Notes of An Authoress--------
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Chapter 2 - Let chaos Begin -----------------------------------------------
"It won't improve her mood much..."
"But it' s wrong to keep this from her, Sweety..."
"I just don't want to see our little girl cry anymore."
It was sometime past 8pm. Ichigo was curled up on her pink bed, just waking up after crying her heart out over Masaya. She still didn't feel the slightest bit better and now that her parents were talking about possibly making her feel worse she just wanted to die. But something stopped her, probbly the fact that Masaya had died to protect her. Dieing would just put his efforts to no use... It'd be cruel to him.
The door to her room slowly swung open and Ichigo pushed herself up, staring at her mother and father. Her mother walked to the bed and sat down, taking a big breath as her husband joined her.
"Mom? What's wrong?" Ichigo asked, noticing tht even through all the inky darkness her mother looked upset. Her mother looked despratly at her father, who nodded. Sakura, Ichigo's mother, summon her courage and finally started talking.
"Prince Ryou of the Project Kingdom wants to marry you. His father says if he marries you then they're kingdom will protect ours and we seriously need protection during this war, Ichigo..."
Ichigo stared, a bucket of tears leaked through her eyes. "I don't want to get married... Not to a spoiled rich jerk..." Ichigo's parents looked a bit hurt and then they headed back to the door. "We' ll give you tonight to think about it... Ryou wants to come over and have a little date with you to see if you're as pretty inside as outside. Ja ne..."
Ichigo watched her parents leave. The door shut and she heard them walked down the stairs. She sat there, wondering what to do. She hated this life... She needed some time to think things out.
Ichigo got out of bed and changed into more peasenty clothes. She released her hair from the ribbons that usually held it up and looked at herself in the mirror. A short brown skirt and yellow long-sleeved shirt... It was perfect. She died her pink hair a brownish-red and then got some gold coins to fill her purse before walking to her dresser to depoist her earrings. There was a package on the dresser, the one Masaya's Messanger had carried, and she quickly reached out and opened it. There was a little golden bell on a red ribbon in it... And a note. A note in Masaya's beautiful handwriting... His special note to her.
"Forever wear this bell, my sweet Koneko, and forever we'll be in love."
Ichigo's eyes watered and she quickly tied the bell around her neck. She'd wear it forever... Forever...
Then she hurried out the door and snuck out of the Kingdom. If she spent a day in the city she'd feel a lot better. A LOT. She'd just wash her royal troubles away... Maybe visit Retasu in the Aquarine Kingdom for a while.
"Princess Minto. Your tea and pasteries..."
"Thank you."
Princess Minto was a spoiled brat. She lived in the richer of the 5 mew mew palaces, the one that supplied Mew Kingdom with lovely baked goods. Therefore, Minto got more cakes and cookies then any other Princess. She also had more love letters then any of the other girls though she didn't take love as seriously as that Neko girl, Ichigo.
Minto took a cookie off the plate she'd been offered and sipped some tea from her white china tea cup. The cup had little designs of birds on it, a symbol of the Princess that could be found all over Sky Palace. Her deep blue hair was up in twin buns which the stray hair bundled in front of her ears. Minto was sitting in her skyblue room with a magazine on her lap, her sapphire gaze glued to the articles.
"She did it again..." Minto said in awe as she finished the article. The article spoke of a mystery woman, Zakuro Fugiwara, who was not only the magazine's model from the best fighter in all of the Kingdoms. Which her graceful, beautiful movements she had slayed over 20 Kierama Anima and she'd transformed into Mew Zakuro, the legendary Wolf Girl of the Purity Palace. She was so awesome, kind and modest. She refused to become Princess of the old Palace, even though she was probbly the most powerful girl in Japan.
"I want to be just like her." Minto said with long sigh of admiration. Minto's eyes scanned the magazine and she finally slapped it shut and headed to her closest. That was perfect! She' d go find Zakuro! She' d be Zakuro' s little fan! She began changing her clothes to something more suitable for adventure, a puffy legged blue outfit worn by Arabin Princesses. She loved perfect in it. She could dance, jump and fight in this adoreable little dress. Now she just needed to find a way out of the Kingdom...
"Roof!" Mikki, Minto's dog, barked happily as Minto's bird wings spread from her back. Minto shushed her dog quickly and jumped out the window, flying into town. Her parents were used to her leaving so really wouldn't mind.
"This is going to be so much fun!"
