FLCL: Second Chapter 4: Guitars?, a furi kuri: flcl fanfic

Hello again! I don't keep track of how many days it takes for me to post a new chapter for this, but I am extremely sorry if i am late. I'm working on another fanfic also (Still trying to clear up the category issue with ), and I am overestimating how much free time I have. I am going to try to post a new chapter every week, more or less, depending on the conditions.

I have noticed that I haven't been putting much action in here lately, and I am going to try to fix that soon. Right now, were in the "getting to know the place" stage. I plan on making some action in either this episode or the next one. Either way, I think your going to enjoy these next chapters. And if not, I don't blame you, because like I said before, this is my first fanfic.

Please read and review, and I hope you enjoy this new chapter of FLCL: Second!

G-man

Haruko walked around Naota's room. She had woken up a few minutes ago. Naota himself was still asleep. She had put his clear guitar back in it's case, so he wouldn't accidentally step on it or something. Her double neck guitar was propped next to it, and the Rickenbacker was laying against another corner of the room. She was looking around, trying to see how everything had changed since she left.

One thing that had changed was that Naota had cleared some space in his room for a small desk with a laptop plugged into a power outlet near it. The laptop had some external speakers, a few pairs of headphones, and a little machine thing laying next to the laptop that looked like guitar and microphone cords could be plugged into it.

There was a poster of familiar guitars up on the wall. There was a little bit of fire in the background of the poster, with a barely noticeable mark of Atomsk there too. There was a 1967 Flying V and a 1961 Gibson EB-0 crossed into an X with little bolts of electricity crossing between the two, and the double necked guitar, the mix of the two, overlapping it, while a blue Rickenbacker 4001 was positioned above them.

Haruko wondered how he had gotten a poster like that. Did he make it himself? It did seem like kind of a coincidence that the guitars on the poster were the same ones from four years ago. She decided to ask Naota about it when he got up.

Just then, as if on cue, Naota shifted in his bed, rolling over so he was facing in Haruko's direction, and opened his eyes some. The first thing he saw was Haruko. He noticed her staring at his poster. He smiled.

"I made that myself for a school project. There is an animated version of it as the screensaver on the laptop." Naota spoke finally. Haruko jumped at his voice, not suspecting him to be up this early. She turned around, with a slightly startled look on her face, which quickly faded. She smiled at him. "Usually you don't wake up until the alarm tells you to." Haruko said. "I don't know, sometimes I just wake myself up somehow." Naota replied. Haruko sat down on the rolling chair of the desk, facing towards the bed, slumping forward a little, setting her elbow on the arm rests and propping her head up on her hand, narrowing her eyes a little and looking straight at Naota, who looked back. He was still sleepy, and Haruko could tell.

"What time is it anyway?" He asked, not particularly directed towards Haruko. Haruko shrugged, not saying anything. Naota looked at his alarm clock, and it was a few minutes before the alarm clock was supposed to ring. He threw his legs over the side of the bed, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Haruko closed her eyes, not because she was sleepy, but to think for a little bit. Naota lay his head in his hands, trying to wake himself up still.

"How can you forgive me for what I did?" Haruko said, opening her eyes a little. Naota just looked up, with a look on his face that said everything. The look said "I can forgive you because you came back for me."

She really did wonder how he could forgive her for the things she did to him. She had used him to get Atomsk, and broke his heart afterwards. He seemed to enjoy her being there, though. He seemed to like that change in his overly normal, unoriginal life that she brought with her. He had always said that nothing amazing ever happened in Mabase, and that life there was 'a lifetime of dying slowly'.

Haruko spun the chair around a couple times, before stopping and looking at the machine with the guitar and microphone ports. "You record your music?" Haruko asked, turning the chair around so she was facing Naota again, eager to change the subject, becuase it didn't seem right to talk about such a sensitive topic the first day she was back. Naota got the point. "Yes, sometimes. I don't usually put vocals on there, because I'm not really the singing person." Naota replied. Haruko tilted her head to the side, and a little grin came onto her face.

