Disclaimer: Well, lookie here! Another thing I DON'T OWN! *adjusts glasses*
It has come into my knowledge that a FLCL soundtrack is called "Addict" I
don't own that either. ^^;; Let's add it to the list!
A/N: By the by - Haruko was kidding about the baby thing. If you watch
Trigun you got that. Come on, people - it's Fooly Cooly! Oh - heh - it's
the last chapter, this is.
I walked along the riverbank today. Mamimi waved at me and ran over with that black cat in her hands. She offered me a cigarette. I stared at it. I swallowed and shook my head cautiously. Mamimi shrugged. We were sitting under the bridge when I told her. "Mamimi.." "Huh? What, Takun? Something wrong?" I rolled my head onto my shoulder. "You can't call me Takun anymore." "You've said that before." "But now you really can't!" "Hn." I looked into the water. No fish. The river was too polluted. You can't live where you don't belong. "I might be.away for a while." Mamimi looked at me.
"You can't go looking for me," I added.
"How long will you be?" Mamimi asked. She acted like I was going to the grocery store.
"I don't -"
"You're going with Haruchan, aren't you?"
I waited before I answered.
"She.needs my help."
Mamimi stood up. "Uh-huh."
"I'll come visit. Maybe soon."
"Take as long as you like, Takun." She stood up and brushed off her skirt. "Have fun with Haruhara."
That was the first time she called Haruko by her surname. I blinked at her. She turned her back to me and began to walk away. "Hey!" She ignored me. I frowned at her.
"That's right! I will have fun with her! And you know what?! I AM growing up! I like the pulp now and I do fooly cooly and googly googly and drooly drooly!!!"
She stopped. "I'll miss you!" I blurted out.
She spun around on her heel and ran back to me, pulling me into an embrace.
I held her comfortingly and smiled meekly. I looked up as she sobbed into my shoulder and saw Haruko on the Vespa smiling down at me.
I blinked at her. Then I shook my head and signaled for her to leave.
She giggled silently and put a finger to her mouth.
Mamimi released me. She smiled, taking out her camera and clicked a picture.
"So long, Naota." "You're really gonna leave, huh?" Ninamori asked, smirking.
I nodded. "Yeah."
"With that kiss-kiss girl!" Gaku added.
"Why?" Ninamori said.
"Smooch?"
I thought a minute. "Because." I fingered her uniform. "This uniform looks horrible on me."
"Alright, Naota, but you gotta come back and visit, alright?"
"You got it."
When that hand was there, it was like it was blocking me from leaving. I had to stay here. There was no outside world.
We were riding on the Vespa when I remembered.
"That day.." I said.
Haruko looked at me from over her shoulder. "Yes?"
"Didn't Atomisk's power go -" I pointed upward.
"Yeah - well, that's a bit complicated, Takun. A little difficult for your young mind."
"Oh, come on. Tell me."
"Let's stop for Ramen."
"Not that crap kind again."
"But it can be fun, you know?"
I picked up the spork and dug into the Styrofoam cup. "Well?"
Haruko sighed. "Well."
She paused. She pushed back her sleeve and showed me a metal bracelet with a single link on it.
"I really don't think you'd understand. It's too difficult for little kids. Especially ones with no brain."
"This stuff tastes really bad."
"Alright, you talked me into it. All you really need to know is that when you merge with Canti and turn red, Atomisk appears. That's all."
"I don't like the color red."
"But red is the color of the carnation!" Haruko said happily. "In the flower language it represents courage and determination! And the color of the Gibson EB-0 1961 model."
"Where'd you get that line from, Anime?" She laughed. "So what should I call you now? Taro? Sempai? Naota? Pyah? Atomisk? Hnnnnnn?"
"Takun."
"Well, whatever you want me to call you is fine with me as long as its not -"
"RAHARU!!!!!"
Haruko winced. "Amarao.."
She turned around and put on a big smile. "Well, speak of the devil! Hey there, lover boy!"
"Raharu." Amarao growled. "WHY DID YOU COME BACK HERE?"
"Why, I came back for my one true love!"
Amarao blinked. "R - really?" he said, eyes beaming.
"Yes, Takun here makes a wonderful lover! You should see him fooly cooly."
"TAKUN???"
"Or Atomsk. Whichever you'd like to call him."
Amarao took out a shot gun and began shooting. Haruko slammed his head with her guitar.
"DAMN YOU!" He said, rubbing his head. Kamon ran up to them, panting.
"ENOUGH FOOLY COOLY YOU TWO!" He yelled at them. "Naota, your brother is."
"Hn?"
~*~FLCL~*~
"You aren't gonna be selfish and take the power for yourself when we find it, right?"
"We'll see."
I frowned.
"You sure I'm not just another one of your victims?"
"Are you having doubts, Takun?"
"No."
"You're a liar."
"It's the truth."
Miyu-Miyu glared at us. Haruko suddenly stood up.
"Oh, man. We gotta go."
"Wha - NOW?"
"Yes, NOW!"
