Hey guys! Thanks for taking the time to read this, it's my first ever Taruto/Pudding fic, such a cute pairing hope you enjoy! In this story both Pudding and Taruto are 10 years old.
"Taru-Taru NOT NOW!" yelled Pudding, plaits fluttering about her face. Trust Taruto to pick the one time to attack she was actually in a hurry to pick up Heicha. It wasn't even like he had a good reason; Deep Blue was dead and an alliance between the aliens and the mews had been formed, it was purely for his entertainment. "I know Taru-Taru just wants to play as friends really, but not now!
"Shut up!" he yelled "Why do think I always want to be friends?! You're so annoying!" His pale legs kicked in frustration. She couldn't help but giggle at him; it was cute when he was trying to act macho and older than his age.
"Oh Taru-taru, you're so transparent Na no da!" she trilled in her high voice. A tomato blush spread across his cheeks.
"I said SHUT UP!" he yelled again. She recoiled a bit, stung by the comment, but tried not to show it. Oh well, she didn't have time to mess around with Taruto right now anyway.
"Whatever, Pudding has to go now Na no da!"
"I don't think so!" he flew into her path, arms outstretched. "I promised I'd see you cry, and that's just what I'm going to do!" he withdrew a parasite from out of nowhere, and a spirit he must have extracted earlier, and threw both in the air. "FUSION!"
There was a flash of blinding white light and a gust of wind swept over them both, causing his pigtails to fly upwards, like his arms.
'I really don't have time…' she thought, a sliver of worry slicing through her mind… Whilst he was focused on the forming chimera anima, she darted beneath his arm and took off running. He gasped in outrage as she flashed past and then growled in frustration. "Go, chimera Aranea!" the familiar phrase rang out behind her. What had he conjured up this time? Risking a small glance backwards, she had to keep herself from spluttering with laughter.
A massive spider. Probably twice the height of Zakuro, with massive jaws and red eyes. How predictable. Did he not realize by now that a tom-boy like her, who had spent years cleaning out spiders from sinks when Heicha and even her brothers were too scared, was never going to cry at a spider?
"Spiders don't scare Pudding No no da!" she called cheerily, a small grin spreading across her face. THAT annoyed him. In fact, the colour he was going, she wouldn't be surprised if smoke began pouring out of his ears. He began shouting:
"Be quiet, you're such an immature little kid!"
"So are you!"
"I'm older by two months!"
"But I'm still a little bit taller!"
"Shut UP!"
"MAKE me!" She kept a good running pace and managed to stay ahead of the spider and Taruto almost all the way to the nursery. By the time they got there, she was panting and definitely getting a painful blister on her heel. The sun glinted off her golden mew outfit, and her ears flicked as Taruto, spider in tow, rounded the bend. Realizing he really wasn't going to stop, she sighed. It had already scared multiple people and crashed into several cars and an unfortunate shed, she had better stop it before it hit the nursery. She lashed her tail in frustration-everything would be ruined if Heicha or the day-care staff saw her as a mew.
"Ribbon, Pudding ring, inferno!" she yelled. The golden ring jingled merrily and the attack barrelled towards the massive arachnid, however it quickly climbed the side of a building until it was out of sight and her attack missed. How was it people never noticed when massive animals ripped up streets or crawled over their houses?
She glanced around in confusion. She could see neither the chimera anima nor Taruto. The street was completely silent, unnervingly so, like the calm before the storm. She let out a strangled yelp as something wiry, like rope, suddenly whipped out and wrapped tightly around her ankle. Her feet were yanked out from under her and she toppled to the road. There was a dizzying moment of terror as her stomach dropped beneath her, like when you walk up the stairs and forget the last step. The pavement rose up to meet her as she painfully smacked her chin, blood beginning to stream from her nose.
'I really hope Heicha doesn't see me…' her head twisted as she desperately looked for ways out of the web. Her eyes went red and watery as pain radiated from her nose, temporarily stunning her. The spider had emerged and began to drag her towards it across the road. The rough web had moved further up, wrapping around her up to her waist. She couldn't move, and no matter how much she wriggled and fought, the rope didn't break. The other mews would have no idea this was going on, so she couldn't expect much help from them.
