Fooly Cooly: Haruko's Revenge
Chapter 2: The Prodigal Daughter has Returned
Naota woke to a violent alarm clock sound, signaling for him to wake up. He slapped the top of the screeching alarm clock and rolled out of his comfortable bed. Naota walked into the kitchen of his house and saw Eri sitting at the kitchen table, sipping on her early morning coffee. He muttered a quick good morning to his wife as he passed her on his way to get him some coffee. While pouring his cup of coffee, he stared out the window to see his city of Mabase. Even though he used to resent the city as a younger man, Naota has grown to enjoy the quiet life of working in Mabase. Hell, a lot of things have changed since he was young. Ever since Medical Mechanica left, things have become more quiet in the little Japanese town. Plus, he even begun working at his father's old magazine after Kamon passed away. He did, however, change it from a tabloid magazine to a monthly Mabase-centered magazine. He sighed. Things have calmed down in his eyes.
Suddenly, there was a loud banging on the Nandaba's front door. Eri looked at Naota with a questioning look. He shrugged at her and walked to the door. Cautiously, he swung up the door and came face to face with an old man he hadn't seen in ages. The older man spoke up before Naota had a chance to realize what was happening. "Mr. Nandaba, do you remember who I am?". Naota looked the man up and down when he realized it was an old friend from his past. "Amarao, is that you?", he questioned. Amarao nodded and replied, "May I come in? I have urgent news." Naota nodded and opened the door to let Amarao in. Amarao walked into the living room and sat down on the big couch in the center of the room. Naota and Eri sat on the love seat next to the couch. Amarao cleared his throat and begun talking, "I'm going to be straight forward with you guys. Haruko is back and she is own her way to Mabase as we speak. I have sent my Lieutenant to her landing point and her group has strict orders to kill Haruko. We both know that capturing her is almost impossible. We have no idea of her intentions but she is probably headed to this house. Hopefully we are able to kill her when she lands. If we are unable to, you should arm yourselves with these pistols." He then slid his hand into his suit and pulled out a twin pair of Beretta Pistols.
They stare at the man as if he was speaking in a foreign language. Suddenly, Eri spoke up. "Nao, do you think this has something to do with your dream?", she asked. Amarao looked at Naota curiously. "What dream?" he asked. Naota looked at him and told him about his dreams. After hearing about Naota repeated dream, he finally spoke up, "This is bad. If I were you, I would protect that boy of yours with your life. Plus, if you haven't told Akio about Haruko yet, now is the time. Anyways, I have to leave. No telling what is going to happen later. Well, I suggest you guys get your stuff together and protect that boy." With that, Amarao stood up and walked out the door. Eri looked over to her husband and said, "You wake up Akio and I will get Canti."
Meanwhile, on the Outskirts of Mabase.
Kitsurubami watched the near noon sky closely as her squad set up their offensive positions. She knew that Haruko was bound to land here any moment. Suddenly, she saw a flying Vespa shooting toward their position. "There she is, team. Open fire!" she yelled as she pulled out her trademark anti-tank sniper rifle. Bullets began to fly toward the Vespa as the group of elite opened fire. The hail fire of bullets struck the flying girl and after a while the bright yellow Vespa exploded into a flash of bright lights. The group ceased fire and stare at the cloud of dark gray smoke above them. Suddenly, the yellow streak of light shot out of the cloud. It hit the ground with a thundering slam and when the bright light cleared, there was an empty Yellow Vespa.
The group looked around them in an attempt to find the alien girl. No matter where they looked, Haruko was nowhere to be found. Suddenly, she appear in front of a young agent of the B.I.I. "Howdy." Haruko said casually, as she headbutted the agent. She then flipped around to the agent's back and swung her double-necked guitar at the agent's spine, breaking it into two as he flew in the opposite direction. Kit noticed the fight as soon as her fellow agent was killed by Haruko. "There she is. Kill her!" She commanded. The elites pointed their weapons at Haruko when they opened fire. Haruko ran over and grabbed an agent, blocking the bullets with the agent's back. She then threw the agent at his former comrades. One elite caught his deceased comrade only to be whacked in the skull by Haruko's guitar, killing him instantly. Kitsurubami pointed her rifle at the alien girl. Before she could shoot Haruko, Haruko ran to her, snapped her rifle barrel into two, and headbutted Kitsurubami. Kit fell to the ground, unconscious.
Kitsurubami woke up in a daze minutes later. She groggily woke up to find her entire squad dead. She panicked and ran over to her deceased subordinates. All of them, killed. Not even anything she could do about. Tears began to form in her eyes when she noticed a small note on the body of her killed second-in-command. She picked up the note and read it. "Dear Kitty, sorry about the mess I left you to clean up. Just be thankful I left you alive. Oh, who am I kidding? I couldn't kill you. You may not know this but I always liked you. Anyway, I must bid you farewell. I am off to bag me a man. Love, Haruko Haruhara."
Meanwhile, back at the Nandaba Residence
"Canti, could you make us some lunch please?" Eri asked the Household Robot politely. Canti nodded his large, TV head and threw on his apron as he walked into the kitchen. Eri sighed and looked out the backdoor to her two favorite men throwing around a baseball.
Naota was always surprised by his son. For some reason, Akio was an outstanding child in all ways. He was amazing at baseball and school, something Nao was average at during his childhood, as well as other things. Naota began to step backwards away from his son. "Double Play,Akio." He told his son. Akio nodded and begun to back. Nao threw the ball up in the air towards his son in a pop-fly form. Akio stood underneath the falling baseball and waited for the ball to fall into his glove. As soon as the ball fell into the glove, he flipped the ball into his left hand and threw it full speed towards his father. Naota caught it without missing a beat. Naota dropped his glove and jogged over to his boy. Akio begun to the same towards his old man. Naota sat down on the grass next to his son. "Good job, Akio. You really are good at baseball. Maybe one day you could play in the big leagues like your uncle." Naota stated while swishing around his sons dark purple hair. "Maybe one day, Dad." Akio said, smiling. Naota chuckled and spoke up, "Listen son, there is something I have been meaning to tell you for many years now. It is about an old friend from my past." Akio asked curiously, "Is this about Aunt Mamimi?" Naota laughed and shook his head. "No," he stated, "This about an old friend named Haruko."
Naota told his son everything; Haruko, his dad, Canti, and even when Naota swung the bat. Akio stood there, shell shocked at his father's story. "That can't be true Dad." Akio said. Naota retorted, "Believe it son. Ask your mother." Akio could believe what he just heard. Suddenly, there was a knocking on the front door. Naota stood up and walked into the house when the knocking became louder and harder. Naota walked through the house and over to the door. When he opened the door, Naota noticed a young girl with familiar pink hair.
"Aloha, Takkun."
Hello again Reader. Miss Haruhara here. Well, I finally returned to good ole Mabase. Looks a lot of different. Well anyways, I gotta go. See ya. Next time on Fooly Cooly, Episode 3: Revenge of the Vespa Lady.