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When Ichigo was done with the bath, she stood up and realized that she didn't have any cloths. Sighing in irritation, she grabbed her power pendent and became mew Ichigo. Kish finally turned around and asked with a teasing voice, "What's wrong Ichigo? No normal clothes to wear?"
Ichigo glared at Kish before saying in an angry, barley controlled voice, "Kish, what is wrong with you? Not only did you torture me, you now play games like this?
Kish lifted one hand to rub the back of his head in thought and said in a regretful voice, "I know what I did was wrong, but you wouldn't come with me no matter what. Please understand…."
Ichigo ran at Kish and punched him in the face. As he lifted his hand with surprise at his suddenly bleeding nose, Ichigo said coldly, "You tortured me Kish. That is both wrong and absolutely unforgivable."
Kish looked confused as he got up and slowly walked to her saying, "but Ichigo, look at where you are now. You must realize that all I wanted was the chance to show you my true feelings…"
Ichigo gave Kish a look that snapped his mouth shut. "You show people who you love by giving them gifts, taking them on dates, even something as simple as talking…what you did was a act that no matter what you do now, all I am is a forced prisoner of you." Ichigo said bitterly, showing she actually hated Kish for what he had done.
With a shocked look, Kish realized that she was never going to forgive him for what he had done. His efforts to get Ichigo might have worked, but at a huge cost. Kish shook his head angerly and said in a cheerful voice, "Where we will be going soon will make everything better. You will gradually forgive me Ichigo…though it might take a little while just to gain your trust."
Ichigo's eyes narrowed as she stomped one of her feet. "No, I will never forgive you Kish. Never..." Ichigo hissed before sitting down and looking away from Kish.
Kish began to wonder if she would ever forgive him. "Surly I didn't hurt you that much Ichigo," Kish said with a laugh but stopped when she looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"It hurt Kish…it hurt more then you will ever know. Did you know that a cat's tail is part of its spinal cord? When you grabbed mine, you were literally cracking my spin." Ichigo sobbed, her hand gently stroking her cat tail.
It hit Kish like a physical blow to his stomach. He realized just how long it took her to break when he had grabbed her tail. The forced standing probable hurt, but it was more discomfort then actual pain. When he gripped her tail…it was more then agony to her.
"I'm…I didn't know…" Kish said with regret, his eyes focused on her face. He started to come forward but Ichigo backed away from him.
"Stay away Kish. My whole body hurts more then any time that I can remember. Just leave me alone." Ichigo begged, lying down on her back and falling asleep, weariness overcoming her.
"Ichigo…I truly am sorry…" Kish said, his eyes filling with tears. "I'm sorry that I did that to you...I wouldn't have done what I did if I knew that the pain I caused you would have been so unbearable."
Kish walked over to Ichigo and picked her up before teleporting them to his room. He laid her down on his huge bed and looked around his room. It was oval shaped, with both ends having a door. One door led to the main hallway and the other led to his personal library. Other then the bed, there wasn't anything in his room. Kish checked Ichigo's breathing to discover that it was slightly faster then normal.
"Ichigo…I will make it up to you, I swear," Kish said with tears in his eyes. He walked over to his library and began to research on torture repair for the mind. He found nothing about it, but he did find something that said that if he was to experience the same torture, then it might repair some trust between the two.
"This should be fun…" Kish said sarcastically before standing up and began to intensively exercise. After he was very tired and sweating profusely, he walked into his room and chained one of his hands to the ceiling, preventing him from sitting down.
Ichigo's eyes opened as he did so, and she watched for a few seconds before asking in an annoyed voice, "What are you doing Kish?"
Kish simply smiled and replied, "I'm torturing myself the way I did to you. I want to know exactly how you felt, so here I am. I've got to stand like this for another hour." He fell silent and watched as Ichigo shrugged and sat there, watching him. After thirty minutes of silence, Kish began to see what was so bad about standing up for that long.
"So, because I sweated so much when I exercised, my leg muscles are cramping," Kish said as he gritted his teeth, the real pain starting. Ichigo simply nodded and continued to watch. After twenty more minutes, Kish was actually trying to get free of his chain, but couldn't.
"I…don't have any strength in my arms…" Kish gasped, trying to break free.
