I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew.
I'll be answering some questions now. If I didn't make it clear, the aqua knight is basically the first time deep blue takes over the blue knight. Here is the final chapter, so please enjoy.
Masaya and Ichigo stood there for a long time, doing nothing but hugging. After a while, they noticed the sun going down so they finally released each other and walked, hand in hand, back to Café Mew Mew. When they got there, Ichigo released Masaya's hand and they both went into the café to discover some very worried looking mew girls.
"What's wrong?" Ichigo asked Lettuce, who stood there fidgeting.
Lettuce looked at Ichigo with fearful eyes as she said in a shaky voice, "It's Kish Ichigo. I don't know what Ryou did to him, but now he's unconscious and his breathing is growing shallow and fast."
Ichigo's eyes turned hard as she demanded angerly, "Take me to Ryou and Kish." Lettuce nodded her head quickly and began to lead Ichigo to the stairs.
"Ichigo?" Masaya asked, confused. Ichigo stopped and took a deep breath.
"Masaya…I need to go look after Kish right now. He's the one who looked after me these past few weeks." Ichigo said calmly, not looking back at Masaya.
A hand lightly touched Ichigo's shoulder, and when she looked at who it belonged to, Masaya was standing beside her with a grin on his face. "I'll go with you then. I need to thank this Kish for keeping you safe." Masaya said, following Lettuce up the stairs.
Ichigo was stunned at his reaction, but quickly followed. When they reached Ryou's room, a loud crashing noise reverberated through the café. Ichigo tried to open the door, but she found it was locked. Masaya slammed his shoulder into the door and forced it open to reveal a shocked Ryou standing by a dazed Kish.
"Ryou, what did you do to Kish?" Ichigo demanded, running over to Kish and holding his head close to her body.
Ryou looked confused as he said, "You said to take care of him, so I was preparing to help him when the damn bastard tried to slash me with a sword."
Ichigo looked at Kish and saw the dazed look in his eye. "What really happened Kish?" She asked Kish. Kish's eyes focused on Ichigo's face, but then he looked away to Masaya.
Kish smiled and slowly pushed himself off the ground while getting to his feet. When he got up, he started to stumble backwards, but he quickly regained his balance. A strange look came into Kish's eye as he said calmly, "I attacked the blond haired kid when he tried to poke me with a needle again."
Ichigo looked at Ryou who nodded his head in agreement. "Kish, that needle probably would have given you medicine or something like it…right Ryou?" Ichigo asked with a slight smile. Ryou didn't look at Ichigo, his face shadowed with some hidden knowledge. "Ryou?" Ichigo asked, slowly walking over to him.
Ryou stiffened when Ichigo placed a hand on his shoulder, but then said in a low voice, "With Kish out of the way, there would only be two enemies left."
Ichigo couldn't believe her ears. "You….you tried to…to kill Kish?" Ichigo asked with rising anger.
Lettuce slowly backed out of the room, sensing that she might get caught in the upcoming fight. Masaya looked confused, but he walked over to Kish and looked at his wound on his hand. "How did you get that…Kish is it?" Masaya asked gently, looking up from the cut and into Kish's eyes.
Kish's eyes narrowed but he said with a chuckle, "I got it while helping kit...Ichigo, look for you."
Masaya smiled and began to clean the wound. "Then, I not only have to thank you for taking care of her, but I also owe you a huge debt for reuniting us."
Kish flinched and took his hand away from Masaya. He glared at Masaya and said with a cold voice, "I didn't help her look for you because of any concern for you. I helped because I love Ichigo."
Ryou and Ichigo both looked at the two boys, their argument forgotten at the moment. Masaya kept his smile but his eyes flashed something like a challenge. "So, you love Ichigo do you?" Masaya said in a cheerful voice.
Kish laughed in his usual cheerful tone and said, "Yeah, I do."
Masaya looked over at Ichigo and asked in a low voice with some unknown emotion, "and how do you feel about him?"
Ichigo looked at Masaya and at Kish, but before she could say anything, Kish teleported behind her and wrapped an arm around her waist. "She doesn't need to say anything boy," Kish said happily. He turned Ichigo around in his arms and kissed her lightly on the lips. "Ichigo, I love you. As long as you know that, I'm happy." With that, Kish let go of Ichigo and teleported away.
