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I don't know what to think about this chappie, I find it a little odd. I just wrote it, you know? Words came out of my mind and POOF you have a chapter!
I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew... I may someday... maybe...
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And soooooo yeah.
I looked up at the grey tree, lifeless and ominous in the center of the clearing. On the hill around its trunk the grass was full of life, beautiful and green. The trees beyond were almost like a fairytale forest, dark green in the afternoon sun. I reached forward and ran my fingertips over the dead bark, little pieces flaking off like morbid snowflakes. This is where Aoyama's family ancestors got engaged, and this is where the aliens tried to poison everyone using the beauty of these cherry trees.
A bittersweet memory, that's for sure. The moment with Aoyama had been so romantic, one of those beautiful memories that I held onto the last couple years. I always thought of Kisshu destroying these trees after that. We'd fought the aliens to save our city, as always, and lost the trees in the process. I was heartbroken, poor Aoyama, they were so important to him. I was just trying to protect something he loved and cared about, but I had lost it.
Because of Kisshu.
As always, it was one of his brilliant ideas that had destroyed something important to somebody I cared about. I was too shallow to put myself in their shoes, I mean really. If my planet was dying and I was one of the few that could save it what would I have done? What if I saw a beautiful planet being killed, the only place that humanity would survive, being destroyed by the race living there, what would I have done? I wouldn't attack them I don't think, but if there was no other choice...
I imagined watching Mamma and Pappa starving to death, dying slowly because our home was destroyed. What would I give to save them?
I looked up at the dead tree. Once it was a symbol of the destruction the aliens brought wherever they went, a symbol of their sadism and their desire to harm. Now it's a symbol of their strength. They had the faith, and the backbone to start a war which they intended on winning, taking our planet as their spoils. They didn't want to harm anyone, I know that now, but they had to.
The fact of the matter is they had no choice.
Just like me, these chimeras... they aren't the same. I have to tell everyone what is going on, but I need to do it in such a way they will believe me when I say I don't know anything. Laughing to myself I leaned my forehead against the tree, my hands curled into fists and I shook my head.
When I left I would never have lied about something like this, I kept secrets but... unless it was to protect my identity I would have never lied. I've never had to lie to the Mew Mews, nor did I ever have to keep secrets from them.
God, what am I coming to?
At least I don't need the pendant to transform. That's probably why Masha ran off with it, so I would have to tell everyone. Oh Masha.
"What are you doing Pink?"
I felt my eyebrow twitch. "I have a name you know."
"You are Pink," he said. I thunked my head hard against the tree.
This tree a testament to their strength?!
What was I thinking!
"You know-"
"Why did you agree to be with Kisshu?" I stopped mid turn, placing a hand on the tree.
"Why? Why the hell do you want to know?" I felt the venom in my voice. Why am I being so positively, downright rude? And oh my god, did I just swear?
"I want to know you aren't in this for the wrong reason," he said and I laughed bitterly.
"The wrong reason?" I said softly, bitterly.
"Yes," Pai said, and it sounded like I may be an expirament to him. I started taling, I couldn't hold myself back.
"I loved him back then, but I couldn't see it because of- because of-of him! I was blind, and stupid, and I should have never chosen him," I buried my eyes in my palm and dragged it down my face. "I don't know if I should be in this, but when I'm with him it feels- it feels right. I like it, which makes me feel more than a little crazy. I promise I would give him a chance, and I am. I won't rush it, I am giving it a real try!"
I turned to face him fully. "I don't know if I truly love him, but I want to, and I want to be sure. He deserves it!"
He cocked his head to the side, and I blinked. He deserves it... Doesn't he?
He came to destroy this planet, but in the end he saved it.
In the end.
That's what matters, isn't it? The end game.
No, that isn't entirely it. I looked at Pai.
"What's more important, the end or the road to the end?"
Pai's eyes slid to the side as he thought, his hand touching his chin. I waited, knowing that whatever this wise old alien's answer was, it was going to be correct.
"What matters in the end is the little things," he said. I blinked at him.
"The little things?"
"What is a sentence?" He asked calmly, obviously articulating each word carefully.
"A sentence?" I asked with a blink.
"Bring together multiple words and you have a sentence. Have a good day, or I hope that you have an incredible day full of wonder and joy," he held his hands out as he explained, "the former is simple, and all but meaningless as compared to the latter."
"So words can be boring or meaningful?" I asked, and he grimaced thoughtfully.
"No. The little things, like a certain sentence that makes you feel better- or a small, barely noticeable deed, those are the things that matter."
It dawned on me then, a small tiny lie would be one of those deeds. I can't lie, I have to be honest with Kisshu. I smiled at him and nodded.
"I understand." I ran towards him and wrapped my arms around his torso. "Thank you Pai! You're really smart!"
I could feel exactly how tense he felt, but when he patted my head gently I laughed. I stepped back and looked up at him with a girn. "W=What is it?"
"It's my turn to give you advice!" I said, and put my hands on my hips. "Quit staring all googley-eyed ad Lettuce and ask her out!"
He stuttered, but didn't manage to make any words. I ran past him, into the green fairytale trees, on the hunt for Kisshu.
The little things.
Now I understand.
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