Something was playing against my lips. It felt nice and comforting, making me want to go back to sleep, from which it had stolen me from. The feeling persisted, however, and slowly my mind started to awaken more, realizing that I was being kissed. Slowly I let my eyes flutter open and stare into the eyes of Kish, and he pulled back just enough to smile down at me before kissing me one more time. Wrapping my arms around him, I opened my mouth up to his tongue and enjoyed it for a long moment before pulling back and smiling up at him while our foreheads touched. "You do remember where my mouth was last night, don't you?"

Even Trade III

By: Satashi

"Oh gross!" Kish made a sickening face and stumbled out of bed, running, half necked to the kitchen sink, where he drank directly from the tap and spit out the water. Laughing, I got out of bed and picked up his disregarded shirt from last night and slid it on to cover myself. Walking over to him, I laid my arms on his bent over back and propped my chin up on my hand, watching him cough and spit out the water repetitively.

"Lucky you, I swallowed before I even realized what happened. You're sheets are probably stained, by the way."

"Ugh." He spit out one last mouthful before straightening up, making me loose my prop. "Remind me not to wake you like that ever again."

"Aw, why not?" I tried to kiss him, but he turned away, making yet another cute face. Planting my kiss on his cheek instead, I realized something. "Oh wow!" I brought both my hands up to cup his face, rubbing his cheeks. "You're prickly! I didn't think you could grow a beard!"

"Hey!" He pulled away and grabbed my hands. "I shave every morning, thank you."

I hugged him and stood on my tip toes, rubbing my cheek against his and laughing. "That's so cute! Can I watch you shave?"

"Only thing you need to be shaving is your legs," Re teased back, grabbing my wrist and grinning down at me in his normal teasing smirk. "You're the prickly one here."

I gasped and blushed darkly. "That was rude." I pulled my hands back and walked to his bathroom. "I'm getting ready. Make me breakfast while you wait."

"Hey, since when did I become the prisoner here!?"

"Since we became a couple," I responded, turning and winking at him. He could only smile and shake his head at me as I closed the door leading into his bathroom. Looking around, I stole his toothbrush and decided that French kissing him was much less sanitary than sharing a brush, so I used it to my own free will for the morning. Also looking around more, I spied his razor and shaving cream that he had mentioned to me earlier. Looking at it, I realized that with all the technological advances that his race must have had, they still used razors to shave with.

Picking it up, I looked down at my legs. They were a little prickly, considering I hadn't shaved in...three days now. Running my hand over them, sure enough it was rough. Sighing, I started to strip down. "Kish, I'm going to take a quick shower, okay?"

"Breakfast will be ready in about half hour."

"Good!" I turned on the taps and got into the bathtub, splashing water onto my self and smoothing out the cream on my legs.

"Miss me?" I asked, returning to Kish's room.

"Oh yeah, loads." Was my reply as he whipped up some scrambled eggs and toast. One again I noticed the total lack of meat in his cooking. No sausage, no bacon, no ham...I could seriously go for a super double bacon cheeseburger right now...Kish's diet would make me loose five pounds before I even went back. Oh yeah... I had to go back...

"Kish?" I heard him hum lightly in response. Walking over to his closet while speaking, I started to root through it. "All of my friends must be really worried about me..." I picked out a shirt that would decently fit me and then started looking for another pair of his pants. "I don't want them to be scared..."

His noise of movement slowed down considerably after I said that, and I was starting to worry that I offended him in some way. Turning around so I could apologize, I was cut off with his response. "I went to earth yesterday. We said we would trade a mew aqua today for your safe return..."

"When were you planning on telling me this?"

He shifted a little and worked on his food a moment before turning around and walking to the table and setting down two plates. "I don't know...about when we were going to leave I guess." He looked over at me, still in a towel only. "You shaved your legs?"

Blushing, I realized what he was thinking when his eyes didn't drift from my lower half. "It's none of your business what else I shaved off. Turn around so I can change."

"Humph." He did so anyway, and I was able to fully dress myself. "I can't even watch you dress?"

"I'm shy, leave me alone. You already give me enough trouble. My chest has over four hickeys on it from where you couldn't control yourself."

"Aw, I'm sorry," But his voice was a little proud of himself.

"Jerk." I tied a knot in his shirt, making it show off my stomach. "You can look now."

He turned and grinned at me. "I like it when you prance around in my cloths."

