Kitten Love Chapter 7:
Ryou Goes Too Far
The next morning, Ichigo woke up to someone knocking on her window. She pulled the blankets over her head, trying to ignore them. Five minutes later, she couldn't take it anymore, and looked out the window. To her surprise, Pai was outside, and she sighed. Then she got out of bed and opened the window. "Why couldn't you just ring the doorbell?" she asked wearily.
"Because your dad would kill me," Pai said.
"He's going to kill both of us if he sees you up here," Ichigo said. "OUT!"
Pai sighed and floated down to the ground. Ichigo slammed her window shut, and gathered up some clothes. As she was coming out of her room, she saw Kisshu coming out of the bathroom. "Morning," he said. "What was that slamming noise?"
"Me, slamming the window after telling Pai to get out," Ichigo said. "What he was even doing outside my window is beyond me."
"He's looking for me," Kisshu said. "I think I'll go hide in the guest room."
"You're paranoid," Ichigo said. "I'm taking my shower; try to calm down while I'm gone."
Kisshu just went back to the guest room, and shut the door. Ichigo sighed and went to take a shower. She finished, and put on a pink t-shirt, and a black miniskirt. Then she put on white knee socks, did her hair, and went back to her room to put her pajamas away.
She did that, and went to the guest room. "Kisshu?" she asked. No response. Ichigo sighed. "I'm coming in," she told him. Still no response. She opened the door, and went in. Strangely, she didn't see Kisshu. Then she got an idea, and sighed. She knelt and looked under the bed. Sure enough, Kisshu was down there. "Kisshu, you're insane," Ichigo said. "Nothing is going to happen!"
"How do YOU know?" Kisshu asked. "Your best friend didn't die because he made Pai laugh."
"What makes you so sure it wasn't just coincidence?" Ichigo asked.
"There weren't any reports of rogue Chimeras that day, and then Pai laughed at something Kichi said, and this rogue Chimera appeared on his way home from school, and ripped him up!" Kisshu said. "And no one else got injured, it only got Kichi!"
"And I suppose it vanished into thin air after ripping Kichi apart?" Ichigo sighed.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Kisshu said.
"Lucky guess," Ichigo sighed. "Get out from under the bed, Kisshu. You can't stay there forever."
Kisshu sighed. Then he teleported on top of the bed. Just then, the doorbell rang, and Ichigo said, "I'll go see who that is. DO NOT go under the bed again."
"Fine…." Kisshu said. Ichigo went to the front door as her father opened it, and saw that it was Pai. "I'm looking for Kisshu," Pai said.
"He's terrified that since you laughed, something horrific is going to happen to him, and nothing I can do or say will get him to stop being paranoid," Ichigo sighed. "I managed to get him out from under the bed, though."
"Where'd he get that idea?" Pai asked.
"He says you laughed at something his best friend said, and the guy got ripped up by a rogue Chimera Anima," Ichigo said. "And he came back here in a panic last night after delivering Taruto to you. He slept over last night because he says your laugh is cursed."
"That little…" Pai muttered. "My laugh is NOT cursed. I'll go drag him out."
"Okay," Ichigo said. "But next time, ring the doorbell before knocking on my bedroom window. Dad won't necessarily kill you."
"Now I will," Shintaro said. "You were at Ichigo's bedroom window!?"
"Yes…" Pai said sheepishly. "But she told me that I should ring the doorbell next time."
"I'm getting the baseball bat," Shintaro said.
"Dad, before you beat Pai up, can he at least come convince Kisshu that he's not cursed?" Ichigo asked.
"Fine, but I get to beat him up later, regardless of what YOU say," Shintaro said.
"That should be good entertainment," Ichigo said, noticing Pai gulp. "I'll tell Mom to make popcorn."
Shintaro smirked, and said, "Good idea."
Ichigo smirked back, and said, "Pai, Kisshu's in the guest room, let's go."
"Um… on second thought…" Pai started.
"No second thoughts," Ichigo said. She then grabbed Pai's arm and dragged him up the stairs- none too gently, either.
They went to the guest room, and Kisshu looked up. "What's HE doing here, Ichigo? I thought you loved me!" Kisshu said.
"Um… Kisshu, I love you, but you're acting like a lunatic, and I'm hoping Pai can help you stop acting like a lunatic," Ichigo said. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Aside from the fact that you brought the instrument of my doom here, yeah, I'm just great," Kisshu said sarcastically.
Pai went over and put a hand on Kisshu's forehead. Then he tapped Kisshu's forehead, and Kisshu almost immediately started to fall asleep. He turned to Ichigo and said, "I think something happened to his mind during the time he was dead."
"Can you fix it?" Ichigo asked.
"Most likely," Pai said. "I'll try." He put his hand back on Kisshu's forehead, and his hand began to glow.
