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Post by Pickle on Jan 10, 2008 19:58:40 GMT -5
No, it was probably just lost when it was forced to restart. Happened to be once a while back, which is why my very old story never had an ending. Bah!
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Post by Juxapose on Jan 13, 2008 0:15:37 GMT -5
Now I feel pretty stupid!
I found the half written third chapter, but it seemed that when I saved it, I gave it the wrong name. I was working on my 12th chapter of my 7th Fanfic Harvest Moon: Cure. But when I saved it, I found that there was already a file in my computer called "curech12" I was pretty confused, so I opened that file, and BOOM! There it was. Instead of calling it "giftch3", I named it "curech12". Because I was looking for a file called "giftch3", I couldn't find it. I must have been pretty tired to accidentally name it "curech12".
After I get the 12th chapter of Cure done, I'll work on finishing the 3rd chapter of Gift.
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Post by May on Jan 13, 2008 10:13:15 GMT -5
Strange...well, I hope to see the next chapter soon!
...*waits*...
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Post by Pickle on Jan 13, 2008 20:32:30 GMT -5
I've done that before.
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Post by Juxapose on Jan 16, 2008 18:15:58 GMT -5
Chapter 3 Spring 6, 2003After completing his daily work, Yuki walks into his home. As he opens the door, he sees Choco standing inside smiling at him. Yuki just stood there for a good minute staring at her in confusion. The way Choco stared at him gave Yuki a chill down his spine. “Hi daddy!” yelled Choco. “Hi there.” said Yuki with a slight nervous tone of voice. “Why are you just standing there like that? Shouldn't you be-”“Hi daddy!” yelled another voice that did not belong to Choco. Yuki turns around, and faces the direction where the second childish voice came from. Behind him, stands another child about 10 years old. This child was a boy. “Daddy is so funny!” said yet another voice coming from his left side. He turns his head to find another little girl with short hair. From his right, he felt another child pull on his shirt. He turns his face to the next child, and sees another boy. “Daddy, I'm hungry! Where's dinner!?” said the boy to his right. One by one, children were appearing in Yuki's farm. They all had large brown eyes, light brown thin straight hair, and smooth cheekbones, just like Yuki does. Within minutes, the whole farm was littered with hundreds of children all claiming that Yuki is their father. Yuki panics as he is pinned in a corner inside his house facing an army of little boys and girls all within the age of 5 and 15. They all smile as they say, “Please take care of us daddy!”Yuki yells to the top of his lungs as he jerks up from his bed. After taking several deep breaths, Yuki realizes that the whole event was just a bad dream. He sits up on his bed, and laughs as he says, “The whole thing was just a dream! Everything that happened yesterday was only a figment of my wild imagination. I don't have any kids, I'm just a single virgin who lives by himself.”“Daddy?” said Choco who woke up as soon as she heard her father yell. Yuki jumps up, and falls off his bed in shock. Choco looks down at Yuki as she says, “Daddy, are you OK? Did you have a bad dream?”“Ch. . . Ch. . . Choco! Why on earth were you sleeping on my bed?” asked Yuki. “There is only one bed in this house. Where else am I supposed to sleep?”“Oh, yeah. I forgot.” said Yuki as he stands up with a massive pain on his back that he got from falling. Yuki walks out of his bedroom with a tired look on his face. He checks the clock, and notices that it was 8:00 AM. Two hours later than he normally wakes up. He rubs his head in disbelief as he walks to the bathroom where he could wash his face. Choco follows him into the bathroom where she could also wash up for the day. After Yuki washed his face, he took his tooth bush and started brushing his teeth. Yuki has an odd and unique method when he brushes his teeth. When he stares into the mirror, he makes a very serious face, and sweeps his teeth from side to side. After Choco dried off her face, she grabs Yuki's spare tooth brush, and starts brushing her own teeth. Yuki was about to tell her not to use his spare, but he became speechless at what he saw. Choco was also brushing her teeth in the same exact manner as Yuki always had. As she stares into the mirror, she makes a very serious face, and sweeps her teeth from side to side. Even after Yuki pauses, she continues to brush her teeth in that manner. The way she brushes is not an imitation, rather it seems to Yuki that she has been brushing this way for a long time. “No way! She brushes the same exact way that I do.” thought Yuki. “Could it be possible that she really is. . .” He then slaps himself in the cheek, “What am I thinking? This may be just a coincidence. Keep it together Yuki, you'll find out the truth soon enough!”After they've freshened themselves up, Yuki heads over to his telephone and starts dialing a number from Mineral Town. A gruff and grouchy man answers the phone, he was not pleased that Yuki called at such an early hour. “Hello, Gotz! It's me, Yuki from the Forget-Me-Not Valley Farm. . . Yes, I know it's early, but I have a job for you. . . I need another bedroom built in my house. . . Three days? Yes, that's fine. . . How much? . . . Okay fine, I got it. . . What do I need an extra bedroom for? Mind your own business, and just do the job!” Yuki hangs up the phone, and thinks for a moment. “Damn, this will cost me a fortune! But it has to be done if she's going to be staying here or a while.”Yuki heads over to his room, and starts packing some things. Choco follows him, and got curious about what he was doing. “Daddy, what's going on? Where are you going?”“We are going to stay at the inn for a couple of nights. A man will come today, and make a bedroom for you to sleep in. But he needs to do his work in peace, so we're going to leave the house in his care.” Yuki zips up his backpack full of clothing, and takes Choco to the inn. Since she never brought any possessions with her, there was nothing to pack for her. After checking in, Yuki decides to have breakfast at the inn. Ruby, the owner of the inn brings out some pancakes for them to enjoy, along with some maple and chocolate syrup. Yuki always enjoy his pancakes with chocolate syrup rather than maple. But when he reaches out to grab the bottle of chocolate syrup, Choco had already grabbed it and started using it on her own stack. Yuki became stunned by this discovery. “She eats pancakes the same way I do too?” thought Yuki. “I thought that she likes chocolate because she was a kid. But she's a chocolate lover too? This can't be! How can she have the same likes and habits that I do?” After breakfast, Yuki and Choco headed over to their room. Choco bounced on her bed playfully, while Yuki prepared all his tools. He checked his clock, it was already 10:00 AM. He usually starts working on the farm at 7:00 AM, and takes it easy for the rest of the day. After he was fully prepared to work, he puts on his rucksack, and starts to leave. Choco ran up to him, and grabbed his shirt. “Daddy, where are you going?” asked Choco. “Where do you think? I need to go back to the farm, and take care of the animals and crops. I'm not on vacation you know.”