Brought Together Chapter 9:
Fighting
Ryou tried to turn and run, but Keiichiro was behind him, and he stopped Ryou. "Give it up, Ryou," he said. "The others are right. This is a much better idea than making them risk their lives on a nearly daily basis."
"NO!" Ryou shouted. "I don't care if they want to stop fighting, I'm not going to be satisfied until those stupid aliens are dead!"
"This is about your parents, isn't it?" Keiichiro asked. "Do you really think that they'd want you to kill the Cyniclons? They weren't like that. They wouldn't have wanted you to kill others just to avenge them. Besides, not all Cyniclons are alike. These three have offered a truce, and you're still saying no? I thought you cared about the wellbeing of these girls and the Earth, Ryou."
"I do, and I don't trust the aliens to do the right thing, which is why I'm objecting!" Ryou said.
"I don't think so," Ichigo said coldly. "I think you just want revenge for your parents, and you don't care about what happens to others, as long as you're satisfied with the outcome."
"Do you really hate me, Ichigo?" Ryou asked.
"Yes, I do," Ichigo said. "You're an evil, stuck-up jerk who doesn't care about anyone but himself. Why would I like you? You've never given me a reason to like you, instead you gave me every reason to hate you."
"Then you can go down with the aliens when I kill them," Ryou said.
"Well, I've got news for you, Blondie," Ichigo said. "You're not going to kill any of us, since we can all fight and you can't."
"You think I can't fight?" Ryou said. "Well, think again!" With that he pushed a button on his watch.
To everyone's surprise, the floor split and a pedestal rose up. On the pedestal was a large sword, which Ryou picked up. "Now what will you do?" he smirked.
"This," Ichigo said. Then she threw her right arm out to the side, and shouted, "Inazuma no Yaiba!" (Blade of Lightning, in Japanese). A sword with a slim blade appeared in her hand, and she gripped it. The blade seemed to be crackling with electricity, and there was a lightning bolt on the hilt.
Everyone looked shocked; Ichigo hadn't even transformed. Ryou recovered quickly, and lunged at Ichigo. She dodged, and swept her blade toward Ryou, who dodged as well. However, her blade hit his sword, and since metal conducts electricity pretty well, Ryou got electrocuted, and fell to the ground, paralyzed by the electricity.
"What are YOU going to do now, Ryou?" Ichigo asked.
Ryou glared at her, but since he was pretty much paralyzed, he couldn't really talk, either. Seeing this as an opportunity, Keiichiro said, "I'll take him upstairs. Should I tie him up as well?"
"Might be a good idea," Ichigo said. Keiichiro nodded and dragged Ryou off.
Ichigo turned to the others, who were now speechless. Kisshu was the first to find his voice, and he said, "Wow. I didn't know you had a weapon too, Koneko-chan." Then he looked at Pai and said, "Um…. I thought you said she could only heal, fly and teleport."
"Yeah…. That's what I thought too," Pai said.
The Mews were getting confused. "Wait, since when can Ichigo fly and teleport?" Mint asked.
"Since I told Pai to inject me with his DNA to help Kisshu recover," Ichigo said.
"So now you're part Cyniclon, part human, and part cat?" Lettuce asked.
"Yep," Ichigo said.
"The strange thing is that she has a weapon," Pai said. "When I looked at her powers to find out what she could do, I didn't sense that she could use a weapon. I think she can create Chimera Animas, but I didn't know she could summon a weapon."
"Ichigo, why on EARTH would you do something like that to yourself?" Mint asked.
"I just told you, it was to help Kisshu recover," Ichigo said. "Pai's healing powers weren't working for some reason, and I suggested if he injected his healing abilities into me, it might work. He did warn me that I might get some other powers, but I still said to go ahead with it. As you can see, Kisshu's fine."
"Um… how are you going to explain this to your parents?" Lettuce asked.
"Why do they need to know?" Ichigo asked.
"I think after you had been gone for a few days, Ryou told them the truth," Zakuro said.
"Great…." Ichigo said. "Well, I should go let them know I'm okay. I'm not looking forward to that. Kisshu, you should come too."
"Why?" Kisshu said.
"Well, if you still want to date me, we have to run it by my dad," Ichigo said.
Kisshu flinched. "He'll kill me!" Kisshu said.
"I'll protect you then," Ichigo said. "Let's go."
Kisshu sighed, but didn't have much of a choice as Ichigo grabbed his hand and teleported the two of them to her front door.
Well, Ryou's not dead- at least not yet. *insert evil laugh here* Next chapter, Kisshu meets Shintaro! Review and tell me what you want to happen!
