Hey there! I know, I know. It's been a long time and you probably hate me for not updating sooner but I can say that there are plenty of good reasons why I didn't update on time. I won't enumerate it all because it might end up longer than this chapter. Anyway, here's chapter 2. But I will say the main reason for my late update. My computer fell into the grip of a virus. I had lost this file so I had to rewrite this in another computer. What made it worse, I had to go to computer cafes to encode. It costs a lot so I can't afford to go there everyday. I'm really sorry.

Special thanks to: amy and Kyosnekozukigirl for the reviews that you sent in. To tell you the truth, I didn't really expect to get reviews.

Chapter 2 Aya

In a nearby school, a young girl with long blond hair studied.

She was smart but a little fragile at times.

She has a big heart but she always ended up in trouble.

Her name was Aya Mikagi.

She had a twin brother, Aki.

Aki seemed to have eyes with a shade of purple while Aya had a shade of blue.

Aki was also out-going and was really talented in soccer.

Trouble didn't usually come his way the way it did with Aya.

But even though they had different personalities, they were really, really close.

"Aya, hurry up or we'll be late for the assembly!" Aki called his twin sister.

Aya came running down the hall and met up with him.

"What took you so long?" Aki asked.

Aya caught her breath and answered, "Sorry. Hey, it's not my fault that Ms. Hiragi wanted to talk to me."

"Talk to you about what?" Aki asked as they started to walk towards the assembly hall.

"Oh nothing much really...just something about the upcoming school cultural fair. She asked me to head the committees."

"Oh no. We're in for a disaster." Aki teased.

"Funny. But you know what." Aya replied.

"What?"

"She asked me to ask you too. Well, actually I volunteered you."

Aki stopped.

"You did what?"

"I knew you'd like it. Now come on before we get late." Aya said as she started to run towards the hall.

Aki stood there shocked for awhile.

He then shook his head and started after Aya.

'Next time I should learn to keep my mouth shut before Aya involves me into another one of her activities.' Aki made a mental note.

He then started after Aya.

"What took you so long?" Aya said as Aki joined her by the door.

"Funny. Let's get going." Aki said as he opened the door for them.

On the way home…

"What do you think should our slogan and logo be for this school event?" Aya asked as she and Aki walked home.

"Hmm...let me think for a minute." Aki replied.

"Since it is a cultural fair...no…that's no good." Aya thought out loudly.

"I can't believe it is this hard." Aki commented.

"Tell me about it. If it were only a Japanese cultural fair it would be easier but we have to consider a lot of things because it's a world cultural fair." Aya said.

"This is the first time this happened in our school." Aki said.

Aya just nodded.

They were silent for a while.

"Ahhh!" Aya finally expressed.

"I can't think of anything. Everything that comes to my mind is so lame." Aya added.

"Same here. Do you want to stop by the museum for a minute?" Aki suggested.

"Great idea!"

"When will you learn that all my ideas are great?" Aki teased.

"Baka!" Aya replied.

"Anyway, at least you realized that the museum is a great place to get some ideas about this. I never thought that you would really set foot inside a museum." Aya added.

"Then how come you never thought about it?"

"That's not the point."

"Then what's the point then?"

"The point is, if you don't start running…I'll beat you to the museum." Aya said as she started to run.

"Hey!" Aki said.

He started to run after her.

They quickly made their way to the museum of natural history.

"I win." Aya said.

"Yeah well I let you win."

"Yeah.keep telling yourself that." Aya teased.

Aki just shook his head.

Aya laughed at him.

They then entered the museum.

"Where do you want to start?" Aki asked.

"I don't know. Everything is very much appealing." Aya replied.

"Then why don't we start there over the Greece section?" Aki suggested as he pointed to the direction.

"Sure." Aya replied as she followed him.

After some time…

They found themselves at the entrance once again.

"Ready to go?" Aki asked.

Aya just nodded.

"Then let's going." Aki said as he opened the door.

Aya followed him outside.

"I never thought that there is so much life in the museum." Aki commented.

"I know. To tell you the truth, this is the first time I enjoyed myself in such a place. I mean, the last time we went was on a field trip and talk about boring."

"You've got that right. I don't know how that tour guide got her job. She was so lame. I heard someone say that even though she's young, she's more archaic than what's actually on that museum."

Aya couldn't help but laugh.

Aki started to laugh with her.

"Why don't we stop by the ice cream parlor first before we head home? My treat." Aya offered.

"Well, as long as you're paying…why not?" Aki joked.

"Savor it brother because this offer comes once in a life time."

"Yeah. How come I've heard that statement before?"

"I suggest that you quit while you're ahead or I won't pay for yours." Aya said.

"Oh is that a threat?" Aki asked sarcastically.

Aya smiled.

"Maybe."

"Well that's not good enough is it?" Aki replied.

He was smiling at her.

So was she.

"Nah.I didn't think so." Aya said.

(To be continued.)

I know that this is shorter than the last chapter but I really had to cut it there. I'm really sorry that it took me a long time but it really couldn't be helped. Well, I do hope that you review this. I'm looking forward into reading reviews and know what you think.

Michiko