Amnesia Chapter 21:

School

Ichigo and Rikia appeared in the place where Pai and Kohaku were fighting. They saw that the two were still fighting, but Pai wasn't looking too good. The girls looked at each other, then shouted together, "STOP IT!"

Unfortunately, this only distracted Pai, and Kohaku lunged. Before Ichigo could get out her Strawberry Bell, Rikia teleported and stopped Kohaku with her weapon. Kohaku leapt back, startled, as Ichigo ran over.

"Why, Rikia?" Kohaku asked.

"Because he's my brother," Rikia said. "I won't let you touch him anymore. If you don't go back to your own planet, I'll fight you myself."

Kohaku looked shocked, and didn't move. "LEAVE!" Rikia shouted, and held out her knife. Lightning shot out of it, scorching Kohaku's arm.

Shocked, Kohaku teleported away. Rikia turned, then teleported in time to catch Pai as he passed out. "We should take him to Café Mew Mew," Ichigo said. "We can help him there."

"Good plan," Rikia said. She sounded a bit shaky as she said, "Grab my shoulder."

Ichigo obeyed, and Rikia teleported to Café Mew Mew. They found Keiichiro pacing around the front room, and Taruto sitting on a chair, looking worried. They both looked up as Rikia teleported in with Ichigo and Pai. "What happened?" Keiichiro asked.

"I stopped Kohaku from actually killing Pai, but he's not doing so well," Rikia said. "Kohaku went back home, I think."

"We need to deal with Pai's injuries," Keiichiro said.

"I can heal," Rikia said. "I'll take him to his room. Ichigo, can you call Sakura and tell her what happened?"

"Sure," Ichigo said, taking out her cell phone as Rikia went upstairs with Pai. When Sakura picked up, Ichigo said, "Pai's pretty badly injured, Rikia told me to call you. I think she's going to stay here tonight, so she can heal him."

"Okay, are you coming home?" Sakura asked.

"I think so, but I have to see if Rikia wants me here first," Ichigo said. "Can I call you back?"

"Sure," Sakura said, and hung up.

Ichigo went upstairs, and found Rikia cleaning out Pai's injuries. "Rikia, do you need me here, or can I go home?" Ichigo said. "Either way is fine, my mom just needs to know."

"You can go home," Rikia said. "I need to stay with Pai though, so can you let Sakura know?"

"Sure, see you later," Ichigo said. Rikia nodded as Ichigo left.

Ichigo called Sakura, then walked home.

The next day, Rikia came back, and said, "Okay, I healed Pai's injuries, but he needs to rest for a while. Keiichiro is under strict orders not to let him go anywhere."

"Okay," Ichigo said. "Were his injuries bad?"

"Let's just say if I EVER see Kohaku again, his life will be over," Rikia said.

"Got it," Ichigo said. "Mom says you can start school on Monday. She's out getting your uniform."

"Great!" Rikia said, excited. "Are we in any of the same classes?"

"All the same classes, thanks to my mom," Ichigo said, smiling. "Luckily for us, Moe and Miwa are in all our classes too."

"That's good, but why is it lucky?" Rikia asked.

"Moe and Miwa are very protective of me," Ichigo said. "All the other students know better than to cross them, or anyone they like. And that's good, because we don't want anyone finding out that you're an alien and I'm Mew Ichigo."

"True," Rikia said. "I hope I'm ready for this."

"I'll help you," Ichigo said. "And don't forget the pills Pai made. It's a good thing you only need one a day."

"Yeah, it'd be a problem if I had to take more than one," Rikia said.

The weekend passed by uneventfully, and Monday morning, Ichigo and Rikia got up and went to school.

Ichigo took Rikia to the principal's office, and he said, "Welcome, Rikia. Ichigo will show you around here, so you may go to class."

"Thank you, sir," Rikia said. She and Ichigo bowed, and went to class.

Their first class was History, and they sat down as the rest of the students filed in. When everyone was there, the teacher said, "Alright, before we begin, we have a new student in our class, and I'd like you all to welcome Ikisatashi Rikia. Rikia, could you come up here, please?"

Rikia obeyed, and the teacher said, "Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?"

"Hai," Rikia said. "I'm 14 years old, and I like pink a lot. I just got adopted by the Momomiya family, and I'm happy to be here."

"Thanks, Rikia," the teacher said. Rikia bowed and went back to her seat.