“But Daddy. . . If you go, I'll be so bored. . .” complained Choco “Just be a good girl, and wait here. I'll be back later.” Yuki then leaves Choco by herself in the room. She takes a deep sigh, and looks around. There isn't anything in the room other than a few beds and some furniture, nothing to keep a ten year old child entertained for the day. She sat on the bed playing with her fingers and toes waiting patiently for her father to return. But no matter how hard she tries, she ends up getting bored to tears anyway. After waiting for four hours, Choco fell asleep on the bed until Yuki returns. It was 6:00 PM when Yuki finally arrives at the inn, Choco wakes up and jumps out of bed to give Yuki a big hug. “Daddy, you're finally back! I'm glad, I was so bored! Now you can play with me!”“Sorry, I can't.” said Yuki. “I'm too tired and dirty to play right now.”Choco tilts her head down, and makes little whining sounds. Yuki goes over to his backpack, and starts pulling out two bowls, and some toiletries. In each bowl, he adds one bar of soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, towel, shampoo, and conditioner. He then hands one of he bowl to Choco. “Come on, let's go take a bath.” said Yuki. Choco hums a happy tune as they walk over to the bathing rooms. The inn has their own bath tubs for the guests to use freely. They are much similar to Japanese public baths, but much smaller. Yuki walks into the men's bathing room, and sighs in relief. “Umm. . .Yuki. . .” said Rock, the son of the owners of the inn. “Yes Rock. What's up?”Rock points at Choco who followed Yuki into the men's bath. She already started taking off her clothes to bathe. Yuki freaks out, and screams. He dresses Choco again, and pulls her out of the men's bathing room as quickly as he could. “Choco! What do you think you were doing!?”“But I thought you said we're going to take a bath?” asked Choco. “I didn't mean together! You're a girl! Go to the women's bath!”“Aww, but I wanna take a bath with daddy!”“I said no! And I mean no! You're old enough to bathe on your own!”Yuki's constant yelling was making Choco upset. Soon enough, tears were developing in her eyes, and she starts crying. All the other guests were coming out of their rooms to see what was going on. Yuki starts to feel embarrassed. So he tries to calm Choco down, but she couldn't hear him over her own crying. Yuki quickly runs back into his room, and grabs a chocolate bar. He goes back to Choco, and places the chocolate in her hands which quickly stops her crying. “Sorry about yelling, I was just a little upset. Now be a good girl, and go to the women's bath okay?” said Yuki as he rubs Choco on the head. Choco nods, and went over to the women's bath right next to the men's bath. Yuki went into the men's bath. After cleaning himself up, he sits in the warm bath to try and relax his nerves. It has only been less than 48 hours since Choco came to live with him, but he already feels stressed about having a child living with him. It wasn't long until Choco starts to beat against the wall that divides the men's bath from the women's bath. “Daddy! I'm bored! Will you please tell me a story?” said Choco from the women's bath. “I'm trying to relax here! Why don't you talk to someone else who is in there?” complained Yuki. “But nobody else is in here but this one guy.” said Choco. “Who are you calling a guy!?” yelled Nami. “I'm a woman!”Yuki turns red in embarrassment. All he could hear from the women's bath was Nami yelling about how chest size does not make her any less of a woman than any other girl. Even though he tried his best to relax, Choco and Nami discussing the difference between a man and a woman was making him feel uneasy. Spring 8, 2003The third day that Gotz is working on Yuki's house. Soon, Yuki can return to his home. So in the morning, Yuki packs his tools to work on the farm, and tries to leave. But Choco is not going to let him leave that easily. As he opens the door, Choco grabs his shirt, and tries to pull him back in. “Choco! What are you doing?! Let me go!”“NO!” yelled Choco. “You always leave me here all alone! I get so bored when you're not here, so stay with me! You're gone all day, and I have nothing to do!”Yuki yanks his shirt away from her. Then he picks her up, and places her on the bed where he can have a serious talk with her. “Now listen to me. I need to work every day to make money. Without money, I can't afford to live here in Forget-Me-Not Valley. If you want, I'll show you around the valley when I get back, and then you can find stuff to do on your own. Is that a deal?”Choco nods sadly. Yuki then grabs his tools again, and leaves. As he closes the door behind him, he sighs letting out a mountain of stress. He knows that he needs to work, but he feels bad about leaving her in the room all alone. “Hi there!” yelled Van popping in at the scene, surprising Yuki who was lost in thought. Van is a heavily obese salesman who travels between many villages buying and selling goods between them. Although fairly friendly, he does take advantage of any situation in order to make a living. Some people says he's a godsend. Others think he's a scam artist. “Van! I forgot that you come to the valley today.” Van smiles as he says, “A little birdie told me that you have a kid! Is this true?”“Not sure.” said Yuki trying to figure out who's been gossiping over the phone. “I am not 100% sure if the kid is mine or not.”“You look like you've been through a lot! Are you okay?” said Van showing a false sense of sympathy. “She's always bored. She came here with no possessions other than the clothing on her back. She wants me to play with her 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's too much for me to handle.”“I have just the thing for you!” yelled Van taking advantage of Yuki's stress. He opens up his huge bag of random goods, and starts to pile stuff on Yuki's arms. “We have a drawing pad for the little artists, crayons, a ball, a toy car, building blocks. . . And last but not least, since it's obviously a girl, I have a little stuffed horse to stimulate the imagination!”Yuki could barely balance all the toys in his arms. He never really planned to buy anything, but considering that Choco needs to be constantly entertained, “Fine I'll take them. How much do you want.”Van pulls out a calculator, and starts punching in a bunch of numbers. “The bill will come out to this.” said Van while showing him the total. Yuki was shocked at the number. “What! You want that much!? That's a whole two weeks' worth of work!”“Hey, I never said that raising kids was going to be cheap!” said Van. Yuki didn't have much of a choice. He throws Van his wallet, even though Van loves money, he is an honest businessman. “Thanks for the business!” he said as he gives Yuki back his wallet after removing the sum. Yuki went back into the room, and dumps the toys on the floor. “What is all this stuff?” asked Choco. “What do they look like?” answered Yuki. “They are toys to keep you busy while I am out.”Choco grabs one of the building blocks, and makes a pretty annoyed face. “Daddy, these toys are for little kids!”