If We Allow Fate (Gokaiger's Marvelous & Zyuohger's Sela)

If we allow fate to let our paths cross ince again, would it be too much to ask to you that we forget the pain we've caused to each other?

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If a sigh could actually be a medium to let those hidden disappointments and what if's resonate towards the intended subject, perhaps Sela had already mentioned an entire story about a part of her life that she couldn't help feeling disappointed about. But then, it wasn't like everything she would say could easily be understood, anyway.

"Thinking about him again?"

That voice stopped Sela's trail of thoughts and turned around, only to see her friend Amu approaching her with that concerned look on her friend's face. She couldn't help grimacing at the thought that she was making Amu worry about her once again, just because she was in one corner doing some thinking.

Wait, should she really consider that as "just thinking"? Especially when it was about someone that Amu was aware of to be a person who never left Sela's mind all this time.

"I just can't help it, that's all." It was perhaps the lamest answer she could think of at the moment. But she knew that Amu would soon realize why she answered that way.

"You still think he won't forgive you for saying that to him just so he would let you go?"

Sela sighed, never tearing her gaze away from the blue sky. "I don't know. But thinking back, I knew I did the right thing even though it truly hurt me to the core."

"Well, that's a really descriptive way to put it."

"Because it was the truth. And it's the truth that I've been enduring all this time. It's something I need to suffer from as my way of repenting." Sela's voice grew softer with each word spoken.

Amu could only sigh as a response to her friend's predicament. It might not have been the best thing to do to help Sela at the moment. But it was right for her to assume that her presence and less judgmental attitude towards the situation that Sela had always kept from the others was more than enough.

"Sela-chan... do you really want to undo that one mistake you did that day?" Amu asked all of a sudden.

Of course, this had only made Sela frown－not just in confusion but also in disbelief. But only for a while. Once again, a melancholic smile crossed her face before shaking her head almost litlessly. "I don't think it's possible anymore, Amu. He already left. I don't think he'll even decide to come here after all that I've said to him that day."

"So you do wish for something like that to happen."

"Undoing my mistakes? You know that no power in the universe could even do such a feat. But even if such a thing existed, I won't choose to use it."

This time, it was Amu's turn to frown. "Why not?"

"Because I know I would end up choosing to do the same thing. I'd still choose to let him go and let him do what he wanted to do－no holds barred."

As the conversation continued on between the two female Zyumans, two female space pirates could only listen to that as inconspicously as they could. Three years had passed and it seemed that things had only gotten worse (at least worse in their perception) even to their captain and not just the shark Zyuman.

Luka faced Ahim with that determined look on her face. "We better do something about this sooner before we all end up crazy dealing with a really weird captain for the rest of our lives if we let this remain as it is."

"You're exaggerating again, Luka-san," Ahim only said with her ever gentle smile. However, it didn't last long. "But you're right. We can't let this keep happening any longer. Three years is already too much."

"The only problem would be the steps that we needed to do in order to make that happen."

As Ahim nodded in agreement, Luka soon tapped her arm that immediately caught the former princess' attention. To both of their surprise, what they saw looking at Sela from a distance happened to be－

"Marvelous/Marvelous-san!" The two female pirates uttered together. Soon after, they only looked at each other.

Could it be...?

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Perhaps an hour more had passed before Sela decided to finally head home. Well, she wasn't exactly tracking down the time that she stayed there. Her mind was still in pieces even after spending time alone. Amu left her after a few more minutes of talking because she was supposed to go on a date with Tusk.

At that thought, Sela couldn't help smiling sadly. At least her friend didn't end up like her－regretting and feeling this remorse inside of her just because she chose to let go.

"You really like staying out here alone, do you?"

Her eyes widened as she stiffened upon hearing that voice not far behind her. Sela could tell that the person was quite near. If her sharp hearing didn't deceive her, that person who said those words to her only stood a few meters from where she sat at the moment.

"It can't be..." Sela muttered in disbelief. Because of that thought, she ended up lifting her hands to cover her ears. "Something must have been playing with me."

And yet a part of her kept on denying that it wasn't so. Her heart beat faster at that thought.

"If you still think of me as a part of your imagination, why don't you turn around for you to find out the truth?" That voice dared to her.

Without a doubt, that voice was truly familiar. Tears started forming at the brim of Sela's eyes as she slowly let her hands that covered her ears down and she soon stood up. Not long after that, she cautiously turned around.

Before Sela could even stop herself, those tears she'd been holding back started falling that soon blurred her vision. Especially at the sight of a familiar red-clad space pirate now smiling cockily at her with his hands crossed in front of him.

"Do I still look like a part of your imagination?" Marvelous asked without letting that smirk disappear on his face.

But the shark Zyuman remained silent as her tears continued to fall. Damn it! How come she wasn't doimg anything to stop it? How could this man still held that same penetrating gaze enough to freeze her to spot? She was a chosen warrior, for heaven's sake! She had been long doing all that she could to prove that she could be equal to Leo and Tusk in terms of fighting.

And yet, this man... His gaze alone crumbled those defenses she built all these times.

Still no words coming from Sela－since she couldn't really think of what to say now that she had seen Marvelous again, the space pirates' captain did the last thing she could think of doing.

Marvelous grabbed her head and pulled her towards him－to give her the tight hug she had been longing to feel from him since the time she let him go and let him leave Earth.

Of course, that only made the shark Zyuman cry harder. But Marvelous just remained embracing her tight without a care about the surroundings. He could care less, anyway.

"I'm sorry..."

Though uttered softly, Sela did it in a nearly heartbreaking tone that only made Marvelous clench his fist tight. He didn't expect to hear something like that from a strong-willed woman such as her.

"Just don't do that again," Marvelous whispered and remained embracing Sela.

She just nodded. For now, she would just relish that warm feeling she longed to feel once again.

As for those who were watching that scene, their faces couldn't help showing smiles of relief and joy to those two. Maybe things could change for the better from here and out after all this.