After the incident with DBK, sleepy notices Zhara is a bit off. As if something has been on her mind. Sleepy casually enters his friends apartment through her balcony, as any normal person would. He notices her spaced out looking intently at the stove.
"Whatcha cooking?" He asks. Zhara flinches turning to look at sleepy, sleepy returns a worried look. "You good Zhara?" She replies with a nod, sleepy walks up to her and reach out to put a hand on her shoulder. Zhara's eyes widen quickly smacking the hand away and backs up, bumping into the counter. Sleepy puts his hands up in defense to this, taking a few steps back. " woah, woah chill out! I'm not touching you, you're fine!" He assures in a panicky tone. "You're fine right now, nothing bad is happening to you... whats wrong Rocky?"
Zhara holds her head in her hands, breathing heavily as she slowly sets her self down to sit on the ground. She breathes in, "Its nothing.. its just.." she breathes out, "I've been getting these.. visions, dreams whatever you wanna call them, ever since dbk came back.. its been messing with me!" She explains frustrated, tinged with exhaustion. Sleepy looks at Zhara confused, specifically on the word visions. She continues, "Like now, I had one.. where it was you but in your demon form, you were younger like your horns were smaller and your teeth too!" She described in a shaky matter. "You were reaching out to me, just like you were right now but.. smiling.." The demons eyes widen, finally a step closer to getting his friends memories back. He gives a warm smile, "Why don't we go out to get your mind off things?" He offers, she looks up hesitantly nods.
Sleepy pov.
After taking Zhara to a roof of some building and eating, I begin to talk to her about our past together and how me her and Macaque were close buddies! Of course I had to use different names for the two of them, my only goal is to be if any of this would click in her brain. And since macaque kinda already set up a bad image for her, with the whole situation with fanboy...
She nods and smiles along making some comments here and there but nothing was working.. i gritted my teeth. It's all okay though! I have other things planned! I think to myself. Finishing our food I give her a piggy back ride from the roof to the ground and throw out the trash. Walking to a nearby park, I start asking her more about these visions.
From what it seems, shes just gotten little visions about macaque, the prince and a few about me but, alot for this other lady and old guy that I don't know! So far she said the only memory that mimicked something in real life, is the one she had of me in the kitchen. Which is why she probably freaked out.
We walk to a pet store and I talk about all the fishes they have on display. I offer to steal her one as well as a tank and some other stuff, cause what are friends for? She smiles at me and nods.
"Yeah I'd like one! They've got so many here!" She gleams, a better mood than she was earlier today!
I chuckle "Get a beta they're real pretty and real easy to take care of!" Zhara nods and looks at the poor betas in little cups, while I take the basic necessities for the fishy.
Looking for Zhara, I spot that she stole the fish. I am so proud!! One might say stealing is bad, but if its for a good cause i think its not so bad!
"Cmon Rocky!!! Lets go back and set up everything!! " she replies with a confused look.
"But, don't we have to get the stuff first?" She questions turning a bit towards all the necessities. I smile,
"it's in your apartment!! " She chuckles nervously and doesn't question it and we walk back.
Going into her apartment all of the things I stole are on her living room floor with Angel messing around,
"The hell is that..?" she questions in a rather calm manner.
"This is angel! She's my pet! I made her when I was lonely!" I smile calling over angel and petting her.
Zhara's eyes go wide for a second and she quickly goes to pet her too,
"Wow, how cool! Do the teeth actually work like teeth?" I nod puffing out my chest,
"uh huh! Made her when I was a lil guppy!!"
Zhara lightly laughs at the word,
"Guppy..? Must've been real lonely huh."
After fully getting the fish nice and comfortable, definitely better from the small little cups, I realise that I completely got distracted from my goal.
"Hey Zhara!! Lets go somewhere else!!! " I exclaim suddenly, grabbing her before she can reply jumping on angel and riding to the dojo. I
Angel goes back into the bottle, I quickly go get a staff, coming back and tossing it to Zhara,
"I'm gonna show you some combat skills! But first you gotta show me what you got!" she looks at me confused,
"where did this come from?" I smile,
"You're the sister of the monkey kid!! You gotta learn how to protect yourself because you may become a target!" She nods still confused.
"Well thats just stupid, don't'cha think? I kinda got like nothing to really offer to them." She says spinning the staff, dropping it then quickly picking it back up.
"Doesn't hurt to learn!"
"Though, I'm really still not a fan of fighting, I guess it really doesn't hurt."
I kinda think its funny that shes not a fan of fighting, its all she was really good at!! Of course I'm doing this to try and get some of her memories from being a guard to the princess.. solar flare..? Solar sun.. whatever! I can't remember the name!
After she shows me, I suck my teeth seems like the time she was gone kinda... Made her lose her ability to fight. But it's okay!! I can work with this!!!
"Well have to focus in your psychical strength before getting into any sort of sparring! But first!"
I put both hands on her shoulders and look up at her and into her eyes,
"Do you want to do this? I know I just randomly dragged you here, but I still wanna know if this is something you want to try out." I ask intently, she smiles and nods, i let go, "Alright! We can start tomorrow!"
She quickly protests, "But I have work tomorrow!" I smile
"We can do it after work for a hour every day as to not stress you out! Of course the longer we do this the longer and harder the training will be! "
she grins "Wonder what kind of mentor you'll be."
I gasp in fake offense "I'll be a great mentor!! I'm over 4 thousand years old!!! I'm sure I can handle it! " she laughs,
"Sure, sure whatever you say fishy!"
Going inside Mk's apartment, my smile falls and the realization that I'm still far away from getting my friend back hits me like a truck. I fall onto my knees and start sobbing. What the hell happened to her and why? Why can't she remember anything? Why can't she just remember?? I don't understand anything! I barely process Mk walking in and panicking at the sight of me crying on the living room floor.
Wiping my eyes I look at the boy "I'm fine fanboy I'm fine. Just a bit...stressed that's all.. " he still looks at me with worry but nods not pushing further and goes to get ready to sleep. When he gets out of the bathroom I go in and get into the bathtub falling asleep
L fish tbh get better Never could be zhara z
