People seemed to like this story so here is the next chapter.
I'm hoping that people like this chapter, is kind of just a filler chapter for things to happen.
Sorry for grammar or spelling, I was too lazy to re-check my work.
There is nothing much I can say about this except,
ENJOY
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"Kisshu, are you sure this is a good idea? I know you said this is a secret spot but I can't get this nervous feeling out of my gut." Kitten said, fidgeting on the couch. Kisshu had told her about this picnic a few days ago, and she had originally been quite exited for it. However, as the day got closer and closer she got more and more hesitant.
"Why are you so scared? I told you everything will be fine." Kisshu said. He sat down beside her, took a hold of her hand, and gave her a little kiss on the cheek. Kitten and Kisshu had gotten to know each other a lot more over the past few months they had been together. Kisshu was freely expressing his emotions around Kitten. "You will be perfectly safe, and even if you are in some sort of danger I will protect you. I promise that nothing with harm you. Will you calm down now?" Kisshu asked. Kitten squeezed his hand lightly and nodded. She hadn't been out of Kisshu's house since she got here; it was what made her feel safe. No matter how much she had asked about the place Kisshu was taking her, he would say nothing. She didn't want to be found by the strange people she saw when she first woke up.
"I trust you, Kisshu, I do. But I'm… I'm just…" Kitten said hesitantly. Kisshu took her up in his arms and held her tightly. Kitten snuggled closer into him. If she was with Kisshu, she knew she had nothing to fear. She didn't doubt that he would protect her from everything and anything that might want to cause her harm. She loved Kisshu and knew he loved her to, but she couldn't get this feeling out of her stomach. It was almost as if she remembered a time when she was taken to a surprise place, it did not go as well as he would have liked.
"I am here for you, Kitten. There will be nothing to be afraid of." Kisshu rubbed her back lightly. He wanted to show her this special place; she would be the only other person to know about it. It was a paradise on Cnyth. (A/N I found the name of the planet they live on and will be using it.) He had found it during the first year he returned to his planet. He wished Ichigo could see it. He knew for a fact that she would love it. Kisshu quickly realized what he was thinking and pushed it far out of his mind. The more time he spent around Kitten the less and less was thinking about Ichigo on Earth. Kisshu could never completely forget her and he would always love her, but his mind and heart were more concerned about the cyniclon girl he lived with. He was happy to be with Kitten, and he was pretty sure she felt the same. The kitchen door opened and the maid came out to hand Kisshu a small wicker basket. He stood up and took the basket with a thanked her before turning back to Kitten. "If you still want to go we are all set." This was now or never and Kitten decided quickly before she could regret the choice.
"Yes, let's go." She said with a smile. Kisshu helped her off the couch and she smoothed her dress. It was a pretty pink dress that Kisshu had gotten her. She loved it and couldn't wait to wear it. She took Kisshu's free hand and smiled.
"Great. Oh, before we go close your eyes. I want it to be a surprise." Kisshu said a wide smile on his face. He handed her the basket before covering her eyes with his hands. He was already feeling giddy and couldn't wait to see her face when she saw his paradise. Kitten felt the change instantly. She could feel the sun and a slight breeze blowing on her bare shoulders. It was not cold at all, actually it was quite nice. The sun was not too hot and the wind did not make it too cold. It was a perfect day. "Ready?" Kisshu whispered and she nodded. Neither of them could stop smiling from the impending surprise. Kisshu removed his hands from her face and heard Kitten gasp as she saw everything. She took a few steps and spun around so she could see everything there was to see. She was so stunned by the beauty, she felt like this wasn't real. They were in a field full fresh green grass and flowers as far as the eye could see. There were small white and yellow puffball flowers, as well as daisies and tulips and so many other flowers Kitten couldn't even name. There were few trees but there were mountains in the distance. They were not snow toped and they didn't look like they went that high but she didn't doubt that they looked beautiful with a sunset behind them. Kitten couldn't hear anything other than the sounds of a few birds flying in the sky. She was amazed that people were so close to this beautiful spot and they didn't even know about it.
