A/N: Hello guys, here I bring chapter 8 of "Never forgetting you"! Just one little note before this chapter starts! This chapter will be sad and dramatic AND I also based the last scene on episode 166 of Naruto Shippuden, the scene between Naruto and Hinata. Well then let's get started!
Never forgetting you
Chapter 8 – I won't let you…
A week has passed since Kisshu and Ichigo started their relationship, at the beginning both tried to be discreet and hide their relationship to avoid both their friends attacking them with questions has if they were their parents but one day when Kisshu visited Ichigo at her apartment, the two took the chance that they were alone at the living room, since everybody else was at the kitchen, to flirt a little with each other but Pudding suddenly appeared and caught them kissing. As excepted, and to the couple's nightmare, the new spread around every place of the house since Pudding started yelling around saying that she saw them kissing, both Kisshu and Ichigo tried to shut her up but no use, their friends came and started asking them the feared questions…
When everybody calmed down and decided to give some space to the new couple to live their lives, in fact the two were feeling more relived that they didn't need to hide their relationship anymore, Kisshu was much more happier because he finally had the girl of his dreams by his side and knowing that she loved him back made him even more happy, he even started being nicer to his grandfather, the person whom he refused to talk since twelve years ago. About Masaya, Ichigo tried to avoid him even when the boy tried to apologize but she always answered him by telling him that he should think first before he acts. About Louhi, she returned to the village one day after she went to the demons kingdom, her sister, Nadia, was really worried about her but the youngest assured her that she was alright and that she just slept at a friend's house since she needed to clean her mind after what happened with Kisshu, Nadia believed in her tail ignoring the fact that everything was a lie and a trap…
At the moment the group of friends, both Ichigo and Kisshu's friend groups, were all reunited inside the apartment where the girls lived and were getting ready for the masquerade ball. The girls were dressed with the colors they most liked and with beautiful dresses, at the moment they were doing their hairs, the boys tried to help but they were no good so they just waited downstairs. (Note: The dresses that Ichigo, Mint and Retasu have dressed are the same dresses from episode 6 and the dress that Zakuro has got is the same from episode 32.) Ichigo had a long pink dress, the back was long and tied with a ribbon of the same color and the front part showed a small white dress that just reached her thighs, her shoulders were bare, she had a red ribbon with a white star tied in the middle and side of her dress, the ribbon from the side tied both the front and back parts of her dress so her left side was bare, she was wearing white gloves and her hair was caught in the usual pigtails only the tips of her pigtails were wavy. Mint has a dress that was divided in two, it looked more like a shirt and skirt but in real it was a full dress, the top was dark blue like her hair, she also had her shoulders bare and around her neck was tied a white strip that held the top of her dress, the bottom was a light blue skirt that ended by her shoulders, her hair was caught in her usual two odangos only this time little of the odangos were released and wavy, those parts were decorated with red ribbons. Retasu had a full long blue dress, no sleeves, her shoulders were bare, long white gloves, her green hair was free and reached her back, it was wavy, and she didn't have her glasses on since she was wearing contact lenses. Pudding was wearing a simple yellow dress that reached her knees and decorated with yellow frills and had baggy sleeves, her hair was caught in the same style as Ichigo only it was shorter and it wasn't wavy. Zakuro had a long, sleeveless black dress, the front of her hair was free while the back was caught with a black hook and she also was wearing long black gloves. Berry was wearing a long light yellow dress, a yellow ribbon tied to one side and it wasn't that straight like Retasu's and Zakuro's, like most of the girls she had her shoulders bare, white gloves and her hair was caught in two long pigtails (kinda like Luchia from Mermaid Melody when in her mermaid form). And finally, Ringo has a dress like Berry's only it was red, her gloves were also white and her hair had no hairstyle, it was short and on the back of her head remained a red ribbon.
"Are you ready or what?" yelled Ryou from downstairs, they could say he was impatient and the only one complaining since the other boys were in silence
"One minute!" answered Berry
"You said the same thing twenty minutes ago!"
"We are putting our masks on!" said Ichigo
"Hurry up!"
