Betraying My People Chapter 33:

Jealousy

Ichigo was in the room she shared with Kisshu, watching him sleep. She had been there for a few hours, and though she knew Kisshu needed rest, she was worried about him. Finally she placed a hand on his chest and concentrated. She didn't sense anything wrong, so she figured he was just tired.

About two hours later, Kisshu started to stir. He opened his eyes, and looked at Ichigo. "How are you feeling?" Ichigo asked him.

"I feel a lot better," Kisshu said. "I think I can stand up." He tried, and sure enough, no problem.

Ichigo was relieved as she stood up too. "I'm glad you're okay," she told Kisshu.

"Thanks Koneko-chan," Kisshu said. "Do you know what time it is?"

"No, why?" Ichigo asked.

"I'm hungry," Kisshu said.

"Let's go see the others," Ichigo said. "I'm sure Aunt Hamaya will have something." She and Kisshu walked out of their room, and into the main room. Aunt Hamaya and Uncle Aran were the only ones there, and they looked up as Ichigo and Kisshu came in.

"Kisshu, you're awake!" Aunt Hamaya said. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah, I feel a lot better," Kisshu said. "Is there anything to eat around here? I'm really hungry."

"Sure, we already ate, but we left you some dinner in the kitchen," Uncle Aran said.

"Thanks," Kisshu said, and he and Ichigo went into the kitchen, and found two bowls of some noodle dish. They both picked up a pair of chopsticks, and went to the table to eat. As they were finishing, Aunt Hamaya said, "It's almost eleven, you should probably go to bed. Pai and Taruto will be back tomorrow; they were taking the Mews home."

"Alright," Ichigo said. "I am a bit tired."

"I'm not," Kisshu said.

"That's because you slept for five hours after we brought you home," Uncle Aran said. "You should just try to get some rest. We're going to bed soon too."

Kisshu sighed, then took Ichigo's hand and teleported back to their room. Ichigo got into bed, and Kisshu laid down next to her. He wasn't sleepy, but enjoyed Ichigo snuggling up to him as she fell asleep. He started petting her hair, and she leaned into his hand. Due to the serum Keiichiro had developed, neither of them purred anymore, but at least the motion was soothing to both of them. After about half an hour of petting Ichigo, Kisshu was getting sleepy, and soon after, he fell sound asleep.

The next morning they both woke up, and Kisshu said, "Should we go on a walk?"

"Sure, that would be nice," Ichigo said.

Kisshu smiled, and after they finished getting dressed, they went outside. It was another beautiful day, with a bit of a breeze. Just as they reached the woods, a boy about Kisshu's age came out of the trees. He smirked when he saw them. "Well, you finally got a girlfriend?" he asked.

"Yes," Kisshu said shortly.

"I think it's interesting that the kid nobody liked 'cause he was so much better than them gets a pretty girlfriend, while I'm still single," the boy said.

"You're still single because you're a complete jerk," Kisshu snarled. "And girls don't like jerks- especially jerks with no brains or fighting skills."

The boy turned red, and shouted, "Just because you're the best warrior on our planet doesn't mean the rest of us are bad!"

"I know, but you have no skill, even with your own weapon," Kisshu said. "There are plenty of good fighters on this planet. You're not one of them. I'll say this, you're better than Mizuki, though. Even his weapon thought he was a coward."

"Mizuki was the worst fighter the school ever saw," the boy snarled. "That's not a compliment."

"Do you honestly believe I'd compliment the guy who started the name 'obnoxious grass kid'?" Kisshu asked.

"Well, it's true," the boy said. "You are pretty obnoxious. And your hair looks like grass."

Kisshu turned red, but before he could do anything to the boy, Ichigo said, "You're just jealous, aren't you?"

"Jealous of having green hair? As if!" the boy scoffed.

"No, I meant jealous of Kisshu's skill," Ichigo said. "Although I think Kisshu has beautiful hair. It's such a nice color."

The boy looked shocked, but then angry as he turned back to Kisshu. "You always get the best everything!" he shouted. "Just you wait, someday I'll be the one who's got the best of everything. And then you can watch as I take your girlfriend away from you!"

Kisshu's eyes started to glow. This didn't seem to faze the boy, who teleported behind Ichigo, then grabbed her and teleported away, leaving Kisshu in shock.

With Ichigo: Ichigo closed her eyes, then opened them as she felt solid ground under her feet. She turned and glared at the boy. "Why did you kidnap me? I don't even know you!" she said angrily.

"Kisshu can't have everything," the boy said. "I'm going to find a way to get rid of him, and then you'll fall for me."

"Like that'll ever happen," Ichigo snarled. "Killing my boyfriend would immediately make you my enemy. If you want to stay alive, I'd suggest leaving Kisshu and me alone."

"As if," the boy said dismissively. "What could you do to stop me anyways?"

"This," Ichigo said, and transformed. Then she got out her weapon and said, "Do you really believe you can just kidnap me and not suffer any consequences? I can take care of myself, and watch Kisshu's back at the same time."

The boy looked shocked. Ichigo mentally rolled her eyes and said, "If you seriously believed you could just kidnap me and I'd fall in love with you, you were wrong. I guess Kisshu was right, you really don't have any brains."

