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Post by Pickle on Feb 3, 2008 1:17:49 GMT -5
*chuckles* Oh wow. Yep, that was something. Your story is very much enjoyable and very easy to follow. Sometimes that is a problem. Glad someone fainted at a nakedness. I would.
Though after seeing terminator, that theory does seem more plausbable. BTW, has anyone seen the new Terminator Series?
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Post by Juxapose on Feb 6, 2008 20:11:47 GMT -5
My apologies to the Harvest Moon Archive community, but I do not have a chapter for this fanfic this week. Things has caught up to me, and I was too busy to type and spell check a new chapter. Look forward to the first chapter of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Future coming this Sunday.
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Post by Juxapose on Feb 21, 2008 17:46:04 GMT -5
Chapter 6 Spring 21, 2003After the incident the day before, the girls goes over to Doctor Hardy's office to have a maternity test performed to see if one of them is Choco's mother. They don't give a clear reason why they want it done, so Doctor Hardy protested against the plan to perform them. However, Lumina changes his mind by donating a heavy sum to his office. He then takes a blood sample from each girl and Choco's sample over to Mineral Town where the test can be performed. All five girls wait patiently for the results with anticipation. They all believe that the results might determine which one of them will get to marry Yuki in the near future. As they wait, they all chat about the possible results, and they plan to do when they discover who is Choco's mother. Sometimes they would chat peacefully, other times they would get frustrated and argue. After eight hours of waiting, Doctor Hardy finally arrives back at his office with five folders, each of them containing one individual result for each girl. He hands the results to each girl, then sits on his desk to wait for their reaction. They all open the folders and examines the contents. Muffy was very confident before she opened the folder, but her spirit shatters when she sees the huge 'negative' print on the results. “Negative? You mean that I am not Choco's mother?” asked Muffy. “There has to be some sort of mistake!”Doctor hardy is not surprised by Muffy's reaction. “The test is 99.9% accurate. I think I also mentioned that to Yuki.” said Doctor hardy while signing some paperwork. Muffy turns to the other girls and demands, “Okay, who is it!? Which one of you got a positive result!?”After lowering her test results and sighing, Nami says, “Not me, I came out negative too.”Celia continues, “Not me either.”Flora closes the folder and says, “My test says that I have a zero percent probability that I am her mother. What a disappointment, I was so sure that I was.”Muffy, Nami, Celia, and Flora looks over to Lumina. She has a very shocked look on her face which made the other girls nervous. Muffy walks up to her and demands, “Lumina, what are your test results?! Are you Choco's mother or not?!”Lumina cries as she lowers her folder and says, “I am not Choco's mother either. . .”An artery pops up on Muffy's forehead, she tries her hardest not to hit her out of frustration. “Why didn't you tell us earlier!” yelled Muffy. “Honestly.” said Doctor Hardy. “What possessed you girls to believe that any of you could be Choco's mother. Giving the situation, it would be clear that none of you are without taking a test.”“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!” yelled all five girls. After tossing the test results on his desk, they all leave the clinic. After walking around the valley for a moment, they all find themselves in front of Yuki's farm. All they did was stare at it and sigh. “Does this mean that Yuki will not get married with any of us?” asked Celia. “Don't be ridiculous!” yelled Muffy. “Just because Daryl said that she is from the future, that doesn't make it true. We only took the test to be sure.”“But that still means that there is another girl out there who is Choco's mother. And the threat that she'll come to the valley and take both Choco and Yuki away still exists.” said Flora. “Yuki isn't going anywhere!” yelled Muffy. Nami nods and says, “If one of us can marry him before she comes around, there isn't anything Choco's mother can ever do to take him away. Choco can decide on her own which parent she wants to live with. But since she's already here, she'll most likely stay with Yuki.”Lumina asks, “But Yuki doesn't want to get married to anyone. How will we change his mind before it's too late?”“Choco of course!” said Flora. “We all know that Yuki is having trouble taking care of her on his own. If one of us can prove that she can be the best mother figure for Choco, I'm sure that Yuki will change his mind.”“But what if Yuki still doesn't want to get married?” asked Lumina. Flora continues, “If Yuki doesn't want to marry any of us, then there is no way that he'll want to marry Choco's mother either. There isn't anything to worry about, in the end it's going to be either one of us or nobody at all.”All the girls nods and cheer. Believing that Choco is going to be the only link they have to get into the marriage bed, they all prepare their plans to court Yuki through his daughter. Spring 22, 2003At around noon, all five girls arrived at Yuki's farm. Each one of them is holding a gift for Choco hiding behind their backs. They sigh nervously, they had planned to come individually. But since all the girls want to impress Yuki as quickly as possible, they all decide to make this a group event. So they all march to the house lined up like soldiers. Closer and closer they move to the house. Their hearts are beating faster, almost like if they are about to enter war. However as they get close to the house, they hear a huge explosion coming from the inside of the house. They can smell smoke from the outside. Thinking the worst has happened, they all run inside the house to check on them. The kitchen has a huge cloud of smoke coming from the oven. Yuki rushes out of his bedroom and runs into the kitchen without noticing that he has visitors. Choco is already in the kitchen wearing oven mittens holding a charred cake that she pulled out of the oven. “What happened here!” yelled Yuki. Choco raises her failed cooking attempt and says, “I just wanted some chocolate cake daddy. But I think I made a mistake, and the oven blew up.”“I thought I told you yesterday that you are not old enough to use the oven!” yelled Yuki. He checks the condition of the kitchen, everything is either damaged from the explosion or covered in black soot. He rubs his aching head and says, “Do you have any idea what this is going to cost me? Now I'm going to need a whole new kitchen, and I can't cook anything until then!”The five girls look at one another and smile. Seeing that this is a perfect opportunity to impress Yuki, they decide to take advantage of the situation. They all take a deep breath, and sing, “Hey Yuki!” Yuki and Choco look over to the other girls. Yuki feels embarrassed because of the condition of the kitchen. However, the smiles of the five girls start to make him feel nervous. He couldn't tell if they wanted to talk to him or eat him. “Hi, what can I do for you girls?” asked Yuki. Muffy steps forward and asks, “Hey, you don't mind if we borrow Choco for the day, do you? We just want to play with her, if that's okay?”Yuki scratches the back of his head nervously. After the incident of the day before yesterday, he thought for sure that they didn't want to have anything to do with her anymore. But now that they all have come to ask to play with Choco, he is speechless. “I don't mind, but it's really up to Choco.” Yuki looks at Choco and asks, “Do you want to play with them Choco?”Choco grabs on to Yuki's arm and whines, “No daddy! Those ladies are too boring! I wanna stay here and have fun with you!”The five girls already knew that Choco is going to respond that way. So they all take their gifts from behind their backs, and presents them to Choco. Then they all sing, “We have chocolates!!”Choco quickly lets go of her father's arm, and runs over to her bedroom where she grabs her mini rucksack full of toys. She then runs to the women, and yells to her father, “Daddy! I'm gong to play with the ladies! See you later!” Then they all leave the house leaving Yuki behind. Yuki looks at the mess that is left behind for him to clean up. Rather than complaining, he gets out his usual cleaning tools, and starts cleaning up. He also leaves the TV on to the shopping channel in case he finds any good deals of cooking tools he could not salvage. Close to the pond near the beach, Choco and the other women set up a blanket where she may eat her chocolates. The other women watches in astonishment as Choco devours all of the chocolates given to her. “I know she's a kid, but she eats a lot of chocolate, even for her age!” said Muffy. “I can't believe she's eating five days worth of chocolate all by herself, and she doesn't even look nearly full. Even Yuki can't eat nearly that