"Men…" said Mint as she rolled her eyes, downstairs Ryou said the same thing
"Women…why they take so long to put on a damn dress?"
"They are girls Ryou, it's normal they like to look beautiful for this kind of parties" said Keiichiro and when he said that, footsteps coming downstairs were heard. The other boys, dressed in smoking, were laying against the wall and when the girls came downstairs they walked up to their pairs. Ichigo, obviously, was going with Kisshu, Mint was going with a boy she had met named Demetry, Retasu was going with Pai, Pudding was going with Taruto, Zakuro was going with Keiichiro, Berry with a boy she met named Tasuku and Ringo with Ryou since he has nobody else to go with. Masaya wasn't between them since the girl he was taking didn't live there. The girls had their masks on and they were the same colors of their dresses to match. The boys smiled at them and took their hands and walked out of the apartment.
"They are all beautiful but the most beautiful is with undoubtedly you, kitten" said Kisshu, whispering at one of her black ears, she started blushing like a tomato.
"Stop that, you are making me blush…" Kisshu laughed, the group arrived the place where the ball was going to be, as excepted lots of people were there, some were dancing, some were talking and others were just eating and drinking, nobody noticed the people dressed in black capes and hoods scattered around the room, nobody was worried or bothered that they were dressed like that since it was a masquerade ball so no one suspected the real reason why those figures were there. Ichigo and Kisshu's group entered in the saloon, there was a small stage where a group of people were playing soft music.
"Everything is so pretty" said Ichigo, Kisshu smiled and was about to say again that she was the most beautiful one of all the people in that room but keep his mouth closed since he didn't want her to blush like a tomato again, instead of that he took her hand and pulled her to him, Ichigo's face was now against his chest, she blushed slightly and looked at him, Kisshu smiled again and let go one of her hands, he fixed her bangs and then leaned in and kissed her forehead.
"Uh…."
"Shall we dance, Koneko?" he asked, Ichigo nodded and smiled at him, Kisshu took once again her other hand and took her to the middle of the saloon and joined the others dancing.
"I…I don't know how to dance that well…just to warn you…" she murmured embarrassed, Kisshu laughed
"I don't know how to dance that much either but we must give our best, after all a ball isn't a ball when you don't dance at last once" Ichigo smiled and leaned her head against his chest, the two danced together slowly and really close to each other, their friends were watching them from afar.
"They really like each other, don't they?" asked Mint
"It's true, I have never seen Ichigo this way, she just seems so happy when she is close to him" said Retasu, Pai nodded in agreement
"Kisshu also changed a lot since she came back, ever since she was taken by those men he was a very lonely person, barely played, he would just hang out with us but he didn't even looked interested in any other girl…it was like Ichigo was his life line, he has changed so much that he even started being a lot nicer to his grandfather, Kisshu never forgave him for letting the men take Ichigo but now he treats him very well" said the oldest alien, Nadia giggled
"What can we say, love makes miracles" not too far and laying against a wall, Louhi watched the happy couple with hate, she looked back at Onii and Iyzebel who were in a corner of the room, disguised, they just exchanged looks with her and she got the message, they were telling her to wait a little bit more, the female alien sighed in frustration.
Sometime later Kisshu and Ichigo got tired of dancing and he went to get some drinks while she walked outside, from there she could see the river running freely, Kisshu approached her with the drinks and gave one to her, then joined her to watch the river.
"It's such a beautiful night" she whispered as she lifted her head and stared at the full moon on that dark night sky, around her shined a lot of stars
"It sure is" said Kisshu as he placed his drink on the fence that surrounded that zone, he turned to Ichigo who looked back at him when she felt his eyes on her.
"Is there anything wrong with me?"
"No, you're perfect…sometimes I ask myself if I deserve to be your boyfriend, you're so beautiful and I…"
"And you're beautiful as well, you are perfect…I love you Kisshu" she said as she put her drink on the fence as well, then turned to the boy and hugged him, he blushed a little but returned the gesture
"Ichigo…"
"Yes?"