“Umm. . . Last time I checked, you are a little kid.” said Yuki. “But-”“No buts! I paid good money for these, so I expect you to make good use for them!”Choco nods. After Yuki leaves, she starts to rummage through the pile of toys to see if anything would suit her. The first thing she grabs is the drawing pad and crayons. She tries her best to come up with something, but she ends up drawing nothing. Then she starts to bounce the inflated rubber ball around, but without someone else to play with, she got bored within minutes. Her boredom quickly fades as soon as she saw the stuffed horse within the rest of the toys. She holds it up in front of her in awe as she stares into its glass bead eyes. She finds its blank expression, brown fur and black mane to be rather cute. “Hello there! So, what's your name?” asked Choco. Even though the stuffed horse says nothing, Choco pretends that it's talking to her. “You don't have a name? Well, then let's give you one! I'll name you. . . Uma-Kun! Uma as in horse, and Kun because you're a boy! So Uma-Kun, do you want to play with me?” Choco looks at the ball that she was playing with earlier. “You wanna play 'horse ball'? How do you play that game?” Choco looks at the crayons next to the drawing pad. “Oh I get it! I'll get started right away!”At 2:00 PM, Yuki finally returns to the inn. Gotz told Yuki while he was at the farm that the room was complete, and that he was allowed to return to the house. Yuki is glad that he'll finally have a room all to himself once again. However, he still knows that life will never be the same as long as Choco is living with him. As soon as he got close to his room, he hears a large crashing sound coming from inside. He opens the door in to find Choco jumping on the bed hitting the ball using Uma-Kun as a bat against the wall. The wall had a bunch of crayon drawn circles that resembles a giant sized dart board. Choco was trying to hit the ball in the center circle, but the ball was knocking over everything else in the room. The crashing sound Yuki heard earlier was from a lamp that Choco hit just before Yuki entered the room. There were also other items that had broken within the seven hours Yuki was working. “OH MY GOD!!! CHOCO STOP!!!” yelled Yuki. He tries to stop her, but as soon as he runs in, he steps on the toy car, and falls on his back. Choco then notices him, so she jumps off the bed, and lands on his chest knocking the wind out of him. “Daddy, I take it all back. These toys are great! Thank you so much!” said Choco. Yuki becomes furious, his face is steaming with anger. But he took a few deep breaths, and calms down. He takes Choco down to Ruby and makes her apologize for the broken items in the room. Yuki offers to pay for the damages, but Ruby had everything insured. Yuki then grabs all of this things, and returns to the farm with Choco. They are both impressed at the work Gotz did with Choco's new room. It was as big as Yuki's room, had plenty of room to run around and play, and plenty of storage for toys and clothes. The bed was a bit too big for Choco, but nobody complained. To be continued.
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Post by Pickle on Jan 17, 2008 1:45:41 GMT -5
Ah, children are great, aren't they?
All children will draw on the walls or the door one time or another. It is one of those things that will just happen.
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Post by Juxapose on Jan 23, 2008 19:54:43 GMT -5
Chapter 4 Spring 10, 2003It's now mid-afternoon. Yuki and Choco are in the house doing their own thing. Yuki is reviewing some paperwork that he received that morning in the mail. Choco was in the living room playing with Uma-Kun while watching cartoons on TV. Things were quiet and peaceful for the moment. Soon enough, a knock on the door disrupts Yuki's concentration. “Come in!” yelled Yuki. Lumina opens the door, and slowly walks in carrying a small package behind her back. “It's me, Lumina! Am I interrupting?”“Of course not.” said Yuki. “What can I do for you?”Lumina pulls the box from her back, “I brought you a gift. It's chocolate.”As soon as Choco hears the word “chocolate” come out of Lumina's mouth, she runs up to her, and snatches the box from her hands. “Thanks lady!” said Choco as she runs back to her room. “Choco! That was really rude!” yelled Yuki. “Come back here right now, and apologize to Lumina!”Choco is so preoccupied thinking about chocolates, she never heard her father as she runs to her bedroom. She shuts the door behind her, and starts to devour the chocolates without hesitation. Yuki gets up from his char, and quickly walks up to Lumina. “I'm so sorry about Choco. I have no idea where she gets her manners from.”“Oh, it's okay. She's just so cute, how can I ever get mad at her? But. . .” Lumina looks over at the pile of paperwork that is on the table where Yuki was sitting at. “What are you doing?”Yuki notices Lumina stare at the papers that came in the mail. He sighs as he walks back to them. Lumina follows him, and notices that they were all legal documents. “These are vital records that I requested from my hometown Atland. They just came in this morning. I really wanted to find out who is her mother, and what in the world happened 10 years ago.”“What did you find out?” asked Lumina. “Nothing!” sighs Yuki. “I checked every last office. Medical records, school records, church records, nothing comes up! According to what I have here, Choco shouldn't even exist. But yet, here she is.”“That's really strange. Maybe she wasn't born in Atland. Maybe she was born in the next city over, and she was raised in Atland.”“Even so, I should have gotten something. But no matter how hard I look, I can't find any trace of Choco, or her mother. Whoever she is, she doesn't want me to know who she is.” Yuki sits on the char again. The stress that has built up all morning long was giving him a slight headache, and he needed to rest. “I don't get it, I have never had a girlfriend before, let alone a lover. How in the world could a virgin have a kid?” Yuki notices Lumina stare at him awkwardly. “You don't believe be, do you?”“Well, I would like to. . . But. . .” Lumina and Yuki moved their attention at Choco's bedroom door where they both could hear her munching on Lumina's gourmet chocolates. “I'm sorry, but it's hard to believe you. It's like saying I don't believe I Santa Clause when he's sitting right in front of you.”“It's fine, I wouldn't believe me either if I was in your shoes.” said Yuki with a depressed look on his face. Lumina noticed how stressed Yuki looked. So she placed her hand on his shoulder, and offered him some words of encouragement. “You know, raising a child all by yourself must be tough, especially for a single parent. Maybe you should. . . You know, find yourself a nice wife to help you raise her.”Yuki looked at Lumina awkwardly. “And by a wife, I take it that you are talking about yourself?”Lumina's cheeks turn red in embarrassment. She looked away, and held her warm cheeks trying to hide her shy look. She knew where she was trying to get at, but she never thought that Yuki would catch on so quickly. “I wasn't trying to suggest myself. . . But if you think that I would make the best wife, I wouldn't mind taking up that responsibility.”