Ichigo looked at a timer he had set and said casually, "You've got another ten minutes Kish before you can be let go."
Kish shook his head furiously and said, "No I don't. I've got ten minutes before you come over to take over control of the torture and force me to beg for freedom."
It came as a shock to Ichigo that Kish would actually want her to take over the torture, considering that she had a white hot anger in her heart for him. After another ten minutes, Ichigo got up and walked over to Kish, who was so tired that the chain was the only thing holding him up. She placed a hand on Kish's shoulder and forced his weight on his legs. Kish let out a cry of pain and tried to struggle but was too weak to do so.
Ichigo didn't feel any better when she did the exact same thing that Kish had done to her. She said softly, "Tell me that you will free me from your forced deal, and I'll let you go."
Kish started to shake his head no, but she applied some of her weight to his legs, causing him to be holding both his own normal weight plus hers. It caused him to cry out, "fine, I release you from the deal…just stop this torture." Ichigo smiled sadly and freed him from the chain, causing him to collapse on to his knees. After a few minutes of deep breathing, he said softly, "That was what it was like. I didn't even make it as bad as you had it, yet I felt so tired and sore that it was everything I could do to not to cry out constantly."
Ichigo said nothing but gasped in shock as Kish shakily got to his feet and walked over to a computer. He typed in the words "attach a real cat tail" and suddenly in a flash of light, Kish had a cat tail just like Ichigos. "Now, pull my tail Ichigo," Kish demanded as he laid belly down on the ground, preparing himself mentally.
Ichigo didn't move from where she was. "No Kish…the pain would destroy you. I only survived because of pure luck, but you might not be so lucky," Ichigo said softly, realizing that with a cold certainty that it was true. She had survived because of luck and nothing more.
Kish looked at Ichigo and said with anger, "just pull my damn tail." Ichigo hesitantly walked over to him and closed her eyes as she grabbed Kish's tail. It felt real, and when Ichigo pulled on it slightly, Kish let out a cry of pain that was unlike any she had ever heard before. Kish started to try and get up, but Ichigo tightened her grip on his tail slightly and listened to how Kish howled in pain.
"Damn it," Kish cursed, gritting his teeth as Ichigo nervously gripped tighter. White flashed across Kish's eyes as the pain seemed to explode through out his entire body. Even though it took everything he had just to remain conscious, he demanded, "make me beg now Ichigo. Break my spirit the way I did it to you." Ichigo opened her eyes in shock at the demand.
It felt so terrible to Ichigo to be causing the type of pain that she knew hurt more then anything else that she actually hesitated before saying in a shaky voice, "tell me that you will take me home Kish."
Kish shook his head in anger but cried out as Ichigo pulled his tail up. "No…I won't…" Kish sobbed, his eyes filling with tears of pure agony.
Ichigo closed her eyes against the sight, but she pulled again and heard him scream out, "I will take you home!"
Ichigo immediately let go of Kish, who just laid there for a few minutes, trying to stop the pain that persisted after the incident. "The pain…it was like you were breaking open my spin every few seconds…the pain exploded through my body like white hot knives cutting deep into me…it hurt more then I could ever describe," Kish mumbled, his eyes out of focus.
Tears formed in Ichigo's eyes for a few seconds before she turned away from him and touched her own cat tail. She was reminded of the pain that he had caused her, but she knew that he had just experienced the same thing…to a lesser extent then she had originally. Ichigo didn't know what to think right now, but she still didn't trust Kish. He may have suffered through the pain, but she had been tortured by him first.
It was all too confusing for Ichigo, so she went over to Kish's bed and fell asleep under its red, soft blankets. After a few more minutes of Kish lying where he was, he got up and walked over to the computer and had it take away his cat tail. The pain almost seemed to go away with it, but he was still sore beyond what he thought was possible. "I can see why she would hate me right now…" Kish said softly, looking at Ichigo's sleeping form. Kish shook his head in sadness and said, "I didn't even get the full effect, and yet I was screaming for mercy after such soft tugs and squeezes. Imagine the pain I caused her…"
Kish then knew that he had to make it up to Ichigo, somehow. If it took the rest of his life, he would find a way to show her how sorry he was…even if the only way was to take his own life.
Well, that's it for this chapter. Nothing much for me to comment on, except that the next update will be in a few days. Please review, thanks!