Depression Chapter 21:
This is a Problem…..
A while later, the doorbell rang, and Sakura carefully got up, then ran downstairs. Keiichiro was at the door, and he said, "How's it going?"
"Kisshu says his stomach feels better, but he's too weak to get up," Sakura said. "And he's really depressed about Ichigo."
Keiichiro sighed, and asked, "Can I come in?"
"Of course," Sakura said, letting him in and closing the door. "Kisshu fell asleep crying, but you can come upstairs. Just be quiet, I don't want to disturb him."
Keiichiro nodded and followed Sakura upstairs. When they got to Kisshu and Ichigo's room, they saw that Kisshu was stirring. Sakura went over and sat down next to him. "Kisshu?" she asked softly.
Kisshu opened his eyes and sat up, and Sakura and Keiichiro got worried. Kisshu's eyes had gone completely blank, as if he had been hypnotized or something. "Kisshu, are you okay?" Keiichiro asked.
"No," Kisshu said sadly. "As long as Ichigo's in a coma, I'm going to be FAR from 'okay'."
"The spaceship my computers detected landed about half an hour ago," Keiichiro commented.
"Keiichiro, we both know the kids can't fight," Sakura said. "Any other suggestions?"
"None," Keiichiro said grimly.
"I don't WANT to fight," Kisshu said gloomily.
Keiichiro and Sakura looked at each other; this was getting serious. "Keiichiro, go see how Pai's doing," Sakura said. "He's in the room diagonally across the hall."
Keiichiro left, and Sakura pulled Kisshu into her arms again. This time he hugged back, and buried his face in her shoulder again. Then he started crying again.
Keiichiro came back with Pai, who said in response to Sakura's startled look, "I'm feeling better, but I don't think I'm completely back to full strength. What's the problem?"
"Kisshu doesn't want to fight," Sakura said. "I think it's because Ichigo's in a coma."
Pai came over and put his hand on Ichigo's forehead, then sighed. "He's right, she is in a coma," he said. "Sakura, I'm kind of surprised you're not very upset."
Since Kisshu was asleep again, Sakura said softly, "I know it's not going to help if I start crying. I'm just as upset as Kisshu, but he needs me to stay strong, so that's what I'll do."
Pai put his hand on Kisshu's head, and closed his eyes. "I can heal the weakness he's got, but the depression isn't something I can heal, and even if I could, I'm not sure it would work," he said softly. "Usually hearing that he has to fight to protect others makes him forget other things, but not this time. We need to keep an eye on him; I wouldn't put it past him to try to kill himself."
"What are we going to do?" Keiichiro asked. "Kisshu's the strongest of us all, if he won't fight, we may not have much of a chance. And without Ichigo, the Mews are pretty much screwed. If Kisshu would fight, we'd have a chance, but as things are, I don't think we've got much of a chance. As far as I can tell from the computers, there's ten or more Cyniclons who came. Not an army, but enough to be going on with. The other Mews are pretty much recovered, and I imagine Taruto could probably fight too. Pai, what about you?"
"I can fight," Pai said. He put his hand on Kisshu's chest, and said, "He's almost back to full strength."
"That's still not doing us much good if he refuses to fight," Keiichiro said gloomily.
Suddenly the doorbell rang, and Sakura asked, "Who would that be?"
"I'll go see," Pai said, and ran out. A few minutes later, Sakura and Keiichiro heard him say, "Aren't you Ichigo's school friends?"
"Moe and Miwa are here?" Sakura asked. "Keiichiro, go tell them they can come in."
Keiichiro left, and came back five minutes later with Pai, Moe, and Miwa. Sakura looked up and asked, "You two aren't sick?"
"We didn't get the sickness for some reason," Miwa said. "But our families did. And they're starting to get better, so we decided to come see if all of you were okay."
Pai sighed. "Except for Ichigo, we're fine," he said. "The sickness was sent by our latest enemy, and for some reason it sent Ichigo into a coma."
"Ichigo's in a coma?" Moe asked, shocked.
"Yes, and we need to fight whoever's here off, so that's not good," Keiichiro sighed. "And Kisshu's refusing to fight."
"Why?" Miwa asked.
"He's depressed about Ichigo," Pai explained.
"We'll fix that," Moe said. "Wake him up."
Sakura sighed and shook Kisshu's shoulder. "Kisshu, wake up," she said softly.
"Do I have to?" Kisshu grumbled.
"Yes," Miwa said. "Otherwise we'll whack you."
Kisshu's eyes shot open, and he asked, "What are you two doing here?"
"We came to see how you were doing, but now we've got a new agenda," Moe said.
"Does it have something to do with waking up Ichigo?" Kisshu asked.
"No, it has to do with waking YOU up," Miwa said.
"I AM awake," Kisshu said gloomily.
"Your body's awake, but your mind isn't," Moe said. "If you were really awake, you'd be agreeing to fight, not sitting around moping."