“Nice try.” said Yuki. “But Choco is my responsibility. I'll have to take care of her myself.”“Are you sure you can handle it? Raising a child is not something easy to do alone.”“Come on, she's ten years old already. How hard can it possibly be?” said Yuki full of confidence. Spring 11, 2003Yuki was in the middle of feeding his cows when he hears a commotion coming from outside. He puts down the bales of fodder, then walks out the barn to find out what's going on. As soon as he walks out the door, he finds Choco in the pasture chasing all of his chickens while carrying a tree branch. Yuki freaks out and screams, “CHOCO!!! Are you insane?! Stop chasing my chickens!”Choco stops as soon as he heard her father's voice. She hides the branch behind her back and says, “What did I do?”Yuki runs up to her, and snatches the tree branch from behind her back. “Choco, you can't chase my chickens! Chickens lay good eggs when they are happy. And chickens are not happy with a kid chasing them around.”“Oh, I'm sorry.” apologized Choco. Yuki placed his hand on his head to try to relieve the instant headache Choco gave him. “Choco, why don't you go back home, and play there? I'll go play with you later.”“Ok. . .” sighed Choco. As Choco returns to the house, Yuki tries to calm the frantic chickens that were still running around the pasture. Some of the chickens have even jumped the fence, and ran out of the farm in fear. It takes Yuki about an hour to return all the chickens to the coop, and feed them. As soon as he is done with the animals, Yuki goes over to his mushroom shed to check if the fungi were ready to sell. However, when he twists the knob, he notices that the door was locked. “Oh, I forgot. I keep this door locked to keep the hobos out. It's a good thing I leave the key inside the house.”Yuki goes back inside the house to get the key to the mushroom shed. Next to the door is a rack of hooks where Yuki keeps the keys. However, the key to the mushroom shed is missing. He hears a flush coming from the bathroom. The door is open, so he checks to see what's going on. He sees Choco inside, but she was not using the bathroom. Yuki thinks that she was just playing with the toilet. “Choco, I'm missing a set of keys. Have you-” said Yuki. As soon as he gets close, he notices Choco dropping the keys that he was looking for in the toilet. The water was still draining when she drops them. Yuki screams his lungs out, then moves her out of the way trying to get the keys that she dropped, but he is too late. “Oh my god, that was the only copy that I had. Choco, why did you do that?”Choco steps back nervously. “I was just bored. I never see you use them, so I thought it was junk. It's fun to see stuff go down the hole.”“Stuff?” asked Yuki. “What else did you drop in here?”Choco points at the pile of empty toilet paper cores. As soon as he realizes what Choco did, he slams his own head against the toilet seat screaming trying to vent his anger. Choco got scared, so she runs back to her room, and closes the door behind her. Spring 12, 2003Yuki leaves the cows out in the pasture that morning to graze on the fresh green grass. He wanted to take out the chickens too, but after what happened yesterday, he feels that it would be better if they remain inside for a while. As he filled the crates with chicken feed, he hears an unusually loud “moo” coming from the pasture. He drops the chicken feed on the ground, and runs outside. As soon as he runs outside, he sees Choco out in the pasture with the rest of the cattle. He almost faints as soon as he saw her pulling on the tail of his best cow Bess. He runs up to Choco and yells, “CHOCO!!! Let go of Bess right now!” She releases Bess, then looks up to see her father's angry frown. “What the heck did you think you were doing?”“I was hungry.” answered Choco. “I just wanted some milk, but the stupid cow didn't wanna give me any. So I thought that if I pulled it's tail, it would give up and give me some.”Yuki sighs, and says, “You know, you're old enough to make a sandwich on your own. And besides, milk is not a food, it's a drink.”“Oh!” said Choco. Yuki rubbed his head in disbelief. “Please, just go home. If you're hungry, I have more than enough food in the kitchen. I'll bring you some milk later, okay?”“Ok.” said Choco. Choco goes back home to find herself something to eat. As soon as Yuki is done with the chores of the farm, he grabs one of the bottles of milk, and brought it back to the house. However as soon as he enters, he drops the bottle on the ground out of shock. He finds Choco sitting on the kitchen counter eating all of the chocolates she found in the cupboard. “OH NO!!! MY CHOCOLATES!!!” yelled Yuki. As soon as she heard her father's yell, she hid the chocolate that he had in her hands behind her back and says, “What did I do?”Yuki walks up to her in fury, nearly stamping on the floor. He grabs the chocolate that she held behind her back and said, “What do you mean 'what did I do?', what do you call this?”Choco puts her chocolate covered fingers in her mouth and says, “I'm sorry, but I was hungry. You took too long with the milk.”“Chocolate is NOT food, it's candy!” Yelled Yuki. “By the way, how much chocolate did you eat?”“All of it.” Choco said nervously. “All of it!? I had over 100 chocolate bars!” Yuki runs to the open cupboard, and saw that all of his stash of chocolates were gone. He screams, and beats his head with his own knuckles. Choco runs back to her room again, and closes the door so that she doesn't hear Yuki beat himself up. Spring 13, 2003Early in the morning, Yuki returns to the animals to care for them for the day. This time, he decides to leave all the animals inside the barns and coops. He starts with the chickens, they are pretty calm after what Choco did to them a couple of days earlier. The cows are fine, but Bess is still upset about having her tail pulled by Choco. The sheep were a different issue. As soon as Yuki walks into the sheep barn, Choco is already inside. She had Yuki's wool shears in her hands cutting the sheep's wool in funny patterns. Yuki screams to the top of his lungs which upsets the sheep, and they all were running around the barn in shock. “Oh hey daddy!” said Choco cheerfully. “Look at what I did, ain't they pretty?”Yuki takes the shears away from Choco's hand. “Choco! These are sheep, not poodles! You can't just cut their hair any way you like! Don't ever touch these shears again! Do you understand me?”Choco looks at the ground with guilt, and says, “I'm sorry.” She rubs a tear that started to develop in her eyes. Yuki feels bad about yelling at her. He puts his hand on her head and says, “Choco, if you want to show off your artistic talent, you have crayons and an art pad in the house. Why not draw me a picture instead?”She happily nods, and runs back into the house. Yuki sighs, and checks the wool that Choco clipped from the sheep. The wool is so badly cut, it could not be used or shipped. He has to throw everything away, and wait another week until the sheep could be sheared again. Later that day, Yuki returned home. However, he is not pleased when he saw the condition of his home. All of his walls has drawings made by Choco's crayons. Choco is in the kitchen drawing little rainbows and butterflies on the refrigerator door. “CHOCO!!! What did you do to my house!” yelled Yuki. “Oh, daddy, you're home! Whens dinner?”