"Kisshu, this… this is… beautiful." Kitten said still awestruck. The two were silence as they just took in the view of their surroundings. Kitten loved this place, and felt like she didn't even want to leave. While Kisshu did like his little paradise he found the beautiful girl in front of him, smiling wide and unable to keep her eyes focused on one place for more than a few seconds a much more enjoyable sight. After a few moments, the silence was broken. Not by one of the people who had come to see the beauty of nature but by a single bug, a small cicada. Its single small but clear chirp could be heard in the piece and quiet of the field. Kitten closed her eyes and listened to its sound, as a small shiver when down her spine. She got a strange feeling of déjà vu as a voice echoed around her mind. It was a male's voice, sweet sounding and caring. What confused her was that the voice belonged to no one she knew, or at least no one she remembered.
"I think it woke up early because of the same reason as this cherry tree." He said almost in a happy matter but she thought she could hear a bit of sadness as he went on. "But it's continuing to call for another since he doesn't know that. It's saying 'I'm here'. Even when there's no one who will listen to him, he's going to continue and call for another and…" His voice trailed off and she felt sad. She couldn't explain it. There was nothing that she remembered about what he was talking about. It made her feel lonely and she wanted to know why he had been so sad about the conversation when at the beginning she knew he was happy and laughing. It was Kisshu's arms wrapping around her stomach that brought her out of her thoughts.
"How did you find this place?" Kitten asked. She knew couldn't hide the sadness in her voice but she just hopped that Kisshu didn't ask about it. She smiled over her shoulder at him, but she could tell that he wasn't fooled.
"You know, I can't really remember the reason." Kisshu pulled Kitten closer to him. She had been elated just a few seconds ago and now she looked almost heartbroken. "Is something wrong, my pretty kitty? You seem down all of a sudden." Kisshu didn't know what it was and he didn't want it to be something that he had done without knowing it. Maybe she had gotten her memory back and her past wasn't a happy one. He had a thought that it was something really terrible in her past that had made her lose her memory in the first place. Kitten bit her lower lip lightly and thought about lying to him about when she remembered. But she didn't think he would give up if she said it was nothing.
She sighed before opening her mouth. "I got a sad memory. It was just of a boy talking about someone calling to someone, saying 'I'm here' but no one is listening. It just made me feel lonely." Her voice was barely above a whisper but Kisshu heard everything.
"I'm always here for you. You don't have to feel lonely. If you ever call out to me, I will listen." Kisshu whispered back, and Kitten smiled. She knew that she would always have Kisshu and she was very happy about it. Kisshu couldn't leave her and they both knew it. Whatever the future held for them they knew they could face it together. "Besides, who wouldn't listen to such a cute girl asking for help?" Kisshu said, just to make her laugh. She blushed and shook herself free of Kisshu hold.
"Well, I hope the next person to save me doesn't tease me like you do." Kitten said, sticking her tongue out at him and laughing alongside him. "Sometimes you make me want to forget I even know you."
"Oh, you don't mean that. You know you love me and couldn't live a day without me." Kisshu said with a smirk.
"I could if I wanted to. I did it before I met you, didn't I?" Kitten sat down and started to pull out stuff for the picnic. There were sandwiches and tones of fruit, as well as a few other small dishes. Kisshu had asked for his maid to do the cooking instead of letting Kitten do it, much to her disliking. Kitten had been helping the maid, her new friend named Mary, with all the cleaning and everything while Kisshu was out and about. Mary loved to do the laundry while Kitten liked to stay in the kitchen and cook but the two would help each other out with cleaning the house. With the two of them working together, the house was amazingly clean. On their down time, they would talk and they became friends pretty quickly.
"But you don't want to." Kisshu replied. He sat down on the blanket as close to Kitten as he could. He wrapped his arms around her. "You wouldn't ever really forget about me, right?" He knew that she loved him but he need to hear it from her. There was always that little doubt in the back of his mind telling him that this was all a lie and as soon as she got her memories back she would run off and leave him alone. Kitten looked at him with a small smile and saw exactly what was going on in his mind.
