Disclaimer: sings in a horribly off-key voice Nobody knows the trouble I feel...nooooooboooody knooooooows my soooorooow! Nope! Don't own anything! Am poor, penniless student who writes weird fanfics for fun! And to practice grammar! Terrible, neh?
Author's Corner:
Dictionary to understand DH:
(1): Think Hatsuharu from Fruits Basket.
(2): This is from Spaceballs, a Star Wars spoof. Has Bill Pullman. drools
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Ariel and Isolde were walking along the road to Fruits Basket territory. As they walked, they admired their woodland surroundings. The trees were lushly encrowed with glistening, green leaves and some also were in flower; the grass was bright, shining green and longer than a horse's tail; and the evil squirrels were chattering away as they climbed all over the lovely trees. It was a mildly pleasent scene.
The road they walked on was quite dusty since it hadn't rained in over a week; it also had a few potholes the size of Texas riddled all over it.
When the sun reached it's zenith, the two trainers encountered a fellow traveler who was coming in their direction.
"Hello! Nice day, huh?" the stranger called.
"You might say that," Ariel replied easily.
The trainers stopped in the middle of the road for a bit of friendly chatting. "Where you headed to?" Isolde asked the new trainer.
"Waterslide City," she answered with a grin. "Oh, by the way, my name is Hirosaki." She shook hands with Ariel and Isolde.
Ariel introduced herself and her friend saying, "I'm Ariel and this is my best buddy, Isolde."
"Nice to meetcha."
"Likewise," Ariel and Isolde said.
"What bishies do you two have?"
Ariel smiled proudly. "Joey-san from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Spike-san, Faith-san, and Angelus-sama from Angel; Yusuke-sama from Yu-Yu-Hakusho; and Tomite-sama from Fushigi Yuugi."
"Tokaki-sama, Tomo-san, Amufuri-san, and Hikitsu-sama from Fushigi Yuugi; Seto Kaiba-sama, Bakura-san, and Marik-san from Yu-Gi-Oh!; Tyreal-sama from Diablo 2; Miroku-sama from Inu-Yasha; Pyro-san from X-Men; and Bugs Bunny- sama from Loony Toons," Isolde rattled off.
"Wow! You both have such awesome bishies! I have Heero-sama and Milliardo- san from Gundam Wing and Ranma-sama from Ranma 1/2."
"That's cool. Hey! Ya wanna duel?" Ariel was jumping up and down in hyperactive excitement.
"Sure! Just one on one with sans, though, since Ranma is a new sama and Heero just dueled yesterday," Hirosaki replied with just as much enthusiasm as Ariel.
Isolde grinned. "I'll have to get my bishies out to watch this! Alright, boys! Come out!"
Her bishies appeared in a blast of white light. "What's going on, Isolde? A battle?" Pyro asked.
"Yeah, not mine, though. Ariel is dueling against Hirosaki, that girl over there," Isolde answered. "Let's find a nice spot to watch."
With the help of Pyro and Miroku, a small patch of woodland was turned into an clearing. Burn marks from Pyro's fire manipulation marked the arena lines. Isolde stood to the side of the cleared area, holding two little, red flags, while her bishies sat to both sides of the arena. The terms of the duel were as such: $50 to the winner.
"I'm using Milliardo Peacecraft-san," Hirosaki announced.
"I'm using Joey Wheeler-san," Ariel stated. She motioned for her other bishies whom had appeared from their bishie balls to sit with Isolde's.
Hirosaki didn't let her other bishies out since Heero was tired and she didn't want Ranma distracting Milliardo.
Isolde raised the flags above her head. "When I say 'Go!', you may duel," she instructed the trainers who nodded to show they understood. Dropping the flags, Isolde shouted, "Go!"
Milliardo swiftly brought out his gun, which was filled with rubber bullets, and fired at Joey who dodged quickly.
