Kisshu's Angel Ch. 10

“Kisshu, what is this?” Ichigo asks, staring at the strange fruit in front of her. The fruit is red and it looks like it has green hair on. Kisshu had to chuckle a bit as Ichigo looks from the strange fruit to him in confusion.

Kisshu tells her, “That is a strawberry, just like your name. Try it! It’s delicious. Just don’t eat the leafy part.” Ichigo looks back at her fruit in hand and then grabs hold of the green leaves. Then she takes a bite of the whole fruit and her eyes widen as the taste basically explodes in her mouth, sending sweet goodness down her throat.

After chewing on it, she swallows the fruit and tells him, “You’re right! It’s delicious.”

“Told you,” he says, tapping her nose with his finger. Ichigo covers her nose after that and looks at Kisshu while he’s smiling at her. Then he asks, “So anything yet? It thought that maybe eating the fruit that’s named after you, you might remember something like parents or friends maybe.”

Ichigo looks up and tries to remember anything but she answers, “I’m sorry. Nothing.” Then she brings her knees close to her chest and hugs them. Kisshu gets nervous.

Before, he was lying down on the ground on his stomach next to her but now he’s sitting up in a worried matter. “Hey, hey, hey! No need to get upset or anything. I’m sure that there are other ways we can try on how to get your memory back!” ‘Even though I was hoping that it wouldn’t work.’

“But what other method haven't we tried?” Ichigo asks, looking up at him from her knees. “We tried writing down names, drawing faces, having me do things that I enjoy doing, my favorite foods, and now we’ve tried eating a fruit that I’m named after. Let’s face it, Kisshu. It’s hopeless. I’m as empty as a broken bottle.” But right before she would lean on her knees again, Kisshu puts his arm on her shoulder and pulls her into a hug, wrapping his arms around her.

“You’ll remember, koneko-chan,” he tells her, rubbing her arm in a comforting way. “Sure you’re a broken bottle, but I’m here to fix that crack and then we can fill it all up with your memories. You’ll be back to normal soon, koneko-chan. Just be patient a little longer, okay?”

Kisshu backs away a bit to stare at her face and she looks up to see his smile. She slowly nods and answers, “Okay.”

Kisshu leans close to her, his forehead leaning on hers as he tells her, “That’s a good kitty.” Then being so close, he stares into her chocolate brown eyes. Catching her by surprise, Ichigo gasps and her cheeks turn red when she ends up swallowed up by his golden eyes. Soon, Kisshu’s hand lets go of her and goes to her face. He gently strokes her cheek, pushing away hair strands away to get a better look at her face. Slowly, Ichigo gulps and her heart is pounding hard in her chest. Then his hand stops stroking and presses against her cheek to hold her face there as he leans in closer. Her heart pounds harder and harder with each second he comes closer.

But then Ichigo feels something move.

“Wait!” she tells him. He leans back in surprise as she tells him, “Something moved.”

*Tinkle*

Both Kisshu and Ichigo look behind her and they see a black tail with a red ribbon bow and a golden bell tied on. Ichigo stares at the tail in amazement as Kisshu looks up at her head and sees her cat ears on her head. His hand goes to them and he starts scratching behind them. Instantly, Ichigo starts purring.

“Purrrr,” she lets out with a relaxed look on her face. Kisshu smiles a bit as she continues. “Purrrrr.” Then she realizes that she is purring like a cat because Kisshu is scratching behind her hears; her cat ears!! “Kisshu!” she calls with a half whining, half scolding voice as her hands go to her ears and she covers them.

Kisshu chuckles a bit from her reaction. “Sorry, sorry,” he tells her. “I just had to do it, koneko-chan. I couldn’t resist.”

Ichigo puts on a whining face as she tells him, “But I’m not a cat, Kisshu. Are these ears and tail the reason why you call me ‘koneko-chan’?”

Kisshu answers, “Yep and there is nothing wrong with either of them.” Ichigo looks at him in surprise and she releases her ears. He goes back to scratching them as he tells her, “You have nothing to be ashamed of. These ears and tail are actually really cute and they suit you.” Some of red comes back to Ichigo’s cheeks as he continues to scratch them. One thing for sure, that does feel good.

*Knock*

*Knock*

Both Kisshu and Ichigo look up at the door as it opens. Taruto is there and the first thing he sees is Ichigo’s cat ears and tail. He asks, “She knows?”

Ichigo asks, “Knows what?”

Then getting nervous, Kisshu answers right before Taruto could say anything.
“About what you are. You see, I may not know all of your memories but I do know that you are not like any of the other humans on earth.”

Trying to get it, Ichigo asks, “You mean I’m not human? But you said I was.”

Kisshu has sweat pouring down his face as he says, “I know that I said that and you are human. You’re just a special type of human that can make your cat ears and tail appear when you get overly excited.”

“Oh, I wonder how,” Taruto comments. Kisshu glares at him from the corner of his eyes as Ichigo turns a little red from that. “Anyway, Kisshu! You and I need to talk.”

