@yuukimoko: Heheh, the black shadow is not Rena...I hope she'll appear at some point but right now, it's not planned yet.
@kahem: thanks for the comments on Atsumina. I really want to write a fic about them but I can't see how they can appear on Heaven on Earth, so I resorted to an OS. Glad you enjoyed the trololing...
@lollita90: No worries! Although I'm biased towards Saeyuki, I love all Sae with everyone and Yuki with everyone too, so I can accept people not wanting to read some pairings. I'm happy you are enjoying this fic. Please continue to read on, thanks!!
@Megumi: Haha it's kind of intense but if you picture Yuihan and Nirouni, the whole situation becomes hilarious. SaeXYuko is my favorite non-romantic pairing, so forgive me if I give them too much screentime in a Mayuki fic!
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Chapter 5 - Black Marimokkori"Seriously, that was a close call last night..." Saedog mused as they both set off to 'work' the following morning.
"Yup, we can't let Mayuyu know about this now...ok, maybe in two or three days time?? We can't let her know we're just stalking Nyannyan and her dog!!!" Yuko is resting herself on Sae's back, basking under the sun leisurely.
"Who's nyan nyan??" Sae's ears perked in confusion.
"It's what I decided to call my pretty angel, you stupid!!"
Reaching the amusement park again, they both hid in the bushes, waiting for their targets to show up.
Before long, an elegant young women dressed in a peach-colored one piece appeared, with her tan-furred German Shepard strolling closely behind.
"Nyannyan..." The squirrel's drools dripped on Sae's back.
"Zip it..." The puppy hushed, while her eyes followed the shepard dog keenly.
The shepard dog, trained in tracking and possessing better senses than Sae-puppy, already knew that her master is being followed again. Turning her head to Yuko's direction, it barks loudly. Luckily, our heavenly citizens obtained the ability to communicate with other animals through their transformation as well. The shepard dog's barks are fully understood:
"Stop following my master, you pervs!"
Yuko jumped ahead to the woman, ignoring the dog's warning. "Nyan nyan!!" She called out. The woman whom Yuko called Nyannyan happily caught the cute squirrel into her arms and said, "Oh it's you again!"
Meanwhile Sae is already totally mesmerized by the commanding figure in front of her.
"Why won't you let me know your name?" The puppy pleaded to the proud shepard.
"Because I can't let your hentai friend near my master! Too bad she still thinks Yuko is just an innocent little squirrel. If only I can speak in human tongue!!!!!" The tanned dog is now venting her frustration at Yuko, but to her master, it just looks like she's barking aggressively at her.
"Sush, sush, Sayaka! Look, you're scaring our little squirrel and puppy!! Let's all have fun together, ok?"
"Sayaka! Your godly name is Sayaka!" The puppy beamed and started running round and round Sayaka in joy.
Although Sayaka is still suspicious of these two cheeky animals, her heart softens a bit at the sight of the star-struck retriever sticking out her little tongue, panting and yelping at her.
"How can you be so cool and pretty, Sayaka? I saw you fending off those yankees yesterday!! I jumped on one of them too, but he only smiled and patted me on the head!"
"Puppy," The larger dog tried to suppress her laughter. "I'll let you guys follow us, but make sure your friend watch where she puts her hands."
"Your wish is my bidding!" The puppy straightened her body in alert. "Yuko!!!" She barked menacingly (or so she thinks). "Don't jump into Nyannyan's cleavage again or I'll rip your tail off!"
"Fine fine...I'll just kiss her and nibble her cute ears today!!"
"I feel bad for Haruna-san..." Sayaka shook her head in defeat. "But since I am here to protect her from greater danger than you two weirdos, I'll just have to trust that you can help us in the end."
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Meanwhile, Mayuyu is also trying to start off her day meaningfully. She's now all alone in the house after serving Yuki burnt toast for her breakfast. Yukirin retaliated by making a special vegetable drink with bitter gourd, peppers, and spinach, forcing Mayu to drink all of them.
