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So, let's go on with the story, ne! (Before a certain someone throws his weapon at me, and I don't want that)

Taruto: "If you don't want that, you better hurry!"

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Sweet Candy Promise

Chapter 10: Never ending love - let's promise!

Even though the sleeping drug started working, Purin didn't fall asleep. She only turned very sleepy. In that moment she was really thankful that she had DNA of a hyperactive monkey in her, allowing her to resist the desire to sleep.

"Hey! Why are you still awake? You should already sleep! I contacted the boss and the ship's coming in an hour, and if you're still awake then, he'll kill me!"

Purin glared at him. "I don't mind, na no da!"

"Don't get cocky, girl! You might be cute, but my patience has an end too, so beware!"

She didn't know why, but Purin felt a strong power in her entire body. Like she wouldn't be alone anymore. That gave her the strength to resist his scariness.

"You think that I'm scared of a fat clops like you, na no da?"

"You…"

Purin felt that she went too far. He raced his huge hand to slap the girl.

--Taruto--

He didn't know how and why, but suddenly he knew where he had to go. It was just a feeling deep inside, and he felt how it would bring him to Purin.

He flied at his max speed. Teleporting was not a good idea because he couldn't tell exactly where the feeling was hiding towards.

But suddenly a really great angst appeared in his chest, a bad feeling, very bad like something terrible would happen every moment…

'Purin!'

--Purin--

He raised his hand slowly, enjoying the now finally scared look on the face of the girl sitting under him.

--Taruto--

He felt that he was now very near at the feeling's source. It couldn't be far away anymore and he felt how the great building at the harbor was sending out a large amount of it.

--Purin--

His hand couldn't go up more now. Every moment he would slap her now. Purin closed her eyes, awaiting the pain.

She waited… But nothing happened.

Slowly she opened one eye again.

When she saw what was going on, both of her eyes widened in shock.

"TARU-TARU??" She couldn't believe that he was here.

The boy held the raised arm of the men. You could hear bones crackle.

"Yeah. Who else?" Even though they were in a bad situation, he couldn't stop himself from thinking that he probably looked cool right now.

"But why… are you here, na no da? Purin doesn't understand, na no da!" the girl asked, even though she was kinda afraid of the answer.

"What do you think? To rescue the girl I love, of course!"

And with that he let go of the men's arm, summoning his weapon.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing there, midget?"

"I think I already answered this question! Now, hand her over or do you prefer to fight?"

"You think I can't win against a midget like you?" Even though he said so, he didn't really feel like that. The boy's grip had been amazingly strong.

"Fine! Then prepare yourself!" He let the two balls of his weapon hit each other. Sparks started to fill the air around them.

"Okay with me. If I win, I've got even one more kid for my boss, even though he prefers girls; he has also nothing against cute boys like you! They sell also for a pretty high price."

'Holy shit, what the heck is going on in his head? How can a person be like that?' Tarutos eyes flew for a moment to Purin. Unbelievable he thought once that all humans were like that!

The fight started before any other words fell. Taruto was faster than his enemy and his abilities to fly and teleport were pretty handy in the combat. But his enemy also wasn't bad. He could take many hits of his sparkle – click-clack-toy-weapon without showing any weakness and even though he was slow, he had a lot of body power.

At first there didn't seem to be an end of it, but slowly it seemed like Taruto was about to win. He raised his weapon to make a final bow so his enemy couldn't move anymore, but the already for half an hour lasting fight had made his reactions become slower. The man used the moment he needed to raise his hand and grabbed his foot, throwing him to the ground. The weapon fell out of hand. You could hear how it flow over the ground and stopped after hitting a wall.

"Ouch!" Taruto felt how his hat hit hard the ground. He started to feel dizzy and started to see stars. But through them he was still able to see how the man raised his hand again. That seemed to be something like his special attack. No wonder, with those huge pranks he could probably make a tree fall.

'Damn. I wanted to rescue Purin. And now… I lost. Damn. There's no way. I have to protect her. Damn damn DAMN!' He nearly started to cry, but not because of the pain, because he wasn't able to protect Purin.

Purin had watched the fight without moving even a single centimeter, her eyes staring nowhere, feeling nothing. She watched how Taruto nearly won, and nothing happened with her, no feeling, nothing. She was totally in shock. Too much happened at once. Besides of that, the sleeping drug was still working too.

She woke up in the moment Taruto's hat hit the ground and the boy screamed "Ouch". In that moment his words was everything in the girl's head. To protect the person I love, of course. The person I love. In that moment Purin realized it. He loved her. He loved her. HE LOVED HER. And he wanted to protect her because of this. And that was why… why she wanted to do the same thing for him as well!!

The only thing the man realized was how the ground under his feet seemed to vanish. The next moment he found himself laying on the ground, the little girl having one of her feet standing on his chest.

Purin breathed heavily. The sudden move out of her trance while her body was still influenced by the sleeping drug was nearly too much for her. But the will to protect Taruto was stronger.

"I won't let you… hurt him… because… I… love him… as well… and I will… protect… him… na no da."

Taruto had used the short moment to get hold of his weapon again. When he saw that Purin wouldn't hold out long anymore, he let his weapon flow witch made a net like back then when he captured Yuebin.

