Kaonashi &…
SUMMARY- Fuu and Masashi, girlfriend and boyfriend, notices a large crate in front of their front door in their apartment. They find some twizzlers, pervy stuff, and another crate. What will be inside?
Chapter One-
Kaonashi & Friends
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"Ugh, I'm so tired!" Fuu slumped onto the memory foam mattress on her bed as Masashi was watching a weird dating show.
"Ugh, sappy stories turn it off, sunshine…" Fuu mumbled as she got under the covers.
"Fine…but this time it was about—…"
"FOR CRAP'S SAKE, TURN THE FRICKIN TV OFF!!" Fuu yelled loudly and fell back to sleep a second later. Masashi sighed as he grabbed the silver remote and pressed the power button. He slumped next to Fuu and sighed again.
"You did good, hon…" Masashi said looking at how good Fuu cleaned out his underwear drawer. It was filled with underwear, of course, old video games, birthday gifts supposed to be given years ago to other relatives, fungus, and stuff you wouldn't even think about finding in there.
"Thanks…" Fuu sighed as she leaned on Masashi's chest. Masashi kissed her forehead before he closed his eyes. The nap was interrupted by a knock on their apartment door.
"It must be Kiki and Koko; they said they would be coming over to hang out today." Fuu said a little ticked from the awakening from the knock on the door.
"Let's go shopping…" Masashi said in a girly voice.
"Shut up, Ishi…" Fuu said as she got up and out of bed before heading over to the front door.
Kiki and Koko were Fuu's best friends in all of Tokyo. They were twins, although they were completely opposite. Kiki was shy and kind; she was also a witch in training. She had her black cat, Jiji, who always spoke out and always rode on Kiki's broom with her. Koko was a hyperactive ninja in training. She always wanted to be hyper and extremely happy, and she annoyed Kiki and Jiji very much.
Fuu unlocked and opened the door, disappointed that is wasn't Kiki or Koko or Jiji, only a FedEx man.
"I have a delivery for Fuu and Masashi…" FedEx boy said.
"That's us…" Fuu sighed, thinking Kiki runs her own delivery service and always delivers stuff to us. How come she didn't deliver this time?
Then that's when Fuu discovered why Kiki didn't deliver it. There was a huge crate, bigger than the FedEx man, which was in front of Fuu's face.
"IT'S HUGE…! WHAT THE CRAP IS IN THERE?!" Fuu shouted loudly that other people in the apartment stared down the hallway at her.
"I don't know, I only deliver the packages, not take a peek inside of it."
"Ishi-kun, come here, come here!"
"I told you not to call me that!" Masashi complained as he got out of his bed and saw the crate.
"IT'S HUGE…! WHAT THE CRAP IS IN THERE?!" Masashi also shouted loudly.
"I said I don't know!" The FedEx man said irritated.
"There's probably a missile in there to blow up the earth!" Fuu screamed and hid in a cabinet.
"Sign here, please." The FedEx man handed a paper to Masashi. He signed his name and handed it back to the man. The man left and closed the door thinking what's with those people?
"Look, you can't just hide in a cabinet, and we can't just leave this box here." Masashi said at Fuu, still hiding in the kitchen cabinet.
"But…I'm scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaared." Fuu said with teary eyes. Masashi rolled his eyes. He used his strong, muscular muscles to open the lid of the crate.
"Twizzlers here…" Masashi put two bags of the licorice in front of the cabinet. The cabinet door slightly opened and a nose popped out, sniffing the two bags carefully to check if there were no signs of poison, stuff to make you have indigestion, drugs, or sewage. After checking that the coast was clear with one of her five senses, Fuu grabbed the bags and took them in the cabinet.
