Apple Pie and Pocky for lunch
Day 1: Late morning to mid-afternoon
"Daniella?"
Yusuke turned to look at May, "I thought she looked familiar, too. You
know her?"
"She's from your past...I think. If she is who I think she is, she was
engaged to your oldest brother, Endymion."
"Obviously, she is engaged to someone in this life, too. She just walked
into a bridal shop," Terry observed.
"I'm going to go talk to her."
"Wait a second, lady. You can't just walk up to people on the street and
demand that they talk to you! At least not without that axe thing of
yours."
"Yusuke, I have it under control. Terry, hand me that package in your
hand."
Terry looked confused, "What package in my-? Okay, now that's freaky.
That bag just appeared." Terry shook his head, "That's it. Later you
are showing me all of your little tricks, especially how you get bags
to appear out of thin air," Terry finished as he handed May a huge bag
that he didn't have a second ago.
"You're worse than Botan. What the hell is in the bag?"
"My conversation starter. Now, if you boys will excuse me-"
"We aren't coming with you?"
"Of course not! Men don't go into bridal shops."
"So what are we supposed to do?"
"Here," May tossed some yen at the boys, which Terry caught. "In this
life, your older brother occasionally hangs around an arcade. The name
escapes me at the moment. Go scope out some arcades and see if you can
find him."
"Lady, we don't even know what he looks like!"
"He looks something like the two of you. Have fun boys. And try not
to kill each other." With that, May ruffled each boy's hair (which neither
of them liked) and skipped into the bridal shop with her package.
As Terry and Yusuke begin to walk off, Terry pondered out loud, "I wonder
if they have VR here?"
*****
Like everything else about planning her wedding, the search for the perfect
wedding outfit wasn't going well. Reika sighed. Her friends
didn't understand her feelings on the matter, either. When she told
them that no dress had felt right, they all said that she had pre-
wedding jitters or cold feet. Her maid of honor finally told her to just
get a nice dress and deal with it. So here she was, looking for dress
in this fashionable shop. At that moment she was holding one up
to the mirror when she heard someone speak.
"It's a nice traditional outfit...but it's really not your style.
Honestly, I see you in a more western style wedding dress...a vintage
one. And, believe it or not, I have the perfect one."
Reika spun around. In front of her was a foreigner with darker skin than
she was used to seeing. By her side the foreigner had a huge box in a
bag. "You don't think this," Reika asked as she held up the traditional
outfit, "is right for me?"
"Well, no. But if you like it, what do I know?" The woman laughed, "I
just came in to cancel an order before I return my dress...but I think
it would be perfect for you. Come take a look."
Happy that someone seemed to understand, Reika walked over as the woman
laid the box on the table and opened it. Inside was the most beautiful
dress Reika had ever seen. "Wow. It's amazing," she breathed.
"Try it on."
"Oh, I couldn't."
"No, please do. It's not like I'll be using it."
"Your wedding was cancelled?"
"My wedding-" the woman stopped and seemed about to cry. After a moment
she seemed to pull herself together, although there was still a resigned
look in her eyes, "My wedding was only a dream; it isn't going to
happen. I'll never be married. But that's all the more reason for
someone else to enjoy this dress." The woman smiled, although it was a
sad smile, "Try it on for me."
"But you didn't get the dress here. Won't the shop owners mind if I-"
"I'm sure they won't mind if you try it on. Go ahead."
"Thank you."
As the woman that May was sure was Daniella went to try on a very old
wedding dress, May eased herself into a seat. Without meaning to, the
woman reminded May that she was dead...and that she would never marry.
May still remembered the huge wedding she always dreamed about. She
knew what colors she'd have, who her bridesmaids would be, where she'd
have the ceremony...she'd had everything but the man. And now she no
longer had the opportunity. Dying for someone else is really selfless
when you think about what you give up.
"It's beautiful," May heard just before she looked up to see the other
woman walk out to the three way mirrors. "It's perfect!"
May walked up to the woman and admired her in the mirror. "Yes, I
believe it is. You'll have to sweep your hair up, but this dress is
definitely you. You look better in it than I did."
