Author's Note: Hello everyone! I would like to say thank you to the person who gave me my first review for this story and my first review ever…Poi Sin. Sorry it took so long for me to update. I wouldn't have continued the story unless someone bothered to write a review to show me that they actually like it (or hated it). The first chapter was long and boring and I'm really sorry. I am hoping to make this story about twenty- five chapters long. (It may definitely end up being longer considering how long I want Miyuki to stay in the different places). Also, before I update I am asking for FIVE reviews. Well…Read. Enjoy. Review. Please.
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Miyuki-chan in NeverNeverland
Chapter Two Greener with The Scenery
Miyuki shivered as she walked into the hair salon. The place seemed to carry the temperature in the negatives. Maybe it had been a bad idea for Miyuki to get a hair cut. After all her long hair was kind of a security blanket for her. But it was time for something different….The woman at the counter smiled at her. She had a short blunt hair cut and long fake red finger nails. She looked a bit scary, but seemed normal enough. Miyuki walked over to her. "Hi…um…I would like to…." Miyuki drifted off. She didn't have very good people skills. In the years before, her mother had always been the one talking to the stylist about how to cut Miyuki's hair.
"You want your hair styled and cut, I assume?" The woman's smile slightly dropped when she talked. Her voice was smooth and milky. She appeared to be more of the motherly type.
Miyuki blushed. "Yeah…can I also get it washed too?"
The woman nodded her head and pulled out a clipboard. "Put you full name…telephone number…the time…and what you want done." The woman pointed out each spot as she talked. She put a pen in Miyuki's hand. Miyuki filled in all the information that was required of her. The woman smiled as Miyuki handed her the clipboard back. "Thank you…you can wait over there in the lounge. " Miyuki sat down next to a girl who looked about her age. The girl had purple hair which looked like someone had been trying to dye her hair and had messed up terribly.
Miyuki sank down in her chair and let out a sigh. She grabbed a magazine that was sitting on the small table in front of her. She looked through at the different hair styles that she could choose from. Miyuki didn't know whether she wanted it all completely cut off and have it boy short, or to just take a little off of the ends. The girl with the purple hair looked at her. "I tried to dye my hair at home." Miyuki looked up in surprise. The girl pointed to her hair when she noticed the absent look that Miyuki was giving her. "I was looking to have it red-orange, but instead I got purple."
"Why did you want to dye your hair?" Miyuki hoped that the girl didn't tell her off for being rude. She waited a moment as the girl thought whether or not to answer Miyuki's question.
"I hate my normal, boring hair color. Plus, I want to stand out from my twin sister. She's a real pain in the ass."
Miyuki looked at her feet. "Oh…um…what's your sister's name, if you don't mind me asking?"
The girl with the purple hair leaned back. "Kanna. You may know her depending on what school you go to. She's on the tennis team. Always talks about this one girl who she thinks is…." The girl drifted off. She was deciding on whether Miyuki was worthy of knowing this piece of information. "She hates this girl named Miyuki. That's all I can really say."
"Oh…she does?" Miyuki blushed slightly. "I happen to be Miyuki." Miyuki put her face in her hands. There was no way that she just happened to run into Kanna's twin sister. Who even knew that Kanna had a sibling at all?
"So you're the poor thing Kanna has been taking her wrath out on…. My name is Colette, or as many people call me…Cole." Cole held out her hand for Miyuki to shake. Miyuki took Cole's hand. There were definitely a difference between Kanna and Colette. Colette was more open to people. She looked like a model. She had long, thin arms and legs. Her face was narrow. Colette's hair, though, was messy and frizzy. Miyuki guessed it was probably because of the messed up dye job Colette had gotten. Miyuki dropped her hand back in her lap.
"Next, um…Co…letta…or Colutte. I don't know." A woman with curly blonde hair stood by the counter. She squinted her eyes as she tried to pronounce Colette's name.
Colette stood up and straightened out the jeans she was wearing. "I'll wait for you if I get done first." She gave Miyuki a small smile. She then looked angrily at the woman who had misread her name. "It's Colette. Col-ette!" Miyuki heard Colette mumble something about hair stylist being stupid. Miyuki laughed silently in her head about the moment. She had just become friends with her worst enemy's twin sister. The irony if it all. She started flipping through the magazine again until she found a hairstyle that she thought would suit her well. Miyuki laid her head back and waited patiently.
