This is chapter 12. I am wondering, how many people listen to Ludacris and Snoop Dogg. Because I do not like them at all. I'm sorry if you feel the opposite, but I think that people who do like them tend to listen to the music and not the lyrics. I do that myself sometimes, and sometimes its because the lyrics are very amusing, funny, and sometimes really stupid. But if you listen to it, Snoop Dogg anf Ludacris aren't my favorite people. I think this because that one stupid song plays over and over again at the bowling alley. Its not by Ludacris or Snoop Dogg, but it is downright disgusting! I hope this little comment doesn't upset you. But anyway, on with it.
"Hey Ichigo, I'm gonna stop here," Ryou said while driving. Ichigo frowned. "Ryou….Ariel needs a place where she can get a wedding dress, and that does not include a science museum!" she said. But Ryou was determined to stop there. "Look, this is personal, alright," he said. Ichigo's frown soon turned into a worried look.
Once they stopped, Ryou just ran down a hallway. The hallway was marked "Scientific Genius's Of The World". Once he reached the relatively small room, he stopped and looked at the different pictures. Among them, was a picture of his father.
Ichigo came panting after running. "What's wrong, Ryou?" she asked. But she turned to see what he was staring at. "That's his dad," she thought. Ryou didn't noticed her until she came behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She then whispered, "I'm sorry."
Another scientist came panting down the hall. "Shirogane…is that you? We all thought you were killed. How are you getting along?" he asked. Ryou turned and raised a questioning eyebrow. "Why, it looks as if you haven't aged a bit," the scientist said. Ryou then turned to the photo. He surprisingly looked a lot like his dad.
"I'm sorry, but you're mistaken. I am Shirogane's son, Ryou," he said. The old man then put on his glasses. "Ryou? Little Ryou Shirogane? I mean, when I last saw you, you were only five years old and up to my knees!" he exclaimed. Ryou smiled. "Well, here I am about twenty years later," he said.
"Daddy, daddy!" Kaguya yelled as she ran up to him. Ryou picked her up and she playfully giggled. Th others were finally catching up. Riley came next, followed by the others. "This is my family…..my wife, Ichigo and my two children Riley and Kaguya. The scientist smiled.
"Ah, I know you. You are Akasaka. Keiichiro Akasaka, you were Ryou's caretaker, won't you?" he said. Keiichiro nodded. "This is my lovely wife, Zakuro, and my daughter, Yuki," he said. Yuki held out her hand. "How ya doin mister?" she said smiling. The old man chuckled.
"Ryou, there is something I've been meaning to give you. I heard that you were continuing your father's project, so I got these," he said. The large crate he had been carrying with him moved from the floor to Ryou's arms. "In it contains the DNA of five endangered animals. The Victorian crowned pigeon, the giant otter, the red kangaroo, the koala, and the whooping crane."
"I'm sorry, but I can't take these; besides, my father's project is already finished and it was successful," Ryou said, handing the crate back to the scientist. But he pushed it back. "Keep it anyway; something might come up. And tell me if it works the second time around," he said. And with that, he walked off.
"Is this why you came here Ryou?" asked Lettuce, acknowledging the picture. Ryou nodded. "Yes, but we can go now. We have lots to do if we want to get these two married and get out of here alive," he said. (He's referring to Ariel's fans, who almost murdered him trying to get to Ariel)
The day continued as usual. Ok, maybe not so usual. Wherever they went, they were mobbed by crazy fans. At the mall, there was a wedding shop. They were stopped there. When they tried to leave, jealous boys who were major Ariel fans chased Kish, who yelled, "GET ME OUTTA THIS CRAZY PLACE!"
"Alright, we got the dress, the tux…."
"I told you, there is no way in hell I am wearing that thing!" Kish yelled pointing to it. Ariel frowned. "You ARE wearing that thing whether I have to get in the same freakin changing room as you and help you get dressed!" she yelled. Kish got very, very scared. The only thing that seemed to scare him nowadays what when Ariel was so pissed that she threatened him. "Fine," he mumbled.
"Here we are, Las Vegas," said Ryou. Kish just looked aggravated. "Good, as soon as we have this 'wedding' we can get out of here," he sneered. Ariel looked out the window. "Pick a chapel, any chapel," she said.
They picked out a small white one. And they got ready for a ceremony they would never forget. They set the time for 10:00 AM the next morning. It was already 8:00, so they thought they would do something in Vegas until maybe midnight. They decided to go to a club.
