Kisshu's Illness Chapter 3:
Sick
Ichigo was woken up by Kisshu coughing again. Soon after she got out of her sleeping bag, she saw him turn over and throw up again. She knew he had been up during the night, too. Poor guy, she thought, walking over to pat him on the back.
Kisshu eventually stopped heaving, and looked up at Ichigo. "Thanks for taking care of me, Ichigo," he whispered.
Ichigo was startled to hear him use her real name, but said, "Sure, Kisshu." She noticed that the bucket was getting a bit full, and said, "I'm going to empty that bucket in the bathroom, so if you feel sick again, try to hold it, okay?"
Kisshu nodded, and started to lie back down. Ichigo took the bucket and went to the bathroom, where she emptied it into the toilet and flushed it. She cleaned the bucket in the tub a bit, then took it back to Kisshu's bedside. She noticed he had gone back to sleep, and it looked like his fever was back. Not good, she thought. She knew that Kisshu couldn't keep anything down, and that would include the medicine she brought. She decided to ask Pai if he had any liquid medicine for a fever.
Luckily for her, Pai came in just at that moment. "How's Kisshu doing?" he asked her.
"Not so good, his fever's come back. He's also been throwing up a lot. I don't think the medicine I brought will do much good if he can't keep it down. Do you have any liquid fever medicine?" Ichigo asked.
"I think so, let me check," Pai said, and left. While she waited, she got another cool cloth, and put it over Kisshu's forehead. Then she sat down next to him.
Soon after, Pai came back and said, "We do, but there's a problem. He can't take the medication on an empty stomach, it's too strong!"
"I guess we'll have to come up with something else," Ichigo said. "I put another cold cloth on his forehead, so that should help a little."
Suddenly Kisshu began crying out in his sleep. The only word that either Pai or Ichigo could make out was 'Kitten'. They looked at each other. "I guess I should wake him up," Ichigo said. She then took Kisshu gently by the shoulders and started saying his name, over and over. After a while, Kisshu started to wake up.
"Kitten?" he asked when he saw Ichigo holding his shoulders. "I-I thought…. I saw you dead. Was that a dream?"
"Yes, it was just a nightmare," Ichigo said comfortingly. "I'm here, and I'm fine. You need to rest though, because you're NOT fine." She gently took her hands off his shoulders. Just in time too, he was starting to look pretty green again, and soon Ichigo was rubbing his back as he threw up again. When he was done, she helped him drink some warm water, and then tucked him back in.
When he was asleep, Pai said, "This doesn't look too good. If he can't take medicine, he can't really get better, either."
"You're right," Ichigo said. "I'd suggest taking him to a hospital, but he's not human, and we'd have a hard time explaining this to my friends, too."
"What are you going to tell them when you get back?" Pai asked. "And what about your parents?"
"My parents are gone for a week, and as for my friends…. I guess I'll just tell the truth; you guys asked me to help Kisshu recover from the stomach flu. I mean, it's not like you hurt me, so they should accept it. Besides, I don't have to worry about Masaya anymore, he dumped me. Maybe I should give Kisshu a chance; he's always asking me for a chance anyways. What do you think?"
Pai thought about it, then said, "Well, if you formed an alliance with him, maybe we wouldn't have to fight anymore. That would be good for both of us, right?"
"But what about your planet?" Ichigo asked.
"Mew Aqua can heal it. If we worked together, we could collect all the Mew Aqua, and use it to heal my planet," Pai said.
"That sounds good, but what about your leader?" Ichigo said.
Pai kind of wilted at that, but to their surprise, Kisshu woke up at that moment and said, "I know how to get rid of him."
"And how's that?" Pai asked skeptically.
"Kill his human host," Kisshu replied calmly. "I recently found out who it is."
"And?" Ichigo asked.
"You're not going to like this," Kisshu warned her.
"If it's the treehugger, I could care less, since he dumped me," Ichigo said.
"Oddly enough, it is the treehugger," Kisshu said. Suddenly, he started coughing again, reminding all of them that he was still pretty sick.
"We'll wait to do something about this problem once you've recovered, Kisshu," Ichigo said.
Kisshu nodded, but then turned over and threw up- again.
"Kisshu, I'm getting worried," Ichigo said. "You've been throwing up so much lately, I would think that there's nothing left in you."
Kisshu coughed and whispered weakly, "I can't explain it either, Koneko-chan. But one thing I do know is that I really don't feel good lately."
"I can see that," Ichigo said. "Hey Pai, I haven't seen Taruto yet today, I think you should go check on him."
Pai looked worried. "What if he's sick too?" Pai wondered.
"Well, if he is, you're going to be the one who gets to take care of him, 'cause I'm not leaving Kisshu," Ichigo said. "Go check on him, and see if you're right."
Pai nodded and left. Soon after, he came back and said, "Yup, Taruto's got the stomach flu too. I'll go take care of him till he gets better, so Ichigo, you're on call for Kisshu."
"Okay," Ichigo said. She looked at Kisshu, who looked back, and she smiled. "I'll take care of you, okay Kisshu?" she said.
"Thanks, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said, falling back to sleep. Pai left the two of them alone, and went to care for Taruto.
The rest of the time that Kisshu is sick will focus on him and Ichigo. After he gets better, I'm going to add some more fluff, as well as initiate Pai's Mew Aqua plan. I'm going to do one more chapter tonight, and continue this tomorrow.
