Now, lemme get one thing clear. I do not own Fooly Cooly or anything.
I hope you enjoy my story and please make lots of comments! This is my
version of what happens after Haruko left. Enjoy! ^-^
"Now, class, your projects need to be done next Thursday. I want you to include every detail about your family and your home. Please be creative too. You can start writing a couple things now, we have plently of time." The teacher said as she made sure Gaku and Masashi weren't talking again.
What did he care? Of course he was going to skip this assignment. What could he say about his home? My dad writes profain 'zines and he's a pervert. My grandpa is obsessed with baseball and he used to do drugs. My mom died because of me. My brother is in America. The end. That was lovely...
He took his mind off of that and stared out the window. The factory hadn't blew out smoke ever since Haruko left. Tasuku always said everything would be great in the seventh grade. It all sucked. He lied. He began to think what it would be like if she had stayed. Everything would be better. They would runaway from this awful place. They would've been so happy and free. He would have gave anything just to kiss her again.
"Pssst! Naota!" Gaku whispered. Naota barely looked in his direction.
"What?"
"Look.." There was a slight snicker in his voice.Naota looked in the direction Gaku pointed out and saw the new girl staring at him. When he looked at her, she blushed and looked away.
"I think she wants ya.." Masashi snickered.
"You're always so lucky with the girls! Are you gonna ask her out? She's hot!"
"Well, are you gonna do it?"
"Shut up!" Naota said a little louder than he had expected. The teached looked at him sharply and opened her mouth, but Naota interrupted. "I'm excusing myself." He said as he stood up and grabbed his binder. Then he walked out and slammed the door. What great timing, the bell rang just as he walked out. The empty hall quickly flooded with students as Naota tried to dodge them all. He finally made it out of the school doors and leaned against the trunk of a tree.
"I don't want to go home...I'll hang out by the bridge, maybe.." He said aloud to himself as he watched the people flood out of the building and get with their friends to walk home. Masashi grabbed Ninamorai's hand in the distance as they began to walk home. They were going out now, but Ninamorai didn't seem very happy. It was the talk of the school and Masashi had been loving the attention.
When he looked away he found himself looking at two blue orbs. It was the new girl who had been staring at him.
"Hi, my name is Michiko Iwakura. What's yours?" She smiled. He narrowed his eyes. He didn't want someone hanging around him all the time. That's how the new kids always did.
"Naota." He said quietly.
She blushed and then cleared her throat. "Honesty, right?"
"What?"
"Y-Your name means 'honesty'. My name means 'child of beauty'." She smiled, obiviously satisfied with her name's meaning.
"I guess..."
"Um..Would you like to walk with me to my house? I-It's not that far."
"Whatever.." He sighed. Great....
They walked out of the school gates and down the sidewalk. Some of the kids going the same way began to stare at them.
"So where do you live?" He asked her.
"Oh, just a couple blocks from the bridge.." He felt his heart do a backflip. There had been a house close to his that had been for sale.
"Do you live in a red, two-story house?" He asked, hoping that she lived far away from him.
She looked a little surprised. "Yes, yes I do. It's right across from a small bakery."
Naota couldn't surpress an 'ugh...'
"What?"
"I said, 'oh'. I live in that bakery..." He knew he shouldn't have said that, but she'd probably have found out anyway...
Her eyes lit up. "Really?! Wow! I live right next to you then! How cool!" She said it so loud that the other kids began to whisper and point at Naota.
"I guess we can see each other a lot, huh?" She said excitedly as Naota rubbed his forehead. This was gonna be a long school year...
Naota! There's a little girl here to see you!" Naota's grandfather called. Naota groaned and opened his door. She wasn't kidding about studying for that math test...
Before he could go downstairs a flash of something startled him.
"Did you get a girlfriend, Nao??? Did you?? Why don't you introduce me to her?? I knew you would get one! Is she cute? Popular?? A cheerleader???" Kamon asked rapidly as he teasingly put out his pinky finger. (FYI: In Japan, to put out one's thumb means you're talking about someone's boyfriend. If you put out your pinky, you're talking about their girlfriend)
"No, she's not my girlfriend. She's just a new kid.." Naota said as he moved past his father, but Kamon followed behind him anyway.
