Okay not doing the thank you list anymore cause its basically taking up too much space and adding a completely irrelevent number of words to the story haha. Anyway that does not mean I am ungreatful for all of the readers and reviewers of my stories :) Thank you very much and I'm glad that most of you enjoy reading them ^_^ That makes me happy :)
~ Besides, You Owe Me ~
~ Chapter 38 ~
Sunlight shone through the window waking Ichigo from an absolutely wonderful sleep. She yawned and stretched out her arms and legs. After a moment of silence she turned, opening her eyes with a smile as she came face to face with the one she loved.
"Good morning," she whispered.
He smiled back happily and brought one of his hands up to carress her cheek, "Good morning, Koneko-chan."
"Sleep well?" she asked as she snuggled a little closer to him.
"Best sleep I ever had after last night," he replied letting out a soft laugh to finish. Ichigo's smile widened and she giggled a little remembering how amazing that night had been.
About five years had passed since her mother had awakened and she was back to her strong, happy, heathy self again. Ichigo was so happy so was her father for that matter. Jezz had helped locate them to a new house in the area and had gone through all of the emergency procedures concerning season change and whatnot. Domi-san checked on them once a week during their first year on the planet and Ichigo would call him or pay him a visit to ask how everything was - and it was always okay. Then she herself would pay them a visit with Kisshu just to show them how much she would always love them.
Everything was fine now. There was nothing to worry them. They could all be a happy family.
As for the mews, they had gone back to Earth after a two week stay and unfortunately because of the distance they hadn't heard from any of them since. But Pai had promised Ichigo that he was working on that as he also missed Taruto, who was like a brother to him but had decided to go with them to be with Purin.
Of course that meant Minto had also gone home with them.
Ichigo's mind temporarily wandered to one of her closest friends here. She hadn't heard or seen from him much and that wasn't at all because of distance. He seemed to be avoiding her and not just her...everyone. He just wasn't around anymore and when she did see him it was only a quick flash of a tail or foot going round a corner. That wasn't to say he didn't speak to her. He would leave her letters and little written messages taped to the window, or the balcony or the back door to which she would write a reply and tape it in the same place. But he never came to speak with her and she often worried about that.
"What are you thinking about?" Kisshu asked, continuing to gently stroke the side of her face lovingly. He could tell that she was deep in thought about something.
She looked up at him and her smile faultered, "I miss them, Kish."
He sighed and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close to him knowing everyone she was referring to, "I know, love, I know," he said and kissed the top of her head, "I'm helping Pai again today, why don't I bring him along when I come to meet you at your parent's house? He could talk to you about the progress and you may feel a little easier about it if you have any questions."
"I suppose so," Ichigo nodded slowly. She sighed and smiled up at him, "I love you, Kisshu."
"I love you too, Ichigo," he replied with a smile and leaned in to kiss her and drain away all that sadness. They were happy now and she would speak to them soon, after all Pai was a genius in Kisshu's eyes. There wasn't anything that man couldn't do. He believed in him.
"There was a little kitty cat,
Though he wasn't born of Earth,
He was of another world,
So he hadn't any worth,
He mewled alot and looked quite sweet,
But then we saw his claws,
He reached them out and cut us all,
And nipped at us with his jaws,
"There was a little kitty cat,
He looked so harmless and sweet,
But what, my child, we didn't know,
Was what he liked to eat,
The Haros and the Cyniclon,
Any others inbetween,
After meeting with this kitty cat,
Again were never seen.
"There was a little Felanan,
He cried himself to sleep,
He fell in love with someone,
Someone he couldn't keep,
She was young and beautiful,
And different from the rest,
She thought he was a gentle soul,
And not some little pest,
"Or a beast, or a monster,
Or a fool, though they told her,
She would always repeat her,
Words from the start, and,
"'Oh, this little Felanan,
He's not that bad, you see,
You seem to think he's awful,
But you're just being mean.
"Oh, this little silly cat,
He fell in love with me,
Evil has no love at all,
He's just lonely.'"
Axel sighed and sat down in a shadowed alleyway. He sighed and leaned against one of the walls. He was alone again as usual. And he was thinking of her, of course. Of them both.