many chocolates in one sitting.”Nami says, “Considering the situation with Choco, everything about her is amazing. Or just plain weird.”Twenty minutes after starting, Choco finally finishes all of the chocolates given to her. All the girls watch her in shock as she licks her fingers. A normal child would have gotten a stomach ache, but Choco was fine and wanted more. “I can't believe it!” yelled Lumina. “She ate all of it! It's almost like if she's and endless pit when it comes to chocolates.”After licking her fingers clean, Choco gets up and stretches her arms. “Okay then, time to play!” yelled Choco cheerfully. All the girls smiled at her enthusiasm for playing. Flora stands up an asks, “What game do you want to play?”Choco thinks for a moment. Looking through her rucksack full of toys, she pulls out six art pads. Since Choco likes to draw, Yuki bought her several art pads to prevent her from drawing on the walls. She gave a pad to each of the women, and one for herself. “Let's have an art contest!” yelled Choco. “Let's draw our most favorite thing in the whole wide world! Whoever draws the best wins!”Everybody nods. Choco passes out some crayons and pencils to everyone, then they all sit and start to draw. After about an hour later, Choco raises her drawing so that everyone can see. “I'm done! Look at what I drew! I drew a picture of daddy!” In the art pad, Choco drew a picture of a man wearing blue farming clothes, a blue hat, brown hair, and holding a pitch fork. She dances around as she yells, “Okay, its your turn! What did you draw!” All five women reveals to her what they drew, and they are all drawings of Yuki. Lumina being the most skilled in art drew the best portrait. Everyone is amazed at the detail Lumina put into the drawing. Afterwards, Choco decides that it is now time for something a little bit more physical. She pulls out the ball and her stuffed horse from her rucksack, and says, “I wanna play Horse ball now! Who wants to play with me!”Everyone stares at her for a moment. Muffy asks, “How the heck does she fit all that in her rucksack?”Nami answers, “Doesn't surprise me, you should see what Yuki can fit in his rucksack.”Flora asks Choco, “How do you play Horse ball?”Pulling out several crayons, Choco locates the closest wall. She then draws a dart board on the wall. As she draws, every one watches her speechlessly. Lumina asks, “Should we be allowing her to do this?”Celia answers, “I guess as long as we clean it up, there should be no problem.”After Choco finishes the drawing, she points at it with her crayon and says, “Here are the rules! You hit the ball against the wall, and collect points. Whoever misses the ball loses! Since I am the only person who has a horse, the rest of you can use your hands.”“And what are the point for?” asked Flora. Choco thinks for a minute and responds, “I dunno. But it's a fun game! Uma-Kun invented it. Come on, let's play!”Muffy steps forward and says, “I'll go first! If there's one thing I am confident about is my physical ability!”“Well it's surely not your age.” joked Nami. Muffy becomes angry at Nami's comment about her age, but she had no choice but to let it go. Choco threw the ball up in the air, then hit it with her stuffed horse. The ball hits the center of the target, and flies to Muffy's direction. Muffy attempts to smack the ball, but completely misses it. “Um. . . I guess I lost?” Asked Muffy. “Yeah, you kinda suck at this.” said Choco. She then points at Flora and says, “Okay lady, you're up!”“Let me show you how it's done.” said Flora full of confidence. Choco throws the ball in the air, and hits it with her stuffed horse once again. As soon as it gets close to Flora, she yells and punches it as hard a possible. She punches the ball so hard that it bursts. Flora did not know what else to say other than, “Oops!”“You broke my ball! You big meanie, why did you do that!” yelled Choco. She then starts to cry her lungs out. “You idiot! Look what you did!” yelled Muffy. Flora kneels down, and rubs Choco's head trying to calm her down. “I'm sorry Choco, it was an accident. I'll buy you a new one I promise.” Choco stops crying, but she still held a sad face. Flora faces the other women and asks, “Where the hell is Van when we need him?”“Van only comes to Forget-Me-Not valley on days that end in 3 or 8. SO he should be coming around tomorrow.” answered Lumina. Flora pulls out some chocolate from her pocket, and hands it to Choco. The chocolates puts Choco into a better mood. As Choco eats the chocolate, Flora tells her, “I'll buy you a new ball tomorrow, let's play something else for now.”Choco nods in agreement. The five women continue to play for several hours with Choco. However, as each hour passes, the women only become even more exhausted, Choco still has plenty of to spare. At 6:00 PM, all the women are resting on the grass completely worn out. Muffy sits up and says, “Wow, this kid has energy! How does Yuki do this every day?”“It's probably all the caffeine in the chocolates.” struggled Nami. Choco runs up to he crowd of exhausted women and demands, “Come on! It's not time to sleep yet! There's still 3 hours left before my bedtime! Let's play some more!”Just then, Yuki walks by looking for everyone. From the road, he can see Choco yelling at the other girls. He walks up to them and yells, “Choco! It's time for dinner! Let's go!”Hearing Yuki's voice gives all the girls strength to stand up again. Everyone waves and sings, “Hi Yuki!”“Has Choco been giving you trouble?” asked Yuki. Celia smiles and says, “Of course not! She's a little angel. We had a lot of fun today, isn't that right Choco?”Choco nods cheerfully. Yuki is very surprised that the women has done well with Choco, and they have not asked for anything in return. Yuki smiles at them and says, “Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. See you all later!” He then walks back to the farm taking Choco with him. All the girls sigh happily as they watch him walk away. “Yuki actually smiled at me! I knew that he likes me!” cheered Celia. “No way, she smiled at me.” snapped Nami. Muffy interrupts, “This is not over. We still need a lot to go before any of us can steal Yuki's heart. Tomorrow, the battle continues.”Everybody nods, and then returns to their homes. As they all scatter, each of them starts to come up with their own plan. They were all working together to make Choco like them, but now they all plan to work individually to accomplish their goals. Spring 23, 2003At noon, Choco is in the kitchen eating some lunch that Yuki had bought for her. As she eats, Flora pays a visit to Yuki's farm with a wrapped package hidden behind her back. She knocks on the door, and Yuki answers moments later. Yuki is surprised to see her at the farm, especially since she normally doesn't come over twice in a row. “Is Choco here?” asked Flora. Yuki nods and lets her in. Flora walks towards Choco with a suspicious smile pasted on her face. Choco stares at Flora and says, “Hi lady. What's up?”Flora places the gift on the table. Choco pushes her lunch to the side and opens the box. Inside the box is a ball that is significantly larger than the one Choco had yesterday. Choco cheers and says, “Yay! A new ball! Thank you very much!”Yuki walks to Flora and asks, “What happened to her old ball?”Choco tries to answer, but Flora places a hand on her mouth and says, “We had a little accident yesterday, and the other one popped. But I volunteered to buy a new one.”Yuki scratched his head and says, “Um, that's pretty nice of you. Thanks.”Flora laughs because Yuki has no idea that it was her who broke the old one. Soon, Muffy walks into the house with a gift of her own hidden behind her back. “Hey Choco!” she called. Choco runs to Muffy and asks, “Yes lady?”“I have a little present for you!” said Muffy. She pulls out a stuffed bear from behind her back, and shows it to her. Choco stares it at oddly. The stuffed bear is brown in color with huge eyebrows. It's huge eyes looks creepy to Choco, and some patches can be found on it's arms and legs. “It's name is Daachan. Isn't he cute!”“It looks kinda scary.” said Choco. Then Celia walks into the house also carrying a present. Inside the box were flower seeds that are not usually sold in Forget-Me-Not-Valley. Then Nami walks in carrying a gift box of her own. Inside the box were artifacts that she had dug up from the digging site. She thanks everyone for their gifts, but she is more interested in getting chocolates than anything else. However, Lumina comes in last with a small child's size bicycle for Choco. “Wow, Thank you lady!” cheered Choco trying to mount her brand new gift. However, Choco does not know how to ride a bicycle yet, so she falls down. All the other women leer at Lumina angrily. Everyone else has only a limited amount of money, but Lumina lives in a huge mansion with more than enough wealth. Muffy decides to take the initiative. She walks out of the house dragging Choco with her. “Come on Choco, let's play!”