Amnesia Chapter 38:

Saying Goodbye

About an hour later, Kisshu and Ichigo had fallen asleep together. They were woken up about seven hours later by Pai, who said, "We're here, let's go to the Café."

Kisshu took Ichigo's hand and teleported to the Café, followed by the others. All the families were gathered there, and surprisingly, Moe and Miwa were there too. Noticing Ichigo looked surprised, Moe said, "Your parents called us and told us the news. We're going to miss you, Ichi-chan."

"I'll miss you too," Ichigo said. She went over and hugged them. When they broke apart, they noticed that the other families were doing the same. Moe and Miwa had tears in their eyes. "I'll still visit," Ichigo said softly. "I'm not just going to leave and never come back."

"Thanks," Moe said, sniffing.

"We heard Kisshu's back to normal," Miwa said. "Is he happy?"

"Yep, but he doesn't remember the last six months, while he had amnesia," Ichigo said. "You can still say goodbye, though. I should talk with my parents."

"Okay," Miwa said. She and Moe went over to Kisshu as Ichigo went to her parents, who looked somewhat sad.

"We're going to really miss you, Ichigo," Shintaro said.

"I'm going to miss you too," Ichigo said. "I'm sure you'll manage, though. And I'll visit occasionally. You're not going to lose me forever."

"I knew you'd have to leave someday, I didn't expect it to be this soon," Sakura said. "I hope you'll be happy."

"I will," Ichigo said. "I'll be happy wherever Kisshu is. Thanks for being such good parents. Even though Dad was too overprotective for his own good."

"Hey!" Shintaro said- then noticed Ichigo was smirking. "I guess I was pretty overprotective," he said.

"Yeah, but I know you just wanted what was best for me," Ichigo said. She turned to Sakura and said, "Mom, thanks for being so understanding about everything. You're the best mom anyone ever had."

"Thanks sweetie," Sakura said with tears in her eyes. She hugged Ichigo tightly, and Ichigo hugged back equally tightly.

When they broke apart, Shintaro hugged Ichigo tightly as well. "We love you," he said. "And as long as you're happy, we'll be happy too, even though we'll miss you."

"Thanks Dad," Ichigo said. "Thanks for everything. And thanks to both of you for bringing Moe and Miwa."

"You're welcome," Shintaro said. "We figured they would want to say goodbye in person."

"I think you were right, and that's what I wanted too," Ichigo said.

Sakura looked over at Moe and Miwa and said, "I think they're lecturing Kisshu."

"I'm not surprised," Ichigo said. She looked around at the others. Lettuce was hugging her parents, and Pudding was saying goodbye to her siblings while her father talked with Keiichiro. Mint and Zakuro stood off to the side, watching.

Ichigo sighed and went over to Miwa, Moe and Kisshu. As she got closer, she heard Kisshu say, "I promise I'll take good care of Ichigo. I would never hurt her. You don't have to worry."

Miwa sighed. "We won't worry too much, then," she said. "It's just hard to see her go."

"I'll really miss you too," Ichigo said. "But I'll be back once in a while, I promise."

"Thanks, Ichigo," Miwa said. "You'll always be our best friend, no matter what."

"Thanks guys," Ichigo said with a smile. Then she hugged them together.

When they broke apart, Moe asked, "Are you done talking with your parents?"

"Yeah," Ichigo said. "They've been wonderful, I thanked them for being such great parents."

"Good," Moe said.

Pai came up to them and said, "Ichigo, Kisshu, it's time. Are you done?"

"Hai," Ichigo said. "I'll just go let my parents know." She walked over to her parents and said, "It's time."

They hugged her together, and Sakura said, "Be happy and safe, sweetie. We love you." She went to Kisshu as Shintaro hugged Ichigo too. "Goodbye," he said.

"Bye Dad," Ichigo said. She looked over at Kisshu, who was being hugged by Sakura. She noticed Kisshu was a bit hesitant, but then hugged Sakura back. Ichigo and Shintaro walked over as they broke apart, and Shintaro held out a hand to Kisshu, who shook it as Shintaro said, "I'm counting on you to care for my daughter, Kisshu."

