" Dear Umeboshi "
by: Edd-Edd
Full Summary: Okay American girl Tomiko Hanaru moves to Japan...over...certain matters....but one day. She happens to come across two very "weird" boys...two VERY VERY "weird" boys. And so....naturally...as she has both of their personalities rolled into one....they become friends. But over time, a lot of very "weird" things happen....one time including a pickle and a box of kudos...but...besides the weird things also comes weiry secrets that no one wishes for anyone to find. Especially ones that involve...your past...the past you wish to forget...
And so...this is the story of Tomiko Hanaru, also known as Tomi, also known for her need of Anger managment, and how she deals life with two very "weird" boys, a very "weird" surrogate family, and memories of her past....AND THE WHOLE TIME SHE IS IN FACT WRITING TO.....
An Umeboshi....a mini pickled plum....
Notes: Okayie dokie here's just a little side not even though it won't be in this chapter yet. Momiji and Haru are living with Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo now. okay....not a big note....me knows....ohies welll!!!! TTFN!!! READ AND REVIEW KK :3!! (me first fic okay.....yea!!!)
italics she's thinking or someone else is thinking
bold something....i dunno....BOLD!!
underline usually when the story is in a new place
when has two parenthese around something and is bold
example: ((.......))
Means something they are doing like an action...
Chapter One
ARITOMO!!
Dear Umeboshi,
I just moved here to Japan from the States. It's pretty cool, new environment, new people...new life...new everything you know. The stuff that comes with the territory of moving across the world practically...
But...there's this thing that really weird...well actually two....
See my best buds....they're kinda weird....I mean....well....not just them their whole family is (cause they happen to be cousins). But...I remember, when I accidentally ran into one of them.....
The girl looked up to see the van pulling to the curb. It, getting ready to take the entire 9th grade on an "Educational, Fun-Filled Nature Expedition"!!!!!! (this is sarcasm).
She sighed.
Oh goody....
Quickly tucking the notebook back into her red messenger bag, she picked up her suitcase and headed over to the van.
Oh goody nature....nature hike....nature hunt....nature bugs....nature...
" Tomi-chan!,"
The girl turned around to see her best friend running up to her and his cousin ( her other best friend) walking behind him, his emotionless expression on.
" Moji-kun, Haa," She smiled and waved at the two boys. Completely opposite in their ways, and yet…
The boy with blond hair ran over to her, a big smile on his face.
"Are you ready for the Nature Trip Tomi-chan?" he asked excitedly, a smiled on his face as he looked down at his friend ( Momiji-kun grew a few inches....hehehe).
She grinned and linked arms with them. Haru not caring and just standing idly there; Momiji smiling and placing a hand on Tomiko's hand.
"Yup, we're gonna roast marshmallows and build fires and catch fire flies......," she grinned some more.
Five Minutes later....
"...and were gonna go on a nature hike and catch fish and make smores....,"
Another five minutes....
(she is rambling….YEAH!!)
"....and were gonna study bugs and find baby animals and look at leaves....."
More time...and more time....
(this is getting boring no?)
"....and were gonna make weeners and were gonna play with fire by spraying hair spray onto it!!! Won't that be fun Haru, Moji-kun !!....I bet it will! Won't it Moji-kun! Ha….,"
SEARCH LIGHT: HATSUHARU HAS DISAPPEARED!!!!!
She looked around for her friend Haru...who had disappeared...disappeared....who was walking away....
" Hey Haru! Haruuu! Come Back Haru!," she yelled as he had began walking away to the van....
Ignoring her, he continued to walk....
walking…
walking away….
the anger the anger….
She looked down, her messenger bag and suitcase dropping from her arms as she....
…shiver shiver… the anger the anger
" Haru...," she whispered, her face darkening almost insanely….
And then…. "HARU!!! DON'T RUN AWAY FROM ME YET!" she shouted sprinting (even though she didn't need to) after him.
" I'M NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU ,"
The ball came flying out of no where. Hitting her straight in the face, making her fall to the ground....
The girl lay motionless; her hair spread out, her eyes locked in a shocked expression as she lay motionless...was she...
the dreaded silence that happens when someone is hurt….. and then…..
" ALRIGHT WHO DID IT! HUH!WHO WHO!" The girl shouted, jumping up from her deathly looking position. Her body writhing with pure anger as her eyes became huge circles, eyebrows bearing down in an evil stance, her finger pointing at everyone.
Authoress: doko?? The crazy girl…sigh….
