The Meaning of True Love
"What about her happiness?" Ryou asked Aoyama.
Aoyama smirked," Happiness? Obviously being with me makes her happy. She is happiest whenever we are together. YOU are the one who brings her pain and suffering."
"Really? Why don't you ask her then?" Ryou sidestepped as he let Ichigo walk towards Aoyama.
"Ichigo, tell him that your happiness lies with me." Aoyama smirked as he took her hand.
"Ouch, Aoyama, you're hurting me," Ichigo squealed as she struggled to get out of his grip.
He let her go at once. "Aoyama, actually…I….I…" She tugged nervously at her skirt. "Aoyama, during the past week, I realized that the person I truly love is Ryou. My affections for you were nothing more than infatuation. Please, we can still be friends right? Please stop this. Let's all be friends, ok? Aoyama?" She stared pleadingly up at him.
Aoyama shook with rage. He pushed her to the floor. "YOU!" He pointed the blade of his weapon at Ryou. "You made her say that didn't you! Stop trying to Ichigo and me apart. We are truly in love with each other. I won't let you take her away from me!"
Ryou clenched his fist in anger. "You still don't know the meaning of true love don't you?"
"Sh-SHUT UP!" He thrust the blade at Ryou. Thanks to his great agility, courtesy of his Wildcat DNA, he managed to dodge the attack easily. Aoyama kept on swinging his blade wildly at Ryou as he continued to speak.
"True love is letting you loved one be happy. True love is making sure that your love is happy, even if it means letting her go. True love is bidding you love farewell even though it pains you to let her go. You know NOTHING about love. You have NEVER SACRIFICED ANYTHING FOR LOVE BEFORE!" With one giant leap, Ryou managed to knock Aoyama over and pin him to the ground.
He leaned in front of Aoyama, "Now, do you know the meaning of true love?"
Aoyama clutched his forehead. "NO! You're lying!" He pushed Ryou off. "SHUT UP! Burning Blade Heart Slasher!" Ryou was hit squarely in the chest as he was flung towards the wall and he fell limply to the ground.
"RYOU!" Ichigo ran towards him.
"Don't worry, I'll be alright. I'll always protect you, no matter what. Don't cry okay?" He panted as he wiped off a tear from Ichigo's eye.
"N-no Ryou. You'll be alright. Please. We'll be together forever, right? RYOU!" Ichigo cried.
"There there. I told you not to cry. Perhaps, we were not meant to be together, not in this lifetime. Maybe our love was meant to end this way. After all, as someone once told me, in this world, there are no coincidences, only what we call hitsuzen." He wiped the tears off her eyes.
"Fate?" Ichigo wiped off a tear that threatened to fall out.
"That's right, my strawberry. Maybe, someday, we will meet again. Or maybe not. That is up to fate to decide,"
"Can't I do anything about this?"
"Maybe not for me. But what about him?" Ryou looked towards Aoyama.
"Ok, Ryou. I'll do it for you, and for all of us," she smiled and planted a kiss on Ryou's forehead. "I love you, Ryou.'
"I love you too, Ichigo," he whispered.
"MEW MEW STRAWBERRY LOVE, METARMOPHOSIS!"
Immediately, she transformed into Mew Ichigo love.
"My my, this is getting interesting," Nushka smirked as she hovered above.
