Yes, 'tis.. chapter 2! I have been motivated to write this really quickly. I'm checking it and everything, don't worry... by the way, I know this is off-topic, but I know my Animal Crossing one-shot contains a few mistakes. That's the result of the spacebar frequently acting up and being a whore, and so that's why I've been reading over these things a lot. My Hamtaro fanfiction might sound different from the writing style I have now because I had been writing it in the beginning of the year, became unmotivated, halted it for a while, and then continued it again. So yes. That fic gets kind of weird in some parts, but anyways, back to this one. You won't have to worry about me getting unmotivated for this one. But... in order to make that SURE not to happen... Bizz needs reviews. Lots and lots of reviews. Mwhahaha. Read now, because Bizz knows where you live. Smacked
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Chapter 2- New Friends, New Feelings
Natsumi sweatdropped. "Well, sort of, I was exploring when I lost track of where my house was. I'm... sort of new here."
"Haha, it's okay," The girl replied, "This kind of thing happens a lot. Even sometimes to people who know the city better. This place is a little confusing, after all. I can help you if you want."
"Well, uh, do you know where 'Green Street' is?" Natsumi asked, "I only need to know that much, after that I think I can find my house."
"Well," The girl answered, "All you do is walk down there, and take a left," She said, pointing in the direction left of the clothing store. "Then you walk down there and you should be able to find your way after that."
"Oh, thanks. I kind of thought so..."
The girl laughed. "Mind telling me your name?" She asked.
"Oh, I'm Natsumi."
"Ah, that's a cool name. I'm Emi."
"That's a cool name too... Emi."
Emi laughed again a little bit, and then looked at the PiX on Natsumi's shoulders, who, noticing that Emi was looking right at her, tried to hide her face. Emi blinked in curiosity. "Who's this? She's so cute!"
"Oh, this is... erm... Violet," Natsumi said, finding use of the PiX's newly thought-up nickname.
"Violet, huh? Aww, she's just SO CUTE!" Emi gave the blushing PiX a hug, and then started rummaging in her own purse that she had been carrying along with the bag she dropped when she and Natsumi bumped into each other. She pulled out a pen, and then a few seconds later, a slip of paper. She clicked the pen open and wrote her phone number on the slip of paper. She then handed it to Natsumi. "Here. You said you were new, so maybe we can become friends and hang out sometime," She said, smiling. "Maybe you can even meet my other friends sometime, too. I'm sure that they would think you are pretty awesome." She put the pen back in her purse. Natsumi then told Emi to wait for a second, and took out her own pen and a sheet of paper out as well. Natsumi wrote her cell phone number down on a corner of the paper and then ripped that corner off, folded it, and handed it to Emi. "We don't have a home phone at the moment," Natsumi said, "But me and my mom both have cell phones, so here's my cell phone number."
Emi smiled again, then said, "I have to go, but it was nice meeting you, Natsumi!"
"Same with you, Emi!" Natsumi replied back as Emi started to continue her walk down the sidewalk. The sidewalk next to the random clothing store... Natsumi would forever think of it as a 'place to remember'. Natsumi sighed happily at the thought of yet another new friend in this strange, new city. She then continued her walk in the other direction back to her house, remember what directions Emi told her to go in. As she started to approach her house, she suddenly said, "Well, Violet, now you can see my home. There's still a lot of boxes scattered everywhere, from the move and all, but it's a pretty large home. You see, our family is... fairly rich, so, it's kinda what makes things easier." She took a house key out her purse and unlocked the door, then opened it. The living room was one of the largest rooms of the house, along with the dining room and the spare room next to Natsumi's bedroom. As Natsumi had mentioned, there were still many moving boxes along by the walls, some empty, but most were still left full. Natsumi's cards and things were also still scattered about on the floor. "As you can see, we're still getting things set up and all. And the things on the floor... pay them no mind, I'll just pick them up later." She lifted the PiX off of her shoulders, and set her on the floor. "PiX is fascinated!" She replied, looking around, "I'm in a human's home!" Her fascination and wonderment had her all of a sudden talking in first person, but it wore off quickly. "So, what will Natsumi do now?" She asked.
"Well, I think I'm going to have you stay in my room... so I'm going to show you where it is and everything." Natsumi led the PiX down a hallway to a door with a sign on it that read "You are now entering my tent", something that she had recieved from her friend Moe as a birthday present. It wasn't the only present she had recieved from her, but it was one of her favorites. She opened the door, and most of her furniture had already been moved in there, but the room was still a bit bare, as her walls, which were light purple (and painted as a request), were still lacking her hanging shelves and colorful posters. "So, remember, whenever my mom comes home, you are to hide in my closet right here." She gestered to a door next to her large dresser, and then walked up and opened it. The closet was fairly roomy, even if it were to have all of Natsumi's things in it. "She's never home for too long, and if she ever is then I'll check on you frequently, so don't worry about getting too lonely or anything." She smiled. "So, until you find a way to get back to your home planet, you can stay here if you want."
