No Place But Home
Chapter 3
They all stood before me, including Iso.
Why? I thought. Why did they have to tie me up? I wasn't going to do anything. I squirmed. Iso laughed.
"Gomen. I, erm, they, we thought you might try to run away."
"Or something," murmured the young boy.
"Eeto. anyway, you guys should introduce yourselves to Naota here. Then we'll take the ropes off."
The red shirted boy laughed nervously, scratching his head. "Ano, watashi wa Dart desu. Blood type: A; Birthday: May 13. Douzo yoroshiku.*" He bowed.
(*Um, I am Dart. ~ It's nice to meet you.)
Dart jammed his thumb toward the little boy with outlandish hair. "Kochira wa Nimotsu-san desu, soshite Kouno-san desu.*" They both bowed in return. I tried to do so as well, to show some respect as to make them untie me, but all I could do was nod.
(*This is Nimotsu and Kouno.)
Iso laughed as I almost fell over. "You okay?"
I screwed up my eyes. I had forgotten they had also gagged me for some reason or another. I had tried to say no. Simply no. But noooo. I had to get cotton in my mouth.
The others ignored this. The small one stepped out. "Please forgive us for tying you up." I tried to say it was okay. More cotton.
Dart came behind me. Something clicked, then the ropes slid off me. They were cut cleanly, but the tall, black-haired youth held no knife. I pulled off the gag myself.
Nimotsu bowed again to apologize, then stepped back into line.
"What was with that?" I yelled.
Iso waved a hand aside. "Just something we wanted to try for once."
Kouno snorted. "When one talks about ones self, one does not say 'we'." The small one have a giggle, and Dart gave a little 'riiight'.
"Well, we best be going."
"Where? What? You people just come in here, tie me up, untie me, introduce yourselves, then go. What the hell's going on here?"
"Oh," said Iso. "OOOH! Well, when I said we, I meant all of us, including you. Perhaps you would like the ropes again."
Dart leaned over. "He doesn't know what's going on, man. Didn't you tell him?"
"Tell. him?" She laughed nervously, stepping back. "Tell him? I, um, kinda. well, you know, uh.forgot."
"Like always." Kouno shook his head while a smile was glued to his face.
"Um, well you see." She twiddled her fingers. "This world. no, this dimension is going to be, well, invaded."
"Invaded? By who?"
"Well, there are these things called Virus's. Have you ever heard of Digimon? Yeah, the anime. Well, they too are made from data. More or less, there's a dimension. Yeah, just like the digital world. The surrounding environment there is considered data, while there are being, separated into two categories. One are the Virus's, the other are the Vaccine's. Simple enough? Well, Virus's and Vaccine's are simple-minded programs that follow simple orders. Virus's are digital creatures that carry virus's themselves. The make other digital beings into Virus's by spreading the virus they were originally infected with. It's like, if a weak Vaccine, whom is called such because it destroys Virus's and their illness, is bitten, scratched, or otherwise infected with a strong Virus's virus, they become a Virus themselves. The only thing is, this has been going on since the beginning of time, and it's now they've found way of traveling to other worlds. It wouldn't be such a big deal if they simply tried to infect other digital being, but as it is, the virus also infects human, and other 'fleshy' creatures as well. So yeah. Any questions?"
Okay. That's weird. "Invaded by digital beings from other dimensions." Yeah right.
"If you don't believe us, we might as well tie you up again, because you're coming with us. to vanquish them!"
"Okay. Let's say I do believe you. Why do you need me? You guys have all you need right here." I pointed to all the crates around us.
Kouno nodded. "Um, yeah. Why did you get all this stuff, Onihime?"
"Onihime." I turned to Iso, or the person I had thought was Iso. "Is that your real name, Onihime?"
She looked at me, and smiled. Her teeth. "Yeah," her teeth, "my name is Onihime," her fangs, "the Virus."
~ ~ ~
This chapter is screwed up. I'll really try not to screw up the next one. Now that one of the themes is presented, I'll probably be a lot easier to write. Kingdom Hearts. Yeah, I know. But this isn't KH. It's something more. Something better. My Precious. More disappointments, I know. I'm not very good at this. I had the whole random story that was still good going, then I turn into this. Gomen mina. Sayoonara.