Up till recess, things were pretty quiet. Rikia turned out to be really good at math- and everything else except History, which she was still a bit shaky on. During their second period, though, Ichigo noticed that a bunch of boys were staring at Rikia. On the way to third period, Ichigo said to Moe and Miwa, "The boys are starting to notice Rikia. Help me keep an eye out, k?"

"Sure, you know we'll protect you and her," Miwa said. Ichigo smiled gratefully, and they caught up with Rikia.

At recess, though, things started to heat up. Ichigo, Rikia, Moe and Miwa all sat down to eat lunch. "Ichigo, why are all the guys in this school staring at me?" Rikia asked. "It's scaring me. They look like they want to eat me."

"They think you're hot," Ichigo said. "Don't worry, we'll protect you."

"Thanks," Rikia said.

They saw a girl coming their way, and Moe and Miwa flinched. "That's Morika Yuno," Miwa said. "The most popular girl at school."

"She doesn't look very happy," Rikia said.

This was proven true as Yuno stopped at their table. "Can we help you with something?" Rikia asked.

"Why did you come to this school?" Yuno asked.

"Because this is where Ichigo goes, and I've never been to a public school," Rikia said. "Is there a problem with me being here?"

"All the boys are ignoring their girlfriends and staring at you, that's the problem," Yuno said.

"Could you ask them to stop?" Rikia asked. "It's creeping me out, they look like they want to eat me."

Yuno's mouth dropped open. "You want them to leave you alone?" she asked.

"Yes," Rikia said. "If I date someone, it's going to be someone who sees who I am, not someone who only sees my face and decides they want to date me because they like what they see."

Yuno was speechless. "Um… you're going to have a lot of guys after you," she finally said. "I guess it's good that you hang out with these three, even the boys fear Moe and Miwa."

"Good," Rikia said. "I don't like being stared at."

"Maybe I should tell my boyfriend what you said, he might be able to help," Yuno said.

"That'd be nice, thanks," Rikia said. Yuno nodded and left. "So why are the boys afraid of you?" Rikia asked Moe and Miwa.

"The captain of the martial arts team, this huge guy, called Ichigo ugly one day, and we beat him up and made him cry," Moe said with absolutely no remorse. "It's a real advantage when guys like that think they shouldn't hit a girl."

"Cool!" Rikia said. "Was it fun?"

"Yeah, especially when he ran away from us crying his eyes out," Miwa said with an evil grin. "It was so worth getting suspended."

"Wow," Rikia said.

Suddenly Yuno came back and sat down, then said, "My boyfriend says he'll try to help."

"Thanks," Rikia said.

"You're welcome," Yuno said. She then turned to Ichigo and said, "How are you doing with the news that Masaya died?"

"I'm fine," Ichigo said. "He was pretty nasty when he dumped me, so although it's sad that he died, I feel more removed then I would have if I was still in love with him."

"So do you have anyone else?" Yuno asked, curious.

"I started to get close with a guy I met when I worked at Café Mew Mew," Ichigo said. "He liked me a lot too. The day Masaya broke up with me, though, his older brother had a fight with him, and he now has a very severe case of amnesia. My parents took him in, because his parents died a long time ago, and his brother was taking care of him."

"That's awful!" Yuno said. "Will he ever get his memory back?"

"From what his brother said, no," Ichigo said. "His brother is actually a scientist, and he does know something about medicine as well. From what he said, Kisshu- my boyfriend- will probably never get his memory back. The only thing he's remembered is that he's in love with me."

"How's he doing with that news?" Yuno asked.

"He's doing okay," Ichigo said. "He doesn't seem to mind too much, surprisingly. My parents like having him around, too."

"That's good," Yuno said. "And your parents adopted Rikia as well?"

"Yup," Ichigo said. "I gave her my room, and I share with Kisshu now."

"That's so cute!" Yuno said. "So why doesn't Kisshu go to school here too?"

"His amnesia caused him to forget how to read everything except romaji, so my mom's homeschooling him," Ichigo said. "My mom used to have a teaching job, so she's doing pretty well."

"Well, that's good," Yuno said.

A boy came over, and said, "Yuno, I started talking to the boys who are staring at Rikia."

"Thanks Renji," Yuno said. "Are they listening?"

"Somewhat," Renji said. "It's going to take a while to get through to some of them, especially the ones who were drooling as well as staring. They're pretty thick-headed."

Rikia shuddered. "Drooling?" she said. "Gross!"

Renji laughed. Soon they all were laughing. Then the bell rang, and they went back to class.

I thought I'd see how Rikia liked school. And now I've got more OCs! Review!