The next day…
"Uhmm…. Miss. Yukari? This is for Osaka." A kid messenger came in during break time. Ms. Yukari swiped the small parcel and told the kid to go away. "Osaka! It's for you!" and she tossed Osaka the box. Being the klutz she is, she almost dropped the box but managed to get a grip on it.
"Hi Ms. Osaka!" Chiyo-chan greeted. "What are you holding? Is it a present?" she pointed at the box
"I dunno Chiyo-chan, but whatever it is, it must be, it must be top secret…." Osaka said.
"How could it be top secret?" Chiyo asked. "'Cause the emblem there looks pretty important…" and Osaka pointed at the logo that said, "Kyosaga-Zensui Shaved Ice Co. (1)" and at the center was a cat and a penguin togther. "I dunno about you Chiyo-chan, but this looks like grade-A top secret to me." Chiyo just stared at the odd Osaka as she stared at the logo.
All of a sudden, "Top secret! Where? Where? I wanna see what our damn government's been hiding from us!" Tomo came rushing in yelling. "Tomo, calm down will ya? Hey Chiyo-chan, hi Osaka, wha'cha got there that's making Tomo flare up like that?" Yomi sat in a seat next to Osaka, who still was looking at the emblem on the box, still not opening it. Tomo, who jumped at the question, said. "It's obviously a trap! Poison gas? A bomb! An assassin perhaps!"
"Your kidding right, Tomo? First of all, why would the Japaneese government want to kill Osaka for? Second, how can an assassin fit into a box as small as that? And lastly,….WHY THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING A SHERLOCK HOLMES COSTUME?" Yomi's mouth was open at the site of Tomo's sudden Sherlock Holmes attire, complete with a magnifying glass, signature coat & hat, and to top it off, the old British accent.
" Deduction my dear Yomi, deduction. To answer question number 1, for all we may know, Osaka might be a illegal immigrant from the US with a criminal record! Question #2: a lot of assassins these days can fit into cramped spaces like that box! Sadly I cant answer that last question myself…."
Both Yomi and Chiyo just stared at the ridiculous figure in the Halloween costume, speechless of the unbelievable answers Tomo had just said, while Osaka was still looking at the logo saying, "….Yup, it's top secret…"
Yomi turned to Osaka. "Osaka, hey, I think it would be best if you opened that box now…" It took a few seconds of silence until Osaka had nodded her head.
"C'mon Osaka! Open it up already!" Tomo yelled. Osaka took her pencil and ripped the tape. "AH HA! I knew it!" Tomo immediately yelled. "What are you talking about, there is no bomb, no poison gas, and NO assassin!" Yomi argued "All there is in there is a cellphone and a page of paper." But Tomo didn't' give up on it "But that's where your wrong my dear Yomi!" Tomo had got rid of the costume but wouldn't give up the accent. "what may seem like a harmless cell phone maybe in fact be a bomb!" she nodded in satisfaction while again, Yomi and Chiyo just stared.
Osaka picked up the paper and just read, 'Ayumu Kasuga, you have just won….' And Osaka exclaimed, "I won! I won! I won!" she waved and jumped. "What? What did you win Osaka" everyone had dropped their attention just to listen to what Osaka had won. "I remembered that I had entered the lottery for Y50,000,000(yen), and…I guess I won!"
Ms. Yukari had ran over as soon as Osaka finished with a angry/bewildered look on her face. "YOU WHAT! You won the 50,000,000 yen!" Ms. Yukari shook Osaka yelling stuff about waiting 7 hours in line and how life wasn't fair (and how she needed money to pay the electric bills) "AUUUUGGHHH! Forget it…….." as Ms. Yukari sulked and went to her desk. (poor baby! lol! )
Yomi picked up the page and read it, then she turned to the gleeful Osaka who was hugging Chiyo. "Osaka, you sure you got the right ticket?" Osaka nodded. "Why Yomi? " Yomi had fixed the bridge on her glasses and they gleamed from the reflected light. "Because it says here…that you won…a unlimited supply of shaved ice!"
-end of ch. 2!
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