The Truth is Hard to Handle

Chapter 8

Rescue…Kind Of

Kish was watching his absolute favorite show (America's Next Top Model) when he heard a knock on the door. Frustrated, he turned the volume louder, hoping this would tell whoever was there that he didn't care. The knock came again, louder and more persistent.

"Pai, door!" Kish yelled.

"No!" Pai shouted from another room.

"Why the hell not?"

"I'm in the shower!"

"Get some clothes on and answer the damn door!!!"

"I'm in a fricking towel!"

"So?"

Kish heard Pai grumble and stomp to the door. He emerged with a towel wrapped around his ass and opened the door.

The person at the door looked Pai up and down and raised his eyebrows, amusement glistening in his sapphire eyes. After a pause, he said, "Nice towel. Move." He pushed past Pai and walked toward the couch that Kish sat on.

Kish turned to look at him. Wow. It looked like Ryou. Oh. Shit. It WAS Ryou.

"Give them back," Ryou said, giving a pause between each word.

"No," Kish said plainly, standing and turning his back on the pretty girls in bikinis.

"All my life, I've waited for this day," Ryou said calmly, "The day to have a reason to kick your ass. Today, I have a reason. Usually the Mew Mews do it for me, but since they're obviously engaged in something else at the moment, I'll have to do it for them. I hope they don't mind."

"Are you done with your little speech?" Kish jeered.

"Yes."

"Well, then, let me just TiVo this show and we'll get to it."

Kish turned to pause the TV (he was rich, he could afford TiVo and loved it to death!!!), but Ryou kicked him in the head and he fell to the floor, unconscious.

Ryou was surprised. 'That was too easy,' he thought. Oh well. He began to tie Kish's hands and feet, so when he awoke, he couldn't move. Then he decided to bound his mouth, so he couldn't call to Pai, Tart or Masaya, and tie him to the chandelier, since he could fly. There! Now…to find the Mew Mews…

Now, you're wondering where Pai went this entire time, right? Well…

FLASHBACK SEVEN MINUTES!!!

Kish heard Pai grumble and stomp to the door. He emerged with a towel wrapped around his ass and opened the door.

The person at the door looked Pai up and down and raised his eyebrows, amusement glistening in his sapphire eyes. After a pause, he said, "Nice towel. Move." Ryou pushed past Pai and walked toward the couch that Kish sat on.

Pai gasped to himself. No way!!! They'd stolen the Mew Mews fair and square! It was in no way fair for Ryou to just waltz right in here and steal them back! No, not on his watch! Pai grabbed his pants and raced to the prisoners' wing.

He burst through the door, screaming and hollering, "Get out! Out! Out! Out! Come on! Off the beds! Get off your freaking asses and c'mere! Blue haired girl, grab blondie! Purple haired girl, grab the green haired girl! Come on, out of this room! Now!"

The two girls stood, grabbed their unconscious friends and followed Pai to the hiding room that he, Kish and Tart used when the CIA did their yearly inspection. He shoved them in the room and locked the door. Feeling his job was complete, he smiled and went to play Grand Theft Auto.

Now, did you notice who Pai forgot? I'll give you a hint, she's the redhead who was out cold in the corner of the bottom bunk, curled in a ball that looked like the kind cats curl into.

BACK WITH RYOU!

Ryou finished tying Kish and raced off. He found the dungeon easily, and found the room he'd busted Ichigo out of just as easy. He gasped when he saw it empty. He stepped inside and looked around, tears forming in his eyes. But wait…wasn't that…no…it couldn't be. But it was!

Ichigo!

He picked her up and ran out the door. He was out of the alien building in five seconds. Then he jumped into the car which had Keiichiro waiting the driver's seat and sped off.

"Where are the others?" Keiichiro asked.

"I don't know," Ryou said, "Maybe when Ichigo wakes up she can tell us what happened."

Boy was he wrong.

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