Here's the next chapter people, took me a while to do this one as I had loads of things coming up. Anyway here's the disclaimer from Kish.
Kish: xGlitterEyesx does not own TMM or any of it's characters as much as she may wish it. She does however own all OC's in this story such as Mizu, Kaze, Kaji and Tsuchi!
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As she opened the door to the stairs she suddenly felt a hand cover her mouth and another wrap around her waist, she heard a clang of steel suggesting the person had a sword or some weapon of metal.
"Mmph!" she cried.
"Move one inch and I'll kill you." said a cold voice.
Ichigo's eyes widened, No...
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Ichigo stood still and realised she'd heard that voice before but where... she tried to turn her head but the voice said.
"I said stay still."
She then remembered it to be Tsuchi, the one from the council. The cold voice was identical.
"Tsuchi!" cried a voice suddenly.
Tsuchi turned forcing Ichigo to do so aswell so they were turning the opposite way at Mizu. One of the doors was open and she was stood next to it, she was wearing a long brown dress that came to her knees which was more like a nighty and her blue hair was tied up in a bun with about half of it coming down to her shoulders. She had her arms folded and was glaring angrily.
"Mizu why are you out of bed?" Tsuchi asked.
"Never mind that, release Mew Ichigo at once." she demanded in a cold voice.
Tsuchi sighed and let go of Ichigo who immediately turned so she was facing him and retreated backwards a few steps.
"Ichigo?"
Ichigo jumped as a hand touched her shoulder, turning she found Mizu looking up at her.
"What are you doing down here?" Mizu asked.
"I was just looking for someone to tell me the time." she lied.
Mizu smiled and Ichigo wondered if she knew she was lying, "If you must know it's 6am. You're not up that early though as the important members of the aliens usually get up around half past."
Ichigo nodded, "Kay."
Suddenly another door opened on the same side as where Mizu had come out, stepping out of the door was a figure who Ichigo realised to be another member of the council.
Scratching his hair with one of his hands he yawned then said, "What's with all the noise?" He was currently wearing the same as Tsuchi which was some brown pants and a top.
"It's nothing Kaji." Mizu said sweetly.
Kaji looked over to her and his eyes widened, "What's the human doing here?"
Ichigo glared, "The 'human' does have a name!" she snapped, she was sick of being treated by everyone else as an object.
Suddenly another door opened on the opposite side to Kaji's, Ichigo turned her head to see a girl poke her head around the door. She appeared older than Mizu and had snow white hair tied in two pigtails that came down to just past her shoulders.
"Eh, why so loud?" she asked, as her eyes met Ichigo she seemed surprised and fully stepped out. She was wearing the same thing as Mizu.
"Is this the human?" she asked.
Ichigo tried her best to not snap again, not only because she didn't want them to think badly of her but also because she wanted to find out who this girl was. She already guessed she was Kaze from the symbol on her forehead.
"H-Hai." Mizu stammered, "But Kaze, you should be in bed."
Kaze ignored Mizu and walked in front of Ichigo, she was around the same height as her. After staring for a moment she asked, "Are you the one who killed our father?"
The question surprised Ichigo but she murmurred, "Hai."
Kaze smiled weakly, "I forgive you."
Then to Ichigo's surprise Kaze hugged her.
"Erm..." she muttered.
Kaze then stepped away and smiled, looking at Tsuchi she asked, "What time is it?"
"Six." Tsuchi replied.
Kaze smiled, "Great then we'll be getting up soon."
Returning her gaze to Ichigo she said, "I can't wait to talk to you, I find humans interesting and always like to learn about them."
Ichigo paused before replying, "Erm... okay."
Kaze then looked at Mizu and asked, "Do you know where Kisshu is?"
The question hit Ichigo hard and her eyes widened.
"Of course not." Mizu replied quickly, "Now go back to bed, I'll take Ichigo away." she said already dragging Ichigo away. It was clear Mizu didn't want Ichigo to be near Kaze.
Before any of the other aliens could say anything Mizu was already pulling Ichigo up the stairs, "Erm..." Ichigo said when she finally got in the same pace as Mizu, "Is that where all you live?"
"Yes and no." Mizu replied, "Because we're the council members us four are needed a lot so years ago we moved out of our house and into those rooms so we could be closer and it also let us able to meet one another without teleporting. There are bedrooms but also have a lot of other things in there aswell."
