Ichigo's Illness Chapter 14:
Trouble
About a week after Kisshu started teaching Ichigo how to use a sword, Pai received a call from Keiichiro, and called the others in to listen. As soon as everyone was gathered in front of Pai's computer, Keiichiro said, "We have a problem. As you suggested, we told the police and the school that Ichigo was sent away to live with friends until Ryou was found. They believed us, thank goodness, but they couldn't find Ryou anywhere. We believed he left Tokyo- until two days ago."
"What happened two days ago?" Kisshu asked.
"Well, apparently someone spotted Ryou, and called the police," Keiichiro said. "The police came, and managed to get there before Ryou got away, but according to the report the policeman who actually came back gave, Ryou pulled out a long sword seemingly out of thin air, and attacked them. The policeman claims a man who looked similar to the aliens, except with blond hair and blue eyes, appeared out of nowhere, and attacked as well. Together they defeated every single police officer, except this one guy, who, for some reason, they left alive. By that point, though, the man they left alive was basically in shock, and Ryou and the other guy, who I'm certain is the Blue Knight, got away clean."
"What happened to the other officers?" Ichigo asked.
Keiichiro looked grim as he said, "They're all dead. It's almost as if Ryou wanted to make sure the police knew what happened- like he was taunting them. That's probably why he left the one officer alive."
"Did either Ryou or the Blue Knight say anything?" Pai asked.
"The Blue Knight didn't, but Ryou told the police officer he spared that he wouldn't let anyone get in the way of his ultimate goal," Keiichiro said. "Believe me, that wasn't great for anyone. Since I'm the one who knows Ryou best, the police spent the last hour questioning me on his motives. I couldn't tell them about the aliens, so I had to just tell them about his anger about Ichigo's rejection. Unfortunately, I don't exactly know what he meant by 'ultimate goal' either."
"We might have an answer to that," Pai said. "One of Kisshu's nightmares suggested to me that Deep Blue might think to control Ryou. Then the Blue Knight would be under his control."
"That reminds me," Keiichiro said. "Kisshu, how are you doing?"
"I'm a lot better," Kisshu said. "Pai got rid of the nightmares, and I'm back to full strength."
"Wonderful," Keiichiro said with relief. "But how did Pai manage to get rid of the nightmares?"
"I found out that Deep Blue had implanted them into Kisshu's mind somehow, and I managed to extract them using one of my machines," Pai said.
"That's great," Keiichiro said. Then he said, "Ichigo, how are you doing?"
"I'm fine," Ichigo said. "Kisshu's teaching me how to use a sword."
"That's good," Keiichiro said. "Oh, I almost forgot, your parents say hi, and were wondering if they could visit you."
"Well, I say hi back, but it's up to Kisshu, Pai and Taruto if they get to come," Ichigo said. "It's not like I can teleport."
"It's fine with me if they come to visit," Pai said. Kisshu and Taruto nodded. "We have to come get them, though, so when should we do that?"
"If I call them up now, will you come to the Café?" Keiichiro asked.
"Sure," Pai said. "Taruto will come too."
"I will?" Taruto asked.
"Yes, unless you'd rather keep Ichigo company," Pai said.
"NOOOOO! I'll come, I'll come," Taruto said.
Keiichiro chuckled slightly, and said, "I'll call them. See you soon!"
"Yup," said Pai, and he cut the connection.
Pai turned to Ichigo and Kisshu and said, "Taruto and I will teleport your parents here, Ichigo. Till then, you and Kisshu have fun, but don't go too far."
"You're starting to sound like my dad," Ichigo said.
"Mmph," Pai mumbled. Then he and Taruto teleported out.
"Let's go back to my room, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said.
"Okay," Ichigo said.
Kisshu took her hand and teleported. They arrived in Kisshu's room, and sat on the bed. "So what would you like to do until my parents get here?" Ichigo asked.
"What do you think?" Kisshu asked, smirking.
Ichigo sighed and said, "Kiss me?"
"YAY!" Kisshu said, and wrapped his arms around her, then kissed her. He was more gentle this time, to Ichigo's surprise. She kissed him back passionately, and wound her arms around his neck.