Half an hour later Miyuki's name was called. The same woman who had been at the counter was waiting for her. "I'm so sorry for the long wait. " The woman touched Miyuki on the shoulder. The woman put on her smile again. "Okay, honey, follow me to the back." The woman led Miyuki to where the actual salon part was. The woman stopped at an empty seat and removed the cover up that had been lying carelessly on it. Miyuki sat in the seat without being told to. The woman wrapped the cover up around Miyuki's shoulders. She stuck her hands in Miyuki's hair and began to feel through it. "You have some nice hair. I'm Chu and I will be doing your hair today." Chu grabbed a comb that was sitting nearby. She began going through Miyuki's hair.
"Um…do you…need to know what kind of hair style I want?" Miyuki shyly asked this question.
"That would definitely help."
"Okay…I want it cut really short. Like, um, just above my ear lobe." Miyuki blushed and Chu nodded after getting the information. She finished up combing through Miyuki's hair. Chu took her time combing Miyuki's hair. Once she was done she pulled out a pair of scissors from a nearby drawer and began cutting. When the first lock of hair fell to the ground Miyuki felt kind nervous, it was her first hair cut in a long time. Miyuki shut her eyes tight. She didn't want to watch. All she really wanted to see was the finished product. With each snip-snip of the scissors Miyuki's head got a little bit lighter. Chu fluffed out Miyuki's hair.
Miyuki winced as she felt the cold air from the salon hit the back of her neck. Chu shook Miyuki on her shoulders. "Babe, I need to you to get up and go to that sink over there." Miyuki opened her eyes and looked in the mirror. She looked completely different. At first she hardly recognized herself. She stood up and went over to the sink like Chu had asked. Chu came over with two towels and shampoo. Chu took Miyuki's head in her hands and leaned it back. She ran some warm water over Miyuki's hair to get it wet. Chu squeezed shampoo into her hand and began to lather up Miyuki's hair. Miyuki relaxed as Chu massaged her scalp. She rinsed Miyuki's hair and repeated the process one more time. Chu then got some conditioner and put it throughout Miyuki's hair. Chu waited five or so minutes before she rinsed it out of Miyuki's hair. Miyuki felt her head being propped up as Chu dried off her hair. "Let's go back over here." Chu led Miyuki back to the chair.
"…That was quick." Miyuki quietly made this statement. It felt awkward. She and Chu hadn't had a real conversation the whole time.
"Yep, your hair was easy to work with." Chu turned on the blow drier that she had in her hands. It was almost over now. She waited as Chu made the finishing touches on Miyuki's hair. Chu pulled the cover up off of Miyuki's shoulders. "Okay, voila!" Miyuki smiled at the results. She liked what she saw. It was a nice cute hair style. The front part of her hair was the same expect it was neat and clean cut. The back was extremely different. She had lost more than a foot off her hair. It had a layered boy-shirt cut.
"I like it. I didn't think that I would at first."
"I am glad that you do." Chu turned around. "Now if you come with me to the front so you can pay."
The price for her hair cut hadn't been as bad as she thought it was going to be. When she got up to the front Cole was there waiting for her. Miyuki took a step back when she saw what Cole really looked like. Her hair was straight and she looked a lot like Kanna. "Nice hair." Cole said this in an almost mocking tone. Miyuki could tell that Cole didn't really mean any harm.
"I like yours, too."
Cole bit her bottom lip. "What were you planning to next?"
"I was going to get…um…my ears pierced…." Miyuki didn't have a very good tolerance for pain, and she didn't know if it hurt when they pierced your ears. Miyuki couldn't even go to the doctor and not get teary eyed when getting shots. How was she supposed to make it through this?
"Really…? I know a good place that you can go." Cole grabbed Miyuki's hand and pulled her out of the hair salon. Miyuki couldn't keep up with Cole. She felt like she was going to fall any second at the speed that they were going. Cole pulled a sharp right while still holding on to Miyuki's hand. Then Miyuki remembered. She had left her bike at the hair salon. It was still probably sitting outside in the front. Unless someone had stolen it. Without her bike Miyuki had no way of getting home. She didn't have a cell phone or any change to use the pay phone. Cole suddenly stopped. "Here we are!"
