Ichigo's Illness Chapter 26:
Return
It had been two days since Pai left, and the others were getting worried, since they couldn't contact him. Lettuce in particular was really worried, which made sense, but the others spent a lot of time trying to calm her down.
Finally, two days later, Keiichiro called everyone into the basement and said, "The computers detected a spaceship approaching Earth. I don't know whether it's Pai's, but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough."
"Do you know how close the ship is?" Lettuce asked.
"It's already here," Keiichiro said. "Where it landed, I don't know."
"Is there a way to find out?" Ichigo asked.
Keiichiro typed something into the computer, and a window came up. "It's on the outskirts of Tokyo," Keiichiro said. "Should we check it out?"
"Yes, but I think all of us should go, in case it's not Pai," Lettuce said. "Keiichiro, you've got a car, right?"
"Actually, it's a van, and I think we can all squeeze in," Keiichiro said. "Let's go."
They went outside and all piled into the van. It was a tight fit, but no one complained. Keiichiro had brought the location, and Zakuro was his navigator. He drove to the location, where they found a large field. "I think whoever it is used the cloaking device," Kisshu said. "I guess we should get out."
Everyone got out of the van, and walked toward a place where the grass was flattened. Kisshu put a hand out, and his hand hit something. "Yep, it's here," he said. "I'll go in, so stay here."
The others nodded, but everyone was worried. Kisshu teleported, and they waited.
Fifteen minutes later, Kisshu hadn't returned, and everyone was talking about what to do. Finally Taruto said, "I'm going in. If something's wrong, I'll teleport back out and tell you guys."
"Okay," Ichigo said. Taruto teleported into the ship, and the others waited.
They didn't wait long. Taruto teleported back out five minutes later, with Kisshu and Pai in tow. Both of them were unconscious, and Taruto was coughing. "What happened?" Ichigo asked.
"There was some kind of smoke in the cockpit," Taruto said when he caught his breath. "I think it knocked Pai and Kisshu out. I can teleport them back to Café Mew Mew, so you should get there as fast as you can."
"Got it," Keiichiro said. He and the girls ran to the van as Taruto teleported out. Keiichiro drove fast back to the Café, and they all ran in. Taruto was in the main room with Kisshu and Pai, who were still unconscious. "Let's get them to the upstairs rooms," Keiichiro said. He and Zakuro picked up Pai, and Ichigo and Lettuce picked up Kisshu. They put them in different rooms, and Keiichiro got some of his medical equipment from the basement.
Keiichiro checked out Pai first, then Kisshu, and said, "I think that the smoke Taruto mentioned might have been some kind of sleeping gas. If they breathed it in, which it seems they did, they'll be out for about a day. Maybe longer in Pai's case. We just have to wait for them to wake up. Ichigo, Lettuce, call your parents and tell them that you need to stay here."
"Okay," Ichigo said. She took out her cell phone and scrolled through her contacts, then pressed send when she found 'Home'. Luckily, it was Sakura who picked up, so Ichigo said, "Mom, Pai's back, but something happened to him and Kisshu and I need to stay here till Kisshu's awake. Lettuce is staying too. If I'm not back by tomorrow morning, can you call the school and tell them I'm sick?"
"Sure sweetie," Sakura said. "Do you want me to come there too?"
"If you can, I'd like that," Ichigo said.
"I'm on my way," Sakura said. She hung up.
Ichigo turned to Keiichiro and said, "My mom's coming, and she says it's fine to stay here."
"Good," Keiichiro said. "I told Lettuce's family that she's having a sleepover with you, so her mom knows to call your mom if something happens."
"Okay," Ichigo said.
Sakura came in a while later, and said, "I brought you some clothes, and I made some soup, too. Where's Kisshu?"
"Upstairs," Ichigo said. "Thanks Mom."
"Sure," Sakura said. "I brought sleeping bags too, since you said you might be staying overnight. I brought one for Lettuce too."
"Thank you, Mrs. Momomiya," Lettuce said.
"You're welcome," Sakura said. She turned to Ichigo and asked, "Should we go check on Kisshu?"
