I don't own the characters portrayed from Haruhi Suzumiya or Tsubasa Chronicle.
A small section of the sky seemed to bulge and pulsate. It formed into a three dimensional sphere and began to sink to the ground. When it reached the ground it popped and dissipated. The five dimensional travelers, Mokona, Syaoran, Fay, Kurogane, and Sakura looked around themselves. They were in the middle of a semi forested area. A cobblestone street ran through this area, and a few benches were built next to it. Tall buildings rose in the distance, and the sounds of traffic and other city life could be heard in the distance. It was at sundown, and no one around saw them enter this dimension.
Kurogane looked around, his crimson eyes taking in every detail they could.
"This place feels familiar," Kurogane said in his usual gruff tone.
"What makes you say that Kurgie?" Asked Fay, smiling underneath his long travelers cloak.
"I can't quite say what it is," Kurogone replied, "though I have the feeling I've been here before."
Syaoran spoke up, "Last time we were in a world like this it was Hanshin country, but we didn't see our Kudan when we came into this world."
"Well it would make sense if we were to look around a bit more," Said Fay, "Mokona, do you feel any of Sakura's feathers near bye?"
Mokona hopped onto Kurogane's shoulder and shook his head. "I don't feel her feather but I do feel something else powerful in the area. Like really really powerful." He punctuated the really's with a flapping of his arms.
"Do you think we should check it out? It could be one of Sakura's feathers masked by another power," Syaoran said.
"True," said Kurogane, "But it could be something dangerous. It would be better if we were to familiarize ourselves with the area."
The rest nodded in agreement and started walking towards the nearest of the buildings.
This was getting exhausting. Haruhi ordered all of us up at the station tomorrow at seven in the morning for the usual unsuccessful monster/alien/time-traverler/esper/ what ever was going through that girls mind hunt. Of course I tried to protest this, but it went magically unheard. And to make it worse she had kept us late today, it was nearing sundown and I needed to get home soon. I decided to take a shortcut through the park Yuki and I met at when she told me she was an alien. I overheard people talking, but I'm not nosy so I decided to keep walking home. I heard footsteps behind me and glanced over my shoulder.
What I saw were the four strangest dressed people I have ever seen: a boy younger looking than me with brown hair and brown eyes in what looked to be something someone in the desert would wear, a girl around his age who looked like his sister wearing a very expensive looking dress, a man looking to be in his twenty's wearing a long white cape who had blue eyes and blonde hair and the same stupid smile as itsuki, and another a man looking to be in his thirty's with spiky black hair, red eyes, a flowing black cape and red and black…armor? And a sword? And what was that on his shoulder, some mutated rabbit? I was right; this place is the Mecca of weirdoes. I quickly turned around and began to walk faster. I only stopped and turned around when a voice behind me called out.
"Excuse me," it was the boy, "can you please tell us where we are."
I was tired and really didn't want to deal with some people that took cosplay to the extreme.
"You're in the city park" He still looked confused. "In Tokyo…" Still confused. "Look I'm not in your little cosplay game, so I'm not going to beat around the bush telling you people something you know already." Aren't people like that embarrassed to be walking around in public like that? There are so many things about people I'll never understand.
I began to walk away when the girl ran up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder. I really didn't want to deal with this but when she spoke, she kind of sounded like Miss Asahina, though she didn't appear as shy or easily frightened.
"We're sorry, we just got a little lost and we didn't mean to be a bother." I looked down at her. She wasn't much taller than Yuki, and she also seemed like her. She seemed like part of her was missing.
I sighed. "It's okay Miss. There should be a map over there that should help you figure out where you are." I pointed towards the map that was behind the group. "Sorry for if I was rude earlier."
"It's okay," she said, "Thanks for your help." She then bowed respectively and I bowed in return. She then ran back to her group of friends and went to inspect the map.
Well, they were weirdoes, but at least they aren't weirdoes from another world or something. Though I would prefer it, the world doesn't need another person that wears the same creepy smile as Itsuki. My cell phone began to go off in my pocket.
"I recognize that writing," Kurogane said as they approached the box that had the map in it.
"Isn't that the same writing from Hanshin country?" Asked Fay.
"Yeah, its Kanji script. But Syaoran already established that if we came back to Hanshin country we would have seen our Kudan again."