"I will, I swear," Kisshu said. Then he took Ichigo's hand, and asked, "Ready?"

"Hai," Ichigo said with a smile. She waved to her parents, and then Kisshu teleported her back to his room on the ship.

They sat down on the bed, and Kisshu said, "Your mom hugged me."

"I'm not surprised, she loved having you live with us," Ichigo said. "I think she'll probably miss you as much as me."

"Wow," Kisshu said. He sighed. "Your friends are pretty overprotective, aren't they?"

"Yeah," Ichigo said with a rueful smile. "They've gotten suspended from school more times than I can count for beating up people who insulted me. One time they beat up the captain of the martial arts team so bad he cried."

"I think I'm glad they seemed to think I wasn't a threat," Kisshu said. "I don't want to get beaten up by your friends. They don't look dangerous, but obviously looks can be deceiving."

"Yup," Ichigo said.

"Why didn't the martial arts captain do anything to them?" Kisshu asked.

"He's one of those guys who think they shouldn't hit girls, and that was his downfall," Ichigo said. "With those two after him, and him not doing anything but dodge, he was doomed. And to think he only called me ugly. He didn't even swear, but calling me ugly really pushed Moe and Miwa's berserk buttons. I don't bother trying to stop them, though; it's completely useless. If someone insults me, those two immediately go into 'destroy' mode. Someone started a rumor about me doing drugs, and they found out who started it. That girl ended up in the hospital with a broken arm, and numerous other injuries. I'm kind of surprised the principal didn't call the police."

"Why didn't he? It's good that he didn't, but isn't that against the law?" Kisshu asked.

"Well, the bullies go to town on the unpopular kids when Moe and Miwa aren't around, and the whole school would go to the dogs if they got arrested," Ichigo said. "The principal doesn't like bullying, and seeing as the school lives in fear of my friends, he decided that suspending them was the worst he would ever do. When the paramedics came to the school after Miwa and Moe beat up the girl who started rumors about me, he told them that she had attacked Moe, and that it was self-defense. Technically, he was lying, but he knows that his school would be a lot worse if Moe and Miwa weren't around."

"Wow," Kisshu said. "It must be nice to have friends like that."

"You don't?" Ichigo asked.

"No, I had a few friends before I got picked for the Earth recovery mission, but we kind of grew apart," Kisshu said. "I think everyone was jealous of my skills, and a lot of people wanted to be picked for the mission, so they were not happy when I got picked, even though I'm the best warrior on Cyniclonia. Some of the older warriors were furious that a fourteen-year-old got picked to take over the Earth, no matter how good I was."

"That must have been tough," Ichigo said.

"It was, but I was proud to be chosen; I'd have a chance to save my people," Kisshu said. "When I left, the planet was basically a block of ice. We all lived underground, and it was absolutely horrible. Many people died from illness or starvation. My best friend died in a snowstorm, and his mother was so devastated, she killed herself. There weren't many warriors, either; most Cyniclons were too weak from lack of food to train for the military. Pai and Taruto's family had enough most of the time, so Pai, Taruto and I were all strong enough."

"Why was Taruto chosen?" Ichigo asked. "He's only nine."

"Taruto's ability to control plants is very rare among our people, and it needed to be trained quickly, or it could go out of control," Kisshu explained. "And he actually wasn't chosen for the mission; he snuck onto Pai's ship, and Pai decided to let him stay, knowing he was good enough to actually fight."

"I think I'm glad it was you guys," Ichigo said. "If it hadn't been, I'm fairly sure everything would have been destroyed. And you and I never would have met."

"I'm glad you think meeting me is a good thing now," Kisshu said. "It really tore me up that you hated me for so long."

"I'm really sorry I put you through that," Ichigo said softly. "I wish I had realized how wonderful you are sooner."

"I guess I should have realized calling you a toy wasn't a good idea," Kisshu said. "I guess we're both at fault for not getting together sooner."

Ichigo smoothed Kisshu's hair back, and said, "Well, we're together now, and we're going to live together too. I think everything turned out well."

