Chapter 7: Chapter 7:Friends of the Past
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//Zeke P.O.V//
It was when I was 8 years old, We were having a vacation at Kyoto back then and we were staying at an Inn a friend of grandad own's that being the Bear Tiger Inn.
It was early in the morning after sleeping there at 2 nights, I met five identical looking girls there, they had long and silky pink hair.
and similar blue eyes.
Although they looked like each other, they had different personalities and at that time I didn't know the word quintuplets so I thought they were a clone.
I was really surprised, The first one I met is when I was playing on the back of the inn, and somehow found a hedgehog under a tree, it made the tree its home for some reason.
And being the curious kid I was tried to go near it to check it out. But as soon as the hedgehog saw me, it entered back into its home.
Of course I was sad, that i didn't get to pet it, but I was determined. so I asked my mum, how to befriend a hedgehog and she told me, to just feed it with caterpillars, she probably thought I was just curious and didn't think that I would use that to a real one.
so, thats what I did! Since even though it was summer, I found two caterpillars laying about in the greeneries which I caught and put it as bait..
The first one, to lure the Hedgehog out and the other one is the one I fed him with after i already had him in hand..The hedgehog didn't bit me or anything, I guess it just got startled the first time, as it seemed to be friendly.
So I just sat there, next to the tree and patted the hedgehog, although that didn't last long as I had a new company.
The first Pink haired girl that I met..For some reason I couldn't really remember her full name, but it starts with Mi..
anyways, I met her when I was just patting the hedgehog as it sleeps on my thighs,
I didn't notice her coming at me as I was just staring at the cute critter in front of me, fascinated and amused on how tiny it is, just like any nine years old would do.
I just noticed someone's feet while the sun was suddenly blocked, so I looked above and saw her.
I just waved my hand and greeted her.
"hi?" I asked but it looked like she didn't understand what I was saying, but she still waved back.
She asked me some questions, before looking towards the sleeping hedgehog.
I didn't really understand her questions, as I didn't know japanese back then, only knowing English and Tagalog.
Still I somehow understood what she was saying a little.
She asked what is it that I am touching, while pointing at the hedgehog as she tilted her neck.
I somehow understood and Introduced the hedgehog, of course using english, which made her confused.
But she shook her head and Sat besides me. She then pat the still asleep hedgehog's head before saying something I didn't really understand, so I just nodded my head everytime she said or asked something.
Then, as she noticed that I didn't understand her she stopped talking and stared at me, before she looked up and said
"Mi-" As she pointed at herself, before she pointed at me and tilting her head.
for some reason I understood her question so I replied with my name. "Zeke" while pointing to myself.
after hearing my answer she then muttered something before smiling at me, of which I smiled back with a toothy grin.
That was when 4 girls with the same appearance and clothes as her appeared.
They were running at her which woke up the hedgehog, and seeing the 4 running girls, it panicked and entered back into the hole it burrowed.
While I was too stunned to notice the hedgehog as I saw them, because they literally had the same appearance as the girl I was talking with.
while the girl in question, seeing the four look alike, run towards them while waving her hands.
The five got into a conversation with smiles before The girl I talked before beckoned for me, and noticing that I was not moving, because I was still shocked, she went towards me and pulled me over to the 4.
She Introduced me by saying my name, before she introduced the four.
Which for some reason I only remember the first few letters.
they were "Ich" "Nin" "Yot" "Its".
after which i waved at them stiffly, before I ran away to find my mother.
I didn't know how they acted but im pretty sure they were surprised.
Meanwhile, After Finding Mother in our room with Father by her side as they sat and looked at the view.
I ran towards them and Exclaimed.
"Mum! Dad! Clones! There are Clones here!"
And upon hearing what I said, both of them just laughed as Father said "Yes, there are clones so you better behave or you'll get cloned too.."
Which earned him a hit by my mum as she said "Dont scare our son, Mat!" in a Mad tone.
before she looked at me and asked softly "Did you meet the five girls with pink hair Zeke?" Of which i replied with a nod.
"Well, they aren't actually clones, They are what you call identical twins, or in their case quintuplets,they are the granddaughters of your grandfather's friend, the owner of this inn, So be sure to be nice to those young ladies okay? You never know, you might become best friends with them~" She said with a teasing tone at the end.
Being an oblivious child, I ignored the tone of her last remark and replied "alright! I'll be nice..But i can't understand what they are talking"
Hearing my response, Mother pat's me on my head before saging "In that case, you need to study and learn Japanese then!
So the next time you meet them, you can talk with them okay?"
"Understood!" I replied with a salute, which earned me a squeal from mother before i got hugged to oblivion.
I then got back out to look for the Sisters but, I I had no luck, as I couldn't find them, before we were ready to leave.
And there I met their grandfather, which I greeted with a bow before asking for a "bless", the same as how I greet elderly on the Philippines, as Father taught me.
The kind elderly gave me a pat after going along with my act, before my parents talked with him in Japanese which i couldnt understand.
and on the middle of their conversation, my parents probably mentioned about my encounter of his granddaughters which, made him chuckle for a bit and then looked towards me, and said something in Japanese which my parents translated.
