There was an extremely bright flash of light and then suddenly we were standing I the middle of the forest. I blind a few times, trying to rid my vision of the spots that the light had caused. The field was now gone and was replaced by a forest that seemed, at first glance, completely peaceful and serene. That is until, on further inspection, you notice the flesh eating bugs and glowing eyes that were peering out at us from every corner.
"Alexis?" I asked slowly, barely releasing my breath.
"Yes?" came the happy-go-lucky response.
"I'm going to kill you..." I stated calmly while grinding my teeth.
"Why?!" replied not only one but two voices.
I looked down at the rabbit thing and decided to glare distastefully at it. After all, it was the actual reason we were in this predicament. I let the glare last for a minute or so before I finally found my anger cooling. I looked over at Alexis who was now pouting and looking extremely hurt and scared... it wasn't like I was serious... that much. I took a deep breath and sighed, releasing my anger into the cool air.
"Never mind," I muttered quietly, "just tell me why we rushed off into an unknown world without even getting any supplies. For heaven's sake! We didn't even pick up the picnic stuff!"
"Cuz..." Alexis pondered, still looking somewhat upset, "I was excited about having fun?"
"I see..." I replied stoically. "So does getting eaten by beasts sound like fun to you?" I asked, eyeing the hungry eyes that were slowly getting closer. Unfortunately, Alexis had failed to notice them.
"Not really," she said in confusion, "why do you ask?"
I just shook my head in defeat; there was no point in scaring her anyway. Instead, I reached down into my pocket and pulled out my 'Little Book of Every Anything.' Maybe IT would have some helpful information. I opened it up and began to fan through the pages. After a few seconds I came across a section describing the style of clothes in this world and what was currently in and what was most certainly out. I know I had asked for a book on anything I might need to know on everything but this kind of seemed like overkill. I skimmed past that section and stopped on a part describing the basics of this world. In the background I could hear Alexis and the bunny talking.
"I'm going to call you Hibi!" Alexis announced happily.
"That isn't a real name..." I informed her while scanning the book.
"But I like the name Hibi," she replied sadly.
"Then call it Hibiki, at least that's a real name..." I answered, still not paying much attention.
"Okay!" Alexis exclaimed happily, snatching the Hibiki in question into a big (or in its case, small) hug.
"Yay!!" they both yelled and all I could do was shake my head, keep reading, and hope they didn't attract more beasts to us.
So far, everything I had read told me that we were in a dimension that had two different worlds, excluding its spirit world. There was a Human World, which was where it said we were now, and a Demon World. Apparently, there was a barrier. Another words, there was probably a bunch of demons running around here because more could get through. The creatures watching us had originally been regular animals that were affected by the exposed to the demonic aura.
"This doesn't look good," I mumbled to myself, shooting an annoyed look at the dynamic duo. They were so going to get us killed.
"Alexis," I called sweetly, "do you think you could rejoice a little quieter please? I'm trying to read."
"Oh..." Alexis pondered carefully, "Uh-huh, okay!" Ah, understanding between readers... it was such a beautiful thing.
With that said her and Hibiki continued their happy dance. However, now I found it hard to focus on my reading for the sheer fact that it seemed, in all likelihood, that I had hit a mute button. I had asked for quieter and had gotten silence... I should have asked sooner.
Finally, I had just reached a section on how to use one of our new "super cool ninja skills." I scanned it and found that it all seemed pretty basic and easy to firue out. It would seem that, although I have always claimed to be highly unlucky, that Lady Luck was on my side today. Right as I finshed reading the paragraph on the skill I looked up to find Alexis and Hibiki point at a now advancing dog-like creature. The worst and most hysterical part of all this was that they were screaming... silently. I swear, sometimes I wonder if she knows when a joke has gone to far.
Maybe it was the ninja powers that allowed me to react so fast or it could have been the concern I felt for my friend... no never mind, it had to of been the ninja powers. Either way somehow I managed to intercept the creature before it completed it's pounce at Alexis and I managed to do an amazing spin kick, another effect of the wish I'm sure, to send the dog flying. This would have been the opportune moment to use the skill that I had moments before just learned how to do. That is to say, if 'somebody' else hadn't taken the initiative to react.
"SMOKE BOMB!!" Alexis yelled from behind me, after which was followed by the sound of an explosion.
Seeing was now impossible as a thick, gracious of smoke swallowed us whole. From somewhere in the smog I heard a threatening and advancing snarl. I guess you don't really need to see when you have a nose over a hundred times sharper than a human.
"Let's go!" I cried spinning around to grab Alexis' hand, which was more like fumbling around to find Alexis first before then proceeding to fumble some more to find her hand.
"Huh?" Alexis asked, not budging as I went to pull her into a run, "Where we going? I want to play with the puppy some more."