"I can't fight without Ichigo," Kisshu said.
"Can you fight FOR Ichigo?" Miwa asked. "Moe and I are sad to hear that Ichigo's in a coma, but you don't see us moping, do you? We're going to fight too, so why can't you?"
"I don't want to leave Ichigo…." Kisshu said sadly.
Moe and Miwa looked at each other, nodded- and shoved Kisshu off the bed. "OW!" he shouted. "What was THAT for!?"
"Just because," Miwa said, snickering.
Kisshu jumped up and said, "You two are SO dead."
"Can that wait till after we get rid of whoever's here?" Keiichiro asked.
"Fine, but those two are going DOWN after the enemy does," Kisshu said, and walked out.
Moe and Miwa hi-fived each other. "That worked," they said in unison.
"You two are something else," Keiichiro said. "Um… were you serious when you said you were going to fight?"
"Yeah, you thought we were joking?" Miwa asked.
"Are you sure about this?" Pai asked.
"We do know how to fight," Moe said. "We're both really good at hand-to-hand fighting."
"Your parents are going to kill you…." Keiichiro said.
"Not if I get there first," Kisshu said, coming back into the room.
"Jeez, all we did was push you off the bed," Miwa said, giggling.
"That HURT," Kisshu said.
"But it worked," Miwa said cheerfully. "Come on, let's go kick peoples' asses."
Kisshu sighed. "Keiichiro, do you know where whoever it is is located?" he asked.
"My guess would be nearby the Café, but I don't have my laptop, so I'm not sure," Keiichiro said.
Pai closed his eyes, concentrating, and said, "There's a group in the park near the Café."
"Then let's go," Kisshu said. "Keiichiro, tell the other Mews. Pai, go get Taruto. I'll teleport the monsters to the park."
"Hai," Pai and Keiichiro said, and ran off.
"Be careful," Sakura said.
"We'll be fine," Kisshu said. He grabbed Moe and Miwa by the shoulders, and teleported to the park near the Café.
They landed in a secluded part of the park, and Kisshu concentrated, then pointed in the direction of the Café, and said, "Looks like they're going to the Café. Let's get ahead of them, we need to make sure that Keiichiro's equipment doesn't get destroyed." He took Moe and Miwa's shoulders again, and teleported.
They landed in front of the Café, and looked around. Moe looked over at the hedge out front, and said, "I think they're hiding behind the hedge."
Kisshu looked over, then called, "Come out!"
About eleven Cyniclons came out from behind the hedge, and the leader asked, "Why didn't you get sick?"
"I did, but it didn't last long," Kisshu said. "The only one who can't fight is Mew Ichigo. The rest of us are fine."
One of the Cyniclons tapped his leader on the shoulder, and said, "That means we made a mistake, right?"
"Shut up!" the other shouted in unison.
"Care to explain that?" Kisshu asked. "Was the original idea to knock the rest of Tokyo out, except for Ichigo?"
"Why only leave Ichigo?" Miwa asked.
"Two possibilities," Kisshu said without taking his eyes away from the leader. "One is that they want her in particular for something, and the other is that they wanted to see how well she fights without a team. I'm guessing the first possibility, which means they want or need Ichigo for some reason. I'm sure Hiro would be kind enough to explain why he had originally planned to leave only Ichigo able to fight- wouldn't he?"
"Perceptive as ever," Hiro said glumly. "I don't know how you do that, but you're right. We got sent by our leader to capture Mew Ichigo. He wanted to know more about the Mew Mews, and also find out how Deep Blue died. So he ordered the lot of us to create a sickness that would knock out all of Tokyo, and all of you except Mew Ichigo. He's going to kill us when we get back."
"You'll deserve it," Kisshu snarled. "You do know that whatever you did sent Ichigo into a coma, right?"
To his worry, Hiro perked up. "That worked, then," he said. "That was the idea. We only failed to keep the rest of you down!"
"And now you're going to pay with your lives," Kisshu said.
"You think you and two human girls can defeat all eleven of us?" Hiro asked incredulously.
"Eleven against three makes things interesting!" Moe said happily.
"You're insane, aren't you?" Hiro asked.
"And proud of it," Moe and Miwa said together.
Hiro groaned. Another Cyniclon said, "Hiro-san, they're just humans, how bad can it be?"
"VERY bad," Kisshu said. "Is there a way to wake Ichigo up?"
"I'll tell you on one condition," Hiro said.
"What is it?" Kisshu asked.
"The insane blonde girl has to beat me in hand-to-hand combat," Hiro said. "No interference from you, my teammates, or the other insane human girl."
"Bring it on," Moe said before Kisshu could reply.
Kisshu facepalmed and said, "Fine, I know it's pointless to stop you. If you get killed, however, I will bring you back from the dead and kill you again, got that?"
"As if you could," Moe said. She looked at Hiro and said, "Let's go."
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