As you have seen, this will be set 5 years in the future after everything that has happened, with every chapter being somewhat like every episode in the original series. This version of Sooga Village is more industrialized. I hope you enjoy.

Pucca: 16

Garu: 18

Abyo: 16

Ching: 16

Ring Ring: 17

Tobe: 19

Dada:19

Epilogue ~

Pucca and her friends had all grown up many years later into more mature adult bodies. Their personalities changed quite a bit, some of them calmed down and some remained bubbly and chipper, and some were still quiet, but still coming out of their shell. Ching had grown into a beautiful young woman at just sixteen. Her braids were longer and thicker now, and Won was a full sized chicken. She is too big to sit on Ching's head anymore, and instead tends to stay at home with her chicks in their pen. Ching was now dating Abyo, who had grown less egotistical, but only a bit. He still liked to spar with Garu and work out and break all his nunchuks, but no longer did he shout and rip more of his shirts. Eventually Officer Bruce got tired of the bills racking up from his son using his credit card to buy more shirts and forced him into getting a job to pay for his own. The labor was enough for Abyo to learn his lesson. Garu and Pucca were still not together, but had gotten closer. Pucca had calmed down a lot over the years, and stopped chasing him. She still settled for being close to him. So when the four of them would hang out together, she would sit as close as she could to Garu without scaring him away. When they walked next to each other she would purposely brush their hands once or twice just for that small bit of contact. And as long as she did it gently, Garu would let her hug him before the group parted and went their seperate ways. Pucca still had a bit of hope left in her heart that she and Garu would finally be together, but that was until today.

"Hey Pucca, Garu is running a little late, do you wanna go find him?" Ching had asked her friend who had nodded instantly. The gang was meeting up to go shopping for clothes for the annual Moon Cake Mountain Eating Festival. Everyone wanted to look their best, but Garu was twenty minutes late. He was always on time so they found it weird that he wasn't there yet. Since Pucca was the fastest girl in the village, they looked at her with a glint in their eyes, suggesting she go. She blinked and took off quickly in the direction of his house. She leapt through trees and branches before finally stopping on a trunk and sliding down it until she hit the ground and hid behind it. She could hear the sounds of weapons clashing and peaked at them curiously. Tobe and Garu were dueling, but she decided to let it slide. Tobe had grown up a lot and after taking some time to vent his grievences, he and Garu became good friends. She watched the two finish their match and both grab their towels as they wiped their forehead sweat. Garu took a huge gulp of water before he noticed the time.

"Oh shoot, I'm late." He muttered. "I'm supposed to meet Pucca and the others, and I hardly have time to shower." He soaked his towel in a nearby bucket of water and rubbed it all over himself, washing himself of his sweat and dirt. Tobe raised an eyebrow.

"Say, you and Pucca, you guys... are a thing right?" The ex-villain threw a towel over his shoulder, "I mean, you guys look like you've gotten closer over the years, but it's never beem confirmed."

"I... " Garu stopped, he was at a loss. He truly didn't know. "We're not a thing, and I don't think we ever will be. Sure I enjoy her company but, I don't know if we can ever be more than friends." He had so much pent up guilt for how he treated her when they were younger, he didn't think she'd ever forgive him for that.

"Hm..." Tobe's eyes glanced towards a certain tree and then back to Garu. "So if I wanted to go out with her, what would you say?"

Garu laughed, "Like she would ever go for a guy like you."

"I'm serious Garu." Tobe narrowed his eyes, "You haven't decided yet, and some other guy might show up and make her his. She might get tired of waiting on you. Then you won't have anyone and you'll be Ching and Abyo's third wheel for the rest of your life."

Garu turned serious for a moment and then looked towards his house, "I don't need anyone. I'd rather be alone."

A tree branch snapped and their was the sound of rushing wind and Garu's head snapped over to the tree. He barely saw a red streak fleeing from the forest and he cursed himself internally.

