Chapter 1. Of Boredom and new Beginnings.
The sun was quite bright in an area which appeared to be grasslands of sort; among the grasslands, a boy stood in the middle, gazing upon events that were transpiring as we spoke. He was quite fascinated in what went on outside this place but there was little he could do but watch.
"These events are interesting. Its truly amazing…" The boy with long, wavy black hair wearing an unusual outfit stared into some form of portal. It revealed to him of a great battle between a man with yellow colored hair and some kind of cold demon or something with the man seemingly victorious.
However, much to the boys surprise, the demon managed to fire one final blast at the golden haired man who attempted to escape. Giving in to his anger, the man fires a powerful blast back at the demon, consuming him in a deadly explosion which caused the portal to cease to function.
"You kidding me?! That's the 3rd portal this week! Why does that boy continue to destroy what we use to observe events?!" A local man of this world commented on what had transpired, the boy ignoring his remark and continued towards another portal, much to the others dismay.
These portals were simply called Watchers, for they allowed those of this world to observe past and present events such as the previous battle the boy had observed. That battle was between Super Saiyan Goku and Full Power Frieza but the boy sighed after seeing the battle but at the same time, he was happy to watch it.
"These battles amuse me. True, that battle had already occurred, roughly 5 or 6 years ago but I still enjoy watching it. It's a shame that we can only use the Watchers to see into the past but that is still sufficient in curbing my curiosity and amusement." The boy said once more and walked over to another Watcher, only he was being stopped by some men.
"Look, we know how curious you are, we really do. But you can't go around destroying Watchers! We need them to observe what goes on outside our world! Don't you understand this?!" Again, the boy ignored what the men had said and proceeded to walk past the ethereal men to another Watcher.
All Watchers are transparent in color when not in use but whenever the boy or anyone else uses it, the Watcher turns green and shows various images of what the person wants to observe. The boy decided to examine what was occurring in one of the universes, namely the 7th.
"Hmm… interesting. The one called Goku is not on Earth, along with his friends. Most unusual. I wonder what happened to them…" The boy continued to ignore the men who saw what he was looking for and decided to back off for merely looking for someone would be fine for it wouldn't put too much pressure on the Watcher.
"Oh well. Guess that's all for today…" With that, the boy turned away from the Watcher and headed towards an area he found solace in visiting. It looked to be a small cottage of unknown origins surrounded by a few trees but was still vulnerable to the sunlight.
This particular cottage was indeed made of wood but it was painted a light blue all over, save for the doors at the front and the back as well as the roof itself. Once inside though, the cottage is well decorated with various furniture and an unusual pole in the middle of the living room.
"Huh. I was hoping to observe more on Goku but I see he is currently not on Earth. A pity. I didn't even get to see his new form, what after he became a Super Saiyan God." Concerning what the boy has said, he only witnessed Goku enter his SSG form but beyond that, he has witnessed nothing more. Still, he did find the battle between Lord Beerus and Goku, spectacular.
The boy went over to sit on one of the chairs he placed in his home, only for him to phase through it. You see, uh… he's ethereal, unable to interact with the objects around his home as well as anything else in this realm. Unless of course, he enters his original body which is very unlikely right now.
"Oh yeah, I'm not in my body. I forgot about that. Oh well. I don't feel like entering my body so I'll wait until tomorrow. Then I'll be able to observe more events!" The boy forgetfully said as he roamed back and forth through his home, feeling, well, nothing as he roamed.
When the boy or anyone else is in their ethereal form, they won't be able to feel anything. Not pain, nor can they feel emotions, that part is absent in this form which is interesting to note. They can however, feel the breeze of the wind which is quite odd.
"Odd? I think not! It's normal for us! Bah! Some narrator wouldn't understand! And now's hardly the time for that! I need to wait a white until the next day arrives." Apparently, this boy can break the 4th wall which is well, familiar. Oh well, better him than me.
Anyways, the black haired boy would still retain his hair even in his ethereal form but that's besides the point. Judging from his constant sighing off-screen, he appears to be bored with the current state of things. All he's able to is observe, nothing more, nothing less.
"I blame the rules of this world! Being unable to leave this world and many others! It's just… urrgh!" Said an infuriated boy which I still don't know the name to, even though I'm the narrator here.
Pertaining to the rules, the boy is correct. No one in this realm is allowed to leave which means they can't help with others who could use the help. This has been bothering our protagonist for a very long time, say, 30 years. Besides that, he's allowed to freely observe what happens/happened in the other realms as he chooses to.
"This sucks. I really wish I had my own Watcher here but apparently, it would be "selfish". Honestly… there are dozens of Watchers out there. So what if one is taken for myself? Not that I've actually stolen one." The annoyed protagonist spun around the room in great anger and annoyance but knew it do nothing to his home, of which he is proud of.
For a time, the boy had thought of way to have his own Watcher but eventually gave it up when he found out it was impossible. The Watchers are forever stationary, bound by beams of energy through various sides of the Watcher and spread only in specific areas where the Watchers are able to reside in.
"Yeah, I did. I don't want to discuss how long I was researching how to host my own Watcher. In fact, I got penalized for it when I was discovered but was let off with a warning after an hour of being lectured. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted." The boy begrudgingly said as he waltzed to his room and there was his original body.
His body was kept in a stasis chamber, as was everyone else's for safety purposes and could only fall asleep if he was back in his body. After moving over and entering the body, the stasis chamber immediately deactivated and out came the boy, wearing the same thing as he did in his ethereal form but with more defined color.
