Disclaimer: 4Kids is evil. They shouldn't have anything to do with SK!!! It belongs to Hiroyuki Takei!!!
Author's Notes: GS is back! A tough job, but I finally got the 4Kids guy bound and gagged in the drama department's costume room. Nobody insults poor Manta like that! *creates super powered star energy in her hand* Now to demolish the 4Kids building... *walks off whistling*
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A Dream Come True?
Chapter Two
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I woke up again in a nice dry cave. At first I didn't remember what had happened earlier. Then it all came back like a smack upside the head. I sat up slowly, gently rubbing the knot on the back of my head.
I reached up to touch my face. It was weird--I had all of Hao's memories. Matamune, that stupid book I can't even spell let alone pronounce, even his latest birth. I moved my hand from face to chest, unused to the flatness there.
"This is weird," I said to myself. "What is this--a crossover with 'The Hot Chick'?! What a lousy day."
I stood and tried to walk around. My legs were so wobbly I had to hang on the side of the cave for balance. Ever try walking around in someone else's body? Your own sense of balance has nothing to do with theirs.
I got the hang of it quickly, though, and followed a firelight to the back of the cave. Opacho was there in front of a shrine praying. Instead of disturbing him I sat cross-legged in front of the fire, waiting for him to finish. After a while the flames kinda entranced me.
When I was about eleven I had a kind of pyromaniac streak, but this was ridiculous. It was like the fire had a hold over me. I never took my eyes off the flame, took off one of Hao's gloves and waved my hand over the top of the flames. Eventually I just held it there, finding a strange sort of pleasure in the heat and light. I was almost intoxicated by that little campfire.
"Lord Hao! You're awake!"
"YOWCH!!!"
I yanked my hand back and blew on it. At some point I'd stuck my entire hand into the flames. Then when Opacho piped up finally I lost my concentration...
He gasped. "Forgive Opacho, Lord Hao. Opacho didn't know."
Gripping my hand I headed out of the cave, still stumbling a little. "Do you have to apologize all the time? And stop calling me that! I'm not Hao! Go back to your praying or whatever. I don't need to be catered to twenty-four seven."
I spotted the same stream I'd waken up next to earlier. As I dipped my burned hand into the water I heard footsteps come up behind me. "Now what?" I snapped, sounding a lot more agitated than I wanted to.
"You're really not Lord Hao."
"Just like I've been trying to tell you. But I can't help noticing your Japanese gets better when you realize something. What did the trick?"
Opacho sounded close to tears. "Lord Hao...never would have let Opacho get away with ruining his hand. Lord Hao would have hurt Opacho."
I smiled. "Well, you don't have to worry about that with me. I don't know how this whole thing--"
Opacho flung his arms around my waist again. 'Damn...this kid may be small, but what a grip!'
"Opacho is so glad!" he shouted. "Opacho is glad Lord Hao is much nicer! Will Lord Hao give up his wish of destroying humans too?"
'Okay, he MAY have a good grip, but he has the reality factor of some idiot smoking crack...'
"GET OFFA ME!!!!"
Opacho scampered off to the safety of the cave. I stood up quickly and dug into my pockets. Hao must have a steady cash flow from the X-laws, because I found about fifty thousand yen in all.
I looked back at the cave and rolled my eyes. "What a weirdo."
Then something from Hao's memory flashed into my mind. Yoh's address in Tokyo! 'I might as well go there,' I thought. 'It's the only place I might get some answers.'
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During the train ride to Tokyo it was kinda hard not to notice the stares people were giving me. So the first thing I did when I got to Tokyo was buy a decent and halfway normal outfit. I was half-tempted to get the "It's Not That I'm Antisocial, I Just Don't Like You" shirt since it fitted Hao's personality perfectly. (It was in Japanese, of course.)
But then I decided on just a plain black shirt, denim jeans and sneakers. I also bought a duffel bag and stuffed the other clothing, and Hao's massive earrings, inside. Not that I didn't like them, but they were killing my earlobes. How does that guy stand it?!
So I began using Hao's memory of Tokyo to navigate around. I passed Shimogitazawa (hope it's spelled right), the district mentioned in .hack//SIGN. At one point I thought I saw someone that looked familiar... 'Nah. Couldn't be.'
Eventually I stood in front of Yoh's house. 'Nice place. I just hope it's Yoh who answers the door and not Anna.'
Five full minutes after I knocked on the door it flew open. I was now face-to-face with the Queen of the Dark Lagoon herself. She didn't look too happy either.
"What do YOU want?" she snapped.
"Umm," I started. "I know you probably hate me, but I have to talk to Yoh."
"Why? So you can absorb his soul?!"
"No, no!! There's just something I need to talk to him about. I'm only asking for ten minutes."
"Fine. But one scream from either him or Amidamaru and you're dead."
Thank God I remembered to pull off my shoes or Anna would've probably gone into attack mode. She pointed me in the direction of the living room, where what looked like a dark blue sleeping bag was shaking. I went in and looked around the thing for the zipper.
"Yoh, is that you? Get out of there, we need to talk."
"No way!"
"C'mon, I'm not going to kill you. Now get out of there."
I barely touched the sleeping bag when Yoh screamed. Then Anna knocked me in the head with a frying pan and I fell unconscious for the third time that day. Not to mention I kinda fell on Yoh, squishing the poor guy flat.
