A Promise To Be Kept- Chapter 2
By Joanne Shen
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Sumomo jumped on Hideki's shoulder tried to comfort him.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" asked Kotoko. Nothing but silence answered her.
The home phone rang but no one was in the mood to pick it up. So instead the answer machine came up. It was Miss Shimizu.
"Hey Mr. Motostua, you didn't show up for class today...and I just called to see what's wrong...but I guess your not there so I'll just..hopefully see you tomorrow then. Bye." ::Beeep::
Soon after, Shinbo else called.
"Yo man, where were you? Takako and me missed ya today at school. What's up? Call me back when you get the chance bro. I'm outs." ::Beeep::
And yet...someone else called.
"Hi Hideki this is Ueda. Chii didn't come to work today. And I heard you didn't go to school either. I'm just worried. You can always talk to me if anything's wrong. I'll talk to you later." ::Beeep::
And another..
"Hideki..it's Yumi. You didn't go to work today. It was so boring without you there. Where'd you go? Please talk to me when you can. I got to go now." ::Beeep::
Hideki had to smile at the messages. He knew his friends were there for him, but nothing they could do would bring back Chii..
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After a restless sleep Hideki got up from bed and made breakfast. Just yesterday morning Chii was in the same room with him making toast. He sighed. "What am I going to do without her.."
It was Saturday, which was always full of excitement, but today was different. Hideki was just sitting at the table eating cold cereal across from an empty chair. Sumomo and Kotoko sat on the side. Sumomo had tried to make some conversation but her attempts failed. Finally Hideki got up, put his bowl in the sink, and grabbed his coat. But as he reached the door someone knocked on his door. Hideki decided over opening it and when he did he was surprised to find Ms. Hibiya standing impatiently on the doormat.
"Ms. Hibiya?" "Oh Hideki I'm so glad I found you! Where is Eld- I mean Chii??"
Hideki didn't know what to say. Ms. Hibiya saw this.
"I know what happened." She said softly patting his shoulder.
Hideki rose his head in confusion. "What?"
"Please, come with me. Quickly or it might me too late." Said Ms. Hibiya in an urgent tone.
Hideki, for what else could he do, followed, Sumomo and Kotoko at his heels. They reached the landlady's apartment and she led them to some kind of secret lab full of electrical and computer things. Hideki and the laptop persocoms could only stare with amazement as they got pulled along by Ms. Hibiya. Then she stopped in front of a big computer screen as wide as the room itself.
"You want to know why Chii is missing Hideki?" she asked him.
"How did-" he started, but changed his mind and said, "yes, what happened to her?"
"She was kidnapped by two of the government's strongest persocoms. Unfortunately they strongly did not want anyone to follow them so instead of just running away here, they jumped into another dimension."
"....Oh." was all Hideki said.
"What's that?" Sumomo piped.
"It's like another world." Kotoko said.
They all looked back at Ms. Hibiya.
"I know it's kind of hard to believe but really, there is no time to waste! I've spent all night trying to locate them and I finally have. And with the portal my husband made you might be able to get through and get Chii back! If you are..willing to that is.." She said quickly.
"Yes!! Anything to get Chii back!" Hideki said, not meaning to say it as loud as he did.
Ms. Hibiya smiled. "I knew you would. I am now relieved that Chii has truly found the one just for her." There was a short pause. "Alright now just sit in this chair over here." She directed them to a dangerous looking..supposedly chair. "Oh don't worry it doesn't bite." She said hastily.
Hideki sat in the chair nervously as Sumomo and Kotoko jumped up on his lap too.
"We're coming too!! You didn't forget about us now did you?" Sumomo exclaimed.
"Well..ok then I could use your company in..wherever I'm going..."
Ms. Hibiya strapped them up and then gave Hideki a strange looking device. "This is the communicator for contacting people on Earth. I'll teach you how to use it when you get there. Now are you sure you want to do this?" she explained while punching some buttons and typing codes into the computer.
"Uh...yes, I'm going to get Chii back!" Hideki said.
"Okay, I'm going to contact your friend Minoru also. I think he could do some help. And remember to stay safe!! All of you!" she typed in some more codes and the chair started to tremble and buzz.
"Thank you Ms. Hibiya, for helping!" Hideki quickly said, afraid that he might have been sent off somewhere already.
"Oh, no problem at all Hideki, if it's for Chii. And please call me Chitose." She smiled. And Hideki smiled back. A smile that hasn't crossed his face for a whole day and night.
"Ready?" Chitose asked, with a tint of worry in her voice.
"Yes." Hideki said with determination.
"Good bye, and good luck." She said as she pressed a big round button.
The last thing Hideki, Sumomo, and Kotoko saw, was Chitose solemnly waving good bye on the platform.
"Don't worry Chii.." He thought. "I'm coming.."
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Well that was another chapter to A Promise To Be Kept! Please review!
