I do not own Azumanga Daioh or any of its characters.
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Chiyo woke up at exactly 6:27 AM the next morning. She went outside to pour food into Tadakichi's food bowl. After that, Chiyo began to cook breakfast for her friends and teachers.
"Chiyo-ojousama, do you need any help?" asked the butler.
"No it's okay Daisuke! I'll do everything by myself!" exclaimed a cheerful Chiyo.
Yukari woke up due to the noise of Chiyo cooking. Infuriated, Yukari was about to smack Chiyo, but stopped after seeing the food Chiyo was cooking.
"Wow! That looks great!" admired Yukari.
"Ah! Yukari-sensei, you woke up!" said Chiyo.
Sakaki, Yomi, and Nyamo soon woke up. Finished cooking everyone's breakfast, Chiyo noticed that Tomo, Kagura, and Osaka were still sleeping. Chiyo ran upstairs to wake them up. Sakaki asked Daisuke where Tadakichi-san was. Yukari looked at the breakfasts in delight. Yomi and Nyamo calmly sat at the table.
Chiyo first went into Tomo's room. Tomo was dreaming, and was shouting gibberish words. Slightly pushing Tomo, Chiyo tried to awaken Tomo, but it was no use. She decided to wake Tomo up later.
Walking out of Tomo's room, Chiyo was about to enter Osaka's room next. However, right before she turned the doorknob, Osaka mumbled her name loudly.
"Chiyo…" mumbled Osaka.
"U-um yes?" said Chiyo.
"Why are you flyiiiing…" asked Osaka.
Puzzled, Chiyo asked, "Wh-what are you talking about Osaka-san?"
After a long pause, Osaka said, "How do your pigtails work?"
Chiyo, very confused, decided to skip Osaka and go to Kagura. Right when she was about to open the door, Kagura slammed the door in her face.
"AH! What a beautiful morning!" shouted Kagura, "W-wait, is that Chiyo-chan…?
Chiyo had fainted with a bloody nose.
"Ch-chiyo-chan!" Kagura yelled, somewhat guilty of what she had just done.
Chiyo woke up, everyone staring at her.
"I'm sorry Chiyo-chan…" said Kagura, feeling very guilty.
"No it's okay," said Chiyo.
The phone rang. Daisuke went to pick up the phone. He handed it over to Chiyo and said it was her dad. At that moment, Chiyo remembered that her father was coming to America! After talking to him the others started asking Chiyo questions.
"What did your father say?" asked Yomi.
"He arrived already. We have to go pick him up!" answered Chiyo.
"Chiyo-chan, did your mother also come?" asked Tomo.
"No, she had other things to do," responded Chiyo.
"Now that you mentioned it, we've never seen your parents before, have we?" questioned Yomi.
"That's right!" exclaimed Chiyo.
"Wait, didn't Sakaki stay over at Chiyo's house once?" asked Kagura, "Maybe you've seen them before."
"Nope," replied Sakaki.
"So we all haven't seen her parents before huh?" said Tomo.
"Chiyo-chan, have you seen your parents before?" asked Osaka.
That one question silenced everyone. Sakaki was quite excited to actually meet "Chiyo-chichi". On the way to the airport, she kept thinking about him. Blushing, Sakaki buried her face in her hands. Finally, after a long drive, they arrived at the airport.
After searching for him quite a while in the designated place to meet, Sakaki found a large strange looking yellow cat floating around.
"Ch-chiyo-chan, is that your father," asked Sakaki.
"Ah, yes it is!" said Chiyo.
Chiyo ran to her father. Her father dropped the big plush toy he was holding and hugged Chiyo. Sakaki had failed to see the person behind the incredibly big plush toy. Everyone except for Sakaki ran over to meet Chiyo's father.
"Ah Chiyo! Are these your friends and teachers?" asked Chiyo's father.
"Ah yes! Let me introduce them to you!" said Chiyo, "This is Tomo-san, Yomi-san, Osaka-san, Kagura-san, Yukari-sensei, and Kurosawa-sensei. Wait, we're missing somebody! Sakaki-san!"
Sakaki was standing far away from the rest of the group, her mouth hanging out and her eyes without pupils, not moving. Everyone ran over to Sakaki.
"And um… this is Sakaki-san," said Chiyo.
At Chiyo's house, Chiyo's father gave Chiyo the plush toy that Sakaki thought was Chiyo's father. He said that he would be staying for three days only, so he decided to give Chiyo a gift.
"Wow! It's so big! It's like a bigger version of the one Osaka-san gave me!" exclaimed a happy Chiyo.
Sakaki was sitting on the couch, lifeless. Kagura kept on asking Sakaki if she was all right. Sakaki's belief that the yellow cat was Chiyo's father was gone.
When it was time to go to sleep, Sakaki started dreaming almost immediately.
"Wh-where am I?" wondered Sakaki.
"You are here," said the yellow cat, suddenly appearing.
"Wh-who are you really?" asked Sakaki.
"I am Chiyo-chichi… Chiyo's father."
"But I saw! You aren't her…"
"You don't think I'm Chiyo's father?" shouted Chiyo-chichi angrily, "You didn't think I was a real cat, and now you don't think I'm Chiyo's real father?"
Chiyo-chichi started turning different colors. After a while, the color changing stopped at red, and Chiyo-chichi began to shake violently. Suddenly, a small quake occurred.
"Ah! What going on? I saw! I saw Chiyo's real father!"
Chiyo-chichi stopped shaking. He turned back to his original color. The quake stopped.
"To put it simply, the person you saw was actually me in a costume."
"Oh…. Then why'd you have to…"
"Just wake up already! It's morning… I think."
Sakaki woke up. She believed everything from her dream was true. Sakaki went downstairs. Chiyo and Daisuke were already awake.
"Sakaki-san! Good morning!" said Chiyo.
"Um, good morning," said Sakaki, "Um, can I take your dog out for a walk?"
"Ah! Sure!" Chiyo said happily.
Walking with Tadakichi, Sakaki started thinking about the dream she had.
"So Chiyo-chihi really is Chiyo's dad," said Sakaki, "But then why did he have to wear a disguise? I wonder…"
Sakaki saw a little kitten. She went over to it. About to touch it, Sakaki hesitated, but then decided to. The kitten ran off. Sakaki was somewhat sad, but decided to get over it now that she had Mayaa. However, the kitten came back with a large cat.
"Is that you dad?" asked Sakaki.
The larger cat jumped up and started scratching Sakaki's face. It then bit Sakaki's hand. The cat and kitten ran off. Sakaki went back.
"Ah! Sakaki-san's face is covered in blood!" screamed Chiyo, running around panicking.
"Okay, okay, since you've annoyed me enough, I've decided to let you go to America," said Kaorin's mother.
"Yes!"
"You're going with your father though."
"What? Why?"
"Just because!"
"Oh well, as long as I get to see Sakaki-san…"
"Your flight is three weeks from now."
"What? Why?"
"Because a lot of people seem to be going to Los Angeles this year, so I couldn't get an earlier day."
"Oh well, as long as I get to see Sakaki-san…"
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing."
Sakaki and the others would be leaving two weeks and three days from the day they arrived…