“Hey, I want to play with her too!” yelled Lumina, Celia, Flora, and Nami. They all follow her out of the farm and into the same place where they all played the day before. Yuki watches them as they practically kidnap his daughter in front of his eyes. He can't tell if he should let them go or stop them. He just scratches his head and says, “I wonder how did they get so many days off? I could understand Nami, but the others?”Everyone arrives at the pond near the beach again. Unlike the day before, Choco could feel the hostility in the air as each girl is now competing for her attention. This makes Choco feel slightly uncomfortable. Muffy squats to Choco's height and asks, “So, what do you want to play Choco?”Before Choco is able to respond, Nami calls out to her. She points to the same wall that they played Horse ball the day before and says, “Let's play Horse ball Choco! I think I'll do quite well, and I promise I won't pop the ball!”Flora then yells, “Choco! Want to play tag? I'm a good runner!”Then Celia approaches Choco and says, “Want to play tic-tac-toe? I promise, I'll make it fun!”Lumina yells, “Choco, how about a game of hide and seek? I bet you won't be able to find me!”Choco is confused that the number of games that the other women wants to play, each of them wanted to do something different. Muffy on the other hand wanted to play with her all by herself, but the competition is getting a bit out of control. So Muffy grabs on Choco's arm and tells her, “Hey, want to go play in my room? We could do each other's hair, and talk about lots of things. It'll be fun!”But as she starts to walk off with her, Nami grabs Choco's other arm and stops her. “Where do you think you're going with Choco, huh?” asked Nami. “I will not let you have her all to yourself.”“It's none of your business, now let go of her!” demanded Muffy. “You let go of her you old bat!” yelled Nami. “How dare you call me that you stubborn tomboy!” insulted Muffy. “Stupid bar girl tramp!” continued Nami. “Ugly shemale!” returned Muffy. As they went back and forth insulting each other, they both pulled onto Choco's arms in the opposite directions. Choco whined and cried, but Muffy and Nami were too busy fighting to notice. Lumina, Flora, and Celia tried their hardest to stop the fighting, but Muffy and Nami are too stubborn to stop. “What is going on here!” yelled Yuki who followed the women not too long after leaving the farm. Muffy and Nami stops fighting after hearing Yuki's voice. They then finally notice Choco crying, so they both release her. Choco wastes no time to run to Yuki, and hide behind his back. “Daddy, daddy! Those ladies were mean to me!” cried Choco. All the women look down in shame. Trying so hard to make Choco like them, the only thing that they accomplished in doing is upset her. "I'm sorry, we just wanted you to like us.” said Nami. Choco pulls her eyelid down, and sticks her tongue out at them. She then held Yuki's arm and says, “Daddy, why don't you play with me instead. We'll have so much fun like we used to before!”Yuki stares at Choco and asks, “Like before? What are you talking about?”“You know, when it was just you, me, and mommy together by the cherry blossom. Please, let's go back to that tree, and have fun!”“What are you talking about? I don't know any tree, and I don't even remember us playing together!” yelled Yuki. As the conversation continues on, the other five women watches in shock. “Oh my god. It's just like Daryl said. Memories of a time that has not happened yet.” said Flora. “Could it be true? Is Choco really from the future, and none of us will marry Yuki?” continued Lumina. All the women sigh, and walk away in shame. They all head over to the Blue Bar where they can drink away their troubles. After they are all seated, Griffin comes out of the back room to see who has come in. He is surprised to see Muffy and everyone else looking gloomy. Griffin asks curiously, “What happened? Looks like the world is coming to an end.”“Shut up and die!” everyone yelled together. Griffin felt that his presence is not needed, so he returns to the back room. All the girls sigh uncontrollably for a while. Celia plays with a napkin as she says, “It's over then. In the future, Yuki will marry someone else, and move away to Atland. He'll leave us all behind as a bunch of single women who doesn't deserve his attention.”Muffy slams her fist on the counter and says, “No way! We can't give up yet! I swear that I'll make Yuki mine, even if it's the last thing I do!”“But we all know that it'll never happen.” said Flora. “There isn't anything we could do about it.”“I think Muffy is right!” yelled Lumina. “Maybe Choco really didn't come from the future. Maybe there is another explanation. But whatever that reason may be, even if there is a slight chance that Yuki will marry any of us, we still have to try!”Nami stood up and yells, “You're right! I shouldn't give up, and neither should any of us! Who is with me!”Everyone stands up and cheers loudly. The thought of losing Yuki to a strange woman is enough to tear their spirits apart. But the confidence they all give one another is enough to make them keep on going. As they sit and chat, they plan on their next attempt to impress Yuki. What will their next plan be? To be continued.
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Kindness isn't something you have to do, it's something you should want to do.
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Post by rachel on Feb 21, 2008 18:02:05 GMT -5
Hahah i love this story! Poor Griffin!...
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Post by Coco on Feb 21, 2008 21:07:01 GMT -5
This story is really, really, funny. To me =) Choco seems like a spoiled brat who wants her dad all to herself. the name calling part was funny xD
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Post by Pickle on Feb 21, 2008 23:09:49 GMT -5
This story is funny. But it reminds me that girls will fight tooth and claw over a man.
I've been watching those court shows. The guys aren't even worth that time and day!
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Post by May on Feb 22, 2008 7:47:00 GMT -5
I love it, it's hilarious ^.^
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Post by Juxapose on Feb 27, 2008 15:37:38 GMT -5
Chapter 7 Summer 1, 2003The Summer festival is held today, a time where parents take their children to the sandy beach to enjoy the first day of Summer. Yuki had never attended this festival before because he had always been single and without children. Now that Choco has entered his life, he is attending the festival with the rest of the parents for the first time. Yuki arrives at the beach wearing his swimming trunks, towel hanging from his shoulder, and his usual blue hat on his head. On his left hand, he is carrying a parasol to make some shade, and a picnic basket full of chocolaty treats and a blanket. On his right hand, he is holding Choco's hand escorting her to the beach. Choco is dressed in a deep blue one piece swim suit that Yuki had ordered for her earlier, sandals so that she doesn't burn her feet, and her hair tied up in double baos. Choco gasps in admiration as she arrives at the clean blue ocean of Forget-Me-Not Valley. Kate and Hughs' families are already there having fun at the festival. Many other families from nearby villages and a cities are also attending the festival. “Daddy, daddy, look at how many people came today!” yelled Choco as she points to the crowd. “Where did they all come from, I've never seen them before!”“Most of them came from other places where the beach is not as clean as ours.” Yuki kneels down to Choco's level, and looks at her with a serious face. “Now listen to me Choco, you promised me that you are going to be at your best behavior. Remember, no bothering strangers, don't accept chocolates from people you don't know, and do not fight with other children. Do you understand?” Choco nods in agreement. Yuki looks into the distance and finds Kate and Hugh playing together making sand castles. Yuki points at them and says, “Why don't you play with them while I set up the blanket.”“Okay!” cheered Choco as she runs to Kate and Hugh. Finally having a free moment, Yuki relaxes on the beach blanket under the parasol. As Yuki lays under the cool shade of the parasol, Muffy sneaks up on Yuki. As Muffy gets close, Yuki hears her foot steps in the sand and looks over at her. Naturally, Muffy is wearing a red bikini that is showing off the best of her curves for Yuki. Muffy smiles as she sings, “Hi Yuki.”“Muffy, what are you doing here? You're not a parent.” asks Yuki. “Oh come on, there is no rule that single women can't come to the beach today.” Muffy looks around looking for Choco. “Where is Choco by the way?”