As Written By Us presents
Bandwidth Overload
Intro: In case you don't know, As Written by Us has three members. Mimi (Mimi Moonstone), Shelly, and Cara (Hamtaro Cutie). The names in parentheses are our own independent pen names (Shelly doesn't have one). I'm twelve, Mimi's twelve, and I believe Shelly's eleven (tell me if I'm wrong, Shelly!). We use this account to collaborate together. In this fic the pattern of who writes the chapters will be me, Mimi, then Shelly. This is As Written By Us' first fic together. It's about us getting trapped in the Feudal Era of Japan. Hope you like it!
Well, if nothing else, Shelly, Mimi, and Cara were in a fix. They wouldn't have even been such a situation if it weren't for the fact that they were a long ways from home, in distance, space, *and* dimension. Maybe to clarify this vague opening, I should start at the beginning.
It was like any other normal Sunday evening, 5:03 pm to be exact. Cara was taking her computer turn, as well as completely neglecting to do her essay on ancient Egypt that was due tomorrow. Mimi and Shelly, her two best net friends, whom she liked to call her "sisters", just happened to be online as well. She got an instant message from each of them instantaneously, therefore proving the namesake once again. Not fond of being bombarded with IMs, Cara made a chat room and sent the link to them both.
Online Host: Anime Angel Shelly has entered the room. AnimeEyesofHazel (Cara): G'day Mate!
Anime Angel Shelly (Shelly): Hi.
Cara: Mimi should be here soon. So what's up?
Shelly: I'll tell you when Mimi gets here.
Online Host: BugieBeetle1 has entered the room.
BugieBeetle1 (Mimi): Hi!
Cara: Hi, Mimi!
Shelly: Me 'n' Mimi found this site that this guy hate made. It says that all visitors are in danger of getting launched to the Feudal Era if the bandwidth gets too high so he can make room for other visitors. It's an Inu- Yasha site.
Cara: Heh. Cute.
Shelly: Why does everyone keep saying that?!? It's not cute! It's stupid!
Mimi: ::sits back and watches the show::
Cara: lol
Shelly: Pay attention! Anyway, I've been getting as many people as possible to go there to prove him a liar.
Cara: And you want me to go there too.
Shelly. Right. Here's a link.
Cara clicked on the blue underlined text that followed. Loading... Loading... loading... Bandwidth overload, please try again la—
"What the?!?"
It must've been an odd site to see, Cara quickly shrinking to the size of a single molecule, and then zap! A single beam of light, about the width of a pencil shot from the monitor, and the particle that was Cara was gone.
There are many beautiful things God has given man the gift of creativity to invent. Paintings, fireworks, clothes, music, even cars. But even these things hold not a candle's light to the flame of beauty that is the Internet. Thousands of shades of blue, deep green, indigo, violet, white, and black whizzing through the air right past you. And what a shame Cara wasn't even to enjoy it for the fear gallop[ing through her very veins. It all came to a crashing end. Cara tried to keep a clear head; after all, what did panicking ever solve? This new setting Cara found herself in was a quiet, serene, calm area. Other than herself and the two unfamiliar girls lying unconscious beside her, everything seemed to be in its place. They were by the edge of a forest, and a crumbling old well with streams of vines pouring in and out of it loomed about. The girl furthest from Cara groaned. Cara jumped to her feet instinctively into a fighting stance.
"Who are you?" Cara asked the girl. Suddenly the girl closer to her grunted and caught hold of a tree near her to try to help herself up. The tree was instantly burnt to ashes in a flash of light that rivaled that of the trip through the Internet.
"What the?!?" the girl cried, falling back down in surprise. Suddenly Cara heard a noise behind her in the bushes. She twirled about so that her fighting stance faced those bushes and cried in a possibly more defensive manner, "Who's there? Show yourself!" A rabbit hopped out from the bushes. She heard another noise. And another. And another. And another. And another. And another. Could rabbits, squirrels, bugs and leaves possibly be ambushing her?
"Who are you guys?" The second girl asked.
"I don't give my name to strangers," Cara replied, back still facing the girl.
"I'm Shelly." The first girl offered. This got Cara's attention.
"You're Shelly? As in, Anime Angel Shelly?" Cara asked. Shelly simply nodded.
"Then that'd make you," Cara nodded in the direction of the second girl.
"Mimi." Mimi finished for her.
