Majimemashite! Sapphire Nightshade here! Hm, I still have one more thing to figure out, but I have enough to continue the story to the next chapter, with the help of some OCs, which are also from another manga. One that I haven't figured out a name for yet.
I keep finding myself typing "sakura feathers" instead of "sakura petals". Maybe I should create a creature with wings called a sakura. That way I can say sakura feathers, lol. Oh yeah, and if anyone is wondering, a sakura is the Japanese name for cherry blossom.
Sorry for the delay everyone, and for any ooc-ness. Well, here's the next chapter!
Chapter 9:
Kirigama Takito had finally caught a brean – a lizard-like animal from Hikari with things on its head that could be described as glowing, horn-like antennae called lanterns, used to attract insects. Breans could lose and regrow these lanterns as needed.
Takito was a very curious, child-like highschool freshman. He was always excited about anything new, and traveling worlds was definitely new to him.
"Hey, Rain, I got one!" he exclaimed, running through the forest to show her. Nakamura Rain, a highschool sophomore, had "taken care of" Takito ever since she found him crying by himself in the park with nobody seeming to even notice him.
"You did?" she asked somewhat skeptically, turning around. Takito held out the squirming brean as proof.
"I caught it while it was sleeping. But aren't these guys diurnal? Why was it sleeping?" Takito asked. Then he added, "Maybe I should check to see if anything was there that could've made it fall asleep . . ." He started moving back toward where he found the lizard.
"No, that's alright!" Rain said quickly, before he could leave, "Just bring it here. All we need is one of its lanterns. It can easily grow it back. We shouldn't bother it more than we already will."
Takito sighed, glancing toward the tree he found the brean sleeping on. "Okay," he said reluctantly. He knew he'd be wondering why it was sleeping for a while.
After Takito and Rain took the brean's lantern and let it go, they started walking back to the shelter they made for their time in this world.
Takito was busy telling Rain of all the possible reasons the brean was sleeping, including being exhausted by changing into a monster and back (hey, it's another world. You never know what could happen), when an explosion of sakura petals appeared suddenly in front of them.
"Ah!" Takito and Rain said in surprise.
When the storm of sakura petals calmed down a few seconds later, they saw three figures standing there: a serious-looking teenager with light blue hair and oval glasses over his blue eyes, a kid-like boy barely in his teens with spiky red hair and orangish-red eyes, and an exhausted girl with light brown hair and emerald green eyes.
Takito's surprise was quickly taken over by his curiosity.
"Who are you?" he asked almost immediately.
"Oh! Hello," the spiky red-haired kid said, somewhat surprised at seeing Takito and Rain. "Um, I'm Niwa Daisuke." He gestured to the other teenager. "This is Hiwatari Satoshi. And this is-"
He was cut off by the girl, "You can call me Sakura."
"Okay, I'm Kirigama Takito and this is Nakamura Rain." Takito turned around to look at Rain, who was still standing there in shock.
Takito sighed, grabbed her by the shoulders, and literally shook her out of her daze.
"Oh, sorry," Rain shook her head once Takito stopped. "It's just that . . . this doesn't usually happen."
"Doesn't usually?" Daisuke asked, "You mean it still does?"
"Rarely," Takito replied, "but yes, people come from other worlds . . . You are from another world, right?"
"We are," Sakura replied.
"Oh, okay. It's just that we haven't seen anyone come with a bunch of sakura petals before."
"We have come to look for someone," Sakura said, "Have you seen a guy dressed in all black with long purple hair and black feathery wings?"
"Or," Daisuke added, "The same person without the wings, and maybe instead a little white creature that looks like a long-eared rabbit?"
Takito thought of earlier in the day. "Now that you mention it," he replied, "I think I might have seen someone matching that description earlier this morning. Without the wings. It was strange, as usually people are asleep by then."
"Huh?" Daisuke asked, "What do you mean?"
Rain, finally composed, answered, "In this world, most of the creatures, including people, are nocturnal. That's when most things start lighting up and glowing."
Daisuke, still looking confused, replied, "Okay . . ."
"Actually," Takito remembered, "there was someone else with him. I think . . . Yeah, I'm sure of it now. He looked exactly like you. No wonder you looked familiar."
Daisuke sighed and shook his head, "Wiiith," he said.
"With?" Takito asked.
"With is the white creature I was telling you about," Daisuke explained. "He can change into different things, including Dark's wings. He must've changed into me."
So, what do ya think? Hm, I hope I didn't go into Takito's perspective too much. And the introduction between the 5 characters was a little awkward . . . Oh well, not much I can do about that. I feel like I shouldn't be putting in characters from my own stories that I hope to publish later . . .
By the way, I'll be gone next week, so don't expect any new chapters.
