I was thinking about ending the story on Ch. 9 since it's hard to make a love story any better after the guy and girl get together, but after reading it through, I noticed there was a lot of things that still need to be finished and I also came up with more ideas. I also noticed that Ryou caught TWO fevers! I forgot about his first one. I banged my head against the desk after noticing it... Why didn't anyone tell me before! Oh well, I guess it's okay. Let's just say he has a bad immune system.

Anyway, I used your idea for this chapter Miss Bree, I kinda twisted it a little though, hope you don't mind! Thank you so much!

Anyway, this chapter kinda freaked me out (Candi wrote most of it), but I still like it. Hope you do also!

Ch.10 (woohoo! finally to the 2 digit numbers!)

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Ryou and Ichigo had fallen asleep under the tree. The fireflies were gone, but the moonlight gave the pond just the right amount of beauty to the area. They were both unaware of the unnoticed guest who had followed them to the forest... It was Kisshu (what a surpise...). He watched the sleeping couple with fury in his eyes. He growled and disappeared. Ichigo woke up and looked around. Ryou also got up and watched Ichigo curiously, "What's wrong? You okay?"

Ichigo smiled, "Yeah, I'm fine, I just thought I heard something. Guess I'm just hearing things." She took one last look around the surrounding area to make sure she was correct. She then looked over at Ryou, "Thank you...for taking me here. I've never seen a place so beautiful."

He stroked her hair and kissed her cheek, "You're welcome. I thought you would like it."

She rested her head on his shoulder. She stared over the pond and looked at the reflection of the silver moon and stars. She sighed and then looked up at the dark sky above them, "You know, I still haven't told Masaya how I feel about you. Do you think I should?"

Ryou glanced over at her, "If he still believes you're his girlfriend, then you probably should."

She shook her head, "No it's not that. We are no longer together. It's just that, he said he still loves me, even if I don't share the same feelings for him any longer."

Ryou smiled, "Tell him if you want. If you want my opinion about it, I think you should keep this whole thing a secret from everyone for a while, just until he gets over his feelings for you, but if you think it would be better to let him know, then I say go for it. It'll also be really weird for the girls if they knew too, so let's not tell them either."

Ichigo nodded, "I think you're right. It's better if we just keep it to ourselves." She smiled and closed her eyes, but shortly opened them and jumped up, "Ryou! What time is it!"

Ryou stared at her blankly for a moment and then looked at his watch, "It's 2 in the morning. Wow, we've been here that long?"

Ichigo's face turned pale, "2 in the morning! My parents are gonna kill me!" She picked up her stuff and ran out of the forest.

Ryou laughed and leaned against the tree, "What a way to ruin the moment!"

Ichigo snuck into the house and quietly walked into her room and closed the door. She changed into her pajamas and climbed into her bed, "Tomorrow, I'll just pretend I was here the whole time, they'll never suspect a thing. She closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep. A sound came from the inside of her closet. Her eyes quickly opened and she glanced over at her closet. She slowly got up, "Who's there?" She grabbed the closet door. She held her breath and rapidly pushed it open. No one was there. She blinked, "Guess it was just my imagination." She turned around and was tackled to the ground, "Kish!"

Kish had an unfamiliar look in his eyes. He had no expression on his face, "Hey kitty, did you miss me?"

Ichigo tried to shake herself free but was not successful, "Kish, you pervert! Get off me!" She threw up her hand to punch him. Kish grabbed her by the wrist and pinned her hand to the ground and did the same with her other hand. He looked as if he were lifeless. The look in his eyes scared her, "What's wrong with you?" He closed his eyes and leaned down to kiss her. Ichigo closed her eyes and turned away. Kish licked her cheek causing her to shiver. Ichigo struggled, "Kish, stop! Mom! Dad!"

Kish put his hand over her mouth, "They're not here. They left you a note on the door, didn't you read it?"

Ichigo was now really scared, "Stop it Kish! What's wrong with you! Are you crazy!"

Kish again leaned down to kiss her only to receive the same reaction from her as before. He grinned, "I love you Ichigo. Wouldn't you rather be with me than Ryou?" She struggled to free her hands from his grasp but failed, he was stronger than she thought he was.

She was shaking in fear, "Kish!"

He put his mouth over hers and closed his eyes, this time she could not shake herself free.

"Stop!" She shouted at him but he only ignored her. Ryou's words repeated in her head, "Ichigo, I love you." She began to cry.

Kish continued kissing her. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Ichigo's eyes were closed, tears were flowing down her cheeks. She opened her eyes, "P-Please Kish," her voice was shaking with fear, "Please stop! Please don't!"

The life returned to Kish's eyes. He realized how scared he had made Ichigo and hated himself for it." He slowly backed away and disappeared. Ichigo stared out into the space for a moment and stood up.

Morning had finally come and Ryou was unlocking the cafe doors when Kish appeared in front of him. Ryou jumped back, "Kish! What are..."

"You win, " Kish muttered.

Ryou stared at him blankly, "What are you talking about?"

"Ichigo is yours, I give up. I'll go home just like you and she wanted." He rose into the air, "I don't have time to get Tart, so just tell him we'll come back to get him next month. Don't worry if he starts throwing a fit, it will only last about 15 to 20 minutes." He then left.

Kish reappeared in Ichigo's room.

She held up her hair brush, "Don't come any closer to me or I'll throw it!"

Kish chuckled, "Relax, I just came here to talk to you."

Ichigo lowered her brush, "About what?"

Kish sighed, "I'm sorry Ichigo, but it's over."

Ichigo stared blankly at him, "Over? What's over?"

"We're over," Kish replied.

"There was a 'we'?" Ichigo was still confused.

Kish shook his head, "Now don't be upset Ichigo, I know this must be really hard for you, but we can still be friends."

Ichigo wasn't listening, "How can 'we' be over if 'we' never were?"

Kish continued, "I'll come visit to see how you're doing. I'm sorry, but you and I both know that long distance relationships never work."

Ichigo was lost in her own thoughts, "Can there be an over without a beginning?"

Kish flicked her on the forehead, "Are you listening? You know, this is really hard for me."

"Ow!" Ichigo rubbed her forehead, "What are you talking about?"

He laughed, "Basicly, what I'm trying to say is that you're stuck with blondie."

Ichigo smiled, "So that means, you're gonna stop stalking me?"

Kish put his hand on her shoulder, "It's okay. It may take some time, but you'll get over it."

Ichigo hugged him, "Thank you Kish. I hope you visit us very often."

He blushed, "Yeah well...maybe I will, but only when I have time." He rose into the air and disappeared.

Ichigo watched him leave with a smile on her face, but that smile shortly faded when she saw the clock, "Oh no, I'm late for work!" She slid her feet into her shoes and shot out the door.

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Well, that's chapter 10! I don't know about all of you, but I really liked the conversation between Ichigo and Kish with his whole "we're over" speech.

I'm kinda making this story up as I go along so I really don't know how many chapters its going to have.

By the way, I have exams so I might not be able to update as often as I used to.

When school's out I'll be able to update a lo more!

Until next chapter!