He came to the doorway and found Michiko waiting patiently. When she saw him her cheeks lit up and she walked up to him. "Hi! Remember what I said about studying for the test?"
"Yeah. Come on.." He stopped when his dad grinned in front of him.
He sighed. "Michiko, this is my father, Kamon."
"How do you do?" She said cheerfully as she shook his hand.
"Fine. Are you new in Mabase?"
"Yes. My family just moved here. Goodness, you look just like your son, Mr. Nandaba."
Naota took that silently as a remark. Kamon just grinned.
"Well, I'll leave you two alone." He started to go out of the room and then looked back at Naota with a pinky up.
They went upstairs and Michiko couldn't believe her eyes.
"Wow! Is that a Rickenbacker bass?? They're so uncommon! How did you get this?" She asked excitedly as she looked at the bass guitar leaned up against the wall.
Naota was surprised she knew what kind it was. "You like guitars?" He asked.
"Yeah! My dad plays the bass. I don't really play, but I love them anyway. I play the drums."
"Really?"
"Yep. It's a real nice set, but anyway, how did you get this?" She asked as she looked it over.
He took a deep breath. "My girlfriend left it behind..."
The room got quiet. "You have a girlfriend?" She asked quietly.
"Used to.."
"Oh.." She said it with a hint of relief. She turned her attention to Miyu-Miyu who was watching silently on Naota's desk chair. "What a cute cat!" She walked over and strained as she sat him in her lap. "He's very big.."
"I know." Naota just sat down on the floor and wondered if he should've said Haruko had been his girlfriend. She wouldn't find out anyway..
"Where's your mom? Is she cleaning or something?"
Naota took another breath. "She's dead. She died when I was born. It's not a big deal.."
"Oh my! I'm so sorry!"
"Don't worry about it. That's her in that picture."
Michiko looked on the desk and saw a picture of a handsome guy holding a pretty girl in his arms. "She looked a lot like you. Is that your dad with her?"
"Yeah. He has another picture of them in his room by his bed. He hasn't been married since."
"They must've really been in love.." She blushed as she said it.
"I guess...What about studying?"
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Here, I have my book."
That night as Naota lay in bed, he thought of what Michiko had said. They must've really been in love...
The words bothered him for some reason. Was it because he never really thought about his mother and father? He rolled over in bed and tried to go to sleep.
"Takkun. You found me." Haruko said playfully as she yawned from sleeping in her bed of wires.
"You're in the same place as last time." He smiled.
Her body was concealed under the blankets of wires. He slipped in the wires and laid beside her.
She kissed his forehead and smiled. "It is so beautiful. I don't ever want to land."
"Neither do I. Please let me stay with you, Haruko."
"I can only be with you for now. Eventually, you'll have to go back to the light."
He snuggled close to her and looked into her yellow eyes that lit up the darkness around them.
"Nao! Are you alive??" Kamon said as he shook his sleeping son on the shoulders.
"Ugh..W-What???!! Stop! What do you want!?" Naota shouted as he finally woke up.
Kamon sighed. "I thought that something might be wrong with you. At least you're awake now. I just wanted to talk t-"
Naota had ignored all of his father's words and began to leave the room. He went downstairs and found his grandpa doing his usual morning stretches, and Miyu-Miyu sleeping on the kitchen chair. It was a typical Saturday morning, but it looked like it might rain.
"Great.." Naota mumbled. He was already begginng to get bored. He walked out the door and stopped outside on the sidewalk. He thought of where he could go, but only boring places came to his mind. Suddenly an idea popped in his mind, but he imediatly shook it off. There was no way he was going to do that...right?
"Please wait here, I'll go get her." Michiko's mother said as she turned away. Well...He did it. He wasn't sure if he should runaway now or what. It looked like he would just have to deal with her.Though, he did owe her for having to meet his family..
"Oh my gosh! Naota! I was just about to come see you! Isn't that so cool??" Michiko bursted as she stood in the doorway.
