My newest story! Inspired by a one-shot manga: Yume Kira Dream Shoppe
The items I use in this fanfic will be from the manga or ones I make up.
Also, this will include both shonen-ai and het couples!
If a shop can grant you any wish you can ask for in exchange for something important to you, what would you wish for?
A young Chinese boy stared at the shop before him. He last recalled being with his friends, and standing before a beydish. How and when did he end up here?
A chime rung out letting the 'little dragon' know that a customer has arrived.
"Hello, welcome to my Dream Shoppe. Can I help you?" a long black-haired girl with shiny green eyes asked. Rei Kon, from the moment he saw the shop to stepping inside, has noticed many dragon signs, symbols, and figures. The girl even had a little red dragon shaped on her black hat, top, skirt, and pants.
"Um…"
"My name is Kaida, it means 'little dragon' if you're wondering why there are so many dragons in my dear Dream Shoppe," she explained calmly.
"Dream Shoppe?" Rei repeated.
"That's right, I can make any wish you want come true in exchange for something important to you," Kaida explained.
"Any wish?" Rei repeated with wide eyes.
"Any wish, any at all…" Kaida reassured.
"Any wish…I…"
"Is something the matter?" Kaida asked when Rei drifted off.
"I want to be loved…by someone. But I am unsure of how he feels of me or if he can ever love me. If I can be something else or someone else for him, then perhaps he can love me…I'm not even sure how to put my wish into words exactly…"
"Nightmare Candy…"
"What?"
Kaida held up a jar with three pieces of candies in them.
"Nightmare Candy. You eat one of these before you go to bed and you can enter the dreams of someone else. And you enter it in any form you want. However when that person wakes up from that dream, they won't remember anything from it. Finally, you may choose the form you like and became that in reality. Remember though, it's only a dream so the candies really show what might possibly happen and what it could be. So in exchange for this product, I'll take the three forms out of the four that you don't choose," Kaida explained, "Deal?"
"…Wait…three?" Rei was confused as he counted the three candies in the jar.
"Yes…I'm including your current form."
Rei lightly gasped.
"If you pick a form using this candy and choose that form, I'll be taking your other two forms as well as your past form," Kaida explained again.
"Oh I see…"
"So, do we have a deal?"
Kaida held the jar closer to Rei who stared for a few moments.
"Yes!"
"Thank you, that completes our contract!"
That night, Rei stared at the pieces of candies he got and was surprised it wasn't a dream. When he 'got back' he apparently just awoken because he fell unconscious before their practice match started. Kai told Rei to take a break the rest of the day.
"Kai…" Rei whispered that name as he stared at one of the candies he held in his hand.
"Yeah?"
Rei lightly jumped upon hearing Kai's silent entrance.
"K-Kai!"
"What?" Kai asked as he walked around Rei and to the drawer.
"Um…nothing…never mind," Rei lowered his head, disappointed he could not say anything.
"Hn, whatever…" Kai flung some clothes over his shoulder and walked into the washroom. Rei watched him go and sighed. He tucked one of the candies under his pillow for later that night.
Rei opened his eyes and looked next to him to see Kai sound asleep (he hoped). Reaching under the pillow he thought of what form he should approach Kai in.
"I only have three chances…so I need to choose wisely. I really should've thought about this earlier today. What if Kai…hm, I really need to find out. I can't believe I'm going to attempt this form of all I can choose from!"
Rei opened the candy and put it in his mouth.
"Change me into a girl!"
Kai's dream:
Rei blinked and looked around, recognizing the place as the café the team always goes to. He then spotted Kai talking with Brooklyn. A hint of jealousy pulled on Rei's heart but it soon went away when Hitoshi joined them with three drinks.
"Why is Kai dreaming about having a conversation with Brooklyn and Takao's brother?"Rei thought before starting his approach but stopped.
"This is…slightly uncomfortable…" Rei thought to himself and tried to fix his walking. Rei looked down and saw one of the reasons why he was so uncomfortable and walked weird. He was wearing high heels. Although not one of those crazy high heels, 2 inches still hurts for Rei. Rei then looked around, he needed to see what he looked like first before approaching Kai! He found his reflection off the wall and was surprised that his regular form seemed a bit more feminine than he thought!
