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The 46th Post!
[The 5th continuation of the Rin, Len, Miku, Nagisa and the Madoka girls thread, including Path 1, Path 2, and Path 3! (Path 3 has been branched off Path 1)]
Re: The continuation of Path 2
So she arranfed a meeting time with her lawyer.
Sometome later mami was on her way to her office, nagisa accompaniying her. Mami kept her calm composure, but she was rather worried inside. Thiugh she told nagisa about her freat aunts passing, she didnt tell her about yhe issue of guardianship yet. ...)
" so, the funeral is this saturday in my great aunts villaige " mami was telling nagisa " so i shall be going. Of course you can go with me, but i understand if you dont want ti go to abother funeral so soon. I suppose you can stay in the hotel rpom for it, thiugh i dont want to leave you slone. Of course you can alsi stay in mitikigara and stay at madokas house for the weekend..." ( though homestly she wantsc nagisa to stay with her)
Re: The continuation of Path 2
[Nagisa said - But then, she paused as Mami mentioned the name of the village her Great Aunt had use to live at.]
Higashi Okurabashi? That's so weird, Mami-Nee-san - That's the village right next to the village my mother originally came from!
[And then, she took out her mobile phone, and found a map.]
...See? It's right on the other side of the hill!
[Mami looked at it, and chuckled a bit in spite of herself. She looked at the map, checking out some other things.]
- You're right! Say, maybe we could even visit some of your relatives on the way back. You're related to the family who runs the buddhist temple over here, right?
[Nagisa looked at the map again, squinting.]
...Oh, yeah, that's the temple Naoto-Nii's father's running, I think. It's still considered to be the main temple of the sect, but the temple near Tokyo where my mother's grave is much bigger now, Naoto-Nii was saying...
[Mami nodded at that with a smile. OK, then - So now what?]
[And then, she thought about her Aunt Rikako with a sigh. She hadn't really had much to do with that particular aunt at all, but at least Aunt Rikako hadn't always been trying to take Mami's money and freedom away from her, unlike her Uncle Seijrou and his wife Rinako...]
[She'd have to talk about that with her lawyer, too, she thought, and then smiled at Nagisa again.]
OK, then - Let's go! You've met Mitsurugi-san already, right? My lawyer, I mean.
Re: The continuation of Path 2
"Yes, thanks to him and the social workers..." [Mami falteredd for a second, then smiled." [Yes, he's always been very helpful to me and my family..."
[they eventually reached the Lawyer's office and came in]
"hello Mitsuguri san"
"Ah, hello Mami san. "[he smiled kindly at her, though he also seemed a little nervous] "and young Nagisa san."
[To Mami's surprise, her relatives were already there. Nagisa blinked ] "who are these people?"
"Ah, they are my relatives...." [Mami looked more uncomfortable]
"I thought you said you didnt have any family left oneechan?"
"Well, not,close family , per say." Mami looked down, and patted Nagisa's pale curls , "They're a couple times removed. " My great out, and third uncle and aunt, and my third cousins. " [Mako and Rukia. They were about Mami's age. Mami wanted to be friends with them and enjoyed their company. Even if they were rather unpleasant girls admittedly and up their high horse and often made fun of Mami...]
Re: The continuation of Path 2
- Oh, Mami-chan! We were so surprised to hear the news - It's so strange, I always felt that Miyoko-san would live for ever and ever...
[Mami sighed, then.]
...Nobody lives for ever, Aunt Rinako. But yes, I was surprised, too.
[And then, she turned back and looked at Nagisa.]
- This is my friend Momoe Nagisa-san, and she's going to go to the funeral with me. Nagisa-chan, these people are my relatives, like I just said - Please meet Uncle Seijirou, his wife Aunt Rinako, and their children Makoto and Rukia.
...Yes, um, thanks, I'm pleased to meet all of you, too.
[Nagisa said, and gave everybody a timid bow. Makoto and Rukia made faces at each other, then.]
- What the hell? Why is this stupid-looking brat coming to Grand Aunt Miyoko's funeral? She isn't even a relative!
[Makoto said, while Rukia sighed.]
...Yeahhh, isn't it bad enough Mami of all people is going to come and live with us now? Jeez!
[Mami stared at Makoto, her eyes narrowed, then.]
- Actually, nothing whatsoever has been decided about where I am going to live from now on or anything else yet.
[And then, she looked back at her lawyer.]
...Right, Mitsurugi-san?
[Her lawyer mopped at his brow, then.]
- Yes, that is correct, Mami-san. Nothing has been decided yet, but...
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[Uncle Seijirou said, wiping his brow, while his daughters rolled their eyes.]
- Family members should help each other, right?
[Mami almost facepalmed. Uncle Seijirou was utterly shameless in his quest for access to her money, it seemed...]
...Uncle Seijiro, please - Grand Aunt Miyoko's funeral hasn't even taken place yet!
[And then, she blinked. Hah - Maybe she could distract him or something?]
- Oh, by the way - Uncle Seijiro, Aunt Rinako, have you heard anything about what's in Miyoko-san's will?
[And in the meanwhile, Rukia and Makoto were looking at Nagisa, tilting their heads.]
...Weird. I'm sure I've seen that kid before somewhere...
[Rukia mumbled, while Nagisa almost seemed to shrink into herself. And that was when Makoto clapped her hands!]
- Oh, wait - She must be - what's her name, Auntie Kayoko's brat!
[Makoto said with a nasty grin, and then turned to her sister.]
...Remember Momoe Kayoko? She came over with some kind of sob story a couple of years ago, trying to get money out of us. As if anybody cared about her stupid hubby dying or she and her daughter getting sick, ha ha ha...
[Rukia grinned back at that.]
- Ohhh, right! Showing us photos of her darling sick daughter and everything. The nerve of that woman - I mean, we were barely related to her!