"Good plan," Ichigo said. She and Sakura went upstairs, and went to the room where Kisshu was staying. Kisshu was still unconscious, so they dragged some chairs over and sat down next to him.
By about 7, Ichigo was getting hungry. Luckily for her, Keiichiro came in and said, "I made some fried tofu and chicken as well as rice. You should take a break."
"I don't suppose we could eat in here?" Ichigo asked.
"You've been sitting there for four hours, it's break time," Keiichiro said firmly.
Ichigo and Sakura both sighed, then followed Keiichiro downstairs, and ate dinner with him and Lettuce. Ichigo and Lettuce both ate their dinner quickly and went back upstairs while Sakura helped Keiichiro clean up.
Sakura joined Ichigo a while later, and they continued watching Kisshu. Five hours later, neither of them could keep their eyes open, so they laid out the sleeping bags and went to sleep.
The next morning, they saw that Kisshu was still unconscious. And Keiichiro was making pancakes, so they cleaned up and went downstairs again. Like last night, Ichigo and Lettuce bolted their food, and went straight back upstairs while Sakura and Keiichiro cleaned up.
Two hours after Sakura came back upstairs, Kisshu started to stir. "Kisshu?" Ichigo asked softly.
Kisshu opened his eyes and turned his head. "Ichigo? What happened?" he asked.
"I think you breathed something in while you were on that ship," Ichigo said. "Taruto got you and Pai out of there, and you've been unconscious since yesterday afternoon. It's about noon right now."
"I remember going into the cockpit and finding Pai unconscious, but then the room started spinning, and that's all I remember till I woke up here," Kisshu said. "How's Pai?"
"Not sure, Lettuce was watching him," Ichigo said. "I've been in here with you. How are you feeling?"
"I think I'm fine," Kisshu said. "But my throat feels kind of funny."
"Maybe it's from breathing in that smoke Taruto mentioned," Ichigo said. "I'll get Keiichiro, maybe he'll know."
Kisshu tried to reply, but started coughing instead. "I'll get Keiichiro," Sakura said. "Ichigo, stay here."
Ichigo nodded and helped Kisshu sit up as he continued coughing. Sakura ran out, and returned with Keiichiro a few minutes later. By this point, Kisshu was coughing so hard he couldn't breathe, and Ichigo was scared. Just as Keiichiro came over, though, Ichigo began to glow bright pink. Strangely, she remained in human form as her body was enveloped in pink light. The pink light suddenly traveled from her to Kisshu, and he slowly stopped coughing. Then the pink light flashed, and began to fade. Kisshu's breathing had returned to normal!
"Kisshu, are you okay?" Ichigo asked.
"Thanks to you, yes," Kisshu said. "Looks like you have a new power."
"I guess so," Ichigo said. She sounded tired.
"Hey, are you okay?" Kisshu asked her.
"I'm just tired," Ichigo said.
"You can have the bed," Kisshu said, and got up. Ichigo took off her shoes and lay down, then fell asleep. Kisshu sat down next to her, just before they heard coughing from Pai's room. Kisshu, Sakura and Keiichiro ran to the room, just as a green light surrounded Lettuce, and like Ichigo, she stayed human. The green light traveled to Pai, and flashed, then faded. Pai looked at her, and said, "Lettuce-chan, you can heal?"
"I guess so," Lettuce said. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, thanks," Pai said. He noticed the others in the doorway, and said, "Hi, what's up?"
"Ichigo just did that exact same healing thing to Kisshu," Keiichiro said. "It looks like they gained the same power."
"Well, that's good news," Pai said. He got up just in time to catch Lettuce as she fell asleep.
"Ichigo's sleeping next door," Keiichiro said softly. "We should let them rest."
Pai nodded and tucked Lettuce into the bed. Sakura and Kisshu left as Pai sat down next to Lettuce and Keiichiro went back downstairs.
Kisshu and Sakura went back to the room where Ichigo was staying, and sat down next to her.
Interesting, right? Ichigo and Lettuce both gained the power to heal! Review plz!
