Ichigo's Illness Chapter 15:
This is a Problem….
Ichigo and Kisshu were sitting in Kisshu's room when Pai came back and said, "Okay, I took your parents home. It's getting late, so maybe you should go to bed."
Kisshu grimaced and started to say something, but yawned instead. Ichigo yawned at exactly the same time. "I told you," Pai said.
"Fine… you were right…" Kisshu said. Pai teleported out, and Kisshu turned to Ichigo. "Where do you want to sleep?" he asked her.
"I'm too tired to think about it, I'll just sleep with you," Ichigo said.
Kisshu grinned and scooted over on the bed. Ichigo climbed in and snuggled up against Kisshu, much to his surprise and pleasure. She was asleep within minutes. Kisshu went to sleep soon after. However, at around midnight, Kisshu was woken up by Ichigo whimpering in her sleep. Suddenly she cried out, "Kisshu! Please- don't die on me! I'm sorry!"
This worried Kisshu; it seemed that Ichigo was having a nightmare. He started shaking her, and she slowly woke up, looking scared. Kisshu snapped his fingers, and the lights came on. Then he looked at Ichigo, who was shaking. "Kisshu? You're okay?" she asked.
"Yes," Kisshu said. "What did you see?"
"I-I was in a forest in Mew Form, and suddenly you were there, and you were covered in blood," Ichigo said. "I asked you what happened, and you said that I had attacked you. Then you collapsed, and that's about when I woke up."
Kisshu looked disturbed. "I think you might be having nightmares like I did," he said. "I don't know why, but it just doesn't feel right, somehow."
Ichigo looked scared. Kisshu noticed, and said, "I'll help you get through this, just like you did for me. We'll talk to Pai tomorrow, he's not a morning person. If we wake him up now, he'll blast us out the door and go straight back to sleep."
"O-okay," Ichigo said.
Kisshu said, "I'll be right here, so we should go back to sleep. I don't think you'll have the nightmare again tonight."
Ichigo nodded and laid back down. Kisshu wrapped his arms around her, and she started to relax. She hugged him back, and they fell back to sleep.
Kisshu turned out to be right; Ichigo didn't have the nightmare again that night. They both woke up the next morning, and after getting dressed, they went to see if Pai was up yet. They were in luck; Pai was in the kitchen.
"Pai, we've got a problem," Kisshu said when Pai looked at them. "Ichigo had a nightmare that sounded a lot like mine last night."
Pai looked worried. "That's bad," he said. "Deep Blue might want to get both of you out of the way. He probably knows that the Mews don't do too well without Ichigo, and if Kisshu's distracted, he'll have a better chance of getting defeated."
"Well, do you have any suggestions?" Kisshu asked.
"I think we should get rid of this problem as soon as possible, and that means using that machine again," Pai said. "I know it'll leave Ichigo in pretty bad shape, but that's the only way."
"Let's do it, then," Ichigo said. "I'd rather be sick than have those nightmares. I don't want to see Kisshu collapse like that again."
"Okay, let's go to the lab," Pai said. Kisshu and Ichigo followed him to the lab, and Ichigo sat down in the chair. Pai put a hand on her forehead, and soon she was sleeping. Pai noticed Kisshu was worried, and said, "Kisshu, keep calm. I need you to keep her from moving around after the process starts. Don't worry, you got better, so she will too."
Kisshu took a deep breath and nodded. Pai attached a wire to Ichigo's forehead, and started typing. Finally he pushed a button, and the wire began to glow. Soon after, Ichigo cried out, but didn't wake up. Kisshu noticed she was shaking, and held her down, right before she started thrashing around. Ichigo was still asleep, but it was obvious she was in pain, and Kisshu was on the verge of tears. Finally the machine gave a beep, and the wire stopped glowing. Ichigo stopped trying to break out of Kisshu's grip, and relaxed. Pai came over and took the wire off her forehead, then tapped her forehead twice.
Ichigo woke up, and said, "My whole body hurts."
"Well, I extracted the nightmares, so all that's left is for you to recover from the effects of the machine," Pai said.
"Okay," Ichigo said.
"Let's get you back to my room," Kisshu said. He picked her up, and carried her back to his room. Then he tucked her into his bed.
"Kisshu, where are you going to sleep?" Ichigo said.
"I can sleep in your sleeping bag, or I could sleep with you," Kisshu said. "I'd only sleep with you at night, though."
"That would be fine…" Ichigo said tiredly.
Kisshu noticed she was tired and said, "Go to sleep, I'll be here if you need me."
Ichigo fell asleep soon after, and Kisshu sat down next to her.
Okay, I know it's short, but I'm tired. I got the idea for Ichigo to have nightmares from Soccer-Geek, but unfortunately, her idea was better than my interpretation of it, so it's not that great. Plz review anyways!
