OTDE: Into The Deep Chapter 7- Awakening

I can never express how sorry I am to have made ya'll wait so long. My old computer crashed and I lost everything and I didn't even have a computer for a while. There's just something not right about trying to write fanfiction in your living room on your mom's computer. Here's a recap: They are on the planet Cynnth, Ichigo passed out when Lot kissed her and has been unconscious for a while. Kish revealed his feelings for Ichigo and Mikata called off the wedding. What happened to Ichigo? What will happen now that everything is out in the open? Read on to find out!

The last thing she remembered was tagging Lot in the garden. After that, everything was dark.

However, there was one thing that kept playing in her head, scenes racing out of the darkness to entertain her, terrify her, while she slept.

It was mostly a face she knew well, she had once spent her class time memorizing the lines etched across it rather than what was on the board. Masaya always started off standing up, his brown eyes dark with anger and evil. Then he would slowly wither, his eyes becoming more watered down and weak as the vision continued. Her last glimpse of him was him lying on the floor, small and crumpled being kicked by a strange man like some worn out coat. The man would turn and his face would spark something in her though even in the dream she could not tell exactly what it was. And then everything would go dark again, but it was a different darkness than her dreamless sleep. Out of the darkness would erupt visions of fire and destruction, bodies littered the ground around her paws and she would realize that she was a Chimera again. However, within moments she was human, and Amon stood at her side, one hand wrapped around her waist. He pointed gleefully at the piles of death, identifying her friends and family among the destruction. Amon pushed her head down and she saw the worst thing yet. Kisshu laid at her feet, his amber eyes wide and blank, with blood congealing through his shredded shirt.

"You did this my pet." Amon would whisper in her ear, tenderly stroking her hair. "We're not so different you see? We both enjoy destruction. We both thrive on it." And then she turned to face him and he was no longer Amon. His face was blank except for a pair of lips, something glittering dangerously on them. Like other parts of her dream, they ignited something in her mind though she could not quite grasp it. The lips would lean in to kiss her and she tasted something deadly on them.

And then it she was plunged into the darkness again

*Scene Divider*

Ichigo was finally released from the cycle of her horrid dreaming, and as she swam towards consciousness, the vision began fading from her mind. She pried her eyes open though the lids felt heavy and dense.

The Mew instantly wished she hadn't.

Kisshu sat beside her, something that normally would have made her very happy. But he was not alone. Mikata sat next to him and he had his arms around her and his lips pressed to her cheek. The alien turned to smile at him and Ichigo couldn't watch anymore. She bolted out of the bed, unconsciously ripping I.V.s that were attached to her wrist. The sting was a welcome pain, ensuring her that this was real and not another terrible nightmare.

"Ichigo!" Kish's hand wrapped around her injured wrist, smearing blood on her skin. She pulled her arm away and dashed through the door, slamming it shut behind her. Tears of pain, both physical and mental, blinded her as she ran and she used her uninjured hand to wipe them from her face. As she rounded the corner she smacked into something solid and began to fall backwards from the impact. Arms wrapped around her, steadying her and pulling her close.

"Ichigo?" a voice asked. The red head looked up through her tears and saw Lot, his face a mix of surprise and delight. He used freed a hand from her and used it to gently wipe her cheek.

"Get me away from here." She pleaded. He nodded gravely and took a hold of her with both hands again.

"Close your eyes." He warned her. She felt his grip tighten and then the telltale "swish" of teleportation. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a small living room, its simpleness discerning it easily from any room at the Ikisatashi household. Lot released her and smiled, gesturing to their surroundings.

"Welcome to my humble home."

*Back at Ikisatashi Manor*

"I've messed everything up again!" Kisshu yelled, slamming his hand into the now empty bed. Mikata reached over and gripped his fist, slowly relaxing it.

"It was just a misunderstanding. If you're quick you can reach her before she gets too far and explain." Kish nodded at her words and dashed through the door. Mikata sighed, once again wishing that he could have shown that passion for her, but knowing it would never happen. It was better to have Kish as a best friend and nothing more than to not have him at all.

Kisshu ran down the hall, his sensitive ears picking up the sounds of Ichigo's ragged breathing. She wasn't too far ahead of him and he prepared himself to teleport in front of her. The addition of someone else's breaths made him stop though.

It was his latest mistake, as he was to find out.

Moving slowly, he caught sight of Lot embracing Ichigo and the boy smirked at him as they teleported away.

So once again I truly am sorry about this taking so long. However I hope that this chapter was good enough to bring you back to the story? Please review and let me know if I should continue!