Amnesia Chapter 8:
Meeting the Parents
"Okay, we have to figure something out to tell my parents about why Kisshu's living with me," Ichigo said.
"Why not tell them the truth, except that he's a friend from the Café rather than your boyfriend?" Lettuce asked.
"Or you could tell them about your secret identity," Keiichiro said. "Then you wouldn't have to hide things anymore, since we formed a truce."
"I think I'll go with Keiichiro's idea," Ichigo said. "Otherwise my mom is going to go nuts trying to find out whether or not Kisshu actually has parents. Which reminds me, I need to find out Kisshu's last name." She took the little communicator device out of her pocket and said, "Pai?"
"Yes?" Pai said.
"What's Kisshu's last name?" Ichigo asked.
"Ikisatashi," Pai said.
"Thanks," Ichigo said, and turned the device off. She turned to the others, and said, "I'm going to go back home and straighten up a bit, so I'll see you around."
"K!" the others said.
"Come on, Kisshu, let's go home," Ichigo said.
"Okay!" Kisshu said, and followed her back to her house. The two of them spent the rest of the day doing housework, and Kisshu was very helpful.
The next morning, they got up and had breakfast, then played the Squiggle Game, while waiting for Ichigo's parents to come home. At around noon, Ichigo got her pendant and said to Kisshu, "They should be home soon, so just let me do the talking, k?"
"Okay," Kisshu said. "Is your dad scary?"
"He can be, but I'll make sure he doesn't do anything to you," Ichigo said.
About half an hour later, they were playing Connect Four in the kitchen when they heard the front door open and Sakura call out, "Ichigo, we're back!"
"Time to face the music," Ichigo said, and went out to the living room, followed by Kisshu.
She reached the front door and said, "Welcome back, how was it?"
"It was fine," Sakura said. "Who's your friend?"
"This is Kisshu," Ichigo said. "Can you and Dad come to the living room? We've got something to discuss."
"Yes, you said that on the phone," Sakura said. "Go wait in the living room, I'll get your dad."
Ichigo and Kisshu went and sat on the sofa, but they stood up as her parents came in and Shintaro started getting the usual death aura. "Ichigo, who is this, and what's he doing in our living room?" Shintaro asked.
"This is my friend Kisshu," Ichigo said. "And he's been living here since a day after you left."
"WHAT!?" Shintaro shouted.
"Ichigo, would you like to explain this a little more?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, but I also wanted to tell you something that I've been keeping from you," Ichigo said. "I'm actually Mew Ichigo."
Shintaro's jaw hit the floor, and Sakura looked pretty shocked too. "Why now?" Sakura asked.
"The Mews formed a truce with the aliens," Ichigo said. "And Ryou's gone, so we can tell our parents without him yelling the Café down."
"And what does Kisshu have to do with this?" Shintaro asked.
"Kisshu used to be one of the aliens," Ichigo said.
"'Used to be'?" Sakura asked.
"The day after you guys left, Aoyama dumped me, and while I was wandering around town, I bumped into Kisshu," Ichigo said. "When I found him, he had no memory of anything, and he had somehow turned human as well. I figured he'd be safer here, so I brought him home. I later found out that his brother, Pai, had gotten into a fight with him earlier, and because of that, Kisshu now has complete amnesia."
"You don't remember anything, Kisshu?" Sakura asked.
"No," Kisshu said. "Ichigo told me most of what I know right now, and Pai told me the rest. I'm glad Ichigo found me, though, because she's the one who told me my name is Kisshu."
"Do you have parents?" Sakura asked.
Kisshu looked at Ichigo, who said, "We're not exactly sure, but in any case, Kisshu can't go back to the alien's planet now that he's human."
"And I take it that means you want him to live here?" Sakura asked Ichigo.
"If you don't mind, since he's got nowhere else to go, and I don't want him to live on the streets," Ichigo said. "I was also hoping you could sign him up in my school, since he's been homeschooled."
"I don't mind him living here," Sakura said. "But maybe it would be better if I homeschooled him. If he can't remember anything, how do you think he'll do in school?"
"Good point," Ichigo said. "Is that okay?"
"Sure," Sakura said.
"Sakura, you're actually going along with this?" Shintaro asked incredulously.
"Yes," Sakura said calmly. "I wouldn't turn out Kisshu just because he's a boy. He has to have somewhere to live. And if you mistreat him just because he's a boy, you'll regret it." She gave Shintaro a very evil look.
Shintaro sighed. Then he said, "If you think it's okay, then fine. But if I catch them doing anything together, they'll be the ones regretting it."
"I wouldn't hurt Ichigo, if that's what you're worried about," Kisshu said. "We're friends."
"Where is he staying?" Sakura asked.
"I put him in the guest room," Ichigo replied. "He doesn't have any clothes other than the alien ones though, so we might need to go shopping."
"You went through my closet, didn't you?" Shintaro asked.
"What was I supposed to do? Let him run around naked?" Ichigo asked. "It's not like you left me enough money to buy a bunch of boys clothing as well as food."
Shintaro sighed and said, "Sakura, can you go shopping?"
"Sure," Sakura said. "Kisshu, Ichigo, do you want to come?"
"Sure," Ichigo said. "Kisshu, do you want to come help pick out clothes?"
"Sure," Kisshu said. "Thanks, Mrs….. um…. Ichigo, what did you say your last name was?"
"Momomiya," Ichigo said.
"Thanks Mrs. Momomiya," Kisshu said.
"You're welcome," Sakura said. "Let's go get in the car, and I'll drive to the mall."
The three of them got in Sakura's car, and headed off.
That worked out well…. Thanks to my friend I'm a Nerd and Proud for the idea of having Shintaro die in a car crash and leave Sakura to take care of Ichigo and Kisshu, but I didn't want Sakura to get depressed. I decided not to be too evil. Besides, I already killed off Ryou and the treehugger, so I think I'll put a lid on the death thing for now.