S.R: Normally this would be my wife's thing, but I had this idea and just couldn't get it out of my head. What if instead of three problem children, there were five? Joining Izayoi, Asuka, and Yuu we have two OCs named Dante and Caitlynn.
Izayoi: But why mess with perfection?
S.R: Why not?
Izayoi: Eh, I guess that's a fair argument. What are their abilities?
S.R: I'll explain them in the story. Which is going to start with everyone falling into the water rather than when you all receive the letter… Action!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN "Mondaijitachi ga Isekai kara Kuru sou desu yo" ALSO KNOWN AS "Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?". I ONLY OWN THE TWO OCs AND THEIR GIFTS.
It was your standard peaceful day here on the East side of Little Garden, when a group of five teenagers and a cat appeared in the sky and began to fall. But while different from normal, it wasn't an unusual or even terrifying thing. Not that many people would notice. After all they were in the sky a good distance away from civilization. Only the animals that resided in the area around the lake they were falling into would see them. The five children crashed into the water, which cushioned their fall enough to prevent injury. Moving quickly they all managed to swim to the edge of the lake and begin to dry off. One, didn't even worry about herself instead crouching down to look over the cat that was with them.
"Just to clarify, we all got that weird letter right?"
The all nodded their heads after one of the two boys, the blonde one spoke.
"So who are you guys anyway?"
"I'd like to ask the same thing, mister high school boy."
"I asked first."
"Please don't talk to me as if we are old friends. My name is Asuka, Asuka Kudo. Don't forget it. Now what about you cat girl?"
"I'm Kasukabe Yo."
"Nice to meet you Yo. Now then mister mean face with the matted hair. What's your name?"
"What an antagonistic introduction, but since you asked. The dangerous and unrefined Sakamaki Izayoi, at your service. Also I'm very crude, vicious and hedonistic. That means I'm probably the worst person you've ever met."
"Don't leave me out of this! I'm Dante. Dante Filtairn. Like Izayoi, I'm crude and hedonistic. But if you play your cards right I'll play nice for a bit."
"I guess that means it's my turn. Caitlynn Quinn is the name and music is my game. So long as you don't mind me singing we'll get along flawlessly."
"Well we all know each other's names now but still. Whoever called us here didn't even bother to come greet us? Even I'm not that rude."
Izayoi spoke with a smirk. One that was mirrored on all of their faces. They knew that there was someone hiding in the bushes behind one of the nearby tress that was watching and listening in, but wanted to play a little bit. The person in the bushes couldn't tell though and was trying to suppress a chuckle as she wanted to surprise the teens. After another few moments she went to stand up thinking about making a grand entrance but was thrown off guard when the teens spoke again.
"Aw man, and here I thought we'd get this awesome welcoming party. I guess that means we should ask the chick in the bushes over there." (Izayoi)
'I missed my chance to make my big entrance. What should I do now?'
"Oi! Quit hiding and get out here already!" (Dante)
"Well m-maybe if you all weren't being so scar-"
The girl hiding in the bushes tried to speak but was cut off. The two boys of the group had gotten tired of playing and jumped towards her, one landing hard enough to make the group shake as a tree was uprooted from the shock wave. Panicking the girl moved away only to find the other boy landing in front of her with a similar feat. The had cut off her regular movement far too easily. So the girl decided to use her rather powerful legs to jump further than should be humanly possible. She started to breath a little easier once she thought she got away. Sadly the girl known as Yo was waiting for her, sitting like an animal ready to pounce right on the tree branch the she was intending to land on. Turning her body the girl jumped even higher into the air only to be cut off as the Asuka gave the nearby birds an order to prevent her escape. While that was happening Caitlynn started to sing, as she finished her short little song she ran towards where the girl was falling, only she moved fast enough to catch her in the blink of an eye.
It was finally revealed to the whole group that the girl watching them had long blue hair, with tall blue rabbit like ears. She was dressed in a black collar with white frills, a black double breasted thigh length vest, a red mini skirt with black stockings supported by garters, red shoes and large wrist cuffs. She also had very prominent red eyes.
"Is that?"
"Cosplay?"
"N-No way! Black Rabbit would never cosplay! I'll have you kno-"
Once again she was cut off, but at least this time everyone knew her name to be Black Rabbit. This time she was cut off by Yo pulling on her ear.
"OW! Why are you so mean, pulling on Black Rabbits ear like that! Do you get some kind of perverse pleasure out of hurt Black Rabbit?"
"I'm merely sating my curiosity."
Black Rabbit managed to twist out of Yo's grasp and told her that she couldn't just do as she pleased. But Black Rabbit's back was no to Izayoi and Asuka who each grabbed an ear commenting on how strange it was that they were real.
