What If?

Kisshu stumbled, and felt Ichigo's hand under his arm, trying to support him. "Ichigo…. why? Why won't you listen? Why can't you just obey me?" he asked, his voice weak. His vision started going black, but before he passed out, he heard teleportation. Then everything went black.

The Mews, and Ichigo in particular, were shocked by this, but even more shocked by the fact that Pai and Taruto had left Kisshu with them.

"Do they really care about others?" Mint asked. "I mean, he's one of them, and they just left him here- with us."

"Ichigo, what do we do now?" Zakuro asked.

The cat girl's answer shocked her. "We take Kisshu back to my place, and help him recover," she said firmly. "And if Ryou doesn't like it, he can go to hell."

"Are you serious!?" Mint asked. "What if he tries to kill us?"

"He can't, not in that condition," Ichigo said. "You saw what happened just now; he's too weak and injured to do anything to us."

"Ichigo, are you sure about this?" Zakuro asked.

"I can't just leave him here like this," Ichigo said. "If he tries to kill me, I'll take him down. But somehow I don't think he will."

"And how exactly are we getting him to your place?" Zakuro asked.

Ichigo took out a cell phone, and the others looked puzzled as she dialed a number. They watched as she said, "Hi Moe, are you and/or Miwa free? That's great, because I need your help. Get Miwa and teleport to my location, k? It's an emergency. Okay, see you soon." She hung up.

"Um…. what's going on?" Lettuce asked.

"My school friends were noticing that they felt weird, and decided to break into Ryou's lab to find out why," Ichigo said. "They knew they were twins, but it turns out that they're half-Cyniclon twins. I've been helping them train their powers in my spare time, and they're getting really good."

Even Zakuro's jaw was on the ground now. Suddenly they heard teleportation, and Moe and Miwa appeared. "Hi guys," Miwa said. "Ichigo, what's the emergency?"

"I need you to teleport Kisshu back to my house," Ichigo said.

"So you DID fall for him after all?" Moe smirked.

"Focus," Ichigo said.

"We'll get him back to your place and start cleaning out this injury," Miwa said. "You should come too; he'll panic if we're the only ones there."

Ichigo nodded, and said to the other Mews, "Go back and explain this to Ryou, and tell him if he doesn't like it, he can go down."

"Also let him know we'll be the ones to kill him," Miwa said, giving the other Mews a very evil look.

"Uh…. okay…." Mint said.

"Oh, and if any of you tell him Ichigo was brainwashed, you'll be moving to the top of our hit list," Moe said. Then she picked up Kisshu and teleported. Miwa nodded to the others, grabbed Ichigo, and teleported as well, leaving the other Mews a bit stunned.

At Ichigo's house: "Which room?" Moe asked.

"Might as well be mine; it'll probably scare him if he wakes up and doesn't have any clue where he is," Ichigo said. "I know he knows what my room looks like."

"Okay," Moe said. She gently set Kisshu down on Ichigo's bed, and said, "I think we need to cut his shirt off." Ichigo grabbed a pair of scissors and handed them to Moe, who carefully cut Kisshu's shirt off his torso.

Meanwhile, Miwa had gotten a bottle of alcohol, a bowl of water, and a bunch of washcloths. She set these items on Ichigo's night table, then said, "He hasn't woken up yet?"

"No," Ichigo said. "How's the healing training going?"

"Okay, but I don't know that I can heal something this severe yet," Miwa said. "Let's just clean the wound and bandage it."

"Alright," Ichigo said. She picked up a washcloth, and gently started cleaning the blood away from the injury. This took a while, but finally she was done, and Moe soaked another washcloth in alcohol, then said, "You two get to hold him down."

Miwa and Ichigo moved to either side of the bed, and Moe started cleaning out the injury. Kisshu's eyes snapped open, and he tried to jerk away. Miwa and Ichigo held him down, as Moe finished cleaning the injury.

"Miwa, get some bandages," Ichigo said when Moe had finished. Kisshu was unconscious again. Miwa went to the bathroom, and got a roll of bandages, then brought it back, and started bandaging Kisshu's chest wound.

When Miwa was done, the girls started cleaning up, and when they finished, Miwa said, "We're staying till he wakes up at least."

"Okay," Ichigo said. "Shouldn't you call your mom so she doesn't have another nervous breakdown?"

Moe sighed and took her cell phone out to the hall. Ichigo settled down next to the bed in a chair, and Miwa did the same. "Miwa, can you sense how he's doing?" Ichigo asked.

Miwa put a hand on Kisshu's chest, and said softly, "He's very weak. It's going to be a while before he's back to full strength."

"I'll stay with him," Ichigo said. "My parents are out again anyways."

"Alright, let us know if you need anything," Miwa said.

Moe came back in and said, "I'll be right back; I'm getting some of our stuff."

"K," Miwa said. Moe teleported out, and Ichigo sighed. "I wish my parents were like your mom," she said. "I didn't tell them because I figured due to their attitudes towards me, they wouldn't accept my secret."

"I wish that too, for your sake," Miwa said. "But if they do anything really horrendous, we'll take them down, k?"

