楽しいことや悲しみことなど

Tanoshii koto ya kanashimi koto nado

Fun Things, Sad Things, and Such

By: Jaha Canon （ジャハカノン）

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters.

This is an odd little idea that I have been playing with in my head for a long time. Like most ideas like this one, in my mind it is long and complicated. This version I will be posting here is a smaller version.

I apologize for the long Japanese title. Did it frighten you? I am a currently in my third year of learning Japanese and still enjoying it immensely. Believe me, I'd love to try to write a Japanese story but I am afraid that I am not so confident about my grammar, I wouldn't be able to put out most of my ideas, AND most readers would not be able to understand me! I will throw in a little Japanese now and then, but it will be in English letters and I will provide a translation. No worries!

Now on with the show…

Chapter 1: 僕の夢で大きいなむしがある。

(In my dreams, there are giant bugs.)

-October 1998: A little under a year before the original eight went to the Digital world-

Izumi Koushirou always liked going over to the Ichijouji residence. It was almost like a second home to the red-headed boy. It had been over a year since he met his best friend Ichijouji Osamu. Soon after, he was invited to his apartment in Tamachi, where he met Osamu's kind and bubbly little brother Ichijouji Ken and their parents.

It was night out. Koushirou was sleeping over. The three boys were sitting in the brothers' room until, on a random whim, Ken decided he wanted to blow bubbles. Osamu rolled his eyes and prepared the water. He never quite understood why Ken always insisted on him mixing the soap with the water, but he did understand why Ken always wanted him to watch.

The three stepped out onto the balcony. Koushirou looked at the sky and squinted, disappointed that the stars could barely be seen- typical Tokyo. One by one a fragile bubble would fly up into the starless sky. It was a nice thought, these bubbles flying off out of the atmosphere and beyond the reaches of birds. Koushirou was generally realistic, but once in a while something ridiculous, like bubbles, triggered his more day-dreamer self. This irritated Osamu, and he usually made a point of that each time.

"They pop before they get very far," Osamu stated almost as if he read Koushirou's (and probably Ken's) mind. "We just can't see that because it's so dark out."

Both Koushirou and Ken knew that was true, and both of them chose to ignore Osamu's obvious statement.

"…If my bubbles to fly to other worlds…" Ken mumbled.

"Maybe your bubbles could bring oxygen to other planets, then we could inhabit them." Koushirou mused.

Osamu scoffed loudly. "That's ridiculous, Koushirou-kun! What are you thinking!"

"Hmm… maybe…" Ken said. "Like mars, I suppose."

Osamu couldn't take this. "Humans are NOT going to live on Mars, okay?"

"Relax, Osamu-kun," Koushirou said laughing, "Ken-kun and I are just joking."

Osamu seemed to calm down a little bit… until Koushirou turned back to Ken and said:

"Maybe the three of us could move to Mars!"

Ken laughed "Yeah! We could bring plants with us-"

"For recycled oxygen! Good thinking! And we can befriend the creatures on Mars and-"

Osamu interrupted Koushirou, "What creatures on Mars?" he asked.

"The giant bugs that live on Mars." Koushirou said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Osamu sighed. Koushirou was, by far, one of the smartest people he ever met. It was nice to have a friend he could relate to on a more intellectual level, but when he was like this (which wasn't often, mind you), it was hopeless. Koushirou would often say that it was because Osamu is always so stubborn that he took on a more carefree persona.

Bringing up giant bugs in their conversations didn't start here: it all began one day when they were in a park. None of the boys can quite recall the conversation, but Koushirou ended up saying that he recalled someone in his past telling him bed time stories about a giant bug that would someday protect him. He couldn't remember who it was, but he loved the idea. Ken was also intrigued and enjoyed discussing with Koushirou about what this giant bug would look like. They had different visions, but that didn't really matter.

Osamu was irritated by these daydreams. He and Koushirou were usually focused on some project or another and these giant bug dreams didn't exactly make things more efficient. And now they were dreaming about other planets… other worlds.

Ken laughed at the giant bugs reference.

"Of course we would befriend them if they're giant bugs!" he said cheerfully.

"Well then, Ken-kun," Koushirou said matter-of-factly, "you'd better get to blowing more bubbles if we want to live on Mars in this lifetime."

"Right!" Ken replied. He began creating bubbles with a faster pace, not even stopping to watch them disappear into the distance.

Osamu groaned. "Enough already…"

Koushirou nodded, "Osamu-kun is right. I think we had enough bubbles for tonight. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know."

Chapter 1-end.

So what do you think? I'm going to go more into their personalities later. I have yet to introduce Ryou into the plot, but I do plan to perhaps next chapter… shrugs I have the whole plotline in my head I just haven't quite sorted it into chapters.

There will be more explanations as to how they got from here to 02 time… so don't worry if you are confused.

Also, I am sorry if you can't see the Japanese characters that I use frequently. If it really bothers you, review and let me know and I will stop using Japanese characters so much. ()

じゃあ～　またて！

"Jaa matane!"