"You should sing for me." Haruko said. Naota looked at her with the same look she looked at him when he surprised her. "I don't think I should." Naota replied. "Oh, come on. I'll sing after you." Haruko's smile grew a little bit. Naota thought it over for a few seconds. "Okay." he said. Haruko smiled more, and got herself comfortable in the seat while Naota got ready. He breathed for a moment, trying to think of something to sing. He remembered something he had practiced before. "This song is for you." He said before breathing in. He closed his eyes and started.

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
Far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Well, every moment spent with you
Is a moment I treasure

I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

Lying close to you
Feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
In this moment forever, forever and ever

I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
Well, I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just wanna hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
'Cause I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep, yeah
I don't wanna miss a thing

He finished singing, and opened his eyes. Haruko was leaning forward in her seat, her yellow eyes glittering, as if she was about to cry. Suddenly, she leaped out of the chair, rushed forward, throwing her arms around Naota. She was crying now, crying tears of joy. "Naota, that was great!" she exclaimed, pressing her face into his shoulder. She sniffled, crying into his shoulder.

Naota had never seen her cry before, but he was glad that they weren't tears of sadness. He hugged Haruko back, leaning his own head into her shoulder. They stayed like that for a little while. Suddenly, the alarm clock started ringing. Naota groaned.

"Perfect way to spoil the moment..." he said, looking up from Haruko's shoulder. She had calmed down a little, but she sniffled a little and looked up to Naota. The skin around her eyes was wet from crying, but she had a smile on her face. Naota smiled back, and raised a hand up, wiping her eyes for her. She smiled a little more, and they both got up from the bed. They both broke the hug, and Naota started to get dressed, Haruko leaving the room for the sake of his privacy.

Naota smiled to himself while he got dressed. He was glad Haruko was back, and most likely to stay this time. He knew that his life had finnaly changed for the better.

And he was happy.

/FLCL\

When he was dressed, he went downstairs into the kitchen to see Haruko in her maid uniform, making breakfast. It was usually Canti's job to make breakfast, but he was on the balcony doing laundry at the moment. Naota smiled a little, and went up to her.

"Your not our maid anymore, unless you somehow already talked to my dad about a job." Naota said. Haruko turned around, grinning. "I just wanted to see if you still liked me in this outfit..." Haruko said, laughing a little bit. Naota laughed too, turning around and walking to the table sitting down. Haruko brought him over a plate of curry, and Naota sighed. "Curry is still your specialty?" Naota questioned. "You got that right!" Haruko replied. Naota picked up the spoon, watching Haruko carefully. He took a bite out of the curry. It was really spicy. Naota jumped a little bit, swallowed the bite of curry, and turned to look up at Haruko.

"Why do you always have to make me the spicy stuff?" Naota asked her. "Its just how I make it, and you should be able to handle it, since your a big man now, Ta-kun." Haruko replied, grinning evilly. Naota just sighed, got up and made a glass of water, gulped it down, and refilled it. Haruko got to work on Kamon and Shigekuni's breakfast.

"Its funny, you were crying just a few minutes ago, now your back to your old self." Naota said to Haruko. Haruko turned her head to look at him, her trademark grin across her face. "Well, I do have a reputation to uphold, so don't expect much soft stuff out of me from now on." Haruko replied. "And you also said you would sing after me, what happened to that?" Naota asked. "I'll do it later. Don't you have school or something?" Haruko replied. "Today is Sunday..." Naota said, sitting back down at the table. When he looked back up at Haruko, she was dressed in the clothes she was wearing when she got up, and she was bringing her own curry to the table.

"How do you change your clothes so fast?" Naota asked. Haruko held her finger up to him. "Girl's secret." She replied, smiling a little bit. Naota sighed again, and took another bite of his curry, taking a sip of water afterwards. Haruko practically inhaled her curry, and got up and went outside. A few minutes later, Naota could hear the Vespa's engine revving. Once he finished the curry, he went outside too. He could see Haruko kneeling on the ground next to the Vespa, revving the engine with one hand and holding a wrench in the other. The helmet and goggles were hanging off the other handlebar.