"Thank you, your majesty."
"Whoa! No need to use a royal address with me just because I'm letting
you have my dress. My name is May. It's nice to meet you -?"
"Reika. I'm sorry May. I have no idea where that title came from. I
hope I didn't offend you."
"You didn't offend me. If anything, you flattered me...I just didn't
want to accept more praise than I deserve."
"Thank you. Thank you so much for this dress. It really is perfect...
and I was having such a hard time finding a dress."
"I'm glad I could help,"
May turned to go, but she was stopped by Reika saying, "Wait!"
"I hope you don't think this is too forward of me, but this is the first
time I've felt really excited about my wedding. Would you come with me
to get some tea? I'd like to bounce ideas off of someone who won't
second guess me."
May smiled, "I'd love to."
*****
Terry and Yusuke had be wandering around the city for thirty minutes.
Amazingly enough, they hadn't killed each other. Not so surprisingly,
however, the were lost and were arguing about it.
"Well, these bracelets are helpful. Sure I can understand everyone
around me, but I can't READ any of the signs! And you're not helping!"
"How in the hell do you expect me to help?"
"Isn't this your native language, twip?"
"That doesn't mean I know where we are!"
Terry groaned in frustration, but stopped when he looked up and saw a
familiar word on a building, "Come on, we're going in there."
"Why? What's so special about that building?"
"Beside the fact that it has English on it, you mean?" Terry asked
sarcastically. "Yusuke, that building is the Crown...something. Don't
you think a latent first born prince would be attracted to a place called
'The Crown'?"
"No."
"Just shut up and come on," Terry said as he dragged Yusuke across the
street and into the building.
Once they walked through the automatic doors their ears were assaulted
by the noises of video games, kids, and teens. "Well, at least we now
know it's an arcade," Terry observed, "and a primitive one at that."
"Look, future wimp, just because you think that-" Yusuke started to shout,
but before he could finish he was knocked down by...something.
"Oh! I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to run you over. I didn't
see you-" a feminine voice said.
"One would think you would have learned some grace by now," another
feminine voice added.
By this point Yusuke had recovered, "What is your problem, lady? Are you
always this rude, knocking down people-"
"Yusuke!" Terry interupted as he reached down to help Yusuke to his feet.
Yusuke ignored his help. "I'm sure she didn't mean to hit you on purpose,"
Terry continued as he turned around to face the two women who had just
spoken, but as he turned to the blonde who ran into Yusuke a strange feeling
came over Terry and in a slightly different voice he said, "Or maybe she
did."
"What the hell has gotten into you?" Yusuke shouted at Terry.
Terry just shook his head, "I don't know."
"Mamo-chan." The blonde suddenly said, pointing at Terry.
"Excuse me?" Terry asked. He turned to Yusuke, "Did that make sense to
you?"
"No. There is something is seriously wrong with that girl."
"I'm sorry; it's just that you look just like my Mamo-chan. Doesn't he,
Rei?" the blonde asked her companion.
"Actually," the dark-haired girl next to the blonde replied, "he DOES look
a lot like Mamoru."
At that name, both Yusuke and Terry focused on the conversation. May had
told them earlier the name of their older brother in this place and time.
Hearing it uttered so soon after they walked into this building was
surprising. "Do you know this guy - Mamoru was it? - that I look like?"
The blonde blushed and giggled. "Yes. He's my boyfriend."
"Wow, what a small world. Maybe I'll meet him one day. Anyway, Yusuke,
you can play that game later. Let's go," Terry said, as he began to drag
Yusuke back out the main door.
"Hey!" Yusuke shouted after the doors closed, "What do you think you are
doing? They actually knew this Mamoru. You-"
"Took notice that this was a place those girls seem to come often. If
his girlfriend comes around her a lot, he would show up here eventually.
I pulled you out so that we could find May and tell her about this...and
come up with a plan."
"A plan? They are right here! That doesn't make sense!"
"That figures coming from you. Do you fight your way through everything?"