"No way!!" Mayuyu tried to leave the table, but Yuki grabbed tightly onto her arm.
"Yes way! I just bought this blender and we should both start a healthier lifestyle. Come on!"
She jumped on Mayu and pinned her down, literally force-feeding the cup of green stuff down the princess throat.
Is this what they called water-boarding in our terrorism interrogation class? Mayu wondered and cringed, feeling really bad for all the devils and monsters that the heaven guards caught. [A/N: force-feeding is not waterboarding, it's a lot worse in case you don't know...]
"Isn't this great?" Yuki smiled satisfactorily. "Under my guardianship, you will never need to worry about not getting your vitamins and fibers!"
Mayuyu is still dumb-struck by the bitter taste of her special drink, looking at Yukirin frightfully and waving her arms frantically to shoo her away.
"Go...go to work....I don't want...to urghh...see...your smug face..."
So that's how breakfast ended and now, Mayuyu is looking at the list of tasks Yuki wrote worriedly.
"Clean the kitchen. Take out the trash. Mop the floor. Wash the white and light-colored clothes. Cook dinner.... Holy crap that's a lot!!"
Begrudgingly, Mayu drags her body to work. This is the first time she's doing something not out of her own will. Since no one in heaven, not even her servants, need to clean anything by hand (they are in heaven, of course there is magic!), she has no clue how to start.
"Do you need help?"
Mayuyu is startled by this voice behind her back. She's supposed to be ALONE in the house....
Don't tell me it's really.........this time? But it's broad daylight!! Slowly, Mayu turned her head with her eyes half-closed.
"UWAH!!" She jumps back in horror. "Ghost!!"
"Calm down! I'm not a ghost! Don't you recognize me, master?"
"Eh?? Who's this????" Mayuyu recovered from her cowered position and got a clearer view of the black shadow that she thought was a ghost. In front of her was a little man, standing as tall as a 5-year old child, totally in black.
It smiles slyly with eyeballs rolled slightly sideways, which only makes it even more cunning. It looks perpetually turned on by sight of its bump on the crotch, but no matter how ridiculous this thing looks, there's no doubt it resembles Yukirin.
"Black Marimokkori?" Mayu's eyeballs jumped right out of her sockets for the umpteenth time in this fiction.
"O princess, just call me Marimokkorin, as you labelled me." Pointing to her chest, marimo even answered in Yukirin's sweet voice.
"Marimo, why are you here?"
"Princess, everything in your sketchbook came into life! I thought you knew after you saw Nirouni?"
"Impossible! The world would've ended if everything I drew came to life!" However, there is no denying that marimokkorin is Mayu's unique creation, fashioned after Yukirin, the heaven guardian that she despises.
"Well, it's up to you to decide if you want my help at all. You should know how resourceful I am as a Yuki doppelganger."
Mayu ponders this statement and nodded. "True, you should be as smart as Yuki. Now tell me how to clean this stain."
Pointing to a flask of yellow liquid, the mossball (marimokkori) said, "Damp this cloth with it and scrub the floors and the stove with it. That will clean everything off in no time."
As Mayu absolutely have no clue what cleaning is about, she raced through the cleaning as advised, without really thinking twice about whether it works. She's just keen to finish off everything in Yuki's list of commands so she can take a rest and resume studying the TV.
"OK, take out the trash, check. Now the laundry..."
Separate into two piles of clothes, Yuki has already sorted the light-colored and white stuff that needs to be washed. For readers who don't do any housework, like-colored clothes are usually washed together to prevent dyes from other items to go onto them. Special bleaches for white clothes are used too because the stains are harder to get rid of in white clothing. You can probably guess too, that they don't work well with colored clothes.
"Are you really just washing one pile today? The machine is not even half full!" Marimo commented from behind.
"Well, that's what it says here." Mayu pointed at the list while busy studying the different types of detergents in the cabinet.
"Come on, she just wants you to do double the work! I guarantee she'll make you wash the second pile tomorrow! It's all nonsense, just throw everything in together!"