"You're so weird sometimes." I stopped next to him, debating if I should peck his cheek for acting so cute or not. Deciding to, I made him smile at the small action before sitting down to eat. "I'm going back today, huh?"

"Yeah..."

I felt a little awkward. True, I didn't want anyone to be worried about me anymore, and I was missing school by the day. It would be hell to catch up if I missed anymore than I already had. Today was Saturday, however, which meant I still had a day off before I had to return to school. "Hey, wait a minute; I thought you said I would be here for about a week?"

"They demanded it be today."

"I see..." Well, this would be a little strange. Dating the person who was only trying to destroy humanity. "Kish...I don't suppose I could talk you into joining our side could I?"

He paused his eating long enough to look over at me and ponder my question for a moment. Unfortunately this raised my hopes up enough to be crushed when he shook his head. "Kitten, there's no way. Just like I know there is no reason to even ask you the same question."

I poked around my food, pondering on what to do. Time ticked by slowly for me, but I was surprised to find myself done with breakfast and sitting on Kish's couch before I even realized that time was, indeed, passing. Kish sat behind be and wrapped his arms around my stomach, pulling me up into his lap to sit. I allowed him to do so and leaned back comfortably against his chest, resting my head against the crook in his neck.

His hands played across my stomach lightly, rubbing gently. After a while I closed my eyes and started to relax into his hold. Acting on impulse, and the thought of not seeing him again for a while, I started to gently nip at his neck. This caused the reaction I was hoping for, and soon he turned his head enough to kiss me properly. Sighing into the kiss, I felt better about the whole ordeal. Never would I have guessed that I would fall for him after only being with him for a few short days. I did, however, and tonight I would be sleeping by myself, alone in my bed.

I gasped, feeling Kish's hands slide under my shirt and my bra slipped up above my breast. Blushing darkly, I purred into his mouth and shifted lightly so he could reach better. "You really are a pervert, aren't you?" I asked in-between kisses, making him chuckle.

"I don't know really," He spoke against my lips. "Tell me, am I really?" I shivered as his hand trailed across my stomach and to the hem of my pants. "What do you think?" His voice was hot against my lips, making me shiver in his hold. I couldn't respond as is fingertips slowly slid down. I felt my face get warmer and I unconsciously shifted again, allowing his hand to slide under fully.

I kissed him, closing my eyes to try and help myself get a little less shy. Part of me wanted to pull away; scold him for touching me there so soon, but the other part of me was screaming at me to let him, to experience what it felt like at least once before I couldn't be with him anymore.

As soon as his fingertips touched me, I knew instantly that all rational thought had gone away. I moaned, rather loudly, as his fingers moved over my slit and gently bend to be inserted. Blushing furiously, I squirmed in his grasp and panted hard against his neck. It was wonderful, absolutely wonderful. His fingers began to drive me crazy, teasingly me mercilessly and never giving me what my body seemed to want. Finally I clutched against him, almost whimpering against his neck. He seemed to be having fun, as I could tell by his slightly laughter at my actions.

Finally I decided that he wasn't going to do what I wanted him to, so I growled at him, making him jump lightly. "Fine, fine, spoilsport." He kissed my nose and moved his hand down to cup against my skin. I smiled up at him and blushed slightly, nodding.

Unfortunately, it was at that time that his door slid open and Tart came through it. "Kish, are you ready yet? We need to..." Yelping out, I jerked his hand up and used my other to pull my shirt down. Kish only started to laugh his head off, making me even more embarrassed. "What are you doing!?"

"Rounding second, is my opinion." Pai sated, leaning against the doorway. "Kish, come on. It's about time to trade."

"Right, right..." He muttered against my hair. When the two didn't move for a moment, he shifted his head up and wrapped his arms protectively around me. "A little privacy please!? You're embarrassing her!"

Tart snickered and walked out, followed by Pai. When the door closed, I instantly bent forward and put my face in my hands. "Oh good god, they saw everything..."

"I'm sorry, Kitten," Kish leant forward as well and cuddled my. "I really shouldn't have done that here."

"I wasn't exactly stopping you...Oh wow, after only a few days, and I've already lost every sort of virtue I had left..."

"Had left, what does that mean!?"

"Nothing!" I moved away from him and looked away. "Come on. They are waiting..." I heard him stand up and offer me his hand, which I took. Standing as well, I suddenly found myself falling against him. Blushing darkly into his arms, I whispered lamely up at him. "My legs are shaking..."

