HAVISHANTA
Act 1:
"Welcome to my universe."
[CHAPTER 1: Answers]
He jolted awake. His back was cold, his nose felt numb and his fingers felt like icicles. Where was he? He surveyed the scene, only to find a fountain functioning, a few benches and the clouds.
Oh the clouds…
He knew he wasn't home, he knew he wasn't in Japan. If he wasn't in Japan, where was he? He sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He caught a glimpse of what he wore; black fingerless wool gloves and some sort of tan coat meant for winter. He wasn't in royal garments anymore.
Where was he?
There was no procession, there was no Nunally and no crowd. There was No Suzaku.
No Zero…
He was confused as of the moment. How'd his environment change so quickly when his death was only a matter of minutes ago? Or did he sleep for so long? Heck, he was supposed to be dead! But how could he be dead if he has Charle's immortality tattoo? Also CC's? Now it was beginning to confuse him.
Was he in purgatory?
He imagined purgatory to be like the thought chamber, the thought elevator. He didn't expect cobble bricked streets or Victorian styled storefronts and houses. The people wore normal clothing, but then judging from how white their skin is they all looked dead.
Perhaps he was dead?
"Hello." A rather grim voice greeted. It startled him slightly. "You're Lamperouge, am I correct? If you aren't then that boy is lucky to have escaped death once more." The figure beside him said, looking at a clipboard.
He escaped a lot of deaths?
"Who are you?" He demanded, wanting answers to his questions. The figure looked up at him, and finally it began to appear, as if it were pixels building up together to form a new life form. "Me? I'm Tsumetai Shi." Now it was complete. It was a little kid, with long silver hair and eye lashes with water droplets frozen between them. He had gentle blues on her forehead and his eyes were…icy. "Well, are you Lelouch Lamperouge?" He asked once more.
"Yes."
He cracked a grin. "I've been waiting for you." He said, ticking out is name. "Well, you're here because you're not exactly dead. More like…you're in a coma. But all these people around you…They're all dead, but this is not heaven, this isn't hell either. This place is Havishanta. The people you see here have a final act, a final regret that they must solve themselves. Also, it's probably because they've done something grave and they aren't fully forgiven yet." Tsumetai explained.
Lelouch opened his mouth to speak. "But no, die here you end up in another realm. There are 8 realms in total. You've ended up in the first. You could try to kill me, but I won't go." He said with a grin. "I wasn't---" "Asking that. I know." Tsumetai cut him off, getting down to the ground. "But I know all you want to ask. It's common in a new comer."
"So all New Comers end up here?"
"By default yes, but there are times there are VIP's and they get sent to the others." Tsumetai said, flapping his hand. "But you ended up with me. Lune doesn't want you; neither does Javier or any of the others for that matter." Lelouch opened up his mouth to speak again. "It's because you're a special case." Tsumetai said, answering the unsaid question. "You aren't exactly dead. You're still alive. Somehow in a coma, I guess. But not exactly." He added with a shrug.
"You're a rare type of special one."
So basically...I'm scrapping "Man! That's one heckuva chicken!" and "Five People you meet in Shireth". "M!TOHC" I've quit and Five People...I think I basically ended up copying Mitch Albom, so it's better not to continue it ever again. I've decided to make "HAVISHANTA". Let's see what this story will have in mind for you : D