Amnesia Chapter 18:

Parental Disaster

Ichigo, Kisshu and Rikia walked home after Rikia's ears were transformed. They reached the front door, and Ichigo went in, followed by Kisshu and Rikia. "Mom, we're back," she called out.

Sakura came out of the kitchen and said, "Welcome home. Is this Rikia?"

"Yes," Ichigo said. "Rikia, this is my mom, Sakura."

"Nice to meet you," Rikia said, bowing slightly.

"It's nice to meet you too," Sakura said. "So you're Kisshu's older sister?"

"Yeah," Rikia said. "My mom took Kisshu in after his parents were killed, and I've really missed him. My mom said I should come to Earth to see my brothers, so that's what I did. I'm just glad she didn't come too."

"Why's that?" Sakura asked.

"She'd be devastated that Kisshu lost his memory," Rikia said. "And then she'd spend hours yelling at Pai for being the cause of it."

"Wow," Sakura said. "It would be pretty hard to learn that your son lost all memory."

"Yeah," Rikia said sadly. "I was pretty devastated myself. I always felt really close to Kisshu, even though he was adopted."

"I'm sorry I don't remember you," Kisshu said.

"It's not your fault," Rikia said. "Do you like it here?"

"I love it, and I love Ichigo," Kisshu said. "She's really nice and helpful."

Rikia looked at Ichigo and said, "That's good. It's good that you have someone who truly cares about you."

"We all love having Kisshu around," Sakura said. "My husband is a bit disgruntled about the banana issue, but he'll get over it."

"What's a banana?" Rikia asked. "I don't think we have those on our planet."

"It's a type of fruit, but it makes Kisshu really sick, so we don't have them in the house anymore," Ichigo explained.

"Oh…" Rikia said.

"Rikia, would you like to stay for dinner?" Sakura asked.

"If you don't mind," Rikia said. "What are you making?"

"Teriyaki chicken and rice," Sakura said. "And apple cake for dessert."

"I love apple cake," Kisshu said.

"You like just about anything with apples," Ichigo said. "But you're right, Mom's apple cake is really good."

"I'd like to try it," Rikia said. "We don't have much fruit on our planet."

"That's too bad," Ichigo said. "I like fruit."

Sakura interrupted the conversation, saying, "I'm going to start dinner; why don't you all go to Kisshu's room?"

"Okay," Ichigo said. She led the way upstairs, and they all went to Kisshu's room.

"This is nice," Rikia said. "You have separate rooms?"

"Yeah," Ichigo said. "I sleep in here sometimes, though. Kisshu likes to have me around when he's not feeling well."

"I feel more comfortable when Ichigo's nearby," Kisshu said. "She makes me feel happy and comfortable."

Ichigo blushed. "Thanks Kisshu," she said. "I'm glad I can be there for you."

Rikia smiled and said, "Well, I guess you're in good hands, Kisshu."

Kisshu smiled and said, "Yup."

"I wish I could live here too," Rikia said. "I think I'd like it, and your mom doesn't seem like a nagging type."

"She's not," Ichigo said. "She's really sweet and understanding, and she's the one who convinced my boy-hating father to take Kisshu in."

"Wow," Rikia said. "What does your room look like, Ichigo?"

"I'll show you," Ichigo said, and walked across the hall, then let Rikia into her room.

"Wow, it's nice," Rikia said. "I wish my room was this big. And it's pink, too."

"You like pink?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, it's sort of an obsession," Rikia admitted. "It seems you have a similar obsession."

"Yeah, I'm obsessed with pink and cats," Ichigo said.

"Cool," Rikia said. Suddenly they heard a beeping from Ichigo's desk, and saw that the communication device from Pai was beeping. Ichigo picked it up and asked, "Pai, is something wrong?"

"Guess who got on Rikia's ship while she wasn't looking," Pai said.

"Your mother?" Ichigo said.

"Come to Café Mew Mew, we're in the basement," Pai said, and hung up.

Ichigo ran downstairs and said, "Mom, we have to go to the Café, there's a problem."

