(Author's Notes and Disclaimer: This is my 1st fic attempt at fanfiction.net. I've heard there's quite a couple of harsh critics here, so I'll say now that I'm not a perfect writer. My attempts at this fic are meant to give all those bishounen and bishoujo fans a chance to have a fic truly aimed at them and their little worlds of mayham and coolness. Furthurmore, I'll admit that this 1st chapter is a tad bit slow, but give it time and I assure you that you won't regret it ^ ^. All characters except for Takayo and Chi are copyrighted their respected owners. With that, let the actual story begin!)
The year is 2005. In the real world, a popular video game series called "Seimei no Shan" has captivated the attention of anime and video game fans alike. Anime fans have loved the series because it gives them a chance to train and fight with their own team of anime fighters, while video game fans have loved it due to its highly addicting and eye-catching battles (the video game fighters, as well). This series is now approaching its tenth anniversary, and over the years, the series has had upgrades in the handheld and console divisions themselves, ranging from added characters, new features, online features, and the recently released booster chips and booster discs.
With the tenth anniversary approaching closer and closer, and with the recently released "Seimei no Shan S Evolution" game out for the Game Boy Advance NEXT, PS3, PSP, and Gamesphere, players, whom are known in the game as "Leaders", are now preparing for recently announced worldwide tournament, which will finally decide who is the greatest Leader in the entire world.
Though there are long time fans in the community, there are still players out there who are just getting started with the series and exploring what it's all about. One of these players' first purchase of the newest Seimei no Shan game is where our story begins...
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Seimei no Shan S Evolution
Created by SeiferA
Proofread by Kaiser Sephiroth
Based on "Seimei no Shan" by SeiferA and Rosalyn Angel
Episode 01:
"What Is Seimei no Shan? Enter The Cyber Universe!"
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"That will be 4,000 yen."
Inside a shop in Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan, one specific young adult searched her small pink wallet for the money to pay for the newest game she was about to purchase: "Seimei no Shan S Evolution".
Her hair was as pink as her wallet, which extended far down to her skirt. Her eyes were light blue, like the sky itself. Wearing a fanny pack around her waist, she also wore a school uniform, down to the blue collar. Her plain shoes were white to match her uniform. Finally, tucked within her left arm was a small round pink robot with two small, red eyes.
As she continued to search for the money in her wallet, the black-haired clerk, with a white button shirt and blue jeans, chuckled lightly and commented, "So, you finally decided to buy a Seimei no Shan game, huh, Lacus?"
Lacus looked at the clerk and smiled, "Well, I finally got enough money for a Game Boy Advance NEXT, so, I thought I may as well try this game."
The store clerk nodded in response, "Good idea to try a game that has a global cult worldwide. Just be careful not to jump the gun on the multiplayer aspect too quickly."
Lacus nodded in response, "I'll make sure to keep that in mind."
The smiling Lacus then paid the clerk the money and walked out of the store, shouting "Goodbye!" to him.
A small bag was now wrapped around her right wrist, as she held the pink robot in her hands.
She looked at it and smiled, "Well now, Haro, I suppose it's a good thing we decided to buy this game a month before the worldwide tournament, huh? Maybe if we practice enough, we could get into the tournament!"
The pink robot flapped its small wings and responded in a high pitch voice, "Haro, Haro! Lacus will win the battle!"
Lacus laughed at Haro's comments, "I hope you're right, my friend."
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A little while later, Lacus and Haro were both standing inside a subway station. Lacus looked through the instruction booklet as she held Haro between her left arm once more and with the instruction booklet on her right hand.
As she skimmed through it, she noticed that this game was compatible with the wireless adapter, though the instruction booklet didn't specify why the game supported it right off the bat.
Lacus then placed the instruction booklet in her bag and spoke to nobody in particular, "Reading through the manuals is nice and all, but I just want to start playing this game."
So, she then brought out a purple GBA NEXT, which looked similar to the SP, except the design was more circular than square. Flipping it open, she then brought out the rectangular casing for "Seimei no Shan S Evolution", which had a golden-silver design with multiple anime characters posing and with the title clearly written in hiragana (except for "S Evolution", which was written in English).
Placing the box on top of her GBA, she then opened it up and brought out the single small CD that came with it. She grabbed it, and stuck it into the underside of the GBA. Then, she put the box back into her bag and turned on the power for the GBA.
The screen revealed dozens of multicoloured sparkles forming together to show the title "GAME BOY". Then the screen darkened to reveal the copyright info and such (made by Banpresto, through the cooperation of "AniGame Generation"). Multiple stars then appeared on the screen as a story was told through a female voice through the game, as text in hiragana explained it as well:
"It is a time of training and preparation. Many leaders all across the Cyber World continue to train in their own worlds, as well as various other anime and video game worlds to prepare for the greatest tournament of all time.
Once every ten years, a tournament is held within the Cyber World to determine who the greatest leader of all time is. Those who become the greatest leader will be given a task, unlike anything ever seen before, and in completing this task, they will bring a new age of happiness and peace througouht the Cyber World. These leaders continue to practice in the real world. Some for money. Others for glory. But, some train simply for this new age. As the training continues, however, a dark enemy slowly plots to reclaim his former glory..."
"Former...glory?" Lacus said in a bit of confusion. However, she shrugged off the confusion as she saw the screen pan down to reveal a green and bluish planet.
Then, the title "Seimei no Shan S Evolution" appeared on the screen as an MIDI similar to Tamaki Nami's "Final Memory" plays. The words "Press Start" appeared below the title; seeing that she wanted to get through the game right now, Lacus was about to do so...
"Oh, almost forgot!" she exclaimed as she looked inside her fanny pack and brought out the wireless adapter. She connected it to the GBA, then pressed start.
The screen then turned white as a small, white, round and little cute creature, with angelic wings separated from its body, (as well as four smaller circles, which apparently represented its hands and feet separated in a similar fashion) popped into the screen. Its graphic design was similar to that of a paper design graphic, much like from Parappa the Rapper.
Giving a curved smile, a blue text bar appeared under it, with a face shot of it as well. It began to speak as the text bar displayed what it said as well:
"Hello! My name is Geru! May I ask if this is your first time playing this game?"
The options "Yes" and "No" then appeared under what he said. Lacus clearly wanted to be honest and selected "Yes".
Geru then continued, "Splendid then! Okay now, I need to first know if you're a girl or a boy."
He then gave a sly smirk, "And, keep in mind that if you lie about your gender and make it to the tournament, then...well, that'll go quite embarrassing on your records if you make it, now wouldn't it?"
Lacus couldn't help but laugh a bit at this. Indeed it would be quite embarrassing, not that she fully expected to make it to the tournament. But then again, she has yet to ever lie about her gender. So she chose the option "Girl".
