CHRONICLE OF A FUTURE FORETOLD

Hello, this is my first fanfiction on the internet I'm not very good. But hey at least now I can get some writing creativity out of me once in a while.

This is solely based on the characters Shinobu Miyake and Inaba-kun of the dream-world from the Urusei Yatsura OAV. So don't expect to read about the on goings of all the tons of other characters here. I do not own any of these characters...yeah yeah you know the rest. Well I made up some but you'll obviously know who is. This doesn't really have a beginning; I just have some ideas in my head after recently viewing the OAV. Hope you enjoy!!

Chapter 1: Two soft brown eyes

The icy winter breeze from the open window in her room whisped by Shinobu Miyake's shoulders as she sat with her head resting on her desk. A thick stack of shojou manga propped up her face as the tips of the pages quietly lifted up from the wind. Her eyelids fluttered open and she reached over to close the window. Even though it was winter again, the sky was a bright blue and the sun shone bright white rays lighting up her small but tidy room.

Shinobu, nearing 21, still hadn't made up her mind about what she wanted to do with her life. She wasn't even in college like all her other friends, but had a part-time job. She was such a dreamer, thinking only about settling down in a cute house with her perfect husband...the same dream all young women had. Often spending her days away reading comics and taking walks, she thought of him constantly-

Inaba...she hadn't seen him for months. In fact, it was the last time that they were together when he disappeared. She'd always worried about The Dream organization Inaba had been slave to for such a long time had done something horrible to him...

"Look! A giant rabbit!" she laughed, pulling Inaba's rabbit hood down over his face. Sitting in his lap and tickling him, he was helpless and began cracking up. "Miss Shinobu you're too much..." Shinobu couldn't help it; she had always tried to convince Inaba of ridding himself of that silly rabbit outfit. It really bothered her, though. She longed to hold his hands, feel the warmth of his skin, that this barrier of three inches of white plush would never leave his mysterious body underneath. "Just because you're always looking beautiful as ever," he replied, sort of petting the top of her head with his paw-like hand.

That day, he'd never forget her two soft brown eyes. He loved that look in her eyes of a youthful and carefree spirit. He always kept with him a pocket watch that was also a communicator with his bosses from the other world, being paranoid not to lose contact at any time. Even so, nothing could have been more important than what he had to give to her that day.

Shinobu laughed hysterically chasing him up a hill. "Wait Mr. Rabbit, I want to see where you're going!" she yelled jokingly to Inaba. Finally catching up to him and grabbing ahold of the ears on his hood, he jerked back into her arms and they fell on the long blue-green grass. With his hood completely off, his bright blonde hair flew up in the wind. Did she ever love that blonde hair, because it was uncommon in Tomobiki. They both sat up and stared at the sky which was now a deep midnight blue."Inaba-kun, you're acting shyer than usual. Is something wrong?" Inaba became shaky as he stammered for something in his pocket.

"Shinobu..." he muttered, still holding onto the box in his pocket. "I have something for you..I...I've worked r-really hard on getting it for you." He finally jerked the velvety-dark green box out. Shinobu's eyes widened. (Oh goodness! This is too soon! What should I tell him? I'm barely twenty-one for goodness...)

With a quick movement, the box lid popped open, and to her surprise she found...a doorknob?? It was a shockingly beautiful crystallite silver doorknob that glittered even in the dark night. "I thought maybe you'd be upset with me, but I can destroy it for you if you like, Miss Shinobu." She raised an eyebrow. "You mean you...created a future? Are you in it?" she said. "Well, yes, that was the basic idea...but don't worry, I haven't changed anything to your disadvantage, of course." She picked it up and cradled the knob in the palms of her hands, staring into it as she turned it at different angles. "Can I see it? I mean, my future?" she asked with excitement. Inaba instantly blushed because he knew that could ruin things if she knew everything that would happen. He folded her fingers over the knob that still lay in her palm. "I'm pretty sure you will love it...but as for now, let's focus on the present." She hugged him tightly and he squinted his eyes with delight. "Thank you so much, Inaba-kun. I'm so happy to know that everything will be alright for us!"

Weeks passed, then winter; and in the spring, when Shinobu's brunette hair was down to the middle of her back, Inaba couldn't help but notice how ecstatic and bubbly she had been acting lately. Not even Ataru's clumsy and perverted antics could get her spirits down. He was happy, too, yet at times he often looked worried. He couldn't help but feel that he may have done something wrong by his love-derived creation. Later that day, on the beach, Shinobu kicked up the water while she trotted barefoot along the current in her capris while Inaba-kun sat back and watched. A piercing alarm rang from his pocket watch, which was so loud it sort of jolted him. He quickly flicked it open only to hear an angry voice he was hoping he wouldn't hear in a long time. "INABA-KUN...how dare you! WE will make sure it will not happen..." Inaba snapped it shut, horrified, wondering how on earth they found out. Shinobu looked back at Inaba from the water to see him looking really upset."What is it?" she yelled. Inaba stood up and started for her but just then, he didn't even take three steps when a door appeared behind him and slowly began to open. "Inaba-kun!!" she was too late, as Inaba began to emerge into the doorway backwards. He reached out to her, she was so far away. Miss Shinobu...! He muttered to himself. The door slammed shut and disappeared into thin air.

Shinobu fell to her knees, feeling around in the air where the door disappeared. Nothing. The cold wind from the sea beat on her as she stared into blank space, in shock. She knew that Inaba was done for over that doorknob.

She kept the doorknob on the dresser by her bed as the days flowed into the next. Even still, Ataru's usual filthy advances could snap her out of the impassive state she was in. "As long as I have the doorknob, we should still have a future. But my poor Inaba-kun..."

~End of Chapter 1~