Not saying anything, he scooped me up into his arms and smiled kindly down at me. "I'll carry you."

I didn't answer him. Instead I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned against his shoulder. So what if Pai and Tart saw us? I don't care. Kish is my boyfriend now and they would just have to accept it. Everyone knew Kish liked me for ages, so for him it would be not problem at all. Me on the other hand, I would be given hell if anyone on earth found out about us...

The world shifted around me and I felt my stomach lurch hard. Instantly I felt sick and to top it all off, I was drenched in the pouring rain. "Che. What a time for this," Kish muttered, looking around as I held onto his neck to support myself. I winced lightly in pain from the teleportation. "Oh man, you must feel horrible. Should I sit you down?"

"I don't think I can stand..." I muttered, swallowing thickly. I felt like I was going to throw up at any moment. I was hot and it was raining so hard I could barely even see Pai and Tart not three feet from me.

"Where is he?" Tart asked over the sound of rain. "He was supposed to meet us here. Pai, do you detect anything?"

"Several humans around, but no sign of any significant power sources."

"I came alone, like you asked." Ryo's voice declared. Looking to where it was coming from, I saw him standing not far away, obviously pissed off.

"You have it?"

"I want to know she's okay."

"She's fine," Kish answered for me when I realized I couldn't shout out to him without loosing the breakfast I had that morning. "Where is the aqua drop?" His voice was hard, serious. He was about to hand me back over for it. I knew I had to go back, as did he, but I felt bad about it. After so long of me rejecting and hurting him, we finally realize that there is a type of strange connection between us. A sense of liking someone, one that felt right and might possibly turn into love if nurtured right. I shifted lightly enough to place my hand on his and squeeze it gently.

Wait a minute, what was that? I turned and looked to the side, using my cat vision to spy someone crouching next to a bush. Zakuro? What was she doing there? Looking around some more, I noticed Pudding in a tree near by, crouched and ready to pounce.

"Send Ichigo over and I'll toss you the aqua."

"Toss us the aqua and we'll send Ichigo over."

I could just barely make out Ryou's smirk. What was he planning? "Okay, how about this? I sit down the drop and back away. As I do so, Ichigo walks away from us. When she gets to a point where I can run to her, you run to the drop."

"That is most logical." Pai answered for our group. "Very well then, do so."

I watched Ryou sit down a box and start to walk away, to the side. "Kish, I can't walk."

"Pai, she can't go so soon after teleporting."

"Her delay will work out better for us."

"You're kind of cold, you know that?" Kish shifted and gently sat my feet on the ground. My vision blurred lightly. If only I could rest for ten to fifteen minutes I would be okay again. Kish pushed my lightly to encourage me. "Go on, Kitten. Get some rest tonight."

I nodded and began to stagger away. I had to keep my mouth covered and my other hand on my stomach, but I was slowly making it. I stumbled a little and almost fell when my equilibrium was shifted in the rain, but I just managed to catch myself.

"Now!"

"Energy increase from the east!" Pai screamed, calling his elemental fan to blast an attack in that direction. He was tackled by Zakuro from the side, however. She rolled on the ground and kicked off of him, not transformed. Mew Pudding ran to Tart, grabbing his attention. "Above you!" Pai shouted out, making Tart look up. Mint, also untransformed landed on him from above and Pudding tackled Kish instead.

I felt Ryou's arms scoop me up and begin to run. Looking over, Lettuce was running to the aqua source as everyone else transformed. We had...tricked them?

"Scatter and battle!" Kish called out during a loud clap of thunder. He grabbed Pudding's ponytail and yanked roughly, pulling her head back and slamming his fist into her back. She hit the ground when he let go and before I knew what was happening, Ryou was flying forward from an explosion.

"You tricked us!" Kish snarled, pulling out a nightstick and putting it to Ryou's throat and choking him with it. He was standing on Ryou's back with one arm pulled behind it and his other trapped under Kish's foot.

"Kish, don't hurt him!"

Kish instantly let go and leapt off, running toward me. Was I going to be captured again? No...I wanted to see my parents first, make sure they knew I was okay... Not now... Kish, give me an hour first! I have things to do!

I closed my eyes when he leapt at me, expecting to be tackled, but I heard the sound of metal crashing against metal next and when I opened my eyes, I saw the blue night. "I'm going to kill you tonight, Kish!" He yelled out, quickly turning and slashing again.

