A/N: Because I am lazy, I am scrapping a good majority of the rewrite (i.e., the entire new story). While I still am rewriting a good couple of chapters, I've decided to focus on the actual storyline. Speaking of which, the latest chapter has been deleted because I got an amazingly awesomer idea to write.
Chapter 1: Ooh! What's the Shiny Thing?
Better known as, The Awesome-est Prologue Ever!
A rather not-so-average brown haired teenage girl was walking down the road, cellphone in hand, humming the tune to a mish-mash of songs. Dark clouds covered the sky, and the tell-tale rumble of thunder rolled and crashed. The girl's green eyes skittered the ground from behind thin-rimmed glasses. The phone in her hand rang loudly, sending out a song filled to the brim with swear words. She pushed a button, and answered with a smirk.
"Yellow? This is the Almighty Taylor-sama speaking!" An irritated sigh came from the other end.
"Taylor, I swear, you have a God-Complex. Tone it down a bit."
"Eh, no, sorry Brandon. I'm far too awesome for that."
"Whatever. Am I still on to come to your house today?"
"Yeppers."
"And it lasts all the way to Sunday, yes?"
"Yep. It's what we agreed on, no?"
"Good. I'll call you when I leave."
"Aight! Bye!" Taylor hung up on him, and shoved the phone into her pocket. "Jeeves, he needs to get laid so..." She trailed off as something shiny caught her eye. "OOH! Something Shiny!" She bent over and snatched up the shiny thing; holding it up to eye level to see. "Oh cool! It's a Naruto cosplay ring!" She looked over the ring and grinned widely. "Sweet! It's Kakuzu's ring!" She slid the ring onto her Left Middle finger, and held her hand up to admire it. "Oh wow, it looks so real!" As she lowered her hand back down, completely ignoring the fact that said ring was now glowing, a really loud crash sounded. She glanced up, and spotted a bolt of lightening zigzagging it's way down at her. She barely had time to widen her eyes before the bolt hit her.
"MOM! I'm heading out now! I'll be back on Sunday!" A blond haired teen said, dashing from his house and out onto the street. He hoisted his backpack, which was filled with random shit Taylor had told him was necessary, and got out his cellphone. He swiped his thumb across it, and typed in his name, Brandon, as that was his password. As he turned a corner, he flicked through his contacts. "Taylor... Taylor..." After a moment of searching, he found the name he'd been looking for. "There. Call." He double tapped her name, and held the phone to his ear. It rang a few times before being picked up.
{"We're sorry, your call could not go through. Please try again later."} He blinked and redialed.
"C'mon you crazy bitch, pick up."
{"We're sorry, your call-"} He growled and ended the call. He shoved his phone back into his pocket, and turned another corner. A piece of the sidewalk was smoking.
"Must have been struck by lightening... wait, what's..." He jogged up to the burnt spot and bent to pick up the shiny object that caught his attention. "Huh, it's one of those cosplay rings Taylor wanted. Hmm, I think this was the one that goes on the Left Index finger." He tried the ring on, before deciding that it wasn't really his thing. However, before he could take it off, it started to glow, and grew hotter by the second. "Ouch! Fuck, what is this thing doing!" He tugged on the ring with all his might, but it was futile. He fell onto his knees as a blast of heat coursed through his body. "Ow, shit, fuck, that's hot!" It felt like his blood was boiling from the inside. That was the last thing he felt before he passed out.