"I got her!" Kisshu said happily as he reappeared in the green, foggy dimension, cuddling the struggling feline close to his chest.
"Excellent." Pai nodded.
"Yay!" Taruto cheered and flew over to Kisshu so he could see kitty Ichigo. "Ha! Now you're a hag cat!" he teased and blew on Ichigo's black ear, causing it to twitch in irritation. "Hag cat! Hag cat!" he sang and reached to pull one of the kitten's whiskers.
'STOP!' Ichigo hissed and clawed at Taruto's hand. He yelped in pain and stared at her in annoyance.
Ichigo was panting with her fangs bared. She was already at her wit's end.
Kisshu admonished her by clicking his tongue and saying, "Kitten, we can't have you being so rude." He turned her around and went to kiss her again.
Ichigo's kitty armpits prickled with wet heat. Her eyes widened in panic. If Kisshu kissed her now, she'd be a human again. But unlike several minutes earlier, there didn't seem to be any hope of escape. Plus, as cat, at least she was relatively safe from her green haired stalker's perverted advances. Ichigo squeezed her eyes shut and tried to turn away, but it was too late.
The pink light surrounded Ichigo and she became human again.
Pai nodded. "Good work, Kisshu. Now take her to that room."
Kisshu wrapped his arms around Ichigo's waist and teleported. The room they appeared in had a giant, European-style bed with deep red bedding. In a contrast to that fancy, four-poster wonder; there was a very cold looking metal chair. The next thing that Ichigo noticed was that the walls were lined with weapons. She blanched in horror. This was a torture chamber, and she could only guess what the bed was for. The room around her blurred as tears of panic filled her eyes. "LET ME GO!" Ichigo screamed and started to wildly struggle. Her shrieks drowned out the tiny voice in her head that told her she was so screwed. She had no clue where she was and couldn't even transform. No one knew she was missing either.
Pai and Taruto also appeared in the room.
"We're not letting you go, Kitten," Kisshu cooed.
"As a matter of fact," Pai added coldly, "you're going to stay in this room until you've told us all of your allies' weaknesses." Then he looked at Kisshu. "Strap her into the chair."
Kisshu frowned. "I think my method of torture would be more productive. The girl can endure pain; you've seen her in battle. But if there's one thing she can't stand..." Kisshu trailed off and licked the nape of Ichigo's neck. She screamed and squirmed in response.
Pai scowled at his adopted brother's selfish ways, but consented to his logic. "Taruto, go to your room," Pai commanded.
"But I want to torture the hag too!" Taruto whined.
"You'll get your chance later," Pai whispered in the younger alien's ear. With a satisfied nod, Taruto teleported away.
Pai looked down at his list of questions and silently vowed not to look up from it while Kisshu 'tortured' their captive.
Kisshu forced Ichigo onto the bed and held her down. Pai asked the first question. "How can we get Mew Pudding to surrender to us?"
As Ichigo stared up at Kisshu, her mind went blank. Her eyes filled with tears that evaporated with her hot anger, but they soon filled again. She could feel Kisshu's claws digging into her wrists, his legs straddling her, and his smoldering, half-lidded eyes ogling her body. She could also feel the mattress under her spine. "Wh-what...?" Ichigo asked. Her pounding heart had drowned out Pai's question.
"Tell us Mew Pudding's weakness, NOW!" Pai commanded.
This time Ichigo heard the question loud and clear. "I- no!" She spat and tried to sit up, but Kisshu made sure to make that impossible for her.
Pai sighed and said, "Go ahead, Kisshu."
Kisshu smirked and groped one of Ichigo's boobs. He leaned forward and whispered into her ear, "Thanks for refusing, kitten."
The alien's breathy comment sent chills down Ichigo's spine. "STOP IT KISSHU!" she screamed in response and tried to squirm away. "Y-you're hurting me!" she hissed when he squeezed harder.
"Sorry, Kitten – well, perhaps not –" he chuckled at his own joke. "I can't stop until you answer Pai's question."
