Oh, Sugar Glider
Summary: Kyleara is a girl with a sugar glider's ears and tail who was abandoned by her parents and raised by possums. She now lives secretly in Tokyo and folk call her Sugar Glider. When she finds Kisshu abandoned by his friends, do her memories get the best of her?
Cut me some slack, this is my first story. Here is the first chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew, I only own Kyleara.
It was beginning to be the end of sun-down and, at a particular forest near a sea inlet; it was quite a beautiful site. However, if one listened hard enough, a choking sound could be heard as someone tried desperately to hold back tears. At a tree further away from the others, the one closest to the water although still a good five feet away from the edge, a boy at about fourteen with green hair and long ears was trying not to cry, and so far failing.
Kisshu had been fighting the mews alongside his brothers like normal when not paying attention had caused him to take a direct hit on the side of the throat from Mint's arrow. Unable to stay floating any longer, he had been forced to teleport to a random location to stop him from falling in front of his enemies. But as the world disappeared from around him he had heard the familiar tone of his leader telling his brothers something that put an end to all he knew.
"Leave him to die. He won't live long with those wounds. He's of no use anyway."
His brothers hadn't even tried to protest, or if they did it was after he was gone. Now unable to teleport to the ship, even if he had the strength to try, and knowing Pai's loyalty to Deep Blue, Kisshu knew it was only a short amount of time before he died.
Opening his eyes and raising his head slightly from his curled up form to look at the sky, he saw half of it was already dark with night and stars; and it wouldn't be long before the other half was covered too. His neck wound protested at being held at such an angle so he lowered his head back down and closed his eyes again. He knew Earth nights were cold and that, combined with his exhaustion, would be his killer. He hoped at least he would fall asleep or pass out soon so that when he did go, at least the pain would be numbed.
Wrapped in his own misery, he failed to hear the sound of approaching footsteps. Failing to notice someone was behind him until a quiet but steady and calm, comforting, female voice asked,
"Why are you crying?"
Kisshu didn't need to open his eyes and turn around to know he had never heard that voice before. So he just ignored it, curling himself up into an even tighter ball instead and continued to drown in sorrow. The voice wasn't put off by his silence though. Instead the owner walked over and sat beside him, though he still had his back to her and was curled up on the ground.
"I ask again, why are you crying?"
"Why would you want to know?" He replied, still not looking at her. His voice was cracked with sadness but still had a sharp edge to it.
"Because you are upset and I have the time to listen." She sounded like a mother trying to comfort a young child.
Kisshu gave in. Without opening his eyes or uncurling, he told her how he ended up there. His abandoning, his friends being forced to leave him, his planet and people's condition, the bastard of a leader who caused this, the mew mews, his love rejecting him, how he was unable to ever go home and see his family again, and finally how he was now going to die; he told her all of it, though he wasn't sure why. By the time he had finished, tears were now flooding down his cheeks once more and he was trying not to sob, resulting in more choking sounds.
What happened next would confuse him when he reviewed what happened. The girl gently slid her arms around his waist and pulled him towards her, resting his head on her shoulder. She let him continue crying but stroked him and murmured comfortingly to him in an effort to calm him down. Who knows how long they were like that, but when he did eventually stop crying, the sky was completely dark. The girl wiped away the last few tears and starting stroking his cheek with her thumb. His breathing was starting to return to normal when she had accidently touched the wound on his neck, making him gasp in pain. At once the girl started examining the wound on his neck but couldn't get a good view of it because of the collar of his shirt.
"Don't worry, I'll repair it later." She whispered softly and, before he had a chance to respond, raised one finger and cut the fabric around the cut with a claw-like nail, all the while being very careful not to touch the skin on his neck.
She removed the shard of cloth carefully and put it away somewhere, Kisshu didn't see. He couldn't see the girl very clearly. All he saw was bright, not fiery, orange hair that was unbound and flowing freely around her body. Something cold on his neck made him gasp and jump slightly, though still in the girl's grasp.
"Shhhh, it's okay. I'm only cleaning the cut." She reassured, her voice soft and loving.
He relaxed and held still as, what he presumed was a cloth, gently cleaned the wound of grit and old blood.
"The disinfectant is going to sting but try not to back away otherwise I won't ever finish."
It did more than sting, it burned like fire. He gasped, shut his eyes in pain and drove his fingers into the girl's shoulders, no doubt causing bruises. She didn't appear to feel it, instead dropping the liquid soaked rag and concerning about getting him calm again. He eventually stopped grabbing so hard and relaxed. The girl picked up the rag and put it somewhere, most likely a pocket. Kisshu felt her tying something around his neck and looked down. Tied around his neck in the spot where the cut had been was a bright red bandana.
"It will act as a bandage and no one will see or guess about the injury." She replied. She must have seen his confusion but he still had seen no more of her than her hair.
"Thank you," He whispered as he laid his head back onto her shoulder, hardly able to keep his eyes open.
"It was no problem." She replied quietly, but joyfully.
"You have nowhere to go now, don't cha?"
Kisshu nodded his head, hardly able to stay awake let alone answer.
"You can stay with me if you want. I don't mind."
Kisshu was shocked and somewhat suspicious, but it was true. He had nowhere to go and most likely he was going to fall asleep soon, so if she wanted to harm him, saying no wouldn't do much to change that.
"Thank-"He got half-way through his sentence before he yawned.
The girl chuckled.
"You're welcome. Go to sleep. I can get us there. You can rest." She soothed while stroking his hair.
He sighed gratefully and closed his eyes, relaxing and his head resting on her shoulder. His last sensations before the darkness overtook him were of the feeling of her arms wrapped tightly around him and how safe he felt in them.
Safe; I'm safe.
What do you think? Before you say, "You didn't tell us what she looks like!" or "You didn't tell us her name!" or even "Why did she help him, she doesn't even know him!" of course I didn't. It will be revealed later. But this was from Kisshu's view and he didn't know who she was or what she looked like so I haven't said so yet.
Next chapter is from the girl's point of view. Then we go further into the story. The girl has no idea what Kisshu's name is either so in the next chapter he is just going to be referred to as 'the boy' until he tells her his name.
But I thought this was very cute. A quick alert: I am going to be making more stories with OC characters but the girl belongs to this story only. She won't appear in any others. Just like the others won't go outside their own stories unless by some unlikely chance I write a sequel. Although some of the characters will look a lot like characters from other stories, they are not related and the stories are in no way connected unless I post in big capital letters in the summary that they are connected. My mind has many different universes. And in those universes Pai and Taruto are brothers and Kisshu is their adoptive brother, I am planning on writing a story on that. I found a clear statement from Mia Izumi, the creator of Tokyo Mew Mew, saying that Pai and Taruto are brothers and Kisshu is their adoptive brother. Anyone who doesn't believe me, type in Tokyo mew mew wiki in Google and the site isn't hard to find. From there go into either Pai, Taruto or Kisshu character profiles and scroll down to the third last heading, family, and the confirmation should be there. Anyone who has trouble finding the site, email me and I will send you the link.
Please review! Ta Ta for now!
Nightstalkerofshadows