Amnesia Chapter 36:
Undecided
A few days later: The trade agreement had been settled to everyone's satisfaction. Ichigo and Lettuce were now regarded as heroes, and they got a LOT of attention. It kind of freaked them out.
Now that the crisis was over, however, the Mews and Cyniclons had some decisions to make. Now that Kisshu, Pai and Taruto weren't exiled, they had the option to stay on Cyniclonia. But they didn't want to leave their girlfriends. Ichigo, Lettuce, and Pudding were all getting nervous, since if they went back to Earth, they might have to leave their loved ones behind. But if they stayed, they'd have to inform their families. The Cyniclons had made it pretty clear that they would love to have at the very least Ichigo and Lettuce stay, and the other Mews were pretty welcome too. Mint and Zakuro had no desire to stay, but Ichigo, Lettuce and Pudding had realized the same thing: they couldn't live without their Cyniclon boyfriends.
Kisshu, Pai and Taruto were no less worried; they had realized the same thing. Each of them had finally found their soulmate, and they didn't want to give that up. And a long-distance relationship wouldn't work out too well. They knew they'd be happy wherever their girlfriends were, on Earth or on Cyniclonia, but they couldn't live in two places.
The six of them were having a meeting about this subject currently, and were getting nowhere. "Maybe we should call Keiichiro," Ichigo said. "He could call up our families, and tell them the situation."
"I guess that's the best idea we've got," Pai said. "Let's go to the ship, we can contact him from there."
Kisshu, Taruto and Pai grabbed Ichigo, Pudding and Lettuce, then teleported to the ship. Pai led them to the control room, and pressed a button. A screen came up, and Pai typed a number into the keypad next to it. They waited a minute, then Keiichiro's face came up on the screen. "How is everything going?" he asked.
"Ichigo stopped the fighting and Lettuce came up with a solution to permanently end it, but that's not why we called," Pai said.
"Okay, what's the problem?" Keiichiro said.
"Now that Kisshu, Taruto and I are not exiled, we are able to live here," Pai said. "And the Mews are welcome as well- particularly Ichigo and Lettuce. But we need advice on what to do now. We've all decided we can't really live without each other, but we'd need to choose one planet or the other. Our leader is very keen on us staying, but we realize the Mews have families on Earth. Mint and Zakuro have already decided to go back, but the six of us are having a lot of trouble figuring this out."
"Should I call up your families?" Keiichiro asked.
"It would be a good idea," Ichigo said. "Can you bring them together, and then contact us?"
"Hai," Keiichiro said. Then he looked at Kisshu, and said, "Kisshu, you changed back?"
"Yep, and I got most of my memory back," Kisshu said. "Unfortunately, I don't remember anything from when I had amnesia."
"Are you glad to be back to normal?" Keiichiro asked.
"Yeah, but I was pretty shocked when Koneko-chan told me we've been dating for six months," Kisshu said. "Too bad I can't remember any of that."
Keiichiro chuckled and said, "Well, as long as you two are happy now, that's what matters. I'll go call up your families, and bring them here for a meeting."
"Thanks, Keiichiro," Ichigo said. Keiichiro smiled, and the screen went blank.
"Now we wait," Pai said. "The rest of you might as well go do something else, it'll probably be a while."
"Let's go eat candy, Pudding-chan!" Taruto said excitedly.
"NO!" Pai, Kisshu, Ichigo and Lettuce shouted.
"Whyyyyyy?" Pudding whined, putting on a pouty face.
"Unless you want to be in a force field for the amount of time it takes you to crash from sugar high, NO MORE SUGAR," Pai said. "I know you had some before breakfast, so that's your limit for the day."
Pudding drooped, but then Taruto whispered something in her ear, and she smiled. "Okay, Taru-Taru," she said.
The others got suspicious, and Pai said, "In order to make sure you do NOT eat sugar, I'm giving you a babysitter."
"We're NOT babies!" Taruto said indignantly.
"We'll see," Pai said. "Lettuce-chan, you're on."
Taruto and Pudding smirked, and Pai said, "If you do anything to her, you WILL die, got it?"
"Hai, hai," Taruto said. "We'll be angels- right Pudding-chan?"
"Yeah na no da!" Pudding said. "Lettuce-oneechan, let's go back to our room!"
"Alright," Lettuce said. Taruto took her hand and Pudding's, then teleported off. Pai sighed. "You and Ichigo might as well go too," he said. "Don't go too far."
"Hai, hai," Kisshu said, and teleported Ichigo to their room. They flopped back on the bed. Kisshu's shoulder was healed, so he didn't have to wear the sling anymore. He sighed, and Ichigo asked, "Is something wrong?"
"I wish Pai didn't have to tell me not to go too far with you," Kisshu said. "I don't think he trusts me."
"Considering how perverted you can be, he's probably just making sure," Ichigo said. "I know you wouldn't go too far with me, but he doesn't spend that much time watching us together, so he doesn't know that."
Kisshu looked at her. "Do you really think I'm that perverted?" he asked.
"Pretty much, but I don't mind," Ichigo said. "You're just being you."