"Ah! That's much better. I tend to forget what's it like to be in a body. Now, I was going to wait til morning but I was strangely feeling tired so I decided to head back to my body. To my bed I must sleep in. Until tomorrow..." With that, the boy dashed over to his bed and proceeded to go to bed.
"Neptune…" A shadowy voice was suddenly heard out of nowhere, the boy jumping out of his bed and quickly left his room. He began looking around his cottage but couldn't find where the voice was coming from.
"Observe… Neptune…" Was all the voice said before it faded into the night. The boy thought it strange to hear such a name. Regardless, he was tired and proceeded to waltz towards his bed and retire for the night.
The following morning, the boy awoke from his slumber and started off his day with observing what was outside his home. See, the people of this world had excellent eyesight which allowed them to see pretty far away.
"Hey now, don't go spoiling everything that happens! Eh, it's fine. Anyways, it seems as if one of the Watchers is empty. Time to examine some things." As he says this, he walks outside, closes and locks the door behind him and proceeds to head towards the vacant Watcher.
Once there, he begins to look at the battle of a group of mages against another powerful mage but finds himself losing interest in this and begins to search for another when the words he heard from last night echo in his head. Upon recalling this information, the Watcher changes in image and focus more on the individual known as Neptune.
"This "Neptune"... why is this person a girl? That pink colored hair and clothing… remarkable. But why am I observing this? There's nothing interesting about… her…?" Upon further inspection into the life of Neptune, the boy saw she lazed about in her home and ignored the yells of the tome, Histoire whom tends to do this a lot.
The boy continued to observe as Neptune continued being lazy and soon saw her sibling enter the room, whom she addressed as Nepgear. This girl had long pink colored hair and wore a sailor-like uniform which both intrigued and confused the boy.
"Strange. This is no battle and yet, I'm intrigued by this… why is that?" The boy looked on as more people entered the image he was observing, with the two other girl's named Compa and IF, something that confused the boy even more and observed how the people there interacted with one another.
Soon, the images began to fade away with the boy wanting to see more but the images had completely faded away. Disappointed, the boy slumped to the ground and began to feel sadness as well as jealousy, for some reason.
"Did you enjoy what you saw?" A voice echoed from behind, with the boy turning around and being blinded by a bright flash of light which took him by surprise. What he saw was rather peculiar and amazing, a floating being bathed in white.
"Well yes. I did enjoy what I saw. Just who is she and what are you?" Tboy questioned the being who placed a finger over its lips and snapped with her right fingers, a white aura pulsing out and around the two, with the boy taken aback.
"What you saw were mere moment's of Neptune, a girl with a most unique ability. As to me, think of me as a dealmaker of sorts." The bo was initially confused by the beings words until strange orbs began appearing all around him.
It didn't take the boy long to realize just what these orbs were and exclaimed: "Watchers!"
"Correct. These orbs around us are indeed Watchers. But take a good look at them. What do you see within them?" When the boy watched closer, he saw various images of what he observed in the past and saw they were focused on specific areas rather than countless areas.
"I'm willing to make a deal with you. I know you are tired of this life. What if I told you it was possible for me to switch your current life with a different one?" The offer caught the boy by surprise and immediately rushed towards the being.
"Yes! I am tired of my current life! But what do these orbs represent?" After asking such a question, the being rose above the ground and the Watchers began to glow.
"You desire a different life. I will grant that to you. But first, you must choose a Watcher. Do so and we may begin." Doing as instructed, the boy walked to each orb and carefully examined each one.
All of the Watchers intrigued him but the boy could only choose one. After pointing to a Watcher which environment was vaguely familiar to him, the Watchers all disappeared and new ones took their place.
"A wise choice. I trust you'll enjoy that place. But this poses a problem. See, for this to work you need to be in your ethereal form. Otherwise, nothing will happen." When the being said this, the boy became puzzled and taken aback.
"But, I've never left my body outside my own home! Such a thing will prove, troublesome." When he finished, the being poke his forehead and his ethereal form was forced out, greatly surprising him.
"The hard part is gone. Now for the easy part. You must choose a body since your current one is… inadequate for this particular part to work. Please choose one and do please hurry. I'm on a tight schedule." Astonished was the boy but he had no intention of taking up any more time of this mysterious being and does as he's told.
Out of the numerous Watchers he sees with various people, he comes across one who appeared to be human but had strange long hair and a menacing look. When he examined this Watcher, he felt an urge to move forth and touched the being within.
"I see. So you decided to choose him. How wise of you. Now then, you should be off." Summoning a staff, the being returned the aura to it and above, a hole appeared in the sky, pulling the boy in.
"Wait! I'm leaving?! But this is my home! Wait!" The boy was no longer in this world as the hole in the sky closed after him. As for the being, it went towards the boys body and picked it up using her powers.
"Hmm. I'm sure he'll enjoy this. After all, it is what he wanted. As payment, I'll be taking your body and keeping it for my own. Until we meet again… if such a thing was to happen…
A hole soon opens in a different dimension with the boy falling from it, unaware of what just happened to him.
"Agh! What just happened?! This is no longer my home! I lived there! I should probably be yelling for help while I'm falling but eh, its alright. I guess it can't be that bad. Now then… wait. What happened to my voice?!" The boy begins yelling at the sudden change in his voice as he plummets to the ground beneath him.
After falling with a hard crash in what appears to be a grass field, the boy soon emerges from the fall, albeit disoriented and finds himself in uncharted territory, at least to him. As he happens upon a stream, he sees within it a different face and a different body, one with long blue colored hair and strange tattoos on his face. Upon seeing which body he possessed, chills are sent down his spine, looking in his reflection in horror.
"No way… this body… it belongs to…"