Fwb: See, that wasn't too long!

Ichigo: It was for me!

FWB: For the record... I don't own any of these characters...

----------------CHAPTER ONE-------------

"Kish, I can't see!"

Kish sat back in his bed, too stunned to say anything.

"Kish," asked Ichigo, her voice getting panicky. "Kish where are you? Kish, didn't you hear me... I can't see!"

Kish cleared his head. "It's okay. Everything will be all right. I'll send for a nurse," even to him his voice sounded fake. He buzzed for a nurse. When a nurse rushed in, he told her, "Ichigo is awake, but something is wrong. She can't see."

Even when her eyes didn't see anything they held so much emotion. Right now, the emotion they showed was fear. Fear and panic. Kish reached for her hand, trying to comfort her. She pulled it away. "She is angry at me," he thought. "But she has a right to be. I, after all, am the cause of this." The thought blew him away. He was the cause of this. Because of him, Ichigo might never see again.

"Kish, where are we?" Ichigo asked in a shaky voice.

"We are on my planet. I'm sorry I had to take you here, but there was no other choice."

He heard her gasp. "You mean I am not even on my home planet?!" after saying this, she started sobbing.

Kish reached for her instinctively, wanting to squeeze all the pain from her, but as soon as he touched her, she slapped him.

"Don't touch me!" she shouted. "I hate you. At least now that I can't see, I won't have to look at your hideous face again. Just go away and leave me alone!"

Kish shied away feeling hurt. "She hates me," he thought as he left her room.

"Kish I'm sorry, I didn't mean that," Ichigo's voice quivered. "Kish please come back."

"I'm sorry too, Ichigo, but not for the same reasons. I think that you very much meant what you said." He said sadly.

Kish maneuvered out of her room, leaving her to ponder what she had said. "Well he had deserved it right?" yet a little part of her mind felt guilty. He had also saved her, hadn't he?

-------------------------------MEANWHILE------------------------

The Mew Mews were starting to get panicky. It had been three whole days since they had seen Ichigo. Ryou was out with Masha, trying to track her scent.

"Those giant rats that the people in the restaurant had seen? They must have been karema animas." He thought as he approached the end of a cliff. He looked down, then raced back to the cafe.

"Uhhhhh, guys? I know where Ichigo went."

----------------------------PLANET INSIDEOUS----------------------------

Kish suddenly felt his body start to shake. He knew what was happening. His body was still under stress. He was having a relapse!

He pressed the buzzer for the nurse right before he passed out....

Ichigo had been moved from intense care to a regular room. As she sat there in the quiet, she remembered something strange. When she had smacked Kish's hand away, she had felt some thing. When she thought about it, it felt kind of like an I.V... "I'll remember to ask Pie about it when he comes," she thought as she drifted off to sleep. She woke with a start as Pie came into the room. She took a deep breath then asked, "Pie? When I felt Kish's hand I felt something like a tube. What was is?"

Pie made a surprised sound. "You mean Kish hasn't told you yet?"

"Told me what!?"

"Kish is now in intensive care. When he teleported with you, it took away most of his energy. They're not sure if he is going to make it."

"Take me to Kish!" said Ichigo in a strangled voice.

"I don't now if they will allow it..."

"Just take me to him!"

Pie hesitantly took her bed and wheeled it down to the first floor transporter. When they reached the room number 115, he took a breath, wheeled her inside and left.

Ichigo heard a machine beeping. O how she wished she could see him. "Kish," she whispered. "Kish, are you awake?" then started to sob. She had been so cruel to him, and there he was almost dying for her.

Kish groaned. Then, in a weak voice said. "Ichigo, what are you doing here. You should be back in your room resting up!" Then heard her sobbing. "Kitten what is wrong?" he asked, then tentatively reached toward her and wiped her tears. He was surprised when she didn't push away.

"Kish I'm so sorry!"

"For what Kitten? You didn't do anything!"

"O Kish, I'm so sorry!" she wept as he pulled her toward him.

In a timid voice he asked her, "Would it be ok, Ichigo, if I kissed you?"

She shied away from him in surprise. "Kish, the same Kish that sneaked kisses when she didn't want them, was asking if he could kiss her? Wow, he has got to be joking!" she thought.

In a hurt voice he said, "Well there is my answer..."

'No, Kish, I was just surprised, that's all."

"Does that mean you wouldn't mind?

She took a deep breath and leaned into his arms. "No, Kish, I wouldn't mind."

Kish held her closely, studying her a bit, then lifted her up and looked into her sightless eyes. Closing his eyes, he kissed her. It was a short kiss but a sweet one. She seemed to melt into him. Then suddenly, it was over.

"W-well I-I had better be going!" announced Ichigo in a flustered voice as she exited the room. "B-bye, Kish."

Kish smiled, satisfied. He couldn't believe that she had just let him kiss her. His body started to shake again. It was another relapse! He pressed the buzzer for the nurse, then willingly fainted into a deep, dark sleep.

"Don't do this to me you jerk!" Ichigo thought as she headed back to her room. The technology on this planet was superb. All she had to do is tell her bed where to go and it took off. "I love Masaya!"

Yet, the kiss had felt so... soo... right! When she kissed Masaya, it was like... well, bland! But Kish's kiss, well, it jolted her, sent sparks through her. If Masaya was her one true love, then why did Kish's kiss affect her so?

Suddenly, a loud siren sounded through the building, and Pie ran to her. "We need to get to Kish's room fast! He's gone from bad to worse. We might lose him!"

--------------------------END OF CHAPTER-----------------------------

Kish: What? You can't end there! I need to know if I live!

Ichigo: It's none of your business. (Smirks)

FWB: I'm writing more Kish so savor these moments of life... who knows, you may die!

Kish: O I'll savor them all right! (Eyes Ichigo)

FWB: Mwahahahaha! P.S.- sorry about chapter 2 and 3 being short... The next one may take a while, but it will be worth it...