Geru twirled around in a cute fashion and winked, "OKAY! So you're a girl and this is you're first time in this universe! Then let me be the first to welcome you to the Cyber Universe! In the Cyber Universe lie many planets. One of them is where you're about to go to in a minute. But all of these planets relate to the greatest planet in the entire Cyber Universe: The Cyber World. The Cyber World is important because it was here where the very first alter egos were born. After a while, many alter egos decided to use their ships to travel to other planets far away, where they colonized. Soon, you shall give life to a new alter ego as well!"
Lacus found all of this information to be quite interesting. But, she wondered what exactly an alter ego was. She was about to find out.
"In fact, let's start right now!" the small angel-like creature said. "But first, do you want your alter ego to look like a character from an anime or video game, or do you wish to create your own?"
Lacus thought it might be more unique of herself if she created her own character, so she chose "Create My Own".
Then, he then moved to the left as a bigger window suddenly appeared behind him. Several options appeared in this window, including hair, clothing, skin and other options. The graphics to these skins looked like graphics out of a Dragon Warrior Game.
"Okay then! Now edit your character as you see fit. You may select the options by highlighting it with your directional pad, then press the A button. You can edit the colors of these selections by also pressing the L button. And if you want to rotate your character, simply press the R button. When you want to switch to a new option, go to the "NEXT" option. And when you're done, simply select finish."
So Lacus began to create her character, which looked much like how she did already. The only exception was that her character had a gold tiara on the edge of her hair; her skirt was a beautiful blue blouse with white triangles under it, as well as large white sleeves and a white formal shirt.
...okay, so she was in a royal fashion mood.
When she was done choosing, she selected finish.
With that, the customization option disappeared as Geru showed a sign of embarrassment, "Oh, forgive me for not asking this sooner, but...what is your name?"
Lacus decided that she would call her alter ego by her name as well: Lacus.
Geru bowed politely as another window popped behind Geru, "Okay then, Lacus! How about you tell me the name of the planet you wish to colonize on, as well as what type it'll look like?"
'That's strange...', she thought in her mind, '...that Geru character called me by my name in voice. Or rather, my alter ego's name.'
She smiled and shrugged off the thought, 'No use pondering about petty things.'
So she then chose the name of her planet, as well as chose what type of planet it would be exactly. The planet looked very peaceful, and the description of the planet mentioned of waterfalls and many rivers. This was the exact type of planet she wanted to colonize on.
The window disappeared as Geru spoke once more, "Okay Lacus, one last question: What type of leader do you wish to be? Remember: Bishounen Leaders can only train Bishounen and Creatures, while Bishoujin Leaders can train anybody, though the amount a Bishoujin Leader can carry in her fortress when she gets one is limited. Furthermore, they can only fight side by side with their own kind. As for Creature Trainers, they can only train creatures, but gain the ability to have more creatures with them and eliminates the hassle of going back to the fortress to switch your fighters."
Lacus wondered about possibly being a creature trainer. After all, she could command dozens of cute creatures and use them to help her fight. But, then again, she would also love to fight with several bishounen by her side. She pondered more and more...
...then she noticed that her subway arrived. As she walked inside, she noticed Haro flapping its wings once more and saying, "Cuteness is divine, but fighting is where it counts, Haro, Haro!"
Lacus looked at Haro tucked in her elbow and smiled, "You're right, Haro." So, as she entered inside, she chose the option to be a Bishounen Leader.
Geru then moved at the center of the screen and smiled once more, "Alright, Lacus, you're ready to begin your journey with your alter ego representing you! You may wish to start off by learning about the town you'll be placed in, but, afterwards you may want to search for the universe transporters, which will send you to any anime universe of your choice! Just remember to prepare yourself, as not all anime worlds are filled with beauty and happiness! If you need my help, I'll be tucked within your pocket! Until next time, good luck!"
Geru then flew right into the screen, as it turned dark once more. When the screen reappeared, Lacus was in a small little town with trees and green grass all around, as well as several small houses. The graphics in this area, as hinted by the create a character screen, looked like something out of a PS1 Dragon Warrior game, with the camera positioned in a corner view, rather than a top to bottom view.
She began to explore the houses and talk to the villagers. Most of them referred to this town as "Aiko Village" and they would mainly just mention the real world tournament coming up soon. After talking to the villagers, she decided to visit some of the shops. She looked through the inventory and found the typical types of healing items like potions and such, but also found various brand soft drinks in the game as well, as well as some licensed packaged foods as well. She bought several of these healing items. She also found a weapon shop and it was here that she would find something new as she talked to the shop owner:
"So, ya wanna buy a weapon huh? Answer me this first, however: What kind of fighter are ya?"
That never occurred to her that her alter ego would be fighting as well. She wasn't exactly a fighter, but then again, she knew she had to have some offence. From the list of options, it ranged from either a fighter or a healer.
The shop owner then responded as soon as she chose, "Ah I see! A healer! Very well, then. Then choose what weapon ya want."
A new screen appeared, showing several weapons as well as their price and description. Most of these weapons showed that they lacked any actual attack power, so she hoped that this choice wouldn't kick her in the butt later. She decided to choose a small flute, which looked like it was good for healing and had a reasonable price.
After she bought it, she immediately equipped it to her character. As she did, however, she noticed that her character was placed in a square in a 2x2 grid. Lacus wondered what the other 3 spaces were for.
'Oh, I know!', she exclaimed in her mind, 'These spaces are for my fighters! Since I'm a fighter as well, they get to fight by my side.'
She then realized that it may be about time to find and recruit an anime bishounen. But, whom could she choose exactly? It was then that she recalled of one anime character whom she felt sorry for due to what he had to go through.
Kira Yamato from Gundam SEED.
She remembered how he was forced into a war and how his old friend was with the enemies. But then, he accidentally killed one of his friends, and that led to a huge conflict of angst and destruction between the two. Eventually, it got to the point where the war had many casualties...
...as well as Kira's death.
She felt that he would be the very first character she would recruit because of all of this. So she looked around town for the universe teleporter, and she found it in the biggest house in the whole village. A person was standing right next to the teleporter, which looked rather large and rectangular, with a blue oval energy field between it.
She then spoke to him as he began, "I see that you wish to go to another universe, am I correct?"
She chose "Yes", which made the person continue, "Okay then, now specify which anime or video game world you wish to visit. Keep in mind that if you're going to find an anime character, it may be hard for you to simply convince them to join you."
A huge window filled with dozens of anime series then popped up. Luckily, they were all organized, so it was easy to find Gundam SEED in the list.
As soon as Lacus chose it, the person then bowed to her, "Okay then, good luck to you and god speed."
