Otakus' Task

Chapter One:

Disclaimer: All anime involved in this fic are NOT mine or Crysta's (sadly), so please don't sue.

Author Note: Ai speaking! No, not Orikasa Ai...hehe. Ai as in the co- author of this fic who is just an Otaku. Hehe. Anyway, please R&R! This is a joint-fic and you'll hear from Crysta later on. Kays? Oh, P.S. there will be a bit of hentai, so those of you who don't like it, LEAVE!

'Lunge, jab, stab, yes!' A buzzer rang and the girl who had just won in the fencing match lifted her mask. Golden, shoulder-length hair spilled from it and her emerald eyes displayed the smile on her lips. "Good match," she said to her opponent, who was on the ground supporting themself on their elbows. As she reached her hand out to help them up, the person pulled back. "Huh?"

"I don't need your help, you Otaku freak," a cold male voice said. The boy took off his mask as he got up to reveal dark brown hair and pale grayish eyes. His teeth were like a beaver's and he had braces. Needless to say, he was NOT very good looking. He took off.

"Hey, great match, Ai!" a female voice called. Ai turned around and she waved as a girl with bright, hazel eyes and long, black hair hugged her. "You were great! And you beat Mikage Eiichi! If I had known that he would be here, I'd have entered the competition."

"Eiichi? So that's who that was..." Ai smiled. "Then that explains everything. He just called me 'Otaku freak.'"

The other girl rolled her eyes. "Typical coming from the President of the 'Anti-Anime Association.' C'mon, let's go await the results of the competition to see who you're fighting next."

"Dueling," Ai corrected. "You have to learn that word, Crysta."

"Whatever. I'm co-captain of the school fencing team, too, ya know. I can call it fighting if I want."

Ai giggled and linked arms with Crysta. "Whatever. Let's go."

"Hey, great match yesterday," a girl with dark hair and blue-green eyes said, passing Ai as she did her stretches in a pair of shorts and running outfit.

Ai looked up from her splits and smiled. "Thanks, Meiko."

"Hey, quit it you overachiever," Crysta joked. She was beside her on the gym floor also doing stretches. "You're going to become even more popular than me." Ai giggled. "Anyway, I hear that Eiichi's little organization is going to be shut down because of racist remarks from a member," Crysta continued.

"What?" Ai asked. She found it hard to believe someone could make a racist remark about anime in Japan.

Crysta shrugged. "I think it was an exchange student. Eiichi's going to have to fight hard against the RSE board of education." The RSE was a nickname given to 'Roget's School for the Extraordinary,' a private school in Tokyo.

"Good. Maybe that club can be shut down," Ai said. She got up. "We're going to be late for cheerleader practice. Let's go."

Crysta sighed. "Do we have to?"

Ai laughed. "Sweatdrop," was all she said. "Let's go."

"Mrow." The two took off for the locker room laughing.

"I'm so tired," Crysta complained as she and Ai walked home from school. They were both still in the RSE school uniform which was a pleated gray skirt with white blouses with straight-cut sleeves and a gray vest. Both had black briefcase-like school bags.

Ai smiled in exasperation. "Whatever. We don't have that much homework today, so what do you want to do?"

"I'd better do my homework first," Crysta said. "So we'll do it at your house. My brother's girlfriend is over." She made a gagging motion by sticking her finger in her mouth. Ai laughed. "Then we'll work on that song for 'Outcast'."

"The new one?"

"Duh! Which other one?"

"Okay, okay." They continued to talk as they walked to Ai's house.

"I'm hungry," Ai stated as they began work on the song. They had finished their homework early. She petted Amaterasu, her pet cat. Amaterasu gave her an annoyed look and ran outside the window. Ai was unfazed by her behavior. "Wanna come with me to the kitchen?"

Crysta was already halfway out the door. Ai laughed and ran out after her. They raced down to the kitchen and ran right through the doorway that led into it. "Waaaaaah! What the-?!" Both girls were now floating in mid-air in a whirlpool. Their skirts wavered in the slight breeze formed in it, as did their hair.

"Hey! You're hair's getting in my face!" Ai exclaimed, batting away a few strands. "Uh...where are we?"

"What makes you think I know?" Crysta replied.

A deep female voice replied, "You're in a portal."

"Who're you?" Ai asked automatically.

