The Dimension Jumpers

Chapter 2 Many Questions, Many Answers But We Are Still Confused

Disclaimer: see chapter one

Reviewer reply notes: I thank all those who gave reviews as I look forward to reading them all. If you have a question that needs to be answered please sign in so I can e-mail you. I thank the first three reviewers for helping to point out the grammar problems. I reread through it and they started to hit me like a ton of bricks lol and thanks to simmyc for showing me that I have fixed most of the mistakes. I rewrote chapter one and noticed the differences almost immediately. Some of you have said that it went too fast. "Sometimes when you think that you know everything, you end up knowing hardly anything at all." Keep that in mind when you are reading the future chapters.

Author notes: please read these author notes before reading this chapter to prevent confusion.

words in Italics are thoughts or descriptions

Words in regular type are spoken by Kitsune

Words in bold are spoken by Keitaro

Words in Bold AND Italics are spoken by Motoko

Names that are underlined refer to the people in the parallel dimension.

Names that are NOT underlined refer to the people in our dimension.

We finally got to this safe place as she put it. It wasn't exactly what I was thinking. I was thinking like a house or an apartment which it was but this was hidden underground and personally, I really didn't give a damn as this world didn't look friendly to me. We wanted to get out of this nightmare alive and intact which later we would find out would not be all that easy to accomplish.

Kitsune let us into her underground "apartment" and closed the door.

"Okay, I gave you a safe place to stay. Now, I want answers to my questions."

"Who the hell are you and don't give me any shit about you two being Motoko and Keitaro because I frankly don't believe a word of it."

"Well, how do I explain it? We are from a parallel dimension and, yes, our names are Motoko and Keitaro but we don't belong here. We got sent here via a machine built by the Kaolla Su of our dimension."

"One thing, if what you say is the truth, why would you want to go to this shit hole anyway, it is not exactly a tourist attraction if you haven't noticed already?"

"We couldn't control where we ended up and we didn't plan on traveling to any parallel dimension of any kind. It was all one big accident and now we want to find a way home to our own dimension."

"I can't help you with that. You are going to have to see Kaolla Su if you are going to have any hope of returning to your own home. There is no guarantee that even she can help you, but if anyone can, it is going to be Kaolla Su."

Damn it, I hope that Su can get us home before somebody or something kills us.

"One thing, it is not exactly going to be easy to travel to East Hinata. Let me just say that the Aoyama Government doesn't like people traveling over there. They will shoot you dead before you even get near the wall, much less cross over it."

I was kind of expecting her to say that. I didn't expect them to let me across since East Hinata was an enemy of Tsuroko.

"One thing, you said earlier about someone wanting to capture me. Can you explain that a little better for me?"

"Well, I don't know all the facts about that, but, I do know is that Su has been wanting to see you for some time. Something about the quote miracle that she has been searching for unquote but I didn't really understand all that scientific mumbo jumbo." I remember her referring to an immortality gene and how it can solve all of the problems that we have today. When we get there, she can better explain that to you."

"On the other hand, Tsuroko also wants you for the same reason as Su but I don't think her reasons are all that noble."

I always thought I had a guardian angel from all the times somebody would attack me in such a way that should have killed me but I continue to live. Does this "immortality gene" exist and is that the reason for my inability to get injured or killed by anyone? I am not surprised that they would want that ability. I don't think I want someone like Tsuroko screwing around with me. I definitely don't want her learning how to harness that ability.

"I want to know the history of this place and the events that led to what we see today."

"Well for starters, Tsuroko was the head of an elite fighting school which had a lot of influence in Hinata Hot Springs. She became the leader of this group after the mysterious disappearance of her parents which some say was the handy work of Tsuroko herself."

She killed my counter part's parents? I need to know why she would commit such a barbaric act.

"Why would my sister kill our parents?"

"Well, I don't know for sure but rumor has it that they were about to retire and hand over full control to their younger daughter, Motoko and bypass their eldest daughter which of course is not what Tsuroko had in mind. At least, that is what I think anyway."

My sister in my dimension got married and I was being groomed for the position but it seems that they were going to bypass her for some other reason and that must be why she would do such a thing. I was always a little scared by my sister but this version of my sister just terrifies me.

"She got elected to the board of elders of Hinata Hot Springs and not soon after her ascension to the board of elders, they also started to disappear as well. Since she was the only remaining board member who was considered alive at the time, she changed the way the government worked so that only one person controlled everything with the promise of streamlining how government worked and to improve the lives of the people who live here but that was a lie. You can probably guess who has all the power and control."

