I APPOLOGISE TO ALL OF YOU HARD CORE READERS. THIS IS A MORE SREIOUS CHAPTER, BUT I PROMISE IT WILL MAKE LESS SENSE SOON!!!
"Sir," said Kitsurubami to her superior, staring down at the computer screen below her. "She's been sighted from the Number 32, Mabase City post!"
Amarao lifted his head from the desk and breathed in slowly.
"Well, Raharu." He said under his breath. "I didn't think you could stay away from him for long."
Kitsurubami stared at him for a moment. "Sir." She repeated. Amarao remained silent, not lifting his eyes from the desk.
"Display the sighting area on the main monitors." He instructed. A large map of Mabase appeared on the numerous television screens covering the wall in front of them. One area was enshrouded in a red glow.
"The red area is where she was last sighted." Said Kitsurubami.
"And the circumstances?" He asked.
"She was seen leaving the area with that Naota boy at 0200 hours, headed west."
"Then that means she's found him." He said ominously.
"Course of action? Shall we pursue?"
Amarao stood up and turned away from the monitors. He moved his chair aside and began to walk towards his office.
"Take no action. Just keep an eye out on her." He said.
Naota was clinging to Haruko's waist as hard as he could as they sped along the freeway's.
"Where the hell are we going?!" He screamed.
Haruko glanced back at him. "You'll see!" She said, punching the gas and forcing the Vespa motor scooter past it's known limits. Naota was crushing himself against her bass, which was on her back in front of him. His red and yellow, Flying-V Rickenbacher guitar was strapped tightly on his back as well. It seemed to be catching the wind and almost pulling him off of the moped.
He relaxed a little, becoming more used to the ride, and began to open his tightly shut eyes to look at the scenery. It was green grass all around them. He had never seen such flat grasslands before, having rarely left Mabase. In awe he loosened his grip on her and gave in to the tugging wind force, flying off of the back of the moped. Haruko noticed this and immediately slammed the brakes, making a 180 u-turn back around to retrieve his unconscious body off of the road.
For the rest of the ride that day, Naota sat on the front floorboard between Haruko's legs. He didn't look too happy about it, but made no objections to the idea.
"Why the hell'd you go off and do some fool-ass thing like that?" She asked him, not keeping her eyes anywhere near the road.
"I," He said, "I just haven't ever seen anything this natural before. I mean, I grew up in an industrialized city."
"Huh, well don't get too at home here. We're just passing through."
They stopped that night on the side of the road, near a tree that they could sleep under. Naota sat leaning against the tree, while Haruko worked on adjusting the parts on the moped; quite possibly even removing the speed governor.
She turned around and looked at him.
"So did you ask your dad if you could go with me?" She asked.
Naota stared at the ground, uncaring of the question.
"Well did you?" She persisted to inquire.
"No." He snapped, agitated.
"Hooho!" She said, acting as though the recoil of that answer had hit her hard. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the road this afternoon!"
"Just leave me alone for a little while." He said.
She stared at him for a moment, then shrugged her shoulders and focused her attention back to the moped.
Naota sat zoning into the nothingness his life had become. He had run away from home, leaving only his father, grandfather and Kanchi alone with no sign as to where he went. Recouping on the situation, he realized what he was doing and shouted.
"Look at this!! This is my life! And you've ruined it!!" He exclaimed at Haruko, standing up.
She turned and looked at him again.
"Well that's not very nice..." She said dryly.
"Oh so I'm supposed to be nice?!"
"It'd help."
"Well listen," he said, "I just threw out my whole life to do you a favor! I don't even know why the hell I'm here!"
"That sounds like a personal problem." she said caustically. "Just be quiet and go to sleep, you'll forget about it all in the morning."
He stared at her blankly. "Just," He began. "Just tell me the truth."
"Do you want the truth, or the next best thing?" She said slyly.
"What's the 'Next Best Thing'?" He asked.
She walked over to him and slammed his head against her breasts.
"SEX ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!!!" She screamed, pushing him towards the ground. Struggling with all his might, he managed to free himself of her.
"Christ! I want the truth!"
"She looked disappointed. "Damn, I thought that one would work..."
"Just tell me, why the hell am I here! Tell me what all this stuff, the robots and me being eaten all the time! Tell me everything!" He commanded.
She sat up and leaned against the tree where he had been doing so, and sighed.
"Alright," she said calmly. "you win." She looked up at him, as he was standing over her.
"Where do I begin..."
"After Atomisc beat Medical Mechanica and you left." He said. "Why do I still turn into that Super Kanchi even though Atomisc isn't inside him anymore?"
"Atomisc, being as powerful as he is, can't hide or be contained in just anything. Whatever he's in, be it a person or a machine, has to be at least half as powerful as him. So he has to copy his power into whatever his prison is."
Naota stood there stunned. "So that's," He began, "that's why you came back..."
"Kanchi is almost as strong as Atomisc himself. That's why you still get eaten. He was trapped inside both of you, and the only way Kanchi can use his powers now is with you."
