School Chapter 5:

Mint and Ryou's Date

The rest of the week went by fairly quickly. Ichigo and Kisshu had planned to spy on Mint and Ryou's date, and they also had decided on a strategy for killing Aoyuck.

Soon it was Friday night, and Kisshu teleported Ichigo to the movie theater. It was 5:45, so they were certain Ryou and Mint would be here soon. Now they just had to find a hiding place. "There's a tree next to the ticket booth," Ichigo said. "I can climb up, but I can't climb down, so I hope you don't mind teleporting out when we're done."

"I don't mind, but why can't you climb down?" Kisshu asked.

"It's a cat thing," Ichigo said. "It's almost six, let's go." She looked around carefully, then ran to the tree and climbed it, followed by Kisshu.

Not even ten minutes later, they saw Mint coming, and watched as she looked around. Ryou came up a minute later, and Kisshu and Ichigo listened as he greeted Mint, then said, "So what movie did you want to see?"

"The reviews for Beautiful Creatures were pretty good, should we see that?" Mint asked.

"Sure," Ryou said. They walked up to the ticket booth, and bought tickets, then went inside.

"Can we follow them?" Kisshu asked hopefully.

"No, we can't get in without paying," Ichigo said. "I think one illegal act per week is good."

"What?" Kisshu asked, puzzled. "What else are we doing that's illegal?"

Ichigo looked at him in disbelief. "We're kidnapping and killing Aoyuck, don't you remember?" she asked.

"Oh," Kisshu said. "I guess I don't think of that as illegal, since he really deserves it."

Ichigo giggled softly, and said, "I guess you're right. And since Ryou hates him too, he won't tell, even though he was spying on us when you wrote the death threat."

"He was SPYING on us?" Kisshu asked incredulously. "Can I take him down for that?"

"No, because I already told him if he ever does it again, I'll have Pudding bite him," Ichigo said. "He's terrified of Pudding biting him. He tried to take her candy away a few weeks ago, and she literally almost bit his hand off. That was when we realized that her Mew animal actually has fangs like mine. That was funny, hearing Ryou scream at the top of his lungs, "THAT HURTS! HELP ME!" I didn't know he was that high-pitched."

Kisshu laughed quietly and asked, "So Blondie screams like a girl?"

"Yeah, and so does Aoyuck," Ichigo said. "You should have heard him screaming for mercy when Moe and Miwa beat him up the first time. You would have been laughing too hard to help them."

"And they didn't get in trouble?" Kisshu asked.

"Nope," Ichigo said. "The principal doesn't like bullies, so he lets Moe and Miwa beat them up. He gave up telling them to stop two months after they set foot in his school." She looked thoughtful, then said, "I wonder how Mint and Ryou's date is going?"

With Mint and Ryou: The movie hadn't started yet, and Ryou asked, "So why did you get Kisshu to ask me to go to the movies with you?"

Mint looked startled, and said, "Ichigo told me that you asked me out."

"They set us up, didn't they?" Ryou asked wearily.

"Looks like it," Mint agreed.

"Well, we might as well enjoy this, and then we can get revenge," Ryou said.

"Revenge sounds nice," Mint said. "Look, the movie's starting!"

After the movie: Mint and Ryou walked out, watched closely by two pairs of unseen eyes. Of course, the eyes belonged to Kisshu and Ichigo, who were snickering silently about the fact that Mint and Ryou appeared to be holding hands. The snickering faded when Ryou said, "I'll drive you home. Tomorrow, we get revenge, k?"

"Yep, Kisshu and Ichigo are going down," Mint said with an evil grin. Ryou returned the grin, and they walked off to the parking lot.

"Uh-oh," Ichigo said.

"Uh-oh is right, how'd they guess?" Kisshu asked.

"More importantly, what are they going to do to us?" Ichigo asked. "I imagine it'll involve ghost tricks…."

"Ghost tricks?" Kisshu asked. "Ghosts don't exist."

"I'm still afraid of them," Ichigo said.

Kisshu sweatdropped, and said, "Koneko-chan, that doesn't make sense."

"Hey, your fear is worse than mine," Ichigo said indignantly.

"What's my fear?" Kisshu asked, puzzled.

"My dad," Ichigo said.

"He's scary…." Kisshu said.