Ten minutes later, Pai's hand was still glowing, but he was looking tired. Ichigo didn't want to distract him, so she didn't say anything. Five minutes later, Pai's hand stopped glowing, and he was gasping for breath. "Pai, are you okay?" Ichigo asked.
"That was harder than usual," Pai said. "I think he'll be fine now, though. Let him sleep it off; I'm going back to the ship to rest." He teleported out.
Ichigo sighed and sat down next to the bed. An hour later, Kisshu started to stir. "Koneko-chan?" he asked.
"I'm right here," Ichigo said. "How are you feeling? You were acting pretty insane earlier. You were saying you were doomed because Pai laughed."
"I feel fine," Kisshu said. "What happened?"
"Pai said something about your mind getting messed up while you were dead," Ichigo said. "He said he took care of the problem, though."
"Where is he?" Kisshu asked.
"He teleported back to the ship, saying he needed to rest after that," Ichigo said.
"Okay," Kisshu said. "What do you want to do now?"
"Go to the park or something?" Ichigo suggested. "We have to let my parents know we're leaving, though."
"Okay," Kisshu said, smiling.
They went downstairs, and found Shintaro sulking as Sakura lectured him. "What is going on down here?" Ichigo asked.
"Your father took the baseball bat out, and knocked over my favorite vase!" Sakura said. "And now he's refusing to clean up the mess. On top of that, it's probably beyond fixable, and my grandmother gave it to me."
"Can I see?" Kisshu said. "I'm good at fixing things."
"Um…. sure," Sakura said, and leaving Shintaro sulking, led Kisshu over to a vase that was pretty much shattered. Strangely, the bottom part was unharmed, but the rest was in pieces. Kisshu took the bottom, and gently put the broken pieces inside it. Then he closed his eyes, and the pieces began to glow. The vase started to rebuild itself, and when it was done, the vase was as good as new. Kisshu put it back on the shelf, and said, "Does that look okay?"
"Yes, it looks perfect," Sakura said, hugging Kisshu tightly. "Thank you!"
"Sure," Kisshu said. "Ichigo and I are headed to the park, so can you let Mr. Momomiya know?"
"Sure," Sakura said. "I'm going to go get rid of his baseball bat too."
Kisshu smiled, then took Ichigo's hand and teleported. They landed under the big sakura tree in Inohara Park, and sat down. "Kisshu, I didn't know you could fix things like that," Ichigo said. "You're amazing."
"Thanks Koneko-chan," Kisshu said. "It's a talent that's mainly used by women, but it comes in handy for me, because Taruto's constantly breaking stuff. It's cool to be able to fix things. And it makes mechanical repairs easier too."
"That's great," Ichigo said.
Kisshu smirked and pinned her down, chuckling. "Remember this?" he asked.
"Sure do, but you're being more gentle this time," Ichigo said.
"That's because you're not struggling to get away," Kisshu said. "Nice change."
Ichigo giggled, but before either of them could do anything else, someone kicked Kisshu in the side, forcing him to let go of Ichigo. He cried out as Ichigo sat up, and saw Ryou looking angry.
"So I can't even play with my boyfriend without you interfering?" Ichigo asked him angrily. "Why can't you leave me alone?"
"He had you pinned down!" Ryou said angrily. "Why would you let him do that?"
"He has a name, and we were just playing around," Ichigo said, standing up. "I don't understand why you even care. You hate me. Why else would you treat me like dirt and dock my paycheck simply to enjoy the look on my face? Keiichiro must have it wrong; I know you hate me."
"I don't hate you, I love you," Ryou said.
Ichigo just laughed. "Yeah right," she said. "Stop playing around, it's getting old. Besides, even if you were telling the truth, what makes you think I'd leave Kisshu after I made his dream come true? I like that I made him happy."
"He's just using you," Ryou said dismissively.
"I AM NOT!" Kisshu shouted. "I love Ichigo, and I'll never let you have her- if she even wanted you."
"You're going down," Ryou snarled.
"Why should Kisshu go down?" Ichigo asked. "So I can have yet another reason to hate you?"
"You'll fall for me eventually," Ryou said. "But until you do, I think I'll keep you in cat form." With that, he shot a little dart at Ichigo. Even though she dodged, it scraped her arm, and POOF! She was a cat again. Ryou reached down to pick her up, but she leaped onto Kisshu's shoulder before he could get her. Kisshu leaped up into the air and teleported to the basement of Café Mew Mew, causing Keiichiro to look up sharply. "Oh, hello Kisshu," he said with relief. "What's up?"
"Ryou shot some kind of dart at Ichigo, and it turned her into a cat again," Kisshu said. "I got out of there fast." He took Ichigo off his shoulder, cradling her in his arms.
"I should have guessed Ryou would go too far," Keiichiro sighed. "Have you tried kissing her?"
"No," Kisshu said. He lifted Ichigo up, and kissed her on the nose.
Nothing happened.
Cliffie! I think I'd like some reviews before updating… does 4 sound good?
