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Sakura's POV
Every summer around July or something mum and I leave to my grandparent's house. I mean mum's parents. Not Kish's parents. I don't know if he even has parents.
My grandparent's names are Shintaro and Sakura. Yes I was named after my grandmother. Mum considered naming me Hanami but she ended up with Sakura instead. Anyway, Shintaro and Sakura live in the countryside with a cottage next to a lake. They use to live closer but the air in Tokyo wasn't good for Shintaro's health so they moved. When I became a Mew I asked some questions relating to mum and grandparents as well. "Did they know you're a Mew? How they reacted when you married Kish? Do they have special powers as well?"
The last question was sort of crazy. Mum's answer were "No until I told them around the time of our marriage, Shintaro was angry but in the end it worked out, and no."
Yumi did mention that my grandparents were crazy, but that's only half true. Shintaro was sort of crazy but Sakura is the nicest grandma a child could have! That's one of the reasons why I was looking forward to this vacation. But yet, I didn't know that it's going to be waaaaaaaaaaay different.
"Sakura-chan! We're leaving in 10 minutes!"
"Yes mum!"
I grabbed my bag and flopped in onto my bed. I still haven't packed yet. I hurriedly grabbed some clothes and my summer homework and shoved it into my bag. I probably wasn't going to do my homework there, but oh well. I snatched some more things to bring. Now I only had room for a couple more things. But I still feel like I'm missing something. I checked around the room and stumbled upon my diary. I picked it up and flipped through it. This will be good enough. And I selected one of the photo albums. Now a day I feel like I cannot sleep without it under my pillow.
"2 more minutes Sakura-chan!"
"Coming!" I shouted. I flung the bag over my shoulder and sprinted into mum's car. She turned to look at me. "Ready?" I nodded. "Let's go!"
At Sakura's and Shintaro's' house
I stretched my legs and sighed. 6 hours cramped in the car and it feels good to stretch. Mum got out of the car as well. "Well Sakura-chan, better get your things in." She opened the trunk and grabbed her bag. I pulled mine and knocked on the door. A moment's pause. Then Sakura-obaasan opened the door. "Ichigo-san! Sakura-chan! So nice to see you all again!" She hugged me. "It's great to see you too Sakura-obaasan." I said. Mum pushed through the door. "And where's Shintaro?" Sakura-obaasan motioned up the stairs. "He's reading upstairs. It's best not to disturb him." I walked around. Things still hasn't changed much. But still. "Ichigo-san. Someone dropped by to see you. He's in the living room." Sakura-obaasan told mum. She jerked her head and strolled there. A few seconds later I heard mum yelling "KISSHU!" With a happy tone. I started to go over there and see what they were doing myself but Sakura-obaasan stopped me. "This is their time alone." I sighed. Some other talking and such were going on. "Why did Kish come here anyway?" I heard Kish say something. "He wanted to visit Ichigo-san. So he came here. He's going to stay for a week. Isn't that sweet of him?" My mind was bursting with questions. But maybe I should ask Kish instead of Sakura-obaasan. A gruff voice called out "What do we have?"
I glanced at the stairs. It was Shintaro-ojiisan! "Eh? Sakura-chan? Haven't seen you in a while. Funny. I didn't hear anything until now….." He stood there in deep thought. Shintaro-ojiisan was always a bit on the slow side. But that's ok. "Ichigo-san and Sakura-chan came while you were busy upstairs. It's alright Shintaro." Sakura-obaasan said. "And that alien! Kisshu right? He'll be staying." Both grandma and I nodded. "Well then it'll be a very busy household for this week. Better get some peace and quiet when I can!" He proceeded upstairs while I stared at him. "Is he alright? He acts different then before." Sakura-obaasan smiled. "He's alright. It's just that he's been a little hectic for the past couple days and he was hoping for a calm week." She paused. "Are you hungry Sakura-chan?" I realized that I hadn't eaten since lunch, and it was late at night. "Yes I am! Do have dinner or something?" I asked eagerly. Sakura-obaasan led me to the table. "Sit down while I heat up some leftovers." She left to the kitchen. I sat there swinging my legs.
