This is set just before the ending of the 2nd FLCL manga, NOT anime. But it helps if you've seen both, because I kind of stray from the manga-only idea around chapter 3.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the FLCL characters, DUH.

The words under the title in between -these- are the names of the songs that go with each chapter. All songs are by The Pillows.

Rated: PG-13

Mowatte Mabase

Chapter 1: Turn Around

-Flame-

.:."I'll leave you this hyper flight Vespa. With practice, you'll be able to fly it into outer space too." The words echoed in his head as he climbed awkwardly onto Superior Raharu's Vespa :clunk: and stepped on the gas. "Owww…" :Vroom vroom vroom: "Oww. My fingernails are coming off. Oww. It hurts." The extreme pain brought him to tears but he allowed them to silently stream down his face. :Vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom vroooooooom: Before he could notice an old lady walking her dog got into his path. Naota quickly braked and screeched to a stop right before hitting the elderly woman and her annoying yappy mutt. He looked at his bloody hands blankly and then up at the sky. ". . . What am I supposed to do now?" He sat like that for quite some time until the sun had started to set and the blood had dried and caked over his fingers, the tears long melted away.

.:.Do I love Haruko? Do I love Mamimi? Does Mamimi love me? Is she okay? What about Ninamori, is everyone all right? What about my brother, does Mamimi still love him… Does she realize he's not coming back? This must be a dream, how could all of this be real? No, it is. Somehow. Nothing makes sense. Do I control Canti, or Atomsk, or whatever it is? Will Haruko ever come back? I can't even be sure if these are really my thoughts. Why? I'm only a kid. Is this my fate? Why can't I understand anything!

.:.A drop of rain hit Naota square on the nose, alerting him to the world around him. During the time that he was spacing and thinking of Haruko, and Mamimi, and Canti/Atomsk, and Ninamori, and even his brother, it had grown dark and a little cold, not to mention the heavy rain clouds looming above that threatened to drop in sheets at any moment.

.:.Naota repositioned himself, and not sure what he was doing or where he was going, started up the Vespa and headed off further into the darkness of Mabase.

((This was the end of the story until I got enough comments encouraging me to go on))

Edit: I got a review telling me to continue, and I was working on it anyway so… well, read on. Also, sorry for my mistakes in not capitalizing 'Vespa' my spell check didn't tell me I needed too…