***Note from Author- Here it is the funeral where you find out the juicy stuff on Hamham. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......that sounds like I'm calling myself a piece of bacon. I AM NOT PORKY PIG. GOT IT?!? whooooo...now that thats over with I shall ramble on about how great Hotohori and the rest of my husbands. I added one, so instead of 38, its 39 now. I added Choas from Ragnarok. I think thats how its spelled. I got yelled by my friend because I only read the first half of the first magna. She said "YOU HAVEN'T READ ENOUGH OF THE SERIES TO KNOW HIM YET." then I reply "But he's hot and I did read the first half of the first book, so HA!" Then she sighs "Way to be shallow, Dani." But see technically I'm a fifteen year old girl, so I'm allowed to be vain when it comes to guys. Although about myself, my self esteem is lower than the Grand Canyon. I'm rambling again perhaps I should just let you read the fanfic now. Sorry about that. Oh yeah and keep in mind Hamatsu's life is nothing like mine so don't think I've thought of killing my mom. I love my mommy, otay? And I'm an only child, too. Nari, Sarah, and Hamham's mom are not inspired by anyone. And if your offended by Hamatsu's story in any way I say....EAT DIRT! ITS JUST A STORY, OKAY? No seiously if this reminds you of your life in any way or form. My God, I'm so sorry.
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They had about 10 minutes till the plane took off and Hamatsu thought of a game they could play. Tamahome and Miyoko were sitting in front of Hamatsu and Hotohori on the plane, so they kneeled on the seats backwards, so they could see Hamatsu as she talked. Hamatsu cleared her throat and said "The game is this.......pick a modern day song that fits your love for your partner. It might get some people in trouble....*coughTamahome*...if its not good enough and others just might help them. Got it? Okay...um first you guys can look and listen to some of cds then Hotohori will go, then Miyoko, then me, and theeeeeeeen Tamacakes." They all looked at the cds and decided
"Probable the song 'What Makes You Different' by this group called Backstreet.....Boys?!?" Hamatsu clapped proudly at Hotohori's answer.
"This is an easy one 'My Love Don't Cost A Thing' by J.Lo. She has terrible grammer." Tamahome looked almost offended by her answer, but it was Ha-chan's turn now and then his.
"Well, this is a no brainer 'Baby, Baby' by Amy Grant. Exellant song and its perfect, too. Boo-ya! Beat dat, Tamahomedog!" He smirked and answered "I think probably 'Truely, Madly, Deeply' by Savage Garden, I think and you were saying Hamham.
Hamatsu got in his face and screamed "I'M NOT A PORK PRODUCT!!!" Tamahome starting laughing his butt off and Miyoko swatted the back of his head with her palm. She looked in his eyes and smiled and moved her palm along the side contours off his face. He leaned in to kiss her, but before he could actaully have his lips touch hers.
Hamatsu said to Hotohori "Honestly Hotohori, they say we're bad with showing to much affection publicly and take a look at them. Miyo can't even hold a punishment without wanting him. I think they should just get a room and-"
Miyoko warned "Finish that sentence and serve as ninja toliet cleaner instead of ninja accomplice. And plus, you two have so much drama that Lifetime is going out of business." They all laughed except Hamatsu she just sighed hurtly "I can'y help it if I'm the one who always gets kidnapped, runs away, crossdresses so she can go to war......oh and die and be reincarnated."
Nari gave her a look and said "You make it sound so casual like a haircut." Keisuke slowly nodded his head in agreement and stupidfied. Hamatsu smiled big and giggled to herself.
The plane started to take off. Tamahome and Hotohori both looked out the plane window in astonishment as they started to lift off. Tamahome ran around in chibi form screaming "WE'VE EATEN BY A BIRD! WE'VE EATEN BY A BIRD!!!" Seeing that everyone was staring at him strangely he said sarcastically "Not everyone panic at once now, please people control yourselves."
Miyoko laughing pulled him down back into his seat and explained the whole airplane thing. As did Hamatsu for Hotohori, who remembering himself had sat down and just asked Hamatsu about it.
