DISCLAIMER: I do not own Get Backers... But Sarah is solely my imagination...
SUMMARY: Many of us have always wondered how it will be if we could live with our favorite anime characters in their world and here is a girl whose wish gets granted and she lives a life filled with surprises and adventures but little did she realize that one of the Get Backers have stolen her heart...
"You know you are going to trip somewhere if you don't watch where you are going Sarah..." a blonde girl advised her friend who was now reading a manga book named 'Get Backers'.
The black haired one named Sarah looked up from the book with her charming brown eyes "I know my way here Pinto. Besides you do know that I love the Get Backers right." She said and again bent her head reading the manga and walking simultaneously.
"You are too obsessed with it aren't you? If god ever gave you a wish to go to their world I bet you would do it no matter what." Pinto stated as a matter of fact.
This made her look up again and kept her book inside for once. Pinto turned around to see that her friend had at last abandoned that book but what she saw made her think again. Sarah was standing there with wide eyes dreamily staring at nothing particular. All that the blonde could do was to run for dear life before her friend started getting all hyped up about a silly statement like that.
"I need to go to the grocery store Sarah! I will see you tomorrow at school..." she said with a sweat drop and ran away.
Seeing that she was alone now Sarah came down from her momentary hype and let out a sigh. Her thoughts were running madly now.
'I really did wish I was in a world where people gave so much value to friendship and other human beings. For an orphan like me who has been living a hard life for all these years, I just wish I could be in a world I would have adventures and would be loved by the people around me.' Another sigh escaped her mouth as she reached her apartment and opened the door.
She sat down on the worn out couch and wondered if she could ever come home to be welcomed by someone. Sarah had just finished high school and is now working at a machine repair shop and she sometimes works as a taxi driver part time as well. She grew up in an orphanage and when she was able to understand life she decided to leave the orphanage.
With the little money she had, she managed to rent this apartment and made a living by working at a departmental store. She studied well and managed to get scholarships and that took care of her school fees and stuff. This hard working girl was a geek when it came to machines and so learnt a lot about them. One thing she enjoyed in this entire world was the 'Get Backers' series both the manga and the anime.
With all these thoughts she began doing her chores around the home. "Oh shoot! I don't have much to cook..." she said. Yes! She could often be found talking to herself which she said was rather relieving at lonely times.
Sarah decided to go get some groceries and eat. After having a burger and buying all the things she needed she was walking back to her apartment when she felt a presence behind her. she turned around to see if anyone was stalking her and nobody was there. Her hand snaked into her bag and holding to the pepper spray can ready to attack anyone.
"Pepper spray won't affect me girl!" a husky voice sounded through the alley she was in. Her body tensed and she called out "Whose there? Reveal yourself..."
A man wearing a very long trench coat and a rather big hat which covered his face came out of the shadows. "W...Who are you?" she stuttered fear seeping through her.
"Let's say that I am going to grant you one wish you had asked for a long time now..." he said and waved his palm and everything around her started changing.
Things came to a halt and Sarah opened her eyes to see that she was standing in a similar alley. "Where am i?" she asked the man now standing beside her. she was not able to see his face but she did feel like she could trust him.
"I granted your wish... You are now in the world you wished to be in." She could feel his smile radiating from underneath that hat.
"What the hell do you mean 'The world I wished to be in'? She asked still surveying her surroundings.
"Why don't you follow me and I will explain everything to you..." he suggested and started walking. With little hesitation at first she followed him. She did not know where she was and he was the only one she could trust.
Sarah studied the houses as she walked and asked again "Are we in Japan by any chance? The streets and architecture looks like it..."
"You really are a smart girl Sarah! Yes we are in Japan. You will not be remembered in Quebec anymore. From now on this will be your world..." he spoke and walked into an apartment complex. His words were still sinking inside her as she bluntly followed him. He opened the door of an apartment and went inside.
She walked in to see the most luxurious apartment she had seen in her entire life. It was luxurious enough for her.
That was when it hit her like a bucket of cold water. "Am I in the world of the get backers?" she asked him. Her question made no sense to her but still it was the only wish she had been asking ever since she came across the manga.
