1957; Summer
It was hard for Mario to let go the one love that he bared after Bro's death. He held on to her only for one year and all of a sudden it's gone. But he knew that at the bottom of his heart that he had to let her go. Just for…. Just for her happiness in life. He knows that he'll never forgive himself if he was selfish.
She'll never will. Now he must forget it and move forward to his future. The road to adulthood.
Mario was just at the bar, cleaning up the counter. He then grabbed the drinks that just came in and put it in place. Grabbed the chairs to push in but easy enough to sit on without pulling it out. He wiped the sweat that was on his head with his deep breath of relief. "Finally finished." He stretched his broad shoulders then scratched his head. "Now for the trash." He walked to the back to grab the bag and throw it into the trash can. He then walked out of the corner to see anybody around, not in particularly. He walked back inside. As he was ready to go home, "Hey, Mario-kun!" Hayakawa called out. "May I have a minute with you?!" Mario nodded. "Sure."
"T-Tokyo?" Mario said in surprise. When Hayakawa wanted to talk to him, he told him about an opened job at Tokyo. His old friend needed a bartender. "Ya. He wanted a good bartender to work at his place. So I thought "Oh maybe my best trainee could work there." And that you'll meet him when you're there." "Um… yah," Mario couldn't say anymore. He was speechless. "But, what about-" "Don't worry. I'll keep my eye on this place of mine. I do want you to help out a friend." All Hayakawa did was smile. Mario was so uplifted and excited. He'll be living at the big city, even though he went there once at the boxing game. But it felt different and it was a good thing. This was for the best of his future later on. He bowed towards his boss. "Thank you so much, Hayakawa-san." He said, feeling his tears about to fall. "Anytime. And thank you for being the best trainee that any boss could ever have." He warmly grins. Mario looks back up with his smile.
Mario walked out of the bar still his smile never faded. This was his opportunity to make his living in Japan.
As he walked back home, he noticed that Cabbage was in his apartment again. He rolled his eyes. He opens the door. "Sup Cabbage." He greets. Cabbage gave him a wide smile. "Mario! You home!" "Ya and you're in my apartment again. So what brings you here?" Cabbage pouts. "I was lonely. The others are working." "You have a job right?" "Ya but they fired me." "Oh." Mario looked to the side before looking back to him. "That was quick as expected." Cabbage nodded in agreement. The men only continued to talk until Mario told him he was gonna move to Tokyo to apply his new job there. Cabbage's expression became sadden. Knowing he'll be on his own in town. Mario sighed deeply to make him feel better. He told him he'll live with him at Tokyo. Cabbage widen his warm smile, making Mario smirk happily.
He laid in bed and relaxed. He looked at his side to see Cabbage snoring like a piglet. He chuckles. Looking back out to see the stars sparkling through the night and the moon bright. He do admire its beauty but at the same time despise it. What makes the night so mysterious and dark? Does his future make it mysterious as the night? If only Bro was here to tell him about the night. He would know what the night meant rather than slumber. He took a deep breath through his nostrils. Slowly he fell asleep.
Next day, he started to pack up his things. At least it wasn't that much to make. It's a small apartment after all. He continued until there busted his door to be only seen the short friend Turtle that carried his wide goofy smile. "Do you need help on carrying stuff?" He said with full confidence like always. Mario groans. "Turtle what do you want?" As he said that, there came more of his friends. Soldier, Uncovered and Joe. "Okay let me rephrase that: What do all of you want?" "Help you on packing." Mario picked up the box. "Thanks but I only need one." Put it on top of the other box. "Cabbage is good enough." "Ahh don't be stubborn!" Turtle said, patting on Mario's chest. "We'll help you with or without your permission!" Mario rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He let them help him and Cabbage. 'Morons' is all he could think of.
Now shipment to Tokyo.
