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Sword-chan- I said maybe…
X.x.X- Pre-Chapter Text- Ichigo's Dream -X.x.X
I saw you again...
I can't remember what you said...
Can't remember where we were...
Those words echo in my head...
But I can't catch them...
I don't know what you said,
What you did...
But I remember who you are...
My Kishuu...
X.x.X- Ichigo To Earth -X.x.X
I rolled over with a groan. I had clonked out last night, hadn't I? Pit. Pat. Pit. Pat. Something beat on the window, making me automaticallly think 'Rain'. No, I corrected myself, Artificial rain. I guessed it was around four AM, maybe earlier. It was dim... It was... it just felt like it. Kishuu must've carried me in or something... Speaking of Kishuu... did he know where his hand was?
"Kishuu... do you know where your hand is?" I asked nervously, whispering.
"Yes,"
"WHAT?" I whispered loudly
"The land of Nany-nany-hoo-hoos... where cotton candy roams free..." Alright, he is DEFINATLY out of it... what a heavy sleeper. I slipped his hand off my rear, remembering a certain monk from an anime my cousin is always watching, wondering if he put it there on purpose in the first place. A sudden anger shot through me. I HATE MASAYA! I started thinking, HATE HATE HATE! I didn't even know why. I scooped up my cell-phone from the phone and started scraping off all the letters on the beads that hung from my charm, peeled off every single sticker, scraped off the little white stuff, deleted all my text messages, set that stupid clock to the time it is here- four hours or so later than earth time, so my clock read 4:00 AM-… CHANGED EVERYTHING… and then I just started sobbing, feeling drops of water drip down. Literally, madly, still quietly, sobbing. I sunk back down, tried to stop the tears running down my cheek. Why was I crying anyways? It was stupid. I wasn't supposed to be crying, was I? No… I wasn't. My hand went numb, letting the phone clatter down to the floor. I hope it doesn't break… was the last thought I had before drifting off into a heavy-ish sleep. (Good GAWD Ichigo…)
X.x.X
Large, amber colored eyes blinked at me, startling me.
"Eek!" I gasped out, surprised. It was just Kishuu, I knew, but DANG! I had just woken up, man… That's like hearing the chorus of Sweet Vanilla after playing Memorial Address ALL NIGHT LONG. (A/N- For those who don't know, Sweet Vanilla is a song by Hyde, and the chorus is sorta 'loud', and Memorial Address is a quiet, sad song that makes me cry. Compare, compare heh heh).
"You're so beautiful… when you laugh… when you cry… when you sleep…" he paused to brush a strand of hair out of my face, "My Ichigo…" I blushed a deep magenta.
"I'm not beautiful," I whispered, "I am not beautiful,"
"Yes you are… you could have warts… you could have stains… you could be a cheat… but I would still be bound to you, still love you…"
"And if I was a cheat…"
"I would try to blind myself… I would love you all the same… as long as you were still Ichigo,"
"I will never… ever…"
"Hush," he whispered, kissing me softly, "I know…"
"Never forget," I replied, returning the kiss. I knew he wouldn't… Kishuu's arms wrapped around me, embraced me tightly. There was just something special about it… something that made me so happy I wanted to cry.
"Kishuu…"
"Yes?"
"What's your favorite thing in the world?"
"You,"
"I said thing…"
"Hm… asparagus!" he chortled, and I sort of laughed too.
"Do you like me better than 1,000 stalks of asparagus?" I whimpered, starting to joke a little.
"You're better than a MILLION stalks of asparagus!"
"What about a BILLION?"
"I'll have to think about that…" (Ges, couldn't you just picture this?) Shaking my head, I broke the embrace and crawled almost on top of him.
"What is it that you're doing…?!?!"
"I'm being better than a billion stalks of asparagus," I whispered, taking his hand in mine, slipped my shirt off.
X.x.X (A/N- Yes, I'm being evil and skipping over the 'part'… Cuz I chickened out. Haha)
I lay, panting, on the bed, Kishuu right next to me, breathing in perfect rhythm. I didn't even know I could do that… I don't know if I should have done that… and I didn't know he could make noises like that. But I did. We did. He did. This… was differen't than last time. We'd gone different places than last time. Sure, it had been a close call… But I'd stopped before… just… whoa. Slow down, world. O.K… let me go through this… there goes my shirt… there goes his mouth… all clothing- every single bit- now on floor… that's when I did it… that's when he asked if I was sure… that's when I said I was… and GOD, I was. Lord, I still am. We didn't have any protection… that was why we had that close call… but it all pulled through, and isn't that the point? Nothing… went wrong… I pulled myself closer to Kishuu, my breath returning to it's normal pace.
"Are you sure you were o.k with it?" he whispered.
"Uh-huh… I'm sure…"
"Did you get any…? Cuz if you did…"
"No," I shook my head, rested it on his chest, "I'm sure," I'd always thought having a kid would be cool, but I'm not ready for it. I'm not even old enough for it… what would mom and dad say? What would my friends say—my friends… I cuddled up a little closer, gave him a goodnight kiss… and fell asleep.
