T.G: SO SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! I AM CHANGING THE TITLE TO, 'Who's Cranberry?' FOR PRIVACY REASONS.
Kish: Sure, what ever. Just start already!
T.G: (Glares at Kish) I don't own TMM! By the way, I know Ichigo's school has uniforms in the manga/anime, but in my story, they don't! Wait, I've got a better reason! They don't have uniforms because it's a parallel universe! Now-
Thank you for reviewing, and sorry for not updating so long:
Kat: Yay, I'm succeeding in making it cute! (does little happy dance) Oh- you weren't supposed to see that!
Mew Midnight: Yayness! My stories rock! So do yours, in my opinion. You know what else rocks? ROCK N' ROLL! My fav music is alternative rock! What that has to do with anything, I dunno!
Strawberry: I've finally updated! Sorry for the long wait! And the couple Kish/ Ichigo rox ma sox! Maybe in the future I'll write a Ryou/ Ichigo one, but only to try somethin' different. If you haven't already, check out my other story!
Ichigo-chan: Thanks for the review! They make my world go round!
Mew-Meiko: I was hoping this would be a unique story! I just recently found another story with a parallel universe idea, and think it's quite good too. If you find it, read it! And no, I didn't copy them! Not only are our stories different in many ways, mine was up first! I love their story, and know they didn't copy me! So it's all good!
Jenny-Chan: My stories are addicting? Cool and oh noes! Sorry for not updating so long. I've been practicing writing stories since first grade, and on my vacation read a book that helps me know how to write a good story. The main tip it kept giving was that you have to know your characters. I know the TMM characters inside and out because of my addiction to the anime/ manga.
Apple cake: Your names making me hungry! Anyways, I've finally updated, and will try to update more often! I was on vacation, but that doesn't change the fact it took so darn long to get this updated. Thanks for the review!
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Ichigo sprinted to work. When she got to the Café door, she was 31 minutes late. When she opened the door, she saw Ryou, and waited for him to yell at her…
To Ichigo's surprise, Ryou didn't notice her. Trying to get his attention because she thought he was playing a trick on her, she said, "Hi, Pudding, Lettuce, Mint, Zakuro!" Zakuro walked up to her and asked, "Why are you calling us that?" "Uh- they're your names," Ichigo replied. "No. I go by Fuji (her last name is Fujiwara!). She's Minto, Purin, and she's Retasu. Have you lost your memories?" asked Zakur- I mean, Fuji with concern.
Ichigo would've argued if Ryou hadn't started yelling at her. "This is the first time you've been late! What's gotten into you! I'm just going to have to dock your pay." "RYOU, I'VE BEEN LATE EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, AND I WORK HARD, SO YOU CAN'T DOCK MY PAY!" screamed Ichigo. Ryou looked at her weirdly. "It's Rei, and are you okay?" When Ichigo just stared at Ryou- er- Rei like he was crazy, he added, "C'mon- Kichin'll take a look at you."
He brought her to the basement, and Keiichiro was there. "Keiichiro, Ryou wants to dock my pay and go by Rei!" whined Ichigo. "It's Kichin, and he's R- wait, what's wrong with her?" asked 'Kichin'. "That's what you're supposed to find out," replied Rei. "We're going to have to take a blood sample," said Kichin, pulling out a five inch long needle. Ichigo screamed and ran from the Café, earning a few weird looks from customers.
"She's so weird. Maybe something gave her amnesia- or faltered her memories. We can try and take a blood sample again tomorrow," said Rei.
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Kish was lying on his bed, watching as people painted his room green. They had already given him the clothe we know him to wear, green blankets, bed sheets, etc. "Hey Kisshu- I mean Kish?" asked Tart, still getting used to the name 'Kish'. "Yeah, Tart?" Kish replied.
