Ichigo was trudging back from Mint's mansion. She had been invited to a party Mint was throwing. It turned out to be a party for underprivileged teenagers, which made steam literally pour out of Ichigo's ears. Mint had begun to use her as a charity project, and Ichigo was at her wit's end. And she tore her new dress when she stopped a fifteen-year-old boy from "borrowing" an expensive looking necklace. It had been a year since the aliens had left, and a thirteen year old wasn't a good match. She left early, it was dusk and the streetlamps were glowing their usual, cheerful, orange. Suddenly, she heard something fall out of the sky behind her. There was a loud cracking sound, and a small scream. She whipped around, and behind her (along with a hole in a building to her left, and a few cracks in the
sidewalk) was Kisshu, barely breathing, with a large chunk of concrete over his chest.
"Oh my God!" Ichigo said, and rushed over. She started trying to pry the concrete off him, but it was very heavy.
"I...chi...goo..." Kisshu made out, barely managing a whisper.
"Damn it." Ichigo hissed, and Kisshu made a very hurt expression before passing out. Ichigo said quietly "No...I didn't mean it that way..." Ichigo meant that the boulder was heavy, not that she was upset that it was him. She transformed, looked around to make sure that she was alone, and destroyed the boulder. No need to confuse people on why a superhero was saving her ex-arch-nemesis. She picked him up, and started jumping from building to building, figuring her cat powers would be useful getting him home. Her parents would be out that night, so she brought Kisshu in.
She put him on the kitchen table then she gently felt over his chest, following his ribs. A few seemed to be broken, which was not good. And she couldn't drag him to the hospital. The doctors would probably recognize him from last year. She dug out a firstaid book from a bookshelf in her room, from when she was taking first aid (she wanted to babysit before she got a job at Cafe Mew Mew). It said there was very little she could do. She threw the book on the ground. She tried to call up the
cafe, but remembered even Ryou would be gone by now. Besides, he'd probably disect Kisshu or something weird like that. Ichigo brought him up to her room, and put him on her bed. She pulled up the covers to right below the lowest fracture. She pulled out her sleeping bag and set it up on the floor. She turned out the light and went to sleep.
When Ichigo awoke she immediatly felt eyes on her. Without bothering to open her eyes she asked groggily
"Kisshu, Why are you staring at me...?"
"Wait, how did you even do that without opening your eyes, kitten?" Kisshu asked, confirming her suspicion.
"I can just tell when someone is watching me." Ichigo stood up, opened her eyes, and noticed Kisshu was no longer on the bed. He was lying on the floor, as near to
her as possible without touching her.
"Really Kisshu?
"Yes." He replied, looking very satisfied with himself. Ichigo threw a pillow at him, which he caught. Ichigo looked at her clock. It was seven A.M.
"It'll be an hour before Ryou will get into work, I'm betting it'll be ten minutes after that when he realizes you're here. And another ten for him to get to my
house."
"Nah, It'll be more like an hour after he gets there before Goldilocks figures it out. He never noticed me that quickly before. Why aren't you working?" Kisshu
asked.
"I get weekends off. Oh, Kisshu, how badly do your ribs hurt? Some of them broke." Ichigo asked him.
"Pretty badly." Kisshu said.
"Do you want some pain-killers? I think my parents have some aspirin lying around. I know it's not-" Ichigo stopped when she saw Kisshu stumble to the other side of
the room.
"I-I knew it was a trick. You would never take me into your house willingly." Kisshu stammered, tears in his eyes.
"What, I was asking you if you wanted some medicine!" Ichigo said, with an annoyed tone.
"Come on! Everyone knows that shit is poisonous." Kisshu said angeredly.
"Not to humans." Ichigo said.
"Uh-huh." Kisshu said sarcastically. Ichigo left the room, returning with a bottle of aspirin, causing Kisshu to pull himself further towards the corner.
"Watch." Ichigo took out a pill and swallowed it, recoiling at the bitter flavor. Kisshu waited for her to keel over, but nothing happened.
"Sorry." Kisshu said.
"Is there any medicine on your plant that can be bought on Earth, or you brought with you?" Ichigo asked, deciding against offering him some Advil.