Garu showed up ten minutes after that, rubbing his arm self consciouly as he approached his trio of friends. Pucca had her back to him, not saying a word as she stared up at the huge Mall sign that glittered in neon pink and yellow lights. Sooga village had become more industrialized lately thanks to trades with foreign countries. They now had malls and a fancy resturaunt and a water park, even mobile phones and better industry grade A type houses.

"Um, sorry I'm late." Garu said slowly. Ching smiled, and grabbed Abyo's hand. She pulled her boyfriend to the door, giggling with excitement as they stepped into the doors. Pucca followed her quickly, but Garu had caught her by her elbow. She bit her lip and looked back at him with a forced smile,

"What is it Garu?"

Her voice sounded broken, he tensed for a second before letting her go, "N-Nothing, I just, you seemed kind of down."

"It's nothing." She said quickly, before storming ahead of him inside.

She left him standing there with his mouth opened. He shook it off and followed her as their group went into a males oriental clothing store first. Abyo and Garu tried on clothes while the girls sat there and chatted amongst themselves and played on their phones. A bit aways Garu and Abyo were giving each other advice on what the other was wearing. Abyo settled on a dark purple set with gold trim around his waist that had pocket holders for his weapons. Garu found a red and bright gold one that matched, and it had a back area for his katana. Abyo looked towards the girl's for a split second before taking a breath and looking at his best friend with seriousness. "What happened? Pucca came back and looked really down, and said you would be meeting us in a few minutes? Did you guys have a fight?"

"Ah, no, not really." Garu averted his eyes, he didn't really want to have to explain his situation.

"Garu, you're my friend, and Pucca's my friend too. Tell me what happened." Abyo crossed his arms.

"I... well I was sparring with Tobe. And she might have over heard me talking about not possibly having feelings for her." Garu averted his gaze even more, looking at anything than Abyo's face, which he knew was filled with disappointment.

"Dude, what are you doing? This is Pucca. She's like the most beloved person in Sooga." He face palmed and groaned, "Garu, I'm going to say this as your friend. You need to tell Pucca to her face, personally, that you don't have feelings for her, You can't string her along like this anymore. She's been waiting for you for five or six years now, you have to tell her how you feel. It's not fair to her." Garu nodded, he understood where his friend was coming from.

"Now, cmon, let's pay for these dumb things and go oogle at the girls when they try on their dresses." His eyebrows wiggled in Ching's direction. Garu rolled his eyes and nodded, and the two went to the register and paid for their things. When done, they walked back to the girls who looked up at them. Ching smiled and stood up, grabbing Abyo's arm and peaking into his back.

"Oh, that's a good color~ I'll buy something that matches." Ching said with a smile. Pucca tensed and eyed Garu's bag but then looked away. Garu frowned in return, and walked up to her and handed her his bag. She blinked in surprise and tilted her head in confusion.

"You can see what I got." Garu muttered, looking away. Pucca blushed slightly but then remembered what he said earlier, then turned her head away from the bag, stepping away slowly before muttering an I don't need to see it before walking towards Ching. Pucca's best friend realized the change of emotion, and cocked her head to the side then gave a glare to Garu that said What did you do? Garu eye rolled and Abyo huffed. The group quietly walked out of that store and headed to the women's one. This time the girls got changed while the boys sat and waited. Ching, from her dressing room stall in the back, quietly asked Pucca the questions.

"Pucca, what's going on with You and Garu? You two seem to be fighting today." Ching pulled a matching purple dress similar to Abyo's color choice on and stepped out of the dressing room. She waited for Pucca to emerge from the other one. When Pucca did, she wore her hair down and stepped out in a solid golden embroidered dress. Ching gasped, "Pucca, that's so gorgeous on you."

"Thanks... and... I'd rather not talk about it right now. Maybe later we can." Pucca fought back the tears threatening the borders of her eyes, "But I promise I'll tell you, just not right now with them being over there. You know how Garu has super hearing." In truth, they both turned to look at the boy and he quickly turned away from them, his ears turning a faint shade of red. Pucca giggled a bit, but then abruptly stopped. No, she didn't want to show positive signs towards him right now. She smiled at Ching, "Let's go pay." Ching nodded and the two went to the register to pay. When done, it was almost four in the afternoon. The festival would start at five. Ching turned around to look at them all.

