Me: Yo what up people? Chapter 9 is here and after that chapter, there will be an announcement.
*The cast of The Three Families appeared.*
Sanae: What announcement?
Yukito *smiling*: Would you like to tell us now?
Nagisa *pleading*: Please Please Pretty Please?
Me: No. Later.
Tomoya: He is right. Giving the announcement right now is like giving spoilers.
Taoki: Could be right about that.
Akio: Then we have to find it ourselves.
*Everyone nodded.*
Me: As usual, for those who supported me by reviewing and liking this and my other stories, I give my big thanks to you all.
Shirai: Zahir890 does not own Mermaid Melody. Just the OCs.
Ushio: He does not own Clannad as well.
Me: Well then everybody. Let's start Chapter 9.
The cast *cheering happily*: Yeah!
Chapter 9: Okazaki Family Apartment Fun.
Morning:
At the apartment, Nagisa is making a Dango doll with Ushio looking at it.
"Mummy. What are you making this for?" Ushio asked.
"A special gift to someone whom you will find out later." Nagisa smiled.
Nagisa then began to sing the Dango song:
Dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku
dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku
Yancha na yaki dango yasashii an dango
sukoshi yumemigachi na tsukimi dango
osumashi goma dango yotsugo kushi dango
minna minna awasete hyaku nin kazoku
akachan dango ha itsumo shiawase no naka de
toshiyori dango ha me wo hosometeru
Dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku
dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku.
Ushio clapped upon hearing it. Nagisa smiled.
"Why not you sing the other version then?" Nagisa asked smiling.
Ushio nodded and sand the another version of it:
Dango dango dango dango
Dango no kazoku wa daikazoku itsudemo tanoshii daikazoku
Mainichi, ie juu undoukai
Yoi don, batabatabatabata to kyousou
Hai hai o furoja mo gurikko
Dango dango wa daikazoku
Dango dango dango dango
Dango no kazoku wa daikazoku itsudemo ureshii daikazoku.
Tomoya soon appeared, yawning.
"Wow Tomoya-kun. You woke up." Nagisa smiled.
"I just woke up when I heard Ushio singing." Tomoya smiled, "Anyway. What are you doing?"
"I'm making a gift for Shirai."
"Oh yeah. They are supposed to come tonight as this is their..."
"I know, right?"
Tomoya and Nagisa sighed.
"Mummy. Daddy. Why can't they stay a little longer?" Ushio asked.
"Maybe it's because the school where Shirai goes to is opening soon." Tomoya said, "Your school is also opening soon within a few days."
"Mou."
"Even though, let's make this night memorable for all of us." Nagisa said.
"I agree." Tomoya smiled.
"Yeah." Ushio cheered.
Between Evening and Night:
"It's almost time now." Akio sighed.
At afternoon, Akio and Sanae came to the apartment to help Nagisa, Tomoya and Ushio prepare for the Shirai family's visit. Akio is a bit sad that today is the last day that the Shirai family is staying.
"I know that you are sad but at least we are glad that we were able to meet them." Tomoya said.
"I know but if only they could come here a month ago." Akio sighed, "And I don't think we will be able to say goodbye to them at the airport."
"Oh. We forget to ask them what time will be their flight." Sanae said.
"I hope it's not so early in the morning." Nagisa said.
"Me too." Ushio said.
Suddenly the bell rang in which Tomoya opened the door. It's the Shirai family, smiling at them.
"Ah Good to see you." Tomoya smiled, "Come in."
The Shirai family soon stepped inside. Nagisa and others soon greeted them. As soon as they did so, Ushio grabbed Shirai's hand.
"Let's go outside." Ushio said happily.
"Oh No!" Tomoya and Nagisa exclaimed.
"It's too dangerous to go outside." Akio said, "Night is almost approaching."
"Do you remember what happen to both of you at the Sayama Pond?" Sanae asked.
Ushio thought for a moment before remembering about the incident. Not wanting to make her parents, grandparents, uncle and aunty worried again, Ushio has an idea.
"Let's go to my room." Ushio said happily as she dragged Shirai to her room.
"Whoa! Wait up!" Shirai said as he is dragged by Ushio.
The parents laughed a little bit as Ushio and Shirai went to Ushio's room. After that, Akio begged Taoki:
"Please stay with us for a month long at least."
"Thanks for your offer but our son will have to go to school which is opening within a few days." Taoki said.
"Same here. Ushio has her school opening within a few days as well." Tomoya said, "Are you begging him to stay so that you can challenge him to a rematch?"
