Chapter 2: Getting Started: An Angel is Born
The usual, I don't own this stuff.
Akiru knocked on his uncle's door. "Hajima-san?" He peered through the peephole, without having to stand on his tiptoes.
He loathed being tall. His cheery uncle opened the door.
"Hi, Akiru! How was your flight?" He asked.
"Well, I met this weird old guy named Icchan and saw a video with fighting people! It was cool. And Mr. Icchan left a
package. I think he left it on-purpose. He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who'd leave something by accident. I think he
meant for me to take it. Here it is." He rummaged in his bag for the package. He found it quickly, and handed it to Hijama.
However, Hajima refused, saying that if he left it for Akiru, he left it for Akiru, not Hajima. Akiru went to take a bath. But
first, he opened the package. Inside was a video, (a copy of the video Akiru had seen,) a strange winged eggish thing, and a
small map. Akiru read the outside of the egg, and it said to open it in the bathtub or over a sink. He left the video in his room,
and took the laminated map with writing (in permanent marker) on it and the egg to the bath. He settled into the soothing
warm water. He felt his muscles relax. It had been a rough day.
He cracked open the egg. Fluid rolled out onto his hands. He took out a small doll. He looked at the egg again. 'ANGEL EGG'
was written on it. He looked at the doll again. Didn't look like an angel to him. He looked at the writing on the map. Two
words were on it. ANGELIC LAYER. He had also circled a place and written Piffle Princess on it. Akiru let the doll soak,
washing all the fluid out of the egg and the doll. Then he got out to have lunch.
"Hajima-san? Can we go here today?" Akiru said, pointing to 'Piffle Princess'.
"Sure. It shouldn't be too crowded, because everyone's at school. Speaking of school, you are going to Eriol Academy. It is
just ½ a block away. So, let's leave now!" Hajima said. Akiru nodded and stood up. They looked down the street and Hajima
pointed at Eriol. It was big.
When they arrived at Piffle Princess, Akiru started looking for the words with Angelic Layer on them. Finally he found them.
By the cooking aisle, he saw a big egg with wings. Hajima looked at the sign.
"Angelic Layer? Oh, I know that. It's a fighting game or something. Put the doll on a special surface, and they live!"
So that was it. That was what the little people were. Dolls like his. He looked at all the Angelic Layer merchandise and
gasped. Good thing he had all his money. First, his skinless doll needed skin. He found some dark stuff labeled 'skin' and put
it in his basket. Then he saw a big sign that said: "newbies, get the necessities here!" Akiru went over to it and took one of
everything except the egg- he already had one. Then he looked at some of the accessories. He got two things, black fabric that
was not labeled armor, and yellow-gold hair.
Later, at home, Akiru set up everything like the directions said to. He slotted the angel in. Lightweight or heavyweight?
Attack or escape? Speed or defense? Akiru chose heavyweight, Attack, and speed. He wanted a boy angel. Next came the
weight and eye color. He chose dark blue eyes, and a weight of 6 ounces. Last, it said to choose a name. Akiru thought for a
minute, then chose. I-c-h-i-r-o.When Akiru finished, he bought material for the armour. He spent about 5 minutes on it and
gave up, submitting to the overwhelming task of stitching the stuff together. He gave it to Hajima, and gave him the picture of
what he wanted it to look like. Then he lounged around, thinking of what he could do with his new friend. At about 10:00 he
went to bed, thinking of the things he and his angel could accomplish together.
And by the way, I kinda misspelled Hajima on the last one. Oops!