The Hartman Chronicles Season 2 Chapter 13
Tiramisu looked at her watch. "Speaking of today, I need to get home!"
I nodded, "And I should get back to the café."
As I walked off, I began to think about the demon and asked myself many questions: Why was he here? What could he want? Who is he exactly? Lost in thought, I smacked right into the door of the café. I rubbed my face, opened the door, and decided it was time to get to bed; so I went to my bedroom and did so.
I awoke the next morning and did my usual routine before heading to the café floor. Nashi was cleaning the tables.
"You're up early," I smiled.
"Nah you just slept late," Nashi said.
"If I out slept you it would be at least two o'clock in that afternoon. It's nine o'clock in the morning."
Nashi sighed.
"So why are you up so early?" I asked.
"Today marks the one year anniversary of my best friend's disappearance."
"Oh really? Well tell me about your friend."
Nashi sighed, "I met my friend, Harume, when I was about six. We met when we were both trying to steal some meat from a fast food place. Both of us went in, hating each other because we were after the others quarry. Well she and I stole a few meat patties and money from the cash register. We were on our way out when some guy caught us and began to chase us. I tripped and Harume turned around and helped me up."
"That was nice of her"
"It was also very stupid of her! The first rule of the street is that you are the most important person. At least that was what I thought until Harume helped me get away. We found out that we were staying in relatively the same area and became partners in crime. We stole a lot of things!"
"And no one found out?"
"Because we were that good! Anyways, she disappeared this time last year, I kept thinking of ways to celebrate. You know, like how people go out to their father's grave every year after his death of something like that."
"Do you know where she could have gone?"
"I don't want to think about it."
"Why?"
"Because the only place I know of, where she could have ended up is a prostitution ring."
"She's only fourteen!"
"I know, but there were these two guys who constantly stalked us and tried to make us "dates-for-hire" for their business."
"That's horrible!"
"I know, I just couldn't live with myself if-"
The door swung open and Andrew walked in.
"This is where she should be Harume," he said.
Nashi and I looked at the door. There a girl, about fourteen, with long black hair, that had blue streaks in it and hazel eyes. She was wearing an orange T-shirt and green shorts. The girl walked towards Nashi.
"Harume!" Nashi cheered and threw up her hands. Harume giggled and hugged Nashi.
"So this is your friend?" I inquired.
"No duh!" Nashi exclaimed.
"Where have you been Harume?" Nashi asked.
"Well, last year I found some new friends and started to hang out with them. I forgot to tell you, sorry"
"I'm just glad your back!"
"Say Nashi, do you want to hang out?"
"Sure, where should we go?"
"How about the construction lot? You know, where that Zerius chick was defeated."
"Zerius?"
"You know, happened a few months ago, huge alien invasion, the Mew Mews stopped it."
"Oh yeah!" Nashi looked at me and smiled.
"I wasn't there!" I said.
Nashi chuckled, "Alright, let's go."
Harume gave Andrew and me the don't-follow-me-or-else look. I looked at Andrew, "Something is up,"
"Yeah, I'm not that good of a stalker so, you go ahead and do it."
"Whatever," I sighed and ran out the door. I caught up to Nashi and Harume and followed them.
"So what do you think about Adrian?" Harume asked Nashi.
"He's okay, not my kind of guy though," Nashi said.
"He's the kind of man I want," Harume smiled.
"Too bad, he's going out with someone else."
"Aw," Harume sighed, "It would be so cool if he wasn't!"
"Trust me; Adrian is not the kind of guy a street girl wants."
"Why is that?"
"He's too nice, and he isn't very street smart, it's like he's from a different country all together."
"Maybe he is? Gosh I hope it's America!"
"Are we almost there?"
The two girls turned a corner into the construction site. I followed them in. They walked to a clearing in the junkyard, where two men stood. One had long blonde hair, and the other had black, spiky hair. Both of them had clothes on that a pimp would envy.
"Hello there Nashi," the blonde smiled.
"You!" Nashi growled.
"Yes, it is us. We would like to thank you for coming," the black hair one said and puffed out some cigarette smoke.
Nashi looked at Harume. "You little!"
"It wasn't her fault," the blonde laughed. The one with black hair continued the sentence, "You see, Harume hasn't put out yet. In fact, ever since we got her she's refused to see clients. We figured that if we got you, Harume would begin to accept our customers."
"You monsters!" Nashi exclaimed.
"Now, why don't you get out of the maid outfit and dress in something more," The black haired one smiled, "Provocative."
"Make me!" Nashi snapped.
Several thugs with crowbars appeared out of the junk heaps holding crowbars.
"Oh we will!" the blonde laughed. "Unless you decide to come with us."
A green blade stuck out from one of the thug's chest.
"I can't let you do that, perverts" a demonic voice said. Seconds later the other thug's bodies fell to the ground, headless.
The two males looked stunne. The one with black hair ran up to Harume and picked her up by the neck.
"So you brought someone else huh? Well isn't that just dandy! It looks like we're going to have to kill you for disobeying orders!" The black haired man took out a knife.
"Harume!" Nashi cried and tried to stop the black hair man from stabbing her friend.
The blonde pulled Nashi's hands behind her.
"Oh no you don't girlie!"
Tears began to roll down Nashi's face. Before the knife made contact with Harume's flesh, time seemed to stop.
"Don't you want to protect her?" a demonic voice asked, "After all she did save you from being caught."
"But what can I do!" Nashi cried.
"You're a Mew Mew, focus this strong emotion into turning into your Mew form."
Nashi's eyes became cream colored voids. "Ribbon Nashi Metamorphosis!"
Nashi transformed and time started, slowly. Nashi escaped from the blonde's grip and took out her hammer, yelling, "Nashi Double Hitter!" Nashi proceeded to slam the ground and a white sphere flew from the Earth. Nashi smacked her hammer, hard, and the sphere turned into a fist. Time resume its normal pace. The fist smacked into the spiky haired man, causing him to let go of Harume and fly into a pole. Nashi turned around and kneed the blonde in his stomach. The blonde feel on his knees and Nashi held her hammer over her head; she was going to smash his face in. As her hammer fell down, it hit the green blade from earlier. The demon from last night was now standing in front of Nashi.
"He isn't worth your time," the demon said, "Perhaps you should get your friend out of here."
Nashi nodded, grabbed Harume and ran off. After Nashi had left, the two guys approached the demon.
"Who are you?" The black haired one asked.
The demon sliced both their heads off, "Someone who doesn't like perverts like you!"
The demon flew into the sky. I decided that it was time to head back to the café and ran off, hoping that I would get there before Nashi and her friend did.