"Hey I want a turn!"
"What does it feel like?"
Izayoi and Asuka stepped aside allowing Dante and Caitlynn to pull on Black Rabbit's ears as well, causing Black Rabbit to screech and whine about the pain. Eventually the group decided they were done messing with Black Rabbit for a bit and sat down waiting for her to regain herself and explain what was going on. As Black Rabbit panted on the ground she was mumbling to herself about how undisciplined the five teens were, calling them all troublemakers. None of them minded as they knew she wouldn't be able to stop their teasing.
"Would you hurry up already I'm starting to get bored?"
"Right… Ahem Welcome everyone, this is a fantastic world known as Little Garden. Everything in this world revolves around games. You all have been summoned her to be given the chance to participate in these fabulous games. These games also refereed to as 'Gift Games'."
"Gift Games?" (Yo)
"Yup, that's right. I'm sure you all know this by now but none of you are normal human beings. Each of you possesses your own special ability. Those abilities are actually wonderful gifts, bestowed upon you by various gods, demons, spirits and stars. Using these gifts whatever they may be you participate in the various Gift Games here in Little Garden to defeat your opponents. There's even betting involved."
"Does that mean you bet using your own powers?" (Asuka)
"Not necessarily. You make bets with various "chips". These chips are Gifts, land, money, resources, prestige, even people. The higher the value of the chip you bet the greater your rewards can be… Easy right?"
"What's the catch?" (Dante)
"You caught on quickly. In order to receive a reward you must clear the conditions of the game set forth by the host. That is the only way you can win the game and your rewards."
"Question." (Yo)
"Yes?"
"What exactly is a host?"
"Hosts are the people who preside over the gifts games. Normally a host is the person that is holding the game. Meaning the Host is the one that decides the reward for the gift game."
"So I could host?"
"If you had a prize prepared then yes you could. That's why there's all kinds of people here in Little Garden. After all not everyone can be a God, Demon, Spirit, or Star. Builders, Merchants, Chefs, and other useful jobs exist here too. Back to the topic of games though. The Gift Games can range from something simple and easy like winning a game of tag, to things that are dangerous and even life threatening. That means the variety of games is endless, which is why I said this world revolves around games earlier… With that said I bet there things you wouldn't be able to understand from my explanation alone so why don't we try a game right now?"
"Seriously?" (Izayoi)
"You see there are communities, collectives and societies in this world. After all one person can't win every game alone, even if he could be everywhere at once. It's easy to join a community and work together to win everything you could need or want. It's why all residents of this world are required to be part of a community of some sort."
As Black Rabbit spoke she suddenly had a deck of cards appear in her hand. She shuffled the cards as she chatted with the teens. Once she felt the cards had been shuffled enough, she stopped and snapped. Said action caused a card table to appear a few feet off the ground, before falling into place in front of her.
"Now. I wouldn't mind letting you all join the community Black Rabbit is a part of, but if you can't win a Gift Game it will cause serious problems… You'd be a drain on resources which means you would basically be nothing but trouble. We can't have that now can we?"
Black Rabbit told the teens hoping she could goad them into accepting her challenge. Izayoi commented about Black Rabbit trying to test them, Asuka mentioned they hadn't even agreed to play yet, and Dante smirked devilishly.
"If you're too afraid we can send you back, but you'd have nothing to show for it."
"That's not the typical way you'd try to provoke someone into playing… Well I'm in. How do we play?" (Caitlynn)
"We'll use this deck of cards here. Each one of you must pick a face card. Only one card per person and one chance per person."
"Can we use any method we want?" (Asuka)
"As long as it doesn't break any rules. Speaking of, I Black Rabbit have the special ability called Judge Master. My eyes and ears are connected to the Little Garden central network, which means you can't cheat so long as I'm around."
"What about our chips? Are we betting something this time around?" (Izayoi)
"Since you just came to Little Garden this can be a free round. But if you insist on betting something you can always put your pride on the line."
"What about if we win?" (Dante)
"Hmm…. Oh I know. If you win Black Rabbit will do anything you ask of me. But only once per winner. Chose wisely now."
"Anything? You sure about that?"
Izayoi and Dante question in unision with a glint in their eyes as they look Black Rabbit up and down. It takes a minute for Black Rabbit to notice after their gaze settles on her chest. Once she did her arms blocked their view as she stuttered out that anything sexual would be off limits. Asuka, Yo, and Caitlynn all glared at the two as Caitlynn called them both perverts.
