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Ichigo's p.o.v.

I woke up in the night to a strange beeping noise in the distance. It was annoying me, even though it sounded far away. Maybe I should go take a look.

I opened my eyes, only to see Kishu's face right in front of me. He was hugging me again, and our lips were only inches apart. As usual, I blushed a deep red. But this time, my ears and tail popped out as well.

'What the...' I whispered as my hands flew to my ears. Thanks to that, I could hear the strange noise clearer now. It wasn't a beeping noise, it was more like... a tiny voice repeating the same words. Gotta find her, gotta find her. And it was getting closer.

I shook Kishu, trying to wake him up. 'Kishu. Kishu, wake up.'

'I don't wanna yet,' he murmured, burying his head into my neck. I sighed, content. Then I shook my head. Focus, ichigo! This is not the time to dream about Kishu! But he does look really cute when he's sleeping... dang it!

Just then something hit the truck, making a loud bang. I screamed, and Kishu shot up, hugging me tighter while trying to calm me down. I whimpered as he looked out the windows.

'Ichigo, it's okay. Maybe it was just a branch. We should take a look.'

I whimpered again, pressing my face into his chest.

'It's okay, ichigo. I'll protect you if I need to. No one's going to take you back to that prison. Got it?'

Funny how he could figure out what I had been afraid of all this time just like that. He really was my best friend.

I nodded, trying to act brave and failing miserably. Kishu pulled me to the van door and opened it a bit. After making sure the coast was clear, he got out, me following his trail. I clung to his hand as I looked around. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Suddenly, a strange shape flew around the side of the van and straight into my face. I swallowed my scream and ripped off the thing that could best be described, after a closer look, as a puffy heart-shaped ball with wings, ears and a tail. After getting over the initial shock, I studied it a bit more, swinging it around by its tail.

'What the...' I muttered.

'My tail!' the thing said. 'Girl let go, girl let go!'

I released the thing, staring at it as it started floating in front of my face. Then I laughed.

'It's actually kinda cute,' I laughed as I reached out to pet it and Kishu chuckled behind me.

'Gotta find her, gotta find her,' the little thing said, and I realized this was what had woken me earlier.

'Who do you need to find?' I cooed at her.

'Momomiya ichigo, momomiya ichigo,' it said. I froze.

Kishu reached out and grabbed the little fluffball, bringing it close to his face. 'What do you want with Ichigo?' he hissed at it.

It struggled violently as it beeped. 'Got a message, got a message! Let go, let go!'

I hesitantly reached out and put my hand on Kishu's arm. 'It's okay,' I said. 'It can't hurt us, right? It's too small.'

'We don't know that, Ichigo. It could be dangerous to cats like you.'

'It doesn't look like a killing machine. Let's just... let it talk.' I gently pried Kishu's fingers off of it and cupped it into my hands. 'I'm sorry Kishu tried to throttle you,' I whispered at the shivering ball in my hands. 'My name's Momomiya Ichigo. You said you had a message for me?'

The thing studied me apprehensively. All of a sudden, blue lights flashed out of his eyes.

'Ichigo? Ichigo? O god, I can't believe I can finally use this thing.'

I nearly dropped the thing as I recognized the voice. Mum.

'I knew you'd escape some day. You're way too smart to let some humans keep you locked up.' There were snuffling noises, as if she was crying. 'O baby, I missed you so much. We all did. We've been so worried, your dad and I. And your siblings were devastated. But never mind that. When we received the signal from your pendant, we sent this little thing immediately. It's a little... robot, I guess you could call it. It has a weird name with all kinds of letters and numbers that I can't remember, so it'd probably be better if you gave it a new name. It's yours now honey. It's just as special as you are. But I'll explain later. This little cutie here will take you to us. We'll see each other later. We love you!' the message cut off, and the little robot flew up. Kishu started wiping away the tears that I hadn't noticed streaming down my face.

'Ichigo,' he murmured. 'It's okay. You found them.'

'I know,' I choked out. 'I'm okay. I finally get my family back.' I looked up at Kishu. 'I haven't seen them in over a year, Kishu. I didn't think I'd ever see them again. I... I don't... well... I guess I'm just happy. And a crybaby.' I laughed through my tears. 'You know this means you're not stuck with me anymore, right? My family's probably not too far from here. You can go home.' Maybe this was why I was crying. Trust me, I was glad to have my family back and all, overjoyed actually, but another part of me was breaking at the thought of Kishu leaving and never coming back. Never seeing him again.

I think I might've imagined it, but I thought I saw his smile falter as I rushed through my last words. But if it did, then only for a second, because he was smirking at me again as always.

'You're not getting rid of me that easily, kitten. I'm seeing to it that you get to your family whether you like it or not.'

I blushed as he started leading me to the van. 'I thought I told you to stop calling me that?' I muttered. He chuckled, obviously loving my reaction. Honestly, sometimes he made it so hard to not want to hit him.

I was opening the door as I remembered something. 'Wait!' I called. 'Where's the little fluffball gone?' I looked around, and saw the thing staring at me from the roof of the van. It was still shivering a little. 'You poor thing,' I cooed as I reached up to grab it. I cradled it to my chest as I got in the van. 'I really am sorry for just now. We just thought you were trying to hurt me. You know what happened to me, right? Well, I think those people are looking for me. But you're not going to hurt me, are you? You're my friend.' It was relaxed in my arms now that it knew it was safe. I rocked it back and forth. Suddenly, I remembered something else. 'You haven't got a name yet, have you? So what should I call you then? I could call you fluffy...' I turned to kishu, who was trying not to laugh. 'Okay, something else. How about... Marie-Louise?' Kishu stuck his tong out in disgust, and I nodded. 'You're right, too long. Hmm, what do you think of... Masha?' Kishu stuck his thumb up in agreement. I smiled. 'Okay then, that'll be your new name. Masha. Are you okay with that?' the thing, no, Masha nodded slowly. She looked exhausted. And I was too actually. 'Okay Masha,' I Yawned. 'Tomorrow you can show us the way to my parents. Let's just go to sleep now.'

We fixed one of the pillows on the front seat up for Masha. Then we got into our own bed. It was the first time I was conscious when Kishu got in bed with me. Nevertheless, I was blushing like mad. I hoped he couldn't see.

That hope was crushed as he chuckled. His arms circled me, and he pulled me closer to him. I tried to get out, with no success. I sighed. 'Why do you always do that?'

'Do what?'

'Hug me when you go to sleep.'

'It's how I sleep.'

'You sleep with a girl in your arms every night?'

'I wish. Nah, it's usually my teddybear.'

'I'm not a teddybear.'

'Pretend.'

'I don't wanna be your teddybear.'

'Too bad.' He snuggled his head into my neck, making me shiver. I could just feel him smirking. He was so going to die tomorrow. When I had the energy to actually do some damage. Right now I just wanted to sleep.

'Kishu?'

'Hmm?'

'Thank you. For staying and... everything.'

'Don't thank me yet. Save it for later.'

I wanted to protest, but I was already drifting off. So I snuggled into Kishu's chest and let the blackness surround me. Kishu mumbled a few last words, but I was already fast asleep.