"And you're either Cara, or I'm confused." Shelly said, referring to the girl whom was indeed Cara. Cara grinned and relaxed a little.
"Nice to finally meet you all in person." Mimi said, smiling a bit.
"Likewise." Cara replied. "Good going with that tree, Mimi. I thought it was highly suspicious, as well." Mimi blushed a little.
"I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay. I think your witch powers have been increased or something, like my senses are sharper, and I'm faster." Cara said forgivingly.
"Yeah, even I can see and hear and smell better. Things even feel different." Shelly added to Cara's point.
"Have any idea where we are?" Mimi asked.
"Last I remember, Shelly was getting me to go to that site..." Cara replied.
"Then that must mean..." Realization dawned on all three of them as they stared into the forest.
"But I thought Inu-Yasha was just a show?" Mimi wondered aloud.
"Rumiko Takahashi's gonna have a lot to answer for for this..." Cara announced. The others nodded their head in agreement.
A noise was heard behind them, this time belonging to a human. The girl stood behind them, clearing her throat and holding a bow and arrow aimed in their general direction.
"You must be Higurashi Kagome... Ogenki desu ka?" (a/n: Ogenki desu ka means how are you in Japanese. Ain't it cool that I'm taking Japanese through a audio cassette/ book thing I got for Christmas and I know that?)
~~~
"... And we were flying through the Internet..." Shelly says.
"And that's how we got here. Now our senses are sharper, I'm faster and a hell of a lot better at Karate, and Mimi's got stronger powers." Cara summarized.
"And we have know way to get back." Mimi added. The perplexed faces of Sango, Kilala, Shippo, Inu-Yasha, Myouga, and Kaede stared back at them. The only person who seemed to understand at least a portion of what the three American girls were saying was Kagome.
"Yeah, I get it. I'd love to help, and I will, but I can't now." Kagome said.
"Yeah, we know you all have to go look for Shikon shards and beat up demons 'n' stuff." Shelly said.
"How'd you know that?" Kagome asked in amazement.
"You guys are psychic, aren't you?" Shippo said excitedly.
"No, but where we come from, you all are a hit Japanese animation called Inu-Yasha, and we all especially love the show." Mimi explained.
"Wow! I'm on TV? That's sooo cool!" Kagome said with stars in her eyes.
"What's TV?" Sango voiced out everyone's confusion.
"It an...err...box, with moving pictures in it and..." On seeing the no- less-perplexed looks on the group's faces, Mimi gave up. "Aww, forget it."
"Speaking of which, I've been watching a long time, and I gotta know, Inu- Yasha, when are you gonna make a move on Kagome? I mean, we all know you like her, and if you don't tell her soon then everyone's gonna get really mad..." Cara continued rambling on as Kagome kept turning unimaginable shades of red. Inu-Yasha just stared at her in a confused fashion, not having the slightest clue what she was talking about. A breeze swept through the room from the open door. Shelly thoughtfully stared out at the daylight. Miroku suddenly came to the doorway.
"Inu-Yasha, there are reports of jewel shards not too far west of here." Then he spied the girls. "And who are these lovely women?" He asked. He didn't know that Cara knew his intentions and roundhouse kicked the side of his head, making him land swirly-eyed n the dirt.
"I like this girl." Inu-Yasha and Sango said at once. Cara grinned and curtsied.
"Hey, I have an idea! Can me 'n' Cara 'n' Mimi come with you guys?" Shelly asked excitedly.
"Yeah! We won't be any trouble at all, and we don't even want any jewel shards or anything, we can just help you all kill these creeps in your way!" Mimi announced.
"No. Absolutely not. And don't even try to argue or change my mind, Kagome, it's made up."
~~~
Cara, Mimi, and Shelly tied their tennis shoes and wrapped themselves up snuggly in the clothes they had borrowed.
"She is obviously a warrior, and she has a magic aura around her, but why is she here?" A village women wondered to her friends, talking about Shelly. Everyone shrugged and went about their days. The three girls grinned. They were about to begin their first adventure with their all-time hero, Inu-Yasha.
Did ya like it? Next writer is Mimi, and to Mimi, remember to SPELL CHECK! DOUBLE and TRIPLE SPELL CHECK! I'LL GET REALLY MAD IF I FIND ANY MISSPELLED WORDS! Please review! We accept anonymous reviews! –Cara, the smart one.
