Chapter 11"I-I'm sorry nyo..."
In a frenzied panic, Dejiko grabbed her hat without bothering to even straighten anything else on her person and stormed out of Gamers, with Usada following trailing behind her. The two friendly rivals were on a desperate mission to find the love that Dejiko may have forever lost. The search began outside of the Gamers store and the several surrounding blocks, but Ky was already nowhere to be seen.
"Usada, did you happen to see which direction he started walking off in after... after I... ...n-nyo..." Dejiko began, as she began choking up with tears.
She felt a hand gently hold her shoulder and Dejiko looked up with a concerned looking Usada looking back at her.
"Dejiko, you didn't know. You can't keep blaming yourself." Usada replied warmly.
"N-nyo," Dejiko replied with a nod, "b-but if only I had listened to what he had to say nyo... h-he was trying to tell me-"
"Dejiko, that's enough, just dwelling on it now isn't going to fix this situation." Said Usada firmly. "All we can do now is find Ky, and try to get you two to make up."
"A-alright nyo..." Dejiko replied, trying to hold back tears.
"Anyways lets try to split up, Dejiko! We can cover more ground that way. He's got to still be in Akihabara, he's just got to!" Usada said as she began to run up one side of the road.
"Okay nyo... th-thank you Usada- NYO!" she shouted as a large plastic rectangular cube flew towards Dejiko, which fortunately Dejiko was able to catch without incident.
"I'll let you know through radio if I find him, okay?" Usada shouted as she pointed at the old 80's style radio which Mr. Manager had been so gracious as to let them borrow.
With that the two went off in different directions searching all throughout the Akihabara district in search of Dejiko's lost love. Usada went off searching through every store in Akihabara, asking everyone she could if they had seen a blue haired dentist with german sheppard ears with little success. Dejiko on the other hand searched around all the spots where her and Ky had spent precious memories together...
Dejiko's last stop was the hilltop overlooking Akihabara. Memories flooded back to Dejiko as she remembered sharing her first date with Ky here whilst overlooking the lights of the city. She remembered hugging him tightly as she remembered how such a simple scene was able to stir such great emotion in her, it was one of the most romantic things she had ever seen. She recalled Ky bringing her here after spiriting her away from her home at Gamers and brushing his hair as he lied in her lap before being gagged and kidnapped by the remaining members of the Black Gema Gema Gang. Dejiko wiped a tear as she thought about Ky, when something caught her eye. On the tree where there was once a letter "B" carved into the tree, a different carving sat in its place: a solid letter "D" sitting next to a "+ K" all surrounded in a heart. As Dejiko saw this sight, she fell to her knees and began sobbing as the tears started continually running down her face.
Several hours later, Dejiko and Usada returned back to their home base of Gamers their quest unsuccessful. Usada, who had been searching the district frantically, looked worned out and a bit worse for wear. Dejiko, on the other hand, didn't look much worse than she had before, save for the fact that her eyes bore a reddish tinge that looked as though she had been crying for ages.
"Dejiko... I'm sorry, I looked all over the town, but no one has seen him at all..." Usada began as she put a hand on Dejiko's shoulder. "But don't worry, I'm sure we'll find him somewhere, I just know it!"
"Th-thank you Usada nyo..." Dejiko replied with a sniffle. "I-I know that I've done horrible things to you in the past Usada, and I've never been all that nice to you nyo... b-but you really are a good friend nyo."
"You're welcome, and don't worry about it... 'cause everyone knows that I'm the idol of the shop anyways" Usada responded with a wink.
"Y-You're funny Usada... nyo..." Dejiko said dryly. "B-but I just don't feel like it today nyo... I'm gonna head upstairs for the night okay nyo?"
"A-alright Dejiko..." Usada replied with a look of concern on her face. "I didn't hurt your feelings did I..?"
"I-Its alright nyo..." Dejiko responded as she ascended the stairs. "I... I just miss Ky nyo..."