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[Mami stared at her cousins for a couple of moments, too, but then, she went up to Nagisa and held her hand.]
...I had no idea your mother knew my uncle and aunt...
[She whispered. Nagisa nodded, too, and whispered back - ]
- Yeah, me neither, but Mama was trying to borrow money from almost everybody we knew once we both got sick, so...
...Yes, yes, I understand.
[Mami said, and patted Nagisa's head.]
- Everything will be all right, OK?
[In the meanwhile, Mami's cousins were still sniggering at Nagisa and Mami.]
...Yeah, I mean, I really didn't get that woman at all. What did she think Daddy and Mommy were, a bank machine? She hadn't even paid back the money she owed them from before, when she tried to open some stupid bakery and cheese shop!
[Makoto said, and then, Rukia sighed, looking at her nails.]
- Right! I mean, she was only Mommy's third cousin, what the hell?
[Mami glared at them, and then straightened up.]
...You know, Rukia-chan, Makoto-chan - You two and me are only third cousins, too, if you're going to go on about this, but that doesn't seem to stop both your parents from insisting that we're family, does it now?
[And then, she grabbed Nagisa's hand, and nodded at her lawyer, who was still trying to talk to her aunt and uncle.]
...We're going out for a break, for about 5 minutes. See you later, Uncle, Aunt, Mitsurugi-san.
[And then, Mami pulled Nagisa out of the room, and shut the door behind them.]
- Are you OK, Nagisa-chan?
Re: The continuation of Path 2 3/3
"I don't like them,Mami nee chan!"
"Oh Nagisa...." [Mami petted her pale hair comfortingly. Perhaps in honesty, she didn't like those relatives either. But, she had to keep up a brave front, and be the better person in delaing with them.]
[A few minutes later , the relatives came out of the office. Auntie Rikako offered Mami and Nagisa a saccharine smile, while Maokto and Rukia just sneered at them venomously]
"Well, we shall see you girls at the funeral then."
"Of course, Auntie Rikako." [Mami gave a polite bow, Nagisa reluctantly did so as well.
after they left, Mami and Nagisa went back to the laywer's office. The lawyer looked stressed, mopping his brow.] "I am so sorry, Mami san. They just showed up suddenly, just like that. I think that they were trying to bend some fortunes in their favor, including yours...."
Re: The continuation of Path 2 3/3
[Mami's Aunt huffed on her way out of the room - And then, she paused. Rikako, Rikako, she'd heard of that name before...]
[And then, Rinako scowled as she realized something. They did have a relative in common called Hashimoto Rikako, now that she thought about it. Damn it, was Mami planning to ask that woman to be her legal guardian or something?]
[She quickly walked out of the door, then. She'd have to discuss things with her husband again, that was for sure...]
[Mami, in the meanwhile, was groaning. Great, she'd just had to go and call Auntie Rinako "Rikako", had she now. What an idiotic way to let the cat out of the bag!]
[And then, she turned back to the lawyer and Nagisa with a sigh.]
...It's OK, Mitsurugi-san, Nagisa-chan...
[And then, she looked around them.]
- And now, I'll serve us all some tea, and we can all calm down. All right?
[About 15 minutes later, Mami had all served them tea and cakes from her extra tea kit she kept in her lawyer's office.]
...I think...I think those people must have been the nasty relatives who tried to trick my parents when they opened their cheese shop.
[Nagisa said morosely, and nibbled at her cheese cake.]
[Mami blinked.]
...Your parents owned a cheese shop, Nagisa-chan?
- Well, it was halfway a bakery, I think, but yeah.
[Nagisa sighed.]
- This was back when I was little, so I don't remember much of it at all, but my father and mother had worked really hard to get enough money to make their shop, but they still hadn't gotten enough, so they tried to borrow some moeny from some rich relatives. But then, the rich relatives said they couldn't really afford to lend them money, but they'd let them rent one of the stores they owned really cheaply for five years, instead. The store was off the main street, and they hadn't gotten anybody to rent it in years, or that was what they said, anyway.
[And then, she ate another cheesecake.]
It sounded like a good deal, since the store was in a OK location, even if it wasn't the best, Mom said, so they said yes, thank you, and made the cheese shop and bakery. But then, one day, about an year and a half after they'd opened their shop, the rich relatives said they were raising the rent to about 10 times of what it had been all of a sudden, and then all kinds of things happened, and then, Papa got sick, and they had to close their bakery anyway.
[Nagisa looked at Mami and the lawyer, then, looking angry.]
...And then, only 2 weeks after my parent's bakery closed down, there was an new bakery in the exact same place - And they were reusing all the equipment my parents had put in, too! It was almost like it was the same bakery, except it was a different name, and the breads and sandwiches weren't as good, and they didn't have a cheese section at all.
Don't you think that's very strange, Mami-san, Mitsurugi-san? Why, it's like the rich relatives had tricked my parents into renovating the place so they could rent it out to other people or something!
Re: The continuation of Path 2 3/3
"So they did bad thingS!" [Nagisa yelled, the gem on her ring flickering darker for a moment.]
"Er, perhaps so. But unfortunately, it's not illegal. And I'm not able to look into the matter at the moment."
"But, but...It's not fair!! And now do we have to stay with them? a wicked stepmother and steps sisters?"
"I don't know yet. It's doubtful. But we'll figure out what will happen at the will reading after the funeral."
[Nagisa sniffled and hugged Mami] "I want to stay with big sister mami!"
[Mami hugged her tightly] "Nagisa, I promise we'll do everything we can that we'll stay together..."
[Outside the window, Kyubey was watching in interest. hm, perhaps he should include Nagisa Momoe in the soul gem experiment he was doing iwth Mami Tomow. It was always beneficial to have more test subjects."
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