"Is there something wrong with it?" Naota asked. Haruko looked up from the Vespa. "I just want to make sure its in shape. You never know when something will happen to a Vespa as old as this. Hey, I'll give you a prize if you can tell me what model of Vespa this is!" She said, revving the engine a little. Naota thought for a moment. "Its a Vespa Super Sport 180." He said. Haruko looked impressed. "How did you know?" Haruko asked. "I did some studying, and I wanted to buy one of my own, but they are hard to find." Naota replied. "Yeah, I'm lucky I found this one." Haruko said.

There was some silence for a minute. Haruko got up from her spot on the ground and turned off the Vespa's engine. "What do you usually do during the weekends?" Haruko asked. "Whatever comes to mind first, really. Mabase hasn't changed much since you've left." Haruko nodded, looking up into the sky. An airplane was flying high above Mabase. She also saw a dim light of some sort. She thought she knew what it was, but she wasn't sure.

She looked back to Naota. "As for that reward..." She said, reaching out to take Naota's hand. She pulled him towards her, and she got him on the Vespa somehow. But this time, he was sitting at the controls, and she was sitting behind him. Naota immediately knew what she wanted him to do.

"Drive us somewhere." She said. Naota sighed. "I told you, I don't think its safe for me to drive this thing." he replied. Haruko took his hands and put them on the handlebars, and set her hands on top of his. "Come on, I'll help you." She said, holding onto his hands. Naota thought for a moment.

It might be fun to drive this thing... Naota thought to himself. He sighed.

"Okay," He said, "but we need to go to the auto store and get another helmet and goggles first." Haruko nodded, and Naota took Haruko's helmet and gave it to her. She put it on and held onto him, and he started the engine. He shifted the gears, and pulled away from the bakery, going a little slower than the road speed limit, 45 mph. He squinted a little bit from the air.

They drove for a little while until they got to the auto store. They parked in one of the parking spaces, Haruko setting her helmet on the bike and taking the keys, and they went into the store. A few cars and bikes were on display ouside, and there were motorbike helmets on a few shelves. They went to the shelves, and looked at the different helmet and goggles combinations. Naota decided to keep it simple, and picked out a gunmetal gray helmet with goggles of the same color.

Haruko turned to Naota and saw his choice. "Don't you think you should get something a little more stylish, like these?" Haruko held up a cobalt blue helmet with a white stripe going up it, with matching goggles. "I don't have much money. How much are they?" Naota asked. "Uh..." Haruko checked the price tag, "2,100 yen." Haruko said finally. Naota sighed in relief, and put the gray helmet back. "Not as expensive as I thought they would be," he said, "lets go pay for them." Haruko was already at the register.

Naota walked over to the register, taking his money out of his pocket. He counted out enough yen to pay for the helmet and goggles, and gave it to the cashier. They left the store and went back to the Vespa.

Naota sat down at the controls and put his helmet on. He slipped the goggles over the helmet and placed them over his eyes. They were a good fit. Haruko got on and did the same, and Naota started the engine and pulled out of the parking lot. They drove for a while until they got to the outskirts of Mabase.

There wasn't really a speed limit for those roads, so Naota started to go faster. Haruko held onto him tighter. She looked up in the sky while they drove, and she saw that light again.

That better not be what I think it is, Haruko thought to herself. She quickly banished the thought of it being what she suspected.

They drove for a while, until they drove back into town and continuing until they got to the bridge. Naota drove onto the sidewalk until they got to the place they were at yesterday, and he turned off the Vespa and got off it. Haruko got off too, taking off ther helmet.

"I'm surprised we didn't crash," Naota said, also taking off his helmet, "that Vespa is dangerous!" Haruko laughed when he said this. "We need to get you one of your own so you can practice." Haruko said, hanging her helmet on one of the handlebars. Naota hung his helmet on the other handlebar and leaned against the railing. Haruko stood next to him for a minute, then sat down while he stood.

Meanwhile, down on the riverbank under the bridge, a woman of about 21 took a pack of cigarettes and a lighter out of her pocket, put the end of the cigarette in her mouth and lit it. She took a puff out of it. She looked up to the bridge, seeing someone leaning against the railing. She started walking toward the path to the road, taking it towards the bridge. She went from a walk to a run, not noticing the cigarette fall from her mouth. She knew it was a long shot, but she wanted to make sure it wasn't who she thought he was.

Naota?

