Sparks of Love Chapter 7:
Pai's Message
Ichigo pulled Kisshu to her room, and closed the door behind them. "Closing the door helps keep my dad out," Ichigo said.
"That's good," Kisshu said. "I forgot to tell your parents about my allergy, I guess I should go do that."
"Good plan," Ichigo said. "I think my dad ran out of banana bread again, so we'd better get down there before Mom starts making more."
"K," Kisshu said, and went back downstairs, followed by Ichigo.
When they reached the kitchen, it looked like Sakura was making something. "Mom, what are you making?" Ichigo asked.
"Banana bread, why?" Sakura asked. "Your insane father apparently NEEDS more."
"Kisshu's extremely allergic to bananas," Ichigo said. "I'd suggest not making banana bread anymore."
"That's a relief," Sakura said. "I'll go throw this stuff in the outside garbage, why don't you two go tell your dad that I refuse to ever make banana bread again?"
"Okay!" Ichigo said cheerfully. She looked at Kisshu, and said, "Mom and I hate banana bread, so you've just solved our problem."
"Good," Kisshu said. "I can kind of smell those, can we get out of here?"
"Yep, let's go to the living room," Ichigo said. Kisshu immediately headed for the living room, followed by Ichigo. They found Shintaro still in there, and Ichigo immediately said, "Dad, I've got news for you!"
"What is it?" Shintaro asked warily.
"Kisshu's extremely allergic to bananas, so we can never have banana bread again," Ichigo said cheerfully. "I'm really happy, and so is Mom!"
"Why is that a good thing!?" Shintaro asked.
"Because banana bread is awful," Ichigo said. "Get used to it, Dad. You'll never see another banana in this house again! YAY!"
Shintaro groaned. "You are WAY too happy about this," he said disgruntledly.
Sakura came in and said, "Shintaro, did you hear the news? I'm free from making your awful banana desserts!"
"You're too happy as well," Shintaro grumbled.
Sakura ignored him and said, "Kisshu, do you like desserts?"
"I like chocolate, but I can't have too much," Kisshu said. "I get really hyper if I have too much sugar."
"That's fine," Sakura said. "Do you like fruit?"
"I love apples," Kisshu said.
"There are plenty of apple desserts," Ichigo commented. "We can switch to apple desserts!"
"That sounds fun," Sakura said. "I got rid of every banana I could find, so we never have to see another one!"
"I've never seen anyone this happy about never seeing food again," Kisshu commented.
"You should be happy too, since you're allergic," Ichigo said. "But Mom and I are happy because she spent the entire time she was married to Dad making at least one loaf of banana bread a week, and I spent my whole life eating it if I wanted something sweet. Dad doesn't appreciate the rest of Mom's good cooking; he only cares about the banana parts. His obsession is completely out of control."
"But now it's going to end," Sakura said. "Unless, of course, he'd prefer sleeping in the garage."
"I HATE the garage," Shintaro grumbled.
"Then no complaining," Sakura said. "I'm going to go shopping, so you all have fun."
"We will," Ichigo said cheerfully. "Kisshu, let's go back to my room. We can let Dad sulk in here."
"K," Kisshu said. He followed Ichigo back to her room, and watched as she closed and locked her door.
"That should keep Dad out for a little while- although considering the fact he's currently sulking, it might not be a problem," Ichigo said. "What should we do now?"
Kisshu smirked. "What do you think?" he asked.
"Kiss?" Ichigo asked.
"Yay!" Kisshu said, and kissed her passionately. He was a bit surprised when she kissed back with equal passion, but kept kissing her.
About five minutes later, they broke it off, gasping for air. "Wow…" Ichigo said softly.
Kisshu smirked. "Didn't know I was that great, huh?" he asked.
"No, we've never done that for real," Ichigo said. "I guess I didn't know what I was missing."
Kisshu's smirk faded a bit, and he asked, "Why did you reject me so much, Ichigo?"
