Never Knows Best
Fooly Cooly: Return
Chapter 2
Fooly Cooly: DON"T OWN IT!
(Someday I will though)
"I saw you first Tak-kun." She said that to me 2 years ago and it meant something to me. I'm not sure if it does now, now that I'm more mature, less easy to manipulate. Amarao and my father talk a lot about me, especially after grandpa died of a heart attack. I used to dream of her and now she's here. 2 years later, she's here, expecting too much from me, to just think she left for 2 hours rather than 2 years. Medical Mechanica is gone; the iron left about a month after she left. What exactly did she do? Is Atomsk gone?
Naota got up, feeling the moon leer into his room. What time was it? He looked into his alarm clock, 3 in the morning. He sighed and looked up. Haruko wasn't in the top bunk anymore, there was no top bunk. She was right next to him, awake and wearing a long, white loose t-shirt and jeans with sandals. He stared at her, unsurprised. "What do you want? He had a dream that Atomsk had come back.
"You've had dreams about Atomsk, huh?" Haruko looked at him, as if looking at a piece of trash. "Yeah, so what?" said Naota, grabbing his guitar. "You're not going to tell me what hap-"
"He's dead."
Naota felt surprised. "What?" How could the mighty Pirate King die? Was she pulling his leg? He simply turned back. "Yeah right!" he said. "I'm not going to believe that!" He grabbed his guitar and made an attempt to whack her. He failed, but not by much. "You know, I never trained you to fight with that." Naota looked back. "Like I care! I got fine by my-"
"You could do better."
Naota gulped. There wasn't any other explanation for Haruko to be here, so he glared at her. "There's no danger here! My NO Powers are under control so what's the big deal?" For the first time, Haruko seemed serious. "We never sealed it. You've had small robots come out of your head; your horn is still active. In that case your powers aren't under control. Not to mention the bounty on your head out in space, we need to control your NO powers so you can fuse with Canti again. There are guys after your powers, they can steal it and we have to fight back."
Naota, again looked surprised but looked to her spot across the room. Her new guitar reminded him of something, it was red, almost neon red…
"ATOMSK'S GUITAR?" yelled Naota, incredibly surpised. Haruko grinned like a cat. "His latest model, the Ricken-Backer Hero EB-0, 2006 edition. He gave it to me before he died as a… friend." Naota glared at her old bass. "I guess I'll start training tomorrow…"
"Good, but Canti, he has to upgrade." She pointed to Canti whose head was connected to his laptop. "The next time he's awake, he'll be Canti 2.0."
Naota smirked and went back to bed. When he awoke she was gone.
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"Naota, Lunch!" yelled Kamon, Naota's father. It was 12:00 and Haruko had disappeared again, he sighed… as he-
(Manga mode)
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" yelled Manga-Naota to Manga-Haruko (who was eating ramen). "Hi! Hey, have a seat next to Sameji!" Naota looked to Mamimi.
(Pause Manga mode)
"Hi! Tak-kun!" said Mamimi, waving.
Her hair was longer and now she had a little bit of brown dye in her hair. She hadn't grown a whole lot height wise, a half inch, maybe an inch so now Naota had finally grew up to her height, as he had done with Haruko….
She no longer adorned her school outfit but a jean jacket, a red shirt and a jean skirt with a pair of thick, American sandals.
(Continue Manga Mode)
"Naota-kun! How are you?" asked Kamon. "Meet my new photographer!"
"SHE'S MAMIMI!" Naota yelled. "DON'T YOU KNOW THAT!"
"Ohhh! Mamimi-chan! How are you?"
"Fine thanks!" said Mamimi, slurping on her ramen.
"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?" asked Naoto, grabbing a bowl of ramen.
"Why, Mamimi is here to shoot photos for my new 'zine!" said Kamon, smiling.
"Yeah, Fooly Cooly Magazine!" said Haruko.
"FOOLY COOLY MAGAZINE!"
"A sort of…. Monthly magazine to the people to get all Fooly Cooly…
Fooly Cooly eyes…
Fooly Cooly necks…
Fooly Cooly mouths…
Fooly Cooly Brea-"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" yelled Naota, huffing and breaking the Manga mode.
(End Manga mode)
"Aww! It was getting to the good stuff!" yelled both Haruko and Mamimi.
"I don't care! I'm going upstairs, have fun screwing with my dad."
"Aww Naota-kun you shouldn't have-"
"TAK-KUN!" yelled Mamimi. "I have a present for you! It's outside."