Mayuyu thought for a bit. Yes, of course that's another one of Yukirin's stupid revenge plans. It's good that I created black marimo, who knows exactly how she thinks!
"Okay, clever one. So which bottle should I use?"
"This one."
"Great."
Turning the washing machine on after an hour of struggle, Mayuyu started to mop the floor. Barely getting a gasp of breath after she's done, a neighbor knocked on the door to tell her that the trash is not sorted right, so she has to go and pick out the plastics and paper from the bag since it's not the day for collection. All this is so tiring and confusing for the princess, who's never worked for a day in her life.
Throwing herself on the couch, marimo dutifully handed her a cup of water, which the princess gulped down quickly.
"Take a rest, princess, you've done a lot today." The mossball coos soothingly.
"Yes. 10 minutes, then I'll have to start making dinner."
Unfortunately, her eyelids feel really heavy suddenly and within minutes, our cute little mouse is sleeping soundly in her crib. The mossball's smirk only grew wider.
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"Wake up, mouse!" Yuki's violent shaking jolted the princess out of her dreams and again, she looks at the mechanic blankly.
"Looks like someone has not made dinner yet, huh?"
Yuki pulls Mayu up from the couch and sighs. "It's your first day...maybe I shouldn't expect this much from you." Mayuyu still looks dazed from the dream. The setting sun shone in from the window and casted a warm light on her flawless face. Yuki is suddenly struck by this cuteness and straightens the princess slightly messy hair gently. Eventually her fingers reached Mayu's left cheek to feel her smooth, radiant skin. The beeping from the washing machine disrupts this dream-like sequence, and Yuki just discovers how weird she just acted. Blushing madly, she stood up and walked to the kitchen.
"I...I'll make dinner then." She stutters.
She barely stepped into the kitchen until the unusually slippery floor caused our poor mechanic to perform a leg split unwillingly. Even though Yuki's trained in combat (in heaven), this happened all too quickly, and Earthkirin couldn't react. All she felt was a sharp pain spreading from her overly stretched thigh muscles, and she yelps in pain.
Looking around her, she's astounded by the glittery tiles and stove...they are all covered in oil.
"MAYUUUUUUUU!"
Mayu has already rushed to the kitchen after hearing Yuki's yell. She's now looking at the mechanic sitting on the floor with legs split, covering her pulled groin in pain and anger.
"What happened, Yuki?"
"This is what you should ask yourself! Why did you pour oil all over the kitchen?"
"Eh?????? But it's...." Mayu stopped halfway through her sentence. Our mouse is clueless about housework, but she's not entirely stupid. She quickly realized that the horror of the truth and covered her gaping mouth.
The beeping of the washing machine reminded Mayu that her clothes are still inside. Yuki stood up slowly and limped towards the machine, turning it off and opening the lid.
"What the hell is this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Mayu has never seen such an angry Yukirin. Yuki is now taking crumpled pieces of cloths with blotches and patches of dyes. The white ones are stained, the colored ones are bleached partially, and there's her favorite silk gown, totally ruined by the highest level of spinning Mayuyu set. Strangely, holes are cut at odd places in the clothes, places where pervy and hentai people will take interest in. Piece by piece, Yuki examined the damage and threw them at Mayu, who can only dodge left and right while hearing the worst obscenities a human being can utter in the shortest amount of time possible.
"You did it on purpose, didn't you! Just because I ask you to do SOME housework?"
"No Yuki, I can explain! Someone tricked me into this!"
Yuki pretends to look around and answered, "Like, who? You're alone in this house." Holding up and looking through two holes at the pads of her dyed bra, she crumpled up the piece and threw it at Mayu. "I can't believe you....urghh!"
"But it's not me, your underwear is not even in the stack of laundry!"
Their argument is disrupted by commotion in the living room. It turns out that Sae and Yuko just returned from their daily excursion, but they're chasing something around the house and breaking quite a lot of breakable things, like a vase of flowers Yuki just bought in the weekend, and the bottle of ramune that she got for Mayu on her way home today (aw...poor Yuki).
