A/N: Filler time!xD Hope u like.
Dimensions 2
Chapter 36: Visiting Touya and Olivia
Tokyo Japan: Kariko Residence
/Can you hear me?/
On a hot sunny day, Tokyo Japan was a bustling city. Everyone went walking down the streets or riding their colored bikes everywhere in the breeze. Families would be in picnics and having a great time together. But large screens could only show Kariko Sanomi's picture and her whole profile. People were concerned that the girl had been gone for months. They hoped nothing had happened to her.
In the Kariko residence, however, Kariko Touya sighed upon the blue colored sheets of his bed. He played a couple of video games on his game consoles and lowered his eyes as they got tired. He had another day off and got a part time job at a pharmacy. He worked so hard to get money each day to support the family.
He wished that his sister was here though. Sanomi would play a good video game or two with her brother and loved to watch him go up another level. She would always be a guide to him and probably showed him something that he had missed. Everytime she showed him something, Touya ended up winning video games. It was really strange for him without Sanomi. She's somewhere in the the ninja world instead of their own world. Touya couldn't help but think about her a lot lately. Does Sanomi love that world better than their own? There might be negative thoughts over here, but overall there was love. Touya gave her that a lot sometimes, but didn't show it much as a brother.
/Please be all right over there.../ Touya thought as he pressed a random button. The television set in his room turned dark and Touya was confused at first. Once he realized what happened, he popped an angry vein.
"AHH!!!! I LOST?! KUSO!" He shouted madly as he threw the controller to the carpet ground of the room. Luckily, his mom was at work and not hearing about his video game problems. She would be arriving early today due to Sanomi's disappearance. She had to keep up on what was happening on the news, on the radio, or possibly in the outside world of their house! Kariko Haruka, Sanomi's mother, was so worried that she forgot about how angry or upset she was of her not coming home. She just wanted her daughter safe and sound.
Kariko Masaharu, Sanomi's father, was going around the world! He was trying to look for his daughter in the police department and joined them for the hunt. He wasn't a police officer though but as a father, he wanted everything to be all right with his family. Masaharu was pretty upset and wanted to see his daughter in front of his eyes. Their relationship wasn't that well because Sanomi was a quiet girl and doesn't talk to him about anything. She just stayed in her room doing random things like watching animation movies or playing her flute. Overall there was no connection between the two of them and he wanted to start over again- to have at least one connection.
"Playing video games again? He he. Mataku, still the same..." Touya's eyes opened up as he eyed his bedroom door. No one was there as the controller was on the ground.
"Hello?" Touya asked to no one. Or probably someone. If he was hearing things, he doesn't want to act crazy like the ones on television. One minute later after total silence, Touya didn't know what to do. He stood up from his bed and looked around the room.
"Come on Touya-kun. Play. I want to watch you." Touya turned around and saw onyx eyes staring right at him.
"Ko-ni-chi-wa!" Sanomi smiled as she separated the syllables of 'konichiwa.' Touya fell on the ground and Sanomi poked him in the forehead.
"You're still clumsy as ever..." Sanomi sighed. But she didn't realize that Touya embraced her tightly.
"It's been a while." Touya whispered. Sanomi closed her eyes.
"I know." She responded softly.
"How's everything going...on you-know-where?" Touya winked. The reason Sanomi wanted to come here again was to check on him and see how everything was turning out. She hoped that no war had started or anything. She noticed that it was her regular world so it was okay.
"It's...going well. Daijoubu." Sanomi reassured him.
"Good." Both were silent for a moment and didn't say anything in the past five minutes.
"Are you...going back there again?" Touya stopped the silence. Sanomi turned her head and didn't look at her brother.
"H-Hai." She stuttered. Touya nodded his head.
"Soka." Touya muttered. "You know I can't help you much. There will be a time when you have to come back with us." Sanomi's eyes lowered to the ground.
"Wakarimashite." She mumbled.
