Kisshu's Illness Chapter 25:

The Next Day

The day after the verdict came in was a Saturday, so everyone had a day off. Pai and Lettuce were going to the library- their version of a date. Pudding and Taruto were going to the playground, and Taruto was sleeping over at Pudding's house. Mint had a party to go to, and Zakuro had a photoshoot.

Kisshu and Ichigo were going to go on a date too. Kisshu was taking Ichigo to the beach. Of course, since he could teleport, they were going to a beach in the Caribbean! Ichigo packed up a picnic lunch and their swimsuits, and Kisshu teleported them to a small beach in the Caribbean.

"Wow, it's so pretty here," Ichigo said.

"Not as pretty as you," Kisshu said, smirking. Ichigo blushed, but then noticed that Kisshu was smirking and not smiling.

Uh-oh, he's got that look on his face, she thought. He's planning something, I just know it.

"Hey Koneko-chan, wanna go swimming?" Kisshu asked, still smirking.

"Why do you have that perverted smirk on your face?" Ichigo asked warily.

"No reason," Kisshu said, now smiling normally.

"Okay… I guess we could go swimming," Ichigo said.

Kisshu ran over to the water, followed by Ichigo. "Hey, it's warm," Kisshu called out. "I thought water on Earth was cold."

"Not always," Ichigo said. "It depends on where you are, and which ocean you're swimming in. Besides, there are hot springs in Japan, didn't you know that?"

"I was a bit busy trying to win your heart and take over the world to go to some hot spring," Kisshu said teasingly. "By the way, I thought cats hated water."

"Well, I'm part human, so I guess that's why I still like the ocean," Ichigo said. "Let's swim!" She waded in and then dived under. When she came back to the surface, a little farther out, Kisshu was nowhere to be seen. "Kisshu?" she called out. No response. She tried again, and was about to go looking, when something grabbed her leg and pulled her underwater. She instinctively held her breath. When she opened her eyes, she came face-to-face with a smirking Kisshu.

I knew you planning something, Ichigo said telepathically. Could you let go? I'm running out of air.

Kisshu's eyes widened, and he grabbed her, teleporting back to the beach. Ichigo let out the breath she had been holding.

"Sorry Koneko-chan! Are you okay?" Kisshu asked. He didn't sound playful anymore. Now he sounded really worried.

"I'm fine," Ichigo reassured him. "Just remember, I can't breathe underwater."

Kisshu sighed, relieved. "Maybe we should take a break, I'm hungry," he said.

"Okay," Ichigo said. She took out the sandwiches she had made that morning. Kisshu had tuna, and Ichigo had chicken salad. Ichigo had also packed lemonade and potato chips, as well as fruit salad.

"This is good," Kisshu said, swallowing a mouthful of potato chips. "I've never had these potato things."

"I really like them, and they're called potato chips," Ichigo said.

Suddenly Ichigo heard a noise from the picnic basket, and looked in. Her cell phone was ringing. She looked at the caller ID, and got worried. It was Shiro.

"Who is it?" Kisshu asked.

"Shiro," Ichigo replied as she answered. "Hi Shiro, is something wrong?"

"Where are you? Pai said you're not in Japan anymore!" Shiro said. He sounded scared.

Ichigo replied, "Kisshu took me to a Caribbean island for a picnic. You sound scared, did something happen?"

"Yes! Ryou escaped from prison!" Shiro said.

"We'll be back at my house soon," Ichigo said. "Meet us there, and I'll call up the others."

"Okay, see you soon," Shiro said, and hung up.

"What was that?" Kisshu asked.

"We need to get back, Ryou escaped," Ichigo said. "Can you teleport us?"

"Sure," Kisshu said. He grabbed Ichigo's hand and the picnic basket, and teleported back to their house. Pai and Taruto were there already, as were the other Mews.

"Pai told us the news," Zakuro said. "Shiro should be here in half an hour, you might want to go get dressed in something other than a swimsuit."

Kisshu and Ichigo ran upstairs and changed into their normal clothes. When they got back down, they heard a knock on the door. Ichigo looked through the peephole, and then let Shiro in quickly.

"Shiro, how did this happen?" Ichigo asked.

"We- the police- actually have no idea," Shiro admitted. "There's no sign that he broke out; no broken bars, nothing except a note he left. Here, I brought it with me." He handed a paper to Ichigo, who read it out loud.

"I'll get my revenge on all of you this time. Now you don't have a chance, so you might as well give it up. Now that I can fight too, you'll never survive. You'll all go down in flames, and there's nothing you can do.

-Ryou

"Well, this is bad," Taruto said. "What are we going to do now?"

"Something about the letter puzzles me," Pai said. "He said he could fight too. What do you think that means?"

"Wait," Lettuce said. "What if he injected himself with some kind of DNA before you guys caught him?"

"If that's so, it could explain how he got out," Pai said. "I think that he had some of our DNA, so if he infused himself with Cyniclon DNA, he can probably teleport. That would explain how he got out of prison."

"That's just great," Shiro groaned. "How are we going to catch him NOW?"

Everyone thought about this. Suddenly Mint said, "Well, this isn't how to capture him, but I think he had a teleport canceller in his lab, so if we CAN catch him, he won't be able to get out again."

"Yeah, that's good, but we need to catch him first," Shiro said.

"Yeah, but HOW?" Ichigo asked. "I don't know how to catch someone who can teleport. Also, if one of us captured him and he teleported, we might be in danger if he managed to take that person with him."

"Good point," Kisshu said.

Everyone went back to thinking. Finally Shiro said, "I guess we'll have to wait it out. Till then, keep your guard up, minna. We don't want a hostage situation, which is what I'm afraid Ryou is planning."

Everyone nodded, and the meeting broke up.

I need ideas now, so please PM me with any suggestions you may have. I'm not sure what to do next. I got the idea to have Ryou break out of prison from peacexxx, who has been very helpful to me. By the way, to those of you who want Ichigo to get pregnant, I'm sorry, but she's only 13. I'm not going to get her pregnant at that age. If she was sixteen, maybe, but not now. Please review and PM me with any ideas!