A New Overlord
Since I had some spare time on my hands, I decided to create this subchapter. Rather than putting the information for the original characters at the beginning of a fresh chapter, I decided to give this section a chapter all its own. As it stands, these are the only original characters appearing in the fan fiction but, if I do decide to create more; their information will be put in a subchapter such as this one. This is why I dubbed this subchapter 1.
Subchapter 1: Original Character Introduction
A person walks to the center of an empty stage as a spotlight follows the person.
"Hello readers! I thank all of you who have been reading this fan fiction all the way through. I am Ryudo, or better known as Twilight BladeMaster, the author of this fan fiction. This has been a bit of challenge for me as I have not written fan fiction in a long time. But I'm glad to see that there are some of you who actually read my series instead of grazing it. Now, as I realize, original characters have played a pivotal role in the human world so I decided to give you a profile of each of them so that you can better understand them and how they interact with each other and their environment. So, without further ado, I give you Ryudo's subchapter profiling session!"
Crickets can be heard as there is no applause or praise or any such type of noise. Ryudo clears his throat as he continues with his profile rundown.
"Well then, I guess I should introduce our first guest. Please give a warm welcome to Chiaki Hyafumi!"
Uproarious applause can be heard as Chiaki takes center stage beside Ryudo.
"Thank you so much! You're all very sweet." Chiaki exclaims energetically.
"Thank you for joining us today, Chiaki. I figured we'd begin the show with the first original character to show up in this series." Ryudo explains.
"I see. That does make sense." Chiaki replies.
"Now then, let's just get a bit of basic information on Ms. Hyafumi." Ryudo states earnestly as a screen rolls down behind him and Chiaki.
Chiaki Hyafumi
Age: 15
Birthday: July 15th
Starsign: Cancer
Hair Color: Auburn
Eye Color: Green
Height: Five feet, two inches
Weight: 140 lbs
Favorite Color: Navy Blue
Favorite Food: Instant Noodles (Preferably Kimchi Flavor)
Mana Points: 25 Million
Netherworld Placement: Overlord
Human World Placement: High school Student
"Did they have to reveal my weight to the world?" Chiaki asked, embarrassed.
"The readers have a right to know these things. Be glad I convinced them not to give your bra size." Ryudo replied.
"What? They were going to do what?" Chiaki snapped.
"Anyway, let's move on. Tell us something about yourself." Ryudo sputtered nervously.
Chiaki regains her composure and complies with Ryudo's request.
"Well, let's see. Something that I can say about myself… I really don't care to talk about myself much so that's why this is somewhat hard for me. I guess you could already tell that I've been interested in the occult and things like that for a while. It hasn't been too long but long enough." Chiaki said thoughtfully.
"Really? And why is that?" Ryudo questioned.
"Well, it's an escape from the real world. I find the real world to be really boring sometimes so things like this at least give me something to occupy my time with. So I guess that could be considered a main reason." Chiaki replied smartly.
"Uh-huh. Well that's interesting. And what could you say about Miroku? How long have you known him and things like that?"
"Oh gosh, I've known Miroku since we were kids. His parents and mine used to live across the street from each other. When they found out that their kids were about the same age, they used to set up play dates and stuff. Miroku and I have been friends since then."
"Now you said "about" the same age. What does that mean?" Ryudo prodded.
"Well, Miroku is fourteen days older than me. He doesn't seem like it but he really is just a big kid at heart." Chiaki responded.
"I see. And what would you say about Miroku's overall personality?"
"Well, Miroku is a very nice guy. He can be annoying and thoughtless at times but he's good to have around. I don't think I would be the same without Miroku in my life. He's like my best friend." Chiaki replied while reminiscing about the past.
"Well, then why don't we bring him out here? And some chairs while we're at it?" Ryudo said pointedly.
"Yeah, that'd be fine with me. I'd like to sit anyway if this is going to take a while." Chiaki responded.
"Okay, so we'll take a brief intermission while we set up the stage. We'll be back in a few minutes or so."
