Title: Across Dimensions
Written By: Felidae Silvestris
Chapter: Petshop of Horrors
A/N: Hogosha only knows Japanese/Common at this point. Himeko, Ten-chan, Count D, and the other pets can speak both English and Japanese/Common. Leon a Chris can only speak English, but as Chris only speaks telepathically at this point, the language doesn't really matter. Chris' telepathic speech is encased in these: . Anything I can't figure out how to say in Japanese shall be placed in brackets and … everything else is translated at the bottom of the page to the best of my ability.
Felidae: Welcome to the next chapter of Across Dimensions! Today we are visiting the Petshop of Horrors universe/dimension!
Genkimon: For those of you not familiar with Pet Shop of Horrors, here's a basic summary: A guy called Count D run a petshop that sells rare pets that mostly look like humans to the patrons, D, and Chris. A detective names Leon Orcot keeps trying to pin murders enacted by D's patrons and/or their pets on D. They eventually become friends … sort of … and Leon gets D to take care of his younger brother Chris who can only speak telepathically at the moment.
Felidae: Yeah … it's fun at the pets' human forms are hot … drool And I don't own Petshop of Horrors, although I would like to …
Genkimon: in a whisper She'd ruin it.
"This doesn't look like the Tower of Fang," Genkimon pointed out as he emerged from the portal.
"No, it looks like we've been dropped into some place where silks and odd patterns seem to be the norm," Hogosha said and then turned to Himeko. "Any idea where we are?"
"Again, no. But the good news it, I'm not as tired as I was last time," Himeko replied, pushing aside a drapery with her staff. "However, the smell in here -"
"Hey you!" a male voice interrupted Himeko's words. The sorceresses and Digimon whirled around to face a young man dressed in odd clothing (for them, that is), specifically, tight black shorts, a black tank-top, a sheer over-shirt, and black, combat boots. His ears were pointed and his hair was dressed in a long braid. "Yeah, I'm talking to you four. What are you doing back here?"
"Um well … you see…" Himeko glanced at Hogosha for help.
"Mind telling us where 'back here' is? And maybe who you are?" Hogosha chimed in.
"Um, Hogosha," BlackTailmon whispered, "that's a nine-tailed fox."
"What are you talking about? That's a boy."
"He's both," Himeko said.
The boy raised an eyebrow, "Ya know, maybe I should take you girls to see Count D."
"Who?"
"The owner of this shop. I'm called Ten-chan, by the way. Come on, follow me."
"Yo, Count!" Ten-chan greeted as he led the travelers into another ornately styled room, this one appearing to be the main room of the shop.
"Ten-chan, what - oh!" A man, dressed in long, ornate, Chinese robes stood over a coffee table, a tea tray in hand. His black hair was cropped to his chin, one side of his face obscured by a lock of hair. "Good evening, ladies, welcome to Count D's petshop. I am D."
"KAMMAN wa hanashimasen deshita (1)," Hogosha hissed at Himeko.
"I know that," Himeko replied. "D-san wa 'Konban wa. Irrasshaimase KANTO DI no PETTOya desu. Watashi wa DI desu'. (2)"
"Nihongo wa hanashimashita ka. (3)" D asked.
"Nihongo ka. (4)" Hogosha asked, confused.
"What you are speaking now is Japanese."
"Oh."
"What is this language called?" Himeko asked, switching to her native tongue.
"English," D replied. "Why do you ask, Miss -"
"Sorano. Sorano Himeko and she's Shiyama Hogosha. We call it Roteshwan where we," she indicated Hogosha and herself, "come from."
D raised an eyebrow. "And where is it you come from?"
"The Tower of Fang."
"I've never heard of such a tower."
"Can someone please clue me in, here?" Hogosha suddenly exclaimed.
"Perhaps we should switch back to Japanese for your friend?" D suggested.
Himeko nodded. "Gomen nasai, Hogosha-chan."(5) (A/N: Now we're back to full Japanese when people speak)
"Daijoubu, Himeko-chan. (6) So … where did we end up?" Hogosha asked.
"That is a good question, " Himeko replied. "D-san, where are we?"
"We, ladies, are in the United States of America. Specifically, the state of California and the city of Los Angeles. Irrasshaimase. (7)"
"Now I think the question is, where is that in relation to the Tower of Fang?" BlackTailmon asked.
"I've never heard of this 'Tower of Fang'," D told them.
"This is bad," Genkimon said, jumping onto Himeko's lap.
"Aren't we the master of the bleeding obvious?" BlackTailmon rolled her eyes, looking up at her mate from her spot on the floor.
"Why is that bad?" D asked, pouring tea.
"We were trying to get home, and I ended up dropping us somewhere that's not the Tower of Fang," Himeko explained. "I know I had the coordinates right, too."
