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Colliding SYmponies <ryougaecho@abraxis.com>

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Nukunuku bolted in the door still in her high-school fuku. "Tadaima!"
After a quick scan of the apartment she saw Kei in a sweat shirt and
Papa-san in front of his computer still in his lab coat from they day
before. "Kei!" She jumped at him as he turned just in time to catch her.

"Hi there," he said calmly a small grin on his features. Just then, Eimi
followed her through the door in her fuku, holding two callico-type cats
over her shoulder by the tail.

"Hey, Sensei," she said. "Hi Kei." She waved.

NukuNuku turned in a bit of surprise. "You know Kei?" She looked on in
further shock when she found what was over Eimi's shoulder. "What's the
matter with those cats?"

"Nothing! Perfectly healthy," Eimi said smoothly with a bright smile.

NukuNuku was unsure of  how to deal with that remark, from what little
she remembered her tail hurt very much even by brushing against things.
Kei, however, stood up and stopped Eimi. Eimi turned and Kei inspected
the quite limp cats, tugging at their unresponsive limbs. "Yeah, they
look big enough."

"Big enough?" she exclaimed, puzzled. "For what? What are you doing,
Eimi?"

"Oh, like you don't know!" she snapped girlishly. "And they call me
dumb. . ." NukuNuku could only look as Eimi headed for Papa-san's lab.

"Papa-san, why is she taking those cats to your work space?"

After a drag on a newly lit cigarette, he said, "Probably getting ready
for tonight."

"What's going on here?" She quailed in a whining tone. Ryunnosuke came
from his room and started jumping up and down.

"NukuNuku, come see! Come see quick!"

She turned and crawled away from Papa-san towards Ryunnosuke's room.
Maybe he could tell her what they were doing. "Ryunnosuke do you know
what's. . ," she began as she came into his room. He was peering out the
window, so far that he was practically dangling. "Ryunnosuke, be
careful!"

"Come see this guy! He's funny!"

NukuNuku took a place beside Ryunnosuke and peered out the window
herself. A boy with a braid wearing chinese tunics was running almost as
fast as she could with about 60, no 67 cats behind him, the whole time
screaming; "NekoNekoNekoNekoNekoNEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEKONEK
ONEKONEKONEKO!"

Ryunnosuke was laughing full throated, while NukuNuku looked confused.
Why was the boy wearing fish-sausage links around his neck? He ran the
other way, coming fulll circle before crashing into the wall. The cats
dog-piled him and the sausages. Ryunnosuke was in tucks, holding his
stomach while he laughed.

NukuNuku scanned the pile more intently, when suddenly the boy shot up
from the bottom of the pile, screaming like a cat in heat.
"NYRAAAAAAA!!"

His fists moved oddly as he swatted at the cats powerfully. NukuNuku
watched in horror as the cats were litterally rended in half. Cat
screeches that no human could hear pounded at NukuNuku's ears as she
watched in disbelief. Another sound crept into her ears.

Ryunnosuke was still laughing. "Aw, look at him go! Hahahaha! Yow he's
fast!"

"How could you be laughing!? Its awful! I have to stop him!" she stood
up.

"NUKUNUKU!!" Eimi's voice bellowed. "Could you come back to the kitchen
please? I need some help!"

NukuNuku, looked down at the catfight and back to the door.

"Are you coming or not? Do I have to get someone else who actually cares
to come here?"

"NukuNuku cares. . ," she said, feeling very small. Finally she walked
out of a still laughing Ryunnosuke's room and came to the kitchen. Eimi,
with an apron on, was standing in front of a boiling pot of water and
stirring its contents. Kei was near the sink, next to Eimi and the
stove.

"So just one?" Kei's voice asked.

"Yeah, leave the other one with the skin. Keeps the flavour from what
I've read," Eimi's voice answered.

NukuNuku stopped behind them. "Making dinner so early, Eimi-chan?"

"Yep!" she answered without turning around.

"Where's the tenderiser?" Kei asked, looking at Eimi.

"I think I left it in the lab," Kyusaku answered. "You know, even the
best scientists need a BFH sometimes. Hahaha!"

"Yeah," Kei breathed. Turning towards the lab and NukuNuku, she could
see that he had one of those cat's Eimi had slung over his shoulder.
"S`cuse me!" he said brightly. She merely watched him go by her, back
into the lab, shut the door, and lock it behind him. After a moment , an
odd thudding noise could be heard repeatedly.

NukuNuku walked up to Eimi. "What is he doing with that. . ," She
trailed off when she saw Eimi with the other cat by the tail, slowly
lowering it into the boiling water.

"NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

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"NYAAA!!" NukuNuku cried as she sat up from her futon. She breathed
heavily out of habit, more than nessecity. "Bad dream, bad dream bad
dream, NO!" she yelled again leaping from her futon. She ran into the
foyer/kitchen/dining room area to find Papa-san sitting in front of his
computer. she inspected the stove carefully, finding no pot of any kind
on it.

Kyusaku watched with facination as NukuNuku half dissected the stove as
if she were looking for something. "What is wrong?"

"Where?" she yelped. "Where is Eimi?"

"Getting school supplies for Monday. Why?" As if on cue, Eimi opened the
door, wearing a small skirt and sweatshirt, with a duffle bag slung over
her shoulder, and a tennis racket in a leather binding. "Why speak of
the devil."

"Eimi-chan?" she said, apprehensively.

"What are you looking at?" Eimi snapped.

"Whatcha got there with the money I gave you?" Kyusaku asked, turning
away from his computer.

"Oh, yeah. I got a bunch of language books, some supplies and gym
clothes." She patted the duffle bag contentedly.

"What's with the racket?"

"Oh yeah!" she exclaimed, pulling the leather harness off of the net. "I
got it so I could join one of those after school clubs."

"New rackets are expensive."

"Yeah I know. This one is used. Real old. Strung with Cat Gut!"

*CRASH*

Both Eimi and Kyusaku turned with a sweat drop to see a NukuNuku shaped
hole in the wall, NukuNuku's scream still resounding even as she ran.


FIN