Miyuki looked at the place that they had arrived at. It was dark and creepy. It was the type of place that Goths usually hanged out at. There was a neon green sign that read: TAT 2 4 U. Miyuki shivered. Cole wasn't supposed to take her to a tattoo parlor, but then Miyuki say the small sign. 'Tattoos and Piercing' had been sloppily hand written on a sign that was now hanging in a window. "C'mon Miyuki!" Cole already had one foot in the door.
"Um…Cole? I didn't really…um…want t-to come to…. Miyuki drifted off and followed Cole inside.
It was small and cramped inside. The building looked larger on the outside than it did on the inside. Miyuki didn't really know how that was possible. The chairs that were available to sit in had weird markings and old rotting foods inside them. The people that were in the chairs look like they were some very strange characters. Miyuki wondered how she appeared to them. Most likely as some goody-two shoes who was here to make herself seem more interesting. But in a way she was here for that reason. The whole point for today was that she was board with herself. The only thing that had made her what she was, were those weird adventures that she had had. Miyuki sighed. She hoped that maybe by doing all this she would find who she was. And exactly who that was…Miyuki didn't know. "Miyuki…Miyuki." Cole was waving her hand back and forth in the teen's face.
"W-what?" Miyuki snapped out of her trance. "Oh-oh what is it?"
Cole smirked at her and then shook her head. "What part of your body do you want pierced?"
Miyuki blushed furiously. "M-my e-ears." She felt like an idiot. Cole just had to bring her to a place where she could embarrass herself. Cole mouthed 'boring' and repeated the information to the man who was standing in front of them. Miyuki went back to observing her surroundings. This place was slightly 'cool', as Cole had described it. All the people here looked the same yet different. They had a basic look and build and then each person branched beyond that. Adding their own personal taste and ideas to what they were. Miyuki looked down at what she was wearing. Something any prep on the street would wear.
"Miyuki snap out of it! Let's go sit down. It'll be about ten minutes before they can see you." Cole plopped down next to a guy who had a dark blue Mohawk. She patted the seat next to her as a notion for Miyuki to come and sit down. Miyuki quietly came over not wanting to be noticed by anyone.
"Cole, why did you take me here?" Miyuki whispered a little franticly.
"Because if you want anything pierced or tattooed." Cole didn't look directly at Miyuki. Miyuki let out a small breath. She had to trust Cole. She wouldn't have been dragged here if it was such a dangerous place. All she needed to do was calm down. This place was as bad as it seemed. She repeated the thought over and over in her mind. 'It's not as bad as it looks.' Miyuki closed her eyes.
She felt a soft pat on her shoulders. "It's your turn." Miyuki heard Cole whisper in her ear. She opened her eyes and walked over to where a guy was waiting for her. He turned around without speaking to her and went to the back. He pointed to a chair where she was to sit and went into a small room. He came back with something that had just finished being sterilized. 'At least they clean their stuff.' Miyuki became more nervous when she heard the guy plop down on his stool.
He gingerly handed her a hair tie. "Put your hair back." That was the first thing that he said to her. Miyuki plucked it out of his hand and pulled her newly shortened hair back into a small ponytail. He put some gloves on and pulled out a cotton ball and alcohol. He dabbed some alcohol on the cotton ball and cleaned both of her ear lobes. "This may pinch a bit. The first ear will itch and the second ear may burn or hurt and vice versa after a while." Miyuki murmured a 'yes'. She let out a small breath and relaxed. Then he took a small tool that looked like a stapler and pierced her ears. The guy handed her a mirror so she could see. Miyuki smiled at her reflection in the mirror. She looked nice. Better than how she did before. WAY better than she did before.
She looked over to the guy and smiled. "Thank you."
"No problem." Miyuki blinked. She could have sworn that his face had changed. That his face had…. Miyuki didn't think anything of it. She handed him the mirror and headed back to the front of the parlor so she could pay.
Cole was standing there and talking to a woman, who looked as though she had gotten one major boob job. Cole noticed her and waved. From where Miyuki was it looked as if Cole told the woman that she had to because soon enough the woman was off hitting on a man outside. "Now we will be on our way."
"Hold on I have to pay first." Miyuki reached for her wallet, but Cole shook her head.
"I paid. A present for putting up with me." Cole looked down at her feet. "Most people think I am little aggressive."
"It's okay." Miyuki thought for a bit. "You want to go get lunch?"
"Sure."
"We can go to that new burger place and it'll be my treat."
