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Chapter Two

Two Friends and a Wishing Star

After about an hour of fiddling with my bike I had finally got it fixed good enough to ride. I was so happy because it's only 8:00. That meant I could go out for a bit longer. I heard their was some kind of rare comet that's going to be vivsble for five minutes and it's going to pass over Tokyo at 9:00 tonight. I had an hour before it arrived though, so I thought I would go to the park and sit on a swing or go and sit by the fountain and write in my journal about Himura...

First I do need some items to make sure my viewing of the comet is perfect. I'd wrote down a whole list of things yesterday of what to bring. Number one was my dufflebag. Numer two is to stuff the duffle bag with a mobile computer with a web camera hooked to it, a blanket, a bag of cournchips, my jounal, and myself. I added the last one to give it a bit of humor. Not that I'm going to stuff myself in my dufflebag...heh! Ah, the mobile computer is probley one thing some people want to know how in the world I got. It was a gift from a teacher in Hokkaido. She gave me all the accessories for it and everything. It was another thing that I had to buy for school, but I had no money for it.

I zipped the white bag shut, slipped on my flip flops, turned off all the lights, grabbed my keys off the counter, and walked out my door. I turned to it, putting my key into the knob, twisted to the left and locked it. Now I'm off to the park. Just as I was about to leave I felt a small grip on my arm and something fuzzy rubbing up against my anckle. Turning my head I smiled as wide as my mouth would go. There was my new friend smiling back at me. She let go of my arm and hugged me tight. Her dad owned this apartment complex and he had introduced me to the young preteen to me the first day I moved in.

"Hey Rui," I bent down,"and hey Neko!"

I pet the little white kitten on his head. Neko started to pur.

"What a sweet cat you have Rui." I stated.

Rui bowed her head, opening her arms and called, "Neko, Neko! Here kitty, kitty!"

Neko let go of the little hold he had on my hand and jumped into the carrot-tops arms. Staying in my crouching position I looked up at Rui who was snuggling and playing with the little kitten. Just then a thought stuck me that Rui liked the looking at stars. I was sure Rui would love to bring Neko and look at the comet with me.

"Rui, how would you and Neko like to come see the comet that's coming by Tokyo tonight? It'll be a great way to end our vacation!" I smiled.

Rui looked over joyed and nodded yes.

"I'd loved too! What about you Neko Kitty? Do you want to see the comet?" she said to her cat.

The cat batted it's huge blue eyes, purring as loud as ever.

"Meow!" it said.

"You sure your dad won't mind?" I asked.

"Yeah, I was going out to go get this fellow some milk anyways. Dad gave me a few dollars and said to be home before 9:30," she explained.

I nodded as I walked over to the elevator, pressing the down button.

"That's good. We have plenty of time to go get your milk and get to the park on time." I said.

Rui nodded and grabbed small leash out of her shoulder bag and hooked it to Neko's little red collar. Neko then jumped out of her arms and played with the string of the leash.

I smiled at Rui and her new pet. I could tell she loved it alot. Back in Hokkaido I had a little scottish terrior that I'd gotten as a gift form Father. I loved that dog to death.

The elevator dinged and Rui and I walked in. Five minutes later we were outside in the bustling streets of Tokyo.

I looked up at the sky, hoping the rain clouds had left. Sure enough they had. That was good because if they didn't no one would be able to have viewed the comet.

"Our first stop should be over there at that little shop. They have all kinds of different milk that Neko likes." Rui pointed to small corner shop named Kiniko Corner. It was a pet/grocery store. It had all your needs for food like milk, cerial, sushi, microwavable dinners, soda, and of course the famous junkfood corner. The shops owner was an old man with no hair.

We walked into the store and was greeted by the smell of fresh fish and the sound of the bell dinging from atop of the door. Rui quickly ran to the milk asile and let Neko sniff out each milk carton to see which one she liked most. Meanwhile, I walked over to the fish counter to see Kiniko placing out lots of different sushi. My mouth watered for the taste of the raw fish wrapped in seaweed in my mouth. Alas, I had no extra money due to the fact I'd done spent it all on board fees and bike parts. My stomach growled loudly which made my face blush a deep red.