"Uh…I know…that…this is going to sound a little bit lame and stupid…but I tried my best while I was writing this…I want to tell you this words:
'When the beauty of the moon shines from the sky, feel in your heart as my eyes admire you.
With your warmth and love you got me. You were always my fortress and my support through good and bad times.
Your warmth and your love are forever planted in my soul.
When in the infinite you see the flash of lightning, remember the fire of passion I keep burning for you.
If the day is cold and you feel the need of warmth, feel me like a blanket that warms you.
When the tears fall down your beautiful face, search for my love.
Remember that I am like the dew of the morning touching the flower.
When you look at the sky and marvel at the shine of the stars, never forget that you are the constellation of my life.
As you hear the murmur of the waves in the sand, just smile.
It's my voice whispering, telling the immense love for you.
And in your heart I will stand.
Even if the brightness of stars is over, even if the moonlight erases, I will forever light you with my love.
I love you, Ichigo…'
"Oh Kisshu…" Ichigo was blushing; Kisshu looked down embarrassed, took his arms off her and turned his back on her
"I know it's ridiculous…I never knew how to write let alone summon a poem to you…sorry I…"
"It's beautiful…" Kisshu was surprised when he heard those words
"What…?"
"I said it's beautiful, nobody ever wrote a poem to me let alone summon it…its perfect, there is nothing wrong with it, it's just beautiful Kisshu, thank you" she said and hugged him again, Kisshu lifted her head and leaned in to kiss her, Ichigo closed her eyes and the two kissed but the romantic moment was interrupted…
"Oh what a beautiful scene…" the couple separated from each other and looked at the person who spoke, it was Louhi…
"Louhi…" murmured Kisshu
"How sweet, the big Kisshu summoning a love poem to his lover…" Kisshu didn't like a bit the ironic tone of the female alien and releasing Ichigo from his arms he stood in front of her in a protective way
"What do you want Louhi? I think I already told you what I feel about you…"
"Oh yes my dear and you did, don't worry you were very clear…so clear as my reason of revenge…"
"Revenge…?"
"Exactly…ever since I met you I was in love with you Kisshu, in my whole life but you just ignored me, you ignored my feelings for you and all of this because of this little human girl, all because you were in love with her, even when she was so far away from here! Well sweetheart you humiliated me when you left me there alone and run after her and now it's time for my revenge to begin!" and with that she teleported away leaving Kisshu and Ichigo surprised and confused.
"What was she talking about…?" asked Ichigo
"I have n-" he couldn't finish the phrase because they started hearing screams from inside the saloon, both of them were about to go in and see what was happening when the roof of the saloon broke and black figures flew up to the sky joining the other dark figures that started appearing in the dark sky, dark clouds started covering the moon and the stars that lighted the sky, the demons started covering the sky with their dark bodies as well and bloody red eyes.
"It can't be.." said Kisshu
"They are…demons…?" murmured Ichigo, Kisshu couldn't speak because of the shock so he just nodded
"Ichigo! Kisshu!" they turned their heads to see their friends running to join them while looking at the sky as well
"I know it…I knew that something was coming!" said Nadia completely shocked
"N-Nadia…L-Louhi…she…she is with them…" said Kisshu
"What…? No…it's impossible!"
"But it is" said Louhi's voice, everyone turned to her, she now had a evil look in her face
"Louhi…but why? Why did you betray your own family?" said Nadia still not believing that her own little sister was behind all of this
"Oh shut up, I want revenge, revenge for all those moments you all humiliated me and left me behind! Our revenge begins now and it will only end when all of you and this village are completely extinct!" and saying these words, Louhi joined the demons in the sky and they started flying everywhere and attacking, attacking everything with no mercy. Kisshu and the other boys took the girls to a temporary safe place, in seconds all they could see was the village being destroyed, fire, smoke and blood everywhere, they couldn't handle watching this anymore, and they had to do something!
"Kisshu! Your grandfather!" said Taruto, suddenly remembering that the elder was still at home and alone without any kind of protection, Kisshu's eyes widened when he remembered the same thing, he was going to fly when he suddenly remember Ichigo and quickly turned to her.