"Ok - do I need anything?"
Haruko didn't answer. She grinned and stared at her metal link bracelet. "It's a big one! Oro? What's that?"
Miyu-Miyu blinked.
"A Medical Mechanica. Alright - We've got them right where we want them, Takun."
"Do they have Atomsk?"
"Yeah...yeah, yeah.." She grabbed her helmet and the Gibson EB-0 case. "Oh, and Takun - here." She handed it to me. "I wanna trade back."
"Oh, so you'll trade guitars but not Ramen?"
"That's right."
"You're as selfish as ever."
"Here. For the road." She tossed me a soda as we walked to her Vespa.
"Oh. But - I hate the sour kind."
"Well I want the pulp kind."
"When you're selfish like that, bad things are bound to happen, you know?"
"Well, we'll just have to deal with the bad things, won't we?" She grinned.
Everyone was waiting as we rounded the corner on her Vespa. Dad and Grandpa, Gaku, Masashi, Ninamori, Mamimi and - Tasuku, my brother.
I gaped at him.
He smiled at me. Mamimi grinned.
"I heard you're leaving, ototo, is that right? So you finally found yourself a girl. Nice choice." He put his arm around Mamimi. "And thanks for taking care of Mamimi while I was gone. I'm here to protect her now. Who knows what kind of crazy stuff could happen. So I'll see you, 'kay?
I nodded slowly. "Your bat - its upstairs."
"Hey, thanks."
"Enjoy your freedom, Naota," Dad said, smiling. Grandpa glared at Mamimi and Tasuku.
"Goodbye Naota!" Masashi said.
"Have fun with the Vespa woman, smoooooch!"
Mamimi rested her head on Masashi's shoulder and waved, grinning.
"Are you done now, Takun?" Haruko said. "Canti!!!!!" She called. Canti came out of the house wearing his wings and halo. Haruko ran in place. "Lets get outta here!"
Canti flew down and touched the ground. He kissed Mamimi once and flew away. Haruko started up the Vespa. I got on the back, hugging her around the middle.
As we flew away, I saw Mabase city grow smaller and smaller. I knew I was throwing everything away, but I didn't care. I was with Haruko now. We were off on a great adventure. Now I know there is an outside world.
"Remember your promise, Takun. You said you'd play that song for me."
"I remember."
Nothing exciting happens here. Everything is ordinary."
Twang.
FURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURI
A/N: Cue "Ride on a Shooting Star!" *victory sign* ALRIGHT! That's the end, hoped you liked it better than the Anime's ending, although I know I could never top the MAGICAL MAGICAL GODS DOWN THERE AT GAINAX! Here! Manly eyebrows for everyone who reviews! To all you Fooly Coolists out there, SAYONARA!
I walked along the riverbank today. Mamimi waved at me and ran over with that black cat in her hands. She offered me a cigarette. I stared at it. I swallowed and shook my head cautiously. Mamimi shrugged. We were sitting under the bridge when I told her. "Mamimi.." "Huh? What, Takun? Something wrong?" I rolled my head onto my shoulder. "You can't call me Takun anymore." "You've said that before." "But now you really can't!" "Hn." I looked into the water. No fish. The river was too polluted. You can't live where you don't belong. "I might be.away for a while." Mamimi looked at me.
"You can't go looking for me," I added.
"How long will you be?" Mamimi asked. She acted like I was going to the grocery store.
"I don't -"
"You're going with Haruchan, aren't you?"
I waited before I answered.
"She.needs my help."
Mamimi stood up. "Uh-huh."
"I'll come visit. Maybe soon."
"Take as long as you like, Takun." She stood up and brushed off her skirt. "Have fun with Haruhara."
That was the first time she called Haruko by her surname. I blinked at her. She turned her back to me and began to walk away. "Hey!" She ignored me. I frowned at her.
"That's right! I will have fun with her! And you know what?! I AM growing up! I like the pulp now and I do fooly cooly and googly googly and drooly drooly!!!"
She stopped. "I'll miss you!" I blurted out.
She spun around on her heel and ran back to me, pulling me into an embrace.
I held her comfortingly and smiled meekly. I looked up as she sobbed into my shoulder and saw Haruko on the Vespa smiling down at me.
I blinked at her. Then I shook my head and signaled for her to leave.
She giggled silently and put a finger to her mouth.
Mamimi released me. She smiled, taking out her camera and clicked a picture.
"So long, Naota." "You're really gonna leave, huh?" Ninamori asked, smirking.
I nodded. "Yeah."
"With that kiss-kiss girl!" Gaku added.
"Why?" Ninamori said.
"Smooch?"
I thought a minute. "Because." I fingered her uniform. "This uniform looks horrible on me."
"Alright, Naota, but you gotta come back and visit, alright?"
"You got it."
When that hand was there, it was like it was blocking me from leaving. I had to stay here. There was no outside world.
We were riding on the Vespa when I remembered.
"That day.." I said.
Haruko looked at me from over her shoulder. "Yes?"
"Didn't Atomisk's power go -" I pointed upward.
