Amnesia Chapter 33:
The Next Battle
The rest of the day was uneventful. Luckily, since the next day all hell broke loose.
It started out as a normal day, but at about noon, they were all called to the meeting room because there was another attack coming. They were trying to pinpoint the exact location, when someone began banging on the door, and they all got a sense of dèjá vu. Kisshu ran and opened the door, and a young woman fell into the room. Kisshu caught her and said, "Let me guess, the Kuritara are attacking the mansion again."
"Yes!" the young woman cried.
Ichigo nodded to her teammates, and they all transformed as Kisshu told the woman, "Go inform the guards that they need to protect Haroshi-sama. We'll handle the Kuritara." She ran off, and Kisshu turned. Pai and Taruto had already grabbed Lettuce, Zakuro, Pudding and Mint. Kisshu nodded and grabbed Ichigo, then followed by his brothers, he teleported to the front of the mansion.
The Kuritara were waiting for them, and they looked MAD. "You tricked us!" the leader shouted.
"You expected us to just hand Kisshu over?" Taruto asked. "I think that was a pretty good plan."
The Kuritara snarled and launched themselves at the group. Like before, they were hesitant to attack the Mews, and a lot of them got killed for that. Unfortunately, reinforcements came a while into the battle, and the fighting got harder. Still, the Cyniclons and Mews took out a lot of them.
Soon after the reinforcements came, however, disaster struck. Kisshu was fighting a Kuritara with two short swords, and they seemed pretty evenly matched. Ichigo was fighting nearby, blasting Kuritara who tried to get around and attack Kisshu from behind. Suddenly, she heard the Kuritara Kisshu was fighting laugh. She immediately spun, and saw Kisshu clutching his arm, and the Kuritara about to stab him again.
"NO!" Ichigo screamed. She ran over, and just before the Kuritara's blade hit Kisshu, she jumped in front of him.
"ICHIGO!" Kisshu screamed, as the blade pierced her chest, narrowly missing her heart.
Suddenly, all the Kuritara froze, as if in shock. The Kuritara who had stabbed Ichigo certainly looked like he was in shock as he took his blade out of her chest. Ichigo collapsed back into Kisshu's arms. She was unconscious and her breathing was shallow.
"No…. this can't be happening…" Kisshu whispered, as tears started to stream down his face. The Kuritara who had stabbed Ichigo turned to his teammates, who all nodded. Then as one, the Kuritara clapped their hands together.
The Mews and Cyniclons found that they couldn't move or speak. Then, to everyone's utter shock, the Kuritara who had stabbed Ichigo gently took her from Kisshu's arms, and his comrades came over too.
The Mews and Cyniclons were powerless as the Kuritara formed a circle around Ichigo. Suddenly the Kuritara began to glow, a similar glow to Maya's healing. The glow spread over Ichigo's body, and to everyone's complete shock, the wound in her chest began to heal.
Soon after, the wound closed, and the glow started to fade. When it was completely gone, Ichigo began to stir. Then she opened her eyes, and looked startled. She sat up quickly, and looked around at the Kuritara surrounding her. "Why did you save me?" she asked.
The one who had stabbed her said, "It is against our god's laws to harm women or children. Even if they are the enemy's women and children, we cannot break that law. If we do harm a woman or a child, even by accident, we have to heal them with our powers. All of us can heal. And if any of us harms a woman or a child, even of the enemy, we must die. It is unforgivable to harm women and children, no matter what the reason. That is why we healed you, and why we hesitate in battle. We would die anyways, it's better to die at the hands of an enemy than at the hands of our own people."
Another Kuritara said, "We will free your friends, and we will go. But this time, we will go to our leader and tell him the fighting must stop. If we manage to convince him, we will arrange with your leader to set up peace talks. We see that there is too much risk in this battle, and while we understand that your women must fight, we would rather not take chances on harming them."
With that, all the Kuritara flew up into the air, and clapped their hands as one again. Then, as Kisshu and the others were able to move, they disappeared. Kisshu immediately ran to Ichigo and knelt next to her. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine," Ichigo said.
Kisshu hugged her, burying his face in her shoulder as he started sobbing. Ichigo hugged him back, reassuring him that she was okay. "Why?" Kisshu asked when he started to calm down. "Why would you be that reckless?"
Ichigo smiled. "Because I love you, baka," she said.
Kisshu pulled back and looked at her, tears still running down his face. Ichigo reached up and wiped his tears away. Noticing he still wasn't very calm, she started scratching his ears to calm him down. It worked, and she sighed, then got up as the others came over.
"Ichigo, are you really okay?" Mint asked.
"I'm fine, really," Ichigo said.
All the Mews pounced on her, and she hugged back. When they got off, Taruto and Pai unexpectedly hugged her together. When they broke apart, everyone noticed Kisshu had fallen asleep, most likely because Ichigo had been scratching his ears. Pai gently picked him up, and started walking back to the mansion, followed by the others.
When they got inside, they found Haroshi-sama and a bunch of guards waiting for them. "How'd it go?" Haroshi-sama asked. "And what happened to Kisshu?"
"One of the Kuritara stabbed Ichigo by accident when she tried to protect Kisshu," Pai said. "Then the lot of them froze the rest of us, and healed Ichigo. They claimed it's against their god's laws to harm women and children, even the enemy's women and children. And then they said they were going back to convince their leader to stop the fighting."
Haroshi-sama looked shocked. "They want to stop the fighting?" he asked.
"Hai, they said there's too much risk of hurting women and children, since some of our women fight," Pai said.
"And what happened to Kisshu?" Haroshi-sama asked.
"He was worried sick about Ichigo, and wore himself out," Pai explained. "He'll be fine when he wakes up. Can I take him back to his room?"
"Hai," Haroshi-sama said. "Go ahead. All of you can go, actually, I guess we just wait to see what happens next."
Everyone bowed, and Pai teleported Kisshu and Ichigo to their room. Pai put Kisshu to bed, and said, "Good work today, Ichigo. I'm not saying that was a great idea, jumping in front of an attack like that, but if it works, I guess we'll owe our planet to you."
Ichigo turned red and said, "I don't think I should do something like that again, Kisshu was really upset."
"You're probably right," Pai said. "Stay with him, he needs you right now."
"I will," Ichigo said. Pai nodded and teleported out. Ichigo climbed onto the bed next to Kisshu, and started stroking his hair.
I know it's a bit short, but it's getting late. I hope you all like my idea, and that you'll review.