Her character then stepped inside the portal and a wave of stars blazed past her in the screen. The screen then turned pure white moments later...
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In her Alter Ego's point of view, she finally arrived in the Gundam SEED world. Though Lacus in the real world saw things pixelated, Lacus from the Cyber Universe viewed things almost like how they are seen in the anime series.
Lacus found herself smack dab in the middle of the first assault on the neutral colony right inside a base. Explosions were occurring and fire fights were blazing all around. She ran off, almost terrified from the sudden occurrence of guns blazing.
As she did, however, Lacus back in the real world noticed a small red dot flashing on the corner. It was a tad bit unusual to explain, but in laymen's terms, whatever real world Lacus would see or think, Cyber Universe Lacus would somehow know this as well. So CU Lacus thought the same thing RW Lacus thought:
'Why is the button flashing?'
Regardless, RW Lacus continues to try to run away from all the fire fighting, but then realized that she wasn't going to get anywhere fast if she just continued to run away.
So she stood her ground as three ZAFT soldiers suddenly came out and brought out their guns towards her. She did nothing but merely showed a glare towards them. She then brought out her flute as it suddenly transformed into a metal silver bow.
Her only thoughts appeared on screen in the GBA back in the real world, "I won't run away because I do not fear you!"
While the GBA showed a battle sequence similar to that of Super Robot Wars (think of a scrolling background with sixteen-bit, highly detailed chibi sprites), in the Cyber Universe, the soldiers let out a battle cry and began to fire their guns at Lacus.
However, she deflected all of these bullets by twirling her bow. Keeping silent, she then dashed towards the three soldiers. Though they managed to dodge a few of her swings, she threw an unexpected move towards one of then and smashed him straight in the gut. Then, she swung him towards the other two soldiers, making him crash into them and sending all three of them towards a huge metal wall.
Though CU Lacus' comments didn't appear in the GBA screen, she spoke, "I apologize for doing that."
She then ran down the corridors, fighting soldier after soldier after soldier. She would eventually level up by two, and although she was managing to hold her own, the soldiers were starting to take away her energy. So she started to eat the food, which she had tried to save for Kira.
But, even then her fatigue was starting to catch up to her, and her energy was starting to be sucked away from the running and the fighting. Back in the real world, Lacus grew more concerned as her alter ego failed to mark as much damage as she did before. She tried to make her alter ego go to areas where ZAFT Soldiers wouldn't be at, but, time and time again, they would eventually find her and fight her.
"This isn't good..." the real world Lacus commented, as she saw that her alter ego's health was near gone.
Haro once again flapped its wings and spoke, "Have faith and anything is reachable, Haro!"
Lacus looked at Haro and nodded, "I know, Haro...but..."
Suddenly, she noticed, as she gave a glance, that her character encountered yet another set of guards...
...and one of them happened to be Kleuze himself, the leader behind all of the attacks.
'This isn't good...' she thought in both worlds.
Luckily, both had their eyes on the Gundam beyond the doors which they were facing.
Kleuze then told one of the guards as he removed his helmet, "Okay, Yzak, you go and take the Buster Gundam."
The white haired Bishounen nodded to his superior, while Kleuze looked at the other soldier removing his helmet, "As for you, Athrun, you go on ahead and steal the Strike Gundam."
Much like Yzak, Athrun nodded respectfully as well.
Lacus tried to sneak to a corner, but Kleuze quickly heard the footsteps. He turned around while Yzak and Athrun looked at her as well.
"You there, who are you?" Kleuze demanded.
Back in the real world, Lacus was given several options to choose from. She decided to pick the best one out of the whole situation.
Her alter ego then spoke out as she chose:
"My name is Lacus and I am here to stop you from doing this terrible act."
Kleuze simply laughed at the girl, "Honestly, do you think that you, a Natural, can stop a Co-ordinator? My dear, I believe that you should step down now, before you get hurt."
RW Lacus thought it may be a good idea to stand down. So, she was about to choose an option where she could get away. However, she never got the chance, as her alter ego spoke out with a window displayed in the GBA (and of course, normally in her own point of view), "I will NOT step down. Though I may be weakened, I will continue to fight until I go down!"
Kleuze waved his hair and chuckled, "If you insist then, girl, I shall take you down myself."
He then glanced towards his two soldiers, "Yzak, Athrun, do as I told you to do. I'll handle this girl personally."
Both nodded and dashed towards the Gundams. Kleuze then drew out his gun, as he pointed it towards Lacus.
"I hope you can dodge as well as you can talk..."
Lacus' energy was nearly gone, and she didn't have enough energy to twirl her bow to deflect the bullets. So, as the battle animation took place in the GBA, RW Lacus winced as she prepared to see her character get killed...
"AIR SHOT!!!"
But suddenly, an air bubble lashed towards the bullet and deflected it away.
Kleuze turned towards the source of the blast, "What in the...?"
Lacus' alter ego also turned towards the source of the blast and noticed a particular creature. He had large bat like wings, with a white belly and an orange hamster-like body, with four paws, and a small tail. He flew up in the air alongside three other characters: one of them was a male fighter, had black spiky hair, with a white vest and a black shirt underneath, with a yin-yang symbol on it, as well as khaki pants. He was handling a large blade similar to a Gunblade from Final Fantasy VIII. Another was a small blue cat creature with green stripes and a fluffy green tail. The final person was a female fighter and had long spiky light-blue hair, with a battle suit and an energy sword.
The black-haired alter ego looked at Lacus and asked, "You didn't want to recruit Kleuze, right?"
Lacus responded, still surprised by the sudden attack, "Uh...n...no, of course not."
He simply smirked, then nodded, "Okay! Ryoko, Patamon, lash out your most powerful attacks at Kleuze, full speed! Minty, stand by! I'll hold down this creep!"
All three nodded in unison, then the black-haired user, Ryoko and Patamon all dashed towards Kleuze.
He ground his teeth as he pointed the gun at the fighters, "You bastards...!!"
He then shot his gun towards the fighters, but they all dodged the bullets rather easily. Kleuze was overcome by the speed of these fighters. It would prove to be his downfall, as the black-haired alter ego suddenly grabbed Kleuze, from around his arms. Kleuze struggled to break free, but the alter ego's grip was too hard.
Patamon then flew high into the air and dive-bombed right towards Kleuze. He then brought out his right wing and slashed the commander hard, causing him to scream out in pain. Ryoko, disappearing and reappearing quickly like a blur, then began to unleash a massive amount of slashes with her blade.
Finally, the alter ego brought out his Gunblade and slashed Kleuze's back. His screams of pain were silenced once and for all as he fell to the ground from the single slash.
Both Ryoko and the black-haired user then put their weapons away and jumped back to where Minty was waiting.