"I didn't like being called a toy; it hurt my feelings, and I guess because of that, I didn't really believe you loved me," Ichigo said. "I had some feelings for you even before Aoyama attacked me, but I thought you thought I was a toy, so I didn't tell you."
She was surprised when Kisshu sank down on the bed, burying his face in his hands. She sat down next to him, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"I hurt you, that's what's wrong," Kisshu said sadly.
Ichigo put a hand on his shoulder, and said softly, "As long as you don't call me that, I'm happy. I don't care about the past, and as long as you stop calling me a toy, we're good. So cheer up, k?"
Kisshu looked at her, but before he could say anything, Ichigo's cell phone rang. Seeing it was Keiichiro, Ichigo picked up and said, "Hi Keiichiro, what's up?"
"I just received a message from Pai, and I need you and Kisshu here," Keiichiro said.
"On our way," Ichigo said, and hung up. She turned to Kisshu and said, "We need to go to the Café, apparently Keiichiro got a message from Pai."
"Okay," Kisshu said. He took her hand and teleported to the basement of the Café, where they found the others waiting.
Keiichiro sighed and said, "I recorded the message. Here, look."
He pressed a button, and Pai's face came up on the big screen. The others remained silent as Pai said, "I talked with my parents, and Zakuro was right. One of the female warriors disappeared about two weeks ago, and no one can figure out what happened. Her name is Chie, and she's one of the strongest after Kisshu. I also know why she might be after Kisshu in particular. She was one of the ones in the running for the Earth recovery mission, but Kisshu got picked as the leader rather than her. I imagine she disappeared to get revenge on Kisshu, though why she'd turn herself into a Mew Mew is beyond me. I will be back tomorrow night, so Keiichiro, please inform the others of this."
The screen went blank, and Keiichiro sighed. "We're going to have to be careful," he said. "One thing Pai said puzzles me, though. Kisshu, the Mews beat you on a regular basis. If you're the strongest, why is that?"
Kisshu sighed. "I love Ichigo far too much to use my full power on her," he said. "I'm the best warrior on my planet. By the time I was ten, I had beaten the guy who used to be the strongest- and he was fifteen years older than me. The instructors at the school stopped teaching me soon after; I was better than them. If I wanted to kill the Mews, I could have done it in my first battle with them. If I didn't love Ichigo, she would have been dead a long time ago, and Deep Blue would be ruling this planet. Luckily, I fell in love with Ichigo, because I realized soon after that Deep Blue's true intention was to wipe out my race along with the humans. But if I hadn't, Ichigo and the rest of you would be dead, and once Deep Blue took over, I would be too. Basically, if I hadn't fallen in love with Ichigo, the humans, the Cyniclons, and the Earth would be doomed."
"Wow…" the others said.
"How strong is Chie?" Keiichiro asked.
"Fourth after me," Kisshu said. "The reason Ichigo saw her using Pai as a puppet is because she knows I couldn't kill Pai. I doubt she could beat me, much less kill me, unless she had some kind of leverage."
"Well, we'll just have to wait this out," Keiichiro said. "Be careful."
"Hai," the others said, and started to leave, Kisshu teleporting Ichigo back to her room.
"I'm hungry," Kisshu said as they landed.
"Let's go see what there is," Ichigo said. "It's pretty close to dinner, though."
"I wonder what we're having," Kisshu said, following Ichigo downstairs.
They went to the kitchen, which smelled great. "Mom, what's for dinner?" Ichigo asked.
"Pesto pasta, garlic bread, and apple crisp for dessert," Sakura said. "I bought some vanilla ice cream for the apple crisp."
"Yay!" Ichigo said.
Kisshu looked a bit confused, and said, "I know what pasta is, but what's pesto pasta?"
"Pasta with pesto," Sakura said. "It's a type of sauce made with basil."
"Is it good?" Kisshu asked.
"I like it," Ichigo said.
"It's almost ready, so Ichigo, please get your father, he's in the living room sulking," Sakura said. "Kisshu, can you set the table?"
"Sure, can you show me where things are?" Kisshu asked as Ichigo went to get Shintaro.
