Never forgetting you
Chapter 7 – Louhi's betrayal
Kisshu's POV
I felt something hitting against my eyes, I frowned and tightened them, struggling to open them, I didn't feel like waking up already but that damn light was getting on my nerves so I ended up giving up. I opened my golden eyes, my vision was completely blur because I was still very sleepy, I had to blink a couple of times to adjust my eyes to the light that filled completely my room, this made me wonder…I never left the curtains open so something like this would never happen…I turned my head towards the window and my suspicion was confirmed, I definitely DIDN'T close the curtains last night, the reason why I didn't close the…I still wanted to find out…
I stood up from my bed, my chest was bare and I was only dressed in my shorts like every night. I pulled one of the curtains so it would block some of the light in the room, I looked outside by the glass of the window I didn't cover, the leaves of the tree that stood in my garden were dropping water and also shining thanks to the sun, I remember now last night there was a storm.
I suddenly heard something moving from my bed, I was startled at first but then turned around and looked there, my eyes widened when I saw Ichigo standing in my bed and covered with the blanket up to her neck, when she moved I was able to see that her shoulders were bare and my mind started asking too many questions at the same time
'Why is Ichigo in my bed?'
'Why she doesn't have any clothes on?'
'And especially…WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED LAST NIGHT BETWEEN US?'
I started looking around my room frantically, searching for our clothes that, by what my mind was thinking that happened last night, supposedly would be laid all over the floor! But what I saw told me that nothing like that happened…I found our clothes…yes…laid on my bedroom's floor…no but they were hanging on a chair that was standing in my room, I finally joined two plus two…last night it rain a lot and we probably were caught in the storm, so I must have took her here and we ended up falling asleep while our clothes dried…I sighed in relief and right now I just felt like banging my head on the wall for thinking about such perverted things! But I knew something was missing…I perfectly remembered that I left her by her apartment…then how the heck both of US were caught in the rain if by yesterday evening I left her by her apartment's door before the storm started?
"Humm…Kish?" I heard my kitten's voice calling me, I quickly turned around to face her, she was standing up a little from the bed, the covers were now by her shoulders but since she had her body turned to me I could see that she was dressed only in her underwear, I felt my cheeks slightly turning red and looked away from her body, trying to focus only on her face, face that was still sleepy.
"What are you doing…?" she asked
"I…I w-was…uh…" I started stammering which wasn't normal in me, I saw that she was staring at me with a confused look, I was starting to melt completely in her chocolate orbs and those cute cat ears on the top of her head…I started thinking how beautiful she was…
"Kish?" I heard her calling me again which woke me up from my thoughts, I was still blushing but I still approached her and sat down on the bed next to her.
"Hum…Ichigo I don't want to sound rude or even stupid but…what happened last night? It's not like I don't like you being here with me because I do but I'm confused…how come you are here if yesterday I left you at home before the rain started?" I saw her confused look turning into a sad one, I was starting to panic, great something happened last night and my damn brain won't remember! Great, Kisshu now you did it, you just offended her! Or at last that I thought…I felt her arms wrapping around my waist and she hiding her face in my bare chest , I didn't know why she was doing this but I still wrapped my arms around her and held her close to me…
"Yesterday…not too shortly after you left…I walked inside home and went to the living room…standing there was just Masaya, I asked him where the others were and he told me that the girls were gone for a walk and Ryou and Keiichiro were in their room…just then he tried to force on me, he tried to kiss me, telling me that you weren't good for me, I thought I had no way out but I was able to run away after I kicked him in the stomach…I just wanted to run away from there and that's when I saw you with a blue haired girl, she was also an alien" that's when I started remembering everything that happened last night and at the same time I was trying to control my anger towards that Masaya guy but I would take care of him later…I remembered that Louhi kissed me and Ichigo had seen everything, I remembered seeing her running away from there, I remembered after I yelled at Louhi that I run after my kitten and found her…by the river we had spend our day at…but I remembered the most important part of last night…I remembered that had finally confessed my feelings to her…
Normal POV
The couple separated their lips from each other after sharing their first kiss, they looked in each other eyes, she had her cheeks red and he had happiness in his eyes. Kisshu held her close to him, once again none of them bothering with the rain that kept soaking them…
"Ichigo…my Ichigo…my kitten…I love you…I love you so much and I always will, never forget that…always my love…" whispered Kisshu in one of her black ears, Ichigo blushed even more when he called her his love, she held on him tight, holding on his shirt and snuggled in him while he kissed her head and held her close to him…
"I love you too Kisshu…don't leave me…ever…"
"I promise I will never do it…"
The two stood like that, together, holding on each other until Ichigo started sneezing because of her soaked clothes, Kisshu looked at her worried and that was when both of them remembered they were still in the rain, he picked her up in bridal style and held to him.