“Don't change the subject on me!” Yuki points at the closest wall drawing, “What is all this?”“That's a cow grazing over a field of grass over some clouds. Pretty good huh?”“Yeah, for a kid your age, this is pretty good – Wait a second, why am I praising them!? Choco, why did you draw on my walls!? You have a drawing pad, don't you!?”“But I ran out of paper.” said Choco showing Yuki the drawing pad. Yuki takes a few deep breaths trying to control his anger. As soon as he's calm, he says, “Okay, from now on, if you run out of paper, DO NOT DRAW ON MY WALLS! Just let me know, and I'll get you some more paper. Is that clear?” Choco nods. “Fine, now please go to your room.”Choco goes to her room quietly, Yuki looks at the mess made by Choco, and sighs heavily. He has no other choice, but to get his cleaning tools, and clean up the mess. He didn't even ask Choco to help, because he's afraid that she'll only make things worse. Spring 14, 2003Nami pays a visit to Yuki's farm in the middle of the day. The door is open, so she let herself in. She finds Yuki sitting in the dining room with his head resting on the table. Nami walks up to him, and taps on his shoulder to see if he is sleeping or awake. Yuki looks up into Nami's blue eyes with a look of stress and exhaustion on his face. “Are you Okay?” asked Nami. “I'm so tired.” answered Yuki. “That girl is harder to handle than I've ever imagined. She's supposed to be ten years old, but I swear that she acts like if she was half her age. She has no common sense, she always causes trouble or damage to the farm, and she always wants to play. I don't know how long can I last at this rate.”Nami smiles and says, “Sounds like you need a little help. I think what you need is a good wife to help you raise Choco. I can name someone who would more than happy to be your wife. Someone with red hair, and blue eyes.”“Deja vu.” said Yuki. “A young brunette with amber colored eyes said a very similar line like that one just the other day. She even brought me chocolates as an offering, but Choco stole them.”“Darn! She beat me to the punch!” thought Nami. She then noticed that Choco was not in the house, so she asks, “Where is Choco anyway?”“She told me that she's going to pick some flowers by herself.” answered Yuki. “Are you sure it's okay to let her pick flowers on her own?”“She's only going to pick flowers.” answers Yuki. “What kind of harm could she possibly do?”“Daddy, I'm home!” yelled Choco carrying a bouquet of small white flowers. “Uh oh!” yelled Nami as soon as she saw what Choco brought home with her. “Choco, you didn't!” Yuki runs to Choco, and inspects the flowers that Choco brought with her. “Oh my god, you did! How could you!?”“What did I do?” asked Choco. “Those are not flowers, they are strawberry plants that were about to give fruit!”“Oops! I'm sorry, I didn't know.”Yuki takes the bouquet from Choco, and places a hand on her shoulder. “Okay, I promise I won't get mad. How many of these did you cut down?”“All of them.” Choco says nervously. Yuki screams, and runs out the house to check the condition of his field. Just as Choco said, all of the strawberry plants were cut down. Yuki falls to his knees and says, “I can't believe it. One hundred and eighty eight strawberry plants were destroyed right under my nose, and I didn't even notice it coming. The entire strawberry harvest is completely ruined!”Nami leaves the house, and finds Yuki on his knees trembling with anxiety. She walks up to him, and tries her best to comfort him. “Calm down Yuki. She didn't mean to destroy the harvest. There is still plenty of time before the season ends, so you can grow another harvest. Besides, maybe she did a good thing. After all, you are allergic to-” Yuki did not want to finish hearing Nami out. So he stands up, and starts to leave the farm. “Where are you going?” she asked. “I'm heading over to the Blue Bar. I seriously need a drink.” answered Yuki. “But what about Choco, you can't leave her home alone.”“Babysit her then!” snapped Yuki leaving Choco in Nami's care. Yuki arrives at the Blue Bar a good ten minutes after leaving the farm. He goes to sit on his usual stool, and slams his head against the counter. Muffy quickly notices Yuki, so she goes up to check on him. She could tell by his entrance that he was very stressed. “Hey there Yuki, how are you?” asked Muffy. “Please, just kill me.” said Yuki. Muffy smiles and says, “I bet that Choco is giving you a hard time. You know, if you need a wife to help you raise a child, I'll be more than willing to take the role of a mother figure.”“Not you too. You're the third person who is taking advantage of the fact that I have a kid living with me now.” said Yuki. “I'm just saying that you don't have to do this by yourself. This would just be a lot easier if you were married, that's all.” “Thanks for the advice, but I'll manage somehow.”Muffy was pretty disappointed at Yuki's answer. But seeing that Yuki can barely handle raising Choco all by himself left her feeling confident that he will change his mind soon. Suddenly, the telephone rings. “Hello, this is the Blue Bar. How can I help you?” answers Muffy. She hears an odd sounding voice on the other end of the line requesting to speak to someone who is supposed to be in the bar. She is not familiar with the name, but she places her hand on the phone and yells, “Excuse me everyone! Is there a Ben Dover in the bar? Is there anyone in the bar named Ben Dover?”Everyone in the bar suddenly laughs out loud. Muffy didn't understand why everyone was laughing at first. Then she thinks about the name requested. After she realizes that the call was a prank, she she puts the phone back on her ear and says, “Excuse me, who the hell is this?” She hears the laughter of a child on the other end of the line. “I know that voice. Choco, is that you?”Yuki screams his lungs out, and leaves the bar in a hurry. He returns to his home as quickly as he could, and finds Choco and Nami laughing in the living room. It didn't take long until they notice Yuki in the house steaming angry. Choco points at Nami and says, “She made me do it!”“I didn't make you do anything!” Yelled Nami. “I just gave you the phone number, and dared you. You had the option of refusing.”Yuki is still angry. Choco runs to her room, the only place where she can be safe at this point. Nami sweats nervously and says, “I just remembered, I have a doctor's appointment. See you later!” She then runs out of the farm in a hurry leaving Yuki all by himself. Back at the hut, the Witch Princess is rolling on the floor dying from laughter. Feet kicking in the air, fists slamming on the floor, she really is enjoying Yuki's torment. After a while, she finally finishes laughing. She goes over to her crystal ball, and watches Yuki throw himself on his bed trying to relax. She smiles ans she says, “I never would have thought that my plan could work this well. I almost feel bad for the guy. . . Never mind, no I don't. This is his punishment for trying to fix everything that I worked hard to accomplish. Trust me Yuki, this is not the torment I have planned for you. Just you wait, I will make you suffer even more.”To be continued.