“She's playing with Kate and Hugh right now. Looks like she's getting along with the other kids of Forget-Me Not Valley.”Muffy waits for any compliments about her swimsuit, but Yuki just lays under the parasol quietly. She is disappointed, but knows that this is normal for Yuki. Instead, she asks, “Can I sit next to you?”Yuki moves to the side giving Muffy enough room to sit in the shade. She sits next to him, and waits for him to say something. But Yuki continues to remain quiet. Muffy stares at Choco playing with the other children for a few minutes, and sighs. Muffy always wanted to have Yuki's child, but the sight that he already has one only complicates her plans. Muffy tries her best to use Choco to her advantage, but Yuki is now even less interested in marriage. Yuki notices Muffy stare at Choco, so he finally speaks out, “What are you thinking about?”Muffy answers, “Nothing special. Just wondering why have you never decided to get married. That's all.”“My situation is complicated, even before Choco came to Forget-Me-Not Valley.” Yuki sits up and watches Choco plays. Painful memories of his own childhood replays as he watches his own child. “To tell you the truth, I never wanted to have any kids. It's not that I hate them, but I guess I never saw myself being able to raise a family. I know I'm not making any sense, but that's the only explanation I can give. Choco is cute, and everyone in Forget-Me-Not Valley likes her. But she is a tough kid to raise. Not to mention that she is an odd girl. She still doesn't remember who is her own mother, she remembers things about me that never happened, and when it comes to chocolates, she has a hole that cannot be filled.”“Did you find out anything about her mother?” asks Muffy. “No. I tried everything. I called my old friends from Atland, and they also told me that I am a virgin. I have never even came close to having a girlfriend or lover. But at the same time, I cannot find any proof that Choco is not my kid either. I thought that if I wait for Choco's mother to suddenly appear on her own, maybe I can get some answers. But it's been nearly a whole season since Choco came to live with me, and still no sign of her mother. I'm starting to believe that either she died, or she abandoned her. Either way, Choco doesn't want to remember what happened to her own mother.”“So, what are you going to do?” asks Muffy. “The only thing I can do. I'll have to raise Choco myself. Whether I want to admit it or not, she really is my daughter. I'll have to take responsibility.” answers Yuki. “That's very admirable Yuki. Lots of men would not want to deal with things like this. When Choco first arrived here, I thought that you were going to be like one of those guys. I was upset at the thought that you were not going to accept the fact that Choco is your child. But just as you promised, you took her in when you accepted the fact that you are a father.” Muffy slowly tries to place her hand on Yuki's. “You know, if you ever need a wife to complete your family, my hand will always be available for you.”Before Muffy's hand touches Yuki's, he pulls his away pretending to scratch his nose. Muffy felt disappointed again, but she just sighs and accepts that this is the way Yuki is. Being able to sit next to him at least is good enough for her for that moment. But she continues to fantasize about the day Yuki offers her the blue feather. Summer 2, 2003Yuki gets ready to leave the farm to do some shopping. As he is grabbing his wallet and rucksack, Choco walks out of her bedroom carrying Uma-Kun with her. She was in the mood to play games with Yuki, but she is now curious to see where is Yuki going. She already knows that her father has finished his work for the day. “Daddy, where are you going?” asks Choco. “I'm going to head over to Mineral Town to do some shopping. I always do heavy grocery shopping in the beginning of each season.” answered Yuki. Choco jumps up and down as she asks, “Can I go too!?”Yuki wanted to protest, but remembering how much trouble can Choco cause while she is home alone scares him. He imagines him coming back from shopping, and finds the entire farm on fire. His wild imagination causes him to change his mind. “Fine, you can come. But Uma-Kun stays home.”Choco nods, and leaves her stuffed horse in her room. They both move over to the beach where they catch a boat that is heading over to Mineral Town. Walking to Mineral Town is cheaper, but taking the boat is much faster. On the boat ride to Mineral Town, Choco is running around looking out to the ocean full of excitement. Yuki watches her as she is amazed to ride on a boat. He wanted to question her about her boat ride to the valley almost a season ago, but knowing her, she will not give an answer that Yuki will understand. Choco gasps as the boat reaches close to the beach of Mineral Town. She points at the beach and yells, “Daddy, look! Is that the place?”“Yes, that is Mineral Town. I come here every season because there are no real shops back at home. A lot of people know me here, so you can say that this is my second home.” Yuki walks up to Choco, and kneels down to her level. Choco knows by now that when Yuki does this, it's usually means that he wants to tell her something serious. “Now Choco. Since we're here, I'm going to lay down some rules. First, no running off by yourself. Second, be at your best behavior. Third, don't follow someone you don't know. Mineral Town is a peaceful village, but there are usually strangers that come from other places too. Do you understand?” Choco nods. After the boat docks, Yuki talks to the ferryman, and pays him the fee for the boat ride. As he talks, Choco gets bored and takes a look around. She finds a shop called Kai's Seaside Shack not too far away. She knows that she promised that she would not run off, but since it isn't too far away, she decides to pay it a visit while Yuki is not looking. She runs to the stand, and finds a young tanned skin man with a purple bandanna running the shop. He is cooking some orders to be delivered when Choco got there. She rings the bell and yells, “Hello mister!”The owner of the shop named Kai turns around and notices Choco. He smiles and says, “Hi there cutie. What can I get for you today?”Choco places her index finger against her chin as she thinks. “Lets see. . . I want 10 bars of chocolates, chocolate cake, a bunch of chocolate cookies, a stack of chocolate pancakes, some chocolate covered marshmallows, chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup, the bottle of chocolate syrup, a cup of hot chocolate, and a bag of M&M's.”Kai looks at her awkwardly as he says, “I'm sorry sweetheart, but I don't sell any of that.”“Well doesn't that just suck!” complained Choco. Yuki walks up to Choco, and grabs her arm. “Choco, where did you learn how to talk to people like that! Apologize to Kai right now!”Kai smiles and says, “Don't worry about it Yuki. She didn't mean any harm. Who is she by the way?”Choco points at Kai and says, “But Daddy, that man is so weird. He doesn't sell any chocolates at his store!”“Just because a shop doesn't sell chocolates, that doesn't make the owner weird. Now apologize. . .” Just then, Yuki notices Kai stare at him with a shocked look in his face. Yuki can tell that he is shocked because Choco called him “daddy”. Kai and most of Mineral Town already knows Yuki's age, and the fact that Yuki is supposed to be a virgin. He starts to feel nervous, so he bows his head and says, “ Sorry Kai, I am in a hurry. See you later!”Yuki runs off dragging Choco along with him. Kai still stands in his ship shocked to hear what Choco said. He drops his spatula as he says to himself, “Did that kid just call him 'daddy'?” He runs out of his shop, and watches Yuki run off with his daughter. As he leaves the beach he says, “Wow, Yuki you dog! And he started at such a young age too.” He flexes his right arm and he continues, “Fine then! I'll also do my best with the women too!”Just then, he smells smoke coming from his grill. He turns to see what is burning, and all the orders that he needed to deliver has caught on fire. He panics as he tries to put out the flames on the grill before his shop catches on fire. Yuki scolds at Choco, “I thought I told you not to run off on your own!” as they walk through Rose Square. “But daddy, I didn't go very far.” answered Choco. “How far is not the issue here. Please don't go off on your own without me knowing.”Choco places her finger in her mouth feeling guilty. But as they walk through the square, Choco notices a young woman with pink hair walking towards them. She becomes very curious, so she runs ahead to take a closer look. “Choco, what did I said about running off!” yelled Yuki. It takes the pink haired girl named Popuri a moment before noticing Choco run up to her. Popuri stops walking, and watches Choco orbit around her. She smiles and asks, “Hello there, what's your name?”Choco stops and answers, “Hi there, my name is Choco!”Popuri continues, “Choco huh? That's a cute name. Where did you come from- OUCH!”Choco begins to tug on Popuri's hair trying to remove it. As she pulls, she says, “Look daddy, her hair is not a wig, it's real! How did she get her hair to be that color?”Yuki panics and yells, “Oh my god, CHOCO!!! Let go of Popuri's hair this instant!” Choco releases Popuri's hair and places her hands behind her back. Yuki runs up to Popuri and says, “Popuri, I am so sorry! Are you hurt?”Popuri pats her hair and says “Don't worry about it, I get that a lot from strangers.” Then she thinks about what Choco says and asks, “Wait, did she just call you 'daddy'”?Yuki sweats nervously as he tries to answer, “Um, well that is. . .” Finding that he could not come up with a good enough answer, he grabs Choco's arm and runs away again. “Sorry, I am in a hurry! See you later Popuri!”Popuri stares as Yuki runs off with Choco. She think for a moment, noticing that Choco does look like Yuki, she concludes that what Choco said had to be true. Popuri feels that she needs to spread the news, so she runs to the Inn where most of the citizens of Mineral Town can be found. She slams the door open to grab everyone's attention. After taking a few deep breath from running to the Inn, she announces, “Everyone listen up! I have big news!”One of the customers says, “What is it now Popuri, did Begak lay another egg?” Everyone laughs at the joke. Popuri shakes her head and says, “No, no! It has nothing to do with my chickens this time. It's Yuki from Forget-Me-Not Valley! He has a daughter now!”Everyone cheers loudly for a minute. The owner of the inn Doug says, “Well, it's about time that young punk Yuki finally tied the knot.”