"Yep..." He wanted to looked away, but her little excited chibi eyes were cute.
"Mom! I'm going out! See ya!" Michiko shouted and then closed her door. She looked at Naota and smiled.
"What do you wanna do?"
"I could show you around Mabase."
"Oh that would be neat! Let's go!" She happily walked with him down the sidewalk. The skies rumbled above them, but nothing seemed to down her cheery mood. He showed her around all the best places and some of the worst.
"What happened here?" She looked around at all the rubble and remains.
"They haven't repaired this part of town..yet." He took a deep breath when he saw the familar spot where Haruko had said goodbye.
"Goodness...Could we go somewhere else now? This place give me the creeps..Hey I know! Where's your favorite place to go?"
"Well I have two places.."
"That's even better! Show me them!" She grabbed his hand and he blushed as he began to walk in the direction of the beach. They got there, and once again she was easily amused. "This beach is beautiful! Look at all the shells!"
Naota, however, was busy daydreaming. A long time ago when his brother had met Mamimi they used to come down to the beach. Then Mamimi had been told that she was banned from the beach. Tasuku was angry about the desicion so he told her that they could hang out by the bridge. Once they left the beach Naota took her to the bridge. He sat in the same spot on the grass while she looked around.
"Its so beautiful here. You can see some of the city and everything." She turned back to him. "Is there a restaraunt or anything nearby? I'm hungry, I didn't eat anything for breakfast."
Yeah, there's one down there, come on.." He got up as she followed behind him. They went to Cafe Bleu, the place where he had wanted Mamimi to go with him.
Once they were inside Michiko ordered some drinks and then winked at Naota. "I brought my own money, so you don't have to pay for anything, okay?"
He didn't say anything and sat down at a table. "I'll be right back, I have to use the restroom." She said as she began to walk away.
Naota looked around and messed with his chopsticks until something caught his eye. He looked over slightly and saw the most beautiful girl, besides Haruko, sitting at the table next to him. Her hair was put up into a ponytail and her face was completely flawless. He couldn't help but stare. He wondered if she was a model or something, until something tapped him on the shoulder.
"Um..our drinks are ready.." Michiko's cheery voice seemed to lower a bit.
He blushed and looked away from the girl. "Oh, uh okay."
As they drank and Michiko talked, he kept stealing glances at the girl. After a while, Michiko was ready to go, but the girl was still there, so Naota made an invisible plan in his mind.
They were walking back to her house and Michiko was talking about space or something he figured. He was to busy thinking of his plan.
"So do you want to come see it?" She asked.
"Space??!"
"What? I was talking about my new puppy. Do you want to come in and see him?"
"Oh..I can't I gotta get home, see you around." He waved to her and left her by her gate.
"Bye! I hope we can meet again, Naota!"
"Yeeeah..."
He ran at top speed back to Cafe Bleu, which took almost all of his breath. He stopped at the doors to rest for a moment and then went inside.
Yes! She was still sitting there drinking tea. He ordered tea and then sat down a table. He gathered his courage and then walked over to her table and sat down. She looked up and didn't say anything. Her brown eyes seemed to melt him.
"Hi." Naota blushed. That was all that we could say??!!
"She smiled, which also melted him.
"You're the tenth guy to come over here." She giggled.
"Oh...uh..."
"Where did your little girlfriend go?" She asked. "I was watching you two. She seemed nice."
"Um, she's not my girlfriend. Just a friend..." He blushed.
"Oh. So how have you been?" She asked.
"Um..fine.."
"Me too. Do I look different now?"
The girl was begginig to sound weird. He had no idea who she was and she was asking him all this stuff.
"Um, do I know you by any chance?" He asked trying to find anything familiar in that sexy face.
She started laughing. "I can't believe you don't remember me! Its me! Mamimi!" She giggled.
Naota fell out of his seat, but imediatly got back up. "MAMIMI???? MAMIMI SAMEJIMA?????"
"Yeah. You haven't changed, Naota."
He looked down for a moment and then said, "Hey Mamimi?"