"It's Taruto, but that sounds good too… Anyways, you have a meeting with Deep Blue," said Taruto. Kish was confused. Isn't Deep Blue dead? "Tell him he's already dead". Tart looked confused, then grinned. "Read entry 123 of this," said Tart, handing Kish a report of a mission. Odd. Kish never remembered recording any missions. When Tart left the room, Kish flipped to page 123. It read:
Deep Blue is so horrible. Everyone hates him. We had to keep him alive. Without him, we can't make delicious desserts. Then our taste buds would never be pleased again! When I told people the reason we can't get rid of him, they seemed mad at me. I can't help but wonder why. If I wasn't the prince, I think they would have killed D.B anyways.
He stopped reading there. Could Kisshu really be that dumb? He quickly got out of bed and went to Pai's room to annoy him. When Pai saw him, he was off the computer and on his feet in less than a second. "Sorry Kisshu-sama. I was just studying." "Pai, what's wrong with you?" asked Kish. "Sorry for correcting you, prince Kisshu, but my name is plate," added Pa- no, Plate.
"PLATE? Jeez this place is retarded. And also, call me Kish. I HATE the name Kisshu," informed Kish. "Yes Kissh- uh- Kish; you may call me as you please," replied Plate. "Yeah- what ever. Why aren't you on the computer or reading a book?" questioned Kish. "You don't like me to," insisted Plate. "For Neptune's sake, do what you want! It's not like I'm your elder," said Kish, walking to the kitchen, leaving a very confused Plate.
When he got to the kitchen, he saw a maid sweeping some crumbs off the floor. She had navy blue hair tied up in a bun, long ears(duh), and violet eyes. Odd. We can't afford maids. When the maid saw Kish, she bowed till her nose touched the ground. Kish couldn't help but be very confused, and decided to go see Ichigo. He teleported to the park and saw his Kitten leaning against an apple tree.
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Ichigo was leaning against a tree, thinking about all the changes. Everything was so similar, yet very different at the same time. Her thoughts were interrupted by a blur of green and brown. She would've screamed if the person hadn't put their lips to hers. That made it dead obvious to her who it was, and she kissed them back. When they broke apart, Kish was still holding her in a tight embrace. She snuggled up closer to him.
"Everyone's so different! They all have different names and say I'm always on time! What are they going to do when I'm late almost every day and don't know their names!" exclaimed Ichigo.
"I found out that I have maids, am a prince who likes yellow, and go by Kisshu. I got the maids to change all my stuff back to green, thankfully enough. Tart's now my brother who goes by Taruto, and Pai's my royal servant who goes by Plate," informed Kish.
"Jeez, Kish! That's no fair! You get to be a prince, and I have to like cranberries? Speaking of cranberries, they're giving me a head ache! Wanna go to the mall with me?" asked Ichigo. "Sure thing, Koneko. First tell me what a 'mall' is though," said Kish. Ichigo rolled her eyes, said, "Teleport us to here," and held up a picture of a store in the mall.
Kish grabbed Ichigo's hand and teleported them into a clothe shop. After about five minutes of standing in a sunglasses store, Kish said, "Kitten, this seems a bit pointless…" Ichigo turned crimson and said, "Now we shop!"
For the rest of the day, Ichigo dragged Kish around the mall with her. After about five minutes of this, Kish was starting to hate the mall, as most boys would in his place. After all, Ichigo had dragged him into make up shops and forced him to try on some of the blush and lipstick (he immediately teleported to the bathroom to wipe it off). Then she dragged him into a teen shop and gave him some girl clothes mixed in with boy clothe to see what he did.
Kish walked out of the bathroom with a dress on and glared at Ichigo. "Why'd you put this in the pile?" he demanded. "Why'd you try it on?" asked Ichigo between giggles. She was close to hysterics. Kish scowled before going back to the bathroom, then coming out with his usual clothe on. She took him into the skateboarder boy shop, saying that he 'would fit in better'. He'll look so cute as a skateboarder! I'm never going to admit that to anyone though! It'd be so embarrassing!
Kish came out of the dressing room in a pair of jeans with a hint of green, along with a dark green shirt. Ichigo tried to hold back a blush, and failed miserably. "Do I really look that good in human clothe?" he asked. "Ye- I mean, of course not! I was just checking to see if it, um, fit you!" she snapped. Kish smirked, knowing she was lying.
