Ichigo's Illness Chapter 3:

What Goes Around Comes Around

Kisshu was watching Ichigo sleep. It looked to him like her fever was almost gone, so he figured she'd be feeling better soon. He was a bit sad, since he'd have to take her back to Earth, but if they were able to form a truce, maybe they could be together! Kisshu smirked, thinking that if they formed a truce, Taruto would get glomped by the monkey girl a lot more. Thinking about this actually caused him to start snickering.

Unfortunately, this woke Ichigo up, and she said suspiciously, "Kisshu, why are you snickering like that?"

Kisshu looked up and said, "I was thinking about how if we formed a truce, Taruto would get glomped by the monkey girl more often. I like watching him turn bright red."

Ichigo began laughing, hard. Kisshu started laughing too, and soon they were both laughing too hard to speak. Finally Ichigo calmed down and said, "Well, I bet Pudding would love that. She's really attached to 'Taru-Taru'."

"Is that really what she calls him?" Kisshu asked, snickering.

"Yeah, and she wants all of us to call him that too," Ichigo said.

This was too much for Kisshu, who burst out laughing again. "I can't wait to start calling him that!" Kisshu said.

"Yeah, we'll all get a laugh out of that," Ichigo agreed.

Kisshu suddenly yawned. "I think I'm going to sleep, it's after midnight," he said.

"Wow, really?" Ichigo said. "Well, see you tomorrow, then."

Kisshu nodded, and sleepily curled up on the couch again. Soon after, he was asleep. And as he slept, he began dreaming…..

Kisshu's dream: Kisshu was flying over Tokyo, looking for Ichigo. Suddenly he heard a scream, but not just any scream. It was Ichigo! Kisshu teleported to the sound, and what he saw made him freeze in shock. The Blue Knight stood over Ichigo, laughing. His sword was embedded in her chest, and she was lying in a pool of her own blood, dead. "ICHIGO!" Kisshu screamed. The Blue Knight turned….

"Kisshu! Kisshu!" Kisshu started to wake up; someone was calling his name and shaking him. He opened his eyes to see Ichigo standing over him, looking scared. "Ichigo? You're alive?" he asked dazedly.

"Yes, of course," Ichigo said. "But what happened? You were screaming in your sleep, and it took me ten minutes of shaking you and calling your name to wake you up."

"I-I heard you screaming, so I teleported to where you were, but the Blue Knight had already killed you," Kisshu said. He sounded scared.

"Don't worry, I'm fine," Ichigo said. "It was just a nightmare, that's all."

"Good…" Kisshu said, sounding tired again.

Ichigo noticed that Kisshu was looking tired, and said, "Go back to sleep, I'm right here."

Kisshu slowly fell back to sleep, and didn't have any more nightmares. The next morning, however, he woke up and groaned. "I feel awful," he groaned. Kisshu had a really bad headache, and was feeling dizzy, too.

Ichigo came over at the sound of his voice, and said, "I made some more of that soup, and I think you should have some, you've got a pretty bad fever. I think you caught whatever I had."

Kisshu looked up at her and said, "I'm feeling dizzy, and I have a bad headache. I think you might be right. I guess we're both stuck here for a while, I definitely can't teleport in this condition."

"Are you able to sit up?" Ichigo asked.

"I'll try," Kisshu said. He pushed himself up, but fell back, dizzy. "The room's spinning now," he said.

"I'll help you," Ichigo said. She sat down next to him, and said, "Here, open up."

Kisshu obeyed, and she started feeding him the soup. He ate about half, but then said, "I'm not really hungry anymore."

"I'm going to give you some of the medicine that you gave me," Ichigo said. "It should help." She got up and put the bowl on the counter, and then picked up the bottle of medicine that Kisshu had left out. Then she got out a spoon, and poured some of the medicine onto it. She held it out to Kisshu, who reluctantly swallowed it.

"You should go back to sleep," Ichigo said. "It'll help you recover."

Kisshu slowly fell asleep again. Ichigo pulled another blanket over him, and sat down next to him.

I know what people are thinking. 'She made Kisshu get sick AGAIN?' Well, this time there's actually a reason, which is that I wanted more Kisshu and Ichigo alone time. Besides, them taking care of each other is cute. Plz don't flame me!