Ichigo nodded, "That was Kaze right?"
Mizu nodded, "Hai."
"Your sister?"
"Hai."
Ichigo paused before asking the next question, she wasn't sure to weather to ask it.
"I know it's not my business but—"
"Then don't ask." Mizu interrupted.
Ichigo sighed and obeyed, after they had reached her room Mizu bowed slightly.
"You should get ready soon as we'll then be getting up."
"Oh that reminds me." Ichigo said, "The things in the wardrobe are too alien for me, don't you have any human clothes?"
Mizu paused before nodding, "Hai. I'll get some from Kaze."
"Kaze?"
"Hai. She enjoys wearing human clothes and has many. Goodbye." she said leaving her.
Ichigo sighed and walked into her room and thought back to Kaze, how did she know Kisshu? She had already guessed lots of people would know him but Kaze seemed eager to find him.
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Masaya sat in his bedroom; he had just come home from the café and couldn't stop worrying about Ichigo. He had tried her phone but got no response. As he thought back again to their meeting before she had disappeared he wished he'd said something different. Ichigo had been right in saying that he'd said he'd loved her but that was it, he had said exactly that word: 'loved.' Loved as in a past tense, he sighed. Now that she was gone he realised that he still loved her no matter what he said then.
"Ichigo..."
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An hour later Ichigo walked out of the door of her room, Mizu had since brought her some earth clothes which fit perfectly. She had on a white shirt with a strawberry on which Mizu said Kaze had picked out for her and a blue skirt and sandals. Unlike the aliens clothes they felt comfy and weren't too revealing.
Next to her was Mizu who Ichigo trusted the most out of the aliens; however she was still insistent on not giving the aliens her blood. She had thought out a plan though to escape, all she needed was Kisshu.
"So where are we going?" Ichigo asked.
"Outside."
"Outside?" Ichigo gasped, she didn't know what the outside of the alien planet looked like as of yet as there was no windows she had seen.
When they walked half way down the stairs she asked Mizu, "How come you guys don't teleport?"
"With this disease going on you can't teleport unless you have a pass." she said brining out a small card about the same size as a credit card, on it was a small photo of her with a the title "Teleport Pass."
"Kay." Ichigo said.
Three quarters of the way down Mizu walked away from the stairs and down some corridors. All the aliens along the corridors widened their eyes and whispered when they saw Ichigo; although nervous she tried her best to not show it.
"We're here."
Ichigo looked up to find a door at the end of the corridor, she smiled. Daylight at last! Picking up the pace she opened the double doors and looked outside at the alien's planet, she was surprised at how well the mew aqua had restored the planet so far. The whether was fine now and the climate was fine enough to live with, although it was different to earth in many ways of course. It was a lot colder and in the horizon she could see the high parts of the planet were still covered in snow. Buildings were now built and some still on going. Grass was currently continuing to grow through the ground and many aliens were walking about.
"We're proud of how far we've come." Mizu stated.
Ichigo looked down at her and smiled, "I'm glad for you."
"Ichigo?"
Ichigo turned her head to see Kisshu, Pai and Taruto at the bottom of the steps that lead to the building. She bit her lip, I have to do this!
Mizu and Ichigo walked both walked down and Ichigo smiled, "H-Hi guys."
The three seemed surprised by her cheerfulness, "Hi Ichigo." Kisshu finally said.
Ichigo looked at the other two to see if they had changed in the time since she had last seen them, Kisshu hadn't changed at all. Even his hair was the same length. Pai and Taruto also seemed more or less unchanged, Pai's hair seemed to have grown slightly more and Taruto was taller now and clearly older, she was surprised by how much more mature he seemed.
"Hello Lady Mizu." Pai stated.
"H-Hello." Mizu stammered.
Ichigo looked down at Mizu only to see her smiling up at Pai, her cheeks were slightly red and she was biting her lip. Does she... have a crush on Pai? Right now was the only time Ichigo found Mizu seeming more like her actual age, usually she appeared much more mature.
"Ichigo are you okay?" Kisshu asked.
Ichigo nodded, "Hai. It's good to see you're okay." she murmurred.
Kisshu smiled weakly, "You too. I hope you and Masaya are doing well together."
