.Again, I don't own Digimon or Sailor Moon.
YAY!!! I'm so happy! One of my friends reviewed so that's why I'm writing. I didn't tell her where it was. *Glares at guy who blabbed it out. * Anyways, that guy is now getting the silent treatment. I don't know how long it'll last but it is kind of funny to see him begging me to talk to him. *Snickers. * Well, back to business. The first chapter was painfully short. That was because it was the first chapter! All the other ones I hope to be longer, but a girl can't promise the future, ne? I have fun writing this, but it's too serious. Okay! Here I go!
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If Darkness Could Befriend Ch. 2: New Friendships
(A/N: It's oddly fun to do that!)
"Could you please tell me what you plan on doing with me?" Hotaru begged.
"We're just a goin' to a sell ya as one of them there slaves!" Ralph answered.
"A'yup! To the highest bidder!" His friend added.
Hotaru did NOT want to be sold as a slave. She began to protest very loudly, but they just laughed at her. They were getting on her nerves, but what could she do? She began to figure a plan out. Her hands were bound, her legs were not. She could run, but where would that get her? Away, yes, but what was to keep them from catching up. Overall she decided to let things just play out, but in the mean time she was gonna stall; she was gonna do so by struggling.
For the next fifteen minutes she led them on a chase as she ran in crazy circles around trees. She was glad they were drunk, because they were only slightly gaining on her. Had they not been they might have caught her by now, but she was getting tired. After all, P.E. wasn't exactly her best subject. But all good things must end, and they finally caught up to her and dragged her into the city; laughing? She felt like socking them. Was that all they could do? Laugh? What was so funny anyways?
"Why are you going to sell me? You can't just sell someone you find! For that matter, you can't sell anyone! It's illegal!" Hotaru protested.
"Where have you been? It's perfectly normal and legal." One of them said. She'd didn't care which. Then it hit her. Obviously, different worlds would have different ways.
"I don't want to be a slave!" She cried, hitting Ralph with her free arm, which was dragging her by the other. Then he slapped her. Hotaru recoiled and shut up. Hatred boiled up inside of her. If she ever got her hands on her glaive, oh was he dead!
Then, finally, they entered the town.
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Meanwhile, Matt was entering on the other side of town. 'Definitely medieval,' He thought to himself. It seemed like a peaceful little town. Little cottages could be seen, and stands with food, weapons, armor, and random items dotted the road. What exactly was he supposed to do here? Maybe he'd find the other digidestined around or something. He certainly hoped so. It was making him feel sort of awkward to be in a new place with no one he knew. He decided to get some answers to little questions popping up in his mind.
"Excuse me miss, but what's the currency here?" He asked a girl at one of the weapon carts a few years older than him.
"The same as practically anywhere else, CC's." The girl replied.
"Sorry, sir, but what does that stand for? I happen to be new here and I've never heard of those before. In fact, I'm kinda lost." Matt informed.
"Really? It stands for copper coins, actually. (A/N: I'm sooo original, aren't I?) So since you're lost and you don't know what copper coins are you must not have any. Poor thing!" She fussed. Matt nodded, slightly embarrassed. He had been discovered. She giggled at him.
"I'm not supposed to do this, but I'll give you some copper coins! My father will have my head, but oh well. If you need a place to stay, come back here, okay?" I'll help you out a little." She smiled at him.
"Sure, um, my name's Matt. What's yours?"
"Shina. It's a pleasure to meet you, Matt! Are you going to explore?"
"Yah, probably. Hey, thanks for all your help!" Matt replied.
"No prob. It's not every day that I meet guys who don't know what copper coins are." She laughed. Matt sighed. He must have looked like an idiot to her earlier. Oh, well. Maybe he'd explain his situation to her later. She seemed like a very nice girl, and she had given him, um, copper coins. Then he went off.
