Betraying My People Chapter 2:

Finding Kisshu

Ichigo packed a few things into her backpack, and left her house. Someone would find her parents eventually, but by then, she would hopefully be helping Kisshu.

As soon as she was out the door, though, she realized she had no idea as to where Kisshu might be. If he lived on a spaceship or in some other dimension, there was no way she could get to him. She started to think about what she could do. She couldn't use the computers at the Café, Ryou was still there. She knew that if she transformed, the Café computers would alert Ryou, so she hadn't transformed. She had brought her pendant, but she knew she'd have to find a way to deactivate the tracking device on it.

Finally she decided to go to her favorite park, and think about what to do there. In the middle of the street wasn't the best place to be lost in thought. That decided, she headed to Inohara Park.

She finally reached the huge sakura tree, and walked around it. Halfway around, though, she tripped on something, and fell. To her surprise, she heard someone say, "Ow, what was that?"

Ichigo picked herself up and looked back. To her shock, she was looking at Kisshu! "Kisshu?" she asked.

"Yeah…" Kisshu said suspiciously. "What are you doing out here, Koneko-chan?"

Ichigo decided to get straight to the point, so she said, "Looking for you."

"What? Why, so you can kill me?" Kisshu asked. "I thought most of you would be sleeping around now."

Ichigo sighed. "I'd have a very hard time sleeping anyways, but no, I wasn't looking for you to kill you. I wanted to ask if I could join you."

Kisshu looked shocked. "You want to join me?" he asked. "Why?"

"That blonde bastard who created the Mews murdered my parents a few hours ago," Ichigo said. "He thought that if he did that and brainwashed me, I'd continue working for him, even though I hate him. But the brainwashing machine didn't work on me, so I remembered everything- including the fact that I quit Café Mew Mew today."

"Your leader murdered your parents!?" Kisshu asked, horrified.

Ichigo nodded, looking down.

Kisshu was silent for a moment, then said, "It's okay with me if you want to join, but I have to run it by my leader first. Do you still have that transformation device?"

"Yeah, but I need to find some way of disabling the tracking device in it," Ichigo said. "It's not going to help if Ryou can track me anywhere I go."

"True," Kisshu said. "I can probably figure that out, but we have to talk to my leader before that. Come with me." He offered Ichigo his hand, and she took it.

Kisshu teleported to his spaceship, and landed. Ichigo stumbled a bit. "You okay?" Kisshu asked.

"Just a little dizzy," Ichigo said.

"Teleporting can do that if you're not used to it," Kisshu said. Suddenly the room faded away, and was replaced by blue mist. Kisshu immediately went down on one knee and bowed his head; Ichigo hesitantly copied him.

A light formed above them, and a child-like voice said, "Kisshu, why have you brought a human here?"

"This is Mew Ichigo, the leader of the Mew Mews," Kisshu replied. "She offered to join us. Is that okay?"

"And why did she offer to join us?" the child-like voice asked.

"Her leader killed her parents," Kisshu replied. "Is it alright for her to join us?"

"I would like to ask her some questions," the child-like voice said. Ichigo sensed the focus had shifted to her, and was proven correct as the voice asked, "Mew Ichigo, are you willing to help us eliminate the humans and take back the Earth for my people?"

"Hai," Ichigo replied. She felt had felt differently about the aliens' motives since she saw her parents dead.

"What could you gain from this?" the voice asked. "You are part human yourself."

"I would gain the chance to avenge my parents by killing their murderer," Ichigo said. "Other than that, I wouldn't gain anything."

"Then why are you so willing to help?" the voice asked.

"I'm sure you have your reasons for taking over the Earth," Ichigo replied. "And without my parents, there is nothing there for me anymore. I'm sure your reasons for fighting are far more noble than those of the creator of the Mew Mews, who doesn't really care about anyone but himself. I'd rather work for someone with a good cause than a selfish one."

There was silence for a minute, then the voice said, "An admirable view. Very well, you may work for us."

"Arigato," Ichigo said.

The voice then said, "Kisshu, I will put her under your command. I am sending your brothers to help as well. Do not fail me."

"Hai, Deep Blue-sama," Kisshu said. The blue mist and the light faded, leaving Ichigo and Kisshu alone.

I'll work on this more tomorrow, I think.