/FLCL\

Naota and Haruko stayed on the bridge for a while. It was still pretty early, about 11 o' clock. Naota drummed his fingers on the rail, while Haruko messed with the single chain link on her shackle bracelet. Her thumb passed over Atomsk's mark, and she smiled a little bit. Naota could hear distant footsteps, but ignored it. He could hear them getting faster as they got closer. The footsteps got faster until it was a full scale run. The footsteps got closer and closer until they stopped near them. The person running was panting, and as she regained her breath, she spoke a single word.

"Naota?"

Naota's eyes widened. He slowly turned his head to the side to see the woman standing a few feet away from him. "Mamimi?" Naota said. Haruko looked up from fiddling with her bracelet. "Sameji?" She asked, tired. Naota and Mamimi stared at each other for what seemed like an hour. She didn't look like it, but she was happy to see him.

"What are you doing here?" Naota asked, "Don't you have that photography job in America?" Mamimi nodded. "I'm here on vacation time. I wanted to see if you were still here." She said. She smiled. "Well, its good to see your still here, Ta-kun. I was starting to worry you wouldn't get that letter I sent." She said. "You sent that letter? Why didn't you put a return adress or anything? I was starting to think it was Haruko here who sent it." Haruko looked up at Naota. "Well, you can't send letters in space, can you?"

When Haruko said this, Mamimi looked down to Haruko, as if just noticing her. "Ah, I see." She said, dissapointed. She didn't approve of Haruko coming back, after what she did to Naota.

"Well, it was good to see you." she said, starting to walk away. "Your leaving so soon?" Haruko asked her. "I'm going back to my hotel. Maybe I'll come visit you sometime, Naota!" Mamimi said. "That would be great! Come over whenever you want!" Naota replied.

"Mamimi, do you want Haruko to give you a ride there? I can walk home." Naota said. "No, I wouldn't want to be any trouble." Mamimi replied. Haruko was on the Vespa already, her helmet and goggles on. "Come on, Sameji, it will be faster!" Haruko said. "Well, ok. I'll see you later, Naota!" Mamimi said, and she gave Naota a quick hug. She got on the Vespa behind Haruko, putting Naota's helmet and goggles on. She held onto Haruko as they drove across the sidewalk to the road.

Naota could see Haruko and Mamimi wave at him, and he waved back before they turned a corner. After he heard the engine of the Vespa fade out of existence, he sighed and closed his eyes. He sat down against the railing.

Everyone is coming back, Naota thought to himself. Who's next? My brother? He almost laughed at this.

He dozed for a little while. When he woke himself up, it was actually starting to get dark. How long have I been here? He quickly got up and started walking. He got to the road, and fast-walked on the road back to his house. He knew it would take about a half an hour before he got back.

On his way home, he saw a person walking on the opposite side of the street as him. The person was a male, with light brown hair close to Naota's length, with a guitar strung over his back. Naota knew his guitars, it was a gold LTD V-50. Wait, gold? They didn't sell those guitars in gold color. Naota was curious, so he decided to cross to the same side of the street as him and get a closer look. After he crossed and got a few feet behind the man, he decided to make himself known.

"Um, excuse me?" The man stopped in his tracks when Naota spoke. It was almost scary. "Uh, i just wanted to know where you got that gold LTD V-50 from, because I know they don't sell those in that color." The man turned around, looked at Naota, smiled a little bit and spoke. "Lets just say I'm a little more special than other LTD owners." The man had a Russian accent. The man then chuckled to himself, and said "Follow me, if you please." Naota was surprised by this, but he knew he had a little time, and he knew how to defend himself in case something went wrong, so he decided to follow the man.

They walked for about fifteen minutes until they were on the other side of town, near a small house. The man went up to the house and spun a small combination lock on the door, then opening it, and letting Naota in. Naota was getting a little nervous, but as soon as he walked into the house, he went wide eyed, because the walls were lined with guitars in hanging glass cases. Guitars, basses, and the occasional mandolin.

The man walked in behind Naota, closing the door. "Amazing, isn't it?" It sounded more like a statement than a question. Naota nodded his head, still in a trance by all the guitars around him. The man walked past him, took the guitar off his back, opening an empty glass case and setting the guitar in it, then sitting down in a chair.