"Am I the one that ruined a police sting operation? You don't have the
best record either!"
Terry threw Yusuke a dirty look, "But I have a better record that yours,
hothead. Come on, twip. Let's go find May."
*****
"Goodbye, Reika." May said as she waved to her new...aquaintance, who wasn't
so new. May smiled as she walked away. She had an invitation to Reika's
engagement party where May could meet Reika's friends. May wasn't sure if
Reika's circle included the last prince she was looking for or not...but
having "Daniella" around could be very useful, especially when trying to
explain to the heir apparent what happened.
Now, she had some other jobs to do today, including finding a place to
stay for Terry, Yusuke, and herself. She had told Reika that she was
in town with some distant cousins. May sighed. She also needed to work
on a better explanation for Terry and Yusuke. She was too young for them
to be her children. And no one would believe she was their sister. Then
there was the problem of-
"May!" a voice shouted.
May turned around to see Terry and Yusuke coming toward her. "Wow. The
two of you haven't killed each other. Maybe the world is coming to an
end."
"Ha, ha, lady. Look, we may have found out something."
"Really? Well that's good. What did y'all find?"
"This place called the Crown. It's an arcade and while we were there
Yusuke got run over by someone claiming to be Mamoru's girlfriend."
"Really? You'll have to take me there tomorrow."
"So, lady. How'd your little adventure go?"
"Just fine. Oh, and boys, we have invitations to an engagement party in
two days."
"An ENGAGEMENT PARTY?! Why in the hell-?"
"Oh, just shut up, Yusuke and let's go."
"Go where, May?"
"We do need to find a place to live. It's a little hard to pull a mansion
out of thin air. And besides, I don't want to draw too much attention
to myself, remember? Now come on."
- to be continued -
Okay, this ended up going in a different direction than I had originally
planned. The story is getting pretty complex. I hope this chapter was
interesting. The hardest thing about writing crossovers is being true
to the characters in all the series and how they really would react in
different environments.
I am also still in great, great need for beta readers. Please, please,
please email me if you are interested in helping. Thanks for reading.
~December
Day 1: Late morning to mid-afternoon
"Daniella?"
Yusuke turned to look at May, "I thought she looked familiar, too. You
know her?"
"She's from your past...I think. If she is who I think she is, she was
engaged to your oldest brother, Endymion."
"Obviously, she is engaged to someone in this life, too. She just walked
into a bridal shop," Terry observed.
"I'm going to go talk to her."
"Wait a second, lady. You can't just walk up to people on the street and
demand that they talk to you! At least not without that axe thing of
yours."
"Yusuke, I have it under control. Terry, hand me that package in your
hand."
Terry looked confused, "What package in my-? Okay, now that's freaky.
That bag just appeared." Terry shook his head, "That's it. Later you
are showing me all of your little tricks, especially how you get bags
to appear out of thin air," Terry finished as he handed May a huge bag
that he didn't have a second ago.
"You're worse than Botan. What the hell is in the bag?"
"My conversation starter. Now, if you boys will excuse me-"
"We aren't coming with you?"
"Of course not! Men don't go into bridal shops."
"So what are we supposed to do?"
"Here," May tossed some yen at the boys, which Terry caught. "In this
life, your older brother occasionally hangs around an arcade. The name
escapes me at the moment. Go scope out some arcades and see if you can
find him."
"Lady, we don't even know what he looks like!"
"He looks something like the two of you. Have fun boys. And try not
to kill each other." With that, May ruffled each boy's hair (which neither
of them liked) and skipped into the bridal shop with her package.
As Terry and Yusuke begin to walk off, Terry pondered out loud, "I wonder
if they have VR here?"
*****
Like everything else about planning her wedding, the search for the perfect
wedding outfit wasn't going well. Reika sighed. Her friends
didn't understand her feelings on the matter, either. When she told
them that no dress had felt right, they all said that she had pre-
wedding jitters or cold feet. Her maid of honor finally told her to just
get a nice dress and deal with it. So here she was, looking for dress
in this fashionable shop. At that moment she was holding one up
to the mirror when she heard someone speak.