About approximately two hours passed and Hamatsu had fallen asleep on Hotohori and he was just brushing the fallen hair strands behind her ears while watching her sleep soundly. Miyoko was playing War, the card game with Tamahome. So, everyone was preoccupied with something else. So, it was Nari who was talking seriously with Keisuke;
Nari: I'm a bad sister.
Keisuke: Your not a bad sister.
Nari: I shouldn't have let her come. The family knows what she has done and is gonna eat her alive.
Keisuke: NO they won't. We all understand why she did it and so do they.
Nari: I guess your right, but my mother hated her, but loved me and the others. Thats what I don't understand.
Keisuke: What I can't understand how one must feel having their own mother try to kill them so many times.
Nari: My mom tried over 25 times over Hama's six year life with her. Y'know why Hama hates being called Hamham?
Keisuke: Because it sounds like a pork porduct!?!
Nari: Part of it. When we were kids my mom would dress her up like a football and not tell us it wasn't a real football, so we would play.
Keisuke: Aaaaaaah, the old pigskin.
Nari: Yep, we would joke around pretending saying thats how she got all her brain damage, but its not. Its because my mom and......dad.
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After of hours on the plane they arrived in Michigan of the United States. Hamatsu was so out of it tired she wouldn't wake up, so Hotohori carried her off of the plane. Nari and Miyoko decided that them three girls needed to freshen up before the funeral started.
Miyoko propped Hamatsu on the bathroom counter and turned the water on REALLY cold. She flicked some of it at the sleeping Hamatsu. She immediately woke up at contact with the water. Nari and Miyoko formed a semi-circle around her with the mirror and counter acting as a barrier, so she was surrounded.
Nari spoke first "Hama, we have something to tell you. Mom isn't dead. She's was submitted to the hospital, but she IS gonna make it. We told you it was her funeral because we knew you would want to pay your respects and smooth things over with the family, but you need to get everything settled with her."
Hamatsu looked at Miyoko with worried and confused eyes like a small rabbit trapped by a fox. Miyoko finally said "Ha-chan, you are when of the stupidest, craziest people I know, but also one of the best people I know. I don't care about Daria Thomas. I care about Hamatsu Seishuku. Thats why I want you to get over your past."
Hamatsu clenched her hands to the counter and asked "By making me face it.........and relive it all over again?" She held the counter hard and quickly pulled her legs under her and did a handstand on the counter flipping off it, up and over the two girls. She ran out, but ran right into Hotohori and Tamahome blocking her escape. She turned back around to find Miyoko and Nari blocking her and checked her side and saw Keisuke. She started to yell in a language that went off and on between English, Polish, Chinese, and Japanese. Hotohori apologized and threw her over his shoulder. She started to kick with all her mind, then stopped and thought aloud "This isn't half bad being carried like this. Its actually something I never pictured Hotohori doing. Hmm? I guess there's a first for everything. I'm actually stangely aro-" She looked around to see her friends staring at her in a very scared way.
She shrugged and heard Nari call a cab. The cabbie pulled over and was chewing some tobacca. Miyoko, Tamahome, Keisuke, and espcially Hotohori looked horrified at the cab driver. He was a fat, sweaty, pig-like man. He was dirty and grotesque. He was rude, crude, and unshaven with a 5 o'clock shadow. Nari and Hamatsu seemed uneffected by him. Though they knew what some people were like here. They were used to it, but as for the others they had never seen such a man.
Tamahome felt a need to explain the fact that there was a girl being carried slightly against her will kicking, but when he started to explain the man just said "HEY, I get alotta weirdos here, but I never ask I just drive ya to yo destination. Now if you want to tell me.....DON'T! Capisce'?" Tamahome nodded.
When they arrived at the hospital room. Before they even walked in. Aunts, uncles, and other relatives bombarded Nari with hugs. When Hotohori approached with Hamatsu and set her down. Silence filled among the family.
Finally, one of the oldest aunts, Aunt Beatrice came up to the tears streaming Hamatsu and cried hugging "My little Daria, you poor dear, we don't blame you one bit, but if we knew when you were so young. You know before you left one of us would of taken you in." Hamatsu took a step back and wiped away the tears and reached her hand back for Hotohori's hand. He grabbed her hand right back. She said "NO! You saw how I was treated. You even witnessed some of the times she tried to kill. I finally have people who love and care about me."