He had a lot of clothe like that. Some of them had strategically placed rips. A couple of the jeans were ripped at the knees, and a few of the shirts had ripped sleeves, along with the bottom part of the shirt. These were very fashionable, though most boys simply wore baggy shirts with jeans.
"Change back into your clothe so we can buy those," ordered Ichigo. Kish teleported into the changing room, then reappeared about two minutes later with his usual clothe on and the huge pile of clothe Ichigo had given him. The cat girl took the pile from him and examined it, mumbling things like, "No, this would look horrible on him," and, "This would make all the girls jealous. Better keep it…" while throwing things onto the ground that she didn't want.
"What will make all the girls jealous?" asked Kish with confusion. Ichigo's face turned crimson when she realized he had sharp hearing. "Uh- nothing! It's not nice to eves drop on someone who's helping you!" "I don't exactly know what you mean, but does it happen to be that you think the other girls will like me too, and want to make them jealous? Jeez Koneko, you're my toy, not the other way around," Kish joked, his usual smirk on his face.
Ichigo, who looks like she sunburned her face (hah! Bet you haven't seen that phrase before! Well, maybe you did, but I didn't), purchased Kish's clothe. When the cashier gave her an odd look at seeing all the boy clothe, Ichigo explained, "These are for my boyfriend. He's not very good at shopping, so I decided to help him," she said, gesturing to Kish, who was about a yard behind her, examining the clothe racks, and at that second mumbling, "Wonder why they have these metal things. And why are they round with wheels on them?"
"Yes, he does seem to need a bit of help. Especially seeing what he's wearing…" the cashier said under her breath. Thanks to her cat DNA, Ichigo had heard her. "Well, excuse me, but I think he looks hot in what he's wearing! Besides, it's not nice to make fun of my boyfriend, especially in front of me!" she shrieked. It was only then that she realized Kish had heard the whole conversation, and was watching with an amused and delighted grin. She snatched the bag of clothe from the surprised cashier, grabbed one of Kish's ears, and dragged him from the shop.
"I didn't know you like this outfit on me," said Kish, gesturing to his outfit. It was what he wears in the anime and manga- the outfit where his pants are way too low and his shirt is way too high (T.G starts to drool over the picture of him she hides on her desk. Kish: Jeez, why does the author have to be a fan girl? I doubt she really thinks my pants are too low and my shirt's too high… T.G: Kish! You've come to see me! How sweet!(Glomps him) Now back to the story!) Ichigo's face turned even darker, if that was even possible.
She dragged him into a girls clothe shop and bought red ribbons, strawberry and black cat shirts, bed sheets, posters, stickers, pants, shorts, etc. "You really are a strawberry, Ichigo," remarked Kish. "You be quiet! And I don't like what you're wearing right now! I only said that because the cashier had made me mad!" exclaimed a very flustered red-headed heroine.
After buying that, she realized it was 6:00, AKA, dinner time. She looked around at all the food shops until her eyes came to the cinnamon buns shop (you know, like a bigger, better tasting version of a cinnamon roll!). Her mom would never let her get them because she thought they were too big for Ichigo to eat. She was right, to tell the truth. But Ichigo really wants one, and they're so close to her…
Then an idea hit her. "Kish, will you share a cinnamon bun with me?" "Sure, Kitten. What's a Cimunim bun?" he asked, unable to say the word (my sister says it like that! She also says 'aminals' instead of animals!). Ichigo couldn't help but note how cute it is when he doesn't know what something is, and how he mispronounced the word. "C'mon, I'll show you," said Ichigo, grabbing Kish's hand and dragging him to the C.B (Cinnamon Bun) counter. "I'll have one large, please," she told the employee. They went to the back and came back with a rectangular white box. As Ichigo paid the person, Kish looked at the box with confusion.
She dragged the poor alien to a table after grabbing a few napkins. "Kitten, I'm very confused. Do humans really eat boxes? That would explain why trees are becoming extinct," said Kish, eyes filled with curiosity, love, and confusion. "Okay- one: we're not eating the box, but what's inside the box. Also, trees can't become 'extinct', they simply are over used. There's a better word for it, but I don't know it," informed the cat girl, opening the white box.
