Me: Hello folks! Welcome to Chapter 2.

Boy: How long are you going to name us 'Boy', 'Girl', etc like this?

Me: Not for long.

Girl *sweetly*: Want some bread?

*The Boy was a bit suspicious but decided to take it anyway. When he chewed it, he was in awe.*

Boy: Wow! That's really a good bread. Who baked this?

Girl: A...

Me *in panic*: Don't Give Spoilers!

*Me, The Boy and The Girl laughed.*

Me: Thank you everyone for supporting me by reviwing and liking my other stories and I'm sure you will like this story as well.

Boy: Zahir890 does not own Mermaid Melody. It belongs to its respective owners. Just the OCs he owns.

Girl: Clannad as well.

Me: And now, without further delay, let all of us enjoy Chapter 2. Enjoy :).

Chapter 2: Introducing Each Other.

Everyone sat on the floor in a room, legs crossed and some bend their legs. Tea is served on the table as for the boy and the girl, cookies are given to them.

"Wait! You also live here as well?" The 2nd woman asked.

"Why yes." The 1st woman smiled, "It's a bakery where we also live. This is our home."

"We work here and live here just to say in short." The 1st man said.

"Wow! So this could be the 1st bakery in the history to also have a living place." The 2nd man teased in which everybody laughed.

Everyone then drank their tea while the boy and the girl ate their cookies.

"I'm really sorry I acted out like this." The 1st woman apologized, "It happens to me most of the time."

"Uh No. It's really not your fault." The 2nd woman smiled, "Well at least your crying brought us all together."

"Really? Thank you so much."

The 1st woman jumped happily in which everybody laughed a little bit.

"So it seems to me that you three are all local tourists since I'm pretty sure you are unaware of its surroundings." The 3rd man said.

"Yeah. This is the first time we are in Hikarizaka." The 2nd man said.

"When did you did you arrive in this city?" The 1st man asked.

"Yesterday morning. After we arrived, we went to Hikarizaka hotel and went to the room and relaxed there." The 2nd woman said, "Today we are exploring this city and maybe somehow our son came here."

Everyone giggled a little bit while the boy scratched his head.

"Well in that case..." The 3rd woman smiled as she looked at her child who smiled back.

Then then stood up and acted the way the 3rd woman did when she performed in a drama. She and the child said:

"Welcome to Hikarizaka city. Hills of light where wishes come true in this city."

"Wow. It seems to me that you are very good at acting." The 2nd woman said.

"She performed like that in a Drama. She's really good at acting." The 3rd man said.

"I still remember the acting I did in the festival." The 3rd woman smiled.

"Can I act too?" The girl asked happily.

"You will when you grow up."

"Oh speaking about that, we haven't introduced each other haven't we?" The 2nd man asked in which everyone shook their heads, "So why not you go first?"

"I'm Akio Furukawa." Akio introduced himself.

"Sanae Furukawa." Sanae introduced herself.

"Tomoya Okazaki." Tomoya introduced himself.

"Nagisa Okazaki but on family name, Nagisa Furukawa." Nagisa introduced herself.

The boy then slowly gulped at an instant.

"And this is our daughter, Ushio Okazaki." Nagisa smiled.

"Konichiwa." Ushio smiled and bowed.

"And welcome to Hikarizaka city!" The four of them proclaimed.

"Thank you." The 2nd man smiled.

"Just to clear the confusion, Nagisa is our daughter. She married Tomoya-san and they now have a daughter which is Ushio." Sanae smiled.

"What about your names?" Akio asked.

"Taoki Shirai." Taoki introduced himself.

"Yukito Shirai." Yukito introduced herself.

"It's really nice to meet you." Tomoya said. He then looked at the boy, "You must be their son, aren't you?"

"Uh Yeah. I am." The boy said.

"So what is your name?" Nagisa asked smiling.

"Na...Nagisa Shirai."

"NAGISA?!" Everyone, except Yukito and Taoki, asked in surprise and shock.

"How coincidence. That's my first name as well." Nagisa said.

"Nagisa! Nagisa!" Ushio said happily.

"Ha Ha. Well what do you know? First time in the name history that Nagisa is the boy's and the girl's name." Akio laughed happily.

"Well it seems like you two are a perfect match." Taoki smiled.

"How about we arrange a marriage right now between Nagisa-boy and Nagisa-girl?" Yukito teased in which everybody laughed.

"Hey!" Tomoya and Nagisa Shirai whined in which everyone laughed even louder. Soon they also started to laugh as well.

The laughter died within a few minutes.

"Well to avoid the name confusion, we will just call you Shirai if it's okay with you." Sanae smiled.

"Sure. No problem." Shirai said.

"You know. You almost remind me of one of the cute kids I teach."

Yukito and Taoki are surprised.

