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Chapter 1

Enter: OCs

Korin Yuri chose not to believe in witches. She had abandoned all beliefs in magical and unrealistic beings, so why did one appear out of nowhere? Oh, right. It was a Monday, and Monday was her least favorable day of the week.

Her dog had passed away on a Monday. Her grandfather had died on a Monday. She was suspended on a Monday. She broke her ankle on a Monday. The list went on and on, its length possibly rivaling with the Great Wall of China's.

And finally, her recent Monday Mishap: she and her best friend Nikoru were transported to a nonexistent anime world. Well, it was supposed to be nonexistent. Maybe she should have taken Nikoru's offer and gone to the park to get some fresh air, but of course, she was too lazy, and she found an interesting fanfic story, too!

It all started with a mild conversation that ended up turning into something else.

"Hey," Yuri spoke up, her eyes glued to the screen of a laptop. She and Nikoru were currently in the former's bedroom, wasting time by reading manga or fanfiction.

Nikoru lowered to book she was reading and turned to her bed, where Yuri was currently lying on. "Yeah?"

Yuri turned to Nikoru. "Why are you re-reading KHR?" she inquired, brow scrunched up in confusion. "We've already seen all the latest episodes, and I know you've read the whole series so far. So, why?"

"I'm re-reading it because there's nothing else to do." Nikoru pulled a face, and sighed, wondering what Yuri was doing.

"I'm reading this awesome fanfic!" the younger girl spoke excitedly. "It's where Tsuna feels sorry for killing Byakuran, even though he had no regrets in the manga since that white-haired pedo did try to take over the world or something like that," she finished lamely and stared pointedly at Nikoru. Yuri never liked spoilers, and Nikoru - who couldn't contain her fangirl-ness - began blabbing non-stop.

"True…" agreed Nikoru. "Though once upon a Kokuyo Arc, didn't Mukuro want to take over the world, too? He killed many people, and tried to possess Tsuna so that he could control the Vongola. He also-"

Yuri cut her off. "Yeah, whatever," she dismissed airily. "You don't have to give me a recount of Mukuro's evil deeds." She rolled her eyes.

"Okay…" Nikoru pouted.

"Besides, Mukuro accomplished many good deeds as well! Like…like saving Nagi from her death, and sacrificing himself to Vindicare prison while Ken and Chikusa escaped. And anyway, didn't Mukuro kill those people because they were conducting painful experiments on him and other children?" the girl pointed out as she tried to stick up for the pineapple-haired illusionist.

"I guess," allowed Nikoru, though she did not really care. "Xanxus as well."

"You know if you take the X's out of 'Xanxus', then it becomes 'anus'." Yuri smirked at the dirty joke. "Right. What about Anus- uh, Xanxus?"

Nikoru chose to ignore Yuri's perverted attitude. "Xanxus was the antagonist, too, yet Tsuna didn't kill him." She paused. "He kidnapped Vongola Ninth, stole the Vongola Rings, and started a war within the Vongola." She had a thoughtful expression on.

"Yeah, he did all that to become Vongola Tenth; but in the end, Tsuna won!" Yuri threw her head back and laughed sardonically. "That's all the bad things Mukuro and Xanxus did, but what about Byakuran? What did he do?" She attempted to recall everything the marshmallow-loving Boss did.

"Byakuran…"

"There's too many to name," both girls concluded after five minutes, deadpan.

Yuri laughed boisterously whilst Nikoru chuckled. After the laughter settled into grins and amused smiles, Yuri thought for awhile.

"Hey, what would you do if you could travel to the KHR world?" she asked casually yet curiously, being the random person she was.

Nikoru cocked her head to the side quizzically, but decided to play along. "Let's see," she began after a moment of pondering. "I would-" Although, once more, she was cut off.

"Would you like to?" a soothing voice asked.

Nikoru was rendered speechless at sudden third voice that she didn't register the question quite yet. Yuri, however, pondered on what the voice meant.

Her musings were interrupted when a woman suddenly appeared. There wasn't any noise, no shuffling of feet, no magical wardrobe, nothing that proved how she entered the bedroom. Then again, there was the door…

The woman looked incredibly young, Yuri observed, maybe nineteen? Eighteen?

"Who are you?" Yuri asked suspiciously.

The beautiful being smiled and her teal eyes danced with laughter. "Would you like to go to the world of Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn?" the goddess clarified patiently. Her head tilted slightly, making her shiny white hair tied into a ponytail shift a bit.

"How?" Both of Yuri's eyebrows shot up, incredulous. "Isn't it fictional?"

"Yes, it is," the mysterious beauty calmly answered. "But I have the power to make such worlds become reality, for I am a witch," the 'witch' smiled warmly. "My name is Fuyoshitai Majo, pleased to meet you." Her head inched forward as a small bow.

"A witch?" Nikoru piped up, overcoming her initial shock. "Aren't witches meant to be evil?"

Majo grinned, her articulate façade diminishing. "No, no. Those witches are from fictional stories, quite stereotypical if you ask me."

