Chapter 13: The Wedding Part 2
"Pudding really appreciates this, Na no da." Pudding said happily.
"Mm…" Taruto replied boringly.
They too were on the dance floor, except Pudding had Taruto handcuffed to her. Taruto looking rather annoyed with this; Pudding looked like she was having the time of her life. Finally, what Taruto had been waiting for happened; the song ended.
"Finally." Taruto said dragging Pudding to a table, where they sat down.
Ren was sitting at that table drinking his milk with a really bored look on his face, just staring at everyone dancing. He yawned and leaned against his chair. Kishu and Ichigo sat down next to them.
"Phew…" Ichigo sighed, exhausted.
"Is Ichigo Onee-Chan tired, Na no da?" Pudding asked curiously.
"Yeah, I guess I am." Ichigo replied taking a drink of water.
Ichigo put the water back on the table and leaned back. Kishu looked at Ren; who was just staring into the sky.
"What's wrong Brother?" Kishu asked.
"Nothing, this is just really boring." Ren said closing his eyes.
"That's just because you're too stubborn to ask someone to dance." Kishu said smiling.
"I don't dance." Ren said crossing his arms.
"Maybe you should learn, it's pretty nice to know how to do something like dancing, you never know when it might come in handy." Kishu said leaning back in his chair.
"Pssh…" Ren muttered, "Dancing is for sissies."
"Sissies?" Kishu said laughing, "On the contrary, Renny."
"What do you mean?" Ren said opening one eye.
"Dancing is quite masculine, only someone who is comfortable with their sexuality can do something like it." Kishu said lowering his eyebrows.
"Puh." Ren replied angrily, as he looked back up at the sky.
"Say what you will, Renny." Kishu said shrugging.
There was a small awkward pause. Taruto sighed crossing both of his arms on the table and resting his chin on them; pulling Pudding's handcuffed hand with him.
"Uh, Pudding, why are you and Taruto handcuffed?" Ichigo asked.
Both Kishu and Ren looked over to them with one eyebrow raised.
"Because Pudding wanted Taru-Taru to dance with her, and he would come until she used brute force, Na no da!" Pudding said smiling.
"Yeah; and where did you even get these things?" Taruto asked holding his handcuffed hand up and looking at the device holding their hands together, without lifting his head off of his arms.
"A pawn shop." Pudding replied, looking at the cuffs.
"But, why would you even want to dance with an alien?" Ichigo said shuddering.
"I don't know; its fun to dance. And it's even more fun when you are dancing with your best friends." Pudding said smiling.
Taruto lifted his head up and looked at her, with red cheeks. He lowered his head back onto his arms and sighed.
"Hmm…" Taruto grumbled, closing his eyes.
Pudding rummaged through her pocket, and pulled out a small key. She slipped it into the key holes of the handcuffs, unlocking them. Taruto heard the sound of metal against metal, and opened one eye. Pudding put the handcuffs on the table and rubbed her wrist.
After a long time dancing, everyone was getting a little drowsy. Finally the wedding party was wearing down, and everyone was sitting at the tables.
"Hmm… Brother, since the wedding is over, I suppose I should take you and your friends back to your dimension." Kishu said standing from his seat and stretching.
"Sure…" Ren said without any enthusiasm.
Kishu picked up his glass of water and a small metal spoon, he gently clacked them together. Everyone looked at him.
"Anyone who wishes to go to the other dimension, please come here." Kishu said as he placed the glass and spoon back on the table.
Everyone from the shaman dimension came over, mostly looking tired.
"Dude, like, we leavin', man?" Horo Horo asked tiredly.
"Yes, now say goodbye." Kishu said to all of the shamans.
"Dude, I'll like see you later and junk, man." Yoh said giving Mint a peace sign.
Mint felt a jolt of terror race through her body. She tried to scream but nothing came out. She was paralyzed with fear and was getting hysterical. Her friends looked at her as she was breathing at an unhealthy rate and flailing her arms in the air as she spiraled around in a whimsical daze. She thought it was a gang sign, a sign that she was to be whacked. Her heart was pounding like a jackhammer, faster and faster as she drew ever closer to what she thought would be her death. Suddenly, she fainted. All of her friends looked down at her, with no shock in their faces.
"Well, goodbye." Zakuro said waving to the shamans.
"Farewell, Zakuro." Ryu said smiling.
"Bye Horo Horo!" Ichigo yelled, waving; while glancing at Kishu to see if he was watching her. Of course he was.
"Thank you all for coming." Lettuce said smiling.
"You're welcome, bye!" Chocolove said waving.
Kishu and the shamans all disappeared in a flash. They appeared in the middle of the street in their own dimension.
"Dude, I feel sick, man." Horo Horo said holding his stomach.
"Man, you're preaching to the choir, dude." Chocolove said with his hand on his head.