She ripped the sides off the box like the crazy authoress would have so she'd be able to see the food better. Kish was, naturally, sitting next to her. She pushed the C.B between them and handed him a knife and fork. "I thought you eat with chop-sticks," he said, gripping the silverware like you would an ice cream cone. "You can't eat Cinnamon Buns with chop sticks!" exclaimed Ichigo, quickly deciding something.
She grabbed the knife from Kish's hand and cut the C.B into bite size pieces. Ichigo showed Kish how to hold his fork correctly before helping him stab a bite size piece. "Now put it in your mouth like this," said Ichigo, eating a bite size piece off of her fork as an example. Kish did exactly as she did, but got it all over his face. Ichigo burst out laughing. "What's so funny?" he asked, clearly even more confused. 'He's so cute when he's confused!' thought Ichigo. She handed him a napkin.
When he just stared at it, she sighed, and then helped him wipe off his face. When they finally managed to finish it, Kish's eyes were as wide as saucers. "Kish, what's wrong with you?" asked Ichigo, concern in her voice. "WhatdoyoumeanKitten?" he asked in a rush of words.
Then Ichigo realized what happened. "Kish, you're on a sugar rush! That happens to people who don't eat enough sugar!" informed Ichigo. "What'sasugarrushcanwerace? Yeah,let'ssprinttoyourhouse!" exclaimed Kish.
Unable to stand his non stop chatter any more, she did the one thing she knew for a fact would make him quiet. She put her arms around his neck and passionately kissed him. Instinctively he kissed her back. When they broke apart, she realized that although she had managed to quiet him down for a few seconds, she had given him more energy!
"Kish, if you don't calm down, you won't be able to go to sleep! Then you'd be crabby and rude in the morning! Or just really quiet and shy, which is also really bad! I know from experience!" informed Ichigo. Kish's eyes seemed to be buzzing in his head, and were even wider than before. Sighing, Ichigo left him for a minute to get some water from the McDonalds counter. She walked back to Kish with a gallon of water in her hands.
"This should do the trick. Sorry, but this is my only idea," said the red head before pouring all the water onto Kish's head. Within seconds he was drenched head t' toe. The second the water hit him, he seemed to come out of a dream. "Jeez, Ichigo, did you have to get me so wet? Now I'm kinda cold…" he muttered. "Well, at least you're not on sugar rush any more. Please teleport me home. It's 8:00, and my parents are probably worried," said the cat girl, glomping Kish.
"You really are sopping wet. Sorry 'bout that," said Ichigo. Kish teleported her back home. "It's alright, Kitten. Thanks for- taking me to that place, even if it was a bit weird, and you poured water all over me," said Kish. "I said sorry!" whined Ichigo.
"Kitten, can I go to school with you tomorrow?" asked Kish randomly. "Huh? Why?" asked Ichigo. "Because you go, and then I'd get to hang out with you more. And also so I can help you if you need me to, seeing all the changes," replied Kish. Ichigo stopped to think for a second. Normally the idea of going to school with Kish would terrify her, but with all the changes, it seemed quite appealing. She had been expecting him to want to go to school with her, which is why she bought him all those cool clothe.
"Sure, Kish. You can go with me tomorrow," she decided. "Thanks, Kitten. I knew you couldn't get enough of me," he teased. Ichigo was about to argue when he kissed her. "See y' tomorrow Koneko." And with that, he disappeared.
Tomorrow was going to be a long day.
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T.G: I finally updated! Most of you probably didn't notice, but I typed my story differently today. If you noticed, tell me in a review!
Kish: Ichigo kissed me- again!
Ichigo: That's because I love you, Kish!
Kish: (stars in eyes) I love you too, Kitten!
Pudding&Tart: Eiiew! They kiss enough already in the story!
T.G: But I want Kishie to kiss me! It's no fair! (picks up keyboard and types something in it)
Kish: Tokyo Gal, I just realized something about you!
T.G: What? (poses)
Kish: That you're weird. I only love Ichigo.
T.G: NOOOOO! It didn't work! To make me feel better, R&R!