Chapter 2
Kish was just about to investigate the ship for possible traps Eoin had left, when Ichigo groaned. Kish looked frantically around, before going to his bedroom, and laying Ichigo on the bedspread. Kish drew the arrow out, only to make the blood just poured more furiously out of the wound. Kish just took the nearest item (his shirt) and pushed it at the wound. Ichigo soon lost her consciousness, and the bleeding became slower.
Kish ran fast to find his body crystals, and eventually found them in the bathroom. He rushed to his bedroom, only to find out that the wound had started bleeding once more. He put the bag with the body crystals into his belt, and then collected Ichigo in his arms.
He hurried to the library room, grabbing a nearby pillow. He put Ichigo gently in the middle of the room, on the wooden floor, and put the pillow under her head. On the library floor was a five pointed star with complicated runes intertwined in it. The star and the runes were done in gold, silver, copper and cobalt, and the metals and stone glimmered in the light that came from the sunstones.
Kish opened the small bag with the body stones. He set the purple stone on top of Ichigo's head. He then proceeded putting the red, turquoise, green, and honey coloured stones by her throat, chest, stomach and toes. He started chanting in an unknown language, walking around the star, drawing different runes at each side of the star, the different stones pulsating with energy on their turns.
After some minutes of chanting the wound on Ichigo's shoulder started to glow, and suddenly heal. At the end of the healing process however Ichigo's chest shot up in the air, and she seemed to be choking, and grawing for air. Kish looked at Ichigo concerned from under his sweaty bangs, and chanted the end as soon as he could. As the charm was complete Ichigo fell down on the wooden floor in a heap, her breathing laboured.
She didn't wake up for hours, and Kish got really concerned. He searched the ship for trips, and found what Eoin had left; the ship was broken, and teleporting impossible. That meant they were stuck. To teleport inside worked, but not outside. The ship was broken, the whole magic of the ship destroyed, so that only the elements that provided air, water, light and heat worked.
But Kish couldn't avoid sleep forever, and in the end fell asleep on the chair beside his bed, where Ichigo now laid comfortably.
"Ichigo, just please wake up... I won't harass you anymore...just wake up." He muttered, before falling asleep.
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When Ichigo woke up she wrinkled her nose. Her unnaturally high senses brought a smell of copper to her nose. Blood. Her eyes snapped open at the thought, and she sat up on her bed, almost knocking Kish over. Her eyes widened sat the sight; Kish was sitting by her bed, muttering something in his sleep, his brow furrowed in concern. She decided that she would think that particular thought later, and tried to grasp her thoughts.
O-okay...last thing she remembered? A blue light and a warmness that was carrying her. Suppose that was Kish.
Ichigo looked at her surroundings, her thoughts still in complete chaos. She was in a comfortable looking room, and she supposed it was Kish's room. The floor was covered by a warm, green mat, she discovered as she stood from the bead carefully, as if not to wake up Kish.
On one of the walls of the room was an amazing sight. There was a window in the room that showed a planet of sorts. It looked like a crude place, with lots of stones, cliffs and debris, but what made it amazing was the sunrise. The sunrise painted the stones and cliffs in different shades of red, orange, yellow, and even purple.
Kish even had a table on his room, and it was filled with papers, skisses. There were pictures about people she didn't know, that resembled little Kish. There were some of the aliens she had encountered, and lastly there were pictures about her. There were pictures of when he first saw her, and pictures of when she was in school, and pictures when she was standing besides Masaya, Ryo, or even keiichiro. The guy's around her weren't richly detailed however, only she was.
Ichigo gaped at the pictures, and thinking inwardly different thoughts about Kish, her eyes accidentally wondered to her clothes... They were filled with blood. Her skin by her shoulder was bloody too, though just were the arrow had been, was only left a small, clean spot, which intrigued Ichigo. Her mind slurring at the different thoughts, and her mind still not accepting some facts, she left to find a bathroom.
When Kish woke up he tried unsuccefully massage his tense shoulders and neck, as he had slept badly, and muttering, looked frantically around, finally ending up on the empty bed. His eyes widened, and he asked frantically;
"Ichigo?" To Kish's relief Ichigo answered.
"I'm here..." What ever Ichigo planned to say was cut off when Kish suddenly swept her into a hug, murmuring into her ear:
"Don't you ever scare me like that again!" Ichigo was surprised by the power in his voice, and just stood there, not knowing what to do. To her relief however, Kish soon let go, and took a better look at her, and she blushed.
"I...My clothes were all bloody and...Sorry." She ended, looking ashamedly at her feet, while Kish was still staring at what she was wearing. She was wearing one his shirts that ended just under her breasts, and one of his shorts, tail sticking out of them. Kish licked his lips at the sight. He came back to reality however when he realized that Ichigo had a tail.
"That's okay... more than okay...but why aren't your ears and tail gone?" At that Ichigo raised her hands to her ears in realization, only to hiss in pain when her shoulder was reminded that it had been shot earlier. Kish brow furrowed in concern and he examined Ichigo's shoulder, seating her on his bed, which was still all bloody. "...you didn't heal as well as I hoped... thought you were going to die there for a moment..." Kish muttered, still holding Ichigo's shoulder.
To keep the blush off her cheeks, Ichigo said;
"What happened? I mean, I was shot by that bow-guy, and then there isn't a mark on me...and then there is that freaky window that really can't be a window, because I was on the other side, and I really don't know where I am, and then my tail and ears won't go away, and I still want to know who shot me, and mum is going to be really mad if I don't go home soon, and the other mew mew's probably think I'm dead..." Ichigo panicked. Kish just smirked and put a finger on her lips.
"Now, kitten, don't worry, we'll take care of it..." He then leaned back, falling on the bed. Ichigo blushed.
"The guy was Eoin. Another alien, a bad one too. And yes, I know you think I am bad, but I'm actually one of the so called good guy's. I think your tail and ears may not leave because you are stressed all the time, and you were healed because of alien technology. The window is just a charmed painting, making it look real. And we will contact the other mew mew's, who are going to explain your mother you are staying at someone's house, or just feeling ill. It'll be fine." Kish finished, trying to calm the rambling Ichigo down.
Ichigo looked a moment at Kish eyes, before shaking into reality asked;
"Wait a minute? We will contact them? Why can't I just go home?" She started panicking again.
"Shh, kitten, calm down! You can't go home because were stuck here!" Kish said, almost shouting the last part, making Ichigo's eyes widen more, and making Kish to realize his mistake. Ichigo panicked again.
"Stuck here? But there are just we two here! And what will we eat, and what about Masaya? He will wonder where I have disappeared!" Ichigo yelled, swinging her arms wildly. Kish made a face, and his eyes darkened at Masaya's name. Ichigo didn't notice. She just continued ranting and Kish shaked his pained expression away.
"Calm down! The healing crystals obliviously didn't work so well on you, and you are still weak..." Kish said to Ichigo, taking hold of her hands, trapping them on his. Ichigo froze. Kish allowed her hands to drop loose.
"Just... rest. I'll see what I can do about contacting the Mew Mew's." Kish sighted, and only then did Ichigo notice the dark areas under Kish's eyes. Kish was just about to walk away from the room when Ichigo grasped his hand.
"What?" Kish almost snapped.
"Nothing...just... Are you okay?" Ichigo looked at her feet, and Kish walked away. Kish stopped at the door thought, and spoke.
"I'm fine."
And then without a word walked out of the room.
