Ichigo's Illness Chapter 32:
Yuka
Moe and Miwa had left, and Kisshu and Ichigo were in Ichigo's room. Suddenly Ichigo's cell phone rang, and she picked up. "Moshi moshi?" she said.
"Ichigo, come to the Café, we've got a problem!" Keiichiro said.
"On my way," Ichigo said, and hung up. She turned to Kisshu and said, "We have to go to the Café, let's go tell my parents."
"Okay," Kisshu said.
They went downstairs, and Ichigo told Sakura, "Mom, we're needed at the Café, so we'll be back later."
"Okay," Sakura said. "Ja ne!"
Ichigo nodded, then Kisshu took her hand and teleported. They landed in the basement, and Ichigo saw Keiichiro and the other Mews and Cyniclons there as well. "What's wrong?" she asked.
Pai replied, "The computers detected the presence of another Cyniclon, but for some reason we haven't sensed a ship. I think we should all go check it out."
"Okay," Ichigo said. "But I thought there wouldn't be any more attacks."
"Well, I suppose we'll find out. Let's go," Pai said. "All of you Mews, grab one of us."
The Mews obeyed, and Pai, Kisshu and Taruto teleported to the location the computers had indicated.
They landed in a small, deserted park, and started looking around. Suddenly Lettuce called out, "Over here!"
The others ran to her, and saw what she was looking at. A small girl, a little younger than Pudding, was unconscious on the ground. It was obvious that she was a Cyniclon; she had the same ears and pale skin as Kisshu, Pai and Taruto. She also had green hair, like Kisshu.
Noticing Kisshu, Pai and Taruto looked shocked, Lettuce asked, "Do you know her?"
"She's Kisshu's little sister, Yuka," Pai said. "I have no clue how she got here, though."
Ichigo knelt next to Yuka and placed a hand on her chest, then closed her eyes. Finally she said, "Yuka seems to be very weak, but I don't know why."
Taruto's eyes widened. "What if she tried to teleport here from our planet?" he said. "It would explain why there's no ship, and why she's so weak. We have to do something if that's the case."
Ichigo nodded, and said, "Lettuce, combine your powers with mine, we're going to heal her."
Lettuce immediately came over, and knelt next to Yuka. She placed her hand on Yuka's chest, and then clasped hands with Ichigo, who also had a hand on Yuka's chest. Both Lettuce and Ichigo began to glow. Lettuce's green glow and Ichigo's pink glow started to braid themselves together. The braid centered over Yuka's heart, then disappeared into her body. Ichigo and Lettuce's glows both flashed, and faded.
"I think that should do it," Ichigo said. "She probably could use a bit more rest, though."
"Thanks, Koneko-chan, Lettuce," Kisshu said. "Should we take her back to the Café?"
"Good plan, we need to tell Keiichiro this anyways," Pai said. "All of you, grab one of us."
The Mews obeyed, Ichigo and Mint grabbing Kisshu's shoulders, since he was carrying Yuka. They teleported, and landed in the basement. Keiichiro looked up, and said, "What happened?"
"Apparently my little sister decided to run away from home," Kisshu said, nodding to the girl in his arms.
Keiichiro looked shocked. "Um… is she okay?" he asked finally.
"I think she'll be fine when she wakes up," Ichigo said. "Lettuce and I did our best with our healing powers."
"Kisshu, I didn't know you had a little sister," Keiichiro said.
"After my parents died, I was entrusted with her care," Kisshu said. "Pai and Taruto's family took us in, but then the three of us were sent to Earth. I tried to keep it quiet about having a little sister, since I didn't want anything to happen to her."
"What are we going to do now, though?" Pai asked.
"Talk to my parents about this?" Ichigo suggested.
"Call them," Keiichiro said.
Ichigo scrolled through her contacts, and found the home number, then pressed Send. When Sakura picked up, Ichigo said, "Mom, get Dad and come to Café Mew Mew now. It's urgent." She got a response, then hung up. "They're on their way," she said.