"Hey, She's the one that went there. I was only thinking about what kind of maid outfit would look good on her when my request is that she becomes my personal maid for the day."
"I know right? I'm thinking a French maid style."
"Yeah, that sounds nice."
The two boys smirked at each other and fist bumped before getting serious again.
"So we're all playing right?" (Izayoi)
"That goes without saying." (Asuka)
"Alright then… Game established!"
Black Rabbit clapped as she spoke and a scroll appeared in front of the teens. She explained that it was called a Geass Scroll. Geass Scrolls contain all the info about the game including it's name, rules, participants, ways to win and what results in a loss are all written on the scroll. After examining the Geass Roll Izayoi commented on how simple it seemed before asking if they could take a closer look at the cards. Each of the teens had their own strategies planned though Izayoi and Dante seemed to be thinking the same everyone was ready the game began. Both boys moved in front of the group and without even looking at the cards they brought their hands down heavily on the table. Each had one card pinned down but the rest of the cards were tossed up and flipped over by the force. Asuka reached forward and grabbed the Queen of Diamonds, Caitlynn the Queen of Hearts, and Yo the Queen of Spades. After a brief argument about if this method broke the rules Black Rabbit had to give in when the Little Garden central network declared they hadn't broken the rules.
"Asuka, Yo, and Caitlynn all have cleared the game. But Izayoi and Dante haven't yet won."
"Who the Hell do you think I am?"
"As if I'd lose to in a game this easy."
The two spoke and flipped their cards over. Izayoi had the King of Diamonds and Dante was holding the King of Hearts.
"But how?"
"We memorized them. It might not seem like it but I've got perfect memory so I just looked at the cards in order and remembered which one was where."
"I don't quite have perfect memory but I still memorized the pattern. The face cards were spaced out in the pattern of two, five, one, three based off their position after your shuffle. All I had to do then was remember where one face card was and I knew where they all were. Jack of Diamonds was the one furthest to the left. Two cards over was Queen of Clubs. Five over was the King of Clubs, three over was Queen of Hearts, two over from that was Jack of Clubs, etcetera, etcetera."
"Oh. You two are pretty good. But our methods were wasted thanks to that." (Asuka)
"But you still won right? Anyway. Black Rabbit. About that favor?"
"I said nothing sexual!"
"As much fun as that might be that's not it. There's only one thing I want to ask you… This world of yours."
"Yeah?"
"Can I have fun here?"
"Of course! Black Rabbit can guarantee that thanks to the heavenly and demonic Gift Games this world is the most fun place around. I hope you decide to stay with us!"
"Izayoi, I feel like we're long lost twins or something. I mean we had the same idea for the card game, we both like to tease Black Rabbit here, and we had the same question. The two of us are going to get along just fine."
"I think I'll stay in this world too." (Asuka)
"I've got nothing better to do so why not?" (Caitlynn)
"Same." (Yo)
With that Black Rabbit began to lead the teens back towards the closest city, chatting happily about the world around them. It wasn't until they arrived at the city and met Black Rabbit's friend Jin, that she found out the two boys weren't with the group anymore.
"Wh-wha? Where's Izayoi and Dante?"
"They said they were going to explore the edge of the world." (Yo)
"And you didn't stop them?"
"Dante said not to." (Caitlynn)
"Why didn't you say something?"
"Izayoi mentioned that we shouldn't tell you." (Asuka)
"You're lying. You have to be! You three are being lazy because you didn't want to tell me right?"
"Yeah."
The three girls answered in unison. Black Rabbit pouted and cried about the teens being unfair bullies, before realizing that the two males had gone to the edge of the world which was the territory of several Gods. Getting angry at how stupid they were being there was a shimmer around her for second as her hair suddenly went from a calming blue to a bright pink. There was a slight tinge of pink to the air around her as well. Taking off to the edge of the world the girls noticed a vast improvement to her speed from earlier.
"Well while she goes and saves those two, why don't you two follow me. I'll show you into the Little Garden."
"Black Rabbit said your name is Jin right?"
"Yeah, that's me."
"Alright, thank you for showing us in."
He led the trio of teenage girls through a stone entryway. As they emerged from the other side they were shocked. It was much larger inside than it appeared, and they could no longer see the dome that they had spotted while outside. Noticing the confusion Jin explained that the dome was for the races that can't be exposed to direct sunlight, mentioning that humans, Gods, demons, spirits, stars, animals, animal-human hybrids, and even vampires live in the Little Garden. He did tell them not to worry as the East side which is where they were is the agricultural side of Little Garden so it was normally the most peaceful.
"Oh I know, why don't we get a bite to eat while I explain."