"I don't want anything to happen to you. I want you to be safe. You are not in this world every time you go to the other dimension. Kaa-san and tou-san can't find you in that world. Why? Because they think it's just a wonderland for you and won't believe you!"
"I KNOW!" Sanomi responded loudly. Both of them had an awkward silence to themselves.
"I've been thinking a lot lately, Touya-nii-san." Sanomi whispered. Touya looked at her with no expression on his face.
"I promise-I promise to come visit whenever I can before school starts. I know it. So please..." Sanomi croaked out a couple of words, "...let me have this opportunity. There might be a time when I might not come back to that world again...kudasai..."
Touya had lost his words. He didn't know what to say. He would always make things complicated each time for his sister and he hated that about himself. He wished that he would communicate better with her than today. This was unexpected because as usual, she appeared out of no where. He closed his eyes and made a thought.
"Okay." Sanomi made a smile and hugged her nii-san.
"Arigatou gozaimasu." She hugged him tighter. Touya rubbed her back gently and decided to do something with her.
"How about a ride around Tokyo? I'm bored and playing video games are a problem with me today." Touya said. Sanomi stared at the dark screen of the television. She sweat dropped.
"I can tell. That would be great!" Sanomi cheered. Touya made a smile.
"Hop in the car. And imouto-chan?" Touya asked.
"Hai?" Sanomi questioned.
"Aishiteru." He said. Sanomi blushed and made a smile.
"You too." She mumbled with her words and went to the car Touya would be driving her.
Tokyo Japan
Everywhere Touya and Sanomi went was like a dream. They had never bonded in such a long time! They went to the ice cream shop, went fishing(although Sanomi caught more fish than him), and played at the arcade. It felt like the day never passed by because the sky was always clear. It made the day pretty endless every time they would do something together.
"Oh...sugoi..." Sanomi and Touya parked the car in a nearby parking lot and went to a large shopping mall. Sanomi always went inside her favorite store; a store that was filled with otaku merchandise and Sanomi couldn't leave the mall without going to that store.
A small ding of a bell was heard when Sanomi went inside the store. Many teenagers, like herself, would skim around and eye some new merchandise. She saw many dolls, manga, and DVDs of so much animation. No wonder the store was a dream come true! Sanomi had small stars on her eyes and looked everywhere like an otaku she was!
Meanwhile, Touya watched in a bench as Sanomi looked through the store. A small fountain was behind the bench and it was relaxing to hear the water pouring. He relived a couple of memories in that store. A young Sanomi would ask Touya for money to get at least one thing and Touya was going flat broke. He rattled his thoughts and saw Sanomi not having anything in her hand.
"Didn't you want to buy something?" Touya asked. He always thought that Sanomi had more cash than him. Sanomi shook her head.
"Nothing new. Although there was something..." Sanomi turned to look at a small chibi panda doll displayed in the window. It had a small bamboo stick on its hand and it was so adorable that Sanomi wished she had it. It was fairly small, something Sanomi would put at the palm of her hand.
"Nii-san, are you buying anything today?" She asked. Touya shook his head.
"Just waiting for you. Do you want to go home?" Sanomi shook her head.
"Of course not! Please...I want to be with you..." Sanomi smiled. Touya made a smile.
"Okay. Why don't you we both split around the mall and find something we want?" Touya asked.
"That'll be great. I'll meet you at the food court in an hour?" Sanomi asked.
"Sure." He responded and both split their personal ways. But as Sanomi continued to walk, Touya had a certain surprise for her. All he had to do was go inside her favorite store.
One Hour Later...
"Geez...is Nii-san dealing with the bathroom again?" Sanomi waited down by the food court for a while. She was pissed about leaving her cellphone in the ninja world and she couldn't contact her brother.
/Rule #1 about visiting...BRING THE CELLPHONE!/ Sanomi thought roughly in her head.
/Spending quality time with your aniki?/ Chikako asked.
/Oh wow. Thought you would be at the other dimension. And yeah. It's cool./ Sanomi responded.
/Good. I didn't want to disturb you./ Chikako said with a fair expression.