"If the children heard you sing, they'd be reduced to tears." Axel looked in the direction the gentle voice came from and saw his sister and his cousin standing just round the corner of the far end.
He huffed and looked straight ahead at the wall in front of him, and grumbled, "That bad am I?"
"Of course not, Axel-sama," Mirro said sounding a little hurt that he would think that and she advanced to join him. Axii followed slowly and cautiously behind.
"I just meant that they would find it beautiful," Axii explained, quietly.
Mirro stepped over Axel so that she could sit down beside him leaving room for Axii as well. Axii sat down just a second later.
"Mirro-san?" Axel asked without turning toward her.
"Yes, Axel-sama?" she replied.
"Since when have you called me 'sama'?" he asked, a smirk that wasn't genuine.
She sighed and looked down at her hands thinking about it. She then replied, "Since you made us understand we were wrong, and you saved us," she glanced over at Axii who was staring at the ground miserably - still wounded from that night, "from war."
"It wouldn't have gone that far," Axel sighed deeply and let his head fall back against the wall as he closed his eyes and continued, "They would have won anyway...and we would have been killed. Us three at least."
"Cause we were in charge," Axii added quietly, understanding.
After a moment of painful awkward silence, Mirro sighed realising that Axii wasn't helping and was just hurting herself by staying and remembering, "Go home, Axii-chan."
"What?" Axii looked up at her cousin wide-eyed and the horror in her eyes that she had failed her brother again was horrible, "No, I can help. I'm sorry. I can help."
"It's okay, Axii-chan," Mirro replied calmly and reached over to take her hand. She gave her a small squeeze to reassure her and a kind-hearted smile and asked, "Please can you help me by going home and looking after Annabeck for me? She may be old enough to look after herself now but she's also old enough to realise she has a boyfriend and a free house for a couple of hours."
Axel sniggered at that a little, which made Mirro laugh a little too. Axii smiled then as well and nodded. She looked at her brother for a moment and when he looked back at her and offered a half-smile, her face literally lit up and she hugged him tightly.
"I love you, brother," she told him.
He hugged her back, "I love you too."
She let go and got up, swiftly turning whilst brushing at her eyes with the back of her hand. She then dashed off down the alley and round the corner making her way home.
After a moment's wait, Axel turned to Mirro and lifted an eyebrow at her, "Okay, what is it, Mirro-san?"
"What's wrong with you? You're broken," she told him, "I wanna know why."
"I'm not broken," he said in a whinning sort of tone, "Nothing's wrong."
"Oh, don't even go there," she warned him leaning in to his space so that he couldn't look away from her, "You never visit, you never stay in one place, you have no home, you have no friends, you have no life, Axel! What's going on with you? Not broken? You're mind is so cracked that you don't even realise yourself!"
"Well, the 'sama' was short lived," he commented with a sigh.
"Gah! Axel!" she groaned throwing her hands in the air, "You see! That's all you picked up on. The least important thing I said."
He sighed yet again and replied quietly staring at the ground, "No, I understand. But have you ever been in love, Mirro?"
"Yes," she replied and smiled at him when he looked at her, "I have Annabeck as a result. A wonderful result that literally changed my life for the better. I have been in love...I am still in love."
"I fell in love with Ichigo," he confessed.
Mirro looked down at the ground remembering. She nodded, "I know."
"But of course she loves Kisshu-sama," he pointed out, "It hurt me. It still does."
"I understand how hard it is. Believe me I do. But you can't let it get to you like this," she placed a hand on his knee and he looked back at her. There were tears in the corners of his eyes, "When I lost Tam in the Season Change...I almost forgot who I was. It destroyed me. The only thing that kept me going was Annabeck. If I had let the dark swallow me like you, I would have lost her too. You need to fight it, Axel-sama. You'll feel better when you do."
"I'm sorry, Mirro-san," he apologised and wiped the side of his face with his hand. He then took hold of her hand on his knee with his free hand and held on tightly. He felt like he needed her and for the first time in years he took the chance to reach out for help, "I didn't at the time...not until she left anyway," he said, "but I think...that I fell in love again. But she left me as well."
