22nd December 2006
"Ohayo Opacho!" Macchi yelled cheerfully as she came into Opacho's room.
Opacho startled and opened her eyes. She rubbed her eyes and looked to the clock.
"Macchi… It's still 7! Let me sleep…" she muttered and pulled the blanket until her neck.
"Nah! I won't let you!" Macchi pulled the blanket from Opacho.
"Macchiiii….." Opacho protested.
"Get up! Today is your Daisy Day!!! Don't you remember?"
Opacho stared at her boringly, and laid her head onto the pillow again.
"Opacho don't want to come. Opacho want to stay at home…"
Macchi blinked. "What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing…" Opacho muttered.
It just because…
-Flashback-
Opacho sat on her seat in the class, chatted with her other friends. And then someone came toward her.
"Hey, Opacho." That little girl said sweetly.
"Hey, Miku." Opacho said back and gave a little smile.
Truth to be told, Miku is the last person that Opacho wants to meet. To Opacho, Miku is such an annoying little girl behind her smile and nice attitude. She always tells Opacho about her parents, presents that she got from her parents, and so on. It enough to made Opacho annoyed. Beside that, Miku is a nice and friendly little girl.
"You know what? I'll give a bouquet of flowers to my mom and dad. And I'll play the piano for them at talent show. How about you Opacho?"
Opacho just smiled. "So am I. But I'm not play the piano like you, Miku."
"Oh, really? I'll wear an angel costume! You know? Silk gown, with a little lace here and there, then cute shoes! My mom bought that for me! And my dad will bring his video camera to record me!"
Miku continued to blabbing about that. Opacho felt a single tear dropped from her eyes.
"Stop it…"
"And they will-- what did you say? I don't hear that."
"I SAID, STOP IT!!!" Opacho lost control.
"Why? Did Miku make a mistake?" Miku asked innocently. Opacho's friends just sighed.
"Yes, you DID! Stop your stupid story about your parents! I'M SICK OF THAT!" Miku blinked, didn't have any idea about what she just did.
"But I think that I don't have any mistake, Opacho. What's wrong with you?" Miku asked.
"Oh, yeah. You have no MISTAKE! YOU NEVER WRONG! YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THAT I DON'T! YOU HAVE PARENTS THAT CARE OF YOU! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, MIKU???" Opacho started shouting.
And she cried.
Miku blinked.
A student called a teacher because they were really scared.
"What happened here?" a teacher named Yuuko asked and looked at Opacho and Miku.
Opacho bent her head down, covered her face with her both palms, and sobbing.
"Miku. Can you explain this?" Yuuko asked. All kids circled them.
Miku shook her head. "I don't know sensei. She cried and shouted at me when I tell about my parents."
Yuuko sighed. She knew the truth since Opacho entered that elementary school that Opacho doesn't have parents.
"It's okay, Opacho. Don't cry…" she hugged her and patted her head.
-Ends of Flashback-
"Opacho? Hello… I'm talking to you…"
Opacho blinked. "Oh… gomen. Okay, I'll go."
Macchi grinned. "Great! Now, take a shower!"
After took a shower, Macchi dragged Opacho to Mari's room.
"Mari! Do your job!" Mari nodded.
Mari took a hair dryer and dried Opacho's wet hair.
"Wait! What are you two planning?"
"Just sit down!" Macchi commanded. Opacho kept silent.
Opacho's hair grew longer since 5 years ago. Her curly-almost-frizzy hair has reached her shoulder, and her bangs covered her forehead. Mari combed her hair carefully.
"Let it be, I think…" Mari muttered.
Mari wore her orange band on Opacho's head. She gave Opacho a soft orange simple dress, with lace at the end of her dress. That dress like Mari's but different color.
"Aww…!!! Kawaii!!!" Macchi hugged her. Opacho blinked. "Really?" Mari and Macchi nodded.
Kanna came into that room and blinked. "Wow…" she said.
"Just 'wow'?" Macchi asked.
"She is so kawaii!!!" Kanna commented.
"Thanks." Opacho blushed.
"By the way, it almost 10, you know?"
"NANI???"
Finally they reached Funbari Elementary School at 12 pm because of traffic jam here and there, that full already with kids and their parents.
"Opacho!" someone called.
Opacho looked, and found Yuuko called her.
"Come on. It almost starts in 5 minutes! And Opacho's sisters, you could take your seat in the hall.
That event started with a choir from the first, second, and third grades students. Then the talent show of students from sixth grade began. At Opacho's turn, she sang a short song. (Don't know what the song is. I don't have any idea. XD LOL!)
That talent show took a long time until 7 pm.
And then, they gave the flower to their parents. Opacho gave daisies to Mari, Macchi and Kanna. They hugged her. Opacho looked to Miku. She hugged by her parents. Opacho just sighed.
"Now, let hear the choir from the students of sixth grade!" the MC said with her microphone.
