(A.N./ Chapter one, everyone! Hey, that rhymed! Anyways, I'm releasing this one early after the last because the preface isn't really enough to chew on for the wait for the next chapter. From now on, though, im releasing chapters every other day or three days. Hope you enjoy!)
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"Could I please have a volunteer from the audience, na do da!" Purin called out to the crowd assembled before her. She was currently performing one of her public shows, this one being conveniently located in the center of a popular city park. When she didn't work at Café Mew Mew, she found performing was a fun and exercising way to earn money.
A small boy who looked about six came out of the crowd, waving his hand around wildly,
"Me! Me! I will!" His mother followed him close behind, her appearance of a trim businesswoman,
"Honey, please, don't-" she glanced up at Purin, "Please excuse my son. I'd rather not have him on stage." Pudding smiled,
"I completely understand ma'am." Pudding said, bowing respectively. Giving one more look at Purin, she scurried off with her son, gripping his hand tightly.
"Could I have another volunteer, na do da?" There was an awkward silence in the crowd, the occasional cough and shifting of feet adding to the strange atmosphere. Inevitably, no one wanted to have their life put in the hands of a nine-year-old street performer. Suddenly, a voice came from the crowd,
"I'll do it."
The crowd shifted to give way to the brave volunteer. He stepped onto the platform Purin was performing on. Purin blinked as he approached, and whispered to him,
"Kisshu-kun, na do da? What are you doing here, na do da?" Kisshu was dressed in a black beanie to hide his ears, and had gelled his hair slightly to make it look like normal length. He was dressed in completely regular human clothes too. Altogether, Purin had barely recognized him if it wasn't for his bright, golden, and cat-like eyes.
"I'm here to help you with your show of course." he said casually. Purin grinned,
"Yay, na do da!" she spoke in a low tone, her voice becoming dead serious, "Now, I need you to get behind the curtain that I have set up, and then teleport to behind the crowd, but look surprised, na do da.. Can you do that, na do da?"
"Sure can." Kisshu said. Purin resumed her grin, turning to the crowd,
"Alright, na do da! For this next trick, I'm going to make this average civilian be magically teleported to somewhere else from behind this curtain, na do da!" she gestured dramatically to the starry-patterned, velvet curtain behind her. Kisshu stepped behind the curtain, waiting for Purin's cue.
"Alrighty, na do da! Here we go, na do da! One, two, three, na do da!" Kisshu teleported from behind the curtain to behind the crowd. A few of the spectators in the back turned around when they felt him appear, but the rest turned to look at him when Purin announced,
"There he is now, na do da! Ta da, na do da!" Kisshu put on a surprised face and pretended to look around himself, as though he was checking to see if any part of him was unattached. The crowd cheered as Purin announced,
"Now, watch as I attempt to jump through this flaming hoop backwards, na do da!" Kisshu sighed and sat down on an unoccupied park bench to wait.
This will be a long day.
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Four hours later Purin was finally dismissing the audience.
"Thank you, na do da! You've been a great audience, na do da!" The crowd thinned out until it was entirely dismissed. Kisshu took the opportunity and approached the stage where Purin was packing up her things.
"You want any help carrying things?" Purin's face brightened up,
"Sure, na do da! Thank you, na do da!" Kisshu picked up a large box Purin had just sealed up, and Purin took her disassembled curtain prop. Kisshu hauled the box up to find it was really heavy.
"What do you pack in here, bowling balls?!" he grunted.
"Actually, there is a bowling ball balancing act, na do da." Great…Kisshu muttered under his breath. He stepped off the platform, following Purin as they began the trek to her home.
About halfway there, Purin stopped and turned to look at Kisshu,
"Kisshu-kun, why are you being so nice, na do da? Do you like Purin-san, na do da?" Kisshu rolled his eyes inwardly, though he kept a straight grin,
"No, I'd actually like to ask you a favor." Purin nodded vigorously,
"Go on, na do da!"
