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~ Besides, You Owe Me ~

~ Chapter 9 ~

There was a knock on the door and after a moment Kisshu entered the room. He gazed around finding that the one person he came to see was not here. He panicked for a minute trying to think where she might have gone.

She might be exploring the house or maybe exploring the town – but that was too dangerous this time of year! They were near a season change and if you didn't know your way around town during a storm, well it's safe to say you'd be dead in the morning.

"Kisshu-sama! Kisshu-sama! Do you happen to know if maybe Axel-san slipped out of the house, while we were talking?" Jezz cried as he came hopping up behind Kish.

Kish ground his teeth together realising another possibility, a more likely one. He stormed over to the glass balcony doors and scanned them carefully with his eyes. That's when he found what looked like a hand print so small that they could only be Ichigo's hands.

He growled, "That mutt!"


"This way! Now this way! Turn here! No, here! C'mon, Momomiya-chan!" Ichigo laughed as they ran around back alleys in the alien town. Axel was obviously leading the way but he was so excited he had made a few wrong turns himself and he was running so quick Ichigo kept having to catch herself before she stumbled right over.

"Okaaaaaay annnd STOP!" Axel jumped to a halt and Ichigo collided with his back and fell backwards on to the ground.

"Oh dear! Are you okay, honey-bee?" he asked, holding out his hand to her.

She took it smiling up at him, "I'm fine, Axel, thank you."

"Good!" he cried pulling her up to standing. But he didn't stop there he went on to pick her up. He held her back up with one arm around her shoulders and her legs up with one arm under her knees, "Now you won't fall again."

Ichigo blushed and stuttered bashfully, "Err, b-but I can w-walk, you know."

He didn't reply to that he only walked toward a strange house with a smile on his face.

Ichigo felt a chill go down her spine – he didn't live here did he? The windows were smashed and boarded up. The door was hanging off of its hinges and there was another board, this one blocking the entrance from inside the house – well, the door didn't seem to be doing its job. The paint and wood, or whatever it was, seemed to be chipped, peeling and decayed. If this was the outside of the house, what was it like on the inside?

Axel placed Ichigo back down on her feet gently when they came face to face with the board across the door. He knocked five times then kicked the side of the broken door and then stamped on the floor twice. While they waited he smiled at Ichigo when he realised she was watching him with curiosity.

The board shifted slightly and a girl, with long blackish hair – a hint of purple maybe – peered out at them. She looked at Ichigo with narrowed eyes and then up at Axel. She frowned. The board was then moved out of the doorway fully but she didn't move to let them in.

She stood in the door way and glared up at the cat boy, "Explain."

"She's a friend, Nee-chan!" he whined. Ichigo blinked and then saw the resemblance. This was Axel's sister.

"A friend?" she repeated and looked back at Ichigo, "She looks like a Cyniclon who's been out in the sun too long. Something wrong with her ears?"

"No, no! She's not a Cyniclon!" Axel cried.

"Okay, so she's not as bad as I thought," the cat girl commented.

Axel then said, "She's human."

"Alright, maybe she will be a problem then."

"Why?" Axel asked.

"Don't you remember why the Cyniclons came here?" she hissed, "They came here because of her people! They came here and took over our way of life because of that stupid human race!"

"I don't think they're stupid, Nee-chan," Axel said, "They only want to live like the rest of us."

"Oh, I see you've changed your tune, alright," she growled and then she leaned out in to his face and shouted aggressively, "Stop flirting with the human and remember your purpose for going to Earth! Until she is home you are forbidden from the base!"

She didn't wait for a response she just hissed, stepped back inside and placed the board back over the doorway.

Axel was staring at the board as if he could see through it. He looked angry and sad at the same time and it made Ichigo feel a little uncomfortable. She gazed around trying to find inspiration on how to make him happy again.

When she found nothing she braved trying to communicate, "Axel?"

Immediately his eyebrows lifted and he looked down at her with a soft expression – but she could still see the hurt clear in his eyes, "No worries, Momomiya-chan. Nee-chan's busy at the moment. We'll come back later, 'kay!"

"Axel, are you alright?" Ichigo asked.

He began to walk away and so she followed, "I'm absolutely great, honey-bee, why wouldn't I be?"

"Cause you look like you're about to throw up," she told him.

He stopped a few feet from the house, turned back to her and asked, "Do I really look that bad?"

Ichigo looked over his pale face once and nodded with concern written all over her face, "Yes. Why are you so scared? I don't understand."

He sighed and groaned slightly, "I can't really tell you, Momomiya-chan. It's like top, top secret! Even just talking about it subtly like this…I'm shocked they haven't shot me yet," he told her, glancing back at the house.

"But I don't get it," Ichigo said, shaking her head.

"And it's a good thing you don't. You wouldn't want to know anyway. You'd think of differently," he whispered sorrowfully as he took her small hand in his carefully. He turned it in his own hand as if studying the patterns of her skin. Ichigo saw his head jerk up and he gulped, "Ah, shit! We're in trouble! More so me, I'm outta here!"

"Wait! What?" Ichigo cried as he let go of her hand and took two steps back.

"You'll be fine, Momomiya-chan! I wouldn't leave you if I didn't believe that!" he smiled over his shoulder as he fled, "No worries, honey-bee! Chou-nya!"

"What?" Ichigo sighed confused. Why did he run? 'You'll be fine'?

"Ichigo!" She gasped and whirled round, to see Kish looking so pissed off it scared her. He took her roughly by the shoulders and teleported them back to his bed room.


Axel – I thought my house caved in o.O

Hazzard – No, that's what Kish and Jezz think…and Cherry.

Cherry – Am I important in this story?

Hazzard – No, not like Jezz but then yes you are one my OC characters ^_^

Cherry – Explains why I haven't been introduced properly ¬_¬

Hazzard - ^_^

Ichigo – Hazzard, please tell Kish to let go of my shoulders! He's hurting me!

Kisshu – )X

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