"No. I mean...you know..." Akio mumbled up in which everybody laughed.
"But in whatever case, we are so glad that we met you." Sanae said.
"Yeah. We are glad that we met you as well." Yukito smiled.
"How about we start up by looking at our photo album?" Nagisa smiled.
"Good idea!"
"What about you? Did you bring it?"
"Uh...No. We never knew that we would meet you guys."
"That's fine. Next time we come to your house, you can show us your photo album." Tomoya said.
"So what are you waiting for? Time to show off our photo albums." Akio smiled.
"Nagisa. Where do you keep your photo album?" Sanae asked.
Nagisa and Sanae stood up as Nagisa led the way to find the photo album while the others are chatting.
Ushio's Room:
"Whoa!" Shirai said in awe.
Shirai said that in awe because Shirai is seeing Dango Dolls everywhere: Small table, top of the cupboard and even in her bed!
"When does your mother have the time to makes those Dango Dolls?" Shirai asked but he mumbled up.
"An hour after work." Ushio said happily.
Shirai scratched his head in a bit of confusion.
"How about let's play with them?" Ushio asked smiling.
"Eh?" Shirai got a bit confused, "How do you play with them?"
Ushio then took one of her Dango dolls and carried it all around. Seeing her doing that, Shirai tried it as well.
"Wow. It's not heavy surprisingly." Shirai said to himself, "And soft."
"How is it?" Ushio asked.
"I think I like it." Shirai smiled.
"Come on then. Let's show it to our mummies." Ushio said happily.
"Whoa! Wait up!"
Living room:
Yukito and Taoki looked at the photo album in awe.
"Wow. It looks like you guys had so much fun with your friends. You sure have a lot of them." Yukito said in awe.
"Thanks. These all happened when I first met Tomoya-kun." Nagisa smiled, "There are also photos of my childhood as well."
"We saw them." Taoki said, "Looks like you had a hell lot of fun. There are also photos with Ushio as well."
"That's right." Tomoya smiled but then sighed, "I miss those times."
"Don't worry. Cause we will have one more photo to be put in the album." Akio smiled as he happily took out his camera, "And that's with you guys."
"Speaking about that, what time is your flight?" Sanae asked.
Before Yukito could answer, Ushio and Shirai arrived, carrying some Dango dolls with them.
"Shirai. What are those?" Yukito asked curiously.
"Dango Dolls." Shirai said, "Aunt Nagisa's and Ushio's super favorite."
"That's right." Nagisa jumped happily, "They are my all time favorite since I was little."
"Not only that. Ushio's room is filled with Dango Dolls."
"Whoa!" Taoki said in awe.
"Nagisa not only likes them, she even makes them." Tomoya said.
"Really?"
Nagisa nodded with a huge smile on her face.
"We even have Dango Dolls piled up on Nagisa's room." Sanae smiled.
"Yeah but most of them are in here after she got married." Akio said.
"Dango!" Ushio said happily.
"Hey. What's that big photo album on the table?" Shirai asked.
"Oh. Photos of our memories." Tomoya smiled.
"You can see it." Nagisa said.
Shirai gladly nodded as he looked at the photo album and while looking at it, he whistled. Ushio also looked at it. She pointed at one photo which shows Ushio, Nagisa and Tomoya.
"That's me." Ushio said happily.
"Wow. You really have a bunch of awesome memory photos." Shirai said, "From school pals to adult pals."
"I'm glad that you like it." Tomoya smiled.
"And now we will have one more photo to be put in this photo album." Akio smiled.
"Looking forward to it." Shirai said.
"And now let's sing the Dango song." Nagisa said happily.
This caught the Shirai family by surprise.
"Dango song?" Yukito asked.
"Yeah. Dango song. There are two versions of it." Shirai said, "Ushio knows both."
"Looks like when you first came here, Ushio dragged you first straight here." Taoki said.
"Yeah Dad."
"Nagisa knows every lyrics of it." Sanae smiled, "I'm sure you will enjoy it."
"Come on Ushio. Let's sing shall we?" Nagisa asked.
Ushio gladly nodded as she and Nagisa began to sing the Dango song:
Dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku
dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku
Yancha na yaki dango yasashii an dango
sukoshi yumemigachi na tsukimi dango
osumashi goma dango yotsugo kushi dango
minna minna awasete hyaku nin kazoku
akachan dango ha itsumo shiawase no naka de
toshiyori dango ha me wo hosometeru
Dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku
dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku.
"Whoa!" Yukito and Taoki said in awe.
