Manga 10

Mokuren walks in to find Shion completely exasperated because all of his work has been destroyed.(Plants cover the walls and the equipment)

Mokuren: Ahhhmm.....I......... I want to help. Please speak to me......I'll do my best....

(she is upset that she has done this)

Shion: Miss.......I know you understand these plants, but do you know this (computer)? How do you fix it? Can you fix it? *angry*

Shion: ' Don't wither away..' Is that all you can do? Tell your plants not to wither away!

Shukaido: Shion!

Shion: You're pretty nasty too aren't ya! You knew what these plants are capable of and you still sing and sing! Yeah, you could talk to plants alright, but can others understand them? Don't think that you're always right! And when you cut down these grasses, will your plants be happy or be discontented with you?

Shion: Okay, so why don'y you fix this thing yourself!I've no objections to that!

Gyokuran walks in and hears what is going on Gyokuran: What...? (pissed) Mokuren: Never mind, Gyokuran, I'm sorry. Thank you................ I'm really very sorry. Please have dinner.

She begins to work deligently, cutting the plants

Gyokuran: That's enough, Shion! Anyone would feel the same as you do if something like this happen to them too, but we are on a team, on a team mission, and forgiving each other's mistake is part of teamwork. Don't you understand this?

Mokuren felt very responsible for what has happened and she cut the grasses all night. Shion felt guilty about what he said.

Shion: *How will I say it,....'Okay, that's enough, go back to your room and get some rest'....no, ....that's not the right words to say...mmm...* Suddenly.....

Mokuren: Ah, Gyokuran. You're awake! Is it because I'm too noisy? Have I bothered you?

Gyokuran: I came here to help you.

( Mokuren refused his offer.)

Gyokuran: Alright, but you have to return to your room and get some rest after 30 mins. okay?

Mokuren: .............okay............

Shion: *This isn't the right time to show myself*

Gyokuran: Mokuren, don't misunderstand.

Mokuren: Don't misunderstand what?

Gyokuran: Shion. He looks.....um....but he's a good person. It's just that he talks a little bitter sometimes.

(Shion is standing just of sight and was planning to say something to Mokuren anyway)

Shion: *Why that little.....!!*

Mokuran understand what Gyokuran means. In fact, she believes that Shion's a very responsible person. Then the two talked for a while. Mokuren said that in "paradise" (where she lived) she could sing freely and talk to the plants everyday. (Mokuren is lonely and homesick) Gyokuran asked her if the plants are always in pain whenever they are cut off.

Mokuren: Yes, yes. Those plants who grew because they have heard the song are always ready to lay down their lives and be cut off. No, in reality, all plants have to accept this destiny. They always pray that they could live and grow. But soon, they will be cut off and they would say, "It's okay, just sing for us and we will grow once more." They don't depend on anybody. And they are not afraid if people exploit them and generate profit out of them. And my parents used to tell me that they are much stronger than what I think they are. Just see how they can withstand the storm and the rain. They always tell me that I can become much stronger than the plants........... hearing these words only makes me want to cry........

Mokuren: That reminds me, Gyokuran. I discovered something interesting. My name and your name came from one kind of flower in...........KK (earth). Gyokuran flower is a white Mokuren flower. We are the same flowers!

(Shion was listening and what does he think or feel?)

Gyokuran: Really? *happy*

(She smiles in response)Mokuren: Yeah, maybe this explains why I feel that I'm not different from you and I feel at ease when I'm with you.

Gyokuren: Really? *happy again* But you and Shukaido are close too right?

Mokuren: Yeah, but he's pretty mysterious to me.

Shion: (he walks away as if he cannot take the conversation anymore...)

Shion: What destiny is she talking about? What an annoying woman! I don't like her!

The next day, Gyokuran confesses to Shion that he thinks he is in love. Gyokuran said that he feel that Mokuren is very special.

Shion doesn't believe in a relationship that happens to a man and a woman. He have experienced this but there was no love at all. He saw people like this in Mother planet too. They look so sweet and thought that they are so much in love with each other, that both of them understood each other. But when they got into some misunderstandings, you would see them fight like hell and break off their relationship just like that! He thinks that they are all a bunch of idiots.....

The two girls, Shusuran and Enju are very sensitive to what is happening around especially with Gyokuran. Enju first met Gyokuran in college and she fell in love with him. Hearing this news about Gyokuran and Mokuren made her uncomfortable, but she knew that a Sarjilian can never get married and Mokuren is a Sarjilian. Everybody knows that.

They didn't notice that Shion was eavesdropping in their conversation. Later, Shion talked to Enju telepathically. "I think so too." (About Sarjilian never getting married) "It looks like Gyokuran really fell for her." Then Enju heard something from the back of his mind. "Who will she fall for?"

(Shion walks into the room)

Shion: It looks like it will be better if I fall for you, huh?

Enju: What are you saying Shion? Shion: ^_^ *smiles*

(Enju and Shion are no enemies and they are just friends. In the way Shion is behaving, Enju could see that Shion like Mokuren) One day, they received no signal from the Mother planet or to one of her moons.....their home planet and its moons were all destroyed by the war. The whole civilization was wiped out!

All of them were in pain. Shion thought that the cause of their grief are their loved ones and back home and that they battle within themselves the possibility and impossibility for them to have a home to return to once more. Shion understands them very well but he won't stay there see them crying all day. There are much more to do and think about than cry. Mokuren: ..........Shion.........

Shion: * she surprised me!*

Mokuren: Um....would you like something to drink? It's so hot.....

Shion: *she....*

Shion: *why would this girl always appear right in front of me when I'm deep within my thoughts? Has...has she seen what I was thinking about? (the field and house where he, Kyaa, and Lazlo lived. This is one place that Shion loves so much) Shion put that aside for a while and thought of a wonderful plan- to go to KK and make that planet their home.



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