Why? Chapter 2:

Will You Be Mine?

Kisshu was thinking about Ichigo. She must have really felt bad, if she decided she'd be better off forgetting me, he thought. Did that mean she realized she had feelings for me? Maybe I should have come back sooner. I wonder when she removed her memories of me. But now she's giving me a chance? I hope I don't blow it again. Pai said not to call her a toy. Maybe that's part of why she rejected me. I guess I'd better be more careful this time around.

Suddenly Ichigo came back, and said, "I got rid of every banana I could find. Just don't go in the garage, k?"

"Okay," Kisshu said. "I've been wondering something."

"What is it?" Ichigo asked.

"You were totally obsessed with the treehugger, and now I haven't heard a word about him," Kisshu said. "Not that I'm not happy, but what happened?"

"Treehugger?" Ichigo asked.

"Aoyama," Kisshu said.

"Oh, I broke up with him about a week after the final battle," Ichigo said. "I don't remember why, though. But I don't really mind. I've been single since then. It's like I was waiting for someone. Maybe I was waiting for you?"

Kisshu was a bit stunned. Ichigo noticed, and put her hand on his forehead. "Are you okay?" she asked. "You don't have a fever."

Kisshu snapped out of it and said, "Sorry. It's just that you seemed to hate me for so long, it's kind of weird thinking that you were waiting for me."

"Why did I hate you?" Ichigo asked.

"Maybe it had something to do with the toy comments?" Kisshu suggested. "I don't really know."

"I don't think I'd like being called a toy," Ichigo said. "I think it would hurt my feelings."

"Then I won't call you that anymore," Kisshu said. "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings before."

"I don't remember, but that's okay," Ichigo said. Suddenly her cell phone rang, startling them. "Great, it's Blondie," she sighed, picking up. "Hey Blondie, what's up?"

"MY NAME IS NOT BLONDIE!" Ryou shouted. "And Pai came back here and told me you had somehow erased your memories of Kisshu. Is that why you were unconscious in my lab the day before I fired you?"

"Maybe?" Ichigo said. "I don't remember erasing my memories of Kish, all I know is that I don't remember him for some reason."

"Then why are you letting him stay at your house?" Ryou asked.

"He seems nice, and I figured that since I don't remember him, we could get to know each other while he's here," Ichigo said. "Is there a problem with that?"

"I suppose not, but what will you tell your extremely overprotective father when he gets back? The aliens have decided to live on Earth," Ryou said.

"I'm sure I'll think of something," Ichigo said. "I've got three weeks, after all."

Ryou sighed. "Good luck," he said.

"Thanks," Ichigo said. "Bye, Blondie."

"QUIT CALLING ME THAT!" Ryou screamed, and hung up.

Ichigo giggled, and Kisshu looked at her. "Blondie doesn't like his nickname," Ichigo said.

"Oh well, that makes it more fun," Kisshu said with a smirk.

Ichigo smiled, and said, "Let's go downstairs, there's lasagna for dinner."

"K, but what's lasagna?" Kisshu asked.

"Past layered with meat, tomato sauce and cheese," Ichigo said. "It's good."

"That does sound good," Kisshu said. He followed Ichigo downstairs, and watched as she opened the fridge and got out a large pan. "That's a lot," Kisshu commented.

"It's so I can have some easy dinners while my parents are gone," Ichigo said. She cut two slices, put them on plates, and put them in the microwave. She set the timer for three minutes, and looked over at Kisshu. "What do you want to drink?" she asked him.

"I'm not picky, I'll just have whatever you're having," Kisshu said.

"I was going to have chocolate milk," Ichigo said.

"That sounds good, I like chocolate," Kisshu said.

"Can you get it? I'll get the glasses," Ichigo said.

"Sure," Kisshu said, and opened the fridge. He looked around until he found the chocolate milk, and got it out. The microwave beeped, and Ichigo said, "Oh good, the lasagna is done. Do you mind pouring us each a glass of milk? The glasses are on the table."

"I don't mind," Kisshu said. He went over and poured milk into both glasses as Ichigo got the lasagna out of the microwave.

As they sat down to dinner, Ichigo said, "So what's your planet like? Did the Mew Aqua work?"

"It's really pretty," Kisshu said, taking a bite of lasagna. "It's way better than all the pollution here, but we were getting irritated with the attention we got for saving the planet, so we got permission to come live on Earth. Our leader was fine with it; it was getting to the point where people would bow to us and ignore him. It was a bit creepy, even though I'm used to attention."

"How come you're used to attention?" Ichigo asked.

