Amnesia Chapter 25:

The First Night

Ichigo was still in Kisshu's room about an hour later. He was still sleeping, and she knew it was the best thing for him right now. Instead of worrying, she began thinking about what would happen now that Kisshu had most of his memory back. He didn't remember the last six months, so she assumed she'd have to tell him what had happened. Not that she minded. She had, after all, spent two weeks telling him what his life was like before he lost his memory.

Another hour passed before Kisshu began to stir, and when he did, Ichigo said softly, "Kisshu?"

"Hi Koneko-chan," Kisshu said. "I feel a lot better."

"That's great," Ichigo said with relief.

"Where are we?" Kisshu asked. "This doesn't look like your house."

"We're on your planet, and we're staying at your leader's mansion," Ichigo explained. "It's been about five months since you got exiled, but your leader asked us to come help with a group called the Kuritara, so we all came to your planet. All the Mews are here, too."

"Pai said something about Rikia living with us," Kisshu commented.

"She and Kasumi came to Earth to see you, Pai and Taruto," Ichigo said. "She decided to stay with us, and she's sleeping in my room. You and I are sharing."

"Your dad actually agreed to all this?" Kisshu asked.

"My mom was a big help," Ichigo said. "Although Dad's not too pleased with not being able to eat banana bread anymore."

"Why- oh right, I'm really allergic," Kisshu said. "Let me guess, you found that out the hard way."

"Yeah, you got pretty sick," Ichigo said. "The stomach medicine I gave you helped, though."

"It didn't hurt me?" Kisshu asked. "A lot of human medications are poisonous to us."

"For the past six months, you've been a human," Ichigo said. "You were playing with one of Pai's machines, and caused it to turn you human."

"How did I turn back?" Kisshu asked.

"I'm not sure," Ichigo said. "When you collapsed earlier, you started glowing, and then you changed back into a Cyniclon. Maybe it has something to do with you regaining your memories."

"Wow," Kisshu said. He got out of bed and said, "I'm feeling great, can we go somewhere?"

"We should let the others know you're okay," Ichigo said. "Oh, and don't go near Taruto or Pudding, they found candy."

"Taruto finally confessed to Pudding?" Kisshu asked.

"Yep, and they spend all their time together," Ichigo said. "And Pai and Lettuce are a couple too."

"That's great!" Kisshu said.

"I agree, I've never seen them this happy," Ichigo said. "Pudding's ecstatic, Taruto is too, Pai even smiles sometimes, and Lettuce is getting much more confident."

"Pai started smiling?" Kisshu asked in awe. "Wow, I never thought I'd live to see the day Pai would smile."

Ichigo giggled. "Let's go see everyone," she said. "Your shoes are at the foot of the bed."

Kisshu found them, and said, "These are sneakers, right? What happened to the boots I used to wear?"

"Probably still on Earth," Ichigo said. "You really seemed to like those sneakers that my mom bought, so I don't think we brought the boots."

"Oh well," Kisshu said. "Your mom bought these?"

"Yeah, and all the clothes we brought for you are ones she bought," Ichigo said. "She took you and me shopping, and we got a lot of clothes."

"That was nice of her," Kisshu said.

"Yeah," Ichigo said. "I've got a question. Do you know why you like apples so much? You seem to have kind of an obsession with them."

"There's not a lot of fruit on this planet, and that was the first type of fruit I ate on Earth," Kisshu said. "I like apples."

"I hope you like other fruits," Ichigo said. "We have a lot of apple desserts in the house lately. Do you like chocolate?"

"I love chocolate," Kisshu said.

"Good, maybe we can have something new when we get back," Ichigo said. "We've had nothing but apple desserts lately, and except for you and Mom, I think we're getting a little bored."

"Oh…. Sorry," Kisshu said.

Ichigo smiled. "It's fine. Let's go see everyone else."

They left their room, and went to Pai and Lettuce's. Ichigo knocked, and Pai called, "Come in!"

Ichigo opened the door and went in, followed by Kisshu. "Kisshu! You're awake!" Pai said. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, thanks Pai," Kisshu said. "Ichigo's been telling me what's been going on for the last six months. So you and Lettuce are dating?"

