Ichigo's Illness Chapter 9:
More Bad News
Ichigo slept with Kisshu for the next three nights, and it seemed to help a lot. He hadn't had any nightmares since the day Ichigo said she'd start sleeping with him. He was also feeling a lot better, and by the fourth day after Ichigo started sleeping with him, Kisshu was pretty much over his concussion. The only problem he still had was teleporting, unfortunately. It made him dizzy if he didn't close his eyes. He also got dizzy trying to fly too high, but other than that, he was pretty much fine.
The next day, Pai came into Kisshu's room while Kisshu and Ichigo were talking, and said, "I just heard from Keiichiro. He says that Ryou has disappeared, and he wants us all to come to the Café for a meeting. Kisshu, can you teleport okay, or should I help you?"
"I'll be fine," Kisshu said. "I'm not sure I can teleport Ichigo with me yet though. Can you do it?"
"Sure," Pai said. "Taruto's already on Earth with Pudding, so let's go." He took Ichigo's hand, and teleported to Café Mew Mew, followed by Kisshu. They arrived in the main room, and landed. Kisshu, however, stumbled and put his hand on his forehead. Ichigo went over to steady him as Keiichiro came up to them.
"Kisshu, you haven't gotten over that concussion yet, have you?" Keiichiro said.
Kisshu didn't reply right away, but finally said, "I'm still having trouble teleporting, but other than that, I'm fine. I just get dizzy sometimes."
"Well, I'm glad you're at least somewhat better," Keiichiro said. "The others are in the basement, come with me."
Ichigo, Kisshu and Pai followed Keiichiro to the basement. Taruto and the other Mews were already there. They looked up as Keiichiro said, "Okay, everyone's here." He turned to Ichigo. "Ryou left a note, saying that he would kill the Cyniclons for taking you away from him."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ichigo asked. "He can't be that mad that I quit, can he? And besides, that was my choice. Kisshu, Pai and Taruto had nothing to do with it."
"I think he's not exactly mad that you quit, I think he's more mad that you fell in love with Kisshu," Keiichiro said. "You know how he is about aliens."
"But how did that 'take me away from him'?" Ichigo asked.
Keiichiro sighed. "Ichigo, Ryou actually had a large crush on you. He didn't know how to handle it, so he tried to act like he didn't care. Unfortunately, he went too far, and his hatred of the aliens didn't really help his case. That's why he was shocked to hear that you hate him. He believed that if you ever broke up with Aoyama, you would eventually fall for him. It was pretty clear to me that that would never happen, but he didn't see it that way. He believed you would come to love him back, and I'm sure he didn't expect you to fall in love with Kisshu, since he believed that you hated Kisshu."
"Ryou…. LOVED me?" Ichigo said in shock. "Jeez, I can't believe he'd think I could ever fall for him. If I had gotten the chance to break up with Masaya, Kisshu would have been the only person I would fall for. Also, I was technically lying about hating Kisshu. I only said that because I thought it would help in battle."
Everyone's jaws were on the floor. "So- you never hated me?" Kisshu asked.
"Nope," Ichigo said. "I'm sorry I lied to you, but like I said, I figured it would be bad for both of us if I started saying I loved you. I'm so glad we formed a truce."
Kisshu hugged her. "I'm so glad to hear that, though I wish I had known that sooner," he said.
The others were starting to come out of shock. Lettuce was the first to speak, and she said, "That's good to hear, Ichigo-san. I always thought you two would make a great couple."
Kisshu and Ichigo both smiled. Lettuce smiled too.
Finally, Keiichiro said, "Well, I think that we should get back to the topic at hand. Ryou's disappeared, and I guess we'll have to be more careful. Also, Pai mentioned something to me about Deep Blue. Pai, would you care to elaborate, now that we're all here?"
"Hai," Pai said. "I believe, due to recent events, that Deep Blue is merely hiding somewhere, not dead. Apparently his human host, Aoyama, has disappeared. On top of that, we think Kisshu is having premonitions. He's been having the same nightmare over and over, and since he can describe it clearly, I'd say it's no ordinary dream."
"And what is this dream?" Keiichiro asked.
"Kisshu, I think you should tell them," Pai said.
Kisshu flinched, and Ichigo took his hand. He gripped her hand, and said, "Fine. In the dream, I'm flying over Tokyo, looking for Ichigo. Then I hear her screaming, and teleport to where I heard her. The Blue Knight is standing over her, his sword in her chest, and she's dead. I scream her name, and the Blue Knight turns. That's usually when I wake up, but last time, I saw more. The Blue Knight turns, and attacks me. Somehow I'm frozen, and he kills me. The next thing I know, Ichigo is attacking me, saying I killed her parents. She's in Mew Form, but she has a sword, and her eyes are glowing red. That's all I saw, before she woke me up."
The others looked disturbed. Finally Keiichiro said, "And Pai thinks that these dreams might become reality?"
"Not exactly," Pai said. "If we know what might happen, we might be able to prevent it. There's also a possibility that the dreams might not come true at all, and they're a product of Kisshu's mind that relates to his worst fear."
"Which is…." Zakuro said.
"That Ichigo will die," Pai said.
Kisshu was white as a sheet, and Ichigo looked at him, concerned. "Kisshu, are you okay?" she asked. "You're not looking too good."