This was when I fell over in shock. Of all the crazy things I'm positive that this might have been the craziest I had ever heard. Next time I see her mom I'll have to ask her if Alexis just so happened to have been dropped as a baby or even as a small child. If so it would clear a lot up. Either way, I somehow managed to get myself back on my feet and coming up with a plan.
"Um... we're going to... the... CAKE STORE!! Yeah! That's right, I just realized that the cake store is giving away... uh... FREE CAKE!" was all I could come up with. Sad? Oh yeah. Effective? You'd better believe it!
"CAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEEEE!!" Alexis screamed as she sprinted through the forest, dragging me along by my arm. Ok, maybe it was a little too effective.
By the time Alexis finally stopped we were out of the forest and standing in front of a temple that, although it looked old, was well kept. Alexis stood there staring at it for a minute, the expression on her face completely unreadable. The temple gave off a peaceful aura but even so, it probably wasn't a place that just anybody came go in.
"We should probably get out of here before somebo-!!" is all that I got out.
"Ah ha!" Alexis cried as she burst through the front doors, dragging me along side her.
Inside sat an old, grey haired lady who was wearing that looked to be more traditional Japanese clothes. In her hand was a tea cup that was now suspended an inch from her mouth and failing to move any farther. Standing near by, or rather had just jumped to his feet in surprise, was a teenage boy who looked to be about 16 or 17. He had brown eyes and black hair that seemed to be serving as a nest for some sort of strange blue bird. Unlike the old lady, he was wearing jeans, a T-shirts, and a red jacket over top. The duo stared at Alexis and I in surprise, tea cup still lingering. Heat slowly crept up my face in embarrassment as I stood there uncertain of what to do. This however, shouldn't have been a worry because good ol' Alexis always has it covered.
"Where's the cake?" she demanded suspiciously, "Are you hiding it from me?"
"WHAT!?" choked the boy in a mixture of shocked and confusion, obviously expecting something else after such a long moment of tension.
"The cake," Alexis replied tartly, her eyes narrowing slightly, "where are you hiding it?"
"WHAT CAKE?!" cried the boy in confusion.
"Don't play dumb," Alexis threatened darkly, "I know you know where it I-tmph!!"
With my hand clamped tightly over Alexis' mouth I tried to come up with a good excuse to get us out of this. Unfortunately, my mind was drawing a blank and now the duo in the room were staring directly at me. And the worst part was, I knew who they were without even looking in my book. Yusuke Urameshi and his teacher Genkai, two people who you really don't want to start a fight with. Suddenly Genkai set her tea cup down and stood up to address me.
"I see," Genkai replied, nodding. "And she is looking for cake?" she asked, making a casual motion toward Alexis.
"Um... not really," I mumbled weakly, uncertain on how to react.
"I see," Genkai replied, nodding. "And she looking for cake?" she asked, making a casual motion toward Alexis.
"Uh, yeah... I guess so..." I said, trailing off at the end.
The old lady stared at Alexis for a few seconds, turned to look at me for a second, and then suddenly turned around and left. She went out a side door in the room and after a moment I could make out the muffled sound of her talking to somebody. It was probably the cops... or more likely the loony bin... yeah that was probably it. they would come and take Alexis away, probably me too. After spending so much time with her, there's no way I could possibly still be sane.
Oh well, I suppose there's nothing to do about that now. It was too late for either of us and we were probably just an endangerment to society. But that aside, it's hard to believe we ran into Yusuke Urameshi of all people. The only reason I know about him is that there was an anime on him back in our own world. Maybe I should have suspected that the TV shows at home could be based on reality somewhere else. Alexis should have realized who we were dealing with too. After all, she watched the show as well.
By the time all of these thoughts had gone through my head Genkai had returned. Walking a few steps behind her was a young girl with pretty blue hair and red eyes... wait, blue hair, RED EYES?! things really are like the anime here I guess. The girl was carrying a tray and before I was able to get a good look at it Alexis twisted out of my grip and dashed toward her.
"CAAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEE!!" Alexis cried gleefully before snatching the plate off of the tray and running to the corner of the room with it. She glared at all of us for a moment before grabbing the fork, plopping on the ground, and finally growling, "Mine!!"
I was just about to start apologizing for Alexis' theft when a cup of tea was thrust into my hands. It was a soft golden-green color, warm but not too ho, and smelling of mint and flowers. I stared down at the cup blankly for a moment, completely unsure of what was going on.
"Have a seat," Genkai said suddenly and I looked up to find that the three of them were now sitting comfortably around the table (or at least as comfortable as possible since the boy still stared at me suspiciously and Alexis was huddled in the corner devouring her cake).
"Alright," I muttered uncertainly, sitting down on the fourth and empty side of the table.
"Good," the old lady replied nonchalantly, "Now how about you tell me what this is all about."
"Oh, of course," I responded, forcing myself to smile, "I'd absolutely love too..."