"What do you think?" She asked before pressing her lips to his in a sweet kiss. She smiled a gentle smile when she broke the kiss. He was right in everything that he had told her. She loved him and couldn't go a day without seeing his beautiful gold eyes or hearing his voice, even if it was just teasing her. When she got her memories back she knew that with all her heart that she would be staying with Kisshu, no matter what was in her past.
"Can you still stay it thought?" His childlike question made her laugh but he really was like a child when he was teasing her.
"I will never forget you, Kisshu. Whatever happened to my memory in the future, I could never forget you. You are like, permanently imprinted on my brain. I only wish you could stop teasing me so much." Kitten said.
"Oh, come on." Kisshu groaned playfully, nuzzling his nose into her hair. She tried to hide the faint blush that came to her cheeks but it didn't work. "I just can't help myself sometimes. You are just so easy to tease and you always are so adorable afterwards." Kitten blush deeper and was pulled closer to Kisshu. She could feel every muscle of his strong chest on her back as well as his breath on her skin. "But you have to be careful. If you blush too much your hair will stand no chance against your face." He whispered in her ear. That did it; she was now as red as her hair if not more. Kisshu couldn't help himself and laughed. Kitten pouted and looked around her for something she could use as payback. She found it and smiled wickedly as she picked it up. Kisshu was laughing too hard to even notice her movements, so it was a big surprise to him when he found his face full of cake. "Hey, that was for desert!" He called a laugh still in his voice.
"Well, not anymore, serves you right for laughing at me." Kitten said with a triumphant smile. Kisshu took some of the frosting of his face and smeared it on Kitten's. They both laughed as the cleaned up. The rest of the day was beautiful. Although Kisshu did tease her she found herself relaxed and more in love with Kisshu then she was when she came. The two of them had their picnic, minus the cake for desert. They played in the field and just watched as the clouds float by above them. They felt like little kids on this date but it really didn't mind it. All they really cared about was beside them having just as much fun as they were. When the two thought it time to head back home, Kisshu had one last surprise.
"Come with me, I want to show you one last thing before we go." Kisshu said taking Kitten's hand and leading her off towards one of the mountains. He led her to a small cave and continued to walk inside. Kitten grabbed Kisshu arm as they did for fear of tripping on something or being snatched away from him. "Don't be scared. It is just a little farther." Kisshu said. This was his biggest secret of them all. He had debated with himself about actually showing this secret to Kitten. It wasn't that he couldn't trust her, which he did with his whole heart, it was the fear that he would remember Ichigo and in so doing ruin his relationship with Kitten. He loved her and knew just like she did, he couldn't live without her near him. Very soon the cave opened up into a little roofless clearing with the prettiest tree Kitten had ever seen right in the middle. Its branches stretched out covered it a light pink flower buds, almost covering the whole clearing from the sky and hinting the light in a pink glow. "It's called a…"
"A cherry tree." Kitten interrupted. It surprised both of them that she knew what it was. She looked to a confused Kisshu and she didn't doubt that her own face looked just as confused as his. "I don't know how I knew that. Is there a tree like this somewhere else? Anywhere else that anyone could see?"
"No," Kisshu's mind was racing trying to figure this out. "I brought seeds for this tree from Earth. I hid them from everyone and raised it myself. No one, not even my own brothers know what I have done. I don't even know why I brought them. I wasn't even sure they would grow on Cynth." That wasn't completely true. He had hoped that they would grow and in a way he could be close to Ichigo still. When he was on Earth, he would always think at the base of the cherry tree he had used to try and destroy Earth. The place where he first wanted to take Ichigo back with him to make her his. It was the same tree he would sit on right outside her bedroom window and spy on her while she slept. No one knew how important this type of tree connected Ichigo and him. "Why, have you seen this tree before? It is impossible but not improbable."
"I don't know." Kitten's mind was completely blank and it was making her mad. She had said something neither of them could explain and now she couldn't even remember what had made her say what she did. "When I look at this tree I just get a sense of fear and urgency. Then I feel anger almost like I am fighting someone I both hate and love. Then the fear comes back tenfold and I'm paralyzed with it. Then something inside me just clicks and I feel sad but I know it's my responsibility, even though I don't know what I am responsible for. I am so tired after and it all goes blank. I'm tired just thinking about it." Kitten's voice had a sadness to it that wanted to break her heart. She didn't even know what she was talking about, but it stilled threatened to take over her in a fit of tears. She wanted to be held and told it was all going to be okay but she didn't even know if Kisshu could help her in this. "Kisshu, I am so confused right now, I don't even know what to think. I'm lost and I don't even know how to get back." Kitten felt the tears coming and spilling over. Kisshu held her close as she cried on his shoulder.