Tomiko: Don't doko me!! You're the one who's writing this!!
Authoress: I know…sigh…
Tomiko: STOP SIGHING!
Authoress: …..sigh…..
Sweat drops appeared on everyone's forehead as she started now waving her arm in frantic motions, steam rising from her auburn hair.
" WHO WHO!" she shouted again, pointing and shouting. That is...until...she saw…the soccer ball…
!!DUN DUN DUH!!
(Background music compliments of Kagura usng Kyo Kyo's head as a drum!!)
….Aritomo….
The girl ran up (it seemed like she glided over) to the boy…with the soccer ball….
" Was it YOU....Aritomo....," she whispered, her head hanging over him even though he was taller.
The boy began to shrink back as the girl got closer; him practically doing a back bend.
" Um....uh…hi Tomiko-san….uh…," he squeaked, a worried expression on his face.
the rift the rift…..uh I mean….. the anger the anger....
(Edd is reading Fruits Basket manga vol. 5)
" Aritomo…how could…you…," she questioned him in a silent pause, her arms hanging limply at her sides, her eyes covered by her hair.
And then…
" ARITOMO!!!!I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"
The girl suddenly pulled a bat from out of nowhere (hehe…the thing that only girls can do…materialize things from out of nowhere…). Her eyes ablaze (fire fire, oh fun, the fire) as she started sprinting after the boy (Aritomo had already started running) her rage growing even more when he hopped the fence.
….silence silence…
(sweatdrops O.O from everyone else)
The other ninth grade watched helplessly as the girl with auburn hair hopped the fence too and sprinted after the boy. Bat swung high......
The poor boy....
Aritomo: (directed to Authoress) How come you're writing 'The poor boy'when you're getting me beat to death?? ((he is annoyed))
Tomiko: …..hehehe
Authoress: Because…I am…the author…..
More sweat drops appeared as she nailed him square on the head…
….Enter Great Teacher Miaoko-sensei….
"Weird American girls," Miaoko-sensei sighed; a mental picture appearing in his head as he thought of only last week when an upperclassman made fun of her hair.
'How am I going to survive this trip…?' He thought while putting his suitcase into the van, but quickly tried to push away the discouraging thought," Okay everyone, Load 'em up!"
Authoress: DO you know they say you shrink every time you sigh?
Teacher Miaoko-sensei: Then I probably be the size of a pea by the time this trip is over.
Tomiko: YOU ARE INTERRUPTING THE STORY AGAIN!!!
Authoress: ((types something))
Tomiko: AIIEEEEE!!! ((runs away))
Some of the wide-eyed ninth grade came shuffling toward him, some lingering still as they watched Aritomo get another blow...then being swung high up into the air and landing on the ground with a thud. (aka Kagura's affection for Kyo Kyo).
Out in the Field
" Ahh, pretty stars. Hehehe….," Aritomo laughed dizzily. His eyes all swirly.
The girl known as Tomiko, who seriously needs to go to Anger Management 101 with Kagura….
(Tomiko and Kagura: HEY!!) grinned down at the beaten and completely out of it boy.
" Yeah! Aritomo! You all dizzy," Tomiko laughed at the dizzy boy, and then grabbed his foot, dragging him back across the field (and over the fence…but really, more like lobbing him over the fence then dragging him….).
Back at the school in there Home Ec. Class
" Just another normal day." Hanajima sighed as she, Uo, and Tohru had been watching the fiasco.
' She's just like Kagura…,' A big sweat drop appeared over Tohru's head as she thought this…, ' But I wonder if…,'
" I like her. She's got real spunk,"
Tohru looked over at the once Yankee (she still is) girl; her hand holding up some blonde hair from her eyes as she continued to watch Tomiko drag the boy back to the rest of the 9th grade.
" Poor Aritomo-kun.….,"she sighed and began spooning the rice into little bowls.
" Yeah, but you know…it seems like she might have a thing for the guy. I mean besides Momiji and Haru, he and those two friends of his are the only people she hangs out with…." Uo said…not really helping with the cooking…(…does she ever??)
" Yes. That may be true. But I do not suspect that from our young Hanaru-san." Hanajima concurred; putting away the knives.
In the van….about an hour later
"Man that girl can hit hard," Aritomo said somewhat braggingly, rubbing the huge lump that had "magically" appeared on his forehead . (Tomiko: hehehe).
"Yeah man, she got you good," the boy next to him said with a grin, lightly punching him into the arm.
