Reunion

Chapter 21

What ever happened to Megumi?

People walked by on a busy Tokyo street. In order to stay in one place you had to nail yourself to the ground, or be pushed along by the crowd. Being in an ice cream cart isn't much better then nailing your shoes to the concrete. Nailing the cart to the ground and hanging on for dear life is pretty close. A girl about twenty-four clung to her ice cream cart, long brown hair pulled back in a high ponytail and a green apron over her cream shirt and pants.

"ICE CREAM! BEST ICE CREAM IN TOKYO! COME AND GET SOME!" she shouted above the clatter of the crowd in a beautiful voice, being the great pop star Megumi at some point really helped to teach her to carry her voice. "ICE CREAM!" Megumi stopped and sighed, "why on earth am I selling ice cream? I had seven-multi-platinum CDs, three movies and all the works. Why am I doing this? Oh that's right…

//Flash Back//

A manager walked into Megumi's changing room, "Megu-chan is it true that you have been dating an average person?"

Megumi looked about eighteen as he turned to look at her manager, " you mean Kiyo, yeah I have been dating him. And don't call him average."

"You do know that pop stars are suppose to have rock star boyfriends or someone of high standing."

"Oh, come on, like any on actually cares that Brittany's second baby wasn't from Kevin, or any of that stuff. I can date who I want."

"If you don't break up with him it will ruin your reputation and push you out of this business!"

"Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure. You do know I have a show to do right?" and with that Megumi left the changing room.

//Flash Back End//

Megumi clutched the ice cream cart, "Haha I wish something like that had happened."

"excuse me miss." And older lady with a young boy holding her hand snapped Megumi away from talking to herself.

"Oh yes, Would you like some ice cream?"

"wha favors do yu, 'ave?" the three year old asked.

"Well I have Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, black cherry, mint chocolate chip, sherbet, superman, rocky road, napoleon and moose tracks." Megumi stated leaning over the cart to speak to the young boy directly.

"Binilla." The boy said back.

"Vanilla?" Megumi asked to be sure. The boy nodded, "Okay one vanilla coming up. Ma'am what severing size does he want?"

"Give him the single scoop."

Megumi opened the cart and scooped vanilla placed it on a cone, then she leaned over the cart and handed it to the young boy. He stared at it as the mother reached for her wallet. The boy took one like of the ice cream and threw it square in the middle of Megumi's face.

"Yucky! Yucky!" he screamed as Megumi sighed and whipped the ice cream off her face.

"May I ask what is wrong with my ice cream?"

"Bad favor! I waned diffent flavor! Bad! Bad! Yucky!"

"I can remember you saying you wanted vanilla and that is what you got." Megumi spoke calmly, wishing she had some way to get the solidifying ice cream glue out of her hair.

"Get him different flavor!" the mother shouted.

"Ma'am, you heard him that is what he asked for, and throwing objects at people, no matter what is considered assault. I could call the police right here and now, please pay for the ice cream. If he wants a different one you will need to pay for it." The mother grabbed her son's had and started to walk off. "What you are doing is called stealing and I have a present for the police!" Megumi called after the mother.

The mother turned around to see what Megumi was talking about just in time to have a camera cell take her picture.

"This will help them find you." Megumi smiled tucking her cell back into her holder.

"Yeah that'll be great. You have no proof that we did anything wrong and how will the police tell me apart from any other mother walking around with her son?"

"I don't know but if they need proof of assault and theft I have this nice camera with a recorder and I have every thing on it." A near by bystander held up his cell phone with a glowing red light, indicating recording. He had bleached blonde bangs and black hair laying down orderly.

The mother growled, paid for the ice cream and left.

"Thank you, does your cell really have a recorder that lasts that long?"

"No, the most impressive thing this piece of junk can do is play ping pong. And the red light means it's mad at me for not charging it. Hey I just remembered I can play Ping Pong!" the guy eagerly starts playing ping pong on his cell and then…. "No I just remembered I have no battery juice!" the cell phone had shut off.

Megumi smiled and tilted her head, what a funny freak, "Would you like some ice cream sir?"

The man stopped crying over his cell and reached for Megumi's hand, "If you will allow me the pleasure of taking you out for dinner tonight." Using his blue eyes to look directly into Megumi's warm coca eyes.

"Sorry, I'm engaged." Megumi smiled holding up her left hand with a beautiful diamond ring.

"TO WHO! TO WHO? TO WHO!" the man jumped up with tears streaming down his face.

"My… fiancée?" Megumi stated uncertainly.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" the man crouched on the ground and started to cry. Rocking back an forth, "there is no love in the world, no love, no love. Wahh!"

"Uh sir, you have scared away all the traffic on this side of the street." Megumi muttered. Amazingly she way right. The man had been so loud and strange that at the cross walk all the people and crossed to the other side and crossed back over after they passed the block.