The curtains close on the stage and sounds of scuffling and chatter can be heard behind it. The stage curtain reopens and the stage now has chairs. Ryudo and Chiaki have taken.
"Welcome back to Ryudo's subchapter profiling session! We're back with the lovely Ms. Hyafumi. When we last left off, we were about to invite Miroku down here. So without further ado, please put your hands together for Miroku Megami."
Miroku is met with uproarious applause as he walks to the center of the stage and takes a seat next to Chiaki.
"Thanks. Thanks for that. It's great to be here. You're too kind." Miroku appeals to the audience.
"Thank you for joining us today, Miroku. We're glad to have you here." Ryudo stated.
"Well it's great to be here. I think it's awesome that you'd have me here." Miroku replied.
"Well, let's just get a bit of basic info on Mr. Megami before we start." Ryudo said as he pointed to the screen behind them.
Miroku Megami
Age: 15
Birthday: July 1st
Starsign: Cancer
Hair Color: Blue/Black
Eye color: Amber
Height: Five Feet, Eleven Inches
Weight: 208 lbs
Favorite Color: Black and Gold
Favorite Food: Stuffed Clams
Mana Points: 22 Million
Netherworld Placement: Overlord
Human World Placement: High school Student
"Interesting stuff. Now I have a question for you." Ryudo stated with an inquisitive nature.
"Sure. Go for it." Miroku replied.
"It says here that you have amber colored eyes. That's pretty unusual. Have you always had them that color or are they contacts or something?" Ryudo asked.
"I've had amber eyes since I was born. It really is rare. I've seen almost no one with the same colored eyes in the real world. Only in anime and manga. But it is cool to have amber eyes. And the girls find it pretty attractive." Miroku said with self-content.
"I'll bet. Most women find exotic things like that attractive." Ryudo joked.
"Most, but not all." Chiaki chimed in.
"For sure. Kaname is a perfect example. She's a little bit more up your alley, eh Chiaki?" Miroku teased.
"I don't really care for your insinuation there, Miroku." Chiaki said seriously.
"Well, before we bring out our next guest, I have one more question for you, Miroku." Ryudo commented.
"Sure. Go right ahead."
"Well, it says on the data screen that you weigh 208 pounds, but you don't look like it. No offense but you actually look kinda scrawny."
"It's ok. I get that a lot. It's because I have a lot of concealed muscle. I don't look like much but I am pretty strong if I do say so myself. That 10th degree black-belt in jujitsu does pay off for something." Miroku replied.
"I see. Now that that's out of the way, let's introduce our next guest!" Ryudo exclaimed excitedly.
There was silence. No one came from backstage and the audience didn't applause. All was quiet. The sound of crickets could be heard in the silence.
"I think you're supposed to call out the next guest's name first." Chiaki instructed.
"Oh. I totally knew that. I was just testing you." Ryudo coughed nervously. A bead of sweat ran down his face which was flushed with embarrassment.
"I'm sure you did." Chiaki said skeptically.
"And with that, allow me to introduce Kaname Sadamoto! Give her a hand!" Ryudo said energetically as he tried to cover for his mistake.
The audience gave a half-hearted applause before Kaname came up. The applause then rose loudly as she walked to the empty chair near Miroku. She took a seat and waved to the audience.
"Thanks for being so nice, everyone! I really feel happy to be here!" Kaname yelled to the crowd.
"Welcome to the show, Kaname." Ryudo said politely.
"Thank you. It's nice to be here. But off the bat, I have a question to ask." Kaname said, slightly embarrassed.
"Sure. Ask away."
"Well, actually, it's a question for Miroku." Kaname indicated.
"A question for me?" Miroku echoed.
"I was just wondering if you could switch seats with me. If it's not too much to ask of course." Kaname asked, her face slightly red.
"Please, no, anything but that. Don't move your seat, Miroku. Please. Don't let that psycho sit next to me." Chiaki whispered quietly to herself.
Miroku had caught most of what she was saying since he had been sitting right next to her. He smiled wickedly and turned to Kaname.
