Chapter Three

Ryou rushed to Ayoama's house. Then he rang the door bell. He didn't know why, but he was anxious to see if she was there or not and the suspence was killing him. He didn't know why he felt this way. Was it because he liked a certain cat girl... The door opened before Ryou could confirm with his thoughts. It was Ayoama, his normal smiling happy self.

"Where's Ichigo!" Yelled Ryou. He didn't know why, but his heart was racing. Ayoama stared in astonished with Ryou's tone, but then he replyed. "I don't know. I was just about to get to the Cafe..." Ryou grabbed Ayoama's shirt and pulled it towards him. "Darn you. Every time Ichigo is with you you always cover up for her! You little liar, tell me if she is will you or not!" What Ryou said was true. Once, Ayoama did cover up for Ichigo when she was at his house. Ayoama stared at him, then pushed Ryou away.

"I swear she isn't here. I was going to just meet her at the Cafe. She said she would be there." Ayoama nodded his head at what he said before. Ryou eyed him carefully, as if a wolf is waiting for its prey to get closer. "Uh-huh...Keep going. I bet you do know more than I think you do."

Ayoama went quiet after Ryou's comment. "I dunno, Shirogane-san. I don't know where she is. If I would, I would have told you, I swear it." Ryou's body went cold. Mixed feelings twirled in him, Anger; furstration; anxiety; and one other feeling he tried to push off for so long: Worry. Worry made him think other feelings were involved, maybe that he liked Ichigo more than a friend scared him a bit, he wanted to nod if off, but to no avail, it was still there.

Ryou turned, and ran off. Ayoama entered his house. "I knew you would turn out to be a great puppet," a dark figure said to Ayoama, approaching him. The figure smiled and look at Ayoama with the coldest look. "For starters, I made that stupid blondy go away, and now I must say this to you." Ayoama looked at the figure. "Ichigo is mine, and always mine. You must not even talk to her, for I will kill you." Ayoama stared with distant eyes, but the real Ayoama tryed to break free from his state, for he was a brainwashed puppet, yes, a puppet to this person and nothing more.

Keichiiro tryed to keep his happy look for so long. He was hurting inside and the Cafe mew mew knew it. Minto knew it was Ryou, for Keichiiro wanted Ryou to be happy, and Minto was the top notch person on that hint.

She knew Ryou was hurting inside too, for the search for Ichigo grew longer and longer until Evening approached, and the Cafe closed. Minto, and the others left, for their shifts were over. Keiichiro waved while they all left the Cafe. Then he sat by himself at one of the tables. "Ryou, where are you?" Keichiiro looked down, sad.

Ryou was so worried about Ichigo's safety, but Keichiiro was worried about Ryou. Ryou never really noticed. Minto and Zakuro would talk about it sometimes, how Ryou sometimes was insensitive. But that wasn't the case, atleast that's what Keichiiro believed. Ryou cared about various people but he never really showed it in front of them.

Pudding, Zakuro, Lettuce, and Minto met up at Minto's house in the living room. There were comfy chairs, and mini beds, smaller than 5 feet. Zakuro sat on one of the chairs, Lettuce layed on one of the beds, Pudding layed with Lettuce and Minto layed on the biggest bed in front of all of them.

Minto smiled and said, " This meeting is for Ryou's insensitivity, and Ichigo's dissapearence. First topic is Ryou. Why do you guys think Ryou is so interested in finding Ichigo, and not even listening to Keichiiro, not even noticing how he's feeling?"

Everyone stared at her. Lettuce raised her hand. "Yea, Lettuce you can speak," Minto confirmed. Lettuce nodded and said, "Ryou really does care about Ichigo, no matter what he says to anyone else. He cares about his best friend Keiichiro too, but Ichigo is missing, and Ryou has a right to be worried. Shirogane must see how Keiiichiro is feeling but Ichigo must matter more."

Minto nodded. "Nice explaination, Retasu. Anyone else want to say something?" Zakuro nodded. "He must like her too much than what we normally see. Maybe it's love." Minto nodded with Zakuro's explaination."More like the hope of love." Minto then looked at Pudding. "You didn't say anything yet Pudding."

Pudding stared at Minto. "...Well...I didn't know all this was happening." Minto stared and Zakuro chuckled. Lettuce smiled intentively. "Ok, Pudding-san. You don't have to say anything then. You do know what's happening now, Yes?" Lettuce asked. Pudding smiled. "Yea, now I do."

Minto nodded. "Ok, now with Ichigo's disappearence. Ryou is looking for Ichigo, so he must be looking in obvious places that she should be in...Ayoama's house for example." Zakuro smiled. "Ayoama-kun's house is where she would most likely be. But we should have a meeting with Ryou when he comes back from his search. He would most likely know more of this then we do." Zakuro said. Minto smiled and said, "Oneesama's right." Everyone looked at Zakuro and smiled happily. "I'm worried about Ichigo, and I'm sure we'll find her."
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Author's Note: Sorry this chapter was so long, but I wanted to write...and it came to this. Well, comments are excepted.