"Stop!!!" Yuki screamed.
The two animals screeched to a stop, with a black shadow escaping from the window.
"Mayu!!" Yuko exclaims. "We saw black marimokkori, who claims to be from your sketchbook!!"
"We tried to chase it down but we lost them!!"
Of course, human Yukirin would not understand the barks and and squeals from our righteous friends. All she sees is dirty paw prints, broken shards and oil stains all over the living room.
"Mayu, you and your idiotic pets!!!!!!"
"Hey, we're sorry, but stop calling us idiots! I told you it's not my fault that this happened!" Mayu snapped back. You have to remember, princesses typically don't have nice tempers, even if they are in the wrong.
"Then who should I be angry about?" Yuki asked sarcastically.
Mayu bit her lips as she can't find words to fight back. She can't tell Yuki about marimo....but hell, isn't it Yuki's fault that the wicked mossball is created in the first place?
"You! You should be angry about you!"
"What?" The reaction queen made the most dumbfounded reaction you'll ever see. A watermelon can fit in her jaw-dropped mouth now. [A/N: this is clearly an exaggeration.]
"Yu, yu, yukirin..." Mayuyu just realized how ridiculous she sounds.
"I don't know why I cared about you so much. A brat that blames others for her mistakes. I am....I am just..." Yuki's voice softens, "disappointed."
She slowly limps back into her room and shut the door, leaving Mayu stunned. She was expecting to get a smack on the head or even worse, some serious beating, but Yuki did none of that. However, it seems like an arrow is shot to her heart when Yuki's angry face transformed into resignation. It hurts even more than getting scolded, because that person is so disappointed that she doesn't even bother to get angry at you anymore. That must be how Yuki is feeling now. She's given up on Mayu. The brat who tricked her way into her house, forcing Yuki to take care of her. Once, she thought she could see some redeeming qualities in this girl, but now, this all seems like a crazy person's wish. Behind the closed doors, Yuki huddled inside the blankets and recalled how the two spent the past two weeks together. The feelings of bewilderment, amazement, happiness, anger and disappointment are all mixed together. At this point, Yuki doesn't know what she wants to do with the mouse next.
Outside the room, Mayuyu recovered from her shock with Saedog's nudge. The two buddies and sense the tense atmosphere and tried the best that they can to clean up their own mess. With some luck and experimentation, they stayed up all night to tidy up the oil covered kitchen.
"Who is this black mossball?" Saedog asks. "Is it really your drawing?"
Mayu continues to scrub without answering. Black marimokkori, why did you do this to me??
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Mayuyu now digs deep into thoughts about how she created marimokkorin. She recalls the first time she saw Yukirin when she's about 12. It was her first day in the academy. Everyone knew she's the princess so no one dared to talk to her. Too proud to start a conversation with someone, Mayuyu strayed off to the fields during recess and found a girl practicing archery.
That girl stood sideways calmly, with black straight hair tied tidily on her left shoulder. Placing the arrow neatly on the bow, she narrows her eyes to aim at the target and fired without hesitation. The arrow hits the bullsmark but the girl's expressions barely changed, as if it's just an ordinary result that didn't matter.
"Yuki!" Another girl ran up to her. "It's time to take a break."
"O really? Thanks Hacchan." Yuki replied, breaking into a gentle smile as she walked away with her friend.
What a beautiful girl! Mayuyu thought as she pulled her sketchbook out. She lamented how cute the otherwise perfect figure will be if only she doesn't look that cold and serious.
A few days later, after getting a compliment from Yuko on her butts, Mayuyu became friends with her and Sae, the only two classmates who didn't treat her as a royalty. During her first visit to Sae's house, she was stunned to meet that archery girl again.
This time, Yuki is dressed casually in a green tracksuit, sitting on her couch reading a book. She must have hit a funny part as she curved her mouth into a broad smile, her eyes forming into bean shape.
"Rin-chan, I've brought my friends home today."
