The unfamiliar sounds of the city woke the sleeping Meiko. Large rings were wrapped around her tired pink eyes from an early morning. It was barely dawn and already the streets were bustling with people and traffic. Meiko rolled down to edge of the roof before peaking over it with tired eyes. Looking down she saw no signs of the two men from before. Who were the Knights of the True cross order anyway? Meiko had never heard of them before and what did they want her for? Had she done something wrong and was now in trouble, not that she was already in trouble in the first place. She kept thinking what her mother was going to be like when she saw her again. The look of her mother's angry face popped up in her mind. Boy was she going to get it. It wasn't like her mum to be forgiving too. Every time she did something bad or cheeky she was sent to her room or was punished by cleaning the house. A long, silent growl came from Meiko's stomach, signalling that it was time to eat.
Rolling back over, she scanned the surface of the roof for her backpack. Confused to why it wasn't there, she suddenly remembered where she last saw it. "Dammit, don't tell me I left it at the beach" she groaned as she looked down to see if might have fallen off the edge. It wasn't there. "Shit, I did leave it at the beach. That's just my luck. Now I have no food or clothes. I guess I could go back and look for it; but those two men are probably there looking for me" Frustrated Meiko bites the tip of her tongue causing it to slightly bleed. Spitting the blood out of her mouth she jumps over the edge to the ground. Standing up she says "I guess I'll have to find something to eat" Before heading off she realises her tail isn't hidden. Looking down she sees it tightly wrapped around her leg as if to say "Don't stick me under you shirt" Rolling her eyes, Meiko pulls it lose and shoves it under her shirt, where it tightly squeezes the air out of her fragile body like a python. Gasping for breath she pulls it out from under her shirt in defeat. A cheerful wag comes from it as Meiko continues on her way.
Now that she wasn't been chased, Meiko had a good chance to observe the structure of the city's buildings. They didn't look like any buildings she had seen before. They were tall; almost three stories high and they were very dull looking. Maybe if they were pink or yellow they were look okay but they were a boring, lifeless grey colour that sucked the life out of anyone that walked pasted them. Meiko felt kinda sorry for those who had to live in them. Surely they hated their houses. Being surrounded by dull buildings Meiko found she was slightly depressed from them. Everyone around her also looked sad and depressed. They walked close to the tall depressing buildings with their faces looking like all the life had been sucked out of them. So far Meiko wasn't enjoying the city.
She hated it more when a car drove past her and a puddle of water almost splashed onto her. Luckily she dogged it in the last minute. Large storm clouds hang in the sky, threating to start raining down on everything. Meiko found the sight of them confusing considering it was so hot the day before. "Where did they come from? There wasn't a cloud in sight yesterday" Meiko thought to herself. Despite the miserable appearance of the city, the place was full of lovely, delicious smells that made Meiko lick her lips or imagine what the smell was coming from. There were spicy smells, sweet smells, bitter smells and all sorts of smells that filled Meiko's nose. Their aroma lightens up Meiko from her depression from the buildings and causes her tail to wag excitedly like a dog when it's happy. The movement of her wagging tail attracts the attention of the passing crowds of people. Some stop and stare; some point and mumble to each other and some think they're going crazy.
Ignoring the people behind her, Meiko wanders into a small shop where a particular sweet smell comes from. Upon opening the brown wooden door Meiko finds herself in a room full of colours and different shapes. From all around the room, new smells come but Meiko forgets about them all when she returns to following the smell that led her there. The smell leads her to another door near the back of the room with the words 'storage written' on it. Slowly poking her head around the door, Meiko finds herself in another brightly coloured room that's not that different from the first. The only difference is that everything is stacked on shelves that touch the ceiling. Before walking through someone taps on Meiko's shoulder causing her to jump up and hit her head. Meiko rubs her sore head as she turns around to see who it is. "Can I help you with anything?" a short, old man asks Meiko. A slight wheezing comes from him as he breathes as he waits for an answer. "Um," Meiko says, trying to come up with something to say. "Well are you going to stand there or are you going to tell me your name?" the man says as he notices Meiko looking a little confused.
"Oh, um Meiko" she says as she walks back to the centre of the first room. The man follows her. "Meiko, such a lovely name, so are here for some candy?"
"C-candy, what's that?" Meiko says feeling like an idiot.
"Candy, haven't you heard of it before?" the man says a little surprised. Meiko shakes her head to tell him she hasn't. "Well would you like to try some?" Meiko's face lightens up. "R-really?"
"Sure why not. Take your pick and I'll let you have it" A warm smile comes from the man. "I don't have any money?" Meiko says feeling a little guilty. "Don't worry you can pay me next time if you want. You seem like a nice girl so I'll trust you "Meiko thanks him before looking at her choices. When one catches her eye she asks the man what type of candy it is. "Why that's gum. You chew it and blow bubbles." Satisfied with it, Meiko chooses the gum and after thanking the man once again, leaves.
Uh, why does this chapter seem to suck to me? Anyway I'm so sorry this chapter took so long to be posted but I had serious writers block. Every time I tried to write something I'd get frustrated and leave. I also didn't help when I kept getting distracted. *looks down at pet cat Meow-Meow* Yes I'm talking about you fuzz ball. So yeah, if it weren't for everyone begging for a next chapter it would have taken a lot longer to write, but when I read all the reviews I told myself "I'll do it for them" *heroic pose* Well that's all, hoped you liked it. Oh and new I'm starting on the next chapter for 'Dark Angel' for those who are reading it and the next chapter for this will hopefully be a lot better and maybe Meiko will meet her dad. I don't know yet so until next time.