A sudden movement outside! I automatically got out of the chair and ran towards the window. That resulted in a nasty bruise on my head. I'm guessing it make a loud sound because Sakura-obaasan ran back in the room. "Sakura-chan! Your head! What did you do!" I rubbed my injured spot. "Nothing nothing." She sighed. "I got some rice and fish for you." She setted down the plate in front of me. I stared at it hungrily. "Fisssssssssh…." "And here are some chopsticks." Sakura-obaasan hand me a pair of chopstick. In a flash I scarfed down the whole thing. (Without the plate.) "I'm done." Sakura-obaasan just looked at me. "Well, ok. Do you what some more?" I stared at the plate. "I'm not hungry." She nodded. "You need to get some sleep Sakura-chan." I looked at a nearby clock. It was 11:30. Yeah I guess I do need some sleep. "There's a bed all set upstairs in the usual place." I started to head to sleep upstairs sleepily. Then I noticed that mum and Kish weren't in the living room anymore. "Sakura-obaasan, where's mum and Kish? Did they left already?" She looked in the living room as well. "I guess so." I didn't move. What if………?
"I'll set up another bed if you want." She said immediately like if she read my mind. "That'll be nice." I answered. "But I can set up my own bed." I trudged on the stairs and walked into another room and took out a blanket. That night I slept on the couch.
Next morning I woke up feeling grouchy. A couch isn't the most comfortable thing to sleep on, especially if it has a bunch of bad springs in it. But I could smell something nice cooking. I woke up, rubbed my eyes, and went to the bathroom to change.
Back at the dining table mum and Kish were already eating. Well, mum was eating. Kish didn't have anything out in front of him. I wonder what aliens eat.
I sat down at a chair. "Morning." I mumbled. Mum smiled at me cheerfully. "We have a lot to do today Sakura-chan!" I mumbled some more things under my breath. Kish sighed. "How long to I have to be held up by some human food?" I started to ask him what do aliens eat but I was too tired to. Sakura-obaasan gave me a plate of breakfast. "Eat up! We're going to the lake today!" I grabbed a fork and just played with my food. "Why didn't you sleep in the regular room Sakura-chan?" Mum asked me. I stared at her hoping she would get the idea. When that didn't help Sakura-obaasan walked over and whispered something into mum's ear. She laughed. "Don't worry! You can sleep in the regular room tonight!" I just nodded.
Finally after I finished my breakfast, we all set off to the lake. Well, Kish wasn't in the car with us. He said he'll get there by himself. So it was just mum, Sakura-obaasan, a very excited Shintaro-ojiisan, and me. Kish said to just fly there but I didn't want to be seen. It doesn't take very long to get to the lake anyway.
When we got to the lake, Kish was waiting there for us. "You humans are slow." He announced. I ignored him and grabbed a cooler. Mum hugged him. "At least we got here didn't we?" He embraced her back. While I was staring at them both Sakura-obaasan pushed me along. "Let's get the picnic set up Sakura-chan." Shintaro-ojiisan got out the blanket and spread it out. "Alright! Let's get started!" He shouted. We all sat down on the mat. Everyone except Kish. "Kish? Aren't you going to eat?" I asked him. He shook his head. Something might be wrong with him. "What do you eat anyway?" He turned around and faced me. "The same thing you humans eat. Only not as frequently. Like maybe twice a day or so." I blinked. Twice a day? He must be hungry or tired all the time. I opened my mouth to ask another question but mum nudged me. "He's ok. Just eat your lunch." I nodded and munched on some fish.
After a couple of minutes everyone heard a strange noise. Sakura-obaasan looked around wildly. "Is that a bear?" Shintaro-ojiisan shook his head while he was still eating. "No bears around here." "It sounds like a bear on helium if you ask me." I mumbled. Kish walked to the woody part near the lake. "I'm checking it out." With that he ran. I waited patiently for him to return. When he didn't come back I started to worry. "Mum? Do you think" She hushed me. "He'll be fine." I sulked and hoped for Kish to come back. Finally I got fed up with lingering around that I got up to leave anyway. "Sakura-chan! Don't make rash decisions now!" Shintaro-ojiisan told me sharply. I ignored him. "I'll be alright. After all I am a Mew Mew." I rushed into the forest.
