Brought Together Chapter 17:
Planning

"Does anyone have any ideas?" Pai asked.

"We teleport in, find Deep Blue, and defeat him," Kisshu said. "Or if he hasn't become one with the treehugger, we kill him and Deep Blue vanishes."

"That sounds reasonable," Ichigo said. "But I don't think it will be that easy, especially if Deep Blue is awakened before we get there."

"That is why we should go as soon as possible," Pai said. "I think tomorrow is good, since we should get some rest beforehand, and for you Mews, it's a day off from school, right?"

"Hai," Ichigo said. "That sounds fine, Pai." She looked at the others, who nodded.

"Good, let's break up this meeting," Pai said. "We'll meet here again tomorrow." Everyone nodded and left.

Kisshu and Ichigo went back to her house. Sakura and Shintaro were waiting for them, and as soon as they walked in, Sakura asked, "How did it go?"

"We're attacking tomorrow," Ichigo said. "Pai says it's not good to wait too long, or Deep Blue could be awakened before we have a chance to kill the treehugger, who is his human host."

"I KNEW that guy was no good," Shintaro grumbled.

"Will you both be okay?" Sakura asked. "I don't want either of you to get hurt."

"We'll do our best," Ichigo said. "I know this isn't what you want to hear, but there is the chance that we'll get hurt. This is going to be a tough fight."

"I'll protect Ichigo with my life," Kisshu said. "We'll both be fine."

"Just please be careful," Sakura said. "I don't want to lose either of you."

"We will, Mom," Ichigo said. "You won't lose us."

Sakura still looked worried, but she hugged them both together, and said, "Please come back."

"We will," Kisshu and Ichigo said.

"I want to stay over with Kisshu tonight, is that okay?" Ichigo asked.

"Couldn't you both stay here?" Sakura asked.

"I have to ask Pai first," Kisshu said. "I'll go do that." He teleported off.

"Ichigo, do you really have to do this?" Shintaro asked.

"I think you know the answer to that, Dad," Ichigo said. "I won't be fighting alone, and neither will Kisshu. We'll have Pai, Taruto and the other Mews behind us all the way. We won't lose this battle."

Suddenly Kisshu teleported back in and said, "Yep, Pai said it's fine. I brought some of my stuff, so is there somewhere you'd like me to sleep?"

"You can have the guest room," Sakura said. "Ichigo will show you; I'm going to go make dinner."

"Come on, Kisshu," Ichigo said, and led him upstairs. He put his stuff in the guest room, and then they went back to Ichigo's room to wait for dinner.

"Dad doesn't want me to do this," Ichigo sighed.

"It's just because he doesn't want you to get hurt," Kisshu said. "Besides, he's never seen you fight, so he doesn't know how good you are."

"Thanks, Kisshu," Ichigo said with a grin. Kisshu smiled back. Then Sakura called them down for dinner.

I know, it's both short and a filler. I'm going to do the battle next chapter, I think, so stay tuned and REVIEW!