Chapter 5
"Professor, are you sure they're safe? It's almost been a month." Shion asked concerned. The Professor shrugged and then turned from his station. She sighed and turned back to walk out of the room, but got caught by chaos arriving.
"Shion, are you okay?" chaos asked kindly. She didn't reply and walked by him. 'Please, come back safely you two…' he thought as he turned to follow Shion.
Shion felt tears come to her eyes as she thought about MOMO and Jr. and how they always made everything feel so much better. She blinked and atear escaped from her eye, only to be seen by Allen, who stopped her.
"Chief? Are you still worried about…"
"Yes. Now let me go…I just, want to think about things for a little while." Allen watched her leave with his own sad look. 'Poor Chief…she's really handling this hard…' He then was interrupted by chaos.
"Hi chaos!" Allen greeted. Chaos and nodded his head and said his own hello.
"Do you think we can help the Chief in anyway? Just…to make her feel a little better?" Allen asked. Chaos thought for a second and then shook his head.
"I think we better just let her be for now…" Allen nodded in agreement and made his way back to the Elsa's bridge.
MOMO and Jr. had just finished eating the fruit that Jr. fought with to get it off the tree. Jr. was lying down while MOMO walked around, wondering what to do.
"MOMO…"
"Yes?"
"Are you ready to start walking again?" Jr. quarried. MOMO walked over to him and looked down at him. She nodded and helped him up. They began their trip to no where once more, talking, running from different wildlife and tripping over rocks and falling into some random puddles. About a week later, they found themselves in an open field filled with the scent of flowers.
"Wow! Isn't it pretty?" MOMO asked as she walked out into the open. Jr. followed and nodded yes. MOMO frolicked in the field while Jr. put his arms behind his head walking after her. MOMO suddenly stopped and examined a purple flower that stuck out from all the rest. She bent down to see it up closer when she heard a sneeze.
"Ah…allergies…wait, I don't remember having allergies!" Jr. said before he sneezed gain. MOMO giggled as she watched him go through a fit of sneezes.
"I didn't know you could have allergies." She giggled again, making him smile and then sneeze again. 'It's nice to see her smile again. She's even laughing more than what she was when we got here.' He thought before being interrupted by another sneeze. 'I don't mind this place except for the allergy part…'
"Come on Jr., maybe we should leave. You're sneezing a lot." She suggested, taking his arm and pulling him with her.
"Nah, I'll be all right…achoo!" MOMO looked back at him and giggled.
"No don't be silly, now come on. We have to find another pond or something, especially after being held captive by the villagers." Jr. scowled at the thought…but then sneezed again.
"All right. Let's hurry though before I die of sneezes." MOMO laughed and ran ahead of him. He began walking…then sneezed again and decided to run with her.
They arrived back in the woods and searching for a pond of some sort. It was growing late, but they didn't really care. Just as long as they could find a good place for them to camp and a place to clean off and have food and water.
It was night and they had found another pond. It was small and shallow, but didn't provide much privacy like the last one they had.
"Umm…like I say, ladies first! Eh…I'll find somewhere to hide…" Jr. said as they looked at the little bit of brush around.
"It's okay, just as long as you turn around and not look…okay?" MOMO explained. Jr. felt his face go red as she spun him around and sat him down. "Now stay there and don't turn around, okay?"
"Ummm…s-sure?" He said shakily. 'Whoa! I shouldn't be here! I shouldn't be here!...MAN!' He thought as he heard her take off her clothes and jump into the water. He inhaled a shaky breath and then exhaled it the same way. 'It's okay…just calm down…you're not looking, so everything's okay…' He scratched the back of his head as he sat there thinking about what might have been happening behind him. 'Ahhh! D-d-don't think about it...but…just one little peak? NO! Somebody help me…stupid male instincts…but still…one little peak wouldn't hurt, would it? Don't think that way! Argh! I can't help it, she's just so damn cute…maybe if I told her I love her then…maybe it wouldn't be so bad…Nah…it'd probably get worse…' he shook his head causing the little realian turn her head toward him.
"What's wrong Jr.?" she asked. Jr.'s thought's stopped abruptly when he heard her voice.
"N-n-nothing! I'm okay, just…thinking about things…eh hehehe….' He laughed nervously. She giggled as she got out and put her newly cleaned clothes back on. She hadn't told him that she was out. She wanted to trick him for once and she knew this would be the perfect opportunity as she could tell by the way he was acting. She walked up to him and put her hands over his eyes.
Jr. jumped and looked at her as she took her hands from his eyes. He sighed a relief sigh as he saw her standing there with clothes on ('Thank god she has clothes on!...then again…Argh! Stop!' Jr. thought after seeing her). She giggled as Jr. got up.