"Please, call me Ivan." The man looked around. "My guitar collection. As you may already see, its not just guitars." he pointed at one of the mandolins, and continued to speak. "Please, make yourself at home. There is a chair there." Naota sat down, and he had many questions.

His first question was: "Why did you bring me here?" Ivan looked at him and said "Well, you seem to take an interest in guitars, especially rare ones. So, I decided to give you a look at my dream, guitar collecting."

Ivan rose from his chair. "But, my pride and joy, my most favorite guitar of all of them..." he trailed off and walked over to a hanging display case, the glass tinted completely black so Naota couldn't see the guitar inside. He turned the two combination locks on the case, then opening it up, showing the guitar inside. Naota almost passed out from the guitar inside.

"This Epiphone Silvertone Paul Stanley Apocalypse Bass, Special Edition, with 24 carat gold plating!" Ivan exclaimed proudly. "It's beautiful, is it not?" Naota nodded, entranced by the guitar. Ivan chuckled to himself, and he carefully lifted the guitar out of the case and brought it to Naota for a closer look. He held the guitar out, offering it to him.

Naota took the guitar with the greatest care and examined it all over. He noticed that on the small bypass switch, instead of the top of the switch being made of metal, a small diamond was fixed onto it. Ivan watched as Naota examined the guitar, with a slight smile on his face.

After examining it, He handed it back to Ivan, who took it and put it back in the black glass display case. He sat back down. "What do you think of it?" Ivan asked. "Its awesome! Where did you get that guitar? Where did you get all these guitars?" Naota spoke at a million miles an hour. Ivan just chuckled.

"Everything was either bought or handed down to me. Where I got that guitar, however," he pointed at the black glass case, "is a secret." Naota calmed down a bit, then looked at a large grandfather clock , noticing the time, nine o' clock.

"Crap, it's getting late, I need to be heading home now. It has really been an honor, Ivan." Ivan smiled, held out his hand and said "Nice meeting you, um..." Naota shook hands with Ivan and said "Naota Nandaba." Ivan nodded. Naota walked to the door, opened it and started walking away. "Please, stop by anytime you would like." Ivan called out. Naota thought for a moment, then called back "I will! Thanks, Ivan!" Ivan smiled again. "Proshchaĭ." Ivan said in Russian under his breath, then closing the door.

Naota walked home in the moonlit night, thinking about Ivan and his vast amount of guitars. He smiled at the fact he could look at them anythime, and continued to walk home.

Up in the sky, the strange light Haruko saw earlier shined brighter and brighter. Naota noticed this. What is that? He stood there looking up at it. The light seemed to be right over the Medical Mechanica plant.

Meanwhile, at the home base of the Department of Interstellar Immigration, Commander Amarao stared at the large TV screens, sipping out of a cup. Lieutenant Kitsurubami stood next to him, watching the screens as well. The screens were centered on the light in the sky over Medical Mechanica.

"Kitsurubami, what am I looking at right now?" Amarao asked. "We don't know, but we think it has something to do with Raharu coming back." Kitsurubami replied. "Keep an eye on it, I'm going to check it out. If anything changes, contact me." Amarao said, getting out of his chair and walking away. "Yes sir." Kitsurubami said before Amarao left.

Back in Mabase, Naota stared up at the light in the sky. It got a little brighter, then a giant beam of light came down onto the Medical Mechanica plant, making the ground shake. Naota wobbled from the shaking ground, then getting his balance. He looked at Medical Mechanica. The factory was just a black silhouette in the light, but you could clearly see it rising from the ground. The factory righted itself in the air, and was set back down. The beam of light dissipated, and the light up in the sky quickly faded.

A couple seconds later, the Medical Mechanica plant's alarm sounded, and the entire factory was lit up by the lights on it, bathing Mabase in partial light. A large capsule was jettisoned into the sky from the top of the factory, and thrusters activated on the bottom of it. The capsule turned and flew directly towards Naota at a high speed. Naota panicked, and ran to the side just as the capsule hit just where he was standing, leaving a large crater in the road. The capsule started to transform into a robot, four legs flipping out of it and standing up, and the top of the capsule opening up to reveal the head of the robot.

