Disclaimer: I found something out yesterday about my basketball skeelz. If I'm practicing by myself and I move around faster and dodge like I'm playing someone one-on-one, I shoot better than if I just stand there and shoot. It's weird! o.O
A/N: Phew! A 3-part chapter! Dang, for a hated little pinkfiend, Meiru gets a lot of attention. At least Roll's trying to be cool. BUT SHE FAILS. :D
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LAST TIME on Only Tears Will Tell!
-Flashback…-
I…I think I like him.
No…I love him.
-End flashback…-
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Meiru gripped the sides of the diary with hooked fingers. No…how could he do this to me? Roll called out to her, worry evident in her voice, but the pinkfiend had gone temporarily deaf. He…he's ruining me! I need…to-to do something…get back at him…and that black-haired bitch, he's in it too…but this, this needs work. Then she spoke for the first time in a while. Her speech was commanding and harsh.
"Roll, look up everything you can about Saito Hikari."
The noodle-clad navi looked confused. "I-I could probably tell you everything you need to know about Rockm-"
"Did I ask about Rockman! No, I asked about Saito! Find anything you can about what exactly happened! EVERY--LAST--DETAIL!"
Roll cringed as Meiru picked up a phone and dialed the number of Dentech Memorial Hospital. At the same time, she began to write a list of things she'd need.Hair extensions…brown hair dye…the cosplay chip from the convention…on the list she also wrote random names, crossing them out occasionally and muttering to herself.
Miru…"No, too similar."
Tamika…"That just sounds weird. He'd never take me seriously.
Sayuri…
That one should work.
More things went on the list. She looked at a recent picture of Netto, holding his PET up so Rock could get in the picture too. Orange vest…black shorts (yellow stripe)…white tee…blue sash…new PET…
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Meanwhile, Netto and Enzan had just gotten into the movie theater. Apparently, everyone wanted to go see the 9:00 showing of "Three Nights in Love" that night, so all the tickets were sold out. "Hey! 'Vampires from Below' is showing!" Enzan pointed out. Netto clung to his shoulder and nestled his face in the captured arm. "It's a horror movie, isn't it?" He whimpered.
Enzan delicately detached himself from Netto, grabbing his hand and paying the ticket dealer with the other. "Don't worry, it can't be that bad."
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"…Um…Meiru-chan…I have the information you wanted…this is all I could find, it's a report written by one of Hikari-sama's colleagues…"
Meiru swiveled around quickly. "Good, good, print it out, I'll need it all. Now look up…uhm…look for…" She drew a blank.
"Meiru, what do you need all this for?" Roll asked, reading the list she had written.
"Oh! I forgot about that. Listen, we'll be getting a new PET, and you'll have to wear that Rockman cosplay for a while. Okay?" Meiru said, breathless. "I, uh…I modified it a little bit so you don't look EXACTLY like him, but you'll loose the head things and your hair and the bow and you won't be pink anymore. Okay:D"
Roll twitched. "Again, why? What is this all for, Meiru?"
"You'll find out soon enough. Oh, and start calling me Sayuri, and get used to me calling you Sapphire. Unless, of course, you don't want Rockman faithfully by your side anymore…" She said devilishly.
Oh…if it'll get Rock back, it's worth it. Roll decided.
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"Ahhhhhh!" Enzan screamed and attached himself to Netto's arm, refusing to look at the screen as a pale, red-haired human bared fangs and prepared to dive at a defenseless maiden. Netto, to the contrary, couldn't take his eyes off of it. Of course, they were wide with fear, but they still weren't being moved.
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Meiru went to the store in grim silence, asking the clerk for a new PET in Cobalt Blue and relinquishing half of her savings for it. Then she went to the hairdresser, getting hair extensions and dying it all brown, and then going to the mall. She came out an hour later, carrying only one bag, and sat at the bus stop, pondering if she needed anything else. "I got the clothes…the bandana…new shoes…hair…new PET…Oh!" She pulled out her list, checking off the things she had listed and gotten, leaving one last thing.
Mode of transportation
She wasn't going to get skateshoes, that would be too obvious. She also already had a scooter, her preferred means of getting around. She was snapped out of her thoughts by the smell of exhaust and the sound of a large vehicle pulling up.
"Could you take me to a paintshop? You know, where they paint cars and stuff?" "Sure, miss. $2."
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PART 4 COMING SOON TO A COMPUTER NEAR YOUUUUUUU!
R&R, folks!
Hair: -lays flat on my head-
Grr, do something, stupid hair.
Hair: -chokes me-
Gah! X.x