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Love and Ninjas
Chapter 17
Tears started to stream down Pucca's face as she tried to tell Garu how wrong she was about him. "Pucca? Pucca, what's wrong?" asked Garu, suddenly concerned. "Garu, I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have blamed you! It was all Ring-Ring! Tobe, the restaurant, the lies, EVERYTHING! Garu…!" Pucca sobbed into the phone. Garu suddenly felt heartbroken, listening to his first love cry so hard. "Pucca, please Pucca calm down. I'll be over there in a minute. Hang on, okay?" said Garu softly. "Okay…and Garu?" started Pucca. "Yes?"
"I love you."
Garu held Pucca as she told him everything. She told him how Ring-Ring had deceived them both, and Dada. She told him about Ring-Ring dressing up as Pucca. She told him that Ring-Ring did all this from pure jealousy. Ring-Ring didn't love Abyo at all; she just wanted to date the most popular guy at school. Garu held Pucca tighter and cursed under his breath. "What the hell is wrong with her? She has no right to play with our freakin' lives! She broke up Target Zero! She made us forfeit to Tobe! She is going to PAY!" raged Garu. Pucca giggled at garu's sudden burst of anger. It's always adorable to her when he's ranting about something. "Garu…It's not too late, you know? The competition in tomorrow…and we have plenty of time to practice. What do you say…?" suggested Pucca. Garu looked around and then the corners of his mouth picked up. "You call Ching, and I'll call Abyo and Sosso." Pucca's heart warmed and she smiled. And then, she craned her neck up and lightly planted a kiss on Garu's lips.
"Hey…Ching? It's Pucca."
"Um…hey. What's up…?" Ching was hesitant.
"Look, Ching I am so sorry for accusing you for lip locking with Garu! I wasn't thinking straight!"
"Wait…what? Are you talking about that time in the bathroom?"
"Yes…see, Ring-Ring was up to her dirty tricks again and this time, Garu and I were the victims. She accused you of kissing Garu and accused me of kissing Tobe. And everything just got so messed up! Can you ever forgive me, Ching?" pleaded Pucca. There was silence on the other end, then cursing. "Why that dirty rotten little rat! She needs to be pounded in the face with a brick and then shoved into a manhole!" ranted Ching. Pucca smiled and even laughed at what Ching said. Somehow, she could always make her feel better. "Thanks, Ching."
After calling each other up, Target Zero rounded themselves back together and started to practice nonstop the next morning. Garu practiced with Sosso with sword fighting, because of his bad eyesight, and Pucca practiced with Ching and Abyo for the routine. From time to time, Pucca would turn to Garu's way and wink at him. Suddenly, Sosso's face turned pale. "What's wrong, Sosso? You look a little pale!" exclaimed Abyo. "YOU GUYS! WE DON'T HAVE UNIFORMS! HOW DO WE COMPETE?" Sosso shouted. Everyone looked at each other and realized that he was right. Pucca started to panic until, as if on cue, Uncle Dumpling and his kitchen crew showed up in the room holding two black boxes. "You ninjas are in luck! We happened to make some more when we heard about your mishap! Here you go," said Linguini as he handed Garu the boxes. Pucca went up to each of her uncles and gave them tight hugs. "Thanks you guys! You're such life savers!"