Two reasons why you might be here now: One, you really wanna kill your boredom with shitty fanfiction or two, you're just genuinely interested despite the lackluster title and summary, which I have to ask "? Why?"
Tbh I was scared about publishing...whatever this is, but then I'm like, fuck it, I sure as hell ain't gonna let it rot in my document manager.
Also, I changed a few minor details for convenience's sake. Very minor.
Where am I?
It's warm.
Who is holding me? Who is stroking my hair?
I leaned in closer to the touch as I slowly opened my eyes. My vision was fuzzy, so most of what I could make out was a blur of pale purple and white. The only thing I could see clearly, though, was a pair of haunting golden eyes.
"Miss Fujihara. Miss Fujihara!"
Someone's calling me. But I wanna keep sleeping. I ignored the person calling me, hoping that they'll give up and go away. I hear them shuffling away from me and I smiled victoriously in my sleep.
SLAM!
I jumped awake with a shriek. I heard hushed giggling from my classmates and I noticed there was a thick textbook on my desk. I looked up to be met with my teacher and that shit-eating grin of his, "Glad you could join us, Miss Fujihara."
I just made a noise that sounded like a combination of a whine and a groan. The teacher made his way to the front of the classroom and picked up a piece of chalk.
"Alright class, as we're wrapping up our mythology unit, we're going to have a project that's worth a majority of your grade."
Cue collective groan from the class.
The teacher rolled his eyes, "Relax, it's not even that much."
It's not even that much, he said. It'll be fun, he said. Well, I'm flunking literature; look how that worked out for me this entire semester! It's not like I'm not smart. I like to think I'm intelligent to some degree; I just have what I like to call a "selective work ethic"
Oh, who am I kidding? I'm fucking lazy.
"You will each be assigned a deity from any culture and you may do a presentation, a poster, or an artistic rendition." The teacher glances my way as he said the last part, "But along with that, you must have a well researched essay with at least four sources about your deity."
He takes a hat from his desk and a clipboard. He went around the class, pausing at every desk to allow the student to take a slip of paper and wrote down the god they were assigned to on the clipboard.
The hat and clipboard comes to me. I shuffle my hand around the hat a little bit before selecting a piece of paper. I unfolded it to reveal the subject of my project.
'Tsukuyomi-Japanese God of the Moon.'
You know what? This project might not seem so bad. At least I get to draw.
"Sensei, do we have to present?" One of my classmates asked.
"Yes, presenting to the class is a large portion of the entire grade."
...I spoke too soon.
Rest in pieces, me.
The rest of the school day dragged on until I was finally able to go home. I confined myself to my room and immediately turned on the computer. I would do research like I was supposed to, but I'm a procrastinating piece of shit. So I wound up on Tumblr.
Half an hour of blogging went by until I heard a chime ringtone from my phone. It was a text from my mom.
'Working late again today. Can you go help out at your aunt's place? And then pick up your brother later?'
I sighed as I replied with, 'Sure.'
I shut off my computer and changed out of my school uniform for a comfy flannel shirt, jeans, and a black raincoat. I slung my bag over my shoulder as I left the house and hopped onto my bike.
My aunt owned an antique shop. I don't go there much, but when I do, it's usually my mom trying to get me off the computer and outside the house. It's not like I hate helping out there. It's kinda interesting seeing centuries old knick-knacks and wondering about the story behind them, I suppose.
As I entered the shop, I was greeted by my aunt's death grip of a hug, "Yuu-chan! How have you been? How's school? Do you have a boyfriend yet? Or a girlfriend, maybe?"
"I'm fine, school is terrible, and I don't have either of those because I got more important things to do." I replied.
My aunt smirked, slightly amused, "Like what? Blogging and reading gay fanfiction?"
"Damn, you got me." I said with a laugh, "So, got anything for me? Mom called me here for a reason, didn't she?"
"Oh yea! Can you organize the books for me? And if any of them are falling apart, can you glue them back together?" She asked as she handed me a small jar of glue to me.
"Will do."
I went over to the back of the shop where the books were. The smell of old paper was strong in the air and I wrinkled my nose. I wasn't too fond of the smell, but I'd feel really shitty if I made my aunt do more work for a such a petty reason.
