Catch Me
Catch Me
Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew
Ages:
Taruto & Pudding: 17
Ichigo, Kish, Mint, Lettuce: 19
Zakuro: 21
Ryou & Pai: 22
Ron Yubin: 24 (just guessing)
Keiichiro: 27
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Author's note
M'kay my little fannies, I've finally gotten to the point where I realize that I need to edit this, so here we go.
End author's note
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"I'm not your friend; Pudding, why don't you understand that?" Taruto screamed at the youngest of the Mews.
Pudding's eyes filled with tears as she stared at Taruto in confusion.
"And I never want to be!"
Pudding felt the tears begin to overflow, and turned so he wouldn't see them. 'What did I do?' she thought.
"I'm sorry Taru-Taru," she said, wiping the tears from her eyes. "I thought maybe if we were friends, we would be able to…but I guess we were never meant to be." She ran off into the forest without looking back to see the play of emotions on Taruto's face.
Taruto stared in wonder at Puddings retreating figure, pondering over her last statement. 'What was she going to say? We would be able to…what? Be friends? Something more? God I was so stupid, I should have never yelled at her like that! Ugh, I was just so…what's the word? Jealous? No! I wasn't jealous! That's ridiculous!" But in his heart he knew it was the truth, he was jealous.
Taruto jumped up from his perch to search for Pudding, intending to tell her exactly why he exploded like that.
'It's all because of that stupid Ron Yubin.'
FLASHBACK
Many things had changed in the years following the defeat of Deep Blue; Taruto had cut his hair, and let it down from its normal side ponytails. Pudding on the other hand, decided to let her hair grow down to the middle of her back, with small braids running within it. Most everyone stayed the same give or take a few inches here and there. The aliens returned to their planet with the Blue Aqua, restoring it to the glory that it once was. A couple years later, once things calmed down, the new government sent Kisshu, Pai, and Taruto back to Earth as ambassadors, hoping to instigate peace between the two planets once and for all. In order to celebrate, the girls decided to take the aliens to the beach for the summer (compliments of Ryou's credit card) bringing along Pudding's siblings of course.
Taruto walked into the beach house totally wiped out after a day of fun in the sun. Lying on the couch, he sighed in contentment.
"Taru-Taru!" a voice yelled, ruining the peace with a slam at the front door. "Look, Taru-Taru, it's an old friend of mine! Na-no-da."
Taruto sat up, expecting to see another little girl with abnormal animal DNA; but what he saw was nothing of the sort.
"Taru-Taru, this is Ronnie! Na-no-da."
Taruto looked the man in surprise, taking in his reddish-brown hair and purple eyes.
"Ronnie here is my…"
"Fiancé," Ron said, interrupting her before she could finish.
"Yeah," she said reluctantly, "fiancé. Na-no-da."
Taruto looked up at the elder man in surprise, 'fiancé?' he thought eyes wide. 'How could this old guy be Pudding's fiancé?'
"And my name is Ron Yubin, it is a pleasure to meat you Ms...?"
"My name is Taruto, and I'm not a girl." Taruto said, looking at Ron with evil eyes.
"Hey, I know you! You're that alien girl that was attacking Lady Pudding the day I first met her!"
"I'm not a girl!"
"What is this evil girl doing here, my Lady?"
"For the last time, I'M NOT A GIRL!!" Taruto yelled, storming out.
"Now look what you did Ronnie, na-no-da." Pudding said, following the angry alien.
"What did I do?" he asked himself.
END FLASHBACK
Taruto pulled himself out of the memory, looking up to see a large cliff by the ocean. He stared at the top, thinking that he heard something.
Teleporting to the top, he immediately heard what had only sounded like a whisper before. The sound a seventeen-year-old girl crying. But not just any seventeen-year-old…
"Pudding?" Taruto asked, turning to face the cliff's edge, looking at the sobbing girl who was on her knees.
"Yes, Taruto?" Pudding asked icily.
Taruto flinched at the lack of his nickname, or Pudding's famous catchphrase.
"Pudding, I'm sorry I yelled at you, I didn't mean to be so…well, mean."
"So what are you going to do about it Taruto?" she asked, standing from her crouch, and facing him.
Taruto knew exactly what she meant, the unspoken words hanging in the air between them.
'How are you going to prove it?'
Taruto looked at Pudding with desperate eyes, silently asking what he could do.
"Taruto…Taru-Taru…" she said rubbing her hands over her eyes. A thought entered her mind, and she smiled at him strangely. "Catch me."
Before he could react to her sudden declaration, Pudding turned around and threw herself off the cliff.
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End of chapter one.
Ok, it's not much of an edit, but it's better, right? I think so anyways. REVEW PLEASE!!
Love,
HinaAta