A/N: Chapter three. Cool I can go on this often over this weekend. My parents are out of town this weekend, it's so cool. Check out my other stories and see what you think about them. KA is my first and THA my third. My fourth will probably be a Fruits Basket, unless I get another idea for an AL one. Like I said last chp. The family is now in Japan.
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"Look Cobey! There's the airport." Brooke said to her sleepy brother. The flight had taken the whole day and Cobey had gotten bored around noon. And the time changes didn't help him any. The Miyoko family had found a much larger house in a town a couple miles from Tokyo. Brooke and Aimee would be going to a school where they had to wear uniforms and Cobey would still be under the watchful eyes of his mom.
Brooke looked down at all the lights of the city. She felt around in her pocket and found a piece of paper with names and phone numbers along with addresses and E-mails. It contained the names of her friends she had left behind. Now that she was thousands of miles away from them, she really missed them. She had no clue she would miss them so much. Even thought she knew she would see them again. Her mom and dad promised they could visit their old home once a year.
The plane tilted sideways as it aimed for the runway. Brooke could now make out the shapes of cars and buildings. Cobey groaned and flailed around, accidentally kicking Brooke. She didn't mind much though, he was so tiny it didn't hurt. Brooke's mom stood up quickly and got her son from the seats behind them. As soon as she sat down the sign went up to stay in your seats. Aimee quickly slid over a seat to sit next to Brooke. They both stared out the window at the growing lights. Brooke blinked as she fought back tears. Everything was going to be so different. Different school, friends, house, language, country, continent. She rubbed her eyes with her coat sleeve. Aimee put her arm around her sister as the plane finally touched the black runway. A Japanese voice came out from the loudspeaker, giving instructions. Brooke understood them, but it seemed so foreign now. It would take a while to adjust.
The plane slowly rolled to a stop. It turned and connected to the terminal. More instructions came and Brooke unbuckled herself and stood up. She wobbled a bit, she was still used to the motion of the plane. She took her carry-on bag from under her seat and waited for a space to get off the plane. Her ears began to pop so she held her nose and tried to blow out. The air went up to her ears and unpoped them. Aimme took her arm as she squeezed them in between a man and a woman. They stood by the plane's door as they waited for their parents. They soon found them trudging along with their things and Cobey walking along, holding onto his mom's skirt.
The showed the guard their passports and stopped in a restaurant for a late dinner. The taking a rental car to their house they entered for the first time. It was a two story with large rooms. The rest of the family went in, but Brooke stayed by the door. She looked in the general direction of Europe. She sighed softly and rubbed her eyes again. As she blinked a small tear fell down her cheek. She quickly brushed it off and closed the door. Her family had gone upstairs to check out the rooms, so taking advantage of the quiet she looked out the window in the same direction. Brooke rested her head on her hands as she kneeled on her knees to be even with the window. In the distance she could see the flashing lights of Tokyo. She saw towers and skyscrapers, a couple cars went by and she saw another plane fly overhead.
She stood up and closed the shades. Then she turned around and walked up the stairs to find her family looking in the rooms. Her mom came out of one and beckoned Brooke over.
"I thought you could have this one. It has lots of space and it's own bathroom with a shower and tub." She said excitedly. Brooke looked around at her new room. It was much larger than her old one, and the building of it was rather unique. There was a rectangular alcove perfect for her bed. It was raised a little higher than the rest of the room, so it had a small step leading up to it. There was another small alcove to the left of her, just right for her desk and lamp. She saw the bathroom door, it to was raised, but it was little higher than the bed. There was three steps leading to it.
"You can pick out the flooring and wall color too. Your dad's company said they could pay for it, they are so desperate for him to take this job. So what do you think of it, do you like it?" Her mom asked.
"Yes. It's so big and perfect for me." She said truthfully, her spirits were lifted a little bit. She knew she was going to have bigger room, but not this big. And to design the way she wanted it exactly, that was the best part.
"Good. The movers will be here later tonight actually. We're not going to get much sleep. That's why I told you to sleep s much on the plane. But we are going to put Cobey down now. There's a little cot in the closet. That's the third door on the left. Can you go get it for me sweetie?"
"Mom, what about Maple?" Brooke asked before leaving.
"She'll be here tomorrow. Her plane left a couple hours after ours. And it makes and extra stop, because of the different animal needs. She will be just fine." Her mom told her calmly, knowing Brooke really loved Maple. She was supposed to be the family dog, but was really Brooke's. Brooke left her room and got the cot for Cobey. Her mom came back out and took her to Cobey's room. It was about the size of Brooke's old room, and it didn't have Brooke's alcove and bathroom.
"His is only three." Mrs. Miyoko said. She took the cot from Brooke, set it up, and put a blanket on it. Brooke waited while she rounded up Cobey, and then helped put the cranky three-year-old to bed. They quietly turned off the lights and closed the door.
