Prologue
December 21, 2012
It was loud and crowded in the airport. Despite the disgruntled faces everywhere, there were Christmas decorations wherever you go. From stockings to candy canes to even the large Christmas trees. In the middle of them all, there was one man who was seemingly excited for one thing in his mind.
Standing near one of the many gates at Terminal B at the L.A. International Airport, a man, tall and lean, and using crutches, looked as if he couldn't stand waiting around anymore. His dream is to visit Japan after all. Being a lover all that is anime or manga related, as well as wanting to know as much as possible, Japan had been number one place to visit on his bucket list.
Due to being partially paralyzed and weakened on his left side, he was medically discharged from the US Marines, taking him out of Iraq and back to his humble home in the countryside of Louisiana.
Two days later
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the unknowing passengers of the Japan Airlines aircraft, Flight 188, disappeared due to a phenomenon that no one could explain. While theories on the internet say that they were hijacked by terrorists, one user claimed that they left the world via portal. While it was unpopular, it wasn't rejected either, for that was also possibly, if rather farfetched. For a certain man named Gerome Harold Richardson, his dream vacation to Japan was about to become a fantastical nightmare.