"There, there, Kitten. There is no need to cry." Kisshu whispered, lightly rubbing her back. He didn't know how to help her in this situation. All he could do now was be here for her. She continued to cry on his shoulder until she found her tears dry up, but she stilled stayed close to him as her only root of comfort. She felt defenseless and incredibly weak at that moment. She probably would have fallen to her knees if Kisshu wasn't holding her up. Kisshu didn't even know what to feel. All this new information was swarming around in his mind and it didn't want to stop. So many questions were floating around unanswered and he didn't even know how to ask them. How had Kitten known what the tree was called? What were all these feelings she was getting jut from looking at the tree? And most curious of all, why was he himself thinking about his fight with Ichigo over this tree? "Hey, Kitten, it's okay now. Come on, let's head back home. I am sure we can get Mary to make us another cake. I'm sorry that I brought you here. I didn't know it would have this kind of effect on you. I won't take you back here, I promise." Kisshu said trying to lead her away. She didn't move, however, either to afraid to move or to weak he didn't know.
"Can we come back?" Kitten pulled herself away from him and walked closer to the tree. She put her hand on the trunk of the tree and felt as if it was giving her its energy. "After I get my memories back or even before I do. I want to come back here. I don't know why but I feel as if I am connected to this tree or if it connects me to someone else. I want to come back here with you." She turned to the man she loved more than another man she could ever remember. "I want this to be our place. This will be our secret place to go to whenever we are hurt or whatever. Promise me, please. I won't take anyone other than you here, if you promise to do the same." She smiled wide at him and all he could do was stare at her. Her smile was as good a sun coming out after a rainy day. He walked up to her, and smiled as he took her hand and kiss the back of her fingers.
"You act as if I have a choice in this." He laughed lightly and she giggled to. "Of course I promise. I would never show this place to anyone but you." Kitten smiled happily and gave him a hug in joy. After a few seconds, Kisshu placed his fingers under her chin and made her look up at him. The look in her big brown eyes were so beautiful, it almost made Kisshu weak in the knees. He leaned in close and gently pressed his lips on hers. His eyes closed slowly when he saw hers do the same. He felt her arms wrap around his neck and her fingers start to play in his hair. His own arms wrapped around her small frame. One arm holding her tightly against his own body. The other behind her, holding her neck so she couldn't escape, not that she wanted to. She felt a little unexplained guilt in the pit of her stomach and its cold hands were threatening to shatter her heart. It was almost as if she was remembering she loved someone else but she couldn't out a name or a face to the feeling but she didn't care. When she remembered who she was supposedly betraying she was going to apologize to him. She loved the man she was kissing right now and she couldn't lose him. When she got her memory back she couldn't, wouldn't be able to forget her feeling right now with Kisshu. Besides, if the other man truly loved her he would want her to be happy, even if it wasn't with him, right? The two had to break the kiss as they both were in the need of air.
"I love you, Kisshu." Kitten said, breathlessly. "I really do and I want you to know that. I will always love you and no one else, no matter what." She gave him a quick kiss on the lips to prove her point. Kisshu smiled as he picked the girl in front of him and swung her in circles. They both laughed like little kids at the action. When Kitten's feet again touched the grassy ground, the couple shared another long passionate kiss.
"I love you too, Kitten. I have loved you since the very moment I saw you. I will always be yours." Kisshu smiled wide and it was shared by Kitten. The two sealed their promise with a sweet kiss. A passing thought went through Kisshu's mind of Kitten's copy back on that distant planet. He wondered if, after five and a half years of separation, she had finally fallen for him: but the thought was thrown away when the love of his life, she was standing right in front of him with his arms wrapped tightly around her body refusing to let her go. There was only one question now on his mind and it would take more thinking when he wasn't in the arms of such a beautiful temptress, and that was where he could get the ring.