"Let's go get ready at Pucca's house. They closed the resturaunt today for the festival didn't they? So we can get ready there with no interruptions." Everyone agreed. They all made their way out of the mall and to Pucca's house, which was a five minutes walk from where they were. Abyo and Ching walked in front of the other two, leaning on each other and holding hands and being cuddly. All while Pucca and Garu stood behind them and walked in awkward silence. Garu looked down at his right, inching his hand ever so slightly next to hers. He brushed their hand's briefly, teasingly, before looking away as she turned her head. She bit her lip, wanting to reach back out and hold it, but she felt it would break her more after hearing his words. She held her hands together and resisted, refusing to look at him as they made their way back to her place.

Once inside the Goh-Rong, Pucca gave her uncles kisses on the cheek as they finished making the Moon Cake tower. "We'll be upstairs getting ready." Pucca said.

"Alright, have fun Pucca." Her three uncles said. Her friends all followed her up to their room. The girls got dressed and did their make up in the bathroom, which took about an hour. The guys were done in 5 minutes and waited in Pucca's bedroom. Garu looked at her walls. What once was filled with endless pictures of him plastered everywhere was now just one huge bulletin board with pictures of all her friends on them. An item caught his eye, to his left, next to him on her bedside table. A diary. He looked towards the bedroom door, the girls would be out in a few minutes so he probably shouldn't. But curiousity got the better of him, he reached for her book and placed it in his lap. He opened it and as soon as he did, hands pulled it up and off of him. He blinked and looked up into Pucca's angry eyes.

"What are you doing!?" Pucca shouted.

"I-I was just reading-"

"My DIARY?" She had gotten in his face now, and started yelling louder. He thought she was over reacting, and there was no need to get in his face. He glared back at her.

"I didn't know it was your diary." He lied.

"You did too. It literally says DIARY in big letters right on the front!" She shouted. At this point Ching and Abyo had looked at each other and nodded, sensing that they needed to leave the room. The minute they did Pucca let out a sigh of relief. She glared back at Garu once more, "If you were so upset about what I was thinking after today you could have asked me instead of snooping through my personal belongings like some nosy thief."

She took a shot right at his honor, his reputation. He growled, "How was I supposed to ask you? When was I supposed to ask you? I should have just said "Hey Pucca we need to talk about me not having feelings for you right in front of Ching and Abyo!?"

"If you don't have feelings for me than why are you here?" She said quietly. His eyes widened and she took a step back. "Why brush your hand against mine, why offer to have my outfit match yours after seeing Ching and Abyo do the same? Why snoop through my personal things?" She clenched her firsts and her knuckles turned white, "I don't get it. You don't have feelings for me but you have been teasing me and stringing me along all day and acting like it. I don't understand. I'm confused." He said nothing, just stood up and walked towards her, his hands reaching for her arms. But she stepped back.

"Don't touch me. Please." She whispered, tears brimmed her eyes once again. "I just want to go out with my friends and have a good time tonight and not worry about us, and what we are or aren't."

But he wanted to. He wanted to hold her and touch her. She looks so beautiful in the golden dress she had picked out. She looked even more beautiful with her hair down. He bit his lip. But was this a want or a need? Did he want to touch her because he wanted her? Or did he need to because of his urges, because he was alone in a room with a beautiful woman?

Scratch that, did he just say beautiful?

"Sure Pucca," He managed to get out, "Let's just go out and have fun with Ching and Abyo." She looked up at him, her amber eyes sparkling and she gave a tiny smile and said okay. They walked out of the room, and headed towards a relieved Abyo and Ching. Garu looked down at Pucca for a moment.

Whatever makes you happy.

