A/N: Ten! Ten! Ten! Hello there! This is tendaysromeo and welcome to the fourth chapter of DreamTheater Intermix: The World Within! Nothing much to say, so let's start this chapter!
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story aside from some OCs, the plot and the settings.
After saying goodbye to Honoka Kousaka, Kotori Minami and Umi Sonoda, and Eddy Skipper McGee recovering from Umi's slap and getting himself dressed, Pinkie Pie led Tenma Daytona Romeoford and the Cul-de-Sac Kids inside the diner called Pop's Moon Palace.
Tenma, Eddy, Edwin "Ed" Horace Hall, Eddward "Edd & Double D" Marion Vicente, Kevin Dorscherr, Nazz Van Bartonschmeer, Jimmy Tweetums, Sarah Hall, Rolf Von Olsson, Lee Kanker, Marie Kanker, May Kanker, Jonny 2x4 & Plank looks around the place and find the interior of the diner pretty nice.
Tenma and the Cul-de-Sac Kids then proceeds to look around and noticed a few people inside.
At the first table, they saw a group of boys consisting of Hidenori Tabata, Irino Tadakuni, Yoshitake Tanaka, Hatano Mitsuo, Kuroshima Motoharu, Chapatsu Haisha and Megane Kurokami eating lunch with miserable expressions on their faces.
"Geez..." Kevin uttered in his thoughts, "I wonder if those guys just suffered one romantic rejection after another." he thought.
At another table, they saw a group consisting of Ichika Orimura, Houki Shinonono and Cecilia Alcott having lunch alongside Zed Necrodopolis and Addison Wells, and Ichika, Houki and Cecilia nearly vomited while watching Zed and Addison eat a plate of squirming worms as if it was a spaghetti.
Tenma and the others, sans Pinkie, Ed and Rolf, grimaced at the sight of the couple eating those squirmy insects.
"That's gross." Nazz commented.
"What the fuck is wrong with those two?!" Tenma questioned in disbelief.
Pinkie giggled, "Oh! That's because Zed is a zombie and Addison is just going along with his habits." she answered.
"Zombie?!" Tenma and the Cul-de-Sac Kids squawked in shock.
Pinkie giggled again, "Don't worry, Zed is a good guy." she reassured, "He won't bite you and turn you into one of his kind." she stated.
"Are there any more zombies attending this school?" May asked.
"Of various sizes and shapes." Pinkie answered, "And just like Zed, they're harmless." she reassured, "Unless you got under their skin." she added.
"Then we'll stay away from them as much as possible." Double D replied with a blank expression.
Pinkie, Tenma and the Cul-de-Sac Kids then made their way towards the counter where a young man named Johnny Bravo finished eating his hamburger before chugging down a blender-sized cup filled with soda.
"Ah~ That hits the spot." Johnny uttered in satisfaction before getting up from his seat, "Add it to my tab, Pops." he said before walking off and then coming across Pinkie, Tenma and the Cul-de-Sac Kids, "What's up, Pinkie?!" he greeted with a smile.
"Hiya, Johnny!" Pinkie greeted back.
Johnny then shared a high-five with Pinkie before leaving the diner while the pinkhead and the newcomers took a seat at the counter.
Then a man named Pops Drake approaches them with a notepad in hand, "Good day, Pinkie Pie!" Pops greeted with a smile before taking notice of the new arrivals, "And may I know who these kids are?" he asked.
"These guys are new here." Pinkie answered, "I've been showing them around and we decided to have lunch here." she stated.
Pops nodded, "I see." he uttered before turning to the newcomers, "I bid you all welcome to City Saints Academy." he greeted, "Anyway... what can I do for you?" he asked, "Do you have any kind of lunch preferences?" he added.
"The usual." Pinkie answered with a cheeky grin.
After Pops took their respective orders and came back with their respective meals, Pinkie, Tenma and the Cul-de-Sac Kids began to eat while having a conversation at the same time.
