Tasuku then began prodding on the wound. "Hard as a rock..."

Haruko jumped in and pulled Tasuku away from Naota. "I'll have to pull it out sooner or later ya know."

"Forget it! It will just attack us like that many stupid machines in the past!"

Haruko just smirked. "But what if it is a new guitar? Wouldn't that be surprising..." She plopped down onto the bed and layed there. "If it is a robot..." - her eyes flashed open - "then..."

Naota became curious. "Then what? Then what, Haruko?"

"I don't know." Haruko merely shrugged off the idea and sat up staring at her feet. "I sure got your attention, didn't I? You are so easy..."

Tasuku was clueless of what they were talking about now. Manga? Anime? Horns? And now they are talking about robots? Tasuku would wonder. Robots emerging out of his little brother's head... That would be a sight to see... The older brother dozed off in the middle of the room.

Meanwhile, outside the Nandaba family's bakery, Amarao hid behind Haruko's vespa, not a good place to hide in the first place. The childish man had red hair and blue eyes, eyes hid beneath giant eyebrows. Actually, the eyebrows are fake. The giant 'eyebrows' are just slices of nori (a kind of seaweed, sold in convenient packages of dried strips). "Kitsurubami?"

"Yes, sir?" The female alien henchwoman was hiding inside a Volkswagon Rabbit, owned by Amarao. Kitsurubami is tan with short blonde in a blue uniform of the Bureau of Interstellar Immigration. "Do you require anything at the moment?"

"Sir."

"Excuse me?"

"Sir."

"Look here. I don't know what you are talking about. What do you want?" The henchwoman was starting to get slightly irritated.

Amarao gave a huge sigh. "Get me a soda." He started to wriggle his 'eyebrows' a little.

Kitsurubami was staring at the distractions. "Those eyebrows..."

"What did you say? Kitsurubami, it it? You left the machine on."

"Oh..." The girl blushed deeply. "What was it that you want? Soda?" There was no reply this time. "Sir?" Beep. Kitsurubami blushed even deeper. "I turned it off somehow..."

Inside Naota's room again, Haruko stared at Naota. Naota was too busy poking the horn that has sprouted out of his forehead. "Itai..." He winced in pain with every touch he could manage. "Itai..."

"Are you just going to do that all day?" The voice came from Haruko. "It won't do you any good. It would be best if I pull it out now, otherwise, you'll just have to suffer the pain until it comes out by itself..."

"Can you just pull out a new guitar out of my head? You know. Like that time you used that hat and reached into my brain."

"I can't do that."

"Why not?"

"I lost that thing that day. Forgot where I put it."

Naota fell to the floor. Apparantly, someone had installed a trip wire in his room. "Ouch... Eh? A wire..."

"Hmm? It's that guy with the slingshot..."

"What are you talking about?"

"Check outside for yourself." Haruko walked over to the window and pointed to the direction.

Naota stared out the window and spotted a Volkswagon Rabbit. "Isn't that the woman that shot a rocket at us or something a while back?"

"Oh yeah! That war over me!" Haruko chuckled. "That was pretty amusing that day. I remember her saying something about 'blue'..."

Naota opened the window and stepped on the window pane. "I'm gonna go ask them what's up." The boy prepared to jump but was pulled back by Tasuku.

"What are you doing, Naota?" yelled Tasuku. "Why can't you just take the stairs?"

"Erm..." Naota could now feal his face heat up. Stairs! Why didn't I think of taking the stairs? Stupid stupid stupid... Naota jerked his arm away from the older brother. "I'll take the stairs..." The boy rushed down the stairs and outside, met Haruko and Tasuku.

Haruko stared at Naota. "That took you longer than I expected."

Naota glared at the alien then noticed his brother. "Why did you jump out of the window?"

"I'm older." replied the brother. "I can do more things than you, can't I?"

Naota was now filled with rage. He now, again, was treated like a child. Just then, the injury that Haruko caused earlier throbbed with a pain unbearable to the boy. "Haruko! What's happening?" The injury grew larger and started to sprout out of Naota's forehead. First came a left hand of no particular color, followed by a right hand. A head emerged, blank it the screen.

Haruko could only gasp at the sight. "A medical mechanica..." The alien smirked and let the robot continue its process of escape.

The robot used its arms to push its way completely out of the boy's head. It landed a fair distance away from the group. As it landed, color started to appear. Black. It was like a new Canti, with the exact same features and qualities. Other than the color.

Naota screamed in agony at the pain surging through his head after the robot leaped out. Tasuku could only watch his little brother suffer through the scene. Not once had he seen anything like this. The older brother yelled, "It's an abomination!"

Haruko was nowhere in sight. She had raced off, flying on her original bass, wearing that ridiculous rabbit costume again. Naota watched the alien disappear behind the robot. This was the woman I kissed... How can this be the woman that I fell in love with? The one who always strikes me out... "Canti! Get over here!"

The original Canti ran out of the bakery. The black robot also came forth. The two robots faced each other, already in position to assault each other. The original Canti then leaped behind Naota. A large mouth with many fangs swallowed the boy whole. Tasuku could only scream at the now Red Canti machine. "What did you do to my brother? Spit him out!" The hopeless boy began pounding on the red machine, being no threat whatsoever.

Haruko darted back and pushed the older brother away. "Get out of here! It's too dangerous for someone like you being around here!" The alien leaped off the bass, raised the instrument up, and swung the instrument against the black robot. The black robot easily dodged the attack and aimed for its new target with a gun that came out of nowhere. Haruko could only gasp at the gun before the black Canti fired at the alien. Blood splattered throughout the air from Haruko's shoulder. The would was the size of half a bullet, for it only scraped against her left shoulder. Luckily for Haruko, her blood blinded the black robot's screen, giving the Red Canti enough time to damage the back of the black robot's head.

The Red Canti then spit Naota out and reverted back to a blue machine. Tasuku just watched the disgusting sight of his brother laying on the street with the smell of a toilet. Canti resumed his daily chores inside the bakery as Haruko picked up the damaged black robot with little effort. "You think we can make this one work around here too, Takkun?"

"Sure. Whatever." Naota struggled to stand up and walk back into the bakery.

"Where are you going?" asked Tasuku.

"To take a bath. What did you think I was gonna do? Walk around smelling like a toilet?" Naota trudged inside with fustration. "What a stupid question..." Naota muttered under his breath.

Haruko gazed at the black robot. "So? How about working for me?" The robot nodded without hesitation.

Tasuku could only question the alien. "How can it just work for you like that?"

"I just have a gift." replied Haruko. "We havn't really met yet. Haruhara Haruko at your service!"