From the Beginning
Part 6
By dinnertime that night, Pai still hadn't figured out who Deep Blue's human host was, so he took a break to eat with the others. "Still no luck?" Sakura asked as they sat down.
"None, except for the fact I'm pretty positive it's someone in Tokyo," Pai said gloomily. "I'll keep working on it."
"Good," Kisshu said.
"How was school for you?" Pai asked.
"WAY better than at home," Kisshu said happily. "None of the girls even looked at me, and the boys pretty much ignored me too."
"Good for you," Pai said. "It'll probably be better, since no one here knows about your skills."
"Just don't join any clubs or teams," Ichigo said. "That's when you'll start getting swarmed."
"Good thing I wasn't planning on it," Kisshu replied.
As they were finishing dinner, the doorbell rang, and Shintaro went to get it. The others heard him say, "Are you here about Shirogane?"
"Yes, can I come in?" a man's voice asked.
"Sure," Shintaro said. The others heard the front door close, and then Shintaro came in with a police officer.
The police officer sighed and said, "We had quite a hard time getting Shirogane to talk, so I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. We also closed down his operation and confiscated all the equipment he had. It turns out he had an assistant, who was a bit more willing to talk, so we got the information we needed from him. Apparently Shirogane and his assistant infused five girls, Miss Momomiya here included, with the DNA of Red Data animals. The intention behind this was for the girls to fight off aliens who were apparently attacking Tokyo, but Shirogane's actual motive was to kill the aliens in revenge for his parents, who were apparently killed by something called a 'Chimera Anima', which they were researching. Apparently the Mew Project would only work on specific people, and since neither Shirogane nor his assistant was one of those people, Shirogane decided he'd create his own little army, tell them they were saving the world, and then make them fight the aliens and work at the bakery he was going to open. We also discovered that had the girls decided they'd rather not do this, he had created a machine that would brainwash them into doing his bidding without question. We destroyed the device as soon as we found it. The other girls who were infused are unknown; apparently Shirogane doesn't know exactly who he infused with animal DNA. He seems convinced that we're in danger from aliens, so I was sent over here to ask about that."
"He's wrong; we're currently working on a plan to save my home planet," Pai said. "There's just one thing left before we can figure out how to save my home, though."
"Which is…." the police officer said.
"The guy who convinced the Council that taking over Earth was a good idea needs to die, or this planet and the species on it could die," Kisshu said. "He has a human host in this world, and it's probably some guy in Tokyo. When we find that person, we're going to have to kill him, or the Earth could be completely destroyed. Pai is working on finding out who that person is, and once he does, we'll need to kill him."
"I don't suppose there's any way of getting around killing him, is there?" the officer asked without much hope.
"Not to my knowledge," Pai said. "The human is little more than a puppet, and even before Deep Blue has fully been revived, he will be able to manipulate the human he chose as his host. So if he wants that human to set up bombs all over Tokyo, the person will have no choice but to do so. I'm working on finding out the person's identity; should I contact you when I've found him?"
"I'll ask my supervisor, and he can get back to you," the officer said. "He might have more detailed questions."
"Alright," Pai said.
The officer nodded and said, "Shirogane and his assistant are going on trial next week, so we'll have the verdict to you soon. It'll probably be a sentence of at least twenty years, but that's just my guess."
"Thank you," Shintaro said. "Please let us know if there's anything else we need to know."
"Will do," the police officer said. Shintaro walked him out, and then came back.
"Well, looks like Shirogane will be out of our hair for good soon," Shintaro said.
"That's good," Ichigo said. "And by the time he gets out of jail, we'll have figured out how to save Cyniclonia, and Deep Blue will be dead."
"That's also good," Sakura said. "Did you finish your homework?"
"Yeah, we both did," Ichigo replied.
"I guess you can have the rest of the night off then," Sakura said. "Don't stay up too late, 'kay?"
"We won't," Ichigo said. "Kisshu, would you like to watch a movie?"
"Movie?" Kisshu asked.
"Come on, I'll show you," Ichigo said. She took his hand and pulled him to the living room, then opened a cabinet.
"Those look kind of like books," Kisshu said, looking at the DVD collection.
Ichigo looked through the collection, and said, "Here's one of my favorites; Quest for Camelot."
"What's Camelot?" Kisshu asked.
"A legendary castle in England," Ichigo said. "Would you like to watch it?"
"Sure, but how do you watch that?" Kisshu asked.
"You take the disc inside, and put it in the DVD player," Ichigo explained, showing Kisshu what she meant. Then she turned on the TV, and pulled Kisshu over to the couch to watch the movie. Looking at him as she clicked Play on the options screen, she noticed he looked excited, and smiled. He's so cute, she thought. Then she settled down as the movie started.
"Those people don't look real," Kisshu commented.
"That's because this is an animated movie; it doesn't have live actors in it," Ichigo explained. "The voices are done by real people, though."
"How does that work?" Kisshu asked.
"To be honest, I'm not really sure," Ichigo said. "How 'bout you ask me questions afterwards, so we can enjoy the story?"
