Hello everyone! Man, I really haven't posted anything in a while. It's been, what, six months? And I still have some Lord of the Rings crack to finish up. Oh well. I'm sick of writing crackfics, so I'm going to attempt to write something Furi Kuri-ish...when you think about it, that's not too different from a crackfic, is it?

This will suck…I don't think the first chapter turned out nearly as bad as some of my other work, though. Review! Tell me what I can do better!

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It took me ten long years, but I found him.

Atomsk.

I can now tap into the mightiest power in the universe. Hell, I can destroy the universe with just a thought. Instantly obliterate entire cities, nations, planets with a blink of an eye. Throw all of space off balance with a flick of the wrist. Send everyone's existence back to oblivion with just the pluck of a guitar string.

I can do whatever I want with my life now. After all, who would stop me? To hell with the Galaxy Space Police Brotherhood. To hell with Medical Mechanica. It's not my problem anymore.

Those were my first initial thoughts after killing Atomsk and taking what was rightfully mine.

But after some months of gloating over my victory and quitting the Galaxy Space Police Brotherhood, I soon pathetically realized that I had nothing better to do.

When the thought first came to me I found it hilarious. Me, Haruhara Haruko, idiotically trapping myself in the endless cycle of going from place to place, identifying N.O. portals and using them against Medical Mechanica.

…As funny and pathetic as it was, it was all I had.

So I, rather stubbornly in retrospect, flew my Hyper Flight Vespa over to the planet where Medical Mechanica had originated and blew it up. As simple as that.

Having destroyed my favorite enemy, I cheerfully set out to find something else to do with my life. I knew that this would be a hard thing to do, perhaps even harder then killing Atomsk (Notice that I said 'killing Atomsk'. Finding him was a hell unto itself.) and I would need some tools for this new journey. For one thing, a weapon. Yes, yes, I could kill with my bare hands or my thoughts, but I've always preferred a real fight. I had left my Rickenbacker to an old friend, so I had been using the double necked guitar that I had come across on Earth for my needs, musical and otherwise.

I originally had no intention of going back to Earth. Back to Mabase. Back to Takkun.

But I had broken my guitar while fighting Atomsk, and I had been yearning to play my Rick again for years.

Takkun would hand it over easily, I thought. He'd be eager to get rid of any reminder that I had once been a part of his life.

So I pointed my Hyper Flight Vespa in the general direction of Planet Earth, not because I missed Mabase, or the people in it, or because I wanted to tell everyone there of my victory, or mess with Takkun. I just wanted my bass back and that was it. Really.

I'd be wandering around searching for my purpose before I knew it.

Instant Music, Chapter One

The first thing I saw was the town of Mabase, thousands of feet below me as I flew downwards on my Vespa. It didn't look like it had changed that much. They hadn't even torn down the Medical Mechanica plant, though the surrounding wreckage had been cleared. I wrinkled my nose, sensing that something was not quite right. Looking down on Mabase, I realized that the town was still covered in smoke similar to the noxious fog that Medical Mechanica had used to spew out. But that was ten years ago, and I had personally seen that Medical Mechanica would never flatten another planet again. I dismissed it as silly human pollution. They'd never learn.

The second thing I saw when I pulled into the Earths atmosphere was Amarao, flying along weakly on his Fuji Rabbit scooter, waving to me wildly and yelling what he thought was my real name, Raharu. My bracelet had been reacting weakly to his pathetic amount of N.O. for the past few minutes, so I wasn't too surprised to see him. He obviously must've picked me up on the radar over at the Interstellar Immigration Department and rushed over. I raised an eyebrow at the now-flying Amarao. I guess he made his scooter flyable somehow to impress me- He was always doing things like that.

'Oh well,' I thought. 'Maybe dragging the authorities into this will make everything a little more interesting.'

I flew my Vespa over to his position where he had given up on waving at me and was now clutching the handles of his scooter, looking down at the town of Mabase and the surrounding areas with a fearful expression.

"What, is it your first time flying?" I said, not bothering to hold back my laughter at the man. Excuse me, did I say man? I meant child.