"Yes?"
"Call me Takkun..."
I hope you enjoy my story and please make lots of comments! This is my
version of what happens after Haruko left. Enjoy! ^-^
"Now, class, your projects need to be done next Thursday. I want you to include every detail about your family and your home. Please be creative too. You can start writing a couple things now, we have plently of time." The teacher said as she made sure Gaku and Masashi weren't talking again.
What did he care? Of course he was going to skip this assignment. What could he say about his home? My dad writes profain 'zines and he's a pervert. My grandpa is obsessed with baseball and he used to do drugs. My mom died because of me. My brother is in America. The end. That was lovely...
He took his mind off of that and stared out the window. The factory hadn't blew out smoke ever since Haruko left. Tasuku always said everything would be great in the seventh grade. It all sucked. He lied. He began to think what it would be like if she had stayed. Everything would be better. They would runaway from this awful place. They would've been so happy and free. He would have gave anything just to kiss her again.
"Pssst! Naota!" Gaku whispered. Naota barely looked in his direction.
"What?"
"Look.." There was a slight snicker in his voice.Naota looked in the direction Gaku pointed out and saw the new girl staring at him. When he looked at her, she blushed and looked away.
"I think she wants ya.." Masashi snickered.
"You're always so lucky with the girls! Are you gonna ask her out? She's hot!"
"Well, are you gonna do it?"
"Shut up!" Naota said a little louder than he had expected. The teached looked at him sharply and opened her mouth, but Naota interrupted. "I'm excusing myself." He said as he stood up and grabbed his binder. Then he walked out and slammed the door. What great timing, the bell rang just as he walked out. The empty hall quickly flooded with students as Naota tried to dodge them all. He finally made it out of the school doors and leaned against the trunk of a tree.
"I don't want to go home...I'll hang out by the bridge, maybe.." He said aloud to himself as he watched the people flood out of the building and get with their friends to walk home. Masashi grabbed Ninamorai's hand in the distance as they began to walk home. They were going out now, but Ninamorai didn't seem very happy. It was the talk of the school and Masashi had been loving the attention.
When he looked away he found himself looking at two blue orbs. It was the new girl who had been staring at him.
"Hi, my name is Michiko Iwakura. What's yours?" She smiled. He narrowed his eyes. He didn't want someone hanging around him all the time. That's how the new kids always did.
"Naota." He said quietly.
She blushed and then cleared her throat. "Honesty, right?"
"What?"
"Y-Your name means 'honesty'. My name means 'child of beauty'." She smiled, obiviously satisfied with her name's meaning.
"I guess..."
"Um..Would you like to walk with me to my house? I-It's not that far."
"Whatever.." He sighed. Great....
They walked out of the school gates and down the sidewalk. Some of the kids going the same way began to stare at them.
"So where do you live?" He asked her.
"Oh, just a couple blocks from the bridge.." He felt his heart do a backflip. There had been a house close to his that had been for sale.
"Do you live in a red, two-story house?" He asked, hoping that she lived far away from him.
She looked a little surprised. "Yes, yes I do. It's right across from a small bakery."
Naota couldn't surpress an 'ugh...'
"What?"
"I said, 'oh'. I live in that bakery..." He knew he shouldn't have said that, but she'd probably have found out anyway...
Her eyes lit up. "Really?! Wow! I live right next to you then! How cool!" She said it so loud that the other kids began to whisper and point at Naota.
"I guess we can see each other a lot, huh?" She said excitedly as Naota rubbed his forehead. This was gonna be a long school year...
Naota! There's a little girl here to see you!" Naota's grandfather called. Naota groaned and opened his door. She wasn't kidding about studying for that math test...
Before he could go downstairs a flash of something startled him.
"Did you get a girlfriend, Nao??? Did you?? Why don't you introduce me to her?? I knew you would get one! Is she cute? Popular?? A cheerleader???" Kamon asked rapidly as he teasingly put out his pinky finger. (FYI: In Japan, to put out one's thumb means you're talking about someone's boyfriend. If you put out your pinky, you're talking about their girlfriend)
"No, she's not my girlfriend. She's just a new kid.." Naota said as he moved past his father, but Kamon followed behind him anyway.