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Matt had gone around for about five minutes. For such a little town it was actually quite busy. He decided it was a pretty nice place, though he sort of missed his own world. He had discovered that this town had no digital supplies. No computers, clocks, microwaves, nothing. He had spent all his money on food. She had given him a pretty adequate amount, but of course, she hadn't poured it on him. He had enough supplies to last him a few day. He supposed he'd have to ask Shina for help about where he was going to sleep tonight. Either that or he'd have to sleep outside. Not that bothered him too much. After all, he had done it a lot in the Digital World, but he preferred a bed to the hard ground. And who doesn't?
Just then he had been lost in thought about where he was going to sleep and he bumped into someone's back. He snapped back into reality and apologized.
"Stupid kid! Watch where you're going!" The man growled at him. Matt backed up and turned sideways to go around him, but another guy blocked that way. Matt looked around the street in front of him and saw that a bunch of men had crowded around something. He tapped a guy on the shoulder.
"Um.sir? What's going on? Why are all these people swarming?" He asked.
"You haven't heard? They're selling a slave! That always attracts attention because usually nobles are the only ones who are offered slaves. And this one is a pretty girl, caught on the road by drunk men. If I were them I'd keep her for myself, but hey, like I said, they're drunk." He let out a chuckle. Matt nodded. Then he began pushing his way through the crowd to see this 'slave' girl. He had become quite curious. He finally broke out in the front. (Since he was younger than all the guys in the crowd he didn't have too hard of a time getting there.) Then he stared up the podium and met Hotaru's amethyst eyes and held them with his sapphire ones. They held each other's gaze, but Hotaru soon broke it as she began to try to escape again. Matt sighed and felt sorry for her. Then a thought popped into his head. 'Buy her yourself' His brain told him. He stuck his hand in his pocket and found he had no more copper coins. He cursed under his breath and began searching through his pocket. He pulled out the contents. A ten-dollar bill and a digital watch he had received from some girl who had had a crush on him. He stared at what he had in disgust. What could he do with these? He stared at the watch. It was orange, a color he wasn't particularly fond of. He had left it in his pocket because he liked the watch he was wearing much more. Then a devious smile crawled onto his face as an idea popped into his head.
"Hey! Look what I have!" Matt called out. He didn't like attracting attention very much, but he was going to have fun this time. He'd have to give it his best act. He had gotten almost everyone's attention, even Hotaru's.
"Isn't this the neatest thing? It tells time!" He held it up for everyone to see. They all stared in amazement as the seconds and minutes passed. Hotaru giggled quietly. She realized none of these people had ever seen anything of this likes before.
"And LOOK! This is the best thing about it." He pressed a button. And it began to glow. Hotaru began to laugh. All the men began to glare at her, but soon their eyes were drawn to the watch again. Ralph walked up to Matt.
"I'll trade you this girl for that wonderful item!" He pulled Hotaru up. Matt looked reluctant.
"I don't know. Hmm." Matt pondered fakely.
"Please, Please!" Ralph's friend begged.
"Well, okay, I guess." Matt said resentfully. Ralph whispered 'sucker' as he threw Hotaru at Matt, who caught her and stumbled back. Matt untied her bounds and pulled her out. Once they were a safe distance away they both collapsed to the ground and began to laugh. Then Hotaru paused.
"A digital watch! You traded me for a digital watch? But thanks for helping me out there! I didn't know what was going to happen to me. I'm surprised to find someone who knows about technology! But thanks sooo much!" Hotaru said, still laughing. Then they settled down.
"If you're a slave girl how do you know about digital watches?" Matt asked.
"I'm not a slave girl. They found me. I was asleep." Hotaru pouted.
"Oh. Okay. I see! I'm Ishida Yamato, but you can call me Matt." Matt said happily.
"Nice to meet you Matt! I'm Tomoe Hotaru, but please call me Hotaru. Do you happen to know where Japan is?" She asked.
"Um, yah. I live in it!"
"Oh! Me too! So we were both sucked into this place! But what are we doing here?"
"I'm not sure. I just know that something wants us here and I have a feeling it won't let us back to earth until we do what it wants. We were obviously brought here for a purpose; well, it's obvious to me. This has sort of happened to me before, except in a different world, with a group of kids I knew. But I'm glad I've found someone else from Japan! Maybe there are more people here from our world! We ought to stick together." Matt said. Hotaru nodded her head in agreement. Then she giggled.
