Chapter 5 : Closing of chapter 1; Odaiba

AN: Wow haven't updated in awhile!! Ok here goes..In this

chapter Kasumi and friends are leaving for the U.S.A where

they can finally begin to record their songs and try to

fulfil their dreams of recognition. Will Tai make it in

time to say goodbye to Kasumi? Find out in this chapter!

Ja Ne!

Kai

Kasumi glanced around her bedroom. This was finally it.

She was leaving Odaiba. She was on her way to achieving

her goal, her reverie. She noticed how bare some of the

shelves and cupboards looked. She sat on her bed and memories

came flooding back. This was where she, on many occassions,

had cried, had laughed and had lay awake at night just

thinking about better days. This was where she had penned

so many songs, read so many comic books and done so many

assignments.

Kasumi stepped out of her bedroom and found that her Dad

had returned from work. His eyes were morose as he learnt

of her news. He simply sighed and then smiled at her

through his fatigue and said

"I'm so proud of you. I will always support you like your

mother did. If the music business doesn't work out then you

are always welcome back home. I love you and you know

that I'll miss having you around. Don't forget to call

and write to your ol' dad every now and then."

She had hugged him and things seemed alright.

Now, now he looked as lonely as ever. He looked at her

and grinned. She realised that it was dawning on him

that she was leaving tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow was

a new day, a new life, a new beginning.
"I can't believe it. I can't believe you're leaving. All of

you!".

"Don't worry Sora, we'll see each other again. After all

we do have the same last name. It won't be hard to find

my cousin!" Kasumi chuckled.

" I know, I know",Sora said through her steady tears,

" But I'm gonna miss you a hell of a lot and I'm sure

everyone feels the same. Now give me another HUG!".

Everyone began hugging each other again. It was getting

closer and closer to 6 o'clock. Kasumi anxiously checked

her watch for the third time.

" I got something for ya guys," began Matt,"As a fellow

band, the Teenage Wolves present The N.A.O.Bs with this".

Matt handed a scrapbook to Kasumi. It read 'Band Memories'

on its metallic red,blue and green cover.

Kasumi prised open its pages and saw that Matt had stuck

in all their gig tickets and pictures of them performing

and even leaflets and programs where they had experienced

their first band memories.

" Matt, it's beautiful! Where did you get all these? I

can't believe you kept them!" Satomi exclaimed.

Matt blushed and informed them that it took him quite some

time to recover all the articles and pictures.

" Half of it's empty!"

"That's because you got more stuff to stick in." Matt winked.

They all thanked him and the other 'Teenage Wolves' for the

scrapbook and for all their support.

Kasumi checked her watch again,it was dangerously approaching

time for departure.
" Oh I forgot to mention!",Izzy turned holding out a small

box, " Tai said he wanted to give this to you. He said that

he can't make it that he wanted me to give this."

"Oh" was all Kasumi managed to say. He promised her he would be

at the airport, to say goodbye to her.

" All passengers on Flight 4112 to Los Angeles,California must

now go to Gate 42".

Kasumi stood there, not wanting to take the box out of Izzy's

hands. She wanted to cry out loud and scream til she no longer

had any voice left inside her. He had PROMISED. He always

promised and he never kept any of them. Why was she such a fool

to fall for it every single time? He said he would try to get out

of his prior commitment. Why did he do this to her? Why did he

always want to make her cry and laugh at the same time? Why

did he always get to her in ways no one else could.

" Kasumi? It's our final call. We gotta go" Bob stated, his hand

on her shoulder.

"Kasumi? The box? Aren't you gonna take it?" Izzy asked, slightly

confused.

Kasumi shook her head and smiled.

"Tell him I don't want it and I don't want his sympathy anymore"

she replied and swiftly turned on her heel and started to walk

away.

She turned only to wave goodbye at the rest of them and walked

on clutching her bags in anger. She stopped briefly and siezed

her hat. She then viciously tore off her hat pin, the one Tai

had given her and through it violently in the trash can near her.

"Stupid Tai!" she muttered under her breath and placed the hat

back on her head and went onwards to her destination.
Tai slouched on the nearby bench.

'I am such a coward' he thought inwardly.

"I can't even say goodbye to her. I wouldn't know what to say.

Good luck! Have a good time leaving my life! And now it's too late.

She's on a plane, hating me. I hate myself" he muttered to himself

and then kicked a the can that had rolled to him, guided by the wind.
Odaiba was over and Kasumi didn't know whether Los Angeles would

be any better. She wasn't sure whether she was happy or sad about

matters. She couldn't shake Izzy's words away. How could Tai be so..

so cold? Didn't he realise that she had feelings as well?

Kasumi sighed and turned over to face the window. Satomi lay asleep

next to her and Mai and Bob were behind talking in hushed voices.

They were concerned about her. It didn't take a genius to know why.

She hadn't exactly acted very calm about the situation and she didn't

know why she suddenly became that angry. Kasumi caught sight of her

hat and the hole she had made in it.

'That's what you did to me Tai.' she mused and slowly fell asleep

despite the fact that Satomi was snoring like a thunderclap

beside her.
heh heh...so that's it for now folks!

See ya next time!!

Here's a preview

' " And this is where you will be staying for now"..

Satomi ran excitedly to the bathroom. Before long she exclaimed

"OH my GOD THEY HAVE SUCH A BIG BATH BASIN!! AND THE SOAPS..THE

SOAPS OH THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!".

Kasumi turned to Mai and they burst out laughing before joining

Satomi in raiding the mini-bar and cabinets. '