He came to the doorway and found Michiko waiting patiently. When she saw him her cheeks lit up and she walked up to him. "Hi! Remember what I said about studying for the test?"
"Yeah. Come on.." He stopped when his dad grinned in front of him.
He sighed. "Michiko, this is my father, Kamon."
"How do you do?" She said cheerfully as she shook his hand.
"Fine. Are you new in Mabase?"
"Yes. My family just moved here. Goodness, you look just like your son, Mr. Nandaba."
Naota took that silently as a remark. Kamon just grinned.
"Well, I'll leave you two alone." He started to go out of the room and then looked back at Naota with a pinky up.
They went upstairs and Michiko couldn't believe her eyes.
"Wow! Is that a Rickenbacker bass?? They're so uncommon! How did you get this?" She asked excitedly as she looked at the bass guitar leaned up against the wall.
Naota was surprised she knew what kind it was. "You like guitars?" He asked.
"Yeah! My dad plays the bass. I don't really play, but I love them anyway. I play the drums."
"Really?"
"Yep. It's a real nice set, but anyway, how did you get this?" She asked as she looked it over.
He took a deep breath. "My girlfriend left it behind..."
The room got quiet. "You have a girlfriend?" She asked quietly.
"Used to.."
"Oh.." She said it with a hint of relief. She turned her attention to Miyu-Miyu who was watching silently on Naota's desk chair. "What a cute cat!" She walked over and strained as she sat him in her lap. "He's very big.."
"I know." Naota just sat down on the floor and wondered if he should've said Haruko had been his girlfriend. She wouldn't find out anyway..
"Where's your mom? Is she cleaning or something?"
Naota took another breath. "She's dead. She died when I was born. It's not a big deal.."
"Oh my! I'm so sorry!"
"Don't worry about it. That's her in that picture."
Michiko looked on the desk and saw a picture of a handsome guy holding a pretty girl in his arms. "She looked a lot like you. Is that your dad with her?"
"Yeah. He has another picture of them in his room by his bed. He hasn't been married since."
"They must've really been in love.." She blushed as she said it.
"I guess...What about studying?"
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Here, I have my book."
That night as Naota lay in bed, he thought of what Michiko had said. They must've really been in love...
The words bothered him for some reason. Was it because he never really thought about his mother and father? He rolled over in bed and tried to go to sleep.
"Takkun. You found me." Haruko said playfully as she yawned from sleeping in her bed of wires.
"You're in the same place as last time." He smiled.
Her body was concealed under the blankets of wires. He slipped in the wires and laid beside her.
She kissed his forehead and smiled. "It is so beautiful. I don't ever want to land."
"Neither do I. Please let me stay with you, Haruko."
"I can only be with you for now. Eventually, you'll have to go back to the light."
He snuggled close to her and looked into her yellow eyes that lit up the darkness around them.
"Nao! Are you alive??" Kamon said as he shook his sleeping son on the shoulders.
"Ugh..W-What???!! Stop! What do you want!?" Naota shouted as he finally woke up.
Kamon sighed. "I thought that something might be wrong with you. At least you're awake now. I just wanted to talk t-"
Naota had ignored all of his father's words and began to leave the room. He went downstairs and found his grandpa doing his usual morning stretches, and Miyu-Miyu sleeping on the kitchen chair. It was a typical Saturday morning, but it looked like it might rain.
"Great.." Naota mumbled. He was already begginng to get bored. He walked out the door and stopped outside on the sidewalk. He thought of where he could go, but only boring places came to his mind. Suddenly an idea popped in his mind, but he imediatly shook it off. There was no way he was going to do that...right?
"Please wait here, I'll go get her." Michiko's mother said as she turned away. Well...He did it. He wasn't sure if he should runaway now or what. It looked like he would just have to deal with her.Though, he did owe her for having to meet his family..
"Oh my gosh! Naota! I was just about to come see you! Isn't that so cool??" Michiko bursted as she stood in the doorway.