Purin's legs quitted work that moment. But instead of hitting the ground, she found herself back in Tarutos arms. He had teleported behind her to catch the fainting girl.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes… na no da… But what… about… Taru-Taru? Your… hat, na no da…"

"It's okay. Just a bump. But you're such a baka! Why did you do this?"

"Didn't I… tell you? That… Purin's … 100-times stronger… when she knows… that Taru-Taru's … with her,… na no da? Uhh… Taru-Taru… Taru-Taru!"

Purin felt a wonderful warmth coming out of her heart and filling her entire body. She felt how the sleeping drug started to finally work, now that she was also worked out.

Taruto realized that she fell asleep because she was getting a bit heavier in his arms. Her hands were holding his shirt like she wanted to never let go of him again. He smiled and took some hairs out of her face. He smiled. 'Thank goodness she's okay…'

He glared at the men in the net who tried hardly to find a way of getting free. "Let me out! My boss's gonna kill me!"

Taruto smirked. "You know something: I don't care about that fact at all. After all, perhaps that's even for good, you know?"

And with that he teleported himself and Purin out of the warehouse, leaving the man under the net.

He brought them to Purin's home. Luckily the midgets weren't back yet so he just laid her at her bed, promising the sleeping girl that he'd be back soon and teleported then into the café mew mew.

The first person that came there upon his way was Retasu, so he decided that she'd do and asked her what to do on this planet with someone who tried to kidnap a girl, wanted to do something cruel to her and gave her sleeping drugs. Of course Retasu didn't know what exactly the punishment was, but she told Taruto that she'd call the police. So he told her everything what happened back in the warehouse and the address.

"Purin's alone at home. She's sleeping, but I don't want to let her alone too long. Is it okay if I go back then?"

"Yes. Me and Minto will take care about everything. Right?" asked Retasu the bird mew who just entered from the kitchen after she heard their conversation.

"Of course we will. Don't worry and go back to her! But don't forget to tell her to fast recover from us!"

"Okay. See ya!" And with that the alien teleported back to their home.

After he left Minto looked at Retasu with a 'didn't I tell you'-face.

"I guess you were right about them, Minto" The whale mew looked really happy.

"Of course I was." The blue-haired girl had a great smile on her face too.

--Back at Purin's house--

When Taruto teleported in her room, the girl was still sleeping, but when he sat down and went with his hand though her hair, she woke up.

"Taru-Taru, na no da…?"

"What's it? Are you alright?"

"Yeah, that's not it, na no da…"

"What is it then? Go ahead and ask!"

"Taru-Taru… will you stay forever at my side from now on and never leave me alone again, na no da! Oh please, na no da!" It just broke out of her, the greatest wish that ever existed in her heart.

"Huh?" Taruto was a bit shocked because of her sudden 'explosion'. Then he smiled kindly.

"Of course I will. There's no way that I'll leave you again. But then you also have to stay and not run away again like this!"

"Of course! I'm so sorry, na no da!" Her eyes became wet. But before when she started to cry Taruto reached with his hand for her cheek and whipped away the tears.

"It's okay. I'm not evil with you for that. Men, it's okay! Stop crying already!" He smiled cheerfully and Purin's tears stopped, leaving her cheeks a bit red after he touched her face.

Taruto blushed too right away. He had never seen her blush before.

"So… will you promise?" They now sat next to each other on the bed.

"Of course. There's no way I'm gonna let you alone again!"

"Well then, let's make a promise, na no da! Hmmm…. But on what should we promise, na no da?"

"On what? What do you mean?"

"Well, we promise on something important to both of us so the promise is more powerfull, na no da!" explained the monkey mew.

"Hmmm…. That's indeed difficult…"

But suddenly Purin realized something lying on the bed. It was a candy drop that probably fell out her pocket while she slept. She smiled and picked it up.

"What about that, na no da?"

"Yes"

There were no more words needed. It was oblivious that this was the perfect thing for those two to swear on. It was the first present she gave to him, and he goodbye-present as well, it was the thing that bounded them all the time they were separated, it was after all the first thing that ever bounded them.

"Well then, na no da…"

"Wait! I don't even know what to do!"

"You just have to promise, na no da!"

"I see…" He still didn't really understand, but he decided that he would probably understand easier when he watched what Purin did.

The girl hooked her little finger around the candy while saying: "I promise that I'll stay with Taru-Taru for ever, no matter what's going to be happening or whatever might come up to us, I'll stay at his side forever and ever, and I'm also going to love him forever and ever, na no da!"

Taruto gulped. He guessed it was his turn now. He hoped that he could do it as good as Purin. He hooked his little finger also around the candy, so their fingers touched. "I promise to stay forever with Purin and that I'm never going to leave her, no matter what might be happening, forever and ever and I'm also going to love her forever and ever, no matter what's coming!" He hoped that that'll work.

Purin seemed to be happy with it because she smiled happily while she started to speak again. Taruto felt his heart beating faster and he also felt that it was exactly the same rhythm then Purin's heart.

"This is our promise, for now and forever, and it is unbreakable for now and forever, na no da! And this is our swear for live, bonding our paths of lives together, for now and forever, na no da! This is our"

She made a break of a few seconds, thinking of a good name for it. Her look fell on the candy drop. Yes, that was it.

"This is our Sweet Candy Promise."