Mario got to his new apartment. Still the same but a different size. He set the last of his boxes into the apartment. The others put his stuff next to the wall. Mario scratched his head. Then put back his hat on. "Thanks you guys. Stubborn bastards." "You know you love us." Joe said. "Not in a weird way." Mario mentioned quickly. Joe smiles before his expression soften. "So… are you okay?" Mario blinked. "About what?" "You know." Still confused until he finally realized it. "Oh ya. I'm okay. Don't worry. It's not like I'm gonna cry in my apartment all month." Joe puts an eyebrow up. "You weren't speaking to us for 2 weeks." "Still not worse than the other." Joe chuckles. He pats his shoulder. "Just make sure you're okay, okay?" Mario nodded. Joe smiled and went back to working. Mario looked down.
Setsuko… is all he could think of… the memories that they created together… they made it something special that feels like fireworks...
"Hey Mario!" He snapped out of his thoughts. "You can get the last two boxes at the truck." Soldier said. Mario nodded. "Got it." He went out. Went to the truck and grabbed his boxes to go back inside. Little did he know that he didn't know that someone was passing by just to hit that particular person. He accidentally dropped his boxes. Was he walking too suddenly? "Oh god, I'm so sorry." Mario apologized. As he tried to look at the person, only just to see a German Shepard barked at him. It startled him. "Oh Jesus!" He started freaking out because of the dog. "Ow." A feminine voice was heard. Mario looked down to the person. Just to see a girl with her messy black bun blocking her face. He reached out. "Are you alright?" He said, his voice sounding gentle. "Um… yah. I just accidentally pumped to you. I was busy looking at my book." She appreciatively took up his boost. "Sorry. I couldn't see you through my boxes."
As he glanced at the girl, his heart stopped and his breath softly gasped. The girl was wearing a loose shirt and black denim jeans. Wearing light purple sandals. Her glasses missed place. Her black bob cut bangs that covered her eyebrows. Her chestnut eyes and little rosy lips and cheeks. Her appearance reminded him so much of Setsuko.
He wanted to know her name.
"You okay?" The girl asked curiously. "Huh?" He snapped out his thoughts. "Um you were drifting off for a bit. Kind of got me apprehensive about it." She giggles. Mario blushed with his small smile while rubbing his back head. "Oh. Teehee. I daydream a lot so we both should be careful." He chuckles nervously. 'What kind of fucking answer was that!? Both of us gonna meet again?! Who even says "I daydream" when the conversation started!? I suck at talking to women! Damn it!' He thoughts swarmed. The girl just smiled. "Ya we should." Mario smiled.
The dog barked at him again. Mario looked back to the dog being startled. The dog continued barking at him. "Eh! Stop it, Spike." The girl commanded. Spike whimpers. The girl looked back at Mario with her nervous smile. "Sorry. Spike don't usually bark at strangers." "Maybe he's just jealous of me." Mario chuckles. She chuckles with him. "Well I should be going. I have to do my work pronto." She grabbed her book that was laying on the floor. She ran around Mario with Spike behind her. Mario was still inquisitive about her name. "Hey!" Mario called. The girl stopped and looked back to him. "May I know your name, ma'am!?" The girl grins. "You really want to know my name?!" "Yes!" The girl waved with her giggle. "It's Twilight! Twilight Sparkle! How about yours!?"
Mario smirked. Her name is strange. It didn't matter to him. All he felt was being ecstatic in the bottom of his heart. Like he said: this was his opportunity to live in Japan. "It's Mario! Mario Minakami!" Twilight smiled and turned from him to continue her run to someplace else.
Mario pulled his hat to cover his eyes from the bright sun. Picked his boxes to go inside. When he walked back inside, he noticed his friends had smiles and smirk looking devious about something. Mario was perplexed. "What?" Mario asked. He set his boxes next to the side of the wall. "Who was that fine lady back there?" Uncovered asked. Mario was unpleasant. "No one." Mario responded. "Oh come on! You found a chick to bang on! She's quite a sexy nerd I have to say." Turtle said until he was choked by Soldier. "What did I say!? What did I say!?" He said out of breath. "She has a dog to protect her." Joe said. "Oh. Ha. Forgot."