"Yeah - well, that's a bit complicated, Takun. A little difficult for your young mind."
"Oh, come on. Tell me."
"Let's stop for Ramen."
"Not that crap kind again."
"But it can be fun, you know?"
I picked up the spork and dug into the Styrofoam cup. "Well?"
Haruko sighed. "Well."
She paused. She pushed back her sleeve and showed me a metal bracelet with a single link on it.
"I really don't think you'd understand. It's too difficult for little kids. Especially ones with no brain."
"This stuff tastes really bad."
"Alright, you talked me into it. All you really need to know is that when you merge with Canti and turn red, Atomisk appears. That's all."
"I don't like the color red."
"But red is the color of the carnation!" Haruko said happily. "In the flower language it represents courage and determination! And the color of the Gibson EB-0 1961 model."
"Where'd you get that line from, Anime?" She laughed. "So what should I call you now? Taro? Sempai? Naota? Pyah? Atomisk? Hnnnnnn?"
"Takun."
"Well, whatever you want me to call you is fine with me as long as its not -"
"RAHARU!!!!!"
Haruko winced. "Amarao.."
She turned around and put on a big smile. "Well, speak of the devil! Hey there, lover boy!"
"Raharu." Amarao growled. "WHY DID YOU COME BACK HERE?"
"Why, I came back for my one true love!"
Amarao blinked. "R - really?" he said, eyes beaming.
"Yes, Takun here makes a wonderful lover! You should see him fooly cooly."
"TAKUN???"
"Or Atomsk. Whichever you'd like to call him."
Amarao took out a shot gun and began shooting. Haruko slammed his head with her guitar.
"DAMN YOU!" He said, rubbing his head. Kamon ran up to them, panting.
"ENOUGH FOOLY COOLY YOU TWO!" He yelled at them. "Naota, your brother is."
"Hn?"
~*~FLCL~*~
"You aren't gonna be selfish and take the power for yourself when we find it, right?"
"We'll see."
I frowned.
"You sure I'm not just another one of your victims?"
"Are you having doubts, Takun?"
"No."
"You're a liar."
"It's the truth."
Miyu-Miyu glared at us. Haruko suddenly stood up.
"Oh, man. We gotta go."
"Wha - NOW?"
"Yes, NOW!"
"Ok - do I need anything?"
Haruko didn't answer. She grinned and stared at her metal link bracelet. "It's a big one! Oro? What's that?"
Miyu-Miyu blinked.
"A Medical Mechanica. Alright - We've got them right where we want them, Takun."
"Do they have Atomsk?"
"Yeah...yeah, yeah.." She grabbed her helmet and the Gibson EB-0 case. "Oh, and Takun - here." She handed it to me. "I wanna trade back."
"Oh, so you'll trade guitars but not Ramen?"
"That's right."
"You're as selfish as ever."
"Here. For the road." She tossed me a soda as we walked to her Vespa.
"Oh. But - I hate the sour kind."
"Well I want the pulp kind."
"When you're selfish like that, bad things are bound to happen, you know?"
"Well, we'll just have to deal with the bad things, won't we?" She grinned.
Everyone was waiting as we rounded the corner on her Vespa. Dad and Grandpa, Gaku, Masashi, Ninamori, Mamimi and - Tasuku, my brother.
I gaped at him.
He smiled at me. Mamimi grinned.
"I heard you're leaving, ototo, is that right? So you finally found yourself a girl. Nice choice." He put his arm around Mamimi. "And thanks for taking care of Mamimi while I was gone. I'm here to protect her now. Who knows what kind of crazy stuff could happen. So I'll see you, 'kay?
I nodded slowly. "Your bat - its upstairs."
"Hey, thanks."
"Enjoy your freedom, Naota," Dad said, smiling. Grandpa glared at Mamimi and Tasuku.
"Goodbye Naota!" Masashi said.
"Have fun with the Vespa woman, smoooooch!"
Mamimi rested her head on Masashi's shoulder and waved, grinning.
"Are you done now, Takun?" Haruko said. "Canti!!!!!" She called. Canti came out of the house wearing his wings and halo. Haruko ran in place. "Lets get outta here!"
Canti flew down and touched the ground. He kissed Mamimi once and flew away. Haruko started up the Vespa. I got on the back, hugging her around the middle.
As we flew away, I saw Mabase city grow smaller and smaller. I knew I was throwing everything away, but I didn't care. I was with Haruko now. We were off on a great adventure. Now I know there is an outside world.
"Remember your promise, Takun. You said you'd play that song for me."
"I remember."
Nothing exciting happens here. Everything is ordinary."
Twang.
FURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURIKURIFURI
A/N: Cue "Ride on a Shooting Star!" *victory sign* ALRIGHT! That's the end, hoped you liked it better than the Anime's ending, although I know I could never top the MAGICAL MAGICAL GODS DOWN THERE AT GAINAX! Here! Manly eyebrows for everyone who reviews! To all you Fooly Coolists out there, SAYONARA!