By Joanne Shen
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Sumomo jumped on Hideki's shoulder tried to comfort him.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" asked Kotoko. Nothing but silence answered her.
The home phone rang but no one was in the mood to pick it up. So instead the answer machine came up. It was Miss Shimizu.
"Hey Mr. Motostua, you didn't show up for class today...and I just called to see what's wrong...but I guess your not there so I'll just..hopefully see you tomorrow then. Bye." ::Beeep::
Soon after, Shinbo else called.
"Yo man, where were you? Takako and me missed ya today at school. What's up? Call me back when you get the chance bro. I'm outs." ::Beeep::
And yet...someone else called.
"Hi Hideki this is Ueda. Chii didn't come to work today. And I heard you didn't go to school either. I'm just worried. You can always talk to me if anything's wrong. I'll talk to you later." ::Beeep::
And another..
"Hideki..it's Yumi. You didn't go to work today. It was so boring without you there. Where'd you go? Please talk to me when you can. I got to go now." ::Beeep::
Hideki had to smile at the messages. He knew his friends were there for him, but nothing they could do would bring back Chii..
~~~~~~~
After a restless sleep Hideki got up from bed and made breakfast. Just yesterday morning Chii was in the same room with him making toast. He sighed. "What am I going to do without her.."
It was Saturday, which was always full of excitement, but today was different. Hideki was just sitting at the table eating cold cereal across from an empty chair. Sumomo and Kotoko sat on the side. Sumomo had tried to make some conversation but her attempts failed. Finally Hideki got up, put his bowl in the sink, and grabbed his coat. But as he reached the door someone knocked on his door. Hideki decided over opening it and when he did he was surprised to find Ms. Hibiya standing impatiently on the doormat.
"Ms. Hibiya?" "Oh Hideki I'm so glad I found you! Where is Eld- I mean Chii??"
Hideki didn't know what to say. Ms. Hibiya saw this.
"I know what happened." She said softly patting his shoulder.
Hideki rose his head in confusion. "What?"
"Please, come with me. Quickly or it might me too late." Said Ms. Hibiya in an urgent tone.
Hideki, for what else could he do, followed, Sumomo and Kotoko at his heels. They reached the landlady's apartment and she led them to some kind of secret lab full of electrical and computer things. Hideki and the laptop persocoms could only stare with amazement as they got pulled along by Ms. Hibiya. Then she stopped in front of a big computer screen as wide as the room itself.
"You want to know why Chii is missing Hideki?" she asked him.
"How did-" he started, but changed his mind and said, "yes, what happened to her?"
"She was kidnapped by two of the government's strongest persocoms. Unfortunately they strongly did not want anyone to follow them so instead of just running away here, they jumped into another dimension."
"....Oh." was all Hideki said.
"What's that?" Sumomo piped.
"It's like another world." Kotoko said.
They all looked back at Ms. Hibiya.
"I know it's kind of hard to believe but really, there is no time to waste! I've spent all night trying to locate them and I finally have. And with the portal my husband made you might be able to get through and get Chii back! If you are..willing to that is.." She said quickly.
"Yes!! Anything to get Chii back!" Hideki said, not meaning to say it as loud as he did.
Ms. Hibiya smiled. "I knew you would. I am now relieved that Chii has truly found the one just for her." There was a short pause. "Alright now just sit in this chair over here." She directed them to a dangerous looking..supposedly chair. "Oh don't worry it doesn't bite." She said hastily.
Hideki sat in the chair nervously as Sumomo and Kotoko jumped up on his lap too.
"We're coming too!! You didn't forget about us now did you?" Sumomo exclaimed.
"Well..ok then I could use your company in..wherever I'm going..."
Ms. Hibiya strapped them up and then gave Hideki a strange looking device. "This is the communicator for contacting people on Earth. I'll teach you how to use it when you get there. Now are you sure you want to do this?" she explained while punching some buttons and typing codes into the computer.
"Uh...yes, I'm going to get Chii back!" Hideki said.
"Okay, I'm going to contact your friend Minoru also. I think he could do some help. And remember to stay safe!! All of you!" she typed in some more codes and the chair started to tremble and buzz.
"Thank you Ms. Hibiya, for helping!" Hideki quickly said, afraid that he might have been sent off somewhere already.
"Oh, no problem at all Hideki, if it's for Chii. And please call me Chitose." She smiled. And Hideki smiled back. A smile that hasn't crossed his face for a whole day and night.
"Ready?" Chitose asked, with a tint of worry in her voice.
"Yes." Hideki said with determination.
"Good bye, and good luck." She said as she pressed a big round button.
The last thing Hideki, Sumomo, and Kotoko saw, was Chitose solemnly waving good bye on the platform.
"Don't worry Chii.." He thought. "I'm coming.."
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Well that was another chapter to A Promise To Be Kept! Please review!