"It's a nice traditional outfit...but it's really not your style.
Honestly, I see you in a more western style wedding dress...a vintage
one. And, believe it or not, I have the perfect one."
Reika spun around. In front of her was a foreigner with darker skin than
she was used to seeing. By her side the foreigner had a huge box in a
bag. "You don't think this," Reika asked as she held up the traditional
outfit, "is right for me?"
"Well, no. But if you like it, what do I know?" The woman laughed, "I
just came in to cancel an order before I return my dress...but I think
it would be perfect for you. Come take a look."
Happy that someone seemed to understand, Reika walked over as the woman
laid the box on the table and opened it. Inside was the most beautiful
dress Reika had ever seen. "Wow. It's amazing," she breathed.
"Try it on."
"Oh, I couldn't."
"No, please do. It's not like I'll be using it."
"Your wedding was cancelled?"
"My wedding-" the woman stopped and seemed about to cry. After a moment
she seemed to pull herself together, although there was still a resigned
look in her eyes, "My wedding was only a dream; it isn't going to
happen. I'll never be married. But that's all the more reason for
someone else to enjoy this dress." The woman smiled, although it was a
sad smile, "Try it on for me."
"But you didn't get the dress here. Won't the shop owners mind if I-"
"I'm sure they won't mind if you try it on. Go ahead."
"Thank you."
As the woman that May was sure was Daniella went to try on a very old
wedding dress, May eased herself into a seat. Without meaning to, the
woman reminded May that she was dead...and that she would never marry.
May still remembered the huge wedding she always dreamed about. She
knew what colors she'd have, who her bridesmaids would be, where she'd
have the ceremony...she'd had everything but the man. And now she no
longer had the opportunity. Dying for someone else is really selfless
when you think about what you give up.
"It's beautiful," May heard just before she looked up to see the other
woman walk out to the three way mirrors. "It's perfect!"
May walked up to the woman and admired her in the mirror. "Yes, I
believe it is. You'll have to sweep your hair up, but this dress is
definitely you. You look better in it than I did."
"Thank you, your majesty."
"Whoa! No need to use a royal address with me just because I'm letting
you have my dress. My name is May. It's nice to meet you -?"
"Reika. I'm sorry May. I have no idea where that title came from. I
hope I didn't offend you."
"You didn't offend me. If anything, you flattered me...I just didn't
want to accept more praise than I deserve."
"Thank you. Thank you so much for this dress. It really is perfect...
and I was having such a hard time finding a dress."
"I'm glad I could help,"
May turned to go, but she was stopped by Reika saying, "Wait!"
"I hope you don't think this is too forward of me, but this is the first
time I've felt really excited about my wedding. Would you come with me
to get some tea? I'd like to bounce ideas off of someone who won't
second guess me."
May smiled, "I'd love to."
*****
Terry and Yusuke had be wandering around the city for thirty minutes.
Amazingly enough, they hadn't killed each other. Not so surprisingly,
however, the were lost and were arguing about it.
"Well, these bracelets are helpful. Sure I can understand everyone
around me, but I can't READ any of the signs! And you're not helping!"
"How in the hell do you expect me to help?"
"Isn't this your native language, twip?"
"That doesn't mean I know where we are!"
Terry groaned in frustration, but stopped when he looked up and saw a
familiar word on a building, "Come on, we're going in there."
"Why? What's so special about that building?"
"Beside the fact that it has English on it, you mean?" Terry asked
sarcastically. "Yusuke, that building is the Crown...something. Don't
you think a latent first born prince would be attracted to a place called
'The Crown'?"
"No."
"Just shut up and come on," Terry said as he dragged Yusuke across the
street and into the building.
Once they walked through the automatic doors their ears were assaulted
by the noises of video games, kids, and teens. "Well, at least we now
know it's an arcade," Terry observed, "and a primitive one at that."
"Look, future wimp, just because you think that-" Yusuke started to shout,
but before he could finish he was knocked down by...something.
"Oh! I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to run you over. I didn't
see you-" a feminine voice said.