"That's not important. Do you want me to answer your other questions?"

"Uh...yeah," Crysta said with sarcasm.

The voice ignored her rudeness. "You're in a portal that leads to my world. It's where all MAIN anime characters dwell...good AND bad."

"Cool!" Ai exclaimed.

"Please do not interrupt. I have a task for you. If you decide to go completely through this portal to my world, it'll be your job to save it. But you'll be posing as characters from a different anime, so they others won't be suspicious. There's a threat in this blissful world and I'm not strong enough to prevent it."

"But you created this portal. We don't have any powers at all," Crysta interrupted.

"Never mind that. You'll get powers as your time in that world progresses. So, do you want to go?"

"Of course!" Ai and Crysta answered. "We would never give up a chance to be in a world where there is a bunch of anime people."

"Good. Close your eyes." The girls did as they were instructed.

Ai peeked through about two seconds later to find herself in a quaint little room. She and Crysta were both still in the same uniform. "Hey, open your eyes," she hissed to Crysta.

Crysta opened her eyes and surveyed the room. "Wow," she whispered. She looked down at her hands. "Hey! I'm 2-D!"

"Shh...someone's coming," Ai chided. Sure enough, Hotohori from Fushigi Yugi walked in dressed in jeans and a red shirt. "Y-you're-" Ai began.

Crysta looked like she was about to melt into a puddle and her eyes turned to hearts. "Hotohori," she half-sighed/half-squeaked. She cleared her throat and blush lines appeared.

Ai stared at her. "Hey, that's cool," she said.

Hotohori stared at them, then smiled that sweet smile everyone loves about him. "You must be the new people," he said. "I'll show you to your rooms." He was walking out, straightening his cuffs.

Ai and Crysta followed. "Uh...I'm sorry, but that voice in the whirlpool didn't tell us much about this place...could you explain?" Crysta asked.

Hotohori nodded. "I'd be glad to help. There are many different houses around here with different occupants. It works like what Miaka's world is like." Ai and Crysta shared a glance. "So you shall probably be attending high school?" The two nodded, though he couldn't see. "Yes...and I am attending college. We were informed of two new occupants from another different world." He turned into a hallway and two rooms were facing each other. "These are your rooms. We're about to have dinner in a moment. Please come down to the dining room."

"Uh-"

"Oh, yes. You don't know where that is." He smiled. "I'll be right back to get you as soon as I brush my hair," he said. He left.

Ai and Crysta stared at each other before breaking into squeals. Or at least Crysta was squealing. Ai was jumping up and down, her mouth open, but no words came out. "We're actually ANIMATED!" Crysta exclaimed softly.

Ai stopped jumping. "Hey...do you think all the FY people live here? Or do you think other people do?"

"I guess we find out when we go to dinner," Crysta shrugged. "I'm going to change."

Ai nodded and turned to head into the room that had her name above it. She stopped and turned. "Hey, what do you think our powers are?"

Crysta shrugged again and smiled. "I don't know. But I don't care at this moment. We're living with Hotohori and that's enough for me right now."

Ai smiled and shook her head. "Whatever. I'm going to get changed out of these clothes for dinner." She closed the door to her room.

Crysta went out of her room taking a quick glance at herself in the mirror. She was in an army-green skirt made of parachute material with two wide pockets on either side of them and a puffy-sleeved blouse that revealed her belly button and went straight at the top so that it showed her shoulders. Hotohori was already waiting outside with Ai. Ai was in a pair of short overalls made of denim in a shade of violet. She had a tanktop underneath and her hands were in her pockets.

"Ready to go?" he asked.

Crysta had to struggle to keep from squeaking as she said, "Yes." But it was almost hoarse. She saw Ai give her a look over Hotohori's shoulder.

The house was only one story, so Ai and Crysta both eliminated the possibility of all the Fushigi Yugi people being under the same roof. (Although it would've been nice with all those bishounen there.)

"This is the dining room," Hotohori said, leading them into yet another room. A group of people was walking around getting the table set. Ai and Crysta needed no introduction, but he gave them one anyway. "This is Duo, Tomo, Hilde, Lantis, and Yui." He pointed to each person respectively, then coughed loudly. They all turned their heads. "Guys, we have new occupants," he informed them.