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Still one year after show/ Six months after Ayoman-kun died
Ichigo stood at the pier, saying good-bye to her friends. Her parents had decided to move away from Tokyo in the hopes of ending their daughter's depression. Of course, being the people they were, her parents had gone to the extremes to get away. They decided to fulfill their long wanted dream as well as getting away, and moved to the states. The planes were all set and there was no going back on them now. Ichigo's parents had already quit their jobs and were already at looking at jobs in America. Thankfully, Ichigo's English had gotten better and although she still had a few troubles here and there, she spoke it almost fluently. All of her school records had been transferred to her new school and she was glad she only had one year left of high school. All that remained now in Tokyo were personal affects and their clothes. For Ichigo's personal comfort, they would be travelling by boat instead of plane. Her parents understood why Ichigo was afraid to fly, and accepted it. They didn't mind it all that much anyway; it was a one way cruse as they called it. Ryou and Keiichiro had closed the café for the day so that everyone could see Ichigo off. Moe and Miwa were there and trying to hold back the tears Ichigo knew where there. The mews were still giving her last bit of advice before they shoved off.
"We will miss you." Lettuce said giving her a final hug. "You were my first real friend. I can't thank you enough for being there for me for so long."
"Don't think travelling around the world will give you an excuse to not talk to us." Mint said in her arrogant tone, but Ichigo could hear the tears she was trying to hide. Mint had always been that way, always hiding her emotions and trying to stay away from everyone. Ichigo blamed it on growing up in a large house with no one to talk to. "Call us no matter what the time difference is." Ichigo gave her a tight hug, smiled and agreed.
"I was told by my agent yesterday that I will be going to America soon. I will save a ticket for you so we can catch up." Zakuro said. She still had the cold mask on her face, but it was times like this that you could see her kind heart underneath.
"I can't wait." Ichigo said giving her modeling friend a hug. She gave Moe and Miwa her last hugs and thanked them for being her first ever friends. She even gave Ryou and Keiichiro a hug and thanked them. She knew if it hadn't have been for them, she never would have met her mew friends. "I will call everyone as soon as I get to America, I promise.
"Ichigo honey, hurry up, the boat is leaving soon." Her mother yelled. Ichigo nodded and looked one last time at her friends before picking up her stuff and running onto the ship's ramp.
"Wait, Ichgio-oneechan, I forgot to give you this. Taru-Taru gave it to me before they left na-no-da." Pudding yelled running after her. The little monkey gave her an envelope of pictures. When Ichigo tried to open it the little girl stopped her. "Wait until you're alone. We wanted to use the pictures as black mail but I think you need them more than I do." Pudding's smile was devilish and Ichigo didn't know whether to trust her or not. Before she could even refuse, Pudding did cartwheels and somersaults off the ramp just before pulling it way from the ship. Ichigo had to hurry to make it onto the ship in time.
She waved goodbye to them until she couldn't see them anymore on dry land. Ichigo went immediately to her room. Thankfully it wasn't with her parents, but it was still next door. She shuffled through her bas to find favorite blanket, and snuggled on her bed. She opened the envelope slowly and counted a total of seven different pictures. All of which were of her with Kisshu. They were like little snap shots of him teasing her and a few he was actually kissing her. She remembered every day that she saw in here hands. On most of the instants, she didn't know Pudding and the little shrimp were watching or even there. Then again, with Kisshu she was too busy concentrating on him to notice they were being spied on. Ichigo laid her head back down on the pillow and clutched the pictures close to her chest. She never would have guessed she would have missed Kisshu annoying pop-ups and small tease. She wished she could see him again, at least to tell him how much she actually cared for him. The tears were slow as they trickled from her eyes and to the pillow. "Kisshu, I hope you are happy, wherever you are."
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So I am sorry it took me so long to update.
I start college tomorrow so I don't know when I can get the next chapter on.
Let me know what you think about Kisshu and Kitten's relationship. I really like help from my readers with my characters.
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Sorry Daughter of Kabegami, it's just another story posted at ten o'clock.