"That didn't work…" Masashi sighed and rolled his eyes again. He then found more small boxes. He opened a pink one with white polka-dots on it. Inside were very skimpy under garments. He tossed them in the garbage immediately before his girlfriend saw and would smack him mercilessly with a paper fan with poisonous thorns super-glued on each side. There were very random things from Japanese toys such as "Walkie Bits", "Choke Friends", and famous Japanese stuffed animals from the minds of San-X. There was also food like bananas, tomatoes (Fuu also grabbed all of them since she loved tomatoes), watermelon (Fuu did the same thing like she did with the tomatoes), and strawberry pocky! Then, after loads of bubble wrap that entertained Fuu, there was a crate with the words FRAGILE on them.
"Fra-gee-lay…must be Italian!" Fuu read the words FRAGILE, pronouncing it completely wrong.
"Um, that word is FRAGILE. And who calls you a "Spelling Bee Contestant"?" Masashi laughed.
"Hey, you didn't make it into the bee!"
"Whatever, like I care much." Masashi removed another sheet of bubble wrap before pulling out the other crate. Man, was it heavy. Fuu backed away after shoving a huge tomato in her mouth and clenching on the left hand of a yellow Choke Friend.
"What's in there…?" Fuu said with a nervous shiver in her throat.
"I'm not sure, but it is really heavy."
"I'm scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaared again!"
"Shut up, Fuu!"
Then, after his yell, the crate moved. Fuu squealed and hid in the cabinet, along with her goodies, and Masashi took a step back. It moved more ferociously this time, making Masashi trip on a blue Choke Friend. He grabbed it and held it tightly. Then, the lid of the crate opened…and out popped something that would never be imagined to be inside of a crate…a spirit.
"What…is that thing?" Fuu stepped out of the kitchen cabinet to get a closer look at the spirit. The spirit was black with a white mask that was smiling. Its arms were hidden as well as its legs and it had unruly brunette hair in the back. He turned to look at Fuu, who whimpered at the sight of a spirit looking right at her. He bowed, surprisingly, at the hyperactive tomato/watermelon loving girl. She did nothing but bow back to the spirit, but banged her head against a frying pan. She bent down in pain. Then, the spirit faced towards Masashi. The spirit bowed to him, Masashi stood up, dropping the Choke Friend onto the sofa, and bowed back.
"At least he has manners." Fuu said, still in slight pain.
"He's a spirit…that's really unusual for a spirit to be hiding in a wooden crate." Masashi said stepping closer to the spirit. Then, there was a knock on the door. Fuu decided to check it out. She opened the front door to find a girl with long blonde hair and a pink tank top, with a matching skirt and pair of matching flip flops. She didn't look very pleasant.
"Hello, is this where Fuu and Masashi live?" The blonde asked. Fuu nodded kind of scared by the glare on the girl's face.
"I need that spirit. My name is Himiko Kimuchi. I work at the Tokyo Shrine. A spirit was accidentally sent to your residence. We need him returned at once."
"But…I think he's cool!" Fuu said. Masashi gave her a "WHAT…!" look and Fuu turned to Himiko.
"You don't understand. Having a spirit like Kaonashi in your apartment is a serious matter. He is untrained and does not know anything about the human world at all, whatsoever."
"So, we'll have to teach him about being human!" Fuu said angrily. Masashi stood up and marched over to the door where Fuu and Himiko were arguing.
"She had too much caffeine today!" He began. "So sorry if she's causing any trouble."
"I ain't causing no trouble, dude!"
"Fuu, be polite to the young Shrine Master!" Masashi whispered through angry clenched teeth.
"Actually, I like her style, Masashi-kun." Himiko said with a smile on her face. Fuu and Masashi looked somewhat confused.
"If you think handling a spirit like Kaonashi is a piece of cake, let it be. I'll give you a whole year to teach him the common things about human beings in Tokyo, Japan. On this day in 2008, he'll take a little ten-question written test. If he passes, you may keep him as your own pet. If he fails, however, he will be sent to the spirit world where he really belongs. Are we clear of this? Any objections?"
"Well you see here, ma'am-…" Masashi began.
"Nope, no objections! Me and Ishi-Kun are gonna work like school teachers!" Fuu interrupted.
"Very well then, I expect intelligence in one year's time starting now." Himiko slammed the door shut.
