Hey, guys! What did you think of the last few chapters:D I liked them..but I don't know chapter six was kinda "ehh.." And I'm trying to watch episodes to get in the mood of FLCL again. So I can, you know, create a masterpiece like chapters two or three. Off you go, to a world of adventure!

...that I don't legally own, by the way. Gainax does. Blame them for my insanity.

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Naota rode his bike to the bridge. But he wasn't sure if Mamimi would be there...

What if she'd started college or something?

'Mamimi? School?', he thought to himself, 'Impossible..' He smiled at the thought of how well he knew his friend. Two years and he remembers this much about her? She really must have been special to him.

"Ta...er..Naota-kun! You came! And I didn't even have to call you..." Mamimi came up behind him just as he'd set his bike down and sat in the grass. "What's the occasion?" She snickered.

"Occasion?" He thought for a minute. How would he break it to Mamimi that Haruko was going to be coming back? Or..maybe he should just say it like it is. "Remember Haruko? The..'Vespa Woman'..she rode around on it..with a guitar?"

Mamimi looked confused. "...Lord Canti?" he tried something a little more referable.

"Haru-san?" She seemed happy enough, "What about her?"

"Well..uhhh...she's coming back." If Mamimi was happy about it, why did he still feel unsure?

"...Really? Haru-san's coming back from her trip?" She acts as if she didn't see the vespa fly off that day without him. "Wow...we should get ready, and make them a feast!"

"Feast? Them?" Well, now he was confused, "Who's them? Haruko's one person..."

"Haru-san, yeah but...Lord Canti needs a feast! Fit for gods!" She fell backwards, seemingly overwhelmed with the thought of the robot.

"Oh, yeah. You still think Canti was a god.." Naota laughed to himself, "He was just a robot, you know.."

"No, Naota-kun! Lord Canti was truly a god!" She smiled up at the afternoon sky. "I know it.."

He smiled sympathetically, "Yeah, well, I've gotta go find Ninamori. We need to patch things up because we've been fighting. I don't know what's wrong with her lately.."

"Naota-kun is having problems with his girlfriend..." Mamimi said to herself, "If you want I can help."

"No thanks." He stood up, "Seeya." He walked away with his bike as Mamimi flipped over to watch him walk away.

'Haru-san's really coming back...?' Mamimi thought to herself, 'Hm..I need to buy food for Lord Canti!' She stood up, brushed herself off, and walked, seemingly, to the store.

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Naota pulled his bike along as he looked at the stores he passed by.

Not really stores, but what seemed to be the remainder of a mini-mall.

He smiled at the thought of going in and out of the candy store as a little kid just to buy pocky.

Now he couldn't stand the taste of it. He'd been eating sour, spicy, and bitter things since Haruko left.

He'd changed so much for her.

"Where are you going?" He heard Ninamori from behind him.

"To see you." He turned around. "Were you in that candy store just now? Isn't it closed?"

"No, it's not closed." She walked closer to him. "It's just running out of buisness. You should go in and buy something. I'm trying to help the old man working there pay for things for his family."

Naota sighed and walked in with her. "So I'm guessing you're not mad at me anymore?"

"For now, since you're doing something for a good cause." She picked up a small box of chocolate and put it on the counter. "Here. You should buy this."

He cringed at the sight of it. "I hate chocolate.."

"Well, I don't." She glared at him.

Ohh. He saw now. This was what she wanted. He was supposed to buy something for her. "Right." He slid it further towards the man at the counter. He looked to be over eighty. "This is all."

"Thank you." Naota payed and got his change. "Come again." And the man put on the best smile he could possibly muster. It must be horrible to have your only source of money taken away when you're that old and have a big family to support.

"I will." Naota said sincerely. Because, truly, he thought he should.

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"That was awfully nice of you." Ninamori said as she muched on a piece of candy. "Saying you'd go back to that store and all."

"But I meant it.." Naota replied, "I really do want to go back."

"And why is that?" she asked.

"I don't know.." Naota tripped on his bike pedal for a second. "Er..I mean..."

"Pity?" she said, like it were nothing, "Or do you really enjoy that gloomy store so much to return again for chocolate you don't even eat."

"No!" he lied, "I mean...I'll buy more chocolate there for you."

"I actually think this chocolate tastes stale..." She threw the box. As if it were nothing.

"I spent money on that..." Naota watched the meloncholy box pass him as they continued walking. It looked so deserted...

"So, were you going to give your apology soon?" She stopped and looked at him.

"Apology? Er.." See, he would give one, if only he hadn't forgotten what he was sorry for. "I'm sorry.." Maybe keeping it simple would help.

"Right.." She looked unpleased. Like something so simple would be enough for the mayors daughter. "Try again.", she demanded.

"I'm sorry for.." He almost asked, "...not sitting with you at lunch that one day? And..uhh..." Then it came to him. Why was he patching things up with her, anyway? Ninamori would barely exist to him once Haruko came back! "Why am I apologizing?"

"...What?" She looked confused now. "What do you mean 'why'? Because you hung out with that highschool airhead instead of calling me, and you keep ignoring my calls!"

"Ignoring your--?" Kamon must have forgotten to tell him she called. Oh well. "I wasn't ignoring your calls! I never got them! And anyway, Mamimi's my friend!"

"Your friend? She's only talking to you because you remind her of Tasuku!" Tears formed in her eyes.

Just as he thought. Once things didn't go her way, she cried. Just like any other spoiled little rich girl. "That's not true! Mamimi probably talked to my brother while she was in America!"

"Oh, yeah, Naota. You could just walk anywhere in America and bump into pro baseball players!" The tears began to fall. But as much as Naota hated to see girls cry, he didn't care this time. He'd had it.

"Stop it, Ninamori! This is stupid!" He threw his bike to the ground. "And, you know what? I never actually liked you, and as a matter of fact, I hate you now!"

She gasped, and stopped crying. Her face returned to it's normal color, (it had been red from the arguing) and she stood up straight. "Then I guess--" But she didn't get to finish her sentence, because Naota was on the ground holding his head in his hands. "Naota?" she asked, "What's wrong?"

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Good chapter? Hm? C'mon..I need reviewss:( Please? I thought this was an okay chapter, though. And everyone knows what's going to happen in chapter eight. Or do youuu? MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAA:D