"Hey Brooke, come here." Brooke heard her name called. Aimee was coming towards her.
"Let me show you my room." She led Brooke to the room next to her. It was a little bigger than Brooke's, and had the same bed place as hers, except it was on a different wall. She also had a bathroom, but it wasn't raised. There was also a desk alcove too. The only other difference was Aimee's room had a fan, and it looked brand new.
"Cool, what color are you going to use for your room?" Brooke asked. Aimee thought.
"Dunno yet. Probably a light green wall and a pinkish carpet. I'm also thinking a pink header. What about you?" She replied.
"Something blue of course, and a really fuzzy carpet." She answered, looking around the room once more. They heard a knock on the door and her dad answered it. He spoke in Japanese and told them it was the movers.
"That was quick." Mrs. Miyoko said, rushing down the stairs from the next room. Brooke took a quick peek inside and found it was a bathroom. She saw a measuring tape on the counter and knew her mom was taking measurements. Brooke followed her mom downstairs, and Aimee followed her. A bunch of men were coming in the house with boxes of stuff. Brooke's mother came over to her.
"Brooke could you go watch Cobey. If he wakes up, just sing him back to sleep." She left again suddenly. Brooke yawned and trudged back up the stairs. She quietly entered her brother's room to find him still sleeping. She took her shoes off and creeped over to the cot. The moonlight was shining through window so she could see where she was going. Brooke sat down and rested her head on her hands. Nothing happened for a while, just some talking and a couple of thumps. Half and hour later some loud thumps came up the stairs. Cobey woke up in an instant. He began to cry and when he saw Brooke he ran over to her and jumped in her lap. He threw his arms around her and nearly knocked her backwards.
"Aaah, Cobey. Let go of the hair, watch the hair." She gently pulled her brother's finger from her hair and held him close till he settled down. He stopped crying, but was still sniffling. Brooke began to hum a lullaby and in fifteen minutes he was asleep again. She gently put him back on the cot and covered him with the blanket. She yawned again and lay down on the floor. Before she knew it, she was asleep.
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"Come on Brooke, hurry up." Aimee shouted to her sister. It was two days later and the family had gone shopping for new stuff, except for their dad who had to go to work. It was now around three in the afternoon. They had chosen the paint they wanted and the carpet, which was getting installed the next day. Aimee had gotten her header and Brooke the perfect-color-of-blue-fuzzy carpet. Brooke was staggering because she had offered to carry a lot of the bags. As soon as she got to the black Suburban she loaded them into the back and climbed in.
"Are we goin ome ow?" Cobey asked in his cute little voice.
"Nope, we have one more stop." His mom replied. Brooke and Aimee looked at each other, they thought this was the last stop too. An idea popped into Brooke's head and she whispered it to her sister. She agreed and they both waited anxiously as their mom pulled out of the parking lot. They traveled for ten minutes before pulling into a parking lot with a beige building.
"Yes! Thanks mom!" Brooke yelled before jumping out of the car. She waited for a car to go by before going into the store. It was Piffle Princess, the store that carried angel eggs. A couple seconds later Aimee came in, followed by their mom who was carrying Cobey. As soon as they came in Brooke wandered through the self's searching though everything she would need. The day they had found out they were moving Aimee and Brooke had done research on what they needed for angels. It had drained out the batteries on Aimee's laptop, but they didn't care.
Brooke took a basket and found the shelf with angel egg boxes on them. She took the one that she came to first and put it in her basket. The nest row had a bunch of angel skins. She browsed through the different skin tones and took one that matched hers, a nice tan. She then found the hairpieces. She took a blue one that was long and thick. She took two shades of blue and a white. In the last row she found weapons. Taking a quick look she found a tennis racket with a blue rim and white face. The initials of the face were black and they were AL, which stood obviously for Angelic Layer. Going to the end of the row she found boxes for voices. She hadn't heard anything of these, but a button was on each box for a sample of the voice. She went through them slowly and found the perfect one. It was a little high with a lot of power in it. Brooke the chose a dark navy blue computer. Finally she saw wings, and it took her no time at all to choose her. They were pure white, and very fluffy and feathery like an angel's.
She went up to her mom who was waiting by main display in the center. Brooke took the basket and showed her mom what she had gotten. They then waited for Aimee, who came a couple minutes later. Their mom paid for the items and they went back into the car. Brooke held her angel egg box close and couldn't wait till they got home to finally see her angel.
"Angelic Layer!" They girl siblings yelled, as if they were twins.
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A/N: Few wipes sweat off of forehead. That was a lot of typing for me. I think I got all the equipment. If I didn't I'll make them go back and get some more. I think this is the first chapter I said Brooke's last name. I wanted the names to be mixed. English first name, Japanese last. I'm not sure, but I think Miyoko is a first name too. Oh well, next chapter Kurasoshi and Hirobi!