X.x.X (No, we don't end the chapter here! Cuz I'm kewl like that!)
Early the next morning, I explained to Kishuu why I needed to go back to earth.
"I haven't been at the café since FOREVER! I'm missing tons of work, Ryou's probably gonna fire me, and my friends are probably gonna be sooo freaked by now!" True. I had continued working at the café, and so did all the girls, except Zakuro- she got to busy, still popped in every now and then-. Sad, I know. We could never find a good paying job, and the café wasn't that bad. It had been running for so long too… To bad Keiichiro quit to let Ryou take over. I wonder what happened between them…
"… but what if Masaya starts stalking you or something? If he… He was sort of… pissed, wasn't he?" Kishuu sounded hesitent, leaning against the wall of the hall way.
"I'll be careful! I've got my friends to back me up, and I'm a mew mew! I can… Ribbon Strawberry Check myself out of anything he pulls me into!"
"But he was… deep blue… and the blue knight, right?"
"I beat him once," I pleaded, "Please? Just for the day, to check in with them!" Kishuu was silent, and I was SURE he was gonna say no… but…
"O.K, fine… I'll teleport you there… just gather up whatever it is you want to take,"
"YAY!" I hugged him tightly, "You're the best! I don't think I'll need much… unless Minto pulls me into a sleepover thing… so I'll just take a days worth of stuff…"
'A days worth of stuff' turned out to be really, really heavy.
"You got it o.k?" asked Kishuu, about to take it and carry it for me.
"No, no, I'm fine!" I grunted, shifting the backpack. Lordy, how much stuff did I need?
"Alright," he took my hand and did his teleporting thing. I squeezed my eyes shut- I didn't want to throw up or anything-… I had blacked out last time, lord knew what split second scenes I had missed. One second later, I stood right there, infront of Café Mew Mew.
"Thanks tons, Kishuu," I said, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"See you tomorrow?" he raised an eyebrow.
"See you tomorrow," I nodded, blinked, and he was gone. Smiling, I walked up, opened the door, and poked my head in.
"Hello?"
"Ichigo?" Minto asked, looking over her shoulder from the table she was cleaning, her voice quiet, as if she thought 'nah, couldn't be', "ICHIGO! Where were you? We heard about Masaya from one of his loser friends that came here and we were so worried and—"
"ICHIGO!" Purin did a skip-hop to me as I stepped in.
"Ma, ma, Ichigo…" Retasu murmured, steaying a plate in her hand. (Ma ma My my… or something like that… I think)
"Hey," I set my bag down, "Been a while, hasn't it?"
"Heck yeah! What happened?" Minto finished up with the table and took a place by my side as well.
"Masaya and I are finished…"
"Never thought it'd happen…" Minto muttered, frank, as usual. Ooh, here comes the part they'll never believe-
"Kishuu and I started,"
"WHAT?"
"The asparagus head?"
"The stalker?" (Guess who said each remark! Match the charries!)
"The alien?" Ryou came in from absolutley NO WHERE.
"Uh… yeah… we kind of… I realized…" Ooh, how was I gonna tell them? Maybe I shouldn't… I KNOW I shouldn't… I won't. Maybe Minto… maybe… she whispered to me- "You can tell me later, the others if you want. With me you have no choice," I smiled and nodded. It was good to be home .
X.x.X
I walked through the warm mid-summer air- no, make that SKIPPED. I hadn't had a sleepover- even a little one, with just two people- since I was about thirteen.
"Taruto…" (A/N- Queen of Ninjas- you get a little story-in-a-story… with everyones favorite midget couple!
Taruto- I AIN'T NO MIDGET!
Purin- Yes you are, my Taruto-kun! :: glomps le midget alien, whom I have nicknamed Raggedy Andy :: You're more than a midget- you ish MY MIDGET!) said a familiar, sorta childish voice said. Purin? And Taruto? I KNEW IT!
"Taruto…-kun, are you coming?"
"Hai," said Taruto's voice, suddenly, a little lower pitched than I remembered, "I'm here, Purin," I shouldn't be listening to this…
"We can't let anyone know?"
"Pai would kill me," I heard a sound like feet moving, fabric brushing against fabric… then nothing. I smiled, burying one toe into the ground, then remembered I had to be somewhere… I hurried down a darkened street. Was someone following me? A prickle ran down my neck. I was sure someone was… a cold hand reached out, grabbed me. I tried to scream, I tried to kick… I tried to transform… I couldn't. I was frozen with fear. I couldn't do anything… who was it… My captor grunted with my struggle, and started dragging me down an alley.
X.x.X
Sword-chan- u.u Hiya.
Kishuu- AAHHH! CLIFFY!
Sword-chan- MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :: whispers to Kishuu what's gonna happen ::
Kishuu- :: bursts into tears :: NUU! MY POOR POOR…
Sword-chan- SHADDUP! We all fear for your hamster, I'm sure. Now, onto what will happen in the plot… I AINT GONNA SAY! P NO THIS IS SERIOUS! ( Eh. Ja ne, for now!