Hi everybody! I've decided to do this story, which will be a bunch of unconnected oneshots/drabbles for every pairing possible for Tokyo Mew Mew. I won't do any completely freaky ones (like Ichigo/Taruto or Zakuro/Heicha) though. But anyway, please enjoy!
Title: Wish Upon a Star
Pairing: Ichigo/Kisshu
Summary: Ichigo loves the sun, but has never taken the time to appreciate the stars.
Ichigo sighed, looking out her bedroom window. She was feeling annoyed; it had been raining and cloudy, so the sun hadn't come out all day. As much as she hated getting up early to go to school, it was always worth it to see the sun come up, it's warm rays stretching across the earth. For her, it was one of the most beautiful sights in the world; it reminded her of Aoyama's smile- soft and warm.
But now that it was dark, the clouds had finally cleared away, exposing the stars and the moon. Ichigo flopped down on her bed with a fwump!, feeling cheated. She almost felt as if the clouds were plotting against her, covering up the pretty sun and then taunting her once the night came. Ichigo gave another sigh and got up again.
She walked over to her closet and pulled out her nightclothes. She was about to get dressed, but suddenly felt nervous, as if somebody was outside her window watching her every move. "No, that's stupid, there's nobody there," she said to herself. But she closed the curtains anyway, just to make sure.
After she was ready for bed she flicked off the lights and fell asleep quickly, slipping into a dream of the last battle with Deep Blue before she had saved the Earth once and for all. It had been about a year ago. Most things were forgotten by Ichigo within a few months due to her not paying such great attention to details. A lot of the previous fights with the Chimera Animas were blended together in her memories; just a string of random words and actions put together. But one memory had always stood out vividly from the rest as she dreamt of it...
Deep Blue stepped closer to her. Ichigo was scared, covered in bruises from his attacks. But even in her current state, she had a question.
"You said 'no longer necessary.' What are you talking about?" Ichigo asked tentatively.
Deep Blue gave a small, evil smile that made Ichigo's fear highten. Her heart pounded in her chest. "I have no reason to explain it. I am invincible. That's all you need to know." Ichigo watched him come ever closer to her, fearful but too tired to show it.
Deep Blue continued. "Almighty as I am, I cannot be defeated by a pathetic Earthling." He stopped, his proud and insane looking expression staying in place as he raised one hand. It glowed with dangerous power. Ichigo gasped, her eyes wide.
Now Deep Blue's smile was gone, replaced by a look of determination. "This planet belongs to me. It is solely mine." he stated emotionlessly. His expression grew angry, as did his voice. "I won't allow anyone else to touch it!"
"Aoyama-kun!" Ichigo shrieked. This was still Aoyama, right? Maybe it was just a bad dream, and when she woke up it would all be better... No. She knew it wasn't a dream. But she wanted so desperately to see Aoyama's smile again...
Suddenly, rings appeared in the air, and Kisshu teleported in. "Please wait, Deep Blue-sama."
"Kisshu?" Ichigo asked, almost disbelievingly.
He glared at her.
"What is it, useless one?" questioned Deep Blue, his hand still glowing in the air. "Get out of my sight!"
Kisshu turned from Ichigo back to Deep Blue, still kneeling on the floor. "Deep Blue-sama, please accept my deep apologies for the many disrespects until now." Deep Blue merely watched him, still unmoving.
"Kisshu?" Ichigo said. It was more of a statement than a question. Kisshu turned and started walking towards Ichigo, much in the same way Deep Blue had just a few minutes ago.
Kisshu took no notice of her. "In order to atone," he said to Deep Blue, conjuring his swords, "...watch as I end the life of this Earthling." Ichigo slumped a bit where she was currently on the ground. Was he really going to... kill her?
"Please lay down your arms," he continued. "Earthlings aren't worth troubling yourself with."
Deep Blue finally spoke. "You are asking forgiveness from me?" He lowered his hand and the glowing stopped.