Ichigo giggled a bit and said, "K. Thanks, Miwa."

"Welcome," Miwa said, smiling.

Suddenly they both heard a soft groan, and saw that Kisshu appeared to be stirring. "Kisshu?" Ichigo asked softly.

Kisshu's eyes snapped open, and he turned his head, looking at her warily. "I'm not going to hurt you," Ichigo said softly.

"Where did you take me, and why aren't Pai and Taruto here?" Kisshu asked.

"I took you to my place, and I have no clue where Pai and Taruto went after they left you with us," Ichigo said.

"They left me?" Kisshu said.

"Yeah, I don't understand why, though," Ichigo said. "Aren't you friends?"

"I thought we were," Kisshu said. "They really abandoned me?"

"They teleported off after you collapsed," Ichigo said.

"What am I going to do now?" Kisshu asked a bit sadly.

"You can stay here, at least until we figure out why Pai and Taruto abandoned you, and whether or not they're going to take you back in," Ichigo said. "And I don't think you can really go anywhere anyways, right?"

"Whose fault is that?" Kisshu asked irritably.

Ichigo sighed and was about to say, "Mine…" when Miwa said, "The Blue Knight's. Did you really expect Ichigo to stop him while she's trying to make sure the entire Kanto region doesn't get blown up? Not to mention Ryou spies on her every move, and would probably kill her if she saved you."

"What about today?" Kisshu asked.

"I thought Pai and Taruto would have taken care of your injury after you first got it," Ichigo said. "And I was fighting Pai when the Blue Knight injured you. I'm sorry I couldn't stop him, but Miwa's right."

Kisshu sighed. "Ichigo, do you care about me?" he asked.

"I dumped Aoyama for you," Ichigo said. "Does that answer your question?"

She giggled when Kisshu's face lit up. Miwa looked puzzled, and said, "I thought you dumped him because he was cheating on you."

"That was my second reason," Ichigo said. "And it made it more plausible to everyone, because not many people know about my secret identity."

"Oh…" Miwa said. "I wonder where Moe is?"

"You tell me, she's your twin," Ichigo said.

Miwa concentrated, then said, "That's odd…. It doesn't feel like she's on Earth anymore….."

Ichigo's eyes widened, and she asked, "She wouldn't happen to be terrorizing Pai, would she?"

Miwa concentrated harder, then said, "She's beating him up, and Taruto's nowhere to be seen. WHY didn't she save any for me?"

"I don't know, but look on the bright side, you can tell her that Blondie is all yours now," Ichigo said.

Miwa perked up. Kisshu looked puzzled, and asked, "Why is your friend beating up Pai? And aren't you worried about him hurting her?"

"She's beating him up for abandoning you, and no, we're not worried. Worry about Pai; he's probably unconscious by now," Miwa said. "Once she gets going, nothing can stop Moe. Except me, but I don't usually do that, because I'm usually helping her."

Kisshu was about to reply, but then said, "Pai's calling for help…."

Miwa concentrated, and screamed telepathically, NEVER!

Who the heck are you, and why are you in my head? Pai asked.

I'm your second worst nightmare, and I'm in your head because Kisshu claims you're calling for help. Not happening, considering he's too weak to get up, Miwa replied.

Does that mean you know the weirdo who's currently beating me up? Pai asked.

She's my twin sister, Miwa said. Tell her she's in for it when she gets back; she went to beat you up without telling me!

Why am I getting beaten up? She didn't explain anything, she just teleported in, and leaped on me the minute she saw me, Pai said. Taruto's under his bed.

Good to know. You're getting beaten up because you decided to abandon Kisshu, and Taruto can be my target, Miwa said. See you soon!

Ichigo and Kisshu watched as Miwa stood up and teleported out. "Where was she going?" Kisshu asked.

"I bet Pai accidentally told her where Taruto is, and she went to beat him up," Ichigo sighed. "Those two are unstoppable, so don't ask me to stop them. It's impossible."

"Why does she want to beat Taruto up?" Kisshu asked.

"Same reason Moe's beating Pai up; they hurt you," Ichigo said. "Anyone who hurts one of their friends will get beaten up, and I wouldn't put it past them to kill someone by accident. This girl in elementary school punched me, and they jumped on her leg until it broke while screaming at her. You and I are the only people who they consider friends, and if you hurt me, that could change very quickly."

"I've hurt you before, though, so why haven't I been taken down yet?" Kisshu asked.

"I meant emotionally," Ichigo said. "And they wouldn't hurt you if you hurt me in battle; they understand you don't have much of a choice."

"Why would I hurt you emotionally?" Kisshu asked.

"The toy comments hurt," Ichigo said sadly. "I don't like being called a toy."

Kisshu looked startled, and asked, "Why didn't you tell me? I would have stopped if you had told me."

"I couldn't in battle, and that's basically the only times I saw you," Ichigo said. "Are you going to stop?"

"Of course, I wouldn't have done it if I knew it hurt you," Kisshu said. "I'm sorry, Koneko-chan."

