Sparks of Love Chapter 6:

Forming a Truce

Everyone was thinking about what to do about the truce. Finally Lettuce said to the Cyniclons, "We have most of the Mew Aqua; if we give it to you, you could probably use it on your home planet. Then you'd have no need for Earth, right?"

Pai looked thoughtful, then said, "I think that would work very well. Great idea, Lettuce."

"Th-thanks," Lettuce said shyly.

Pai turned to Keiichiro and said, "I think it would be better if I go back alone, because I doubt our people will be too happy with us. I found out that Aoyama Masaya was Deep Blue's human host, and now that Kisshu and Ichigo's friends have killed him, Deep Blue is gone as well."

"Ichigo's two friends helped kill him?" Keiichiro asked.

"I found them on the roof when I went to kill the treehugger, and they said they were plotting the treehugger's demise," Kisshu said. "And then they told me that unless I wanted to help them kill him, I should get lost before they took me down. Moe and Miwa are something else."

"Jeez, two human girls said they'd take you down?" Taruto asked.

"Yup," Kisshu said. "I should consider myself lucky; they had the treehugger screaming for mercy about two seconds after they leaped on him. I'm glad they decided I wasn't a threat to Ichigo."

Pudding giggled. "Kisshu-oniichan, you should have seen what happened after you sent them here to beat up Ryou," she said. "They came in looking like hungry wolves, and as soon as Lettuce-oneechan went to greet them, Moe-oneechan said, "We're here for Ryou. He's going DOWN for hurting Ichigo." Lettuce-oneechan got scared and didn't have the heart to tell them to leave. She told them he was in the back room, and they thanked her and headed off. About two minutes later, the whole café heard Ryou scream, "HELP ME!" Mint-oneechan and Keiichiro-oniisan went running back there, and came back out not even two minutes later, looking freaked out."

"We went in there, and Moe and Miwa had pinned Ryou down, and were beating him to a pulp," Mint said. "Keiichiro was about to ask them to stop, but they heard our footsteps, and their eyes turned into lasers. And then Miwa told us that unless we wanted the same deal, we'd better run. And Ryou was so beat up by that point, we just ran for it."

"Normally, I'd be calling the police, but I was actually scared that the police couldn't handle those two," Keiichiro said. "Besides, they had a real reason, and Zakuro had done the same right after she got back from the ship."

"I have the world's best friends," Ichigo said. "I'm glad they're such good liars; they got questioned by the police about Aoyama's death, since it's common knowledge they hated him by that point."

"Wow…" the others said.

Finally Pai said, "Back to the truce- can I have the Mew Aqua? I think the sooner I do it the better, and then I can come back."

"Alright, come with me," Keiichiro said.

Pai and the others followed Keiichiro to the basement, leaving Ryou in the cat carrier on the table- unaware he was plotting escape.

In the basement: Keiichiro opened a safe and took out a box, then handed it to Pai, and said, "I hope that's enough."

Pai opened the box, and said, "This should be more than enough, thank you."

Back upstairs: Ryou stuck his paw out of the cat carrier, and lifted the latch up while pushing on the door. Finally he was free, and he ran to the stairs, heading for the room with the safe in it.

Back with the others: "I think I'll get going," Pai said. Before he could teleport, though, a gray blur knocked the box out of his hands.

"Ryou! How the hell did you get out?" Ichigo asked.

Ryou just growled and leaped at her. She was able to move just in time to keep him from ripping her throat out, but he still sank his fangs into her shoulder, and she cried out. Kisshu grabbed Ryou's tail, and yanked it, causing Ryou to let go of Ichigo's shoulder and start yowling as Kisshu held him up by the tail. "Can I just kill him?" Kisshu asked. "If he can get out of the cat carrier, and attack us, he's obviously too dangerous to have around."

Keiichiro sighed as Ryou looked alarmed. Then he said, "I wish I could say no, but I really can't. He just tried to rip Ichigo's throat out; there's no telling what else he might do. You're right, Kisshu; he's too dangerous to have around. Just do it somewhere else, okay?"

"Hai," Kisshu said, and teleported off still holding Ryou by the tail.

Ichigo was clutching her shoulder, and Pai went over and said, "Ichigo, take your hand away."

Flinching, Ichigo obeyed, revealing two pretty deep bite marks and a few slashes, all of which were bleeding. Pai sighed, and said, "I know you probably won't like this, but if you want me to heal those, you're going to have to slide that arm out of your shirt. I can't heal through cloth."

"Okay," Ichigo said. She slid her injured arm out of her shirt, baring her shoulder. She used her other hand to hold her shirt so she didn't have people looking at her bra. Pai put a hand on her shoulder. and his hand began to glow. The bleeding slowed, then stopped as the cuts healed themselves. When they were healed, Pai took his hand away, and said, "That should do it, you can put your arm back in your shirt now."

"Thanks, Pai," Ichigo said, sliding her arm back into her shirt.

Kisshu teleported back in a minute later and said, "Ryou's now a pile of ash. And YES, I cleaned it up, Pai."

"So you decided to take him to our ship?" Pai asked.

"Yep, the training room is a good place for killing people; it's soundproof," Kisshu said with a smirk.