Pucca was 5 shots in and had a rip in her dress up to her mid thigh. She don't know how she got it, and quite frankly she didn't care. She was old enough to drink now and that was all she wanted. She wanted to drink and forget everything Garu had said to Tobe that night. She wanted to forget their fight. She wanted to forget falling for someone that didn't want anything to do with her. She looked around, she needed someone. Someone to make her forget. And she was going to find him tonight. She met a crowd in the middle of the festival dance floor, twirling with strange random men, grinding on a few, sharing a few sweet cheek kisses with a few more, etc. She took shot after shot until she reached 10. She would have gotten more until a hand grabbed her wrist and she was met with Ching's worried eyes.

"Pucca, are you okay?" Ching asked worriedly.

"I'm gweat Chang, neverrr been bettrer." Pucca swayed hard, her head leaning on Ching's shoulder.

"Pucca, I think you drank too much. Come on, let's get you home." She pulled the girl away from the crowd, back to a table Garu and Abyo had been at. Garu was seathing, he had imagined killing every man in his mind that had touched Pucca. Pucca pouted when she realized she was being pulled towards him.

"I don't wamma go tooo hirm." Pucca whined. Ching sweat dropped and looked at the guys, "Sorry, do you wanna finish this with a sleep over at Pucca's?"

The boys nodded, sleep overs at Pucca's was a normal thing. They had clothes there to change into. "It's too crowded here this year anyway." Garu spoke up. He outstretched an arm to Ching, motioning for Pucca, "I'll carry her." Ching raised an eyebrow at him and then looked back at a childish Pucca, who shook her head no. Garu scoffed, "Pucca, I should carry you. You're way too heavy for Ching to carry by herself, you should let me or Abyo do it." Pucca opened her mouth to reject, but thought about it. She didn't want to have her best friend's boyfriend have to carry her. She crossed her arms, "Ermamm... fime..."

Garu knelt down in front of her and she climbed onto his back immediately. He noticed the rip up her dress, then noticed all the men eye balling Pucca's thigh. He glared at them all and they all looked away. He stood and walked quickly back towards her house with Abyo and Ching close by. They walked in the doors. Her Uncles were not there, probably at the festival. He stormed upstairs quickly, as he felt her body start throbbing. He kicked in her bathroom door and put her down quickly and pulled her hair behind her as she retched and vomitted into her toilet. Ching ran to the door quickly, "Oh no, she had too much. Abyo, get Pucca some water, I'll get her a cold towel." She turned to Garu, "When she's done, make sure to put her on her bed lying on her side, and to get a trash can or a bucket in case she pukes again." Garu nodded and the girl left. He turned to Pucca who was gasping loudly. She hit the knob on the side and flushed her vomit, before going over to her sink with Garu's help and taking some water and swishing it around in her mouth before spitting it back out. Then she grabbed her tooth brush and paste and brushed the retched smell from her mouth. She stood at the counter and stared at herself in the mirror before muttering "I'm a mess." She slowly and clumsily walked to her room, leaning onto Garu for support, before getting to her closet. She pulled out a pink set of pajama shorts and a tank top, before grabbing some underwear. She threw her tv remote to Garu and mouthed and I'll be back before she left again, and all he heard was the running of the shower. Abyo and Ching came in that moment (eavesdropping on the conversation no doubt) with the water and rag and set it aside on the floor. Garu was flipping through the channels absent mindedly while Ching and Abyo stared at him. He sighed, "What?"

"So, what are you going to do with Pucca now?" Ching asked, "You know it's a sleep over right? You know she likes to cuddle with you on movie nights."

"I'll just let her cuddle with me? No big deal." When Garu said this, Abyo growled.

"Dude, you can't claim to not have feelings for her but then let her cuddle you."

"I'm going to be honest." Garu paused the show and turned to them. "I'm comfortable with how me and Pucca are right now. I don't want to have to lose being able to do all these things with her if she ends up with some other guy, but I also don't want to ask or end up being more. I'm more comfortable being... platonic with her right now."

