Do You Want to Live With Me? Chapter 12:

Deep Blue

By the end of the second week after Kisshu had started the rumor about Aoyuck screwing trees, the school had changed. The only thing that still redeemed Aoyuck in the students' eyes was his skill in kendo, and that was fading too.

"Kisshu, this was the most brilliant idea ever," Miwa said at lunch one day. "No one will take him seriously anymore."

"Thanks," Kisshu said. "It's fun knowing that we totally wrecked his reputation."

"I hear footsteps again," Momo said.

Sure enough, Aoyuck came up to the roof and yelled, "Why did you ruin my life!?"

"You were going to get me killed; I figured I'd return the favor," Kisshu said, shrugging. "Besides, you deserve it, Treehugger. Although I admit I didn't expect my idea to work this well."

Aoyuck snarled. Then to everyone's surprise, he turned into the Blue Knight. Kisshu jumped up and took out his swords. "Ichigo, transform," he said. Ichigo wasted no time in obeying, but before either of them could make a move, Moe walked past them.

"What is a human girl going to do?" the Blue Knight scoffed. Moe smirked and leaped into the air, then did a flip and landed on the Blue Knight's sword arm. He let out a howl of pain and dropped the sword.

Moe picked the sword up, and asked, "Why isn't this heavy?"

"You're too strong for your own good, that's why," the Blue Knight grumbled.

"I always wanted a sword," Moe said happily. "Thanks!"

"That's NOT yours!" the Blue Knight shouted.

"Is now," Moe said, smirking. "What are you going to do about it?"

The Blue Knight raised a hand, and snapped his fingers. Then he looked puzzled. "Why won't it come back!?" he yelled.

"What does that mean?" Moe asked.

"He can't summon his sword back to him," Kisshu said. "Normally a Cyniclon can summon their weapon back if someone else is holding it, but something about you holding it is canceling out the Blue Knight's power to call it back."

"Weird," Moe said. "I guess I'll keep it, then. It's a nice sword."

Ichigo's cat ears twitched, and she said, "Someone's coming." She detransformed, and Kisshu let his swords disappear.

Mr. Izika came up the stairs, and stopped dead. "What's going on, and where did Moe get a SWORD!?" he asked.

"Aoyuck turned into the Blue Knight, and Moe took his sword," Ichigo said. "NOW do we get to kill him?"

The Blue Knight looked nervous as Mr. Izika sighed and asked, "What am I going to tell his parents?"

"Tell them he went home after school, and you have no idea what happened," Miwa said. "He's not your responsibility after school."

"I can't believe I'm letting you do this, but if he's an alien, it's not safe for the other students," Mr. Izika said. "Go ahead, and if his parents call, I don't know anything." He left, and the Blue Knight snarled- then began to glow.

Kisshu's eyes widened, and he said urgently, "Ichigo, transform and call Pai."

Ichigo wasted no time in obeying. "Pai's on his way," Ichigo said, looking at the Blue Knight. He had gotten taller, and his hair was blue-black. "I suppose you're Deep Blue?" Ichigo asked. "What are you going to do without your sword?"

Deep Blue snapped his fingers, but nothing happened. "Still no good?" Kisshu asked mockingly. "I guess I was right; my people shouldn't have listened to you. You can't even get your sword back from a human!"

"She can't be human!" Deep Blue shouted.

"Okay…. Then what am I?" Moe asked. "I can't teleport or fly, so I doubt I'm a Cyniclon."

"Why don't we worry about that when Deep Blue's dead?" Kisshu suggested. "Pai's capable of finding out."

"Okay," Moe said. "Oi, Deep Baka, are you planning on fighting?"

Deep Blue snarled and held up a hand, then started to form an energy ball. Moe lifted the sword, and slashed his hand. The energy ball disappeared, but the blade of the sword was crackling with blue energy, and Moe pointed it at Deep Blue. "Aoi haretsu!" she cried. To everyone's surprise, Deep Blue froze, looking shocked. The result of this was that the wave of blue energy from his sword fried him.

The others were shocked as a pile of ash fell to the ground- just as Pai teleported in. "Did I miss something?" he asked.

"You missed Moe incinerating Deep Blue with his own attack," Kisshu said dryly. "Contrary to popular belief, I don't think she's human."

"I suppose I'm doing a blood test to find out what she really is?" Pai asked.

"Yeah," Kisshu said. They heard a bell ring, and footsteps on the stairs. Unsurprisingly, it was Mr. Izika, and he asked, "Did you take care of things?"

"Hai, Moe incinerated him with his own sword," Kisshu said.

Mr. Izika looked shocked. "We're going to do a blood test on her to find out why she can do that," Pai said.

"Can I keep the sword?" Moe asked hopefully.

"Will your mother allow that?" Mr. Izika asked.

Moe drooped. "You can leave it with Keiichiro, and go play with it," Kisshu said. Pai whacked him over the head. "What?" Kisshu asked.

"You're telling a 13-year-old to go 'play' with a sword!?" Pai asked incredulously. "Especially one with that kind of power?"

"Fine, I'll train her how to use it and THEN let her play with it," Kisshu sighed.

"Uh, while this is interesting, the school's closing now, so you might want to go home before your parents start worrying," Mr. Izika said.

"We have to get home," Momo said. "We'll see you guys tomorrow, k?"

"K," Miwa said. Momo and Haru waved, then walked downstairs.

Pai sighed and said, "I'll teleport Moe and the sword; Kisshu, you teleport Ichigo and Miwa."

"Where are we going?" Kisshu asked.