"Wait. You teach as well?" Yukito asked in surprise.

"Yeah. This bakery is also the home for the Furukawa Cram School, where Sanae tutors children from the neighborhood." Akio said.

"Well what do you know? You guys live here, work here and teach here." Taoki said happily, "Now this must be really extraordinary."

"It sure is." Yukito smiled.

Everyone had a little laughter. Then they saw that Ushio is reaching her hand towards Nagisa Shirai.

"It seems like Ushio wants to be your friend by offering you a handshake." Tomoya smiled.

"Well it can't be helped." Shirai smiled as he touched Ushio's hands.

After doing so, Ushio jumped in joy and ran to his mother.

"Mommy. I found a friend at last." Ushio said happily.

"That's really nice of you." Nagisa smiled.

"Doesn't she have any friends in her kindergarden school?" Shirai asked.

"Well she is trying to but she's a bit nervous sometimes."

"She hopes that she can spend sometime with you now that you are here." Tomoya smiled.

"Speaking about it, what is your age?" Akio asked.

"9 years old." Shirai said.

"Oh Wow! I bet you are now learning Japanese numbers of 1,2,3." Sanae said sweetly.

"I already know the numbers."

"Oh. Then you must be a fast learner then."

Everyone laughed a little bit.

"What about Ushio?" Yukito asked.

"Right now, she's struggling a little bit and I'm trying to help her." Nagisa said.

"She is in kindergarten so what's there to struggle?" Taoki asked.

"Ah! You got a point." Tomoya said in which everybody laughed a little bit.

"Well you three. We look forward to having a pleasant time with you and hope that you have a great stay in this city." Akio said.

"Thanks. Looking forward to it." Taoki said.

Everyone then smiled.

"Want some more cookies you two?" Sanae smiled.

Ushio and Shirai gladly nodded as Sanae gave then more cookies.

"Wow. That's some really cool cookies you made." Shirai said.

"I actually brought them from the shop." Sanae smiled.

"Thank you so much Sanae-san." Ushio smiled.

"Your welcome."

"And now onto the drama that happened just now." Tomoya said.

Everyone became silent for a minute.

"Shirai, I can pretty tell what happen from Sanae-san crying. You do know that stealing in the bakery is not good." Yukito said.

"Mom. I didn't steal." Shirai protested, "It said try it for free."

"Try it for free?"

"Why yes. I put my bread sample for free so that people can try it out before buying it." Sanae said.

"Well I thought I might try it out in which I did but it was...uh...well...you know..." Shirai tried to explain but he couln't, afraid that he might again offend Sanae.

"Well it could be that children and adult have different taste." Taoki said in which everyone nodded.

"Ah. That's true." Tomoya said, "At one point, Ushio was given fried rice but she rejected it and ate plain rice with salt instead."

"Daddy!" Ushio whined in which everybody laughed.

"That's really true. I remember hating a vegetable so much that I cried and cried when it was served to me." Nagisa said.

"Brings back your childhood memories." Sanae smiled.

"Taoki. I'm really sorry for threatening your son with my baseball bat." Akio apologized, "I didn't know that you are local tourists untill now."

"That's alright. Misunderstandings do happen often." Taoki said.

Tomoya and Nagisa gasped in shock upon hearing.

"You threatened Shirai with a baseball bat?! Shame on you Pops." Tomoya said.

"Children look up to you and you are really popular." Nagisa said, "What if they find out that you have threatned someone?"

"No! I didn't mean it!" Akio cried as he scratched his neck, "I'll be a disgrace!"

He rolled over everywhere in glee in which everybody laughed loudly.

"Please don't blame yourself Akio-san." Sanae said, "It's my fault that I started crying."

"I should be the one who is to blame. I started all this." Shirai sighed.

"Come down everyone. One doesn't have to be blamed totally." Tomoya said, "Pops, Sanae-san and Shirai. All three of you should share the blame."

"Well at least the blame is good." Yukito smiled, "If it hadn't been for our son, then we wouldn't have been here."

"So it seems like I should get the award for bringing you guys here." Shirai joked in which everyone giggled.

"Well that's probably true."

"Ushio will be and is now loving it." Nagisa smiled.

"Yeah!" Ushio said happily, clapping her little hands.

Everyone, except Shirai and Ushio, drank their tea.

"Say Sanae-san. Can we try the bread that our son took a bite alone just minutes ago?" Yukito asked.

"Sure. Be right back." Sanae smiled as she got up and left the room.

Tomoya looked around and saw an aqua wrist band with a strange sign on it on Shirai's left wrist. He became greatly interested.

"Hey Shirai. That's a cool wrist band you got there." Tomoya smiled.

"Oh Thanks." Shirai smiled, "And you got a cool watch there."

"Thanks."

"Can we see your wrist band please?" Ushio pleaded.

