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Slowly dressing Pucca held her father's sword, "Pucca…" Garu had walked straight into her room and stopped dead in his tracks as he stared. The dim light had caught her frame perfectly, her wet hair down, a long white silk robe clung to her damp porcelain skin. Slowly turning Pucca's eyes widened. "Garu?" She asked and dropped the sword, pulling her silk robe against herself. "I… sorry. I awoke and you were gone… so I just wanted to make sure you are ok." He stammered. "Its. Fine. I am ok." She said and her eyes darted to the sword. Sighing she spoke her voice cracking a little "Look… there is… something I. Need to speak with you about. So I'll come over later alright?". He looked at her and nodded. Quickly leaving her to dress Garu had gone to train at Chang's. Slowly dressing in her new usual outfit Pucca stared at herself in the mirror. She wore her usual black pants and boots, but instead of her red top she now wore a gold one and tied her brother's headband around her waist. Slowly pulling her hair in her usual odango style she tried a smile then turned and grabbed her father's blade. "The bustling of the kitchen reminds of how things were in a time not so long ago. Not a care in the world with an un dying love for a very special ninja. Now I couldn't be more unsure of my world. " She thought as she walked. "My Lady," Kasai said grabbing her wrist. "What is it?" Pucca asked looking at him. "My Lady I was wondering where you might be going in such a hurry?" He asked and she pulled her hand away. "To see… my fiance." She said and left. "Pucca!" Chings cheery voice yelled as she exited the Goh Rong. "Ching?" Pucca asked looking at her. "Glad I caught you. You almost forgot our plans!" She said grabbing her hand. "Plans?" Pucca asked. "You did forget didn't you? We are going to go see Kissy Kissy Kung Fu Love Story the new movie. I already sent Abyo to go get Garu." She said leading her to the movie theatre. "Oh right. Ching I actually have something I need to do right now. Can we do this another time?" She asked though she was sure she knew the answer. "What? Pucca? Come on we have all been patient because you have a hard time with everything but sometimes you just gotta put all that aside and have a little fun." Ching said now fully dragging Pucca.
"Fine one movie." Pucca said impatiently. "Abyo! Hey Abyo!" Ching said trying skip while pulling on a lagging Pucca. She looked so bored and annoyed which was weird on its own but with the fact that she was going to go see a girly movie and Garu was coming willingly was even weirder. "Did hell just freeze over because Pucca doesn't look very happy to be here right now," Abyo said nudging him. He quickly shrugged and both shuddered as Pucca had stared blankly at them. "Well lets go!" Ching chuckled nervously as the Class A annoyed ninja got a ticket and stomped her way inside. If looks could kill, any who just made eye contact with her would have been slaughtered. "Maybe it'd have been best if I didn't push it," Ching said as she began sweating. "Well we're here. I'd rather not call Pucca out and then say never mind," Abyo said rushing for snacks. Ching and Garu followed Pucca to the theatre their movie was playing in, she quickly had sat in the middle of the middle row tapped her fingers impaitently on the arm rest. Taking a deep breath she calmed herself as her friends joined her, Garu sitting on her right, Ching taking her left and Abyo sitting beside Ching. "Popcorn?" Abyo asked and Pucca shook her head as, Ching quickly shoved some into her mouth. The movie started shortly after though Garu, Abyo and even Pucca wasn't paying attention. Infact she was praying Tobe or someone would interrupt and give her a reason to bail. Ching grabbed onto Abyo and tried to get him to kiss her which he complied but felt awkward with the fumes coming from Pucca's aura. She wasn't enjoying herself and was in deep thought, though she stared blankly at the seat in front of her she just gave off the feeling of anger. And it wasn't just him feeling it, several patrons had acually gotten up and left ducking out of the theatre and they were almost the only ones there. Garu felt the temptation but couldn't find the nerve to grab Pucca's hand let alone kiss her. Sitting in silence she sighed and leaned toward Garu but this didn't make anyone feel an easier. Without a second thought Pucca had grabbed Garu's wrist and lead him from the theatre, Ching only called after them once but they were soon out of earshot and then away from the theatre. "What is wrong with me? My greatest wish has come true…. but I am so unhappy." Pucca thought to herself as she ran. "Pucca?" Garu managed weakly. Finally stopping Pucca bowed her head, her shoulders roughly trembled, and tears threatened to come out. Softly Garu put his hand on her shoulder and she'd almost caved, she clutched her father's sword and cursed herself for this. Quickly turning she'd held out the blade towards him, he eyed it catiously and she grabbed his open hand and closed it over the sword. Garu blinked as he stared at it, his eyes falling over the name on it and a small gasp escaped his throat.
