Chapter four my god this is a drag I have writers block for each chapter but that's why I have my friends .

Yeah yeah yeah I don't own FLCL or any of its characters or... YOU GET THE POINT

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Chapter four

Truth In the morning lies at night.

Haruko got out of the shower calling out Cody's name wrapping a towel around herself she walked out into the living room "Huh... isn't here..." she said noticing a note on the front door. Taking it she stared at it one six letter word wrote out on a gigantic piece of paper 'school' flipping it over there were more words 'Yes school ever heard of it?'

"I've heard of school!" she yelled throwing it to the side "Don't give me that blank stare I'm not stupid you know!" she roared at the piece of paper "Oh you think you're so smart huh?"

Meanwhile at school Cody walked through the halls towards his first period class bumping past a crowd of people going every which way "should have stayed at home..." He groaned as he slowly pushed forwards through the crowd towards the science room.

Haruko after burning the paper she was arguing with started to slowly roam around the house finding nothing interesting in the first two places she explored. Food in the kitchen, boring stuff in the living room. "Cody's room!" she said. Her eyes drifted towards the closet as she entered. It was a sliding closet with a calendar nailed into it. Flipping through the calendar she didn't see anything but months and days, No women in bikinis, dogs, motorcycles or cars just months and days. "How...how... I don't get this kid..." She mumbled opening up the closet stepping back as two pellet guns fell out. One a small pistol the other a large rifle like the military used "I don't get this kid... But I sure like his toys!" she cheered picking the large rifle up and pulling the trigger loud cracks echoing though the house as pellets ripped into the wall. "whoops!" she said looking at the mess she made in the wall. Slowly pushing the dresser in front of the gaping holes she skipped out of the room towards the bathroom the door next to it still peaking her curiosity "It's closed for a reason...so I shouldn't go in..." laughing loudly at what she said she kicked the door open walking in. Nothing too interesting it looked like a bedroom a nice big king sized bed some jewelry on the counter and a picture. "Oh and what's this?" she asked no one in particular picking it up it looked like a childhood picture of Cody two adults by his side smiling into the camera as he stared off probably interested in something else. "How odd..." she mumbled looking at the two people they where old, mid sixties or something and Cody looked about five years old in the picture.

'if he is fifteen now... and five then wouldn't his parents retired a long time ago not be on a business trip now?' He was lying about something and she knew it. Taking the picture she carried it to the kitchen setting it on one of the shelves waiting for him to come home so she could ask him about it.

Cody sat in study hall watching the clock the bell just about to ring freeing him from the evil prison he called school. He was happy it was Friday and he had the whole next week off for some vacation he couldn't remember the name of, not like he cared anyways the ringing of the bell shaking him out of his bored stupor. He walked into one of the bathrooms the bus could wait five minutes as he checked something out. His feet echoed off the hard tile floors as he made his way up to one of the mirrors staring into it. Raising his hand up to his face he saw the lump on his palm he noticed during third period. "What the hell is this." He said loudly "It looks like a horn..." pushing it into his palm it disappeared for a moment before jutting awkwardly out of his wrist "Ah the hell why is this so hard to get rid of!" poking it a few more times he sighed pulling his sleeve down over it as he exited the bathroom where a crowd of people were staring at him. Cody's face paled 'I must have been talking too loud...' he thought backing up. "The hell are you guys looking at!" he yelled before sprinting towards the buses.

After a while of sitting on the couch bored of watching cable she switched to normal broadcast television the News was on some cheery blonde bimbo talking about some horrible snowstorm coming. Haruko couldn't stand snow and she certainly couldn't stand this woman as she so happily said they were going to get a flurry of the hellish stuff in the next week. "Yeah well you can go cram it up your a-"she yelled her words getting cut off as the school bus stopped at the driveway dropping off Cody. She watched him grab a stack of envelopes from the mailbox on his way in. Shivering slightly as the door opened Haruko smiled "Welcome back!" she said happily.

Rolling his eyes as he walked into the kitchen he started opening envelopes tossing some one way tossing some another until he came upon what he was looking for. "Ah the bills..." He said glancing at Haruko he called out "Hey get me the checkbook."

"Checkbook you're too young to write checks you probably don't even have an account!"

"...What they don't know can't hurt them..."

"I like the way you think Cody!" she said tossing it to him. Catching it he set it down on the table pulling a pen out of his pocket "Alot of people do..." he said in a melancholy tone as he opened up the checkbook reading bills and scribbling down words on the checks. Coming up behind him Haruko looked down at the words he was writing the name 'Joyce Lawler' being written out in perfect cursive writing "Is that your mom's name?" she asked staring down at him her hand reaching up for the picture she placed on the shelf earlier. "None of your business..."

"Where do you get the money?"

"None of your business."

"Well I made it my business" she said tossing the picture down in front of him "Who are they and why are they so old." She asked rather bluntly. Cody couldn't believe what he was seeing the picture in front of him was supposed to be... "Well who are they?" she asked again "...you went into that room..." he growled slightly "Huh?" "You went into that room..." jumping up he glared at her yelling furiously "You don't ever... EVER sneak around my house EVER!" he pointed at her his finger inches away from her face but before he could yell again a sharp pain from his wrist sent him to his knees the horn jutting through the sleeve of his shirt. Haruko stared blankly at the horn jutting from his wrist for a moment before the oddity registered in her mind 'ON HIS WRIST? Wait how...' she thought back to the point when she first attackedhim.

'Ah he caught it but...on his wrist that's new wonder if it will do something different.'

Cody stared up at her telling by the smug grin on her face she knew something he didn't. "You did this..." He said staring up at her "And what if I did?" she replied with a wide grin on her face. Turning away he stormed out of the house into the cold snow his hand wrapped around the horn sticking out of his wrist.

He didn't know how long he was out. He just wandered up and down the road trying to push the horn back where it came from "Ugh... damn it!" he yelled the thing jutting out a few more inches. It started to get dark out the sun dipping behind the tree line casting odd shadows across the road as he walked back home. "Scares you doesn't it Cody?" said a figure stepping out from the trees behind him "Who are you?" Cody asked not bothering to turn around. "You can call me... Amaro" the man said walking up beside him.

Cody shook his head slightly still not looking at the man "I'm not scared... just cautious." Amaro calmly whispered "Where is she?" "Who?" Cody replied "You know who." Amaro said shaking his head "Yeah I do..." Cody replied stepping in the general direction of his house. "And I'm not telling you..."

"She's just using you."

"I don't care..."

"You like being used?"

"..." Cody stopped looking back at the man his eyes widening as he saw him and them... those two. "...Eyebrows." He mumbled completely freaked out. "What was that?" Amaro asked. Glancing away he tried not to stare at them "Nothing...why are you bothering me?" hearing no answer he willed himself to look back Amaro seeming to disappear into thin air or at least that's what he was trying to do "I can see you behind the tree..." Cody mumbled his arms crossed slightly over his chest. Amaro hung his head before walking out of his concealed location "Uh yeah... sorry..."

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End of my fourth chapter . ahh hah ahhh well I still think this is fun I hope you do too R&R!

I'm still thinking about what that thing will become on his wrist . hmm must think!