"I can sing as well." Tomoya said, "Wanna hear it?"
Everybody nodded as Tomoya got up and together with Nagisa and Ushio, they began to sing the same lyrics. After that, the Shirai family clapped happily.
"What about you two?" Yukito asked to Sanae and Akio.
"Well to be honest, this song sometimes confuses me a bit." Sanae said.
"But we do know another version of it." Akio said.
"That's right." Nagisa said happily, "But the another version will require some music."
"Music? You mean...?" Taoki asked in a bit of surprise.
"Oh boy." Shirai sighed as he looked at his flute.
But Tomoya has another idea.
"Shirai. Like we said, you can play only if you feel confident enough. We will wait for you." Tomoya smiled, "We will play with another instrument."
Tomoya then went to his room and a few minutes later, he came back with a guitar in his hand.
"Whoa. You brought a guitar?" Taoki asked.
"Not really. This is given to me as a gift from a fellow worker who is also my friend. His name is Yusuke Yoshino." Tomoya said.
"But can you play it?" Yukito asked.
"Well at first no but when we take a break from work, Yusuke thought me how to play it. Took some time but yeah, now I can play although I'm not professional on it yet."
"But still, Daddy plays it so well." Ushio said happily.
"Thanks."
"And now let's all sing the another version of the Dango song." Nagisa said happily.
Everyone then began to sing the another version of the Dango Song, with Tomoya playing the guitar, except The Shirai Family who are a bit confused:
Dango dango dango dango
Dango no kazoku wa daikazoku itsudemo tanoshii daikazoku
"Come on Shirais." Nagisa smiled, "Sing with us."
"We know that you are unaware of it but follow us." Tomoya smiled.
"Ushio sang this song before so I think I can." Shirai said, "Let's give it a try then."
"We guess so." Yukito and Taoki said.
"Yeah." Ushio said happily.
And so all of them began to continue singing:
Mainichi, ie juu undoukai
Yoi don, batabatabatabata to kyousou
Hai hai o furoja mo gurikko
Dango dango wa daikazoku
Dango dango dango dango
Dango no kazoku wa daikazoku itsudemo ureshii daikazoku.
After they finished singing, everyone clapped at each other.
"Shirais. That was so wonderful singing you did." Sanae smiled, "But Yukito. You sang so beautifully."
"How can you sing so beautifully?" Akio asked.
"Well that's my singing." Yukito smiled.
"Oh speaking about that, I have a present for you, Shirai." Nagisa smiled.
"Eh?" Shirai got a bit puzzled.
Nagisa then went to her room and came back with a present in her hand. She then gave it to Shirai.
"Open it." Nagisa said.
Shirai opened the present and when he saw it, he is in awe. Why? Because the gift Nagisa gave is a Dango Doll Nagisa made in the morning. And in aqua color as well.
"Wow. You really made it?" Shirai asked in awe.
"Yeah. I thought that I might give you a present before you go back to your own home and not only that, I thought that your favorite color might be aqua since the flute that we saw is in aqua color as well." Nagisa smiled.
"Oh. So that's what you have been doing in the morning." Tomoya said.
"Yep."
"Do you like it?" Ushio asked.
"I think it's awesome. Thank you so much." Shirai said happily as he bowed, "I promise I will keep it safe."
"Your welcome." Nagisa smiled.
"Wow. So now we have a Dango Doll with us." Yukito said happily.
"But where are you gonna keep it?" Taoki asked.
"In my room of course."
"Oh."
Everyone laughed. Suddenly, some of their stomachs are rumbling.
"Oh Man. I'm so hungry." Akio said.
"Me too." Sanae sighed, "I should have brought some nicely baked bread from the bakery."
"Me three." Ushio said.
"Okay then." Nagisa said happily, "Time to make a really big dinner."
"Wait for me." Tomoya said.
And so Tomoya and Nagisa left to the kitchen to make a big dinner. Shirai then started to carry his aqua Dango Doll and went around in it. Ushio joined him, carrying a Dango Doll with her. Ushio's grandparents and Shirai's parents smiled at them.
30 minutes later:
The three families are having their big dinner.
"So. When is your flight tommorow?" Nagisa asked.
"Afternoon." Yukito said.
The Okazaki and The Furukawa Family cheered.
"Well at least we will be able to talk to you at the airport before you leave." Nagisa said happily.
"Yeah. We were a bit frightened that you would be leaving early in the morning and this could have been the last time we will have fun with you." Akio said.
