Time to finish up!
Kumiko studied the footage once more. Everything from them first waking up, to their initial behavior to them laying do for a nap, she watched it closely. It seemed that they retained their personalities (and some fragments of their memories), and so it seemed that the experiment was a modest success...
"So... the girls all responded well to their regression..." Kumiko took another sip of her juice (she didn't drink) as she watched the videos finish up.
"It looks like it." Lance said nodding. "Tell me..." Kumiko began turning to the young American. "It was you, yes, who got these few together?" "Yes ma'am." "Well, while we did preform our test on a group of mixed age like we wanted to, there was on small flaw..." Taking a seat, Kumiko lounged back. "It was nothing but girls. We need to see if the machine has the same effect on males too, do we not?"
"Erm..." Lance's face reddened. This was true. "Well... this was the first group we found..."
"There's a lot of other high schools out there, Lance! Ouran, Furinkan, Inuabe... there's no shortage of high schools in Japan... still though..." she said, turning back to the console "there's no denying that this went extremely well... I'm sure we've made a huge step today... well done everyone." With that, Kumiko lounged in her seat once more. "And best of all, it seems there were no last effects." Kumiko took her final sip from her glass.
The group exited the bus as it came to the stop where they began their day. The girls said their goodbyes and waved as a few of them left quickly, a handful of others staying to chat.
"Well, that was real interestin', eh Chiyo-chan?"
"It sure was, Miss Osaka..."
"Well," Yukari began. "It's time I head out. "I got a new bunch of snot nosed runts to look after." Laughing maniacally to herself, Yukari strolled off with Nyamo, Yomi shaking her head at their old teacher.
"So, I guess this is it guys." she said with a slight smile. "I hope we can get together again someday."
"Yeah, jus' like old times!" Osaka said happily, Chiyo nodding in agreement.
"I'll be sure to send you a postcard from America." the child prodigy said with a big smile. Yomi smiled back. Chiyo was as grown up as ever, heading off to study abroad. Just then, Yukari drove up beside them in her ravaged car.
"See you brats later!" she laughed as she came to a stop beside them, Nyamo shaking her head in disdain.
"Yeah. Take it easy, Yukari." Yomi smiled. Just then, Chiyo began to sob quietly. "Hey... are you upset about as going out separate ways, Chiyo?" Yomi knelt down and hugged the girl. It seemed no matter how grown up she was, she was still just a little girl.
"Its... it's not that..." Chiyo sniffled. "Yukari... Yukari's driving is just real scary!" she said wailing, leaving three of the four around her puzzled (Osaka staring off into the distance as usual).
Well, here we are at the end of the story. I placed a few references here like earlier in the story, and I hope you can name them all (the first high school will be a cinch, the second may be alittle harder, and I'm sure the third will be quite a challenge... especially if I spelt it wrong ^^; ). Well, I hope you enjoyed the story. Don't forget to review.