Lacus, in both worlds, were simply amazed by the attack style the whole team unleashed. The black-haired alter ego then looked towards the small cat known as Minty and nodded towards her. She nodded back, then cast a healing spell on Lacus, healing her almost instantly.
It was then that a chat window suddenly popped up on screen:
SeiferA: I'm at the front.
'What...does that mean?'
She snapped to it. The wireless device's first set of abilities was to detect other players when a game is played. Somebody in the car must be playing as well.
However, as usual, there was a massive crowd of people. Still, however, she was curious about this other player. So she tried to move in front of the car, squirming through many businesspeople, until she finally saw somebody with a GBA NEXT like her.
He wore a peach cap with a white vest and a black shirt, much like his character. In fact, he looked almost like his character, except for the cap and with the strings of hair coming from under it, as well as the black backpack her wore. He looked like a young adult, which was something Lacus wasn't exactly expecting (not like as if she wasn't approaching this type of age as well).
He smirked and nodded, "So you must be Lacus, huh?"
Lacus nodded a bit shyly, "Y...yeah, I am."
She forced a smile so she could be polite as the man introduced himself, "My name is Minamoto Takayo. And you are?"
"Krine. Lacus Krine," she said as she bowed, "Thanks for saving me in the game."
Takayo shook his head and chuckled, "Really, what were you thinking going into battle like that? I was lucky enough that I noticed the wireless adapter alert on the upper corner of the screen, or else you would've been screwed."
'So, that's what the red dot at the corner was all about.'
But, regardless, Takayo kept his smile, "Despite that, I'm glad I noticed you in trouble and helped out."
Lacus couldn't help but smile as well once more.
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"You've been playing since the first Seimei no Shan game came out?"
Both Takayo and Lacus were now walking down a neighbourhood street, with their GBAs placed in their pockets, or fanny pack, for the time being.
Takayo smiled proudly and nodded, "Yep. Ryoko was my very first choice, and I've taken her through every last journey I've been in every game. Minty-Kat came second around in '97, while Patamon came around '99. Nobody else has taken their spots since, though I do trade fighters around from time to time, just so my bishoujos and creatures won't get restless."
The pink-haired girl complimented the man, "It's no wonder your Trainer Level is so high. I only glanced through that briefly, but, I know that the higher the Trainer Level, the more experienced the actual leader is in the SnS world."
Takayo nodded, "Yeah, but the Trainer Level also determines how many battles one has had. So, technically, if you played a lot, you could get a higher trainer level than a person who's played for a few months now, but hasn't touched the controller all that much. But, the Trainer Level really only gets you certain clothes and other rare weapons, when you hit a specific level."
He then looked up and continued, "As far as the whole worldwide community knows, nobody currently has surpassed level 500."
Lacus nodded simply in response...
She then remembered how the game mentioned fortresses and keeping your fighters there, and how Takayo had more fighters than he showed.
So she asked, "So...you have a fortress?"
Takayo brought back his proud smirk a bit more, "Well...I used to. Long ago. But, now I have a flying ship! An airship if you will."
"You got an airship!?" she exclaimed, "That's so cool and neat! I wish I could check it out!"
Haro also responded with it' wings flapping once more, "Haro wants to play in the ship too! Haro, Haro!"
Takayo smiled at the two, "Well, do you have the Gamesphere or PS3 version of SnS S Evolution?"
Lacus looked down, a tad bit disappointed, "Actually...I...don't. I don't even have a Gamesphere or a PS3 yet."
Takayo rubbed the back of his head, "That's quite a problem..."
Suddenly, he snapped his fingers, "I got it! There's a SnS Cafe here in Tokyo, if I recall correctly. I think it's in...Shibuya. But, I don't know the exact address..."
"ONII-CHANNN~~~!!!!"
Just then, unexpectedly, Takayo was glomped hard by a black-haired girl wearing a large black long sleeved jacket, with green shoes and blue jeans.
He fell to the ground as she gave a genki smile, "Hiya! Welcome home!"
Takayo chuckled lightly, "Heh, heh, heh...heya, Chi."
She then got off of him as Lacus asked, "Ummm...who is she?"
Takayo rubbed the back of his head with nervousness, "Heh, this is my younger sis, Miyamoto Chi."
He then looked towards his sister, "Chi, this is Lacus. She's a person I just met today through SnS."
Chi looked at Lacus curiously, much like a cat, as she glanced around her, "Hmmm...she doesn't look like a leader..."
Takayo rolled his eyes, "Chi, Lacus just started with the game."
Chi quickly smiled, "OH! I see! Okay, that's a good excuse then!"
Takayo glanced at Chi and asked, "Since when could you tell when somebody was a leader anyway?"
Chi then smiled as she raised her fist, "SINCE I CHECKED OUT THE OFFICIAL SITE FOR SnS LEADERS! SO MANY HOT GUYS DRESSED AS LEADERS, MY GOD, IF I WAS A CATGIRL, MY TAIL WOULD'VE BEEN CURLING!"
"What happened to your fake catgirl tail?" Takayo asked.
Chi started to shed waterfall like tears as she bit her lips, "I...I...I LOST IT! I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE!!!"
She then proceeded to bawl right on Takayo's jacket.
Nervously, he patted her on the head, "Umm...there, there?"
Lacus chuckled at the scene, while Haro spoke once more, "Brothers and sisters are funny, Haro, Haro!"
Lacus looked at Haro, who was in her hands, and nodded, "You're right, Haro."
She then looked at Takayo and asked, "So, this is where you live?"
Chi stopped her random mood as Takayo looked behind him. It was a rather large apartment complex.
Takayo nodded, "Kinda. Me and my sis visit here from time to time…
But, regardless! About that cafe..." Takayo said as he tried to change the subject, "Me and Chi were going to try to find it tomorrow anyway. You want to come with us?"
Lacus nodded with a smile, "I'd be more than happy to tag along!"
Takayo nodded, "Okay then, meet back here by 9AM tomorrow, okay?"
The pink-haired girl nodded once more, "Got it! See you guys tomorrow! Ja ne!"
She then waved goodbye to them as they waved to her as well.
When she was out of sight, Chi then asked Takayo, "You like that girl, don't ya?"
"Uh...er...what...whatever gave you that idea?"
"I can tell when Onii-chan gets the hots for a girl...heh, heh, heh..."
His face blushed a bit, "Let's...just get back into the apartment, okay?"
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"I'M HOME!" Lacus exclaimed as she took off her shoes and headed upstairs.
A female voice was then heard, "FOOD WILL BE READY IN ABOUT AN HOUR!"
"OKAY MOM!" she exclaimed as she entered into her room and closed the door.
