"Berry just came by; she said Ichigo should just grow up and get over Masaya. And that she's not the only one who deserves happiness; Mint deserves to be happy as well. Ichigo just needs to back off and…I'm sorry; I don't want to upset big sister Ichigo anymore." Momo said softly as Ichigo cried into her shoulder.
"It's fine; we get the gist of it…" Ryou sighed.
Kish was standing there shaking; he was visibly pissed.
"Mr. Kish, are you alright?" Momo asked snapping Kish back to reality.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine…just a little pissed off." Kish said as calmly as he could.
"Oh…" Momo said simply as she held onto Ichigo.
"Oh here are your things that you left at the café." Ryou said handing Momo her bag.
"Oh, thank you so very much." Momo said softly.
"You're welcome." Ryou said with a smile that made Momo blush a little.
"Momo." Sakura said coming into the room.
"Yes?" Momo asked softly.
"Your parents are on the phone; they want to talk to you now." Sakura said holding up the phone.
"Oh…ok." Momo said softly and slowly as she got up and took the phone into the hall while Sakura went back downstairs.
"Is she spending the night?" Kish asked looking at Ichigo.
"No; she said she's only staying until her parents call." Ichigo said through sniffles.
"Ichigo, I'm sorry about all this." Ryou said sincerely.
"Thank you Ryou. Is there something wrong?" Ichigo asked softly.
"You're welcome. Oh, nothing really." Ryou said lying to Ichigo and she seen it.
"Ok. What's wrong? I can tell by the looks on your faces; you both have the same exact look. So what's wrong?" Ichigo asked again.
Both men just sighed…
"Have you noticed something off about Momo lately?" Kish asked right away?
"The only thing I've noticed she's been really pale and sick more lately. But that's about it. Why? Do you think she's in trouble or something?" Ichigo asked concerned.
"We don't know…none of us do." Ryou sighed as he ran his hand through his hair again.
"Ichigo?" Momo said softly as she came back in.
"Yes, what is it?" Ichigo asked right away.
"That was my dad; I have to go." Momo said softly.
"Are you ok? Is everything alright?" Ichigo asked concerned.
"Oh yeah; he's just mad that I'm here. Well…not so much anymore. He didn't know mom had said I could come here instead of going to meet their friends tonight. But I should get going before I get in trouble." Momo said with a smile.
"Oh wait, just a second!" Ichigo called back.
"Yes?" Momo asked confused.
"Before Berry came over you and were talking about stuff. I just wanted to say that you were right." Ichigo said as she stood up.
"Hmmm?" Momo asked confused.
"You said that I should follow my heart. With that being said, Kish; I would like to give you a chance. But I still need a few days to start feeling better. And Momo, this is all thanks to you. So thank you for tell me to follow my heart." Ichigo said hugging Momo before smiling at Kish.
"Yes! Woohoo! Thank you Kitten! And thank you Mini Kitten!" Kish said hugging both girls.
"You're welcome." Both Ichigo and Momo said softly.
"Now for you…make sure you follow your heart and tell Ryou how you feel." Ichigo said and then whispered the last part in Momo's ear making her blush.
"I will…later. But for now I really have to go. I'm glad you're feeling better Ichigo." Momo said with a smile before turning around and then stopping all of the sudden before starting a nasty coughing fit, coughing up blood.
"Momo, are you ok? Is that blood?" Ichigo asked right away.
"I-I don-don't feel so good. M-my stom-stomach hurts." Momo said before she completely blacked out.
"Momo!" The three yelled as Kish caught her and Ryou and Ichigo were immediately by her.
"What happened? MOM! DAD!" Ichigo cried frantically.
"What? What's wrong? What happened?!" Sakura and Shintaro asked alarmed when they arrived in Ichigo's room.
"I don't know! She started coughing really hard and then coughed up some blood before saying she wasn't feeling well and that her stomach hurt and then she passed out.
"Call 911! She's not breathing!" Ryou yelled as he started doing chest compressions and mouth to mouth resuscitation.
"Mmmm…" Momo moaned a little as she started breathing again, but did not wake up.
"Is she going to be ok?" Ichigo asked concerned as she started crying; she had thought of Momo as a younger sister. Yes, while she loved pretty much all of the other girls and considered them sisters, Momo was different.
"I'm sure she'll be fine; she's a fighter. You say so all of the time." Kish said as he walked over to Ichigo to hopefully be able to comfort her.
"Mom?" Ichigo asked as soon as she seen her mom come back up to her room.
"How is she?" Sakura asked right away.
"She's breathing on her own, but she's not waking up." Ryou said as he held onto Momo.
"Mmmm…" Momo moaned again.
"Ok. Your dad just got off the phone with the paramedics. He told me that they told him if she still wasn't breathing on her own to leave her where she lay and continue to do chest compressions and mouth to mouth. But if she wakes up or starts breathing again to bring her downstairs and wait for the ambulance." Sakura said in a hurry.
"Alight." Ryou said getting up and then as gently as he possibly could, picked Momo up and carried her downstairs, following Sakura while Ichigo and Kish followed him…
"Shintaro, what's wrong?" Sakura asked as they all got to the living room.
"I just got off the phone with the cops after talking toher parents." Shintaro said simply.
"Ok, and?" Ichigo asked looking at her dad.
"They said they didn't want her going to the hospital…" Shintaro started.
"WHAT?!" The group yelled in shock.
"Yeah. I told them what had happened and that I called an ambulance and they told me to call them back and tell them that they weren't needed. I asked if it was some religious thing and they said no; it's personal. Just call them back and tell them not come. So I told them to shove it, hung up, called the cops and told them what had happened." Shintaro explained.
"What the hell?" Sakura and Ichigo asked in complete shock and confusion.
"I guess we'll find out eventually…" Ryou sighed.
"Mmmm…Mmmmm…Ahhh!" Momo started moaning and trashing around in what seemed like severe pain as she began to sweat.
"What's happening?" Ichigo asked as she started hugging Kish, scared that her friend was dying or something.
"I'm not sure…" Shintaro said as they heard and saw flashing sirens.
"We'll find out soon though…hopefully; the ambulance is here." Sakura said as she went to the front door…