"We're going to play a game, okay?" Purin nodded, eyes getting wider, "In this game, we're going to pretend we want Ichigo and Masaya to break up, so I need you to tell Ichigo to break up with Masaya." Purin eyed him suspiciously,
"Purin-chan isn't that dumb, na do da." Kisshu bit his lip. I'm caught. He though nervously, Now what? But Purin continued, "I'm not doing it without some kind of payment, na do da!" Kisshu thought for a moment before saying,
"How about I help you with a full day of performing, then I take you out to get ice cream?" Purin's eyes got wider and she clapped her hands in excitement,
"Yay, na do da! Like a date, na do da!" Kisshu shifted his eyes in the other direction,
"Uh, yeah!"
"But," Purin said, "I don't want you going on a date with me, I want Taru-Taru, na do da!" Kisshu nodded, That's even better, I can push Taruto into doing it fairly well, and it's better than her dragging me around.
"Sure, that sounds good. But first, you have to do what I say, okay?" Purin nodded happily,
"Okay, na do da!"
"…and you can't tell anyone I told you to do it, okay?"
"Got it, na do da!"
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Ichigo was almost finished scrubbing off the last of her tables. Today had been a very busy work day, it being a Sunday, the busiest day of the week for Café Mew Mew and its waitresses.
"I'm beat!" she said wearily as she slumped into one of the chairs. Minto sipped her tea from the other side of the room,
"You complain too much." she said daintily, fixing an accusing glare at Ichigo over her teacup. Ichigo just sighed and slumped in the chair some more, quite used to Minto's accusations.
"Ichigo-san, na do da!" Purin called loudly. Ichigo shot up from her chair, fighting to hide her cat ears and tail out of pure habit,
"Yes, Purin-san?" she answered sweetly. Purin shifted her eyes to the floor and shifted her feet,
"Purin-san thinks Ichigo-san should break up with Masaya-san, na do da." Ichigo's eyes got wider and she leaned forward as Purin continued, "Masaya-san doesn't seem compatible with Ichigo-san, and Purin-san thinks Ichigo-san could do better, na do da." Ichigo pinched the skin on the bridge of her nose,
"Purin-san? Who told you to say that?" Purin hesitantly replied,
"I'm not supposed to tell, na do da."
All suspicions cleared out of Ichigo's mind when she got the reply. Just to make sure, though, she asked,
"Purin-san? Was it Kisshu?" Purin's feet shifted again and she rolled her eyes,
"Maybe, na do da…" Ichigo let out a sigh,
"Hold on a moment, Purin." She got up from her chair and walked over to the back room, where she collected a piece of paper and a pen, and began to write.
About ten minutes later she finished the final signature. She was about to seal the letter in the envelope when an idea dawned on her. She smirked evilly and reached for her makeup kit in her bag…
When she came back, she saw Purin waiting in her chair patiently, staring into blank space. She walked over and handed the letter to her,
"I know you can't tell me who the person is, but could you give this to them, please?" Purin nodded,
"Yup, na do da!"
"Thank you, Purin-chan!"
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The next day, Kisshu was patiently waiting outside Purin's house for her reply. After quite a bit of forceful negotiating with Taruto, he was really hoping for positive results. Purin marched out of the house to her work at Café Mew Mew. Kisshu made himself known,
"Hi, Purin-san!" Purin looked up to see him sitting on her roof,
"Hello, Kisshu-san, na do da!" she said cheerily.
"How did it go?" he asked. Purin took a bit to think before saying,
"Oh yeah, na do da! It was good, na do da!"
"What did she say?"
"Not much, but she gave me this letter and said to give it to you!" Kisshu flew down and accepted the letter Purin handed him. He turned it over to see it had a bright red lipstick mark on the seal. He smirked with delight,
"Well done, Purin-san! I'll tell Taruto to wait for you at the park!" Purin grinned,
"Thank you, na do da!" With that, she skipped off happily towards the park.
After a long session with convincing Taruto to go with Purin once again, Kisshu sat down on one of the stone pillars in his dimension and opened the letter, being careful to preserve the seal. He unfolded it and began to read, his face falling with every word,
Dear Heartless Jerk,
HOW DARE, I repeat, how DARE you take advantage of Purin like that! She's only nine, for pete's sake, using your superior (barely) intellect to make her do your dirty work is absolutely cruel! Like I'd ever fall for that in the first place, your plan is terribly worked out, I could tell by a few words from Purin that you had bribed her! What did you do, promise her ice cream?! You are the WORST.
-Much hate,
Ichigo
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