"Ichigo.."
"Go, Kisshu. Don't hesitate, he needs you! I will be fine!" she said, Kisshu kissed her desperately one last time
"I promise I will come back to you"
"And I will be here waiting for you" she said, Kisshu flew up together with Taruto, Pai, Nadia and Masaya to fight against the demons, Ryou and Keiichiro stayed behind to look after the girls. The blond teenager looked at Keiichiro and both of them nodded.
"It's time, Keiichiro…"
"Yes"
"Time for what?" asked Ringo, scared
"Time for you girls to fight…" the girls widened their eyes in shock and surprise
"Then…then it's true…? Y-You guys are going to use us as w-weapons…?" said Ichigo
"Don't see this as a use Ichigo, you girls were trained not to just control your animal side but to fight as well! Every girl and every boy of your age are fighting as well and you have to do it too, not for us but for everyone, you have to help saving this village!" said Ryou, the girls fell silence, Keiichiro approached the girls and gave each one of them golden pendants.
"Every human with animal DNA and angels have these pendants so they can transform and fight, it's time for you girls to activate yours" the girls stared at the pendants and hesitated for a while but remembering what happened twelve years ago, everyone lost their dearest ones in that tragic battle and none of them wanted that to happen again, so they raised their heads with a determinate look.
"Mew Angel Ringo…" (A/N: Only Ringo says "Angel" because she is an angel and not a human with animal DNA)
"Mew Berry…"
"Mew Zakuro…"
"Mew Pudding…"
"Mew Retasu…"
"Mew Mint…"
"Mew Ichigo…"
"Transform!"
The seven girls were enfolded in different lights and lifted in the air, their bodies danced around in the air while their ball dresses were changed by battle outfits. Ringo had a white and red outfit, Berry a light yellow, Zakuro a purple one, Pudding a yellow one, Retasu a dark green one, Mint a light blue one and Ichigo a pink one. The six girls' animal features were kept while Ringo kept her angel wings as well and she was the only one who didn't change anything besides the outfit: Ichigo now had pink hair and magenta eyes, Mint now had bright blue hair and blue eyes, Retasu's dark green hair changed to bright green and her blue eyes to the same color, Pudding keep her blond hair but her eyes changed to a bright brown color, Zakuro keep her purple hair as well but her blue eyes changed to purple too, Berry's hair color was kept while her brown eyes changed to red like a rabbit's eyes.
"Let's go girls" said Ichigo as she and the other girls run down to the tragedy
"I hope they can do it…" said Keiichiro
"Me too…"
Meanwhile Kisshu and Taruto separated from the other three and flew fast as they could towards Kisshu's house, he was pleading that his grandfather was alright and nothing bad happened to him but when they got there they just saw a horrible scene, the house was half destroyed and two demons were there, the emerald green haired alien's grandfather was laying down on the floor, covered in blood.
"Grandpa!" yelled Kisshu when he saw his grandfather like that, the two demons walked backwards a little letting the two aliens approach the elder
"K…isshu…" he said weakly
"Don't talk, keep your strength…Taruto"
"Y-Yes?" asked the young alien, startled
"Take my grandfather to Ryou and Keiichiro now…" ordered Kisshu as he stood up from the floor to look at the two evil creatures standing in the room
"B-But what about you?"
"I stay here taking care of these bastards…"
"But Kisshu! They are two and you are just one!"
"Do what I tell you, Taruto!" yelled the oldest alien, scaring the little one that even though he was mad for leaving his friend behind, obeyed and teleported away, taking the elder with him. Kisshu stared at the two demons in front of him.
"Let's finish this…" he said, the two demons grinned and laughed
"Agreed…"
Ichigo and her friends were now in the middle of a battle, each one fought against a lot of demons and all of them were attacking together
"Mint Echo!" said Mint as she threw an arrow, the other six quickly joined the attack
"Retasu Rush!"
"Pudding Ring Inferno!"
"Zakuro Spear!"
"Loveberry Check!"
"Apple Pop!"
