The Strange New World BY: WNxRoninKai

On a small beach that sat right next to a large forest lay a body. The body was defiantly male and defiantly unconscious. He lay face down in the pristine white sand as the crystal clear waters lapped gently at his feet.

He was dressed in nothing more than a white sheet wrapped around his waist as all of his possessions had been stripped of him during his journey. A particularly large wave crashed all the way up to his waste, the cool waters shocked him into consciousness with a start.

"Huh? Uh…wha…where…" he groggily opened his eyes but at first all he could see was more of the beach, a small outcropping of rocks in the distance "Where…am I?" ever so slowly he forced his body to move. Inch by inch he commanded his arms and legs to move until he finally sat up and could look around proper.

The first thing he noticed was that this was not the place he last remembered being at. His memory was foggy but he vaguely recalled a city of some kind. Tall buildings and bustling cars, yet he could not remember any names or solid facts about it, only flashes of memory.

He ran his fingers through his sort dark blue hair, the exact color of his eyes as well. He tried to recall where he was or how he got there but no answer came to him. There was a flash of light and that was it. Next thing he knew was this place "Well…not a bad choice really…wherever here is…guess I better figure that part out"

His body felt weird, not bad really, but different than his memories told him it should. After a few shakes and hops he decided nothing hurt or was out of place as far as he could tell. Yet the second he took a step he tripped over something. Once he turned himself over he found a brown traveling bag resting at his feet. Weird, he could swear that hadn't been there before when he looked around.

He picked it up and looked it over. Just a plain ordinary brown bag with something in it, on the side stenciled in black was the name 'Kai'. He didn't sound familiar yet it did ring a few bells. Inside was a proper outfit, plain white shirt and some brown shorts. They were exactly his size so he figured they were his. Once dressed he also found a feather that looked like it would clip into his hair, a wooden sword though it looked more like a dagger to him , and some gold coins with a little Z imprinted on each.

"Now all I need is a letter…maybe a guide…yeah a pretty girl guide would do just nicely…" he muttered to himself as he pulled the bag on over his shoulders. He was as prepared to go as he figured he was ever going to be so with a final look around at the beach he took his first step into the new world he found himself in.

XX

Kai decided to stick to the beach, he figured if there were any other humans around that's where they'd be. And if there weren't at least he had a view. I wasn't more than thirty minutes walking that he heard rustling sounds come from the forest to his side. He stopped and listened hard but the noise had stopped. He shrugged his shoulders, figuring that it was just his imagination and kept walking.

Not more than a few steps later he heard it again. His hand reflexively went to the dagger at his hip. It vaguely crossed his mind that he had never had any sort of martial arts training, or any training in any arts of combat for that matter, but that wasn't priority number one at the moment.

The sounds he heard earlier were there in earnest now, and they were getting closer "Hello? Anyone there?" he called out as he walked slowly towards the edge of the forest. He thought he heard voices, vaguely human sounding but much higher pitched than any human he could remember hearing "Hello?"

As soon as he got within five feet of the forest the something that had been making the noise jumped out. With a small cry of surprise more of a yelp really he tried to draw his dagger but found it firmly stuck where it was. His heart skipped many a beat as the thing from the forest slowed down in his mind. Inch by inch the shadows the enveloped it were fading away. Green, a little bit of yellow, and it was round.

His heart found its beat again but it beat so hard it hurt. His throat constricted making it hard to breath as fear clawed at his very being. He lost his balance as he tried to step out of range and tumbled backwards, but it was this fall that saved him from being hit square in the face by the green jelly bean looking thing that had jumped out at him.

He sat in completely stunned silence looking at the thing that had scared him so. It was maybe up to his knee tall, stick thin arms and legs and a bean shaped body. Beady little yellow eyes glared at him with an almost comical expression. His brain still failed to completely comprehend what this thing was, that this tiny little thing could scare him so he actually felt ashamed.

He grumbled to himself as he got his feet under him, grumbling more as he dusted himself off. He was so mad at himself that when the thing hopped forward at him his only reaction was to kick it hard as he could right back into the forest "Stupid little jelly bean all hopping round the forest scarin the living daylights outa me…"

He berated himself as he walked away, and it was probably this that kept him from hearing the little bugger come back. Wasn't till the thing bit down into his leg that he noticed it was back "OUCH!!...why you! That hurt you little turd! Leggo! I said leggo my leg!" he kicked and swung his foot around until the little bean lost its grip and went flying away again. This time however Kai didn't take his eyes off it and drew his dagger "Fine you wanna play, lets dance"

He held the dagger out in front of him as the bean changed, ready to bite him again, but at the last second instinct told him to pivot and swing. The dagger connected with the back of the beans head or what could be counted as a head and sent it face-first into the sound with a solid thud. Before it could get up he spun the dagger into his hand, holding it in a reverse grip and drove the wooden blade into its back.

The bean gave out on final strangled cry then fell silent. Kai removed his wooden blade from the things back as it did the strangest thing. He figured like any other body it would lay there for some predator to collect and eat but to his surprise it evaporated. At least that was the best way he could describe it. The thing just turned to dust and blew away, at the same time he felt himself grow stronger, not by much but he somehow knew that next time this would be much easier.

Now however he was officially wierded out, he needed some sort of answers and quick. He was about to turn away when he noticed a small treasure chest looking thing on the floor where it had been. Cautiously he opened it up and saw more of the gold coins inside. As soon as he touched them however they vanished, at the same time he felt their weight being added to the pack on his back, he made a mental note to ask the first person he saw about that, and about a hundred other things.

XX

Without further incident he made it to what looked like a city in the distance. It was a small port city, a couple passenger boats coming and going but mostly small fishing boats. It looked like a series of piers all connected out over the water. A strange design to be sure, but not at all unpleasant, especially when he saw there were indeed humans, a lot of them and many were dressed exactly as he was.

The closest human to him was what looked like a small personal shop, the sign on top read 'Harbinger's Shop For The Everyday Adventurer' the man at the counter wore an expensive to him looking coat and shirt, he had brown hair the same style as his and matching eyes. It looked like the shop had various foods and drinks, what looked like bullets for a gun and a few pieces of clothing and armor here and there. For the most part however it looked like mostly traveling goods.

"Hello there sir! Care to look at my goods? I've a fine blade that looks just about right for someone your size! Oh! I just got in these waterproof shoes! Looks like you could use a pair" he said pointing at Kai's completely bare feet.

"Um…yeah…look I just need some information" at this the man he assumed was Harbinger frowned "Information cost money too and I'm tired of telling you visitors everything…I need to make a manual…yeah! I could sell them for a hundred Z easy…" Kai could see the wheels in the mans' head turn trying to figure out how to make a profit.

"Look…I just need to know where I am…and did you say 'visitor'?"

Harbinger sighed "Ok look, since you are a visitor I'll give you some info free on the house since you gave me an idea…you are what we here call a visitor, don't feel bad I was one too, we all were at first…and you my friend are now on the planet Junon…welcome"

Authors Notes: Ok everyone that's chapter number one. If you like it tell me, if you don't tell me! We authors strive for reviews like a dealer strives for refines. I'm writing this story mainly cause I'm bored but also cause I have all these ideas I need to get out and ROSE just seemed like the perfect outlet. Those who know me personally in game or on the forums will make an appearance at one point or another, if anyone wants to make a cameo there are 2 ways!

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