The Hole in Time
Chapter 1: Age of the Persocoms
By: Heather, Laura, and Kaylyn
I sat in the hut watching as Kagome crammed the last of her things into her backpack. I didn't see why she had to bring stuff back if we're only going to her time for a week.
"Are you almost done?" I whine.
"Yeah, just let me close my bag and get the others," she replied. "Sango! Miroku!" she shouted. She was standing so close to me that it made my ears start to ring.
They both walked into the tent.
"What?" Miroku asked as he was rubbing his head.
"I'm all ready to go. Are you guys?"
"We've been ready," Sango replied.
"Okay, I'm sorry, but I didn't want to leave anything behind. Alright, let's start for the well!"
Okay, right now, you might be really confused. We are currently in Feudal Japan. Kagome is from "your time," or the twenty-first century. She came here through an old well that was still intact near her home. Right now, we're going to visit Kagome's family in her time. It's the first time all four of us have been there.
We finally got to the well and Kagome plopped her backpack down.
"Now, you must remember that my family won't be used to having so many people in the house so don't be too rowdy. Inuyasha, no practicing with the Tetsusaiga unless I give you permission. Miroku, you better keep that wind-tunnel covered the whole time."
"Alright, alright! We know! Let's go already!" I complained. I was getting fed up with waiting.
"Fine. You don't have to get all pushy."
Kagome threw her backpack in to the well and jumped in after it. Miroku, Sango, and I all followed. We were all floating through the techni- color air, but it felt strange. Though I had only been through here once before, it felt different, and strange.
After a few minutes, we were all at the bottom of the well. Looking up, we saw wood.
"Uh...guys. I guess my grandfather blocked the well again," Kagome stated the obvious.
"I can just slice through it." I wielded my Tetsusaiga, which is my really big, powerful sword.
"No, Inuyasha."
"Well, how else are we going to get through?"
"Well...I guess you could use your claws," Kagome sighed.
"Yes!" I brandished my claws and leapt up, swiping them at the wood. As I landed, the wood landed in two pieces beside me. We all looked up, but we were confused. The sound was not like the sounds around Kagome's house. They were the sounds of the city. Kagome climbed up the ladder, the rest of us following.
The city looked huge. People were bustling along the streets, some carrying shopping bags, others briefcases or their dinner. It was evening, so the city was lit only with the many streetlights and lights shining out of shop windows. I had never seen anything like it. But I noticed one thing in particular. All of the people had someone walking with them, only the second people all had things sticking out of their heads that looked like animal ears.
"Um, do you guys need help?"
The sudden voice startled us all. We jumped and turned toward the voice. It was a college-aged boy. He was with a girl, who had the same ears as the other people I saw walking around. He also had a little girl sitting on his shoulder.
"You look confused. Are you lost?"
"Um...yeah. I'm Kagome and we don't know where we are," she said. She introduced us to him, pointing to each as she went along. "This is Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha."
"Nice to meet you guys," he replied with a slight bow. I couldn't help but notice that he kept his gaze on me. "I'm Hideki. This is Chi and this, here on my shoulder, is Plum. Why don't you guys come back to my place and I can help you find out where you are going."
We all followed him through the crowded streets until we reached his building. Standing outside, sweeping the street, was a woman.
Hideki greeted her. "Hello Hibiya! I found this group of people in town. Guys, this is Hibiya, my landlord." We exchanged greetings and then followed Hideki up to his room. We all sat down and he started by asking us a few questions.
"Are you from around here?" was Hideki's first question.
"Well, where is here?" Miroku asked.
"Um, well this is Tokyo. I guess we have a ways to go. Do you know what year it is?"
We all shook our heads.
"Oh boy. I'll need some help with this one." He shouted down the stairs for his landlord who came up shortly after. "I think Hibiya will be able to explain better than I would. Go ahead Hibiya."
"Alright, well, this is the year 2541, which is part of what we call the age of persocoms."
We all looked at her with confused looks on our faces.
"Persocoms are computers that look almost exactly like people except for the animal-like ears on their head. That is where the cords are that connect it to other persocoms, viewing screens, and more."
Kagome seemed to understand a little more than us because we didn't know what a computer was, but we went along with it.
"Chi here is a special persocom known as a chobit. They are unlike persocoms because they can have emotions and have more of a free will. There have only been a few chobits."
As we were listening, I saw Hideki still looking at me. Eventually, I got annoyed with it. "Alright, Hideki. Why do you keep looking at me?" I complained.
He seemed startled by this but quickly recovered. "I just couldn't help but notice your ears. They seem almost like those of a persocom."
"Well, I'm no persocom. I'm half-human, half-dog demon. These ears don't have cords in them. They're real." As we were talking, I felt a weird feeling, as if we were being watched.
Suddenly, there was a large crash as two people in black clothing jumped through the window. In one swift movement, they had Kagome and the taller one had a hand on her mouth.
"Kagome! No!" We were all screaming. "What do you want with her?" I shouted at them. They didn't respond. The shorter one only threw a note that stuck into the wall next to Sango's neck. "Answer me now!" I shouted at them again, but this time, they jumped back out the window. I ran over, but by the time I got there, they had disappeared. I walked over to the others. They were reading the note they had left us. Hibiya read it aloud. It said:
"Hibiya -
If you want to see this girl again, you must give us the Chobits. Once you are ready to give them up, we will find you.
-Zima & Dita"
"Who are they?" Miroku asked.
"They are government-run persocoms. They are the central computers of the town. Once before, they wanted to get rid of Chi, and now they are trying to destroy her again. Only, one thing confuses me." Hibiya responded.
"What is that?" Sango wondered.
"They said 'Chobits.' I don't know why it's plural."