"Sorry…I completely forgot that we still were in the rain, I will take you home now" Ichigo shook her head in response, Kisshu looked at her confused
"No…I don't want to go home…I mean…if you don't mind…can I stay with you tonight…?" Kisshu simply smiled at her, understanding that she didn't want to talk about the reason she didn't want to go home, the alien nodded with his head and teleported both of them to his home. Once there, Kisshu settled her down on her feet and handed her a couple of towels.
"Dry yourself with that, I uh…sorry but I don't have any dried clothes at the moment…I think you will have to sleep in your underwear…" he said as he started turning red as his kitten's hair, he quickly looked away.
"You can stay here sleeping; I will sleep in the couch. Settle yourself" he said and was about to leave the room when Ichigo caught his wrist, he looked back at her
"You don't have to go…you can stay here…I want you to stay here with me…"
"B-But I thought you would be uncomfortable since y-you are…"
"I don't mind, as long as it's you…I don't mind…" she said turning herself a little bit red, he blushed a little bit more
"Well…if that's what you want…but I..I will look another way while you take your clothes off…" and with that he turned his back on her and stared at the wall while waiting for her to be done taking off her wet clothes. A few minutes later she told him he could look, Ichigo was already inside the bed and covered with the covers to avoid making him feel even more uncomfortable but he still was blushing a little.
The alien took Ichigo's clothes that were on the floor and put them on the chair that was in his room so they could dry, then started undressing himself as well, the girl looked away knowing it was rude to stare at a person while it was undressing. Sometime later, Ichigo felt Kisshu laying down on the bed and covering himself with the blanket as well, he then pulled her towards him and held her close to him, the direct contact of their skins with each other made both of them shiver slightly but soon got used to it. Ichigo snuggled her head in his chest and under his chin and very soon she was already in the dreamland, Kisshu followed right after her…
Snapping out of his deep thoughts from last night, Kisshu looked again to the cat-girl who was still snuggling in his arms, carefully he put one hand under her chin and lifted her delicate head, both of them were now looking at each other eyes and when they noticed their lips were already united in one, sharing their second kiss
"I love you Ichigo…never forget that and I want you to keep in mind that I will always be here for you for everything, always…you're my kitten…my little strawberry and I promise you that I won't ever let anything bad happen to you…never…"
Meanwhile in a dark place…covered in full darkness…smoke…steam…fire…lava and especially the horrible smell of sulfur and the darkly, shadowy figures that flew through the dark skies…the figure of a young girl with baby blue hair, pink eyes, pointy elf ears and a serious but at the same time look full of anger and fury, was being watched by the figures of darkness, all of them were staring at her with hungry and bloody red eyes but none of them attacked her…at last for now…
Louhi keep walking, full aware of the hungry eyes that watched every step she took either from the sky or from the land, she keep walking towards the black palace, many of these figures with demonic shaped wings flew around one of the castle's towers while others were lined up along the bridge connecting the road to the palace's gate as if they were stone statues. As soon as she got to the gate one of the figures flew down, landing right in front of her, her blue hair flew everywhere because of the wind created but she still keep that serious face, the figure opened his huge black wings in an attempt to scare the girl, which didn't happen…
"What are you doing here, alien?" asked the demon
"I came here to speak with your leader…" she answered without changing a single bit her expression…the figure started laughing darkly and approached his human face, the only part of his body that was human in fact, and showed a evil smirk among his face.
"You are very brave in coming here on your own, completely vulnerable before us, we could have attacked you and rip you to pieces when you took a single step in our land!"
"And why didn't you do it…?"
"Hum…you are lucky that our leader saw you coming and was really interested in finding out why a young alien like you came here alone…follow me…I will take you to our leader…" and with that the huge gate opened letting the demon and the female alien enter inside the palace. They walked down a huge hall, statues of demons decorated the whole palace, Louhi keep in silence until they reached a door. The demon stopped in his tracks and knocked at the door.
