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Chapter 2: The Kiss of Death

The girls all looked to Ryou, for the answer to Ichigo's question. 'What now?' Ryou thought hard and finally spoke.

"Okay, there has to be a way out of here," He stated, "We just gotta find it!" He looked to Pai, "How many floors does this place have?"

"Three," Pai answered, his arms crossed. He didn't like this situation and he definitely didn't like that Ryou had seemed to take the role of the leader.

"Four, if you count the attic," Kisshu added, "There's also a basement." Ryou thought.

"Okay quickest way to do this is to split up and search for an exit, whether it be an open window or something."

"What na no da!" Pudding called, "You want us to split up? Don't you watch the movies? If we split up we'll all start dying na no da!"

"Pudding this isn't a horror movie," Lettuce said softly trying to calm down the frantic girl, "That won't happen."

"Ugh, you're such a baby," Taruto mumbled. Pudding looked at him with sad eyes. His widened and he looked away.

"Hey, leave her alone you twerp," Mint called, "We all gotta work together to get out of this."

"Okay," Ryou spoke up, "So we're splitting up! Mews you can use your pendants to communicate and you can also reach me since I have Masha," Ryou pulled the fluffy puff out of his pocket. "Okay, Mint and Zakuro, you two look on the third floor, Lettuce, you take the second, Ichigo, Masaya, and Kisshu, you three look in the basement, Pudding and Taruto, you two take the Attic!" He turned to Pai and glared. "You, me, and Keiichiro will stay on the first floor."

Pai furrowed his eyebrows. He knew Ryou had set this up to keep an eye on him, and there was no way he would be trapped in a house with blondie as his partner. Everyone started towards their assigned places. Lettuce looked back and saw Pai's eyes glaring at Ryou. She thought for a second then spoke.

"Uh actually," she started, Ryou looked towards her, "I think Pai should come with me," Ryou looked at her as if she had just spoken in English, "I mean just so that everyone has a partner, you know?" Ryou looked back to Pai, sighed, and looked back to Lettuce.

"Fine," he agreed, "I guess that makes sense." Lettuce smiled and continued towards the second floor. Pai started towards the staircase. "Hey," Ryou called, Pai's ears perked up, "I swear if this is some trap and anything happens to these girls, you're gonna regret it!" Pai continued up the stairs without replying. Keiichiro walked up to Ryou.

"You really think the aliens are behind all of this?" Keiichiro asked.

"I don't know," Ryou admitted, "But we can't let our guard down." Keiichiro nodded and the two of them continued deeper into the house.

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Pai caught up to Lettuce pretty quickly seeing as she waited for him at the top of the stairs.

"Where should we look first?" Lettuce asked him with a small polite smile.

"Why'd you ask me to join you?" Pai asked her, eyebrow raised. Lettuce blushed and looked down, his question caught her off guard.

"Uhh, well I guess cause I thought it would be better for both of us," she finally answered.

"How so?"

"Well I didn't want to be alone and I know you didn't want to be with Ryou," Lettuce answered looking up. She was shocked when she saw a small smile on his face and...was he chuckling?

"Wow," Pai said, "Well thanks then," he said walking past Lettuce towards a hallway. Lettuce stood in her place. She had never seen Pai smile like that. She smiled to herself. She had made Pai smile! When he smiled he actually looked kinda cute-

Lettuce quickly shook the thought from her head and ran to catch up with Pai.

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Ichigo walked silently towards the basement. She slightly looked to her right and saw Masaya walking a few feet behind her. His eyes never left the ground. She was no longer in her mew form since her powers earlier proved useless, but she knew that's how he saw her now, as Mew Ichigo. He hadn't spoken to her since.

"He's doing a heck of job of proving he accepts me and wants to be together," Ichigo thought to herself. Ichigo looked in front of her to Kisshu, who was leading the way to the basement. This was too weird. Why did Ryou put them in a group! Ichigo sighed. She looked back up at Kisshu, he had turned to look back. Their eyes met. He smirked at her before looking back to the front. Ichigo's heart skipped a beat. She felt her cheeks heat up. Why was she blushing? This was Kisshu, he always did that. But there was something different about that smirk. It was sincere not mischievous, and friendly not devilish. Oh, why was Ryou doing this to her!

Masaya was staring at Ichigo. He saw that alien smile at her and now she was blushing. Masaya looked back at the alien. He knew Ichigo thought they were growing apart but had she already found another guy? And an alien guy nonetheless! But he knew he wasn't mistaken. First, he finds out she's Mew Ichigo, and know that she's already moved on?

"We're here," Kisshu announced. Ichigo and Masaya watched as Kisshu pulled opened the doors to the basement. A row of stairs lead down to a room of darkness.