"Yuu-chan, I'm gonna go get us some Chinese takeout; do you want anything?" My aunt asked.
"Orange chicken, maybe? Or walnut shrimp. Shit, those are both my favorites; it's hard to decide on one." I muttered to myself.
My aunt let out a little laugh, "Who said you had to pick only one?"
My face lit up, "Oh my gosh, thank you!" I'm a bit of a glutton, I'll admit.
"Alright, do you want me to put up the 'out for lunch' sign while I'm gone? So you don't have to deal with the customers?"
I nodded. God bless my aunt.
"She's taking a while." I said to myself.
I don't know exactly how long passed, but I know it's been long enough when I hear the Tokyo Ghoul theme song on my playlist for the eighth time already. I placed the last of the books on the shelf with a sigh.
"Yuu Fujihara."
I slipped my headphones around my neck and looked around the shop.
No one.
I shrugged and reached for my headphones again when,
"Yuu Fujihara."
"Who's there?" I yelled.
Suddenly the shop was bathed in a bright blue light. I turned around to see the source of the light coming from the back room. Cautiously peeking inside, the blue glow seemed to come from one of the boxes.
"What the hell?"
I lifted the lid off. Inside was a sword emitting the bright blue light. "It's pretty..." I said as I reached out to touch it. As soon as I laid my fingers on it, sparks of electricity crackled from it, shocking me. Suddenly the light became so bright that it hurt my eyes and there was lighting everywhere.
I was enveloped by the blue light, then everything went black.
My eyelids fluttered open as I came to. Whatever I was lying on was hard and cold and I could hear birds chirping in the distance.
Upon realizing I wasn't at my aunt's antique shop anymore, I quickly shot up and scanned my surroundings, my panic slowly escalating. Oh god, what if I got abducted by aliens? Nah, highly unlikely. Kidnapped maybe? Transported to some alternate world? Got so bored at my aunt's antique shop that I fell asleep and this is all a dream? I think I prefer the last one.
On the cold marble floor beside me, was I think was the sword from earlier, but it seemed to have broken in half, leaving only part of the blade. As I reached out to touch it, it began to glow and shrunk into a small necklace which now hung from my neck.
I suddenly heard the door open behind me.
Well, it seems that I'm not going to get back home the same way I left. Might as well explore a little. That's always fun.
Subconsciously pulling my hood over my head, I left the room into a hallway with tall marble arches with ivy creeping up on them. On the floor was a long red carpet with sun designs on them and...fuck. I'm terrible at describing things; why do I bother?
"Another human. You must have been caught up in his game as well. You poor thing."
I turned around to find the source of the voice. There was an awfully gloomy looking guy standing behind me. I took a step forward. "Uhm...do you think you can tell me where-"
"Stay away!"
I stopped. "Don't come any closer. It will bring you misfortune."
"Oookay? I guess I'll keep looking for someone else, then." I said, "Sorry."
I turned on my heel and headed towards the opposite direction. Of course, I wasn't going anywhere in particular, so I was practically wandering aimlessly. What was he talking about though? Another human? Is that implying that there are non-humans in this place? And caught up in who's game? I'm lost as fuck. Both figuratively and literally.
I probably was thinking too much, because next thing I knew, there was a sudden weight on me and I was falling backwards onto the hard marble floor.
"Ah, fuck owwwww."
"I'm so sorry!" A voice above me said, "Are you alright?"
"Nah, I'm fine."
I looked up to make contact with ridiculously blue eyes. It was then I noticed the long blond hair tickling my face.
The man above me smiled, "You're pretty cute."
I could feel myself getting flustered all of a sudden, "Uh thanks, I try, but can you please get off of me?"
"Oh, sorry."
I let out the breath I was holding as the weight was lifted off me, "By the way, do you have any idea where we are?" I asked, "I swear to god, I was at my aunt's antique shop and next thing I know, I somehow ended up here."
"Ah, you're from a different world as well." The man said, "I met another cute girl not to long ago, not as tiny as you, but I think she's from the same world as you."
Another girl...? Same world as me?
"I'm Balder, by the way. And you are?"
