Here be the next chapter. The last one you know she was found out and is really sad. But what will happen next?
Chapter seven: Birthday Wishes For You
It's been almost two weeks since what happened, Momo was still haunted by that night. She hasn't said a word to the mew mews in that time and she hasn't left her house. Every night she dreams of what happened. "There's no use in trying to keep it in my head. It just sits there." It's the night before the big birthday concert. She was also going through her songs, picking the ones she wanted to do.
"Momo-chan?" Her manager was watching through a crack in the door. "Um, I got that ice cream you wanted. Do you want it now or later?" She turned her head slightly then back at the multiple lyrics in front of her.
"I'll have it later." She said in an almost whisper. He left the room and she was alone again. She took out the lyrics to A Thousand Words (from Final Fantasy X-2) for a second. "This one first." She put it in the pile of songs she will sing, with Aitai (from Diamond Dust Drops), Key of the Twilight (from .hack//SIGN), Platinum (from Card Captor Sakura), and Suteki Da Ne (from Final Fantasy X). These were the songs she had so far. Momo started to cry. She picked up Melodies of life and just started at the front.
Should I sing it this year? She put it in the pile but then took it away. "I can't." She put it on one of her pillows. She looked at her mew pendant and started getting angry. She reached for it then threw it to the other side of the room. Her anger grew more and more and the same flames from six years ago surrounded her, but disappeared. "What am I doing?" She ran over and picked it up.
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Ichigo and the others all met at Mint's house. "I haven't seen Momo-chan in two weeks."
"I hope she's alright." Lettuce looked at Ichigo. "She hasn't left her house since New Years."
"She's still upset." Zakuro said. "She's feeling a large pain inside her telling her that 'it's all over now'."
Pudding stood up. "We have to do something to help Momo onee-san!"
"Like what?" Mint looked at Pudding then at everyone. "How can we help her?"
"What if we got them back together?" Ichigo said in response. "We could find them and get them together!"
"She has a concert tomorrow." Pudding held two tickets in her hands. "It's her birthday so we could start there."
"That's a good idea!" Ichigo agreed. "two of us can get Momo while she's at her concert while the rest of us will find Kish. Where should we bring them?" Everyone started looking at each other.
"We can't bring them to Café Mew Mew, Ryo would probably kill us." Mint said. Everyone nodded.
"Let's look for a location!" Pudding ran for the door. "I found something a couple days ago that could work."
"Really?" Zakuro walked towards the door. "Let's see it." Pudding nodded and lead everyone out the door.
Pudding brought them to the park. "It's somewhere around here." She jumped behind a row of bushes and started marching across an open area.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Ichigo wondered. Suddenly they heard a thud.
"Here it is!" Pudding reached into the grass and pulled a rope that opened a secret entrance. "In here!" She walked down the steps which lead underground. The others followed. "Lettuce onee-san, pull the door closed." Lettuce was the last one in and she did what she said. When the room was dark, the walls started to glow.
"Nya, how pretty!" Ichigo looked around and felt like she was in outer space.
"This is incredible Pudding." Even Mint was impressed. "How did you find this?" The walls and ceiling looked like there were starts trapped in the stone (like in the cave on the island).
"I just did." She shrugged. "Ok, who'll get Momo onee-san and who will get Kish onii-san?" She never called him that before.
"She won't be too happy to see Ichigo." Mint said and Ichigo nodded in agreement. "Lettuce, maybe you and pudding should go." Lettuce nodded and looked at Pudding.
"Then we'll look for Kish and take him here." Everyone nodded. They walked back up the steps and into the daylight.
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Momo looked at her clock and it read 12:13 in the morning. "I should probably go to sleep now." She put the music aside and turned off the lights. She put her pendant back on her nightstand and went to sleep. Later during the night Kish had come into her room. He walked up to her and just stared.
His eyes started to glow as one of his dragon swords appeared in his hands. When Momo turned toward him in her sleep there were tears rolling down her face. She started whispering "I'm sorry" As more tears streamed down her face. Kish blinked a couple times then dropped the sword. He put his hand on her forehead and closed his eyes. He could see her dream. She was alone on a tall building in the center of Tokyo. She was crying. It showed her as her nine year self.
"Momo-chan?" She jerked her head around and her eyes grew wide. She couldn't become a mew mew even if she tried. "Is everything alright?"