Chapter 1: Age of the Persocoms
By: Heather, Laura, and Kaylyn
I sat in the hut watching as Kagome crammed the last of her things into her backpack. I didn't see why she had to bring stuff back if we're only going to her time for a week.
"Are you almost done?" I whine.
"Yeah, just let me close my bag and get the others," she replied. "Sango! Miroku!" she shouted. She was standing so close to me that it made my ears start to ring.
They both walked into the tent.
"What?" Miroku asked as he was rubbing his head.
"I'm all ready to go. Are you guys?"
"We've been ready," Sango replied.
"Okay, I'm sorry, but I didn't want to leave anything behind. Alright, let's start for the well!"
Okay, right now, you might be really confused. We are currently in Feudal Japan. Kagome is from "your time," or the twenty-first century. She came here through an old well that was still intact near her home. Right now, we're going to visit Kagome's family in her time. It's the first time all four of us have been there.
We finally got to the well and Kagome plopped her backpack down.
"Now, you must remember that my family won't be used to having so many people in the house so don't be too rowdy. Inuyasha, no practicing with the Tetsusaiga unless I give you permission. Miroku, you better keep that wind-tunnel covered the whole time."
"Alright, alright! We know! Let's go already!" I complained. I was getting fed up with waiting.
"Fine. You don't have to get all pushy."
Kagome threw her backpack in to the well and jumped in after it. Miroku, Sango, and I all followed. We were all floating through the techni- color air, but it felt strange. Though I had only been through here once before, it felt different, and strange.
After a few minutes, we were all at the bottom of the well. Looking up, we saw wood.
"Uh...guys. I guess my grandfather blocked the well again," Kagome stated the obvious.
"I can just slice through it." I wielded my Tetsusaiga, which is my really big, powerful sword.
"No, Inuyasha."
"Well, how else are we going to get through?"
"Well...I guess you could use your claws," Kagome sighed.
"Yes!" I brandished my claws and leapt up, swiping them at the wood. As I landed, the wood landed in two pieces beside me. We all looked up, but we were confused. The sound was not like the sounds around Kagome's house. They were the sounds of the city. Kagome climbed up the ladder, the rest of us following.
The city looked huge. People were bustling along the streets, some carrying shopping bags, others briefcases or their dinner. It was evening, so the city was lit only with the many streetlights and lights shining out of shop windows. I had never seen anything like it. But I noticed one thing in particular. All of the people had someone walking with them, only the second people all had things sticking out of their heads that looked like animal ears.
"Um, do you guys need help?"
The sudden voice startled us all. We jumped and turned toward the voice. It was a college-aged boy. He was with a girl, who had the same ears as the other people I saw walking around. He also had a little girl sitting on his shoulder.
"You look confused. Are you lost?"
"Um...yeah. I'm Kagome and we don't know where we are," she said. She introduced us to him, pointing to each as she went along. "This is Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha."
"Nice to meet you guys," he replied with a slight bow. I couldn't help but notice that he kept his gaze on me. "I'm Hideki. This is Chi and this, here on my shoulder, is Plum. Why don't you guys come back to my place and I can help you find out where you are going."
We all followed him through the crowded streets until we reached his building. Standing outside, sweeping the street, was a woman.
Hideki greeted her. "Hello Hibiya! I found this group of people in town. Guys, this is Hibiya, my landlord." We exchanged greetings and then followed Hideki up to his room. We all sat down and he started by asking us a few questions.
"Are you from around here?" was Hideki's first question.
"Well, where is here?" Miroku asked.
"Um, well this is Tokyo. I guess we have a ways to go. Do you know what year it is?"
We all shook our heads.
"Oh boy. I'll need some help with this one." He shouted down the stairs for his landlord who came up shortly after. "I think Hibiya will be able to explain better than I would. Go ahead Hibiya."
"Alright, well, this is the year 2541, which is part of what we call the age of persocoms."
We all looked at her with confused looks on our faces.
"Persocoms are computers that look almost exactly like people except for the animal-like ears on their head. That is where the cords are that connect it to other persocoms, viewing screens, and more."
Kagome seemed to understand a little more than us because we didn't know what a computer was, but we went along with it.
"Chi here is a special persocom known as a chobit. They are unlike persocoms because they can have emotions and have more of a free will. There have only been a few chobits."
As we were listening, I saw Hideki still looking at me. Eventually, I got annoyed with it. "Alright, Hideki. Why do you keep looking at me?" I complained.
He seemed startled by this but quickly recovered. "I just couldn't help but notice your ears. They seem almost like those of a persocom."
"Well, I'm no persocom. I'm half-human, half-dog demon. These ears don't have cords in them. They're real." As we were talking, I felt a weird feeling, as if we were being watched.
Suddenly, there was a large crash as two people in black clothing jumped through the window. In one swift movement, they had Kagome and the taller one had a hand on her mouth.
"Kagome! No!" We were all screaming. "What do you want with her?" I shouted at them. They didn't respond. The shorter one only threw a note that stuck into the wall next to Sango's neck. "Answer me now!" I shouted at them again, but this time, they jumped back out the window. I ran over, but by the time I got there, they had disappeared. I walked over to the others. They were reading the note they had left us. Hibiya read it aloud. It said:
"Hibiya -
If you want to see this girl again, you must give us the Chobits. Once you are ready to give them up, we will find you.
-Zima & Dita"
"Who are they?" Miroku asked.
"They are government-run persocoms. They are the central computers of the town. Once before, they wanted to get rid of Chi, and now they are trying to destroy her again. Only, one thing confuses me." Hibiya responded.
"What is that?" Sango wondered.
"They said 'Chobits.' I don't know why it's plural."