Meanwhile
Black Rabbit had reached the edge of the world pretty quickly. Noticing a slight tremor in the trees she followed it Noticing off in the distance large sprays of water in the air. She continued on to find Izayoi standing on a rock in the middle of a large pool of water, the large sprays from before falling around them like rain drops.
"Oh hey Black Rabbit! Wait… When did your hair turn pink?"
"You idiot do you know where you are?"
"Yeah, I'm at the edge of the world. At least I think this is it. It's no biggie so don't be mad."
"No biggie? Don't be mad? Certain Gods use this territory for their games. If you had challenged a God before I got here it most certainly would have been a "biggie"! Now let's hurry and head back."
"I did challenge a one. I challenged a God to a Gift Game."
At that the ground started trembling as a gigantic white serpent rose up from the bottom of the water fall that was filling the large pool of water.
"YOU PUNK! DID YOU THINK YOU HAD WON SO EASILY!"
"Izayoi you were gone for FIVE MINUTES! How did you piss off a Water God so much?!"
"Oh she's just mad that I won without any fuss that's all."
"YOU HAVEN'T WON YET PUNK! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU SURVIVE THIS NEXT ATTACK I'LL GIVE YOU THE VICTORY!"
"You're kidding right? A fights not over when a victor is decided It's over when someone looses!"
With that the Water God began creating large whirling torrents of water next to it's serpent like body.
"Izayoi get out of there!"
"What are you talking about Black Rabbit you're the one that needs to stand back. I picked this fight, and she wants to finish it."
"BOLD WORDS HUMAN PUNK. THEY'LL BE THE LAST YOU EVER SPEAK!"
The towering whirlpools of water combined into one gigantic one that went straight towards Izayoi.
"Idiot. I ain't dead yet!"
After speaking somewhat cockily Izayoi threw a punch forward, the force completely obliterating the torrent of water and sending it everywhere. While Black Rabbit and the Water God were shocked Izayoi jumped up high enough to flip over and axel kick the God's serpentine body in the head. The blow was enough to force the god to crumple to the ground in defeat. Smirking Izayoi landed with no issue though he flipped his bangs up and out of his eyes as he joked about getting wet a lot today. After a couple minutes the Gods body began to move again, glowing it shrank until she had taken her human form once again.
"Dammit! You actually managed to defeat me. As proof of your victory I give you this water tree sapling as a reward."
"Thanks… You know you weren't bad for a water worm."
"Izayoi let's go before you piss her off again."
"Fine, fine. See ya some other time Shirayuki-hime."
"Now we need to find Dante."
As the two started searching for the other male teen that had been Summoned to Little Garden they heard the sound of clashing steel. Somehow knowing it would lead them to Dante they followed sound and found that he like Izayoi had challenged a God. The two had arrived in time to see Dante and his opponent lock swords for a moment.
"Dammit boy, just give in!"
"Hell no you old bastard! I challenged you and I intend to win this contest of skill!"
Black Rabbit and Izayoi watched in surprise as Dante was a skilled fighter. Expertly knocking the sword out of the Gods hand, Dante's next move put his blade against the mans throat.
"I grow bored of this. This game was a contest of skill. I have bested you by disarming you not just once but twice. I took this blade for my own within the first minute of combat for the first disarmament. Yet you stubbornly continued. Now I have knocked your remaining sword out of your hand and have you at my mercy. If that does not showcase that I am more skilled then I do not know what will."
"Fine, fine brat. You've won. My prize to you is that I will supply you with the tools needed to furnish your own workshop."
"Is their a way for me to store them right now? I was quite literally summoned to this world earlier. But I was too curious to just go along with Black Rabbit. Which means I have no idea if I have the space needed for a workshop."
"It's alright, I granted them to you as a Gift. That means you just need to think about which tool you want to use and it'll appear in your hands. Not only do I take pride in my work I'm very prideful of which tools I use, after all you need quality tools to make quality things. In other words don't worry about having cheap tools."
"I knew that to be the case Vulcan. While the major religions in my world are monotheistic we do still know about the ancient religions including the Roman pantheon of which you are a member. Though I must say I'm glad you say workshop and not just forge or smithy. While I don't mind the work, I am more than just a metal smith."
"Even though I specialize in forging I'm still a God of Craft and Craftsmanship."
"Hey Dante, I see you had some fun to!"
"Yup. I see Black Rabbit found out we didn't follow her?"
"You two are such problem children!"
"Hey I'm 17, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't treat me like a child."
"Well what do you know. So am I. Honestly though I think we may be the two oldest out of the five of us that were summoned."
"Probably.."
"Anyway, it looks like its time to head to Little Garden."
