Kish's P.O.V.:
I was sitting on the floor at our meeting spot, thinking about Ichigo and that weird girl when something hit me in the head.
"Earth to Kish! Are you in there?!" Pie yelled as he stood right in front of me.
"OW! What the hell was that?" I yelled holding onto my head.
"My clackers…" Tart said simply.
"Why?" I asked annoyed.
"You were spacing out and not paying attention to what we're here for." Pie said annoyed.
"You couldn't have just shook me or something?" I asked annoyed.
"No…that doesn't work with you. Now would you like to share with the rest of us what's on your mind?" Pie asked crossing his arms across his chest; he was pissed.
"No, not really…what did you call us here for anyways?" I asked annoyed.
"Right. Anyways, I called you two here because I wanted to discuss something very important. And that would be whether or not we want to find a permanent living space here on earth instead of in this ship in the middle of the woods. Now that our kind is accepted by humans and such…we should consider finding a home." Pie said shocking the crap out of both me and Tart.
"Are you serious? You, Pie, our older brother wants to find a home to live in? The same guy who swore he would never live anywhere except this ship when it came to living on earth?" Tart asked shocked.
"Oh I get it now…you were offered by Lettuce's parents to come stay at their place. But you didn't want that so you've decided to get a house because that's what you told her parents." I said looking at Pie; he knew I had caught him; I could see it written all over his face.
"We-well…wh-what…d-do you want to have a place to live or not?" Pie asked, stammering out his question; it really got Tart going because this is not normal Pie for you.
"Sure…why not. Is that all now? Can I go?" I asked annoyed.
"No, that's not all; not until you tell me what's going on in that head of yours. What has got you so distracted lately? It can't be that Ichigo girl can it? Didn't she tell you she'd think about whether or not she wanted to be with you? It's only been a few days…and according to my research on human relations…when a girl gets broken up with, she'll need possibly up to months of time to think before moving on. If a girl gets with somebody right away he's normally just a rebound guy or she's a slut." Pie said sending me into a rage.
"My kitten isn't a slut!" I yelled as I threw a table across the ship…
"I didn't say she was…I said that girls who date right away after are either just going for a rebound or is a slut." Pie said calmly, which only pissed me off even more.
"She's not a slut even if she did want to be with me right away! And I wouldn't care if I'm just a rebound guy!" I yelled before I started backing away.
"Ok…so the old hag's not a slut. What's your new fascination with the new cat girl? I think Pudding said her name was Momo or something like that." Tart said looking at me.
"I don't have a fascination with her…" I said as I started calming down.
"Suuurrre…you don't…and I'm this Santa Clause guy or the Easter Bunny. Come on Kish; I see you looking at the computers, looking up information about her. I've also seen you following and spying on her this last week. Are you sure you still love the old hag?" Tart asked in an annoying tone of voice.
"Yes, I'm sure I still love my Koneko-Chan! There's just something about that Momo girl that has me wondering." I said simply looking at the wall.
"She's no threat Kish…" Pie said simply.
"I never said she was a threat; there's just something about her. Something seems off…aside from the fact that she likes that Ryou guy." I said as I put my hand to my chin.
"What's wrong with Ryou?" Tart asked looking at Tart.
"He's an ass!" I exclaimed out of nowhere.
"He's the reason we have jobs…and a place to keep our ship until we no longer need it." Pie said a light fixer came falling out of the wall…
"I'd say we find a new place to stay and soon…" Tart said as started levitating above the ground.
"About that. Ryou is also the reason we'll have a place to stay; I already talked to him earlier." Pie said simply.
"Ok?" Tart and I asked suspiciously.
"He said as long as we pay rent, we'll have a place to stay. And with our combined income we should be able to afford everything we need in a month. That means no buying as much crap…a thing here and there for the girls, but nothing too expensive. Now Ryou said we could stay in our new home for six months rent free to get on our feet and such; he already bought a place." Pie said causing me stare at him dumbfounded…Ryou? Has he always been this nice?
"Now what about Momo that you don't like?" Tart asked, poking me in the side.
"I don't not like her; there's just something about her…in my opinion, I think she's in trouble or danger." I said looking at Pie and Tart.
"Has she said anything?" Pie asked seriously.
"No…but I don't think she knows; she always just seems so…happy." I explained.
"Well…I'll look into it, but I can't guarantee I'll find anything. But you're right about one thing; she is a bit off. And it's not because she likes Ryou, who by the way really likes her as well." Pie explained.
"Which is good news for you; means you won't have any completion for the old hag." Tart said to which I popped him one over the head.
"Will you stop calling her that? She's not an old hag!" I exclaimed annoyed.
"Can I go now? I would really like to see my kitten before her dad gets home…" I groaned at the thought of meeting her dad the last time.
"Yeah, go ahead. Just don't tell anyone about this unless she's in actual, real danger; we don't need a mass panic for nothing if it turns out to be nothing." Pie said simply.
"Aye Aye Mon Captain!" Tart exclaimed like the little shit that he was.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I said waving as I left.
As I was walking to Ichigo's I couldn't stop thinking about Momo and what kind of trouble she was in. Did she not know? And if she did know why wouldn't she say anything to any of the others? Is this something that could get Ichigo hurt?
"Hey, are you going to see Ichigo?" I heard a familiar voice ask from in front of me; it was Ryou.
"Ye-yeah. What are you doing here?" I asked shocked.
"Well, I came to see Ichigo and everything. But mainly I'm here dropping off something for Momo." Ryou said as we walked.
"Momo had something to do with family…" I said seriously, remembering what she said before when I spoke with her.
"Well…not according to Ichigo; according to her whatever Momo was supposed to be doing got canceled and she is now spending the a few hours or whatever at Ichigo's." Ryou said and I heard it…a slight hint of annoyance.
"Something wrong?" I asked immediately curious.
"I don't know…" Ryou sighed running his hand though his hair before he continued, "I have Keiichiro running background checks on her and her family, but we haven't found a whole lot. I don't know why I'm telling you any of this…"
"Because you think she's in some kind of trouble?" I asked looking at him.
"You could tell?" He asked looking right at me as we stopped in front of Ichigo's house.
"I don't think you're the only one; I've noticed something as well…but I don't know what." I said simply.
I think he was going to say something when Berry came storming out.
"What's going on?" Ryou asked as she went storming by.
"Some people just deserve to be happy; not just her! And that little brat is taking her side!" That was all either Ryou or I got from her as we went up to the house.
"Oh Kish and Ryou; it's good to see you two. Ichigo and Momo are up in her room; go right ahead." Ichigo's mother said kindly as she watched out the door.
When we made it to Ichigo's room we could hear her crying and Momo doing her best to comfort her.
"What's going in here?" I asked right away as Ryou and I walked in.