Kisshu looked somewhat sad. Ichigo noticed immediately, and asked gently, "What's wrong, Kisshu?"
"I… don't know," Kisshu said. "I don't know why I'm sad."
Ichigo put a hand on his forehead, and said, "You don't seem to be sick, so I'm guessing that's not the problem." Suddenly an idea occurred to her, and she asked, "Kisshu, do you ever go through periods where you're just sad for no reason?"
"Yeah, but it hasn't happened since I was ten," Kisshu said. "I used to get that a lot, because it took a long time for me to get over my parents' deaths. I'd go through periods where I was really sad, and sometimes really angry, but that was less common. Mainly I'd just get sad. It hasn't happened since I was ten, though. Why?"
"It sounds like you have depression," Ichigo said. "My mom knew someone with depression, and she would go through periods where she was really sad, and nothing could cheer her up. She took medication for it, but she still went through times where she'd just lock herself up and cry. Depression can be caused by traumatic experiences, but some people just have it for no reason. I'm guessing the reason you have depression is that your parents died."
"But why am I sad right now?" Kisshu asked. "I wasn't even thinking about my parents."
"I don't know," Ichigo said. "Unless it has something to do with feeling like Pai doesn't trust you."
"Maybe…." Kisshu said.
Ichigo reached over and started rubbing behind Kisshu's ears. He immediately started to relax, and looked happier. A few minutes later, he was looking sleepy, and Ichigo said softly, "Go to sleep, Kisshu."
Kisshu fell asleep a few minutes later, and Ichigo gently covered him up, then switched to stroking his hair.
Pai teleported in about half an hour later, and immediately looked worried. "Is Kisshu okay?" he asked.
"He's sad," Ichigo said. "He says he doesn't know why, so I started rubbing his ears again, and he fell asleep."
Pai came over, and put a hand on Kisshu's forehead. Then he sighed. "It looks like his depression's coming back," Pai said. "Do you have any idea what may have caused it?"
"He seemed pretty disgruntled about you telling us not to go too far, and he got sad after that," Ichigo said. "I think he's sad because he feels like you don't trust him."
Pai's eyes widened, and he started to look sad too. "I didn't mean to make him sad," Pai said softly. "If he goes into depression again, that's not going to be good for any of us. I didn't realize I was making him sad…." Now Pai sounded sad too, and he sank down into a chair.
Great, now they're both depressed, Ichigo thought. As Pai looked gloomily at the floor, Ichigo took her pendant out of her pocket, and tapped it, saying, "Lettuce, can you hear me?"
"Yep, what's up?" Lettuce's voice said.
"Come to my room, I could use some help," Ichigo said.
"Uh… what about Pudding and Taruto?" Lettuce asked.
"This is more important, if worse comes to worst, we'll have Pai put them in another force field," Ichigo said.
"I'm on my way," Lettuce said, and cut the connection. A few minutes later, she came in, and said, "What's wrong?"
"Pai and Kisshu are pretty depressed," Ichigo said. "I put Kisshu to sleep, but I don't think that's going to work on Pai."
"What on Earth happened to them?" Lettuce asked, looking at Pai, who wasn't looking back.
"Pai said Kisshu just gets depressed sometimes, but I think this time he got depressed because he feels that Pai doesn't trust him," Ichigo said. "That's why Pai's depressed; he didn't realize that he was making Kisshu feel bad by telling him not to go too far with me."
Lettuce went over to Pai, and said, "Pai, you didn't mean to make Kisshu sad, right?"
"No…" Pai muttered.
"I think if you apologize, he'll feel better," Lettuce said. "Do you trust him?"
"Yes, I didn't mean to make it seem like I don't," Pai said.
"You should tell him that," Lettuce said. "I think he'll feel better if he knows that you trust him."
"Thanks, Lettuce-chan," Pai said.
Ichigo noticed that Kisshu was stirring, and said softly, "Kisshu, are you feeling any better?"
Kisshu opened his eyes, and said, "A little bit. I still feel sad, though."
"Pai has something to say to you," Ichigo said. "Can you sit up?"
Kisshu sat up, and looked startled. "Pai looks sad too," he said to Ichigo.
Lettuce nudged Pai, who said softly, "Kisshu, I'm sorry if you felt like I don't trust you to do the right thing with Ichigo. I didn't mean it that way."
"So you do trust me?" Kisshu asked.
"Yes," Pai said with an actual smile.
Kisshu smirked and said, "Ichigo, go get Maya, Pai's smiling again."
"WHY YOU LITTLE….!" Pai shouted.
Before he could strangle Kisshu, Lettuce said, "Pai, let's go check on Pudding and Taruto, they've been alone a while."
"WHAT!?" Pai shouted. "You left them ALONE together!?"
"Ichigo told me to come cheer you up," Lettuce said.
Pai glared at Ichigo, then grabbed Lettuce and teleported out. Ichigo and Kisshu burst out laughing. When they calmed down, Ichigo said, "I'm glad you're happier, Kisshu."
"Me too," Kisshu said. "Let's go see what's happening with the little monkeys."
This is what happens when I let my emotions get to me while I'm writing. Plz don't flame me for making Kisshu sad.