"What?" Matt asked
"A digital watch!"
"Yah! Their probably still pressing the snooze light button. Hey, you want to know something? You're pretty cute." Matt said. Hotaru blushed and turned away.
Matt chuckled and pulled her to her feet. "Come on Hotaru, let's go! I'll ask a friend I made if she can help us out with where to stay. Then, after that, maybe we can try to figure out what we're supposed to do." Then he began to lead her to Shina's cart. It had been quite an interesting day for both so far.
"So Matt, how did you get here?" She asked along the way.
"The computer told me to touch my mirror." She held back a laugh.
"Really, that's crazy! You're so silly. Tell me the truth." She rolled her eyes. She stared at him and stopped giggling seeing that he was dead serious.
"Oh. Sorry. So the mirror brought you here?"
"Yah. It was rippling and since the computer told me to, I touched it. I know it's pretty dumb to listen to a computer, but I got curious. So how'd you get here?"
"I fell asleep." She said. She gave him a look that said 'don't you say a thing.' He just smiled and soon they met up with Shina.
"Hey Shina!" Matt called out. "I found a friend! Do you think you could get her a place to stay too?"
"Hey Matt! I know we have two spare rooms in my house! I'm sure it's okay!"
"Oh. We're staying at your house? Is it okay with your parents?" Matt asked. "I really don't want to impose or anything and it's such short notice."
"It's fine, Matt. Now introduce me to your friend!" Shina said stubbornly.
"Oh, sorry. Shina, this is Hotaru. Hotaru, this is Shina." Matt introduced.
"Nice to meet you Hotaru! I hope we become good friends!"
"Nice to meet you too. Thanks for helping us out." Hotaru replied. Shina smiled at her and the began to usher them into the cottage behind her.
"C'mon, let's go ask my parents." Matt sighed, remembering that her parents knew nothing of this.
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"Why do you always ask us on such short notice, Shina? I know you like helping people, but why do you always put us on the spot?" Her father argued.
"Geez father. But you'll let them stay right?"
"Of course."
"Thanks a lot sir. We have no copper coins and we've got no place to stay. This is a big favor to us! Thank so much. And also, you shouldn't yell at Shina. It's my fault. Anyways, Shina's such a kind girl." Matt suddenly said.
"Don't worry about it. It's just that sometimes she brings home odd crowds. Here in Rean Village (Matt thinks, 'Oh! That's what this village is called!) we don't usually take weird folk into our houses for no apparent reason, but if Shina sees them she insists that they not have to pay for a hotel and lets them stay here, regardless of what they're like. She says that maybe she'll find someone from a long way away who can tell her about knew things." Shina's mother assured them. "Now go up your rooms. And get yourself settled. Please help Shina bring up the sheets and blankets."
As they carried the blankets and sheets up Shina stopped them in the upstairs corridor. "So where exactly are you guys from?" She asked with an air of mystery. Matt and Hotaru glanced at each other. Then Hotaru nodded.
"You want the truth?" Matt asked. She noticed. "Promise not to tell anyone?"
"No! Of COURSE I promise! Just get on with it Matt!" Shina growled.
"Okay, we're from a different world called Earth. We were pulled into your world for some odd reason and I figure that we're here for some purpose. I assume that once we fulfill that purpose we can go back home." Matt explained.
"Oh wow! That's so cool!" Shina bursted out. Matt put his finger to his mouth and shushed her as they entered the room Hotaru was to stay in.
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It was late at night now. Almost midnight. Matt was just about to go to sleep when Shina slipped into his room. Matt sat up and stared at her.
"Sorry to bother you so late Matt, but I was just thinking about what you said. And so I brought you this." She held out something to him. It was long and she had wrapped it in cloth. Matt took it and unwrapped it. There he peered at a beautiful sheath with ancient designs on it. It was dark blue and the designs were trimmed with silver. Matt fingered it and then looked to the hilt. It was carved so elaborately and it was embedded with sapphires. In the center of the hilt was a large, diamond cut sapphire. He fingered it in awe. Finally he could only say one thing.