"Yes. Everything on this Earth belongs to Deep Blue-sama." Kisshu's head tilted up and he had a strange look in his eyes. "However..." He teleported and appeared in the air above Deep Blue, landing with his sword against his leader's neck. Deep Blue didn't move except for his eyes.
"You," he said angrily, glaring.
Kisshu stared back at him. "You have been driven by your own greed and become careless. All you want is to make this planet your own. You never planned to use this power to save my home planet." His voice became angry here. "If you want this planet so badly then take it. But I will never allow you to have Ichigo." Deep Blue and Ichigo were both staring, bodies completely still.
Deep Blue still held the glare on his face, repressing fury. "In the end, you wish to oppose me?" he asked.
"Yes. Die!" shrieked Kisshu, raising one of his swords and plunging it towards Deep Blue with it. Ichigo looked on in shock.
A moment later, Deep Blue was standing stoically with his sword through Kisshu's stomach, holding his in the air. He tossed the boy off of his sword, disgust and indifference on his face.
"Kisshu!" Ichigo yelled.
He slid across the floor, his body laying right in front of her. She picked him up in her arms. "Kisshu." she said quietly, almost in a whisper.
He turned his head towards her with some difficulty, looking weakly up into her eyes. Ichigo held back tears. "I... guess I was lucky to have this time with you... Ichigo." he said quietly, his voice wavering slightly.
Ichigo was having a lot of trouble repressing the tears now as they pooled up in her eyes, blurring her vision slightly.
Apparently Kisshu noticed them too, as he asked, "Are you crying, Ichigo?"
Ichigo didn't answer, actually crying a bit now as she remembered the time she had shared with him.
"Ichigo." Kisshu's voice interrupted her thoughts. "I'll teach you something good."
Ichigo kept looking at him. What did he mean by...?
He starte trying to lean up towards her, slowly lifting himself out of her arms. There was a small smile on his slightly feminine face, and just now she realized what pretty eyes he had... His face came closer to hers, his eyelids lowering slightly, and-
A loud rapping noise came from the window. Ichigo woke with a start, heart racing. "What's that?" she asked herself, eyelids drooping a bit. The loud noise came again. She got out of bed, grumbling to herself and wondering faintly if there was some stalker outside her window... no, that couldn't be. She didn't have any stalkers, anyway.
Ichigo turned on the lights and walked quietly over to the window, being careful not to be too loud and wake up her parents. The sound came again from behind the curtains, very loudly this time. She hurried to open the curtains just as whoever it was began frantically pounding on her window. She opened the window and leaned forward a bit to speak to the person.
"What is it?" she question irritably, not even bothering to look at who it was. She looked up at the person. "Kisshu! What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Go away!" She made to close the curtains but he grabbed them and leaped into the room.
"Hi there, koneko-chan!" he yelled none too quietly. Ichigo's eyes opened wide and she ran over to cover his mouth before he yelled even more and woke up her parents.
"What. Do. You. Want." she whispered harshly, trying to sound as annoyed as possible. She hoped that he'd take the hint and leave.
"I wanted to show you something," he whispered back, at least realizing that he should be quiet. He smiled hopefully back at her. Ichigo glared right back into his eyes and then looked at the clock. 1:34, it read.
Ichigo huffed irritably and stood on her toes so that she was taller than him. She had grown taller, but Kisshu hadn't, so now they were about the same height.
"Well, it's too late. I don't want to see whatever it is, so go back to where you came from!" she whispered a bit louder now.
"But... it'll only take a few minutes, and we're not fighting anymore..." he looked back at her sadly, then turned his head to look at the floor.
Ichigo felt a bit guilty now. "Okay, fine. I'll go with you as long as it only takes a few minutes." His head snapped right back up and all traces of sadness were completely gone. "Wait, though. Are you supposed to be here? Won't your friends be worried?"
"No, I told them I wanted to take you."
