Chapter 5
The Dimension Jumpers
The Journey to East Hinata
Disclaimer: See First Chapter
Reviewer Reply Notes:
I like to say thanks for the four reviews that I have received since posting chapter 4. When I started writing fanfiction, I wanted to do something that was different from what all the others have done. I found a lot of humor/romance fanfics here but I noticed that sci-fi love hina fics are in short supply so I thought, hey, let me try writing one of those and this is how this story was born.
In response to the Herryk review, he seemed to dislike the style of writing used here. In most stories, you could say he said and she said and you would not have a problem but in a story such as an alternate dimension story where there may be multiple characters with the same name you are going to have a hard time telling who is who and so I thought that the current style would be the most clear and readable that I can be. If you have a question please e-mail me with any questions. Sign in and then review so I can contact you with the answer to any questions. Please send in your reviews for every chapter since I do enjoy receiving and reading them.
Story Notes: Please remember this when reading this story to avoid confusion.
"Words surrounded by "" are spoken words."
words in Italics are thoughts or descriptions
Words in regular type are spoken by anyone from the parallel dimension.
Words in Bold are spoken by Keitaro.
Words in Bold AND Italics are spoken by Motoko
Names that are underlined are referring to the people in the parallel dimension
Names that are NOT underlined are referring to the people from our dimension.
Well, we had a good nights rest and are now starting our journey to East Hinata. They said that we will be all right if we keep moving and stay with the group but Motoko and I never really felt safe walking through this town. Every sound we heard made us jump because you never know if someone is going to attack you in this world. I remember how my town looked like and this town did resemble the one in my dimension but the people here are, well in a word, evil. I couldn't figure out what happened differently in this dimension that could have changed the people we knew into such monsters. We really wanted to know what led to this abomination that stands before us and if I there was something that I could do to end this insanity. I wanted to help make it happen.
As we walked to the great wall that separated the west from the east, I had many questions that I wanted to ask. I wanted to know why Hinata Hot Springs is being treated like it is a country? It is just a small town in Japan in my dimension but here it seems like the center of the universe and I wanted to know why that is the case?
Why would my sister commit such atrocities against the people of this town? My sister was an honorable woman in my dimension but here she is nothing more than a sadistic monster that doesn't place any value on morality and human life. I have the feeling that these answers are not going to be easy to stomach but I must hear the truth if I am going to have any chance of surviving this nightmare.
"Here is where the hole in the wall is located. We'll swim down to the bottom and go through the hole. Don't surface until you are as far away from the wall as possible as we don't want to be seen since you do know what they do to people who try to cross over into east Hinata."
"Oh, one more thing, this is your first time swimming with gills so you are going to notice some differences in how you breathe and you are going to feel a little strange at first but don't sweat it. This is normal and it will soon pass. You are going to think that you are drowning since you have been accustomed to the fear of drowning but this will also pass with time so don't worry about it. These devices have never failed me and they last forever so you don't have to worry about them malfunctioning on you. For future reference, these devices allow you to breathe underwater but don't go down too deep or you will get the bends which will kill you so be careful."
Just then a man starting to approach us but Motoko and I didn't see him coming because it was so dark out there. We didn't know it but this man would bring us nothing but trouble on our journey. Shinobu heard the sound of him coming and knew exactly what was going to happen to us.
"Oh Shit! It's Black Cobra."
"Eagle Eyes, take Keitaro and Motoko to East Hinata. I will try to distract him while you make your escape."
"Are you suicidal? You can't fight him! He will kill you for sure. I will fight him and. . ."
"I don't know the way! You are going to have to take those two to East Hinata. Keitaro and Motoko, it was nice meeting you two but I am going to have to stay behind. I hope everything works out for you two. Now go!"
"But but. . ."
I tried to stop Kitsune but Eagle Eyes grabbed each of our hands and headed for the water. Just before we went underwater, I heard the sounds of gun shots and then a scream and I hoped that she would have escaped but that was just foolish to think that she could escape from this man.
The way that they described him, it sounded like he was some sort of killing machine. I wondered if this had anything to do with Tsuroko. Damn, I must have been spotted by someone who works for Tsuroko and now I got someone killed. If I had the time to think about what just happened, I would have felt very bad for what happened but now I must go to East Hinata. I couldn't allow her death to be in vain. Her sacrifice allowed Motoko and me to escape to East Hinata.
We swam for what seemed like forever. I felt kinda strange since this was my first time using those devices that we got implanted and I was trying to ignore it. Motoko must have felt the same way I did since she was probably trying to cope with using those gills and the fact that Kitsune sacrificed herself so we could get a chance to make it to East Hinata. We both felt guilty for allowing her to do what she did but in the end, we knew that it had to be done. They both spoke of us as if we were their only hope of ending this war and bringing peace to Hinata Hot Springs once again. I don't know why we are so important but I am having that sinking feeling that Kaolla Su will know the answers to my questions.
We started to finally see the surface and we were hopeful that they would soon be out of the water and back onto dry land again. We finally surfaced in East Hinata and were just about to get out of the water when we heard a voice and several sounds of guns being pointed at us.
"Don't move a muscle or we'll shoot!"
We were not about to disobey such an order since it seemed that 20 to 30 guards had surrounded us and were not about to allow anyone to pass and I had the feeling that they weren't exactly the trusting type. We did just come from West Hinata which isn't exactly known for its kind and considerate citizens.
"Hold your fire and stand down." A voice told the guards.
They stopped pointing their guns at us as a young woman approached us.
"Welcome back, you two. Come with me to headquarters. We have so much to talk about."
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw who told those guards to hold their fire. It was my alternate reality version of my sister, Kanako. I am guessing that she is head of security for the East Hinata Government. I wonder who else lives on this side of Hinata Hot Springs. I hoped I would soon meet Kaolla Su and find out the answers to all of my questions. I hoped that she would know of a way to bring us back home since neither of us wanted to spend the rest of our lives trapped here. I knew that neither of us belonged here and we couldn't stay here forever. I only wanted to help them with ending the war and in return I would ask them to find a way to bring us back to our dimension.
I would learn many things about this place. What they told us inside that place would truly shock us all.
Author Notes: This is the end of chapter 5 of The Dimension Jumpers. I apologize for the shortness of this chapter. The next chapter will be the meeting between our dimension jumpers and Kaolla Su and where many questions will be answered and a few bombshells will be dropped. I wanted that segment to be a separate chapter since I didn't want
Trust me the next chapter will have many surprises.
If this was a book, this would be the tag line for my story.
When you think they knew it all, in the end, you find that they knew hardly anything at all.