"GROM! GROM! GROM! GROM!" is the sound Ed is making while eating a large sandwich.
"Ed! Will you please eat properly?!" Tenma demanded.
"Those bread crumbs is flying all over the place!" Marie complained.
But for some reason, Ed isn't listening and kept eating that way, annoying Eddy so much that he grabs a nearby tray and whacks it hard on the lump's head, Ed stopped eating in response while sporting a big dumb smile on his face before falling face first on the counter top.
"Problem solved." Eddy mused.
"Eddy!" Double D shouted, "How many times do I have to tell you not to hit Ed on the head like that?!" he chastised.
"Well... Ed isn't listening to other's pleas, so I had to do something about it." Eddy reasoned.
"Hitting Ed on the head might give him a concussion!" Double D pointed out.
Eddy rolled his eyes in response, "Concussion? I'll give ya a concussion." he grumbled and was about to hit Double D with the same tray but Kevin prevented that by grabbing the object away from his hands.
Pinkie giggled at the guys' shenanigans, "So, what do you guys do before coming here?" she asked.
"Back in the cul-de-sac from Peach Creek, we usually hang around doing various things." Kevin answered, "Mostly mundane stuffs such as participating with fads or partying in Nazz' house." he pointed out, "Though we do have our own hobbies and other works such as farming for Rolf and Double D's tutoring job." he sampled.
Pinkie turns to Rolf, "You work in a farm?" she asked.
Rolf nodded, "Yes." he confirmed, "A proud occupation Rolf admits." he admitted with a proud look, "Farm work is difficult but it's what turned Rolf into a man." he shared, "Though Rolf must inquire if farm work is authorized in this location?" he asked.
"There are tons of mini-farms around this city." Pinkie answered, "I'll show you around there later." she expressed.
As this is going on, Tadakuni and the boys stood up from their table with smiles on their faces but when they came across Ichika, Houki, Cecilia, Zed and Addison's table, they became depressed once more before hanging their heads down in self-pity while sluggishly making their way out of the diner to which Kevin noticed.
"Hey Pinkie!" Kevin called out, "Just who the heck are those guys?" he asked while jabbing a thumb at the boys that just left the diner, "And why the heck they look so depressed?" he added.
"Oh! Those guys are known as the 'Legion of Girlfriendless Losers'." Pinkie answered, "And the reason why they're depressed..." she uttered, "... their derogatory group name will give you some clues." she pointed out.
Tenma raised an eyebrow before looking outside to see the boys walking away from the diner with their heads down, "Well that explains their extremely depressed nature." he uttered, "How many times those guys got rejected?" he asked.
Pinkie shrugged her shoulders, "We lost count." she answered, "One of them even tried to date the same gender but even that end up in rejection." she shared.
Nazz winced, "Ouch." she uttered.
"Those guys might as well marry each other if they're that desperate for a relationship." Lee commented.
As everyone continued to eat and had a conversation at the same time, Tenma brought out a certain letter and began to read it, Pinkie was sipping a smoothie when she noticed this.
"What's that?" Pinkie asked.
"Oh? This letter is my first lead towards my origins." Tenma answered and Pinkie responded by blinking her eyes, Tenma sighed while rubbing the back of his head, "You see..." he began, "... I was raised in an orphanage and apparently I've been left there by a mysterious woman..." he shared while Pinkie listens and unbeknownst to them, Pops overheard their conversation, Tenma then continues on, "... so when I turned seventeen, I decided to leave the orphanage in pursuit of discovering my true origins and according to the letter, I must head towards a place Peach Creek, Cul-de-sac where I'll receive an info where I should go next." he explained.
"And that happened to be this place?" Pinkie assumed.
Tenma nodded, "Yup." he confirmed, "And with how crazy big this motherfucking place is, I don't doubt that I'll find some answers here." he stated.
Pinkie smiled, "Then I wish you the best of luck." she encouraged, "I know you're still in the blind with your search but I believe that you'll pull through." she said.