"I'd be happy to switch seats with you. Here you go." Miroku said as he got up.
"Thanks. I just felt that…I'd be more comfortable in that seat." Kaname explained, obviously lying through her teeth to Chiaki and Miroku.
"Sure. It's not a problem." Miroku replied, going along with her.
"Everyone comfortable? We can move on now?" Ryudo asked pleasantly, masking his impatience.
"Yes." Miroku said quickly.
"Completely." Kaname said happily, fondling Chiaki's hand on the arm rest.
"Not really…." Chiaki mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?" Ryudo inquired.
"Oh, I said really." Chiaki said uncomfortably, trying to draw her hand away from Kaname's.
"Well, not that that's done, let's get our basic info on Ms. Sadamoto." Ryudo said with his trademark vigor as he pointed to the screen behind him.
Kaname Sadamoto
Age: 15
Birthday: August 26th
Starsign: Virgo
Hair Color: Emerald with jade highlights
Eye color: Blue
Height: Five feet, Seven inches
Weight: 135
Favorite Color: Jeweled Colors (Emerald, sapphire, etc.)
Favorite Food: Chocolate
Mana Points: Over 13 thousand
Netherworld Placement: Warrior/Royal Guard
Human World Placement: High school student/ High school hallway security
"Interesting info, to be sure." Ryudo quipped.
Chiaki squirmed uneasily in her seat as Kaname continued to fondle Chiaki's hand. She slid her hand out from under Kaname's only for Kaname to grab it again and hold on slightly tighter.
"Is something wrong, Ms. Hyafumi?" Ryudo asked with a concerned tone of voice.
"Nothing at all. I'm fine." Chiaki said through grated teeth.
"Good. Now we can ask our new guest some questions." Ryudo exclaimed.
"Sure. I'd be okay with that." Kaname said happily.
"Now, we have to start with the one fans want to know most. What is your exact sexual preference?" Ryudo prodded.
"Wow. That's a bit personal isn't it? I wasn't really expecting that." Kaname said with a nervous laugh.
It wasn't that she was ashamed with the fact that she was a lesbian. In fact, it was quite the opposite. The only thing that bothered her about the question is if they asked who she was interested in and that would be rather embarrassing for her.
"You don't have to answer if you don't want to." Ryudo said with slight disappointment.
"No, it's quite alright. I don't mind. For all of you who want to know, I'm a lesbian." Kaname said strongly.
The crowd gasped slightly but soon applauded her for her bravery. They were sympathetic with the amount of courage it took to pull something like that off with such confidence.
"Wow. You were pretty brave to come out like that. And so proudly too." Ryudo replied.
"Well, the way I see it, there's nothing wrong with being a lesbian. If you don't like it, then don't associate with me. Simple as that." Kaname said simply.
"Wow. I never would have guessed." Chiaki said wryly.
She continued to try and pull her hand away. She succeeded when Kaname lifted her hand up to fix her shirt. She placed her hands in her lap and sighed with relief.
"Well, we do have a few more questions for you. We just figured we'd get the biggest one out first. Anyway, what kind of training do you have? I mean, you're hallway security and you do have to be prepared for anything right?" Ryudo asked curiously.
"Well, I'm a regular to the kendo club and I did take a bit of Buddhist martial arts in my spare time. But I'm most comfortable with the way of the bushido. So I guess you could say that most of my training is in kendo." Kaname explained.
"Interesting. So you're more for CQC than ballistics." Ryudo said.
"Wait a minute, I'm confused. What's CQC?" Chiaki inquired.
"Oh. CQC is an acronym for Close Quarters Combat." Kaname responded smartly.
"So that's why you lunged at me with the kendo stick." Miroku reminisced.
"Yeah, that and it was part of the script." Kaname replied.
"Script? You got a script?" Miroku asked suspiciously.
"Now then, let's move on! Plenty more to do!" Ryudo sputtered nervously.
"So what else do you wanna know?"
"Well, I would ask you more but we do have to move on to our next guest. Our time is running short." Ryudo said disheartened.