“When did he get married I wonder?” asked one of the elder customers. “I bet he knocked up that blond chick from the bar.” said a younger male customer. Everyone laughs at the joke. Popuri shakes her head again and yells, “Everyone, stop jumping to conclusions and listen to me! The kid that I saw Yuki with has to be about the same age as Stu or May. He has a ten year old for a daughter!”The bar went silent. Doug finally breaks the silences and says, “Popuri, did you eat another bad egg? Yuki is 22 years old, there is no way he could have a ten year old daughter.”Popuri points at the door and says, “Tell that to Yuki! She looks just like him, and she is calling him daddy! And when I asked him about her, he just ran away from me!”Everyone in the inn stares at one another. Then one of the customers says, “Do you think it could be true?”Doug says, “Popuri may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but she doesn't lie either.”Someone else in the inn says, “I don't know about you, but I'm going to check it out!”Then everyone gets up, and walks out of the Inn to look for Yuki. As all this is happening, Yuki and Choco are outside the supermarket gasping for air. After they caught their breath, Yuki stares at Choco with a mean look on his face. Choco cringes in fear as she looks into his unhappy eyes. “Choco, didn't you promise that you were going to be in your best behavior?” asked Yuki. “But-”
“No but young lady! Now, we are going to go shopping, and you better not cause any trouble. If you do, I'll leave you with one of the girls next time around! Do you understand?” demanded Yuki. Choco nods. They walk in quietly trying to avoid any attention. Yuki walks over to the pile of seeds for sale, and checks out for any good deals for Summer crops. As he shops, Choco looks around, and notices the food section. There, she saw a mountain of chocolates stacked in a corner. She knows that she promised that she would behave, but the chocolates clouds her judgment, and she runs over to the stack of chocolaty treats. Yuki notices her running off, so he chases her through the supermarket. Choco tries to jump into the pile of chocolates, but Yuki catches her in mid air. “Choco, what do you think you are doing!?” asked Yuki. “But I am so hungry! I want some chocolates!” yelled Choco trying to reach out for the chocolates. “I'm sure your stomach can wait until we get home, now calm down!” yelled Yuki. As Yuki struggles with Choco, the daughter of the supermarket owner named Karen walks out of the back. She notices Yuki struggling with Choco, so she walks up to them to help out. She grabs a bar of chocolate, and offers it to Choco. “Here you go, it's on me.” said Karen cheerfully. Choco takes the chocolate, and eats it without waiting for her to be put down. She smiles at Karen and yells, “Thanks lady! I like you!”Yuki sighs and says, “Sorry about that Karen. She's a bit hard to deal with.”
“It's no problem Yuki, she's just so cute. Is she your little cousin or something?” asked Karen. Choco points at Yuki and announces, “I am not a cousin, he's my daddy!”Choco's words stuns all the women who are shopping at the supermarket. Most of them knows Yuki, so learning that he has a daughter is a shock to all of them. Even Karen looks at him awkwardly and asks, “Yuki, is that true? Are you really her father?”“Well, it's hard to explain. . .” said Yuki. As he tries to think of a proper explanation, all of the other customers stare at him uncontrollably. Yuki can hear them say embarrassing things like, “Oh my god, Yuki has a daughter?” “Look at her, she's old enough to be his sister.” “How old was Yuki when he slept with her mother?” “Why has Yuki been hiding her all this time?” “And I thought he was a pure soul.”Hearing them accuse him of awful things, Yuki panics and runs out of the supermarket. However, the rest of Mineral Town from the Inn is already outside looking for them. When they find him, they all crowd around him and stare at Choco. There are so many voices that Yuki cannot make anything out. Yuki is trapped, he has no choice but to break through the crowd and run to the beach with Choco. As they rush to the dock, they notice that Kai's shack has caught on fire, and he is trying his best to put it out. Yuki wants to stop and help him, but the crowd of curious villagers are following him. He rushes into the boat, and demands that it sets sail to Forget-Me-Not Valley immediately. The boat departs, and they are safe. However, Yuki knows that he should stay away from Mineral Town for some time until things has settled down. He couldn't blame Choco too much, it isn't her fault that everyone made a big deal about Yuki being a father. Mineral Town is a small village, and any big news tends to drive everyone a bit crazy. Even Forget-Me-Not Valley reacted in a similar manner when they everyone found out that Yuki is a father. To be continued.
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Post by Coco on Feb 27, 2008 21:38:45 GMT -5
Wow. If only he knew it was one of the Witch Princess' evil tricks. I would have lashed out all of those people!
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Post by Juxapose on Mar 5, 2008 21:06:24 GMT -5
Chapter 8 Summer 4, 2003Muffy is in her room at 9:00pm crossing out the fourth day of Summer on her calendar. She sighs as she takes a look at the fifth day of Summer feeling depressed and lonely. On the fifth square, she had already written “Happy Birthday” on it as a constant reminder of her own birthday. Usually, her birthday is a time for happiness and celebration. But this year, and the years following it will forever be different. She places her hand on the calendar and says, “I can't believe it. I never would have thought I would come to this day. Tomorrow, I'll be thirty years old, and I'm still not married. It's not fair, all of my high school friends are already married and have at least 2 kids already. I'm the only one who hasn't yet.”She walks away from the calendar, and crashes on her bed. She spends a few minutes staring at the ceiling remembering the failures she's endured in her love life. Muffy is indeed beautiful. But because of that, no man has ever taken her seriously. She thought that moving to forget-Me-Not Valley would be a foolproof way to find a husband quickly. But five years later, she has not gotten lucky. She turns her head to find Yuki's Photo resting on the nightstand next to her bed. She sits up, and picks up the photo of the young, caring, and handsome farmer who lives not too far away. There are several single men in Forget-Me-Not Valley, but most of them are even older than she is. Yuki is the only guy that she reserves a special place in her heart. As she stares into the photo, she remembers all the great times she had with Yuki. She knew him for three years, and tries her best to wait patiently for the blue feather. But as the years pass by, her chance of getting married to him seem to be getting dimmer. After staring at Yuki's photo, she returns to her bed and falls asleep. She wishes that tomorrow would never come, but she does not have the ability to stop time. All she can do is try a bit harder to get married to the young farmer. Even though that there is a lot of competition, and Yuki now has a daughter living with him, she refuses to give up. She decided a long time ago to continue to fight until the last day. Summer 5, 2003After getting dressed up in her usual red dress and blue mini jacket, Muffy heads down the stairs to help Griffin prepare the Bar. When she reaches the bar, she finds Griffin talking on the phone. As soon as he notices her, he calls her over covering the bottom end of the phone. Griffin then passes over the phone to Muffy telling her that someone called from her hometown. “Hello?” said Muffy. She hears the voice of her mother on the other end of the line. “Oh hi mom! . . . Yes, I know it's my birthday today, I was going to call you later. . . Married? No, not yet, I'm still working on it. . . An arranged marriage? Mom, you know how