Chapter 5: Interactions
"Zakuro-san." Ryu said as he walked over to her and politely bowed.
"What is it?" Zakuro asked slightly raising an eyebrow.
"I was wondering, Zakuro-san, if you would become my Shaman Queen?" He asked her as he took her hand.
"No." She replied; causing Ryu's jaw to hit the floor.
"N-N- No?" Ryu stuttered he was shocked by how quickly she answered.
"No." She repeated, taking her hand from him.
"But, Zakuro-san!" Ryu whined.
"Sorry, but I'm not looking for a relationship right now. Goodbye." Zakuro left and sat down on a nearby bench. Ryu was speechless. He put his hands over his teary eyes and ran, crying. While he was, though, he ran strait into a pole. He fell to the ground, unconscious.
"No." Mint repeated for what must have been the 20th time already.
"Come on, it's great!" Yoh offered a bar of granola towards her.
"I said, NO!" Mint said hitting the granola from his hands. It landed in the cold, hard ground. Yoh was crushed.
"Gra- Gra- Granola ol' buddy?" Yoh stammered as he bent down and picked the dirty granola off of the ground. He brushed off some of the dirt. "You've been in my pocket for nearly a week…. AND THIS IS HOW IT ENDS?" Yoh yelled as he began to cry.
"YOH! What did I say about the pocketed granola?" said a female's voice from behind Mint. Mint turned and saw a young girl with a red bandanna and a short black dress.
"GRANOLA!" Yoh cried as he rubbed the granola on his cheek.
"Humph… Sorry about him, he's been like this since he was a child." The girl said.
"Um, who are you?" Mint asked raising an eyebrow.
"I am Anna, Yoh's fiancée." Anna said, "And who might you be?"
"I am Mint." Mint said, as she flipped her hair with her hand.
"GRANOLA!" Yoh cried.
"Yoh, get a pot, NOW!" Anna yelled pointing to a pot near a wall.
"ANNA! PLEASE NOT NOW!" Yoh said as his crying deepened.
"GET THAT POT AND SQUAT! HOLD IT!" Anna yelled.
"Fine…" Yoh surrendered and got the pot to squat with, for his training.
"Finally he is gone." Mint said sighing. She walked over to the bench where Zakuro was sitting. "Hello, Zakuro-Onee-Sama!" Mint said as she sat down next to Zakuro.
Just then, Faust and Eliza floated, literally, by holding hands and gazing into each others eyes, and continued on there clock-wise path through the area.
"Where is Lyserg?" Lettuce asked Ren who was watching his brother stare at Ichigo.
"He is gone. He joined sort of a cult, called the X-Laws." Ren answered, still looking bored while he watched the scene ahead.
"Oh…" Lettuce sighed as she walked away. Suddenly, there was a bright flash of light and a crowd of people in white ensembles stepped out of it. Among them, Lyserg.
"Lettuce?" He said as he stepped out from the crowd. They stood strait, not moving behind him.
"Lyserg?" Lettuce said as she took a nervous step backwards.
She spotted the crystal on his hand, that crystal that he attacked her with. All the memories flooded back to her. She was frightened, she took another step backwards. She felt faint and afraid. He raised his hand to try and comfort her, but he raised the wrong hand, the hand with the crystal. She trembled and her eyes were overflowing with fright. She felt very faint, like she was falling in a pool of terror. She began to step backwards faster and faster, but she tripped on a rock and began to fall.
She felt two hands catch her shoulders from behind. "Lettuce?" She heard a voice, it wasn't Lyserg's. It was much deeper. She looked behind her and saw a very familiar face.
"P-Pai?" Lettuce asked as he placed Lettuce back onto her feet. Lettuce slowly turned to face him.
"Are you alright?" He asked as he looked into her eyes for any sign of pain. He saw the fear in her eyes as the tears were barely being held back. Pai's eyes held concern like she had never seen. His eyelids lowered slightly. He put his arms around her and hugged her. She was totally shocked by this. Lettuce slowly closed her eyes and smiled a very small, happy smile.
"P-Pai…"
"Brother?" Jun yelled at Kishu.
"Oh, why, hello there Jun." Kishu replied turning to Jun.
"I've missed you so!" She yelled hugging him again.
"Yes Jun, me too, but right now I'm missing air more that anything." Kishu said trying to loosen Jun's grip.
"Oh, sorry brother!" Jun said letting him go. Pyron stood next to her.
"Hello Master Kishu." Pyron said politely bowing in a Chinese fashion.
"Oh, please, just Kishu." Kishu said smiling to Pyron.
"Yes, Kishu." Pyron said standing up strait.
"That's better," Kishu said smiling even more, "You don't have to be so formal with me, Pyron."
Ren stepped next to Kishu.
"So, these unanswered questions brother?" Ren asked turning to him.
"Ah, yes. How are you?" Kishu asked.
"How… How am I? How am I, brother? You came all the way here to ask me that?" Ren said, getting angry.