"NO NA DA!" Screamed Princess Purin of the Jungle Palace, or rather the Bannana Palace, as she looked into her purse. "I got MONEY!" She squeeled and began to count her money again. She put the 20 gold coins back into her bannana shaped purse and then walked off to gaze out her indow. She wanted to run away again for some reason. She was known for doing that kind of thing, after all. She didn't even wear a princess dress, just something flexiable and good for climbing it.
She was, like all princesses, living in the tallest tower and there were tall trees and vines out Princess Purin's window that she used to get to the village. Her village was poor and got a lot of money from her father's dojo. Purin just earnned extra cash when she went to visit her "older sister" Retasu. She'd perform and those easily entertained people gave her cash. Simple.
The Princess' monkies squeeled in delight as Purin peeked out her window, only to see a kirema bat swooping down to the little village of bamboo huts. She gasped and quickly took her transformation locket out of a pocket and kissed it. No ugly mutant bat was going to harm her kingdom!
"Princess Purin! Mew Royal Metamorphsis!" She cried as she brought the now glowing charm to her head. Within seconds she'd transformed into Mew Purin, the hyper monkey girl. Her short blonde hair was only a light bit brighter and her eyes were their regular golden brown. She wore a yellow one piece, a tank-top top with a swim suity bottom, and had a pink collar with brown fluff on it with her charm around her neck. She twitched a monkey girl and hopped out of her window, grabbing a vine that went from the window to the village and trying to swing down.
Some one, though, grabbed her. It was like a hug that might appear in some fluffy fan fictions. A boy with brown hair in pigtails and amazing pale skin was practically holding her while he floated in the sky! It was a freak from the Anima Kingdom, no doubt!
"Let go of me! Yuck! Ewy! Pervert!" The 12 year old screamed in horror, kicking and screaming in attempts to make the short, rude 13 year old boy let her go. He didn't but in stead tightened his grip.
"Stop squirming you midget!"
"Midget? Wow. I' m taller then you." Purin commented, suddenly realizing that she was slightly taller then this boy. She felt very odd now.
"I' m Prince Tarto and I'm here to kidnap you!"
"No! You can't! I' ve got to protect my village from that ba..."
The giant bat, its purply leather body looking gross and sweaty, was suddenly underneath Tarto and she was sitting on it, Tarto's grip a bit looser now. He snorted angrily and the bat began to fly off to the Anima Kingdom. Purin sudenly felt stupid for not escaping while she had a chance.
"My Onee-samas will save me!" She cried out angrily "Just you wait!"
"Whatever." Tarto replied with a sigh. The flight to Anima Kingdom would be a long one... Why' d he even bother?
Retasu was sitting by a swimming pool in the Kingdom of Aquarin. She sighed, staring at the clear water's reflection of her own miserable face. So Masaya had died, huh? Being a Princess Retasu completly understood that Masaya had died for Ichigo, probbly happy that she was safe. The Princess's pale legs were in the pool while sea animals swam in the deep waters around Retasy to comfort her.
"Ichigo must be sad... It was only yester that she went out shopping for wedding dresses... Life is sure rough for her..."
Retasu's voice echoed in the empty courtyard and she took a deep breath before gazing at the sky. That was right... She was going to visit Ichigo, wasn't she? That was the reason she sat there with her glasses on and long green hair braided... Her boring outfit also displayed the fact she was getting ready to travel...
"Poor Ichigo..." Retasu's train of thought was suddenly interupted as a seal nudged her leg from in the pool. Retasu looked down at the seal and pet its head, a weak smile crossing her sorrowfull lips. She was so lucky... No one to love so no love to break her heart...
'But I do love someone' The thought nudged Retasu's mind and heart and she giggled. Prince Ryou, of course! He was such a gentleman... A sweet smile, loving personality... What was there not to love about him? Oh! But she didn't have the guts to say anything about her feelings to him.. Never... She was far too shy.
Retasu slowly got up and began to walk towards the train station, wanting to visit Ichigo and cheer her friend up. Afterall, Ichigo needed her right now to complain a little too and she needed a friend's shoulder to cry on.
Retasu boarded the train and stared out the window. Ryou... She couldn't stop thinking about him now... It was a real shame because she was truly too worried about Ichigo to be engulfed in greed. Would she ever hear those words from Ryou? That promise of love forever? No... Never... But it' d be nice if she could hear them! But unless she fessed up Ryou would never say that to her... He'd never confess love to her unless she loved him first, right?
"That's right... I'll tell him!" She decided firmly. "After I visit Ichigo I'll go straight to Ryou!"
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