The robot looked down to Naota with its singular red eye, and lifted a pointed leg. Naota sensed what it was about to do, and dived out of the way as the leg impaled the ground where he just stood. The robot struggled to pull his leg out of the ground, until it popped out, and it started running after Naota. Naota ran away from it, diving out of the way when it tried to bring its leg down on him.

Meanwhile, Haruko was on her Vespa, speeding towards where she saw the capsule crash. She had seen the beam of light and the Medical Mechanica plant righting itself. She had her double necked guitar and the Rickenbacker 4001 on the back of the Vespa. Naota's helmet was resting on one of the necks of the double neck. She turned the corner of the road and saw a tall four legged object with a circular body. She also saw Naota running from it. She stood up on the seat of the Vespa, taking both of the guitars and jumping off the Vespa, which started rolling across the road until it came to a stop at the curb, landing perfectly on its kickstand.

She ran until she was a couple feet away from Naota. "Naota, catch!" She threw the Rickenbacker at him. Naota looked in her direction and saw the guitar flying towards him. He caught it out of the air, and turned to face the robot. The robot came to a stop in front of him, examining him. It brought its leg up again. When its leg came down, Naota dodged it by moving to the side a little bit. The robot struggled to get his leg out of the pavement.

"Haruko, give me a boost!" Naota yelled to Haruko. Haruko ran towards him, sliding across the ground until she was under him, and Naota jumped up a little bit, one of his feet landing on Haruko's hands. Haruko pushed up, propelling Naota right to the joint of the robot's leg. Naota pulled the motor cord on the back of the Rickenbacker and raised it high above his head, and when he got to the joint, he brought the guitar down on it with all his might, making the strings reverberate deeply from the impact. The joint buckled in the wrong direction and broke, making the robot topple over.

Naota landed next to Haruko, who was already standing up again, weilding her double necked guitar. "Nice job Naota, but this thing isn't done yet!" Haruko said, pointing at the robot, who was indeed balancing itself on its remaining three legs. The robot turned so that it's broken leg was facing them. The leg had broken off from the joint when it toppled over, leaving the top part of the leg with a sharp jagged point at the end. The robot aimed his partial leg at the two, and it suddenly launched from the robot. They wouldn't have been able to dodge it in time.

"Look out!" A voice came from out of nowhere. Naota looked to the side and had a split second before a random person ran at them and tackled them both out of the way of the incoming projectile, which impaled itself 6 feet in the asphalt where they were standing. Naota looked up to see their savior.

"Ivan?" Naota said, still dazed from what had just happened. Ivan smiled, despite the situation. "Don't worry friends, I'm here to help you!" He said, getting off them and running towards the other side of the road. "Who is that guy?" Haruko asked Naota. "Ivan, I met him a while ago." He replied.

There was a pitch black Harley Davidson XLH Ironhead parked near Haruko's Vespa. On the back of it was Ivan's gold plated Paul Stanley Apocalypse Bass. Ivan grabbed it off the motorcycle and ran back to Naota and Haruko, who had recovered and were weilding their own guitars. He came to a stop next to them, turning to face the robot.

The robot, seeing as how it failed to hit them with its launched leg, charged them on its remaining three legs. Haruko and Naota jumped out of the way, while Ivan coolly stepped to the side, holding his guitar out to the side as if to trip the robot.

One of the robot's legs caught the guitar, making it fall forward. Ivan smiled at his successful move, and ran towards the body of the robot. He jumped on top of it, let out a battle cry of sorts, flipped the guitar over and shoved the pointed headstock of the guitar through the body of the robot. The metal was strong, but thin. Some sparks flew from the hole it made, and the robot got up, running around in an attempt to throw Ivan off. Ivan held on, though. He looked over to Naota and Haruko, who were just watching him in awe. He smiled again.

"You two, help me bring it down!" Ivan yelled to them, making them snap out of it, and making them run towards the robot. Naota jumped up a little again, Haruko leaning down a little to hold out her hand while they ran, her other hand held upwards, still weilding the guitar. One of Naota's feet landed on Haruko's hand, and he pushed off, Haruko propelling him as well. While he was being launched off, he turned around and grabbed the end of Haruko's guitar and swung it up, launching her ahead of him. Haruko landed on the top of the robot, and she reached down to take Naota's hand and pull him up as he got close enough.

