Brought Together Chapter 14:

Awakening

Ichigo teleported into Café Mew Mew, where she found her parents and Keiichiro waiting. They all looked worried.

"What happened?" Sakura asked. "You're covered in blood, and Kisshu's unconscious! And what happened to the others?"

"The others should be here soon, I'm covered in blood because I killed Ryou, and Kisshu's unconscious because Ryou smashed him into a wall when he tried to help me," Ichigo said. "Keiichiro, can I put Kisshu in one of the rooms upstairs?"

"Uh… Sure," Keiichiro said. "Come with me." Ichigo followed him upstairs, as did her parents. Keiichiro opened a door and said, "In here will be fine."

Ichigo went in and put Kisshu down on the bed, then covered him with a blanket. Then she dragged a chair next to the bed, and sat down. "I'm going to stay until Kisshu wakes up," she told her parents. "The others should be back by now, so could you go tell them that I'm up here watching Kisshu?"

"Sure," Shintaro said. He and Sakura left, and Ichigo turned back to Kisshu.

Six hours later, Ichigo was getting really worried, not to mention tired. It was about 11 at night, and Kisshu hadn't moved at all. The others had gotten back fine, and no one was injured besides Kisshu.

By midnight, Ichigo couldn't really keep her eyes open anymore. She finally gave it up, took off her shoes, and climbed into the bed next to Kisshu. In the back of her mind, she knew her dad would blow a fuse if he saw her like this, but at the moment she could care less.

The next morning she woke up to find that Kisshu was still unconscious. Suddenly she remembered what she did last time he wouldn't wake up. So she got out of the bed, took the blanket off, and started tickling Kisshu.

Like last time, he didn't respond at first, but then he started to wake up, and started tickling her too. Soon they were both laughing. Finally they both stopped, and Ichigo said, "Well, I'm glad that worked. How are you feeling, Kisshu?"

"I'm pretty sore," Kisshu said. "Did you guys get Ryou after he knocked me out?"

"Yeah, I killed him," Ichigo said. "I was really mad when he knocked you out, and I attacked while he was still laughing about hurting you. I'm glad he's dead."

"That's great, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said. "By the way, how long have I been out?"

"He knocked you out yesterday afternoon, and it's about 9 in the morning now, so it's been about 17 hours," Ichigo said. "You had me pretty worried."

"Sorry about that," Kisshu said. "Can we get something to eat?"

"Sure, but I think we should go tell everyone you're okay as well," Ichigo said. "Let's go downstairs."

"Okay," Kisshu said. He stood up, and they went downstairs. They were surprised to see a bunch of sleeping bags on the floor, and everyone, including Ichigo's parents, up and setting the tables. Keiichiro was cooking what smelled like pancakes. Everyone looked up as Kisshu and Ichigo walked in.

"Kisshu, how are you feeling? You had us all worried," Pai said.

"I'm still really sore, but other than that, I'm fine," Kisshu said.

"Good," Pai said. "I'm just glad you weren't seriously injured."

"Thanks, Pai," Kisshu said.

Suddenly Keiichiro stuck his head out of the kitchen and said, "The pancakes are ready, so come and get them."

Everyone went into the kitchen and got a stack of pancakes from Keiichiro, then sat down to eat.

After breakfast, Ichigo and Kisshu were going to go on a date, but Sakura said, "Ichigo, you should change clothes. You're still covered in blood."

"Okay, Mom," Ichigo said. Then she grabbed Kisshu's hand, and teleported to her room. "Okay, I'm going to go take a shower and change," Ichigo told Kisshu. "Wait here, and DON'T go through my drawers!"

"Fine…." Kisshu said. Ichigo looked at him suspiciously, but gathered up some clothes and left anyways.

Ichigo was right to be suspicious. Kisshu had only agreed to not going through her drawers because he spotted her diary. As soon as she left, he waited a minute, then started leafing through it.

I'm kind of out of ideas, so if people could review or PM me with ideas, I'd appreciate it. I did have a few ideas for Ichigo's diary, but I'm actually too tired to keep thinking, so I'm cutting it off for tonight. I'll post more tomorrow!