"Strawberry Surprise!"
They all attacked together and the demons fighting against them were surprised by such force of the team attack, they ended up being defeated but a lot more were coming. Ichigo looked around her and saw Pai, Nadia, Masaya and Taruto, who after leaving Kisshu's grandfather with Ryou and Keiichiro joined them, fighting as well but she couldn't find the one she was looking for…Kisshu…
Kisshu stared at the corpses of the two demons laying on the floor, lifeless, his daggers were covered with their blood and so were the alien's clothes, he looked coldly once again at the lifeless demons before taking his daggers out of the bodies and leaving.
"Now to find the leader…"
"Pai! Where is Kisshu?" asked Ichigo, the oldest alien shook his head meaning he didn't know where his friend was but Taruto answered the cat-girl's question
"We went to his house to check on his grandfather, he was hurt and surrounded by two demons, Kisshu ordered me to take his grandfather to Ryou and Keiichiro and said he would fight against them"
"What?" yelled Ichigo without believing in what she was just told, he was fighting against the demons alone? Without thinking twice the kitten started running desperately towards Kisshu's house, pleading that he was fine and ignoring her friends' calls
"Ichigo wait! You can't go alone! Ugh! Stubborn girl!" said Mint as she and the others followed the girl but she was too fast since she was a cat. When she got there, Ichigo didn't find Kisshu but instead found the two corpses of the demons, carefully she walked around the house and figured out that the creatures were really dead and not just acting, she was about to go away to find Kisshu when she noticed something on the floor…a photo…the cat-girl squatted down and took the photo in her hands, most of it was burned, what was left of it was just the figure of two children smiling and hugging each other, Ichigo figured out the two children were her and Kisshu.
"Kisshu…" she whispered and held the photo close to her chest, Kisshu was now to her more than just her best friend, he was the love of her life and she didn't want anything bad happen to him…she looked up at the sky, the flash of lightning was visible in the sky mixing with the tragedy scene, there was no rain, just thunders…when she saw the flash Ichigo remembered a part of the poem Kisshu told her back then
'When in the infinite you see the flash of lightning, remember the fire of passion I keep burning for you.'
A determinate and serious look replaced the sad and worried one in her, now, magenta eyes, Kisshu loved her so much just as she loved him and she wasn't about to let anything happen to him, no matter what…even if that mean to put her own life between life and death, as long as he was alright, she would be happy…with those thoughts in her mind Ichigo started running out of the house and thanks to her cat instincts she could feel the alien's scent so she followed it…
"Gah!" Kisshu was thrown to the floor, he was hurt…badly…he was able to find Onii and Iyzebel who were watching the tragedy from the night sky, without any hesitation the alien started attacking them, Onii had pushed Iyzebel away from the battle scene and started attacking him as well, the battle had been hard but Onii had been stronger then Kisshu, he didn't have much wounds while Kisshu has wounds in every part of his body, he was bleeding and barely could move but he still didn't want to give up…he wanted to avenge his parents' deaths no matter what…
"Give up alien, you have no chance…" said Onii, Kisshu tried to stand up but his wounds burn like hell, he moaned in pain and put a hand on the wound he has in his stomach, Onii smiled evilly and snapped his fingers, before Kisshu could move again, two demons came by his side and held him tightly by his arms, forcing him to fall on his knees. The leader landed on the floor and walked towards the hurt alien, who would have easily broke off the demons grip if he wasn't badly wounded…
"It's your end alien, you are going to join your little friends in a blink of eyes" Kisshu lowered his eyes, he knew this meant a sign of defeat but there was nothing he could do anymore, his wounds were too deep for him to move away…he was finished…
'I'm sorry…mom…dad…I can't do anything more…'
Right in the moment when Onii was about to strike him with his sword, a voice screamed through the sky and interrupted the attack
"NO!"
Everyone, including Kisshu, looked up and saw Ichigo still in her battle outfit and not too far away from them, Kisshu's eyes widened in surprise, he barely recognized the girl if it wasn't by her voice, tail and ears
"I-Ichigo…?"
