Ichigo's Illness Chapter 6:

Fighting

Suddenly, in the middle of all this, Ryou said, "You guys are disgusting. Ichigo, Lettuce, I don't understand how you can even touch those jerks."

Ichigo and Lettuce both turned red with anger. Then they shouted together, "THEY ARE NOT JERKS!"

Ichigo continued, "The only jerk here is you, Ryou. You're a good for nothing, rascist bastard who doesn't care about other's feelings."

Lettuce said, "If you think the Cyniclons are disgusting, it just proves that you don't have any brains. They are people too, and as far as I can see, the real monster is you."

"I'm not a monster, they are!" Ryou said angrily.

"If you're not a monster, then prove it," Ichigo said. "Give the Cyniclons all the Mew Aqua we have, and I mean all. Then we might reconsider."

"If you think I'm that stupid, you've got another thing coming," Ryou said. "They'll just use it to take over everything."

"NO, we won't," Kisshu said angrily. "We've agreed to form a truce, and you still want to fight? Fine. Then you can fight us, and the Mews can watch you go down in flames."

To everyone's surprise, Ryou took a device out of his pocket and pushed a button on it. The device suddenly began to lengthen, and then turned into a sword with a black blade. "Bring it on," he said.

Kisshu got out his Dragon Swords as the others backed up. Then Ryou lunged forward, and Kisshu dodged. Kisshu could see immediately that Ryou was inexperienced, and decided to use that to his advantage. He lunged forward, and just as Ryou brought up his blade, Kisshu trapped Ryou's sword with his blades.

Clearly Ryou hadn't expected this, because his eyes widened. Kisshu twisted his blades, and wrenched the black sword out of Ryou's hand. It went flying, and the others gasped. Ichigo used her cat reflexes to catch it by the hilt.

"Nice catch, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said with a smile

"Thanks, Kisshu," Ichigo said. "What will you do now, Ryou?"

Ryou snarled and launched himself at Kisshu, who was taken by surprise. Nevertheless, he dodged Ryou's punch, and said, "So that's how you want it? Fine." Kisshu let his Dragon Swords disappear, and dodged another punch, then tried to punch Ryou. Ryou turned his head to the side, but Kisshu still managed to land a punch on his shoulder. Suddenly Ryou grabbed Kisshu's wrist, and actually managed to throw him. Unfortunately, Kisshu's head hit the ground pretty hard, knocking him out.

"KISSHU!" Ichigo shouted. Before Ryou could do anything more, Ichigo handed the sword she was still holding to Lettuce, and ran over to Kisshu. She placed herself firmly in front of him, ignoring the fact that Ryou was about to explode. "I won't let you hurt Kisshu anymore," she told Ryou. Then she tried to punch him. He caught her hand, but didn't notice that she was about to kick him. Ichigo brought her knee up and nailed him in the place where the sun doesn't shine.

Ryou cried out, and let go of Ichigo's hand. Ichigo then kicked Ryou's feet out from under him, and said, "You're through, Ryou."

"No I'm not," Ryou said. He took a knife out of his pocket, and lunged at Ichigo. Before she could do anything, though, Lettuce shocked everyone by taking the sword Ichigo had handed her, and placing herself in front of Ichigo and Kisshu. She held the sword up, and said, "Ichigo, get Kisshu out of the way. I'll fight Ryou."

"Got it," Ichigo said. She picked up Kisshu, and moved away. Ryou, though shocked by Lettuce's behavior, lunged at her. Lettuce dodged, and swept the sword around. When it collided with Ryou's knife, the knife went flying. Everyone ducked, and the knife impaled itself in a wall.

"What are you going to do now, Ryou?" Lettuce asked.

Ryou turned, and tried to run, but the others all closed in on him. "Enough, Ryou," Keiichiro said. "If you won't give the aliens the Mew Aqua, I will, but this fighting must stop. You're out of weapons anyways, and you're outnumbered here."

"I don't care," Ryou said. He turned back around, and the others saw he was looking at Ichigo and Kisshu. Pai took advantage of his distraction to knock him out from behind. Ryou crumpled to the ground, unconscious.

"Thanks, Pai," Lettuce said.

"Sure," said Pai. "You were amazing, Lettuce-chan."

Lettuce blushed.

Keiichiro said, "Should I tie Ryou up?"

"Good idea, and make sure he doesn't go anywhere near the basement," Ichigo said.

"Will do," Keiichiro said, and dragged Ryou off up the stairs.

The others all went over to Ichigo, who was sitting on the floor with Kisshu's head in her lap. Kisshu was still unconscious.

"Pai, is there a way to wake him up?" Ichigo asked.

"I can try something," Pai said. He put a finger on Kisshu's forehead, and tapped his forehead twice. As the others watched, Kisshu started to wake up.

"What happened?" Kisshu asked. "I've got a really bad headache, and I'm really dizzy."

"Ryou threw you, and you hit your head pretty hard," Ichigo said. "I hope you don't have a concussion."

"I'll check," Pai said. He put his hand on Kisshu's forehead. "Looks like you do have a concussion," Pai said finally. "I guess you'll have to take it easy for a while."

"Great…" Kisshu said. "Hey, what happened to Ryou?"

"Lettuce attacked him, and then Pai knocked him out," Ichigo said.

"Kisshu, we should get you back to the ship," Pai said.

"Can I come?" Ichigo asked.

"Uh… sure," Pai said. "Taruto, you get to teleport Ichigo, I'll take Kisshu."

Taruto sighed, but grabbed Ichigo's hand. Pai picked up Kisshu, and said, "We'll see you around. We can't go back to our planet until Kisshu's better."

"Okay," the others said.

Pai nodded, and he and Taruto teleported off with Kisshu and Ichigo. They arrived at the ship, and Pai carried Kisshu to his room, then put him on the bed. "Get some rest," he advised. "You should take it easy for a while, and try not to push yourself." Pai turned to Ichigo. "Do you want to stay with him?" he asked.

"Is that okay?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, sure," Pai said. "Do you need anything from your house?"

"Might be a good idea," Ichigo said. Pai nodded, then took her hand and teleported to her room. Ichigo grabbed a bag, put some clothes in, went and got her toiletries, and went back to her room. She grabbed her sleeping bag and pillow, then said, "I'm all set."

Pai teleported back to Kisshu's room, where they found him asleep. Ichigo set her stuff down as Pai teleported out, then sat down next to Kisshu.

Yeah, Kisshu's hurt again. I wanted to get more fluff in there, and that seems to be the best way sometimes. And I know Lettuce's OOCness is getting a bit out of control, but I like it, so I hope others do too. Plz Review on your way out!