Minako awoke the next morning, hoping it would all be a dream. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and rose. She'd never felt so tired, especially after all that screaming – even coughing sounded hoarse. Minako swung one leg over the bed, then the other so she was facing her mirror and –
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"
Chihiro and Taro woke up with a start. "Minako?" she said.
"ah, yes… and it begins…" Taro smiled to himself, sinking down back into the pillow.
Chihiro, on the other hand, staggered quickly to her daughter's aid. She burst through the door. "Minako, what…?" she stared at Minako, in surprise. Her face was covered in scales and had turned a milky kind of silver colour and plastered with fear. "Taro!" she called. "come quick!"
It wasn't for another three minutes until he slowly appeared at the door, eyes only half-open. He was only wearing his pants so it looked really cool when he leaned against the door frame. (A/N: for the last story, think of Taro with a Channing Tatum body, for this one, think of him with a Will Smith in I,Robot body) he yawned as if nothing was wrong. "huh? What's the problem?"
"what's the problem? What's the problem?! HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'VE TURNED INTO A MONSTER BECAUSE OF YOU!" she screamed, throwing her pillow at him.
it flopped off of his face like he didn't feel a thing. "gee, thanks." He said, plainly.
Minako sighed, getting really frustrated. "just tell me, how to I get rid of this?" she asked, trying her best to refrain from shouting.
He looked up as if he was thinking and finally answered. "ah…!"
Her face lit up with hope. "what?"
"…choo," he laughed, joined by Chihiro.
Minako grabbed a second pillow and repeatedly whacked him with all her might. "this is not a joke! I look like a lizard!"
"dragon," he corrected.
"shut up!" she continued to hit him. "are you going to tell me how to go back to normal?!"
"not if I have to shut up."
"Taro!" Chihiro cut in. she had to admit, he was becoming very annoying. "just tell her!"
"can't a guy have some fun? alright, alright. All you really need to do is concentrate on your human form."
Minako glanced at her mother, unwilling to trust him. Chihiro nodded as if to tell her that she should at least give it a go. So she closed her eyes and got the image of herself in her head for a moment. She opened and turned quickly the mirror, but saw no change. "what the hell am I going to do now?! It hasn't worked!"
She picked up her pillow and began to whack Taro again. "how can you not get something as simple as that wrong?" he said, shielding himself with nothing but his hands. "I mean, all you have to do is picture a fat girl with acne that has blonde hair and blue eyes-"
"I am not fat! I have clear skin! My hair is brown, not blonde, brown! And I have emerald eyes, you-"
"Minako!" Chihiro said in delight.
"what?!" she shouted, frustrated that she was stopped from killing her father.
"look!"
Minako glimpsed in the mirror, dropping the pillow and running to check it was real. She had turned back to normal; her skin; her hair; her teeth; and her hands. She was perfectly fine. But then a huge cloud of guilt appeared over her head as she realized what Taro was doing the whole time… yet she hit and yelled at him. she looked over at him, and he was just smiling like he was proud. Of what? A daughter that shouts at him, doesn't appreciate him, and has no respect for him?
She didn't know whether she could say it. "er… I, er…" it was proving incredibly difficult. Right now she just wished she hadn't started the sentence so she wouldn't have to finish it. She stared down at her feet.
"no problem," she heard. "I didn't expect you to get it right first time, you always need a little push."
Minako looked back up at her father. "can… er…" she struggled. "… can you help me?"
His eyes filled with a mist of wonder. "help? With what?"
Chihiro looked incredibly excited, trying not to scream with happiness. They're finally getting along! She thought. "well… isn't there more to being a dragon than just looking like one? Breathing fire or something?"
"breathing fire? That's a mythical thing."
"fine, but so are dragons all together," they both smiled.
Chihiro couldn't contain her excitement. She was mentally jumping with joy and shouting "YAY!" to herself.
"so what do dragons do?" she asked, sounding interested.
"well, we can fly-"
"I'm not jumping off a building for that!"
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aww, I know it's short, but they bonded! In a strange way…
anyway… don't many people like it? I haven't had many reviews!! I'm unwanted and unloved!
