A/N: Well, I'm glad that some of you are enjoying this so far. And if you think that the last chapter was a trip *giggles at comment about Takkun's 'tripping'*, get ready, because it's not over yet. ^_^

Oh, and before I forget, I don't own FLCL. Because only Gainax can claim that. _

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No one ever gives you a guide whenever you come into this world about what you're supposed to do with your life. My classmates often told me there should have been an exception in my case, since my head was already as blank as they come.

They didn't know how right they'd been.

I now sat across from the green and violet haired beings named Elsar and... well, actually, I didn't know her name. They'd told me how they'd found me skimming the waters of unconciousness in the Wild Zone, and how they'd wanted to make sure I was alive before they stole my Vespa.

I was glad they hadn't stolen it.

"A Vespa, huh? And a space-faring one at that. That mustn't have come from Earth, did it?" the yellow-eyed person asked. I call them... person, because I simply couldn't figure out whether they were male or female; certainly the name 'Elsar' wasn't gendered enough for me to be able to tell.

"I don't know," I said, not wanting to reveal anything.

"Don't know, huh?" Elsar-person said.

"He said he doesn't know."

"Think he can lie?"

"If he's lying, he's not good at it."

"Must be tough, being a Terran-"

"There's nothing wrong with being from Earth," I retorted, crossing my arms. I stared back at them with slight disgust.

Yellow eyes. "Definately not from Earth. Who gave you that Vespa, kid?"

"I'm not a kid. I'm eighteen."

"Eighteen Terran years. That's equivalent to about fifteen standard out here. You're still a kid. So, who gave you the Vespa?"

"Eighteen's eighteen no matter where you go," I said, looking outside the nearby window. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my arm. I blinked, then looked to see the green-haired Elsar-person smiling at me gently.

"Don't be scared. We won't hurt you. We're just looking for someone... and that someone went to Earth a while ago. Maybe about four to six of your Earth years?"

"Who?"

Elsar looked at the yellow-eyed girl and then sighed. "Our older sister."

"Sister? Hakuro had-"

"So you have seen her! I KNEW that was her Vespa. How'd you get it, kid? Did you know her? When did you last-" Suddenly Elsar laughed and let go of my arm. "I'm sorry, we haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Elsar."

The yellow eyed person with violet hair smiled. "And I'm Taika. We've been looking for our sister for the last seven standard years. She's our older sister."

"Are you..." I pointed at both of them, then raised an eyebrow. "Are you her... um..." I struggled with my word choice as I tried to find out their gender, the very not-obvious knowledge still puzzling me. "Sisters? I mean, are you- uhh..." I bit my lip, nervous at the idea of asking.

"You're right, we're sisters. Sorry, we still have our guitar straps on. If we don't, we'd get hit on by the wrong men."

"Wrong men? Guitar straps?" I was fairly confused by this point.

"You know, guitar straps?" Elsar said, leaning forward towards me. I blinked, shaking my head. "Guitar straps, thong picks, rock bands?" I shook my head again. Elsar looked over at Taika, and winked, then proceeded to pull me forward against the table. Seconds later, I opened my eyes into a large amount of flesh. I blinked, then realized I was looking down into a set of...

"AHHH!!" I tried to push myself away, my face red as an overripe tomato. As I writhed against the grasp of the two voluminous orbs that hung in front of me, then realized that they were... condensed.

Elsar giggled. She pushed me back into my seat. "Terran boy, all right. But not as turned on as you should be. Eighteen, huh? Shouldn't you be busy making furi kuri with the girl who rubs your back? Rubbing your face in her bosom?"

My face turned even redder. "Um... well, I- uh-"

"Don't tell me you came out here to find a girl because all the ones on Earth are taken?"

Taika shoved her sister playfully on the shoulder and winked. "They can't all be taken. After all, they'd have to leave some for us, hmm?"

I blinked. "But- what-"

Suddenly Elsar giggled. "I think I finally get it. Earth. We traced Haruko's journey to Earth that one time. What do you want to bet that this kid here is the one we heard about in Mechanica's records?"

"What the hell-How am I in their records?" I spat out, not choosing my words correctly at all. I realized my mistake as the green and violet haired girls giggled at each other.

"Naota-chan wants to make sweet furi kuri with Haruko-san."