"Well now we will have our last chat in the airport." Taoki smiled.
They then continue to have dinner and rested afterwards for sometime. Afterwards, Tomoya asked Shirai this:
"So. How was your time overall in this Hikarizaka city?"
"I think it was awesome." Shirai said happily, "I think we should probably come again."
"You got that right son." Taoki smiled.
"Yeah. But I wish we could have stayed here for a month." Yukito sighed.
"We are also wishing that as well." Nagisa said, "If you could have come a month earlier, then you could have met our friends."
"Yeah but sadly your kids have school coming up within a few days." Akio said.
"I used to hate this city a lot but after meeting Nagisa, I like this city." Tomoya smiled.
"I love this city for life." Ushio said happily.
"We really had a great time here." Yukito smiled, "And even more awesome when we met you guys."
"I know. We are so glad that we met you." Nagisa smiled.
"And I had lots of fun." Ushio said happily, "This is the best vacation ever."
"My best vacation as well." Shirai smiled, "So should I get an award for bringing us all together in the first place?"
"Oh yeah. It's all thanks to Shirai." Tomoya smiled, "If you weren't in the bakery at that time then we probably would have never met."
"Thanks a lot kid. We really had a lot of fun with you Shirais." Akio smiled, "Oh and sorry about threatening you with the baseball bat at that time when you first came to the bakery."
"That's alright. We didn't know each other at that time." Shirai said.
"And besides, didn't you already got a gift?"
"Oh yeah. An aqua Dango Doll. Thanks again."
"It's a pleasure." Nagisa smiled.
"Yukito. I really want to thank you for helping me on my bakery." Sanae said, "If we hadn't met, probably the bakery book would had never fell down."
"Your welcome." Yukito smiled.
"And maybe I will never forget the day when I beat Akio in front of the kids." Taoki smiled and teased, "As well as that allrounder guy."
"If I ever come to your place, I will avenge my defeat against you." Akio whined in which everybody laughed.
"Yeah. Akki vs Taoki Rematch." Ushio said happily.
"And catch that Hippo guy." Tomoya said.
"Yeah!" The Okazaki and The Furukawa Family cheered while the Shirai Family sighed.
15 minutes later:
"Well we had a lot of great fun in your apartment." Yukito smiled, "But we must leave now."
"We have to pack our things and get a good night sleep for the flight tomorrow." Taoki said.
"Hold it." Tomoya said, "Before you leave, how about the photo for all of us?"
"Oh Yeah!" Shirai exclaimed, "We haven't taken a single photo ever since we came and met them."
"But now we will." Yukito and Taoki smiled.
"Alright. So who is going to set up the camera?" Akio asked.
"I will Dad." Nagisa said happily as Akio gave Nagisa his camera so that Nagisa can set it up.
"Okay. So Ushio and Shirai can be on the front. Me, Nagisa and Yukito can be on the middle and Akio-san, Tomoya-san and Taoki-san can be on the back." Sanae smiled.
"Hooray." Ushio said happily.
"No problem with that." Shirai smiled.
And so everyone is facing the camera then in which Nagisa is still setting up. Ushio and Shirai are in the front, carrying their Dango Dolls with Shirai also holding his flute. Sanae, Nagisa and Yukito on the middle row and Akio, Tomoya and Taoki on the back row.
"Hai. The camera is ready and will take the picture within 6 seconds." Nagisa said happily.
"Come join us then." Sanae said.
Nagisa quickly joined Sanae and Yukito in the middle.
"Alright everyone. Say Cheese." Tomoya said happily.
"CHEESE!" Everyone said happily.
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Me: And so Chapter 9 ended. Hey, why are you all shocked by the way?
*I looked at the cast of The Three Families, whose faces are twisted in shock.*
Taoki *gasped*: Don't tell us that...
Tomoya *gasping in shock*: That the next chapter...
Akio *shocked*: Is the Last Chapter of this crossover story?!
*I nodded sadly. The cast are a bit disappointed.*
The Cast: Awww! Not fair!
Shirai: But still we now know each other a lot. I think we had lots of fun while it lasted.
Yukito *smiling*: Yeah you are right, son. It was fun while it lasted.
Nagisa: So now what?
Sanae: Well we have to wait and see for the last chapter to arrive and discuss what we can do as soon as the story ends.
Ushio *happily*: Yeah!
Me: So everyone. Within a week, the final chapter of The Three Families will appear.
The Cast of The Three Families *waving their hands*: See you in the last chapter!
Me *smiling* : And until then, don't forget to like and review this and other stories please.