Ember: Good morning! It is 11:52 EST, and I am starting the morning with some German whole rye bread. But I doubt you guys care about my breakfast... I tried to contact Mina this morning, but she didn't answer, so she might still be asleep. (I don't blame her; she stayed up later than I did.) So I guess I'm doing this entry solo.

For everyone who reviewed with comments like, "The characters are behaving more like themselves." or "Finally! A kidnapping story that isn't OOC!" or "Most KxI stories are fluffy, which gets boring after a while. I'm glad this one isn't!" I give you all my thanks, and Mina's thanks. This story has only been up for four days and we already have 15 reviews! I think we're breaking some kind of record here, so keep it up 'cause it's seriously awesome.

Also, a couple of shout-outs. AterUmbra, your review was beautiful. You should become a book critic or something. And GingerificFabulousTime who said, "I can't wait for the next update!" Well, you don't really have to. Lol.

Pai had finished the final arrangements of his plan. "Taruto!" he called. "Come. We're going out to finish off the Mew Mews."

Taruto appeared beside him. "Where are we going?"

"Mew Pudding's house," Pai told him. "You've been there before, right? You know where it is?"

"I sure do!" Taruto exclaimed, proud that his older brother was depending on him.

With that, both of them teleported away, eager to get started.

Kisshu chuckled. "Oh kitten. Do you really think that you can use a Cynclonian weapon against a Cyniclon?" He stretched his hand out, wiggled his fingers a few times, and then flicked his wrist backwards, causing the sword to fly out of Ichigo's hands and into his. "Kitten, what room do you think this is? This is our armory. The bed and the torture chair have been added, of course, but this is where we keep our weapons. Whenever my sai seem to disappear in battle, they return here." He pointed the sword toward the wall on his right. There, hanging on the wall just beyond the metal chair, were Kisshu's favorite weapons. "I can control anything in here," he told her. "I just happen to have favorites."

Then, he pointed the sword at her. "It really is too bad that we can't get along, kitten."

Ichigo trembled at the scary look on his face. She wished that someone, anyone would come to save her. And then... he did.

The Blue Knight appeared, brandishing his sword, standing between Ichigo and Kisshu. "I was born to protect," he muttered.

Ichigo's heart swelled and tears of joy filled her eyes. "Blue Knight..." she whispered. Her eyes widened when she realized that she was still naked. Blushing, Ichigo quickly tried to cover herself. She then looked back up. Her blood ran cold.

Kisshu did not look angry like he usually did, instead he looked quite pleased. "Nice of you to join us." He smirked at Ichigo as almost every weapon on the wall came to life.

Without a word, the Blue Knight backed Ichigo into a corner and stood in front of her so she wouldn't get hurt. Being pressed up against him, Ichigo could feel his racing pulse; she could feel him fight the shiver in his spine. Was the Blue Knight going to lose?

To Ichigo's horror, one by one, the weapons rushed toward her protector. At first, he blocked them with a magic shield. But the sheer multitude of weapons and the way that each fallen weapon rose up to fight again eventually broke through the barrier. And then, ten swords fought him at once. The Blue Knight tried to ward them off, but the swords had no distance limit since there was no body behind them. The swords rose up together and stabbed him in the gut. The Blue Knight collapsed on top of Ichigo, forcing her to sit down. As she knelt with his head on her lap, the Blue Knight managed to say, "I was born to protect you... I died to save you... Ichigo." He began to cough up blood, and then his body shifted forms. The skin became tan, the hair shorter and black, and those blue eyes became brown. "Ichigo..." Masaya Aoyama said once more. And then he died.

"NOOOOO! AOYAMA-KUN!" Ichigo shrieked in agony.

Pai and Taruto appeared inside of Mew Pudding's house. They were in a bedroom with two bunk beds and a Japanese sleeping mat. It was early morning, so early that the sun was only just about to rise. Taruto started with the little girl asleep on the floor, while Pai chose one of the boys sleeping on one of the top bunks. The two aliens quickly stole the spirits of the children sleeping in that room.

Kisshu slithered out of the bed with a smirk of satisfaction. Who would have thought that the nuisance and the Blue Knight were one in the same? "I've killed two birds with one stone," he murmured and floated towards Ichigo.

Ichigo wept and ran her fingers through Masaya's hair. "Aoyama-kun...A-Aoyama-kun...M-Masaya..." she whimpered, not even noticing Kisshu looming over her. "I'll always love you until the day I die," she whispered.

Hearing this, Kisshu became angry. "Don't be stupid!" He hissed and ripped the dead boy out of her arms. He held Masaya under the arms so that the corpse was facing Ichigo. "You have me now." Kisshu cooed and then licked his lips. "And all of that fighting has made me hungry...hungry for y-" He was cut off when Ichigo screamed. His mate looked horrified. "What? What is it?" he demanded.

"Aoyama-kun!"

Kisshu dropped Masaya in annoyance and summoned the large sai Ichigo had wanted to kill him with. If the girl wouldn't forget the human boy, he'd make her final memories of him dark.

"His eyes!"

Kisshu stopped. A chill ran down his spine and he slowly looked down. He dropped the sai. Masaya's eyes were wide open and darting back and forth, but that wasn't the terrifying part. They were blue. Ice blue.

Bu-Ling awoke with a smile. "Time to get everyone ready for the day!" she giggled. She skipped to her siblings' bedroom and opened the traditional Japanese sliding door. She stopped when she saw that her siblings looked entirely too pale. "Heiicha?" Bu-Ling walked over to her little sister. She shook her gently and was alarmed that she didn't wake up. "Heiicha! Heiicha-chan!" She looked up and saw that her brothers were all in similar states of unconsciousness. Bu-Ling shook her head. "No... What... What happened here?"

Taruto appeared before her. "Yo!" He held up Heiicha's spirit.

"Taru-Taru, what did you do?" Bu-Ling asked shakily as her eyes filled with tears.

Taruto smirked. "If you want your brothers and sister to live, you will surrender now."

"Bu-Ling thought Taru-Taru was her friend," the little girl whimpered, but did not move to grab her pendant.

Taruto scowled and turned away, his face heating up. Why was it suddenly so warm in the bedroom? "Nope." He shook his head. 'But maybe we could be friends if you join us...' He then turned back around. "So are you going to surrender? Or what?"

Bu-Ling's head dropped and she nodded. "Just don't hurt them… Taruto," she whispered.

Masaya Aoyama's body began to lighten in color. His ears and teeth elongated, and his black hair poured all the way to the floor. His kendo outfit was replaced with the Blue Knight's coat, shorts and boots. The lifeless form began to breathe again, and he stood up and turned to look at Kisshu.

Kisshu swore and dropped to his knees.

"It seems I was a fool to give up on you, after all," said the new alien that stood before them. "You have fixed a big problem for me."

Kisshu lowered his head and uttered this newcomer's name. "Deep Blue-sama."