"So where do you think we are?"
"OOOH OOOO, Mokona thinks he knows, Mokona thinks he knows," the white fur ball yelled as it jumped up and down on Kurogane's shoulder.
Kurogane grabbed Mokona and began to squeeze him. Mokona began to cry in pain.
"Well why don't you quit being a hyperactive no-it-all and tell the rest of us already?"
"Mokona will only tell if Kuro-Puu puts me down first!"
"Calm down Kuro-puu," Fay said as Mokona wriggled free and jumped into Fay's hands. "Now Mokona, where do you think we are."
Mokona giggled and put a hand in front of his mouth and said…..
"It's a secret."
"Why you little," Kurogane growled as he approached with his arms outstretched.
"AHHH," Mokona shouted, "I'm just kidding I'm just kidding!"
Kurogane picked up a squealing Mokona by the ears and began to think about the horrible things he could do to Mokona at that moment. Syaoran, Fay, and Sakura began giggling behind him.
"OKAY, Mokona tell if Kuro-Puu puts me down!"
"You better tell us this time you fur ball."
Kurogane set Mokona on the ground, where he struck a pose as to say "how rude Kuro-puu!" He then jumped into the air and began punching in random directions. Every time he punched he would say a different word.
"WE, ARE, IN, JAPAN!"
Kurogane was a bit shocked to hear this.
"This isn't the Japan I know."
"Well you have to remember The Space Time Witch said she was from Japan too, and it did look a lot like this," Said Syaoran.
"So that witch is here," Kurogane said as he smiled evilly, "there are a few things I want to talk to her about."
Mokona spoke up "Nope, no Yuuko here."
"Then how did you know we were in this Japan," Asked Syaoran, confused.
"It's one of Mokona's 108 secret techniques!"
"Well thanks for telling us what world we were in all the times in the past," Grumbled Kurogane.
"Its not that, silly. Mokona can't tell what world we are in. I was talking about Super Seeing. I read a sign all the way over there that said 'WELCOME TO JAPAN!'"
"Good job Mokona," Fay said, "You're always full of surprises."
Mokona smiled while Fay bent down to pet him.
Syaoran pitched the idea that they should get some money using Sakura's incredible luck at gambling and buy some of these worlds clothes so they don't stick out. They agreed and went off to find a place where they could gamble.
I took my phone out of my pocket and checked the caller ID. It was very odd for Yuki to be calling me. I answered it anyways.
"Meet me at my apartment," She said in her stoic voice right before she hung up. She was better and telling me to do something then hanging up than Haruhi was. Reluctantly I began trudging in the direction that Yuki's apartment was in. I wondered what crazy thing Haurhi's subconscious had done this time.
I neared the front door and hit the buzzer for Yuki's apartment.
"Its Kyon, let me in." Silence met me on the other end, but the door slid open. I walked into the elevator and hit the button for her floor. After a minute or so I got off and walked to her apartment. I knocked on the door.
You would be surprised too if it was Koizumi who answered the door, and not Miss Nagato.
"Koizumi? What are you doing here?"
"Well me and Miss Asahina received a call from Miss Nagato telling us to meet her here. She says it's to inform us of something"
I walked into Yuki's bare, except for the table, apartment and sat down across from Yuki. Miss Asahina sat to my left, wringing her hands nervously, and Koizumi sat to my right smiling like he had all the answers to the coming conversation. He probably did. What is with creepy guys and smiling like that anyways? There was a fresh cup of tea in front of all of us, but I didn't bother drinking any.
"So Nagato, what's all this about," I asked her, eager to get home and get some sleep so I wouldn't be late tomorrow.
She took a sip of tea and looked at me with her cold unchanging expression. "At approximately 6:32:53 P.M. I detected a large influx of data in the vicinity of the local park. Approximately four minutes later I began contacting you all, starting with you Kyon." That's nice of you Miss Nagato, but if I was informed first how come I was still the last one here?
"What kind of data influx," Inquired Miss Asahina.
Yuki turned to face her. "Five living beings of different planes of existence entered this plane. They were not created by Miss Suzumiya either."
"How can you tell that," I asked, "and if they weren't created by Haruhi then where are they from?"
