A/N: Hey guys! I was very pleased with the reviews for the last chapter so I decided to give you Ch 10 early. :] So again- REVIEW!!!!! Please. I will not update unless I get 10.. yes 10.. reviews for this chapter!
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Four days. That's how long he stayed away.
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It was a quiet and calm morning at the Momomiya residence. A redhead was sleeping soundly underneath a large pink blanket; you could barely see her, only maybe the tip of her nose and bits red hair that escaped through her comforter and spilled on her pillow.
Suddenly the red head moved, she turned over and her chestnut eyes shot open, hope could easily be detected in her voice as she softly called out; "Kisshu?"
No answer. She wasn't disappointed, not really. The red head knew that he wouldn't be coming back, at least not anytime soon, the alien was gone because of her.
Ichigo flipped over so she was lying on her back.
"Ugh." The red haired girl groaned as she rubbed her eyes, Ichigo sat up and tipped her legs over the side of her bed. Monday, another day of doing nothing. Fabulous. She thought while getting out of the warm comfort of her bed and walking over to her dresser to pick out the days outfit. Ichigo's fever was getting better. Her temperature was now almost normal so soon she would be returning to school and resuming with her studies.
Lately, Ichigo was debating if she should just forget about Kisshu and move on. But she always came up with the same conclusion. She couldn't. Ichigo loved that golden-eyed alien; she would risk her life for him just like he had in her dream. The girl shuddered as faint memories of the nightmare came flooding back to her.
The girl sighed as she walked down stairs to prepare breakfast. When she walked into her brightly lit kitchen she realized that something was off, she looked around and it seemed that everything was in its usual place. But the redhead couldn't get rid of the sinking feeling that she was feeling in her stomach. Someone was here last night. Ichigo thought as she held onto the counter to steady herself. Her already pale skin turned ash white.
Thoughts of murder and kidnapping suddenly crossed her mind.
"Someone broke in!" She exclaimed out loud. Ichigo suddenly realized what she was saying and right away started scolding herself. Get a grip Ichigo! She mentally screamed it was probably nothing stop getting yourself hyped up over some dumb feeling that you got! You're still sick remember? You where probably just imagining things.
"Ugh!" the girl groaned as she walked over to the fridge to get some bread. Before she could open it Ichigo heard a light 'thump' coming from upstairs.
Oh gosh, someone's in the house... the terror-stricken girl couldn't move. She just stared at the floor, not a single breath was heard. The house was so quite you could hear a pin dropping.
Ichigo suddenly snapped out of her trance and in what seemed like forever she took a long deep breath.
This somewhat calmed her down and she was able to resume thinking. Okay, I can A- run.... B- Go ca- wait a second! I'm a mew mew! I can defeat any guy or thing that might be upstairs, yeah!
Ichigo's spirits soared as she fingered the delicate metal object that was now in her hand.
"Mew Mew Ichigo, Metamorphosis!" she yelled, lifting her Power Pendant in the air.
All of a suddenly a pink light surrounded the girl. As soon as it came it left. Standing in the place of Ichigo Momomiya was Mew Ichigo. Ichigo's red hair was turned into a delicious shade of pink. Bubble gum pink as everyone liked to call it. Replacing Ichigo's green skirt , blue polo shirt, and white frilly socks was her pink Mew battle outfit, and long red boots that went up to her knees. Magenta red gloves were found on the girls hand and last but not least a black fuzzy tail and black cat ears appeared; concluding the Mew look.
"For the future of the world I will be of service, Nya!" Ichigo called out; suddenly she broke out into a cough. "Maybe that wasn't really necessary."
When the coughing subsided; Ichigo slowly creeped towards the staircase. When she heard another 'thump' she couldn't take it, the girl paled. Ichigo quickly turned around and rushed out the door not even bothering to close it.
She had no idea where she was going all she knew was that she had to get out of that house. She didn't care if she was super hero. She was still a normal girl, and she had feelings, and right then and there her feelings where telling her to quickly bolt out of that house!
Ichigo looked around and realized that people where staring to stare at her, when the redhead looked down she soon found out why, she was still in her Mew form.
