Summary: Yuuko's being forced from her home! What on earth shall she do?

Date Written: January 18, 2007

Kalili: This series conscious- DOUMEKI!

Doumeki: … Nobody ever reads these things.

Kalili: -sighs- I know. WARNINGS! Language and little, smidge of DouWata. Not very serious, though, since this is a humor and it's not what the story is a about. Take us out, Doumeki!

Doumeki: What's the point when there's no one reading this?

Kalili: -glares- You're hot, but I'm thinking of replacing you.

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Prologue

"A mall," Yuuko muttered. "A mall! What a useless thing to build on my, MY property! If it was a liquor store, I might give the thought a minute or two of my time, but a MALL? Ridiculous." In her despair, she gulped down the last of her drink before moaning. The alcohol probably wasn't helping her mood. "Watanukiii! More sake!"

"You've had more than enough," Watanuki said, putting the scattered empty bottles in a trash bag. "Besides, shouldn't you be trying to prevent this or something? It would be a lot more productive than damaging brain cells."

Yuuko just moaned. Normally she was a happy drunk, but under the current circumstances, it must have swayed happy into depression. Either way, she was doing nothing to fix their (well, more HER) problem.

Earlier in the week, Yuuko had been sent a government order to leave her premises in two weeks to make room for the previously cursed mall. She had actually been offered a ton of money for the past months, but she refused it all saying that, "None of you could possibly understand the importance of my staying where I am." Of course, that didn't work in the least bit. In fact, Watanuki thought that it probably sped up her court order since the dealers thought she was crazy.

Watanuki was puzzled, though, as to why she didn't just do some potion, or whatever she did. It was a very simple concept, really. Just turn all the demolition guys into frogs and problem solved. Easy. But all Yuuko had been doing for the past three days straight was drinking with Mokona. It was a good thing Watanuki had gotten so much aspirin when it was on sale.

"Why?" she was groaning. "Why meee? Why? Why? WHY? WHY?"

"I don't know!" Watanuki shouted. "How about you sober up and do something about it? Why not that equal exchange thing?" (1)

"Watanuki, you idiot!" This was punctuated with a bottle to the head. Angry drunk must have taken over depressed drunk. "I can't give up something to myself! Not to mention it would be an unbelievably high price! I would ask you, but all you have left is your life, and if you I take that, how will I eat?"

"… Why not use Doumeki?" Kill two birds with one stone.

"I wouldn't think of it! And like I said, I don't know of a price high enough. Oooh, Watanuki. We've had some good times, huh?"

"Sober up! And what do you mean you wouldn't think of using Doumeki, but you would be perfectly fine with me as long as I was still able to cook and clean for you? What, if I could be a corpse would you use me? Further more, what good times? My life has been in constant peril nearly every freakin' DAY since I met you!"

"Calm down, already. You can't think straight when you're so wound up."
"WHAT?"

"Watanuki, if you plant it, they will come. So, I want you to plant a garden in the back. Maru! Moro!"

"Yes, Yuuko?" they chimed once they appeared out of thin air.

"Show Watanuki where the special Mary Jane seeds are."

"Okay!"

"Mary Jane seeds?" Watanuki said as he was pulled towards the back. "I don't think I've heard of that plant. Is it a flower, fruit, or vegetable? And what does it have to do with stopping the construction?"

"It's none of those," Maru said.

"It's a leaf," Moro finished.

"A leaf?" Watanuki repeated. "Must be some magic thing like everything else around here… Mary Jane leaf… Huh… Wait a minute, it's not-!"

"Here it is!" the two girls cheered, pointing to a packet on a shelf.

Watanuki's jaw dropped and his eyes bugged out before he screamed, "YUUKOOO!"

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A/N: A little short, but it's a prologue.

1.) Fanfic won't let me put a question mark/explanation point combo.

You know what to do!

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