A Missing Ninja

Chapter Ten

"Pucca?" Abyo asked quietly. Pucca sniffled and looked up and the boy. "What? You want to yell at me too?" she spat. He sighed and sat next to her. "Look, I'm sorry for what happened when Garu left. I was just so angry, he's my best friend," he told her. "But you're my friend too. I should've been more sincere." he continued. She shook her head. "It's okay, to be honest, if the same thing happened with you and Ching, I would've reacted the same way," she admitted. They both laughed, but it was only for a little while. "Abyo, what if he doesn't forgive me?" Pucca asked. "He will. He cares about you," he said. "How do you know?" she asked him. "Well, he won't admit it when he's around you, but he tells me how he feels. I remember how angry he was at Tobe after he called you his 'stupid girlfriend'. He kept signing to me about how pissed he was at Tobe for calling you stupid." he told her. "Also before your surprise birthday party, he was worried that you would think everyone forgot and how that would make you cry. He kept telling me he didn't like seeing you upset," he added. Pucca slightly blushed at the thought Garu would do that for her, but she couldn't help but continue to feel melancholy. "Hey! What happened to that confident girl who kept chasing Garu? If she was here, she wouldn't let anything stand in her way from getting him." Abyo stated. Pucca was quiet. "Well, let me know when you find her. Nothing would stop her when it comes to Garu." he said and walked back to the camp.

That got Pucca thinking, what happened to her? Any other time Garu was gone, she would've stopped at nothing to find him. But now...she just wants to stop and turn back home. There was a stream before her and she looked into it and saw her reflection. Her eyes widened in shock because her reflection didn't copy her, as if there was another Pucca on the other side.

"Abyo's right. What DID happen to you?" the reflection asked. Pucca squealed in fright, but she continued to listen. "Look, I know what you did was pretty bad. And I should know, I AM YOU. But, if you want Garu back, you have to find him and have him forgive you." Pucca wilted. "What if...he doesn't love me anymore afterwards?" she asked herself. "It doesn't matter if he loves you or not, what matters is that he forgives you. You know you can't live with yourself knowing every waking day that you hurt the love of your life and not apologize for it. It's better for him to forgive you and peacefully move on with your lives instead of doing nothing and hoping that he can love and forgive you at the same time. He has his life and you have yours, don't make your life revolve around someone who doesn't love you like the way you want them to." Pucca was silent and nodded. "Good, now go find the love of your life!" her reflection exclaimed.

With that, Pucca shot up and breathe heavily. It was only a dream. She checked the stream to see if her reflection talked, but it didn't. It did was reflections are supposed to do. "Pucca?" Ching called out. She walked towards her friend. "Are you alright?". Pucca nodded. "I'm fine Ching. However, we have work to do. Let's find Garu and bring him home." she stated and they headed back to the camp.