Chapter 3: Angel
"You have a very pretty name, Hikari." Kouji replied as he helped to her feet. "But I honestly thought that an angel had fallen form the sky when I saw you."
"Why?"
"Because you're so beautiful. Only angels are a beautiful as you."
Hikari turned pink with pleasure, "Thank you."
"No problem. By the way, where are you from?"
"Odiaba, Japan in a totally different dimension. I have absolutely no clue where I am."
Kouji looked totally taken aback. "Another dimension?"
"Yes." She said. "And no, I am not kidding."
"I don't believe that."
"Kouji, the last thing I remember is that I fell through a wormhole and I wound up here."
"Is that all?'
"I'm afraid so."
They were both standing up now. Hikari noticed that Kouji wasn't looking directly at her. " Are you all right, Kouji?" she asked. "Why aren't you looking at me?"
"Because you make me nervous."
"Why? You just called me an angel. Why so shy all of a sudden?"
"Because I was silly."
She reached out and touched his face. " You're really handsome, you know that?"
Kouji fought back the urge to shove her and her gentle touch away. Normally he didn't like it when stranger touched him, but Hikari was different. She didn't feel like a stranger. She felt like someone that he'd been waiting to meet his entire life. Instead, he smiled at her. "Yes, but I've never had an angel tell me that."
Hikari was so surprised to hear him say that that her eyes widened. No one, not even Takeru or Daisuke (who'd left her for Miyako!) had ever called her an angel before. Kouji seemed different from the others. He reminded her of her older brother, Taichi's friend, Yamato Ishida. She could guess that Kouji was a lone wolf, just like Yamato.
She giggled. "Kouji, tell me about you and this weird place I seem to have fallen into."
"Do you honestly want me to do that? My life story is uneventful, you know."
"I don't care. Tell me all about you and then, I'll do the same."
Kouji took Hikari by the arm "Alright, but I warned you."
Within about fifteen minutes, Hikari had learned all about this New World she was in, well, she knew what Kouji knew, which wasn't very much and she learned about the Spirit Evolution, which fascinated her.
At one point she asked him about friends and family. Then, he grew very quiet.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I have a mom and dad. And that's it."
"No friends?"
"Never had a chance to make any. Because of my dad, I was always moving around."
"Well, I'm going to change that!"
"How?"
"I'll be your friend ."
"You have a very pretty name, Hikari." Kouji replied as he helped to her feet. "But I honestly thought that an angel had fallen form the sky when I saw you."
"Why?"
"Because you're so beautiful. Only angels are a beautiful as you."
Hikari turned pink with pleasure, "Thank you."
"No problem. By the way, where are you from?"
"Odiaba, Japan in a totally different dimension. I have absolutely no clue where I am."
Kouji looked totally taken aback. "Another dimension?"
"Yes." She said. "And no, I am not kidding."
"I don't believe that."
"Kouji, the last thing I remember is that I fell through a wormhole and I wound up here."
"Is that all?'
"I'm afraid so."
They were both standing up now. Hikari noticed that Kouji wasn't looking directly at her. " Are you all right, Kouji?" she asked. "Why aren't you looking at me?"
"Because you make me nervous."
"Why? You just called me an angel. Why so shy all of a sudden?"
"Because I was silly."
She reached out and touched his face. " You're really handsome, you know that?"
Kouji fought back the urge to shove her and her gentle touch away. Normally he didn't like it when stranger touched him, but Hikari was different. She didn't feel like a stranger. She felt like someone that he'd been waiting to meet his entire life. Instead, he smiled at her. "Yes, but I've never had an angel tell me that."
Hikari was so surprised to hear him say that that her eyes widened. No one, not even Takeru or Daisuke (who'd left her for Miyako!) had ever called her an angel before. Kouji seemed different from the others. He reminded her of her older brother, Taichi's friend, Yamato Ishida. She could guess that Kouji was a lone wolf, just like Yamato.
She giggled. "Kouji, tell me about you and this weird place I seem to have fallen into."
"Do you honestly want me to do that? My life story is uneventful, you know."
"I don't care. Tell me all about you and then, I'll do the same."
Kouji took Hikari by the arm "Alright, but I warned you."
Within about fifteen minutes, Hikari had learned all about this New World she was in, well, she knew what Kouji knew, which wasn't very much and she learned about the Spirit Evolution, which fascinated her.
At one point she asked him about friends and family. Then, he grew very quiet.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I have a mom and dad. And that's it."
"No friends?"
"Never had a chance to make any. Because of my dad, I was always moving around."
"Well, I'm going to change that!"
"How?"
"I'll be your friend ."