Amnesia Chapter 20:
An Unwelcome Visitor
It was about two weeks after Rikia started living with Ichigo and her family. Currently Sakura was homeschooling her, because she didn't know anything about Japanese history. Sakura was teaching her only Japanese history, so she could go to Ichigo's school.
The principal had said that if Sakura taught Rikia Japanese history for a while, then she could start public school in Ichigo's class. Rikia had been studying really hard, and to everyone's surprise, she had almost completed the work the principal had sent home with Ichigo. Sakura told the principal this, and he said Rikia should start school next week.
Ichigo was teaching Rikia more about being human. Pai had given her a bottle of the pills that would make her appear human, so she could go places with Ichigo.
One day Ichigo decided to invite Moe and Miwa over to meet Rikia. The girls walked to Ichigo's house together and went in. "Mom, I'm home, and I brought Moe and Miwa," Ichigo called.
"We're in the living room," Sakura called. "You might want to see this too."
Ichigo looked at Moe and Miwa, and they ran to the living room. Sakura, Kisshu and Rikia were sitting in front of the TV, watching the news. "What's wrong?" Ichigo asked.
Rikia pointed, and Ichigo looked closely at the screen. A boy with alien ears was flying over downtown, and people were running away. The news reporter said, "It seems the aliens are back."
"Rikia, do you know who that is?" Ichigo asked.
"It's Kohaku," Rikia said. "And he's probably looking for me. Which means we should go find him instead, before he causes too much trouble."
"Good plan," Ichigo said. "Should I call Pai?"
"Good idea," Rikia said. "Are these your friends? I'm sorry I didn't say anything when you first came in."
"That's fine," Miwa said. "I'm Miwa, and that's Moe. You're Rikia?"
"Yes, nice to meet you," Rikia said. "And I'm sorry we can't stay and chat, but I need to take care of Kohaku."
"We understand," Moe said.
Meanwhile, Ichigo had called Pai, and she said, "Okay, Pai will meet us here, and we'll go downtown from here."
Pai teleported in a few minutes later and said, "Are you two ready to go?"
"Yep," Ichigo and Rikia said. Ichigo had already transformed, so Rikia took her hand and teleported downtown, Pai close behind.
Downtown was getting pretty deserted as Pai, Ichigo and Rikia came out of the alleyway where they had landed.
Rikia and Pai had made sure they looked like aliens, so they wouldn't be recognized. Naturally, they were spotted right away- by Kohaku. He flew down to their level, and said, "Rikia, I'm here to rescue you!"
"From WHAT!?" Rikia shouted. "If I needed rescue- which I don't- it would be from you, you overbearing idiot!"
"But- I thought the humans captured you!" Kohaku said.
Rikia rolled her eyes. "Honestly, I told Mom to tell everyone that I chose to stay with my brothers," she said. "Does she ever listen?"
"You chose exile over ME!?" Kohaku shouted, outraged.
"Um… duh," Rikia said. "I hate you. Just because you have a crush on me does NOT mean I feel the same way. You really are an idiot, aren't you?"
Kohaku looked shocked. Rikia rolled her eyes again and said, "Go back home, you're scaring the humans. And you can tell my mother that I'm not calling her until she apologizes for sending you."
"Um… she didn't send me," Kohaku said. "She said you were still on Earth, and I didn't listen to the rest…"
"So basically, you ran out the minute you found out Rikia was on Earth?" Pai said. "Rikia's right, you are an idiot."
"I AM NOT AN IDIOT!" Kohaku shouted. "I just don't want my girlfriend living with humans."
"Call me your girlfriend once more, and you'll be in excruciating pain," Rikia said. "I know exactly where to kick you."
Kohaku looked nervous. "Go back home," Rikia said. "I don't want you here, and from what I've seen, none of the humans do either."
"Oh, so I don't even get to hear how your brothers are? And who's this?" Kohaku asked, looking at Ichigo.
Rikia's face fell a bit. Ichigo put a hand on her shoulder, and said, "I'm Mew Ichigo. My family took Rikia and Kisshu in."
"Okay, if Rikia's living with Kisshu, why does she look sad? I'd have thought she'd be ecstatic," Kohaku said.
"Well, thanks to a fight with Pai, Kisshu has a very severe case of amnesia, and doesn't remember Rikia," Ichigo said. "Or anything else for that matter."
Kohaku glared at Pai. "You gave Kisshu amnesia?" he asked.
"Um… something like that," Pai said.
Kohaku looked angry, and a sword appeared in his hand. Pai got the message, and got out his fans. "Mew Ichigo, get Rikia out of here!" they said together.
Ichigo sighed and said, "Come on, Rikia. Let them work out their differences."
"I don't want Pai to get hurt," Rikia said.
"Pai is a strong warrior, he'll be fine," Ichigo said. "We're better off at home."
Rikia sighed. Then she took Ichigo's hand and teleported to their living room. Sakura looked up as they came in, and said, "What's going on?"
"Pai is fighting Kohaku," Ichigo said. "They told me to get Rikia out of there."
"Rikia, you can't fight?" Kisshu asked.
"Girls in our culture are supposed to learn medicine and healing, not fighting," Rikia said. "And Mother wouldn't let me even try fighting."
"You know how to heal?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah, but Pai's stronger than me," Rikia said. "And don't tell my mother, but I actually have a weapon. I'm not very good, but I can fight."
"I won't tell your mother," Ichigo said. "What is your weapon?"
Rikia held out a hand, and a long knife appeared. She said, "This is my weapon, and it has the power to shoot lightning at people, like Pai's fans." She made the knife disappear.
Ichigo's cell phone rang, and she and Rikia jumped. Ichigo looked at the caller ID, and picked up. "Keiichiro?" she asked.
"Pai and Kohaku are getting a bit out of control, I need you to go stop them!" Keiichiro said.
"On my way," Ichigo said, and hung up. Then she said, "Rikia, the fight's getting out of control, and I have to go stop them. Can you teleport me back?"
"Sure," Rikia said. "I'll help you stop them." She took Ichigo's hand and teleported.
Sort of a cliffie…..