For a few minutes, all Masaya, Ichigo, and Ryou could do is stand silently. Finally after five minutes, Ryou cleared his voice and said, "Well, that was an interesting way of leaving."
Ichigo glared at Ryou and said with hot anger, "If you hadn't tried to kill him, he might not have acted that way. I thought I told you to care for him."
Ryou shrugged his shoulders as he said casually, "In war, you have to make hard decisions. Fortunately, the decision to try to kill him wasn't that hard to make."
"I'm glad that you failed," Masaya said with a slight smile. Ichigo and Ryou looked at him. Masaya looked at Ichigo and said calmly, "I've always felt like a cheater to you Ichigo. After all, you've told me that I was your first love. I felt bad that you would never have the chance to experience other people and know what your heart truly wants."
Ichigo was confused by his statement. "You…you are happy that another boy declared his love for me…in front of you?" She asked with clear confusion.
Masaya sighed and said, "Well, not exactly happy, but I'm grateful he didn't try and hide his feelings. It shows that he really does care for you. Maybe it's a good thing, you know, for you to see him. After all, you don't want to regret your decisions now later on in life."
Masaya walked to Ichigo and quickly hugged her. "I can wait for you, but you need to branch out from me. I promise I will wait to take you back, but only if you want me to." Masaya said softly, looking over Ichigo's shoulder and eyeing Ryou. Masaya stopped hugging Ichigo and walked over to Ryou. With one quick punch, he doubled over Ryou before walking away.
"Damn punk…" Ryou said, standing up with a groan. He rubbed his stomach, where the punch had landed. Ryou said with a smirk, "You would think that he would be a little more grateful to someone who tried to kill his competition." Ichigo slapped Ryou across his face with her full strength.
"Damn you," Ichigo said before running out of the room. Ryou was on the floor, stunned from the power behind the slap.
"Ichigo, did Kish sleep with you?" Mint asked Ichigo as she ran by.
Ichigo stopped and walked over to Mint before screaming at her, "Don't ever ask that question. Kish would never do something like that without my permission!"
With that, Ichigo ran out the door and ran to her house. She opened the front door roughly before running up to her room and jumping face down on her bed. "What do I do?" Ichigo asked herself mournfully.
Nothing answered her, causing her to get up and look outside. Kish wasn't there, and it caused an unexpected twinge of pain in Ichigo's heart. "Kish!" Ichigo shouted, forcing open her window and looking around.
"Kish! Kish!" Ichigo screamed, tears falling from her eyes. Nothing returned her cry, and after a few minutes, Ichigo slowly closed her window and walked back to her bed. She sat on the edge of it and let her tears fall to the floor.
"Kish…I'm so sorry…" Ichigo cried, feeling like she had betrayed him somehow. "First you help me find Masaya, and then you endure an attempted murder. To make things worse, I bring Masaya to you and then don't stand up to my feelings. I'm so confused…Kish, where are you?"
A dark figure behind her stood there, listening to Ichigo go on about how she couldn't tell what she wanted. Kish or Masaya, she couldn't see the path to happiness clearly anymore. She continued to cry until finally weariness overcame her and forced her to curl up in her bed and fall asleep, tears still in her eyes. The figure came up to her and tucked Ichigo into her bed.
"Ichigo…" Kish said, face blank. A sudden whisper of wind touched his shoulder, and when he turned to see what it was, Pai was standing there with a sword in his hand.
"Kish, why are you here?" Pai asked with mild suspicion, already knowing the answer.
Kish didn't reply, instead opening his steady hands. A psi sword appeared in each hand, which he then got into a guard stance. "Ichigo did not order the attack on you Pai," Kish said with no fear, his golden eyes flashing with determination.
Pai grunted and said emotionlessly, "I don't care now. I know that if she would die, the mews would soon die with her." He looked at Kish and said, "Move aside, or prepare to die with her."
"Pai, you've been like a brother to me…but I will not allow you to hurt her." Kish said flatly, his eyes burning with a sudden anger. Kish started to laugh softly as he said, "Pai, you know that you can't beat me with your sword. I'm better at this then you are, and you know it."
