Chapter 4 – Big Surprises
Wait a second… how did he know my name?
"Uh, excuse me Satoshi, how did you know my name?" I asked. Satoshi smiled.
"Easy, that's what your bag says – ITC Tournament Champion: Slash Shirohi" he said. I sounded dumb asking, I just laughed.
After a while of walking through the forest, we arrived to the city's outskirts. The city was full of people everywhere I looked. There where all strangely dressed, and most of them had weapons. Yeah, weapons of all kinds, from swords to lances and some I hadn't even seen before. It was a little bit frightening, and somehow weird, since the only weapons people commonly used in my world where guns.
Grocery stores, item shops, weapon shops, inns, etc. This place meant business. But where was I? If this isn't earth, then what is it? Where am I?
"Wait here Slash" Satoshi said. We arrived to a park, a pretty big one. It had no trees, just many bushes and a very green grass. Satoshi walked away, leaving me there. I just lied down and saw the people walking by.
Everyone looked strange at me, since I was wearing some really strange clothes. Well, not that a shirt and jeans where more strange to what everyone else was wearing. I wanted to try and ask someone where I was, but it just might sound stupid to them. Besides, I am very shy, and I have never talked to many people, although I have played against thousands of them.
I saw a sign that read "Techdra Plaza". Whatever it meant, I hadn't heard that name before. Where had Satoshi gone? I closed my eyes and felt the relaxing wind in my face.
I began to remember my world. The last images of everyone that had frozen, Ken, Lucy and my mom. The world in a complete chaos, everything coming to an end. The planets above and the golden sphere… could that golden sphere be…
"Excuse me, are you Slash?" another familiar female voice said. As I opened my eyes, I saw another known figure. I couldn't believe what my eyes where seeing once again. In front of me was Sakura Kinomoto, from Sakura Card Captors! And hovering next to her was the guardian of the Clow Book, Kerberos! This had to be a dream; I had to be insane for all of this to be happening!
"Sla-Sla-Slash? Yeah, that's my name. I believe that you're not from this world also, right?" I asked, pretending not to know who she was again. Sakura signed, and then made a soft smile.
"Yes. Thanks God I found you. My name's Sakura Kinomoto, pleased to meet you. He's Kerberos, Kero for short" she told me.
"Hi boy" Kero said. I nodded. He was actually talking, just like I saw on the anime. How could this be?
"Have you by any chance found Satoshi? He was looking for you" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, he found me in the forest, then he left me here and went to look for you" I told her.
"I hope he doesn't get lost, this city is really big" she said "We went around the city to gather information while Satoshi went to look for you. However, whenever I tell them that I'm from another world, they just think I'm nuts" Of course that's what people thought, who wouldn't? That's probably what they would've thought of me if I'd asked. But why did she say we? Satoshi wasn't with him, unless he was talking about Kero…
"Was there someone else besides you and Kero?" I asked.
"Yes, it was…" Sakura said, only to be interrupted by someone. Someone I also knew.
"And me!" he said. On my back appeared another boy. If Satoshi and Sakura weren't enough, Takato Matsuki from Digimon Tamers was standing right in front of me! On his left-hand side was standing Guillmon, the Digimon he created! "I believe I also share the same story as yours, right Guillmon?"
"Right Takato" the red Digimon said. Wow, first a flesh and meat Pikachu, then a Kerberos, and now a Guillmon. This world was surely filled with surprises in every corner.
"He-hello Takato" I said.
How could all of this be real? Then it came to my mind again, I remembered that faint voice: 'Reality will suffer a change like none other'. What was real anyway? I just lost whatever meaning of reality, physics and science I had with me.
"Let's wait for Satoshi" Sakura said.
"No need for it!" Satoshi said, running towards us, with Pikachu on his back.
"Hey, your back" Takato said. Incredible, first I met Satoshi, then Sakura, then Takato, each of them wearing their usual clothing.
"Now we're complete" Sakura said "The only important thing I found about this place is that this planet's name is Yandara" Yandara? Never heard of it. However, something was still troubling my mind; I know I have heard the name of the monster that attacked us.
"Let's search more, there has to be someone that believes us" Satoshi said, feeling kind of disappointed.
"Let's do. We don't have anything to lose. Besides, what else can we do?" Takato said, also sounding a little bit down. Who wouldn't be? Your world is probably destroyed and you're with people you don't know but share your same story. That's enough to make anyone cry.
We continued walking around the city. It felt quite disturbing for everyone to be seeing us strange, but we were also looking back, so I guess it was okay. We saw a big construction in the air suspended by five pillars. It was egg-shaped and there seemed to be a lot of people on top. They were raging over some big event. One of the pillars hanging in the air held a sign reading "Card Stadium No. 2". Was this like the tournament places in my world? Maybe not, we had to see to find out.
"I'm hungry Takato" Guillmon said.
"Pika-pikachu" Pikachu said. They did sound hungry, but they weren't the only ones with their stomachs empty. I was also starving.
"This is going to be difficult. We don't have any money, if we don't find a way to get money, we'll starve to death" Sakura said.
"Are you hungry? Don't you have any Gil?" a girl said. She was somewhat blonde, and had very black eyes. "Hi there. Sorry for interrupting your conversation, but I overheard. Are you from far away or something like that? You are wearing some pretty strange clothing" she asked.
Gil? I had heard that term on some RPG games, especially in the Final Fantasy series.
Then, faster than lighting, it came to me…
"Wait! Final Fantasy!" I cried.