/Thanks for bringing me back here./
/Hey you wished for it in the sword. It's not my business. You wanted it./ Chikako stated.
/But you're the one that gave the sword to me. So thanks./ Sanomi smiled. Chikako sighed.
/Okay, yeah./ Chikako muttered. Sanomi chuckled a bit. She sat on a table and waited for her aniki for another minute.
"There you are." Sanomi looked up and saw her brother with a small bag.
"Hm. For one hour you only have one bag? Usually you buy shoes." Sanomi stated. Touya felt like he was offended, but didn't show it.
"Uh...not today. Didn't bring enough cash." Touya mumbled.
"Oh yeah. You're broke." Sanomi stated happily. But when she eyed her brother, he looked pissed.
"Ha ha. Just kidding. Gomen." Sanomi smiled.
"Let's eat." Touya said and he went to a booth to get some barbeque for the two of them.
/He's nice./ Chikako commented.
/Yeah.../ Sanomi replied.
Touya arrived with the barbeque and the two of them ate.
"Nii-san?" Touya ate some rice with his chopsticks and looked up to hear Sanomi.
"What is it?"
"What did you buy?" She asked. Touya hid his bag.
"A-Ano...nande mou nai." Sanomi's brow went up.
"You're not good at lying. Why on earth would you have a bag?" Sanomi stared at him.
"Just something for...my girlfriend." Touya muttered.
"You're dating again?" Sanomi asked. It wasn't that she was mad or anything. It's just that everytime Touya brought a girl to the house, the girlfriend would always meet the family. But when it deals with Sanomi...
"Kawaii Touya-kun! She's so adorable!"
Please! She's thirteen and still her friends call her cute! Even though it's weird...but there's an age difference!
"Not exactly..." Touya chewed off some meat and Sanomi ate a bit timidly. The both of them knew exactly what they needed. A good sibling bonding...
Kariko Residence: Sunset
"Kaa-san's going to be here any minute." Touya drove in the garage. They had left recently after the trip to the mall.
"Are you going back to the other world?" Touya asked as he pulled the key out of the ignition.
"Yeah. It might be complicated if mom saw me. And I'll be beaten to a pulp." Sanomi gulped. Touya chuckled.
"I'll always keep it between us, okay?" Touya replied as he went out of the car. Sanomi slammed the passenger door of the dark green car and Sanomi stood in the middle of the garage. A cold breeze washed her pale skin and she never knew that she still had her bag.
She used her fist to take her sword out that Touya was surprised to see something appear out of her hands like that.
"Surprised again? Come on." Sanomi laughed. Touya hugged her once more.
"Be back soon." He whispered in her ear.
"Hai. I love you." Touya kissed her on the cheek and let her sister go. In a flash a small portal appeared before her. Sanomi went inside and the dimensions disappeared. Touya made a smile.
"Touya?!" Mrs. Kariko called out. Touya sighed and opened the garage so that his mom would go in.
Ninja World: Haruno Residence
"What's this?" Sanomi ruffled inside her bag and felt a plastic bag. She never felt anything plastic in the bag before.
/Wonder what is it.../ Chikako thought.
"Oh...Touya..." Sanomi lifted the small object. It was the chibi panda doll she wanted that displayed in the window.
/Touya?/ Chikako asked. Sanomi made a smile and patted the head of the panda bear.
/Yeah...that's probably why I love him. He surprises me just as much as I surprise him.../
Tokyo Japan: Kariko Residence
A tired Touya clicked the door open to his room and laid lazily down on his bed. He eyed the sun going down and becoming night. He turned his body around to stare at the ceiling above. White. White was all he could see. In his mind, an image showed Sanomi smiling down on him. He made a smirk.
/Sanomi...love you.../
Part II: Visiting Olivia
In another part of the city, a young girl was staring at the window looking out at the huge complicated city. In her room, there were so many pictures of anime drawings. Some that were pictures of cute pandas and animals, and some that were serious like men having blood on their clothing. In fact, she was an advanced artist in many ways amongst her friends. She could not only draw good hands, but GREAT hands in an anime-whether they were holding something or not. But somehow, she didn't feel like drawing anything today. In fact, she didn't want to do anything at all.