"There you have it, we've both got totally ridiculous fears," Ichigo said.

"Mmph," Kisshu said. "Yours is worse. Let's go home now." He took her hand and teleported to her room.

"Did we tell Mom Moe and Miwa are sleeping over tomorrow?" Ichigo asked.

"No, we'd better go do that," Kisshu said. He went downstairs, followed by Ichigo.

Sakura and Shintaro were watching TV, and looked up as Ichigo and Kisshu came in. "What's up?" Shintaro asked.

"We invited Moe and Miwa over for a sleepover tomorrow," Ichigo said. "They're going to be here at 7."

"Okay, but next time, tell us ahead of time," Sakura said. "What will you be doing?"

"I think Truth or Dare, but we might play some other games," Ichigo said. They had agreed to keep Sakura and Shintaro in the dark about Aoyuck's demise until it was too late.

"Well, have fun," Shintaro said.

"We will," Kisshu said cheerfully.

"And don't stay up too late," Sakura said.

"We'll try," Ichigo said. "Kisshu and I are going to go get ready for bed, k?"

"Sure, but where were you earlier?" Sakura asked.

"Out," Ichigo said. "Enjoying the sunset. It's nice from the sakura tree in Inohara Park."

"That does sound nice," Sakura said. "Sleep well."

"K," Ichigo and Kisshu said, and went off to get ready for bed.

The next morning they had work, because Ryou was a slave driver, but they closed early, so they had plenty of time to put their plan to kill Aoyuck into action. They had forgotten about Mint and Ryou's revenge, but were quickly reminded when they got in and found Mint and Ryou waiting with evil grins on their faces.

"We're in for it now, aren't we?" Ichigo asked.

"Yes," Ryou said. "You thought you could set us up and get away with it?"

"Our idea seems to have worked a bit, so why complain?" Kisshu asked. "It's not like we did this to two people who absolutely hate each other."

"Besides, Mint's been in love with you from the beginning, Ryou," Ichigo said. "She wasn't going to make the first move, so we just gave her a little push."

Mint was now bright red, and Ryou was looking shocked. The he turned to Mint and asked, "Mint, you're in love with me?"

"Yes…" Mint muttered.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Ryou asked.

"I knew you liked Ichigo," Mint said. "I didn't want to get rejected."

They were all startled when Ryou turned Mint around to face him, and kissed her. The shock wore off quickly for Kisshu and Ichigo, who hi-fived each other- then started snickering. Kisshu suddenly got an idea, and started singing, "Ryou and Mint, sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes an egg in a baby carriage!"

Ryou and Mint broke off the kiss, dark red, and shouted, "KISSHU, YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"

"How?" Kisshu asked.

"Tickling," Mint said with an evil grin.

To their surprise, Kisshu squeaked and teleported. "What was that about?" Ryou asked.

"Beats me, let's ask Pai," Ichigo said.

Pai teleported in with Lettuce a while later, and asked, "Where's Kisshu?"

"We don't know, Mint said she was going to tickle him, and he squeaked and teleported, and now we can't find him," Ichigo said.

Pai sighed. "Kisshu's extremely ticklish- to the point where too much can actually hurt him," he said. "He runs for it every time someone says the word 'tickle'. I'll see where he is." Pai closed his eyes for a minute, then said, "He's under Ichigo's bed. Ichigo, let's go get him."

"Hai," Ichigo said. "Mint, Ryou, I know you're not happy, but please don't tickle Kisshu."

"Fine…" Ryou said.

Pai nodded and took Ichigo by the shoulder, then teleported her to her room. When they landed, Ichigo knelt and looked under the bed. Sure enough, Kisshu was down there, and he looked scared. "Am I going to get tickled now that Ryou and Mint know about my weakness?" he asked.

"Not if I have anything to say about it," Ichigo said. "Can you come out?"

"Only if you keep them away from me," Kisshu said.

"I will, and Pai will help," Ichigo said. "Come on out, we need to go back and get to work."

Kisshu sighed and came out from under the bed. Ichigo got up, and Kisshu took her hand, then teleported back to the Café.

Sorry it's short, but it's 1:15 AM, and I'm tired. Aoyuck will probably be dead by the end of the next chapter, but that won't be till tomorrow. Please review in the meantime!