Brought Together Chapter 23:
Saving Cyniclonia
Recap: "How do you propose we go about saving the planet?" Kuro-sama asked Pai.
Pai replied, "We brought back the Mew Aqua, and it has the power to heal anything. It even can bring back life that was lost. We have enough to heal the planet with us. I can show you, if you wish." Pai picked up the bag at his feet, and said, "If you come outside, I can show you its power."
The other Cyniclons looked a little uncertain, but followed Pai, Kisshu, Taruto and Ichigo outside. Once outside, Pai opened the bag and took out the load of Mew Aqua. "This may be more than we need," he said. "I think we only need four pieces, one for each direction; East, West, North and South. Ichigo, since you gave us the Mew Aqua, would you like to help us restore this planet?"
"I would be honored to help, Pai," Ichigo said. "What do I need to do?"
"It's just like when you revived Kisshu," Pai said. "You push the Mew Aqua into the ground, and at the same time, wish for the planet to be healed."
"Okay," Ichigo said. Pai handed a piece of Mew Aqua to her, one to Kisshu, one to Taruto, and kept one.
"Okay, Ichigo, turn south, Kisshu, turn west, Taruto, turn east, and I'll take the north," Pai said. "On my signal, we'll all push our piece of Mew Aqua into the ground and wish for the planet to be healed."
Kisshu, Ichigo, and Taruto all obeyed, turning in the direction they were given. "Now!" Pai said, and the four of them pushed their pieces of Mew Aqua into the ground, all thinking, I want this planet to be healed.
A bright light flashed, and everyone covered their eyes. When they looked up, they were awed by what they saw. They were standing in a field of flowers, on the edge of a thick forest. There was a river nearby, the water clear and sparkling. The air was clean and crisp, and there was a gentle breeze. The two suns shone down warmly, and overhead, a pair of birds glided by.
The first to speak was Kuro-sama, and he said, "This is truly a miracle. Thank you for saving us, Kisshu, Ichigo, Pai and Taruto."
"We couldn't have done it without the Mew Aqua," Pai said. "We're just glad it worked."
"I think we should start creating a place to live for all of us," Kuro-sama said. "We should start building soon."
"That is a good plan, but before the four of us can help, we must return to Earth and inform Ichigo's parents of what happened," Kisshus said. "They should know sooner, rather than later."
"Agreed," Kuro-sama said. "And don't forget to tell them that they are welcome to come live here too."
"We won't," Pai assured him. "We should get going, we'll be back as soon as possible."
"Very well, good luck," Kuro-sama said.
"Thank you," Pai said. He nodded to Kisshu, Ichigo and Taruto, and said. "Let's go."
The four of them returned to the ship, and got on board. "Taruto, you're copiloting again," Pai said.
"Fine," Taruto said.
Pai and Taruto teleported to the control room, leaving Kisshu and Ichigo alone. "I'm nervous about telling all this to my parents," Ichigo admitted.
"Well, if they truly love you, and from what I've seen, they do, they'll understand and want what's best for you," Kisshu said. "Let's go back to my room, we'll be taking off soon."
Ichigo teleported to Kisshu's room with Kisshu not far behind, and they sat down on his bed. "I'm kind of tired," Ichigo said. "What time is it on Earth?"
Kisshu looked over at a clock on the wall, and said, "It's about 11 PM in Tokyo. We should get there tomorrow morning around 6, and then we can go to your parents' house. Do they usually get up early?"
"Sometimes," Ichigo said. "I'm sure they'll hear us though, so we shouldn't worry about it too much."
"Okay," Kisshu said. "Maybe we should get some sleep, I'm kind of tired too."
"Okay," Ichigo said. "Where should I sleep?"
"We could sleep together," Kisshu said with a smirk.
"Fine, but no funny stuff, I know that look on your face," Ichigo said.
Kisshu sighed, but said, "Fine." He got into the bed, and Ichigo curled up next to him. Soon they were both asleep.
Kisshu was woken up about seven hours later by Pai shaking his shoulder. "Get Ichigo up, we're here," Pai said when he saw that Kisshu was awake.
"Oh, fine," Kisshu said, and turned to Ichigo. "Ichigo? We're here," he said as Pai teleported out.
Ichigo yawned and sleepily opened her eyes. "Okay," she said. "Let's go to my house; we've got a lot of explaining to do. Should we ask Pai to come?"
"Might be a good idea, he'd be the best one to explain this," Kisshu said. Ichigo nodded, and they teleported off to find Pai. He was in the control room still, and looked up as they walked in. "Pai, we think you should come and explain what happened," Kisshu said. "You'd be better at it than either of us."
"Fine… Let's go then," Pai said. The three of them teleported to Ichigo's kitchen. To their surprise, both Sakura and Shintaro were there. They looked up, startled.
"Hi Kisshu, hi Pai, where's Ichigo?" Sakura asked.
"Standing next to me," Kisshu replied.
Sakura and Shintaro's jaws dropped. "I-Ichigo, what happened to you?" Shintaro asked.
"I think Pai would be the best one to explain this," Ichigo said.
Pai sighed, and said, "You are both aware that I injected my DNA into Ichigo upon her request, correct?"
"Yeah…" Shintaro said.
"Well," Pai said nervously, "I made a mistake. I had intended to inject Ichigo with my DNA alone, as well as some of a potion that would help her body adjust. Instead, I accidentally took down the wrong vial. What I injected her with was my DNA- and that of Kisshu's twin sister's. Due to that, Ichigo is now almost completely Cyniclon. That's why she looks this way."
"Is there any way to reverse this?" Sakura asked.
"Unfortunately, no," Pai said. "The DNA of a human is weaker than our DNA. Originally, I thought that I had injected her with only enough of my DNA to grant her new powers. It is now becoming clear that the DNA I injected her with has taken over her human DNA, to the point where it would be life-threatening to extract the Cyniclon DNA."
"What are we going to do? We can't send her out into our world looking like that, everyone will think she's part of the group that attacked Tokyo," Sakura said.
"Well, because we healed our planet, and explained that Deep Blue was only using us, the leader of our people, Kuro-sama, has extended an invitation to Ichigo, to live on our planet, since she is responsible for giving us the means to save it," Kisshu said.
"Does that mean we won't get to see her anymore?" Sakura asked.
"Not necessarily," Pai replied. "Kuro-sama also said that if you both wish, you could come live with us as well, since you are Ichigo's parents."
"I'm not so sure…" Shintaro said.
"Well, I think we should do it," Sakura said. "I'd miss Ichigo too much, and I'd also really miss Kisshu."
"You'd miss me?" Kisshu asked.
"Yes," Sakura said. "I enjoy having you around, especially since you and Ichigo are so close."
Shintaro's jaw was on the floor. Sakura looked at him, smiled, and said, "You know that this is for the best, Shintaro. Admit it, you couldn't live without at least Ichigo, and I know you're getting rather attached to having Kisshu around as well…."
Shintaro actually turned pink, and said, "Fine… I'll go too…."
"See, I told you he didn't hate you, Kisshu," Ichigo said.
Kisshu was actually speechless.
Okay, that's another chapter. And I'm sorry, but I might not update for a few days, since I'm moving into a new place, and won't have Internet for a few days. Sorry! Please review!