Intro: In case you don't know, As Written by Us has three members. Mimi (Mimi Moonstone), Shelly, and Cara (Hamtaro Cutie). The names in parentheses are our own independent pen names (Shelly doesn't have one). I'm twelve, Mimi's twelve, and I believe Shelly's eleven (tell me if I'm wrong, Shelly!). We use this account to collaborate together. In this fic the pattern of who writes the chapters will be me, Mimi, then Shelly. This is As Written By Us' first fic together. It's about us getting trapped in the Feudal Era of Japan. Hope you like it!
Well, if nothing else, Shelly, Mimi, and Cara were in a fix. They wouldn't have even been such a situation if it weren't for the fact that they were a long ways from home, in distance, space, *and* dimension. Maybe to clarify this vague opening, I should start at the beginning.
It was like any other normal Sunday evening, 5:03 pm to be exact. Cara was taking her computer turn, as well as completely neglecting to do her essay on ancient Egypt that was due tomorrow. Mimi and Shelly, her two best net friends, whom she liked to call her "sisters", just happened to be online as well. She got an instant message from each of them instantaneously, therefore proving the namesake once again. Not fond of being bombarded with IMs, Cara made a chat room and sent the link to them both.
Online Host: Anime Angel Shelly has entered the room. AnimeEyesofHazel (Cara): G'day Mate!
Anime Angel Shelly (Shelly): Hi.
Cara: Mimi should be here soon. So what's up?
Shelly: I'll tell you when Mimi gets here.
Online Host: BugieBeetle1 has entered the room.
BugieBeetle1 (Mimi): Hi!
Cara: Hi, Mimi!
Shelly: Me 'n' Mimi found this site that this guy hate made. It says that all visitors are in danger of getting launched to the Feudal Era if the bandwidth gets too high so he can make room for other visitors. It's an Inu- Yasha site.
Cara: Heh. Cute.
Shelly: Why does everyone keep saying that?!? It's not cute! It's stupid!
Mimi: ::sits back and watches the show::
Cara: lol
Shelly: Pay attention! Anyway, I've been getting as many people as possible to go there to prove him a liar.
Cara: And you want me to go there too.
Shelly. Right. Here's a link.
Cara clicked on the blue underlined text that followed. Loading... Loading... loading... Bandwidth overload, please try again la—
"What the?!?"
It must've been an odd site to see, Cara quickly shrinking to the size of a single molecule, and then zap! A single beam of light, about the width of a pencil shot from the monitor, and the particle that was Cara was gone.
There are many beautiful things God has given man the gift of creativity to invent. Paintings, fireworks, clothes, music, even cars. But even these things hold not a candle's light to the flame of beauty that is the Internet. Thousands of shades of blue, deep green, indigo, violet, white, and black whizzing through the air right past you. And what a shame Cara wasn't even to enjoy it for the fear gallop[ing through her very veins. It all came to a crashing end. Cara tried to keep a clear head; after all, what did panicking ever solve? This new setting Cara found herself in was a quiet, serene, calm area. Other than herself and the two unfamiliar girls lying unconscious beside her, everything seemed to be in its place. They were by the edge of a forest, and a crumbling old well with streams of vines pouring in and out of it loomed about. The girl furthest from Cara groaned. Cara jumped to her feet instinctively into a fighting stance.
"Who are you?" Cara asked the girl. Suddenly the girl closer to her grunted and caught hold of a tree near her to try to help herself up. The tree was instantly burnt to ashes in a flash of light that rivaled that of the trip through the Internet.
"What the?!?" the girl cried, falling back down in surprise. Suddenly Cara heard a noise behind her in the bushes. She twirled about so that her fighting stance faced those bushes and cried in a possibly more defensive manner, "Who's there? Show yourself!" A rabbit hopped out from the bushes. She heard another noise. And another. And another. And another. And another. And another. Could rabbits, squirrels, bugs and leaves possibly be ambushing her?
"Who are you guys?" The second girl asked.
"I don't give my name to strangers," Cara replied, back still facing the girl.
"I'm Shelly." The first girl offered. This got Cara's attention.
"You're Shelly? As in, Anime Angel Shelly?" Cara asked. Shelly simply nodded.
"Then that'd make you," Cara nodded in the direction of the second girl.
"Mimi." Mimi finished for her.