"I doubt it."
"Can you...uh...communicate with Pie somehow?"
"It's telepathy, and I probably can." Kisshu said. Kisshu let out a moan and sank down.
"Are you okay?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah, but my ribs hurt too much to focus on communicating with Pie. I can't send anything at all. Kisshu responded.
"Can you teleport?" Ichigo asked.
"That would take even more concentration." Kisshu moaned.
"I guess you're stuck here, but you can't stay at my house for long."
"Wha- Why? It's not like I ask goldilocks and expect to live!" Kisshu said.
"My Dad will rip you in half. Literally. He saw me with Aoyama once and freaked out, calling me a "promicious girl" in the middle of the street. My mom had to
restrain him." Ichigo said matter-of-factly. If he found out you were in my room, then-" Ichigo made a throat slitting motion.
"Ouch. I could just hide in your closet, y'know." Kisshu said.
"Fine. I'll need to get you some food before my parents get home. Can you walk?"
"No, it's a few broken ribs so I obviously can't." Kisshu said sarcastically.
"But if the pain's very intense it might hurt to move in general." Ichigo countered.
"I can walk, but I might need some support." He said.
"Why do I get the feeling you're only saying that to have an excuse to put your arm around me?" Ichigo said dryly.
"Because I am." Ichigo sighed and let him lean up against her while they walked down to the kitchen.
"I'll get out the cereal, and you should check if you can eat everything in there." Ichigo said, helping him into a chair.
"Oh, I can eat that." he said, pointing at a box of frosted flakes.
"Can you drink milk?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes, yes. I'll be fine." Kisshu snapped. Ichigo poured him a bowl of cereal, which he ate ravenously. It seemed as if he hadn't eaten in weeks. Shortly after he
was finished, they heard a car pull into the driveway, and someone run towards the house.
"Either my parents are back early, or Ryou figured it out." Ichigo sighed, walking to the door, and opening it. Ryou was on her doorstep, with the four other mews standing behind him.
"Ichigo! There's a cyniclon-"
"In my house, yes. I know. The big question is, how the heck do you know where I live, Shirogane?" Ichigo replied.
"Why did you let that thing into your house!?" Shirogane shouted, ignoring Ichigo's question.
"Ugh. Can I go now? She's obviously okay." Mint said.
"I'll tell you, if you let me use your lab and talk to Keiichiro. Ichigo said.
"Sure. Fine. Whatever. But that thing better not so much as look at anything that could be used as a weapon." Ichigo walked into the kitchen. It was empty. Ichigo started looking around, and saw a light through the crack under the bedroom door. She tried to turn the handle, but the door was locked.
"Kisshu, come out." Ichigo said.
"Sure." Kisshu said sarcastically. "And get murdered by Goldilocks out there. Or your father. Or maybe even you. Kitten, I have no idea why you saved me. It
could be a trap." Kisshu finished.
"There's a key you know. I could just unlock it."
"Damn. I'm stronger than you though, so I could keep you from opening it." Kisshu responded. Ichigo groaned and said
"What will it take for me to get you out of there?" Ichigo sighed.
"Mm, you have to become my girlfriend, and you have to do one thing I say. No questions asked.
"I'm still dating Aoyama you know." Ichigo said.
"Nope. Never coming out." Kisshu said stubbornly.
"I can come in through the window." Ichigo replied smugly. "Might as well come out now."
"Yeah. Tell my step-family I love them. You can at least give me that."
"Kisshu, I'll kill Shirogane if he tries anything. I swear. And I'll give you that one free favor." Kisshu walked out the door, looking rather sullen.
"Come on. I won't kill you."
"Yeah. And pigs don't fly." Kisshu said.
"Do pigs fly on your planet?"
"They don't on yours? That explains a lot, actually." he said.
Kisshu: Why did I fall out of the sky? And why did you make me so paranoid?
Me: Himitsu desu.
Kisshu: I speak Japanese. This won't work on me like it does with your friends.
Me: I know.
Ichigo: Shirogane has a point, WHY DID I LET KISSHU IN MY HOUSE?
Me: Because now I can ship you two!
Ichigo: I would kill you if I were real.
Me: Fair enough.