28530553593465Aoyama Kun or Kisshu

Ichigo's Choice

Musa Hawk

Chapter 1

Confusion

Ichigo ran. A colossal kimira anima chased after her down a long Tokyo city alleyway. This kimira anima wasn't the only one, there were many others rampant in Tokyo, her fellow fighters for justice-Minto, Retassu, Purin, and Zakuro- were busy taking care of those.

"Hey, koneko." Said the oh so familiar voice of Kisshu.

"Kisshu!" Ichigo shouted. "This little debacle of yours is coming to an end!" Kisshu sailed down from the sky and cupped his hand gently under Ichigo's chin. His behavior was so predictable, but Ichigo was always caught off guard. She shoved Kisshu aside and held Strawberry Bell in front of her.

"Ribbon…STRAWBERRY SURPRISE!" she called and the kimira anima that had been chasing her turned back into its original form, and Masha ate the alien that had been inside it. Minto, Retassu, Purin, and Zakuro appeared at that moment. Kisshu lifted into the air.

"Until next time, little kitty." And with that he teleported back to his home planet. Ichigo watched as Kisshu disappeared. A raw rancorous feeling crept into her. She would hate Kisshu until the day he died.

At the café the next day Ichigo spent most of the time running in and out of the kitchen, taking in and filling out orders. Minto, obviously was no help whatsoever, Retassu kept tripping and breaking something, and Purin was yet again showing off her acrobatic skills while trying to serve the food. The only help Ichigo seemed to get was from Zakuro, but she was just as quiet and sullen as ever.

In the third dimension thingy that you normally see Kisshu, Pai, and Taruto in. Pai was devising a plan that would eradicate all life on earth.

"But Pai," Taruto cut in as Pai was about to say something. "Don't you think that this plan is a little insidious?" Kisshu started to laugh.

"Since when did you learn such a big word?" Taruto just closed his eyes and stuck his tongue out at Kisshu. Taruto then turned to Pai.

"Are you sure this'll work?" Pai nodded.

"Positive, Kisshu is the only one of us who would even dream of actually doing such a thing." Kisshu stopped laughing and rolled over onto his back. This was going to be too easy, but he had to be assiduous.

()()()()()

Ring…ring…ring! Ichigo woke up the next morning to the ring of her cell phone.

"Ohyogozaimas!" she nearly shouted.

"Ohyo." Said the voice at the other end of the phone.

"Aoyama kun!"

"Hey Ichigo, I was wondering if you would like to go to the park with me today if you're not previously engaged."

"I would love to! I will be there in about half an hour!"

"Great, see you then." Ichigo got out of her bed and went over to her closet. She pulled out a cute little white camisole, and a blue tight-knit sweater. She then took out a cute little gray skirt, she then walked over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of white tights. She got dressed quickly and put her hair up in its usual pigtails. She slipped her backpack on and hurried out the door.

As she was skipping toward the park she noticed something odd. She stopped. Everywhere she went, the air all around her was stagnant and she was finding it hard to breath.

"Hey Koneko!"

"Kisshu!" Ichigo gasped.

"I can stop it…but only if you'll be mine." He glided down and twirled his finger in one of her hair ribbons. Ichigo felt her stomach drop, but she thought that it had more to do with the lack of oxygen rather than it having to do with the fact that she was slowly developing a crush on Kisshu. Ichigo gathered all of her strength and took a step toward him and said in a low whisper.

"Maybe, but I won't stand for any corruption." Kisshu thought that a significant answer, looked indiscriminant about it, lifted the oxygen pressure, and before he left, he snagged a quick kiss on her cheek. Could this guy be any more enigmatic? (A.N. total sarcasm by the way). Ichigo continued on her way to the park.

"Hey Ichigo." Aoyama Kun said when Ichigo finally got there.

"Hey." Ichigo said almost dreamily. They sat down together at the edge of the fountain. They just sat there in silence for a few hours until Aoyama Kun said that he had to go home. He got up and hugged Ichigo goodbye. Ichigo just sat on the fountain edge in complete confusion.

()()()()()()

The next day, Sunday, Zakuro invited the girls to her church.

"Oh this is a most beautiful and holly place!" Purin awed.

"Yes well, we're not here to consecrate anything." Minto said looking around the big church. In ichigo's opinion Minto and Purin were polarized from each other, but no matter what all five of them were amalgamated in order to infer the amount of havoc that Kisshu and his friends caused. Ichigo looked down, just the thought of Kisshu made her stomach flip. They spent the next two hours in the church.

"Well, that was interesting." Ichigo said to herself as she said goodbye to the others. She stopped by the park on her way home. It was deserted so she decided to sleep on one of the benches. She couldn't sleep at all, even though she was extremely tired, so Ichigo decided to stay awake. A food vendor came around shortly after Ichigo decided to stay awake. Ichigo was hungry and decided to by some Ikura sushi. The acquisition was soon made and Ichigo soon had a full stomach. She went back to the bench she had been sitting on earlier, and this time when she tried to sleep she was not disappointed.

Kisshu appeared hovering just a few inches in front of her. He dropped to his feet and got down on his knees so his face was just a few inches from Ichigo's. She looked so quiet and peaceful lying there like that. He leaned closer so that there was hardly a hairs width between them. Ichigo opened her eyes.

"Kisshu!" she said startled, sitting bolt up right. Her action made Kisshu jump-which is kind of hard when one is sitting on one's knees-so Kisshu ended up falling over onto his back. For some reason Ichigo could sense his shock and feel his physical pain when his back hit the hard, cold walkway. Ichigo was shocked, that feeling she had was so vicarious.

"Gommenasai!" she said helping Kisshu to his feet. He stood up rubbing his lower back. He sat down next to Ichigo on the bench.

