Hoof beats in my heart

"So, where do you want to go, Masaya?" Ichigo asked her crush as they walked through town. Her short red hair blew behind her face as the wind rushed by. 'Weird, it's windier than usual,' she thought. 'I doubt it has anything to do with the aliens though'

"We could go get ice cream," he suggested. 'A perfect date; ice cream in the park on a hot summer day' he thought as he smiled at Ichigo warmly.

'He's so hot…' Ichigo thought as they just smiled at each other as they walked, hand in hand, towards the ice cream shop.

"What'll it be?" the shop owner asked the pair as they walked over to the counter. He leaned on the glass table on one elbow, with a small white towel flung over his shoulder.

"Um, I'll have strawberry," Ichigo said, pointing out a bin of pink, red, and white ice cream inside the glass counter. "What about you, Masaya?" she asked Masaya, looking over at him.

"I'll have chocolate, please," he said, indicating a tub of brown ice cream.

"Sure thing" the shop owner said as he retrieved two waffle cones. He grabbed a scooper and scooped out two scoops of strawberry ice cream, and two scoops of chocolate ice cream. "Here ya go" he said, handing them their cones. Ichigo and Masaya both put equal amounts of money on the counter.

"Thanks!" Ichigo said as she smiled at the shop owner. "Now, let's find a table Masaya!"

"What about that one?" Masaya suggested, pointing to a table by a window with a great view. 'Please say yes, please say yes' he thought as he waited for her reply.

As her eyes slowly opened, Kayla could barely make out the room she was in. It was nearly pitch black, but in certain places around the room, little lights blinked. 'Computers? Why am I in a room full of computers?' she thought as she listened to the sounds of technology. She was about to call out to someone, when she noticed that she had been tied up and gagged. 'What the heck? I've been kidnapped! Does this have something to do with that alien horse thing? What about Sundance? He okay?' She thought frantically.

"Morning pony girl," a voice said from behind Kayla. She tried turning around, but failed. "Smile for the camera" All of the lights in the room instantly flashed on. Kayla quickly shut her eyes as tight as possible due to the bright light. When she was finally able to open her eyes again, she saw computers and other technical contraptions lining the gray walls.

"What's going on? Where am I?" she tried to say, but all that came out were a few muffled noises. She looked around the room and then saw a large video screen. She saw someone with large ears, pale skin, and green hair talking to the girl she saw in the park earlier that day.

The strange person with large ears turned around and smirked. He moved so that the girl and her comrades on the screen could she Kayla. "KISH! YOU KIDNAPPED HER?" Ichigo screamed.

"If you want her back," he paused, "be at the park by sunset"

"Fine" Ichigo said, along with four other girls wearing waitress outfits. They all looked disgusted, most likely with this alien guy they called Kish.

The alien turned around and looked at Kayla. She glared at him in return, hoping that would get the point across that she didn't like being here.

"I wonder if Pai wants a new guinea pig.." he said to himself almost, but loud enough to scare Kayla. He smirked, in an attempt to scare her even more.

'Whatever he's doing to scare the crap outta me, it's working!' she thought, yet she still wore an angry and hateful face. "Let me out, or face the consequences" she tried to say, but all that was heard was a muffled mumble.

"Come again?" he said, making the most of his play. "You make good mew bait" he said, smirking.

'I can't wait until the day when I can slap that little smirk off his face' Kayla thought. She glared even harder, as if trying to shoot laser beams through her eyes.

For the future of earth, I'll be of service, nya!