"Dejiko..." spoke Usada as she watched Dejiko walked up the stairs to her room above the Gamers store. The green haired idol had an air of emptiness as she ascended up the stairs.
As Dejiko made her way up to her room she paused for a moment before opening the door, hoping and praying that she might find the sight of Ky sitting on the window sill of her room. Gripping on the door handle Dejiko held her breath as she turned the nob only to let out a sigh as she viewed the derelict of a room that she had left behind during her great escape not long ago. Her room was disheveled with many pieces of debris left over from when she shot a beam at Gema, who was currently fast asleep under his ice cream shaped piece of furniture which he often used for a bed. She looked back at her window and remembered the image of Ky sitting on her window sill, his hand held out to her like that of a knight asking his princess to join him on his tall white steed. She blushed at the thought of that, but something made her ears twitch, a sound seeming to come from above her.
Trusting her instincts Dejiko climbed out her window quietly and onto the fire escape. She slowly made her way up the steps of the fire escape on her way to the roof. Dejiko heard something as she continued ascending the fire escape, a familiar sound and voice. The voice was somber but strong and clear. There was a song that Dejiko had never heard before, but she knew the voice all too well.
"I will be your man..." sang the voice.
As she made her way to the roof top, she was greeted with the sight of a young man standing at the edge of the roof looking up to the sky. The silhouette of the young man wore the ears of a German sheppard and a long lab coat. It was none other than...
"K-Ky nyo! P-Please don't do it nyo!" Dejiko shouted out abruptly.
"W-Wha?!" Ky shouted as he began to lose his balance.
Ky shifted from side to side and eventually slipped off the roof, a look of confusion on his face as his hands grasped for the sky. Dejiko rushed forward and reached forward and felt a strong pull as she caught the hand of her beloved.
"N-NYO!" Dejiko cried out. "K-Ky nyo! I-I won't let you go nyo! B-but you're really heavy..."
"W-woah... D-Dejiko!" Ky began in state of utter shock. "H-Help me!"
With that Dejiko mustered all her strength and pulled with all her might, and with that she was able to pull Ky back over the ledge and safely onto the roof. Both sat exhausted in the rain that by then had slowed to a light drizzle.
"W-what were you thinking Ky nyo! Y-You're too precious to take your own life away nyo..." Dejiko reprimanded.
"What are you talking about Dejiko?! I wasn't thinking about killing myself... I was just thinking of going back home to planet Analogue and was just staring out to the stars. A-although I was hoping you'd find me here... but I didn't expect that you would shout like that, you surprised me and made me lose my balance." Ky responded in a state of panic.
"O-Oh... I-I'm sorry nyo." Dejiko replied sheepishly. "B-but please don't go nyo... There's so many people here on Earth still who would miss you dearly... like... like me nyo..."
"Oh Dejiko..." Ky began as he looked at Dejiko with a look of surprise on his face.
"I-I'm so sorry nyo! I-I should've listened to you the whole time... I was scared and confused... a-and I didn't know what I was doing nyo. Y-You'd been trying to tell me the whole time when I was yelling at you and I... and I..." Dejiko cried out, with tears welling up in her eyes. "...and I did something very stupid nyo... C-Can you ever forgive me nyo...?"
Ky looked intensely into Dejiko's eyes. "Princess, you don't even have to ask..." Ky replied. As he swept her into his arms Dejiko's eyes widened as she felt something press into her lips and before she knew it she was wrapping her arms around Ky, the two locked in a passionate kiss. An eternity seemed to pass before they broke away from each other and Ky looked into Dejiko's eyes.
"Dejiko... I'm sorry I hid so much from you... I did some terrible things in the past, but thats all going to change... I'm going to do my best to be the best man I can for you and if the Black Gema Gema Gang try to kidnap you again, I'll be there to protect you." Ky said apologetically.
"Th-thank you nyo... and Ky...?" said Dejiko.
"Yes Dejiko...?" Ky asked in response.
"I love you nyo."
"I love you too, Princess."
The End.