"I see. Well, you are welcome to stay as long as you need to. But be warned, this shop holds many dangerous creatures."
"We'll be careful," Hogosha assured him.
D nodded, just before the shop door burst open and a blond man dragging a blond boy entered the shop.
"Hey, D!" shouted the man.
"Leon. Ladies, allow me to introduce Leon and his brother Chris. Leon, Chris, these are Shiyama Hogosha and Sorano Himeko," D said, a hand extended toward the girls.
Hi! Chris greeted, his words travelling through something like telepathy.
"Konnichiwa," Himeko said, bending to his level. "How are you today?"
"Chris," D interrupted, "why don't you take Miss Sorano and Miss Shiyama to visit Honlon."
But D -
"Please, Chris. I need to have a word with Leon."
All right … Chris gestured to Himeko and Hogosha, who scooped up their Digimon and followed him.
"Um … who is Honlon?" Himeko asked.
Honlon is a girl with multiple personalities, Chris replied. They call each other sister and my favorite is Junrei.
"Multiple personalities, huh? Sounds interesting." Hogosha grinned, earning her an elbow in the side from Himeko. "Ow! What was that for?"
"Look!" Himeko gestured to the colossal and ornate door they had stopped in front of. A large, sinuous dragon was carved into it, looking rather like a sea serpent with its background of waves.
I should warn you, Chris said. Junrei and her sisters fight a lot.
"Nothing more than we're used to," BlackTailmon said wryly. "Lead on, Chris."
Chris pushed open the door, revealing another room hung with silks. Chinese dragons like the one on the door wound around pillars and folding silk screens stood in front of the walls. Chinese pottery filled with flowers stood close to the screens. The whole room culminated with a large, throne-like divan perched atop a dais. Sitting among the pillows on the divan was a little girl, dressed in ornate Chinese robes, flowers in her hair; or a huge three-headed dragon, however you saw her.
Himeko gasped, grasping Hogosha's arm and hugging Genkimon closer to her. "Himeko … can't … breathe…" Genkimon panted.
"What's your problem?" Hogosha asked.
"She's a … dragon…" Himeko replied, her eyes wide.
Chris and Hogosha gave her a puzzled look. "Chris, you know you're not supposed to bring guests back here," said the girl, a D-like mysterious smile on her face.
D told me to bring them, Chris explained. This is Shiyama Hogosha and Sorano Himeko.
"And the Digimon," BlackTailmon interjected. "Everyone forgets about us. I'm BlackTailmon and this is Genkimon, my mate."
"I see," said the girl before her facial expression changed and she jumped off the divan and ran over to Chris. "You've brought visitors! Hello, I'm Junrei. That was my sister Shuko."
"Interesting…" Hogosha gave Junrei another of her puzzled looks.
"You don't believe me…" Junrei's eyes started to tear.
Oh Junrei, don't cry, Chris said, patting her on the back.
"She's always crying, Chris. You should be used to it by now," the girl snapped, tears no longer threatening to fall. "And as for you four, you need to leave. Go back where you came from."
Kanan … Chris rubbed the back of his neck.
"We can't…" Genkimon told the girl. "We tried last time and it didn't work."
"Well go back anyway!" Kanan yelled.
"Kanan, be reasonable." Shuko was back. "If D sent them back here, there must be something we can do to help them."
"If … if you could…" Himeko stuttered. "I t-tried the c-coordinates b-but we e-ended up h-here instead of h-home…"
Shuko smiled. "Perhaps what you really need is a mystic. But for now perhaps you should try again."
"We have power problems though," Hogosha pointed out.
"We'd be happy to lend you some of our power."
"Um … okay…" Himeko pulled a little away from Hogosha and set down Genkimon. "Let's try this again." She took up her usual position and shivered as she felt Honlon feeding power to her. The portal formed quickly with only a little concentration.
"That's it!" Hogosha said excitedly. "Let's go."
Good bye, everyone, Chris said as he waved.
The sorceresses stepped through the portal and were gone. Junrei burst into tears.
Translations!
KAMMAN wa hanashimasen deshita. - He's not speaking Common.
D-san wa 'Konban wa. Irasshai KANTO DI no PETTOya desu. Watashi wa DI desu. - D said, 'Good evening. Welcome to Count D's petshop. I am D.'
Nihongo wa hanashimashita ka. - You speak Japanese? Or Do you speak Japanese.
Nihongo ka. - Japanese?
Gomen nasai, Hogosha-chan - I'm sorry, Hogosha-chan.
Daijoubu, Himeko-chan - It's okay, Himeko-chan
Irrasshaimase - Welcome
Note: Honlon is a bit OOC but I just can't write them … it's hard! --' And my translations are probably totally off so yeah, sorry about that. --'