"Yeah. Alright Black Rabbit lead on."
Muttering about how the group of kids would probably be the death of her, Black Rabbit lead the two boys back towards Little Garden. However a just as the wall and dome surrounding the city came into view the two boys made Black Rabbit stop. They tell her to spill the reason for the five of them to be summoned.
"The only reason you guys are here is to use your gifts to have fun in this world. I told you that already silly boys."
"I'm calling bullshit."
"Yeah I don't believe her either."
"I feel like we're thinking the same thing again."
"Say in unison then?"
"Sure."
"You summoned us for a reason. Either your community is really weak, or something happened somewhat recently that put you guys in danger of being wiped out. Or at the very least on the decline."
Black Rabbit was silent, but that was all the confirmation Izayoi and Dante needed. Both smirked and nodded their heads.
"Okay… You got me. You see communities are a lot like countries in your world. On top of the usual participate in Gift Games every community must declare an official name and banner. This is supposed to be so you can mark your territory and who is part of what community."
"Earlier you mentioned you can bet resource, land, and even people as chips in the games..."
"You can bet your community flag and name as well but most avoid it. Anyway you are on the right track. We had been challenged by an opponent we couldn't deny. Just because things are decided by games here doesn't mean there aren't cruel people that don't force things to go their way. We had to accept their challenge and terms… In just one night we… We were wiped out."
"In other words you were the target of the playground bully."
"This world may seem more peaceful but considering that Gifts can be anything I'll bet there's more fighting and strife than we've been lead to believe."
"That's correct. You see there are those with extreme power who dominate and destroy everything they come across. In this world those people are refereed to as Demon Lords. Their strength is unimaginable. The only times a community name or banner are bet are as a last resort, or when a Gift Game involves a Demon Lord."
"Demon Lords huh..."
"Yes, thanks to loosing to just one of them we were stripped of our name and banner, forced to become the [No Names]. As it stands the only people we have left old enough to compete are the leaders, Master Jin and myself."
"What do you mean old enough?"
"Didn't I mention. Only those 12 and older can participate in a Gift Game."
"No but if that's the case how many members of the [No Names] are left that haven't yet reached the age of 12."
"Currently there are around 120 members besides Jin and I, but they are all 10 or younger."
"Why not start over?"
"Because we want to someday get our name and banner back from the Demon Lords and rebuild our community. I beg of you two to help us!"
With that Black Rabbit bowed to the two, almost in tears as she thought that without their aid her community wouldn't stand a chance. But as she trembled the two boys spoke.
"Revive a community while challenging the Demon Lords… Sounds like a blast doesn't it?"
"Yes it does. But as they say 'heavy is the head that wears the crown'."
"That's what makes it so interesting though."
"I never said it didn't. Just that most of the heavy lifting will probably be on us."
"If it cures my boredom I'm fine with that."
"Then it seems we're in agreement."
With that the two told Black Rabbit they'd help and to expect wonders with their aid. She was so happy that her emotions began to show not just on her face but her body as well. The pink coloring to her hair and ears had returned, which tipped the two off that her power was connected to her emotions but they stored that info away for later use. Following Black Rabbit into town they met up with the girls once again and were introduced to Jin, who was just barely old enough to be a participant in the gift games, but as the only one old enough besides Black Rabbit he was the current leader of the community.
After meeting up again Jin explained how Galdo Gaspar the leader of a community known as [Forres Garo] had tried to steal the girls away from Jin, but they didn't like him or his offer even after he told the girls about the community that summoned them. They had the same thoughts as the two boys on helping the [No Names]. Enraged at how casual he was Asuka used her power to find out the truth behind his words about his community. Once he revealed how his community would kidnapped their opponents kids and children in order to blackmail them into loosing to his community all three girls were pissed. Especially after he mentioned that he'd killed all of his hostages. In their anger the three challenged him to a Gift Game.
"You girls picked the fight, so you're the ones that have to deal with it."
"Right, I'm not playing a part in this either. It's not fair to join in and take credit when I wasn't there to start the fight."
"Good boys. I'm glad you two understand."
After that Black Rabbit and Jin decided to lead the teens to a friend of theirs. This friend being what's called a Floor master and a member of a the [Thousand Eyes] community. This friend was also a former Demon Lord who had given up the title in order to gain divinity. The reason they wanted to introduce the five to this person is [Thousand Eyes] is because as a trade community they knew everything about Little Garden and would be able to tell the five about their Gifts.
S.R: I'm in a good mood right now so guess what people? I'll be posting this chapter and the next one back to back. Hell I might even post chapter three depending on how much I type out.