"Explain to me how you got a script. I've been doing improv this whole time. I didn't think there was a script." Miroku continued to rant.
"I'll explain it after the show alright?" Kaname snapped, sick of Miroku's ranting over something so miniscule.
"And on that note, please give it up for our last guest, Mimiru Atelier!" Ryudo cheered.
Mimiru appeared from behind the curtain and walked down to the center of the stage, accompanied by the loud applause from the crowd and wolf whistles from the men in the audience. She decided to drag it out a little as she made a quick spin, allowing the bottom of her dress to flare up a little, gaining much more applause from the male audience before taking a seat next to Miroku.
"Welcome to the show, Mimiru. Glad to have you here." Ryudo said happily.
"I'm glad to be here. And such a warm reception. Thank you all!" Mimiru smiled as she waved to the crowd.
"They're obviously glad that you're here as well. Now what say we get right down to it with our basic information?" Ryudo asked rhetorically as he pointed to the screen behind him.
Mimiru Atelier
Age: 17
Birthday: December 25th
Starsign: Capricorn
Hair Color: Blonde with Goldenrod highlights
Eye Color: Amber
Height: Five feet, Four inches
Weight: 125 lbs
Favorite Color: Metallic Colors
Favorite Food: Most Sweets
Mana Points: Over 325 thousand
Netherworld Placement: Overlord's advisor/Overlord's wife
Human World Placement: Shopkeeper
"That's some interesting stuff right there. And I've never seen an overlord's wife placement before." Ryudo exclaimed.
"I could explain that if you like." Mimiru said knowingly.
"That'd probably be helpful. Please enlighten us." Ryudo said, waiting for an explanation.
"Well, in a netherworld marriage, the wife of the overlord should have a mana count over 3 thousand in order to take the throne temporarily or permanently if anything should happen to the current overlord. In order to be an overlord, you have to have over 1 million mana points." Mimiru explained, taking careful attention to detail.
"But why 3 thousand?" Ryudo asked.
"Well, if they should have a child, the child gets 30 percent of its mana points from its father and 70 percent from its father. So you see, in a typical husband and wife arrangement, the mother would have to be able to produce a successor to the throne which would mean that the successor would have to have at least 1 million mana points. It sounds complex but it isn't really. Although there are a few discrepancies such as what would happen if the female were overlord and things like that but it's generally the same arrangement. I'm in the process of writing a book on it." Mimiru answered.
"Well, it'll be sure to be an interesting read. Also, I have to say, it is interesting that you too have amber colored eyes like Miroku. I thought it was supposed to be a rare eye color and yet there are two of you right here." Ryudo pointed out.
"Yeah, that's what I thought. I didn't expect there to be another one when I met her." Miroku stated.
"I was surprised as well when I first met Miroku, because, like him, I had never met another person with amber colored eyes before." Mimiru said.
"So it's almost like you instantly have something in common." Ryudo said plainly.
"You could look at it like that. I'm sure we have lots of other things in common too. He seems like a nice guy." Mimiru placed her hand on Miroku's, making him blush furiously. She giggled quietly to herself at his reaction.
"There's also something about your name. Isn't it an alchemist's workshop?" Ryudo asked curiously.
"Yes it does. It's pronounced Ah-tel-ee-ay. It sounds like a French word but I'm not really sure it is." Mimiru replied.
"Well that is interesting. The owner of an occult shop with the name of an alchemist's workshop. It's been an interesting day here with all of you. I feel like I've learned much more about you. But sadly, our time is up. It was great having you all here with us and I'm glad to have had this opportunity to spend such valuable time with each of you. I'm sure we'll meet again in another subchapter, but that's all for now. Join us next time!" Ryudo said with vigor and excitement.
The curtain slowly drew to a close as the music accompanied everyone off stage and out of the studio.
And that is the end of my first subchapter. I can now get back to work on the main storyline. I just figured this would help explain the original main characters a little better and it also gave me a brief refresher period to gain new ideas for the main story. Again, any questions or comments can be left in a review and I'll address them ASAP.