Joe smiles at Mario. "All of us are proud that you have a girlfriend." Mario blushed. "S-She's not my girlfriend! I've just met her." Joe and the others laughed. Mario had a flushed stern expression. He covered his face with his hat. "Fuck you, assholes." He muttered.
Later on, Mario had finished unpacking to put his stuff in place. Finally he was finished. Now it's a good time to go out for a bit. Maybe he can practice boxing. He just needs to make sure that his right hand doesn't hit anything solid. He glanced at his right hand that has a white glove over it. What a memory that was stuck in his mind. At least he protected Bro from them. Those scums of shit that hurt him. He closed his hand and shut his eyes. He walked out of his apartment to start his tour around Tokyo.
He was now in Tokyo.
Seeing the city with a few people walking around, building to building, riding in buses, etc. It was a big city. He just hopes that trouble doesn't get to him like always. He walks deeper down of the city. Nothing happening. This quite boring as expected. Noisy but boring.
Then he heard a voice. A very familiar voice. He looked through the crowd. He saw Twilight. He smiled. He was about to call out before he saw something wasn't right. As he looked more into it, he saw Twilight surrounded by two men. It looks like thugs to be exact. They were flirting on Twilight. It disgusted him. He slowly walked. He opened his ears to hear what was up.
"Oh come on doll face, just hang with us. We can pay you to see your little dance at our place." The thug said. Twilight looked like she wasn't comfortable. "Oh I would love to. But I need to get home. My work needs to be finished so it can be shipped to my university tomorrow. So you may excuse me." She tries to walk pass them before was grabbed by the arm. "You're not going anywhere. You said you'll love to dance. So we're gonna dance." Twilight glared at the thugs. "Hey! When a woman says no; she means it." She tries to yank away. The thug let her go so that she fell into the puddle. Her glasses fell into the water. "Okay you stupid bitch! You just pissed us off!" He grabbed her by her shirt. She trembled as she was being dragged in between the buildings. Mario has to put a stop to this. He grabbed her glasses.
Mario kept himself calm. He doesn't want trouble. He just needed to help her.
The thug pushed her towards the wall, still he was gripping on her shirt. "Alright stupid bitch. This is your last chance. Come with us or we'll kill you." Twilight scoffed in disapproval. "I'm not gonna say yes to a abysmal, immature thugs like you. How would a woman say yes to you with so much disrespect towards others?" That made him pissed off even more. "Okay then. It's your fucking funeral!" He brought his fist up towards Twilight. She shut her eyes quickly.
Until finally Mario stopped them from hurting her. He was holding the thug's wrist that was about to punch her. Twilight slowly opened her eyes until she gasped. "Mario?" "You know it's not right to hit a woman when she didn't do anything wrong to wronged you. So I ask you to spare her if you have the heart." Mario said calmly. "The fuck I want to hear your pussy ass words? You supposed to be a superman or a brat who wants his death certificate?" He yanks his hand away from Mario. "Fuck off or you're dead like your dead beat bitch." Mario formed his left hand into a fist. The other thug saw it. "Oh look. He's getting mad. I got this one." He walked towards Mario. His face was two inches away from his face. "What you gonna do, pretty boy? You gonna save your princess?" He snickers. All Mario did was glare like a beast. The thug then looked agitated. "I'll say it again," his voice became determined. "I asked you please to spare her or else I'll make you." The thugs only laughed sarcastically. "Oh we're so scared." The thugs were sarcastic. "Please spare us with your boring 5 minute speech." Then the thug that was gripping on Twilight uppercuts her in the stomach. Twilight gasped to catch her breath before collapsing to her knees holding her stomach. They laughed.
Mario snapped. He then got into his upright stance. Being prepared to fight these scums of shit. They saw him do it. They had stumbled a professional boxer. The thug that confront Mario was in the upright stance as well. "Are we still scared of you because you're a boxer?" Mario smirked. He was challenging him into a brawl. "After I teach you guys manners for hitting a woman, you detrimental scumbags." "The fuck you said!?" He then punches like any stupid thug would do. Mario swiftly bobs left. The thug was now irritated. "Hold still, little shit!" The thug threw him more punches. Still Mario was bobbing. He was getting bored. He jabs straight up to the thug's face. His nose was bleeding. He screamed in agony. Mario then left cross punched him to the face before uppercutting under the chin. It knocked the thug out in seconds.