Ariel went to some place that only the famous people could get in. Or at least the famous people and there friends. After getting outfits and getting mobbed again, they went here to this private place. And Ariel came upon a disturbing meeting that could ruin her intentions.
While dancing, Ariel bumped into someone. She turned around to say she was sorry, and turned to face him. Her ex-boyfriend. Well, she never really dumped him. An actor by the name of Eric Codwell. (He's made up) "Er…Eric……um…hi," she said. Eric was just as surprised. So surprised, he embraced her. "Ariel! You've finally come back, now we can pick up from where we left off!" he shouted.
"Get off!" she said. Eric frowned. "What's wrong?" he asked. Kish then walked near Ariel. "Is something wrong snake girl?" he asked. Eric eyed Kish and glared. Kish glared back. "Kish, this is my EX-boyfriend Eric. Eric, this is Kish, my fiancé," she said. They just continued glaring at each other. "What's with his ears?" asked Eric sneering. Kish looked insulted. "What's with this asshole?" he asked.
"And when did I become your ex? Ariel, I thought, I mean, we never broke up. So you go to a different country and I all of the sudden become your ex?" he asked. Kish just smirked. "Uh, yeah; she was there for what, about six years? Come on Ariel; let's go find Ichigo and them."
Kish made it his duty to keep Ariel away from Eric. Whenever he saw them coming, he told her to go the other way, with excuses like "Where is the bathroom" "Lets go get drinks" and "Lets go over by this person". Ariel thought he was being to overprotective, so she lied saying she had to go to the bathroom to go look around.
"This place hasn't changed a lot," she sighed to herself once she had gotten out on the balcony. She wasn't alone though. Eric walked up behind her and draped his arms around her. She struggled to get free, but he was a little bit stronger. He then turned her around and pressed his lips firmly against hers. She struggled to get free, but once she did, it was too late. Kish had followed her and had seen it all.
"Kish, wait!" she yelled once she got free from Eric. She had to kick him and slap him a bit and ended up knocking him out. Kish turned around. If Ariel got mad at him this time, he was just going to talk back. "Look, I put up with you because I love you. But that was too much. No wonder we had to come here. Just so you could reunite with that asshole!" he yelled. Tears were streaming down Ariel's face. "Kish, please……i…I tried to get free…..i don't love him!" she said.
"Whatever," said Kish. He then disappeared, teleporting somewhere. Ariel thought he might have gone back into outer space, or back to Tokyo. She sighed and tears flowing down her face like a river, headed back inside.
Kish didn't go back into space or Japan. He went to the hotel. He just sat on the bed. He could tell Ariel didn't have feelings for that loser by how she was struggling. He knew that on the inside, but he didn't want to believe it. His head was so messed up. He wanted to go back to Japan, and he knew that in three seconds, he could make his wish come true. But then he knew that Ariel would be upset.
"Damnit!" he said, hitting the desk. "Why can't I get over her?" he asked himself. "Of course….i love her….and if I can't have her…..damnit first Ichigo, now this," he said. He looked outside at the very large buildings. He could fly and he could teleport, but if he jumped off one of those without doing either of them, he maybe could find peace.
Ariel just kept on crying. But something distinctly hit her. It was like a sixth sense or something. Whatever it was, it was telling her to go to the top of a twenty-seven story building and wait. There was only one she knew off at the moment; the Yukina Hotel and Casino. She grabbed told Ichigo she had to go, grabbed her coat, and walked all the way there. Once at the top, she sat herself down and waited.
About fifteen minutes later, Ariel saw the door leading to the roof open. She kept herself hidden because if she was wrong and the person had come up here to think, she would feel terrible. But once she got a better look at the figure, she silently gasped. Kish closed the door and walked to the very edge of the building.
"Ariel…..if you would be happier in this world without me….then go on ahead….i can't get you outta my head…..goodbye," he whispered. But Ariel heard it all, and screamed as she saw Kish free-fall from the very edge of the building. She had to act fast, and almost forgot for a moment about what lied within. She transformed into a mew mew, and jumped off the building darting toward Kish.
17 stories and falling fast. She finally caught up toward him. "Kish, what the hell are you thinking?" she said. Kish looked over. He knew that since the mew mew's were weaker, they couldn't fly. She would be crushed with him. "Do…..do I really want to die?" Kish asked himself. He then stopped himself in midair. But Ariel was still falling.
She had gotten behind him. He landed on the edge of the hotel, and as Ariel dropped, he was able to grab her hand. (Kind of like the Bring Me To Life Music Video) They were 13 feet from the ground, pretty far from the ground. "Give me your other hand!" Kish asked.
