Possessions
Chapter 2: Surprising Arrival
Japanese Airport
For a couple of nights in the sky the Rana family had arrived in Japan. They never told the others that they were coming so it's a big surprise. Calista and Oscar stepped outside first and lead Grandma Rana to the inside part of the airport where their bags were. The yellow house that they used to live in was still standing but it was abandoned. Neighbors thought that no one lived there again, until now.
Riding Bus
During the ride home on a large traveling bus, Calista fiddled with her bracelet that Chaud gave her as Oscar was talking to Wrenchman with silent whispers. The rain stopped for a while but the wind was shivering down to the spine. Trees were swaying back and forth and frail branches were about to fall any second. Some people couldn't help to keep the windows open so people had to put on their coats more often. It was a very dirty bus though; filled with conceived spider designs and the floor had little wrappers of candy. Calista sighed and she stared at the window where they were close to their destination. She saw the Blaze Quest building which made her smile. She can't wait to see Chaud again, but she wants to surprise the whole gang.
Yellow Rana Residence
The bus did its last stop and it was the stop that the Rana family had to go. The bus door opened with air pressuring sounds and they relinquished with small steps. The bus driver coughed and wheezed as he closed the sliding doors and the bus drove away.
/Geez...what a ride./ Calista shook her head.
/It was disgusting/ Oscar finally took a breath. It did smell pretty funny in there and he couldn't breathe.
Grandma Rana stared at the yellow house that she thought would be rented or sold but it turns out that no one touched it whatsoever. The flowers were a little wilted but she can fix it up in a jiffy. She went up the steps and she turned the lock with a golden key. It opened and its appearance was still the same. The dining room table still had a vase but it had the wilted flowers that Calista put a long time ago. Cabinets were very dusty and the whole area was dark. The children pulled the curtains up to have more light and Grandma Rana switched the lights.
"Grandma..." Calista whispered to her. "Can I go to the Scilab please?" Grandma Rana was sad that the girl couldn't help out around the house but she knew how much her friends meant to her. She smiled and nodded.
"Arigatou obaasan." Calista bowed and she left the house and her bags were on the floor. Oscar shook his head.
"Must be seeing the lover boy..." Oscar smirked and his grandma heard what he said. She sighed happily and Oscar was glad to help out. He will see the others soon.
Scilab
/Please be there, please be there./ Calista ran excitedly to the Scilab. Her feet was making squishing sounds due to the wet sidewalks. Leaves from the trees trickled with water and a drop of it went down. Calista shivered due to the wind passing her sweater and clenched her gloves for warmth. It turned so cold in Dentech that she was surprised to see a lot of people outside. And then she stopped. She saw the building that looked like half ovals and a couple of pillars. She ran to the main entrance and was surprised to see that it was silent. She walked around for a little while and felt awkward.
"Hello?" She called out. She turned her head and she heard loud typing in a room. She wondered why no one heard her. She walked to a small hallway and she saw light in a certain room. It was leading to Dr.Hikari's office. She opened the door and it was the scientist that looked really...tired. The room had a couple of papers flying about all on the floor and folders that were stacked heavily everywhere. Lan probably got his messy reputation from him.
"D-Dr.Hikari?" Calista whispered. Dr.Hikari stopped his typing and Calista waited for a response. He turned his chair and his eyes widened.
"Calista!" Dr.Hikari was surprised. Calista knew that a surprise would come. "What are you doing here?"
"I came here to help out a little bit with the Time Chip. My mom is still finding the files for Armel. How is it progressing?" Calista stared at the computer. There was a lot of typing going on.
"Not very much I'm afraid. Can you try to help?" Dr.Hikari let her sit on his chair and Calista gazed at the information.
"I'll do as I can." She said softly. "But it may take a while due that it's broken. How did you-"
"I took a little piece of it that was still active." Dr.Hikari finished.
"But it's been two months though!" Calista disbelieved. Dr.Hikari shrugged.
"This chip is a little crazy. It turned out there was data swarming around." He laughed. Calista shook her head with a smile and she saw the information that was researched.
"Hm..." Calista concerned.
"What is it?" Dr.Hikari asked. Calista shook her head.
"I don't know. I thought I saw something." There was a picture in the computer but it disappeared quickly before Calista could examined it. Calista made a thought.
"Where are the others?" She asked.
