Ok, so I´ve gone and done the unforgivable...I added a char to Azumanga, worst thing is, it´s kind of a self-insert, but I think it can make for an interesting read, and it might end up pretty long too.If anyone of you ever checked out my Love Hina fic "Like the Moon" you might notice that that´s also kind of a self-insert, but it got pretty good, untill I got tired of never getting any reviews at all >. ...kinda made it seem pointless as , apparently, nobody was reading it :(.
I did enjoy it alot though, and I´m hoping this will be even better. Now I just hope I won´t screw this too badly up.
Those of you waiting on my other fic aren´t waiting in wain, it´s just that I recently got the possibilities to return to my online life and ficwriting so hopefully things will flow forth. Sorry, for keeping you waiting so long.

Back to this fic, of what I wrote most of as an introduction to a roleplay, I just kept on writing, and that´s how I usually do it ;.
At the moment the schoolyear hasn´t started yet, Ayumu is still living in Osaka and it´s a week to the first day of school.

Brendi has just met his landlady and gotten set in his small appartment in Tokyo , tired after a long day he flops down on the sofa and turns on the TV.
The TV-set buzzes slightly before it´s screen focuses and lots of white and black dots start buzzing all over.
"Now, that´s typical. Been couped up in a flying tincan for too long already and now I can´t watch TV..."
Looking around him Brendi regards the appartment once more, finally his gaze ends on his small fridge.
´I wonder if there´s actually something in there...´
Brendi gets up and walks over to the fridge, crouches down and opens it.

White walls and bright light greets him with empty shelves.

"Doh, well a walk would do me good anyhow, I just hope there is something that resembles nature out here though.
Dang, I hate living in a huge city as this, I live for the countryside."

Muttering to himself Brendi leaves the small condo and start on his round, searching for a convenience store.

After walking around the neighbourhood abit Brendi notes the many well kept gardens, and also the number of cats and dogs there seems to be in the area.
He takes a deep breath through his nose and smells that, hey, it´s spring, alright.

As he walks along he notices a girl standing at an intersection, just staring out into the air.
She´s dressed in what he can guess goes for everyday wear here in Japan.
Coming closer he sees that the girl looks like she´s at his age, has big brown eyes and brown hair a little bit longer than her shoulders.
After a second Brendi realises that he´s staring at her, so he shifts his gaze, blushes and hurries on down the path.

Luckily enough Brendi finds a convenience store about 30 yards further down.
He enters, decides to get something to eat, since he hates fly-food with a vengeance and hasn´t eaten since his last stop.
Walking up and down the rows of different easy-meals Brendi scratches his head.

"Damnit, why do I have to be so weird when it comes to new food?´

10 minutes later Brendi decides to get something he knows he likes, chicken and rice.
He also picks up a bottle of juice.

When he gets back to the intersection the girl is still standing there, only that now she looks confused and worried.

Brendi´s low self-esteem fights abit with his want to help the girl, but the poor girl looks so confused and troubled that he can´t leave her like that.

Kneecaps shaking he walks up to the girl and greets her with what he hopes is a comforting smile.

"Uhmm, Excuse me, but you seem lost, is there something I can help you with?"

The girl turns her attention on him for the first time and , unlike how Brendi thought she would react, she gazes back, not intimidated at all by the big Gaijin. (Brendi is about 177 cm tall with a powerfull build, not to mention longer hair than most japanese men and what is starting to look like a beard.)

"Hai, thank you, do you know where house nr. 13 in Fujikuwa street is?"

"Uhmm...I´m not sure no, but I think I went trough Fujikuwa street on my way to the store." Brendi lifts up the bag of groceries as to prove he has been at the store.

"Ok, could you show me the way to it then? Onegai?"

Surprised and charmed by the girls naive behaviour Brendi ask her to come with him and leads the way back.

After a few crisscrosses and turns they end up outside a house in Fujikuwa street with the number "13" on it.
Brendi looks on it in fascination, it has got a clean garden and it looks alot like the other houses in the neighbourhood, but it had a "For Sale" sign plastered on the door.

Scratching his head Brendi decides to end his brief encounter, considering how the girl would be creeped out if he did anything else, he had just been helping her find her way back after all.

"Ah, well, looks like you might be moving in here in the closest future then?"

Brendi slaps himself mentally. Why the heck did you say that? It was supposed to be "thank you" and leave!´

"Yeah...I hope so, it´s very nice around here." she said and gave the most cheerfull smile Brendi´s ever seen.

"There you are, Ayu-chan, I warned you not to go wandering about, it´s a dangerous city , this is."

Strolling down towards the walkway was a man who had to be the girl´s Ayu-chan?´ father by the sound of it.
Halfway down the path he notices Brendi next to Ayu-chan, and in a blink he connects the dots.
He walks right over Brendi and extends his hand.

"Hello, I am Kasuga Gando, and I want to thank you for guiding my daughter safely back to me."

Embarrased at the formal greeting Brendi only manages to mutter his answer.

"It is nothing to thank for, really."

"Of course it is, if it wasn´t for her dimwittedness my daughter wouldn´t need help so often, but she can´t help it and thus she gets into these situations."

At those words Brendi noticed Ayu-chans bright eyes fade abit, and she turns abit away.

"Here young man, I would like you to pay you back for your services, here´s 1000 yen for your trouble." With his arm extended the father´s fist held a 1000 yen bill in it.

Looking at the bill, Brendi smiles a small smile..

" I am sorry, my good sir, but that isn´t necessary. Consider it a favour for possible future neighbours."

Gando in front of Brendi suddenly flashed a smile that contained something like respect.

"You´re a good man, uhmm, your name if I might ask?"

"Oh, sorry, my name is Hulvej, Hulvej Brendi." Brendi answered, followed by a forced bow.

Gando smiled and grasped Brendi´s shoulder, even if Brendi was slightly taller.

"Ah, you seem like good material for a gaijin, Brendi-kun. Now you will have to excuse me and my daughter, Ayumu, we have to meet with my wife and her mother and we´re already late. I think we will meet again, Brendi-kun."

"Uhmm, I am looking forward to it, Kasuga-san. Goodbye, then."

"Goodbye."

To Brendi´s slight surprise Ayumu also waves at him as they walked toward their car.

"Goodbye and thank you, Brendi-kun."

Brendi stood in front of the house in several minutes , thinking, before he turned around and walked back to his condo.

´Well, this was a pretty alright day for my first day in Japan.´

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Ok, so was that too bad as an introduction or what? I think it was ok :POf course I will give you alot more background as I go along on the story, now I just hope I can do something for you readers instead of being an a-hole when it comes to continuing chapters ( something I am horribly slow at. ).
And I will write the next chapter for "What could´ve been" before I continue this story, don´t worry. ;)