"Don't touch him!" she yelled, Onii smiled
"What are you going to do to me if I do, kitty? Kill me?"
"If I have to…only over my dead body you are going to touch him!" Onii started laughing and turned around completely to face the determinate kitty, she wasn't about to let them kill the most important person to her when she could do something to stop it…Ryou was right, this was the reason they were trained, they weren't being used as weapons but protecting their beloved ones…
"Very well kitty, if that's what you desire then let's see what you can do"
"Let's do it…Strawberry Bell!" she summoned her weapon and it appeared in her hand, Onii laughed once again when he saw what her weapon was
"Think you can defeat me with a bell, kitty?"
"Yes!" she answered; she was getting mad at this demon…Ichigo started running towards the leader, Kisshu tried to warn her
"Ichigo no! He can-" before he could finish the sentence, Onii smirked evilly and lifted one arm and swung it towards Ichigo, a strong blow of wind hit the cat-girl and she was thrown against a rocky wall, breaking it completely
"ICHIGO!" yelled the green haired alien trying to break off the demons' grip but no use
"W-What…?" murmured the kitten, surprised
"Oh I forgot to warn you kitty, I can control the air oh well now you know, are you going to try again or is that all you got?" teased Onii, Ichigo cleaned a cord of blood that was running down from a corner of her mouth and stood up, she started running towards the demon once again and this time she tried to attack him at the same time
"Strawberry Ch-AHH!" before she could complete her attack, Onii sent another blow of wind towards her, throwing her once again against a wall, Kisshu watched the scene astonished…he watched as his kitten stood up again and again, badly hurt but never giving up, always fighting against the leader of the demons who simply keep throwing strong blows of winds to her, he couldn't watch this anymore, he closed his eyes tightly and looked away when Ichigo stood up again, even more hurt, blood was running down every part of her body, she barely could move but still didn't give up…
"Please…stop…stop…don't go more please…" he murmured, the sound of another wall breaking was heard and he knew that she had been attacked again but he refused to look, refused to look at the horrible state of his love while he could do nothing…Onii walked over to Ichigo who this time didn't stood up like the other times, she was severely wounded and her vision was blurry…the demon stayed there for a while staring at her until he finally gave up, knowing she wasn't going to stand up again, he turned his back on her and started walking back to Kisshu to finish him once and for all but when he less excepted he felt someone holding him tightly by the leg, he stopped walking and turned his head to face Ichigo, really hurt and crawling on the floor but still with enough strength to hold one of Onii's legs…
"I won't let you…" she murmured weakly but Kisshu thanks to his audition that was different from the humans could hear it, he opened his eyes and looked at his love, Onii stared at her coldly
"I won't let you…kill…the most important person to me…I won't let you…hurt him…I won't…" Onii ignored those words and tried to release his legs from the girl's grip but she refused to let him go
"Enough I'm getting tired of you, insignificant human!" and with that he threw another strong blow that made her go up at last 10 feet above the ground, Kisshu saw how the love of his life fell on the ground like a broken doll, there was a huge crash sound and lots of dust was lifted when Ichigo's body hit the ground, in the middle of the dust both alien and the two demons saw a shadow lifting a sword and sticking it in something, when the dust cleared up Kisshu saw Onii on his feet and Ichigo's body next to him with the demon's sword stuck in her body…
"N-No…" he murmured as a pool of blood was forming around the kitten's body, she was now back to her human form, she wasn't moving any part of her body and the sword stuck right in her…Kisshu couldn't believe in what his eyes were seeing…his gold, trembling and widened eyes reflected the image of the person he most loved in his life bathed in her own blood…
TBC…
A/N: Told ya! It was going to be dramatic!
Kisshu: *cries*
Me: crying baby, come on Kisshu you are a man! I thought you could handle this!
Kisshu: *sniff* N-Not when my kitty is dead!
Me: God…I think you saw that the story was going to be dramatic! What were you excepting to Onii to pat her head and stroke her ears? Now can you do your job?
Kisshu: *goes back to crying*
Taruto: Alright I do it, read and review please!