Amnesia Chapter 11:

Visitors

After school, Ichigo, Moe and Miwa walked to Ichigo's home together. Halfway there, Ichigo said, "Oh, I just remembered. Don't tell my dad that Kisshu and I are together, I don't think Mom told him yet. You know how he is."

"Okay, we won't," Moe said. "Has Kisshu met your Café friends?"

"Yeah, they've been over a few times since he lost his memory," Ichigo said. "He didn't remember them either."

"Wow," Miwa said.

Finally they reached Ichigo's house, and Ichigo opened the door, then called out, "Mom, I'm home, and I brought Moe and Miwa over!"

"I'm in the kitchen, come on in," Sakura called back.

Ichigo nodded to her friends, who followed her in. They went to the kitchen, where they found Kisshu and Sakura sitting at the kitchen table with a bunch of papers spread out. Sakura looked up and said, "Hi girls, what's up?"

"Hi Mrs. Momomiya," Moe and Miwa said. "Ichigo said we could come over and meet Kisshu."

"Hi," Kisshu said. "Why did you want to meet me?"

"We like meeting all Ichigo's other friends," Moe said.

"Oh…" Kisshu said. "What are your names?"

"I'm Moe," Moe said, "And that's Miwa. We and Ichigo have known each other since we were little."

"Nice to meet you," Kisshu said. "Do you have fighting abilities like Ichigo?"

Ichigo facepalmed as Moe and Miwa looked confused. "What are you talking about?" Miwa asked.

"Ichigo can transform," Kisshu said, completely oblivious to the fact that Ichigo was getting more nervous by the minute. "She has this cute pink outfit that she transforms into, and then she has fighting abilities."

Moe and Miwa turned to Ichigo, and Moe said, "That sounds a bit like Mew Ichigo. Is there something you're not telling us?"

"Fine… I didn't tell you this because it could have put you in danger, but yes, I am Mew Ichigo," Ichigo sighed.

Moe and Miwa's jaws dropped. "Um…. You didn't tell us this?" Moe asked.

"No, because when we were actually fighting the aliens, it could have put you both in danger," Ichigo said. "Even my parents didn't know till a while ago, and it's not something to talk about at school."

"Good point," Miwa said. "What happened to the aliens?"

"We formed a truce, and now two of them are living with Keiichiro," Ichigo said.

"Two?" Moe asked.

"Yes, unfortunately, Kisshu used to be an alien, but he somehow triggered one of his brother's machines, and turned himself human," Ichigo said. "And since he has no memory of either of his brothers, that's why he's living with me. I took him in right after he lost his memory, since I found him wandering around downtown, with no idea what he was doing there."

"Wow," Miwa said. "How's your dad taking this?"

"Fine, actually," Ichigo said. "I was surprised, maybe he's going soft."

At that moment, Shintaro came in, and heard her, then said, "I heard that! I am NOT going soft!"

"It would be better if you were," Sakura said calmly. "Then you wouldn't be so overprotective. Besides, Ichigo has Moe and Miwa for overprotective; she doesn't need you too."

Moe and Miwa blushed, and Shintaro said, "Am I really that overprotective?"

"Yes," Ichigo, Sakura, Moe and Miwa said in unison.

Shintaro sighed. "And I suppose next you're going to tell me that I should be fine with Kisshu and Ichigo dating?"

"Um…. We weren't going to bring that up for a while, but yes," Ichigo said. "Kisshu's a way better person than Aoyama."

"That's true….." Shintaro said. "What happened to the treehugger anyways?"

"He turned out to not be human; he was the alien's leader, so Pai and Taruto killed him," Ichigo said. "And before anyone asks, that was the only way to ensure the Earth wouldn't be destroyed."

"Good riddance," Shintaro said. "I knew he was no good."

"Isn't that a little harsh?" Moe asked.

"No," Shintaro said calmly. "I didn't like him. And he dumped Ichigo."

"True," Miwa said. "At least we're all safe now- right Ichigo?"

"Yup," Ichigo said.

The doorbell rang, and Ichigo went to answer it. It was Pai, and Ichigo said, "What's up?"

"I did a bit more research on Kisshu's amnesia," Pai said. "Can I come in?"

"Sure," Ichigo said. "My school friends are here, but they won't mind; Kisshu told them about me before we could stop him. They'll keep the secret."

"Okay," Pai said. Ichigo let him in, and he followed her to the kitchen.

"Hi Pai," Sakura said. "What's up?"

"I did more research on Kisshu's case of amnesia," Pai said. "I don't know exactly how this happened, but it seems that his memory is gone- permanently. I think the combination of me slamming him into the wall and the machine that turned him human caused this. And as far as I can tell, there's no way to reverse it, either. Part of the problem with the machine he activated is that if it's used too much, or for an extended period of time, it can start to affect the way the mind works. Whatever Kisshu did to that machine apparently caused it to remove his memories- or at least whatever he had left after he hit his head. And when it turned him permanently human, the power source died."

"Is there a way to recharge the machine?" Ichigo asked.

"Not with Earth power sources," Pai said. "The power for that machine came from something you can only find on our planet, and now that we're exiled, we have no access to that. I'm sorry, but there's no way to recover Kisshu's memory anymore. It's possible that he'll remember some things on his own, but he'll probably never completely remember everything."

Kisshu looked sad. Ichigo noticed, and said, "Don't worry, Kisshu. We'll all be here for you, even if you never get your memory back. We'll all help you."

"Thanks," Kisshu said. He still sounded sad, and Ichigo came over and hugged him. Kisshu hugged back as Sakura started ushering everyone else out of the room. As soon as everyone was gone, Kisshu buried his face in Ichigo's shoulder, and started crying.

Ichigo continued to hold him as he cried. A little while later, he started to calm down, and said, "I'm tired…"

"I'll take you up to your room," Ichigo said. "Do you want me to stay with you?"

"Yeah…" Kisshu said. Ichigo helped him upstairs, and tucked him in when they got back to his room. Ichigo pulled up a chair, and sat down next to Kisshu, who was half-asleep. He fell sound asleep as Ichigo started stroking his hair.

Eventually Ichigo got tired too, and fell asleep in the chair, her arms and head resting on the edge of the bed, while the rest of her was still in the chair.

A while later, Sakura came in, and saw the two of them sleeping. She smiled softly, and went back downstairs.

I know you'll all hate me for this chapter, but at least the end of this chapter was cute.