"Well, that, and I missed you brother." Kishu said ruffling Ren's hair. Ren grunted and crossed his arms before answering.
"I am fine, Brother."
"GOCHA!" Ichigo yelled as she grabbed Horo Horo by the Jacket.
"LEAVE ME ALONE YOU CRAZY GIRL!" Horo Horo screamed trying to pull away.
"No, I need to ask you something!" Ichigo whispered to Horo Horo. She leaned closer to Horo Horo's ear and whispered quieter. "I need you to help me make Kishu jealous." She said slowly.
"Jealous? You want me to help you make HIM jealous?" Horo Horo raised an eyebrow, "How the heck do you plan on doing that?" He asked her.
"Come on!" Ichigo said as she pulled Horo Horo toward Kishu. "See? I do love him, Kishu!" Ichigo said pointing to Horo Horo she leaned in for a kiss from Horo Horo, but he quickly jumped away from her.
"WHOA! WOHOA! WOHOA! PERSONAL SPACE!" Horo Horo yelled, miming an invisible bubble around himself.
"COME ON!" Ichigo yelled stomping her foot.
"NO WAY MAN! Kororo, BIG OVERSOUL!" Horo Horo yelled as Kororo became his Oversoul.
"You wanna play hard to get, huh?" Ichigo said getting into a fighting stance. "MEW ICHIGO, METAMORPHO-SIS!" Ichigo yelled as she transformed into her Mew form. "RIBBON STRAWBERRY CHECK!" She yelled, attacking him; he dodged.
"GO HORO HORO!" exclaimed Pirika, who was sitting on a bench watching her brother struggle, she thought it was good training.
"AVALANCHE!" Horo Horo yelled as he and Kororo attacked Ichigo with a huge avalanche of ice crystals, sharp as knives.
"AHH!" Ichigo screamed clenching her eyes shut and shielding herself with her hands. Just before the ice hit her, she was lifted off of the ground and into the air.
"Kitty, you really should try not to pick fights all the time. One day, I might not be here to save you." Said the voice of her savior. Ichigo opened her eyes and looked up at none other than Kishu. His face was about two inches from hers and he was smiling down at her with half closed eyes. Kishu landed on safe ground and placed Ichigo on her feet, facing him. Horo Horo stopped using his Oversoul and stood with his arms crossed, looking the other way angrily.
"Kishu! Why did you save me?" Ichigo asked stepping backwards.
"What, did you think I would let him freeze you, Kitty-cat?" Kishu said, grinning wider.
"Well, no, I guess not." Ichigo said quietly. Kishu took a step forward.
"Kitty, I think that you owe me a little something." Kishu said raising his eyebrows.
"Like what?" She said as she put her hands on her hips.
"Like a kiss." Kishu said taking another step forward so his face was less that an inch from hers.
"KISS?" Ichigo screamed; her ears and tail sticking strait up.
"Yes. I think even I deserve a little something for my accommodations." Kishu said showing his fangs in a smile.
"GROOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" Ichigo screamed shoving him away from her.
Horo Horo could hardly hold in his laughter as he sat down next to his little sister.
"Oh you think that's funny, Horo? What if you were him? You are so insensitive." Pirika scowled.
"What? What are you talking about?"
"You know what? Just because you are SO insensitive, do 20 laps around the hotel." Pirika said pointing to her left.
"WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY-"
"I SAID 20 LAPS MISTER!" she screeched hitting him on the head. Horo Horo immediately started to run.
"Now, now Kitty. No need to get rough. I'm just asking for a simple kiss on the cheek for saving you, fair?" Kishu said taking one step forward and making puppy dog eyes at Ichigo.
"No way! I'm so not going to kiss you, Kishu!" Ichigo yelled angrily.
"Please? It's just a simple kiss on the cheek, nothing that you wouldn't normally do to someone who just saved your life." Kishu said smiling.
"Well, if it's JUST between friends." Ichigo said quietly.
She slowly leaned forward to kiss him on the cheek, but the smallest instant before her lips reached his cheek, Kishu turned his head and his lips met with hers. Ichigo pulled away almost instantly.
"ACK! EW! GROSS!" Ichigo said spitting on the ground and wiping her lips.
"Kitty, don't seem so grossed out, I know you liked it." Kishu said smiling.
"EWW! THAT WAS DISCUSTING! WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU DO THAT?" Ichigo screamed. Kishu laughed.
"Because the opportunity presented itself, Kitty-cat." Kishu grinned.
"I will never understand Brother." Ren said turning away from the sight of his brother kissing Ichigo.
"Oh, Renny yes you will!" Jun said smiling.
Ren glanced at Jun; she was standing awfully close to Pyron. Ren fully turned around and looked at his sister and her reanimated corpse, Pyron. They were…
"HOLDING HANDS?" Ren shouted at Jun and Pyron. Jun smiled wider at Ren.
"Yes Renny, a problem?" She asked him, raising an eyebrow.
"Bu-… he…. You… Wha… uh… cra… DEAD!" Ren managed to say
