This is my first fic, and comments would be appreciated. I know the title
sucks.
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing related to the fic, yadda yadda yadda.
This takes place a few months after Lain deletes herself from everyone's
memory.
Arisu entered her bedroom and turned on her new Navi. She watched it boot up, then clicked on her icon leading to her e-mail.
"You have one Mail"
"From who?" Arisu asked.
"Lain"
Arisu was confused. She never got junk mail, special filters helped with that so she knew that it couldn't be that, but still, she had no clue who this 'Lain' was. Hoping it was not a virus, and trusting her Navi, she decided to open it.
"Navi, open mail"
"Hello Arisu," the computer spoke, "I know you do not know me any longer, but I still regret what happened to you when we were friends." When we were friends? Arisu thought, I never knew a Lain.did I? "There are many things I now regret, and leaving you is one of them. You were so kind to me, my best friend, and I wish to repay you for your kindness." What the hell kind of prank is this? "Please, I know this is hard to understand, but you will soon. They all will. I wish for you one favor. Go to the residence of Iwakura, and talk with Mika. She will have a high-powered navi chip that I want you to have. She will not resist giving it to you, just ask nicely for it. Ask her about the 'Psyche' chip. When you have it in your navi, I want you to be connected. Truly connected to the Wired. Join me here, if only for a few minutes, just once. ~Lain"
This was just too weird. This girl wanted her to go to the house down the street where the fire was a few weeks ago. The papers all said one of the rooms had a lot of Navi equipment, and it exploded. The Iwakura's denied ever having any Navi equipment in that room. The Iwakura's were strange, and their only daughter, Mika, was the strangest of all. She didn't talk at all, and seemed to just make strange sounds when the mood swayed her to. And now Arisu was being asked by a stranger to talk to her, and get a Psyche chip, whatever that was. Arisu considered her options, and decided to go with the mail. She was going to get that chip; she was too curious not to. * * * About a block away from her destination, Arisu stopped. "What am I doing? Its just some prank email from someone who wants to bother me, and probably that girl, Mika, too. Why am I going through with this?" she asked herself. A small voice in the back of her mind nagged back You know you want to find out. You knew Lain somehow.and you want to know her again. Let this happen, just a little while. Concede with her plans, and connect just once. That is all it will take. Just once. Arisu bowed her head, ambivalent thoughts filling her head. "Just once. That is all it will take. Just once. That's all she asked, right? If something happens I can leave, log off, whatever, and never pay a second glance at the email, right? Right." She stepped on. At the door, Arisu stopped again, taking a deep breath. She knocked a few times. The door opened, Mrs. Iwakura at the door. "May I help you?" She asked "Uh, yes. May I speak to Mika?" "Who are you?"
'Huh?" "So I can tell her who wants to talk with her?" "Oh, I'm a friend form school" "Alright. You can go up. She's in her room. Just up the stairs and to the right." Arisu walked up, took a pause before the door supposedly Mika's, and knocked. The door opened, yielding a small bedroom. The TV was on and Mika looked a bit dazed watching it. "M-mika?" Arisu hesitated. Mika looked at her with the same dazed look she always had on her face. "I was told to ask you about a Navi chip. A Psyche I think it was. Do you think I could have it?" Mika thought for a moment, and looked to her dresser. On top was a small envelope. Mika walked to it, picked it up, and gave it to Arisu. She made a few strange noises, and sat before the television again. "Thank you, Mika" Arisu said, and left the room, then the house. "That wasn't too hard.I hope this is worth something." She walked home. Once home, Arisu went to her room, and opened her Navi, to the motherboard. A bit confused, she put it somewhere, and hoped it was the right place. It seemed to fit, so she didn't know what it wouldn't work. As long as it didn't blow up, Arisu was happy. "I wonder what it does" Arisu put her Navi back together, and turned it on.
"You have mail," it said "Open it." "Arisu, I had doubted that you would go though with getting the chip, but I thank you for going do. Now, I will bring you to me, I will connect you to here. Tell me when you are ready, and I will bring you to the Wired" "I'm ready," Arisu replied. Things got swirly, and really weird. Soon Arisu felt herself stop moving, and she opened her eyes and looked around. "What is this place?" Things looked digital, and things were flying by going every which way. She found herself on a small crossroad of a whitish material beneath her feet. A girl appeared before her, wearing a grayish skirt and a pinkish tank top. She smiled and stepped toward Arisu.To Be Continued.