"Rubbing up and down, circling each other-"

"Grasping at things usually unseen-"

I stood up, resulting in the backs of my calves to feel as though they'd had a guitar pick strung up them thanks to my chair. "I do not want to make furi kuri with Haruko! I just want- I just-"

"You just... what?" Taika asked, raising an eyebrow at me. I bit my lower lip, and it trembled like a cymbal.

"I... I love her."

"And you think you'll have a chance at finding her? You, on your little Vespa? You, who doesn't know the slightest thing about rock'n'roll even though you carry around that guitar strapped to your back?" Elsar said, giving me a questioning glance. It was then that my heart nearly broke, because when I looked upon her, my tears made her colors invert, leaving behind my beloved Haruko.

"I don't care if I don't know about rock'n'roll. I only care about Haruko."

"Think we should help him?" Taika.

"Don't know. He might be able to lead us to her."

"Wait- if he's the kid from Mechanica, then do you think he-"

Suddenly, both girls looked at me with slitted eyes and half-smirks. One of them picked up a fork, while the other picked up a knife.

"What- what are you two doing? Wha-"

I didn't say much more as I felt a rush of metal crash against my forehead. My arms felt eagle-spread as I was forced to lay against the floor, my chair being the only thing that kept my legs dangling over it.

Space and time seemed to melt into one as I felt a long-dead sensation whirl into my head. I closed my eyes.

I hoped it was cooler than Canti.

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"That was nice, Michiru."

"Of course. I was there," the other person said to the redhead. Haruko smiled as she stared up into the abyss of the stars, not quite able to, but willing herself to pull herself deeply into its disorganized slapstick mess.

And to just look at the stars, damnit.

"Do you really think he's... nevermind."

"You miss him. You should go back to Earth."

"I don't miss anything, Michiru. You know that better than anyone."

"I also know you're the worst liar."

"...so kill me." The redhead laid back onto the cement playground outside the station, her white-gloved hands behind her head. Smiling and nodding, she pulled her v-guitar from behind her neck and proceeded to pluck a few strings.



The stars were bright tonight. And yet, Haruko was struck by the paleness of their white light. It reminded her of curry. Spicy curry...

"Damn it. I haven't thought about him in years, so why am I now?"

"Because you loved him."

"Then why would I forget him?"

"You didn't forget him. You forgot yourself, Haruko."

"I wish..." She closed her green eyes and started to hum a few notes. Suddenly, the metal on her right arm bracelet started to move slightly. She stopped humming, and held out her arm in front of her face.

"Wha-"

A feeling pulled her eyes away from her wrist and towards the expanse of universe in front of her. Her eyes widened as she was pulled towards the stars, her body not responding.

The colors seemed to sparkle and reflect around her, trying to draw her attention away from the main stage, but Haruko kept her focus on the event before her.

Lights twisted and writhed with their beams, producing a stage scene never before witnessed. The music started to come into her ears, and Haruko grinned, shaking her head with the music, her heart beating in tune. The chords and strings were perfect, the rifts were wonderful, and the drums just kept in time perfectly.

Suddenly Haruko was pulled closer to the stage, and she saw the lead guitarist plucking the chords while he bounced against the air. She reached out with a white glove to touch him, only realizing that her gloves were off... that her arms were completely naked save for the metal bracelet on her right arm.

The metal trinket kept pulling her towards the guitarist, and Haruko looked at it, then back at the guitarist. She peered, trying to see the young man more closely.

Familiar dark brown hair yelled at her, and a set of strong, lithe arms struggled to reach her as they continued to play a beautiful scale of flats and sharps on the guitar. The guitar...

It screamed her name. Haruko reached towards it, and suddenly the guitarist stopped playing. Haruko's expression grew with amazement as she yearned to see his face.

Eons later, he started to lift up his head to hers...

Haruko blinked, only to find herself staring at her arm and bracelet once more. She sat up, then thought a moment before standing. Michiru grinned, shaking her head.

"What is it, rocker girl?"

"Time for another world tour, Michiru-san. Only this one will be stellar. I've got to go find my lead guitarist."

"I thought you'd feel that way. Take my Vespa."

"But Michiru-"

"It's not tracked, not like your Space forces one was." A pair of keys flew up into the air, Haruko catching them with a gloved hand. The redhead turned to give her companion a smirk before heading towards the edge of the parking lot universe, striding away.

Michiru grinned, then licked her paw and stared up at the sky.

It was funny, sometimes. Haruko didn't even seem to realize why she was so drawn to Earth and its ways, even why she'd been drawn to that stupid Pirate king.