"Well hello there Miss Kaoru." Kiniko looked up at me.

I made a weak smile, patting my stomach a bit.

"I quess the smell of that sushi is so enticing it made my stomach grumble. Forgive my stomach." I pleed.

I bowed my head and laughed a tiny bit. Kiniko laughed along with me.

"Here, it's on the house." he said, holding out small bag that read Kiniko Corner's Fine Sushi.

I took the bag and gave a deep bow to show my thanks. Kiniko was really a nice guy. Rui came over to the counter and laid out two dollars for a carton of skin milk. That cat has good taste!

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Later, we had had arrived at the park. The clock tower read 8:45. Rui was laying on the blanket, gazing up at the stars that were hiding underneith all the lights of the park. At 9:00 it had been promised that all the lights in the park would be turned off so every one could see the comet

I glanced back to my jounal and began writng more things about the ramainder of my day.

Ealier when I went to that school my bike took me on a small trip down the ramp that led to the school garnden. I can't believe my bike was totaled and so was my favorite skirt. It had gotten alot of grass stains on it and looked unwashable. My body still aches so bad right now from the fall. When I had kind of gotten recovered I heard such a melodic hum of a childhood song. I'd walked over to the garden and saw the man, Kenshin, who was making the music. His face was so calm when I'd looked at it while he was watering all his flowers in the garden. He seemed to have maintained them well. He had heard me and looked up at me, his eyes changed from that gentle lavender to a flaming amber. It was so frightening it made the hairs on my neck stand up. Well, now I can see why Kenshin was angry at me. I was looking, well, more like spying, on him through the fence. It wasn't my fault my bracelet got caught and he heard the rattling of the fence. We exchanged names and he'd left me soon after. I thought things about him.

I thought about his scar and that dazzling red hair he had. That scar must have been a outcome of some past conflict he had. The scar migth be a birth mark or he might have done it to himself. Kenshin did seem to have anger issues when he first looked at me, but he did calm down soon after. His eyes were magnificent. They seemed to have changed colors when he changed his mood. It was quite odd...

Later, I went into town and got the parts needed to repair my bike. When I got home it only took me an hour to repair it. I'd remeberd the comet and so things kind of picked up. Rui and I are now awaiting for the comet's arival. When I get home I'm saying hello to the shower then it's bed time for me.

I'd finally finished my journal entry for today. Hopping off the swing, I headed over to the blanket where Rui was playing with Neko.

"How much longer?" I asked.

"Two minutes. I think they'll be turning off the lights soon." Rui explain and glanced at me.

"Yeah..." I whspered, looking at the sky.

Then one by one the lights were shut off. Every thing turned silent. Neko had stop his playing and looked at the sky to see what everyone was looking at.

I gasped and smiled when one by one the stars shone bright. The moon was a cresent, hanging lazily in the navy blanket.

"It's beautiful." I smiled.

"Look!" someone yelled.

And there it was. The comet that every one waited ten years to see. It's had a light blue tail and look as though it were on fire. It glided through the night sky. Rui grabbed the bonoculars and handed them to me. I peered through them and the comet looked even more fantastic. After a minute I put them down, took out my mobile computer, and flipped it on. I clicked on a few things so I can could get my web camera to take shots of this comet. It did it perfectly. I looked over at Rui for a moment. Her tiny mouth hung open in awe of the comet. She loves astronomy and this is a great oppertunity for her to learn and see more things about the sky.

"You know," I paused when she looked at me,"my mother said if you close your eyes and clap three times when you see a comet to make a wish and it'll come true. Rui let's do that and make a wish."

"Okay." Rui replied

We closed our eyes and clapped.

I took a deep breath and let it out through my nose.

I wish to make life long friends at my new school.

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Saki