We walked in to see
Ryou and Keiichiro chatting at one of the tables, they turned quickly
over to us and gawked at Kisshu's presence. They stood up and Ryou
flung over to Kisshu about to slam into him but Lettuce came between
them.
"Ryou-kun no! He's here to help us someone is coming!"
Lettuce reassured with Pudding stepping in front of Kisshu.
"Yeah,
yeah! And Taru-Taru will come and help us too na no da!" Pudding
agreed tugging on Kisshu's arm he looked annoyed but hid it behind
a serious look to Ryou. Ryou looked over to me and back at
Kisshu,
"Is this true?" Ryou asked me, I nodded looking over
at Kisshu who had been gazing at me as well.
"Yes, it's true this guy is coming after all of the former Mew Mews." I replied to Ryou he was obviously waiting for more, "Yes Ryou, Kisshu is on the good side." I answered annoyed, I saw Moe appear from the kitchen with a small cake that Keiichiro gently took from her smiling.
"Are you all in trouble again?" Moe asked concerned. Ringo nodded then looked back at Ryou who was staring Kisshu down, Kisshu's eyes were still on me he looked over at Ryou and it looked as if they were having a mental conversation.
"Well
Kisshu could you please explain to us what is going on?" Keiichiro
piped up breaking the awkward silence between everyone. Kisshu nodded
and explained about the man coming and wanting our blood for his own
selfish power.
"Oh dear," Keiichiro said rubbing his
forehead, Moe went to his side rubbing his shoulder; he touched it
lightly then looked up at the five of us. "We must alert the other
three girls." Keiichiro sighed getting up from his chair.
"Can
Miwa and I do anything?" Moe asked putting her fingers nervously on
her lower lip.
"No Moe, he doesn't want your blood, and
without you being a mew mew, you might get hurt." I answered for
Keiichiro who smiled at me slightly then looked back at Moe who
frowned and nodded. Keiichiro disappeared in the back to go contact
the other mew mews.
Everyone sat at the big round table in the middle of the café. Kisshu sat in-between Pudding and Me; he every now and then stole a glance at me picking the skin on his fingers nervously. I kept my eyes off of him and to my own hands, my finger nails were chipped and the once pink nail polish on them was only little specks. Ryou was leaning back in his seat tapping his foot waiting for Keiichiro to return, Lettuce was braiding and un-braiding her hair while Ringo and Pudding wrote little notes to each other. Moe was resting on her left palm doing little designs with her finger on the table.
A loud knocking on the door
caused everyone to jump; Ryou jolted up and opened the door to see
Berry and Tasuke falling over the threshold firing questions at Ryou
who sighed in relief to see them.
"Ichigo-sannnnn!" Berry
squealed running over to me, I stood up and accepted the huge hug she
gave me kissing my cheek. "Eh who's this Ichigo-san?" Berry
asked tugging on Kisshu's ponytail. He turned over to see Berry and
examined her quickly then turned back around.
"Kisshu-kun use to
be an enemy of ours but now he's our friend and is going to help us
na no da!" Pudding explained bouncing in her seat.
"Oh! Well,
that's ironic." Berry said turning over to see Tasuke and
beckoned him to come by her side.
"Where's Masaya-kun
Ichigo-san?" Berry asked cocking her head, I saw from the corner of
my eye Kisshu's back tensed.
"Work, as always." I answered
sadly laughing, Berry didn't pick that up and she smiled nodding
going over to take a seat next to Ringo with Tasuke following her, I
slightly felt envious of their relationship…they've always been
friends…in love.
I shook that thought out of my head and sat back down in my seat. Berry exploded into a conversation about how Tasuke got into a fight with a employee at a store with Tasuke blushing next to her. Kisshu and I were probably the only two blocking her out, I clutched my fists still thinking about those two and their beautiful relationship.
"Are you ok?" Kisshu whispered into my ear, his hot breath against my skin sent a wonderful sensation through me, I felt a bit disgusted at this feeling. I nodded not looking at him, I expected him to grab my hand and give it a little squeeze, or my shoulder but he didn't touch me, which was a good thing…but I somehow wanted him to…
No! No I didn't what was I thinking? Ha I'm married for goodness sakes! Well at least…I'm going to be, I'm going to marry Masaya Aoyama and nothing will change that! Even if…even if, my train of thought died down when another knock came at the door, Ryou didn't even get a chance to stand when Zakuro and Mint walked in.
"Mint, Zakuro-oneechans!" Pudding squealed hopping out of her chair with Lettuce, and I following. We all hugged Mint hugging us back and Zakuro lightly patting our backs, Berry wiggled her fingers to them with Ringo watching us hug. Tasuke waved to them then his eyes fell on Kisshu, I guess he didn't realize he had been sitting there. Kisshu had his eyes on Mint and Zakuro who gasped at his presence.
