Right, onto the next chapter!
ENJOY!
Oh, by the way...
Tori= Bird
So, like Kishu used to call Ichigo 'kitten' (Koneko-chan) he now calls Mint 'bird.'
This may have some slightly 'suggestive' sentences in it, which some may find a little offensive, but nothing detailed or particularly disgusting, so it should be fine.
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"Kishu..." Mint's voice was small and soft, delicate and beautiful, just like her.
"Minto!" called Kishu, and fell out of the tree he was waiting in.
Mint giggled. "Be careful, there!"
Mint had a secret. A BIG secret. Whenever she left the cafe, she left her posh, needy and snobby ways behind her.
She became a completely different person.
And all because of Kisshu
She remembered the old days when she despised him, when Kishu had an enormous crush on Ichigo.
Before Kishu got his heart broken.
And Mint had also got her heart broken when she realised that Zakuro loved Keiichiro- and it wasn't unrequited.
When that happened, she was distraught and couldn't tell anybody.
She had been subjected to harsh predjudice before, and didn't want to tell the other members of Tokyo Mew Mew in case they started treating her differently.
But Kishu definitely wasn't like that. She remembered only too well.
Minto padded through the streets, her tears icy, the water across the pathways fresh and matted.
It was raining heavily. "How is my little Tori-chan?" a voice surprised her, and she dropped her back, stunned.
"K-k-k..."
"That's right, Tori-kun."
"Leave me alone...."
"What's the matter?"
She had poured out all her worries to him, and since then they had been inseperable.
Kishu smiled at her, and kissed her fimly on the lips.
"Don't, Kishu," warned Mint.
"Why not?" he kissed her again.
She pushed him away, almost begging. "What would we do if some one saw us?"
Kishu grinned toothily. "You didn't seem so shy last night in my room..."
"KISHU!"
Kishu laughed. He loved teasing Mint. He hadn't actually 'done' any thing to her in 'his room,' except for helping her with some math homework.
Kishu loved the way she'd laugh and smile at her, how she'd shyly untie her hair and untuck her shirt and become comfortable as she left the cafe.
He didn't want to pressurize her to do any thing. He just wanted to be with her, forever.
He yearned for every afternoon, when he could hold his precious Tori-chan.
But there was one problem...
Pai was becoming suspicious.
'But who cares any way?' thought Kishu. 'Pai doesn't, he's too busy yearning for the porpoise girl...'
***
Kishu was right.
Pai, gently lazed across the grass, was inside the school's garden.
Lettuce's school's garden.
Every day, he'd get the slightest glimpse of her, and every day he'd fall a little more in love.
He heard the bell ring, symbolising the end of the school day, and smiled calmly and warmly, a smile which nobody who knew Pai would have recognised- least of all Kishu or Taruto.
He hitched himself up against the gate, and transformed into school uniform, so as not to get noticed.
But even so, he always did.
The girls filed out first, all in little giggly groups.
"Oh, it's that really cute guy!"
"Should I ask him out?"
"Bad idea!"
Then came the show-off jocks.
"Beat you in the 800 metres!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did NOT!"
"Did TOO!"
Then, his personal favourite, a mixed group of kind and smart kids. He wondered why Lettuce didn't hang around with them.
Then he spotted the problem.
Lettuce filed out, but she wasn't alone.
A handsome boy was standing next to her, smiling, chatting, genuinely enjoying her company...
Pai fell for Lettuce once again. But this time, he did it literally.
Slipping on the gate he fell right in front of her.
"Owch..." he mumbled, seeing Lettuce's stunned face.
"Pai-kun??!!!"
"A-ah.... Ow..." he said softly.
"Pai, what on earth are you doing here?!" Lettuce whispered hastily, slightly angrily.
"Well, technically, I'm not on earth anymore, I live back at home n-"
"DON'T GET TECHNICAL WITH ME!!!"
"You know you love it really." Pai delivered this line quickly- it was some thing he'd heard the jocks say once.
Lettuce blushed, knowing that it was the witty and sarcastic side of Pai which drew her to him.
"Help me up?" he asked politely.
Lettuce firmly took his arm and pulled him up against the fence, smiling fondly, but she was shaking.
"You shouldn't be here," she said sternly. "You can't be here..."
But before she knew it, he had wrapped his arms around her and whisked her away.
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This was like a bonus chapter, with nothing about Ryou and Ichigo.
No worries, they'll be back the next chapter!
Please R & R! :D
Oh, just a little note...
I just noticed that the grammar and spelling in the first chapter was horrendous, and I am sorry for that.
The thing is, I type very quickly, so occasionally make several typhos.
I'll check my work more from now on xxx