"Wow," Ichigo gasped peering into the darkness, "You can't see a thing down there."

"Ladies first," Kisshu said with another grin. Ichigo felt her heart skip yet another beat. She turned away from him quickly to maintain her composure.

"Oh now you're a gentlemen?" She asked sarcastically, "Where was this Kisshu during all our battles?" She stepped down the stairs but missed and fell. "NYA!" she cried out.

"Ichi-" Masaya started to cry out, but stopped short.

"Ichigo, are you okay?" Kisshu asked her. Ichigo looked up. Kisshu had teleported to the bottom of the stairs and had caught Ichigo in his arms. Ichigo stared up at Kisshu. Although the room was dark, Ichigo could see Kisshu's green eyes as if they were glowing. All she could do was nod.

"Ah hem," Masaya coughed. They looked towards him. He had already found his way down the stairs and was standing a few feet behind them. Kisshu placed Ichigo down on her feet.

"Uh I think I should go look for a flashlight or something," Kisshu suggested, "I'll be back." Ichigo heard Kisshu walk up the stairs. Even though she couldn't see, she knew Masaya's eyes were on her. The silence was intensely awkward. Ichigo sighed. She knew she had to say something.

"Masaya-"

"Do you like him?" Masaya interrupted her, "Is he the reason we're growing apart?"

"What? No!" Ichigo exclaimed, "He's not the reason..."

"I can tell you like him, Ichigo," Masaya continued.

"What!" Was all Ichigo could get out. He knew she liked Kisshu? She never thought she liked Kisshu, she only really noticed all that stuff about him today, and yeah she had to admit he was kind of cute but that was all, right? She didn't like him did she? How could she like Kisshu, he was a stalker, a perverted stalker nonetheless. Today, though, he wasn't like that. Was this the real Kisshu she was seeing? If so she did like it-no no no! She couldn't like Kisshu. They were enemies.

"The way you looked at him," Masaya continued.

"Masaya, please don't worry about Kisshu," Ichigo spoke quickly ,"I think I should go see if he found any lights." Ichigo finished. She wanted to get out of there. She quickly made her way to the stairs and found her way up them. When she reached the doorway she sighed and leaned back on the board. What was she going to do about all of this?

"Ichigo," She turned to see Kisshu walking up to her. He had some flashlights in his hand. "These were the only things I could find."

"That's fine," Ichigo sighed, "Let's go" She turned to go down the stairs when Kisshu stopped her. She looked up at him.

"Ichigo," Kisshu started, "Are you and that guy still together?" He asked. Ichigo looked at him, stunned at his question.

"Uh well," Ichigo stammered, "We are but, I don't know how long it will last, honestly. I feel as if we're growing apart you know? But Masaya wants to stay together so..." Her voice trailed off.

"Ichigo, if you're not happy," Kisshu started.

"This weekend he was supposed to prove to me that we should stay together," Ichigo finished.

"Well, if ever doesn't work out," Kisshu started then he leaned in and planted a kiss on Ichigo's lips. Ichigo's eyes widened, but she didn't push him away. She closed her eyes and accepted the kiss.

Masaya stood beneath the stairs, heartbroken. He had heard every word of Ichigo and Kisshu's conversation. And he didn't need to look to see what they were doing now. He sighed. It must really be over between him and Ichigo now. He walked towards the far side of the room, he felt tears burn in his eyes. He turned around. His eyes widened; he was face to face with a tall dark figure.

"Hey-" He called out, but never finished his sentence. The figure grabbed him and thrusted something into his chest. Masaya made a choking sound as he looked down and saw a blade of some kind had just been pushed inside his chest. The figure twisted his blade and threw Masaya back into a pile of boxes.

Ichigo pulled away from Kisshu. "Did you hear that crash?" She asked quickly. She took one of the flashlights and ran down the stairs, almost falling. She turned on the flashlight and shined its light across the room. Kisshu was right behind her. "Masaya?" Ichigo called. Her flashlight landed on the stack of overturned boxes. They walked towards them. "Masaya, you in there?" Kisshu walked forward and moved the boxes aside. He shined his light on the ground. Ichigo's screamed pierced the entire building. Kisshu jumped up and grabbed Ichigo to pull her away from the sight, but it was too late. She had seen it and she would never forget it.

Masaya laid there, blood running down his chest, in a puddle of blood, dead. His eyes were wide open and Ichigo swore she saw a tear drop falling down his cheek.

Lol One down! A lot more to go! So who should go next? Well that's not up to me now is it? So go ahead and vote.

Who's Alive: Ichigo, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, Zakuro, Ryou, Keiichiro, Pai, Kisshu, and Taruto

Who's Dead: Masaya

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