"You're turn!" She announced. He laughed nervously, smiling along with MOMO. "Don't worry, I won't look. I'll sit just like you did. Okay?" Jr. gulped and then nervously smiled.
"O-okay. S-sure thing…heh…" MOMO walked past him and sat down looking the opposite way. Jr. swallowed hard and then undressed and washed his clothes as well as himself. 'I wonder what he was thinking about? He looked…worried…hmmm…' She thought innocently. Suddenly, a strange image made its way into her thoughts. An image that she would've never thought of. 'Ah! I-I-I didn't mean to think that! I'm not like that…I'm not like that! …but he looks so cute…Ahhhh! I have to settle down and not think about him…ohh…that's not going to work…I can't get him out of my mind. Think of other thoughts then…like how he helps you out all the time…I wonder if he likes me? What if he does?...AH! I can't stop! Ohhhh…maybe if I told him how I felt then I could stop thinking this way…' She tilted her head down as she tried to forget about the image that had snaked its way into her innocent thoughts. She calmed herself by breathing in and out like a meditation trial.
Eventually, Jr. got out and dressed himself.
"Well, let's get going." He walked past her making her jump. She was so involved in her thoughts that she hadn't heard him say anything. She jumped up and ran to catch up with him.
"We'll mark this spot so that way we have somewhere to come back to…ummm…let's see…Ah! I've got an idea!" Jr. pulled out one of his guns.
"You're leaving your gun here! Won't that be…"
"Of coarse not! I'm just using a bullet shell as a signal. Watch out." He pointed at a nearby tree and shot. It went into the tree, leaving a small hole. "There. That should work." MOMO unplugged her ears and looked at the small hole in the tree. "It's small so that no one will notice it very easily."
"Ah, good thinking Jr…but shouldn't we rest. It is night time."
"Ah, good point. We'll head…ummm…that way tomorrow. Does that sound good to you?" He pointed out. She nodded her head. "All right then. Let's get some shut eye." Jr. looked around for a second. Then he sat where he was standing and laid down. It wouldn't have mattered where he laid down anyway. MOMO leaned up against a nearby tree and sighed. 'I think…now would be the best time to tell him…'
"Ummm…Jr.?" She looked down at the boy and smiled.
"Yeah?" She felt her heart skip a beat and she immediately chickened out. 'Oh! I can't do it! I'm…too embarrassed…' She thought. Then she began to think of another question.
"Umm…uh, do you think the others miss us?"
"Hmm? Yeah, I'm pretty sure…they have to. We've been gone for at least a month and a half. Why?"
"Well…I…was just thinking about them for a long time…" She lied. 'Oh come on MOMO…I know I can do this…(sigh) I don't think I can do it…'
"You know, I never thought I would say this…but I kinda miss 'em myself." Jr. confessed. She looked at him even more intensely and then looked down at her feet. 'Ah! No, don't stop talking! I…want to keep hearing your voice…it comforts me…'
"Um…Jr.?" MOMO asked again.
"Hmm?"
"I…want to go home…do you think…we'll be able to get back?" Jr. sat up and turned to face her. He smiled at her and shrugged.
"I don't want to put your hopes down or anything…but I'm not sure…" He replied truthfully. MOMO looked him in the eye and then looked to the side, feeling herself start to blush. A few silent moments came before Jr. got up and sat next to MOMO.
"Are you…okay? You seemed bothered by something." He asked. 'Oh, I want to tell you! I really do! …but I can't…' MOMO thought.
"Kind of…I'm just kind of…home sick I guess." A slight breeze came out of no where, blowing in a dramatic fashion. Jr. looked at her and then began to think of what else to say to her. 'Maybe I should tell her…maybe…it'll make her feel better.' He thought. He inhaled and then exhaled heavily. 'All right, this is your chance. No one's around…except for her…and she's feeling down…and there's really nothing else to say…' He felt his hand tremble for a minute and then it stopped. 'Well, here it goes…' He put his hand on MOMO's, making the young girl turn toward him.
"MOMO…I…I have to tell you something…" He began. MOMO's expression lightened while she turned to look at him.
"Yes?"
'God…why are these things so hard to say?'Jr. thought. He took a deep breath and then picked up as much of his pride and courage as he could.
"I…I...lo…" He was interrupted by the sound of people running in their direction. 'DAMN IT! I was so close! Now I really hate those people!' he cursed and stood up, helping MOMO up as well. He pulled her and they began running again, like they had been for the longest time.
"Jr.? When do you think we'll be able to stop running from those people?"
"I really don't know!" He replied.
My friend got mad at me for not having Jr. really confess...all the way. I knew I had to make it longer somehow though! lol. Anyway, I hope all of you people like this chapter! Have fun!