The man sniffed and with tears streaming down his face, he leaned into Megumi's face and held her hand, "I am so sorry for being a pain. Please live happily ever after." And with that he held his arm over his streaming eyes and dashed down the road.

Once the man had left the street flooded back with people, and more importantly consumers. "Ice cream! Get some ice cream! BEST ICE CREAM IN TOKYO, RIGHT HERE!"

"Best in Tokyo, maybe I'll have some." Megumi jumped and looked to her side. A clown with a yellow wing was beside her.

"Kiyo, you sunk up on me, so not fair." She pouted.

"Haha, why not it's fun." Kiyo smiled, he really looked like a clown now.

"Tch, so what's up?"

"I had some free time so I figured I was over due for visiting you at work. And I figured I was over due for taking you out to dinner." Kiyo leaned closer to Megumi closing his eyes, Megumi returned and closed her eyes leaning as well and gently kissed. A group of preteen girls passed and sighed flowed by a heard of giggles.

"Kiyo is there any thing else you would like?"

"Mint chocolate chip and rocky road." Kiyo smiled and pointed upward. Megumi just about lost her footing, so much for more romantic talk.

For some reason the group of preteen girls was still near by and started giggling again. "Coming right up."

"Two questions." Kiyo leaned over the cart as Megumi made ice cream.

"Yeah?" Megumi stated absent-mindlessly.

"Did you receive a letter in a pink envelope talking about a ten year Mamodo reunion in Africa?"

"A Mamodo reunion? Lets see no I haven't and isn't the anniversary of Ponygon beating Zatch in about two months though?"

"Yeah and the letter is unsigned, but there are two tickets an I don't have a clue weather I'm being played or what." Kiyo said with his deep in thought look ruined by the clown make up.

"I haven't checked my mail yet though so maybe I have it and just don't know. I'll tell you at dinner."

"Okay and now question number two. Would you like some water to get that ice cream out of your hair? How'd it get there?"

"hehehe" Megumi nervously laughed and looked to the side, "a brat came by and threw a fit. You have some water or something to get this out?"

"Yeah well after yesterday I got a flower that sprays water." Kiyo mess with the flower and pulled a pouch of water out of a pocket in his shirt.

"Thanks Kiyo."

Kiyo popped the ice cream in his mouth and smiled, "see you tonight." Kiyo leaned in and gave Megumi a brief kiss.

Yep quitting show business for more time was way worth it.

"Awe!!!!!" the group of preteen girls sighed announcing their presence again. Megumi jumped and looked at them.

"I bet he's really hot with out his make up."

"A clown and an ice cream lady, it works better with out the PDA."

"That was my first real life love seen, for some reason it's lacking the guys that suddenly pop up with guns and try to kid nap the girl."

"What kind of romances are you watching?"

"Spy movies. For some reason they also have a lot of dark sense on a bed where they make moaning noises"

"EWWWW!" one girl jumped shaking her head and arms.

"Excuse me can I help you?" Megumi blushed.

One girl went "oh, it's my turn this week isn't it?" the group nodded. "Okay three single scoop vanilla's, five single chocolates, one chocolate chip mint and one black cherry."

"Coming right up." Megumi sighed, still a little red.

Once Megumi went home and truly washed the ice cream out of her hair, water helped a lot but nothing is like shampoo. Megumi checked her mail and sure enough a pink envelope had an invite to Africa in two months.

A/N:

PDA public display of affection (if you didn't know there is no shame in that. I amuse some one out there might not know because when I or other use it at school several people have always asked, "what does the mean?" and that has included me. DON'T FELL STUPID!)

Okay reason update's are so late (sorry) Drivers ed. I finally get to drive. (if you live in Michigan I suggest that you don't get on the roads until after Christmas when I finally pass. -I can steer if no one is next to me, other wise I tense and wobble and my turns suck.) so that's why I haven't been on, (plus the stomach flu didn't help either.)

Okay people I am always sick, don't be amazed at this. I'm tired of saying sorry pretty much every week so here's the reason that I am overall sick and exhausted all winter: I am seasonally depressed and this has been the worst time of year for the pass two-three years. So instead of typing or something I fall asleep and I get sick. I have a lot of other things that go with it (like lack of interests… I really do love typing but this time of year I just don't feel like it time to time so that also causes problems) and I get really paranoid and pissed at my real life friends, for pretty much nothing. So don't be amazed that I am so slow this winter. Along with the stupid hard classes. So now you know the underlying reasons for me always being late with updates and I am sorry. (don't ask about meds ALL of them made things worse, suicide, brought on sicknesses by the pills, ect) the only I can have is waiting for more sunlight to make me better.

Billney the science guy: NOW YOU KNOW!