"Oh. Okay, then." Ichigo sighed, her last excuse slipping away. "Let's go then. But remember, this can't take long. It's late and I have school tomorrow.
He nodded happily, grabbed her, and they teleported away. Ichigo grimaced. It felt strange, like the whole world was swirling around her. She was about to struggle to get away from it, but they reappeared on top of a building in the city.
Ichigo looked around her and noticed a familiar dome on the roof. "Isn't this the passage to your dimension?" she asked, glancing briefly over the side of the building and backing several steps away.
"Yeah." Kisshu smiled back at her. "Remember when you fought with Deep Blue and her release all that energy?" Ichigo nodded. "Well, it reacted weird with the portal and now, once every full moon, it becomes a portal to the surface of our planet."
"And...?" Ichigo prompted. She was getting a bit impatient now.
"And... I want to show you something there that you can't see on Earth anymore," he said.
Now Ichigo wasn't as much impatient as curious. Maybe on his planet, there were magnificent sunrises or sunsets, so she would still get to see the sun today. Or technically it was the next day, but it would still count for something. "Okay!" She exclaimed, now excited. "Let's go!"
"Okay!" And with that they jumped into the portal.
Ichigo felt the swirling sensation again, but it was milder this time. Even so, it was still weird and uncomfortable. She wondered what it would be like to do this on a daily basis, and if you got used to it over time. Maybe it wasn't uncomfortable for Kisshu's race at all... Still, she didn't like it and was glad when they reemerged in a field of tall grass.
Ichigo looked around her and gasped. It was beautiful. There were magnificent trees and flowers everywhere, and the grasses swished around gracefully in the slight breeze. So this is what it's like here now that they've used the Mew Aqua, she thought in awe, still staring around her. "Kisshu, is this what you wanted me to see?" she questioned.
"I guess. But look up," he said, staring up at the sky.
Ichigo looked up. There wasn't any sun, but what she saw was still just as gorgeous. The stars speckled across the sky, twinkling brightly. There were billions that she could see. Ichigo turned slowly, looking around. She saw the faint outline of a planet in the distance. She turned to Kisshu, who was still looking up at the sky. "Kisshu... thank you. It's so pretty here," she said softly. Then her eyes turned a bit sad. He was right... you can't see anything like this on Earth because of all the pollution.
He turned his head slowly towards her and smiled. "You like it?" he asked hopefully.
"Yes, I do." she glanced wonderingly around her. "Can we... stay here a little longer?" she asked, abandoning all thoughts of quickly going back to bed and forgetting this ever happened.
Kisshu looked at her in mild shock. "But I thought you wanted to go back? Not that I'm complaining..."
Ichigo just shook her head and sat down on the soft grass, grabbing Kisshu's hand and pulling him down with her. He sat down next to her and she leaned slightly against him. He blushed a bit, looking down at her.
She turned her head up slightly, catching his gaze. She looked straight into his eyes, realizing once again how pretty they were. Then, Ichigo didn't know what made her do it, but she leaned forward, closed her eyes, and brought their lips together in a small kiss.
Kisshu's eyes were wide and unfocused, as if he was trying to take in the fact that Ichigo was actually kissing him out of her own free will. But then he seemed to realize what was going on and closed his eyes as well.
A few moments later they broke apart, blushing and avoiding eachother's eyes. They looked back into the sky, neither one of them speaking. Kisshu broke the silence first. "Ichigo... does this mean we're... together now?" he questioned, unable to keep the hope out of his voice.
Ichigo smiled and looked back into his face. "Yes, on one condition," she answered.
"What is it?" Kisshu asked enthusiastically.
"You have to bring me back here every time the portal opens," Ichigo said softly.
Kisshu just nodded happily, bringing their faces together again in another kiss.
This took me a while to write... but it was worth it; I had fun writing it. This used to be my favorite pairing until I realized that I didn't like Ichigo very much. Anyway, the next one I do will probably be Ichigo/Masaya or Ichigo/Ryou.
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