The Revenge of Dark Red Chapter 5:
Dark Red's First Move
The next day, Emiko and Light Pink were back to full strength and ready to go. This was good timing, because little did they know, Dark Red was about to make her first move.
Unfortunately, Ayame had decided to sneak out to visit the lake. This would have been fine, if Dark Red hadn't been lying in wait. Ayame, though startled, got out her Phoenix Swords, and tensed to attack. Before she had a chance, she was knocked out from behind. She collapsed, and the one who knocked her out and Dark Red vanished, taking her with them.
An hour or so later, everyone at the palace was getting worried. No one could find Ayame, and Emiko couldn't sense her, so she wasn't anywhere nearby. They were all talking about what to do next, when teleportation sounded in the room. A masked Cyniclon appeared, threw a piece of paper at Kisshu, and vanished before anyone could move.
Everyone looked at each other worriedly as Kisshu picked up the paper and read it out loud. This is what it said:
To whom it may concern:
I have Princess Ayame as my captive. If you want her back alive, you must bring me my brothers' murderer, Ikisatashi Kisshu. You have 48 hours to respond.
Signed, Dark Red
The others looked horrified. "Damn it!" Kisshu shouted, throwing the paper to the floor. "NOW what do we do?"
Emiko looked troubled. "I have an idea, but it's a big risk."
"What is it?" Pai asked.
Emiko replied, "Hanna can turn herself and anyone she touches invisible. We bring Kisshu to Dark Red, pretend like we're cooperating, and then stall for time. All of us will have to go for this to work. We ask Dark Red if Kisshu can say one final goodbye to everyone, and make sure that takes a while. Meanwhile, Hanna and I will turn invisible, and go get Ayame. We'll teleport back before Dark Red can kill Kisshu, and all of us will attack her and her generals as a group. We'll have to bring the earplugs with us, and the Mews will have to transform fast, but this is all I can think of."
"What if Dark Red notices you and Hanna are gone?" Taruto asked.
"If that question comes up, tell her that I stayed behind with Hanna, because she's too young to see this," Emiko replied.
"What if it takes too long to find Ayame and get her out? We can't say goodbye forever, Dark Red will get suspicious," Pai said.
To everyone's surprise, Emiko actually smirked. "I'm glad you asked. As to that, I have a plan."
"You going to tell us this plan?" Ichigo asked.
Emiko looked directly at Ichigo, and said, "Ichigo, you will say goodbye last. If we are not back by then, do what you should have done during the battle with Deep Blue when we were younger."
Now Kisshu was smirking too. However, Ichigo didn't seem to understand. "What?" she asked.
"Think," Emiko said. "What was the last thing Kisshu tried to do before he died in your arms?"
Ichigo turned bright red, finally getting the picture. Aoyama seemed shocked. Kisshu and Emiko were both smirking. Everyone else was just confused.
"What are you talking about?" Pai asked. Only Kisshu, Emiko, Ichigo and Aoyama knew what had happened in the moments before Kisshu died.
Emiko's smirk widened. "If all else fails, and we don't get back in time, Ichigo is going to kiss Kisshu."
Well, that was fun. R&R!