Toyko Mew Mew ❯ I love you ❯ Memories, a secret, and Kish ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter One: Memories

"For your evil actions, I will make you pay!" Ichigo yelled.

 

"Ichigo!" a male voice yelled. Ichigo turned around and saw Ryou running toward her.

 

"Ryou? What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked.

 

"You did say... that kissing turns you back to a person."

 

"Yeah? So?" Ichigo answered.

 

"What about the other way?" Ryou asked.

 

"The other way?" Ichigo repeated.

 

"Yeah. Would you turn into a cat if someone kissed you right now?"

 

"What? Why do you ask?" Ichigo asked, shocked.

 

"Wanna try it? Kiss me..." Ryou said. Ryou leaned in for the kiss.

 

Ichigo awoke with a start. That stood out in her mind vividly. Just like when Kish kissed her and Masaya became Deep Blue. Masaya. He moved away shortly after the Mew Mews defeated Kish, Pie and Tart. She missed him. The doorbell rang.

 

"Ichigo!" Mrs. Momomiya yelled. Ichigo grabbed her robe and ran downstairs. She walked into the living room and saw Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, Zakuro and... Ryou. The dream that she had came flooding back to her. The contents in the dream had happened six years ago.

 

"Ryou? I haven't seen you in what, three years?" Ichigo asked. Ryou nodded.

 

"I hope you don't mind him coming along. We saw him yesterday and invited him to come along," Mint said. Ichigo turned away.

 

"I don't mind. I am going to go get ready." Ichigo ran upstairs and pulled on a shirt, skirt and thigh high socks (A/N: I pay too much attention to detail. I guess that comes from being in band and taking Broadcasting and Video Production. ). She even pulled her pink hair into the pigtails she always wore (A/N: She had dyed her hair before the story takes place). When she ran downstairs, everybody got up and slipped their shoes on. Then they started to walk to the zoo.

 

As soon as they arrived, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding and Zakuro abandoned Ichigo and Ryou, together.

 

"Just like last time, huh, Ichigo?" Ryou asked.

 

"Yeah," Ichigo said.

 

"Ichigo. Last night, I had a really weird dream about something that happened about six years ago," Ryou said. Ichigo stopped. She turned to face Ryou.

 

"Did you tell me to kiss you in the dream? 'Cause if you did, then I had the same dream," Ichigo said.

 

"It was when you turned into a cat, but you were fighting an alien and you had just got done saying your famous line 'For your evil actions, I will make you pay' then I ran up to you and I started talking about kissing. Though I always wake up before we kiss," Ryou said.

 

"I find it kinda weird that we had the same dream," Ichigo said, turning away from Ryou. He reached out and grabbed Ichigo's arm. She turned toward him, surprised.

 

"Kiss me..." he whispered. They both leaned in for the kiss.

 

"Ichigo!" a voice yelled. It was Pudding and Lettuce.

 

"Are we interrupting something?" Lettuce asked.

 

"Oh, no!" Ichigo said.

 

"Then why are you blushing?" Pudding asked.

 

"Pudding! Well, anyway, we wanted to tell you that we found the Finless Porpoise," Lettuce said.

 

"And we found the Golden Lion Tamarin," Pudding said.

 

"Well, let's go, Pudding," Lettuce said. Lettuce and Pudding walked off.

 

"Come on, lets go find somewhere more private," Ryou said.

 

"Ummmm, I wanna find the Iriomote Cat," Ichigo said. She didn't want to be alone with Ryou, where they wouldn't be disturbed.

 

"Oh, ok," Ryou said, a little disappointed. Ichigo let out a sigh of relief, and Ryou scowled a little, but made no comment. They continued to walk around. They saw Mint and Zakuro, who were looking at the Gray Wolf.

 

"Are you having fun?" Mint asked. Ichigo and Ryou nodded a yes. Ichigo turned toward Zakuro to talk and Mint turned toward Ryou.

 

"So, is anything happening between you and Ichigo, yet?" Mint asked.

 

"No, I don't think she likes me anymore," Ryou said, a hint of pain in his voice.

 

"Oh, she does. When she stays at my house or when I stay at her house, I hear her say your name when she sleeps. And remember, she might like you, but she is afraid to tell you. Remember how hard it was for her to tell Masaya. I am sure she is having the same problem," Mint said, looking over at Ichigo. Ryou was also looking at Ichigo. Her pink hair glistened in the sun and her brown eyes showed happiness when she joked with Zakuro.

 

Ryou remembered when her eyes were like that. It was when she dated Masaya. She was always happy, and when he moved away, Ryou tried to move into her life, but she wouldn't let him. So he left her alone. Ryou wanted Ichigo to be happy. He wanted to see happiness in her eyes when she was with him, but since she pushed him out of her life, he never got a chance. But this time, the chance wasn't going to get away from him.

 

"Ichigo. I am hungry. Let's go get something to eat," Ryou said.

 

"Oh, ok. I will see you two later," Ichigo said. They walked in silence for a few minutes.

 

"What do you want to eat, Ichigo?" Ryou asked.

 

"I don't know. I have to go to the bathroom. Can you wait here?" Ichigo asked. Ryou nodded his head. Ichigo walked toward the bathroom when she heard another familiar voice.

 

"Do you remember the kiss, Ichigo?" a familiar male voice said. Ichigo turned around slowly and looked up. There was Kish, looking down at her with a smile on his face.

 

"Do you remember the kiss, Ichigo?" Kish asked again.

 

He jumped off the building and landed in front of Ichigo. Ichigo nodded her head. Kish smiled.