Ichigo giggled. "You're so funny, Kisshu. I just hope you don't have to kill many more people."

Kisshu grinned. "Now that Blondie and the treehugger are gone, I don't think I'll need to," he said. "If anyone else starts trying to hurt you, though, they can go down."

"That reminds me," Pai said. "I haven't confirmed this, but Ichigo had a nightmare that suggests to me that we might have a new enemy soon, which is why I should heal the planet and get back as soon as possible."

"A new enemy?" Keiichiro asked.

"Hai," Pai said. "Ichigo said that in her nightmare, which didn't really sound like a normal dream, she was being held back while I killed Kisshu. She says that there was a woman controlling me, who was neither human nor Cyniclon."

"What did she look like?" Keiichiro asked.

"She was dressed all in red, with red eyes and black hair," Ichigo said. "But she looked like she was a Mew Mew. She had black furry ears, and a black tail. They didn't look like mine, though, and she was an adult- maybe my parents' age or a little younger."

"Did she have some kind of weapon?" Keiichiro asked.

"No, because she was controlling Pai," Ichigo said. "She was making him fight for her- like a puppet."

"And you haven't found anything on this, Pai?" Keiichiro asked.

"Not yet," Pai said. "Do you know anything?"

"No, but I can search while you're gone," Keiichiro said. "One thing puzzles me, however. If this woman is real, why would she kill Kisshu? If she's interested in world domination, she'd more likely be going for Ichigo, who's the strongest Mew."

"Unless she somehow knew we had formed a truce," Lettuce said. "If this is something that might happen in the future, it's possible that someone might find out about the truce."

"I just thought of another possibility," Zakuro said. "Ichigo, you saw her as a Mew, right?"

"Hai," Ichigo said.

"Well, a Mew doesn't necessarily have to be a human," Zakuro said. "If the woman is a Cyniclon, who somehow became a Mew, it's entirely possible that she is after Kisshu for some reason."

"There aren't that many female warriors on my planet; it might not be too hard to find out if one of them's gone missing," Pai said. "I'll try to speak with my parents if I can, but in the meantime, Keiichiro, can you search here in case this woman's other form is human?"

"Of course," Keiichiro said. "Good luck."

"Thanks, I'll need it," Pai said, and teleported out with the box of Mew Aqua.

Keiichiro sighed, and said, "You all might as well head out, there's nothing more we can do until either Pai gets back or I find something."

"Um… what about us?" Kisshu asked.

"Pudding is taking Taru-Taru home, why doesn't Kisshu-oniichan ask Ichigo-oneechan's parents if he can stay?" Pudding suggested.

"That's a good idea," Ichigo said. "Come on Kisshu, let's go!"

"K," Kisshu said, then took her hand and teleported.

They landed in the living room, and Sakura and Shintaro came running in. "Did everything go okay?" Sakura asked.

"Far from it, but at least Keiichiro was able to give the Mew Aqua to Pai," Ichigo said. "Ryou decided to try to kill me, and we thought sticking him in his cat form would take care of the problem. But he got out of the cat carrier, and tried to bite my throat. Kisshu had to kill him."

"Are you okay?" Sakura asked. "There's blood on your shirt!"

"Ryou managed to bite my shoulder before Kisshu grabbed him by the tail," Ichigo said. "I'm fine, Pai healed the injuries."

"Good," Sakura said with relief.

"Pai's going back to their planet with the Mew Aqua, and I was wondering if Kisshu could live with us," Ichigo said. "Pai's coming back too, and they're probably all going to live on Earth. Taruto's living with Pudding, so I figured Kisshu could live here. We've got a spare bedroom that never gets used anyways."

"I don't mind, but what about school?" Sakura asked. "You're only about halfway through the year."

"Pai developed pills that change our ears, so if you can wait till he gets back, I could go to school with Ichigo," Kisshu said. "I don't have human clothes, though…"

"You need a uniform for school, so I can go get that," Sakura said. "Ichigo, do you want to go back now or next week?"

"Next week would be preferable, since I don't exactly know when Pai's getting back," Ichigo said.

"Okay," Sakura said. "That gives us some time to get Kisshu signed up and get a uniform. We can get some human clothes, too."

"Okay, thanks Mom," Ichigo said.

"Do I get any part in this?" Shintaro asked.

"No," Sakura and Ichigo said together.

"Until you go soft, no talking," Sakura said. "I can't believe you're objecting to taking in the guy who saved Ichigo's life. Kisshu needs a home, and I'm going to give him one. If you don't like it, you may sleep in the garage again."

"I HATE the garage," Shintaro said.

"Then don't complain," Sakura said calmly.

Shintaro just sighed and went back to his newspaper. "I'll go clean out the spare bedroom, you two can go have fun," Sakura said.

"Thanks Mrs. Momomiya," Kisshu said.

"You can call me Sakura," Sakura said.

"Okay, thanks Sakura," Kisshu said.

"Kisshu, do you want to go to my room?" Ichigo asked.

"Sure," Kisshu said.

Ichigo smiled and pulled him up the stairs to her room.

Yay! Kisshu gets to live with Ichigo, and if Shintaro complains, he can sleep in the garage! Review with ideas if you have any! Or just review please!