"Hey," Duo greeted with a smile. He was in a red dress-shirt and jeans. "I'm Duo. Who're you?"

Hilde kicked him. She was dressed in a green pair of shorts and a blue sweater. "I'm Hilde."

"It's all right," Ai said. "Watashi wa Kitto Ai."

"Tenshi Crysta Sakura. Call me Crysta."

"Hmph." Tomo turned back around and sat down at the table. He was dressed in a black t-shirt and black pants.

Ai glared at him. She never did like the jerk from the show...well...other than his looks. Besides, he was gay, so she couldn't have an interest in him anyway. She looked over at Crysta, who was taking in the sight of all the bishounen. Hotohori and Lantis mainly. Lantis was wearing a white t-shirt and jeans with a rip over one knee. She rolled her eyes and took a seat beside Duo. None of the guys so far were available except for Hotohori and Lantis. And Crysta would kill her if she stepped in her way.

Which was true. Crysta would've killed Ai if she stepped in the way of her bishounen. She knew Ai would understand, though. Besides, they were in an anime world...FULL of bishounen. Ai would find someone. Crysta was sure of it. She quickly took the seat in-between Hotohori and Lantis, opposite Ai.

Soon, everyone was sitting down at the table. "So...what do you guys have?" Duo asked suddenly.

Ai and Crysta gave each other a look. They knew what he meant, but needed to stall. "Uh...what do you mean?"

Duo grinned. "Practically everyone at this table has some power from their world, and I've got a Gundam and Hilde's got me." He received a kick under the table from Hilde, who was also smiling. "Anyway, what do you have?"

Crysta picked at her food. "Well..."

"Duo, don't put them on the spot already," Lantis said. "You're probably making them nervous." He flashed Crysta a smile and she blushed despite herself.

Hotohori nodded. "Yeah. Cut them some slack, Duo." He was gazing at his reflection the plate he'd just gotten.

'A little conceited, but doesn't bother me,' Crysta thought, looking back and forth between Lantis and Hotohori.

Ai wasn't so lucky as Crysta. And it didn't help having Tomo sitting beside her, as well. 'Why me?' she thought to herself. 'Why oh why couldn't I be put in a house where Heero is?' "Heero."

"Huh? You met him already?" Duo asked, looking up.

Ai shook her head quickly, her hands on her lap. "No! I-I was singing to a song. I said 'hero.'"

Duo shrugged and looked back at his foot. "Okay. Sorry. I thought I heard you say 'Heero.'"

'Why me?' Ai thought to herself again as she picked at her food. She wasn't very hungry anymore.

"Hey, Ai, you awake?" Crysta asked, shining a light into Ai's face.

Ai sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Turn that flashlight off," she hissed, annoyed.

Crysta smiled. "Sorry." She flicked off the flashlight and turned on Ai's light. Ai got out of bed. She was in a pair of sweat pants with that tanktop from earlier. "So, what do you think of our new home so far?" Crysta added, stepping into Ai's room. Ai could see she was in a pair of silk pajamas in red.

Ai smirked. "What do YOU think?" she asked.

"I can't believe I get to live with Lantis and Hotohori!" Crysta squealed. She sighed. "Don't you love this place?"

"Yeah, sure. You've got your top two bishies and I'm stuck here with the gay opera performer. Duo's got Hilde." She sighed. "All that's left is the gaylord."

"Aw...maybe you'll meet someone in school?"

"Yeah. Hopefully." She rolled her eyes. "I'll be lucky to get Heero in my class." Her eyes became hearts and Crysta threw a pillow at her.

"Stop daydreaming about Heero Yuy when there are so many other bishounen."

"Hehe. Oh, shut up. I'll daydream about whoever I want." She picked up a pillow and slammed it on Crysta's head. The two laughed softly as they started a pillow fight.

"Hey, Crysta, wake up," Lantis said, shaking Crysta's shoulder.

"I don't want to get up," Crysta whined groggily.

Lantis smiled and continued to shake her shoulder. "You're going to be late for school."

"Oh, all right." Crysta opened her eyes to see Lantis in a green dress shirt and jeans and sat up. She quickly recalled yesterday. "Oh, good morning!" she said cheerfully.

Lantis smiled. "Good morning. We're going to be leaving for school in half an hour, so you'd better get moving."

