.

"Ryou's out to get me, it's safer here," Ichigo said.

"Tell Pai we're on our way," Miwa said, and hung up.

"They're on their way to my place," Ichigo told Pai. "Let us know how it goes; I'll keep Kisshu from pushing himself."

"Thanks," Pai said, and teleported out.

Kisshu sighed. "Did you have to leave it to them?" he asked.

"I think it'll be fun for Moe and Miwa, they want to fight all the time," Ichigo said. "I figured since they want Ryou dead, it would be good to have them back Pai up."

"Are they scary?" Kisshu asked.

"If you hurt me, they become your worst nightmare," Ichigo said. "But if you don't hurt me, they're sweet little angels."

Kisshu sighed.

With Pai: Five minutes after he landed in front of Ichigo's house, Pai noticed two girls running his way. "Are you Ichigo's friends?" he asked.

"Yup, I'm Miwa, and that's Moe," the brown-haired girl said. "We're going to destroy Blondie now, right?"

"Right," Pai said. "We're teleporting, is that okay?"

"That's fine," Moe said. Pai took them both by the shoulder and teleported to Café Mew Mew's basement.

Ryou was the only one down there, since Keiichiro was baking. He looked up, and his jaw dropped. "What are you two doing with HIM!?" he asked Moe and Miwa.

"We're here to take you down," Miwa said. "You're going to pay for hurting Ichigo so much."

"You think you can take me down?" Ryou asked incredulously.

"We don't think- we know," Moe said calmly. "Miwa, ready?"

Ryou got up as Miwa smirked. Then she and Moe launched themselves on top of him, and started beating him to a pulp. "Pai, make sure no one interferes," Moe said over her shoulder.

"Okay," Pai said. He was a bit stunned by these two.

"STOP! I'LL NEVER HURT ICHIGO AGAIN! JUST LET ME LIVE!" Ryou screamed.

"Shut up," Moe said, punching him in the mouth. "There is NO WAY you are getting out of here alive."

Pai heard running footsteps, and said, "We're about to have company."

"That's nice," Miwa said, as Keiichiro, Mint, and Zakuro ran in. Pai stopped them at the door, pointing his fan at them.

"What is going ON in here?" Keiichiro asked. "Aren't you Ichigo's school friends?"

"Yup, and we found out Blondie is trying to kill Ichigo for quitting," Moe said. "So now he has to die. Pai's supposed to keep anyone from interrupting us while Blondie dies a slow and painful death."

"I thought you two were back up," Pai grumbled.

"You thought wrong," Miwa said. "But we'll let you destroy the remains; you're the one with powers."

"Is there going to be anything left?" Mint asked dryly.

"Yeah, a bloody pulp," Moe said. "I guess we'll need to wash our hands, huh Miwa?"

"Yeah," Miwa said. "Is he dead yet?"

Moe checked for a pulse, and said, "Yeah, looks like it. Pai, you can destroy the rest, k?"

"Mmph," Pai said, going over as the Moe and Miwa got up. Mint, Keiichiro, and Zakuro took one look, and Mint said, "I think I'm going to be sick…." She ran out as Keiichiro and Zakuro looked pretty freaked out.

As Moe had said, there was nothing but a bloody mess on the floor, barely recognizable as having once been human. The girls walked over to the door as Pai incinerated the remains. "Do you have somewhere we could wash our hands?" Miwa asked.

"There's a sink in the back of this room," Keiichiro said.

Moe and Miwa went to the sink and started scrubbing the blood off their hands. As they were drying off their hands, Pai said, "I should get back…."

"Can we come?" Miwa asked. "We want to see Ichigo."

Pai sighed, and took them both by the shoulder, then teleported out, leaving Zakuro and Keiichiro VERY freaked out.

Back with Ichigo and Kisshu: Ichigo was trying to reassure Kisshu that Moe and Miwa could handle it, with minimal success. She finally climbed onto the bed with him and started stroking his hair, which successfully calmed him down. It also put him to sleep, and she continued stroking his hair.

A while later, Pai teleported in with Moe and Miwa, startling Ichigo and waking Kisshu up. "How'd it go?" Ichigo asked.

"Moe and Miwa beat him to death," Pai said. "They didn't let me do anything besides destroy the bloody pulp they left behind!"

"Did you ask to help?" Ichigo asked.

"No, he didn't," Miwa said. "He just grumbled something about 'weren't you two supposed to be back-up?'"

"That's why they didn't let you have a turn," Ichigo said. "You have to ask to have a turn."

Pai groaned. Moe and Miwa smirked, and Miwa asked, "Ichigo, when are you coming back?"

"Not sure," Ichigo said. "Maybe tomorrow?"

"Okay, we'll see you soon," Miwa said. "Pai, can you teleport us back?"

Pai sighed and teleported the two girls back to Ichigo's house.

Kisshu looked up at Ichigo, and asked, "Koneko-chan, are you okay?"

"My stomach doesn't feel good," Ichigo said….

This is a two-shot; it will be continued tomorrow, k? Review plz!