Kisshu was staring into space and didn't reply. Pai came over, worried, and snapped his fingers in Kisshu's face. Suddenly Kisshu screamed, "ICHIGO! I swear I didn't kill them!" He was shaking, and suddenly he fell to his knees. Ichigo immediately knelt next to him. "Kisshu, I'm here, and I know you didn't kill them," she said. "Calm down, please!"
Kisshu didn't respond, and Ichigo looked at Pai. Pai looked scared, and said, "I think we should put him to sleep, this is getting bad." Pai walked over and put a hand on Kisshu's forehead, then snapped the fingers of his other hand. Kisshu's eyes closed, and he fell backwards, Ichigo just managing to catch him.
The others were shaken by this, and finally Keiichiro said, "Let's put him in one of the upstairs rooms. Ichigo, you stay with him, and the rest of us will figure out what to do."
"Okay," Ichigo said. Pai picked up Kisshu and followed Keiichiro and Ichigo upstairs. They put Kisshu to bed in the room nearest the stairs, and Ichigo pulled a chair next to the bed. Suddenly she remembered something and said, "The last time I woke Kisshu up, he looked scared of me. I think that we should have someone else in here too."
"Who would you like?" Keiichiro asked.
"Lettuce," Ichigo said. Keiichiro nodded, and he and Pai left. Lettuce came upstairs soon after, and pulled up a chair. She sat down, and put a hand on Ichigo's shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"I'm getting really worried," Ichigo admitted softly. "Kisshu's having a really hard time with these nightmares."
"I'm sure he'll pull through," Lettuce said. "You have to stay strong for his sake. He'll make it through this, I'm sure of it."
"Thanks Lettuce," Ichigo said, trying to smile. Then the two girls turned back to Kisshu.
It was about another hour before Kisshu woke up, and he woke up looking panicked. "Ichigo?" he asked.
"I'm right here," Ichigo said, taking his hand. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you."
"What do you mean?" Kisshu asked.
"Earlier, you went into some kind of trance, and screamed 'Ichigo! I swear I didn't kill them!' It sounded like you thought I was about to attack. I tried to reassure you, but you didn't hear me," Ichigo said. "Then Pai put you to sleep, and we took you to this room to rest. How are you feeling?"
"Okay, I guess," Kisshu said. "I wish these nightmares would just vanish, it's scaring me."
"I'll do everything I can to help you through this," Ichigo said.
"Should I leave you two alone?" Lettuce asked.
Kisshu started at the sound of her voice. "Lettuce, you're here too?" he asked.
"Hai," Lettuce replied. "Ichigo-san said the last time you woke up after a nightmare you were scared of her, so she decided that someone else should be here in case she wasn't able to calm you down."
"Where are the others?" Kisshu asked.
"They're in the basement, discussing what we should do next," Ichigo said. "Can you get up? We should probably join them."
Kisshu sat up, then put his feet on the floor and stood up. Suddenly he stumbled, and Ichigo caught him. "I'm dizzy again," Kisshu admitted.
"We'll help you walk," Ichigo said. She and Lettuce steadied Kisshu and helped him walk down the stairs. They were surprised to see that everyone was already there, and not in the basement. They looked up, all with identical expressions of worry.
"Kisshu, what's wrong?" Pai asked. "It looks like you can't walk too well."
"I'm just dizzy," Kisshu said. Ichigo and Lettuce helped him over to a chair, and he sat down.
"Did you see anything new in that trance?" Pai asked.
"I don't remember going into a trance," Kisshu said. "Actually, I don't remember anything after telling everyone about my dream. I think I blacked out after you told everyone what my worst fear is, because the next thing I remember after that is waking up in that room upstairs."
Pai looked disturbed, as did Keiichiro. "What's wrong?" Kisshu asked. "Aside from the nightmares, that is."
"That's exactly what's wrong," Pai said. "We –Keiichiro and I- can't come up with any answers for why you're having them, or how to stop them."
"That doesn't sound good," Ichigo said. "Do you think they mean that we might have more battles coming up?"
"I'm not sure," Pai said. "But I think we need to find a way to stop them, or it could start to affect Kisshu's health."
Ichigo started to look scared, as Lettuce said, "Well, do you have any suggestions?"
"The only thing that's ever worked, unfortunately, was Ichigo sleeping with Kisshu," Pai said. "It gave him enough comfort that he could sleep without having the nightmares. But she can't keep that up forever."
"Ichigo, are your parents back yet?" Keiichiro asked.
"I don't think so, why?" Ichigo asked.
"We need to talk to them about this," Keiichiro said. "No matter what happens, they need to know."
"O-okay," Ichigo said. "I don't know how they'll react, so if you want me to bring them here, get ready for my dad blowing his top."
Keiichiro smiled, and was about to say something, when Ichigo's cell phone rang. Ichigo picked up and said, "Moshi moshi?" Then she grimaced and said, "I'm at Café Mew Mew, and we need you and Dad to come here as soon as possible, there's a little problem. When? Okay, thanks Mom, see you soon." Ichig hung up and turned to the others.
"My parents are on their way, so we'd better start planning," she said.
Okay, so Kisshu didn't exactly get better, but at least he doesn't have a concussion anymore. What's going to happen with Ichigo's parents when they learn the truth? Review and find out, and please don't flame me.