"Glad that you got it... Let me explain things to you..." he continued as she sat down realising that it was going to be a long talk.
"You are a blessed child Sarah... it was destined that you will be granted one wish on your 18th birthday. Today is your birthday and I came to grant you the wish you were thinking of earlier today. You wished to have an adventurous life with the get backers and now here you are. This will be your house and it has got the supplies you will need. You can live as you wish here and there is some money your parents had left for you when they died. The locker in your bedroom will have the pass book and other details you need to know. This is just like the world you used to live in except you will be having a couple of powers which should be used only for other people's good. Knowing your heart I know that you wouldn't hurt a fly... So any questions?" he finished. He was still standing and even with the lights on his face was not visible.
It took her a while to digest all these facts at once. She could not believe her own ears. Her one and only wish had come true and to top that she had finally found out when her actual birth-date was.
"Um... Mister, I was wondering what are these powers I have?" she asked him after a long silence.
"Ah! Yes! Miss Sarah you will have two powers. You cannot use one of them for your own desires and that particular power will stay hidden as a secret for now. When time comes and you badly need such a power it will come to your assistance. The other power is that you are a techno path..." he said at last taking a sit across her in the expensive looking couch.
"Techno path?" she was puzzled by the new term.
"Have you ever wondered why you had a liking for machines? Because your parents were engineers who were able to create pretty great machines in their time. You can control machines with your mind. For example..." he paused and glanced around. He located the television which happened to be a plasma screen TV and without thinking he just pushed it down. With a big noise it broke into several pieces.
"What was that for?" she was angry because he broke such a big screen TV and she had been thinking she could watch nice movies in it.
"Now you do know how to repair a TV right. Close your eyes and think of the construction of the TV from this broken one." He instructed.
She closed her eyes and concentrated hard thinking of sequence with which the parts should go in. When she opened her eyes for the umpteenth time that evening she could not believe her eyes. The plasma TV was sitting on the floor and it was as good as new.
"Now I get it... So that means I can even make new machines and not just fix broken ones right?" she asked him.
"Yes of course. But you should have it designed carefully before building it and you will never know how it will work. So you should be very careful when experimenting. You were able to put the TV together again because you knew how it works and so knew what should go where. Similarly when you are trying to build a new machine you should be sure of what should go where in it. I believe it is time for me to take leave. But before that I want to show you one place..." he said and started walking out.
She was excited to find out what this place could be and silently followed him. She really was blessed to have such a wish granted. She was so drowned in her thoughts that Sarah did not realise that the man had stopped. After seeing that he had stopped in a street corner he turned to tell "This is where I leave you. These are your apartment keys and please stay safe..." and handed her the keys.
"You never told me your name..." she stated suddenly sad that the only person she knew here was saying goodbye.
He laughed a light laugh and said "Do not worry. We will meet in the future for sure. Take care of yourself..." he turned to leave.
Out of pure instinct she hugged him and said "Good bye mister..." and let him go only to see him vanish into thin air.
Only now did she realise that she was standing all by herself in a street and surveyed the place. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw a familiar sign and her eyes became the size of a saucer once she read the sign again.
'IT IS HONKY TONK...' She thought as she happily bounced towards the said cafe. Not even in her wildest dreams had she imagined going to Honky Tonk.
Sarah opened the door to be welcomed by Natsumi's cheery voice "Welcome to Honky Tonk..."
Sarah stood there gaping at the place for a moment and realised that she was just making a fool out of herself. "One coffee for me please..." she placed her order and sat on one of the stools.
Soon her coffee was served and she was drinking it silently when Natsumi asked "Are you new here?"
With a smile Sarah replied "Yes! I came in just some time ago."
She paid her bill and got up to leave when the door opened and in enetered two guys.
One had black spiky hair and awesome blue eyes while the other was blonde and had some brown eyes.
'It is Ban Midou and Ginji Amano...' her mind screamed.
"Yo Natsumi!" Ban said sitting on the stool which Sarah had occupied just a moment ago.
Natsumi on the other hand gave back the change to Sarah and that was when Ban's blue eyes met her brown ones.
After mumbling a thanks she left hurriedly with her heart thumping wildly in her chest.
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