"For me?" He choked out.
"Yah, dumbo! No! It's for some other person named Matt!" Matt smiled at her and she smiled back. "Don't just sit there in bed! Try it out!" Matt nodded and stood up. Matt unsheathed the sword when it began to glow with the blue of his crest. He felt himself grow a little stronger.
"Hah! As I thought! It was meant for you! I dreamed of this sword and a voice in the dream told me to give this to a boy from a different world with sapphire eyes. And then, when I awoke it was laying there on my lap! I felt it was you. Anyways, you can't just go wandering about, defenseless! I was thinking about what you said. I'll take you to the fortuneteller tomorrow. Maybe she knows what you're supposed to do.
Matt smiled at her. "Thank you! Thank you so much! It's the coolest thing I've ever seen!"
"Also, Hotaru has a weapon. I went in there and asked her if she wanted one and she said 'no thanks.' Then she began to concentrate and she was engulfed in purple magic and a glaive formed in her hand. That was the coolest thing ever! Hah! Now you both have weapons! You two look so cute together."
"Hotaru and I?" Matt asked.
"Yes, Matt. Now go to sleep. I think you'll have a busy day tomorrow too." Then she left Matt with that final thought.
"Hotaru and I look cute together?" Matt asked himself.
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So how'd you like it? I sure had fun writing it! In fact! It's now 1:50 at this moment that I'm typing. If my parents catch me I'm busted. HAHAHAHAHAHAH! I'm such a bad little girl. I had so much fun writing this that I couldn't stop. I hope someone reviews this. I knoe, I have weird thoughts and ideas. I hope I get to write more soon. I wrote this all in one night! YAAAAY! Now you know why my name is Sleepy Shadow Mistress, ne? (I made that SN up at night) Well, good night guys. I hope you like this chap. Like I said before. Please review!
YAY!!! I'm so happy! One of my friends reviewed so that's why I'm writing. I didn't tell her where it was. *Glares at guy who blabbed it out. * Anyways, that guy is now getting the silent treatment. I don't know how long it'll last but it is kind of funny to see him begging me to talk to him. *Snickers. * Well, back to business. The first chapter was painfully short. That was because it was the first chapter! All the other ones I hope to be longer, but a girl can't promise the future, ne? I have fun writing this, but it's too serious. Okay! Here I go!
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If Darkness Could Befriend Ch. 2: New Friendships
(A/N: It's oddly fun to do that!)
"Could you please tell me what you plan on doing with me?" Hotaru begged.
"We're just a goin' to a sell ya as one of them there slaves!" Ralph answered.
"A'yup! To the highest bidder!" His friend added.
Hotaru did NOT want to be sold as a slave. She began to protest very loudly, but they just laughed at her. They were getting on her nerves, but what could she do? She began to figure a plan out. Her hands were bound, her legs were not. She could run, but where would that get her? Away, yes, but what was to keep them from catching up. Overall she decided to let things just play out, but in the mean time she was gonna stall; she was gonna do so by struggling.
For the next fifteen minutes she led them on a chase as she ran in crazy circles around trees. She was glad they were drunk, because they were only slightly gaining on her. Had they not been they might have caught her by now, but she was getting tired. After all, P.E. wasn't exactly her best subject. But all good things must end, and they finally caught up to her and dragged her into the city; laughing? She felt like socking them. Was that all they could do? Laugh? What was so funny anyways?
"Why are you going to sell me? You can't just sell someone you find! For that matter, you can't sell anyone! It's illegal!" Hotaru protested.
"Where have you been? It's perfectly normal and legal." One of them said. She'd didn't care which. Then it hit her. Obviously, different worlds would have different ways.
"I don't want to be a slave!" She cried, hitting Ralph with her free arm, which was dragging her by the other. Then he slapped her. Hotaru recoiled and shut up. Hatred boiled up inside of her. If she ever got her hands on her glaive, oh was he dead!