"I'm the best warrior on my planet," Kisshu said. "So I got a lot of girls after me, and everyone else was either trying to beat me or looking up to me."

"If you had so many girls after you, why'd you pick me? I'm human," Ichigo said.

"I picked you because I think you're special," Kisshu said. "And you're not a screaming fan girl. I don't like fan girls. And while your rejections hurt, I knew I'd never find anyone else, whether you loved me or not."

"I wonder why I rejected you," Ichigo said. "You seem really sweet."

"I think I acted differently when we were enemies," Kisshu said. "I'm going to try harder to be a better person than I was a year ago. I don't want to lose you because I made a mistake."

"I don't think you'll make a mistake," Ichigo said. "By the way, is that some way of hinting that you want me to be your girlfriend?"

"I'd love it if you'd be my girlfriend, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said. "I'm not going to rush you, though."

"I think it sounds nice," Ichigo said. "And I think I was waiting for you, even though I didn't know it. I'd love to be your girlfriend, Kish."

Kisshu smiled happily. "Thanks, Koneko-chan," he said. "This is a dream come true."

Ichigo blushed. "I'm glad," she said. "I like making people happy."

Kisshu smiled. "Well, you made me very happy," he said.

Ichigo smiled back, then said, "Can you help me with the dishes?"

"Sure," Kisshu said.

The two of them washed and dried the dishes, and then Ichigo asked, "Do you want to go back to my room?"

"Sure," Kisshu said.

Ichigo smiled and took his hand, then pulled him up the stairs to her room. He looked around as they went in, and said, "It's pink in here."

"It's sort of an obsession with me," Ichigo said. "If it makes you uncomfortable, we can go to your room instead."

"I'm fine," Kisshu said. "So what do you want to do now?"

"Tickle war?" Ichigo suggested.

Kisshu got nervous, and said, "No tickle wars! Please! I hate being tickled!"

"Sorry, I didn't know that," Ichigo said. "What do you want to do?"

"Kiss?" Kisshu suggested.

"Okay!" Ichigo said cheerfully. To Kisshu's surprise, she didn't wait for him to kiss her, she pulled him over on the bed, and kissed him. He kissed back as he thought, She's good… but I never expected that she'd kiss me on her own. It's nice.

Ichigo was thinking the same thing. Kish is really good at this, she thought. I wonder if we've ever kissed before.

A while later they broke it off, breathless. "You're good…" they said at the same time- then giggled.

"Have we kissed before?" Ichigo asked.

"I used to kiss you a lot, but you never kissed back," Kisshu said. "That was a nice change."

Ichigo looked a bit sad, and said, "I'm sorry."

Kisshu was startled, and asked, "Why?"

"Because I didn't get it," Ichigo said. "You said you tried to get me to love you, right?"

"Yeah…" Kisshu said.

"I'm sorry I didn't return that feeling sooner, even though I can't remember," Ichigo said.

"What matters is that you love me now," Kisshu said softly. "Let's make a fresh start, and not worry about the past, k?"

"K," Ichigo said.

They sat in silence for a minute, and were startled when Pai teleported in. "Hi Pai, what's up?" Kisshu asked.

"I came to see how you were feeling," Pai said.

"I feel fine, why?" Kisshu asked.

"You had a pretty high fever earlier," Pai said. "I just wanted to make sure you were feeling okay."

"Don't worry, I'm fine," Kisshu said.

"Kish, does Pai have a nickname?" Ichigo asked.

"The Zombie," Kisshu said.

Ichigo burst out laughing as Pai glared at Kisshu. Kisshu smirked and asked, "Anything else?"

"I said I'd ask if you and/or Ichigo would like to work at Café Mew Mew," Pai said.

"Not really," Ichigo said. "Blondie isn't exactly the nicest person to work for."

"I'll pass too," Kisshu said. "Have fun!"

"Mmph," Pai said. "Here's a bottle of the ear-changing pills for you. Let me know when you run out." He handed Kisshu a bottle of small white pills.

"Thanks Pai, but what about human clothes?" Kisshu asked.

"Ryou is handling that, so in the meantime, I guess you'll have to stay here," Pai said.

"Kish, you can borrow some of my dad's until Blondie gets you new clothes," Ichigo said.

"K, thanks," Kisshu said.

"Oh, and Ryou has asked the two of you to quit calling him Blondie," Pai said.

"Why? It's funny," Ichigo said.

"Not to him, apparently," Pai said

"Aww…" Ichigo and Kisshu said together.

"Don't 'aww'," Pai said. "Not everyone likes the nicknames you come up with, Kisshu."

