Chapter 4

Half an hour later Kish climbed off the bath, and put on a fresh pair of shorts and a shirt, not bothering with the shoes, but still putting the strands of leather in his hair. They were a mark of his rank, after all.

Kish stepped out of the bathroom, which led to his bedroom, when he noticed Ichigo. Ichigo was sitting on her knees in his bed, wearing the same clothes as he did, and biting her lip. Kish looked at her, confused.

"Come here; I'll show you something." Kish, still quite confused, a bewildered by Ichigo's weird act, neared the bed.

"What now?" He asked, quite sure there was more to this than some talking.

"Lay down, on you stomach, and take you shirt off." Ichigo said, fighting not to stammer while she said the embarrassing sentence. Kish just raised a suggestive eyebrow, and Ichigo blushed. Kish did as he was told.

"I'm going to give you a massage; it's the least I can go." Kish hesitated. Giving a massage to someone had different meaning in the elven community, where people rarely touched each other. Then he shrugged it off. Not like Ichigo knew that, anyhow.

"Okay. Not had one of these before..." Kish said, taking off his shirt, leaving Ichigo little speechless. Laying down on the bed, he felt Ichigo to sit on his lower back, to reach his shoulders better. Kish couldn't help but to imagine what it would be like, if he had been the other way around. Ichigo moved her hands hesitantly along Kish's back, rubbing gently the tense muscles. Before too long Kish slept better than in years.

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"Wait!" Retasu yelled just as Pai was about to teleport to the ship. Pai looked at Retasu expressionless, hesitating, he then started to teleport again.

"Eoin!" Retasu yelled. Pai stopped dead in his tracks.

"What did you just say?" He demanded. Retasu explained the situation, and then asked:

"Who is Eoin?"

"Lead me to the café." Pai said without answering the question. Retasu frowned before leading the way.

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"What? So what you are telling me, is that Kish had seen Eoin on earth?" The normally expressionless Pai yelled at Ryo. Pai then kicked a nearby table, so that it flew to the other side of the café, twisting multiple times in the air, before hitting the wall in a big explosion. The mew mew's and the owners of the café looked shocked at the power displayed. Neither Pai or Tart seemed to think of it as unusual.

"What on earth is he thinking?" Tart asked from Pai. "I know he has the right, but…"

"You know of nothing!" Pai hissed. "…Not even I know the whole story, and you now less than I… It goes way longer than just of the murder of his fiancée… Commander has the right to kill Eoin from the council of nebulosa!" Pai seethed.

"B-b-but the council never gives permission to kill!" Tart yelled shocked. Pai walked in circles, murmuring.

"Tart, you don't even know the beginning of what this means. You know what the commander is capable of! We don't even have scales for measuring his power level… We're no where around his powerlevels, and even we are ten times stronger than the mew mews… If Eoin came here, he's probably after commander… I've heard their at the same power level…"

"…We'll considering their blood relation, I guess that's possible…"

"… If Eoin came on earth, he'll probably go for destroying the whole planet just top spite commander.. You know how much he loves this stupid planet…" Pai continued his ranting.

"of course I know… The way the rapports pile on his desk just because he spends bigger time dansing in the grassfields than actually doing any work…" Tart answered, remembering very well the big pile of rapports on the commanders desk.

"commander?" Ryo asked. Pai and Tart looked at each other before ranting in a way that suggested they had done it often;

"Commander of the Army of Nebulosa,

Current Commander in charge,

Member of the royal family of Kaibutsu,

A chairman in Nebulosa's council,

Kishhu Kaibutsu." The rest was followed up with a long rant of titels in some unknown language.

"There's an army of you guys?" Mint asked shocked her nose for once at the same level than everyone else's. Pai looked pointedly at the others.

"Kish commands the main army, a force of ten thousand. Then there are smaller force armies around the galaxy, but he practically commands those too, being the member of the royal family of Kaibutsu…" He answered.

"'royal family of Kaibutsu'?" Zakuro asked.

"Meaning that he is the son of the emperor, Kairor Kaibutsu. He'll be the next one to rule our race." Tart stated as if it was no big deal.

"What? We've been fighting like an royalty?" Mint asked shocked.

"Yes. Commander is pretty much what keeps our society together. He is the new hope of our race…" Tart started.

"Yes, yes, yes, but I am sure he won't appreciate you speaking so highly of him, and wasting time. He needs us now. Call to Serenity." Pai said to Tart, and then keiichiro.

"Serenity?" Ryo asked.

"Commanders ship." Pai answered, before starting to move his fingers along the buttons with the speed of an greasy lightining bolt.

"Pai" Kish's sleepy voice stated.

"Sorry the delay, commander." Pai apologized from the sleepy commander. Kish yawned and waved the apology away. They could hear Ichigo's voice in the background asking why he was called commander. Kish rolled his eyes.

"Anyway… Here are the scans I did. The fault is somewhere along the left side protection magics, but I really have no idea why teleporting out doesn't work." Kish said, sending some data on the screens of the café. Pai inspected them closely.

"You're right, the left side magic's are destroyed… it should work with a simple repairing, mixed with some wood magic on the wires… How about teleporting inside? It apparently worked for you…?"

"Yes." Kish answered irritated. He then showed his bruised chest.

"Though I didn't get too easy off."

"ouch, magical bruises? Won't even dare to think what it would have done to me…" Pai flinched. Kish shrugged, and pulled the shirt down.

"So anyhow, you see the problem?" Kish asked from Pai. Pai looked closer at the screens again.

"It seems that he planned on trapping you inside… But it is more complicated than that. I really have no idea why you can't teleport. I'm afraid you'll have to visit the mothership and repair the rest of the ship first." Pai said, and Kish groaned.

"Buuuuut Paaaaiiiiiii! I've been successfully avoiding her over half a year, you can't seriously mean I've got to?" Kish whined. Apparently being a commander in charge didn't force Kish to act like an adult. Pai flinched.

"Sorry sir." Pai answered, and Kish waved the honorific at the end away. Kish groaned and then hesitantly nodded.

"Fine! But I'm taking Ichigo with me, so there!" Kish yelled grinning with his tongue out.

"But sir, you know they are going to lynch her when they see she's a mew mew. You are going to get the whole ship into a riot." Pai tried to reason. Kish smirked.

"And thatt's no fun… That's why she isn't going to look like a mew mew… wonder if she would help me get Xian off my back…?" Kish started planning while smirking mischievously. Ichigo could be heard asking from the background what he meant.

"But commander…" Tart tried to reason with him too. Kish just smirked before saying something in a unknown language. Pai and Tart nodded at the same time and took one step away from the screens. The screens blacked out.

"Pai, is he seriously going to…?" Tart asked from his friend. Pai groaned.

"You know how he gets when he gets one of his 'brilliant' ideas…"Pai and Tart groaned at the same time.

"I really didn't enjoy that 'dressing up' thingy…" Tart whined. Pai just stated clearly, though he probably liked likewise:

"Order is a order, Tart Whedelon…." Tart wrinkled his nose at his whole name, but then nodded.

"And unfortunately for us, our commander is a idiot."