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Post by Pickle on Jan 23, 2008 23:00:27 GMT -5
This chapters gets the lol stamp.
Really, excellent and enjoyable.
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Post by Juxapose on Jan 24, 2008 16:02:44 GMT -5
What do I gotta do to get into the "Recomended Reading" list on the home page of this forum?
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Post by Banika Conchita on Jan 24, 2008 20:30:16 GMT -5
You can get it as a prize for a contest
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Post by May on Jan 25, 2008 13:05:17 GMT -5
Good chapter! It was hilarious ^-^
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Post by Rozewater on Jan 30, 2008 1:26:47 GMT -5
Yay! More, more!
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Post by Juxapose on Jan 31, 2008 22:43:57 GMT -5
Chapter 5
Spring 19, 2003
Yuki arrives home at 5:00. He is tired, covered in dirt, and sore from the hard farm work. Even though he has been working on the farm for three years, he is not yet fully adapted to the farmer's way of life. After throwing his dirty rucksack on the ground, he goes over to the dining room where he can sit on the table to relax. It wasn't long until Choco notices him enter the house. She grabs her stuffed horse, and runs over to where he sits.
She tugs on his shirt to grab his attention. “Daddy, Daddy! Can we play 'Horse Ball' together? I've gotten really good, and I wanna see how good are you!”
“How many times do I have to tell you not to play that game in the house? You might break something.” said Yuki.
“Oh, okay.” said Choco as she returned to her bedroom.
Yuki gets up from the table, and takes a shower. The cold water from the shower chills him to the bone, and threatens him with a cold. It is an inconvenience when you live in the middle of a valley, and hot water is difficult to get in a farm house. However, Yuki has already adjusted to this way of life.
As he walks out of the bathroom in his robe, Choco runs in carrying her toy car. Yuki jumps in shock thinking that Choco was still in her room.
“Daddy, daddy! Do you want to have a race? I bet my car is faster than yours!” yelled Choco full of energy.
“Can't you see that I just came out of the shower? Besides, I don't have a car, so I can't play.”
“Sure you do!” Choco pulls out a handmade car that she built out of a milk carton, two sticks, and four buttons as wheels. “You can use this car daddy. I even colored it blue, your favorite color.”
“Just because my farming clothes are blue, that doesn't mean it's my favorite color.” commented Yuki. “Besides, I need a nap. See ya!”
Yuki walks back to his room while Choco looks at him with a disappointed look on her face. Yuki throws himself on the bed, and prepares to take a nap. Working on the farm every day, and taking care of an over energetic ten year old has worn him out. He questions if taking care of a child is something he can handle on his own. All the other girls from Forget-Me-Not valley has already volunteered to marry Yuki and help care for Choco, but he turned them all down already.
Choco Bursts in the room carrying her building blocks with her. Yuki stares at her with a very annoyed look in his eye. Choco doesn't notice it, so she walks in happily, and jumps on his bed.
“Hey daddy! You wanna build a very tall house with me. I wanna build something at least 10 feet tall this time, and I need your help!” yelled Choco.
“You don't have anywhere near enough blocks to build anything that high. Besides, this room is not even that high, so it's impossible to do that.”
“Oh, ok.”
Yuki sits up, and rubs Choco on the head. He's annoyed with her, but he tries his best to keep his temper. “Choco, listen to me. I had a hard long day at work today, and I need to rest for today. So please, won't you let me rest for today. I'll play with you some other time.”
Choco nods, then leaves. Yuki laid down on his back, and stares at the ceiling for a while. He thinks about a lot of things. Like how things were when he was still young, and his parents were still living together as a family. A tear fell to his cheek as he also remembered the days when his father lost his job, and he was having trouble keeping food on the table. This lead to friction between his parents. In the end, it lead to a separation.
Yuki's father still needed to provide for his son, so he went to Forget-Me-Not Valley to work on a farm. Yuki was still a young boy when this happened. He even still remembers the promise he made to his father before he left. He promised to take care of his mother in his father's place. Even though his parents were no longer married, neither of them remarried.
After a long think of the past, Yuki starts to think about his present. Without knowing how or why, he is now taking care of a ten year old child. He knows that Choco means well, but she is a bit too playful and energetic. She always wants to play, but Yuki needs to care for a farm. He still has not even a clue on her mother's whereabouts, and even wonders if she really is his daughter.
Spring 20, 2003
Muffy pays Yuki a visit that afternoon. Yuki's door was unlocked once again, so she just lets herself in. She finds Yuki in the dining room, resting his head on the table again. She could tell that Yuki is exhausted, and Choco is the reason. But she plays like if she doesn't know, and approaches him. She taps on his shoulder to get his attention. Yuki looks up at her with bags under his eyes.
“Hey there Yuki! Is anything the matter?” asked Muffy.
Yuki sighs and says, “Three. . . Two. . . One. . .”
As soon as he finishes the countdown, Choco bursts out of her room holding her drawing pad. Without noticing Muffy, she hops on a chair, and opens the drawing pad. She placed a red crayon next to Yuki, expecting him to play with her. “Daddy, let's play Tic-Tac-Toe! This time, you'll be the red color, and I'll be the black. It'll be fun!”
“Choco, how many times are we going to play that game until you had enough? We've been playing that game for five days. Besides, neither of us ever wins anyway.”
Choco thinks about a new game for her to play. She used her black crayon to draw 144 dots on the drawing pad in a 12 x 12 pattern. “Daddy, let's play capture the dots! We'll take turns drawing two lines, and if you make a square you get a point. The person with the most points win!”
