Betraying My People Chapter 22:
Prophecies
There was a knock on the door, and Kisshu called, "Come in!"
Pai opened the door, and immediately asked, "Kisshu, are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, Ichigo healed me again," Kisshu said. "She said I was really depressed earlier."
"I've never seen you that depressed," Pai said. "It was almost scary."
"That's what Ichigo said," Kisshu replied. "But I'm feeling better now, so you don't have to worry."
"Mom said that your emotions got messed up from being a cat," Pai said.
"Did you figure out why I turned into a cat?" Kisshu asked.
"I'd need some of your blood to do a more thorough examination," Pai said. "If you come to the lab, I'll get that done."
Kisshu sighed, and said, "Can Ichigo be there?"
"Yes," Pai said.
Kisshu took Ichigo's hand and teleported to the lab, followed by Pai. "Sit down, it'll only take me a minute," Pai said to Kisshu.
Kisshu did as he was told, and Ichigo stood next to him, taking his hand. Pai stuck the needle in his arm, and he flinched. Luckily, Pai didn't take too long, and soon he was putting a bandage on Kisshu's arm. Pai sighed and said, "I'm going to run some tests. You might as well go back home, it'll probably take a while. I'll let you know what I find."
"Okay," Kisshu said. He took Ichigo's hand and teleported back to the main room of their house. Uncle Aran looked up from the book he was reading, and said, "How are you, Kisshu?"
"I'm fine," Kisshu said. "I still don't like needles, though. Pai wanted to run some tests on my blood to figure out what might have caused me to turn into a kitten."
"Well, if he figures it out, it'll be worth it, right?" Uncle Aran asked.
"I suppose," Kisshu said.
Aunt Hamaya suddenly teleported in, and said, "Kisshu, you and Ichigo have been summoned to meet with the Council!"
"We're on our way," Kisshu said. He took Ichigo's hand, and teleported to a large room with two rows of chairs against the far wall. All those chairs were occupied, and Kisshu went down on one knee, Ichigo copying him. Siria-sama was sitting in the center of the first row, and she said, "The Council has some questions for both of you. You may rise."
Ichigo and Kisshu stood up, and waited for the Council members to speak.
Siria-sama spoke first, and said, "Ichigo, I would like to question you first."
"Hai," Ichigo said.
"Why did you join Kisshu?" Siria-sama asked.
"The man who created the Mew Mews was an extremely nasty person, and when I quit, he murdered my parents and tried to brainwash me," Ichigo said. "His brainwashing machine didn't work on me, and I remembered everything. When I found out he had killed my parents, I left home and went to find Kisshu, and he let me join him. I figured I'd have a better chance at killing my parent's murderer if I joined Kisshu."
"Was that the only reason you stayed?" Siria-sama asked.
"No, after a while I realized that I was in love with Kisshu, and it's a good thing I stayed, because I was able to save him when Deep Blue got him sick the first time," Ichigo said.
"You have the ability to heal?" Siria-sama asked.
"I do," Ichigo said. "And Kisshu does as well. We somehow gained the same power."
"Ichigo, how much do you love Kisshu?" Siria-sama asked, startling both Ichigo and Kisshu.
"I love him more than anything, and I can't live without him," Ichigo said sincerely.
"Kisshu, do you feel the same?" Siria-sama asked.
"Hai, I feel that way about Ichigo," Kisshu said. "May I ask why you wish to know?"
Siria-sama sighed. "There's a prophecy handed down by our people," she said. "It says that a warrior will form an alliance of the heart with a cat girl, and they will protect their races in their time of need. No one has been able to figure out what the prophecy meant by 'cat girl', since there are no cats on this planet. Now that I've heard what you two have to say, I begin to see a meaning in that prophecy. I believe that Kisshu is the warrior, and Ichigo is the cat girl. You both protected Earth and Cyniclonia from Deep Blue's evil, and you're in love with each other."
Kisshu and Ichigo looked shocked; they were part of a prophecy? Finally Kisshu collected himself and asked, "Is there more to the prophecy?"
"Yes, but the last bit is extremely confusing," Siria-sama said. "It says that the warrior and the cat girl will gain each other's powers, but then it says something else, which no one so far has been able to understand."
"Ichigo and I have the same healing powers," Kisshu commented. "What is the part that no one can understand?"
"I don't know, it's not written in our language," Siria-sama said. "It's almost as if the writer didn't want anyone to know what he was writing."
"Do you know what the language is?" Ichigo asked.
"No, but I'm assuming it's from Earth," Siria-sama said. "Do you know any other languages besides Japanese?"
"I can read and write in English, but I'm not good at speaking it," Ichigo said. "I can also read and write in Chinese, I learned it in school."
"Should I show you?" Siria-sama asked.
"If you don't mind," Ichigo said. "I can't promise it's one of those languages, but I'll do my best."