"One would think you would have learned some grace by now," another
feminine voice added.
By this point Yusuke had recovered, "What is your problem, lady? Are you
always this rude, knocking down people-"
"Yusuke!" Terry interupted as he reached down to help Yusuke to his feet.
Yusuke ignored his help. "I'm sure she didn't mean to hit you on purpose,"
Terry continued as he turned around to face the two women who had just
spoken, but as he turned to the blonde who ran into Yusuke a strange feeling
came over Terry and in a slightly different voice he said, "Or maybe she
did."
"What the hell has gotten into you?" Yusuke shouted at Terry.
Terry just shook his head, "I don't know."
"Mamo-chan." The blonde suddenly said, pointing at Terry.
"Excuse me?" Terry asked. He turned to Yusuke, "Did that make sense to
you?"
"No. There is something is seriously wrong with that girl."
"I'm sorry; it's just that you look just like my Mamo-chan. Doesn't he,
Rei?" the blonde asked her companion.
"Actually," the dark-haired girl next to the blonde replied, "he DOES look
a lot like Mamoru."
At that name, both Yusuke and Terry focused on the conversation. May had
told them earlier the name of their older brother in this place and time.
Hearing it uttered so soon after they walked into this building was
surprising. "Do you know this guy - Mamoru was it? - that I look like?"
The blonde blushed and giggled. "Yes. He's my boyfriend."
"Wow, what a small world. Maybe I'll meet him one day. Anyway, Yusuke,
you can play that game later. Let's go," Terry said, as he began to drag
Yusuke back out the main door.
"Hey!" Yusuke shouted after the doors closed, "What do you think you are
doing? They actually knew this Mamoru. You-"
"Took notice that this was a place those girls seem to come often. If
his girlfriend comes around her a lot, he would show up here eventually.
I pulled you out so that we could find May and tell her about this...and
come up with a plan."
"A plan? They are right here! That doesn't make sense!"
"That figures coming from you. Do you fight your way through everything?"
"Am I the one that ruined a police sting operation? You don't have the
best record either!"
Terry threw Yusuke a dirty look, "But I have a better record that yours,
hothead. Come on, twip. Let's go find May."
*****
"Goodbye, Reika." May said as she waved to her new...aquaintance, who wasn't
so new. May smiled as she walked away. She had an invitation to Reika's
engagement party where May could meet Reika's friends. May wasn't sure if
Reika's circle included the last prince she was looking for or not...but
having "Daniella" around could be very useful, especially when trying to
explain to the heir apparent what happened.
Now, she had some other jobs to do today, including finding a place to
stay for Terry, Yusuke, and herself. She had told Reika that she was
in town with some distant cousins. May sighed. She also needed to work
on a better explanation for Terry and Yusuke. She was too young for them
to be her children. And no one would believe she was their sister. Then
there was the problem of-
"May!" a voice shouted.
May turned around to see Terry and Yusuke coming toward her. "Wow. The
two of you haven't killed each other. Maybe the world is coming to an
end."
"Ha, ha, lady. Look, we may have found out something."
"Really? Well that's good. What did y'all find?"
"This place called the Crown. It's an arcade and while we were there
Yusuke got run over by someone claiming to be Mamoru's girlfriend."
"Really? You'll have to take me there tomorrow."
"So, lady. How'd your little adventure go?"
"Just fine. Oh, and boys, we have invitations to an engagement party in
two days."
"An ENGAGEMENT PARTY?! Why in the hell-?"
"Oh, just shut up, Yusuke and let's go."
"Go where, May?"
"We do need to find a place to live. It's a little hard to pull a mansion
out of thin air. And besides, I don't want to draw too much attention
to myself, remember? Now come on."
- to be continued -
Okay, this ended up going in a different direction than I had originally
planned. The story is getting pretty complex. I hope this chapter was
interesting. The hardest thing about writing crossovers is being true
to the characters in all the series and how they really would react in
different environments.
I am also still in great, great need for beta readers. Please, please,
please email me if you are interested in helping. Thanks for reading.
~December