Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the characters in Doraemon and its series.
Chapter 1: Before the holidays
My first fanfic after a hiatus. Didn't have a good enough and satisfying inspiration and one fine day, it kicked in. I know I shouldn't wait for inspiration but… oh well (:
Version 1.1: 24/2/2010
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Skipping merrily from his school was a boy by the name of Nobita Nobi. Wearing his typical yellow polo shirt and short blue pants with a black bag hanging on his shoulder, he was humming the Doraemon theme song.
It was summer holiday, one month plus of holidays and that very thought excited him. As usual, his eyes caught sight of his crush: Shizuka Minamoto, a sweet, demure girl with a kind soul. Who wouldn't fall for her with her beautiful exterior and an even more beautiful heart?
"Shizu-" as the 15 year old boy called out to her, Uncle Kaminari who was walking past him along the alley suddenly vanished. "Huh?" He rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not imagining things.
"Hey Nobita!" called out a fat boy, almost the twice the size of Nobita. He was always seen with his yellow shirt with zigzag pattern and trousers.
"Gi-Gi-Giant!" Nobita responded, recovering from his shock.
"What's up? You look like you've seen a ghost." said Suneo. The shortest among the group, with his pointy hair and mouth that made him look like a fox. Wealthy but spoilt.
"Err.. Yea… no…" Nobita hung his head down. As they walked together, they caught up with a sweet Shizuka and started discussing on their vacation trip.
"Hey, we've been to many places and had many adventures. I suppose we'll have to crack our head again, huh?" Giant initiated the discussion.
"Mm hmm. I was thinking of going to the ocean. Instead of enjoying our days there, we ran to that crazy guy who wanted to destroy the world," Suneo reminisced of the moments they had a fierce underwater battle.
"No joke. We almost failed mankind."
"Not until Buggy saved the day," said Shizuka, recalling the courageous car which sacrificed itself.
"So, what about the mountain? We can climb Mount Everest," suggested Suneo. "Or if it's too much for us, there are always other mountains for us to conquer. Mount Fuji, Mount Kinabalu."
"Ah. That'll be fun," exclaimed Shizuka excitedly.
"Hehe. Too bad SOMEONE might not be able to make it to the top," Giant snickered, Suneo followed suit. The sarcasm was directed at Nobita, but he was not attentive of the conversation, thinking of the earlier incident.
"Hey, Nobita," Shizka called out to him, snapping him out of his own world. "You don't look good. What's the matter?" Shizuka expressed her concern.
"Actually…I..." Nobita halted. "I saw Uncle Kaminari disappearing right in front of my eyes."
"EH?!" the other three cried in unison. "Nobita…" Suneo stared at Nobita's eyes. "Are you sure you're not sick?" he reached his right hand to feel Nobita's forehead while his left felt his own.
"Hahahaha. Are you sure you're not dreaming?" sneered Giant. "Has the excitement got to your head?"
"I… I don't know."
"Nobita…"
"Anyway, "said Giant as the foursome reached the junction that extended to their respective homes. "We'll meet up at Nobita's place later to plan our holiday."
"Okay," agreed Suneo.
"Mm." nodded Nobita, with his hands holding his schoolbag straps.
"See you guys later then," Shizuka headed off to her house, followed by the three young boys.
"I'm home!" Nobita announced as he took off his shoes.
"Oh, you're home? Snacks will be in a minute," greeted Nobita's mother, Mrs. Nobisuke. She smiled at him with her usual pink dress.
"Yes, mom," answered Nobita, cheering up from the weird incident. In high spirits, again, he merrily hummed the Doraemon theme.
"Doraemon!" he opened the sliding paper door one side. "Huh? He's not here." Nobita put his bag on his study desk. He opened another door that led him to Doraemon's sleeping place but the blue robot cat was not there.
After shutting the door, he looked outside the window, seeing birds on the cable wire as they chirped melodiously. He thought of exciting plans to spend his holidays with his friends especially the girl of his dream: Shizuka.
Unfortunately, the thought of assignments and homework made him dispirited. He heaved a sigh and that was when the drawer of his desk opened.
Doraemon, the robot from the 22nd century came out bursting. "Trouble!"
"Huh?" wondered Nobita. "What's up?"
"Nobita! The time criminals are making mess again."
"Won't the Space Police arrest them?"
"It's not as simple as you think it is," Doraemon talked, as he calmed down. "I-"
"Ahhh!" A loud scream was heard followed by the noise of a tray dropping. The duo rushed down the stairs as the door opened, as Giant and Suneo sprinted into Nobita's house.
There Shizuka was, with her fist clenched being brought up near her mouth. Her face looked as pale as if she saw a ghost. In front of her lied a tray dropped, dorayakis were left on the ground and the green tea was pouring out of the dropped cup.