Ichigo opened her eyes only to give Kisshu a hateful glare. "Mew Pudding does not have a weakness!" she managed despite her boob feeling as if it were about to burst. "There. I answered your question!" If she wasn't gritting her teeth, she would have smiled at bit of spittle that landed on Kisshu's face.
"You're lying," Pai stated simply. "Kisshu, continue until she gives us the information."
Kisshu grinned and began to unbutton Ichigo's winter sweater. He peeled off the yellow garment and tossed it aside, disappointed to find a white T-shirt underneath. He leaned in and licked her earlobe before whispering, "If you're not telling, then you must want me to keep going. Are you liking this, koneko-chan?" Then he moved his mouth down to her shoulder and gave her a playful nip.
"No! Never! This is gross! You're disgusting!" Ichigo cried out and thrashed her body in panicked protest.
Hearing that made Kisshu mad. "Shut up!" he yelled. "I'll do what I want with you; you're my prisoner!" He slapped her across the face, causing her to cry out in pain. Then he reached to peel off her skirt.
"Kisshu! Control yourself!" Pai admonished.
Pai's message went unheeded, and Kisshu peeled off his shirt and tossed it aside. It now lay on the floor with Ichigo's sweater and skirt. He then kicked off his boots, which hit an axe that hung on the wall with a clang, causing the weapon to fall from its place.
Pai looked up in concern. "Kisshu, I told you to-" but he was cut off.
"HER SIBLINGS!" Ichigo screamed in fear. She quaked beneath the angry Kisshu, pulse pounding in dread. She didn't want to lose her virginity to this pervert.
Pai summoned his fan and shot a lightning bolt at his lust-consumed brother, knocking him off of the cat mew. "Kisshu, give her a reprieve as a reward for answering our question," Pai said stoically. He wrote Ichigo's answer on his notepad.
Ichigo was relieved that Kisshu was no longer on top of her, but her heart dropped into her stomach when she saw Pai scrawling out her answer, and she hated herself for her betrayal. What would they do to Pudding's younger siblings because of her? Would they threaten them? Turn them into Chimera? Would they… kill them? Ichigo couldn't bear thinking about the consequences of what she had just done. She wished that she could rip the words from Pai's notepad and stuff them back into her mouth. She shuddered in shame and a few tears trailed down her cheeks.
Kisshu was peeved. He stood up and angrily glared at Pai. He didn't like that his older brother had interrupted his fun. Walking over to Ichigo, he gently caressed her cheek and raised his eyebrows in surprise when his finger came away wet. He tasted her tear and then left her alone for two full minutes. It was terribly hard, but he didn't want Pai to zap him again.
Pai looked up from his notepad. "Kisshu, go to your room. Your method is ineffective; she has too much strength to be forced to comply through such methods. Get Taruto for me. We're going to work with the weapons now."
Ichigo suddenly realized that she was no longer being held down. Sitting up, she looked over to where the axe had fallen from the wall. Slowly, she began to get an idea. Adrenaline coursed through her veins, drying her tears and giving her courage. She may not have been able to transform, but she still had the benefits from her feline genes. She forced herself to sit still and look pathetic until Taruto came in. The youngest Ikisatashi looked eager. He stuck his tongue out at her, only fueling her determination.
"Kisshu said we get to use weapons now?"
Pai merely nodded.
Ichigo stared at Taruto, willing him to come over to her. He inspected the weapons, but got distracted when Ichigo purposefully sniffled loudly. He smirked at her, but then cringed. "Ew! You're legs are fat!" He floated closer to her, making sure not to look at her lower half again.
"Closer..." Ichigo mentally willed.
Taruto unintentionally obeyed and opened his mouth to say something rude, but was interrupted when Ichigo pounced on him. He screamed. Pai dropped his notebook, but before he was able to react, Ichigo had grabbed the axe and held it to Taruto's neck. Her cat ears popped out from all the excitement, but she didn't even notice.
"Let. Me. GO!" she demanded, her entire body trembling.