Shirai then put his left arm on the table so that they can see it. They are in awe upon seeing his aqua wrist band which has a mermaid sign on it.

"Oh Wow. It's really beautiful." Nagisa said in awe.

"Mommy. Can I have a wrist band like one of those?" Ushio asked in excitement.

"You will but which shop did you get it from?"

"This is not from a shop. This is from someone else." Shirai said.

"Wow. Who could that be?" Tomoya asked eagerly.

Shirai then gulped for a moment. He then looked at his mom with a bit of fear in his face.

"It's okay. Just tell them." Yukito said slowly and winked.

Yukito's words gave Shirai a bit of courage.

"This wrist band was given by one of my mom's best friends." Shirai said.

"Your Mom's best friends? Wow!" Akio said happily, "So when we will visit you, we are going to see your best friend first, can we?"

"Ah...Yeah." Yukito gulped.

"Well we hope to see your friend there when we visit." Tomoya said.

"I want to have a wrist band like this." Ushio said happily.

"We will when we meet her." Nagisa smiled.

"So it's decided!" Akio smiled as he slammed his hands on the table, "When we have time, we will go and visit them!"

"Yeah!" Ushio, Tomoya and Nagisa said happily.

While Akio, Ushio, Tomoya and Nagisa cheered in delight, Taoki, Yukito and Shirai felt a bit awful. Taoki then decided to change the subject quickly.

"So Akio? Why was there a rule that there should be no negative comment spoken in here?" Taoki asked.

"It's because..." Akio is about to explain but when he saw Sanae coming, "Maybe I will tell you later. I can't explain in front of her."

"I understand."

"Here you go. Have it for free." Sanae said cheerfully as she placed the round shape crispy bread on the table.

Yukito and Taoki picked up a bread each.

"Mom? Dad? Are you sure about eating this?" Shirai asked.

"Don't be silly. Like I said before, Kids and Adults have different taste." Taoki smiled.

"When you become an adult, you will realize that Sanae-san makes the best bread in the world." Yukito said happily in which Sanae jumped happily.

Yukito and Taoki then took a bite of the bread. However, a few minutes later, they stopped eating and stood like a statue for a moment.

Tomoya and others could tell it from Yukito's and Taoki's expression that they really didn't like the taste of it. Shirai sighed and put his hands on the face. Sanae became a bit sad.

"Uh? Did you make this bread all by yourself?" Taoki asked.

"Yes. Wait you don't mean..." Sanae gasped in tears.

"I'm sorry. It seems that our son is right." Yukito sighed.

Sanae then began to cry like a crybaby.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to say that." Yukito quickly apologized but it has fallen in deaf ears.

"WAHHH! My bread is really DESPICABLE!" Sanae cried and cried with Yukito comforting her.

"That's one or two reason as to why this rule has been made." Akio said.

"I see." Taoki said.

"Why did it actually have to come to this?" Shirai sighed.

"No idea." Tomoya said.

"I'm sorry but Mom always cries like that if someone says negative things about her bread." Nagisa said.

Ushio just giggled and laughed.

"How about let me solve your baking problems?" Yukito asked.

Sanae then stopped crying and looked at Yukito.

"Really? You can?" Sanae asked.

"Well I can try. I'm not a baker myself but I can give it a shot." Yukito said.

Sanae then hugged Yukito much to everyone's surprise.

"Oh thank you Yukito! Thank You!" Sanae said happily.

"There There." Yukito said.

Akio then stood up for a moment. Everyone then looked at him.

"Yosh. Now that everything is okay and we know each other now." Akio said, "It's time to play baseball!"

"Baseball against who?" Tomoya asked.

Akio then spun his baseball bat for a moment before pointing the baseball bat at none other than...Taoki Shirai! Everyone looked at Taoki, who is in shock!

"What?! Why me?" Taoki asked in shock.

Me: And that's the end of Chapter 2.

Shirai: Finally! We are given names.

Voices: Hello Everybody!

*Akio, Sanae, Tomoya, Nagisa, Taoki and Yukito appeared out of nowhere!*

Tomoya: Man. This room of yours surely feels great!

Ushio *jumping happily*: Mommy! Daddy!

Shirai: Mom! Dad! You almost half scared us to death.

Yukito: Sorry but we really can't hide our excitement.

Taoki: Yeah. We are gonna have a whole lot of fun now that we know each other.

Nagisa: I can't wait for things to get started. What about you Mom?

Sanae *jumping happily*: I'm super excited!

Akio: Chapter 3 is coming up soon so stay in your gears cause I'm gonna have a time of my life!

Taoki *scrowning*: You will pay for this!

Akio *laughing*: Ha Ha Ha!

*Everybody then laughed.*

Me *smiling*: And untill then, review and like this and my other stories.