Tenma smiled back, "Thanks." he replied in gratitude.
After finishing eating their orders and leaving money on the counter top, Pinkie, Tenma and the Cul-de-Sac Kids left the diner while passing-by Fred Flintstone whom thanked them for the patronage.
Back inside the diner, Pops is seen observing the kids resuming their tour with a watchful expression, the owner of the diner then brought out his phone and made a call, "Hello?" he greeted, "This is Pops." he announced, "It seems like the kid you were waiting for is finally here." he reported.
"I see." a woman's voiced answered from the other end.
"Do you plan on meeting him?" Pops questioned.
"Negative." the woman's voice answered, "I do plan on meeting him but not this soon." she said, "I'll let the boy discover things by himself." she reasoned.
Pops frowned, "You know... if you keep stalling... something might happen that you'll regret for the rest of your life." he stated.
"I know the risk." the woman's voice replied, "Don't worry." she reassured, "I know what I'm doing." she claimed before hanging up.
Pops let's out a sigh, "I hope so." he uttered in concern.
After a long day of walking around the city-slash-school, Pinkie concluded the tour and is now leading Tenma and the Cul-de-Sac kids towards their living quarters, and the new comers are looking forward for a long rest.
"Miss Pinkie Pie." Double D called out, "I was wondering about tomorrow's class..." he brought out.
"Oh! You don't have to worry about that for now." Pinkie reassured, "There are no class for the rest of the week." she revealed.
Double D gasped in horror, "B-But why?!" he questioned in disbelief, "Don't the school staff knows that they're wasting precious school days!" he chastised, "A week without any class is out-" he was saying when Pinkie shoved a cupcake in his mouth, shutting him up.
"Cool your jets, DD!" Pinkie advised, "The reason why the rest of the week had no classes is because the stadium is getting renovated for the new students." she explained.
"But there's only thirteen of us." May pointed out, "I don't think it's necessary to renovate something that big for a few people." she stated.
"Fourteen, May! Fourteen!" Jonny corrected, "Plank is with us!" he reminded.
May rolled her eyes, "Whatever." she dismissed.
"That's because you guys are not the only new students here." Pinkie revealed which surprises the group of friends.
"R-Really?" Sarah asked.
Pinkie nodded, "Yup!" she chirped in confirmation, "You guys happened to be the 120th batch of new students of this year." she pointed out, "And tomorrow... friends of mine will be showing the 121st batch around once they arrived." she shared.
"So basically... this school gets new students every day." Tenma assumed.
Pinkie nodded once more, "Yes indeedily!" she cheered in confirmation, "What do you guys think about that?" she asked.
Pinkie got herself a response in the form of a Funeral March playing in the background while Ed melted in a yellow-colored puddle, Double D is lying on the ground having a breakdown in a strait jacket mumbling "Scientifically Impossible" over and over again, Eddy is seen banging his head on a nearby mailbox, Kevin is hanging on a lamppost with a noose around his neck, Nazz is sitting on a wheelchair wearing a neck brace, Jimmy laid on the ground dead while Sarah tried to revive him using a defibrillator, Rolf is turned into a roasted turkey with an IV, Lee laid on a bed while on life support, Marie held an icepack on her left head, May is covered head to toe with bandages, Jonny's body is laid inside an Iron Lung and Plank is snapped in half.
"WILL YOU GUYS KNOCK IT OFF?!" Tenma demanded in annoyance.
A/N: Thank you very much for reading this chapter, I hope that you all enjoyed it.
Character Debuts:
Daily Lives of High School Boys
Hidenori Tabata - Hidenori had a messy brown hair, he had grey-colored eyes, and wears large frame-less glasses. He wears a dark-blue blazer jacket over a white collared long-sleeved shirt with a striped red & blue tie, dark blue pants and brown shoes.