"Yeah, she really did. And man, you should have seen your face. It was hilarious...you were screaming like my little sister," the boy on the opposite side agreed.
Aritomo just grinned again and rubbed the bandaged lump on his head. (Tomiko:hahaha).
"Yeah, but you know, she just can't help herself, with a guy like me," he said gesturing toward himself, an eye cast at the row behind him where Tomiko sat...annoyed expression on her face. (Tomiko: yeah right dude…meh -.-!)
" Haha you wish," Tomiko spoke to him, an angry mark on top of her head as she leaned forward, propping her elbows up on his seat," Like I would ever fall for you."
Aritomo got a smirk on his face from her reaction and leaned toward her, " Ah c'mon baby you know you like me."
The angry mark....THE RIFT THE ANGER!!
(Authoress: Tohru-chan and the rift….)
" Yeah right Ari-kun. Get real," she said putting him into a head lock...a grin though on her face... (giving him also a nuggie…). She cast a glance at the boys next to him.
" And as for you two," she quickly knocked the two boys on the head.
The two boys, giving her a weird look, rubbed where she had hit them, but yet grinning up at her the same.
" Aw c'mon Tomi, what was that for ?" the one on the left complained, but playfully punched her into the arm.
(Authoress: ((point point)) He likes to punch arms.)
She smirked, " That was for you agreeing with him and it's Hanaru to you."
" Whatever you say.....Hanru,"
" It's not Hanru you baka! It's Hanaru! Can't you understand the English!......."
::Long stare:: O.O ….
Little Chibi with script: Wanh Wanh Wanh Blah Blah ku new .
Tomiko: What do you meanI'm supposed to speakJapanese! I can't understand Japanese!
Lil' Chibi: Wanh gah Wanh
Tomiko: What do you mean!! I can't...!!
Chibi: Wanh Wanh Wanh
Tomiko: Oh.....you mean I'vr been speaking Japanese the whole time....
Chibi: Wanh
Tomiko: O...k....but....HEY!!.... How can I speak Japanese when I don't even remember learning it!! Answer that!!
Chibi: ((flips script pages)) Wanh Jah Kah Wanh Wanh Blah.....
Tomiko: I don't care about the stupid authoress! I refuse to speak some language I don't remember learning!!
((typing sounds in backround))
Chibi: (point point)
Tomiko: What? Huh? ((checks hair))
Tomiko: AIEEEE!!!! ((runs into dressing room))
Authoress: Bwhahaha.....((evil grin))
Chibi: BACK TO THE STORY!
Tomiko: ((pokes head out of dressing room)) You know English??
Chibi: Wanh Wanh jah ku go Naunca
Tomiko: ((Blank stare)).....uh.....
They continued to stare at her….wandering what she had said…But…she…
" I'm sleepy night night," and sat back against her seat, linking her arm with the boy beside her and falling asleep on his shoulder. A little chibi cat smile on her face.
All the boys (except Haru) looked at the girl with sweatdrops. She just had spoken in English to them....and now was sleeping on Haru's shoulder; their arms entwined. (All the boys are blushing….but Haru…and Momiji…).
Chibi: ((Point point with dotted line at the three boys)) (excluding Haa-kun and Moji)
Tomiko: ((explaining)) They're all failing English. ((blank stare))
Chibi:(( nod nod)) (is agreeing)
" Uh, Hatsuharu, are you just gonna let her do that," the boy on the right of Aritomo asked, pointing at the sleeping, somewhat chibi-fied girl. (CHIBI-FIED!!)
He just stared blankly at him for a minute...then stared back out the window. ( Haru doesn't care…he's used to it…)
The boy blinked then looked at Momiji, " Uh...." He pointed at Tomiko and Haru.
Momiji grinned, " Just ignore Haru....," grin grin grin BUNNY EARS! , "...he just has the hots for Tomi-chan...,"
Haru looked at bunny eared Momiji with a blank stare than looked out the window again. (He really Doesn't care.)
Momiji just grinned his silly grin again and leaned against his own window.
" Uh...," the boy looked at them.... (they never answered his question....--)
One hour later....
()Hanajima: Ahh...the wonderful waves()
()Some Boy: Uh Hananjima, we're still at school.()
()Hanjima: ((purple eyed with black swirly's behind her)) I know.()
It was silent in the moving van as it companions were all asleep. Their teacher thankful for the silence.
Teacher: sigh I never get any silence in my class. No never....especially with Tomiko.....sigh
Tomiko: Hey!!