A man came towards her and she recognized him as her father. He slapped her and said "Now look what yo' `ave done you stupid little bitch. I should punish you for that take you right across my knee and....ARE YOU PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO YOUR MOTHER?" Hotohori still holding Hamatsu's hand stepped in front of her and said to him "You obviously do not know how to speak to a lady or royalty, but I will say this you lay a hand a her again and I will throw you in the dungeon for the rest of your sad life because no one talks to my wife that way with such a disrespect."
She let go of Hotohori's hand and told Miyoko & Tamahome to wait with Hotohori and thanked them. She opened the door to the hospital room and the smell of her mother filled the air. She heard a voice say "Aaah, the prodigal daughter returns...unfortunately. You couldn't do it. After all those years trying to manipulate you into killing me just so you could get the death penalty when you were caught by the police. FAILED!!! Because you actually had to have a heart. Your a beast. No one could love you. He only acts like he loves because he can't have what he really wants. You may hate me, but I hate you more."
Hamatsu fell to her knees by the bed and cried "Noooooo! I never hated you. I always strived for you to love me. There is so much we need to talk about."
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Aunt Beatrice came up to Hotohori and started to talk;
Aunt Beatrice: You must be the boyfriend, eh?
Hotohori: No, I'm the husband.
Aunt Beatrice: WHAAAAAAT? SHE IS TOO YOUNG TO BE MARRIED! For how long?
Hotohori: About almost five years now.
Aunt Beatrice: She was nearly fourteen when you...you...married!?!
Hotohori: No, perhaps you had not heard me. I said we have been married for nearly five years.
Aunt Beatrice: I know. I'm crazy, but not that crazy. That would of made her...nevermind. Do you love her?
Hotohori: That is such a foolish question. I love her more than llife itself. I would surely do anything for her.
Aunt Beatrice: Then I guess if it makes Daria happy its alright.
Hotohori: Daria?!?
Aunt Beatrice: Pardon me, you know her as Hamatsu. Daria changed her name....oh yeah and her age when you ran away.
Hotohori: She changed her age?
Aunt Beatrice: Of course, Nari was so afraid that night. Afraid that her mom would actually succeed that night-
Hotohori: Suceed?
Aunt Beatrice: Yeah...in killing Daria. She had a gun and everything. Nari saw the gun that their mommy was loading as she called out for Daria.
Hotohori: Are you saying........?
Aunt Beatrice: Nari ran to Daria and Sarah's room to wake them up and hopefully run away with them. She tried to get them to understand, but Daria didn't comprehend it. Sarah did. She wanted to protect Daria. GOD!!! Sarah loved Daria so much. She was as smart as a whip.
Hotohori: What happened?
Aunt Beatrice: Sarah ran out of the room to try and stop her from killing Daria. Nari was so caught up in packing the girls things she didn't see Sarah run out. Until she heard the gun shoot out and a child cry out. Nari looked towards the door and saw five little fingers sticking under reaching out.
Hotohori: Was it on purpose?
Aunt Beatrice: No! She didn't mean to shoot Sarah. She thought it was Daria.
Hotohori: How could she confuse the two?
Aunt Beatrice: They were twins. Daria and Sarah.
Hotohori: Twins? After Sarah died, then what?
Aunt Beatrice: She didn't. Nari raced to the door and opened to find her screaming 'SEE WHAT YOU DID, DARIA? SEE WHAT YOU MADE MOMMY DO? Daria stood there for a few seconds staring at Sarah reaching out to her. Daria started to run to her sister, but...
Hotohori: Thats what she wanted. She wanted Hamatsu to come closer so she could get a better shot.
Aunt Beatrice: Nari realized this and bent down to pick up Sarah and she did. She made Daria wrap her hands around her neck as she ran. They submitted Sarah into this hospital and she's been in acoma since.
Hotohori: So after they submitted they fled out of the country to Japan? Changing their names and ages?