"Scared yet?" questioned Taruto, calmly observing, sitting cross-legged in the air beside the spider.
"Not enough to cry!" her voice was a lot bolder than she really felt. Actually those jaws were quite scary that close to her face, and they were only getting closer. They were directly above her face, opening wide in anticipation of savaging her skin. Fear gripped her: the last sight she would ever see would be those soulless red eyes, never having a chance to say goodbye to her brothers or sister. She was like a fly caught in a trap, paralyzed and helpless as she waited for the jaws of death to inexorably close around her, ripping her life away. Closing her eyes and bracing herself for the pain, she let out a scared cry.
"Wait, chimera Aranea, stop!" she started in surprise at the sound of his voice. She was suddenly scooped off the ground just as the massive jaws closed, snapping shut on thin air. The clack as they closed on nothingness was shockingly loud. The air whooshed past as they flew through the air; Taru-taru was carrying her!
"T-taru Taru?" she asked in a bewildered voice, head cocked to the side in confusion as he put her down on the flat roof of a building.
"DON'T call me that…" he growled.
"You saved me!" Her voice rose happily "I knew you wanted to be friends Taruto!"
"Shut up! I just…haven't seen you cry yet!" the words sounded false on his lips. She grinned at him, and even though he spat his tongue out at her childishly, she could tell it had made him smile.
However, the massive spider hadn't given up on its meal yet, and was obviously well beyond Taruto's control. With an angry hiss, it lunged for them. There wasn't enough time for Taruto to stop it, and Pudding was still tied from the waist below. She did the only move possible. She threw herself onto her back, partially winded as the air rushed from her lungs, and kicked out at Taruto as strongly as possibly. It worked as planned, he flew back out of the spiders range, but her leg was less fortunate.
As she drew her legs away, one of the spiders trailing legs caught her right ankle and twisted it awkwardly. She could practically hear the tendons in her leg snap. She yelled out in pain, clenching her teeth together to prevent her from screaming. Flowers of pain blossomed in her foot, and shifting it to put any weight on it caused a wave of agony to flood up her shin.
"Pudding!" Taruto gasped. He was floating in the air again having corrected his balance, and was looking at her leg in horror. Was it that bad? She hardly dared look. His attention snapped back to the spider which had smacked into a building on the other side of the roof. He gained altitude, withdrawing his toy/weapon.
"Ho Rai Den!" he shouted. The click-clack toy spun through the air towards the beast, wrapping itself around 4 of its legs. Pulled off balance, it staggered to the ground and rolled onto its back. Seizing the chance, he quickly re-extracted the spirit, gently setting it free. It lingered a moment, before shooting off with purpose in the opposite direction, returning to its body.
Pudding let out an exhausted breath. Blood still poured from her nose. Taruto shot down from the sky, skidding to a halt beside her. He quickly tore off the last of the web
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah," she smiled, but it was more like a grimace. He leaned down, gently placing his hand on her ankle.
"Tell me when it starts to hurt," he began apply pressure to the wound. Almost immediately the pain worsened, and she yelled out, kicking the ground with her good foot and clenching her hands into fists.
"Sorry!" he winced. Suddenly Pudding realized herself very angry; there was no way she could walk on this leg. How was she meant to work, be a mew, and run around after her siblings now? Probably several weeks as an invalid, for nothing.
"This is all your fault! I only wanted to pick up Heicha! You're so mean and obsessed na no da!" He looked down in embarrassment.
"Sorry…"he mumbled. She couldn't help but grin at his sheepishness.
"Well, you had better help me now. Take me to the café, I can get cleaned up and ask Heicha's teacher to drop her off home," He sighed childishly, and then roughly grabbed her beneath the arms. They teleported quickly, to the café. The evening sun had almost set and the café had just closed; everyone would still be inside.
They dropped to the ground, her ankle bumping along the rough pavement. She yelped again. He quickly slipped an arm around her shoulders, holding her up. His skin was quite cold, probably because he insisted on wearing such skimpy, flappy clothes, and he was very thin and wiry, but somehow was strong enough to help her through the door.
They staggered into the café, just as Ichigo was walking past. She gasped when she saw them, dropping the plate she was carrying to the floor. That was when chaos ensued.
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