Disclaimer: I don't own Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi or any of its characters. I do own Seicha,the narrator of this story,however.
It was one of those nights. All seemed quiet and lovely,in spite of the fact that it was a busy city. It didn't seem so busy on the street corner I was standing on,however.
The gentle breeze seemed to sweep all the troubles,past and present,away. However,my attention was squarely on the large billboard that said ''PUFFY AMI YUMI! THIS FRIDAY ONLY!'' The billboard featured the members of Puffy Ami Yumi,pink-haired Ami Ohnuki and purple-haired Yumi Yoshimura.
Why was I so fixed on this? I have a very good reason.
I closed my eyes,thinking of when I first came to that Kindergarten class in Osaka. I remember there was a little purple-haired girl who was constantly being picked on by three boys. I recall that the three of them started a food fight at one point,and everyone blamed the little girl on it.
After a week or so,I couldn't stand to see her tormented like that. So,one day in class,I looked for those boys. I didn't find them,but I did find the little girl. Apparently the boys had teased her again,as she was stitting in the beanbag chair crying.
I gave her a hug and gently told her not to be so sad,that there was nothing bad about her.
She told me her name: Yumi. Yumi Yoshimura. She asked me to beat up those boys for her. I told her that wasn't allowed,but I promised her that I wouldn't let them pick on her as long as I was around.
And then it all blossomed from there. On those blissful spring days,when the cherry blossoms filled the air,we would be happily playing in her backyard,the park,wherever. When we were lying on the grass looking up at the sky,I loved to see her so at peace with me. I wanted so badly to hug her tightly and pat her back like I had done when we first met.
Almost everyday we did something together. The time seemed to fly by,in fact,sometimes we didn't quite realize that time was passing at all.
Looking back on it all brings such a blissful,almost somewhat silly,smile to my face. All good things must come to an end,however.
One day near the end of Autumn when I was almost twelve,my parents told me we would be moving soon. They didn't say where,but I knew it would most likely be far from Osaka. Later,it turned out I was right.
When I told this to Yumi,she hugged me,sobbing. She simply couldn't handle losing her closest,most dearest friend.
I seldom saw her after that. When I did see her she was always sad. She didn't want to do the things we used to do. It made me miserable,too,to see her that way.
That spring,when the moving day had finally come,Yumi came to my house,begging me to take me with her. I told her she couldn't,which only made matters worse. We said goodbye,then me and my parents drove off,following the moving truck.
The first year at our new house,I thought of Yumi very often,but as time passed,I thought of her less and less. Then,after a very long time,I heard about this new band that was fast becoming the biggest in all of Japan. I found out,to my surprise,that Yumi,that very same Yumi,was in it with a peppy little girl from Tokyo.
So,there I stood on that street corner,making up my mind to go to the Puffy Ami Yumi concert and see my old friend again.
No--I had a better idea: I would write a letter to Yumi and come vist her and Ami in the tour bus they lived in.
One last look at that billboard again,then I headed home to write my letter.
A/N: What do you think? This is sort of a ''prequel'' to my other Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi fic,Seicha. I suggest you check that one out if you want to see what happens next.
Well,please review and do make haste,flame me and my wrath,you shall taste! (evil laugh)
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