There was a huge difference between Joey and Milliardo Peacecraft. Milliardo was a range bishie, while Joey was an in-close fighting bishie. If Milliardo kept Joey at a distance, he would be able to win, but if Joey got in close enough, he would win since Milliardo was not able to use fight- fighting, unlike his Zechs Marquise persona (sp?).
This battle clearly was going to go to Peacecraft this time, though, because Hirosaki's Milliardo was adept at keeping his opponent far away from him. As he continued to fire strategically at the young bishie, he made him move further and further away until he was forced right to the edge of the arena. If Joey stepped out of the burn mark line of the cleared area, he would lose automatically according to the outdoor arena rules. Just when it seemed that Joey would lose instantly, Milliardo ran out of bullets in his gun round.
Joey immediatly began to charge the platinum-haired bishie speedily. Milliardo, however, was reloading extremely quickly. The answer to who would win was decided in a moment.
Milliardo had the rubber bullet producing gun straight to Joey's forehead. "Checkmate," he said with a grin.
Ariel looked very disappointed, but she shrugged off her defeat with a sigh. "Hirosaki wins," she said. She smiled slightly to show she was not a sore loser.
Hirosaki grinned happily. "Milliardo, return!" she commanded holding out the bishie's ball.
Ariel walked over to her discouraged bishie and patted him on the shoulder. "You did well. This is your first duel against a range bishie and you were marvelous," she consoled him.
Joey managed a shaky grin, after all, no one likes a gun to their head whether or not it could kill. "Thanks, Ariel. Can I go back now?"
"Sure," Ariel responded. She held out his ball and said, "Joey, return."
Hirosaki walked over to Ariel and shook hands with her. She complimented Ariel and Joey saying, "That was a good duel, your bishie is really fast, I'd hate to see a battle between him and Ranma when he reaches sama stage."
"It was a pleasure," Ariel said graciously. She dug into her pocket for a moment, then produced her wallet triumphantly. She ruffled through the many bills until she found a $50. "Here is your winnings, Hirosaki." She handed over the money to the trainer who put it in her jeans pocket.
"I'll see ya around, sometime. Maybe by then I'll have a new bishie to duel with." Hirosaki gave a tiny salute before walking again on her way to Waterslide City.
Isolde returned most of her bishies to their balls, except for Pyro, Tokaki, and Miroku. Isolde regarded Ariel calmly for a momnet. "How are you doing?" she asked quietly.
Ariel thought for a moment, then she smiled. "You know, I don't like losing, but I don't really mind this time. It was a good fight and a close one as well. Joey did very well, considering how little experience he has had fighting against non-fist fighters. In not too long, he'll be a sama if he keeps on progressing at the speed he has so far."
Isolde nodded encouragingly. "That's the right way to look at it. There was no better way for him to fight, it's just his bad luck that that Milliardo has had experience in dealing with non-range characters."
The girls continued their journey in an almost jovial mood, singing songs such as, "Who Let the Dogs Out(1)", "Youth of the Nation(2)", and "Flowers of Carnage(3)". The last of the three made Tokaki and Miroku crack up until they nearly cried.
Sunset found the girls and their bishies resting after eating a simple meal of bread, cheese, milk, and rice cakes. "I love how peaceful it is here," Ariel remarked.
Tokaki, Miroku, Spike, Seto, Faith, Malik, Joey, and Bakura were noisily playing I Doubt It, also known as BS, with three card decks; Pyro, Amufuri, Angelus, Yusuke, Tomite, and Hikitsu were having a mancala tournament which was getting rather bloody since they introduced a rule that losers had to play Bloody Knuckles with each other; Tomo was painting his nails; Bugs Bunny was napping; and Tyreal was meditating while Ariel and Isolde petted his wings.
"Yeah, it's nice," Isolde agreed nodding.
After a moment's silence, Ariel questioned Isolde saying, "How'd you get here?"