"Lan and Maylu are still at school and Yai and Dex went back to Jawaii. They had to clean up the Grand Ball incident." He responded. "And Chaud...he's looking around for anything else back at the Steel Building."
"Oh." Was Calista's last word. She clicked more information and nothing really popped out. Dr.Hikari should've said that after what happened and Calista started to make a frown and the scientist laid his hand on her shoulder.
"Everything is going to be fine." He whispered. Calista nodded.
"Arigatou." She whispered back. Then the phone began to ring next to the printer of the office. Dr.Hikari picked it up and he nodded a few times. Calista wondered why Dr.Hikari had a sudden expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Calista asked.
"Lan's sick. And do you mind if you take care of things here?" Dr.Hikari asked. "There are other scientists to keep an eye out so don't worry." Calista didn't want to cause anything but ever since people stopped coming after her, she gladly accepts.
"And I'll call the Net HQ that you're here. They probably want to give you something." Dr.Hikari went out of the office and it started to pour again. Calista saw a window with closed curtains so she opened them to see the rain trickle down in the glass.
Hikari Residence
"Yuuichiro? What happened?" Haruka Hikari saw the scientist placed the boy in his room. He had already picked up the boy and his temperature was pretty high.
"104 degrees, the nurse said." Dr.Hikari patted his wife's shoulder. The loving mother took off his bandanna that was still tied and pulled the covers for him.
"You have to go back to the Scilabs right?" She whispered. Dr.Hikari nodded.
"Well I'll take care of him. Please keep on working." Dr.Hikari stared at his son as his wife was putting a wet towel on the boy's head. Hikari-hakase still saw the scientist standing there looking all worried.
"Nanitozo...Watashi kiwotsukete." Mrs.Hikari told her husband. Dr.Hikari sighed and he walked away going back to the Scilabs. And...he had an idea in his mind.
Scilab
"Calista?" Dr.Hikari put his umbrella in a rack and he looked around seeing that one scientist was lurking around.
"Hey, have you seen a young girl around?" He asked the scientist. The scientist shrugged and he pointed to the large main hallway. Dr.Hikari thanked him and he began to walk to the main rooms.
Main Room
"Gashi?" Dr.Hikari saw a meeting that had Manuella, Chief Keifer and Famous. Calista was in the large main computer typing more information. Famous had upgraded the computer that had a protocol that Calista can use during more research.
"Famous?" Famous turned around as he watched Calista worked. He saw Dr.Hikari with his strange glasses in place and stopped by to talk.
"We met Calista in your office and we want her to test the upgrade we put in the main comp." He explained. Chief Keifer went by the two scientists.
"We want her to know that she can still help. We can call Laika back just in case though." The blue haired net saver was always busy in Sharo that he was left unseen or noticed back in Japan. Manuella wrote a couple of things in a small notepad and she put it in her pink dress pocket. She whispered something to the chief and he nodded a couple of times.
"Although...Manuella and I need to go back to the Dentech Prison. I sure you don't mind. We have to see how Shukun is handling." He politely asked. Dr.Hikari and Famous nodded and the two left the Scilab.
"So..." Dr.Hikari went over to Calista. Calista stopped typing a couple of times to stare at Dr.Hikari, but wasn't really paying attention.
"Oh! Gomen.. I get carried away with computers..." Calista stuck her tongue out with less manners.
"Do you...want to visit Lan? He's sick and I was wondering if you can surprise him." Dr.Hikari asked.
/That's what I was supposed to do/ Calista thought madly. But she shook her head back to reality.
"Um...sure! I love to, kedo I want to find more about the..."
"Don't worry. I'll get more information as I can. Meanwhile I want you to meet the others. They really want to see you right?" Dr.Hikari reminded her. Calista lifted her head up and smiled. She nodded and she ran outside but she came back soaking wet.
"Uh...can I borrow..." Calista asked embarrassed.
"Sure!" Dr.Hikari handed an umbrella to her and she began to walk outside again and not getting wet.
Hikari Residence
"Lan..." Megaman, Lan's blue navi, was placed in computer watching the boy sleep as he wheezed.
/How could he get so sick/ Megaman thought. /Oh/
Flashback
ACDC School (Megaman Battlechip Challenge) Yesterday
"Err...I forgot my umbrella Roll!" Maylu had reached inside her bag to see her pink navi Roll. She was standing by a small area that had covered her from the rain.
