Amnesia Chapter 2:
Attack!
Zakuro went back to the Café with the other Mews. Ryou was waiting, and he said, "Well, did you get her back?"
"No," Zakuro said. "She's decided to quit. I'm not going to force her to do this against her will, and if you know what's good for you, you won't either."
"Why? We need her," Ryou said.
"Since she's truly decided to quit, you have no right to make her work and fight against her will," Zakuro said. "In case you've forgotten, it's illegal to force minors to work. Unless you want a bunch of police questionings, I suggest you give it up."
"Why are you acting like this, Zakuro?" Ryou asked. "It's not like you."
"To be perfectly honest, I'm pretty sick of the way you treat us too," Zakuro said bluntly. "You work us to the bone at the Café, not to mention making us fight the aliens as well. I'm not really surprised Ichigo quit; you treated her worse than any of us."
"No I didn't," Ryou said, appearing surprised.
Zakuro was about to say something back, but Keiichiro ran up from the basement and said, "Aliens are attacking Ichigo's house!"
"We'll go," Zakuro said. "But we're not done with you, Ryou." She nodded to the others, who transformed, then ran out the door.
Back with Ichigo and Kisshu: "Your friends seemed nice," Kisshu said.
"I'm glad they understood," Ichigo replied.
There was a loud CRASH from outside, and Ichigo and Kisshu looked at each other. "What do you think that was?" Kisshu asked.
"Probably one of the other aliens attacking," Ichigo said. "I'm going to transform, k?"
"Transform? Into what?" Kisshu asked.
"Mew Ichigo," Ichigo said. Then she took out her pendant and transformed, just as Pai teleported into the room.
"Mew Ichigo, what have you done to Kisshu?" Pai asked.
"Besides given him shelter, nothing," Ichigo said. "I could ask you the same question. Do you know why Kisshu was wandering around downtown Tokyo earlier?"
To her surprise, Pai looked a bit uncomfortable, but said, "We kind of had a fight earlier…."
Ichigo's eyes widened. "You didn't happen to hit Kisshu over the head, did you?" she asked.
"No, but I kind of slammed him into the wall," Pai said. "Why?"
"Kisshu didn't even remember his name when I found him," Ichigo said. "I had to tell him who he was, and who I was. He has complete amnesia. He must have hit his head when you slammed him into the wall."
Pai looked horrified. Before he could say anything, Kisshu asked, "Ichigo, do you know him?"
"Yeah, this is Pai," Ichigo said. "We've been fighting each other since he came to Earth."
"Kisshu, you don't remember me?" Pai asked.
"No," Kisshu said. "I don't remember anything."
"Taruto?" Pai asked.
"Who's that?" Kisshu asked.
"We're your adoptive brothers," Pai said.
Kisshu looked suspicious. "If you're my brother, why did you slam me into a wall, like you said a minute ago?" he asked. "And why would aliens adopt a human?"
"You're not human," Pai said. "What happened to your ears?"
"Nothing," Kisshu said. "Ichigo's friend asked me that, too. But there's nothing wrong with my ears. You're the one who has funny ears, not me."
Pai sighed. "You were right, Mew Ichigo," he said. "Kisshu really has lost all memory. Though how he turned into a human is beyond me."
The door burst open, and the other Mews, led by Zakuro, raced in. "Ichigo! Are you okay?" Zakuro asked.
"I'm fine," Ichigo said.
The others looked suspiciously at Pai, who looked depressed. Then he teleported out without a word.
"What just happened?" Mint asked.
"Apparently Pai slammed Kisshu into a wall earlier today, and that's what caused him to lose all memory," Ichigo said. "Pai doesn't know why Kisshu turned human, though."
The others looked at Kisshu, who was biting into an apple. "What? I like apples," Kisshu said.
"Kisshu, do you want your memory back?" Ichigo asked.
Kisshu thought, then said, "If I got my memory back, would we have to be enemies again?"
"I'm not sure, but most likely," Ichigo said reluctantly.
"Then I'll stay the way I am," Kisshu said decisively. "I like being your friend."
"Thanks Kisshu," Ichigo said with a smile.
"Ichigo-san, what about Aoyama?" Lettuce asked.
"He dumped me this morning; I told him I was a Mew Mew," Ichigo said sadly.
"Oh….." the others said.
"Um.. I hate to bring this up, but what about your parents?" Mint asked.
"They left again, for a month in Paris," Ichigo said. "By the time they get back, we'll have figured something out."
"And school?" Mint asked.
"That's a problem," Ichigo admitted. "Only my mom can sign him up, I can't do that."
"Um… I don't know if this would work, but what if you pretended to be in Paris with your parents?" Lettuce asked. "Then you could just say you were gone the whole time."
"Good idea, Lettuce," Ichigo said. "I think that's what I'll do."
Okay, so now Pai knows. And he'll probably tell Taruto. Will Ryou find out? Review and find out!