Inside the Boundary
Carmine
Well if you didn't notice now, I'm here to tell you that I'm going to write a story for Beyond the Boundary. I've recently watched it and it has a special place for me because I think it is a near masterpiece in my eyes. I instinctively went to see if there were any decent stories involving it and there were a few between Mirai and Akihito, which was amazing to ready by the way, but I wanted a story that involved Ai majorly, to the point of her having some sort of relationship. I've actually come to the conclusion that none of the current characters in Beyond the boundary really pair with Ai enough for a relationship, so I've decided to make an OC, so yes, one of this stories main characters will be an OC. I'll be starting from episode 1 to insert the OC so he can go along with the plot more extensively. I'll leave a longer Author's Note at the bottom explaining more after the first chapter in over. Thanks for the read! I beg of you, please read the authors not at the bottom to clear up any confusion you may/will have about the story direction, I will make it very understandable!
Also note, whenever you see a line after a large body of writing come across the page, it most usually signals either a scene changed/ending or a POV change.
I've updated this 3 times trying to fix the lines not showing up, and I fixed it now :D
It was the end of the school day, and Akihito was walking in front of the school, deciding what way to go home. Walking with him was one of his best friends and Spirit World warrior, Sōyā. The two were walking past the schools front door, not much different that any other day, when Akihito stopped all of the sudden. Sōyā took notice to this.
"Akkey," Sōyā spoke calmly. "What the matter?"
It's then when Akihito took off into the school, leaving Sōyā behind wondering what was happening. It's then that he noticed there was something, or rather someone standing up on the roof of the school, rather close to the edge.
"What do we have here?" Sōyā thought to himself. He looked up and saw the rather short girl standing on the ledge, but he body language was weird. She didn't look as if she was about to jump, but rather just waiting there. He tried to examine her more closely, and he noticed she had what seemed to be extremely light pink hair that doesn't go any farther than her chin. She also had a pair of red, thick rimmed glasses.
"If Akkey is heading up there to talk to her," Sōyā thought to himself. "There is no doubt he'll mention her glasses and his love of 'Bespectacled Beauties' to her."
After a short period of thought and waiting, he heard Akihito yell out something inaudible, but at the end her heard "At any rate, someone as stunning in glasses as you, simply must no die!". After another short but quiet pause, Akihito yelled "In short, I love glasses!". After hearing that being yelled, the girl who was standing on the ledge muttered something that Akihito probably heard, but Sōyā was to far away to understand. The next thing Sōyā noticed, the girl had jumped backwards towards the fence, leaping over it almost effortlessly, while a sword of a red substance formed in her hand as she did so. After that, she was out of vision.
"So that's Kuriyama-chan." Sōyā thought to himself. "She's actually pretty cute for someone of her reputation, but I guess judging off by what you hear is a bad thing to do regardless."
He had the idea pop into his head after he noticed the short pink hair, and it was confirmed by the sword of red substance, which he only assumed was the cursed clans bloodline. He only knew this little bit of information because of Izumi Nase, oldest sister of he and Akihito's best friend Hiroomi Nase. They had a conversation about the girl, and she explained part of her lineage to Sōyā.
After a minute of waiting patiently for Akihito to come back down, he decided to head home regardless, because at this point it wasn't any of his business.
Besides, he needed to talk to Hiroomi about some things that were borrowed and never returned, and he felt that talking to Kuriyama-chan was something Akihito needed to do by himself.
20 minutes after leaving Akihito to deal with Kuriyama-chan, Sōyā reached the Nase complex, finding that Hiroomi was standing outside, just waiting it seemed.
"Oi, Hiroomi," Sōyā called out to the seemingly distracted teenager. "I came to get that anime DVD that I let you borrow. It's been over a month and I'd like it back."
Hiroomi looked back at Sōyā, and stared at him hard. He opened his mouth slowly, seeming to choose his words slowly.
"But Sōyā..." Hiroomi said slowly. Sōyā began to wonder what excuse he would use this time.