"Me too," Kisshu said. Then he smirked, and started tickling Ichigo, who shrieked and started tickling him back. They ended up rolling off the bed, Kisshu on top. He laughed, and pinned Ichigo's wrists down, saying, "Just like old times, right Koneko-chan?"

"Yep," Ichigo said. "Except this time I'm not going to jam my knee into your stomach."

"Yay!" Kisshu said. "That really hurt, I'm glad you aren't planning on doing that again."

"Sorry," Ichigo said. "But we were enemies. It would have looked strange if I didn't do anything. Besides, that wasn't a very comfortable position."

"I'm glad we're not enemies anymore," Kisshu said.

Ichigo smiled. "Me too, Kisshu."

Kisshu smiled, but then looked puzzled. "What's wrong?" Ichigo asked.

"My stomach feels funny," Kisshu said.

"Did you eat something that disagreed with you?" Ichigo asked.

Kisshu got up and said, "I don't think so, I only had some kind of bread for breakfast, and I haven't had lunch yet."

"What kind of bread?" Ichigo asked.

"I don't know, it was kind of sweet," Kisshu said. "Keiichiro gave it to me."

"I really hope it wasn't banana bread, they do serve that at the Café," Ichigo said.

"I really don't feel good anymore," Kisshu said.

"Is there a bathroom on the ship?" Ichigo asked.

"It's next door," Kisshu said.

"I think you should go, you probably don't want to throw up on the floor," Ichigo said.

Kisshu quickly walked out, and Ichigo heard a door close. She sat down on the bed, and a minute later she heard Kisshu throw up.

A few minutes later, it sounded like he was done, so Ichigo got up and went to the door of the bathroom, then called, "Are you feeling any better?"

"Not much, and I don't think what I ate was banana bread, it didn't smell like bananas," Kisshu said.

"What color was it?" Ichigo asked.

"Kind of brownish-orange," Kisshu said.

"That sounds like pumpkin bread," Ichigo said. "I guess you're allergic to that too. Do you have a fever this time?"

"I'm not sure, but my stomach hurts," Kisshu said. "Can you go find Rikia and see if she can help?"

"Sure," Ichigo said. She left and went to the room with all the sofas, and found Rikia reading a book to Pudding. "Rikia?" Ichigo asked.

"Yep, what's up?" Rikia asked.

"I think Kisshu ate something he's allergic to, he wants to know if you can help," Ichigo said.

"More bananas?" Rikia asked.

"No, he said he ate something that sounds like pumpkin bread from his description," Ichigo said.

"What's a pumpkin?" Rikia asked.

"It's a type of squash," Ichigo said.

Rikia sighed. "Kisshu's allergic to squash," she said. "Where is he?"

"The bathroom," Ichigo said. "He's already thrown up once."

Rikia got up, and ran to the bathroom, then knocked on the door. "Yeah?" Kisshu asked.

"Kisshu, it's Rikia, can I come in?" Rikia asked.

"Yeah," Kisshu said.

Rikia opened the door, and went over to Kisshu, who was sitting on the floor. "Ichigo said pumpkins are a type of squash," she informed him. "If you had bread made out of squash, it's no wonder you're sick." She put a hand on his forehead, then said, "Good, no fever." She put her hand over his stomach, and her hand began to glow. Kisshu's eyes started to close, and soon he was asleep. Rikia took her hand away five minutes later, and said softly, "He'll be better when he wakes up, but he needs to sleep the healing off. Let's take him back to his room, and you can stay with him."

Ichigo nodded, and she and Rikia carried Kisshu back to his room, then tucked him in. Ichigo sat down in the desk chair to wait as Rikia left.

About two hours later, Kisshu started to wake up. He opened his eyes, and asked, "Ichigo?"

"Right here," Ichigo said. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah, I feel fine," Kisshu said. He sat up, and asked, "How long have I been sleeping?"

"Only about two hours," Ichigo said. "I'm glad you're feeling better."

"Thanks, me too," Kisshu said. "We should be there soon. What should we do until then?"

"Make out?" Ichigo suggested.

Kisshu laughed and kissed her.

Well, they're almost back to Cyniclonia, and then they'll be living together! I might have another idea soon, so while I work on it, plz review!