"Yuu. Yuu Fujihara." I replied.
"Well, Yuu-san, it seems we are in the same situation, so I think it's best that we stick together until we find out what's going on." Balder said, "By the way, have you seen my friend. The one with hair red as fire and mischievous silver eyes? I was with him a while ago, but it seems we got separated again."
I shook my head, "No, I haven't. Sorry."
Suddenly someone pushed me aside and squeezed into the space between Balder and I. I could only make out the bright red hair from where I was, "Actually, I think that might be him."
"Balder, I've been looking everywhere for you! Don't run off like that again, okay?" He glares at me. Rude.
"Heeeeey it's great you two found each other, but do any of you know where we are?"
The red-haired dude smirked at me, almost flirtatiously, "Do you wanna know, Little Lamb?"
"Yes, please...?"
He leans in close to my ear. I could practically feel his breath on me, "I'm not gonna tell you."
"In other words, you don't know jack shit." I said.
"Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. I'm mean like that." The red-haired man mocks me, "Instead, have this." He dug through his pocket and tossed something at me.
A piece of candy?
The candy seemed to inflate before exploding with a loud pop, startling me. I coughed as the pink gas surrounded me. When it cleared up, Balder and the jerkass red-head were gone.
Oh look, I have been left for dead in an unfamiliar environment. Again.
I sighed, "I wanna go home."
"Yuu Fujihara."
And there goes that voice again.
That blue light surrounded me again and next thing I knew, I was standing in front of a huge door.
"Enter." Said the booming voice behind it.
I slowly pushed the heavy door open and peeked inside. It seemed to be a throne room of sorts. A man with a staff sat at said throne and in front of him was a girl, probably older than me. But I gotta say, she's pretty darn cute.
Alright, back on topic. The door shut behind me and I pressed my back against it.
"Do not be shy, Yuu Fujihara. Come here." The man beckoned me. "I have been waiting for you."
"Did you...bring me here?" I asked quietly as I made my way towards him. For some reason the aura he gave off was very intimidating.
"Yes."
"Who are you? Why did you bring me here?"
"I am Zeus. I am the god that rules the heavens." The man answered.
"Zeus? As in Greek mythology Zeus?" A.k.a that one god who took fuck, marry, or kill too literally in like, 99.9 percent of Greek mythology.
"Indeed. Even the most ignorant humans have heard of me."
Okay, first of all: wow, rude.
Second: Oh my god, this is really not my day, is it?
"Do you not believe me, human?" Zeus asked, his intense gaze freezing me on the spot.
"Uhh...I don't know...?"
Zeus suddenly glowed a bright yellow, before a small child took his place, "Changing my form is a simple matter." He pointed his staff at me, "Shall I call down thunder next?"
I took a step back, "Uhh...yeah, let's not, please?"
"Enough of that, why have you called us here?" Said the girl.
"Yui Kusanagi, Yuu Fujhara." Huh, so her name is Yui. Yui and Yuu, haha.
"I summoned the two of you here to play a part of my plan."
"Your plan?"
"What is this plan you speak of?" I asked.
"Since ancient times, gods have been beings that must both love humanity and be worshipped by them."
Wow, gods actually gave a shit about humanity? What a surprise.
"However," Zeus continued, "the connection between the heavens, ruled by gods, and the human realm has grown lamentably weak." He walked behind a pillar and emerged from the other side in his original form, "At this rate, a terrible future is inevitable. That is why I have brought together the gods who struggle the most with their connection to humanity, to educate them."
"Educate?" Yui asked.
"Yes, educate them." Zeus repeated, "You two have met some of them. Behold."
With a wave of his staff, there were images projected on the ceiling above us. I recognized Balder and the redhead immediately. And the gloomy green haired guy I first met. There were two I haven't met yet. One with spiky blue hair and a purple haired guy holding a bunny.
"Norse gods, Balder and Loki." Oh, that little shit's Loki. "Japanese gods, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo." Blue and Purple, I think, "And Greek god, Hades." Mr. Sunshine and rainbows I saw earlier. Got it. "What are humans? What is love?"
'Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me. No more' I snickered at the thought, which earned me a glare from Zeus, "Sorry."
