Chpt.18
"Cocoa how can you not remember Zuro? Both of you have been best friends since you were born," Ichigo asked Cocoa as Zuro just stood there shocked
"I-I don't recall him in any of my memories, how did we meet anyway?" Cocoa asked Zuro
"Through our parents...if you don't mind I have to go, bye," Zuro said walking out with no expression on his face and he walked towards his house, holding no emotions.
I walk a lonely street/On the Blvd. of Broken Dreams/Where the city sleeps/And I'm the only one and I walk alone
"Mom dad, I need advice," Zuro said to his parents when he got home
"What do you need Zuro?" Keiichiro asked him as he continued to make breakfast for everyone
"I brung Cocoa back to life..." Zuro said
"But...?" Zakuro asked him noticing that he had no excitement in his voice
"She doesn't remember who I am," Zuro said as his parents gave him a shocked look
"Do you know why, does she remember anybody else besides you?" Zakuro asked Zuro as she was cutting some carrots (why's she cutting carrots, I don't know all I know is that she needs to be doing something other than stand around)
"Yeah, it seems like I'm the only one she doesn't remember," Zuro said leaning his elbow against the counter and laying his head in his hand
"Well maybe it had something to do with the fact that you gave up your spirit to rescue her, and a consequence came along with it," Keiichiro answered
"How'd you know I had to give up my spirit to rescue her?" Zuro asked Keiichiro with a look of confusion on his face
"Ryou called and told us about everything," Zakuro answered
"But I still don't know why she had to forget me...I'm going out, I need to take a walk," Zuro said walking out of the kitchen, putting his shoes on then he walked out of his house towards the only place that calmed him down...the park.
A few minutes later Zuro walked up to a field of flowers "This is the place where we spent lots of time in," Zuro said under his breath as he watched the daisies moving in the wind.
:Flashback:
"Here Cocoa, I made you a crown so when you get married you can wear it," a seven year old Zuro said placing a crown of daises on top of six year old Cocoa's head (Zuro's a few months older than Cocoa, and Meika is the same age as Zuro except Zuro's the oldest by two minutes)
"Arigato Zuro, I love it," Cocoa said wrapping her arms around his neck
"Your welcome, it matches you," Zuro said plucking a daisy out of the ground and giving it to Cocoa
"You're the nicest boy ever, when I get married I want to marry someone like you!" Cocoa said taking the flower and giving him a smile
"Promise me that you'll never forget me, even when you get married," Zuro said as Cocoa nodded
"I promise, how can I forget one of my best friends?" Cocoa said giving Zuro a hug then they both ran towards their parents to go home.
:End Flashback:
"That was our first promise to each other...but it went up in flames," Zuro said under his breath as he took a daisy and sat on a bench that was nearby.
"Mind if I sit here?" a voice asked taking Zuro out of his thoughts so he looked up and saw Cocoa
"Cocoa, what are you doing here?" Zuro asked her as she took a seat next to him
"I don't know, I guess something just bought me here, what about you, why are you here?" Cocoa asked him as she played with something in her hands and Zuro saw that it was the crown that he gave her when they made their first promise, and it still looked like the flowers haven't died or wrinkled up
"To remember our first promise," Zuro said leaning back on the bench and looking away from Cocoa
"What was our first promise, I don't even remember who gave me this crown," Cocoa asked Zuro so he took a deep breath and told her
"I made you that crown when you were six years old and our promise was that we would never forget each other no matter what," Zuro said as a look of guilt came on Cocoa's face
"...So I guess I broke that promise...but I don't know why I can't remember you, I remember the battle with Killer Red and how I saved the earth but for some strange reason you're the only person not in my memories, why?" Cocoa asked Zuro as he shrugged
"I don't know...I got to go, bye," Zuro said getting up
"Bye, I'm sorry Zuro," Cocoa said as Zuro walked away.
You love me/But you don't know who I am/So let me go/Just let me go
"Zuro it's been a week since Cocoa forgot about you, just get over it, it's not the end of the world, and stop locking the door to your room!" Meika said pounding on Zuro's bedroom door as he stared up to the ceiling
"Easy for you to say, and this is my bedroom, not yours, now could you just leave me alone!" Zuro said brushing his hands through his hair
"Just let him be, he has a lot on his mind," Zakuro said to Meika so Meika sighed and walked away with Zakuro leaving Zuro to his thoughts of how much he's mad that Cocoa forgot about him
"I just don't get how she could forget about me...why did she forget about me, and nobody else...I wish there was a way to make her remember..." Zuro said under his breath then he heard someone knock on his door "Yeah!" Zuro said not getting up to unlock his door
"It's Cocoa, can I come in?" Cocoa said so Zuro went to unlock his door, forgetting that he wasn't wearing a shirt so when he opened the door he saw Cocoa blushing a little
"What, why're you blushing so much?" Zuro asked her as she pointed to his chest and when he saw that he was topless he started blushing "Sorry, I forgot about that," he said grabbing a black tee shirt that was on his computer chair and he put it on
"It's okay...my dad wanted to see you for something," Cocoa said making her blush go away
"Why didn't he just call me?" Zuro asked walking to the front door with Cocoa
"Our phone line has been dead for a while, so I came to get you, come on he said it was really important," Cocoa said putting on her shoes then they both went outside and headed to Cocoa's house on their skateboards.