"The girls are with their mother, looking around the city and they would be back this sundown. So you wouldn't have the chance to meet them today, but do not worry, because you would meet them sooner or later."
He then patted me once again, before my parents said their farewell and of course I said mine too, which he reciprocated back with a farewell as well..
Afterwards we took a flight towards Tokai, Where my grandparents house is. Sadly i didn't see the Five again as after going there for a few vacation along the year..and we completely stopped going there a year later because I started going to school. and only ever went to Japan whenever theres a birthday celebration and other things.
Though i didn't got to see the Quintuplets again, I made another friend at Tokai, He had blonde hair and looked a bit like a delinquent.
I was Ten back then, It was Grandad's birthday so all the three Daughters of his along with their family got together in Tokai to celebrate it.
So a day before the celebration, i had the opportunity to sneak away from the house, and wandered of to a playground, where I met this kid with Golden hair and sharp eyes. Heck he even had earrings.
He was just sitting at the bench, Looking somewhere so I greeted him with a "Yo!"
which he greeted back..
He then asked my name, of course in Japanese, but I already learned japanese at this time so I knew what he was asking.
Told him my name and he said his name.
which I remembered to be "Fuutarou".
After introducing ourselves I asked him what he was thinking about, which he replied with "Nothing" before he looked at me and asked what I was doing here.
Told him how it was grandad's birthday and we were going to celebrate it so we had to go to this place.
He was surprised, before asking where I live. Which I answered with Philippines.
So he asked how it was living there and I said it was fine and told him some interesting things about the Philippines.
In turn, I asked him to show me around as I haven't really explored the City that much, because I didn't really go out in the past birthday. Although that was before i took him towards grandad's house and introduced him to my family before getting permission to come with fuutarou.
And I did get permission although with a condition that I must bring my older cousin Ryuuko, so I did.
Fuutarou was of course surprised that I was the Grandson of a known businessman,but I waved him of and said that he didn't have to mind about that.
and that we should start the tour.
So Fuutarou just shrugged before asking me and Ryuuko to follow him.
He introduced us to various places like other Parks and Castles around the city, and of course to the Noteworthy dessert shops.
Which me and Ryuuko entered right away while dragging fuutarou to eat.
and at the end of the day, Me,Ryuuko and fuutarou was in the same Park that Fuutarou and I met, resting.
We had fun, a lot of fun, and it looked like Fuutarou enjoyed it too, As seen with his smile.
"This was a great tour man! Thanks!" I said to fuutarou with a big smile.
which he replied with "No problem! I enjoyed it as well! Thanks for treating me by the way! as well as buying me a cake to take home,Raiha is gonna enjoy this." He said as he looked towards the Bag containing a Roll Cake we bought.
it was then that Ryuuko replied. "Its, nothing Fuutarou-Kun~ Consider it as a thank you gift for showing us around"
"Yeah man! We enjoyed it a lot! Too bad i could only stay here till the day after tommorow, but hey! We'll see each other again next time yeah?"I said, a bit said that im about to part with another friend soon, once again, only this time properly.
"Yeah...Next time!"He replied, before he looked towards the now orange sky and exclaimed."Crap! It's already this late! I gotta go back now!"
He then looked towards me and Ryuuko before saying "Ja~ne~" as he waved his hands, before sprinting towards the park exit with the bag in his hand.
After fuutaro was gone, I looked towards Ryuuko who was 13 years old at this time.
and asked/teased her, as she had red face for some reason the first time she and fuutarou met.
"So, It seemed like Big sis Ryuuko finally found a Crush eh?"I asked her, with a teasing voice.
Hearing my Question/Teasing, her face couldnt help but get redder and shouted "Sh-shut your Yap! Idiot!" Before looking away.
Meanwhile seeing her reaction, I couldnt help but have a mischievous smile and said. "HoHo, Wait till Aunt Kyouko and Uncle Nate hears this. Shi Shi"
Hearing my words Ryuuko whipped her head towards me and exclaimed" You! Try it if you dare! You really think i dont have any comebacks? Clones? pfft!"
She said mockingly as she mentioned my reaction the first time I met the quintuplets.
Why did she know u ask? Well, Mum told two of her sisters of my encounter with the quintuplets which Ryuuko somehow heard.
so shes been using that as teasing material since then.
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"You know I was only 8 at that time! and besides thats your one and only teasing material so its old news now!"I said in a mocking tone, before continuing "Besides~ This news would surprise them all because the Tomboy finally fell in love! with a Younger boy no less!"
Hearing my reply, Ryuuko didn't say anything but started shaking instead, and for some reason i could see flames Rising from her back and hears a Boss BGM.
"Y-You...." Ryuuko muttered with Suppressed anger before releasing it afterwards. "You!! Come here!!"
"Oh crap, The dragon is Mad!!"I exclaimed before running away towards grandad's house, while being followed by a raging dragon wanting to beat me.
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The day after tomorrow.
I was once again in the park where i met Fuutarou, I am faced to faced with him, while Ryuuko watches beside us.