~OniHime
Chapter 3
They all stood before me, including Iso.
Why? I thought. Why did they have to tie me up? I wasn't going to do anything. I squirmed. Iso laughed.
"Gomen. I, erm, they, we thought you might try to run away."
"Or something," murmured the young boy.
"Eeto. anyway, you guys should introduce yourselves to Naota here. Then we'll take the ropes off."
The red shirted boy laughed nervously, scratching his head. "Ano, watashi wa Dart desu. Blood type: A; Birthday: May 13. Douzo yoroshiku.*" He bowed.
(*Um, I am Dart. ~ It's nice to meet you.)
Dart jammed his thumb toward the little boy with outlandish hair. "Kochira wa Nimotsu-san desu, soshite Kouno-san desu.*" They both bowed in return. I tried to do so as well, to show some respect as to make them untie me, but all I could do was nod.
(*This is Nimotsu and Kouno.)
Iso laughed as I almost fell over. "You okay?"
I screwed up my eyes. I had forgotten they had also gagged me for some reason or another. I had tried to say no. Simply no. But noooo. I had to get cotton in my mouth.
The others ignored this. The small one stepped out. "Please forgive us for tying you up." I tried to say it was okay. More cotton.
Dart came behind me. Something clicked, then the ropes slid off me. They were cut cleanly, but the tall, black-haired youth held no knife. I pulled off the gag myself.
Nimotsu bowed again to apologize, then stepped back into line.
"What was with that?" I yelled.
Iso waved a hand aside. "Just something we wanted to try for once."
Kouno snorted. "When one talks about ones self, one does not say 'we'." The small one have a giggle, and Dart gave a little 'riiight'.
"Well, we best be going."
"Where? What? You people just come in here, tie me up, untie me, introduce yourselves, then go. What the hell's going on here?"
"Oh," said Iso. "OOOH! Well, when I said we, I meant all of us, including you. Perhaps you would like the ropes again."
Dart leaned over. "He doesn't know what's going on, man. Didn't you tell him?"
"Tell. him?" She laughed nervously, stepping back. "Tell him? I, um, kinda. well, you know, uh.forgot."
"Like always." Kouno shook his head while a smile was glued to his face.
"Um, well you see." She twiddled her fingers. "This world. no, this dimension is going to be, well, invaded."
"Invaded? By who?"
"Well, there are these things called Virus's. Have you ever heard of Digimon? Yeah, the anime. Well, they too are made from data. More or less, there's a dimension. Yeah, just like the digital world. The surrounding environment there is considered data, while there are being, separated into two categories. One are the Virus's, the other are the Vaccine's. Simple enough? Well, Virus's and Vaccine's are simple-minded programs that follow simple orders. Virus's are digital creatures that carry virus's themselves. The make other digital beings into Virus's by spreading the virus they were originally infected with. It's like, if a weak Vaccine, whom is called such because it destroys Virus's and their illness, is bitten, scratched, or otherwise infected with a strong Virus's virus, they become a Virus themselves. The only thing is, this has been going on since the beginning of time, and it's now they've found way of traveling to other worlds. It wouldn't be such a big deal if they simply tried to infect other digital being, but as it is, the virus also infects human, and other 'fleshy' creatures as well. So yeah. Any questions?"
Okay. That's weird. "Invaded by digital beings from other dimensions." Yeah right.
"If you don't believe us, we might as well tie you up again, because you're coming with us. to vanquish them!"
"Okay. Let's say I do believe you. Why do you need me? You guys have all you need right here." I pointed to all the crates around us.
Kouno nodded. "Um, yeah. Why did you get all this stuff, Onihime?"
"Onihime." I turned to Iso, or the person I had thought was Iso. "Is that your real name, Onihime?"
She looked at me, and smiled. Her teeth. "Yeah," her teeth, "my name is Onihime," her fangs, "the Virus."
~ ~ ~
This chapter is screwed up. I'll really try not to screw up the next one. Now that one of the themes is presented, I'll probably be a lot easier to write. Kingdom Hearts. Yeah, I know. But this isn't KH. It's something more. Something better. My Precious. More disappointments, I know. I'm not very good at this. I had the whole random story that was still good going, then I turn into this. Gomen mina. Sayoonara.
~OniHime