"Ichigo's house, because I'm STILL grounded," Pai said.

Kisshu snickered, and took Miwa and Ichigo by the hand, then teleported to the living room of Ichigo's house.

Sakura came in as they landed, and asked, "What happened? You don't normally teleport home."

"Moe fried Deep Blue," Miwa said. "AKA, Aoyuck."

Pai teleported in with Moe, and Sakura asked, "Where did you get a SWORD!?"

"I stole it from Deep Blue," Moe said, shrugging.

"I have to do a blood test on Moe to see why she can use Deep Blue's sword, so can we go to my lab?" Pai asked.

"Fine, but you have to be back by six, or I'll ground you again," Sakura said.

Pai drooped and teleported out with Moe, followed by Kisshu with Miwa and Ichigo.

They all landed in Pai's lab, and Pai said, "Moe, sit down in the chair over there, I'll go get a needle."

Moe sighed and obeyed. Pai went to find a needle, and came back with one attached to a little canister. "Moe, hold your arm out," he said.

Moe obeyed, looking away as Pai took some of her blood. "All set," Pai said. "I just have to analyze this."

"K," Moe said. "How long does that take?"

"About five minutes, usually," Pai said. He took the vial and went to a table, where a machine was set up. He put the vial of blood into a slot, and pressed a button. Then he looked at the screen as a display came up. He read what it said, and his jaw dropped. "What's wrong?" Kisshu asked.

"According to this, Moe has no human DNA at all," Pai said.

"So what is she?" Ichigo asked. Moe looked stunned.

"A Cyniclon," Pai said. "Why her ears are different is beyond me, but she's definitely not human."

The others looked stunned. "I thought my mom was human, though," Moe said. "And we look alike; I don't think I'm adopted."

"I guess we'd better go talk with her, then," Kisshu said. "There must be some reason she's kept this from you."

"I've had blood drawn before, but no one mentioned this," Moe said.

"Maybe your mom kept it quiet," Miwa said. "But Kisshu's right, we should talk to her."

"Let's go," Pai said. "Moe, where do you live?"

"Two streets over from Ichigo," Moe said. "Let's go back to Ichigo's, and I can show you."

Pai nodded, and took her hand again, while Kisshu took Ichigo and Miwa.

They landed in the living room, and saw that Sakura was in there with a woman who looked like Moe. The women looked up, and Sakura said, "Yume was worried about Moe, so I invited her over. You look grim, did something happen?"

"Mom's got major explaining to do," Moe said.

Mrs. Yanagida sighed. "I knew that was coming," she said. "I suppose you found out?"

"Yes," Moe said. "Is there some reason you never told me I was a Cyniclon? Shouldn't that have been something I heard from you, rather than my friend's older brother?"

"I was going to tell you when you were sixteen," Mrs. Yanagida said. "And I swore everyone else who knew to secrecy, too."

"Who ELSE knows?" Moe asked.

"Sakura, Shintaro, and your doctor, who is a friend of your dad's," Mrs. Yanagida said. "And Miwa's adoptive parents."

"Wait, back up," Miwa said. "I'm adopted?"

"Yes," Mrs. Yanagida said. "When I had you and Moe, your dad and I didn't have enough money to adequately take care of two babies, and my best friend was looking to adopt. We made every effort from the start to get you two together, and you two became best friends. We were a bit worried when you started hanging out with Ichigo, since we had to tell her parents the truth, but they were fine with it after we explained that you two didn't have powers yet. They also really liked having you two around because Ichigo was so fragile, and your protectiveness towards her made them a bit more comfortable sending her out to school. Why do you think we put up with weekly suspensions? It was because Ichigo really needed you two."

"Ichigo's fragile?" Kisshu asked.

"Ichigo was born nearly a month early, and for the first about seven years of her life, we had to be really careful with her," Sakura said. "The doctors thought she wouldn't live for more than two weeks, and when she was still a baby, Shintaro and I were panicking over everything. She got a lot stronger, but Shintaro's still pretty overprotective of her- as are Moe and Miwa, since he told them when they first met Ichigo that she was breakable. Luckily for me, Shintaro doesn't beat people up, but if he doesn't like someone, he'll scare them until they promise not to come near Ichigo."

"Wow, I never would have guessed," Kisshu said.

"Me neither," Pai said.

"So Mom, I suppose this means you're not human?" Moe asked.

"No, and neither is your dad," Mrs. Yanagida said. "We got exiled before I got pregnant, and since then, we figured out how to permanently change our appearances. We used the process on both of you when you turned one."

"Um…. what did you do to get exiled?" Miwa asked.

"Basically, we were fascinated by Earth, and kept sneaking out," Mrs. Yanagida said. "Our leader found out eventually, and said, "If you like it there so much, go live there and don't come back!""

"Wow…." the others said.

"Why were you going to wait till we were sixteen to tell us about this?" Moe asked.

"We were actually going to tell you a bit earlier, but we were worried when Kisshu and his brothers came that if you knew, you'd be in danger of being forced to help them," Mrs. Yanagida said. "So we decided sixteen was a better age to tell you. We figured the war would be over by then."

"Moe fried Deep Blue with his own sword today, so once I take the Mew Aqua and heal the planet, there shouldn't be any more problems," Pai said.

Mrs. Yanagida and Sakura's jaws dropped.

Next chapter should have more on Mrs. Yanagida's past; but I don't know how soon I can get it out. Please review in the meantime! And apologies to OkamiAmaterasuLuver for not using her idea, or anyone else's.