"Nobita's mom. She va-va-vanished."
"What?!" Nobita cried.
"What do you mean by that Shizuka-chan?" asked Suneo. "Is it another of your gadget, Doraemon?"
"No. I can't believe things got this bad."
"Huh? What do you mean?" questioned the big size boy.
"It's finally happening…"
"What do you mean, Doraemon? Stop it with the suspense, just get straight to the point!" blurted Giant, being the most impatient and explosive of the group.
"Nemesis has finally begun their move."
"Nemesis?" Nobita asked.
"There's no much time. I have to stop them."
"Wait, I'm following too!" Nobita caught up with Doraemon. Giant and Shizuka looked at each other before resolving into lending a hand in this matter. "We're following too!" Suneo who did not want to be left behind ran after them on the stairs.
"Gi-Giant. Are you serious?!" Suneo stammered.
"Of course! I'm not going to let them do however they like. It's OUR future." Giant replied, with a determined face to put his life on the frontier.
"We've fought against parasites, bandits, rebelling robots and space invader," added Shizuka. "And we're still in one piece. That's why I believe we can pull through again." The demure girl showed her other side.
"I…I suppose you guys are right."
"Alright!" Doraemon said. "You guys ready?" They did not utter a single word. However, their determination was clearly portrayed as they nodded their head.
"Lets go!" with that, they jumped onto the time machine while Nobita's time was erased leaving nothingness.
All five of them jumped into the time machine and departed. "Machine, in which age is Nemesis located?" Doraemon asked. The rest was looking at the machine for an answer.
"They are not in any of the time available."
"What?! How can this be?" Nobita cried. "They got to be somewhere."
"Maybe a trillion years ago?" Suneo suggested. "Or maybe a trillion trillion years?"
"Or they may be concealing their presence in the past?" Shizuka suggested also. All they could give was hypotheses and nothing can actually prove their theories. Doraemon sat there and he tried thinking of the possibilities.
"I know!" shouted Doraemon.
"What is it?" the group asked in unison.
"It's simply because they are hiding in another world."
"How's that possible?" Giant asked.
"Remember how we ended up in Robot World? We entered the vortex and landed up in that place," explained Doraemon.
"So we'll have to go the Robot World again to find them?" Nobita wondered.
"Nope. The path to it is sealed," Doraemon answered.
"Then what other options are there?"
"That…"
"Stop it right there kids!" a voice was heard from the back of the time machine. As the five turned back, they saw a man of early 30s riding on an ancient mythical beast, a dragon. The man was half-naked, exposing his built body.
"I'm sorry but I cannot let any of you stay alive," the dragon rider grinned. "Even if you all are just kids." With that statement, he drove the dragon to attack the five some.
"Hang on tight!" Doraemon yelled as he too, drove the time machine along the time tunnel. They were screaming as the dragon was spitting fireballs at them, each attack was evaded just in the nick of time.
"Here," Doraemon took out the magical torchlight from his 3-dimensional pocket and passed it to Nobita. Swiftly, he set the torchlight into 'small mode' and on it to shrink the adversary.
"Yes! We're sa-" Giant's excitement was interrupted as he realized nothing was happening to the dragon nor the evil doer. "Why won't it work?" Suneo cried.
"Impossible!" Doraeomon remarked, frowning.
"Hahahaha! Naïve kids. You think gadgets work against denizens of Veora?" said the man before his dragon made a dive towards the time machine and its young passengers.
"Doraemon!" Nobita warned. "Erm!" Aware of the attack made, Doraemon steered clear the beast's attack.
"Darn! Doraemon, Air Gun!" Doraemon passed his magical gadget that was cylindrical in shape with a hole in the middle for one's hand to be fitted in. In haste, Giant put it on and started combating with the dragon's fireball attack.
Giant's air attack was rendered useless as multiples of fireballs engulfed the air shot. After several exchange of attack, a vortex appeared out of nowhere.
"What the?!" cried Giant. The black vortex began sucking everything in its radius. "Do…raemon!" Nobita shouted.
"I can't… Wah!!!" Doraemon's effort to pull away from the vortex was in vain as the vortex sucked the five some into it while the dragon was far enough to avoid meeting the same fate as the children.
"Hmph. They'll die, anyway. I'll have to report to General Sieg." The mysterious man with his green dragon as the vortex was clearing.
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And that's it for the first chapter. Good? Bad? I suppose I need your comments/feedbacks. I wouldn't mind if anyone corrects my grammar mistake and teach me. That's why I'm writing fanfics to improve my English. It's not that my English is bad, I'd like to further consolidate my mastery on this language (:
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