"The silverware is in the drawer to the left of the sink," Sakura said. "We just need forks for this, so four forks."
Kisshu got them, and Sakura said, "The plates are in the cabinet over the microwave. Take those out, and then I'll show you where the glasses are."
"K," Kisshu said, and took the plates and forks out to the dining room, then started setting them out, noticing Ichigo and Shintaro weren't there yet. He went back to the kitchen, and Sakura said, "The glasses are over in the cabinet to the right of the fridge. You can put them out, and we'll all pick what we want to drink. What do you like to drink?"
"Lots of things, I'm not picky," Kisshu said. "What do you have?"
"A lot of juices, and milk," Sakura said. "I think we have chocolate milk too. Ichigo likes it sometimes."
"Can I have that?" Kisshu asked.
"Sure," Sakura said. "Just put the glasses for the rest of us out first, k?"
"Sure, sorry," Kisshu said. He took three glasses to the table, set them out, then went back to the kitchen, and opened the fridge.
"Are Ichigo and Shintaro out of the living room yet?" Sakura asked as Kisshu pulled out the chocolate milk.
"No, should I get them?" Kisshu asked.
"Good idea, and tell them we'll eat it all if they don't come," Sakura said.
"K, can I put my milk at the table first?" Kisshu asked.
"Sure," Sakura said.
Kisshu went and put his milk at the table, and then went to the living room, where he found Ichigo and Shintaro apparently having a glaring contest. "Sakura says she and I can eat everything if you two don't come," Kisshu said. "I'm hungry, and that sounds nice."
"I'm coming," Ichigo said, and walked over to Kisshu. "Dad, you can stay here and sulk while the rest of us eat everything."
"Go ahead," Shintaro said grouchily.
Ichigo sighed and went to the table, followed by Kisshu. Sakura was setting out food, and asked, "Where's Shintaro?"
"Sulking," Ichigo sighed. "He said something about bananas being the only thing he wants to eat, and when Kisshu came, he said we can eat everything. And Kisshu's hungry, so just leave him."
Sakura sighed. "Maybe he'll come out when he gets hungry," she said. "It would be nice if he liked my other cooking."
"I'll say," Ichigo said. "Can we eat?"
"Sure," Sakura said a bit sadly.
"Did Dad make you sad?" Ichigo asked.
"I guess…" Sakura said. "I really like cooking, but I hate bananas, and it's hard when all your husband wants is one food. I guess it'll be nicer now that Kisshu's here; someone else who likes something other than bananas." She sighed.
Kisshu stood up, and said, "I'll be back." Then he teleported, and Ichigo and Sakura looked at each other, puzzled.
With Kisshu: Kisshu had teleported to the living room, and as Shintaro looked up, he said, "You should stop sulking. Sakura is sad that you don't like her other cooking. Where I come from, no one had enough food, and you're complaining because she's taken away one food, while there's plenty of other choices. I know most humans probably take the amount of food here for granted, but I didn't grow up like that. I think you should apologize to Sakura for making her sad. I think it's selfish to only want one thing, and not care about the others who hate that one thing."
Shintaro was momentarily stunned by this, then sighed in defeat and said, "You're right…. I'll go apologize. What did she make tonight?"
"Pesto pasta and garlic bread," Kisshu said. "And apple crisp. I hope she doesn't mind that I can't live without apples…."
Back with Sakura and Ichigo: The two were startled when Kisshu came back with Shintaro, who looked resigned. They were even more shocked when Shintaro said, "Sakura, I'm sorry I haven't been more appreciative of the non-banana parts of your cooking, and I'm going to try harder not to be so obsessed."
Sakura was momentarily speechless, then said, "Thanks, I hope so."
Kisshu sat down at the table next to Ichigo, who asked softly, "Did you hypnotize him or something?"
"No, I just lectured him," Kisshu said. "Not really my thing, but Sakura looked sad, and I don't think it's okay to make your family sad."
"Well, it worked," Ichigo said.
"Yep, I'm glad," Kisshu said.
Nice long chapter for you there. Please review!