Good day fellow Hanazuki fans!
I don't own Hanazuki: Full of Treasures.
She seems... off today.
All she can grow these days are black treasure trees, only black treasure trees.
Something bad will happen if this keeps up...
What's wrong, Hanazuki?
The Moonflower runs as fast as she can, away from the worried voices calling her name, to the dark side of her own moon. Breathing hard, she curls up behind a rock to hide, to be alone with her thoughts. Doughy Bunington and the annoying brain guy were nowhere to be seen around her, nor any Mazzadrils, to her relief.
Her moon, the colorful trees she grew on her own... saving her moon countless times from the Big Bad... were those days over?
The more innocent days when the only threats on the moon were Chicken Plant's eggs, the volcano of fears and slow sand?
The emotions she learned that her Hemkas had unintentionally taught her how to express from the day she was born to today, was that all for nothing now?
A treasure dropped into her hands immediately turned a deep black upon contact, thrown into the ground by the Moonflower, melting into a puddle of ink that grows into yet another foreboding tree that glares at her with a hateful expression.
And she glares back, her hair, flower, bracelet and outfit turning completely black.
Hanazuki felt disappointed in herself, and couldn't help but feel everyone else was disappointed in her, too.
Dazzy J, Sleepy, Doughy, Kiyoshi, Kiazuki... all of her Hemkas...
Was she becoming a failure of a Moonflower, or was this something far more different than she thought?
Soft cooing sounds come from above her, and she looks up to see her ten little Hemkas sitting on the rock she was hiding behind, gazing down at her sympathetically. Even Lime Green was there, the one most terrified of the dark side.
Pink leaps into the Moonflower's arms, desperate to comfort her, the others following suit. Blue started bawling.
Hanazuki always felt more at ease when it was just her and her Hemkas alone. She always felt like she could tell them anything in quiet times like these. Her closest little friends...
"I'm so sorry," she mutters, "All I can grow are black treasure trees now. I feel like I can't be the one to protect you guys anymore... I love you all so much, I can't believe that I could just... forget everything you guys have taught me..."
The ten little creatures are silent, all listening seriously to Hanazuki, though a few tilt to the side in bewilderment.
"You guys have taught me everything I know now," she whispers, "I grew my first treasure tree because Red taught me feistiness, Blue taught me sadness, Yellow gave me happiness, Pink showed me love, Lime, you taught me about fear... I wouldn't know where we'd be, where this whole moon would be, if I didn't have you little guys watching my back and helping me learn about what I'm meant to do. So thank you..."
The Moonflower looks away, bearing a melancholic expression.
"But now, there are only those trees," she directs all attention to the black tree in front of them, "despair. I don't know why, but now I can't seem to feel anything else."
The Hemkas babble amongst themselves softly before fusing back into the Rainbow Hemka, picking Hanazuki up with its giant multicolored ears and nuzzling her in a fruitless attempt to cheer her up.
"Guys," Hanazuki chuckles weakly, "this is nice, but it doesn't quite... help that much. I'm sorry."
The creatures promptly defuse.
"I think it's just nice to have you around. I love you all to bits, but you shouldn't be wasting your time trying to help a... a failure like me. I don't like making you worry like this. I think this is a problem I need to solve on my own. Something happened to me to make me like this, and I have to figure out what it is. If I don't, I'm just letting all of you down." Hanazuki stands up and dusts herself off, the Hemkas scattering about, bouncing after her hurriedly.
"The only question is... where do I begin?"
The Red and Purple Hemkas jump in Hanazuki's way, leading her off to the house that had been built for her by them.
"Oh... did you want me to just sleep on it for now?"
Each of the little creatures bounce up and down spontaneously, nodding in response to her question.
"I... Actually, you're right," the Moonflower agrees, gently pushing open the door to her house, the ghost of a smile on her face, "I'll sleep now and think of something to do tomorrow. It's my job as a Moonflower and I cannot allow any more of those black trees to grow here. They're ineffective against the Big Bad, and I couldn't forgive myself if any of you got hurt..."
The Hemkas follow her into the little house, stumbling and tripping humorously through the doorway, eliciting small giggles from Hanazuki. Nine of them shapeshift into a teeny bed for her, while one stays behind just to act as a kind of security for her to hold. What Hanazuki appreciated was the fact that they took shifts doing this per night. It was proof that they did love her and wanted to be with her. As it was Orange Hemka's turn to be the 'security' this time, he jumps into Hanazuki's arms as she lays down.
"Good night, guys," the Moonflower whispers, hugging Orange close to her and smiling softly when he returns the embrace.
A few minutes pass and she's already fallen into a deep, peaceful sleep.
The waking world fades and the dream world takes its place.
who wouldn't want to snuggle a Hemka I'm jealous ):
Next chapter is when it starts to get ridiculous because dreams are weird
Also I just realized that the tag for Hanazuki's name is spelled wrong (the z and k are mixed up) and that irks me