"Dude, what does preaching mean, man?" Horo Horo asked.
"Man, I don't know, I heard someone say it one time, dude." Chocolove replied scratching his head.
"You are both ignoramuses." Ren said rolling his eyes.
"Dude?" Both Horo Horo and Chocolove said, confused.
"Pssh." Ren said angrily narrowing his eyes.
"Hey, you guys should try to open up more to your fellow shamans, man." Yoh said smiling and taking out some granola. "Granola, Ryu?" Yoh offered.
"Sure, I guess I could have some." Ryu replied taking some.
A small tear formed in Yoh's right eye. He slowly lifted his left arm and wiped it from his face. He smiled with pride.
"Totally radical." Yoh said giving Ryu a thumbs up.
"That was fun, Kish; we should do that more often." Jun said smiling.
"Yes, we should Jun." Kishu said smiling back at her.
"It has been quite gratifying becoming slightly more acquainted with you, Master Kishu." Pyron said bowing his head respectfully.
"I told you, it's just Kishu. You don't need to be formal with me, Pyron." Kishu said grinning.
"I suppose that I should say farewell as well, Brother." Ren said turning to Kishu.
"Thank you, Renny. I will see you very soon." Kishu replied with a smile.
"What are you implying?" Ren asked crossing his arms.
"Oh nothing brother, just that perhaps I will visit you sometime." Kishu said resting one hand on his hip.
"Hmm…" Ren grumbled lowering his eyebrows.
"Well, I should be on my way. I would like to say goodnight to Ichigo before she goes to sleep." Kishu said happily.
"What is with you?" Ren asked raising an eyebrow.
"Oh brother, you don't get it do you?" Kishu asked frowning.
"Get what?" Ren asked angrily.
"… Nothing, you will understand how it works someday." Kishu said sighing.
"How what works?" Ren asked curiously.
"Love, brother." Kishu smirked.
"Don't talk to me about love; I am not the type to fall in love. It is a sissy emotion." Ren replied looking away.
"Someday you will get it, brother." Kishu said grinning with his teeth showing.
"Puh." Ren mumbled.
"Anyway, I will miss you brother." Kishu said waving goodbye.
"I suppose perhaps I might miss you as well." Ren said reluctantly.
"Goodbye!" Kishu said as he disappeared into the night.
"…Farewell…" Ren muttered.
While That Was Happening:
"Well, now that they are gone, we should go." Mint said finally gaining consciousness.
Instantly, a huge limousine pulled up next to Mint, and the driver rushed out and opened the door for her.
"So long." Mint said stepping into the limousine and leaving.
"I guess we could go back to my house, my parents are asleep. Perhaps you could stay in the guest room; I'll just tell them you are just an exchange student from school." Lettuce said turning to Pai.
"I suppose." Pai replied as they began to leave.
"I have to get home before Kishu finds me." Ichigo said running toward her house.
Zakuro glanced over at Pudding and Taruto; Pudding was sleeping and Taruto was just watching her dully.
"What about you?" Zakuro asked.
"I'll take Pudding home, I guess." Taruto said gently lifting her up, with quite a bit of trouble; being the size he was.
Taruto teleported away, leaving Zakuro standing alone. She shrugged and began to walk towards her house.
At Ichigo's house:
"Good, he's not here." Ichigo said looking around her room.
She quietly grabbed her pajamas and went to the bathroom. When she returned she slipped into bed without turning the lights on. She rolled over to see Kishu, sitting on the other side of the bed staring at her.
"AHH!" She screamed, almost falling out of bed.
"Did I startle you?" Kishu asked looking at her with concern.
"Of course you did! What are you doing here?" Ichigo whispered loudly.
"I came to say goodnight." Kishu said smiling.
"Well you said it now leave!" Ichigo whispered.
"Oh, but I just got here." Kishu said crossing his arms.
"I don't care, you have to leave! My parents are light sleepers!" Ichigo whispered, glancing around the room in worry.
"Ichigo?" Said a voice from outside her door.
"They're here!" Ichigo said with her eyes wide.
"Am I finally going to meet your parents, Kitty?" Kishu asked grinning.
"Ichigo?" The voice said again as the door creaked open.
The door opened fully and there stood both of her parents, looking very tired. They stared at Ichigo with worry.
"Is everything alright dear?" Her mom asked, concerned.
Ichigo breathed deeply and glanced back to see if Kishu was there. All she saw was wrinkled covers. She turned back to her parents.
"Yeah, I just had a bad dream is all." Ichigo said nervously.
"Okay… let's go back to bed." Ichigo's father said leaving and closing the door behind him and Ichigo's mother.
"Phew." Ichigo sighed in relief.
She looked back at where Kishu was, and still he was not there. She sighed and crawled under her covers to go to sleep.