Crysta nodded. "Okay!" Lantis left her room and she skipped over to her closet. "I wonder if we wear the uniforms we came with." She opened her closet to find two extras of her uniform. "I guess we do," she said, taking one out of three of the identical outfits off the rack.

Ai awoke to an annoying sound. Tomo's hissing at her to wake up. "Shut up and leave me alone," she muttered, throwing a pillow at him.

"Hey!" Tomo threw it back at her and she opened her eyes. He was dressed in a pair of jeans and an over-sized t-shirt. She wondered if he slept in it or if he planned to leave the house in it. She had to admit he looked pretty hot.

"What're you doing in here?" she muttered, getting out of bed. She stretched and yawned. "Shouldn't you be out knocking on Na-" She stopped, remembering that she was pretending to be an anime character who didn't know them. "Never mind."

Tomo didn't seem to take notice. "I'm here to wake you up so you aren't late for school. Show a little gratitude." He didn't stick around to hear her response.

Ai groaned furiously. "I can see Heero today," she muttered to herself. Ai stripped out of her sweats and walked to the closet.

"Breakfast is served in 10 minutes," a voice said. Tomo opened the door and Ai squeaked. "Whoa!" He closed the door quickly. Ai was quick to lock it and continued dressing.

Ai entered the dining room prepared for school to find everyone getting breakfast. When she caught Tomo's eye as she sat down, she flushed pink and turned away. 'Come on, Ai. He's gay. Why should it matter?'

"Morning!" Crysta said, touching Ai's shoulder from behind. Ai would've jumped up to the ceiling had Duo, in a clean, white shirt and gray pants, not grabbed her shoulder at that same moment to ask for the syrup. "Geez, you're jumpy today," Crysta commented as Ai passed Duo his syrup. "Morning, Hotohori!" she continued. Ai noticed her friend's eyes were hearts again.

Crysta took the vacant seat beside Ai and Hotohori. She set her black bookbag down. "So...what's for breakfast?"

"Hey, that's cool," Ai said, looking at her schedule as she and Crysta left the front office of their new school. There were other anime characters bustling this way and that in the gray uniform the RSE had. They had just gotten their schedules and Ai was examining both. "We have all our classes together."

"Really?" Crysta asked. She was more or less as surprised as Ai. It was hard to believe they had all their classes together...again. "Hey, don't look now, but I see Heero standing by our homeroom door."

Ai's head snapped up at hearing this. She took Crysta's arm without another word and dodged through people to their homeroom door. Heero was just walking in and she was running so fast she knocked herself AND Crysta into him...though Crysta wasn't sure whether it was really an accident or not.

"S-sorry," Ai stuttered. Crysta still couldn't tell. Ai was a good actress.

"Hn. It's okay." Heero stood and dusted himself off. Ai was already on her feet. He bowed. "Yuy Heero. It's a pleasure."

"Ai blushed. "I'm Kitto Ai."

"And I'm Tenshi Crysta Sakura. Call me Crysta for short."

"Heero? Hey. Do you remember our English homework?" a female voice asked. Ai saw a girl appear beside Heero. It was Relena. She and he walked off talking while she gawked.

"Looks like someone else already claimed him," Crysta said, stifling her laughs with her hand.

Ai glared at her. "Oh shut up," she muttered. 'This can't get any worse, can it?'

Ai smiled as she greeted another boy on her way to lunch. She was talking to Crysta, who didn't appear to be listening. She seemed more focused on the boys passing by them. 'At least she's enjoying this,' Ai thought to herself. So far...all the guys Ai had thought hot were either gay or taken. Other guys were falling at Crysta's feet. She sighed. And the noise was getting to her, too. The school was large and there were a lot of people. Someone was always around yelling. She looked over at the door marked "Cafeteria." "Finally," she muttered.

"Finally what?" Crysta asked. "Oh, the cafeteria. It's probably packed, though..."

"Yeah, I know. But I think we can find Duo around here. He said he'd meet us at the door."

Crysta nodded and followed after Ai to the door, pushing past people all around. They finally managed to get there to find Duo and Hilde talking. "Hey!" Duo said. "How're you two?"

"School sucks," Ai answered dryly. "I'm hungry. Let's go inside, already."