This time Miyuki grabbed Cole's hand and led her. She temporarily forgot about her bike until they reached the eatery. She punched one of the glass windows, and hurt herself in the process. "Damn it." She muttered under her breath. How stupid could she be? She needed her bike to get home. Why couldn't she just remember? But that was Miyuki. Forgetful.
Cole looked at her worriedly. "What is it? You a veggie head or something?"
Miyuki looked at Cole with a confused look on her face. "What's a veggie head?"
"Y' know a vegetarian." Cole moved in place. "So…what's wrong?"
Miyuki sighed. "I left my bike at the salon. I meant to go get it after we came from the tattoo place, but I forgot…." Miyuki sighed again. It didn't seem that big a problem once she said it out loud to Cole.
"…We can go get it…if you want."
"No!" Miyuki held up her hands to stop Cole. "I want to treat you…so I am. I can go get it later."
Cole pushed Miyuki's hands down. "Okay then…Miyuki-chan." Cole said this with a smirk on her face. She then broke out laughing. Miyuki stared at Cole and began to giggle.
"I'm happy you're okay with it…Colette-kun." Miyuki broke out into full laughter. Cole lightly punched Miyuki in the arm. Miyuki didn't know why this was so funny. It just seemed weird yet natural to say 'Colette-kun'.
Cole furrowed her eyebrows. "Don't call me Colette." She said the next part in a joking way. "It sounds better when you say Cole-kun." The two teen girls spent the next few minutes laughing. When both felt that they were able they went into the eatery. Miyuki and Cole found themselves a small booth to sit at.
"Welcome to Whataburger. I am Sara and I will be yer server today." Cole and Miyuki barely noticed when their waitress came to the table. "What would y'all two be having to drink fer today?" Sara had a country accent which mad her sound strange.
"Sprite." Miyuki loved the lemon-lime flavored drink.
"Hmm…I think I'll have a Coke. Light on the ice please." Cole sounded as though she had spent a good while thinking this out.
"Are y'all ready to order or not…?" Sara scribbled their drink orders down.
Miyuki looked at Cole. "No ma'am."
"Y'all take yer time. I will be right back with yer drinks." Sara tucked her notepad into her pocket and walked away.
Cole broke into giggles. "Did you hear her? 'Y'all take yer time, now. Y'a hear?'." Cole mocked Sara's accent. Miyuki laughed with the longer haired girl. She covered her mouth to muffle the sound. Miyuki waved at Cole to stop. She saw that Sara was coming back with their drinks in her hand.
By the time that Sara had come back Miyuki and Cole had their faces composed. "Here y'all go. A sprite fer you and a coke, light ice, fer you." Sara said each girl's drink as she handed it to her. Sara looked at each girl and saw that they weren't ready to order and walked away to another table. Miyuki pulled out the menu and looked at the choices. It was basically a cheese burger done up a bunch of different ways. Miyuki looked at Cole who was taking a sip of her drink at the time. Cole wasn't looking at her menu but staring off into space. Miyuki figured she had probably been here before. Miyuki decided that she would get a plain old cheeseburger instead of branching off and trying something new. Ten minutes later Sara came back ready to take their orders this time. "Do y'all know what want?"
Cole brushed back her hair. "Yes…I'll take the Whataburger Supreme Burger…with everything on it except lettuce."
Sara wrote this down then looked at Miyuki. "Whata 'bout you?"
"I'll have the Whatcheeseburger." Miyuki felt stupid that she was only getting a regular cheese burger.
Sara smiled at them both. "I'll be back to check on you soon." Sara once again tucked the notepad in her pocket and left the girls to talk with each other.
"Did you notice?" Cole said after a few seconds of sitting in silence.
"Notice what?" Miyuki was curious.
"She's pregnant." Cole shook her head in mock disappointment. "Working here for minimum wage so she can have some money to buy her kid stuff."
"I can't believe I didn't…."
"Really? She looks about well into it."
"I am really slow about sometimes." Miyuki looked down at her fingers and blushed violently.
Cole looked as though she was thinking. "Let's leave. We can leave some money on the table. You pay for the drinks and write a note. We can leave her a nice tip."
"But w-why?" Miyuki's blush went down some.
"I've seen the girl around before with her boyfriend…and without him. She goes to school at night. I think she dropped out. She used to go to school with my brother. She's getting her GED…I know she's about college age." Cole put her hand on her chin. "I think she has a two-year-old daughter and a five-year old son. She moves from place to place."