"How..." Hiroomi paused, almost for dramatic effect. "How will I make I make Mitsuki-chan realize how good being a cute little sister is!?"
Hiroomi held a dramatic tear drop as Sōyā had a visibly large vein popping out of his forehead. He knew some sort of sub par excuse would come from his mouth, but thankfully he was one of his most trusted friends, so he decided to be nice today.
"Hiroomi," Sōyā said calmly. "You can have it for one more week, after that I need it back."
Hiroomi's eyes lit up at this, show happiness beyond recognition.
"Yes Sōyā," Hiroomi said confidently. "I will have this DVD set back to you in a week's time, I swear on my adorable little sister!"
Sōyā sighed, knowing that he wasn't likely to get that set back anytime soon, but it didn't bother him to much. Sōyā then straightened out his expression, and Hiroomi took notice of it, as it said he came here for a different reason as well.
"Hiroomi," Sōyā started off. "I want you to tell me more about Kuriyama-chan. I know that the Nase household is in charge of this domain, so this is the best place to get so information about her."
Hiroomi dawned a relatively serious expression, which soften into a smile after a second.
"I'm sorry Sōyā," Hiroomi said almost disappointed. "I can't tell you anything more than you already know about Kuriyama. I know Izumi has told you about her already, and I hate to say that what she told you is what she told me."
They both looked at each other, both with blank looks on there faces. They weren't distrustful of each other, quite the opposite actually. They were both just a bit shocked that there was no more information to be had between the two.
"Well that's fine then," Sōyā said with a hint of sadness in his voice. "We'll I just want to let you know that Akihito had a little confrontation with her about half an hour ago on the school roof. Nothing bad, but I feel like it definitely won't end there by any mean."
Hiroomi was lost in thought for a second following what Sōyā said, but then he smiled.
"Well Sōyā," He said happily. "You've always had an amazing sense of judgment, so you're probably right about it not ending there. I think we just need to make sure nothing bad happens to either of the two, besides, what best friends wouldn't do that either way?"
Sōyā smiled because of the way Hiroomi was. He was a pervert who had a large sis-con, but he also showed a much more serious side. This was something that made him such a talented Spirit World Warrior.
"Alright then," Sōyā said as he turned around and started walking away. "I'll talk to you tomorrow at school then Hiroomi. Be good." Sōyā held his hand up and waved goodbye to his friend, as he made his way back to his apartment, deciding he was gonna rest instead of doing homework.
"I need to get more sleep," Sōyā said with a yawn. "I think this homework can wait until tomorrow."
With that, he headed home with the thought of Kuriyama-chan and Akihito in his mind.
"I wonder what will happen next."
The week after that day went by at the same pace it always did for everyone. Sōyā had learned from Akihito that Kuriyama had stabbed him right through the heart. Sōyā would have been more worried if he wasn't immortal, but because he was, he just scoffed it off and laughed. Akihito continued to have several run ins with Kuriyama throughout the week, resulting him being stabbed about 6 times.
On the other hand, Sōyā had been trying to find out a little more information about Kuriyama-chan from Izumi, but he never got her alone to ask her about anything. He decided to just wait until the time comes to him to learn about Kuriyama..
After a exceptionally long school day, Sōyā was walking around the school campus, waiting for Akihito to finish with his literary club so they could walk home. He already had it in the back of his mind that he'd be walking home alone today, again, because this is about the time when Kuriyama-chan attack Akihito nearly every day. He would be lying if he said he didn't stay around to see Akihito run around trying to avoid her.
As if on cue, he saw Akihito running away from what seemed to be someone chasing him, and he grabbed a bucket and hurled back at his pursuer. Sōyā then heard Kuriyama-chan's voice as she said "Hey! You made me kill the bucket!". Sōyā laughed at hearing this and at his friend being helplessly chased around by someone so much smaller than he is. Akihito and Kuriyama both made there way back inside the school, and about 3 minutes later, a window exploded from the school, with what appeared to be a Youmu falling out the window and running past two oblivious students on the sidewalk. Soon after, Nino-san jumped from the same window and seemed to be in pursuit of the Youmu. That's when Sōyā decided he would head home, as Akihito obviously wouldn't be walking home with him today as well.