"Yes…" Pai said, turning slightly red.

Lettuce was sitting next to him and said, "You don't need to be embarrassed, Pai."

"Sorry, I just expected Kisshu to start teasing me again," Pai said sheepishly.

Kisshu smirked. Before he could say anything, Ichigo threw her arms around him. He hugged back, but said, "That was random, Koneko-chan."

"Sorry, I actually missed you smirking like that," Ichigo said, starting to pull away. Kisshu wasn't having that, though, and he pulled her closer, then kissed her. He was surprised when she kissed back with equal passion.

"I guess you really do love me now," he said when they broke apart.

Ichigo seemed a bit hesitant, and Kisshu asked, "What's wrong?"

Ichigo buried her face in his chest, startling him. Then she whispered, "I'm sorry…"

"Why?" Kisshu asked.

"I should have realized I loved you earlier," Ichigo said, sniffing. Kisshu noticed Pai and Lettuce were watching them, and he wrapped his arms around Ichigo and teleported back to their room.

They landed on the bed, and Kisshu set Ichigo down- or tried to. She clung to him, and he ended up with her on his lap. Not that he was complaining exactly, but why was she so sad? Finally he asked, "Koneko-chan, is something wrong? You seem really sad."

"I never should have been so mean to you!" Ichigo wailed, and started crying.

Kisshu was pretty alarmed by this. Ichigo never acted like this around him. Didn't she realize that all that mattered to him was that she loved him? The rejections were obviously a thing of the past, and although it hurt at the time, he got his wish in the end. She loved him, and that was all that mattered now. "Ichigo, all that matters to me is that you know my true feelings," Kisshu said softly. "My wish was to have you return them, and it seems like you do. I got my wish, and the past doesn't matter to me. What matters is that you love me now."

Ichigo looked at him. "You're not mad at me?" she whispered. "I thought for sure if you got your memory back, you'd hate me. I was totally nasty to you. How can you still love me?"

"Ichigo, I'll always love you," Kisshu said. "Whether you loved me or not, I wouldn't stop loving you, or stop trying to make you love me back. I could never hate you. And you love me now, right?"

"More than you know," Ichigo said.

"Then that's all that matters," Kisshu said. "So can I kill the treehugger when we get back?"

Ichigo giggled, much to Kisshu's relief. "Pai and Taruto beat you to it," she said. "Pai found out the treehugger was Deep Blue's human host, and he and Taruto killed him so we could form a truce."

"What did Blondie have to say about that?" Kisshu asked.

"Pai and I killed him before that happened, because he kidnapped you and started torturing you," Ichigo said. "I had already quit the Mews by that point. I was sick of working for that jerk."

"You teamed up with Pai?" Kisshu asked. "You seem to get along with him now, too."

"After you lost your memory, I took you in, and Pai started visiting you, so I guess I don't really mind him," Ichigo said. "The first night you were at my house, you asked me whether Pai and I were together."

"I DID?" Kisshu asked. "Jeez, what gave me that idea?"

"I honestly don't know," Ichigo said. "That was the night you ate a banana, and when I came up to check on you after Pai came by, you asked me if Pai and I were together."

"What did you say?" Kisshu asked.

"I shuddered and said, "Now there's a scary thought," Ichigo said. "I know Lettuce loves him, but I can't even imagine myself with Pai."

"Good," Kisshu said. "So why didn't you mind that the treehugger got killed?"

"He broke up with me after I told him I was a Mew Mew," Ichigo said. "He was really nasty about it too. He said he could never date someone who wasn't even human, and called me a freak."

"If he wasn't already dead, I'd go rip his head off," Kisshu growled. "I guess I should consider myself lucky you don't still love him, though."

"Don't worry about it," Ichigo said. "I love you. And you accept me for who I am, cat ears and all. I couldn't ask for anything better."

"Thanks, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said. "You have no idea how much that means to me."

Ichigo smiled sweetly.

All fluff, I know. This is what happens when I get tired halfway through the chapter. Sorry, and I'll try to put action in tomorrow's chapter(s). Review!