Aunt Beatrice: Only Daria did. She wanted to change it to something with flair. Something that sounded like a queen.
Hotohori: Or an empress?
Aunt Beatrice: She only lied about a year or two of her age. I shouldn't of said a thing. Please don't leave her-
Hotohori: Age is nothing to me. I love her. In her heart and mind she is twenty. I love her and age is not getting in my way.
Aunt Beatrice: Good! I want you to see Sarah...........Hamatsu would of wanted you to. I know now that she's not Daria anymore, she's Hamatsu.
The old woman led him to another section of the hospital. The woman tripped several times on the way there. Hotohori thought "She reminds me of my darling Hamatsu in her klutziness." The woman stopped in front of the door and Hotohori walked in.
The light was on in the room. The room looked as though it was brand new. Aunt Beatrice laughed "Nari was only twelve. A twelve year old is not meant to be a parent. Just like a six year old isn't meant to be hated." She left leaving Hotohori alone with the eighteen year old girl who's face looked identical to his beloved. Except for the hair and lack of peircings, it was a fukusha to Hamatsu. It was a purer version.
It had no piercings on the eyebrow or lip. Her hair wasn't dyed black with dark purple streaks, no, it was a long brunette with golden highlights. Then he thought and wondered if she had the same tatoo of his beloved.
Sarah's fingers began to stretch out and eyes squeezed shut more. Then slowly opened for the first time in thirteen years. She spoke, her voice was quiet and dainty unlike her sister, Hamatsu's "Be kind to her. Be kind to Hamatsu. She loves you very much and she will even be serious for you. Don't ever make her do that again. She's not very good at it. She was always the funny and stupid one, while I was the smart, vain, and serious one. All these years I've had this mental connection with her, but she just didn't know it. I know you and the others. I needed to wake up though. So, she won't have to be serious anymore. She's grown into quite the woman. So, don't you feel disgusted with her being only eighteen. Age is no differrence. You need to let her know that, but she must never know what happened during the deidu incident. She doesn't know and must never know. Be kind to her. She is over with her talk with our mother. I will live here in this country with mother. But Hamatsu must go back to Konan. When she comes in here, be kind to her."
Sure enough a few moments later Hamatsu came in. She walked in and saw the opened eyes of Sarah and she tripped on a bar of soap. Hotohori held his hand out to her and said "Age does not matter with me. You are mine and I am yours."
Hamatsu took a minute for it to process and when it did she said "And hospital foods sucks." She smiled at him and then at Sarah. Sarah requested they take her out of this bed. And they did.
When the three were walking down the hall. Tamahome cried out "THERE'S TWO OF THEM! TWO HAMATSU MEANS...NOOOOOOOOOO I CAN BARELY STAND ONE LET ALONE TWO." Nari started to cry at the two smiling faces of the girls.
Hamatsu in between two people that had risked their lives for her. She knew their was only one way to repay them.
She went really fast down to the ground in center splits and caused both of them to trip. Hamatsu fell back laughing, but forgetting the floor was tile hit her head. She rubbed the back of her head gingerly and whined about how it hurt. Hotohori sat up and kissed the aching spot on her head.
Sarah giggled and made fun "You would easily confuse him for a doctor the way he treats you like a baby. What happened to that...wait...you were always a baby. FIne, what happened to the samurai that defeated those thugs?"
Hamatsu stood up and shouted "Shut it! Hotohori doesn't know that I was attacked on my vacation alone that one time. AND what are my stalker? How is all this information coming to you? STALKER!!!" Sarah put her forehead to Hamatsu's and said softly "We have a bond through our brains and hearts."
Miyoko rolled her eyes and said "Thats a lie. You can't have bond through your brains because Ha-chan doesn't have one." Sarah had this small and quiet, kinda hidden laugh while Hamatsu's sounded like was loud, obvious, and girlish-tomboy like. The two may have looked alike in features, but were two different souls.
Tamahome started to conclude "Okay...they are nothing alike. Ha-chan's obnoxious and Sarah's not. Not to mention Sarah is tolerable and smart while Hamham is-" He looked over his shoulder and Miyoko warned "Thats my best friend your critisizing here. Y'know Ha-chan hates to be compared due to her small brain and no existance ego."
