Azumanga Daioh does not belong to me it belongs to Kiyohiko Azuma

Azumanga Christmas Tales

By Tuxedodude

Chiyo's Tale

Chiyo went into her room and sat on her bed. "What can I get her." she thought. At first she thought it would be easy to get Kagura a present. But the more she thought about it, the more difficult it got. "May I can get her some handweights." she shook her head. "She probably already has a set."

She turned to Mr. Tadakichi who was just lying down on the floor. "What do you think Mr. Tadakichi, do you think I could find a good gift for Kagura.?"

The dog just barked as if to say yes. Chiyo closed her eyes and smiled. "Thank you." She got up headed for the door. "Well I'm off to look for something for Miss Kagura."

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The store was full of people buying Christmas gifts. Chiyo could barley walk around let alone look for a gift. "There must be a lot of Christmas parties going on tonight." she thought.

Chiyo walked up to the perfume counter. "Well maybe she could use a bottle of perfume."

Chiyo's Thoughts...

Chiyo, I'm on the swim team, this stuff is gonna wash off, this is a terrible present.

Back to Reality...

Chiyo just sighed. Then she noticed some earrings that looked like dolphins. "Oh yeah that may work, Miss Kagura swims like a dolphin... but I don't think I've ever seen her wearing jewelry." she started to think. "In fact now that I recall..."

FLASHBACK... Last year

Everyone was at the mall. Tomo was excited because she had decided to get her ears pierced. "Hey Kagura, why don'tcha come with me, that way we could do it together."

Kagura just shook her head. "No thanks, I just don't believe in wearing Jewelry or makeup or all that stuff, it makes you look to girly."

Tomo just stared at her with a blank look. "Hello, your a girl."

"Forget it Tomo. I'm not going." Tomo just scratched her head. "But what if someone ever gave you a pair of earrings someday."

"THEN I WOULD STICK IT IN THEIR EYES!!!!!!!"

FLASHBACK ENDED VERY QUICKLY...

"No." Chiyo said as she quickly placed the earrings back.

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Time had passed and Chiyo could still not find a suitable gift for Kagura. "I'm sooooo tired." she thought. "I guess I'll go home and sleep on it, the party isn't until tomorrow anyway."

Chiyo waited at the bus stop and gave such a big yawn that it would've made Tomo proud. A bus drove up and the half asleep Chiyo got on it. She went to a seat and fell into a deep sleep.

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More time passed as the bus finally came to a stop. Chiyo was still in her seat sleeping away. "We're Here." The bus driver said. Everyone started to get off the bus.

The driver noticed Chiyo asleep and walked up to her. "Little girl...little girl?" he shook her.

Chiyo woke up and rubbed her eyes. "Did I miss my stop." The driver smiled. "Nope we've reached our destination." Chiyo just kept rubbing her eyes as she got up and left the bus.

Still half asleep she sat down at a nearby bench. She lightly started to slap her face so she could wake up. Everything started to come into focus "Wait a minute, nothing here looks familiar." It was then that she noticed a sign. "Welcome To...OSAKA?!"

She quickly looked at the bus. "That's not a city bus, oh no I accidentally got on a charter bus." She quickly got up and headed for the bus, but it took off before she could reach it.

She sighed as she saw the bus drive away. "I guess I'll just call home so they can..." She looked around for her bag but couldn't find it. "Great I must have left it on the bus, my cell was in it as well as all my money."

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Chiyo noticed a policeman nearby. "LUCKY!!!!" she thought as she quickly ran to him. "Officer I need your help, I accidentally got a charter bus in Tokyo and it bought me all the way here but before I could reach the driver to tell him he drove off." Tears started to form in her eyes. "And to make things worse I left my bag in the bus, and it had my cell phone and money in it."

The officer just stared at her. "Aren't ya a little 'darlin." The officer patted her on the head. Chiyo was confused. "Are you not going to help me?"

The Officer just smiled. "Why sure I will, just as soon as I'm on duty."

"Excuse me?" said a bewildered Chiyo.

"I never do any police work when I'm not on duty." he answered.

"Fine." Chiyo said as she sighed. "When do you get back on duty."

"Tomorrow, I just got off duty five minutes ago." Chiyo just stared at him with button eyes. "Boy ya are a cute one." the officer said.

"Just shut up and tell me where the police station is." demanded Chiyo.

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"Hey there little 'darlin, what can I do yer fer." said the Sergeant on the desk.

Chiyo just sighed once again. "My name is Chiyo Mihama and I'm from Tokyo, I accidentally got on a charter bus and ended up here."

The Sergeant just stared at her. "Well what da ya know...we got another one.."

"Another one?" Chiyo asked confusingly.

"Yeah ya see, every year we get people from Tokyo who get so exausted Christmas shopping they always get on the wrong bus and end up here." he replied.

"Oh I see." Chiyo said a little embarrassed.

"But don't cha worry, we always have a special van to take ya all back to Tokyo."

Chiyo got a big smile on her face. At least shill be able to get to Osaka's party after all.

"Yes indeed." the Sergeant continued. "We'll just put you in a motel and send ya back on Friday."

Chiyo froze. "Friday?...That's two days from now." The Sergeant just patted her on the head. "Well sorry little 'darling, but todays van left for the day and wont be back until Friday, due to the fact the driver was invited to a Christmas Party at her sisters house tomorrow."

"Can I borrow a phone." Chiyo asked. "Sorry but all the phone lines are down, seems someone decided to use one of the phone poles for firewood thinking it was a tree."

"Cell phone then?" she asked. "Nope, it won't work, for some reason the cell phones don't seem to work this time of year." Chiyo gave up. "Fine just get me to the hotel." Chiyo became real sad, she was going to miss Osaka's Party.

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As she left the station to wait for the taxi to take her to the motel Chiyo noticed a little store next door. She looked in the window and saw it... a beautiful mountain bike. She always knew that Kagura wanted one. "It's just a shame I don't have any money to buy it." She went into the store and saw that it was packed with customers.

"Wow, this is too much people even for Christmas Shopping." She thought. "She walked over to the mountain bike and just stared at it. "Wow Miss Kaugura, you would really like this bike." Chiyo figured that whenever she got back to Tokyo she would tell her about it. Chiyo put her hand in her pocket and found some yen. "I guess I forgot about this." She counted it. "Well I guess it's enough to buy a cup of hot chocolate." She went to a counter a poured herself a cup of chocolate and made her way to the counter. The line was amazing. "Well I guess I guess that's the story of my day." she thought.

Chiyo's turn finally came up. The cashier charged her for the chocolate and Chiyo paid for it. Suddenly there was a huge siren and balloons and streams were flying all over the place. "Wh..what's going on." Asked a terrified Chiyo.

The cashier just smiled. "CONGRADUALTIONS!!!!!" she yelled. "You are out 10,000,000th customer." Chiyo was excited. "Well do I win something." The manager of the store walked of. "Yes, first of all you win a 2,000,000 yen (over $17,000 dollars). Plus any item you want in the entire store.

Chiyo starting to jump up and down like a little girl, of course she is a little girl to begin with.

Chiyo bought a ticket for a bus back to Tokyo as Kagura's new bike was loaded she realized one thing...

"This is the best goof up I ever made..."

TO BE CONTINUED

Up next...Sakaki's Tale

Hope you enjoyed it, well until the take care.

'TILL NEXT TIME