Fifteen minutes later, Sakura and Shintaro ran into the basement. "What's wrong?" Shintaro asked, worried.
"My little sister ran away from home," Kisshu said.
Shintaro sighed, and looked at Sakura. "We're adopting another one, aren't we?" he asked.
"If that's what she wants, than yes," Sakura said. "Kisshu, does that sound okay?"
"Yes, but where will she sleep?" Kisshu asked.
"We'll rearrange either your room or Ichigo's, and put in a second bed," Sakura said. "Don't worry about it."
"Thanks, Sakura," Kisshu said.
Suddenly they all noticed Yuka was stirring. She slowly opened her eyes, which were golden like Kisshu's. "Yuka?" Kisshu asked softly.
"Oniichan!" Yuka said happily, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I missed you."
Kisshu hugged her back and said, "I missed you too. Did you really teleport to Earth, though?"
"Yes," Yuka said. "I snuck out and then teleported to Earth. Am I in trouble?"
"No," Kisshu said. "How have you been lately?"
"Sad," Yuka said. "Everyone's saying mean things about you and Pai and Taruto. I got sick of them, so I decided to come here, where you were. I've been working really hard on teleporting. I'm glad I made it."
"Let's just hope you don't have to do that again," Kisshu said. "You were in pretty bad shape when we found you."
"I feel fine now," Yuka said. "Who's 'we'?"
"Pai, Taruto, and the Mews," Kisshu said.
"Mews?" Yuka asked. "Aren't they the ones you were fighting?"
"We formed a truce," Kisshu said. "And they took all of us in."
"So they're not bad guys?" Yuka asked.
"No," Kisshu said. "Deep Blue was the bad guy."
"Oh…" Yuka said. "Where's Pai and Taruto?"
"Behind you," Kisshu said.
Yuka turned, and looked startled to see all the people in the basement. Kisshu set her down. She looked around, and spotted Pai and Taruto. Then she floated up, and surprisingly, flew directly for Pai- and tackled him. Pai fell to the ground with Yuka clinging to him, giggling. He tried unsuccessfully to get her off, and finally yelled, "KISSHU! Get your maniac sister off of me!"
"Why?" Kisshu asked, snickering. "She hasn't seen you in months. You could be a little nicer."
Pai groaned. Suddenly it looked like he had an idea. "Lettuce-chan, can you get her off?" he asked.
"I'll try," Lettuce said. She walked over to Pai and Yuka, and gently said, "Yuka, could you get off of Pai-san?"
"NO! I'm having fun!" Yuka said, and began tickling Pai.
Lettuce sighed and picked Yuka up. "Yuka, I think Pai-san's had enough," Lettuce said firmly.
"Awww…" Yuka said. Then she said, "Are you Pai's girlfriend?"
"Yes, actually," Lettuce said, putting Yuka down.
"YAY!" Yuka said. "Pai finally has a girlfriend! I guess I can stop nagging him now, and start teasing him instead."
"Do you have to do either?" Pai asked. "Didn't we teach you better?"
"Oniichan said it was fine," Yuka said.
"He would," Pai muttered, glaring at Kisshu.
Yuka stuck her tongue out and went back to Kisshu. "Oniichan, who are all these others?" she asked.
"This is Ichigo, my girlfriend," Kisshu said, pointing to Ichigo. Then he proceed to introduce everyone else, pointing them out.
"It's nice to meet everyone," Yuka said when Kisshu was done.
"It's nice to meet you too, Yuka," Ichigo said.
Yuka smiled and turned back to Kisshu. "Where do you live?" she asked.
"With Ichigo's family," Kisshu said. "And they've said they're willing to take you in as well."
"YAY! I get a big sister?" Yuka said happily.
"Yep," Ichigo said with a smile.
I can't believe I didn't come up with this sooner….