Author's Notes: GS is back! A tough job, but I finally got the 4Kids guy bound and gagged in the drama department's costume room. Nobody insults poor Manta like that! *creates super powered star energy in her hand* Now to demolish the 4Kids building... *walks off whistling*
~***~
A Dream Come True?
Chapter Two
~***~
I woke up again in a nice dry cave. At first I didn't remember what had happened earlier. Then it all came back like a smack upside the head. I sat up slowly, gently rubbing the knot on the back of my head.
I reached up to touch my face. It was weird--I had all of Hao's memories. Matamune, that stupid book I can't even spell let alone pronounce, even his latest birth. I moved my hand from face to chest, unused to the flatness there.
"This is weird," I said to myself. "What is this--a crossover with 'The Hot Chick'?! What a lousy day."
I stood and tried to walk around. My legs were so wobbly I had to hang on the side of the cave for balance. Ever try walking around in someone else's body? Your own sense of balance has nothing to do with theirs.
I got the hang of it quickly, though, and followed a firelight to the back of the cave. Opacho was there in front of a shrine praying. Instead of disturbing him I sat cross-legged in front of the fire, waiting for him to finish. After a while the flames kinda entranced me.
When I was about eleven I had a kind of pyromaniac streak, but this was ridiculous. It was like the fire had a hold over me. I never took my eyes off the flame, took off one of Hao's gloves and waved my hand over the top of the flames. Eventually I just held it there, finding a strange sort of pleasure in the heat and light. I was almost intoxicated by that little campfire.
"Lord Hao! You're awake!"
"YOWCH!!!"
I yanked my hand back and blew on it. At some point I'd stuck my entire hand into the flames. Then when Opacho piped up finally I lost my concentration...
He gasped. "Forgive Opacho, Lord Hao. Opacho didn't know."
Gripping my hand I headed out of the cave, still stumbling a little. "Do you have to apologize all the time? And stop calling me that! I'm not Hao! Go back to your praying or whatever. I don't need to be catered to twenty-four seven."
I spotted the same stream I'd waken up next to earlier. As I dipped my burned hand into the water I heard footsteps come up behind me. "Now what?" I snapped, sounding a lot more agitated than I wanted to.
"You're really not Lord Hao."
"Just like I've been trying to tell you. But I can't help noticing your Japanese gets better when you realize something. What did the trick?"
Opacho sounded close to tears. "Lord Hao...never would have let Opacho get away with ruining his hand. Lord Hao would have hurt Opacho."
I smiled. "Well, you don't have to worry about that with me. I don't know how this whole thing--"
Opacho flung his arms around my waist again. 'Damn...this kid may be small, but what a grip!'
"Opacho is so glad!" he shouted. "Opacho is glad Lord Hao is much nicer! Will Lord Hao give up his wish of destroying humans too?"
'Okay, he MAY have a good grip, but he has the reality factor of some idiot smoking crack...'
"GET OFFA ME!!!!"
Opacho scampered off to the safety of the cave. I stood up quickly and dug into my pockets. Hao must have a steady cash flow from the X-laws, because I found about fifty thousand yen in all.
I looked back at the cave and rolled my eyes. "What a weirdo."
Then something from Hao's memory flashed into my mind. Yoh's address in Tokyo! 'I might as well go there,' I thought. 'It's the only place I might get some answers.'
~***~
During the train ride to Tokyo it was kinda hard not to notice the stares people were giving me. So the first thing I did when I got to Tokyo was buy a decent and halfway normal outfit. I was half-tempted to get the "It's Not That I'm Antisocial, I Just Don't Like You" shirt since it fitted Hao's personality perfectly. (It was in Japanese, of course.)
But then I decided on just a plain black shirt, denim jeans and sneakers. I also bought a duffel bag and stuffed the other clothing, and Hao's massive earrings, inside. Not that I didn't like them, but they were killing my earlobes. How does that guy stand it?!
So I began using Hao's memory of Tokyo to navigate around. I passed Shimogitazawa (hope it's spelled right), the district mentioned in .hack//SIGN. At one point I thought I saw someone that looked familiar... 'Nah. Couldn't be.'
Eventually I stood in front of Yoh's house. 'Nice place. I just hope it's Yoh who answers the door and not Anna.'
Five full minutes after I knocked on the door it flew open. I was now face-to-face with the Queen of the Dark Lagoon herself. She didn't look too happy either.
"What do YOU want?" she snapped.
"Umm," I started. "I know you probably hate me, but I have to talk to Yoh."
"Why? So you can absorb his soul?!"
"No, no!! There's just something I need to talk to him about. I'm only asking for ten minutes."
"Fine. But one scream from either him or Amidamaru and you're dead."
Thank God I remembered to pull off my shoes or Anna would've probably gone into attack mode. She pointed me in the direction of the living room, where what looked like a dark blue sleeping bag was shaking. I went in and looked around the thing for the zipper.
"Yoh, is that you? Get out of there, we need to talk."
"No way!"
"C'mon, I'm not going to kill you. Now get out of there."
I barely touched the sleeping bag when Yoh screamed. Then Anna knocked me in the head with a frying pan and I fell unconscious for the third time that day. Not to mention I kinda fell on Yoh, squishing the poor guy flat.