Amnesia Chapter 23:

A Plea for Help

A few days after they went out for ice cream with Yuno and Renji, Ichigo, Kisshu and Rikia were called to Café Mew Mew for a meeting. When everyone was gathered in the basement, Pai stood up and said, "Keiichiro and I received a message from my planet earlier today, and we called you all here to listen." He pushed a button, and a large screen came up.

A Cyniclon man's face came up and said, "Greetings. I apologize for the abruptness of this message, but we need your help. A group of aliens called Kuritara are attacking us, and we desperately need help to save our planet from them. I have already told the Council here that Pai, Taruto and Kisshu are no longer exiled. I implore you to help us!"

The screen went black, and Pai said, "That was our leader, and he NEVER begs people. I feel like this is serious, and I want to know if you Mews are willing to help us save our planet. I don't think it will be easy, and I'm not going to pretend there's no danger of being hurt. However, I feel like at least Taruto, Rikia and I should go back to help. If the rest of you feel like you can come, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would be grateful."

Ichigo thought, then turned to the other Mews. "What do you guys think?" she asked. "I'm willing to do this, but I want your opinion too."

"I think we should help," Lettuce said.

Zakuro and Mint nodded, and Pudding said, "Let's go, na no da!"

Ichigo smiled, and turned to Pai. "We'll do it," she said. "When are we leaving?"

"I believe they're sending a ship to Earth in two days," Pai said. "We need to pack up before then. I'd suggest informing your parents about this, and starting to pack."

"Alright," Ichigo said. "But what about Kisshu?"

Pai sighed. "I'm not sure what to do," he admitted. "Kisshu can't fight anymore, and has no memory of anyone who knows him on our planet. Maybe…. he should stay here."

"But I want to be with Ichigo," Kisshu said.

"Ichigo will have to fight," Pai said. "As will the rest of us. You can't fight, so what will you do there?"

Kisshu sighed. "I still want to be there," he said. "Even if I can't do anything, I want to be there for Ichigo."

"I guess we could take him," Rikia said. "There's other things to do besides fight, like helping in the hospital, and cleanup."

Pai sighed. "Fine," he said. "But you have to stay away from the fighting, Kisshu."

"Okay," Kisshu said.

Ichigo said, "Kisshu, we should go tell my parents the news." Kisshu nodded, and they left after saying goodbye.

When they got home, Sakura and Shintaro were waiting for them. "How'd it go?" Shintaro asked.

"We're going to the alien's planet, there's some kind of crisis they need help with," Ichigo said. "And Kisshu and I have to start packing, the ship will be here in two days."

"You're going to another planet?" Sakura asked. "What about school?"

"This is more important," Ichigo said. "Rikia's going too, and the other Mews, as well as Pai and Taruto. I'm sure you'll come up with something."

Shintaro sighed. "We'll come up with something, but you have to promise to be safe, got it? I don't want to lose any of you, and I'm sure your mom feels the same."

"Your dad's right," Sakura said. "Please be safe."

"We will," Ichigo said. "I promise."

Rikia teleported in at that moment, and said, "I have a list from Pai, of what we need to pack."

"Good, let's look it over," Sakura said.

The next two days were spent packing and making arrangements with the school. Shintaro told them that they were going to take care of a sick friend in Nagoya, and didn't know when they'd be back. The school accepted it, luckily, and said they'd hold back work for Ichigo and Rikia. In order to make it look like they were telling the truth, Sakura and Shintaro were going on another one of their trips, this time to Sydney, Australia.

By the time the ship was supposed to come, the Mews, Kisshu, Pai and Taruto were all ready to go, and waiting in the main room of Café Mew Mew. At the arranged time, two Cyniclons, a man and a woman, teleported into the Café. Pai and Taruto looked startled, and said, "You two were the ones who came?"

"Yep," the woman said. She turned to the Mews and said, "I'm Ikisatashi Maya, and that's my brother Genji. We're cousins of Pai and Taruto. We've been ordered to bring you all back to Cyniclonia. Are you all ready to go?"

"Hai," Pai replied. "It's about a 9 hour flight, right?"

"Yep," Genji said.

"That's fast, na no da," Pudding commented.

"We have to be fast," Maya explained. "Otherwise it would take years to get back and forth."

"Can we get going?" Genji asked.

"Hai," Pai said. "Are you all ready?"

"Hai," the others replied.

"Then grab one of us," Maya said. The Mews and Kisshu obeyed, and they teleported to the ship, luggage in tow. They landed in the main room, and Maya said, "Okay, Genji and Pai are going to fly the ship, so I'll tell you more about what will happen once we get there."

Genji and Pai teleported off, and Maya said, "Okay, you can leave your stuff, and follow me."

The Mews, Kisshu, Rikia and Taruto followed her to what looked like a conference room. They all sat down, and Maya said, "Okay, before we start, I received some disturbing news from Aunt Kasumi, and I need to know what's true and what's not." She looked at Rikia, and said, "Is it true that Kisshu has amnesia and is now a human?"

"Hai," Rikia said.

Maya sank back into her chair. "I was hoping that was just another one of her insane ideas…" she muttered. Then she collected herself, and looked at Taruto. "How did that happen?"

"Well, Kisshu was messing with Pai's stuff and turned himself human, but he lost his memory after Pai slammed him into a wall," Taruto said. "And Pai did some research, and said Kisshu's never going to get his memory back."

"Great…." Maya groaned. "Kisshu was the best warrior on our planet, and now he's unable to fight."

"I was the best warrior on your planet?" Kisshu asked.

"Yeah," Maya said. "And I imagine your fan club isn't going to be happy when they hear about this."

"I had a fan club?" Kisshu asked.

"Yeah, and all the other boys were jealous because the girls only looked at you," Rikia said. "You have no idea how many boys I slammed the door on, since they all wanted to fight you and beat you."

"Maybe they'll be happier now that I already have a girlfriend, and I'm not interested in the other girls," Kisshu said.

"You have a girlfriend?" Maya asked.

"Yeah, Ichigo's my girlfriend," Kisshu said.

"Now your fan club will be even less happy," Maya said. "We'll have to keep an eye out, Ichigo. They get competitive."

"Great…." Ichigo said. "I hope I can handle it."

"We'll all help," Maya said. "But I need to tell you what's going to happen once you get to Cyniclonia. The first thing we need to do is go to the mansion where our leader lives. I think you'll all be staying there, but I'm not positive. I know he has a battle plan, so all of you except Kisshu will probably be doing at least some fighting, whenever the Kuritara attack. You'll be fighting alongside our warriors, and I'm sure our leader will tell you more about that. I don't know all the details, I'm not a warrior."

"You're not?" Mint asked.

"No, I'm a healer," Maya said. "Most women are healers. Only a few are strong enough to become warriors. Anyways, I think that's about it that I know. Our leader will explain more, since he's the one in charge. Though I'm not looking forward to his reaction when he learns Kisshu can't fight anymore."

"I guess we'll take it as it comes," Ichigo said.

"Yeah," Maya said. "I guess that's about it, so if you want, I could show you the ship."

"We'd love that," Ichigo said.

Maya smiled and started to show them around.

Okay, this was filler, but it's buildup for a new idea. I give total credit for this to mikehuber, who finally got rid of my writer's block. Thanks so much!