She quickly leaped on the bed as she held Haro in her hands and looked at it, "It's unbelievable we met a new friend, just through that game, huh, Haro?"
"Friends are the light of happiness, Haro!!"
Lacus smiled once more, "I know, Haro…
And that's why I'm happy..."
TO BE CONTINUED
The year is 2005. In the real world, a popular video game series called "Seimei no Shan" has captivated the attention of anime and video game fans alike. Anime fans have loved the series because it gives them a chance to train and fight with their own team of anime fighters, while video game fans have loved it due to its highly addicting and eye-catching battles (the video game fighters, as well). This series is now approaching its tenth anniversary, and over the years, the series has had upgrades in the handheld and console divisions themselves, ranging from added characters, new features, online features, and the recently released booster chips and booster discs.
With the tenth anniversary approaching closer and closer, and with the recently released "Seimei no Shan S Evolution" game out for the Game Boy Advance NEXT, PS3, PSP, and Gamesphere, players, whom are known in the game as "Leaders", are now preparing for recently announced worldwide tournament, which will finally decide who is the greatest Leader in the entire world.
Though there are long time fans in the community, there are still players out there who are just getting started with the series and exploring what it's all about. One of these players' first purchase of the newest Seimei no Shan game is where our story begins...
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Seimei no Shan S Evolution
Created by SeiferA
Proofread by Kaiser Sephiroth
Based on "Seimei no Shan" by SeiferA and Rosalyn Angel
Episode 01:
"What Is Seimei no Shan? Enter The Cyber Universe!"
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"That will be 4,000 yen."
Inside a shop in Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan, one specific young adult searched her small pink wallet for the money to pay for the newest game she was about to purchase: "Seimei no Shan S Evolution".
Her hair was as pink as her wallet, which extended far down to her skirt. Her eyes were light blue, like the sky itself. Wearing a fanny pack around her waist, she also wore a school uniform, down to the blue collar. Her plain shoes were white to match her uniform. Finally, tucked within her left arm was a small round pink robot with two small, red eyes.
As she continued to search for the money in her wallet, the black-haired clerk, with a white button shirt and blue jeans, chuckled lightly and commented, "So, you finally decided to buy a Seimei no Shan game, huh, Lacus?"
Lacus looked at the clerk and smiled, "Well, I finally got enough money for a Game Boy Advance NEXT, so, I thought I may as well try this game."
The store clerk nodded in response, "Good idea to try a game that has a global cult worldwide. Just be careful not to jump the gun on the multiplayer aspect too quickly."
Lacus nodded in response, "I'll make sure to keep that in mind."
The smiling Lacus then paid the clerk the money and walked out of the store, shouting "Goodbye!" to him.
A small bag was now wrapped around her right wrist, as she held the pink robot in her hands.
She looked at it and smiled, "Well now, Haro, I suppose it's a good thing we decided to buy this game a month before the worldwide tournament, huh? Maybe if we practice enough, we could get into the tournament!"
The pink robot flapped its small wings and responded in a high pitch voice, "Haro, Haro! Lacus will win the battle!"
Lacus laughed at Haro's comments, "I hope you're right, my friend."
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A little while later, Lacus and Haro were both standing inside a subway station. Lacus looked through the instruction booklet as she held Haro between her left arm once more and with the instruction booklet on her right hand.
As she skimmed through it, she noticed that this game was compatible with the wireless adapter, though the instruction booklet didn't specify why the game supported it right off the bat.
Lacus then placed the instruction booklet in her bag and spoke to nobody in particular, "Reading through the manuals is nice and all, but I just want to start playing this game."
So, she then brought out a purple GBA NEXT, which looked similar to the SP, except the design was more circular than square. Flipping it open, she then brought out the rectangular casing for "Seimei no Shan S Evolution", which had a golden-silver design with multiple anime characters posing and with the title clearly written in hiragana (except for "S Evolution", which was written in English).
Placing the box on top of her GBA, she then opened it up and brought out the single small CD that came with it. She grabbed it, and stuck it into the underside of the GBA. Then, she put the box back into her bag and turned on the power for the GBA.
The screen revealed dozens of multicoloured sparkles forming together to show the title "GAME BOY". Then the screen darkened to reveal the copyright info and such (made by Banpresto, through the cooperation of "AniGame Generation"). Multiple stars then appeared on the screen as a story was told through a female voice through the game, as text in hiragana explained it as well:
"It is a time of training and preparation. Many leaders all across the Cyber World continue to train in their own worlds, as well as various other anime and video game worlds to prepare for the greatest tournament of all time.
Once every ten years, a tournament is held within the Cyber World to determine who the greatest leader of all time is. Those who become the greatest leader will be given a task, unlike anything ever seen before, and in completing this task, they will bring a new age of happiness and peace througouht the Cyber World. These leaders continue to practice in the real world. Some for money. Others for glory. But, some train simply for this new age. As the training continues, however, a dark enemy slowly plots to reclaim his former glory..."
"Former...glory?" Lacus said in a bit of confusion. However, she shrugged off the confusion as she saw the screen pan down to reveal a green and bluish planet.
Then, the title "Seimei no Shan S Evolution" appeared on the screen as an MIDI similar to Tamaki Nami's "Final Memory" plays. The words "Press Start" appeared below the title; seeing that she wanted to get through the game right now, Lacus was about to do so...
"Oh, almost forgot!" she exclaimed as she looked inside her fanny pack and brought out the wireless adapter. She connected it to the GBA, then pressed start.
The screen then turned white as a small, white, round and little cute creature, with angelic wings separated from its body, (as well as four smaller circles, which apparently represented its hands and feet separated in a similar fashion) popped into the screen. Its graphic design was similar to that of a paper design graphic, much like from Parappa the Rapper.
Giving a curved smile, a blue text bar appeared under it, with a face shot of it as well. It began to speak as the text bar displayed what it said as well:
"Hello! My name is Geru! May I ask if this is your first time playing this game?"
The options "Yes" and "No" then appeared under what he said. Lacus clearly wanted to be honest and selected "Yes".
Geru then continued, "Splendid then! Okay now, I need to first know if you're a girl or a boy."
He then gave a sly smirk, "And, keep in mind that if you lie about your gender and make it to the tournament, then...well, that'll go quite embarrassing on your records if you make it, now wouldn't it?"
Lacus couldn't help but laugh a bit at this. Indeed it would be quite embarrassing, not that she fully expected to make it to the tournament. But then again, she has yet to ever lie about her gender. So she chose the option "Girl".