Then, finally, they entered the town.
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Meanwhile, Matt was entering on the other side of town. 'Definitely medieval,' He thought to himself. It seemed like a peaceful little town. Little cottages could be seen, and stands with food, weapons, armor, and random items dotted the road. What exactly was he supposed to do here? Maybe he'd find the other digidestined around or something. He certainly hoped so. It was making him feel sort of awkward to be in a new place with no one he knew. He decided to get some answers to little questions popping up in his mind.
"Excuse me miss, but what's the currency here?" He asked a girl at one of the weapon carts a few years older than him.
"The same as practically anywhere else, CC's." The girl replied.
"Sorry, sir, but what does that stand for? I happen to be new here and I've never heard of those before. In fact, I'm kinda lost." Matt informed.
"Really? It stands for copper coins, actually. (A/N: I'm sooo original, aren't I?) So since you're lost and you don't know what copper coins are you must not have any. Poor thing!" She fussed. Matt nodded, slightly embarrassed. He had been discovered. She giggled at him.
"I'm not supposed to do this, but I'll give you some copper coins! My father will have my head, but oh well. If you need a place to stay, come back here, okay?" I'll help you out a little." She smiled at him.
"Sure, um, my name's Matt. What's yours?"
"Shina. It's a pleasure to meet you, Matt! Are you going to explore?"
"Yah, probably. Hey, thanks for all your help!" Matt replied.
"No prob. It's not every day that I meet guys who don't know what copper coins are." She laughed. Matt sighed. He must have looked like an idiot to her earlier. Oh, well. Maybe he'd explain his situation to her later. She seemed like a very nice girl, and she had given him, um, copper coins. Then he went off.
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Matt had gone around for about five minutes. For such a little town it was actually quite busy. He decided it was a pretty nice place, though he sort of missed his own world. He had discovered that this town had no digital supplies. No computers, clocks, microwaves, nothing. He had spent all his money on food. She had given him a pretty adequate amount, but of course, she hadn't poured it on him. He had enough supplies to last him a few day. He supposed he'd have to ask Shina for help about where he was going to sleep tonight. Either that or he'd have to sleep outside. Not that bothered him too much. After all, he had done it a lot in the Digital World, but he preferred a bed to the hard ground. And who doesn't?
Just then he had been lost in thought about where he was going to sleep and he bumped into someone's back. He snapped back into reality and apologized.
"Stupid kid! Watch where you're going!" The man growled at him. Matt backed up and turned sideways to go around him, but another guy blocked that way. Matt looked around the street in front of him and saw that a bunch of men had crowded around something. He tapped a guy on the shoulder.
"Um.sir? What's going on? Why are all these people swarming?" He asked.
"You haven't heard? They're selling a slave! That always attracts attention because usually nobles are the only ones who are offered slaves. And this one is a pretty girl, caught on the road by drunk men. If I were them I'd keep her for myself, but hey, like I said, they're drunk." He let out a chuckle. Matt nodded. Then he began pushing his way through the crowd to see this 'slave' girl. He had become quite curious. He finally broke out in the front. (Since he was younger than all the guys in the crowd he didn't have too hard of a time getting there.) Then he stared up the podium and met Hotaru's amethyst eyes and held them with his sapphire ones. They held each other's gaze, but Hotaru soon broke it as she began to try to escape again. Matt sighed and felt sorry for her. Then a thought popped into his head. 'Buy her yourself' His brain told him. He stuck his hand in his pocket and found he had no more copper coins. He cursed under his breath and began searching through his pocket. He pulled out the contents. A ten-dollar bill and a digital watch he had received from some girl who had had a crush on him. He stared at what he had in disgust. What could he do with these? He stared at the watch. It was orange, a color he wasn't particularly fond of. He had left it in his pocket because he liked the watch he was wearing much more. Then a devious smile crawled onto his face as an idea popped into his head.