I feel about that. I do not want to get married to some stranger. . . Yes, I know that you want to see your grandkids soon, but things are not as easy as you think. . . A boyfriend? Well, I do have this one guy I'm sort of seeing, but he's not yet ready for a commitment yet. . .” Muffy continues to listen to her mother's ranting for another hour or so. Griffin spends the time Muffy took to speak to her mother cleaning out dishes and mugs. After a while, Muffy says, “Okay mom. I promise I'll do my best here in the valley. . . Goodbye.”She hangs up the phone, and collapses on one of the bar stools. Explaining to her mother why isn't she married yet drained a lot of her energy. Griffin notices that Muffy is done speaking to her mother, and walks out to the bar drying out an empty mug. “Your mother giving you a hard time?” asked Griffin. “She's even more impatient than last year.” answered Muffy. “It's not my fault that I'm still single. I mean I have bond hair, green eyes, I take good care of my figure, and I look younger than I really am. I just don't get how no man would want to take a girl like me seriously. Most guys just want to have a few nights of fun with me, then they move on to the next girl on their list. It's not fair.”Griffin smiles and pulls out three tickets out of his pocket. He shows them to Muffy offering them to her. Muffy stares at them and asks, “What are those for?”“I'm letting you have the day off today because it's your birthday. The circus just came into town yesterday, and I'm sure that you could find two other people to go with. Like a young farmer and his kid.” answered Griffin. Muffy's mood changes from depressed to happy. She takes the tickets and runs out of the bar saying, “Thanks Griffin, you're the best!”Griffin continues to smile as he watches her leave the Bar. He knows that he has strong feelings for Muffy, but he just watches over her like her guardian. Griffin is 15 years older than Muffy. Because of that, Muffy sees him as a member of her own family, not a bachelor. Even so, he still watches her hoping only the best. Yuki, Choco, and Muffy walk together to the circus that has set up on the east side of Forget-Me-Not Valley. Yuki stares at Muffy nervously as she hums a cheerful tune. Choco is just happy that she is going to the circus for the first time. As they walk, Muffy says, “What a wonderful Summer day this has turned out. Clear skies, bright sun, birds are singing, and I am on a date with the greatest guy in the world.”Yuki sweats and says, “Muffy, I am only going with you because it's your birthday. This is not a date.”Muffy happily ignores him, and continues to walk. Soon, they hear the sounds of the circus band playing, and they see the circus from a distance. Choco becomes even more excited as they approach the circus. Even Yuki becomes excited to go to the circus, he has never been to one before either. The ticket man accepts their tickets, and they walk in. There are so many stands that none of them can decide what do they want to do first. They decide to eat some of the carnival treats like cotton candy , funnel cake, churros, and chocolate covered apples. Next they decide to try out the games at the circus. Yuki plays the test of strength game where you hit the target on the ground with a hammer, then a counterweight flies up and hits a bell. Choco participates in a chocolate eating contest, and wins by a heavy margin. Muffy and Choco both end up with a lot of prizes to take home. Their next stop is a drink stand. The line is a bit long, so Yuki and Muffy waits while Choco sits on a bench. After a few minutes of waiting, Choco gets bored, and starts to walk around close by. As she takes a look around on her own, a strange short man jumps out in front of her and yells, “Hi there!!”Choco shrieks and kicks the man between the legs where it hurts the most. The strange man collapses on the ground in pain holding his crotch. Everyone stops to stare, Yuki and Muffy finds Choco in the middle of the crowd of people holding some drinks. “Choco, what did you do this time!?” yelled Yuki. “Daddy, that man is scary!” answered Choco. The strange man jumps on his feet and yells cheerfully, “Sorry about that, it was my fault!” Yuki and Muffy jumps back as they are both surprised to see him recover so quickly. Seeing that the man is okay, the crowd disappears. The short man is wearing a blue and gray business suit, a blue top hat, dyed blond hair, and a red bow tie on his neck. He has extremely small eyes, and a tattoo on each of his cheeks, a star on his right and a heart on his left. After dusting his clothes off, he says, “My name is Barney, I am the ringleader of this circus! I didn't mean to scare the little princess, but I couldn't help myself.”Choco hides behind Yuki. He feels obligated to introduce them, so he says, “My name is Yuki, I own a farm here in the valley. This is my daughter Choco, and with me is Muffy.”Barney smiles and continues, “Looks like your here with the family. It's great to see a husband and wife taking their child to the circus.”Muffy blushes from being told that they were a couple. But Yuki rains on her parade and says, “We're not married. We're just friends, that's all. It's her birthday today, and I'm just keeping her company.” “So are you here to see the show?” Barney asked unexpectedly. “The show?” asked Yuki. Barney points at the bulletin board behind them. On the bulletin board. They turn around and see a young woman with jet black hair wearing a blue leotard standing in it. Next to her are the words, “Mimi the amazing acrobat and friends” written next to her. “She is the star of this circus. We would be happy if everyone would come watch her perform. Naturally, I'll be there too as an announcer.” said Barney. Yuki takes a hard look at the bulletin board and says, “Wow, she's real pretty.” He turns to Choco and asks, “You want to watch Mimi perform?” Choco nods happily. Yuki grabs Choco's hand, and they walk to the big tent to watch the show. Muffy pouts for a minute saying, “The whole three years we known each other, you never said that I was pretty. . .” After a moment, she follows Yuki into the tent. The tent is full with a lot of people from many different places, including Mineral Town. Yuki tries his best to hide from his friends until things have settled down in Mineral Town. They were able to get great seats in the middle of the stands. Not too far, yet not too close. Choco drinks her chocolate milk as they wait for the show to start. After a few minutes, Barney comes out of the curtains and announces, “Ladies and Gentlemen! Thanks for coming to the show! We have a lot of performances to show you! Funny clowns, ferocious beasts, tricks that deceive the eye, but most importantly. . . The Amazing Mimi!” Everyone claps and cheers as they watch Mimi swing through the air. Muffy becomes a little jealous because Yuki is watching Mimi more than her, but she still tries her best to enjoy the performance. After the opening act, the curtain opens and a bunch of clowns start performing throwing pies at one another, and telling jokes. Everyone laughs as they watch the clowns act silly. After the clowns, Mimi swings on the trapeze singing a beautiful melody that leaves the crowd in awe. As they continue to watch, all the chocolates that Choco has been eating catches up to her. She pulls on Yuki's sleeve and says, “Daddy, I need to use the bathroom.”Yuki nods, and Choco runs to the stalls to relieve herself. After she leaves the stall, she realizes that in the sudden rush, she does not remember how to go back to the audience. She walks around the tent aimlessly, and finds a door. Not sure if it is the right way, she enters anyway. At the same time, an act has ended and Barney is back on the stage announcing, “Okay, it's time for Mimi to show off her magic skills! Can I ask for a volunteer from the audience!?”Just then, Choco walks on the side of the stage, and realizes that she took a wrong turn. Barney notices Choco, so he runs to the side, and pulls her on the stage. “Looks like we have a volunteer! The cute and cuddly CHOCO!!”Yuki then spits out his Pepsi and yells, “WHAT THE F-” then the band plays loudly blocking out anything else he was about to say. Mimi comes out with a huge box with a curtain, and steps Choco inside. Before closing the curtain, she yells, “I shall now make this little girl disappear in front of your very eyes!” She then closes the curtain, spins the box around completely. Afterwards, Mimi opens the curtain and Choco is not inside, She is now behind the box appearing as if she had vanished. Muffy is impressed and claps cheerfully. She then says, “Wow, she really is amazing, right Yuki. . . Yuki?” She then notices that Yuki is no longer sitting next to her. Thinking that he'll come back, she continues to watch the show. As Yuki is going bananas looking for the entrance to the stage, Choco is juggling with some of the clowns. After a while, Yuki finds himself in the back of the stage where the crew is preparing a big event. As he searches, one of the workers stop him and asks, “Are you here for the act?”