Duo laughed. "All right, all right." He walked inside, where people could be seen pushing and talking. Ai felt a headache coming on. Crysta felt love. The room was filled with bishounen. A boy she recognized as Carrot from Sorcerer Hunters appeared.

"Hey, are you busy Saturday?" he asked, nosebleeding.

Crysta giggled. "Sorry, I have plans," she said. She pulled out a pen and a scrap of paper. "Call me some other time." She winked as she walked off after giving him the paper with her number.

"I feel a migraine," Ai muttered. "Tell me there's a drinking fountain somewhere. I need some water."

"We're almost at the front," Hilde said. "Only three people more to go."

"Oh, all right." Ai stayed in line. She got her lunch (ice cream and a hotdog) quickly and sat down at a table. Duo and Hilde and Crysta joined her. "Okay, I'm going to get some water," she said, standing up and leaving.

"We'll save your seat for you!" she heard Crysta call.

As Ai dodged through more people to get out of the cafeteria, she bumped into somebody. "Oh, sorry," she muttered. She looked up to see Amiboshi, who was also dressed in the school uniform. "Oh, it's you."

"Do I know you?" he asked.

Ai sighed. "No, not really," she muttered. "Sorry. I just have a major headache."

Amiboshi smiled. "Yeah, I understand. Do you want me to show you where a drinking fountain is?"

Ai wasn't sure if she wanted the help. But she needed that water or she was going to start crying in pain. The migraine was REALLY hurting. "Yeah, thanks," she said with a smile. Besides, she added secretly to herself, he was cute.

"Right this way." He led the way out of the cafeteria into a small hallway. It was completely secluded. A single drinking fountain was there.

"Thanks," Ai repeated, taking in some water. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "I'm Kitto Ai."

"My friends just call me Amiboshi," he said. He blushed a little. "I was wondering...are you busy tomorrow?"

Ai shook her head and smiled, then pulled out a piece of paper. 'If Crysta can do it, so can I.' She wrote down her number. "Call me after school. Ja!" She ran off waving to him.

Meanwhile, Crysta had been watching Ai's seat for her when another cute boy appeared. It was Vash from Trigun. "Is this seat taken?" he asked.

Crysta nodded. "Yeah, sorry."

"It's okay. Hey. Are you busy Friday?"

Crysta shook her head. "Nope." She automatically pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down her number, the handed him the piece.

"You seem like this happens to you every day," Hilde said with a smile.

Crysta smiled and winked. "When you got it, you got it."

"Hey, here come Quatre and Dorothy," Duo said.

"And Trowa, Heero, Relena, Catherine, and Wufei," Hilde added, looking in another direction. Soon the table was filled with all of them.

"You haven't been properly introduced," Duo said in mock politeness. "This is Heero, Relena, Wufei, Catharine, Trowa, Dorothy, and Quatre."

'Hi's were exchanged and handshakes were, as well. "Oh, and this is Ai," Crysta said as Ai reappeared, surprised at the number of people at the table. "More bishounen. Don't you love this?" Crysta whispered. Ai rolled her eyes, but smiled.

"I am young," Ai read perfectly. "English sucks," she muttered as she began writing on her paper. Ai was still in her school clothes. At that moment the phone by her bed rang. Glad for a break, she picked it up. "Moshi moshi?"

"Is Ai home?" a male voice asked.

Ai sat up. "Hai. This is her."

"Oh hey, it's Amiboshi."

"Hi. What's up?"

"My brother, Suboshi, is ranting." They both laughed. "So...are you free for dinner tomorrow?"

"You mean a date?"

"Um...yeah?"

"Okay. Pick me up at 7:00."

"Okay. bye."

"Bye."

"Someone's got a boyfriend," Crysta said in singsong. She was in the doorway, shamelessly eavesdropping. "So...who is it?"

Ai blushed. "Shut up. And I do NOT have a boyfriend. It's just Amiboshi."

"You're dating Amiboshi already?" Yui asked. "Crysta's got guys falling all over her and yet even SHE doesn't have a boyfriend yet."

Ai rolled her eyes. "Is there no privacy here? I'm going to the basement to do my homework." She gathered her book and folders and left the room with Crysta and Yui laughing behind.

Author Note: Hi! Okay, so how bad did it stink? Hopefully, Crysta's chapter will be better. Review, please! I'll try to improve in my next chapter. Ja!