"And you're either Cara, or I'm confused." Shelly said, referring to the girl whom was indeed Cara. Cara grinned and relaxed a little.
"Nice to finally meet you all in person." Mimi said, smiling a bit.
"Likewise." Cara replied. "Good going with that tree, Mimi. I thought it was highly suspicious, as well." Mimi blushed a little.
"I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay. I think your witch powers have been increased or something, like my senses are sharper, and I'm faster." Cara said forgivingly.
"Yeah, even I can see and hear and smell better. Things even feel different." Shelly added to Cara's point.
"Have any idea where we are?" Mimi asked.
"Last I remember, Shelly was getting me to go to that site..." Cara replied.
"Then that must mean..." Realization dawned on all three of them as they stared into the forest.
"But I thought Inu-Yasha was just a show?" Mimi wondered aloud.
"Rumiko Takahashi's gonna have a lot to answer for for this..." Cara announced. The others nodded their head in agreement.
A noise was heard behind them, this time belonging to a human. The girl stood behind them, clearing her throat and holding a bow and arrow aimed in their general direction.
"You must be Higurashi Kagome... Ogenki desu ka?" (a/n: Ogenki desu ka means how are you in Japanese. Ain't it cool that I'm taking Japanese through a audio cassette/ book thing I got for Christmas and I know that?)
~~~
"... And we were flying through the Internet..." Shelly says.
"And that's how we got here. Now our senses are sharper, I'm faster and a hell of a lot better at Karate, and Mimi's got stronger powers." Cara summarized.
"And we have know way to get back." Mimi added. The perplexed faces of Sango, Kilala, Shippo, Inu-Yasha, Myouga, and Kaede stared back at them. The only person who seemed to understand at least a portion of what the three American girls were saying was Kagome.
"Yeah, I get it. I'd love to help, and I will, but I can't now." Kagome said.
"Yeah, we know you all have to go look for Shikon shards and beat up demons 'n' stuff." Shelly said.
"How'd you know that?" Kagome asked in amazement.
"You guys are psychic, aren't you?" Shippo said excitedly.
"No, but where we come from, you all are a hit Japanese animation called Inu-Yasha, and we all especially love the show." Mimi explained.
"Wow! I'm on TV? That's sooo cool!" Kagome said with stars in her eyes.
"What's TV?" Sango voiced out everyone's confusion.
"It an...err...box, with moving pictures in it and..." On seeing the no- less-perplexed looks on the group's faces, Mimi gave up. "Aww, forget it."
"Speaking of which, I've been watching a long time, and I gotta know, Inu- Yasha, when are you gonna make a move on Kagome? I mean, we all know you like her, and if you don't tell her soon then everyone's gonna get really mad..." Cara continued rambling on as Kagome kept turning unimaginable shades of red. Inu-Yasha just stared at her in a confused fashion, not having the slightest clue what she was talking about. A breeze swept through the room from the open door. Shelly thoughtfully stared out at the daylight. Miroku suddenly came to the doorway.
"Inu-Yasha, there are reports of jewel shards not too far west of here." Then he spied the girls. "And who are these lovely women?" He asked. He didn't know that Cara knew his intentions and roundhouse kicked the side of his head, making him land swirly-eyed n the dirt.
"I like this girl." Inu-Yasha and Sango said at once. Cara grinned and curtsied.
"Hey, I have an idea! Can me 'n' Cara 'n' Mimi come with you guys?" Shelly asked excitedly.
"Yeah! We won't be any trouble at all, and we don't even want any jewel shards or anything, we can just help you all kill these creeps in your way!" Mimi announced.
"No. Absolutely not. And don't even try to argue or change my mind, Kagome, it's made up."
~~~
Cara, Mimi, and Shelly tied their tennis shoes and wrapped themselves up snuggly in the clothes they had borrowed.
"She is obviously a warrior, and she has a magic aura around her, but why is she here?" A village women wondered to her friends, talking about Shelly. Everyone shrugged and went about their days. The three girls grinned. They were about to begin their first adventure with their all-time hero, Inu-Yasha.
Did ya like it? Next writer is Mimi, and to Mimi, remember to SPELL CHECK! DOUBLE and TRIPLE SPELL CHECK! I'LL GET REALLY MAD IF I FIND ANY MISSPELLED WORDS! Please review! We accept anonymous reviews! –Cara, the smart one.