Before Ichigo could reply, Moe and Miwa teleported in, and Miwa said, "They went down in flames."

"You didn't kill them, did you?" Kisshu asked.

"No," Moe said.

Ichigo's cell phone rang, and seeing it was Lettuce, she picked up. "Ichigo-san, Ryou's heading to your place; you have to be careful!" Lettuce said urgently. "We couldn't convince him that you hadn't been brainwashed, and he took a gun and left!"

"Understood, we'll deal with him," Ichigo said. "Moe and Miwa are still here."

"Good luck," Lettuce said, and hung up.

Ichigo sighed and said, "Ryou's on his way with a gun; we'd better get ready to fight."

"So we get to take him down?" Miwa asked hopefully.

"Yup, but please take him somewhere else to kill him; I don't really want to be cleaning up blood," Ichigo said.

"Fine…." Moe said, as they heard banging on the front door.

Miwa nodded to Moe, and said, "Ichigo, we'll handle this, stay with Kisshu."

"K," Ichigo said.

Moe and Miwa ran downstairs, and Ichigo and Kisshu heard them open the front door, and Miwa saying, "What the hell do YOU want, Blondie?"

"I want to get Ichigo's mind back to normal, so move it," Ryou said.

"That's torn it," Ichigo commented, as they heard teleportation. "He'll be dead within the hour."

"Good…." Kisshu said tiredly.

Ichigo looked at him, and noticed he looked pretty worn out. "Do you want to go back to sleep? I'll stay," she said.

"Yeah…." Kisshu said. He closed his eyes, and fell asleep pretty quickly.

About an hour later, teleportation sounded, and Moe and Miwa appeared. Ichigo held a finger to her lips, and asked telepathically, How'd it go?

He's dead, and we told the others your idea, Miwa replied. The last two things we need to do are getting Pai and Taruto on board, and killing Deep Blue.

How are we going to kill Deep Blue? Ichigo asked.

We need to find out who his human host is, and kill that person, Moe said. Pai refused to tell me, but I think he knows.

Why didn't you just go through his mind? Ichigo asked.

Uh…. Moe said. I'll be back. She teleported out, and Miwa and Ichigo sighed. Then they noticed Kisshu was stirring, and Ichigo asked softly, "Kisshu?"

Kisshu opened his eyes. "How'd killing Blondie go?" he asked.

"He's dead, and that completes Part 1 of Ichigo's plan," Miwa said.

"Plan?" Kisshu asked.

"I want to form a truce, and give you all the Mew Aqua to make your planet better than Earth," Ichigo said. "Could your people really live with all the pollution here?"

Kisshu sighed. "Probably not. That's a good idea, but what are the other parts of the plan?"

"Part 2 is getting Pai and Taruto on board, and Part 3 is killing Deep Blue," Miwa said. "Moe's currently going through Pai's mind to figure out who his human host is."

"Pai won't agree to this," Kisshu said. "He's been brainwashed by Deep Blue. We need to find some way of reversing that before getting him on board."

"Would the brainwash be reversed if Deep Blue died?" Ichigo asked. "Or would he still be brainwashed?"

"If we can kill Deep Blue, anything he's done will be reversed," Kisshu said.

"Then let's hope Moe does her job," Ichigo said.

Moe teleported in a minute later, and said gleefully, "Deep Blue's human host is the treehugger!"

"Yatta!" Miwa shouted. "Let's go, we can kill him and then come back and make dinner!"

"Ichigo, we'll be back, and we promise not to get arrested," Moe said.

"Okay, have fun," Ichigo said.

"Oh, we will," Miwa said evilly, and she and Moe teleported out.

Kisshu looked at Ichigo, and said, "They're scary….."

Ichigo giggled. "They won't hurt you," she said.

"How well do you think they'd do against Deep Blue?" Kisshu asked.

"I think he wouldn't know what hit him," Ichigo said. "Moe and Miwa are always underestimated, and that's part of why they're undefeated. They fight hand-to-hand, and as far as I can tell, there's not a single person who can defeat them. They creamed basically every boy at my school, they beat up Pai and Taruto, and I doubt even you could defeat them."

"Deep Blue's stronger than I am," Kisshu said. "I hope he doesn't appear before they kill Treehugger."

"They'll call if they run into trouble," Ichigo said.

With Moe and Miwa: "Did we get the wrong place?" Moe asked. The twins were standing in the middle of a large room made completely of stone. There were no windows, but it was still light in there.

"No, I can sense him," Miwa said. "But something about him feels different."

"Do you think he became Deep Blue?" Moe asked.

A low chuckle made the girls spin. A Cyniclon with ice blue eyes and long black hair was standing behind them, smirking. "Aoyama has ceased to exist," he said.

"Good riddance, he was a jerk," Miwa said. "I suppose you're trying to say that you're the one we have to take down?"

"I doubt you can take me down," Deep Blue said.

"We'll see," Moe said. "Let's go, Blue."

This was originally going to be a one-shot, but I got carried away again, and now it's going to be a two or more chapter story. Please review, the next chapter should be out soon!