"Zuro, I'm glad you're here...Cocoa could you leave us alone for a while?" Ryou said when they both entered the living room of Cocoa's house so Cocoa nodded and walked up the stairs to her room
"What is it Mr. Shirogane?" Zuro asked Ryou sitting on the couch across from Ryou
"Since Cocoa's memory is being restored quickly I know a faster way to bring it back all the way," Ryou said which made Zuro happy
"How? No matter what it is, I'll do it," Zuro said
"I've noticed that everytime Cocoa spent time with you her memory of you came back slowly, but it's coming back...so the only fast way to bring her memories back is if you kiss her," Ryou said which made Zuro blush a deep red
"W-What, I-I don't know, I can't just kiss her...she barely remembers me...for all I know she might slap me or worse," Zuro stuttered nervous at the thought of kissing Cocoa
"I know, but there's no other way...if you don't do it it'll take her years for her memory to be restored...and everyone is being worried about both of you...she's been seeing someone...but me and Ichigo don't approve of him...Chris has told us that she's been crying a lot because of what he says, and Ichigo can't stand to see her being so sad, so please do this...there's no other way," Ryou said begging Zuro so Zuro nodded and went upstairs to Cocoa's room, feeling his heart pounding with each step.
A few seconds later Zuro knocked on Cocoa's door "Just a second!" Zuro heard Cocoa say so he took a deep breath, nervous of what he was about to do "Yes Zuro, what do you need?" Cocoa asked Zuro when she opened her bedroom door, so leaned close to Cocoa's face and kissed her on the lips, and he could feel her deepen the kiss.
"Zuro...why'd you kiss me?" Cocoa asked Zuro a couple of minutes later when they broke
"Do you remember that promise we made when I made you that crown?" Zuro asked her
"Of course I do, how can I ever forget you?" Cocoa asked which made Zuro smile and he gave her a hug
"Because, when I bought you back to life you forgot all of your memories that dealt with me," Zuro said letting go of Cocoa
"...I'm sorry...I had no idea...but I'm stuck with a boyfriend...I can't see you...he'll hurt me, physically," Cocoa said tears forming around her blue eyes
"He'll have to go through me before he lays a finger on you...I promise that I'll make sure nobody will ever hurt you," Zuro said hugging Cocoa again and combing his fingers through her long hair
"Thank you...but you have to go...Toro is coming and if he sees you here he'll beat me on our date," Cocoa said so Zuro gave her one last kiss and walked away to tell Ryou that she remembers.
"It's good to know that she remembers but what about Toro?" Ryou asked Zuro when Zuro told him about Cocoa getting her memory back
"I'm going to make sure she's all right...she has a date with him and I'm going to follow them and when he tries to hurt Cocoa, I'll get him...what time does her date start and where?" Zuro asked Ryou
"7:00pm at the Yokura Restraunt," Ryou said as Zuro walked to the front door
"I'll be there, but don't tell Cocoa, this is between me and Toro, goodbye," Zuro said walking out of the door and skateboarding to his house.
"Hi Toro, I'm ready," Cocoa said at 7:00 when she was exiting her house and she and a red hair green eyed boy started walking down the sidewalk to the direction of the Yokura Restraunt, so Zuro slowly and silently followed behind on his skateboard.
"Thanks for taking me here Toro," Cocoa said at the restraunt and Zuro used his dog ears to hear their conversation while hiding his ears with a cap
"Your welcome, it's the least I can do for my girl," Toro said as the waitress brung out their food
"...You know that friend of mine...Zuro?" Cocoa asked Toro and Toro grunted when she mentioned him
"You're always mentioning that guy, can you go one night without talking about him?" Toro asked her in a mean and angry voice
"I'm sorry but he's one of my best friends, I let you talk about your friends why can't you let me talk about my friends!" Cocoa asked in a calm voice
"No, you're the girlfriend, you're supposed to let me do whatever I want, but you have restrictions on what you want to do, and if I hear about Zuro again, I'll make a mark on your face that'll remind you to never talk about him ever again!" Toro yelled making people stare at them
"Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean you can boss me around!" Cocoa said making her tone go higher
"I'll teach you to never argue with what I say!" Toro said grabbing Cocoa's arm very roughly and dragging her outside of the restraunt to the courtyard so Zuro quickly ran outside to follow them.
"Just leave me alone Toro, just because I love someone else doesn't mean you can abuse me!" Cocoa said then she quickly covered her mouth
"I told you not to love anyone else, and of course I can abuse you, I can do whatever I want to you!" Toro yelled getting ready to slap Cocoa but Zuro grabbed his wrist
"No you can't, I made a promise to Cocoa that I would never forget her, even if she's in trouble," Zuro said making Toro even more mad
"Who the hell are you, you bitch!" Toro yelled
"I'm Zuro, and I am a dog, but not a female dog," Zuro said taking off his cap as his tail wagged a little
"What are you?" Toro asked him a look of fear in his eyes
"He's the same as me, one of the mew mews children," Cocoa said so Toro turned around and saw Cocoa with her cat ears and tail
"Cocoa, you're a freak like him?" Toro asked her in shock
"First of all we're not freaks, we're the ones that saved the world, and second, I'll make you wish you never abused me!" Cocoa yelled summoning her bell and getting ready to attack while Zuro summoned his daggers also getting ready to attack.
TBC
A/N:Well there's the chapter, I really like this one, I don't know why, anywho here's the sneak peek:
"I'm so proud of you Zuro, you bought back Cocoa's memory and you saved her from her abusive boyfriend, and I know you'll do good on this mission," Zakuro said to Zuro a few weeks after Cocoa broke up with Toro
"I'm not so sure, the dark mew mew is in America, the only place I know is Japan, not only that but not everybody can go, it's only me, Cocoa, Taffy, and Oreo, everyone else has summer school or babysitting jobs," Zuro said putting some clothes into his suitcase
"Don't worry, Cocoa, Taffy, and Oreo are also one of the smart ones, you'll do fine, just don't try to do anything in there, espically knowing that there's no parent supervision," Keiichiro said so Zuro nodded then went to the car to put his suitcase in the car.
Well that's everything, review please. Adios!