Geru twirled around in a cute fashion and winked, "OKAY! So you're a girl and this is you're first time in this universe! Then let me be the first to welcome you to the Cyber Universe! In the Cyber Universe lie many planets. One of them is where you're about to go to in a minute. But all of these planets relate to the greatest planet in the entire Cyber Universe: The Cyber World. The Cyber World is important because it was here where the very first alter egos were born. After a while, many alter egos decided to use their ships to travel to other planets far away, where they colonized. Soon, you shall give life to a new alter ego as well!"
Lacus found all of this information to be quite interesting. But, she wondered what exactly an alter ego was. She was about to find out.
"In fact, let's start right now!" the small angel-like creature said. "But first, do you want your alter ego to look like a character from an anime or video game, or do you wish to create your own?"
Lacus thought it might be more unique of herself if she created her own character, so she chose "Create My Own".
Then, he then moved to the left as a bigger window suddenly appeared behind him. Several options appeared in this window, including hair, clothing, skin and other options. The graphics to these skins looked like graphics out of a Dragon Warrior Game.
"Okay then! Now edit your character as you see fit. You may select the options by highlighting it with your directional pad, then press the A button. You can edit the colors of these selections by also pressing the L button. And if you want to rotate your character, simply press the R button. When you want to switch to a new option, go to the "NEXT" option. And when you're done, simply select finish."
So Lacus began to create her character, which looked much like how she did already. The only exception was that her character had a gold tiara on the edge of her hair; her skirt was a beautiful blue blouse with white triangles under it, as well as large white sleeves and a white formal shirt.
...okay, so she was in a royal fashion mood.
When she was done choosing, she selected finish.
With that, the customization option disappeared as Geru showed a sign of embarrassment, "Oh, forgive me for not asking this sooner, but...what is your name?"
Lacus decided that she would call her alter ego by her name as well: Lacus.
Geru bowed politely as another window popped behind Geru, "Okay then, Lacus! How about you tell me the name of the planet you wish to colonize on, as well as what type it'll look like?"
'That's strange...', she thought in her mind, '...that Geru character called me by my name in voice. Or rather, my alter ego's name.'
She smiled and shrugged off the thought, 'No use pondering about petty things.'
So she then chose the name of her planet, as well as chose what type of planet it would be exactly. The planet looked very peaceful, and the description of the planet mentioned of waterfalls and many rivers. This was the exact type of planet she wanted to colonize on.
The window disappeared as Geru spoke once more, "Okay Lacus, one last question: What type of leader do you wish to be? Remember: Bishounen Leaders can only train Bishounen and Creatures, while Bishoujin Leaders can train anybody, though the amount a Bishoujin Leader can carry in her fortress when she gets one is limited. Furthermore, they can only fight side by side with their own kind. As for Creature Trainers, they can only train creatures, but gain the ability to have more creatures with them and eliminates the hassle of going back to the fortress to switch your fighters."
Lacus wondered about possibly being a creature trainer. After all, she could command dozens of cute creatures and use them to help her fight. But, then again, she would also love to fight with several bishounen by her side. She pondered more and more...
...then she noticed that her subway arrived. As she walked inside, she noticed Haro flapping its wings once more and saying, "Cuteness is divine, but fighting is where it counts, Haro, Haro!"
Lacus looked at Haro tucked in her elbow and smiled, "You're right, Haro." So, as she entered inside, she chose the option to be a Bishounen Leader.
Geru then moved at the center of the screen and smiled once more, "Alright, Lacus, you're ready to begin your journey with your alter ego representing you! You may wish to start off by learning about the town you'll be placed in, but, afterwards you may want to search for the universe transporters, which will send you to any anime universe of your choice! Just remember to prepare yourself, as not all anime worlds are filled with beauty and happiness! If you need my help, I'll be tucked within your pocket! Until next time, good luck!"
Geru then flew right into the screen, as it turned dark once more. When the screen reappeared, Lacus was in a small little town with trees and green grass all around, as well as several small houses. The graphics in this area, as hinted by the create a character screen, looked like something out of a PS1 Dragon Warrior game, with the camera positioned in a corner view, rather than a top to bottom view.
She began to explore the houses and talk to the villagers. Most of them referred to this town as "Aiko Village" and they would mainly just mention the real world tournament coming up soon. After talking to the villagers, she decided to visit some of the shops. She looked through the inventory and found the typical types of healing items like potions and such, but also found various brand soft drinks in the game as well, as well as some licensed packaged foods as well. She bought several of these healing items. She also found a weapon shop and it was here that she would find something new as she talked to the shop owner:
"So, ya wanna buy a weapon huh? Answer me this first, however: What kind of fighter are ya?"
That never occurred to her that her alter ego would be fighting as well. She wasn't exactly a fighter, but then again, she knew she had to have some offence. From the list of options, it ranged from either a fighter or a healer.
The shop owner then responded as soon as she chose, "Ah I see! A healer! Very well, then. Then choose what weapon ya want."
A new screen appeared, showing several weapons as well as their price and description. Most of these weapons showed that they lacked any actual attack power, so she hoped that this choice wouldn't kick her in the butt later. She decided to choose a small flute, which looked like it was good for healing and had a reasonable price.
After she bought it, she immediately equipped it to her character. As she did, however, she noticed that her character was placed in a square in a 2x2 grid. Lacus wondered what the other 3 spaces were for.
'Oh, I know!', she exclaimed in her mind, 'These spaces are for my fighters! Since I'm a fighter as well, they get to fight by my side.'
She then realized that it may be about time to find and recruit an anime bishounen. But, whom could she choose exactly? It was then that she recalled of one anime character whom she felt sorry for due to what he had to go through.
Kira Yamato from Gundam SEED.
She remembered how he was forced into a war and how his old friend was with the enemies. But then, he accidentally killed one of his friends, and that led to a huge conflict of angst and destruction between the two. Eventually, it got to the point where the war had many casualties...
...as well as Kira's death.
She felt that he would be the very first character she would recruit because of all of this. So she looked around town for the universe teleporter, and she found it in the biggest house in the whole village. A person was standing right next to the teleporter, which looked rather large and rectangular, with a blue oval energy field between it.
She then spoke to him as he began, "I see that you wish to go to another universe, am I correct?"
She chose "Yes", which made the person continue, "Okay then, now specify which anime or video game world you wish to visit. Keep in mind that if you're going to find an anime character, it may be hard for you to simply convince them to join you."
A huge window filled with dozens of anime series then popped up. Luckily, they were all organized, so it was easy to find Gundam SEED in the list.
As soon as Lacus chose it, the person then bowed to her, "Okay then, good luck to you and god speed."
Her character then stepped inside the portal and a wave of stars blazed past her in the screen. The screen then turned pure white moments later...
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In her Alter Ego's point of view, she finally arrived in the Gundam SEED world. Though Lacus in the real world saw things pixelated, Lacus from the Cyber Universe viewed things almost like how they are seen in the anime series.
