A Fangirl's Dream
Chapter One
Into a new world!
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Disclaimer: You know the drill. Don't sue. I hope I spelled Heiphong right!

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Midori giggled as she sat down in the seat next to Jim.
"Why're you so happy?" Jim asked dubiously, raising an eyebrow.
She blushed. "Oh... no reason!"
"Three minutes to takeoff," Melfina informed them.
"Right!" the energetic fangirl agreed.
She shifted in her seat slightly, moving closer to Jim. He didn't seem to notice. He was too bust recalling what had happened an hour before...

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"Melfina! What's wrong?" Jim exclaimed worriedly as the bio-android collapsed onto the floor.
"I guess I can't function as well in this reality," she explained.
"Then we have to hurry and get back!" Midori exclaimed, not unduly upset.
She began to scribble something down on a piece of paper.
"What'cha doin'?" Aisha wondered.
"Writing a note to my family."
It read:
"Dear Mom and evil sister,
Don't worry about me! I've gone into the Outlaw Star Universe. I might be back, but then again, I might not. Well, I'm off to find romance!

Midori"

"Isn't your mom gonna get worried with only that note to go on?" Jim asked.
Midori blushed, and then managed to speak. "Hopefully not."

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"Wai! Off to Jim-chan-darling's universe! Wai! Wai!" Midori exclaimed hyperly.
The entire crew raised an eyebrow, all except for Jim, who was turning the exact shade of a tomato.
" 'Jim-chan-darling?' " Gene and Aisha inquired dubiously in unison, each raising an eyebrow. They looked at each other. "Little Jimmy's got a girlfriend!"
"NANI? I do not!" he exclaimed indignantly, blushing again.
"Oh. I understand. I'm not good enough for you," Midori began, sniffling.
"Wait! That's not it! Honest!"
"So you DO love me!" she exclaimed, brightening as she hugged him.
"Hey! Wait! Oh, I give up!" he sighed in exasperation.
"Oh, Jim-chan-darling..." she said in a hidden and cunning voice. "Would you perhaps take me somewhere... romantic when we get to you world.... Pretty please with sugar on top?"
He felt himself blushing and unable to speak, so he gave in and nodded.
"Wai! Arendena-chan's going to be sooooo jealous of me! And so will Jen! Wai! Wai!"
Jim sweatdropped. Women can be very manipulative... he thought, and then he sighed.

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Midori looked around her new surroundings. So this is Heiphong... she thought to herself. What a great chance to make money!
 "What're you doing?" Aisha inquired, looking at the fangirl.
"Reconnoitering."
"Isn't that illegal?" the Ctarl Ctarl asked dubiously, raising an eyebrow.
"It means 'looking around,' na no da..." she explained in exasperation, sweatdropping.
"Oh. You must be as smart as Jimmy-chan, then! Maybe even Suzu!"
"I'd appreciate it if you didn't call me that," Jim and Suzuka said in unison.
"Hai! I'm the only one allowed to call James by pet names!" Midori giggled.
Jim sweatdropped and blushed. "Midori-chan, don't call me Jim-chan-darling. I'm begging you!"
She sniffled. "You... don't love me anymore?" she pleaded, giving him doe eyes.
"That's not it at all! It's just... I can't stand being called by pet names."
She brightened instantly. "You DO love me!" she exclaimed, hugging him tightly.
Why am I being such an idiot? he wondered. What the hell is she doing to me? Why have I become so goddam wishy-washy?!
"Oi, Jim! Stop staring out into space! It's getting creepy!" Gene yelled to his young friend.
"Baka! Shut up!"
"Hai! Don't be insulting Jim!" Midori yelled with a passion.
The young genius felt himself blushing once again. God dammit!
Midori leaned her head against Jim's shoulder. "Darling, I want to go shopping!"
"Shopping?! We're flat broke!"
"But I need cool clothes! Everybody's staring at me!"
"You can have some of Melfina's clothes."
"But... they won't fit me!"
"I can fix them!" Melfina piped in cheerfully.
The fangirl gave Melfina a look that simply said "I don't wear skirts." The bio-android just stood there, smiling obliviously.
"Fine. Deprive me of new clothes!" she sulked.
"Aww... Don't be sad!" Gene said mock-comfortingly, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Midori blushed. A bishonen's hand... on MY shoulder! Too bad it's not Jim.
"Oi, Gene-sama?"
Wai! Somebody called me Gene-sama! "Hai?"
"I only accept Jim's hand being anywhere on me. Please remove it immediately," she instructed him calmly.
Gene sulked again as he obeyed her. He knew how violent some girls could be when angered. Jim needs a turn to find love! he calmly told himself, although he had a difficult time believing it.
"Jim! You saw what he did!" the other-world girl exclaimed, hugging him.
"You DO know he's always like that, right?"
"Hai. I was just hoping..."
"Eh?" everybody except Melfina and Suzuka asked, leaning in closer.
"That you'd defend my honor..."
They sighed in unison. Gene and Aisha had been expecting something better. Jim's sigh was out of relief.
"What? What's wrong?" she asked, falsely puzzled.

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Jim almost got a nosebleed at what the hotel clerk told him. "Share a room? With HER?" he yelled, pointing at Midori, who just smiled.
"What'cha bein' so shy about, darling? It'll be romantic!" she grinned.
Gene and Aisha snickered. Suzuka sweatdropped. Melfina just continued to smile.
"I'd be better off with Gene!"
"HEY! What's THAT supposed to mean?" Gene and Midori yelled.
"C'mon! Why can't I stay with somebody else?"
"You two have to share a kid room. It's a room where the beds are smaller... And it's more fitted towards your budget."
Jim stiffened. The man had struck a nerve...
"By the way, why are we staying in a hotel?" Aisha asked Gene off to the side.
"We haven't paid the rent in a while. We can't go back until we make some more money," he explained quietly, not wanting to miss any of the interesting scene.
"Jim, darling, just give up. There's nothing you can do about it," Midori said sweetly.
He sighed. "It seems not," he muttered before he suffered himself to be dragged off to their room.