"'Kay," Kisshu said. He settled down and watched the movie with her, and really seemed to enjoy it.
When it was over, Ichigo sighed and said, "I love that movie…."
"It was good," Kisshu said. "I liked how Garret and Kayley didn't get along at first, but then they fell in love."
"I think that's just so cute," Ichigo said happily. "Jeez, it's already 9. We should go get ready for bed."
"Okay," Kisshu said. He got up, and Ichigo followed him upstairs after turning off the TV and DVD player.
They both got ready for bed, kissed each other goodnight, and went to their rooms.
The next morning, Ichigo was, as usual, woken up by Kisshu yanking her blankets off. She sighed and got up, pecking him on the cheek as she went by on her way to take a shower. Kisshu smirked as he started making her bed.
Soon they were both ready for school, and they headed out.
Moe and Miwa were waiting for them at the gates, and Miwa said, "You're getting better at getting here on time, Ichigo."
"Kisshu yanks the blankets off every morning, it's hard not to," Ichigo said.
Miwa and Moe giggled, and Moe said, "Let's get to class."
They were waylaid by the principal in the front hallway before they could go to class, and sighing, they followed him to his office. "Do you know anything about why Aoyama was found in one of the halls, beaten up?" he asked.
"He was harassing Ichigo again, even though she already told him several times to leave her alone, so we decided to make it clear that he crossed the line," Moe said, shrugging. "If you warned him, apparently he didn't care. If not, don't feel too bad; he had it coming for being a nag."
The principal sighed and said, "Fine… get to class, and watch out for the kendo team."
"Thanks," Miwa said. She and the others skipped out to class, leaving the principal to do paperwork- and bemoan his sorry fate.
They got quite a few glares throughout the day, and at lunch Ichigo said, "Is the cafeteria really a good idea?"
"Not really; let's try the roof," Miwa said. She headed off, and the others followed her.
As they were settling down, they heard footsteps, and looked over at the stairs. To their surprise, it wasn't the kendo team, it was three girls. "What's up?" Ichigo asked.
"What do you THINK is up?" one of them asked angrily. "Your insane friends made mincemeat of Aoyama-kun!"
"So?" Ichigo asked. "He was harassing me nonstop about being his girlfriend, even though I already have a boyfriend. I don't know what you all see in him, but if he hadn't nagged me so much, he'd still be in one piece. He brought it on himself."
"Why wouldn't you want to be his girlfriend?" the second girl asked. "Aoyama-kun is so perfect and dreamy!"
"Maybe to you, but I don't like him," Ichigo said. "You can crush on him all you want, but please leave me and my friends out of it. Besides, since I'm already with Kisshu here, you've all got a better chance of making Aoyama yours."
The girls looked startled, then perked up, and the first girl said, "You're right!"
"Can we eat in peace now?" Moe asked.
The girls didn't respond, they just headed off, talking excitedly. "Nice, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said.
"Thanks Kisshu," Ichigo said happily.
The rest of the afternoon passed by uneventfully, and soon it was time to go home. When Ichigo and Kisshu got home, they saw a police car in the driveway, and ran in. When they got to the living room, they found two officers, Pai, Sakura, and Shintaro sitting in the room. They looked up as Kisshu and Ichigo came in, and Pai said, "I'm glad you're back. I found Deep Blue's human host, but we're having some issues with what to do now."
"Who is it?" Ichigo asked.
"A kid at your school called Aoyama Masaya," one of the officers said gloomily.
"And why is there a problem?" Kisshu asked.
"The police aren't too happy with the idea of killing him, even though Pai said he'd be discreet about it," Shintaro said.
"Isn't this the only way to make sure the Earth isn't destroyed?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes, but it doesn't change the fact that we have to allow the murder of a thirteen-year-old," one of the officers said. "That's not exactly something that's going to go down too well if we get found out. If he disappears, our comrades will be called, and we'll have to do something, or people will get suspicious."
"So put up posters, and fake a search," Kisshu said. "And after a while, you can say to his family that he's presumed dead, and you need to move on to other things. The police can't be expected to spend all their efforts on one missing person; there must be zillions of other cases you need to work on."
The officers sighed, and then the one who had been talking said, "Alright. We'll let you handle this, but please don't give us the details afterwards. We'll keep you updated on Shirogane's case."
"Thank you," Shintaro said, standing. The others stood up too, and Shintaro walked the officers out, then came back. "When are you doing this, Pai?" he asked.
"Tonight, I think I'll be better off doing it when everyone's sleeping," Pai said.
"Alright," Shintaro said. He turned to Ichigo and Kisshu, and asked, "How was school?"
"Fine, nothing out of the ordinary," Ichigo said. "Kisshu and I should start our homework, though."
"I'm going to order pizza for dinner, so I'll do that later," Sakura said. "Good luck on your homework."
"Thanks Mom," Ichigo said, and she and Kisshu headed back to her room.
Aoyama's going to die next chapter, but I feel like this story is getting kind of boring. If you've got ideas on how to spice it up, please let me know. Review plz!