"Hey! Look what I have!" Matt called out. He didn't like attracting attention very much, but he was going to have fun this time. He'd have to give it his best act. He had gotten almost everyone's attention, even Hotaru's.
"Isn't this the neatest thing? It tells time!" He held it up for everyone to see. They all stared in amazement as the seconds and minutes passed. Hotaru giggled quietly. She realized none of these people had ever seen anything of this likes before.
"And LOOK! This is the best thing about it." He pressed a button. And it began to glow. Hotaru began to laugh. All the men began to glare at her, but soon their eyes were drawn to the watch again. Ralph walked up to Matt.
"I'll trade you this girl for that wonderful item!" He pulled Hotaru up. Matt looked reluctant.
"I don't know. Hmm." Matt pondered fakely.
"Please, Please!" Ralph's friend begged.
"Well, okay, I guess." Matt said resentfully. Ralph whispered 'sucker' as he threw Hotaru at Matt, who caught her and stumbled back. Matt untied her bounds and pulled her out. Once they were a safe distance away they both collapsed to the ground and began to laugh. Then Hotaru paused.
"A digital watch! You traded me for a digital watch? But thanks for helping me out there! I didn't know what was going to happen to me. I'm surprised to find someone who knows about technology! But thanks sooo much!" Hotaru said, still laughing. Then they settled down.
"If you're a slave girl how do you know about digital watches?" Matt asked.
"I'm not a slave girl. They found me. I was asleep." Hotaru pouted.
"Oh. Okay. I see! I'm Ishida Yamato, but you can call me Matt." Matt said happily.
"Nice to meet you Matt! I'm Tomoe Hotaru, but please call me Hotaru. Do you happen to know where Japan is?" She asked.
"Um, yah. I live in it!"
"Oh! Me too! So we were both sucked into this place! But what are we doing here?"
"I'm not sure. I just know that something wants us here and I have a feeling it won't let us back to earth until we do what it wants. We were obviously brought here for a purpose; well, it's obvious to me. This has sort of happened to me before, except in a different world, with a group of kids I knew. But I'm glad I've found someone else from Japan! Maybe there are more people here from our world! We ought to stick together." Matt said. Hotaru nodded her head in agreement. Then she giggled.
"What?" Matt asked
"A digital watch!"
"Yah! Their probably still pressing the snooze light button. Hey, you want to know something? You're pretty cute." Matt said. Hotaru blushed and turned away.
Matt chuckled and pulled her to her feet. "Come on Hotaru, let's go! I'll ask a friend I made if she can help us out with where to stay. Then, after that, maybe we can try to figure out what we're supposed to do." Then he began to lead her to Shina's cart. It had been quite an interesting day for both so far.
"So Matt, how did you get here?" She asked along the way.
"The computer told me to touch my mirror." She held back a laugh.
"Really, that's crazy! You're so silly. Tell me the truth." She rolled her eyes. She stared at him and stopped giggling seeing that he was dead serious.
"Oh. Sorry. So the mirror brought you here?"
"Yah. It was rippling and since the computer told me to, I touched it. I know it's pretty dumb to listen to a computer, but I got curious. So how'd you get here?"
"I fell asleep." She said. She gave him a look that said 'don't you say a thing.' He just smiled and soon they met up with Shina.
"Hey Shina!" Matt called out. "I found a friend! Do you think you could get her a place to stay too?"
"Hey Matt! I know we have two spare rooms in my house! I'm sure it's okay!"
"Oh. We're staying at your house? Is it okay with your parents?" Matt asked. "I really don't want to impose or anything and it's such short notice."
"It's fine, Matt. Now introduce me to your friend!" Shina said stubbornly.
"Oh, sorry. Shina, this is Hotaru. Hotaru, this is Shina." Matt introduced.
"Nice to meet you Hotaru! I hope we become good friends!"
"Nice to meet you too. Thanks for helping us out." Hotaru replied. Shina smiled at her and the began to usher them into the cottage behind her.
"C'mon, let's go ask my parents." Matt sighed, remembering that her parents knew nothing of this.