Teacher: I thought you were asleep.
Tomiko: I am.
Teacher: Then how are you talking?
Tomiko: I'm not; you're hearing.......the voices......(woogie woogie woo)
Teacher: ((blink blink)) See what these kids are doing to me. Making me loco.
Tomiko: snicker snicker snicker (LIKE THE CANDY BAR!!!!)
A silent rain pelted the van in little drizzles; making it even more to be like a sleepy day. And it was. Everyone sleeping peacefully…silently….until…
"Mmm....OHAYO EVERYONE! I like eggs. Mmm....Haruuu your shoulder is sharpy," Tomiko shouted unconsciously as she switched to Momiji's shoulder, entwining her arm with his.
Everyone shot up and look at the sleeping chibi-fied girl…her arm now entwined with Momiji. (the sweat drops came too).
" Mmm....yes, Momiji's shoulder is softer then Haa's shoulder," she said smiling (unconsciously).
Momiji, opening his eyes (he had still been asleep),felt something lean against him almost.....hugging him.....
Hugging....
He shot up from his sleepy state and stared around wilderly, wondering what was hugging....
" It's Tomiko,"
" Huh," Momiji stared around the car until he found the owner's voice.
" Haru....,"
(If you're wondering everyone but them are asleep again…the teacher is sighing trying to making himself shrink.)
" It's just Tomiko...but I wouldn't move. You wouldn't want... 'anything' to happen..."
The boy with blond hair looked down at the sleeping girl. His....
" My friend," he whispered stroking her hair softly, " Yes...I wouldn't want anything to happen...to her....to my friend...,"
The other boy with white hair looked at him; his assumptions becoming facts.
"So it's true," he whispered; leaning against the window, " True that...,"
And unknown to them…that the girl had woken up and was watching them. The girl labeled as a "friend".
" True what....Haru-chan....," the girl whispered sleepily, grabbing his hand while her arm was still entwined with Momiji's.
He looked down at his hand...Her tiny hand clasped around it (she has unusual tiny hands). He smiled and looked down at their hands again, then at her...his expression almost....it seemed....almost...
'It's true that if anything would happen to her....if she were to have her memories erased....I couldn't....
The two boys looked up at each other in a solemn silent agreement.
If anything would happen to her...I don't think I could....forgive myself....
Dear Umeboshi,
True what? What is true I asked Haa-kun and yet he didn't answer my question. And Momiji-kun, what did he mean by '...anything to happen...' ?
Anyway, like I was saying before, I remember one time when I ran into Haru...There was smoke and a face plant into the floor from Moji-chan...but what was weird (not weird but funny....weird) was Tohru-san's face when I asked where Haru had gone too...and why were the clothes he had just been wearing laying in the middle of the floor...
-Tomi
Ps. Tohru-san said that Haa-kun had went to get milk from the store…and for some reason Kyo Kyo started cracking up…Tohru-san even laughed…
PPs. Momiji...also said something else....he called me....his friend. He said, I guess to Haru, 'I wouldn't want anything to happen to her...my friend.' It made me smile, because this is the first time I've actually heard Moji-chan call me his friend like that...so lovingly....So lovingly...of my friend Momiji-kun. And also so lovingly, of my friend Haru...cause I saw, the way he looked at me...almost, in a Haru way, almost lovingly. Yes...my two loving friends Haru and Momiji...
Tomiko: You talk too much
Authoress: Want me to mess with your hair again
Tomiko: ((blink blink))
Authoress: Thought so.
Tomiko: baka author
Authoress: ((types something))
Tomiko: AIEEEE!! Not AGAIN!! ((runs away))
Enter Aritomo...
Aritomo: I'm going to sue you.
Authoress: Why?
Aritomo: For brain damage.
Authoress: Okay.
Aritomo: And you're not mad…
Authoress: You just wait til some future chapter….
Aritomo: squeak
Enter Haru...
Haru: I wasn't in here much.
Momiji: Yea! Neither was I!
Haru: There was more of your silly rantings than story…
Edd: (she got tired of writing authoress) Gomen Haa-chan and Moji!!! ((huggles them))
((poof))
Edd: Yeah! COWS AND BUNNIES!!!
Okay kk, me hope's you enjoyed this chapt.....and.....pwease review....but be nice kk....this is edd edd's first fic and.....sob sob sob.....Me....don't think me is very good. No no no.....well anyway!!! oN TO chaPTEr TWO!!! (when me write kk)
Ciao with squetti!!
-Edd