Damn Terrans. Didn't even realize that they were more special than they thought they were. Michiru only prayed that Haruko realized the truth before it was too late.

If she didn't... well, the universe had survived one big bang before. And it was getting kind of horny.

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"Haruko-" I whispered as soon as I came to. I looked around myself, then realized I was nowhere near the restraunt I'd just been in. Silver walls surrounded me, and When I focused a bit more, I could make out three distinct shapes against the grayness.

I blinked, releasing wetness and crumbs from their captivity in my eyes. Taika and Elsar sat next to a-

A robot. Another shit-ass robot. I reached up and felt my forehead. Eyebrows still there. Good.

I focused. The robot looked nothing like Canti had- it was green, first off, and short. Very short. Maybe about two feet high, at most. It had a set of- what looked like three-pronged arms, and bent legs. Wait- not bent. Kneeled. Screw the thought about this robot being short.

It would at least be tall as those two wierdo sisters of Haruko's.

"He's awake."

"What I heard was right. You definately ARE a man, Naota."

"You called me that earlier. How do you know my name if I never told you?"

"This-" Elsar said, winking and pulling out my wallet, showing me my driver's license and all the other plastic, non-important items I'd brought along. I sighed.

"Can I have that back, please?"

"Hmm. No. They make too good of frisbees."

"Please?"

"Nope. Besides, Beeta here seems to like them to eat. Don't you, Beeta-chan?"

"Beeta?"

Taika leaned her head against the green robot, smiling and rubbing her head against it affectionately. "Yes. Beeta. My new best friend. After all, you already have one, so why shouldn't we?"

"Because it's my head? And the only one allowed to beat me up is-" I choked for a minute, then continued- "Haruko."

"Masochist."

"No. Just the woman I loved is the only one allowed."

"Sounds like a childhood issue to me." Elsar said, closing one eye and inspecting me. "So. What are you going to do now?"

"Pray that you won't pull anything else out of my forehead."

"No. I mean about Haruko-san."

"I'm going to do what I first set out to do- find her."

"And why do you think you'll have more luck than ourselves?" Taika asked me, watching as Beeta looked at her three-pronged hands with her television screened face. I stood up and walked towards one of the walls, trying to find an exit, when I suddenly realized- there was no exit. I turned to the two girls.

"Where the hell are we?"

"The Space forces finally caught up to us. While Beeta was coming from the void inside your empty brain, they teleported us here."

"Where's my-" I felt my back and realized that my guitar- Haruko's guitar- was gone. "where the HELL is my guitar?"

"We don't know," Taika said. "We thought you might. But I guess not."

"My Vespa gone too?"

Elsar nodded.

"Shit. How am I supposed to find Haruko now?" I slammed my fist against the silver ground, and watched the blood spew from my knuckles. I held my bloodied appendage up against my lips, and smiled at how tantilizing the liquid smelled. Grinning, I licked it with my tongue... Then opened my eyes wide in shock.

"What. The. HELL. What the hell possessed me to do that?"

Elsar grinned and looked at Taika, then back at me, an eyebrow raised. "They warned you before you left, Terran. Sex, Drugs, Rock'n'Roll. Welcome to space, Rock star. These things corrupt you. And it looks like space is starting to get to you already."

I started to hypervenilate, staring at my still-bleeding hand in horror. "This... this is why Haruko was the way she was? Space... does this to you?"

"Space, and rock does it to you. Frees your mind, your soul, your spirit. And doesn't it feel good?" Taika asked, rubbing her head affectionately against Beeta's television head. She then proceeded to lick the side of the monitor with her tongue, and looked at me as a cat does a bowl of cream.

Cat. Memories of the cat I used to have at home before a certain father of mine ran over it with his truck while delivering his hentai magazines everywhere.

Father. Grandpa. Mamimi.

I blinked, and realized that Taika was now sitting in front of me, in a rather... seductive position. A part of me long asleep suddenly awoke to life, and I felt warmth spread across it. I bit my lip as I fought the emotions that went with the feeling.

"Want to have some fun, Rock star?" Elsar giggled in the background, and licked her lips. I shuddered, and crawled back away from the green-haired girl still advancing towards me.

"Haruko-"

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Well? What do you think? ^_^ R/R. Oh, and btw- just like our beloved FLCL- this isn't supposed to make any sense. Or at least, I don't think it was supposed to. Or at least... it will. Eventually. After many pints. ^_~