Sarah said very softly and apologetic that it seemed almost offending "I'm sorry to bother you so much, but you don't need to protect Daria any longer cause I'm here."
Miyoko glared at her and smiled sarcastically "If your gonna say something then speak UP! And her names Hamatsu, not Daria. So, don't act you know her after all these stinkin thirteen years, because.....you.....DON'T!!!"
Sarah stared at her feet making scuffs on the hospital tile. Hamatsu hissed jokingly then shouted "CAT FIGHT!"
Miyoko smacked the back of her and flipped her over. While Hamatsu was down there she found a nickel and exclaimed "Oooooooh a whole nickel! I'm a nickel richer. Time to do the nickel dance." Hamatsu started to dance like a kichiga'i. Tamahome crept up behind her and when he tried to grab it from her clutches. He slipped on some "accidently" placed water.
Hamatsu gave an evil look "Its just to easy! To easy to make a fool of him." Sarah shook her head in disagreement "No Daria! That was not very nice. Are you saying you put the water there? If so, I am ashamed."
Miyoko stopped laughing and helped Tamahome up. Nari pointed out "Maybe we should just go home before Hama kills Tamahome with her pranks."
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The six of them were on the plane again heading home. (six-Keisuke, Tamahome, Hotohori, Nari, Miyoko, & Hamatsu). Miyoko turned at Hamatsu and said "Why didn't Sarah come with us? After all she is your favorite sister. I bet you would of loved her to come to Konan with us."
Hamatsu corrected "No! She was my sister in that life, but I got a better sister in my new and permanent life. And that sista is my ninja masta sista. No one can ever break the bond I have with her. And I pinky swear to that." Hamatsu helld out her pinky and Miyoko hers and they pinky swore on the way back to Japan which eventually take them back to Konan.
When they landed Hamatsu strecthed and said excitedly "Oh...my...Byakko! As soon as we get back to Konan we have to randomly slam drawers."
Once again she was getting strange looks from her friends. She smacked Hotohori and side hugged him as she faked offendedness "Hey, your not allowed to look at me like I'm crazy. I'M NOT A NUTBALL!!!"
Miyoko coughed in order to cover up her laughter and Tamahome remarked "You may not be a nutball, but you are a basketcase." Hamatsu blew a raspberry at him and suggested "I have a fun idea." Nari rolled her eyes "Pleeeaase tell me its not like that game you had on the plane!?!"
Hamatsu got an evil look on her face as she corrected "No, this one is one that me and Miaka used to play with Miyoko and Yui."
It struck Miyoko what she was talking about, so she whined "Nooooooooooo! Not 'Jockeys and Ponies'! Me and Yui had to be the ponies last time." Hamatsu smiled big and explained "Yes, 'Jockeys and Ponies', but this time the guys get to be the ponies and us girls get to be the riders. COME! WE PIGGY-BACK TO THE TAXI!!!" She jumped on the back of Hotohori and he requested "Please my dear, we are of royalty and this is very undignified."
She just ignored him and said "Thats the best part. Now come'on your not gonna let Keisuke the fool and Tamahome the Pauper beat you, the great and mighty, not ot mention most beautiful man." With saying those words she triggered his weakness and she knew it.
Miyoko laughed "You have him trained like a puppy, but I have Tamahome, too."
Tamahome yelled "WHAT??!??" She just patted him on the head and added "Honestly Ha-chan, you come up with the stupidest games, but I'M IN!!!" She housted herself onto Tamahome's back.
Miyoko and the others just looked at Keisuke and Nari standing there pride-like refusing to move an inch, but Keisuke quickly threw Nari on his back and started to run off.
Miyoko called after "CHEATERS!!!" Her and Tamahome ran after. Hamatsu thought aloud "How on earth did I get stuck with such weird friends?" Hotohori corrected "Actually dear, I think it is you who is the weirdest of them all." She stuck her nose up and said "I din't say I wasn't."
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THE END.....I think
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