Mario scoffed. He then looked at the other who was barely holding up the broken beer bottle. He then grabbed Twilight and put it on her neck. Twilight gasped. "S-Stay the fuck away from me, you motherfucker! Or I'll cut her throat open!" He demanded. Mario stopped. 'Shit, this is bad.' "You motherfucker, you knocked my partner out! Now I'm kill you right after I'm done with this-" suddenly he was knocked by Twilight's head straight to his face. He muffled in pain, holding his nose. "You fucking whore! Die!" Until he was crossed punch by Mario. He was knocked out by one punch.
He softly stroke his left knuckle. "That was quick." He looked towards Twilight. "Are you alright?" He asked. Twilight nods. "Thanks to you. If you weren't here, I would calculate I would be dead for good." Mario smiles. "Ya." Twilight groaned in pain as she held her stomach. Then she suddenly fainted. He softly gasped before he grabbed her. He stared. Slowly her eyes opened. "Oh goodness," she softly spoke. "I guess that jerk kicked me that hard." As she glimpsed at Mario who was holding her. Her eyes widen with her cheeks flushed. He noticed it too as he blushed. They parted quickly. Twilight pat the dust off her shirt. She looked to the side with her embarrassed expression. "Well, thank you again for not letting me fall." Mario nods his head. "No problem." He scratched his head. "Um. Do you want me to walk you home? Just for safety." Twilight thought about it. "S-Sure."
They started walking through the crowd. They were silent for only a little time. Until Twilight broke the silence. "Do you live in Tokyo, Mario?" She asked. "It's actually my first time to live here actually. But I visited it once." She nods in response with a hum. "You live here too?" He asked. "I'm just visiting here just for my assignment." "Like what?" As they continued to talk, Twilight told him that she was a journalist. Her assignment was write a story of the atomic bomb of Nagasaki. That was quite impressive for Mario. Then Twilight asked. "Where did you get those boxing skills from? Are you a professional boxer?" "Well, ya. I am kind of one of them. And I got boxing skills from Bro." "Bro? Who's that?"she asked curiously. "Um… I would say big brother but his real name his Sakuragi. My friends and I call him that." "Wow. He sounds like a really amazing person. Could I meet him some day?" Mario gasped. He looked down while not responding. Twilight blinked. "Is something wrong?" It was silent for a minute. "Bro…. Bro passed away." Twilight softly gasped. "Sorry. I didn't know." Mario looks at her and smiled. "Don't worry. I know you didn't. I just wanna see how bad you felt." He joked. Twilight punched his shoulder. "Ow." He chuckles as he rubs his shoulder. "That hurts." "I didn't hit you that hard." She giggles. "You are just pretending."
Both of them were filled with laughter.
They finally got to Twilight's place which was a "danchi". When they got to the door, Mario heard barking. Twilight opened the door to see that Spike jumped on her and started licking her. She giggles. "Calm down, Spike. I know you missed me." She ruffled Spike's head. She walked inside. She looks back at Mario. "Thank you for walking me home. Three thanks is quite a charm." Mario nods while holding his hat's brim. "Anytime." Twilight closed the door before Mario quickly hold the door. "Wait! Don't forget this." He handed her glasses. "Oh. Thank you. Fourth time I thanked you." "May I see you again?" He asked suddenly. She blinked then grins. "You want to?" "Yes. I wanna meet you again." She giggles. "Maybe tomorrow. Sounds good?" Mario's smile widen and nods. "See you then?" Twilight nods. "See you then. Now go home. I do need to work. Bye." She then closed the door. All Mario did was smile.
Oh boy couldn't he wait tomorrow.
So that was my first time publishing my story.
Reminder: I'm not the owner of My Little Pony or Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin. Lauren Faust is the creator of My Little Pony and George Abe is the creator of Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin.
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