Isolde grinned mischieviously. "Heh, let's take you back around five years. I was checking my email, just like every other normal girl, when suddenly, this strange webpage popped onto my screen. I didn't know what it was, but it looked interesting. The backround was black with a green dragon. I like dragons, so I read the words downloading onto the page. It said, "Do You Have What It Takes To Become A Trainer?". Naturally, I was intrigued. I scrolled down to a profile page. It asked for age, hair eye, and skin color, height, weight, racial orgins, etc." Isolde paused for a moment grinning. "Of course, I messed around. I put in red/gold for my hair color, which in fact IS my real hair color, but I added a few inches to my height, and for my eyes, I put in gold instead of my actual color, blue."
"Wait, you've been here for FIVE YEARS?!" Ariel screeched in surprise as the information filtered through her stunned brain.
"Yeah."
"That means you were here just after the new rules came out!" Ariel exclaimed as she did a few mental calculations.
"Just a week after, in fact," Isolde confirmed.
"Wow, your probably one of the longest staying trainers around!" Ariel's eyes were shining with what suspiciously looked like adoration.
"There are many who have been around from the very begining seven years ago, so I wouldn't exactly say that, but I'm definitly listed under "Oldtimer." Anyways, let me finish my story! I filled out the profile, then I clicked on the button at the bottom, it was red as I recall, that said "Make Me A Trainer!" Then, my computer froze, I understand that this still happens even now, they changed the profile thing because, well, I'll tell you later. I was sucked into this world and I looked EXACTLY like I had written in the profile. I found myself in a white room along with a dozen or so other girls. Oh man, they looked really odd. Some had bat wings, others had angel wings, it was really a mess. A guy in a white lab coat entered the room after a few seconds and he swore when he saw us- he facepalmed too, ha, that was funny. Anyways, he told us that we were supposed to fill out the profile to show what we looked like. He told us that he would fix the mistakes in a moment. He brought out a machine that had the profile on it and told us to one at a time fill it out regularly. I was last in line and by then, I had decided to keep everything the same, so I lied and told him this was how I really looked. The dude gave my eyes an odd glance, but he allowed me to keep them that way. He surely knew that wasn't my realy eye color, but he was cool with it, I guess."
Ariel stared at her friend. "Wow. That's how it was back then?"
"Yeah. Someone told me that the profile thing was immediatly deleted and they installed a new program that told them what the new people really looked like." Isolde grinned cheekily.
"That's really amazing. I only came into this world two years ago. Hey, how come you have only these bishies? Shouldn't you have, like, a million by now?"
Isolde frowned. "That's a story I'd prefer to tell you later. Ask me again some other time." She stood and opened a capsule to take out her sleeping bag. "I'm going to bed now, you all should too," she told the bishies and Ariel.
Most of the bishies went to sleep in their balls, but Tokaki, Miroku, Tomite, and Hikitsu stayed out to watch over their trainers.
The moon shone her light down on the now peaceful camp with a benevolent gaze as the two tired girls slept with their bishies standing sentry at the four corners of the camp.
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Urgh. Waaaay too cute at the ending there. I don't know what's wrong with me lately, this is way too strange. Oh well, maybe it would help if I had Trillium aiding me...Must go take test for 7th gup yellow belt with green stripe...ugh. Am as nervous as when went on stage for Merchant of Venice play...butterflies...
Refrence Section for Those Who Care:
(1) Baha Men. Used to be my favorite song. I still like it, of course, it's got a great beat.
(2) P.O.D. I LOVE this song! Very good for excercising to.
(3) #13 on the Kill Bill Volume II cd. My newest favorite foreign song...
Feel free to press the nice lavendar button at the end of this webpage to tell me what you think of this chapter! Also, suggestions for bishies that the girls should catch or see would be helpful. If you want to know which bishies I know about, check out my profile. Just one little note: I absolutely refuse to write anything about Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, or Power Puff Girls. I am set in admantine about that. Ja ne!