"So this is what it feels like to be a girl…" Rei thought and looked down at his cute flowy blue dress with a sailor-styled top. He then did a little fixing up on his long hair, tied in two long pigtails with big red ribbons.
"Huh…I think I shrunk a bit…" Been in the café on many occasions, Rei recalls being slightly taller when he stood next to the tables.
Walking backwards to get a better view of the mirror, he felt himself bump into someone.
"I'm sorry!"
"Hn," Kai walked right by Rei when Rei turned around to apologize.
"Crap! I can't believe it was Kai!" Rei watched Kai get more hot chocolate before going back to his table and Rei decided to finally approach.
"Oh no! I don't' know what to say!"
"You need something, Cutie?" Brooklyn asked sweetly and Rei slightly blushed.
"That felt SO WEIRD coming from Brooklyn! Oh wait, this is a dream! It's supposed to be weird!"
"Um…you have the time?" Rei asked shyly, and felt stupid that the best thing he could come up with.
"There's a clock right there," Kai pointed to a wall.
"Oh…thank you."
Rei decided to just leave and took the booth behind Kai.
"Well that was a cutie, looking at her blush like that was adorable!" said Brooklyn in a whisper so Rei wouldn't hear but Rei thankfully still has his Neko-Jin qualities and can hear just a bit better than the average person.
"Oh give me a break, who cares?" Kai commented,
"You're so cold, Kai," said Hitoshi taking a sip from his drinks.
"Those females are all the same…well almost. I tend to get along with tomboys more," said Kai, "I'm not interested in females anyway…"
Rei opened his eyes and realized he just woke up. He sat up and felt is body,
"I'm definitely back! I officially understand why girls tend to complain so much about their bodies! I feel sorry for them!"
Rei looked next to him to see Kai and Rei's face fell.
"Well at least I know I don't have to be a girl to get his attention. Ah! I should've known! It's not like he even glances at Hiromi!"
Morning:
"Where are you going, Kai?" Takao asked when Kai started leaving,
"Does it matter?" Kai answered with a question.
"Well it would make it easier on us so we know you'll be safe," Rei added with a smile and Kai blinked.
"I'm having lunch with Yuri and the other Neoborgs," said Kai and left. Rei's brow started to twitch.
"He's having lunch with a freaky-red-head and his team?!"
That night:
"That's it!" Rei exclaimed in his mind when he took out his second candy piece.
"Tonight…I'm a bad boy!"
Kai's dream:
The dreamland winds up being the same café but late at night. Kai walks in followed by Yuri and the rest of the Neoborgs almost like lackeys. Then again, it's a dream; this would be something Kai would like to happen.
Kai and crew walked up to their usual table but stopped when they saw someone's already sitting there with their feet up on the table and drinking some black coffee in that position.
"Can I help you?" Rei asked in a dark and sexy voice.
"Um…" Both Rei and Kai were surprised that Kai couldn't think of a fast comeback, "You're…you're in our seats…"
"I don't see your names on it," Rei countered with a smirk and leaned his head back. Kai found himself staring at the all-leather outfit from top to bottom. Rei's hair was tied in a ponytail and would swing as he walks-if he ever decides to get up.
"We we always sit here!"
"Too bad, I'm here today," said Rei and puts his cup back down on the table after another quick sip.
"Hn…"
"But…I may be nice enough to let one of you sit here. I get bored being alone all the time," said Rei, almost mocking.
"Why you…"
"What? The great Kai Hiwatari can't keep up with me?" Rei smirked with a kitty-grin. Kai waved Yuri and the rest of them away and took a seat before Rei who puts his feat down to see Kai better.
"…You're a jerk," Kai muttered with a hint of red on his face.
"Why thank you," Rei stuck out his tongue, teasing before taking a sip from his drink again and would've 'accidentally' spilled the drink if the dream didn't decide to abruptly end.
