Chapter 1: Love At First Sight
Authors Note: Ok, so I just finished the Prologue and I thought I might as well do Chapter 1 now so here you goooo. Not a lot of explaining in this chapter, but hopefully the next will have much of Kisshu's explanation. Thank you all who reviewed the prologue. Ciao!
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Tokyo Mew Mew...
Finishing off the alligator-like Criminal Animal Ichigo powered down from what used to be her morphed state. The bubblegum hair turning back to its dark strawberry color, the bright, pink eyes turning a rich brown followed by the matching outfit to return to a simple t-shirt-with-a-jacket-and-skirt combination.
Glancing up into Pai's lavender eyes she couldn't help but asking the question that raged inside her.
"Where's Kisshu?"
The older alien looked down upon the schoolgirl in utter surprise. She never cared for Kisshu let alone his whereabouts. But seeing the pure curiosity in her glistening eyes, he decided to put away his own interested self to answer the girl's question.
"Actually, he said that he couldn't make this attack due to an illness that has recently fall upon him." He nodded to the smaller alien accompanying him. "This one longed to stay with him, but I convinced him otherwise."
Ichigo's gaze shifted to the younger one. He nodded once in confirmation. "Pai said that it most likely wasn't an illness, more like laziness since he refused to let us in and give him treatment."
She nodded to show she understood.
"We must take our leave." Pai said in a flat voice. Both aliens disappeared into the created vortex.
It's not like Kisshu to pass up a chance to visit Earth. Why is he avoiding me so much?
She shrugged the feeling off.
I have a date with Aoyama-kun soon. I needn't worry about him of all people.
Kisshu lay in his small simple room, deep in thought about his previous conversation with Ichigo.
Is it worth telling her?
A knock came from the dark wooden door.
Would she understand?
Several pounds were heard.
Would she think I was ly-
Pai's strong voice interrupted the last question he was contemplating with himself. "Kisshu! Open this door. I have some… good news to tell you about that Mew Mew you like."
The alien's ears perked up to listen more intently.
"Go on."
"Well, the pink one asked where you were. She had a both curious and somewhat worried look to her. I'm not sure why, but I think she wanted to talk to you.
"Heh, Pai, you say that as if it surprises you."
"It does actually."
Lips curving upward, Kisshu decided it was time to pay his Kitten a visit.
Standing in front of the door, he waited for an answer to come from his companion.
"Kisshu?"
Silence.
He sighed to himself, shaking the irked feeling he had just adopted, then teleported back to his super computer.
What is that boy doing to her now?
"Ok, so I have to read my English book and write a three page summary on it, then for Math I have to do the fifty problems on Algebraic Equations, for History-Waaaaah! How am I supposed to do this all, nya?" Ichigo's pencil was making smoke as it raced across the sheet of math problems; her eyes were focused on the book that lay before her and her other hand was flipping through a History textbook.
Dropping everything, she let out a loud groan accompanied by a worn-out face.
"I could help you, Honey!"
Curiosity took over her features as she picked up her gaze from her desk to two remarkable golden eyes.
"K-Kisshu! What are you doing IN MY ROOM?"
Kisshu lay across her girly pink bed in a rather suggestive position. His head rested on one of the hands propped up by his elbow. "I heard you missed me during the last battle."
The scarlet coloring on her cheeks only made him grin wider.
"W-Well, I-I-"
"Now you're stuttering? What oh what did I do to deserve this." Nodding his head, he closed his eyes as if to savor the moment.
The blush reddened even further. Suddenly remembering why she had asked for him in the first place, she straightened her posture to show that she had become serious. "Kisshu… It's later. Please, won't you answer me?"
Reopening his eyes to her pleading tone, he took his gaze until he could see right into her auburn eyes.
Sighing, he too stiffened and straightened himself before speaking. "I shouldn't tell you the whole story… yet. But I can tell you how it started."
She nodded in agreement. That should be enough for now I suppose.
Composing himself, he took a deep breath.
"It started back about two years ago…"
"Come on! Come on! We're going to be late!" Three girls, all of which had long, pointed ears, raced through the tunnels, giggling to each other.
As they sprinted down the cave, they saw a dimly lit opening and heard the sound of swords clashing together. Laughing, they speed up; gracefully floating through the darkened surroundings since the place they were heading to be a "No Teleporting" zone.
Entering, the lighted area, their large eyes widened on two aliens colliding small swords, one located in each of their hands.
"Hiiiya!" One shouted, finishing off the other.
The red hired alien groaned as he hit the icy floor with great force.
The victor raised his head to the group of girls that had gathered, giving them a wink and a cocky grin.
Screaming, all of the teenage female aliens dashed over to the green-haired extraterrestrial.
All but one.
That one calmly walked over to the individual who had lost, raising his injured head into her lap. She whispered reassuring thoughts to him as his aqua eyes slowly reopened.
"There we go, Akuma. Feeling any better?" She inquired as he rose from her gentle touch.
"Yeah, thanks Cherii-san." He gave her a quick smile before turning his watch to the yellow-eyed one who had just defeated him.
"You win this time, Kisshu. But some day, I WILL beat you." With that he turned on his heel, entering one of the crème-colored tents.
He had never fixed his eyes onto Akuma. He couldn't look away from the girl known as Cherii.
She quickly gave Kisshu a nasty stare, ruby eyes flaming, before spitting the words: "Did you really have to bring him to the ground like that? You're such a child!"
She herself departed into the same light-tinted tent.
Usually the impish boy could come up with something smart to reply back to her, but his breath had been taken away. It wasn't until she was gone and he had surfaced from his daze that was he able to come up with something to snap back at her. Unfortunately from him, she had already moved out of earshot.
Sighing, he turned back to the squealing girls to get the praise he thought he rightfully deserved.
What's this strange feeling?
Kisshu lifted his golden eyes to a gaping Ichigo.
"C-Cherii?"
"The name kind of reminds me of you…"
She redeemed herself, closing her slightly cracked mouth and making sure her russet eyes were no longer widened.
He stared at her inquiringly. "Why do you look so surprised?"
"W-Well, it just seems weird… I didn't know you had like anyone before me…"
"Please, Koneko-chan, I had a life before I met you!"
A blush spread across her face like a personal wildfire. "I-I know, it's just-."
"I seem so desperate?"
The burgundy shade darkened.
"Well, I was just wanted to tell you the beginning of my story. How I met… her." His face looked as if he had just fallen into a deep deliberation.
"Did you pursue her like you do me?"
"I'll tell you another day, alright Koneko-chan?"
He exited into a ripple in the air with a smug smile stuck on his face, eyes glowing.
"Later!"
She moaned. Must he always do that to me?
Turning back to her desk, she noticed the stack of books and paper piled in front of her "Wait… didn't he say he'd help me with my homework… UGH!"
Author's Note: Well, a bit longer than the last, but this is probably going to be a short story. Find out what Kisshu does to poor Cherii in the next chapterrrr! Sorry for the shortness. Review!