Miyuki stared at Cole. "How do you know all of this?"
"My sister's friends with her."
"How come she didn't recognize you? Do you mean Kanna?"
"I've seen her but she hasn't seen me. No, not Kanna my other sister."
Miyuki nodded her head and put some money on the table for the drinks. She borrowed a pen from someone sitting nearby and wrote a short note on a napkin. "Thanks for the drinks. Congrats on the new baby and good luck." Miyuki read the note she had written out loud. She looked at Cole to see if it was good enough.
"Sweet and simple." Miyuki returned the pen to its owner and set the note where Sara was sure to see it. Cole laid about one hundred dollars out on the table. She then changed her mind and folded it up and put it inside the note that Miyuki had written. "That way no one will steal it." Cole looked around and stepped out of the booth. Miyuki followed her and the girls went and walked back down the street. The walked a good mile or so before Cole grabbed Miyuki's arm.
"Something…wrong?" Miyuki looked at Cole's face but found no answer.
"It's almost seven. I can't believe how time flew." Cole looked disappointed. "I have to go home. I really want to go with you to get your bike…"
Miyuki smiled. "It's alright. I'll go by myself."
"Oh…alright then…bye." Cole embraced Miyuki in a hug and began walking in the opposite direction.
Miyuki tucked her hair behind her ears and continued on toward the hair salon. When Miyuki got there it was dark. No one was there and it was closed for the day. Miyuki didn't see her bike anywhere at all. She sighed and looked down at her feet. Someone had taken it. Miyuki looked around. She noticed something by the dumpster. She walked over near it. There was a beautiful painting. It was of a girl who looked familiar. She was sitting on a chair and looking out a window at the beauty of the Earth. Miyuki wondered why someone would throw such a beautiful painting out. After all….The girl in the picture looked like someone she knew. Miyuki reached out to touch the painting. As if that would help her in figuring out the mystery. When she touched the picture she fell. Miyuki gasped. She had just fallen into a picture….
She felt something nudge her cheek. It was small and fluffy. It felt like what she had imagined a cloud to feel like. Though whatever it was, was warm. Miyuki reached for the object, she wanted to pet it. If it was an animal that is. Whatever it was jumped back out of sheer surprise. Miyuki opened her eyes. The sky. Clouds were floating above her. The sun was out and shining. It was nice and warm. It was spring time here. Miyuki sat up and looked around. She saw what had been nudging her. A rabbit. Or what appeared to be a rabbit. This creature was white. It had short front paws and long back paws. The creature had large pink-red eyes and long ears. It looked innocent enough. But where was she? Miyuki groaned as she felt flowers and grass in her hair. She brushed them out. She had just gotten a hair cut and here she was messing it up.
Miyuki stood up to further investigate her surroundings. She was still in Japan. At least she thought so. This place looked normal enough. But if it contained creatures like the one that was currently at her feet who knew. "Where am I little guy?" Miyuki looked down at the small creature. Her mishaps couldn't be happening again.
It looked up at her with its big eyes. "Kyu." It nudged up against her.
Miyuki sighed. The small creature reacted to something. Its ears popped up and it looked around. Miyuki heard something too. "Wiz." It was small at first but got louder as the voice got closer. Soon enough she saw who it belonged to. "Wiz! There you are. I've been looking all over the place for you." The small creature jumped into its master's arms. Then the owner of the small creature looked up at Miyuki. "Hey…you're that girl from…the painting we stole last night… but how?"
Never the End.
Finally! The second chapter is completed. I stayed up late working on it. I wanted this chapter to be ten pages long but decided that it would give away too much. So I left it at nine. I know this chapter was boring (and long). I am TRULY sorry about that. This chapter was basically about Miyuki changing. Sara and Chu were pretty pointless characters but I think you may be seeing them again. The tattoo/piercing guy has a role in the end. His role is slightly important. I just don't know what it is yet. I know Colette/Cole's name is pretty stupid. It's from Tales of Symphonia. (Colette was the girl who was trying to become an angel). That's all I am going to say about the characters.
Okay…(again) in order for me to update this time I am asking for FIVE reviews. So please, please if you want to know what happens in Miyuki-chan in NeverNeverland please review. Also e-mail me about any mangas that you think would be good for Miyuki to go to. I would like the manga's title and a full description, main characters and everything I need to know to write at least two full chapters on it. I would like to have your ideas help on writing this story. Thanks!
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