"Koneko-chan likes hers," Kisshu said sulkily.

Ichigo giggled and said, "You're cute, Kish."

"Thanks Koneko-chan, so are you," Kisshu said happily.

"I take it you two are together?" Pai asked.

"Yup," Ichigo said happily. "I've been single since I broke up with Aoyama after the battle with Deep Blue, and I felt like I was waiting for someone. I think I was waiting for Kish, even though I can't remember him."

"Let me know if you start remembering him," Pai said. "If you start to remember him, and it happens too fast, it could damage your mind. I don't anticipate that, but just keep it in mind, k?"

"K," Ichigo said. "Ryou said he thinks I used one of his inventions to remove my memories of Kish; did you look at it?"

"No, I'll go ask him," Pai said. "You two should call it a night soon, it's almost 11."

Kisshu sighed. "Playing mother again, Mr. Zombie?" he asked.

"FOR THE LAST TIME, I'M NOT A ZOMBIE!" Pai shouted.

"Yes you are," Kisshu snickered. "And when you don't get enough sleep, you turn into everyone's worst nightmare. You have no emotions, which is the first sign that you're a zombie. It wouldn't surprise me if you liked to wander around human graveyards at midnight, with your arms stretched out in front of you."

"That's a funny image," Ichigo giggled. "I should totally draw that. And then give it to Lettuce for her birthday."

"Kisshu, you corrupted her," Pai moaned. "Now I've got three people who believe that I'm some kind of undead creature. You, her, and Taruto."

"I didn't corrupt Koneko-chan; it's the truth," Kisshu said.

"There are several things wrong with that statement," Pai said.

"Here it comes," Kisshu said.

Pai glared at him and said, "For one thing, zombies feed only on human flesh and brains. Have you ever seen me do that?"

"No, you're too busy gorging yourself on peaches," Kisshu said.

"Another reason I'm NOT a zombie is that they don't exist," Pai said. "They are fictional creatures mainly seen in human horror movies. And those zombies happen to be human actors wearing make-up. Zombies are mindless reanimated corpses. I was never dead, therefore I cannot be a zombie."

"Yes you were," Kisshu said. "Deep Blue killed you and me after you killed Taruto."

"But you called me a zombie before that incident, which means you were wrong then, so you're still wrong," Pai said a bit too patiently. "And in case you haven't noticed, I am not mindless. Therefore, even if they existed, I cannot possibly be a zombie."

"Then what are you?" Kisshu asked.

"A CYNICLON, you moron," Pai said.

Kisshu ignored the moron part and said, "Hey Pai, I thought up a new idea for charades, wanna see?"

"I'm never going to hear the end of it if I don't, so go ahead," Pai sighed.

Kisshu stood up, stretched his arms out in front of him, and started wandering around the room like a sleepwalker. "Kisshu, what is that?" Pai sighed.

Kisshu stopped, smirked, and said, "You, when you don't get enough sleep." Then he went back to the impersonation, and moaned, "I'm Paaaiii! I will eat your braaaiinssss! Bewaaaare!"

By this point, smoke was coming out of Pai's ears, and Ichigo was rolling around on the bed, laughing. Two seconds later, the explosion came. "Kisshu, you're going DOWN!" Pai shouted, and as Kisshu wandered past him, Pai grabbed him by the throat- and promptly started trying to strangle him.

Ichigo stopped laughing, and noticing Kisshu wasn't able to breathe, ran over and yanked Pai's arm. "Pai, Kish can't breathe!" she said.

Pai looked from her to Kisshu, who had passed out. Eyes widening, Pai took his hands away, and Ichigo caught Kisshu as he fell. "I think you need to work on anger management, Pai," Ichigo said, picking up Kisshu and putting him on her bed. She sighed, and said, "Kish is having trouble breathing; can you do something about that?"

Pai came over and put a hand on Kisshu's chest, and the other hand on his throat. His hands began to glow, and Kisshu's ragged breathing evened out. Pai healed the bruises on Kisshu's throat, and took his hands away. Then he put one hand on Kisshu's chest, and said softly, "He'll be better when he wakes up, but he'll need to take it easy tomorrow. Can I stay here?"

"Sure, you can have Kisshu's room," Ichigo said. "I'll get my sleeping bag."

"You don't have to; Kisshu won't mind if you sleep with him," Pai said. "He likes cuddling."

"O-okay," Ichigo said. "I'm going to go get my pajamas on; do you need anything?"

"No, I'll be fine," Pai said. "Thanks, Ichigo."

"Sure," Ichigo said, and went to get ready for bed as Pai left.

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