"Olivia! We have to go!"
"Olivia! Hurry up! You're missing fencing practice!"
"Ane-san!!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!"
/I WANT THEM OUT OF MY HEAD!!!/ The young girl, Olivia, was struggling to think alone than hearing the stupid disruptions of her family.
Her family was being overprotective by her ever since she had gone missing. Her parents, Wong Chiyo and Wong Ryo, had been asking her many questions of her friend Kariko Sanomi. Olivia had been awfully quiet lately, but all she could do was say her friend's name. Her younger brother assumed she knew something about Sanomi, but stayed quiet. He knew Sanomi for a short period of time, but grew to like her as another older sister.
/Sanomi...wonder how you're doing.../ Olivia walked over to her bed and laid down, having her left hand rest on her forehead.
She felt so tired after doing all those classes. There were times when she wanted to quit and just be a free girl. There were times when she want to get rid of all the classes so she could spend time with the people she loved. They all got in the way because of that and wanted to do something about it. In her mind, once she would get older, she probably wished her future children to live with a few classes and be free whenever they want. But she had to live life the way it was right now...especially if there was a portal forming in your own wall!
/What?/ Olivia sat up once she saw the multi-colored portal getting bigger and bigger.
/What's happening?/ Olivia, taking a small step each time, walked cautiously to the portal.
/No way...it can't be her.../ She closed her eyes and wondered what would happen. But as her hand passed through, she felt something grabbed her hand. Olivia's eyes widened with shock as she pulled whatever it was coming. She had to know. She had a yin/yang feeling that it might be good or bad. She wasn't sure until she was about to find out...
"YUKI-CHAN!" Olivia pulled harder and suddenly another body hit her own.
"Ugh..." Olivia had dizzy eyes swirling around like crazy.
"Yuki-chan? Daijoubu?" Olivia shook her head with confusion and her eyes couldn't believe it.
"HARU-CHAN!" Olivia glomped all over her and Sanomi was sweatdropping so badly.
"Yuki...let me breathe!" Sanomi's face started to turn blue. Olivia went back to reality and decided to let Sanomi breathe. She couldn't believe that she came back in Tokyo one more time.
"Haru-chan, how have you been doing?" Olivia sat down on a chair when a shout came from downstairs.
"Olivia! What was that noise?!" Olivia squeaked and in an instant, she grabbed Sanomi's wrist. She dragged and threw her in the closet.
"Itai!" Sanomi shouted.
"Olivia?! Is someone in there?!" Her mother called out once more.
"Iie, okaa-san!" Olivia responded.
"Hontou ni? I'll check." Before Olivia could look around in the room, she saw the most noticeable thing anyone could see-the portal was still in the wall!
/Crap!/ Olivia had to hurry and find something to cover it up with. She searched around and could hear her mom's footsteps getting closer and closer. Tension was rising in Olivia's mind but found the solution to her problem. She used a huge Naruto poster she got in an expo and she covered the portal with it! Who would see that? She ran to her bed frantically and got a magazine in her hand to read.
"Olivia?" Her mom opened the door with a creak and Olivia was laying down on the bed reading the magazine.
"Hai?" Olivia asked as if nothing happened. She was panting though which was a bad sign to start with.
"I swore I heard noise up here..." Her mother inspected the room a little, seeing that it was a regular messy room her daughter always had. She really need a maid sooner or later. Her mom touched the desk a bit, looking at the dust in her finger. Olivia sweatdropped and hoped that Sanomi could breathe in the closet. But it wasn't the breathing that was the problem...
Inside Closet
/Kami-sama.../ Sanomi hated the dark...
Olivia's Room
Olivia didn't notice as her mom was going nearer and nearer to the closet. Olivia had to do something before she could get too close.
"Okaa-san!"
/Outoto.../ Olivia thought. Her mother turned around and saw her son waiting by Olivia's door.