"H-Hai." Ichigo replied.
"Mizu I need another pass for in two days time." Taruto suddenly said.
Ichigo looked at him, "What for?"
"Teleportation." Pai stated, "He visits your fellow friend, Mew Pudding often."
Ichigo was taken back by this statement, "Huh? Pudding never mentioned anything."
"I'll retrieve one for you." Mizu replied back to her mature voice.
"Mizu?" Kisshu asked, "Can I speak to Ichigo alone?"
Ichigo eye's widened.
"Ichigo?" Mizu asked, "Do you wish to?"
Ichigo looked at her and paused for a moment before replying, "Hai."
"Very well." Mizu stated, turning her gaze to Kisshu she said, "Just make sure you don't let her down."
Kisshu nodded and before Ichigo knew what was happening he had grabbed her arm and was pulling her away.
Ichigo looked behind her as she walked to see the three talking to one another, biting her lip she continued to walk with Kisshu. As they both walked along Ichigo wondered what to say, it was strange walking along with Kisshu like this as when she had been on earth she had always been rejecting him.
The buildings were placed similar to earth's buildings as like earth the alien's planet now had roads for people to walk along but of course no cars were here. After all they could always teleport-- well if they had a pass that is... It was strange to think that such a planet had come so far and was already being set back again by this disease. It made Ichigo feel guilty about not giving her blood.
"You know..." Kisshu said bringing her out of her thoughts, "It took me ages to get over you Ichigo." he murmurred.
Both of them stopped walking and Ichigo wondered what to say, she had hoped he wouldn't bring this up.
"I was angry when I found out they'd kept you here without telling me." he murmurred, he was looking of to side and obviously trying to avoid eye contact.
Ichigo bit her lip and after an awkward silence took in a deep breathe before asking, "Kish?"
Kisshu looked at her.
"You care for me right?" she stated.
Kisshu seemed slightly startled by the question but nodded.
"Well then you understand that I can't stay here." she explained, "Can't you please teleport me to earth? I know it's illegal without a pass but if they ask you why you did it you could always say I transformed and told you to do it otherwise I'd kill you. Please?" she asked trying to persuade him.
Kisshu's eyes softened, "Ichigo..." he looked down at the floor, "I can't do that..."
"I thought you'd say that." she said smiling and looking off to the side, "But it's okay."
"I do care for you but... but last time I defied the council someone got hurt because of it."
Ichigo turned her head back so she was facing him, "Huh?"
Kisshu sighed, "Ichigo three years ago I went against the council's wishes and did something terrible. But... another person protected me and took the wrap for me, because of that they've spent the past three years locked up and being tortured. I just can't risk that happening again. I'm sorry"
"No I should be sorry." Ichigo murmurred, "If I'd known I'd never have asked you."
Kish smiled slightly and opened his mouth to say something when suddenly a voice hit the air.
"Kisshu!"
Both of them turned their heads to see Kaze stood several feet away, she was panting heavily and was currently wearing human clothes such as black flip flops, white shorts and a black top.
"K-Kaze?" Kisshu stammered.
Ichigo watched as Kaze then ran forward and past her and suddenly threw her arms around Kisshu, Ichigo watched in surprise.
"K-Kaze, what are you doing?" Kisshu asked with red cheeks, Ichigo smirked slightly. She had never seen Kisshu blush before...
"I'm so glad I finally got to see you." Kaze cried, "I've never stopped thinking of you Kisshu!"
The next thing that happened caused Ichigo's eyes; it was even more shocking than meeting Kisshu.
Kaze then looked up at Kisshu in his face and cried, "I love you!" Before Ichigo knew what was happening she had leapt forward and pressed her lips against Kisshu's to his surprise aswell, however what was even more surprising was that he didn't withdraw.
Their... lovers?
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Okay so there you go, please review people! Whilst first writing this I was sleepy and only doing it because there was nothing else to do but after having some coffee and listening to some of my favourite songs I was lively and inspired. Infact I've already started writing the next chapter, it's that song The End of Heartache by Kill Switch Engaged that got me writing this lol. Weird considering how it goes... oh well. Anyway next chapter coming soon!
Translations:
Tsuchi - Earth
Mizu – Water
Kaji – Fire
Kaze – Wind
Hai – Yes