"You grant wishes?" Yuri questioned hurriedly, eyes lighting up with expectation. Her demeanour was similar to a child waiting to see if they received the present they wished for.

Nikoru didn't doubt Majo was a witch - the signs were quite clear. Her bedroom door wasn't opened, so Majo must have entered through another way. Nikoru's window was locked firmly in place, so that theory was out. Also, Majo didn't appear as if she was lying; when she spoke of being a magical being, her eyes were firm and unwavering. All signs pointed to her telling the absolute truth.

Yuri's eyes flickered over to Nikoru for a short moment. Her friend was staring at the carpeted floor, lost in thought. Yuri figured that she was thinking about whether Majo was who she said she was. Yuri bit back a smirk. While Nikoru kept her thoughts to herself, Yuri went in a roundabout way of questioning. She waited for Majo to prove her so-called magical abilities by granting a wish.

However, Majo had lived centuries more than the girls did - despite her appearance and somewhat childish personality - and inwardly congratulated Nikoru for her observations and praised Yuri for her cunning attitude.

The witch maintained a small smile and answered Yuri's question. "Yes, once every decade I choose a special someone and grant their wishes. I've been getting pretty bored lately so I asked Sozo Ryuko to open a portal to the Reborn world."

Nikoru's shoulders slumped at Majo's selfish reasoning. That was all she needed, another person around her that thought of their own personal benefits before anything else. "I see. But how did you know that we would want to go to the KHR world?" she asked.

Majo looked around. In the corner of the room was a brown, wooden shelf with multiple volumes of Katekyo Hitman Reborn manga placed in correct order. On the computer desk sat the DVD series of KHR. She blinked and looked back to the girls. "A lucky guess," she said simply.

"Wow, witches are so smart!" Yuri chirped brightly. Sadly, Nikoru decided to give her a whack on the head.

"When can we go?" Nikoru was wiping her hands together as if trying to get rid of the disease Yuri supposedly had. Unfortunately for Yuri, it couldn't be cured unless she was cuffed on the head.

"After I visit Sozo Ryuko and tell her to open the portal," Majo answered. "I'll also give you the power to do whatever you like.

"However," she said, and her tone darkened, "don't misuse your power and don't mess up anything too badly or who knows what would happen… Well!" Her tone brightened after the warning. "I'll leave you to it. Once you're done, just say my name and I'll be here."

Just as she was about to leave, Nikoru called out to her. "Wait, what power are you giving us?"

Majo paused for a minute and hummed thoughtfully. "Let's see, you get to decide what you look like, if you want to change your names. Um, you also get to choose your weapon, your possessions. Actually, to simplify this… Yuri!"

Yuri's eyes were drooping dangerously low and she was quiet for most of the whole situation going on. She was incredibly tired and wanted nothing more than to sleep. After all, having a witch pop up out of nowhere and declare that they were going to send her to a nonexistent world would be pretty overwhelming, especially when she had just arrived home from school.

"Yeah?" she slurred, rubbing her eyes.

"I'm going to place a spell on your laptop so you can type down what you want. This will only affect the two of you, so you can't change any of the character's personalities, appearances, and whatnot. Understand?"

"Sure," she answered, not quite registering her words.

Majo nodded triumphantly and disappeared.

oOoOo

"So," Yuri began as her eyes scanned over the list they typed out on her laptop. "We're changing our surnames and appearances. That's about it." She nodded approvingly and looked to the empty space a certain witch occupied a few moments ago. "Hey, Majo!"

Nikoru was glad that her parents were out of the house - who knew what they would have had done if they had heard three people conversing instead of two.

A disgruntled Majo appeared once again without a sound. "You made me wait an hour. What takes an hour for you to do?"

Yuri snorted. "Stop sulking and be glad we didn't take any longer."

Majo sighed in defeat. "I guess so… Well, are you done?" Her mood brightened once more.

"Mm-hm. We're ready," Nikoru replied with a smile before Yuri could make an acerbic remark.

"Then enter the wondrous portal! Who knows where you'll end up?" Majo sounded as if she was advertising a ride at an amusement park.

The two of them eyed her strangely and reluctantly stepped into the door that popped out of thin air. Inside of it was a random mix of colours. Red, blue, green, pink; Yuri's head spun as she tried to keep track of all the different hues.

Yuri thought it looked like a rainbow, though it was quite dizzy seeing how the colours swirled about. Suddenly, Majo's words echoed throughout her mind. 'Who knows where you'll end up?' That only meant… Yuri gasped and turned to Majo. "WAIT! Don't you know where you're sending us?" she asked frantically.

Majo shook her head as a negative and smiled. "Have a safe trip!" she cried out before shoving Yuri unceremoniously and slamming the door shut.

As the door clamped shut, all the colours were instantaneously replaced with black. The darkness was all that surrounded the screaming girls before an echoing thud resounded.

Yuri scowled. Lesson of a lifetime: Stay away from bored, ditzy witches.


Published date: 29-05-10

Edited date: 14-08-10, 5-09-10, 16-11-10, 27-03-11