"Maybe I'll stop and get something to eat on the way," Sōyā said quietly to himself. "I am feeling pretty hungry."
With that, Sōyā made his way to a restaurant he frequented often, deciding a omelet, be however late it was, didn't sound to bad right now.
Sitting down in a booth alone, Sōyā was calmly waiting for his order to arrive. He had ordered a simple rice omelet, with a bottle of water of course. He was minding his own business when he heard someone call out his name from the side.
"Oi," The voice called. "Sōyā, over here."
Sōyā looked over and saw something that took him by surprise. It was Akihito and Kuriyama-chan. The last two people he expected to see here, together of all things.
"Akkey? Kuriyama-chan?" He said with some confusion. "What are you two doing here?"
"Well I might have promised Kuriyama-san that'd I would buy her some food if she stopped attacking me.."
"Attacking you for the rest of the day." Kuriyama stated matter of factually, interrupting Akihito. "I never said for ever, just for today. Fuyukai desu!
Sōyā could see a vein of irritation popping up from Akihito's forehead, so he offered a seat to the two. Akihito sitting next to him and Kuriyama-chan took the seat across from the two. After the two new diners ordered there meals, they talked about various things, mainly about Spirit World Warriors and Youmu.
"Wait," Akihito said surprised. "So you're telling me you've caught zero Youmu?"
Kuriyama's face quickly went red with embarrassment, but she was quick to retort.
"No I wouldn't say that," She said quickly to ease her embarrassment. "I would just say the number I've caught is close to zero."
Akihito was about to laugh, but Kuriyama continued to talk.
"But there is a reason honestly." She said faintly. "My clan is the cursed blood clan, which has been hated against by almost everyone as long as we'd been around. I try not to draw any attention to myself, but I'm the last of my clan now anyway."
It was silent for a bit, then Sōyā had a question he wanted to ask pop into his head.
"Kuriyama-chan," He said with a bit of intrigue in his voice. "why do you keep targeting and attacking Akihito?"
Akihito leaned in a bit, mainly because was awfully curious as to why she was stabbing he so much.
"B-Because," She stuttered at first. "You're a youmu, and I decided you would be alright to help me. Then I found out you were immortal and it all changed a bit..."
"Then why didn't you stop after the first time you stabbed me?" Akihito asked, almost pleading with his eyes."
"Because you can't die," She said nonchalantly. "No matter how many time I stab you you heal, so whats the big deal?"
Sōyā was nearly laughing at this point. Kuriyama did have a small point, but she was forgetting that even though Akihito is immortal, he still feels pain, and he wasn't the only one thinking it.
Kuriyama spoke up again. "So that means I can stab you all I want and you won't die. I wasn't accustomed to taking youmu down so..."
"hold it, so you were using me as practice?" Akihito questioned sternly.
Kuriyama yelled back. "Why not? You've got nothing to lose!"
"I do, too! That crap is super hard on my heart." He said point meticulously to his heart. "I told you! I can feel pain! Do you have any idea how bad that hurts?!"
A waitress then appeared next to the table with a tray of food, setting it all down in front of Kuriyama.
"…."
"YOU ORDERED MORE FOOD?!" Akihito yelled comically.
"Fuyukai desu" Kuriyama muttered.
Sōyā sat silently as he enjoyed his omelet as the two other guests feuded back and forth about the extreme amount of dinner costs that were surely piling up.
After dinner, Akihito both said goodbye to each other, stating that they should see each other sometime in the next couple of days to talk. Sōyā also said his goodbyes to Kuriyama-chan. They were both very polite to each other, so there wasn't any hostility to be seen. Sōyā proceeded to go on his way home while both Kuriyama and Akihito went the opposite way, Akihito more than likely not being done talking with her. All Sōyā knew was he wanted to go home and rest, and he had some overdue homework he should.
"I guess I can do the homework tomorrow." He said to himself.