"N-no," he stuttered. "This is a new scooter, and I'm kinda…" He trailed off to glance at the ground below. "I'm still getting used to it!" He snapped, violently forcing the town far below him out of his vision to glare at me.

"What?" I asked innocently, ignoring the fact that he had always had that rickety scooter and it was years old. "It was an honest question. There's no reason to be mad."

This just seemed to infuriate him. "Look, I'm here to confirm a rumor. Did you…" His voice trailed off, and his expression changed to one of pathetic sadness. "…find Atomsk?"

I grinned. The rumors had apparently spread a little faster then I expected. "Yes!" I yelled, replaying the victory in my head, feeling the proof that I had killed him running through my body. I jumped over to the back of Amaraos scooter and hugged him from behind. "You don't look very happy," I said, glancing at his hideously large eyebrows that were slanting downward. "Jealous, perhaps?"

This obviously rubbed him the wrong way. "You wish!" He pulled away, attempting to get as far away as he could without upsetting the balance of his floating scooter. I laughed and jumped back to my Vespa. "I'm over you, got it?" He yelled, pointing at me, furious.

"Yes, yes, of course you are, now why bring that up?" I said airily as I felt my bracelet react to the town below me. I pinpointed the location of the N.O. in my head almost instantly. This conversation would have to end soon.

Amarao faltered, eyebrows quivering oddly. "But, I thought you and Atomsk…"

I turned to look at him, realizing what he meant. That idiot still thought Atomsk was my boyfriend. I smiled sweetly at him. "Oh nonsense, everyone knows my real lover is Takkun!"

It was a hard blow to his pride. "Dammit, what does that brat have that I don't?"

"Oh no, you have everything he does. It's just that everything he has is much, much…bigger…" I thought about this for a moment. "Well, except for the eyebrows."

"And that's why you're back?" he yelled, one of the aforementioned eyebrows nearly falling off. "To mess with his head for fun? Don't think I haven't noticed- I don't know how you did it, but you destroyed Medical Mechanica! Can't you just cuddle up with your little Atomsk and leave us alone? Mabase has enough problems without you"

"Nonsense. The only problem with Mabase is that it has too few problems in the first place." I leaned back in my Vespa seat, feeling the bracelet rattle. I was getting tired of this, and I had a bass to track down. "Besides," I said. "It didn't quite work out between me and Atomsk. It was going really well…but then…" I feigned sadness and wailed, "I realized it would never work! After all, he is a guy, and I am a lesbian!" I suddenly grinned and gave Amarao a quick salute before speeding downwards towards the N.O. I was sensing. "Bai bai!"

"What the-? Raharu! Wait!" I swear, he almost jumped off his scooter in pursuit of me before realizing that he was several thousand feet from the ground. I spiraled downwards, letting the bracelet lead me to Takkun, laughing hysterically.

At this point, I was considering staying on Earth for a little while. The conversation with the inept officer had left me feeling a little light headed, thinking of how much fun it had been to mess with Takkun.

At this point, I was able to honestly admit to myself that I kinda missed the little moron. It'd be nice to see him again, and see if he ever really was able to grow up.

At this point, I had completely forgotten that there was one other person with N.O. wandering the streets of Mabase.

I crashed my Vespa to the ground in front of what I sensed to be Takkun, whooping wildly- How's that for an entrance? I only wished that I had a guitar- of any kind- with me so I could whack him over the head and give him a proper greeting.

Then, as the dust settled, I realized that Takkun didn't have purple hair, glasses, and an oddly feminine figure. I blinked, staring at a very shocked and confused Ninamori, glasses askew, gaping at me.

"Hey, Eri-san!" I said, hiding my disappointment of not finding Takkun. "Wearing glasses now, in public? You've really matured."

Ninamori got over the shock and briefly placed the two shopping bags she was carrying on the ground beside her so she could adjust her glasses. She then glared at me with more hatred then Amarao could ever muster.

"Get away from me."

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Oh my, oh my, Ninamori is pissed off. RUN AWAY! (ahem) Yeah, please review.