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I ran inside the house.
"Haruko?" I yelled, skidding on the floor and tripping over my cat. "Haruko-chan?!"
I threw open the kitchen door. "Is she here, dad? Grandpa -"

~*a quick switch to Manga mode!*~

Haruko sat with her hands behind her head and her feet up on the table.
"YOU!" Takun yelled.
"Yes, Naota, Haruko has returned, isn't it lovely, then?" Takun's father said.
"Again with the Manga thing - the directors are going to be maaad at us!" Haruko murmured.
"Well, Naota - has she come back because you ordered her to? IS SHE YOUR SLAVE GIRL?!"
"WHA? No - she's not - dad - calm down, I don't know why she's here -"
"Maybe she's come to get that lovely TV set back," Grandpa said, sipping his tea.
"Hmm - I wonder why she's come back then - maybe to give you guitar lessons - you really are terrible at that thing, Naota -"
"Oh! You've been practicing, then HAVE YOU?" Haruko said, jumping up and grabbing Takun.
"I bet that's it - yes.or maybe she's come to make more horns in your head, eh, Haruko-san?"
"Maybe I've come back to give him some more - mouth to mouth." Haruko said.
"AAAH! Yes, that's it! Why didn't I see it before?! You've come back for FOOLY COOLY!"

~*Okay, that's enough. Back to Anime.*~

Haruko sat on the end of the top bunk, her legs swinging off the end and her guitar in her lap.
"So why'd you come back?" Naota said from below her.
Haruko didn't answer right away.
She sighed.
"You're the one I saw first, Takun," she said.
Takun frowned and grabbed his guitar.
"Have you really been practicing?" Haruko asked.
"Yeah.." Takun said.
"Will you play for me sometime?"
Takun paused.
"Yeah. But not now. Sometime later. If you want to hear me play, you'll have to stay here a while."
Haruko smiled. "You're fourteen now, Takun."
Takun snorted. "I'm aware of that."
"In space - you don't age. It's only when you're on a planet that you age. Something to do with the gravity. That's partly why I left you, Takun. 'Cause a nineteen year old dating a ten-year-old - That's just gross, you know?!"
Takun laughed and strummed a chord on his guitar.
"But you don't love me." Takun said, solemn again. "You love that pirate king."
Haruko dropped down from the top bunk and stood in front of Takun, her hands on her hips. "Don't you know yet?! GOD, you're slow!"
Takun grimaced. "You're in a good mood."
"Listen to me, Takun. I thought that the Pirate King was locked up in that Mechanical place - but they were only here to keep you here. Why do you think that man with the eyebrows didn't want you to trust me?"
"Well - he was right, wasn't he? You left me here -"
"I went out to think for a while. Then I figured it out - you were the Pirate King that I had loved. When you merged with Canti - I saw him in you."
"So you only love me because I look like the Pirate King?"
There was a silence. Haruko climbed onto the bed.
"No. You are my Pirate King." she rubbed up against Takun and ran her fingers through his hair. "Besides, you're much cuter."
She smiled and took a deep, sensual breath.
"You've been smoking, Takun."
Takun looked at her. "With Mamimi."
"You're wife?" Haruko said, grinning at him.
Takun looked away as Haruko nuzzled his neck and put her mouth next to his ear.
"Second-hand smoke is bad for the baby, darling.."

A/N: WOO! Second chappie! *happy dance* Sooo.reviews? Please? You know they have that control over me.and thanks for all the lovely comments, people! (Oh - in response.Fuedal Eruption - I'm sure you're just as good as a writer as I.Varo - I like you too..weirdo-loser-freak - I'm sorry.and Shinma Batosi - I love your stories! *victory sign*