So Far and Yet So Near


Chapter 1 - Meeting.

One thing I know is... I'm falling through the sky.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
My back tickled me in a scary way as I fell and I waved my arms in every direction.
"IYAAAAAAA!!!!!! SOMEONE!!!!HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!!!"
I screamed as loud as I can but the wind blowed straight into my mouth, that it made me hard to breathe. Anyway I'm not in the mood to think about that right now!!! I'M FALLING, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!
"Ohmigosh, ohmigosh, ohmigosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I closed my eyes hard when I was about 10 feet away from the ground, expecting for the sound of the crashing bones. I. Am. Going. To. Die... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...? But nothing happened. I haven't contacted the ground, nor I didn't feel the pain.
"What the...??"
I slowly opened my left eye then my right.
"U-uso!!(another way of saying 'no way')"
As I got contrast with myself, I couldn't believe my eyes.
"I'm... ...floating...!"
Suddenly I dropped to the ground with a 'THUMP'
"OOF!"
I rubbed my butt where it was aching and let out a sigh. I then studied my surrounding.
"Oh, great... Where am I now?"
Standing up, I fanned myself. It's boiling down here! Around me was a scenery of sand. I scratched my head and sweat dropped.
"Okay~!!"
I suddenly clapped my hands and rubbed it together.
"Let's recall what happened~!!"
I said to myself and I know that I'm SO not in the National Library. Putting my right index finger to my forehead, I thought hard...REALLY hard... and then,
"Am I sucked into that book?... Heh, impossible!... Impossible, but... WHERE THE FUCK IS HERE!?!?!?!?!?!?"
I clutched onto my head as I screamed and stomped on the sandy ground beneath me, in order to represent that HERE meaning here. After a while, sighing deeply I dropped to the ground, knee first.
"Damn... I can't... stay standing..."
I... hey, hold on a sec. I believe I haven't introduced myself. Well, here goes then. I have a mid-lengthed half red(at the bottom) and half black hair(at the top, (which tells you people that I haven't dyed my hair for AGES)) tied into a ponytail. I have a deep, blue ocean coloured left eye and a crimson red in my right(obviously, not in real life). My height's 157cm. I'm 14 and going to be 15 in August(BTW, I know I'm short for my age). Anyway, right now I'm wearing a pale blue jeans and I might add, a bit long for my legs.. and a blue sleeveless top with a simple cat's design in the middle. I also have rather a large blue shirt to cover me up as a duty like a coat.. hey, why the heck am I so addicted to BLUE!?... ... ...Oh well. Oh, and I probably shouldn't talk about my personality and stuff.. 'cause I hate it. ANYWAY, I'm going to continue with my unrespectable vacation story since I really think you are getting tired of my chit-chatting. So, let's carry on! ...I inhaled deeply and stopped my breath for a second or two. I then exhaled.
"Ha, ha, ha... this is truly not happening to me.. but do I have a choice? I WAS in the National Library! And end up falling from the sky all of a sudden!? Someone, I swear, whoever did this to me.. is so going to be a pile of SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!!!!!"
I screamed again. Later, I cried in an anime-style.
"Seriously... anyone... I have a freakin' Japanese exam to face with!! Oh man... what did I--"
"Yui-chan!!!"
The sudden shout caused me to snap out of my mind. I looked around quickly and then saw two girls and another two.. WIERD men's carrying a sword, quite far from where I am... Wait. Did I just say... SWORD!?!?
"Fuckin' hell!! What kind of a damned place is this!? Ain't it ILLEGAL to carry weapons-- which's not the problem right now! I better help them!!"
In a flash, I carried my I-don't-know-why-it-is-but tired legs towards the girls. I saw one of the girls with a brunette tackle the skinny, unhealthy man who held the other girl with a short blonde hair.
"Miaka!!"
I heard the blonde girl shout her friend's name and stumbled onto the ground. 'Miaka' was holding onto the other over weighted and hairy man, also with sword and shouted,
"Yui-chan, nigete!!!(Yui-chan, run!!!)"
Wow... I mean, she's quite brave! Hm, I better get there as soon as possible! Just as the man raised his sword to strike it at the brunette, I jump-kicked his ribs HARD and he ended up landing on the ground head first.
"Such a super hero, aren't I?"
I grinned as I laid my left foot onto the man's back and did a gut's pose. The two girl's sweat dropped behind me and whispered something into each other's ears. I looked at them with a suspicious look.
"What?"
I asked and it seems that, what I said had surprised them because all I know is that the brunette, who I think is to be called 'Miaka' is panicking.
"Why do you have to be surprised just by saying, 'what'?"
Now this caused more trouble. 'Miaka' said something, which I couldn't quite hear and then she turned to her blonde friend whom I believe, is called 'Yui-chan'. They carried on talking and FINALLY 'Yui-chan' asked me,
"Do you... eto, speak English?"
I blinked.
"Yes."
'Yui-chan' sighed and continued.
"Japanese?"
...Oh, I get it now! They must be from Japan!... ...Then how the hell did I get from England to all the way to Japan!?
"...Sukoshi(a little)."
'Yui-chan' smiled and stood up with 'Miaka'.
"Tasukete kurete, arigatou!!(thank you for saving us!!)"
...Great, I only can understand, 'arigatou'!
"...D-douitashimashite(y-your welcome)."
I soon thought that I should introduce myself to them... with JAPANESE language.
"Wa~tashi no namae wa, Cyeryl!(My name is Cyeryl!) Yoroshiku!(nice to meet you!)"
Okay, I just know what happened to my, 'wa~tashi'.. anyway, at least they would know what it means. After my speech, 'Yui-chan' did hers.
"Watashi wa Hongou Yui!(I am Yui Hongou) And this is..."
To my relief, she said the last bit in English. Yui-chan motioned 'Miaka' next to her.
"Yuuki Miaka!! Yoroshikune!"
She chirped and reached her right hand towards me. I smiled and was about to shake it until someone caused me to stop it.