Naota did the same as Ivan, shoving the headstock of the guitar into a random spot on the body of the robot. The eye of the robot dilated and faded, the headstock of the Rickenbacker destroying the optics system and leaving it blind. Haruko stood in a... golfer's pose? She rose the guitar so it was above her like a golf club, gripping both of the necks.

"You guys might wanna move!" She yelled out. Naota jumped down, while Ivan pulled something out of his leather jacket pocket. Haruko looked at it. "Is that a grenade?" she yelled out. "Thats right!" he said, pulling the pin off of it and throwing it down the hole he had made with his guitar, and jumping off the robot. "You have ten seconds!" he yelled up to her.

Haruko swung the guitar and hit the robot, propelling it from under her and sending it in the direction she had hit it. She landed on the ground, watching the robot come to a stop. It left a small crater and scratch marks from its legs in the road where it stopped.

The robot quickly got back up and turned to them, its eye somehow working again. Ivan held his hand up and counted down from five. When he got to zero, he made a closed fist, and a small explosion was heard inside the robot, and smoke rose from the holes in the body. It's eye faded again, and it fell over to the side. More smoke came out of the holes until suddenly, many sparks came from them, and the entire robot exploded.

The area around the explosion lit up, and the trio watched from a distance. Ivan and Naota walked up to Haruko, Ivan walking ahead of them some, examining the explosion. "Oshibka" Ivan said under his breath. "What?" Naota asked. "Its Russian for 'bug'. The name seems to fit it, don't you think?" Ivan replied. Haruko and Naota nodded and watched the explosion fade. "Why the heck did you have a grenade with you?" Haruko asked. Ivan turned around and chuckled. "Well, when a giant capsule that transforms into a robot crashes near your house, you have to come prepared." He replied. "Ah..." Haruko said to herself.

"Well, try to stay away from killer robots from now on, Naota. I don't know what Medical Mechanica is doing, but it certainly isn't good." Ivan said, walking towards his motorcycle. "Well, were not exactly happy with Medical Mechanica either, ever since what they did to Haruko here's boyfriend." Naota said, snickering. Haruko looked at him with an annoyed look on her face. "Ex-boyfriend, you goof, your the only one for me!" she said, punching him in the arm playfully. They both laughed and looked back to Ivan, who was starting the engine of his motorcycle. They both ran towards him.

"Thanks for the help, Ivan," Naota said, "you were really good back there!" Ivan chuckled again. "Thank you, but don't give me all the credit. You two did a fine job as well." he replied. "Yeah Ta-kun, since when could you swing like that? When you broke the robot's first leg, you looked just like me when I broke Canti that day at the bridge!" Haruko exclaimed. Naota just grinned and scratched the back of his head. "It just seemed natural." he replied. Haruko grinned too.

Meanwhile, Commander Amarao sat on his moped, glaring through a pair of binoculars at the three people standing near the wreckage of the robot. He sneered, and started his moped, starting to drive back to the DII home base. He didn't trust Haruko, and he wouldn't let her do anything that she did last time she was at earth. He especially wouldn't let her use the boy for anything she was planning either.

/FLCL\

Naota and Haruko had said their farewells to Ivan and got back on the Vespa, Naota driving. Haruko had suddenly felt tired, so she clung onto Naota from behind him while he drove, resting her eyes, but being careful not to fall asleep.

She was impressed with Naota's performance in fighting the robot. He wasn't really the type of person to swing the bat. She opened her eyes a little bit and saw herself looking at the Medical Mechanica factory.

Its on.

/End Credits\

Haruko's voice: So, its on! Medical Mechanica wants a peice of us again, so were gonna give it to them! Me and my Ta-kun... What's going to happen next? Will Medical Mechanica try to strike again? Next on FLCL: Second... Grève De Retour!

And thats it for this chapter. I hope you liked it. Remember, please review and provide ideas if you have any, because I will listen! Thanks for reading, and i'll see you next chapter!

P.S. That song that Naota sung was "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith, in case your wondering.

-Gman