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"Ryou! IT'S ME!!" Ichigo yelled stomping down the stairs with the rest of the group following closely behind.

"Of course it's you. Who the hell else would come down here stomping and screaming like that?" He answered smugly from his cozy spot at the computer.

"What's going on?" she asked curiously as she descended to the ground. Everyone else filed into the room quickly and Ryou got up from his chair. "Is it something bad?"

"No. I thought about what you said earlier and decided you were right."

"Of course I'm right!...What did I say earlier?" she inquired, clearly confused. Ryou closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Really. She's not a smart girl.

"...You said we should all do something special this summer. And I agree." Ichigo nodded satisfied. "So I took the liberty of planning a trip."

"A trip?" she repeated.

"What kind of trip?" Zakuro asked suspiciously. Ryou smirked.

"A cruise kind of trip."

"A cruise?!" Ichigo and Pudding shouted at once. Both their eyes lit up like christmas lights. Everyone was listening intently now. Most thinking along the lines of, Is it free?

"I'm taking you all on an all-exspense paid cruise around the world. The Cultural Lateral to be specific."

"Isn't that the one they film during mid-July?" Lettuce asked incrediously.

"That international documentary they show on TV?" Cherry piped with the same tone of voice. Ryou nodded. Ichigo and Pudding had taken to dancing around the room singing about various random things. "They air that for at least a week all over. People from all over the world are gonna be there!"

"I'll admit even I haven't been." Mint said quietly.

"Me either." Zakuro added and Mint sighed in relief that her idol was in the same boat.

"We're going allllllll around the world! Yes we're going--alllllll around the world! To France! To Italy! To here! To there! Yes! Alllll around the world!!" Ichigo and Pudding sang and danced around the group.

"Tar-Tar! You sing to!" Pudding grabbed his hand and started twirling him around in circles.

"WAH!! S-Stop!"

"Whee!" Ichigo jumped at Ryou, hugging him from behind. "You are the BEST!!" Ryou laughed.

"Easy Strawberry. I'm not done yet." She didn't let go so Ryou continued. "We needed to be at Tokyo International Airport next week to so you all need to get permission from your parents by then. This trip will take up a majority, if not all of your summer."

"It'll SO be worth it!" Ichigo cut in. Ryou smiled and patted her head.

"Yes Ichi, let me finish. This cruise will end it's curcuit in America and that's also where it's starting so. We'll take a plane there the day before and I booked a hotel for the night. The cruise boards the next morning. Tokyo Harbor is the second to last major stop so that's when we'll be ending our trip. It's less complicated that way."

"Is two months enough time to tour the world?" Cherry asked.

"We'll only be going to major countries. We will be stopping at every continent, other than Antarctica."

"This is so cool!" Ichigo squealed, squeezing Ryou tighter.

"Yeah, thanks Ryou!" Cherry and Lettuce thanked him, both bowing in respect. Pudding hugged him two, making Tart a little bit jealous. He would've been more concerned if he wasn't so dizzy.

"Wait...this means I only have a week to clear up my schedule for 2 months." Zakuro said, concerned for her job and exactly how she was supposed to explain this to her manager.

"You need some vacation time anyway." Keichiiro said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Ichigo finally let go of Ryou long enough for him to breathe, and realized something. "Oh my gosh! I only have a week left to do all my shopping for the trip!"She shrieked in horror. Ok, I said 'something'. Not something important.

"We should all get together for shopping." Cherry suggested. "That'd be one less thing for us all to worry about."

"Agreed." Mint said. She yawned, signaling that it was time for this little meeting to be ajorned. "It's late."

"Hey," Ryou looked around at the group. "Where are Kish and Pai?" He asked, turning to Tart since he was the only candidate capable of answering the question.

"Kish is sick." He said going back upstairs. Everyone froze for a minute and before following him up with questions. "We don't know what he has, but it's probably not good since he's all pale and moist."

"Moist?" Ichigo repeated uncertainly.

"Mostly around the nose and eyes, and he can't tell the difference between hot and cold anymore. Pai stayed with him to make sure he didn't do anything stupid."

"Oh...I hope he's all right." Lettuce said softly. Tart wasn't sure if she was worried about Kish or Pai.

"This is TERRIBLE!!" Mint cried, shocking everyone.

"Mint...you...you're worried?" Ichigo asked, not believing it herself.

"Of course I'm worried...HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO GET HOME?!" she shouted, meaning Kish wasn't there to teleport her like usual. Ichigo shook her head in disgust along with everyone else.

"Well Mint...I'm not sure if you heard of it, but theres this thing most people do called 'walking'."

"Ichigo--"

"It's very simple." She grabbed Mints arm and pointed at her feet. "Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and eventually you'll get where ever you need to go." Mint threw her off and Ichigo just laughed.

"Whatever. Shrimpo! You're taking me home." she declared like the queen she wishes she was.

"What?! Why me?!"

"Do you see anyone else around here who can teleport?"

"But--"

"It's ok Tar-Tar, na no da." Pudding interrupted. "You can drop Mint off first and then me." Tart grumbled something but grabbed both their hands regardless. "Bye-bye!" Pudding shouted to the remaining six as she faded into nothingness. Keichiiro went into the kitchen to get his keys to drive Zakuro home, and Lettuce and Cherry gathered their stuff to leave.

"Aren't you coming, Ichigo?" Lettuce asked watching Ichigo stand idly by Ryou with no intention of moving.

"Well I...um, I just..." she stuttered and a light pink shaded her cheeks. Ryou smirked and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"Ichigo's spending the night here. You two can go ahead." Cherry giggled, and Lettuce blushed for some unknown reason.

"I see. Alright then, goodbye." They both waved heading out the door. Ichigo, Ryou, and Zakuro stood watching them leave.

"You two seem to be moving pretty fast." Zakuro commented. Ichigo hid behind Ryou as her cat-ears popped out. Ryou laughed.

"Not as fast as you and Keichiiro." he countered. Zakuro turned away, purple locks covering her face.

"As fast as we what?" Keichiiro asked innocently coming back out of the kitchen. "Sorry to keep you waiting. I had to find my keys." he said holding them up. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Let's go." Zakuro said grabbing his hand and dragging him out. He shot a confused look at Ryou who just smiled and waved.

After they left it was silent. Ichigo looked at Ryou nervously, and he stared back curiously. Kako was nowhere to be found, but they weren't concerned about that at the moment. It was silent.

"R-Ryou..."

"Yeah?"

"They're gone." Ichigo said quietly.

"Yeah." There was another moment of silence while they both thought of what exactly that meant. "Ichigo?"

"H-Huh?"

"...Wanna go upstairs?"

Cuxie: Again, not one of my best chapters. But I feel some fluff coming on!

Ichigo:O.o! "Upstairs"?! Wh-What does that mean?!

Cuxie: Oh please! Relax! Nothing lemon-y! I DO NOT do lemon! Fluff, yes. Lemon, no.

Ichigo:(sigh)Oh. Ok.

Cuxie: R&R!