Tadakuni - Tadakuni had black-colored eyes and had a relatively short black hair in a bowl cut. He wears a dark-blue blazer jacket over a white collared long-sleeved shirt with a striped red & blue tie, dark blue pants and brown shoes.
Yoshitake Tanaka - Yoshitake had an olive-brown eyes and had a blond hair which is spiked backwards. He wears a dark-blue blazer jacket over a white collared long-sleeved shirt with a striped red & blue tie, dark blue pants and brown shoes.
Mitsuo - Mitsuo had a messy reddish-brown hair and had a dull red-colored eyes. He wears a blue blazer jacket over a white dress shirt and red & blue necktie, dark-blue pants and brown shoes.
Motoharu the Delinquent - Motoharu had brown-colored eyes and had a medium-length black hair. He wears a dark-blue blazer jacket over a white collared long-sleeved shirt with a striped red & blue tie, dark blue pants and brown shoes.
Chapatsu - Chapatsu is fairly tall with brown hair and black eyes. He had a distinctive hairstyle which consisted of uneven spikes towards one side of his head. He wears a dark-blue blazer jacket over a white collared long-sleeved shirt with a striped red & blue tie, dark blue pants and brown shoes.
Megane - Megane had a build and hairstyle similar to Tadakuni's. He is pale-skinned and wears frame-less rectangular glasses that hide his eyes from view. He wears a dark-blue blazer jacket over a white collared long-sleeved shirt with a striped red & blue tie, dark blue pants and brown shoes.
IS: Infinite Stratos
Ichika Orimura - Ichika had an average height and slim yet well-trained body. He had a messy black hair and he had dark-brown eyes. He wears a long-sleeved blazer jacket with red-linings & designs, black collar with red accents and red cuffs with black buttons, he wears a white-collared shirt and a white belt wrapped around his midsection, white trousers and black-leather shoes.
Houki Shinonono - Houki had a slim and curvaceous body with a pair of large breasts. She had dark blue eyes and a long brown hair that is tied in a slightly messy ponytail which divided into two sections and is tied by a white & red ribbon. She wears a long-sleeved blazer jacket with red-linings & designs, black collar with red accents and red cuffs with black buttons, she wears a white-collared shirt with blue ribbon tie and a white belt wrapped around her midsection, she wears a white skirt with black linings and red designs, white thigh-high socks with red bands & buttons, and black high-boots.
Cecilia Alcott - Cecilia had a fair skin tone, a well-proportioned figure and slender limbs, she had a waist-length light blonde hair that forms drill-like curls at the ends tied by a royal blue headband that holds her hair up and she had light-blue eyes. She wears a long-sleeved blazer jacket with red-linings & designs, black collar with red accents and red cuffs with black buttons and black frills, she wears a white-collared shirt with blue ribbon tie and a white belt wrapped around her midsection, she wears a white long blouse skirt with black linings & black frills and red designs, black tights and brown loafers.
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S
Zed Necrodopolis - Zed had a pale skin tone and a slim build, he had a messy-spiky green hair with light-green highlights and he had black-colored eyes. He wears a long-sleeved brown collared shirt over a green v-neck short, black ripped pants and red & white sneakers.
Addison Wells - Addison had a fair skin tone and a petite appearance, she had a platinum-colored frizzy-short hair tied by a pink bow and she had black-colored eyes. She wears a pink long-sleeved track jacket with white cuffs over a pink & white shirt with a lime-colored v-neck, white cheerleader skirts with pinks linings, white socks and white & light-blue sneakers.
Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo - Johnny had a tall stature and a very exaggerated muscular build, he had a blonde-colored pompadour-like hair and wears sunglasses. He wears a black shirt, blue pants and black shoes.
Pops - Pops had a portly-appearance, he had a balding head and gray-colored back hair, and he had black-dotted eyes. He wears a blizzard blue shirt with blue bowtie with red polka dots underneath a white apron that has a stain on the bottom left, black pants and black shoes.
Please look forward for the next chapter! I'll see you then!