The rain almost made it look like the two were moving in slow motion. No...It wasn't the rain... The Blue knight was moving so quickly it seemed like Kish was going in slow motion... My eyes widened as I realized what was going on. Every time they fought, every single time the Blue Knight came, Kish was beaten. Beaten badly. Unbidden, I saw a mental image of Kish reaching for his medical pack, blood dripping from his fingers...

Kish was slashed, grabbed, stabbed, and then thrown away, landing somewhat near me. He landed hard, but pushed himself up, wavering and unfocused. Seeing the Blue knight shift his stance, the water splashed against him violently as he ran forward. His sword was posed to kill, and Kish was still only getting past his knees.

Ignoring the pain in my stomach, I ran over to him, almost crying. "No! Don't hurt him!" I flung my arms around Kish and hugged him, trying to shield him from the attack. I felt the wind from the slash, but it stopped just short of my back. Looking over at him, I saw the Blue Knight's confused face.

"If you're satisfied..."

"Ichigo!?" Ryou was next to me, pulling at my shoulder. "Let's go while he's down!"

"No! He's hurt!" I started to cry, feeling Kish cough against my chest and then feeling something warm and sticky run down my chest. Looking down, I saw the blood being washed away in the rain, not allowing his wounds to close. "He might die!"

"That's a good thing!" Mint scolded me, approaching. "Ryou! Let's retreat!"

"Mew Mew!" Ryou shouted out, somehow making his voice be heard above the rain. "Retreat!"

"Not until I know he's okay!"

"Ichigo!?"

"I can't deal with this right now!" I buried my head against Kish's hair. "I can't. I'm scared. I don't know what to do...I need time to think!"

Kish's arms gripped me tightly and I felt a lurch as everyone screamed out my name.

I felt a cold feeling as I re-appeared, falling to the floor of an air conditioned house. Looking around, stunned and feeling queasy again, I realized that I was in my house. Kish screamed out then, making me turn back to his rain soaked body. His wounds seemed to be hurting him even more now. "Oh my god! Kish, you can't teleport like that!" I helped him over to the couch, where I made him lay down without any argument at all.

"You was scared..." He coughed out, withering in pain. "I lied before...I don't groove on your terrified face..." Coughing, he spat up more blood, making it fleck on his lips.

"What's going- Ichigo!" My dad was standing in the doorway, and then my mother appeared behind him.

"Mom! Get the first aid kit!"

"Ichigo!" They both ran to me and tried to pull me away from Kish. "Come on, come here!"

"Get off!" I screamed, making them jump back in shock. "Mom, get the first aid kit! Kish is hurt!"

"He kidnapped you!"

"He protected me!" I countered, crying. "Please!" I ignored the fact that I had my ears and tail completely our and in the open. "...please..." I repeated a little softer.

"...Okay." My mom retreated out of the room and I heard her run down the hall.

Kish coughed and started to shake. "Cold...I'm cold..."

I reached over and tried to smile at him. "Kish, darling, I'm going to take off your cloths, okay?"

His lips were quivering. "I'm not really in the mood right now..."

"He's getting delirious," My dad realized, kneeling down next to me and trying to understand everything. "Who is he, Ichigo?"

"A friend. He took me to be sure I was taken care of and none of my friends would be hurt. Dad, he's a good person."

Kish saw my dad and spoke to him, still obviously in shock from the pain he was going through. "You...Hey...You're daughter is very lovely."

My dad was taken aback a little and he helped me take off Kish's wet shirt a moment before he grabbed my hands and took out his pocket knife, finally cutting the shirt loose. My mom came back then and kneeled down next to me. Setting down the kit, she opened it and handed me a cloth to try and pat dry him as best I could.

Kish jerked and tried to move away, but my dad held down his arms. "Stop moving, kid." My dad spoke to him as Kish shook his head, trying to pull away from my mine and my mother's doctoring.

"It hurts!" He screamed out, spasming. Blood was almost literally covering him from all the cuts and gashes he had running along his body. "Stop! Stop!" Tears came to his eyes and he started to struggle more. "It hurts!"

"Calm down Kish!"

"He's in shock." My mother told me, worried. "He needs something to focus on that'll keep him still. He's loosing too much blood!"