"By making them understand these things, a terrible future can be avoided." He continued, "That is why I created this school. The academy of the gods." Zeus pointed his staff at Yui and I, "Yui Kusanagi, Yuu Fujihara! You two will learn alongside them and teach them about humanity."
"Eh?!" Yui and I exclaimed in perfect unison. Weird.
"You can't be serious! You practically kidnapped us and now this?" Yui asked.
"You do not decide, I do."
"Okay, now that's just playing dirty." I said. But then again, this IS Zeus. I shouldn't even be remotely surprised. "I can't possibly handle that much responsibility!"
"I shall not release you from this world until you have fulfilled my plan."
"Ugh, fuck this, fuck everything." I muttered under my breath before running out of the room.
"So those are the girls?" Another man peeked out from behind a pillar, "Do you still think you can use them?"
Zeus scoffed, "Do not worry. They have been chosen by the Sword of Heaven's Gathering Clouds."
I seem to have lost my way. Again.
I slumped down on a wall nearby and curled up in a ball. "If Zeus wanted to teach gods about love, you would think he chose some one else. Not some lazy, socially awkward sixteen year old girl with mild anxiety and an internet addiction. And I'm an atheist, for fuck's sake!" I said to myself, "Wouldn't it save some time if he just asked Aphrodite? Maybe not, she'd probably seduce them than actually teach them anything." I let out a loud sigh.
I suddenly felt something soft and fuzzy nudging against me.
"A bunny?"
The bunny wiggled its nose at me. I smiled and petted it, "Hey, little guy. Where's your owner?"
Suddenly it hopped off, "Ah! Wait up!"
After a while, I chased it outside. I swear to god, I hadn't run this much ever in my life. I managed to catch up to the bunny and scooped it up in my arms, "Now, just where do you think you're going? I need to get you back to your owner."
"Usamaro!"
Oh great, perfect timing.
A blue-haired guy appeared before me. Susanoo, if I remember correctly. When he spotted me with Usamaro, he just look beyond pissed.
"What are you doing with Usamaro?" He yelled at me as he snatched Usamaro from me.
Here's the thing: I do NOT like being yelled at. I try to be the tough bitch I wish I was, but my anxiety sadly does not allow for that most of the time.
I tried to keep myself from crying on the spot as he stared at me hostilely. If looks could kill, I probably would've been fighting in the skeleton war two minutes ago.
"Dude, what the fuck is your damage?" Yes! I said that without crying, "I found your bunny and wanted to return him to his owner, that's it."
He kept staring me down as he backed me up into a tree, "Are you from here? Where are we? Tell me!"
'Why you gotta be so rude~?' Seriously, how many times has this song played in my head today?
"No, I am not from here, so as far as I know, we're on the same boat here." I said.
"Tch, you're useless."
"And you're fucking rude." I retorted.
"Brother, have you found Usamaro?" Another voice asked. A purple-haired guy approached us, Tsukuyomi, I'm assuming.
"Anii!"
"I found him, actually." I said, "You're welcome."
Susanoo glared at me, "Come on, Anii, let's go find a way out of here." He glanced over his shoulder, "And don't follow us!"
"Hey, I wanna go home, you wanna go home, I might as well tag along whether you like it or not." I eyed Tsukuyomi, praying that he'd take my side, "Riiight?"
He doesn't answer and just goes back to petting his bunny.
"I'll take that as a yes."
Susanoo looked at his brother, then to me, "Tch, fine."
"Yay!"
Thank god for Tsukuyomi for saving my ass. Though he really didn't do anything...
I hear a neigh from a distance somewhere. I glance up at the sky to see...a flying horse? What the fuck?
I could barely make out Yui riding on it, along with some blond guy I probably haven't met yet. That looks like fun, only problem is, I'm deathly afraid of heights.
I snapped back to reality when Susanoo yelled at me, "Are you coming or not?!"
"Alright, alright. Chill..." I muttered.
I know the fanfiction community tends look at self-inserts and mary sue OCs like they're the spawn of Satan himself, but you know what? Fight me.
We all have that one character we ship ourselves with. Don't act like you don't.