"I lied to you." She blurted out. "I'm sorry! I couldn't tell you!" She fell to her knees and buried her face in her hands and cried.
"I don't care about that." He walked over to her and knelt beside her. "You don't have to be scared anymore." She looked up and into his yellow eyes. She couldn't see any anger or hate inside them. "I still see you as the same little girl from years ago." He wiped away some of her tears. The Tokyo setting around them disappeared and they were suddenly on a hill outside Tokyo surrounded by stars. She jumped into his arms.
"I was afraid, you'd be mad."
Momo started to wake up. Kish quickly disappeared before he was found. When she opened her eyes she was all alone. "That dream, was different." She put her hand on her forehead. "Maybe, it's trying to tell me something." She closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
The next morning she didn't make her usual breakfast, she went to the freezer and took out some ice cream and scooped some into a bowl. Last night…that dream. She couldn't shake the feeling about that dream.
"Momo-san?" Someone walked into the kitchen and noticed she was outside her room. "Um, you should head out soon."
"Oh, OK." She walked back into her room with her ice cream and started getting ready. She found a blue t-shirt and a pair of dark green pants. She attached her pendant to her ribbon and made for the door. She didn't get to eat her ice cream so she stuck it in the freezer and would grab something when she got there. As she walked down the street she thought about cutting through the park, but when she made it there she saw Kish sitting in a tree and got scared. She ran in the opposite direction and through the city instead.
An hour later she made it. "There you are! Show time's in twenty minutes and you need to get into costume!"
"Don't worry about the costume." She walked into her dressing room and locked the door. "MEW MEW PEACH! METAMORPHO-SIS!" She transformed into her mew mew form and walked back out. "Done."
"OK…" Her manger just stared at her. This isn't the first time she walked on stage as a mew mew, she would usually become a mew mew for her birthday performances. "You know what to sing?"
"Yup." She said sighing. She walked up to the stage but didn't walk on just yet. She felt like crying but she couldn't. She took some deep breaths then started up the staps and on stage.
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Lettuce and Pudding stood in the back and waited. "I hope this works." Lettuce said already concerned.
"So do I. But we can't let her be sad at all." Pudding said with confidence. As Momo walked on stage they turned their attention in her direction. The music for A Thousand Words started to play.
I know that you're hiding things
Using gentle words to shelter me
Your words were like a dream
But dreams could never fool me
Not that easily
I acted so distant then
Didn't say goodbye before you left
But I was listening
You'll fight your battles far from me
Far too easily
"Save your tears cause I'll come back"
I could hear that you whispered as you walked through that door
But still I swore
To hide the pain when I turn back the pages
Shouting might have been the answer
What if I'd cried my eyes out and begged you not to depart
But now I'm not afraid to say what's in my heart
Though a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
Crossing over the time and distance holding you
Suspended on silver wings
And a thousand words
One thousand confessions
Will cradle you
Making all of the pain you feel seem far away
They'll hold you forever
The dream isn't over yet
Though I often say I can't forget
I still relive that day
"You've been there with me all the way"
I still hear you say
"Wait for me I'll write you letters"
I could see how you stammered with your eyes to the floor
But still I swore to hide the doubt
When I turn back the pages
Anger might have been the answer
What if I'd hung my head and said that I couldn't wait
But now I'm strong enough to know it's not too late
Cause a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll fly to you
Even though we can't see I know they're reaching you
Suspended on silver wings
Oh a thousand words
One thousand embraces
Will cradle you
Making all of your weary days seem far away
They'll hold you forever
Oh a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
They'll carry you home and back into my arms
Suspended on silver wings
And a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll cradle you
Turning all of the lonely years to only days
They'll hold you foreverA thousand words…
As the music stopped, the crowd was dead silent. Momo had started to cry a little but she tried to go on. One of the musicians walked up to her. "You still want to go on?" She nodded. The music for Suteki Da Ne started to play. Momo wiped her tears away and prepared for the next song.