 

"What are you doing back here, Kish? I thought you left this planet for good after we defeated you," Ichigo said.

 

"Well, I missed you, so I decided to come back and see you. I still love you, you know," Kish answered.

 

"Well, I am here with my friends. If they find you, you will be sorry," Ichigo said.

 

"Koishi, I know that all your powers have deteriated. So you are no threat to me. But I am not here to take over your planet, I am here to make you my bride," Kish said.

 

"Kish, I am not going to be your bride! How many times do I have to tell you?" Ichigo asked.

 

"Ohhh, you are as feisty as ever," Kish said. Kish grabbed her and kissed her.

 

"Ichigo?" a hurt male voice said. Kish let her go and she saw Ryou.

 

"Ryou," Ichigo said. He gave her a hurt look and walked away. She ran after him. Ichigo found him with Mint and Zakuro.

 

"Ichigo? How can you kiss Kish when Ryou likes you?" Mint said.

 

"Ryou likes me?" Ichigo said.

 

"Ichigo, isn't it obvious? Ai shiteru," Ryou said. Ichigo just stood there. She couldn't believe that Ryou loved her.

"Well, as you can see, she doesn't love you, she loves me. She just kissed me," Kish said.

 

"I don't love you, Kish. And I don't love Ryou. I don't know who I love..." Ichigo said. She turned around and ran away. She ran all the way home, crying. When she got home, she ran into her room and locked the door behind her. She sat in her bay window and watched as Ryou came running up to her door. She heard the doorbell ring and she watched as Ryou walked in.

 

"Ichigo!" she heard Mrs. Momomiya yell several times. After a while, she heard a knock on her door.

 

"Ichigo, please open this door so we can talk," Ryou said. Ichigo got up and opened the door. Ryou was standing there, looking really upset.

 

"I know I scared you, but that is how I feel. I have felt like that since I first met you. I can't hide my feelings anymore. I hid them when you were dating Masaya, and then I tried to show you, but you just pushed me away. I don't want that now, I don't want you to push me away. Please, don't ever push me away again. Please, Ichigo, I am begging you. Never push me away again. I have always loved you. I can't say I have gotten over you, because I have never gotten over you. Every time I would see you on the street, I would want to stop and say hi, but you always walked past me like I wasn't there. It hurt. But Ichigo, I am begging you to please, let me love you," Ryou said, almost crying. He walked over to Ichigo, who had moved over to her window while he was talking, and hugged her. Ichigo started to blush.

 

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Ichigo said, pulling away from Ryou, "Why are you telling me this all of a sudden? Why couldn't you tell me when Masaya moved?"

 

"I tried, but you pushed me away," Ryou said.

 

"You must not have wanted to be with me that bad," Ichigo said.

 

 

"Ichigo, I would give up my life for you. Remember when I was the Blue Knight? All I wanted to do was save you. I would do that now. I want to be able to hold you in my arms when you needed a hug. I want to be able to kiss you when you are happy about something. Ichigo, are you going to let me love you?" Ryou asked.

 

"I don't know, "Ichigo said, "I need some time to think about it."

 

"Ok, well, I am going to leave now then. Bye Ichigo," Ryou said, walking out of her room.

 

She ran over to her bay window and watched Ryou walk home. It had started to rain and Ryou looked depressed. He looked up and saw her looking out of her window. He smiled and waved, and continued on his way. She felt bad for doing what she did. He must really love her if he would come to her house then walk home in the rain. She got up and turned her C.D player on and listened to the C.D that was in. She went back to her bay window and sat down and drew her legs up to her chest and her head was resting on her knees. The doorbell rang again and a few minutes later there was knock on her door and then Mint, Lettuce, Pudding and Zakuro walked in.

 

"Ichigo!" Mint yelled. "How could you break poor little Ryou's heart the way you did?"

 

"You know that Ryou loves you, right?" Lettuce asked. Ichigo looked up and they all gasped. Ichigo had started to cry.

 

"I know I hurt Ryou. But how can I love Ryou when I am still in love with Masaya? Even though Masaya broke up with me a few years ago, I can't forget how happy I was with him. How can I possibly throw that away, and come up with feelings for a guy I don't think I love," Ichigo asked, tears still coming down her face.

 

"I know it seems hard, but you will have to try," Lettuce said.

 

"Just grit your teeth and bear it. Stop your moping around and go tell him how you really feel. A Mew Mew never sits around and does nothing. A Mew Mew wasn't made that way," Zakuro said. Ichigo put her head back on her knees.

 

"I thought you were the strongest, Ichigo. We all thought that. But, I guess we were wrong, come on girls, I will drive you home," Mint said.

 

"Ichigo, I hope you tell Ryou soon, because I know you love him," Pudding said.

 

"Pudding, come on or I will leave you here and you will have to find your own way home," Mint yelled. Pudding scurried out of the room and left Ichigo alone. Ichigo got up and went to her bed and lay down.

 

Ichigo awoke several hours later. She looked at her alarm clock. 9:15 pm. She got up and walked downstairs. She found a bouquet of roses on the kitchen table and the card had her name on it. She opened the card and began to read: Dearest Ichigo, since it is clear that you don't love me, then I will be leaving at the end of the week. I will be moving to America where I will live the rest of my life without you. If I see a girl who looks like you, I will think of you. When I see a black cat, I will think of you. I just want you to know that I will love you, forever. Ai shiteru koishi. Love Ryou.

 

Ichigo dropped the card and ran out of the front door. It was still raining, but she didn't care.

 

"Ryou, ai shiteru," Ichigo said.

 

"Hello, koishi," Kish's voice said.