"I told you it might rain. What had gotten into you?" Roll noticed that Maylu wasn't being herself lately.
"I'm fine, just that..." Maylu began to explain but Lan appeared in front of her.
"Maylu what are you doing? School is already over!" He exclaimed.
"I know...it's just that I forgot my umbrella." Maylu responded. Lan sighed and he took out his umbrella.
"Here. I'll walk without it." Lan said.
"But Lan! You'll get sick!" Maylu said worried.
"You need more space in that umbrella. I'll be fine." Lan did a peck on the cheek and he began to ran in the rain.
/Lan.../
End Flashback
/The rain...Lan.../ Megaman had deep thought that he didn't hear the door open. To his surprise...
"Calista?" Megaman said. It was her and she was watching Lan in deep sleep.
"Hi Megaman." Calista walked over to the computer.
"When did you came here?" He asked.
"I came here just today. I wanted to help out a little bit..." Calista sat on Lan's bed without making him wince.
"How'd he get so sick?" Calista asked.
"Well it's a long story." Megaman said. Calista sighed and the door began to open again. She stood up and waited who was coming in.
"Lan?" A familiar voice Calista heard.
/Chaud/ Calista hid in the closet to make it an even bigger surprise. The vice president went inside and saw that Lan made a small wince.
"C-Chaud?" Lan sat up and the towel that was in his forehead fell. He opened his eyes a little bit to see the sapphire eyes boy glaring at him.
"You all right?" He asked.
"Since when do you care?" Lan crossed his arms and laid back down.
"Since I'm your companion." He responded. "You're sick Lan."
"I already know that!" Lan shouted and he coughed to another side. Megaman watched with amusement and Protoman went to the computer.
"You all right about your NetOp?" He asked. Megaman thought a little bit and his eyes widened. He wasn't really paying attention to where Calista was and an eye peeked a crack.
"Uh..." Megaman began to explain.
"Yes?" Protoman asked. The two net navis had an awkward silence amongst themselves.
"I forgot what you said, gomen!" Megaman sweatdropped and Protoman did an anime fall.
"I said it clearly!" He had a vein now. "I thought you were the smart one."
"I wasn't really paying attention to you. I-paid attention to something else. And since when am I smart? You have the ideas!" He exclaimed. Protoman sighed. Then something startled them, or to Protoman and the two boys.
"C-Chaud?" Chaud heard his voice and he looked around.
"Lan is someone here?" Chaud asked. Lan shook his head.
"No...I was asleep the whole time. Megaman is there-"
"NO!" The two boys and Protoman looked at him in a suspicious way. Megaman turned his head in a different direction, which was the closet.
"All I'm asking is that did someone came here while I was asleep?" Lan asked.
"Uh...only your mom..." Megaman responded nervously.
"Megaman, tell me the truth..." Lan pointed his finger at the computer.
/Err.../
Back in the closet Calista was hearing the whole conversation. /I better cough up before Megaman cracks... and the closet smells funny...I can't breathe.../
"Lan! It's nothing!" Megaman had his head down. Lan felt like marching up to him but a door slammed open.
"Hm?" Protoman logged out of the computer and into the PET. Chaud watched with amazement as the girl he thought he would never see again came back.
"Chaud..." Calista whispered to him. They were five feet away from each other.
"Calista you're back?" Lan asked as he watched the two people standing awkwardly. But something interrupted him. He saw that Calista ran up to Chaud and they hugged for a long time. The bracelet was jingling with happiness.
"Yes Lan. I'm back..." Calista smiled.
A/N: Okay! This is very awkward. I had nothing planned for this chapter and I hope this was a good one for you. Schoolwork got in the way...and I won't be updating for a while. I hope I can concentrate more on the plot line for this sequel because I'm very troubled with it. Please be patient and I'll do what I can.
Japanese Translation A/N: Haha. I know this is silly but I'm working more on my Japanese language! I never took classes so I'm taking them by myself in a site. Here are the translations:
Nanitozo: Please
Watashi kiwotsukete: I take care
Gashi: Greetings
Kedo: But...(Something like that)
A/N: And if people are wondering, Calista already knows her Japanese language. She took classes in China so she can be a net saver. See you soon and be patient.