Jyushimatsu's favorite flower was a sunflower. Why? Because it reminded him of the sun and how beautiful life was. It would always make his day better when he's sad. He sat in the grass, staring at a sunflower. "You look very pretty!" He said to the sunflower; his smile grew. "Did you get taller? Looks like it!" He laughed as he got up. "I got to go home now. It's getting pretty late." He waved goodbye to the sunflower and walked home. "I'm home!" Jyushimatsu yelled through the house; taking off his shoes. "Welcome home!" He heard all his brothers greet him. Jyushimatsu walked into the dining room. His older brothers and Todomatsu all sat around the table eating pears. "Oh! Pears! Save some for me!" Jyushimatsu sat down beside Ichimatsu and Choromatsu. He grabbed a handful and stuffed them into his mouth. "Where were you Jyushimatsu?" Choromatsu asked Jyushimatsu. Jyushi didn't want to tell his brothers about the sunflower. He had no need to. "Jyushimatsu don't get mad..." Osomatsu tells Jyushimatsu; leaning across the table. "I kind of sold your baseball bat for some money for panchinko." Jyushimatsu smiled at Oso. "That's okay! It was getting really old anyways. Now I can go buy a new one!"
"You're not mad?" Osomatsu asked; crossing his arms. "Nope! I'll buy a new one so don't worry!" Osomatsu sighed in relief. "I'll go with you tomorrow." Ichimatsu said standing up and walking out of the room. "Yay!" Jyushimatsu jumped up; almost flipping over the table and running out of the room.
-time skip-
"I'm so excited! Thanks for coming with me Nii-san!" Jyushimatsu yelled; walking down the sidewalk towards a store with Ichimatsu. "No problem." Jyushimatsu opened the door to the store and walked in. "Woah. Nii-san look at all this stuff!" Jyushimatsu explored the surprisingly small store and saw a baseball bat next to some odd looking drinks. Ichimatsu looked around a little and saw nothing he liked. "Hey nii-san! Check this bat out!" Jyushimatsu turned to Ichimatsu and started swinging the bat. "Jyushimatsu don't swing that bat in here. You might break something." Jyushimatsu stopped swinging the bat and walked up to the counter. An old woman stood there; her back facing them. "Excuse me Mrs. I would like to buy this bat." The woman slowly turned around. She had brown curly hair that went to her shoulders, glasses that were hiding her eyes, a yellow dress and she looked like she was in her thirties. "What?" The woman asked him. "I said I would like to buy this baseball bat." Jyushimatsu held up the bat and sat it down on the counter. "You want to buy that? Really?" Jyushimatsu turned towards Ichimatsu then turned back towards the woman. "Yes mam. How much is it?" The woman looked terrified of the bat. She backed away from the counter the bat was on and hissed. "Finally someone who wants that bat. Take it! Take it and leave!" The woman ran off to the back of the store and disappeared. "That was weird." Ichimatsu said picking up the bat. "Come on. Lets go home. The lady said we can take it." Both of them walked out of the store and started to head home. "I can't wait to try the bat out when we get home!"
-TO BE CONTINUED-
Thank you so much for reading this chapter! It's only chapter one but there will be more. I hope you enjoyed it so far. ~Cutiematsuno