"Once again, PiX wants to say that she is grateful to Natsumi..." The PiX replied, hugging Natsumi again. It was clear that the two were about to become great friends.
As the two remained in Natsumi's room, all the while talking to each other about where they both came from, it had started to get late. The dinner that they had both had while they conversed were two mini pizzas that Natsumi had microwaved for them, and noticed that the PiX really had a liking for pizza. Natsumi glanced at her clock later on, finding out it was already 8:30 at night. "Well, PiX, I have to take a shower. If my mom comes home or anything, remember what I told you." PiX nodded, and so, Natsumi then set her purse on her dresser and walked off down the hallway to where the bathroom was. The curious PiX noticed a book sitting on the dresser next to Natsumi's purse. She attempted to reach it- what with being kind of small and all- and succeeded. The book was titled, "A Tree of Rememberance." PiX decided to read it, and as she was getting into the book, she heard the door of the bathroom open, and Natsumi walking out. She had sleeping pajamas on, a loose, light purple gown, and pink shorts underneath, ansd had also brushed her teeth for the night. She came into the room and noticed the PiX reading her book. "Oh, so you like reading, eh?" Natsumi asked, smiling. "Do you like that book?"
"Yes, and yeah, PiX thinks it is really good..." The PiX replied, smiling back.
"Well, I think we should get to sleep soon. I know it's only a little after 9pm, but I'm getting really tired. However... would you mind sleeping under my bed, just in case my mom comes back in the middle of the night and checks my room? Since you're small enough, you'll have a lot of room under there. I have a couple of sleeping bags and a small pillow that's perfect for your size that you can use."
"Oh, okay. Violet the PiX will accept."
"All right." Even though it took a few minutes, Natsumi moved her bed to set up the PiX's bed, and then moved it back to it's original spot. "There, all set. You're lucky my bed is tall, too." Natsumi laughed, and then noticed that the house's air conditioner turned on, meaning that her mom had turned it on before she left. No wonder the house was so cool, and yet, Natsumi liked it that way, anyway. As they both got into their beds, they both said good night to each other, and Natsumi switched her lamp off, which was on a small stand right next to her bed.
Natsumi had dreamt that night. In her dream, she was standing in the middle of a forest, and was lost. But, for some reason, a giant bird let Natsumi ride on it, and the bird flew her to different towns, forests, countries. Not exactly understanding what was happening, another giant bird came and started to attack the one that Natsumi was riding on. It became like a creature battle in some strange anime. The evil bird that was attacking Natsumi's bird could breathe fire, while the other one could breathe ice. Natsumi then woke up to the sound of her ringtone, which was the DDR song 'MoboMoga', and, since her cell phone was right next to her lamp where she had set it just in case someone called her, she answered. It was 8:30 in the morning, which was only about a half hour before the time Natsumi usually woke up in the morning. "Yeah?" She asked.
"Hey. Did I wake you?" Replied the voice on the other line. Natsumi recognized this voice. It was Emi. "Oh, Emi, hi! No, it's okay, I usually wake up around this time."
"Oh, that's good," Emi replied with relief, "It's just, me and a few friends are going down to one of the city's arcades later today and was wondering if you could join us. It's a great oppritunity to meet new people, you know!"
"Oh, I would love to," Natsumi answered, "What time are you going?"
"We were planning on going there around 10am. If you want, we can meet at the clothes store you met me at, if you can remember where it is. We're deciding to walk today, instead of driving. Y'know, for a little exercise. Does that sound okay to you?"
"All right, that sounds good," Natsumi agreed, "And I think I remember, so I'll see you there. But, wait, would it be all right if I brught Violet with me?"
"Oh, it's okay, you can. We'll be meeting you there around 9:45."
"All right."
Emi then hung up. Natsumi got out of bed and noticed that the PiX was still sleeping. She didn't want to leave her alone, so Natsumi attempted to wake the PiX up by getting down to the floor and gently nudging her. "Hey, PiX, time to get up!" She said quietly.
The PiX stirred, then blinked her eyes open. "Wow... PiX had a nice dream..." She then turned to her other side to look at Natsumi. "Oh, good morning, Natsumi."
"Good morning, Violet. Emi just called me. She wants us to meet her and one of her friends at one of the arcades here today. Do you want to come with me?"
"Is it okay with Emi?" PiX asked, rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah, I asked her, and she says it's okay. We have to meet her at 9:45am, though, at the one clothes store that we first met her at."
"Okay. PiX will get ready with Natsumi, then."
"All right." Natsumi felt a little happier. She knew that this was going to be the start of a very fun day.
-End of chapter 2-