"Uh, gotta go. If Luchist comes, please give this daisy to him." Opacho handed another daisy to Macchi. She nodded.
Opacho ran to the backstage, so did the other kids. The parents back to their seat.
"Mari's wonder…" Mari said.
"You wonder about what?" Macchi asked.
"Mari saw Opacho brought 5 daisies. We and Luchist get one daisy. So, for who is the last daisy?"
"Really?" Mari nodded.
"I don't have any idea." Kanna said.
"Me neither." Macchi said then.
The choir began. Mari kept thinking.
'Is that daisy… for Hao-sama? Is Opacho expecting Hao-sama to come? Wait, Yoh-sama said that he'll come… but how? All that Mari knows that Hao-sama just reincarnating in 500 years once…'
The choir ended, and Opacho back to their seat.
"After this, the father-daughter dance will begin." Opacho muttered.
"Um… I'll go to toilet for a minute. Yuuko sensei said that you can eat at the food corner over there. Ja ne!" Opacho ran away.
Mari looked at her. Macchi and Kanna had reached the food corner already.
"Yay! Food!" Macchi said.
Actually, Opacho didn't go to toilet. She went to school backyard and sat below a sakura tree. Because it was winter, so that tree didn't have its petals anymore.
"Achoo!" she sneezed. She looked upward.
"Full moon…and stars! Wow… beautiful." She talked to herself.
"Stars… Hao-sama likes to stargazing. If Hao-sama is here…" Opacho sighed.
And her eyes caught a shooting star. "Shooting star!" she closed her eyes and make a wish. 'I wish that I can meet Hao-sama, even if just a minute…'
-Flashback-
"What are you doing, Hao-sama?" 5 years old Opacho asked her master.
"Stargazing…" Hao answered. Then there was a shooting star. Opacho lifted her hands cheerfully. "Hao-sama! Shooting star!!!"
Hao smiled. "Why don't you make a wish then?"
Opacho nodded. "Opacho wish that Hao-sama will become a shaman king!" Opacho said it clearly. Hao laughed.
"Thanks Opacho."
-Ends of Flashback-
A single tear fell across her cheek. She wiped it. "Baka! Hao-sama won't come. Never." She scolded herself. Opacho yawned. She felt sleepy after so many events before. And she fell asleep below the tree.
Mari was getting worried about Opacho because she didn't come back after a half hour.
"Mari will search Opacho." Then she ran away.
"Yeah." Macchi answered as she stuffed another food into her mouth.
"Yuuko sensei, did you see Opacho?"
"Um… I saw she walked to backyard a half hour ago."
"Thanks." Then she ran toward backyard. Yuuko frowned.
"He is come… I can feel it…" Anna said before sipping her green tea.
"Yeah, so am I." Yoh nodded.
Mari reached the backyard and tried to catch a breath. She saw Opacho slept below the tree with a daisy in her hand. When she almost called her, her eyes widened when she looked a figure beside Opacho. Mari gasped.
She made no motion. She just watched it behind the wall. She saw it so clearly. It was real.
It was Hao.
Opacho rubbed her eyes and opened her eyes slowly.
Her eyes widened. "Hao-sama??" she said in disbelief.
Hao smiled.
"Am I dreaming?" she pinched her hand. "Ow! It hurts! I'm not dreaming!"
"Hao-sama… is really come…" a tear fell down. She wiped it as fast as she could. But it just made her tears fell even more.
"Opacho think that Hao-sama won't here for a long time. So, let me tell Hao-sama something…" Hao nodded.
"So-sorry about Opacho's betrayal… Opacho left Hao-sama that time… and… and then, Yoh-sama… killed Hao-sama…" she wiped her tears.
Hao just shook his head.
Mari, behind the wall, felt her tears fell down too. She covered her mouth.
"T-thank you for… picked me when I was a worthless baby… and… Opacho feel like have a family, because of Hao-sama…"
Hao's smile saddened.
Opacho gave the daisy. "It's for Hao-sama." Hao took it.
"Just one thing. Was Hao-sama carrying Opacho to the bed at that stormy night when Opacho asleep?"
Hao said nothing but nodded.
"C-can… Opacho hug Hao-sama…for the last time?"
He nodded again.
Opacho hugged him. She grew a little taller than 5 years ago, but Hao still in same height.
"Thank you… Hao-sama…"
And he disappeared off Opacho's hug. He has gone.
"He has gone…" Anna muttered.
Yoh nodded and looked at the stars. "Yeah… he has gone… he fulfilled his promise…" he smiled to Anna. Anna just gave a small smile.
Mari covered her face. She cried.
Opacho looked at the stars. She cried again, but she smiled. "Sayonara, Hao-sama…"
-OWARI-
Na-chan: huwaa… 4 pages! Phew…Opacho is kinda emo… Sorry if she is OOC… Hope you like it! Please review!