"Yep..." He wanted to looked away, but her little excited chibi eyes were cute.
"Mom! I'm going out! See ya!" Michiko shouted and then closed her door. She looked at Naota and smiled.
"What do you wanna do?"
"I could show you around Mabase."
"Oh that would be neat! Let's go!" She happily walked with him down the sidewalk. The skies rumbled above them, but nothing seemed to down her cheery mood. He showed her around all the best places and some of the worst.
"What happened here?" She looked around at all the rubble and remains.
"They haven't repaired this part of town..yet." He took a deep breath when he saw the familar spot where Haruko had said goodbye.
"Goodness...Could we go somewhere else now? This place give me the creeps..Hey I know! Where's your favorite place to go?"
"Well I have two places.."
"That's even better! Show me them!" She grabbed his hand and he blushed as he began to walk in the direction of the beach. They got there, and once again she was easily amused. "This beach is beautiful! Look at all the shells!"
Naota, however, was busy daydreaming. A long time ago when his brother had met Mamimi they used to come down to the beach. Then Mamimi had been told that she was banned from the beach. Tasuku was angry about the desicion so he told her that they could hang out by the bridge. Once they left the beach Naota took her to the bridge. He sat in the same spot on the grass while she looked around.
"Its so beautiful here. You can see some of the city and everything." She turned back to him. "Is there a restaraunt or anything nearby? I'm hungry, I didn't eat anything for breakfast."
Yeah, there's one down there, come on.." He got up as she followed behind him. They went to Cafe Bleu, the place where he had wanted Mamimi to go with him.
Once they were inside Michiko ordered some drinks and then winked at Naota. "I brought my own money, so you don't have to pay for anything, okay?"
He didn't say anything and sat down at a table. "I'll be right back, I have to use the restroom." She said as she began to walk away.
Naota looked around and messed with his chopsticks until something caught his eye. He looked over slightly and saw the most beautiful girl, besides Haruko, sitting at the table next to him. Her hair was put up into a ponytail and her face was completely flawless. He couldn't help but stare. He wondered if she was a model or something, until something tapped him on the shoulder.
"Um..our drinks are ready.." Michiko's cheery voice seemed to lower a bit.
He blushed and looked away from the girl. "Oh, uh okay."
As they drank and Michiko talked, he kept stealing glances at the girl. After a while, Michiko was ready to go, but the girl was still there, so Naota made an invisible plan in his mind.
They were walking back to her house and Michiko was talking about space or something he figured. He was to busy thinking of his plan.
"So do you want to come see it?" She asked.
"Space??!"
"What? I was talking about my new puppy. Do you want to come in and see him?"
"Oh..I can't I gotta get home, see you around." He waved to her and left her by her gate.
"Bye! I hope we can meet again, Naota!"
"Yeeeah..."
He ran at top speed back to Cafe Bleu, which took almost all of his breath. He stopped at the doors to rest for a moment and then went inside.
Yes! She was still sitting there drinking tea. He ordered tea and then sat down a table. He gathered his courage and then walked over to her table and sat down. She looked up and didn't say anything. Her brown eyes seemed to melt him.
"Hi." Naota blushed. That was all that we could say??!!
"She smiled, which also melted him.
"You're the tenth guy to come over here." She giggled.
"Oh...uh..."
"Where did your little girlfriend go?" She asked. "I was watching you two. She seemed nice."
"Um, she's not my girlfriend. Just a friend..." He blushed.
"Oh. So how have you been?" She asked.
"Um..fine.."
"Me too. Do I look different now?"
The girl was begginig to sound weird. He had no idea who she was and she was asking him all this stuff.
"Um, do I know you by any chance?" He asked trying to find anything familiar in that sexy face.
She started laughing. "I can't believe you don't remember me! Its me! Mamimi!" She giggled.
Naota fell out of his seat, but imediatly got back up. "MAMIMI???? MAMIMI SAMEJIMA?????"
"Yeah. You haven't changed, Naota."
He looked down for a moment and then said, "Hey Mamimi?"
"Yes?"
"Call me Takkun..."