"I hate you…" Masashi said angrily. But Fuu ignored him and went over towards her pet spirit.
"Hello, Kaonashi! My name is Fuu!" Fuu bowed again. Kaonashi bowed again, until another knock was heard. Himiko was back.
"By the way, I'll give you this for some translation. He doesn't talk. But with this pendant and its translating powers, you can hear him speak your language. See you." She slammed the door again. Masashi grabbed the pendant out of the butterfingers of Fuu and put it over Kaonashi's neck. The pendant slowly absorbed into Kaonashi and disappeared completely.
"Fuu…Masashi…I hope I won't cause you any trouble…friends…" Kaonashi spoke slowly but clearly.
"Yay, now we can hear him!" Fuu danced around Kaonashi happily. Then, another knock on the door was heard. Masashi groaned and opened it. Finding Kiki, Koko, and Jiji the black cat
"Hola…" Masashi said.
"Hola, senor…!" Koko said.
"Spanish is confusing!" Fuu said.
"Whoa, what's with the living and breathing shadow with the festive mask?" Koko got in a weird Charlie's Angels position at the sight of Kaonashi.
"This is our new pet, Kaonashi!" Fuu said introducing her new friend.
"Kaonashi…?" Kiki asked.
"One, he's not our pet, Fuu…and two," Masashi began to tell the "coincidence" to Kiki and Koko and Jiji. After two minutes of explanation, everyone had a confused look on their faces.
"Jiji, did you get any of that?" Kiki whispered to her cat.
"Not a single consonant…." Jiji sighed.
"So, you mean, he's supposed to learn about humans?" Koko asked.
"Yes, I am, but I don't know a single thing." Kaonashi said.
"That's why we are gonna teach him the knowledge of life!" Fuu winked.
"And, how exactly are we going to do that?" Masashi asked.
"What's with the temper, mister meanie?" Fuu asked.
"It's not every day a wooden crate comes in our apartment that has a spirit inside of it. I'm sorry, Fuu-chan, but I was going to object to keeping Kaonashi."
"But whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?" Fuu asked upset.
"I don't feel very comfortable with a spirit living inside our home."
"It's just a year!"
"A year…think about it, 365 days with this…this…thing!" Masashi pointed at Kaonashi eating a napkin, then spitting it back out. Fuu stared at the wet napkin in disgust before turning back at her boyfriend.
"Well excuse me, grumpy man, I like Kaonashi! Is there something wrong with Kaonashi?"
"Yes, he's a frickin spirit!"
"Like I give a damn!"
"Please, please, please stop fighting! Things are going to be worse if you don't stop arguing with each other!" Kiki said, breaking up the battle between dog and cat.
"Don't put the pedal to the metal cuz you won't have a brake on the bike!" Koko, attempted, to support her sister. Everyone, even Kaonashi, stared at Koko like what the crap does that mean? Koko just grabbed a chair and slouched in it.
"Look, if you want to make things a lot better, start teaching the guy!" Jiji said.
"Maybe you're right…if Kaonashi is more educated I'll feel a lot better." Masashi said. Fuu turned at Kaonashi.
"Do you promise to cooperate with us?"
"Hai…"
"And follow our directions…?"
"Hai…"
"And not argue with Ishi-Kun that often unless it is for necessary reasons…?"
"WAIT A SECOND, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NECESSARY REASONS?" Masashi barged in the vows.
"Like if you took the last slice of pizza when Kaonashi was about to take it…" Fuu set her example. Masashi sweatdropped but sat down, sighing.
"Hai…" Kaonashi said.
"I think he'll cooperate with us just fine!" Fuu said smiling.
"Friends…I hope you'll teach me well…" Kaonashi said walking over to sit down on the beautiful porch outside, but he ran into the sliding glass door. He fell over, flat on his back.
"………ow……."
"He's okay…what else could go wrong for him?" Koko said. After what she said, everyone heard a large CRACK and Kaonashi was gone…except for a big hole in the deck.