"I can tell that they are not of this plane by the type of data that surrounds them. And if they are not of this plane then they were most likely not created by Haruhi Suzumiya."
"So what you're telling me is.."
Koizumi cut me off. "Correct, they are from another world, and they are here for some other reason than we would at first believe." At this point I began to think the weirdoes I ran into the park were these things.
"Kyon," Yuki said to me after taking another sip of her tea, "you were near the park at around the same time when these anomalies appeared. Can you tell us of anything?"
"Well, I ran into some cosplayers that asked me for directions, but there were only four of them, so I don't think they were it. Nagato, could you tell me anything about there appearance, they still could have been it."
"There was insufficient data to determine the appearance of these anomalies. The only thing I detected was an influx of strange data that didn't match anything in this plane of existence."
"So for all we know, these things could be 120 feet tall and invisible, am I correct," asked Koizumi.
Nagato nodded, and added "Though it would be unlikely."
It took me awhile for me and Miss Asahina to fully grasp this, since Itsuki and Yuki always seem to know. Something paranormal that didn't have to do with Haruhi? That certainly was a change.
Finally after awhile Miss Asahina got up and left, bowing and adding a "see you all tomorrow!" Koizumi left next, then I did.
Before I left I asked Nagato a question I didn't think of earlier.
"Does Haruhi subconsciously know that there are people from another dimension here?"
"It cannot be told for certain at this point, further observation is required."
Sigh. "Good night Nagato."
All she did is nod and closed the door. I exited the building and began walking down the street. It was dark out. I checked my watch. It read 7:30.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day.
"Are you cheating me?"
"No, I'm not cheating you, I promise," Said Sakura as she won for the 15th time in a row. They were playing poker in the street, and everyone else had barely anything in front of them, while Sakura could barely see over the pile of cash in front of her. It was getting dark in the alleyway, and only a flickering streetlight illuminated the game.
"She's got to be cheating us, am I right guys," A lanky, thuggish looking man asked the other five at the table. As a matter of fact, all of them looked thuggish.
"Well I guess we'll just take back what's ours then," another said as he made a grab for the pile of money.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Said Fay as he stepped out of the shadows, still smiling.
"And what if we do tough guy?" Another one grabbed Sakura's arm and squeezed hard. She cried out in pain. Syaoran flew out of the shadows and lashed out with his left foot, hitting the man in the face and sending him sprawling. Syaoran helped the princess to her feet and asked her if she was okay. She nodded and he stood back up, ready to take down another one.
"If you do then that might happen," Fay said cheerily.
A few cowered and began to get up to leave. Clearly they weren't in this together. But two of them stood there ground. One took a knife out and ran towards Fay. Fay sidestepped at the last second, and kicked the mans hand that had the knife, sending it flying away into the night. Fay stood up smiling, while Mokona cheered from where he now stood with Sakura. The man on the ground scrambled away as fast as he could.
The other man who stood in front of Syaoran glanced back and forth between him, Fay, and Sakura. He was getting nervous. And irrational. He pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Syaoran, who willingly stood in front of Sakura to protect her. He began to pull the trigger. There was a flash of light in front of him…and it wasn't his gun. It clicked, but it didn't fire. The front part of his gun fell to the ground. He looked down to where it lay. It was cut clean from the other half.
"A cowards weapon," game a gruff voice behind him.
The man quickly turned around and faced Kurogane. Fear filled his eyes as he saw the man in black brandishing a sword. A sword that could cut through a gun before he even saw it happen.
"W-what are you people?"
"Just simple travelers," said Fay.
"AHH screw this man!"
The man ran off to find his buddies or change his pants, or both. The gang stared at the pile of money on the table.
"Well I guess we better find a place to sleep first," said Syaoran. The rest of them nodded in agreement.
"Its good to see the princess can stay awake this long," Syaoran thought to himself as they left the alley.
A few hours later they found a hotel that was open late. By then Syaoran was carrying Sakura because she had fallen asleep. They stayed in a room with two beds and a couch. Sakura and Mokona got one bed, Syaoran got the other, and Fay slept on the couch. Kurogane didn't sleep at all. He looked out the window at the tall, illuminated buildings. He recalled what happened on the street earlier.
"I hope my Japan doesn't become like this."