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"Why do you always ask us on such short notice, Shina? I know you like helping people, but why do you always put us on the spot?" Her father argued.
"Geez father. But you'll let them stay right?"
"Of course."
"Thanks a lot sir. We have no copper coins and we've got no place to stay. This is a big favor to us! Thank so much. And also, you shouldn't yell at Shina. It's my fault. Anyways, Shina's such a kind girl." Matt suddenly said.
"Don't worry about it. It's just that sometimes she brings home odd crowds. Here in Rean Village (Matt thinks, 'Oh! That's what this village is called!) we don't usually take weird folk into our houses for no apparent reason, but if Shina sees them she insists that they not have to pay for a hotel and lets them stay here, regardless of what they're like. She says that maybe she'll find someone from a long way away who can tell her about knew things." Shina's mother assured them. "Now go up your rooms. And get yourself settled. Please help Shina bring up the sheets and blankets."
As they carried the blankets and sheets up Shina stopped them in the upstairs corridor. "So where exactly are you guys from?" She asked with an air of mystery. Matt and Hotaru glanced at each other. Then Hotaru nodded.
"You want the truth?" Matt asked. She noticed. "Promise not to tell anyone?"
"No! Of COURSE I promise! Just get on with it Matt!" Shina growled.
"Okay, we're from a different world called Earth. We were pulled into your world for some odd reason and I figure that we're here for some purpose. I assume that once we fulfill that purpose we can go back home." Matt explained.
"Oh wow! That's so cool!" Shina bursted out. Matt put his finger to his mouth and shushed her as they entered the room Hotaru was to stay in.
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It was late at night now. Almost midnight. Matt was just about to go to sleep when Shina slipped into his room. Matt sat up and stared at her.
"Sorry to bother you so late Matt, but I was just thinking about what you said. And so I brought you this." She held out something to him. It was long and she had wrapped it in cloth. Matt took it and unwrapped it. There he peered at a beautiful sheath with ancient designs on it. It was dark blue and the designs were trimmed with silver. Matt fingered it and then looked to the hilt. It was carved so elaborately and it was embedded with sapphires. In the center of the hilt was a large, diamond cut sapphire. He fingered it in awe. Finally he could only say one thing.
"For me?" He choked out.
"Yah, dumbo! No! It's for some other person named Matt!" Matt smiled at her and she smiled back. "Don't just sit there in bed! Try it out!" Matt nodded and stood up. Matt unsheathed the sword when it began to glow with the blue of his crest. He felt himself grow a little stronger.
"Hah! As I thought! It was meant for you! I dreamed of this sword and a voice in the dream told me to give this to a boy from a different world with sapphire eyes. And then, when I awoke it was laying there on my lap! I felt it was you. Anyways, you can't just go wandering about, defenseless! I was thinking about what you said. I'll take you to the fortuneteller tomorrow. Maybe she knows what you're supposed to do.
Matt smiled at her. "Thank you! Thank you so much! It's the coolest thing I've ever seen!"
"Also, Hotaru has a weapon. I went in there and asked her if she wanted one and she said 'no thanks.' Then she began to concentrate and she was engulfed in purple magic and a glaive formed in her hand. That was the coolest thing ever! Hah! Now you both have weapons! You two look so cute together."
"Hotaru and I?" Matt asked.
"Yes, Matt. Now go to sleep. I think you'll have a busy day tomorrow too." Then she left Matt with that final thought.
"Hotaru and I look cute together?" Matt asked himself.
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So how'd you like it? I sure had fun writing it! In fact! It's now 1:50 at this moment that I'm typing. If my parents catch me I'm busted. HAHAHAHAHAHAH! I'm such a bad little girl. I had so much fun writing this that I couldn't stop. I hope someone reviews this. I knoe, I have weird thoughts and ideas. I hope I get to write more soon. I wrote this all in one night! YAAAAY! Now you know why my name is Sleepy Shadow Mistress, ne? (I made that SN up at night) Well, good night guys. I hope you like this chap. Like I said before. Please review!