The Atmosphere was tense, as we glared at each other..
"Rock" I muttered.
"Paper"He muttered
"Scissors!!" Both of us exclaimed the same time as we showed what our move was.
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"YOSHHHAA! I won!" Fuutarou exclaimed.
"Yeah...Congrats!"I said as i clapped my hands before giving him something.
"Here man, U can have this, it's a momento of sort" I said as I handed him a Black Earing.
"Thanks man!" He said..Before continuing.
"So..Its time huh?" He said with a lower and sadder tone.
"Yeah...I still need to go back to school in the Philippines, but dont worry well see each other again! Im sure of it! Heck next year probably?"I said a but sad as well.
"Yeah...Take care of yourself man!" He responded.
"Of course! You too! And of course! You can always Hang out with Ryuuko, since she lives much more near than me.
And im sure she wont refuse." I said before looking towards Ryuuko and asking "Am i right Big Sis?" Before giving her a wink.
which she hurriedly replied"Of course~ Just contact me anytime Fuu-Kun~" while blushing a bit.
"Oh! and speaking of that! Here's my contact number! so we could chat and all."I said before asking.
"Wait do u even have a phone?"
"Err...Well, I dont"He said.
His response made me look at Ryuuko which looked back at me and we both nodded before looking towards Fuutarou and said. "Whats your Favorite Color?"
"Yellow?" he replied.
"Alright Then! " I said while nodding.
"Fuutarou, Meet Ryuuko at this place tommorow, at 10 in the morning K?"I asked him?
"What for?"He asked
"Just do it! K? Last request from your buddy for now?"I pleaded with puppy eyes..
"*Barf* Alright alright, just stop looking gross."He said with reluctance before shuddering.
Which made Ryuuko chuckle..
"Alright! That's all man! I need to go now...See ya!"I said after patting his shoulder and walked away slowly, with Ryuuko in tow.
Before stopping for a bit and looked towards him.
"Dont be an emo! Like the first time we met!" I exclaimed before running away admist his shouting.
"At least I aint a Busybody!" He exclaimed which was heard by Ryuuko and I...
"pfft... Busybody"Ryuuko muttered with a chuckle.
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Anyways thats all the friends I made, in Japan at least.
Although looking back at it, Me and the five pink haired girls were more like an acquaintance, But hey! I was a kid back then, who thinks everyone is his friend.
And as for the friends I made in the Philippines, Theres a lot. So im only mentioning two person.
Them being Mark and Ren, Those two, who I met when I was 15 are possibly one of the most chaotic but nonetheless kind friends that I have in the Philippines.
Chaotic, because those two just suddenly do any random thing that they thought about, and one of those things was for them to:Cosplay as a Coconut Juice vendor.
and sell Mark's home-made coconut juice at school to buy Coconut Pie and Juice from another vendor.
I mean that ain't crazy and all, just totally random.
Then theres this one time when Ren had a crazy idea to go to a local elementary school at 3am to find ghost and stuff.
Well, we found nothing, But we did scare ourselves shitless everytime we hear a stick breaking or a dog barking.
And hell at the end of it we even Came across another trio of friends who was ghost hunting as well, although both mark and Ren said that we didn't, after I asked them the day after tommorow, weird right?
I mean, the three of them wore strangely old looking clothes, but who am I to judge when we were just wearing our own house clothes they were strangely quiet tho. anyways
Another one of the two's crazy idea is for us three to go camping at a beach, so considering that my parents owned a land in a local beach nearby, I agreed and recommend for us to go to my family's beach house.
and oh boi we had a lot of fun, Making sand castle, and burying Ren who slept first. Which made him absolutely mad by the way, since he got sleep paralysis, and he apparently saw what seems to be like a gigantic man staring at him.
Though all it needed was trip to a restaurant to appease him of his anger.
Though not all of our memories are of happiness. We went through sad things, like how Ren's Shiba Inu died and Mark's Parting.
That doggo was a gift from me, in his 16th birthday.
and while mine is a dog, Marks gift was a bit bizarre. Mark gifted Ren a Locket though it was not opening whatever we did, Mark did say that it would open when the time is right so Ren just stopped trying to open it and always wore it.
Continuing, the shiba Inu that i gifted him was called Jam, the reason? well its cuzz after Ren got it, whenever he plays the guitar it always howls to the rhythm.
Ren treated Jam more like a family member than just a pet, heck he even lets Jam sleep on the bed with him.
Heck even Rens Neighbors love Jam, and always gives him treats whenever they pass by Ren's house.
Sadly, a few months later, after coming home from school Ren found Jam dead, with a pool of blood that Jam probably Vomited...
of course after Ren saw Jam dead, he was devastated, Jam was left behind the house as pets weren't allowed in school, while Rens parents are working so they couldn't look after jam.
Ren and his parents was strick with grief after jam died and ren wouldnt go out for a few weeks after that. Me and Mark tried, but he just wouldnt budge so we just left him be.
thankfully he got better after a few weeks, and started to go to school again,
and a few weeks later, Ren was now back to his usual self.
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