Shrugging, Pai said with no emotion, "I know you would never kill me Kish. You are too predictable. You will protect mew Ichigo with your life, but you could never take my life."
Kish hand slightly shook before Kish shook his head in defeat. Smiling, Pai walked over to a sleeping Ichigo and prepared to kill her. Suddenly, Pai felt a terrible pain in his back. "You're wrong this time Pai. I will kill for her…I will even kill you," Kish said, his voice calm and totally without emotion.
Pai fell away from Ichigo and teleported back to his ship, a look of hatred on his face. Kish sighed and teleported his bloody swords away. He hadn't struck a death blow to Pai, but he did break his trust with Pai. Kish looked at Ichigo's sleeping form and said quietly, "I did the right choice, regardless of Pai."
Ichigo suddenly sat up and looked at Kish, who stood there stunned. "You saved me…" Ichigo said with a little shock in her voice. Kish hesitated before nodding his head and turning away.
"Kish, please don't go…I need you!" Ichigo cried out, jumping out of her bed and hugging Kish. Kish did nothing but stand there for a minute before shrugging off Ichigo.
"What you want and need isn't me Ichigo. I love you, but you love that earth boy. I saw the way you looked at him, the way you held your eyes, everything…it was clear that you love him." Kish said, walking a meter away from her.
"Kish, please don't go! I need you! Masaya doesn't need me…he is the all star at our school, he can always find someone else to love him. I don't want him at my side when I need help, I want you!" Ichigo pleaded to Kish.
Kish didn't look at Ichigo, instead keeping his head turned away from her. "Ichigo…I don't know what to say…" Kish said softly.
Ichigo started to walk to Kish, but he held out a hand to stop her. "No, Ichigo...I'm leaving you alone so you can think about what you need in your life." Kish said before beginning to teleport away.
"No no no no no no no! Don't go!" Ichigo sobbed, running to try and failing to grab Kish before he teleported away. Kish teleported behind Ichigo and hugged her, tears from his eyes landing on her neck.
"Please understand…you are confused, and I don't want you to make the wrong choice because of your mixed up feelings." Kish sobbed.
Ichigo turned around in Kish's arms and said softly, "I know who makes me feel special Kish. I know who loves me more then I will ever know. I know this, and I will return the favor." She leaned forward and kissed Kish with such passion and longing that it took away his breath.
Before a minute had passed though, Kish pushed Ichigo away and walked over to her window. "Why Kish? Why don't you return my passion?" Ichigo asked, tears forming in her eyes again.
"Listen to you Ichigo!" Kish said harshly, his eyes freezing her in place. "Your passion…not your love. I'm not a monster who takes advantage of people like that Ichigo. I would have thought you would have realized that by now, but obviously I was wrong."
"Then what are you?" Ichigo asked, the need to hold someone overwhelming her. Suddenly, she was being hugged and feeling better about herself.
"I am the person who loves you more than life itself. I am your protector, your guardian. I am Kish, and you are my special kitty-cat, Ichigo." Kish said gently, gently lifting her chin up and giving her a light kiss on the lips. "You need love right now, my confused and sad kitty-cat. I will give you all my love, and it will hopefully cure your aching heart."
Kish then began to kiss Ichigo with an intense passion, and then he began to show his love for her by not doing anything other than kissing and hugging her. After about thirty minutes, Ichigo's heart was completely mended by his love and know she understood his true love.
"Kish, I understand now. You love me that much, and yet you kept it inside yourself for all this time…" Ichigo said with amazement, her eyes filling with regret that she hadn't seen it sooner.
"Don't worry kitten…I love you, and now you know just how much." Kish said, walking over to her clothes closet and pulling out a long, pink dress.
"What are you doing?" Ichigo asked, her old suspicions returning.
Kish threw the dress to her and said with a smile, "You asked me to the dance tonight, so let's go on one final date."
Ichigo wore the pink dress while Kish wore his usual clothing, but she didn't care what clothes he wore. All that mattered was her and him, slowly dancing in the middle of the gymnasium, all of her classmates watching with wonder at the love flowing between them.
Gosh dang…I wore myself out with this chapter, but since it is the final one, I thought I should have a big finish. I thank you all for reading.