How could the people of this town be so stupid as to believe that she was not involved in the disappearance of everyone in the board of elders if she was the only one left? How could they not realize that she could have been behind it all.

"Wouldn't someone start to complain that it was turning into a dictatorship?"

"When the elders started to wind up missing, they wanted peace and security and Tsuroko promised all those things when she made the changes. People wanted peace and security and they jumped at the first person who made such promises."

These people in this dimension make Keitaro look like a genius and I thought that was impossible.

"Why is the town split between two factions?"

"Well, The country that was controlled by the Su family went to war with the Aoyama controlled Hinata Hot Springs. They were able to take over the Eastern half but they couldn't defeat the western half of Hinata Hot Springs. It then became West and East Hinata Hot Springs and they have fighting that war ever since."

"How do you fit into all of this, Kitsune?"

"I used to work for the Aoyama government as the chief of security but I took off after being unable to stomach the atrocities that they committed. They don't take kindly to anyone who crossed Tsuroko the wrong way."

"You mean you quit the job, right?"

"When you are hired for a job with the Aoyama government you don't leave unless you disappear or are killed. There is no way out for anyone who gets into that hell hole of a government unless you don't mind being put six feet under and I obviously want to continue staying above ground."

"If you want to understand how ruthless a monster that bitch is, I will give you a perfect example."

"I heard one story about a secretary who made a small mistake while making a cup of tea for her and that bastard just pulled out a gun and shot her in the back of the head without even blinking once."

I cannot allow this monster to continue her reign of terror anymore. She may not really be my sister but that doesn't mean that she can continue this. I have a good feeling that whoever is going to help us get home would work a lot faster if we help them with their problems.

"How could anyone stand having such a person run West Hinata Hot Springs when she has no respect for people and human life in general?"

"She controls the media in this town and nothing gets through to the people without her approval. Not many people know of her true nature. The people that do know are willingly serving her, six feet under, or in hiding."

"I once noticed a sign that sits on her desk which read Failure is not an option nor is it acceptable." I found out first hand by witnessing the ruthlessness she expressed to anyone who didn't perform to her extremely high expectations. That was about the time I took off before she got around to killing me which is what I found out later on is what happened to the last three security chiefs before me."

I feel that I have been brought here to make a change for the better and even though these are not my friends or family I must do something. I may not know what I can do now but if there is a way I will find it.

"How do we get to East Hinata alive, Kitsune?"

"There is only one person who can do that for us."

"Who is this person anyway? Do you think this person will help us?"

"She is a spy working for the Amalla Su government. The best of the best and the only one that can help you escape from West Hinata Hot Springs. She calls herself Eagle Eyes and she is most known for her ability to get into and out of any place without anyone being the wiser for it. She can get you over the wall into East Hinata. She is also a crack shot with any gun but there is going to be a problem."

"And that is?"

"She is extremely paranoid and if she thinks that you are her enemy, she will shoot you dead before you even you knew what hit you. She communicates through letters that are sent by a mechanical pigeon."

"Of course, I would be paranoid too if I was on the top of Tsuroko's list of people she hates and wants to kill."

"It sounds like a plan so what do we do now?"

"I will write a letter to her explaining our situation and then we wait for her answer. I am quite sure that she will help us so don't worry too much about that. I don't have much in the way of good food but I cook something good for the three of us. We will then get some rest because we are all going to need it."

"Do you have any sake, Kitsune?"

"No, I don't drink alcohol, Keitaro."

We had to laugh at the fact that this Kitsune doesn't drink sake. She gave us a look of confusion but I told her that she wouldn't get the joke. We had a dinner that wasn't half bad. We got some rest and than we hoped for the best. We didn't know it then but this journey was going to be a lot harder than we could have ever imagined. If we ever get home, I am going to break that infernal contraption so no one would have to go through this shit that we are going to have to endure to find our way home.

Author Notes: This is the end of chapter two of The Dimension Jumpers. This chapter was basically to get Motoko and Keitaro as well as the reader up to speed on what kind of place this dimension is and what it holds for the two of them. The next chapter will be about their meeting with Eagle Eyes and the plan to get to East Hinata Hot Springs. Please read and review. If you want you can guess in your review who Eagle Eyes is and I want to see if anyone knows who it is. Hint: it is a member of the Love Hina cast. This is just for my curiosity.