"So, Koneko, how are you?" he asked trying to start a conversation. Ichigo shrugged.

"Eh, I've been better." Kisshu looked at her, remembering the plan that Pai had concocted. But what if I really fall in love with Ichigo? He thought. He snorted. Man, Pai would throw a fit! A few seconds later Ichigo fell asleep again and collapsed in Kisshu's lap. They stayed like that until the sun started to go down. Kisshu lifted her up into his arms and teleported her to her bedroom balcony. Seeing that her window was opened he flew her in, placed her gently on her bed, and teleported home. Even though nothing really happened that Sunday, Kisshu thought that he had accomplished a lot.

When Ichigo awoke the next morning she was a little startled when she found herself in her bed when she remembered falling asleep in someone's lap in the park. Well. She thought. I guess my memory is a little defective. She got up and went down stairs. Today she didn't have to worry about being late for school today, she had the day off. Ichigo ate breakfast and went back to her room to get changed into day clothes. She went into her bathroom to brush her teeth. When she got out she was ready for the day ahead of her. She slipped on her backpack, went down the stairs and out the front door. She skipped from place to place and did occasional twirls. Today she felt that nothing could go wrong. She began to run. When she had built up enough momentum she lifted herself up into a leap. She landed gracefully like the little kitty she was. She continued walking. Ring! Ring! Ring! Ichigo's cell phone rang.

"Ohayo!" she said picking it up.

"Ohayo." Said the voice on the other end of the line.

"Aoyama kun!"

"Hai. Listen Ichigo, I was wondering if you would come with me to the zoo today?" ichigo's heart stopped beating for a split second. She didn't know why. She loved going on dates with Aoyama Kun, but today she felt a little guilty.

"Um sorry Aoyama Kun but I'm er I'm already booked for the day." She lied.

"Ok," he said. "Maybe tomorrow then?"

"Hai." She hung up the phone. Why did she feel so uneasy? Why did she feel guilty about being asked out by Aoyama Kun? What were these feelings?

"Hey koneko, miss me?" said the unmistakable voice of,

"KISSHU!"

"That's right honey." Ichigo's stomach did a back flip, and she ran. Kisshu, obviously, followed her. He chased her down a narrow Tokyo alleyway. Ichigo backed up against a wall, but for some reason she wasn't scared.

"Why'd you run little kittie?" Kisshu asked. Ichigo stood there shaking.

"I…I don't know." She collapsed down on her hands and knees. Kisshu touched down in front of her and cupped a hand under her chin.

"Aisheteru koneko." He said softly. At those words Ichigo fainted. Aisheteru…Kisshu. She thought. Kisshu picked her up.

"Ah well I'd better take her home." He said. He lifted into the air with Ichigo in his arms. He teleported to the front door of the Momomiya household. Kisshu touched down, so his feet were touching the ground. He carefully put Ichigo down and pulled out a ski cap from his pocket and put it on to hide his ears, then he picked Ichigo back up and rang the doorbell. The door opened. A woman that Kisshu assumed to Ichigo's mother stood in the doorway.

"Hello? Who are you." She looked down and saw Ichigo.

"Oh my! What happened?"

"Don't worry Mrs. Momomiya. My name's Kisshu and I go to school with Ichigo. I was on my way home when I found her lying in the middle of a deserted alley way." Kisshu saw the surprise and shock in the mother's eyes.

"Don't worry," he said again. "When I found her she wasn't wounded in anyway, just a little shaken."

"Oh thank god!" Mrs. Momomiya said letting out a sigh of relief. Kisshu deposited Ichigo in her mothers arms.

"I hope she gets better." He said, he walked all the way down the street and pulled his hat off. He teleported back to that third dimension thingy. He laid down on the little semi-veranda, facing the green sky-thing. He stayed like that for god only knew how long, but he knew he had spent a long time there.

"Kisshu, what the heck is wrong." Kisshu just rolled over onto his stomach and ignored Taruto.

"I confessed my love to Ichigo." Kisshu mumbled. But Taruto heard.

"WHAT?" Taruto went into a fit of raucous laughter.

"Well since you obviously want me to ask," said Pai's unmistakably bored voice. "But what's so funny?"

"Kisshu…confessed his love…to that mew mew…Ichigo." Taruto said between fits of laughter.

"Kisshu, I hope that this is all according to my plan?" Kisshu turned to face the older alien, his face unreadable.

"And what if what I said were my true feelings and not part of your stupid plan." He said in a dull monotone voice. Pai snapped.

"KISSHU YOU TRAITOR!"

"Cool! Kisshu you finally pinched Pai's last nerve! Subueana!" (A.N. Translation-Awesome). "Well see ya!" and the youngest alien teleported away. Leaving a seething Pai and a sour Kisshu.

Knock…knock…knock. Taruto knocked on the door to a certain someone's door.

"Hello!" answered a small blonde girl with a big smile.

"TARU-TARU!" Purin Fong screeched when she saw who it was. She threw her arms around the young aliens neck.

"Argh! Choking not breathing!" he choked out. Pudding giggled and released him.

"Purin missed you na no da!"

"Uh, I've only been gone a day."

"But Pudding missed you all the same, na no da!" and without warning Purin kissed Taruto on the cheek.

"Aisheteru…Taru-Taru." Taruto looked absolutely shocked, then regained himself. He smiled back at Pudding.

"Aisheteru…Purin." The little blonde girl squealed with delight and hugged him again and this time Taruto hugged back.

"Bye Pudrin." Taruto said. And, before he teleported back to the third dimension thingy, he placed a small kiss on Purin's lips. He smiled and teleported away. When he was gone Purin leapt into the air.

"Woohoo!" she shouted gleefully.