"Nani desu ka?" Her mother asked a little annoyed.
"We got to go! It's my swimming practice!" He whined.
"Oh my! We're late!" Olivia's eyes widened with shock as her mom opened up the closet door. Olivia waited for a shout or a scream...but it never happened.
"Hm...I'll inspect the room again Olivia. Just keep it more tidy!" Wong Chiyo marched out of the room and closed it with a click. Olivia sighed and couldn't believe she was off the hook. But her mom didn't see Sanomi? She was practically thrown in the closet for crying out loud! Olivia walked up to the closet and opened it.
/What? Where's Sanomi?/ Olivia searched through everywhere in the closet trying to search for her friend. The closet was small! How could Sanomi hide like this? She'll find out soon enough...
"YU-KI-CHAN!" Olivia was puzzled at first but when she turned around she saw a huge petticoat her mom gave her in Christmas. But that wasn't the only thing. Sanomi was inside the petticoat and hiding!
"What the-" Olivia dropped down to the ground with tremendous fright. Sanomi was giggling happily that she scared her friend.
"Always wanted to do that..." Sanomi mumbled.
"WOULD YOU GET OUT OF THE COAT?!" Olivia shouted.
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"It's nice to see you again..." Olivia carried a tray with two bowls into her room. Inside of them were beef and pork ramen. Olivia made them herself and she knew Sanomi loved ramen a lot. So why not make some? Her father was out of town for a while and her mom was obviously with her brother-which came to a conclusion that she was home alone.
"Hai." Sanomi broke the chopsticks in half and started to eat slowly by blowing into the hot ramen.
"How is Sasuke-kun?" Olivia asked as heart-eyes appeared. Sanomi sweat dropped.
"What's with all the questions?" She asked.
"Every girl needs to update another girl on how she is doing...with a guy..." Olivia smirked as she ate her pork ramen. Sanomi put the bowl down and turned her face away.
"It's not like that..." Sanomi whispered.
"Oh? I believe you're lying..." Olivia elbowed her with a nudge. Sanomi sighed as she stood up from a small table they were eating at.
"Sasuke...he's...I don't know..." Sanomi mumbled with her words that it got difficult and difficult to say about him. What was there to say? Was she trying to tell her closest friend that she loved a fake person? No...she had to get that out of her mind. Sasuke was real in her heart no matter what and she would always stick by that. Only then did she stare at the window to see the stars high in the air.
"Sasuke's been fine." Sanomi answered the question.
"Hontou desu ka? She asked.
"Hai."
"I'm glad to see you again, Haru-chan." Olivia stood up from the small table and embraced Haru softly.
"Hai, Yuki-chan..."
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"I wish I could fight you, but I have to go now..." Sanomi took out her sword to start a new portal home. Olivia already cleaned up the food and waited for Sanomi to go back to the ninja world.
"You don't know how much I practiced fencing, Haru-chan!" Olivia pouted with sadness. Sanomi made an assured smile.
"I'm sure I will fight you soon enough. But for now..." Sanomi had her head down.
"Please come back soon..." Olivia whispered. Sanomi lifted her head and nodded.
"I will. I hate making these decisions-to go or not to go. It's annoying!"
"Whatever the choice you make Haru-chan, it's the choice you think you should do."
"Arigatou...Yuki-chan." Sanomi revealed the portal with its swirling multii-colors. A hole was in the middle and she was ready to go in.
"Sayonara...Yuki-chan." Sanomi jumped inside the portal and disappeared in Olivia's eyes.
"S-Sayonara..." Olivia muttered.
Ninja World: Haruno Residence
Sanomi quietly stepped in the room. Sakura was walking through the village bored, so it was a good opportunity for Sanomi to go to her world. In a way, she was a little tired, knowing that going to different worlds meant a great amount of chakra. She was tired and laid down in her soft bed. The big pillow hit her head and she was snoozing away.
/Oyasumi...Sanomi-chan.../ Chikako thought.
/Tomorrow, you start your training.../