"What if she want's more?" Ching asked.

"More what?"

"Like it's cuddling right now, but what if Pucca started kissing your neck, or your lips, or heck what if one day you saw her in some type of intimate way and wanted to have sex with her?"

"I would never." Garu said quickly, acting quickly and getting defensive.

"Garu, I saw how you looked at her in that dress today." Abyo teased, "Even if you don't have romantic feelings, you were definitley wanting to do something with her."

"Shut up." He glared at his friend, "I don't know what would happen in that situation, so I can't give you an answer."

"Fine Garu, suit yourself." Abyo shrugged and took the remote, "Ew, why do you have it on Star Soogans? Be a real man and watch Sooga's of the Galaxy." Garu rolled his eyes. His ears perked up when he heard the shower stop running. Pucca came out later and shortly, wearing her tank top, shorts, and panties, but no bra. Her nipples showed through. He averted his gaze and she turned the lights off, snuggling into her bed blankets next to Garu as Abyo and Ching sat on the floor with blankets and pillows pulled out. Ching turned to Pucca, "What do you want to watch Pucca?" Abyo handed the girl being mentioned the remote, "Yeah Pucca, you choose."

Pucca smiled and put on 50 Shades of Sooga. Garu and Abyo groaned and Ching squealed in excitement. They all settled together, each couple with a bowl of popcorn with them. Not even an hour into the movie Abyo was already asleep on the floor, Ching cuddled into his chest and also passed out. Pucca was wide awake, sweat dripped down her body as she watched the intense sex scene. Garu glanced at her from the corner of his eye, he saw her bite her lip and his gaze darkened. He wondered for a second if she was turned on by the other male in the movie, or by the scene at all. And he found himself deciding he didn't think he wanted to know the answer. His arm snaked around her waist from their position on the bed, and he took the remote from her hand but she pulled it back and glared up at him. "I'm still watching this." She whispered, cheeks red. He glared back.

"Well, I don't think you should be watching it." He whispered back. He tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear and muttered the next park lowly, "Especially considering how incredibly turned on you are by this other guy right now." Pucca flushed and looked away, arms crossed.

"Jerk." She had muttered. His hand came to rest on her hip, which caused her to jump. She turned back to look at him, and his eyes were still dark from earlier. They darted down to her lips that were bruised from how hard she had been chewing on them. His hand reached out to caress her bottom lip, and he felt angered that they came into this condition watching some movie with some other guy in it.

Pucca misinterpreted this action, and still being slightly swayed by the alcohol, she snuggled closer to his body, her hand immediately reaching up his shirt. He felt his body set on fire and then he felt a soft pair of lips on his. He blinked before realizing that she had kissed him, on the mouth. When was the last time she had kissed his lips? It had been so long.

She moved in that moment and deepened it and he groaned and his eyelids fell.

Oh it had been way too long.

He kissed her back with as much strength as he could muster, why was it different now? Maybe because 11 year old Pucca didn't have curves, didn't know how to kiss, didn't appeal to him at the time. But now, he was weak under her kisses. One arm was around the back of her neck, hand gripping her head. The other hand moved down her chest and waist, and stopped at her ass before squeezing it. She gasped lightly and oh dear God that sound was heaven. He bit her bottom lip roughly, earning himself another gasp like moan and he wanted more. She shook out of her daze momentarily, putting a finger to his lips and looking back at their sleeping friends on the floor. He took this moment to attack her neck. He kissed softly at her nape before trailing them up her jaw line. She tensed and her hands went to grasp the back of his hair. She bit her own lip when she felt his teeth nip her shoulder, "Fuck, Garu."

Oh, how he wish he could. If it weren't for his sleeping friends on the floor, Garu didn't know if he would have been able to control himself. He pulled away from her momentarily, lying on his back as he stared up at the wall. She moved onto her back too and did the same. Both of their faces were red.

Neither one of they said any more as they both fell asleep in an awkward silence.