Naota stopped and grabbed looked into the hallway. He heard the screech of the door and he saw her new hair flutter out. He looked oddly at the door, as if it had a pimple.
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Mamimi showed him a special vespa… not just a regular vespa but a GranTurismo 200, Midnight Blue Model with radio. "Whoa!" yelled Naota, admiring the model of it. The sheen of the new vespa smell was refreshing, the seats were leather. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAK-KUN!" yelled Mamimi. "Th-Thanks!" said Naota. He even ignored the fact that she called him Tak-kun, the last few times, he was surprised of all of it.
"I've-I've gotta go."
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His band practice with Gaku and Masashi went well. Masashi played guitar and Gaku played his guitar. Masashi acted more like an adult but Gaku was completely the same, give or take a few more inches. The band name- W.C.C (With Crazy Chick) Syndrome. He yelled goodbye to them and left and returned to the place he'd had NO first.
The bridge had broken a few years ago, a supply truck carrying weights and a car with a 400 pound man had a crash. It was disturbing and possibly the only interesting thing that had happened.
The town never fixed it, it was planned to but it never happened. The spillage created a mass of melted metal and Mamimi and Naota's place was covered with melted black stuff, horrible stuff. Naota looked to it; it was something he went to see every time he had a chance. His vespa was parked on the broken bridge, he heard sobbing.
Mamimi was crying at the river, where their spot had been. It was strange, seeing this new Mamimi cry. This new Mamimi with the new clothes, the new body, the new money. Then it hit Naota. It was the same Mamimi.
He looked to her and tapped her on the shoulder. "Mamimi. It broke a long time ago…" She cried still. "Somehow I knew, I knew that this place wouldn't be the same, you're not the same, I'm not the same, the only person that is the same is Haru-san." He smiled sadly. "Maybe it's for the best?" he asked. "I mean, I'm smarter and you aren't so old to me anymore, neither is Haruko I mean-"
She grabbed a cigarette and wrote on it, light it and smoked it. It said 'Never Knows Best'. Naota looked to her and she smiled and then coughed and coughed. She choked on her coughs and looked as if she was going to have a heart attack. She groaned and rolled around, Naota in shock. "It-it's happening! I'm overflowing again!"
"WHAT?" yelled Naota as he felt a headache coming on, it turned into a migraine and it got even worse. He looked to his forehead to find a horn and an arm coming out of it, then a head, then another arm, then a chest. The first half of a robot emerged; it was silver and white, about five feet tall and in diameter. The second half was 2 jets and legs, both the same color. It's body resembled Canti, exvept more circular and rigid. Its head wasn't a TV but a head with a snake attached to it. Its waist had 2 guns on it and an egg beater.
Naota felt himself grab his guitar and stood before Mamimi and him, "Shit!" he said, he knew his powers couldn't handle this guy. Were these the bounty hunters Haruko was talking about? "TAK-KUN!" yelled Mamimi and Naota was angry. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME-"
He got hit, right in the gut and he felt as if he was going to die. He coughed his blood up and grabbed his guitar. He knew he was going to die. If only-
(Naruto Mode)
The ninja girl hit the robot with the guitar and had markings on his face that looked like cat wiskers. Her orange jacket flew in the wind. "Hey, you robot-bastard!" she said, with a heroic grin. "For hurting Naota-kun, I will never forgive you!"
(End Naruto Mode) (Whaa...)
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" yelled Naota. She grinned. "Sorry, we didn't have enough parody in this chapter, and it's just about over."
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!"
"Never mind, look who I have with me."
Canti jumped out from behind her, his sheen was new, a golden glow. He created a cockpit with a chair instead of eating him. Naota jumped in and he was put into Canti. He felt a familiar sensation and grabbed his guitar and filled it with this new energy that was so similar, it was like the pirate king…
He whacked the bounty hunter with the guitar and it recoiled, the neon energy forming around it was powerful and destroyed part of it's arm. He hit part of it's head and looked to Haruko, but looked to Mamimi again and turned to the new voice setting. "I told you my name's Naota."
Haruko went over, swinging her guitar over her head and destroyed it in one blow. Naota looked to her, and remembered why he liked her 2 years ago….
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(Cue Little Busters)
The battle was won and I fused again. Everything is simple, everything is like 2 years ago, I told Mamimi to stay here and she is. She works for my father now and Haruko hasn't left. I remember what I said to Mamimi 2 years ago, that I'd stay by her.
I'm going to keep my promise.
End
Next time: New Character, Tarochi, Haruko's former fiancé?