"Uh oh, Kai's sleep been disturbed again!" Max said aloud, almost sing-song, when Kai was seen grumpier than usual that following day. It was proven when Kai seems to be more out of it…as in, more than Takao would.
"Kai! Look out!" Takao shouted in the middle of their break in the park. It was too late when Kai was bonked on the head with a football.
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"Kai?" Rei came up to Kai with another ice pack and sat next to him.
"Thanks…" Kai muttered and replaced the ice pack already on his head.
"…You okay?"
"Yeah…"
Rei's face fell a bit. Kai's strange behavior was bothering him a bit.
"It can't be me! He's not supposed to remember those dreams! Although...it would be cool if he did…"
That night:
"This is my last candy…I have to make this count!"
Rei looked beside him to see Kai already asleep.
"What can I be? What's one thing that I know Kai can't resist? Ugh, if there was such a person then…wait! A person! Who said it had to be a person!?"
Rei unwrapped the candy and plucked it into his mouth.
"Make me into a kitty!"
Kai's dream:
Rei opened his eyes and the first thing he recognized was the same café except he was outside in the night and that it was a lot bigger than he remembered…
"Mew? Meow?" When Rei tried to speak, words didn't come out.
"I can't believe this! I'm really a cat!"
Rei walked around and that's when he realized he's on all fours and is a pretty small cat. He's mostly white with some black at random places and shapes with a long tail. A sudden BOOM explodes in the sky and Rei jumps. Soon, rain started to pour and Rei just couldn't believe his luck. People started leaving but Rei was ignored no matter how much he pleads for some shelter. It wasn't until it was Kai that came out and noticed Rei before he lets out a cute sound. Kai knelt down and without even hesitating, picks up Rei and hid him in his jacket.
"Ohmygosh! Kai!" Rei blushed like mad being this close to Kai but at least Kai doesn't notice it. Kai walked in the rain without an umbrella but only focused on sheltering Rei from the rain.
"Oh Kai...I've always wanted to be this close-" Rei's thoughts stopped midway when he realized what was wrong with this picture.
"Being this close to Kai…I had to be a cat…would I still love my life if I picked this form? My friends…what would happen to our relationship? No…whatever form I pick, it would change everything. Am I…prepared for that?"
"Meow! Mow!"
"Hm? What's wrong little guy?" Kai asked. Rei snuggled closer to Kai while purring, wishing he could speak to him.
"Thank you…Kai. You make me so happy, in both the real world and in my dreams!"
Rei opened his eyes and sat up in his futon. He felt his beating heart as he looked over at Kai again.
"Welcome back…"
Rei slightly jumped and saw Kaida kneeling before him.
"So…have you decided?" Kaida asked with a mysterious smile.
"…I…" Rei's head lowered as he ponders that question.
That following morning:
"Kai?"
"Yes Rei?" Kai answered without looking up from the book he's reading under the shades of a tree.
"…if you could change me in any way, would you? And what changes would you make in me?"
Kai stopped reading and looked up at Rei standing over him to understand this sudden but serious question.
"…I don't want to change you. And I don't want you to change," Kai answered and a smile formed with Rei's lips.
"Really?"
"Yeah…you're perfect the way you are."
Rei knelt next to Kai and placed a kiss on Kai's cheek.
"R-Rei!" Kai stared in surprise while touching that kiss and trying to stop blushing.
"I'm glad…" said Rei with a smile, "Because…I don't want to change myself either! I love you…Kai!"
"Rei…"
Kai had a smile of his own and he shook his head. He pulled Rei into a sitting position next to him,
"Baka Neko…" he muttered and continued reading with his arm around Rei's neck. Rei snuggled closer to Kai and rested there with Kai.
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Kaida waved her hand and the three forms Rei took on disappeared and went back as candies. She placed them back into the jar and puts them back on the shelf.
"It takes courage to choose yourself and be true to yourself. That's the only way…he can see you in his dreams…"
Please R and R!
Oh, I may even draw costumes for Kaida! I'll put links when I do but probably won't happen until after the convention.
Kaida's appeared in my other beyblade stories but this is not related to any of them. This Kaida is also more mysterious so it's like I'm recycling characters, lol!