"Do you need a ride? You sound urgent," Sakura said.

"I can teleport them," Rikia offered.

"That works," Ichigo said. "You don't mind?"

"No," Rikia said. "Sakura, we'll be back as soon as possible."

"Okay," Sakura said.

Rikia took Ichigo and Kisshu both by the hand and teleported to the basement of Café Mew Mew.

To their surprise, the other Mews weren't there. Instead, Keiichiro, Pai and Taruto were trying to calm down an older Cyniclon woman, who was obviously unhappy about something. They looked up as Rikia teleported in with Kisshu and Ichigo.

"Rikia, can you help? Mother won't listen to a word I say," Pai said despairingly.

Rikia sighed. "Mother, what are you so worked up about?" she asked. "And why were you on my ship?"

"I wanted to see my sons, regardless of what YOU told me," the woman said grumpily. "And Pai and Taruto wouldn't tell me what happened to Kisshu."

"Like you gave us a chance," Taruto said. "You teleported in here, and the first thing you said to Keiichiro was, "Where are my children?" You could have given him at least a greeting. And this from the woman who taught us to be polite."

"Well, I hadn't had any news of you in months," the woman said.

"We were exiled, so it isn't really a good idea to be contacting you," Pai said. "Besides, did you even get permission to come to Earth?"

"Of course I did," the woman said. "But then Rikia said I couldn't come, so I snuck onto her ship when she wasn't looking."

Rikia facepalmed. "Mother, can you save the scoldings for later and remember your manners?" she asked. "At least introduce yourself to Keiichiro and Ichigo, and then we'll tell you what happened."

The woman sighed and said, "I apologize. My name is Ikisatashi Kasumi."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Keiichiro said politely. "My name is Akasaka Keiichiro."

"And I'm Momomiya Ichigo, nice to meet you," Ichigo said.

"It's nice to meet both of you as well. You can call me Kasumi," Kasumi said.

"I suppose you'd like to know what's going on," Pai said.

"It would be nice," Kasumi said. "And where's Kisshu, anyways?"

"I'm here," Kisshu said. Kasumi's eyes widened.

"Kisshu, what happened to you?" she asked.

Pai cleared his throat, and said, "I think we'll all be better off if I explain this. Mother, Kisshu is now a human."

"And how did that happen?" Kasumi asked.

"He accidentally activated one of my machines, and somehow caused it to turn him permanently human," Pai said. "And.. um… that's not the worst of it, either."

"Out with it, Pai," Kasumi said sternly. "What happened?"

"Well, Kisshu and I got into a fight, and I slammed him into the wall…" Pai said.

"And?" Kasumi said. She was sounding less and less happy- not that she was happy before.

"Kisshu lost his memory- permanently," Pai said, and waited for the explosion.

Two seconds later, it came. "You caused Kisshu to get amnesia? You are in SOOO much trouble!" Kasumi shouted. "And I take it he doesn't remember me or Rikia?"

"He doesn't remember anything, actually," Pai said, flinching. "We're lucky Ichigo found him, since at the time she found him, he had forgotten his name as well. He lives with Ichigo and her family now."

"And the reason he's not living with you is…" Kasumi said.

"Keiichiro only had two spare rooms, so since Kisshu is in love with Ichigo and the feeling's mutual, she took him in, and convinced her parents to adopt him," Pai said. "Her mother is homeschooling Kisshu now."

"So, you've got a girlfriend, Kisshu?" Kasumi asked.

"Yes," Kisshu said. "I love Ichigo."

Kasumi looked at Ichigo. "And you love him back?"

"Yes," Ichigo said. "I love Kisshu with all my heart."

"Good," Kasumi said, then turned back to Pai.

Before she could start yelling, though, Rikia said, "Ichigo's mom invited me over for dinner, so I'm going. Have fun with Pai!"

"Oh, I will," Kasumi said evilly, as Rikia teleported Kisshu and Ichigo home.

Well, I've got two OCs, and we'll see how things go. Review plz!