Lacus found herself smack dab in the middle of the first assault on the neutral colony right inside a base. Explosions were occurring and fire fights were blazing all around. She ran off, almost terrified from the sudden occurrence of guns blazing.
As she did, however, Lacus back in the real world noticed a small red dot flashing on the corner. It was a tad bit unusual to explain, but in laymen's terms, whatever real world Lacus would see or think, Cyber Universe Lacus would somehow know this as well. So CU Lacus thought the same thing RW Lacus thought:
'Why is the button flashing?'
Regardless, RW Lacus continues to try to run away from all the fire fighting, but then realized that she wasn't going to get anywhere fast if she just continued to run away.
So she stood her ground as three ZAFT soldiers suddenly came out and brought out their guns towards her. She did nothing but merely showed a glare towards them. She then brought out her flute as it suddenly transformed into a metal silver bow.
Her only thoughts appeared on screen in the GBA back in the real world, "I won't run away because I do not fear you!"
While the GBA showed a battle sequence similar to that of Super Robot Wars (think of a scrolling background with sixteen-bit, highly detailed chibi sprites), in the Cyber Universe, the soldiers let out a battle cry and began to fire their guns at Lacus.
However, she deflected all of these bullets by twirling her bow. Keeping silent, she then dashed towards the three soldiers. Though they managed to dodge a few of her swings, she threw an unexpected move towards one of then and smashed him straight in the gut. Then, she swung him towards the other two soldiers, making him crash into them and sending all three of them towards a huge metal wall.
Though CU Lacus' comments didn't appear in the GBA screen, she spoke, "I apologize for doing that."
She then ran down the corridors, fighting soldier after soldier after soldier. She would eventually level up by two, and although she was managing to hold her own, the soldiers were starting to take away her energy. So she started to eat the food, which she had tried to save for Kira.
But, even then her fatigue was starting to catch up to her, and her energy was starting to be sucked away from the running and the fighting. Back in the real world, Lacus grew more concerned as her alter ego failed to mark as much damage as she did before. She tried to make her alter ego go to areas where ZAFT Soldiers wouldn't be at, but, time and time again, they would eventually find her and fight her.
"This isn't good..." the real world Lacus commented, as she saw that her alter ego's health was near gone.
Haro once again flapped its wings and spoke, "Have faith and anything is reachable, Haro!"
Lacus looked at Haro and nodded, "I know, Haro...but..."
Suddenly, she noticed, as she gave a glance, that her character encountered yet another set of guards...
...and one of them happened to be Kleuze himself, the leader behind all of the attacks.
'This isn't good...' she thought in both worlds.
Luckily, both had their eyes on the Gundam beyond the doors which they were facing.
Kleuze then told one of the guards as he removed his helmet, "Okay, Yzak, you go and take the Buster Gundam."
The white haired Bishounen nodded to his superior, while Kleuze looked at the other soldier removing his helmet, "As for you, Athrun, you go on ahead and steal the Strike Gundam."
Much like Yzak, Athrun nodded respectfully as well.
Lacus tried to sneak to a corner, but Kleuze quickly heard the footsteps. He turned around while Yzak and Athrun looked at her as well.
"You there, who are you?" Kleuze demanded.
Back in the real world, Lacus was given several options to choose from. She decided to pick the best one out of the whole situation.
Her alter ego then spoke out as she chose:
"My name is Lacus and I am here to stop you from doing this terrible act."
Kleuze simply laughed at the girl, "Honestly, do you think that you, a Natural, can stop a Co-ordinator? My dear, I believe that you should step down now, before you get hurt."
RW Lacus thought it may be a good idea to stand down. So, she was about to choose an option where she could get away. However, she never got the chance, as her alter ego spoke out with a window displayed in the GBA (and of course, normally in her own point of view), "I will NOT step down. Though I may be weakened, I will continue to fight until I go down!"
Kleuze waved his hair and chuckled, "If you insist then, girl, I shall take you down myself."
He then glanced towards his two soldiers, "Yzak, Athrun, do as I told you to do. I'll handle this girl personally."
Both nodded and dashed towards the Gundams. Kleuze then drew out his gun, as he pointed it towards Lacus.
"I hope you can dodge as well as you can talk..."
Lacus' energy was nearly gone, and she didn't have enough energy to twirl her bow to deflect the bullets. So, as the battle animation took place in the GBA, RW Lacus winced as she prepared to see her character get killed...
"AIR SHOT!!!"
But suddenly, an air bubble lashed towards the bullet and deflected it away.
Kleuze turned towards the source of the blast, "What in the...?"
Lacus' alter ego also turned towards the source of the blast and noticed a particular creature. He had large bat like wings, with a white belly and an orange hamster-like body, with four paws, and a small tail. He flew up in the air alongside three other characters: one of them was a male fighter, had black spiky hair, with a white vest and a black shirt underneath, with a yin-yang symbol on it, as well as khaki pants. He was handling a large blade similar to a Gunblade from Final Fantasy VIII. Another was a small blue cat creature with green stripes and a fluffy green tail. The final person was a female fighter and had long spiky light-blue hair, with a battle suit and an energy sword.
The black-haired alter ego looked at Lacus and asked, "You didn't want to recruit Kleuze, right?"
Lacus responded, still surprised by the sudden attack, "Uh...n...no, of course not."
He simply smirked, then nodded, "Okay! Ryoko, Patamon, lash out your most powerful attacks at Kleuze, full speed! Minty, stand by! I'll hold down this creep!"
All three nodded in unison, then the black-haired user, Ryoko and Patamon all dashed towards Kleuze.
He ground his teeth as he pointed the gun at the fighters, "You bastards...!!"
He then shot his gun towards the fighters, but they all dodged the bullets rather easily. Kleuze was overcome by the speed of these fighters. It would prove to be his downfall, as the black-haired alter ego suddenly grabbed Kleuze, from around his arms. Kleuze struggled to break free, but the alter ego's grip was too hard.
Patamon then flew high into the air and dive-bombed right towards Kleuze. He then brought out his right wing and slashed the commander hard, causing him to scream out in pain. Ryoko, disappearing and reappearing quickly like a blur, then began to unleash a massive amount of slashes with her blade.
Finally, the alter ego brought out his Gunblade and slashed Kleuze's back. His screams of pain were silenced once and for all as he fell to the ground from the single slash.
Both Ryoko and the black-haired user then put their weapons away and jumped back to where Minty was waiting.
Lacus, in both worlds, were simply amazed by the attack style the whole team unleashed. The black-haired alter ego then looked towards the small cat known as Minty and nodded towards her. She nodded back, then cast a healing spell on Lacus, healing her almost instantly.