“What?” asked Yuki. “Good you're late, get into the cage right now!” the employee pushes Yuki into a huge cage and locks it. Then goes out to signal that they are ready. Barney comes out to the stage and announces, “Sorry that our final act is a bit late, we had trouble finding our man! Now that he is here, I shall introduce the final performance! Introducing, Kano and Simbah!”The curtain rises revealing the huge cage. Barney turns around and finds Yuki inside instead of Kano, demanding to be let out. Barney sweats nervously, but he tries to make the best of the act. “Looks like Kano is still in the hospital, but no worries! We have a great replacement to show us a great performance. I'll introduce Yuki the Lion tamer!”Yuki shakes the bars and says, “Hey, I thought I told you to let me out!. . . Wait, did he say Lion tamer?” Then Yuki hears the growl of a vicious animal behind him. He turns around slowly and finds a huge lion in the cage with him. “Yuki!! Do your best!!” yelled Muffy from the audience. “Muffy!! Don't just sit there!! Do something!!” demanded Yuki. The yelling upsets the lion called Simbah, and it starts to chase him. Choco looks around for anything to help her father. She quickly finds a whip and a stool inside the cage. The bars are wide enough for Choco to squeeze through, so she runs to her father's aid. The lion has Yuki pinned in a corner, but Choco grabs the whip and stool, and runs between them. “Choco, what are you doing here!! Get out!!” yelled Yuki. Choco ignores her father,and remains where she is. Choco then whips the ground yelling, “Back Simbah! Back!!” The determination and fearlessness in her eyes drives the lion back. The crowd is amazed and cheers for Choco. Muffy claps and yells, “Yay Choco!! Tame that lion!!”
“Muffy!! Who's side are you on!!??” yelled Yuki realizing that Muffy still has not moved to help them. Afterwards, the show is over. Yuki, Choco, and Muffy walk home by themselves. Yuki is exhausted after being chased by a lion. Choco and Muffy are happy, they had the best time of their lives. Yuki looks at Choco and asks, “Choco, where did you learn how to do that back there? With the lion I mean.”
“Saturday morning cartoons!” cheered Choco. Yuki drops Muffy off at the bar, and then walks home with Choco. They were silent for a while, until Choco asks, “Daddy, can we go to the circus again, PLEASE.”“Absolutely not.” said Yuki. “After that experience, I'll never go back to the circus again. I'll never want to see another circus ticket again.”However a few minutes later, Yuki finds Celia, Lumina, Flora, and Nami standing right outside the gates to his farm. They each held up three circus tickets, and they all sing, “Hey Yuki!! Wanna go to the circus with me?!”
“Oh no!” complained Yuki as he passes out. Choco jumps for Joy as she sees that she'll go to the circus four more times, once with each of the other girls. To be continued.
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Post by Coco on Mar 5, 2008 22:04:12 GMT -5
Really entertaining chapter. You are so talented ^_^
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Post by Juxapose on Mar 6, 2008 12:05:22 GMT -5
I'm glad you've enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, the next chapter wont be as funny as the rest of the series has been. It's a bit serious, dramatic, and a bit sad to some people. However, I do need to set some type of ambience for the story, and answer some questions about Choco's past, and Yuki's feelings.
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Post by Pickle on Mar 8, 2008 4:27:47 GMT -5
That's okay. It is needed, after all.
I'm sure it will turn out fine. The last chapter made me giggle.
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Post by Juxapose on Mar 17, 2008 16:33:51 GMT -5
Chapter 9 Summer 15, 2003Yuki comes home exhausted after a long day of work. One of Yuki's cattle just gave birth, so he spent a lot of energy assisting in it's delivery. One of the chickens escaped the coop, so he spent a good thirty minutes chasing it around the farm. The sheep was also giving him a hard time while he was sheering the wool, jumping and running around nervously. The ducks gave him no trouble, but he was already exhausted long before them. Yuki walks to the kitchen, sits on a dining room chair, and slams himself on the table. He takes a look at the clock, it's now 2:00 pm, far too early to rest yet. As he is catching his breath, he also thinks about what he wants to make for dinner. Choco hears her father hit the table, and jumps for joy. She runs out of her bedroom carrying Uma-Kun up to his side. She then pulls on his shirt to grab his attention. “Daddy, Daddy! Can we go to the beach today?” begged Choco. Yuki turns and stares at her with a tired look in his eyes. “Again? We've been to the beach three times this week already.”Choco smiles and says, “I know, but the beach is so much fun! I get to swim, I play with my ball, and Uma-Kun gets to help me build sand castles!”Yuki places a hand on Choco's head, and pats her gently. He then says, “Choco, I'm sorry. But I had a hard long day at work today. I need to do a few more things like clean the house, and cook dinner. Why don't you just go around the valley and play instead?”
“By myself?” asked Choco. “Of course not.” answered Yuki. “You can go play with Kate and Hugh. They are about your age, and you really do get along with them. You should become good friends with them.”“Okay.” said Choco in a sad tone. Choco returns to her bedroom, and starts to pack some of her toys in her rucksack. She then waves at her father goodbye, and goes out to play. Choco walks out of the farm, and takes the road that leads to Romana's Villa. As she walks, she notices Hugh dash past her. She stops, and watches him run to his mother and father who are waiting for him by their house. His father hits the stop watch and compliments on his improving speed. His mother hugs him on a job well done. Soon afterwards, Kate walks out of her house with her mother and father. They all walk past her holding hands like a happy family heading to the direction of Vesta's farm. Choco watches them walk away as they are all telling jokes and laughing cheerfully. Choco begins to feel a bit jealous and sad. She found her father, but she is still without her mother. “Hi there kiddo!” yelled Nami surprising Choco from behind. Choco turns around and says, “Hi lady!”Nami looks around and notices that Yuki is not with her. She then asks, “Where's your dad? Are you here all by yourself?”“Daddy is tired, and he wants to rest. He told me to play with the other kids, but they are playing with their mommy and daddy.” answered Choco. Nami notices the sad look on her face. She couldn't help but to feel sorry for her. Yuki is a busy man, and he does try his best. But she knows that he is only one person, and Choco wants both a mother and a father. Yuki is stubborn, and refuses to date any of the girls for a reason none of them knows. Nami kneels down, and pats Choco on the head. She then says, “Hey, wanna hang out with me? I'll treat you to something to drink, what do you say?”Choco looks up at Nami and nods cheerfully. Nami then takes her to the Blue Bar where they could relax and have a little fun. Griffin notices that he has guests, so he says, “Welcome ladies. What can I get you today?”“I'll have a stone oil. Chocolate milk for the kid.” said Nami. “Coming right up!” said Griffin. A few moments later, Griffin returns with a strong drink in a martini glass for Nami, and a mug full of chocolate milk topped with whip cream and a cherry for Choco. Nami enjoys her drink sipping it slowly. Choco drinks her chocolate milk through a straw. After Nami finishes her drink, she stretches her arms and says, “So, how is everything at home? Getting along with your dad?” Choco nods as she continues to drink. “That's great, Yuki is a responsible man and even though he doesn't show it too much, I'm sure he cares about you very much.” Nami pokes at her empty martini glass for a minute. She is remembering the good times she had with Yuki within the last three years. “Yuki is a really great guy. I came to live here not too long before Yuki moved into the farm. I was only supposed to be here for only a year, then I would leave like I would do everywhere else. I know that I'm not very feminine, and most of the guys treat me like another guy. But Yuki is different, he treats me like a woman. I always felt that I have a sporting chance with him, so instead of leaving, I decided to stay here. I keep hoping that maybe someday, Yuki will feel the same way I do.”Nami notices that Choco is staring at her oddly. She laughs and says, “What am I doing? You're still too young to understand what it means to fall head over heels for someone.” Nami slams on the table and says, “Hey Griffin! Red Punch please!”Griffin takes a moment to prepare her red punch. It is served in a mug, and has less alcohol than the stone oil. Nami drinks the fruit flavored alcoholic beverage quickly, and hits the empty mug on the table. Choco then finishes her chocolate milk, and then eats the cherry. Nami looks at Choco and asks, “So tell me. What is your mother like?”