Yuki finally sits up, and looks at Muffy. “She's been like this since she came to live here. All she wants to do is play games, and she won't leave me alone. She even waits for me outside the bathroom when I take a shower, or do my other business. I'm tired, and I don't know how long can I keep doing this for.”
Ignoring everything Yuki just said, Choco hops off the chair, and starts pulling on Yuki's shirt. “Daddy! Come on, I wanna play! You can speak to the lady anytime, it's time you spent time with me!”
“Choco, can't I just get a day off? All you want to is play, play, play.”
“But you didn't play with me yesterday! It's not fair!” complained Choco.
“I'm sorry, but I am not a kid anymore. I am a grown adult that needs to work! I work and play all day and all night long, can't I have any time to myself anymore?”
Choco looked down at the floor sadly. She started to sniffle as if she is about to cry. Yuki felt sorry, but he couldn't handle playing with her for another day. This gave Muffy a good idea. She walked up to Choco, and squatted down so she can speak to her face to face.
“Hey there Choco. Would you like to play with me?” Asked Muffy.
Choco looked at Muffy with a sour pout. “No way! You're no fun! What kind of games can an old lady like you play?”
“Old Lady?” thought Muffy while clenching a fist. She quickly takes a few breaths, and tries to relax. As she tries to calm her nerves, she thought, “Okay Muffy, calm down, she's only a kid. If I can get her to like me, then I'm sure that getting Yuki to marry me will be a lot easier. I can do this! I believe in myself!”
“Choco!” yelled Yuki. “Don't talk to adults like that! Now apologize!”
Choco looked up at Muffy and said, “Sorry. . .”
“Good, now why don't you play with Muffy. Maybe if you hang out with her, you'll learn to be a young lady instead of a child.”
Choco nods in agreement, and she leaves the farm with Muffy. Yuki stretches his arms in relief, the house is now quiet. After a few minutes of silence, he rolls his stiff shoulders to try to loosen them up. “God, my shoulders are so stiff! It may be Spring, but it's still a little chilly outside. The cold showers don't help much either. At this rate, by the time I'm 30 years old, I'll be in trouble.” After thinking about his dilemma in peace, Yuki remembers that a hot spring was discovered last year. He nods his head, and decides to relax at the hot springs.
Near the pond close to the beach, Choco is playing with her ball all by herself while Muffy watches her. She places her hands on her hips and says, “See, I knew that this parenting business was a piece of cake. All I have to do is keep an eye on her, and make sure that she keeps out of trouble.”
“Oh really?” says Nami standing with Lumina, Celia, and Flora. “If it was so easy, why did you call us here?”
Muffy smiles and says, “I thought it would be a good idea if all six of us girls would hang out together. Something like a women's day off.”
“Yeah right!” snapped Flora. “When it comes to parenting, you are just as clueless as Yuki is! You're planning on us taking good care of Choco, and then taking all the credit.”
“Oh, come on, don't think that way.” said Muffy nervously. “We can call this a contest, whoever can get Choco to like you the most wins Yuki's hand. Naturally, I intend to win!” Muffy starts having a fantasy of her wedding day with Yuki over at Mineral Town's church. She wears a huge white wedding gown, and Yuki in a tuxedo. Choco is walking behind them spreading flower petals all over the place. Such a vivid fantasy leaves Muffy's face red with anticipation. All the other girls look at Muffy in disbelief.
“You're so full of it!” snapped Nami. “What makes you think that you will win Yuki? After all, there are 4 other women here who are equally as pretty, but much younger.”
Celia thinks about the situation for a moment. “Hey, I just realized something. What if Choco's mother comes to Forget-Me-Not Valley to take back not only her daughter, but Yuki as well? And since she's also from the city, what if she's huge and mean like in the movies?” Celia has a vision of an enormous middle ages woman taking Choco and Yuki back to Atland by force, and Celia is helpless to stop her. The mere thought causes her to shrug in fear.
Flora places her hand on Celia's shoulders, and smiles. “So, I guess you've given up on Yuki then? That's okay, that means one less rival for me! I on the other hand am not afraid of any city folk. I am a black belt of the art of Taekwon do! If someone dares to take Yuki away from me, they will pay with a whole world of hurt!” Flora has a vision of her standing over a knocked out enormous middle aged woman like a kick boxing champion. Then she claims her prize, Yuki and Choco. She giggles at the thought of Protecting Yuki from another woman.
Lumina feels that it is her turn to say something. “Hey everyone! Haven't any of you ever thought of the possibility that maybe Yuki really isn't her father?”
Muffy, Nami, Celia, and Flora looks at Lumina with an evil glare. Lumina steps back feeling like if she has touched a sensitive subject.
“Don't tell me that you actually believe the story about Yuki being a virgin and everything? Come on! Yuki is a man, and there is usually one thing that flows through a man's brain!” said Muffy.
“Yeah, considering how many times you've got dumped, you would know that better than we do.” commented Nami.
“But think about the facts for a minute. Yuki is only 22 years old, and Choco is 10 years old. When Choco was born, Yuki must have been only 12 years old at the time. And even so, considering Yuki and Choco's birthday being so close together, Yuki must have been only 11 years old when Choco's mother got pregnant. Don't you think that something doesn't add up?” After Lumina gave her explanation, everyone thought for a few minutes.
“Even though you have a point, the paternity test proves that Yuki is her father.” answered Flora. “With that in mind, there's just no other explanation.”
“I may have an idea!!” yelled Daryl who suddenly appears on the scene. All the girls jump in shock when the mad scientist makes his appearance.
“Daryl!! What are you doing here!!” yelled all five young women.
“Well, I could see you all from the lab.” said Daryl pointing at his laboratory not too far from where they were all standing. “But that's besides the point! You all want to know where Choco came from, right?” Everyone nods. “I have also looked into the facts, and I also have trouble believing that Yuki could have had a child at such a young age. So therefore, I've been looking into other methods that she could have come into this world.”
“So, what did you find?” asked Nami.
“Well at first, I thought that she might have been a clone of Yuki himself. However, I find that to be impossible as well. Clones are a replica of the original parent. Considering that Yuki is a man, and Choco is a little girl, cloning was taken out as a possible answer. Besides, the paternity test proves that there was a second parent involved, Choco's DNA only contains half of Yuki's, meaning that there is in fact a mother somewhere.”