Siria-sama nodded, and said, "Follow me."
Ichigo and Kisshu followed her to a room off the Council room, and watched as she took a large book off of a shelf. She put it down on the table, and started flipping pages. Suddenly she stopped, and said, "Okay, this is the page. The whole prophecy is on this page, but the last line is the one we can't understand."
Ichigo nodded and looked at the last line. It was in English, and Ichigo saw that it said, 'Good luck, Ichigo and Kisshu.' She facepalmed. "No wonder the writer didn't want anyone to read this," she muttered. "No one would take him seriously."
"What does it say?" Siria-sama asked.
"It says, 'Good luck, Ichigo and Kisshu'," Ichigo said. "And it's in English."
Siria-sama and Kisshu facepalmed too, and Siria-sama said, "I can't believe our scholars spent centuries trying to figure that line out, and it turns out to be something like that."
"Well, I guess that's one mystery solved," Kisshu said. "Did you have more questions for us?"
"Not at the moment," Siria-sama said. "I've got to go inform the Council of what we found out about the prophecy, so you may go back home."
Kisshu and Ichigo bowed, then Kisshu took Ichigo's hand and teleported.
They landed in the main room of their house again, and Kisshu called, "We're back!"
Aunt Hamaya and Uncle Aran came running, and Aunt Hamaya said, "So what happened?"
"Apparently Ichigo and I are part of some prophecy," Kisshu said.
"So the mystery of the 'cat girl' has been solved?" Uncle Aran asked. "I've heard of that prophecy."
"Yeah, and we also figured out the last line," Ichigo said.
"You could read it?" Aunt Hamaya asked.
"It was in English, and I studied that in school," Ichigo explained.
"What did it say?" Aunt Hamaya asked.
"It said, 'Good luck, Ichigo and Kisshu'," Ichigo said. "I think it was written in English so no one would figure out the meaning."
"That's all it said!?" Uncle Aran asked. "That mystery is centuries old, and it's just a message for you two?"
"Yeah, pretty much," Kisshu said. "Who wrote that, anyways?"
"Actually, it was your ancestor, Kisshu," Aunt Hamaya said. "Stands to reason that he knew all that, I suppose."
Kisshu looked startled, and said, "My ancestor was some kind of prophet?"
"Yep," Uncle Aran said. "But he was also considered insane, since most of his prophecies during the time he was alive never came true. That's the only one I know of that came true."
"Great… I've got a madman for an ancestor," Kisshu moaned. "Taruto's NEVER going to let me hear the end of it if he finds out."
"If he becomes a problem, let me know," Aunt Hamaya said.
Kisshu sighed and said, "Ichigo, should we go back to our room?"
"Can we go outside?" Ichigo said. "It looked nice."
"It's nighttime," Uncle Aran said. "And besides, it's also almost dinnertime. I just sent Taruto to drag Pai out of his lab."
"Okay," Ichigo said.
They all ate dinner together, and then Pai went straight back to his lab. Taruto teleported off somewhere too, and Ichigo and Kisshu went back to their room.
"What should we do now?" Kisshu asked. "I'm bored."
"Make out?" Ichigo suggested.
Kisshu grinned and pulled her closer, then kissed her. POOF! Suddenly they both noticed everything looked a lot bigger.
"We're cats right now, aren't we?" Ichigo asked.
"Looks like it," Kisshu sighed.
"I wonder if it has something to do with emotions," Ichigo said.
"Maybe," Kisshu said. "Let's try kissing again, and see if it turns us back."
Ichigo and Kisshu kissed again, and POOF! returned to normal. "I wonder why this is happening now," Ichigo said. "It never happened before."
"I think we should go talk to Pai," Kisshu said. He took her hand and teleported.
They landed in Pai's lab, and Pai looked up, startled. "Oh, it's you," he said. "What's up?"
"Ichigo and I both turned into cats while we were kissing," Kisshu said. "I think we need to find out why this is happening."
"I did the tests on your blood," Pai said. "You somehow have cat genes like Ichigo. Why, I don't know. And I don't know why you can both become cats."
"Is there a way to find out?" Kisshu asked. "Ichigo suggested it might have something to do with our emotions. But I don't want to turn into a cat everytime I kiss Ichigo."
"I might be able to alter your DNA a bit so that wouldn't happen, but I'd have to do some research first," Pai said. "Can I get back to you?"
"Sure, as long as it's before one of us turns into a cat permanently," Kisshu said.
"I'll get to work on that," Pai said. "You two should go back, it's late."
As proof of this, Ichigo yawned. Kisshu smiled and took her hand, then teleported back to their room. "Can we go to sleep now?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah," Kisshu said.
They took off their shoes, and curled up together on the futon bed. Kisshu pulled a blanket over them, and they both fell asleep.
Well, Kisshu has cat genes too. And he and Ichigo can turn into cats! I wonder what will happen next…. Review plz!