Inside was dark and quiet, but comforting at the same time. Still I could not hear anything that sounded like a bear on helium. And I couldn't find Kish either. Soon afterwards I tripped over something. When I looked down I recognized it in the dark.
It was Kish!
He muttered something. "Ti………….." Suddenly Kish sat up rubbing his back. I fell over. "Ti? Who's Ti?" He stood up. "Tigre. He's after you and Ichigo-chan. You have to get back." I looked around. It's just trees around me. "Where is that? And who's Tigre?" He sighed. "He's the leader of the rebels. Come on." He dragged me into where ever.
Once we emerged out of the forest I heard screaming. "He's already attacking! Sakura! Transform!" Kish yelled as he ran off. I just stood there for a second. Then I finally shouted:
"MEW MEW SAKURA METAMORPHOSIS!"
Once I got to the picnic area already, apparently an orange-headed alien was shouting stuff. When Kish has flown up and thrusted his sword at him, he just simply dodged. The attack continued until I realize that there was a Chimera Animal in front of me! "Cherry bell!" "Ribbon" The other alien suddenly laughed really loud. "You can't expect to attack your own grandparents right!" He kicked Kish and Kish managed to knock the other alien out of the air. Grandparents? Where were they and mum anyway? But I can still attack the Chimera animal right? The alien person must be lying. Or something. "RIBBON CHERRY FLASH!" I dealt of a blast of my attack at the Chimera animal but it seemed unfazed. In fact in swatted me with its tail.
"Oof!"
I went soaring and landed inside the lake! It was so freezing my hands went numb in a couple of seconds. I struggled to stay afloat but I feel like I was going to die anyway! "Help! Kish! Anyone! HELP!" The last image I saw was Kish……..
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Kish fell to his knees. "I lost didn't I?" The orange haired alien Kish was battling, known as Tigre, laughed. "You did of course!" And with that he kicked the bleeding Kish in the stomach. He fell on the ground stone cold. Presuming he was dead, Tigre turned to the pair of Chimera animals. Then stared towards the lake. "She's dead. Now to exterminate Mew Ichigo." He motioned the Chimera animals to follow. They did so obediently and they all slipped into the forest.
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While I was in the water I didn't remember anything. But, well, I have to be alive to tell this story right? So I don't know how I gotten out of the lake alive. Well, almost don't know. I had a weird dream about something shiny at the bottom of the lake. When I picked it up it sort of floated away. All that time I was holding it, it felt like a new burst of energy was flowing through me. Then I blacked out.
I woke up at the shore of the lake. I was alive! I hurriedly sat up and looked around. Where was the Chimera Animal? Where were Kish and the other alien? My eye then saw him laying on the ground bleeding. I rushed over. "Kish! Kish! Wake up!" I kept on shoving him but he didn't move. Maybe I should check his pulse. But what's the average pulse for an alien? I did it anyway. I didn't feel much of his pulse but it was still there. So I'd think that means that he's still alive. I stared at his limp body. Should I get help? What kind of help? And where is mum, Sakura-obaasan and Shintaro-ojiisan? Many question stirred in my head. Finally I came up with what I thought was the best solution. I covered Kish with the picnic blanket and went searching for mum. I just hope that he'll stay alive while I was away.
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Some important announcements-thing.
1. I won't be able to update as much, because I have a lot of stuff going on in my life. And I have another fanfic to update. Sorry!
2. This is the first chapter of a saga thing. So expect lots of cliffies.
3. Please don't hound me if I haven't updated in a long time. I'm probably working on another enormously long chapter and it'll take a while for me to finish it. This chapter was 5 pages. Whew!
Otherwise, Happy Halloweenie!