Kisshu asks, not really into this, “Now?”

Taruto answers dangerously, “Now!”

Kisshu lets out a sigh and tells Ichigo, “I’ll be gone for a little bit, okay?”

Then Ichigo grabs his arm and asks, “But what would I do without you?” Taruto looks at her with a disgusted face. He cannot believe that she just said that while, inside, Kisshu is jumping for joy for hearing those words come out of Ichigo’s mouth and they are meant for him.

“Hold on,” he tells her. Then he summons a parasite alien and he unties his bandage on his arm. Ichigo watches curiously as Kisshu ties the long dangling bandage on the parasite and lets it fly. But he holds onto the bandage like a leash and waves the end in front of Ichigo. “Here kitty, kitty, kitty.”

“Nyaa!!” Ichigo lets out, starting to play with the bandage in front of her. The parasite starts flying around the room when Kisshu let goes of it and Taruto looks even more disgusted.

At the door, Kisshu tells her, “Have fun!” Then he closes the door behind him when he’s outside. He turns to Taruto and asks, “So? What do you want, kid?”

Taruto relaxes his face and looks up at Kisshu. He tells him, “Not here. She might hear us since she’s half cat right now.” Kisshu lets out another sigh as both him and Taruto start walking away from the room and away from Ichigo’s hearing range.

After a bit, Taruto turns around and faces Kisshu as he stops. “What is it, squirt?”

A vein appears on his head as Taruto tells him, “Don’t call me ‘squirt’!”

Kisshu just rolls his eyes after that. “Anyway…”

Taruto calms down from his anger as he asks, “Does she remember anything else besides names?”

“Nothing yet,” he tells him.

“Well she needs to start remembering before I make her remember.”

Kisshu looks at him dangerously as he asks, “Are you threatening her? What right do you have to threaten her?” But when he looks at him, he notices something on his shirt. Kisshu grabs that area and asks, “What’s this?”

Taruto slaps his hand away as he answers, “It’s nothing. Stop changing the subject!”

Kisshu ignores the last thing and asks, “Was someone crying on you? Who? Because I’m sure as hell know that it’s not Pai.” Taruto doesn’t answer. He just stares at Kisshu with a hint of caution in his eyes. Kisshu asks, a bit gentler, “Was it…that monkey girl, Pudding?”

Taruto turns red as he looks away and answers, “No it wasn’t! No one was crying on me.”

Kisshu tells him, “You don’t have to lie, Taruto. If it’s her then just say that it’s her. I know that you like her.” Taruto’s cheeks get a bit red from that. But seeing that he can’t hide it, he looks both ways of the hallway before turning back to Kisshu.

“I was taking a walk and I found Pudding, crying her eyes out because she got into a fight with the other Mew Mews,” he tells him.

Kisshu raises a brow and asks, “She was? What about?”

“Some of the Mew Mews were discussing some of the reasons why that old hag is missing.” Kisshu ignores that name calling since Taruto is telling him the truth. “One of them was that we kidnapped her and will use her as a hostage against them. Pudding stood up for us, saying that we wouldn’t that.”

Kisshu asks, “Did she ask you if you did?”

Taruto nods and this is where his voice looks sadden with guilt and shame. “She did.”

Kisshu takes that in and asks, “You lied, didn’t you?” Again, Taruto nods. “Why did you do that? You could have told her that we were holding her in protective custody until her memories come back. You could have told her the truth.”

“Yeah, I know!” Taruto blurts out. “But she trusts me, a lot and I don’t want to destroy that belief she has for me.” Now he looks really guilty but Kisshu does not pity him, even though his face looks gentle.

“Well lying isn’t helping that belief stay strong.” After that, Taruto looks like a ton of guilt hit him.

“Taruto! Kisshu!”

Both of them look up behind Taruto and they see Pai walking towards them. He stops and says, “We’ll attack earth. We have a new plan to stop this war.”

“Now?” Kisshu asks a bit worried.

Pai nods. “Now.”

“But why do I have to come?” Kisshu asks. “You two can attack earth without me.”

But Pai answers, “It will lower down suspicion to the other Mews.” After hearing that, Taruto flinches in fear that maybe he was heard. But Pai reminds, “That mew has been missing for over a week. No doubt that the other mews suspect us of having something to do with that.” After that explanation, Taruto calms down in relief while Kisshu looks unease.

Taruto looks back at Kisshu and tells him to assure him, “Don’t worry. As long as that parasite stays in that room and the bandage is still on it, she’ll be entertained.”

Pai asks, “Bandage?”

Taruto answers, “The old hag has now realized that she is part cat.”

“I see.”

“Stop calling her ‘old’!” Kisshu scolds. Pai turns around and starts walking the other way as Kisshu fallows him.

“Hey!” Taruto calls, softly. Kisshu stops and turns around as Taruto tells him, “Thanks for listening at least.”

Kisshu stares at his face a little longer before answering, “Sure.”