Why? Chapter 10:

The Kendo Team's Plot

The rest of the weekend went by without incident, and on Monday Kisshu and Ichigo got up and walked to school. Moe and Miwa were waiting, and as soon as Ichigo and Kisshu reached them, Moe said, "We have to be on guard, the kendo team is going to strike soon."

"We will," Kisshu said. "Let's get to class, we'll let this play out."

The girls nodded, and ran to class before the bell rang.

The first three classes were fine, no problems with the girls or the boys. Recess was next, and Moe said, "Let's eat on the roof, there isn't usually anyone there."

The others nodded, and they headed to a deserted staircase, climbed it, and ended up on the roof. They sat down against the wall and took out their lunches. "Well, no problems yet," Miwa said. "Maybe they're planning on after school?"

"Or maybe they want us to let our guard down," Kisshu said. "By not doing anything so far, they might be trying to get us comfortable, and then strike when we least expect it."

Before the others could respond, they heard footsteps on the stairs. It was more than one person, and they were trying to be quiet. Ichigo, Kisshu, Miwa and Moe jumped up and looked toward the door to the roof. Sure enough, a bunch of boys carrying bamboo swords came up the staircase, looking angry.

Kisshu sighed. "I suppose you're here to beat us up?" he asked.

"That's right," the leader, who was the captain, said. "And you can't possibly fight all of us."

"We can try, though," Miwa said, smirking.

"And your flimsy swords aren't going to do much," Kisshu said.

"You wouldn't think they're flimsy if you tried to break one," the captain said.

"Then let's see if I can break one," Kisshu said. The captain hesitated, and Kisshu said, "Scared?"

The captain snarled and threw his shinai at Kisshu, who caught it one-handed- and snapped it in half like a dry twig. Then he smirked at the captain, throwing the pieces off the roof. "What's next?" he asked.

The captain launched himself at Kisshu, and the others took that as their cue, lunging at Ichigo, Moe and Miwa.

Kisshu was doing a lot better than the captain of the kendo team was. Kisshu was not only much stronger, but about a million times faster than the captain. "Jeez, I guess kendo doesn't focus much on speed," Kisshu said, sidestepping another lunge. "It looks to me like you're moving in slow motion. And I'm not even doing half my normal speed."

"I doubt you could go any faster than that," the captain said. "You're already going twice the speed I've got."

Kisshu smirked, and said, "Go stand on the other side of the roof from where we're fighting, and see how long it takes me to get behind you."

"I bet you can't get behind me," the captain said. "Fine. I'm timing you."

Kisshu smirked. "Tell me when."

The captain walked to the other side of the roof, and pressed a button on his watch, then said, "Go."

Kisshu ran forward, then seemed to disappear. The captain looked around, but was startled when Kisshu tapped him on the shoulder from behind. The captain whipped around, and his jaw dropped when he saw Kisshu behind him. He looked at his watch, and whispered, "1 second…." Then he screamed, "How the HELL is that even possible!?"

The rest of his teammates, Ichigo, Moe, and Miwa all looked over. "What happened?" one of the guys asked.

"Kisshu asked me to stand on the other side of the roof from him, and time how long it took for him to get behind me!" the captain said, totally freaked out.

"And?" Miwa asked.

"1 SECOND!" the captain screamed.

His teammates' jaws hit the floor. The captain continued, "One second after I told him to go, he tapped my shoulder. I swear, he disappeared into thin air and reappeared behind me! He started running, but then disappeared, and then he was behind me!"

"How the hell did you do that?" one of the guys asked incredulously.

"Practice," Kisshu said, shrugging.

"You should join the track team…" the captain said.

"Not interested," Kisshu said. "Oh, and if you tell anyone about this, I'll take you down, got it?"

"Why?" the captain asked.

"I don't like a lot of attention," Kisshu said. "Are you going to leave me and my friends in peace?"

"Yes… you're too scary," the captain said.

Kisshu smirked. "Good."

The other members of the kendo team headed down the stairs into the school, followed by the still-freaked-out captain. Kisshu walked back to Ichigo, Moe, and Miwa, and said, "I didn't even have to knock him out."

"Did you teleport?" Miwa asked.

"Nope," Kisshu said. "I can move really fast. I probably don't really need to teleport in battle, but oh well. And that was just five yards. I could probably have gotten behind him in under a second, but I didn't want to."

"Did you ever do that when we were fighting?" Ichigo asked.

"No," Kisshu said. "Maybe I would have gotten out of getting slapped more often if I had. Oh well, that's all in the past."

"Who slapped you a lot?" Ichigo asked.

"Um… you did," Kisshu said.

Ichigo looked sad, and said, "Sorry…"

"That's in the past," Kisshu said. "You don't do that anymore, so it's fine, right?"

"I guess," Ichigo said.

Kisshu put his hand on her cheek, and said, "Smile for me, k?"

Ichigo looked at him, and smiled. She leaned into his hand and said, "I love you, Kish."

"I love you too, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said with a smile.

They were both startled when Miwa said, "Kisshu, I've been meaning to ask you. Why do you call Ichigo 'Koneko-chan'?"

"I call her that because she's my kitten," Kisshu said. He looked around, then said, "And because she's part cat."

"I love my nickname," Ichigo said.

Kisshu smiled, and Ichigo smiled back. Then the bell rang, and they went back inside for the next class.

The rest of the day passed without incident, until it was time to go home. As the four friends were walking out of the building, a girl came up to them and asked, "Kisshu, what on EARTH did you do to my boyfriend?"

"Is your boyfriend the captain of the kendo team?" Kisshu asked.

"Yes, and he's seriously freaked out, but won't tell anyone what happened on the roof," the girl said. "All he'll say is, "Kisshu is SCARY.""

"Well, at least he's not going around telling people what I did," Kisshu said. "Otherwise I'd have to take him down."

"So what did you do?" the girl asked.

"Are you going to tell people?" Kisshu asked. "I'm more than happy to take down both you and your boyfriend."

The girl gulped, and said, "I won't say a word."

"He bet that I couldn't go any faster than I was while dodging his attacks, and I told him to time how long it took for me to get behind him from across the roof," Kisshu said.

"And?" the girl asked.

"One second," Kisshu said. "That's why he's so freaked out."

Now the girl looked freaked out too. "Why didn't you join the track team?" she asked.

"I hate attention," Kisshu said. "Which is why I'll take you down if you tell people- got that?"

"Got it," the girl said, and ran for it.

Kisshu snickered, and said, "I like scaring people."

"I hope you don't like scaring me too much," Ichigo said as they started walking. "If I get startled, my cat features come out. That wouldn't be good in school."

"I won't scare you if you don't want me too," Kisshu said. "And I meant people who are or might be a threat to me and/or you three."

Ichigo smiled. "Thanks Kish."

I know it's insanely short, but I wanted to get out what happened with the kendo team. Sorry I didn't do that last night. Review plz!