I grabbed his head and forced him to look at me. "Kish. KISH! Look at me damn it!" His eyes met mine, but they were terrified. "Calm down. Listen to me Kish, you have to lay still! Kish! You have to!" When he didn't seem to be listening, I forced my lips onto his. This shocked him enough to realize that I was, indeed, there with him. Forcing my tongue into his mouth, I kept his attention there, making sure to keep him wondering what I was doing and not what was happening to his body.

Sure that he was focusing on me, I pulled back enough to allow him to breathe properly before kissing him again, this time only taking his lips since he was calm again. My dad released his arms and they fell to his side. Slowly his lips tried to respond to mine, but couldn't quite do it. Slowly I moved my hands to his ears and threaded them through his hair, letting him know that it was okay.

I rested my forehead against his and spoke against his lips, which were still shaking a little and breathing erratically. "Hey Kish," I spoke to him softly, trying to smile. "We had an interesting day today, didn't we?" I felt a tear come to my eye and I blinked it away while my mother wand father were quickly covering all his wounds and making sure they closed.

I talked to him about nothing at all for what seemed like hours, but in reality was only a few minutes. His eyes closed and he started to calm down, soon falling asleep. Seeing this, I pulled back enough to look at his body, which had several patches on it, as well as bandages. Sighing, I realized that they were done helping him. "I guess things are really complicated right now, aren't they?"

They both looked at me and I could tell they wanted to ask me a thousand questions all at once. Instead of doing this, however, they simply both hugged me at the same time, almost crying. They hadn't said anything about my ears yet, nor my tail. I could only assume they were filled in about me while I was gone.

I felt the air shift and then two people appeared in front of us. "Told you he'd come here." Tart said, flying down over to Kish and looking down. "You've already patched him. Thank you. Is it bad?"

I nodded up at him while Pai was checking his pulse. My parents were shocked, but seemed to be waiting on my reaction before they jumped to any conclusions about the two new ones suddenly in their house too. "I think it's really bad."

"He's had worse," Pai informed me, picking him up. "Blood lose mainly. His wounds will heal in a week." Standing up, he held Kish in his arms and looked over at me. "We did not retrieve the mew aqua source. You should come back with us."

Swallowing, I looked at my parents and then to the battle worn aliens. I knew that the other Mew Mews were already probably on their way over here, full tilt. "Can I say no?"

Tart floated down next to me and landed. "Here is a communications device. We'll contact you." He handed me something that looked like a smaller version of a cell phone. He then looked back over at Pai and spoke to him. "Pai. I think we'll get the source. Ichigo isn't the kind of person to do that to us. We'll come back after Kish is better to collect." He looked over at me and smiled lightly. "If Kish trusts you, then so do I."

"Thank you, Tart." I smiled at him and nodded. "I'll see what I can do...Thank you...for treating me so nice."

Tart looked away and to my parents. "BOO!" They both screamed and jumped back. "Sorry, I had to." He laughed and then looked at Kish. "You're not dead, idiot. Let's go back."

Phasing out, I sighed out in relief. Pai said he's had worse and Tart, having seen him in several stages of hurt, wasn't too worried about him. I guess that could only mean that he would, indeed, make it through.

The door busted open and the rest of the Mew Mew team flooded into my house, soaking wet and breathing heavily. Zakuro and Mint seemed to be hurt lightly, and the others didn't look too worse than normal when battling with the aliens. Before I could say anything, they all ran to me and cried, pulling me close.

"Guys...Guys, I'm okay. Really. I'm fine." I hugged them all back in turn and offered a small smile. "I'm serious. They treated me really nice. Please, I just need a shower and some sleep...We'll all talk tomorrow okay...?"

A/N: Sorry for the delay, I havn't been feeling well the past few days. Action in this chapter, I know. Neccasary for giving me a plot line to make this story a little longer than what I had planned. Yes, there is more Kish / Ichigo action in the next chapter, and more lemmony things as well (hey, that's why I did this to begin with)

Oh, I also have a new idea for another Kish / Ichigo fic. This new one will probably be semi-long, about 20,000 words or more. If you want me to write it next, please review and TELL ME! otherwise, I will start on my Ryou / Ichigo one and not do the new Kish/Ichigo fic untill Ifinish one with Ryou, then Masaya again, then back to Kish.

It takes me sevreal hours to write for you, so please take two minuets to review and tell me what you want to read next?

( in case you're wondering, this one will probably be another 2 chapters long. )