"No! Not until you say you believe me!" she shouted. Kish slapped his head with his free hand. "Are you stupid!" he shouted. "You could either live or die and you want me to say I believe you!" he yelled. Ariel started crying again. Kish could tell she had been crying earlier. "Kish, if you don't love me, if you don't believe me, if you can't forgive me, then let go," she said.
Kish looked deep into her eyes. "I…..i don't need to forgive you….because I believe you," he said. Ariel smiled. She put up her other hand and Kish took it. Once she was up on the same level, he flew up to the top of the building. After staring at each other, they embraced. Ariel was crying tears of joy. "I am go glad that you are still alive! I love you so much!" she whispered.
"Come on snake-girl, lets go back to the party," he said as he walked her to the stairs. She then de-transformed and Kish gasped. "Ariel……are you nuts! You could have killed it!" he yelled. She then gasped. Her baby could be dead.
"Where'd you guys go? And why the glum faces?" asked Ichigo once the two returned.
"I need to talk to Ryou for a moment," said Ariel. "Where is he?" Ichigo frowned. "Is something wrong Ariel?" she asked. Ariel sighed. "Ichigo…I might have killed my baby," she said. Tears started dripping down her face. She spilled her guts out to Ichigo, how Kish almost killed himself, transforming, risking her life to save him, making him say she believed her.
"Well…..you aren't far into pregnancy….i don't think anything would happen. In fact, I'm sure nothing happened. So just have some fun, alright?" she suggested. Ariel wiped her tears. "You're right; I'm probably crying over nothing," she said. She put on the best smile she could muster. "Come on; lets get this party started!" she said enthusiastically. They went back to where Kish would have been standing, but he wasn't there.
Eric walked out into the alley next to the club. "Alright, who called me out here?" Eric asked. Kish appeared out of nowhere. "I don't know what's in that pea-sized brain of yours, but you are going to get what's coming to you. I don't know what you do not understand about the word fiancé whatever that means, but you still go around thinking you can get what you want. And I don't think its fair thinking you can go around kissing girls of guys who are getting married the next day."
"Wait…Ariel's getting married?" he asked. Kish looked dumbfounded. "Well, I think fiancé means person getting married to another person so back off, plus, have you ever picked up a paper? It can help a lot shit-head!" he said. Kish hadn't forgotten how to summon his weapons, and he charged at Eric at full-speed.
"I haven't seen Kish anywhere, and this smoke is killing me," said Ariel to herself. "I'll take the alleyway out to get some fresh air," she said. She hadn't seen Eric anywhere either. She opened the back door to find a bloody Eric and Kish standing over him, ready to slit his neck.
"Kish, I do not know how many stupid things you can do in one night, but this has to be one of them! You put your weapons back and leave alone!" she shouted. Kish frowned. "So now you're standing up for him?" He yelled. Ariel sighed. "No, I am preventing you from getting in trouble, now I could understand a fistfight, but this is just outta control. You could kill him!"
"That's the whole point," he said. He wasn't joking. "Kish, how many times do you have to make me cry? Please Kish, just let him go; he's not worth it!" she said.
"After what he did to you? Not a chance," he said menacingly. She cried even harder. "Kish, please, I'm begging you, let him go! Please Kish! Don't kill him! I don't want you to get in trouble and almost lose you again!" she shouted. Kish lowered his weapons. "You got lucky, but tell anyone who did this and I swear I'll come back and I won't even give it a second thought," he sneered. Eric backed away and ran off screaming.
That night around midnight they finally left. "That drinking game was a really stupid idea," said Ichigo with a drunken Ryou draped over her shoulder. Ryou had lost almost every game, and had downed at least 15 shots. "You aren't even aloud to drink!" she shouted at Tart, the mastermind who came up with the game.
"I know, but it was so funny watching you people do that!" he said. None of the others had gotten as drunk as Ryou. Pudding hit Tart on the head. "That was so mean Tart!" she yelled. Keiichiro looked at Zakuro worriedly. She had downed at least 10. But she could really control herself when she had drunk so much. "But I have to admit, Ryou kisses a little bit better when he's drunk…..i should give him liquor more often!" she said out loud. They kind of gave her odd stares as they walked back to the hotel and got ready for bed.
Ok, so maybe this wasn't the wedding. This was the pre-wedding madness. And this long chapter made up for the shorter chapter I made before. Anyway, I promise that chapter 13 will be Ariel's Big Day! Anyway, read and review, over and out. -Nibzo