"Kisshu, I'll fu…" Mint began but Zakuro put her hand
over Mint's mouth.
"Obviously Mint, since everyone is calm
Kisshu isn't the enemy here. Kisshu is an ally right Ichigo-san?"
Zakuro asked wondering if her clarification was true.
"Yes,
that's right." I answered looking over to Kisshu who had been
staring at me, I turned back around quickly.
I heard little
wings and footsteps coming up from the hallway, Keiichiro reappeared
with Ucha and Masha flying around in circles.
"Berry-san I've
missed you!" Ucha squealed bumping into Berry, Berry wrapped her
arms around her and laughed.
"I missed you too!" Berry
squealed. Masha came up to me tweeting snuggling into my arms; I
hugged him tightly kissing his head.
"Ichigo, Ichigo,
Ichigo!" Masha cheered. Kisshu turned to see Masha and looked away
when Masha started spazzing over his presence.
"Alien! Alien!"
Masha alerted flapping around like a mad little robot.
"No,
Masha it's ok! He's here to help us." I reassured him pulling
him back in a hug. Masha tweeted curiously but cuddled against me
again.
"Everyone please take a seat." Keiichiro
instructed as everyone scrambled back to their seats. Masha kept an
eye on Kisshu while relaxing on my lap.
"First off here are
your pendants mew mews," Ryou started off sliding everyone's
pendant to them. I picked mine up to see it wasn't the shiny gold
it use to be, it was a tad bit duller. Everyone else examined there's
as well.
"The teams all back na no da!" Pudding squealed hugging her pendant to her chest. Some of the girls giggled and Ucha squealed in happiness too, but I only looked at my pendant remembering the best years of my life. Kisshu stole another gaze at me,
"Where's your bell necklace?" He whispered so that only I could hear while Ryou was discussing the current crisis. I gently put my hand on my neck realizing I had taken off the bell a few weeks ago. I still remembered the day Masaya gave it to me, it was the time when Kisshu had tried to make me his, or else Masaya would die in this green goop (ep.13) I scratched my neck looking back down at Masha who's ears perked down at my tears starting to escape my eyes. I dropped my head slightly so that my hair could cover my face, Kisshu pushed my hair away and wiped one of the escaping tears away from my cheek.
I was hungry for affection again, and there was Kisshu willingly able to give me all the affection I needed, but would I take advantage of the moment and turn around and act cold to him again? No, because I wouldn't starve for his affection, I was going to get Masaya to care about me and I won't need Kisshu.
Kisshu looked down at me curiously I mouthed a thanks and he let my hair fall back to covering my face. Miwa had sneaked in and sat next to Moe who informed her about what was going on while Ryou was finishing up.
"Alright so I want teams." Ryou announced looking around the table, "Zakuro, Mint, Ringo, and Pudding team one." Ryou pointed out to them, "And Berry, Ichigo, Lettuce with Tasuke Kisshu and Ucha and Masha." Ryou pointed to us Masha seemed to perk up when he figured out he'd be on my team and with Ucha. Zakuro's team I want you staying at Mint's mansion for now, Berry do you think everyone on your team could stay at your place?" Ryou instructed asking Berry his question, Berry nodded and looked at Kisshu.
"Grandfather won't even mind our new
friend Kisshu; he'll probably take a liking to him actually."
Berry reassured Kisshu who had squirmed in his seat.
"Actually I
can just teleport to my ship and come back when needed." Kisshu
said stealing yet another glance at me, I looked up at him curiously,
two years back he'd jump at the chance to sleep in the same ten
mile radius as me. Ryou seemed pleased with this and nodded, and then
went on explaining communication.
"Kisshu how will you know
when you're needed?" I asked curiously, he looked a bit thrown
off at my question or the fact that I was talking to him.
"I'll
get Taruto to tell me, he'll jump at the opportunity to be on a
stakeout on Earth, though he might just focus all his time on
pudding." He whispered looking over at Pudding who was bouncing up
and down in her seat.
"I find it a bit funny that you're
skipping the opportunity to sleep in the same house with me." I
laughed looking at Kisshu from the corner of my eye. He didn't
blush nor did he look angry he just slightly smiled,
"You
obviously don't have mutual feelings for me so why should I bother,
right?" Kisshu admitted sadly, I felt pretty bad knowing that he
was…well not exactly right but, how could I make the
feelings mutual? Masaya…
"No Kisshu, it's not that." I
whispered Masha kept his eyes locked on Ryou but I could tell he was
listening, "I don't hate you, nor do I love you. But who
knows…the future is cloudy and, I don't know how I'll feel
about you then." I continued looking up at Kisshu who looked just
as surprised as Masha who furrowed his eyebrows together curiously.
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