"Um…Masashi will pay for that…" Fuu said nervously. Masashi glared at her.
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"Thank you so much for the bandages, Kiki-chan." Kaonashi said as he lied down on a sofa, covered in bandages.
"It's my job running a delivery service!" Kiki said as she set her broom down near the closet.
"Hey, Kaonashi, Koko, Kiki, and Jiji are sleeping over our house for a couple of weeks. Is that okay with you?" Fuu asked the bandaged spirit.
"Hai…"
"Good."
"Hey, CSI is on. Want to watch it?" Masashi looked at the clock on the stove. Everyone's faces lit up and immediately Koko grabbed the remote and pressed power. The flat screen TV turned on and the theme song was playing. Kaonashi, however, had no clue what was going on.
"What on earth is that?" He asked.
"Shh!" Fuu shushed him and continued watching.
"But, Fuu, what is that?"
"Shh!" Fuu said again, and then faced the screen as a flashback of a woman being strangled was shown. Kaonashi screamed in horror and flipped the sofa over. Everyone turned to him for a second, and then continued to watch TV.
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After an hour, the show was over, and everyone finally remembered about Kaonashi and the fallen couch. They put the sofa back in its place and picked up the unconscious Kaonashi. Everyone then decided it was time for bed before anything else more chaotic happens and they'll wake up the people all around them.
"Masashi, you get to sleep on the sofa!" Fuu-chan said. Then, everyone "Shh!"-Ed her.
"Sorry…" Fuu whispered.
"Fine, but where's he gonna sleep?" Masashi pointed at Kaonashi, still unconscious.
"I'll let him sleep on the futon in my room."
"But, Fuu, he's not a girl. He could be a pervert since all the girls are sleeping in there." Masashi said.
"Jiji's a boy and he's sleeping with us ladies!" Fuu said slightly louder. Everyone shushed her again.
"Sorry…"
"Fine, but I'm just warning you guys…" Masashi said lying on the sofa and getting a warm blanket from behind it.
"G'night, Ishi-Kun!" Fuu-chan said as she closed her bedroom door.
Fuu climbed into her cushiony bed as Kiki and Koko got their sleeping bags situated. Kaonashi rested on the quite comfy futon and was already fast asleep cuz he was barely alive from the sofa incident. Fuu fell asleep quickly along with her colorful gang of Choke Friends.
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Masashi snuggled with his own, blue Choke Friend but could not fall asleep. He was worried what might happen with teaching Kaonashi different things about the human world. Going outside in public will be very difficult because everyone will stare and stare and stare until their eyes disintegrate completely. He would also think about what his other friends would think. Now, they would think he and his girlfriend were total freaks, not saying that Fuu isn't a freak already. Masashi just thought and thought and thought until his brain exploded with nerves.
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To be continued in chapter two…
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Here are some things in this chapter of the story you might not have understood that well, but now you will!
-The title of the story "Kaonashi &"- If you've ever read the manga called "Yotsuba &", this is almost similar. Each chapter in "Yotsuba &" starts with the title then has a word like "Yotsuba & pools", this story does the same, but it is not the same synopsis.
-Fuu and Masashi- Fuu is my character and Masashi is a character I made up. No, I don't have a boyfriend. But Masashi is more moody in this story just to add the moody-ness to it. But in real life, he's just like me!
-Kiki and Jiji- If you didn't recognize it before, Kiki and Jiji are the stars in Ghibli's movie "Kiki's Delivery Service". It's about a 13 year old witch named Kiki, and her black cat named Jiji, training in a different city to become a full-fledged witch. How does she train? By doing her own delivery service! The characters are the same in the story and in the Ghibli film.
-Walkie Bits and Choke Friends- These are quite famous Japanese toys. Walkie Bits are little walking turtles that walk, run, and sing. Choke Friends are stuffed animals that are squishy and love not breathing.
-FRAGILE joke- This joke is in the Christmas movie "A Christmas Story", where the father is about to get his "prize".
A note from the author:
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