Ichigo slowly opened her eyes. She felt a little bit dizzy for a while and her head hurt. She was laying down in a bed, next to it there was a small table. Ichigo sat down confused. She could hardly remember anything. She remembered going to the beach with her friends and she remembered taking a swim in the water. And after that she couldn't remember anything.

Ichigo looked around; she was inside a large room with nothing much in it. There was a window and a door at the end of the room. It was dark inside, and Ichigo realised it was night-time. She regretted at the fact that she didn't have a watch with her. And there didn't seem to be a clock anywhere in the room either. Ichigo groaned. She had no idea how she came ended up in there and she couldn't remember what happened after she went swimming.

Ichigo had a feeling she wasn't remembering something important. But no matter how hard she tried to remember, she couldn't remember anything after that. Ichigo stood up. Her head was still hurting and she felt weak. The first thing she did was that she stood up and went over to the door. She tried to open it but it was locked. She then slowly walked over to the window hoping she could have some sort of idea where she was. But all she could see out of the window were a few trees and other houses nearby. The window was locked too so she couldn't escape from there.

'So much for that idea!' Ichigo thought.

Ichigo then saw another table at the other side of the room. There were a few plates filled with food and a glass of water. Ichigo assumed they were there for her. But right now she more important things to think about other than food. Why was she here? How did she end up here? What exactly happened in the beach? Who bought her here?

Giving up Ichigo sat down in the bed, still trying to figure something out. After looking around in the room one more time she noticed a piece of paper on the table next to the bed. She took the paper and unfolded it to see if there was something there that could help her work out where she was.

Ichigo's eyes widened when she read the first sentence. It said 'to Ichigo.'

Not being able to keep in her curiosity she started to read the next few sentences. It said:

'Everything will become clear soon, so please don't worry.

There is food at the back table, feel free to eat it if you wish.

There is also a bathroom in the room for you to use it.

You will be stuck here for a while so you might just as well make yourself at home.

I am sorry but it might be a little bit boring for a while.

Doesn't mean you should try to escape.

The door is locked so you can't go out.

For now, please make yourself at home.

I will see you soon.'

Ichigo scrunched up the note and threw it away after she read it. She wished she didn't read it because reading the note made her angry. There was nothing useful written down there. Like where she was, or why she was bought here. It didn't even say who wrote the note. That would have been a great help. But no. There was nothing written there except for the fact that she could use the toilet if she needed it and if she was hungry she could help herself to some food.

'Well maybe you idiot wrote something useful in that note, I could have eaten something,' Ichigo thought.

She didn't have time to be hungry. She couldn't even think properly. But one from that note was right. It sure was getting boring here.

'We can't find her anywhere!' Mint told Zakuro.

'We should really tell this to the police or something na no da,' Pudding said.

'Lettuce said she already reported it to the police and she said they were looking for her,' Zakuro reminded Pudding.

'She has been gone for more than two days now, what do we do?' Mint asked.

Before any of the girls could answer her question, Ryou and Lettuce came in the room. They were all in the café trying to figure out what happened.

'We tried to look for her. But we couldn't find anything,' Ryou said. Lettuce nodded in agreement.

'We already told this to the police, they said they were doing everything they could to find her. Her parents are home worried sick,' Lettuce added.

'Looks like going to the beach wasn't such a good idea after all na no da,' Pudding sighed.

'But we were just having fun, it wasn't our fault. And we didn't even do anything,' said Mint.

'Mint is right,' Keiichiro agreed, coming into the room, 'you girls didn't do anything wrong, it wasn't your fault. We will find Ichigo, don't worry.'

'I hope so,' Zakuro said.

'Do you think the aliens would know where she is?' Ryou asked after a moment of thinking.

The girls looked at each other, 'there is only one way to find out,' Lettuce said.

'You want to go and talk to them?' Mint asked.

'But we don't even know where they are!' Pudding said in a sad voice.

'I know where they are. Ichigo phoned me once and told me where they lived.'

'Then let's go,' Ryou told everyone.

So the girls and Ryou went to the aliens' house. Keiichiro stayed in the café, he will let everyone know anything if he found out something.

'Are you sure we are going to the right place?' Zakuro asked.

'Yes,' Lettuce said, but she wasn't feeling very confident at all. Ichigo only told her which street they lived in. She said it was near a grocery store she used to go to. She didn't tell her the exact address. After walking for a while Lettuce stopped walking. So everyone else stopped too and looked at her waiting for her to say something.

'Er…It's here. Somewhere,' Lettuce gave a nervous laugh.

Everyone looked around. There were houses and houses everywhere. How were they supposed to look there? The aliens could be living anywhere. And what if they were in the wrong place to start with?

'Great, now what do we do? We go knocking every single house to look for aliens?' Ryou said annoyed.

'I have a better idea,' Zakuro grinned. She went to a lady walking past them, 'Good morning, we are looking for someone who happens to live around here, somewhere. Unfortunately, we lost the address and we are a little bit lost. The person we are looking for just moved in. Do you happen to know anyone who is new in here and just moved in a few weeks ago?'

The lady stopped walking and thought for a while, she then smiled and pointed at a house nearby.

'That house over there, new people just moved in over there. Or at least that's what I have heard, interestingly I haven't seen the people who are living there,' she said, 'I am not sure if that is the house you are looking for but that is all I know.'

Zakuro smiled, 'thank you for your help,' she said politely.

The lady gave her a nod and walked away. Zakuro looked back at her friends and grinned, 'let's try that house then, shall we?'

Ichigo walked around the house bored and not knowing what to do. This was even more boring than staying in her own house when her parents weren't home. She had no idea how long she had been unconscious and how long she has been in that room but she was already missing her friends and her parents. They must be worried sick about her.

She missed Kisshu too. She started to remember what happened before Zakuro decided to take her to the beach. A few tears rolled down her cheeks. She was crying again. I hate you. She remembered him saying that. It hurt hearing those three words from him. He must have been really hurt every time she said she hated him too.

She wished none of this happened. She wished Aoyama didn't kiss her and she wished Kisshu would believe her. She wished she was never in that room. Because no matter how much she hated to admit it, the more she thought about it (which Ichigo has been doing for the past five hours), the more it made sense. She has been kidnapped.

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