They finally broke apart for air, and looked at each other. Finally Ichigo got her breath back, and said, "You're a pretty good kisser, Kisshu."
"So are you, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said, smirking again. "I'm glad we're together."
"Me too," Ichigo said. "I love you much more than I loved that treehugger."
"Really?" Kisshu asked.
"Yep," Ichigo said. "I'm just sorry I didn't tell you sooner."
"As long as you love me, that's all that matters," Kisshu said.
Ichigo hugged him and said, "I'll always love you, Kisshu."
Kisshu was about to hug her back when there was a knock on the door. Kisshu sighed and called, "Come in!"
Pai opened the door, and let Ichigo's parents in. "Ichigo! We're so glad to see you!" Sakura said.
"I'm glad to see you guys too," Ichigo said. "I missed you." She got up and hugged her parents.
When she let go, Sakura turned to Kisshu. "Kisshu, are you feeling better?" she asked.
Kisshu was a bit startled, but said, "Yeah, I'm fine, thanks. Ichigo's great at taking care of people."
Sakura smiled. Then she said, "Ichigo, do you know when you're coming home?"
"Not until Ryou is either dead or in jail," Ichigo said. "Besides, I'm supposed to be somewhere else right now; it would be bad if someone saw me in Tokyo. Then the police would know that you guys are lying to them. I can still come back as Mew Ichigo, but not as my regular self."
Sakura sighed, but didn't say anything else. Shintaro said, "Are you liking it here?"
"Yeah, I love living with Kisshu!" Ichigo said.
"Hey! What about us?" Taruto said.
"I don't see you much; you're always on Earth with Pudding, but Pai's nice too," Ichigo said.
Taruto's jaw dropped. "You think Pai is nice?" he asked.
"You don't?" Ichigo asked.
"NO!" Taruto said. "He blasts me out of his lab with his fan at least once a week, and he's completely emotionless!"
"He probably just doesn't want you spilling soda on his computer again," Ichigo said. "Besides, he has emotions, he just doesn't show them as much as the rest of us do."
"I only spilled soda on the computer once," Taruto said defensively.
"And how long did it take to fix it?" Ichigo asked.
"Two weeks…" Taruto said.
"See, that's why Pai doesn't want you in his lab," Ichigo said. She turned around, and saw Pai and Kisshu staring at her with identical expressions of shock.
"What?" she asked.
"Um… I never thought you would defend me like that, Ichigo," Pai said.
"Well, you're a friend, so why wouldn't I? And besides, if Lettuce likes you, you must be a pretty good person," Ichigo said. "I might get more defensive if Taruto- or anyone else for that matter- talked like that about Kisshu, though."
"So basically, I shouldn't insult my brothers at all when you're around," Taruto said.
"Not unless you want to be called Midget and get pinned to the ground while I tickle you to death," Ichigo said.
"AAARGH! NO TICKLING!" Taruto shouted, and teleported out.
"I think you scared him," Sakura commented.
"I'll apologize when he gets back," Ichigo said.
"You don't really need to," Kisshu said. "He's used to it. Apologizing will just scare him more."
"Okay!" Ichigo said cheerfully. Then she turned to her parents and said, "Did Keiichiro tell you about what Ryou did?"
"Yeah, and so did the police," Shintaro said. "We're supposed to be careful, since the police think that Ryou might try to get information out of us. I don't think that will happen, since Ryou doesn't know that we know about the Mews, but we'll be careful."
"Good, I don't want anything to happen to you," Ichigo said.
Her parents nodded, then Sakura said, "We have to get back. We'll miss you, Ichigo."
"I'll miss you too," Ichigo said, and hugged them both. Then Pai teleported them back to Earth, leaving Kisshu and Ichigo alone again.
Well, part of Kisshu's nightmare came true. I need a few more ideas, so please PM me or review if you've got anything. I've already gotten a request to have Kisshu kill Ryou, so that will probably happen soon. Thanks to Pirate lass to Jack Sparrow for that idea!