Yuki nodded and didn't look up until Sae stood right in front of her. "Here, meet Princess Mayuyu, my new friend from school
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Yuki brows jumped in surprise but maintained her calm face. "Welcome, Princess. Please make yourself at home." She looked down and continue, "However if you may excuse me, I have some errands to run." Yuki stood up and left the living room.
"O don't worry Mayu, it's nothing personal. She's just shy like that." Yuko shouted from the kitchen as she started hunting for food already.
Since then, they barely talked to each other and annoyance slowly built up inside Mayu especially when she couldn't seem to forget the indifferent girl's face. Is the fact that I'm princess so bad to her?
Beside a rough sketch of a girl fixing a bow and arrow to shoot, she drew green marimokkori and smiled at her creation.
"Yes, this is how Yuki look like, a green mossball with bean-shaped eyes...wakakaka" She laughed at her own creation.
Whenever she saw Yukirin talking to her friends at school, sometimes breaking into funny, exaggerated reactions, Mayuyu would watch and smile to herself from afar. She would think of marimokkori's face and wonder when they could finally talk to each other freely like normal persons. But each time they passed by each other, Mayuyu felt too indignant to open her mouth, and even if she did, she'd sound rude, with the other girl responding curtly as well. ("You're not gonna be there when I come today?" "No princess, I have extra lessons today.")
A few years had gone by, with Mayuyu gradually gathering quite a reputation as a clever prankster. Slowly, her curiosity on Yuki turned into some kind of inexplicable loathing that she attributed to the differences in their nature and personalities. As each day went by, she became bolder and bolder in her pranks and antics. Once she hacked into the academy systems and change everyone's grades and at other times, she's caught squeezing oshiris of unsuspecting juniors. Together with Yuko and Sae, they got punished many times and it's starting to give Aki-P a headache.
Right around this time, Aki-P did a personal interview for all the graduating recruits who applied to be palace guardians. Giving some tricky problems for the recruits to solve, Yukirin aced everything easily, impressing Aki-P with her mature thoughts and tactical mind.
"How old are you, Yuki?"
"18 this year, my lord."
"This is very impressive. I wish my daughter, who's only 2 years younger, can be a quarter like you in 2 year's time." Rubbing his temples and laughing faintly, he added, "I don't think this will come true. But anyway, I will appoint you to guard Don Quixote..."
That night, Aki-P got notified that his daughter let the palace's unicorns loose, creating havoc among the guards and staff. He furiously told Mayu off and kept repeating how good Yuki is compared to her for the next few days.
"Yuki this! Yuki that!" Mayuyu was punching the pillow in her room, venting and ranting. "Daddy-P never sees anything good in me. I do things with good reasons. I wouldn't have changed everyone's grades if I haven't discovered that the snobbish top student was actually cheating in exams and blackmailing others to do his homework. But the adults never listen to me! What's so special about Yuki? She's working hard and doing all these great things just for herself!"
She opened the sketchbook and turned it back to the first pages, where marimokkori is.
"You, black, devil!"
Taking out her black marker, she painted the mossball character black and added a bump on it's crotch too.
"I bet she's actually a perv like her sister too...Hymph!"
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Gosh! Mayu facepalmed herself now...She realizes that she's not been honest about her feelings at all. Her pride and presumptions led her to behave like a stuck up idiot whenever she's in front of Yuki. This does nothing to help but only fuels her prejudice against the aloof beauty over time. Black marimokkori's existence is entirely her own creation. Entirely her own mistake.
I must recognize that the true Yuki is nothing like Marimo....
But who is the true Yuki?
The princess has a hunch that the key to defeating her creation must be linked to this question. Before she knows, Yuki, with or without her memories, is too precious for Mayu to let go now...
To be continued...
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I have started two plotlines here, but we'll deal with marimokkori before we turn back to Nyannyan and Sayaka. I will probably update again in the weekend since I need to catch up on all the other fics that I haven't been reading.
Please tell me what you think and I'll see if I can answer them in the story.
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