Ne, ne (Japanese for "hey, hey")! Do you likey? Ne, so my brother is doing a Titanic-Twilight fic and won't let me do one (which I thought of in the first place…I think…IDK…). He even copyrighted it. If you're reading, darling brother, I have three things to say:
You're a dope
"Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies" © Little Kuriboh, yugiohabridged dot com
And…I just had a "Reading Rainbow" flashback. Does anyone else remember that show? God, I loved it….
BTW, this is obviously AU (Alternate Universe)….
So, on with chapter two! -reviewreviewreview-
-Forbala-
CHAPTER TWO: MEET THE GANG
"So," said Esme, the woman who'd briefed me on the judgment, "ready for the tour?"
"A tour of Hell?" I asked skeptically.
"Yes. You need to know where everything is!" She smiled at me and led me away into the town of Hell.
We walked the streets while Esme explained Hell a little more to me. "There are seven Levels of Hell. The first three are for everyday sinners—selfishness, being judgmental, showing skin. Within the three Levels are the various levels of minor sinners: First Level for stupid things, Third Level for addicts.
"The Fourth Level is for petty robbers and such. Fifth Level is for large crimes, like robbing banks; Sixth Level for murderers and spouse abusers; and Seventh Level for sex offenders and child offenders.
"You're on the very First Level, with me. I'll show you where you'll be living, and then I'll introduce you to my friends."
I was led to an apartment building close to Level One Downtown. "Here's your apartment," Esme said. "Right next to mine. In Hell, everyone lives in virtually the same space—relative to your Level, of course."
I opened the door and saw a three-room apartment: bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen-den. It was already furnished, but very dully so.
"The room changes and forms from this blank slate into something packed with personality as you live here. It'll be finished in a week or so," Esme explained. I nodded and said:
"Cool. So when do I get to meet your friends? If they're all as great as you, I'm sure Hell will be great."
She led me back onto the streets. "You're taking your death surprisingly well," she commented casually. "Most people have total freak-outs."
"Yeah, well…I've never been one to freak out very much. And, what could I do anyway? It's not like I have any particular reason to come back. I only have my parents, really, and they can take care of themselves. I'm sorry for doing this to them, but there's no reason I should be sent back. So I may as well take it, as is."
Esme smiled warmly and led me into a bar/rec room. Inside, were a lot of people crowded around various activities: pool tables, air hockey, foosball, TVs, video games, card tables, darts, the bar.
Esme led me over to a particularly rowdy group of video gamers. There were three guys and two girls. The girl were watching the guys at the moment, and both were beautiful. One was tall and thin and had to be—have been; we're dead; past tense—a model. The other was small and pixie-like with spiky black hair.
The guys were all tall, at least six feet. One was enormous and wild, screaming and yelling with the video game. The other two were varying shades of blonde. One was passive but engaged, with pale blond hair. The other was animated with reddish-bronze hair.
And all five were beautiful.
Esme introduced me to the individuals and the couples. The model was Rosalie, the pixie was Alice, the linebacker was Emmett, the pale blond was Jasper and the other was Edward—god, he was gorgeous! The couples were Rose-Emmett and Alice-Jasper—thank god Edward was single!
As if Edward was beautiful enough from afar, he was like a Greek god up close. His eyes were piercing green, his jaw hard and square. I finally pulled my eyes from his face and looked at his chiseled chest. His entire body was well muscled, but slim. In fact, all three guys were well muscled, but not in a body-builder type way; more like they were just fit and active.
The girls hugged me and Jasper kissed my hand in a very Victorian-era way and greeted me politely. Emmett yanked me high up in the air in a suffocating bear hug.
"Air…need…air…" I gasped.
He set me down non-too-gently and filled the room with his booming laughter. "You don't need air anymore! You're dead!"
I blushed and shuffled my feet. "Oh."
He laughed again and shoved Edward forward. "Go on and greet the little lady, Eddie!"
"Call me 'Eddie' again, Emmett, and I'll rip you slowly limb from limb," Edward threatened as he stumbled towards me. He took my hand, kissing it like Jasper had done. But Jasper had been being polite. Edward's kiss felt far different. It was slower and more…gentile. It had more feeling behind it. If I didn't know better, I'd say it was almost as if he loved me. But, obviously, he was far too beautiful to love plain ole me. Even so, my cheeks pinked at his touch.
"Hello, Bella. I'm pleased to meet you." His voice was silky smooth as he looked up into my eyes from my hand. That gaze sent shivers up my spine.
"U-um…hi. You t-too," I stuttered, flabbergasted by his intensity. I tossed my hair to help hide my face, as I always did when embarrassed or uncomfortable.
Edward straightened and Emmett's booming voice filled the air again. "Hey, Bella, how'd'ya die?"
I shuffled again, embarrassed at my method of death. "I…fell down two flights of stairs, out a window, and down two stories to the pavement," I said in a rush.
It was silent a moment, and then laughter filled the air. I heard the booming laughter that belonged to Emmett, the slightly snide laughter of Rosalie, the others' laughter undertoning the boom. I looked up. Emmett was laughing with me, but teasingly, and Rose at me. Jasper and Edward were laughing with me, but with only half the gusto of Emmett. Esme and Alice had musical giggles rather than laughter.
Next I knew, I was gasping and several feet off the ground. "Erk…Emmett… pu'me down…."
"Ah, Bella! You're gonna be so entertaining! I love you!" He dropped me as Rose hit him with such force that he whimpered—or maybe he was just being stupid. It was probably the latter.
Hell certainly would be entertaining.