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*~ Chapter 3 ~*

I shot up to my feet and our eyes met. We both gasped knowing exactly who the other was.

A/N - Think it was Kish? Think again xD I'm so evil ^_~ x

"Pai-san!" I exclaimed shocked, my eyes flickered to the unknown being beside him and then back again.

Pai, now about the age of twenty-five and rather good looking if I do say so myself, smiled after calculating the situation and greeted me kindly, "What a truly unexpected yet pleasant surprise."

I smiled back at him and bowed politely, "Sorry. I would have let you know I was coming, but I didn't know how."

"That's not a problem at all. Though I must warn you to be prepared when you see Kish next," he then turned to the Cyniclon girl standing slightly behind him in a shy manner, "Thank you for coming Maria, tell your mother I will stop by tomorrow to pick up the package."

"Y-yes, Pai-sama," small little Maria bowed seemingly nervous and teleported out of the room and most likely out of the house.

"Well then, as I was saying, be prepared for when you say hello to Kish. He probably won't be able to restrain himself," Pai told me still smiling. I giggled.

"You seem happy now, Pai," I commented and then gasped, a second later, cupping my hands over my mouth apalled, "Oh god! That sounded so rude! I just meant that you seem happ-ier!"

Pai only laughed and said, "I take no offence from your comment. Back then I hadn't a reason to smile much - what with my planet dying, my parents dead, my friends in danger - but now my planet is healthy again, my friends are safe and I have a chance to try and build myself a family. I have good reason to feel happy now."

"I see," I smiled at him again, "That's good. So both of you seem to have been fine over the years...how's Kish been?"

They exchanged looks of curiosity and then looked back at me both smirking.

"What?" I asked, placing my hands on my hips.

"I never thought I'd see the day -" Tart started.

"-That Ichigo-san expressed in an interest in our Kisshu," Pai finished.

I blushed madly and shook my head in an attempt to hide it, "No, no! I'm just being polite and considerate! It's not like I actually have feelings for him now! I just wanted to know if he's been okay! I mean what if I say something that's harmless to me but then really, really offensive to him! Or you guys! Or your whole race! I mean I wouldn't want that! I only just got here and I really don't want to be making enemies so soon! I don't even want to make any enemies at all! I just -"

"Ichigo," I stopped and looked to Pai who was still smiling. He continued, "Upstairs, third floor, fifth door on the right."

"Huh?" I tilted my head to the side slightly confused.

"You should ask him yourself," he said winking at me. I gasped and held my breath nervously as I realised what he meant. As I made my way to and out of the door, I heard him say to Tart, "Meanwhile you are going to tell me how she merged her DNA with ours."

Climbing the huge stone staircases, I noted how big the house really was. It was so huge that it wasn't a house at all - in fact it was a mansion. Well, I thought, being the saviours, they must be wealthy enough to afford all this, huh? How amazing. My heartbeat seemed to rage on faster yet my footsteps crept along the floor, each foot falling slower than the last.

Oh god! My foot touched the third floor. Oh GOD! I turned to walk down the right. OH GOD! I came face to face with the fifth door. OH MY FLIPPING GOD! I paused nervously.

I lifted my hand to knock on the thick wooden door...when it fell slightly open. I know I shouldn't have, but I peered in as my curious cat genes were getting the better of me (guess the cat was still with me after all). After my eyes briefly scanned over the features in the room, my gaze fell upon something in the bed - someone. I crept in silently, carefully shutting the door behind me and tip-toed over to the side of his sleeping form.

"Kisshu," I whispered. Not to wake him but to confirm my thoughts that this was him - right here in front of me.

I smiled to myself studying the more mature look of his facial features. One of my hands subconsciously drifted up over the edge of the bed and toward his face. I brushed a few strands of his green hair out of my view of his face and then gently traced his cheek with the tips of my fingers. Taruto looked good and Pai looked pretty cool too but Kish was...well...hot!

If this is what he looks like now, I thought, what about when he's awake?

As if on cue, his eyes shot open and in an instant he had disappeared from the bed and reappeared over me, pinning me down to the ground. A few fearful, confusing seconds later and his eyes shot even wider than they had been before he asked, "Ichigo?"

"Hi, Kish," I smiled up at him sheepishly.

He stared at me in disbelief for what felt like ages, "You look...why do you look...Ichigo?"

"I wanted to see you again," I answered simply and then added, "This was the only way I could thing of."

"You did this for us?" he asked referring to him, Tart and Pai.

I blushed deeply and looked away when I admitted, "Well, yeah, I guess I wanted to see them too but mainly...for you."

I glanced back at him worried what his facial expressions were going to portray. He was still staring in disbelief, "I don't...you can't...this is another dream. It has to be." He concluded getting up.

"What?" I cried disappointed. I scrambled to my feet and followed him as he sat back on the bed. I stood next to him as he spread out and placed his hands behind his head glaring up at the ceiling, "And there's me thinking you'd be happy to see me again!"

I felt tears start to roll silently down my pale cheeks. He grimaced looking away and sighed, "I am but...this always happens, Ichigo. I always wake up at the best part and find out you're not really here with me at all."

"Well I am this time!" I almost shouted.

"I've heard it before," he mumbled still looking away from me.

I climbed on to the bed with him and sat on his lap which seemed to surprise him enough to make him look at me again, "But this time it's the truth!" I then contemplated this next sentence before hissing it angrily in his face, "I swear Kish...if you don't kiss me soon I'll...I'll...I'll fucking kiss you myself!"

With that said I didn't wait for him to oblige to my wishes. I practically smashed my lips in to his and he, without hesitation, accepted it wrapping his strong arms around me. One arm curled around my waist while the other moved up from my shoulders and around to cup my cheek. My own hands tangled in his hair as my eyes drifted shut from the passion.

He broke the kiss then and my eyes opened to look up at him. He was smirking down at me, "Hey, koneko-chan. Miss me?"

"Nya!" I meowed and licked the corner of his lips asking for more - which he seemed more than happy to present me with.

A few amazing passhion-filled hours later and we were lying in each others arms in the middle of his bed. I nuzzled in to his bare chest and smiled contently.

"Ichigo, you don't know how happy I am right now," Kish whispered in to my hair. I shifted position that we could looked in to the each others eyes when we spoke.

"I'm so sorry," I told him with a sad smile playing at my lips.

"You're not going back are you?" he asked fear clearly shown in his face. He then groaned, "Oh! If this is another dream-"

"No!" I giggled placing a reasuring, comforting hand on his chest as I explained, "I've been very selfish for only realising how much you mean to me now. I'd like to apologise and ask for you to forgive me."

"Selfish?" he repeated and then leaned his face closer to mine as I added.

"I'd probably do anything," I said.

"Probably?" he repeated smirking now, "Anything?"

"Within reason!" I shouted, knowing just what the perverted alien was thinking.

He laughed softly and then carressed my cheek softly as he whispered to me, "Say you're mine."

I stared back at him for a few moments letting the deep feelings that clinged to those spoken words sink in. I then nuzzled in closer to him and whispered back full of love, "I'm yours, Kisshu-sama...and only yours."

I felt him shudder beside me before he captured my lips again.

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