"Oh sweetheart," Mirro said as Axel's face scrunched up and a sob erupted from his throat. His shoulders began to shake and the tears began to flow freely down his face. Mirro got up on her knees and pulled him close. She held him like she would Annabeck and made quiet comforting sounds, "It's okay, Axel, Mirro's here. Ssh...it's okay, sweetie. You know you always have a bedroom in our house. Come home now, okay?"
He only nodded as the sobs wouldn't let him communicate for the momment and Mirro smiled sadly, happy that he had finally opened up to her and let her help him.
"So they can get our television out here but they can't get our calls or something like that?" Shintaro cried and rolled his eyes as he flipped over the channel, "Sounds ridiculous to me!"
"Dad, I'm pretty sure you don't understand the technology like Pai does!" Ichigo commented, helping her mother bring in the tea on a tray.
"Hey!" he called, throwing his hands up in a surrender gesture, "All I'm saying is I find it strange that they broadcast Earth television yet they find it hard to establish just one telephone call for you, my dear."
"They're working on it," Ichigo replied.
Just then there was a loud, urgent banging on the door and all three of them ran to answer it.
Sakura opened the door and jumped a little to find Kisshu standing there smiling and looking highly excited, Pai was behind him smiling and another Cyniclon - who Ichigo came to know as Khanic - was with them, also smiling.
"Oh, Kisshu," Sakura said, a little surprised, "What is it?"
"Finally made the call, huh, son?" Shintaro asked with a raised eyebrow and his hands on his hips trying to look like Tough Dad, "Cause my baby's still waiting, boy."
Ichigo rolled her eyes and Kisshu's smile widened when he said, "Afraid not but we did recieve a message."
"What?" Ichigo cried shocked. She then smiled and asked excitedly, "What did it say? What was the message?"
"Look up," he whispered smiling.
"What?" she asked the smile disappearing in confusion.
He laughed and pointed, "The message said 'Look up'."
And when she did, she saw an aircraft just hovering over her house and the houses behind. She gasped as she saw her friends waving out of one of the aircrafts large windows. They were obviously waiting to land and that was something that Ichigo knew Khanic was in charge of with four others.
"Khanic! What are you doing here? Let's go! They need somewhere to land that thing, man!" she cried and grabbed hold of Kisshu's hand as she ran out of the house and in to the street. Khanic laughed and jumped in to the air with Pai to go get them ready to land. She waved up at her friends.
"I LOVE YOU ALL!" she shouted at the top of her lungs and she didn't care of they heard or not, she'd be telling them that again and again later on.
"Are you happy?" Kisshu asked her smiling.
"Stupid question!" she laughed and pulled him in to a kiss before answering, "Yes! Of course, I am!"
Hazzard - The end ^_^
Axel - You've got to be kidding me...I didn't have a happy ending? :c
Domi - Oh, cheer up, Axel-san! It's alright. You got Mirro-san, and she is fiiiiine.
Axel - Excuse me, but Mirro-san is my cousin. I do not look at her and think 'fiiiiine' I look at her and think 'Cousiiiiiin, who is pretty'.
Domi - Meh, same thing, just mine is revealing her attractiveness.
Axel - Come near my cousin and I will scratch your eyes out! And Nya-at's a promise! -_-
Hazzard - Anyway that's not the end! So Calm Yo Tits, Guuuuurl!
Axel - Girl? Please tell me you didn't think I was lesbian girl this whole time? :s
Hazzard - What? No...it was just a...never mind. Remember to Read and Review ^_^
Ichigo - Apologies for any spelling mistakes or grammar errors :)
Lv Lv Hazzard ^_^ x x
P.S! The Poem/Song is called 'Oh, Little Silly Cat' which I wrote in about five-ten minutes. So its not amazing but I'm still proud of it and I love it ^_^ Yay me! Haha :) There is a link on my profile to my Youtube channel if you wanna see how Axel would sing it - of course its in my voice and unfortunately I am a girl, unlike Axel - but hey-ho :) Enjoy ^^ Much Love! x x