"Master…I bring the girl with me…"
"Let her in…" answered a young but at the same time dark voice from inside the room, the demon opened the door and let Louhi in, once she was in he followed her inside and closed the door behind them…the room was dark, black and crimson red were the colors that decorated the room, two figures, a male and a female, were sitting at the huge sofa and stared at the alien girl that just entered in the room.
"Curious…you come to my kingdom, on your own, nobody else with you…what do you want alien?" asked the same male voice from before, Louhi kneeled down before the two figures and bowed respectful.
"Sir Onii…king of the demons…before I start I want to assure you that I'm completely alone and none of this is a trap to attack your kingdom…my reason to come here before you is to tell you an information that I think it might interest you…" the demon that went by the name Onii started showing certain curiosity
(For the following scene listen to the soundtrack of Tokyo Mew Mew "Kisshu no Takurami")
"Stand up alien…now I am curious about your reasons, what is your name…?" Louhi stood up and looked at the couple before her amethyst eyes
"I go by the name Louhi sir and about the information…I know you hold rancor towards my species, especially towards the north village…"
"It is true…I have been waiting the right moment to get my revenge for a long time…that damned village, those damn groups of aliens and humans with those animal genes killed half of my people and my father twelve years ago…" Louhi smiled a little, ignoring the fact that the demon just insulted her own species…
"Perfect sir…in this case we both want the same thing…"
"And what is that…?" spoke finally the female that was sitting on Onii's lap
"Revenge…milady…"
"Call me Lady Iyzebel…and now I ask you Louhi…what is your reason that makes you betray your own specie, your own clan"
"My specific reason I would prefer not to mention but I will say that I wish to get revenge on a person that ruined my life, always treated me like scum…"
"I see…you said you had information that would interest us…what information is that?" asked Onii, Louhi started by lifting one finger
"A week…in a week there is going to be a masquerade party in the village…I'm sure that will be the perfect moment for you to strike…you only need to disguise yourself and your guards and nobody will suspect you…once everyone is distracted with the party, you may attack as you please, nobody will be prepared for such a surprise attack coming from you…everyone will be at your mercy…" said Louhi and smiled evilly, that smile was soon followed by Onii, Iyzebel and even the guard…
"ICHIGO! Where the heck have you been? Why didn't you spend the night here?" yelled Mint once Ichigo stepped in the house, Kisshu just left her there and Ichigo had convinced him to not attack Masaya right now, she would be one taking care of it
"Mint…please I'm perfectly fine, I spend the night at Kisshu's house, nothing bad happened to me" said Ichigo, six pair of eyes widened and all of them yelled at the same time
"WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU TWO?"
"NO! For the umpteenth time nothing happened between us!" yelled Kisshu to his friends that were staring at him the same way Ichigo's friends were
"Are you sure mister Kisshu?" asked Nadia with a suspect look in her eyes
"A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y! We didn't do 'it' last night if that's what your perverted minds are thinking!"
"How are we so sure that nothing happened?" said Berry, Ichigo slapped her own forehead and shook her head
"Look believe in whatever you want but I'm telling you the truth, nothing happened between me and Kisshu last night, we just slept together and NO not in that way you are thinking, we slept TOGETHER but DRESSED capiche?" and with that she left to her room, not wanting to look at Masaya in case he decided to come downstairs…
After chatting with his three friends and convincing them that nothing extremely romantic happened between him and Ichigo last night, the four went for a walk around the village and that was when Kisshu noticed Nadia's worried face…
"Nadia? What's the matter? Is something bothering you?"
"I don't know…since last night I don't see my sister anywhere…you told me you were the last one who saw her after what happened between you two…but since that, she didn't sleep at home last night Kish, I can feel that something is wrong, something is about to happened but I don't know why, I can feel that something is wrong with my sister…"
"I'm sure it's nothing, you know Louhi pretty well Nadia…I think that she is just playing this kind of trick to get some attention, you will see that in no time she will pop out" Nadia nodded, trying to be convinced by her friends's words but still she felt something in her heart that was telling her it wasn't right…however Kisshu also felt something but it wasn't about Louhi…it was about something that was about to come…very soon…
TBC…