Everyone looks at Daryl awkwardly. Muffy sighs and says, “That's it? All that research you did, and that's all you could find out! You know. . . For a genius, you're pretty stupid!”
“Can't you tell us something that we all don't know!” yelled Lumina.
“Well, I also took into consideration that Choco has memories of her father, but Yuki has none of Choco. This goes past the simple explanation of forgetfulness. Yuki has been living here for several years, so Choco's memories of him should be that of a child. But that doesn't seem to be the case considering that she remembers him as a man. This makes me think that Choco really is his daughter, but not yet!”
“Not yet?” asked Nami. “What the hell are you talking about?”
“In shorter words, I think that Choco might be from the future!” announces Daryl.
All the girls look at him even more awkwardly. Flora feels that she needed to say something, so she steps forward, and says, “Listen to me Daryl. I don't know what goes on in that creepy head of yours, but time traveling is definitely not possible.”
“According to Einstein's theory, it is!” said Daryl. “We as simple human beings do not know how, but who knows what will happen in a few years?"
Lumina was intrigued with his theory. “So, assuming that she really did come from the future, how do you explain the fact that she cannot remember her own mother?”
“Well, you see. . . In order to break open a gate between now and the time where Choco came from, you need to use a lot of powerful energy waves. These energy waves can sometimes disrupt a person's brainwaves, causing partial amnesia. She might have forgotten much more than just her mother. She may have also have forgotten the main reason why she is here in the first place.”
“You know, that does kinda make sense.” said Flora.
Celia, Nami, and Muffy looks at Flora with disbelief. “You're not buying into this story either, are you?” asked Muffy.
“Hey, it's just a theory, not an actual fact.” answered Flora. “After all, considering Choco's situation, the simplest answer may not be the correct one. We should leave our options open so that we don't look dumb in the end.”
Daryl nods and says, “I'm glad that you're seeing things my way. But to be sure, I would like to borrow Choco and run a few experiments on her. This shouldn't take long.”
Daryl starts to walk towards Choco, but five hands suddenly stopped him on his tracks. He turns around to see five angry faces that have a murderous look them.
“If you lay a hand on that kid!” yelled Nami.
“I swear, I'll kill you!” continued Muffy.
All five girls tied Daryl up, and threw him back in his lab. They slammed the door shut, leaving him inside.
“The nerve of that guy! I can't believe that he actually thought that we would agree to let him take Choco away like that!” said Nami angrily.
“It would be hard to explain that to Yuki. 'Sorry Yuki, but I let your daughter be used as one of Daryl's lab rats.' I would never have a chance with him if that ever happened.” said Muffy.
“Are you sure it's okay to leave him in there like that?” asked Celia. “I wonder if he could get untied on his own?”
“Who cares! He got what he deserves, now let's go.” answered Flora
As they were all about to leave and return to Choco, Lumina stops everyone with an odd thought. “Hey everyone, I just thought of something! If Choco really is from the future, then could it be possible that maybe one of us is her mother?”
“One of us?!?!” asked Muffy, Flora, Nami, and Celia. They all start to have the same thought in their head. A few years in the future, Yuki would just choose a bride and have a daughter named Choco.
“One of us as Yuki's wife? I'm sure it's me, after all, he likes me the most. I could already see me as his wife someday.” said Celia blushing from the thought.
“Yeah right! Over my dead body!” said Muffy.
“I think I would become Choco's mother! After all, I always thought she looks a little bit like me!” said Flora full of excitement.
“No she doesn't!” yelled Muffy.
“No way, I'm sure that I am her mother! She's wild and energetic, like me!” cheered Nami.
Muffy broods over the thought that she might lose Yuki to another girl. Lumina sweats as the other girls argue over who might Yuki's future bride might be. So she fans her hands up and down and says, “Calm down everyone! After all, we are not sure if Daryl's theory is even true. Let's not get so worked up.”
“Oh shut up!” snapped Nami. “If one of us is indeed Choco's mother, then she has to look a little bit like one of us! Let's go back to her, and see if we can find out who it is!”
Celia, Flora, and Muffy nods, and runs to where they left Choco. But when they arrived, Choco was already gone. The only thing that they find was the ball that she was playing with.
Muffy panics and says, “Oh no! She's gone! If Yuki finds out I lost his daughter, I'll never have a chance at becoming his wife!”
“There she goes!” yells Nami pointing at Choco who is running to the north. “Wow, she's fast!”
“This is no time to be impressed!” yelled Muffy. “After her!”
Everyone runs after Choco without a clue of where she is heading. Choco runs so fast, that none of the other girls is able to catch up to her. She kept running in random directions trying her hardest to find her father.
Yuki is in the hot springs taking a nice relaxing bath. He looks up in the sky, and sees the clouds move by. The stiffness in his shoulders are melting away quickly, and the stress that has built up also fades into the hot water.
As Yuki stares into the Spring sky, he says to himself, “Boy, this feels so good, I knew that this would be a good idea. I do feel bad for Muffy, I hope that Choco is not giving her a hard time. But this day is so perfect, I don't think anything could possibly go wrong.”
“DADDY!!!” yelled a familiar voice. Yuki looks forward, and finds Choco running into the hot springs. She jumps into the hot water fully dressed, while Yuki was completely naked. Using the towel that he had on his head, he was able to cover his front.
“Choco!! What are you doing here!” yelled Yuki.
“Daddy is so mean! Leaving me with the boring old lady, I wanna play with you!”
“Can't you see that I'm taking a bath here? Get out!” Yuki then realizes that something was odd. “Wait a second! Where's Muffy?”
“CHOCO!!!” Yelled Muffy as everyone barges into the hot springs without realizing that Yuki was already in there. Everyone gasps as soon as they saw Yuki in the hot springs. Yuki is so shocked to see all five girls that he accidentally drops the towel revealing everything to them. Lumina passes out as the first sight of Yuki's manhood.
“What's wrong with her?” asked Nami. “She never seen a naked man before?”
"Gyah!! I really didn't want to see that!" said the witch Princess who was still watching from her crystal ball.
To be continued.
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Post by Coco on Feb 2, 2008 18:41:33 GMT -5
The last two chapters were rather hilarious!!! Choco really is a trouble maker.....reminds me of when I was small. I really like where this story is going and want the next chapter to be up fast! (im impatient)
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Post by Rozewater on Feb 2, 2008 19:19:57 GMT -5
Can't wait for the rest! Its so good!
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