Takeo was thought to be Garu's ancestor and it was known that Rin was Pucca's, their paths had crossed and it ended tragically for the both of them. Not before they continued their bloodlines though, after the demise of Takeo Rin had kept his blade and had become a rutheless ninja. Any who crossed her path was either killed or conquered, and after years of cutting a bloody path Rin had come face to face with whom she'd mistaken for Takeo. He turned out to be his only son Takayuki after their paths crossed things weren't the same for the boy, and nearly all his descendants had lead an unhonorable life. Till Garu that is, who was so caught up with gaining and holding honor had missed out and nearly lost great things in his life. "…My father, had once told me that one day I'd know what to do with it. Though for generations this sword had been passed down from the head of the clan to their heir… it was never really my families sword. So… I am returning it to it's rightful owner," Pucca said without looking at him. Garu simply stared at it in silence. "Garu… Why?…" The tears were full on now. He looked up at her and he could see her clutching her shoulders nails digging deep within the fabric as her face held a pained expression. "Why is it… that I have everything I wanted… more so than what I wanted but…. I am unhappy?" She asked and the last of that sentence echoed through his mind, it hit him hard that she was unhappy and he couldn't help but demand why. The wind had picked up and for awhile Garu hadn't noticed, Pucca's eyes had began to burn from her tears. Thunder roared and finally as it had begun to rain Garu had noticed the change in the weather. "Why? Why?! …. Why do I feel so… alone?" Pucca thought to herself weeping laying in a fetal position on the ground. Suddenly she felt a warm hand wrap around her wrist and she noticed the rain and that she wasn't on the ground but a storm cloud.
She looked to see Garu almost hanging off the edge and she helped him up, fear filling her eyes. "What is happening?!" She asked almost hysterical. "Pucca calm down," He tried but she backed away standing right at the edge of the storm cloud which was now disappearing. "Garu… did… did I do this?" She asked. Before he could answer the cloud disappeared and they both fell, instinctively he'd grabbed her and pulled her close. The impact was hard and it made Pucca's ears ring, she looked down at Garu's pained face. Her eyes widened and she put her hand over her mouth and the other trembled as she looked on in horror. Slowly Garu's eyes opened and is blurry vision focused on Pucca's worry filled face. "Are… are you alright?" She asked. "I'm fine," He forced out and tried to lift himself. "Don't move!" Pucca stopped him and he obeyed. "Why did… you do that?!" She asked balling her fists. "You idiot! Why did you take the fall?! Now you're seriously hurt and bleeding! You idiot!" She said pounding her fists on her legs. "This is all my fault… had I only stayed at the movies! If… I wasn't so strange…" She sobbed and gasped when Garu had grabbed onto her wrist. He pulled her so she was laying beside him, her head on his chest and he slowly wrapped his other arm around her. "…. I am so sorry," She choked out clutching to his shirt. "…Please… promise me… you will be ok…." She said without thinking. Garu chuckled softly and patted her back, sure he felt numb and he was sure the warmth under his head reaching his neck was probably blood but this wasn't the first time he'd fallen from an unimaginable height and he survived before. Pucca has too but the thought of her being hurt… it was too much. "I did it because I can't stand to see you hurt." He finally said. "It is killing me to see you this way…" He said and her eyes widened. "… I just… feel so lonely. I am surrounded by smiles and friends but I am still so lonely. I feel that everyone is just being nice because of who I am supposed to be… and that you only said you'd marry me because Master Soo said so… perhaps telling you about honor or something…" She confessed.
This made his eyes widen but her ran his fingers through her now loose hair and sighed. "…It must be hard. Living the life you never asked for… and for things to move so fast, I know it is hard. At first I was unsure too but Pucca…" He said sitting up and feeling a little dizzy. He cupped her tearstained face and looked her in the eyes "I love you and would be very honored if you agreed to be the one I spend the rest of my life with." "I am sorry that there is so much you still don't know but if you don't want to know I won't force anymore information upon you… but please don't try to face this alone anymore. Let me be the one to be by your side." He said leaning his forehead against hers. Her lip quivered only a moment before she crashed her lips upon his and she gripped the back of his shirt as he tangled his fingers in her hair. "My father wanted nothing more than my happiness and I had lost sight of that in what I'd become. I am the new head of the Dragon clan and I will cherish what my family had wanted for me… so much they gave their lives to give me a chance. Even if I must break tradition it'll be ok. I can't believe that in a sense the tables had flipped for me and the love of my life but he was strong and helped me see…" Breaking the kiss Pucca let out a happy sigh. "You better be telling the truth because I have waited many years for you and have no intention of letting you go," She said with short breaths. "I am not going anywhere," He said taking her lips again earning a delighted moan as the sky had began to clear.