Arisu entered her bedroom and turned on her new Navi. She watched it boot up, then clicked on her icon leading to her e-mail.
"You have one Mail"
"From who?" Arisu asked.
"Lain"
Arisu was confused. She never got junk mail, special filters helped with that so she knew that it couldn't be that, but still, she had no clue who this 'Lain' was. Hoping it was not a virus, and trusting her Navi, she decided to open it.
"Navi, open mail"
"Hello Arisu," the computer spoke, "I know you do not know me any longer, but I still regret what happened to you when we were friends." When we were friends? Arisu thought, I never knew a Lain.did I? "There are many things I now regret, and leaving you is one of them. You were so kind to me, my best friend, and I wish to repay you for your kindness." What the hell kind of prank is this? "Please, I know this is hard to understand, but you will soon. They all will. I wish for you one favor. Go to the residence of Iwakura, and talk with Mika. She will have a high-powered navi chip that I want you to have. She will not resist giving it to you, just ask nicely for it. Ask her about the 'Psyche' chip. When you have it in your navi, I want you to be connected. Truly connected to the Wired. Join me here, if only for a few minutes, just once. ~Lain"
This was just too weird. This girl wanted her to go to the house down the street where the fire was a few weeks ago. The papers all said one of the rooms had a lot of Navi equipment, and it exploded. The Iwakura's denied ever having any Navi equipment in that room. The Iwakura's were strange, and their only daughter, Mika, was the strangest of all. She didn't talk at all, and seemed to just make strange sounds when the mood swayed her to. And now Arisu was being asked by a stranger to talk to her, and get a Psyche chip, whatever that was. Arisu considered her options, and decided to go with the mail. She was going to get that chip; she was too curious not to. * * * About a block away from her destination, Arisu stopped. "What am I doing? Its just some prank email from someone who wants to bother me, and probably that girl, Mika, too. Why am I going through with this?" she asked herself. A small voice in the back of her mind nagged back You know you want to find out. You knew Lain somehow.and you want to know her again. Let this happen, just a little while. Concede with her plans, and connect just once. That is all it will take. Just once. Arisu bowed her head, ambivalent thoughts filling her head. "Just once. That is all it will take. Just once. That's all she asked, right? If something happens I can leave, log off, whatever, and never pay a second glance at the email, right? Right." She stepped on. At the door, Arisu stopped again, taking a deep breath. She knocked a few times. The door opened, Mrs. Iwakura at the door. "May I help you?" She asked "Uh, yes. May I speak to Mika?" "Who are you?"
'Huh?" "So I can tell her who wants to talk with her?" "Oh, I'm a friend form school" "Alright. You can go up. She's in her room. Just up the stairs and to the right." Arisu walked up, took a pause before the door supposedly Mika's, and knocked. The door opened, yielding a small bedroom. The TV was on and Mika looked a bit dazed watching it. "M-mika?" Arisu hesitated. Mika looked at her with the same dazed look she always had on her face. "I was told to ask you about a Navi chip. A Psyche I think it was. Do you think I could have it?" Mika thought for a moment, and looked to her dresser. On top was a small envelope. Mika walked to it, picked it up, and gave it to Arisu. She made a few strange noises, and sat before the television again. "Thank you, Mika" Arisu said, and left the room, then the house. "That wasn't too hard.I hope this is worth something." She walked home. Once home, Arisu went to her room, and opened her Navi, to the motherboard. A bit confused, she put it somewhere, and hoped it was the right place. It seemed to fit, so she didn't know what it wouldn't work. As long as it didn't blow up, Arisu was happy. "I wonder what it does" Arisu put her Navi back together, and turned it on.
"You have mail," it said "Open it." "Arisu, I had doubted that you would go though with getting the chip, but I thank you for going do. Now, I will bring you to me, I will connect you to here. Tell me when you are ready, and I will bring you to the Wired" "I'm ready," Arisu replied. Things got swirly, and really weird. Soon Arisu felt herself stop moving, and she opened her eyes and looked around. "What is this place?" Things looked digital, and things were flying by going every which way. She found herself on a small crossroad of a whitish material beneath her feet. A girl appeared before her, wearing a grayish skirt and a pinkish tank top. She smiled and stepped toward Arisu.To Be Continued.
