I've Moved On

Chapter 2

Running Away

"If no one loves me anymore, then I will just leave," Ichigo thought, packing a light pink duffel bag.She had on a frilly pink mini skirt and a light pink tank-top with a giant strawberry in the middle. Her pink flip-flops had small cats on them. As she put the last of her things in the bag, she crept downstairs and out the door.

Ichigo silently made her way down the dark streets. Since it was 4:00 in the morning no one was up yet, so no one would see her leave. There was only one problem with all of this, she had no idea where she was going.

Then a thought hit her. She could go to an old friends house. Her name was Kisa Montue. They had known each other for years. If anyone still loved her, it was Kisa.

The girls had all come into work that morning, all except Ichigo of course. As one hour dragged on, Lettuce was the first one to speak up, "Um, Ryou. Do you um, know where Ichigo is? Is she ok?"

"Lettuce, I haven't the faintest idea, and frankly I don't care," Ryou replied bluntly. "She is probably mad at me and decided not to come into work today. I wouldn't worry about her."

"Um, ok."

Pudding was the second one to ask Ryou, "Hi Ryou! Do you know where Ichigo is? Even she is not usually this late."

"Pudding," Ryou said, growing tired of the interuptions. "I have no clue where Ichigo is, now go back to work before I cut your pay."

"You're mean Ryou!"

Mint and Zakuro did not bother asking about Ichigo, even though they did some-what care, it was not enough so to ask. So they just went about as usual. Needless to say, without Ichigo there, the girls had a tough time. With Lettuce dropping everything in sight, Pudding putting on a circus show for the guests, Mint drinking tea and doing no work whatsoever, and Zakuro, who took things to the wrong tables and would not do anything about it. The day did not go so well.

Ichigo walked up to the door of her friends house. As she gently knocked on the door, she realized that it was 6:20 in the morning, no one would be up, but much to Ichigo's suprise, someone was up. Kisa came to the door in her orange pajamas and orange puffy slippers. Sleep was all over her face, but when she saw Ichigo her faced brightened right up.

"Ichigo," Kisa screamed in delight, hugging her old friend.

Ichigo felt grateful that Kisa had not turned her away and returned the hug, tears forming in her eyes, someone out there still thought of her as a friend and loved her. When Kisa finally released her friend she saw the tears and asked what was wrong. Then realizing that they were still on the porch, she offered that they go inside.

Once inside and seated on the cream colored sofa, Ichigo explained what had happened in the last day, substituting Kish being an alien, to him being a guy at her school that loved her. Kisa nodded in agreement, trying her best to comfort her depressed friend.

At the end of the speech she replied, "Well, you have come to the right place, because there is no funner household!"

"Thanks," Ichigo smiled, wiping away the tears.

"No problem. I'll go tell my parents that you are here." And with that Kisa marched off and went to see her parents Kris and John Montue. They were very nice and upon hearing that Ichigo was feeling very depressed, they decided to let her stay. Ichigo was over-joyed, she had a place to stay where people cared about her.

Of course all of this was on two conditions, she had to tell her parents where she was, and she had to attend school with Kisa. Fortuneately for Ichigo, it was an all-girls school. No problems there. At least there would be no boys there to remind her of Masaya, or anyone else for that matter.

"Comon girls, you're going to be late for school," Mrs. Montue shouted up to the two girls, who had just woken up, and were just now changing.

"We'll be down in a minute," Kisa shouted, giggling as she pulled a knee-length sock on. Some things never changed, they were still as slow as always.

The school they are going to is known as the Okashi School, but is really called Tenpi High. It is an all-girls school from pre-k to 8th grade. A very popular place for parents to send children who are easily distracted by boys.

The two giggling girls ran downstairs to Mrs. Montue. After saying their good-byes and such, they raced off towards school , only to get there five minutes late. Fortunately since Ichigo was new, they got off easy.

The school day went pretty much as normal as it gets. People crowded around to meet Ichigo, and Kisa warded them off. By the time the day was over, Ichigo had forgotten all about her sad romantic problems. But then she saw all of the homework, and decided that she would take the romance problems over the work, but Kisa coaxed her into it.

Somehow they finished before dinner and Kisa took Ichigo around town, and to meet her two friends Kaede and Momoko. Ichigo instantly liked them, and decided that she could just stay here forever. Her parents knew where she was, so they would not be worried, and she had left all of her problems behind, or so it seemed for the next week.

Hello everyone, thank you for reviewing. Alright, so now that you have read the first and second chapter, I want to know, do you want Ichigo to be with Kish, Masaya, Ryou, or another character. I would love to know what you think!

-Hikari Aiko