Back at the Nase household, Hiroomi was waiting on Mitsuki to get home, while also reflecting on a conversation he had with Izumi a bit ago.
FLASHBACK
Hiroomi had finally gotten his eldest sister Izumi alone to talk, and he was sure she already knew what she wanted to talk about.
"Hiroomi, I already know you''re going to ask about Kuriyama and her past." Izumi said calmly. "Unfortunately at this time, I'm not gonna be able to tell you anything."
Hiroomi looked at his elder sister sternly before speaking.
"I have a right to know about the ongoing of this matter, Izumi." Hiroomi said with his mind set. "You need to tell me."
Izumi frowned slightly because he was partially right, but there was a time and place for everything, and now wasn't it.
"Well," She sad with a tint of sadness is her voice. "You and Sōyā-kun will have to wait until the time I deem right."
Hiroomi looked at Izumi and smiled sadly. He knew this isn't the end of this conversation, but the end of what he would get at this point and time.
"Me and Sōyā..." Hiroomi said slowly. "We just want to be prepared and ready. Ready for what happens."
Izumi smiled. She knew regardless of what happened Sōyā and her brother would be ready for anything. She knew Sōyā could handle himself as well. Out of all the Spirit World Warriors under the Nase's control, he was one of the strongest and reliable. He might not have been as smart as Mitsuki, or talkative as Hiroomi, but he was trustworthy and always did as he said he would.
"Hiroomi," Izumi said quietly. "How long have you known Sōyā? It's been about 8 years right? And he still has the same messy black hair and carries around that pocket-watch in his pocket. However he may be, he will always be ready, as I expect you to be.
Hiroomi smiled. "It's actually been 9 years sis, but yeah. He sure hasn't changed, appearance wise or personality wise. You wouldn't guess from looking at his calm demeanor tho, he is actually pretty unique. He loves anime and a big book reader. I'm actually surprised he hasn't came to the literary club yet."
Izumi smiled as she heard her brother talk about his friend. She was glad he had someone to rely on.
FLASHBACK ENDED
Sitting on his bed, he went over his elder sisters words and smiled. He knew he'd probably find out more sooner or later. He decided to stop thinking about it all and finish watching the DVD Sōyā had lent him. Besides, how else would he make Mitsuki realize how good being a cute little sister is?
Authors Note – Well here's the first chapter of Inside the Boundary! I chose the name because it will follow the story of a new character inside the inner story, while helping the main story along as well!
For this story, I'm actually going to try it very differently compared to past stories. I'm going to basically make each episode into a chapter here. Its going to mainly follow Sōyā, my OC. His name in English is Sawyer, but I feel the Japanese sounds better to compliment the story. Each chapter I post here will be the equivalent of the episode it represents, which will be the chapter title. Most chapters are going to follow along the same base as the episode, but from a different viewpoint. That means that there will be some scenes that I will cut out from going into the chapter, but it will be remembered and mentioned by characters in future chapters. In short, they won't be written, but they will still happen. An example of such is the Youmu in Kuriyama's apartment that her and Akihito and her start to fight at the end of episode 1. It will be omitted from the writing, but it will still be referenced and possibly flash backed too later on. In absence of these part/scenes I omit, I will be adding completely new scenes involving Sōyā most of the time, or some news scenes with other characters. That being said, I am going to try and keep close to the original episode as possible for scenes that are in the anime and in writing. I even showed that in this chapter by using some of the exact wording used in episode 1.
Besides all I've just said, this story will contain two different main ships. The main one will be Ai and Sōyā, which is what I'm hoping to base the story off of. The other main ship will be the obligatory Akihito and Kuriyama, which I think is essential to a good Beyond the Boundary story. Otherwise, I might try and throw some fluff in for some other characters, but I'm still undecided about for now.
Well I want to thank everyone that went and read everything, it means so much to me! Make sure to favorite/follow to get notifications when I post another chapter. If you have any criticism, leave a review so I can better myself as a writer, and besides, I love to read any review, be It a helpful review or a flame. Thanks for reading!