Obviously that had hit a nerve, because the boy took out a sword of his own, and said, "Then you'll die. If you won't be mine, you can die. But don't worry, your boyfriend will be joining you soon." With that he lunged at her, as she readied her sword.

With Kisshu: Kisshu was literally shaking with rage. He couldn't even calm down enough to sense where Ichigo was. Unfortunately, he also hadn't noticed the pair of green eyes in the woods, watching him in preparation for the right moment to strike.

In the woods: A boy a little younger than Kisshu was watching as Kisshu stood stock still. His name was Amaguchi Yusuke, and he was the younger brother of the boy Ichigo was fighting. He was also Taruto's best friend. His older brother Kuro had blackmailed and forced him into helping take down Kisshu, but he was NOT happy with the idea of sneaking up on Cyniclonia's best warrior, no matter what state of mind he was in. As Yusuke started to aim a poison dart at Kisshu, Taruto's face popped into his mind, and he lowered his hand. How can I kill Kisshu? Taruto will never forgive me if he finds out, Yusuke thought. He thought, then, for the first time ever, he disobeyed his older brother, and came out of the woods. Kisshu turned quickly, as Yusuke stepped on a branch. He seemed to be slightly calmer when he saw it was just Yusuke- until he saw what Yusuke was holding, and his eyes started to glow again. Yusuke gulped and said, "You can use these to defeat Kuro. He blackmailed me into killing you, but I know Taruto's never going to forgive me if I do that. I don't want to lose my best friend. You need to stop my brother, or things will just get worse!"

Kisshu's eyes stopped glowing, but he suddenly grabbed Yusuke's shoulder and teleported. Yusuke's eyes widened when they landed; they were standing in front of the door to the Council room.

"What is your brother's plan?" Kisshu asked.

"He wants to kill you, and then take your girlfriend after making it look like you committed suicide," Yusuke said. "I don't think his plan will work, but that's never stopped him in the past."

"Let's go, you're going to tell the Council what you know, and then we'll go save Ichigo," Kisshu said. Yusuke looked nervous, but didn't have much of a choice as Kisshu knocked on the door.

"Who's there?" they heard.

"Ikisatashi Kisshu and Amaguchi Yusuke," Kisshu called out. "There's a problem."

"Come in," another voice said. Kisshu pushed the door opened and dragged a very nervous Yusuke into the Council room.

"What's the problem?" Hiro-sama asked. It was just him and Siria-sama today.

Kisshu nudged Yusuke, who said nervously, "My brother Kuro plans to kill Kisshu."

"Is there more to it?" Siria-sama asked, her voice gentle.

"Hai, he kidnapped Ichigo, and told me I had to kill Kisshu and that if I didn't, he'd tell Mom that Taruto was a bad influence and that I shouldn't see him anymore," Yusuke said. "But I didn't want to kill Kisshu, so I told him to use the poison darts Kuro gave me to kill Kuro. Then Kisshu dragged me here. We have to stop my brother!"

"I understand," Siria-sama said. "Hiro-sama, go with Kisshu and find Ichigo. I'll take Yusuke home; his mother needs to know about this."

"Hai," Hiro-sama said. "Kisshu, do you know where Ichigo is?"

"Kuro was taking her to the house where Mizuki and Sanosuke were killed," Yusuke said.

"Thank you," Kisshu said. "Hiro-sama, should we go?"

"Hai, let's go," Hiro-sama said. They teleported out, leaving Yusuke and Siria-sama alone.

"Yusuke, I need to talk to your mother, so I'm going to teleport us both to your house," Siria-sama said. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to be wandering around alone."

"Th-thank you, Siria-sama," Yusuke said. Siria-sama smiled and took him by the hand, then teleported to his front door and knocked. The door was opened by Yusuke's mother, who took one look at the two of them, and said, "Did something happen?"

"Hai, may we come in?" Siria-sama asked.

"Hai, of course," Mrs. Amaguchi said. She let them in and said, "Do you want to sit down?"

"It's fine," Siria-sama said. "Ikisatashi Kisshu brought Yusuke to the Council today, and Yusuke informed us that your son Kuro has kidnapped Kisshu's girlfriend and plans on killing Kisshu. Kuro apparently blackmailed Yusuke into trying to kill Kisshu with some poison darts, but Yusuke did the right thing, and told all this to Kisshu, then to me."

"Yusuke, WHY would you take poison darts from your brother, even if he blackmailed you?" Mrs. Amaguchi asked, horrified.

"Kuro said that if I didn't kill Kisshu, he'd tell you that I shouldn't hang out with Taruto," Yusuke said sadly. "I don't want to lose Taruto as a friend."

"We'll talk about this later," Mrs. Amaguchi said. "Siria-sama, what is happening with Kuro?"

"I sent Hiro-sama and Kisshu to find him," Siria-sama said. "I did not tell them what to do once they found him, I will leave that up to Hiro-sama's judgement."

Mrs. Amaguchi sighed. "I understand," she said. "I will abide by their decision, whatever it may be. I recognize his actions are unacceptable, and that obviously I went wrong somewhere. Thank you for bringing Yusuke home."

"You're welcome," Siria-sama said. "I have to get back. Either myself or Hiro-sama will inform you of what happens."

"Thank you," Mrs. Amaguchi said softly. Siria-sama nodded and teleported out.

Sort of a bad chapter ending… but there'll be more soon! Review!