“Mommy?” asked Choco. “Oh yeah, I forgot. You don't remember her. How strange, a child who doesn't remember her own mother, even though you've lived with her for 10 years. Be that as it may, I am still curious about her. So, do you remember anything?”Choco shakes her head no. “I don't know why, but I can't even remember what she looks like. I don't know why, but after I found daddy, I forgot about mommy. . .”Nami saw another sad look in Choco's face. She places an arm around Choco, and pulls her closer trying to make her feel better. “Don't worry baby. I'm sure you'll remember soon enough. After all, you are still just a kid. Whatever happened in the past is over now. You're with friends now, and I'll protect you like if you are a member of my own family.”Just like most of the other people in Forget-Me-Not Valley, Nami feels that Choco does remember her mother, but she refuses to talk about it. But Choco really cannot remember anything about her. She only remembers Yuki's face, and what little memories she has of her past. Unfortunately, none of what Choco tells anyone makes any sense, so everyone just smiles and wishes the best for her. Summer 16, 2003Choco walks out of her bedroom in the middle of the night. Her stomach is rumbling with hunger. She ate dinner, but she wants chocolate. Yuki told her that he is out of chocolates, but Choco knows that he has said that many times before. He always has a secret stash of chocolates hidden somewhere. Quietly, Choco grabs a chair and climbs on the kitchen counter to search through the cupboards for chocolates. After some time, she finds nothing. She sits on the counter, and thinks for a moment. “Where did daddy hide the chocolates today?” Choco asked herself. “There is none in the kitchen, yesterday I checked in the TV room, but I found nothing. Where could daddy be hiding the chocolates?”Choco stares at the bedroom door to Yuki's room. She then feels that if there is anyplace where he would be hiding the chocolates, it has to be there. She opens the door slowly to avoid waking her father up. She then tip toes over to the night stand next to his bed, and opens the small drawer. Inside she found his stash of chocolates. She grabs a couple of bars, and closes the drawer slowly. But as she is about to leave, she finds Yuki's diary resting on top of the nightstand. She picks up the diary and whispers to herself, “Daddy's diary? Every night before he goes to bed, he writes in it. He told me that I should never read it, so I better leave it alone. But. . .” Choco becomes excited and yells, “Maybe he wrote something about mommy!” Choco covers her mouth, and Yuki turns on his bed. Luckily, he does not wake up. Choco walks out slowly and returns to her bedroom. She jumps on her bed, and opens the diary starting with the latest entry. She doesn't read anything, but she skims through the pages looking for anything that might be a clue as to who is her mother. However, the earliest entry in the diary is Spring 5, 2000, the day Yuki moved into the farm. She cannot find anything useful, so she closes the diary and returns to her father's room. She returns the diary to the place where she found it, and tip toes away. She wanted to leave, but she finds herself looking through Yuki's room for anything else that she could use instead. Quietly without waking her father, Choco finds Yuki's photo album. She walks out carrying the album with her, and creeps into her bedroom. She checks all the photographs carefully. The more recent photos are of Yuki and the girls. One of the photos has Yuki standing next to Lumina practicing the piano. Another one has him in the bar having a drinking contest with some of the other guys. Muffy is in that photograph. Another photo has Yuki standing next to Nami with a huge fish that they caught together. Several photographs has Celia and Yuki planting crops together. And other Photos have Yuki volunteering in the dig site helping Carter and Flora. As she flips the pages from the back to the front, she notices that one photograph is missing There is an empty space that has traces that a photograph was torn out. Choco has no clue why is the photograph missing, but since the empty space is in the middle of a group of photos of Yuki's first Summer Festival, she pays it no mind. Choco continues to flip the pages, and finds photographs from before Yuki moved into Forget-Me-Not Valley. In many of those pictures, Yuki is by himself, or surrounded by people who Choco does not know. She then finds herself looking at the first page of the photo album. In that page, there is a large photograph of three people. Two of them are young adults, and between them is a ten year old child. One of the adults is a young woman in her early thirties. Choco is amazed at how much she resembles that woman. The hair color, eyes, and cheekbones are very similar to her own. Even the hairstyle matches her a bit, but the woman in the picture has longer hair. The man in the picture looks a lot like Yuki. But his hair has a darker color, and he has no hat. The child in the middle has the same blue hat that Yuki now wears. Seeing that many of the traits of both adults can be seen in the child, Choco assumes that the Child is Yuki when he was her age, and the two adults are his parents. She can also notice some stains on the picture that looks like teardrops. Choco doesn't know what happened to his parents, but judging by the photograph, he misses them very much. Even so, she doesn't find any clues about her own mother. She closes the photo album, and returns it to her father's bedroom. Before quitting, she searches the room quietly once again. As she searches, she finds another diary. So she quietly takes it back into her bedroom. She opens the diary and takes a look inside, but she notices that it is empty. The diary is a spare in case that Yuki runs out of room in his old diary. Instead of returning the blank diary, she decides to keep it and write a diary of her own. She grabs a pencil from her rucksack and makes the first entry to her diary. Dear diary,
I want to be just like my daddy, so I want to write my thoughts just like he does. My name is Choco, and I am 10 years old. I live with my daddy, and my best friend Uma-Kun. My daddy works hard, and I promised him that I be a good girl and wait for him. But waiting at home is so boring. Daddy sometimes comes home tired, and can't play with me. But I love my daddy, and I want to stay here with him. But I also want to know who my mommy is too. People think that I keep my mommy a secret, but I really can't remember. Maybe one day, mommy and daddy could be together again like before, and I could have a family like the others do. Choco closes the diary, and hides it under her bed. She then goes to bed and falls asleep. She dreams about the day that her mother and father would play with her like they did before. Just like other nights, she can see Yuki's face clearly, but her mother's is only a blur. That morning, Choco wakes up to the smell of chocolate pancakes covered in chocolate syrup. She sits down at the table and waits to be served. As Yuki cooks, he says, “Had a rough night last night Choco?”Choco yawns and says, “I'm still a little tired.”“You wouldn't be so tired if you weren't poking around in my room in the middle of the night.” said Yuki. “How did you find out?” asked Choco nervously. “I noticed that a few of my chocolate bars went missing this morning. Only you would do something like that.” answered Yuki. Choco sighs in relief. She feels that Yuki did not find out that she has been looking through his other possessions last night. So she pretends that nothing else happened and said, “I was just hungry daddy. I'm sorry.”“I'll go buy you some chocolate today, but promise me that you won't enter my room without my permission again.” said Yuki. “Okay!” answered Choco. Then Yuki places a stack of pancakes in front of her. He then says, “Good girl. Now I have a lot of work to do today, and I will not be home until late. Try to play with the other kids, or hang out with Muffy, Lumina, Celia, Nami, or Flora.”Choco nods. After breakfast, Yuki grabs his rucksack and leaves to do his job. Choco grabs her bag of toys and takes another stroll around the valley. As she walks around, Hugh walks up to her from behind nervously. He has a flower hidden behind his back. “Um. . . Choco?” said Hugh. Choco turns around and says, “Hi Hugh! What's up, wanna play?”“Actually, I um. . .” Hugh reveals the pink catmint flower to her and says. “I have a present for you! I um. . . I really like you Choco!”Choco accepts the flower and says, “Thank you Hugh. I like you too!” Hugh's face turned red feeling bashful that Choco said that she liked him. Choco continues, “I like you, Kate, daddy, and the five ladies that follows my daddy around.” Choco runs off and says, “Let me show my present to daddy! Be right back!”“Wait!” yelled Hugh. But Choco ran so fast that she did not hear him. Hugh scratches his head and says, “I knew it. She didn't understand what I meant by 'like'.”Hugh then felt a homicidal aura behind him. He turns around and finds Kate behind him with the most angriest look on her face. She then jumps on him, knocking him down on the ground beating him up yelling, “You two timer! I thought it was me you like!?”“When did I ever say that I liked you?” asked Hugh. “Shut it! You know that you liked me, but now you like her instead! I'll never forgive you for this!” yelled Kate. To Be Continued.
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Post by Coco on Mar 18, 2008 14:05:17 GMT -5
Really interesting. The last part was funny with Hugh and Kate. Looking forward to the next chapter.
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