Chapter2

An Old Friend Comes Home

Naota decided to go down stairs and eat but he had to debate with

himself about it. he went downstairs and noticed Mamimi sitting at the table.He

turned to ask his father what was for dinner when the little bitty cog in his brain

clicked.He looked straight at Mamimi and yelled Mamimi when did you get here agg I

mean uh I mean..... But befor he get get the words out of his mouth he felt something

slam into the back of his head and made him fall head first in the bowl of rice.I brought

someone you mite be interested to talk to back with me she said as she took Naota's picture

with his head in the rice bowl.Naota wheeled around hoping to see Hodako but instaed standing

in front of him....... was his brother.

Tears swelled in Naota's eyes he fell backwards this time flipping over the table

and dumping Raman noodles on everybody.He lunged at his brother and gave him a hug but he didn't

want to.He didn't know why but he was dissapointed it didn't seem fair that it hadn't been Hodako.

He was longing to hear her voice see her he needed to cry but he couldn't do it in front of his

whole family and a guest.He needed to be alone.Everybody was looking at him they all had big

wide creepy smiles on their faces.It was strange Naota did the only thing he could he ran out

of the kitchen and into the bathroom.Well there in a good mood today he said as he locked the

door and started to take a shower.

He walked back upstairs and into his room.He saw someone laying on the top bunk.

He was sure it was his brother so he went uo to tell him goodnight.As he looked over the side

rail he saw that it wasn't his brother.The person roled over it was a woman with a very happy

expression on her face.She tackled him and said Has Ta-kun missed me the poor little baby.

Naota started to cry once more but this time he wasn't sad he was what he thought to be the

happyest kid on earth,because he knew immidiatley that it was Hodako.

He looked up at her she was just the way he rememberd her.She had big yellow eyes,

pink hair, and a smile nobody can forget. She was realy back she jumped up off the ground

picked up her old guitar.Picked at a string and said Ta-kun it's out of tune now we can't have

that.She raised the guitar over her head and slammed it into his.Which sent him flying out

the window and landed about twenty feet away.He didn't care Hodako was back that's all

that mattered.