kaze ga yoseta kotoba ni
oyoida kokoro
kumo ga hakobu ashita ni
hazunda koe
tsuki ga yureru kagami ni
furueta kokoro
hoshi ga nagare koboreta
yawarakai namida
suteki da ne
futari te wo tori aruketa nara
ikitai yo
KIMI no machi ie ude no naka
sono mune
karada azuke
yoi ni magire
yumemiru
tsuki ga nijimu kagami wo
nagareta kokoro
hoshi ga yurete koboreta
kakusenai namida
suteki da ne
futari te wo tori aruketa nara
ikitai yo
KIMI no machi ie ude no naka
sono kao
sotto furete
asa ni tokeru
yumemiru
As the song stopped, she fell to her knees and broke down crying. Pudding and Lettuce acted quickly and found the fuse box to the stage lights. They opened it and shut them down. The stage was dark. They grabbed Momo's arms and taped her mouth shut. They also blindfolded her and stuck ear plugs in her ears. Momo tried to scream but she couldn't due to the duct tape. When the lights came back on, she was gone.
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Ichigo, Mint, and Zakuro had been searching for Kish all over the city but couldn't find him. "How hard can it be to find a boy with pointed ears in this place?" Mint started complaining.
"Usually he's easy to find." Ichigo responded, sort of. They started into the park and found him in a tree. "There he is." Ichigo started whispering so he wouldn't hear her. Mint and Zakuro looked into the tree and also saw him. They creped up behind him. Ichigo made it up the tree without him knowing and put her hands over his eyes.
"HEY! What's-" Ichigo put some tape over his mouth and pulled him down from the tree. Mint and Zakuro were there to catch them and quickly put the blindfold over his eyes.
"Great job!" Ichigo saw Pudding and Lettuce run into the park. "Just in time."
"Our plan was a success!" Momo started kicking and tried to scream. "To the spot!" They walked them over to the secret entrance and opened it up.
"You may want some time alone." They pushed them inside and closed the door and pressed their ears against it.
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Momo stood up and removed the earplugs and the tape. "If this is a joke it's not-" As she removed the blindfold she saw Kish standing in front of her. He removed his blindfold at the same time she did. "Wha?" Momo couldn't move. She wanted to make for the door but she was frozen solid. As she looked around she saw the "stars" that surrounded them. "This is a little strange."
"Why were we brought here?" Kish finally came to his senses. "But, it does look a lot like…" His voice trailed off. Momo looked back at him.
"Like back on the island." She looked down at her feet. She was really scared that they were alone together. She started to cry a little bit again. "I'm sorry…" He looked back at her.
"Why?"
"Because, I lied to you." Her legs gave out and she fell to her knees. "I was a mew mew. We've been fighting for a long time and-" She stopped for a moment, "I wanted to tell you, really I did! But, I was afraid." She started crying harder. Kish walked up to her.
"Momo-chan…" He knelt down in front of her and put one hand on her shoulder, "I don't care that you a mew mew. You're still the same Momo-chan that I met six years ago. The one I fell in love with." She looked up into his eyes and saw a kind of sincerity. He used his other hand to wipe her tears from her face.
"I never wanted this to happen at all." She started again. "I became a mew mew because I thought I could find you easier if I was. But it pushed us farther apart."
"No it didn't." He leaned in slightly but stopped when their faces were only centimeters away. "You did find me with you powers, your hope was successful." She looked surprised because he was right. He leaned in more and kissed her. More tears began pouring from her eyes. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him back. After a few moments, they separated.
"Um, Kish. You know what today is?" He shook his head. Momo smiled. "Todays my birthday, it's also the anniversary of when we first met." (I'm sure most of you remember that she met him on her birthday. If not, look back to the prologue now or be devoured by rabid pink flamingoes.) Her tears weren't sad anymore, she was happy. "It's been so long since then." She looked off to the side. "But then again…"
"It has been a long time." He said in agreement. "I never kept track of the day we met at all." Momo still had tears run down her face and she jumped into his arms again and bawled her eyes out. "I don't want to lose you again!" Kish put one of his hands on her head and started stroking her hair.
"I won't leave you like that again. I'll protect you like I promised." His voice sounded serious and warm at the same time. "This time, I'll make sure of it." He wrapped one arm around her back and one under her legs and lifted her up. "I'll take you home."
"Ok." Momo leaned against his chest and closed her eyes. It's not a dream at all. She smiled. Without another word they disappeared.
IT'S DONE! I did this in one sitting too. It's so cute! Momo doesn't feel guilty anymore and she can finally stop hiding. There's more to come so watch out for the next chapter! See ya!