It was then that a chat window suddenly popped up on screen:
SeiferA: I'm at the front.
'What...does that mean?'
She snapped to it. The wireless device's first set of abilities was to detect other players when a game is played. Somebody in the car must be playing as well.
However, as usual, there was a massive crowd of people. Still, however, she was curious about this other player. So she tried to move in front of the car, squirming through many businesspeople, until she finally saw somebody with a GBA NEXT like her.
He wore a peach cap with a white vest and a black shirt, much like his character. In fact, he looked almost like his character, except for the cap and with the strings of hair coming from under it, as well as the black backpack her wore. He looked like a young adult, which was something Lacus wasn't exactly expecting (not like as if she wasn't approaching this type of age as well).
He smirked and nodded, "So you must be Lacus, huh?"
Lacus nodded a bit shyly, "Y...yeah, I am."
She forced a smile so she could be polite as the man introduced himself, "My name is Minamoto Takayo. And you are?"
"Krine. Lacus Krine," she said as she bowed, "Thanks for saving me in the game."
Takayo shook his head and chuckled, "Really, what were you thinking going into battle like that? I was lucky enough that I noticed the wireless adapter alert on the upper corner of the screen, or else you would've been screwed."
'So, that's what the red dot at the corner was all about.'
But, regardless, Takayo kept his smile, "Despite that, I'm glad I noticed you in trouble and helped out."
Lacus couldn't help but smile as well once more.
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"You've been playing since the first Seimei no Shan game came out?"
Both Takayo and Lacus were now walking down a neighbourhood street, with their GBAs placed in their pockets, or fanny pack, for the time being.
Takayo smiled proudly and nodded, "Yep. Ryoko was my very first choice, and I've taken her through every last journey I've been in every game. Minty-Kat came second around in '97, while Patamon came around '99. Nobody else has taken their spots since, though I do trade fighters around from time to time, just so my bishoujos and creatures won't get restless."
The pink-haired girl complimented the man, "It's no wonder your Trainer Level is so high. I only glanced through that briefly, but, I know that the higher the Trainer Level, the more experienced the actual leader is in the SnS world."
Takayo nodded, "Yeah, but the Trainer Level also determines how many battles one has had. So, technically, if you played a lot, you could get a higher trainer level than a person who's played for a few months now, but hasn't touched the controller all that much. But, the Trainer Level really only gets you certain clothes and other rare weapons, when you hit a specific level."
He then looked up and continued, "As far as the whole worldwide community knows, nobody currently has surpassed level 500."
Lacus nodded simply in response...
She then remembered how the game mentioned fortresses and keeping your fighters there, and how Takayo had more fighters than he showed.
So she asked, "So...you have a fortress?"
Takayo brought back his proud smirk a bit more, "Well...I used to. Long ago. But, now I have a flying ship! An airship if you will."
"You got an airship!?" she exclaimed, "That's so cool and neat! I wish I could check it out!"
Haro also responded with it' wings flapping once more, "Haro wants to play in the ship too! Haro, Haro!"
Takayo smiled at the two, "Well, do you have the Gamesphere or PS3 version of SnS S Evolution?"
Lacus looked down, a tad bit disappointed, "Actually...I...don't. I don't even have a Gamesphere or a PS3 yet."
Takayo rubbed the back of his head, "That's quite a problem..."
Suddenly, he snapped his fingers, "I got it! There's a SnS Cafe here in Tokyo, if I recall correctly. I think it's in...Shibuya. But, I don't know the exact address..."
"ONII-CHANNN~~~!!!!"
Just then, unexpectedly, Takayo was glomped hard by a black-haired girl wearing a large black long sleeved jacket, with green shoes and blue jeans.
He fell to the ground as she gave a genki smile, "Hiya! Welcome home!"
Takayo chuckled lightly, "Heh, heh, heh...heya, Chi."
She then got off of him as Lacus asked, "Ummm...who is she?"
Takayo rubbed the back of his head with nervousness, "Heh, this is my younger sis, Miyamoto Chi."
He then looked towards his sister, "Chi, this is Lacus. She's a person I just met today through SnS."
Chi looked at Lacus curiously, much like a cat, as she glanced around her, "Hmmm...she doesn't look like a leader..."
Takayo rolled his eyes, "Chi, Lacus just started with the game."
Chi quickly smiled, "OH! I see! Okay, that's a good excuse then!"
Takayo glanced at Chi and asked, "Since when could you tell when somebody was a leader anyway?"
Chi then smiled as she raised her fist, "SINCE I CHECKED OUT THE OFFICIAL SITE FOR SnS LEADERS! SO MANY HOT GUYS DRESSED AS LEADERS, MY GOD, IF I WAS A CATGIRL, MY TAIL WOULD'VE BEEN CURLING!"
"What happened to your fake catgirl tail?" Takayo asked.
Chi started to shed waterfall like tears as she bit her lips, "I...I...I LOST IT! I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE!!!"
She then proceeded to bawl right on Takayo's jacket.
Nervously, he patted her on the head, "Umm...there, there?"
Lacus chuckled at the scene, while Haro spoke once more, "Brothers and sisters are funny, Haro, Haro!"
Lacus looked at Haro, who was in her hands, and nodded, "You're right, Haro."
She then looked at Takayo and asked, "So, this is where you live?"
Chi stopped her random mood as Takayo looked behind him. It was a rather large apartment complex.
Takayo nodded, "Kinda. Me and my sis visit here from time to time…
But, regardless! About that cafe..." Takayo said as he tried to change the subject, "Me and Chi were going to try to find it tomorrow anyway. You want to come with us?"
Lacus nodded with a smile, "I'd be more than happy to tag along!"
Takayo nodded, "Okay then, meet back here by 9AM tomorrow, okay?"
The pink-haired girl nodded once more, "Got it! See you guys tomorrow! Ja ne!"
She then waved goodbye to them as they waved to her as well.
When she was out of sight, Chi then asked Takayo, "You like that girl, don't ya?"
"Uh...er...what...whatever gave you that idea?"
"I can tell when Onii-chan gets the hots for a girl...heh, heh, heh..."
His face blushed a bit, "Let's...just get back into the apartment, okay?"
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"I'M HOME!" Lacus exclaimed as she took off her shoes and headed upstairs.
A female voice was then heard, "FOOD WILL BE READY IN ABOUT AN HOUR!"
"OKAY MOM!" she exclaimed as she entered into her room and closed the door.
She quickly leaped on the bed as she held Haro in her hands and looked at it, "It's unbelievable we met a new friend, just through that game, huh, Haro?"
"Friends are the light of happiness, Haro!!"
Lacus smiled once more, "I know, Haro…
And that's why I'm happy..."
TO BE CONTINUED