"Haha!" Ichigo laughed; putting her arm behind her head, "Would you look at that Halloween came early this year! Haha!" she called out to the bystanders who where now giving her very strange looks.
"Geez, look at the time I really have to go!" she nervously exclaimed while hurrying over to a very large and thick tree. She glanced around to make sure that nobody was watching and the pink haired girl quickly de-transformed.
"Much better, now I'm not going to look like an idiot!" she giggled. Ichigo stepped out from behind the tall oak and moved her gaze so she was looking at the street sign.
"Masaya lives somewhere around here…" she murmured before bouncing off to catch the bus.
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"Number 12….. that's got to be-" she trailed off squinting at the house numbers as she walked by.
"- right here!" she finished. Ichigo took a quick look at the house. Wow! She thought it's beautiful!
Standing in front of her was a very large house…scratch that.. more like a very huge mansion!
Ichigo didn't spend that much time admiring the lush grounds. She toar her gaze away from the house and quickly ran up the black driveway, getting to the front door.
Ichigo gulped as she pressed the doorbell. She heard shuffling feet from inside and a voice that sounded like Masaya's called out "Just a minute!"
The door bust open and there stood a very flustered Masaya. "Ichigo!" He was surprised to see her there; normally he would be the one showing up on her doorstep.
"Hi Masaya…" she mumbled, looking down at her feet.
"Ichigo!!" he finally registered that his love was standing on his doorstep. "Come in!" he ushered the red headed girl inside and guided her to his living room. He pointed to a large white couch. "Please sit down."
"Thanks.. umm Masaya I was actually wondering if I could ask you something."
"Anything, what's wrong?" he replied.
"Well, whatwouldyoudoifyouthoughtsomeonewasbreakingintoyourhouse?" she rushed, looking over at the black-haired boy to see how he would react. Ichigo didn't know how else to put it without sounded stupid, or delusional.
"Uh..Ichigo? What's exactly happening?" he responded a confused look appeared on his face.
"Umm.. see I woke up this morning and like usual I went downstairs to get breakfast but when I walked into the kitchen I felt like something was off, but I could place my finger on it! So right when I was opening the fridge I heard this noise coming from upstairs…" she trailed off thinking about how she could exclude the part of her transforming. "Oh! I sort of froze in place for a while since I was really startled and scared but I eventually tried going upstairs to 'investigate', but then I heard the 'thump' again so I just rushed out of house." She finished, out of breath from saying so much without pausing.
"Wow, uhm.. Ichigo maybe something just fell of your shelf... the window might have been open and the wind might have knocked something off." Masaya said, running his hands through his black hair.
"Yeah, maybe… well don't know!" she said while laughing a bit.
"You might have also just imagined the whole thing." The boy looked off into the distance but quickly regained his posture. " Hey! Would you like to go to the park with me? It might clear your head a bit, and help you remember what actually happened. I could pack a picnic for us."
Ichigo dull chestnut eyes suddenly lit up at the idea. "That would be great thanks!"
Ichigo! Don't forget about Kisshu! Oh, it will be okay it's not like me and Masaya are going on a date we are just friends… I think. She argued with herself but finally concluded that she should go with him, Kisshu might not even be coming back for all she knew.
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"Mhhmm!!!" Ichigo exclaimed while munching on a sandwich, "These are really good!" she complimented with a mouth full of food; so the words came out sounding something like "Mffmm hmmm fhhh!"
The couple was sitting on a large hill, the sun was just going down so the scenery was amazing and just breath-taking.
Masaya laughed; the first real laugh Ichigo heard in a long time. When she swallowed her food she announced that she was going to go throw out the wrapping.
The girl stood up and marched over to the garbage can that was located behind a patch of evergreens.
While walking she started to hum "Don't think about it' by Emily Osment. The song made her all happy and cheery inside. One line of the song especially stood out to her "Cuz I'm livin' my life and I don't think about it." It sort of related to what she was going throu-
Ichigo couldn't finish her thought when something cold and sharp was all of a sudden pressed against her neck.
She uttered a gasp. A voice quickly whispered behind her; "I'm sorry" she felt a trickle of blood running down her neck, as the blade pressed further into her skin. She was about to scream out of pain when she realized;
The voice was familiar….KISSHU!
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